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Ex-Mercer Man Dies In Hospital PRINCETON (RNS) Damon Right, 48, of Muncie, formerly of Princeton, died Wednesday in a Muncie hospital after a long illness. Born at Lerona, Oct. 17, 1918, he was a son of the late Julius C. and Ettie Wylie.Hight. He had lived in Muncie for 11 years.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bess Sweeney Hight; five sisters, Mrs. W. J. Williams of Takoma, Mrs.

H. G. Martin of Crew, Mrs. Vinnie Kite and Mrs. Eugene McKenzie, both of Bluefield and Mrs.

Basil Beckett of Princeton, and five brothers, J. C. of Athens, Troy of Detroit, Samuel of Rich Creek, Orlin in corded in Logan County area hospitals for the past week are as follows: Intersession, City, Aubrey of Lerona. and BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY, W. VA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 30,1967 19 Births Recorded Nicholas At Logan Hospitals LOGAN (RNS) Births re- fifteen ounces, 7:49 mr JL -w-i-o, a pUUUUS, Man Appalachian Regional fourteen ounces, 3:14 a.m.

Sun- Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Vern- le Blankenship of Simon, a boy, seven pounds, four ounces, 12:35 a.m. Saturday. The body is at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton where friends may call after 4 p.m.

today. Arrangements are incomplete. Garland Roten Succumbs At 57 PRINCETON (RNS) Garland E. Roten, 57, of Pine Street died in a Beckley hospital Wednesday after a short illness. He was employed by the Princeton Pharmacy and was I a member of the Men's Inter-ifour ounces, 7:37 ajn Monday denominational Bible Class and Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Tomblin Robertson Post, Vet- of Verdunville, a girl, six pounds TM two ounces, 5:05 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.

John Walls of Verner, a girl, six pounds, fif- Mr. and Mrs. Jack Vance of Davin, a girl, eight pounds, seven ounces, 8:22 a.m. Sunday. Mr.

and Mrs. James Accord of Clear Fork, a boy, six pounds, nine ounces, 5:40 a.m. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Gordon Robertson of Gilbert, a girl six pounds, ten ounces. 2:08 m. Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.

Ronald G. Adkins of Man, a boy, eight pounds, fifteen ounces, 9 p.m. Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs.

Harold J. Brown of Mallory, a boy seven pounds, nine ounces, 12:28 p.m. Friday. Mr. and Mrs.

Carl H. Cline of Lynco, a girl, six pounds, fourteen ounces, 3:10 p.m. Friday. Guyan Valley Hospital Mr. and Mrs.

Orville Workman of Logan, a boy, six pounds, five ounces, 2:20 a.m. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Tildon Thompson of Whitman, a girl, five pounds, fifteen ounces, 1:15 a.m.

Monday. Mr. and Mrs. David Collins of Switzer, a girl, seven pounds, day. Mr.

and Mrs. Irnie N. Carroll of Mount Gay, a girl, six pounds, thirteen ounces, 12:15 a.m. Monday. Mr.

and Mrs. Thomas Toppings of Harts, a girl, seven pounds, fourteen ounces, 7:40 a.m. Monday. erans of Foreign Wars. Roten was a veteran of World War II and had lived in Princeton for 20 years.

Born July 4, 1909, at Taze- he was a son of the late George and Maggie Perry Roten. Survivors include three sisters and four brothers. The body is at Seaver Mortuary in Princeton. Arrangements are incomplete. Rupert Shorts RUPERT (RNS) Mr.

and Mrs. E. V. Core of Huntington visited Mr. and Mrs.

John W. Jones and other friends over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Monroe and daughter, Cindy were visited over the weekend by Mr.

and Mrs. Glenn Moran and daughter, Trafha, of Pottstown, Pa. Ray Bennett was home for the weekend. He went back to the Beckley Veterans Hospital Monday, accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Martin.

Mrs. A. A. Bostic had as a weekend guest Susie Bostic, a student at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi. Mr.

and Mrs. Calvin Monroe and daughter, Cindy spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. 0. C.

Talyor of Pulaski, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Taylor and children, Jimmy and Debbie, of Colonial Heights, teen ounces, 2 p.m. Sunday.

Logan General Hospital -Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Collins of Mount Gay, a boy, seven pounds, seven ounces, 10:42 a.m. Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Bailey of Man, a boy, eight pounds, two ounces, 10:15 p.m. Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. George Farris of Harts, a girl, six pounds, 11:40 a.m. Wednesday. Mr.

and Mrs. Jame's Hensley Jr. of Shively, a girl five pounds, p.m. Wednesday. Mr.

and Mrs. Harold Gullett of Cora, a girl, five pounds, Edward Johnson Taken By Death PRINCETON (RNS) Edward William Johnson, 90, of 306 McNutt Ave. died Wednesday at his home after a long illness. Born Aug. 1, 1876, in Alexandria, he was a son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Chauncey Johnson.

He was a retired employe of the Maidenform Company at Princeton and was a member of the Methodist Church and Princeton Old Guard. Johnson had lived in Princeton for 50 years. His wife, Minnie W. Johnson, died in 1963. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.

R. J. Dobbins of Princeton; six grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 2 p. m.

Friday in the George Seaver Chapel with Rev. J. Moore in charge. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. The body will remain at the funeral home and friends may call after 2 p.

m. today. Pallbearers will be Cohen, E. W. M.

Sarver, Lake Lilly, Arnold Crotty and Charles Alls. W. Members of the Princeton Old rld War Guard will serve as honorary pallbearers. Negro Appointed Logan County Deputy Sheriff Sparks SUiMMERSVILLE (RNS) Mrs. C.

K. (Ada Baber) Sparks, 82, of Persinger died Tuesday in a Richwood hospital after a long illness. She was a former Nicholas lounty school teacher, a graduate of the old Summersville Normal School, a former cooperator of the Sparks Store Co. and post office at Persinger and a member of the Bennett Memorial Methodist Church. Survivors include one son, Elaine, of Lonpoc, three daughters, Mrs.

Camilla Morton and Mrs. Agnes Herbert, both of Summersville, and Mrs. Lucille Sharper of Baltimore, two -brothers, J. Lewis Baber of Hillsboro and Ralston G. Baber of 'Miami, two sisters, Mrs.

Cora McClung of Moose Haven, and Mrs. Ella Baber of South Charleston; six grandchildren and one great- grandchild. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. today in the Howard White Funeral Home at Summersville with Rev.

Verlin Butcher and Rev. Charles Pugh in charge. Burial will be in the Sparks Family Cemetery at Per- siager. NINE Mellie Edwards Taken By Death ALDERSON (RNS) Mellie P. Edwards, 75, of Alderson died in a Beckley hospital at 2 a.m.

Wednesday after a long illness. Born at Rudkins, June 7, 1892, he was a son of the late Simuel and Florence Jarvis Edwards. He was a retired em- ploye of the Greenbrier Valley Hotel, an ordained Baptist minister and a veteran of LOGAN (R'NS) An Omar man, James Major, made political history in Logan County Monday by being the first Negro ever to hold a position as deputy sheriff. Major was one of four new appointments submitted to the County Court for approval. Sheriff William J.

(BUI) Abraham also selected former jailer Cush Dingess as the chief deputy and appointed Silas Easterling of Sarah Ann as a replacement for Dingess. Everett Steel, also of Omar, was selected as deputy jailer and will be assigned to the jail or to the tax department office whenever the load warrants ad- WJ XUtftll TTO.ll.aU.LO visited his parents, Mr. andjditional assistance. Steel is Mrs. Robert Taylor, over the former credit manager for the weekend.

Jimmy and Debbie Junior Mercantile Stores in will spend a few days with the Omar. Taylors. Dr. and Mrs. Charles W.

Ambrose was visited by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ambrose and children, Teresa, Bobby, and Brenda, of Parkersburg over the weekend.

Youths Arrested MAN (RNS) Two Triadelphia District youths were arrested over the weekend and booked at the Logan County jail on charges of car larceny and breaking and entering. Major presently is the mana- Mullens Shorts MULLENS (RNS) Mrs. Abe Mitchem and daughter, Lynn, have returned home after spending the weekend in Quantico, Va. They accompanied their son-in-law and daughter, Cpl. and Mrs.

Ernest Crook and son, Kenneth David, there Saturday. Miss Paula Nicewander, a ger of the Junior Mercantile Service Station at Omar and a graduate of the old Aracoma High School at Coal Branch. Vern Wood, 10, Has Fatal Attack Vern Wood, 70, of West Jefferson, N. formerly of Glen Daniel, died at 9 p.m. Tuesday at his home of an apoarent heart attack.

Survivors include his son, Ralph Wood of West Jefferson, a sister, Mrs. Aulsie Coldiron of Glen Daniel; one brother, Walter of Nottingham, Pa. and two grandchildren. The body is at the Badger Funeral Home in Jefferson, N. C.

Funeral services will be held Friday in Jefferson and burial will be in the Lansing Cemetery at Lansing, N. C. Survivors include his wife, M. Edwards, at home; one foster son, Leroy Edwards of Washington, D. two stepsons, Forest and Glenn Flannagan, both of Craigsville; two stepdaughters, Mrs.

Nute Plummer of Fort Clinton, Ohio and Mrs. Charles Cecil of Cradhay, one brother, James of Lewisburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Foster of White Sulphur Springs and Mrs. Elsie Anderson of Sutton. Services will be held at 11 a.m.

Saturday in the Great Emanuel Holiness Church at Alderson with Elder Alfreda Goforth, Rev. Nathaniel Johnson and Rev. Lewis Hatfield in charge. Burial will be in the Trail's End Cemetery at Clintonville. Military rites will be performed at graveside.

The body is at the Lobban Funeral Home in Alderson and will be taken to the home today and to the church one hour prior to services. Members of the Men's Neighborhood will serve as pallbearers. i i i i i auu i i iui i i i IvOnCcvcrtC Will Chester Arthur Morgan, is.j^shman at Marshall Univer-jbe held'at 2 p.m. today in the R0nrr it-rac onnrnhanrta.4 SltV. SDGUt tllfi SOritlF VSCatlOn i 41 -i Former Area Man's Funeral Set Today RONCEVERTE (RNS) Funeral services for Charles Kline, 56, of Washington, D.

C. Liddle'of Hurricane formerly of Ronceverte, will i and Mrs. Hubert Lilly of Tralee Funeral Set Friday For Jennifer Liddle COVEL (RNS) Jennifer Lynn Liddle, two and one-half- year-old daughter of Everette and Shelby Lilly Liddle, died en route to a Bluefield hospital Wednesday. Death was attributed to pneumonia. Other survivors include three sisters, Lenore, Pamela, anc Valerie, all at home, and the grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. D. of Becco. was apprehended about p.m. Saturday and Virgil Block, 17, of Robinette was arrested Sunday.

Trooper W. M. Garrett arrested the youths in connection with the theft of an automobile in the Proctor Hollow area and the breaking and entering of the Becco Pool room. The car was taken Friday night and later was found wrecked on Road. Soverign Hollow sity, spent the spring vacation with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Fred Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hatfield over the weekend were their daughter, Brenda Miller of Huntington, and Mrs. Hatfield's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Tom Nelson of South Williamson, Ky. Larry Presley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Houck were their son and daughter-in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. Bud Houck, and children of Lima, Ohio. Accompanying them was her sister, Mary Lou Line. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Lewis and family were her brother and sister-in- Ames Heights News AMES HEIGHTS (RNS) Mrs. Elijah Hodge and daughter, Susie, left for Lockbourne were her brother and sister-in- Air Force Base, Columbus, i law AIr Mrs Erniej Ohio, Sunday after visiting her Charles, and children of Gary. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Garv a student a home of his mother, Mrs.

J. Wade Bell at Lewisburg wititt Rev. George Puffenbarger in charge. Burial will be in the Rosewood Cemetery at Lewisburg. Kline died of an apparent heart attack Monday in Washington.

Pallbearers will be Val. V. DeOlloqui, J. William Lee, Charles Ogburn, Norman Blake, J. Wade Bell HI, W.

A. Boone, Richard Johnson and Wayne Herkness. The body will be taken from the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg to the home at 11 a.m. today. The funeral will be hald at 11 a.

m. Friday in the Bailey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lonnie Blankenship in charge. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Friends may call after noon today.

jjaicuio, iui. auu 11110. i tu -7 Strunk. Her husband, T. Sgt! est Virginia Tech, is spend- Elijah Hodge, is stationed in spring vacation with his there.

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart and Mrs. Garnie Strunk Houck. left for their Columbus.

Ohio, borne Sunday evening after a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strunk. They were accompanied by Freddie W. Strunk, a 1966 graduate of Ansted High School, who will seek employment there.

Youth Is Injured LOGAN (RNS) A 16-year- old Mount Gay youth, Kenneth Plumley, was treated and released Sunday night at Guyan Valley Hospital for injuries received when his bicycle was by an automobile. Plumley was struck at about 10 p.m. by a car driven by Miss Shirley Baisden of Verdunville. The accident occurred near Thompsontown. Attendants at the hospital said the boy received cuts and bruises to the left thigh.

No citation was issued. Mrs. Boyd McLean and children have returned to then: home after spending the weekend in Lenior, N. with their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.

Johnny Salters, her father-in-law, Frank McLean, and daughter, Janie, her grand- fa tlier, John W. Haga, and her Baskets Prepared By Wyoming Group LILLY HAVEN (RNS) The "On Comers," a group of young girls of the Lilly Haven Baptist Church, prepared Easter baskets and delivered them to children in the Appalachian Regional Hospital at Man Saturday. Members taking part were sister-in-law, Lean. Mrs. Hardy Mc- En route home the McLeans visited her uncle and aunt, Mr.

and Mrs. Coy Walls, and Mr. and Mrs. Lillard Combs, all of Konnarock, Va. Mr.

and Mrs. Wayne Haga and sons of Roanoke, were weekend guests of his brothers and sisters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Haga of Mullens and Mr. and Mrs.

Carl Mrs. E. Johnson's Funeral Set Today ALDERSON (RNS) Funeral services for Mrs. Ella X. Johnson, 83, of Alderson will be held at 2 p.m.

today in the Old Greenbrier Baptist Church with Dr. Eugene Modlin in charge. Burial will be in the family cemetery near Palestine. Mrs. Johnson died in a Ron- hospital Tuesday afternoon after a long illness.

Nephews will serve as pall- earers. The body is at the Lobban Funeral Home at Alderson and will be taken to the church one hour prior to services. Lisa Womack, Jewel mack, O'Neal, Debbie Kathy Toney, Rhonda Wo- Trent, Kathy Byrd, and Tammy Womack. The adult sponsors are Mrs. Bill Womack and Mrs.

James Frazier. Meeting Scheduled Easter holidays were their son- SUMMERSVILLE (RNS) and daughter Mr. and The Nicholas County 4-H Lead- Mrs. PTM AwwiatinTi will meet in the daugnt Fayette Assn. Aids Area Flood Victims MINDEN Charles DePugh, director of the Fayette Needy Association at Minden, report- Haga of Corinne, and his broth- ed Tuesday that Del Sanders, er-in-Iaw and sister.

Mr. and dnver for toe Salvation Army Mrs. Boyd McLean and family at Logan, arrived at the FNA of Itmann. nome om JLog an County for Visiting Mr. and Mrs.

George for flood victims in Blankenship of Alpoca over the Association will meet in the Summersville Municipal Building at 7 p.m. today. Plans for the spring and summer will be discussed and com- assignments will be outlined for the various 4-H activities. N. C.

Bill Leadingham, and of Winston-Salem, Invitation Given NEOLA The Anthony Job Corps Center at Neola is inviting area persons to come to the center to view it's progress. the Logan area. Director DePugh noted that 3,732 pieces of clothhig and an estimated 2,500 pairs of shoes were sent to Logan County flood victims. Other counties desiring clothing for flood victims should contact the association where much clothing still' is available for eligible persons. Final arrangements also will All civic and church groups be made for the Older Club i are invited to use the center fa- April 7-9.

All leaders are urged to attend. cUities for meetings. A picture display of center activities is located in the Window of the White Sulphur Star offices. Woman Returns Home FA1RLEA (RNS) Mrs. E.

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