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Beckley Post-Herald from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 11

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BECKUEY POST-HERALD, BEGKLEY, W. MONDAY 'MORNING, JUNE 3, 1963 Four Injured In Wreck -ELEVEN State Trooper A Pe rry in- Agates the wreckage of a 1957 model car which collided into a bank after Graduate List Is ToldBy Concord Brooks Hays, special assistant to the president, will address the 107 members of Concord College's graduating class at the college's 88th commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Hays today. is- a former House of Representatives member, having served in Congress for 14 years. the extension of educational and economic opportunities for Negroes, and has taken an active part- in inter-racial organizations.

Area, candidates for graduation include: Linda Evelyn Miller, Homer Ray Richmond, and Rebecca Belma Thompson, all of Beckley; Patricia Anne Lockley, Wayne Gilbert Taylor, Charles James Parks, James Donald 'Williams, Gwen- doIyn-Morey Skeehs, Robert Wesley Coker Eugene Livingston Davis Succumbs 'i! I Visiting In Ohio James Davis, Street, died at cloughter, Mrs. of Meadow home of a Sadie Johns of 65, the Cleveland, Ohio, Thursday morning after a short illness. Born Jan. Carolina, he 9, 1898, in North was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.

John Davis. He was a veteran of World War n. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Mabel Davis; four sons, James D. Jr.

of Sullivan, John, stationed with the United States Army in Texas, of Columbus, Ohio; and Charles, at home; eight additional daughters, Mrs. Ernestine Austin of Sullivan, Mrs. Evelyn Watson, Mrs. Annie Washington, and Miss Jeanette Davis, all of New York, and 'Mrs. Viola Cox, Mrs.

Zelma, Mitchell; and Mrs. Betty all of Cleveland, Price, Henry Thomas Davis, Melvin Storm Jamison, and Nancy Louise Lambert, all of Princeton; Margaret Susan Bolen, Sarah Elizabeth Bolen, Bonnie White Hopkins, Ernest Clyde Bourne Oscar Patrick Farley, Herbert John Linn Parker, Mary Carol Chancey, Patrick Francis Gormley, Gay Lew Woddell Hutchison, Bobby Dean Mills, Margolme Riggs Mills, Donald Howard Smith, and James Emerson Talbert, all of Athens. Laura Helen Lane, Dallas Ershal Mann and David Randolph Meador, all of Hinton; Shelva Jean Shrader, Giles Monroe Jones, and Robert Mason Lilly, all ol Peterstown; Bryan Montague Bush of Kegley; Sandra Jean Curry of Fayetteville; Ruth Gene Foy, Marcia Glass Saddler, and Raymond Eugene Hedrick, all of Montcalm. Bertha Clide Steele of Rock- Margarette Stroupe Swimm oi Pineville; Chester Leon Sword of Man; Anna Lee of Mul lens; Fern Spade Carr of Mead ow Bridge; Karen Joyce Wil of Leivasy; Mary Frances Wil moth' of Mt. Lookout; Virginia Karen Moedebeck of Oak Hill Nancy Carol Worley of Glen'Dan iel; Kyle Dean Abshire of Jumping Branch; John Trimble Bear HI of Marlinton; Margaret Elizabeth Shepherd of Beaver; Leonard Ed ward.Orlosky of mite Sulphur Springs; Sharon Ray Shannon Matewan; and Nancy Lee Lively and Bety Louise Prattler, both of Oak Hill.

Miss at home; Virginia a sister, Mae Davis, Mrs. Marie Locken of New York; and 43 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m." Tuesday in the Central Street Baptist Church with the Rev. Edward Abrams and the Rev. George Fagon officiating.

Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park. The body will be removed from the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour prior to services. three times on U. S. 21 at perity Sunday morning as local wrecker look on.

Police said four persons were injured, none seriously, when the car (above) went out of control. Near the front of the vehicle is a road sign, knocked down by the car. The car in background is a police cruiser. (Post-Herald Pnoto) Mrs. Ora Taylor Dies Of Stroke PRINCETON (RNS) Mrs.

Ora Mila Taylor," 86, 'died at 1 p. m. Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. R. Rowland of Princeton.

Death was attributed to a stroke. Born March 24, VSn, at Newcastle, she- was a daughter of the late Peter and Elizabeth Jaycees Sponsor Wax Last Supper A life-size wax reproduction of Leonardo da Supper" will Vinci's "The Last be displayed in a mobile trailer unit on Heber Street, across from the Raleigh County Courthouse from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Saturday. Valued at over $40,000, the unit was created eight years ago in New Jersey.

It is being sponsored in Beckley by the Beckley, Jaycees. No admission charge is made, but donations will be accepted. New Motel Plans Sunday Open House Some 700 invitations are going out today for an open house at the Honey In The Rock Motel at the intersection of Routes 3 and 19-21, to be held Sunday from 1 to 4 pjn. A champion swimmei will be on hand to Wustrate the new mofefi pool which will be ready for by She was preceded in death by her husband, Channing Taylor, in 1958. Survivors include four oGier daughters, Mrs.

B. E. Rumburg Mrs. L. S.

Griffith, and Mrs. Wilson Long, all of Princeton, and Mrs. A. C. Williams of Bristol, six sons, Boy of Columbus, Ohio, Harris of Rushebaniay Ohio, Ray of Pittsburgh, Ross, and Ace, all of Baltimore, Jesse, and Roy, all of Chicago, and four sisters, Mrs.

Hallie McKinney of Ronaoke, and Mrs. Rema Stovall, Mrs. Pierce Cooper, and Mrs. Roy Dunter, all of Princeton. The body is at Bailey Funeral Home in Princeton.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Mental Patient Is Charged In Murder WESTON, W. Va. (AP) Wanda Maxine Janes, 34, a Weston State Hospital inmate, has been charged with murder in the strangling of her roommate, i County Prosecutor William L. Fury said Wednesday.

The body of Mrs. Muriel C. Creamer, 35, was found last Saturday night when a psychiatric aide made a routine ward check. The Janes woman was admitted last Saturday from Fairmont. Fury said she admitted strangling Mrs.

Creamer with a sheet when she allegedly made improper advances. Rescue Call The Rescue Squad of the Beckley Fire Department was called to MacArthur at 10:30 a.m. Sunday for Mrs. Clara Blevins, about 60, who reportedly had difficulty breathing and complained of side pains. Rescuers said she declined hospitalization and was attended by a local physician.

Reset Tuesday The Stotesbury Improvement Assn. will have a meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the association hall. The group was scheduled to meet Saturday, but conflicting Production Rises In Bituminous Coal WASHINGTON (AP) The National Coal Association estimated Wednesday bituminous production for the week ended May 25 as about 9,150,000 tons against 8,171,000 tons for the corresponding period last year. Production for the Jan.

l-May 25 period was estimated at about 175,780.000 tons compared with 173,124,000 tons a year ago. Production for the week ended May 18 was 9,135,000 tons. Licenses Expedited MEXICO CITY (AP)--The Defense and Tourism departments together have asked all Mexican state governments to expedite is- vwv i engagements forced a postpone- suance of hunting licenses with ment the idea of promoting tourism. Sopfo'a Som Haif to it Four Beckleyans escaped serious injury in a one-car accident Sunday morning, State Police reported. A two-vehicle mishap was reported later in the day, but no one was injured.

Police said a 1S57 model car left U. S. 21 at Prosperity, traveled 600 yards off the highway, flipped over three times in a wide section on the road, and then "straightened up" and crashed into a mud bank, knocking down a road sign. The driver, 18-year-oid 2elma Breckinridge of South Kanawha Street, was uninjured, according to police. Three passengers were treated for cuts and bruises at the Beckley Memorial.

Hospital and were released. Police said-David Penn, 22, of Skelton, suffered a head cut; Cor delia KkW, 24, of 112 Cannaday suffered lip and leg cuts', and 24-year-old Richard Mosley of 114 I was treate for bruises and cuts. Police charged the Breckinridge woman with drunk driving and booked her at the Raleigh County Jail at 8:16 a.m. She was released at 2:15 p.m. after pasting a $500 property bond to Magistrate Bod riguer.

Ironically, a small American lag was found near a pile of broken glass and otter debris, fcrown from the vehicle in the initial impact. Sunday was the last day of (he. Memorial Day weekend. A large area of the highway was completely covered wkh mud and dirt after the car left the road. The vehicle, owned by Clifford Martin of Terrill was demolished.

Police blamed excessive speed as a contributing factor in the accident. At 1:20 p.m., police reported a 1957 model car, driven by John L. Persinger, 32, of Mabscott, was struck in (he left side by a 1950 model truck, driven by Mason Eugene Baylor, 116 Lauren resulting in approximately 1300 damage. The accident occurred at the intersection of U. S.

19-21 and Eisenhower Drive. Police charged Taylor with driving with expired state operator's license and defective brakes. He is to appeal- before Magistrate Bodriguez on the charges. Nursing And Law Is Session Topic Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Elizabeth Aker 50, of Sulland, will be conducted at 3 p.m.

Tuesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with the Rev. Shirley Donnelly officiating. She died at 9 a.m. Friday after a long illness. She was a member of tiie Suilland Christian Church.

All remembrances are requested to be donated to the American Cancer Society. Hot TV A fire call was answered at 11 p. m. Friday by the Becidey Fire, Department. CMy firemen were called to 314 Woodlawn Ave, when a television set, in the home of Archie EUenbogen, caught fire.

set, valued at $463, was destroyed except for the cabinet, according to firemen. Dr. Helen Creighton, registered nurse and doctor of jurisprudence, will address nurses at the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital Tuesday at 1:30 p. in the hospital auditorium on "Legal Aspects of Nursing." Dr. Creighton has lectured at the hospital before.

She is presently associate professor at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, LaFayette, La. She received her master of arts degree from Georgetown. University from the University of MIchXan and her doctorate in jurisprudence from Georgetown University School, Washington, D. C. She completed her graduate work in nursing at the Catholic University of America, in the capital city.

Dr. Creighton has taught college mathematics, practices law for a number of years; taught nursing courses, and written extensively for the American Journal of Nursing, Nursing Outlook and other hospital publications. Invitations have been extended to the nursing staffs of local and surrounding hospitals to participate in the program. Wake Foreit Two Local Gradt Deborah Ann Edwards, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

Hugh S. Edwards of Pinecrest Sanitarium, and Warren McGraw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell V. McGraw, of Pineville, are among some 375 students being graduated from Wake Forst College today.

'Miss Edwards wffl receive bachelor of arts degree in sociology, and McGraw will receive a bachelor of laws degree from tlie college's school of law, Routine business was conducted Sunday afternoon by Post TO of the American Legion, a member reported. MURPHY'S 57th Starts MONDAY JUNE 3 Customer that's our primary concern! SLEEVELESS DRESSES Satisfaction 'or monty Ovw 40,000 HMM under roof. Pmofttl tt Quick NO-CHARGE Convenient Lay Away Plan and efficient Handling of Adequate staff of trained, friendly teW- people. Competitive prices prevail Hiruout the itore. Over 57 experience serving tKe shopping public.

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