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DEATHS AND FUNERALS Mrs. Nina Dice, Widow, Daughter Of Judges, Dies Mrs Nina Holt Dice, wkJow of i kirlM and the daughter of in other, died yetterday at her heme Id Lewltburg after a abort ilbeaa. a member of a worn iatBt West Virginia family. Her misoaoa was circuit court Judge Charles S. Dice.

Mra. Dice's parents were Judge Boner A. Holt and Mary Ann Byrne iton. ana was an aunt of former Gov. Homer A.

Hnlt. Survivors Include other nieces nerjhews. anions them Mbi3 Helen Holt and Miss Klea Holt of Huntington, Mrs. Nina Holt Jones of Stone, Mrs. Dorcas Harrington of Irvine.

Mra. Mary Byrne Holt Dye of North Ridse, and Joseph M. Holt of Lewisburg. Mrs; Dice was 8 member of lewisburg Methodist Church. The funeral will be tomorrow at a.

m. in Lewisburg Methodist Church, the Rev. John W. Hollister officiating. Burial will be in the Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home is in rharBe of arrangements. The body is at the home. The family requests that memorials near Lewisburg. G. N.

Gardner Dies In Florida nenrse Norman Gardner. 75, of Saint Cloud, a former! Surviving: wife, Judy; step 1 diaries L. Micisiey, super visnr st fiMAC olfices here; three sisters; a brother in Canada and four stepgrandchildren. The hndv is at Eisetstein end JoundBE Funeral Home in Saint Cloud. Service and burial will! be held there.

Rome Shambliti, Pocataligo, Dies Rome 0. Shamblin, 67, of Pneatalico. died todav. He was a resident of Kanawha County! State Liquor Commission until hiq retirement two vears SgO. He was a member of Bias Chap el Metnodist uiurcn or.

rocaiaii Sun iving: wife, Virgie Shamblin; foster son, Gordonj Mairs of Pocataligo; sisters, Mrs Frona Miller of Charleston, Mrs. Elizabeth Walk of Okeechobee, Mrs. Mae Presson and Mrs. Bernard Hissom of Pocataligo; one grandchild. The body is at Cunningham Funeral Home, Vernon C.

Bridges Vernon C. Bridges, 65, of 412 O'Connors died yesterday in a Charleston hospital after lnnc illness. He. was a member of Simpson Methodist Church and a retiree, service sianon uij erator. He had lived in Charles ton 3D years.

Rnrvtvinn: wife. Louise: sons. John, Dock, Vernon Jr. of New ark, N. Fred 01 uucago, Edward of Spindale, N.

Hoiwhterq Mrs. Nannie Perry and Mrs. Vernle Jones of Newark, N. brother, Thomas of Charleston; ten granacnu The body is at Harden Harden Funeral Home. Thomas Brumfield WEST HAMLIN (Tom) Brumfield, 61, of Harts, Lincoln County, died unexpect edly at his Home yesterday an ernoon.

Mr. Brumfield and a Tommy Nell, operated a nnri rimhsr nneraticHI. He was the son of Ward and Minerva Dingess Brumfield. His mother is living but his father died 36 years ago. He was a member of the General Assembly Baptist at Harts.

Alsn surviving: wife. Mrs. Mae Brumfield; another son, Teddy at home; daughters, Mrs, Additional Deaths Ob Pogg 19 it 1 it Cfcaonaa sOmnrlal Tihmack it Harts I by the Rev. Stonewall Henstoy land Kev. Keoei ackim.

dwui win ba in Brumfield Cemetery Harts. The bodv was to be taken from HcGhee Funeral here to the residence today at: i5 p. m. Cobb Infant RED HOUSE The dav old son of Mr. and Mrf.

Buisell Cobb of Red House. Putnam County, died yesterday a South Charleston hospital' Alan surviving are the erand loarents Mr. and Mrs. John Cobb and Mrs. Bessie Lutkart nf Red House.

Graveside service will be lo si in in. in Khilnah Cemetery near Red House, the Kev. Arless coven ana me wv. John UiHurt officiating. Thel body is at Ravnes Funeral, Home in Buffalo.

Mrs. Hallie McGhee OAK HILL A funeral will be conducted tomorrow for Mrs. Hnllie Ann Mcdhee. 71. of Oak Hill, who died Saturday in Beck ley Memorial tiospuai auer a lrvntf The Rev.

OrviUe Hawkins will conduct the 1 p. m. service in be made in the form Df contrlbu Funeral Home here, Bur lions to Davis Stuart School jial will be in High Lawn Me morial Park at oat Hiu. Mrs. McGhee was a member of Cunard Baptist Church.

Surviving: husband, Joe; sons, Frank of Summersville, Hubert of Oak Hill, Joe of Lexington, and Bill of Philadelphia; daughters, Mrs. Lena Marczilia Charleston resident and onetime and Mrs. Irma SammodB of Cm supervisor at the Belle du Pont cinnati, Mrs. Leona Gilmore of Works, died today in a Kissim mee, hospital. Mr finrraier.

a native of Ni agara Falls, Ontario, lived here J5 years before his retirement to held1 Cunard and Mrs. Margaret Mid kiff of RuDert: brothers, Frank HtAmhorchin in Si Pauk Luther. 1 Minnie Cjwrtrjn of Aider rjnurcn. mrs. veiju iHlnes and Miss Ethel Ellis of Spencer; 12 grandchildren and great granocnuaren.

Mrs. Macel Moore Mrs Mnr el Mirv Moare. SO. of 2053 Branch Road, Belle, died inrtav 3t her home after a lone 'illness. She was a member of the Beuleh Baptist Church at Belle.

Survlvine husband. Charles. sons, Ray, Bill, Charles and Jack of Belle, Roger and James at daughters, Mrs. Kay Stafford of Bowmont. Miss Lil lian and Miss Joyce Moore at of Belle, Mrs.

Garnet Hill and Hosie Oiler of Canneltan, Mrs. Mattie CHler ot uanini Creek; seven grandchildren. The body is at Fidler and TaniB iimerai Home at ceue. Elbert Morgan RON'OEVERTE Elbert Matthew Morgan, 82, of Hon ceverte, died yesterday. gan was a member of the Ronceverte Primitive Baptist Church.

The hodv Is at. K. Wal lace Funeral Home in Lewls jburg. Morion Rumbaugh Marion Francis Rumbaugh, 56,1 William Ryan William Tbomas Rvan. 56.

of 1243 Edgewood Drive, died yesterday in Beckley Veterans Hospital after a long illness. World War II and a lifelong resident of Charleston. He was a member of St. Anthony Catholicl Church. Surviuini! mother.

Mrs. Bes Kite Rvan of Charleston. irlkmc and Mrs Anna Renuiem Mass will be cele Tmh nf Hurts unit Mrs hrateri Wednesdav at 10 a. m. I will be Mount Ottnt Ury.

tm notary win oe reenca ia the ruMral home tomorrow at d. m. The body la at Funeral none. Willie Thornton Thornton. 40.

of Colum Ohio former iv at Leon. um county, awn route to the university nospiuu at Columbus after aufferlng a heart attack. He was a ClrO Railway employe. The funeral will be held Tues day at 2 p.m. at Pine Grove the Kev.

Clarence uaviB autcun ing. Burial wiU be in the church cemetery, under the direction of iuynes mnerai nume. nnheri Mirhiel and Willie ana aaugmers, i iuu. jane, an ai mmc; rinmnllisr Mr and Mrs. jcharles Thornton of Leon, and a sister, Mrs.

Mary uaroeii Leon. Charles G. West fotnor nf fHinrlftS G. West' Jr. of 1906 Harrison oi.

1 Albans, died yesieruaj iu Chambersburg, Pa. He was cnaries iwiu of Buckhannon, who suffered a strose wonuuy relatives in cnamoersourB he he Wednes day at 2 p. m. in the First Methodist Church at Buckhan rial ulU be in Hcavner there The bodv is at Whitescarver Rundio Funeral Home in' Buckhannon. Other survivors: wife, Ota; foster son, capt.

mason u. nt Andrew AFB. Wash ington, aaugniers, jCari winong ot Mrs. Russell Wise of Aberdeen, a Mrs. Mvron B.

Hymes of Buckhannon Mrs. james tvans ui brother, Sherman R. of Ellis of California and jV grandchildren, 5T Mrs. Dora Yoder WtHm for MtS. DOTs! Yoder, 69, of Hurricane, Rt.

will be held Tuesday at i p. re I in Alien Funeral Home at Hur in, the Rev. Homer Cur. Iry. Burial will be in Cunningham iMemorial Park.

riled Saturdav in South Charleston nospiuu. Mrs J. PeteTS Of Ash ford, and a half brother, Roy L. (irass oi KlUgeview. RRF.KDEN.

Mrs. nein to Cook Fu Crove bv the Rev. E. Whitt. Burial wiU be in Ward Cemetery.

Mrs. iBreeden, 50, of Montgomery, burned to ocatn inursaay in a hnnce trailer fire at Elkhurst. Clay County. A native shrnwshurv. she is survived by sons, Merlin Williams of Cleveland, Ohio, Sgt.

Ronnie Williams in the Air Force at Austin, sisters, Mrs. Helen Watson of rarhondale and Mrs. Virginia Phalen of Glasgow; three grandchildren. DAMRON. Clarence was to be held today at 2 p.

rain Church of Christ on Fourth Avenue Smith Charleston, bv the Rev. A. M. Gillespie. Burial was to follow in Sunset Memo rial Park.

Mr. Dainron, ot of 1919 Indiana formerly ofj uiariesion, wno soqm rjjsrieston, cnen oaturuay. greensaeeper at caiuiwini itv riuh tor Ihe nast 33 vears, Idied today in Thomas Memorial Hospital. Ma was a member of St, PMil'c Methndl.it Church in South Charleston, the Glendale. K.

of P. Ixxlge, and the AFfcAM lodge. He was a veteran 01 wonanaru. Surviving wife. Mareie: daughters, Mrs.

Frances feaster Mrs. luina mac neeuer, both of St. Albans; sons, John1 unn nanrle both of South Charleston, and Victor of St. Al hans; a sister, Mrs. trrsmK uoyie at.

WJuis, ij uranuL iui Irlren and one tfreat irrandchlld. The body is at the Snodgrass Funeral Home. PRITCHARD. Herman h. Service will be held tomorrow at 2 p.

in. in Fidler and Frame Funeral Home at Belle by the Rev. Charles Ambrose Jr. and Ihe Rev. L.

G. Clarke. Burial mill be in Graceland Memorial Park, Mr. Pritchard, 62, of 135j West Riverview Drive, Belle, died Saturday. WHETHERHOLT.

Mrs. Nan Icy Service to be held today at 2 p. m. in Keller Fu neral Hnme at Dunbar bv Ihi Rev. George Pauley.

Hunai win be in Grandvlew Memorial Park, Mrs. Whetherholt, 84, of 1228 Lightner Dunbar, Wied Sahrrdav. Surviving: sons, Orvllle ot ounnar, 1 nomas 01 1 St. Albans; daughter, Mrs. Bertha G.

Townson of Dunbar; seven erandchiklren; 11 great grandchildren. JAMES MUNROE CANTY JR. Donna Belle Hensley of Cleve in St. Anthony Catholic Church your love Is permanenily expressed iDr land, Ohm; six grandcniwren. wiui tne a loved one when their resting placa is Hie IWierai wm ne neiu by a garre Guild Monument.

ftl Hi REV. FRED THOMAS M0UMT AMARU WUTET IUMMO ELK RIVER CHURCH OF THE HUAREHE 1144 aVtHUI KV. I tWW WOO, fAITOa Pioneer W.Va. Educator Dies 1 ntnneer Neffro educator ill! West Virginia, 98 year old James Mnnrne Colonel) Cantv died yesterday at his home in Insti "jSr. Canty began his teaching Vnreer at West Virginia Colored (now West Virginia ithn school's mechanical andl industrial departments.

An iswi graduate of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, he was one of the first ihree teachers at Institute, (which had been founded two years earlier. recommendation from the principal of Tuskegee Institute, Booker T. Washington, who himself spent most or ms eariy ililn al Maiden. A native of Marietta, he' attained the rank of colonel in the militarv corps of students at Tuskegee institute from where iIHa nf hv which he was most familiarly known. After snendinB five vears as a teacher at Institute, Mr.

Canty was named acting principal in While servine as acting prin cipal, he organiied the first imilitary training corps for students and stressed physical I i training ana sports as major parts of the college program. Because of his interest in that nhirse. of education, he recently was nonorea oy uie nun. unn at West Virginia Mate uoiicgc. was a member of St.

Mam He tmk actiye ln Methodist Church of Charleston. Survivinc: a sister, Mrs, B. in 1907. he oreanized the F. Hughey of Hernshaw; a half West Virginia Colored Institute's industrial and student display at the Jamestown Exposition and also helped set up the West Virginia exhibit there.

School activities, as important as they were, did not occupy alt of Mr. Cantv's time. He was a Longregationansi and served as a Sunday School superintendent and teacher. Active in civic affairs, he was a director of the Mutual Savings and EYEGLASS HEARING AID Mieriphnni located in tmnt ot ear tor better sound reception. Sound system acoustically tuned for greater clarity and understanding.

Ask to test heir the and for details of 5 rear Service Protection Plan. HALL'S HEARING AID CENTER Ph. Dl 2 OJ7S A LOVED ONE i I mmmm 1 Mother 014 Slain In Ohio; Husband Held year old Meigs County man was being heM for susptcta of muroer tooay in tne smuun dual nf nix old Wife. Jailed following last nkhl'i shying in Middleport wasJack lou uuer auocueporv The victim was Anna Marj ret Oiler. She was found lyl on a bed the home.

She been struck by a shotgun blastl in me leu swe ot tne jaw, po Uce said. Her four children were in the home, but they were unharmed, officials said. Two of the children, twins Mike and Mickey. $. were asleep beside their dead mother when officials arrived.

The other (wo cniioren, jacxy, ana were elsewhere in the house. Officials said the couole ar med after he had returned from a tavern last night and the snooting apparently climaxed tne argument. Purse Returned, But No Money A Charleston tailor who lost $1,000 Friday has little hope of getting ins money nacK. His billfold, which had con tained the money, was returnedl in the mail tbc next emntv Frankenberger's, police when be lost the money. He said he believed he left his wallet on a counter at a downtown Only Barre Guild Monu hp i ments are permanently liR Ml auaranteed bv an assocla I guild I JM thoote from.

No paymtnts due before April. Select Now and Savtl McADAMS FLESHMAN MONUMENT CO. cowt twMmnt mm mmh HOWtt I CAU WtlTI Far OUlOO. 1 bank where he transacted some business. It contained eight $100 hills and other money, he on Saturday DlTosto notified notice that his wallet was re ceived in the mail, with no clue as to who might have mailed it.

Co. in Charleston and an' officer in the Institute Commu itv Club and the £1 Cubo Club at Institute. His wife, Florence, died four months ago. Surviving: a Mrs. Portia C.

Danshy of Tuscaloosa, Mrs. Marcia C. Ham Imonds, head of the home "eco nomlcs department at Lincoln and Mrs. Grace C. Mitchell of Institute, and six grandchildren.

The bodv is at Preston Fu neral Home. monoay, m. 17, iw Ciwttefton DailP flNtt 'II MRS. JULIA DAVIS Julia Davis Dead At 84 Mrs. Julia Staunton Davis.

84. of 1510 Lee memoer ot ninrwer Chnrleston familv. died ton. dence after a year's illness. Mrs.

Davis was the widow of i Madison T. Davis founder nf Hie Kanawha Manufacturing Co. Her parents were the late jDr. and Mrs. sianey anuuij Staunton.

In earlier vears. Mrs. DaviS was highly active in the Charleston Woman's Club. She belonged tn Ihe Kanawha Presbvterian Church and the Colonial Sri UZiT America. reported to joined to sponsor a tooa supervisor and cook's helper training school.

Mrs. Natalie Austin, manager Harry Marshall Of Thomas Field Illness Victim Harry R. Marshall, B. Wtfarww mikw of manna Field Ca. Idkd yesterday ta a CbarkMoa IMspnit alter a taon unwst.

I Mr. Marshall, of till I Staunton SE, was a na tive of Putnam unauy ana ti tenoea nest virguua institute of Technology. He was a member and usher of Christ Church Methodist. He was a past president of the Fellowship Class nf the church and served on the official board. He was a member ot Berry Hills country Llub.

Service wdl be held tomorrow at a. m. in Christ Church1 Methodist by the Rev. Truman W. Potter, Burial will be in Sun set Memorial Park.

wife, Marv Louise Board Marshall; son, H. Richard Jr. of Charleston; moth er, Mrs. George Adamson of St. airsvi e.

Ohio: sister. Mrs. Roy E. Francis of South Charles today at a.m. at uer resi rne igmiiy requests mai rae jmorlals be made in the form of contributions to the Frank Lau bach Fund of the church.

I of the Glass House Restaurant on the West Virginia Turnpike 1 and president of the state association, said registrations are beuig mada this week at the rtaieign uwnty vocational Training Center, Beckley. This will be the first class of its kind offered in this state, A son, Sidney of Charleston, Mrs Austin explained. Training is now president of Kanawha Mnnufar Another SO0. Frank, of Fort Worth, is president uf Convair Aircraft Co. A third son, the late Madison T.

Davis HI, an engineer who resided in California, died 13 years ago ln tne crasn ot a commercial airliner approach ing San Francisco. Other survivors are a sister. Mrs. Ernest Palmer, nine jgrsodchildren and 13. great trrandchildren.

The body is at tne banow Bonsaii funeral Home. Food Supervisor Training Available The West Viroinia Restaurant. jAssn. and the adult division of Raleigh County have; Iwill continue up to 16 weeks. Union Mission Founder's Widow Dies In Ohio Mra.

Can HuU WUfcnw, of LWton, Ohio, wtdnr Pat UUoa MWaa here, died yesterday attar a kog lUnew. Service wuTbe held Wednesday at p. a. In LUboa. The body is at the residence at her son, Joan Hull Lisbon.

Also sorvivtai an two stepson, a. and Pat Withrow Jr. ot Charleston: stepdaughters, Mrs. Catherine Blrthbel ot Charles ton and Mrs. Elisabeth SUM of Cincinnati, Ohio; one grand ehUd and one great granocnuo.

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