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Rdlnh Belcher, all of Pineville, and Mrs Gladys whitC( Brcnton M'' Ka ph Lo( The body will remain at the ney S3 oi Marniet, formerly cao Funera oi Pmevi e. wi be 'Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, W. Sunday Morning, Jan. 23, 1072--3 11 1 be 1C at 11 a. m.

Monday at the Pres-! friends byterian Church of He died at 3:30 a. rn. Friday at his home after a long illness. lie was an employe of the Consolidated Gas Corp. and was active in the Boy Scouts and i i Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are his wife, Gladys Looney; a son, David, and several brothers and sisters. The body is at the Leonard Johnson Funeral Marmet, where friends may call after 6 p. m. today. (RNSJ Herbert Evans Final rites for Herbert Evans, 42, of Pineville, will be held at 2:30 p.

m. Monday at the Brenton Pentecostal Church at Brenton with the Rev. Raymond Bishop in charge. Burial will I follow in Privett Cemetery, He died Saturday afternoon! at the home of his father. Born July 18, 1929, at Pineville, he was a son of Ezra and Dorothy Cozort Evans, Pineville, and was preceded in death by his wife, Ollie, in 1969.

He is also survived by three sons, Roger, Fort Knox, and Danny and Stacy, both of Pineville; six brothers, Paul, Hotchkiss, and Bill, Arthur, Herman, Okey and David all of Pineville; six sisters, Mrs. Vesta Carr, Oakdale, Mrs. Manda Graft, Dayton, Ohio, Mrs. Bertha Blankenship, Mrs. Lula Whittaker, Mrs.

Pat the Masonic Lodge and was past master of the Beckley Masonic Lodge No. 95. Dr. and' Mrs. French (tlie former Jennie Gregory) spent the winter months at their summer home near Lake Hurnando.

Additional survivors include a son, Judge Millard F. French, Vienna, and a daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Kippler, Beckley. may call after 4 p. m.

today and will be taken to the church one hour prior to the funeral. (RNS) Daniel Funeral services for Daniel Cheatwood, 63, of Beckley, whV me keyser-Bryant Funeral! be conducted at 2 p.m. today ome for completion of funeral 1() prevent the land from col- at Central Baptist Church with arrangements. "A little water can't hurt you" they say but: residents of might take exception to that coming saying. THE NEARBY creek has flooded the area for years whenever heavy rains come, and two recent events have added to the people's woes.

About three years ago, a The body will be returned to i nearby abandoned mine was i i i i i and scaled in order the Rev. Robert I. Brown officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Thursday night in loncy H.

lapsing beneath a neighboring church. But the mine site used to drain the flood waters somewhat, residents say, while Final rites for Lancy Hunter i now they rise and flood nearby a local hospital following a longjWindon, 73, of Cool Ridge, will homes and yards. illness. In addition to listed survivors, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. Pearlie Bakle, Newark, N.

J. The body will be taken from the Anderson-Hairston Funeral be conducted at 1 p.m. today And since nearby strip mining previously i i the New Haven Baptist (began several years ago, up 1 1 Tt) I i i i i i Church, Cool Rid'ge with the the hollow, the flood waters Revs. Robert Lilly and Oliver Tedder officiating. Burial will follow in the Lilly Cemetery on the Blue Jay Six Road.

The Home Montgomery, to the was Previously an- one hour prior to thej to be held at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Windon died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday in a local hospital Dr. Mason A retired Beckley dentist, Dr. Mason Monroe French, 80, of 211 Beaver was found dead in his fishing boat at Lake Hernando, at 10 p.m.

Friday. Death was attributed to an apparent heart attack. Born Jan. 20, 1892 in Logan, he was the son of the late Dr. M.

F. and Ella Nash French. A member of the United Methodist Temple, he practiced dentistry for many years in Beckley prior to his retirement. He was a 50-year member of ANNUAL WINTER SALE 0 DAVIS-FLESHMAN MONUMENT CO. 1 BLOCK OFF HARPER ROAD BECKLEY Close To Sunset Memorial--Beside Car Wash FINEST QUALITY GUARANTEED MEMORIALS LARGE COMPANION VASE MONUMENT WINTER SALE PRICE (Smaller Size Now $326) 398.

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110 SUNSET DRIVE-BECKLEY IN GREENBRIER AND MONROE AREA SEE OUR LARGE DISPLAY ON ROAD (OFF U.S. 60) LEWISBURG REV. LEROY CRANE PHONE 645-3876 following a short illness. Joseph H. Sledd Funeral services for Joseph H.

Sledd, 66, Tampa, formerly of Beckley, will be held at 3 p.m. today in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Dunlap in charge. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens at Prosperity. Sledd, a retired hardware store clerk, died Thursday in Tampa.

Death was attributed to an apparent heart attack. Born May 26, 1905 at Simmons, he was a son of the late Joseph and Lydia Green Sledd. Surviving are his wife, Faye Deitz Sledd, Quinwood; a son, Joseph Stone Mountain, a daughter, Mrs. Frances Legg of Germany; two sisters, Mrs. a Allenbaugh, Tampa and Mrs.

Ellen Henson, Beckley and five grandchildren. carry silt and mud with them. Mrs. Zelphie Griffith of Jonben says "when they first started stripping up there, it washed the awfulest filth into the yard. We didn't ever think we'd get it out." If mud-filled flood waters aren't enough, Jonben residents have a further worry.

Their homes, Mrs. Long explains, rest on mined out land. "WE COULD be sunk with so much water," she says. Somehow residents of Jonben have kept their humor about the situation though they wish someone "Maybe the strippers" Mrs. Long says would widen out the creek to allow jthe water to flow on.

BUT IN THE absence of help they smile and kid each other about the water, pose for a visiting reporter's pictures, and as he's leaving say, as Mrs. Long did, "Stay around. We'll find you a paddle." MAN ROBS SUPERMARKET PARKERSBURG (AP) An undetermined amount of cash was taken from a supermarket here just before closing time Friday night by an armed man, police said. A Park Supermarket clerk said the man, described as in his 30s, demanded money at gunpoint from the cash register and took $50 from a customer before fleeing on foot. Conference On Conservation Sef MORGANTOWN (AP) A conservation conference, sponsored by the Virginia Wildlife Federation, is scheduled next weekend here on the Evansdale campus of West Virginia University.

Federation president Dave Brantner of Paden City said the opening session Friday night will feature Ted Fearnow of Berkeley Springs, federation director of national affairs. Fearnow is expected to discuss conservation and resource management problems confronting administrative and legislative branches of state government. "I waded out and I'll wade in," says Mrs. Elizabeth Long of Jonben. Friday as heavy rains once again flood her's and neighboring homes.

Non-Discrimfnofion Biff fs Approved WASHINGTON (AP) An amendment sponsored by Sen. Jennings Randolph, to assure non-discrimination in employment to persons who observe the Sabbath on days other than Sunday was approved Friday 55-0 by the U.S. Senate. Randolph said his amendment to the Equal Employment Opportunity bill would be applicable to about 750,000 Orthodox Jews, 425,000 Seventh Day Adventists and 5,000 Seventh Day Baptists. CHARLESTON HOST CITY CHARLESTON (AP) Charleston has been chosen as the host city for the 6th annual Governor's Conference on Travel, tentatively planned for next October.

Dates for the three-day conference are to be announced later by the West Virginia Department of Commerce's travel advisory council. 1971 Turnpike Figures Increase In Vehicles, Accidents And Deaths Police Beat Woman Posts $500 Bond Helen Penn, 781 S. Fayette posted $50 property bond and was released following an appearance before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez after she was arrested by city police early aturday on a warrant charging her with disposing of mortgage 3roperty belonging to Modern Furniture Beckley. Thomas J. Higginbotham of 104 West Virginia St.

was cited city police at 1 a.m. Saturday on a red light violation. He was ordered in municipal court Jan. 3L A Tacoma, man, William G. Hillberg, was arrested by city police at 3 a.m.

Saturday and charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol. He posted $110 bond. Also cited at 3:40 a.m. for the same offense was Edward Smith, 43 Forest Cincinnati, Ohio. Smith posted bond amounting to S108.50.

Phyllis Rumell was arrested by city police at 10:55 a.m. Saturday on a hit and run warrant. She was released on her own recognizance in an appearance before Magistrate Rodriguez. A later appearance is scheduled Jan. 24.

The Beckley Fire Depart- CHARLESTON (AP) --I compared with $5,949,458 in West Virginia Turnpike 1970. cials have reported revenues' The turnpike was used by from the toll road in 1971 were 733,309 cars and trucks Iast mei ts cue 1 nearly $900,000 more than or more than 139,000 over lirst cal1 A Ave. at 8 a.m. Saturday, where Mrs. J.

Williams had fallen and turnpike figures for 1970. Other 1971 show an increase in vehicles, accidents and fatalities, but a decrease in the number of injuries from, turnpike accidents. Toll revenues in 1971 amounted to $6,833,710, officials said, the previous year. State police records show in- hit her head. She was ad- vestigations of 258 accidents on Im ei Oli wc 4.7, AO ministered first aid and re- the turnpike last year, 48 more than in 1970.

Highway fatalities increased from 15 to 17, while injuries de-i creased from 148 in 1970 to 78 last year. mained at home. The chipmunk spends most of the winter underground but awakens periodically to eat its stored seeds and nuts. Daniel Becomes 6th Board Of Education Candidate taking care of school problems." THE SON OF member of the board, Daniel said he is opposed to school Resumes At Appalachian Hospital The program of lectures in pediatrics by visiting West Virginia University professors instituted at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital will be revived this week with the appearance of Dr. Roland E.

Schmidt, assistant dean of the WVU School of Medicine. Dr. Schmidt has done extensive work and is the author and co-author of publications in his field of specialization as a pediatric cardiologist. MEMBERS OF the pediatric, the medical and resident staffs at BARH have been invited to hear Dr. Schmidt at 8 a.m.

Monday for case presentation Terry Daniel, a bulldozer operator for Consolidation Coal Co. at its Rowland Mine in Raleigh County, is the sixth candidate to enter the Board of Education race in the May 9 Primary Election. Two seats are to be filled on the board. Daniel said he believes the residents of the Marsh Fork, consolidations" 'that make ex- Clear Fork and Trap Hill areas tensive busing necessary. His father, the late J.

E. Daniel, served on the board of education 12 years prior to his retirement in the late 1950s. When he filed in the circuit clerk's office Saturday, Daniel said he made a pledge to inform the public if something funded by grants from Mead; is wrong that teachers will be OI need representation on the through 1969 Daniel was Board of Education by "some- employed by Gooding Rubber i Co. as shop foreman and atone not so involved in other business he is kept from tended a hydraulic school in Pittsburgh, Pa. Daniel and his wife, the former Brenda Stewart a former jMcGraws, are the parents of five children, the eldest in seventh grade and the youngest a pre-schooler.

Johnson for underwriting Dr. Schmidt's appearance i Beckley. The lecture program, he explained, also is supported by the hospital's medical staff. DR. SCHMIDT, as assistant dean of the WVU Medical School is responsible for the organization and administration of the Selective Experience Program for a Medical Students.

The program which gives medical students the opportunity to work in teaching hospitals such as BARH while completing M. D. degree requirements has the expressed approval of The West11963-64. He came to the WVU Virginia Joint Council on Medical Center as assistant Johnson in 1965, and the West Virginia Heart Association in 1966. Prior to that time he worked under a North Carolina Heart Association grant and a general research support grant from the West i i i a University School of Medicine.

The lecturer became a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics in 1963 following completion of a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at North Carolina Memorial Hospital where he, was an instructor in pediatrics laws He was born ApnJ 5, 1939 at Fairdale, attended Trap Hill High School and earned a invited to consult with him and that he will help janitors and bus drivers get as much pay as possible. THE CANDIDATE is president of the Coal River Coon Hunters Association and past president of the Southern West Virginia Association. He is a Baptist, a member of the Beckley Masonic Lodge No. 95, active in sports and as a conservationist with an interest in reducing violations of hunting DR. ROLAND E.

SCHMIDT MOST PEOPLE AGREE Amos Quesenberry Funeral service is a matter of caring, then doing. One is concerned about his fellow man, then he does everything he can to help throughout the time of sadness. At least this is the way Amos Quesenberry looks at it, and Beckley-area families he serves seem to agree that it's the right way. Rose Quesenberry OP Funeral Chapel TELEPHONE 253-4461 Orbr BECKLEY tf "If AMOS E. QUESENBERRY OWNtR AND MANAf.rH Teaching Hospitals.

Dr. Gogo 1 professor of pediatrics in l964jWoma while serving in the and discussion and at 1 p.m., JL informed by the i became a professor in 1967 and i United States Nav from 1956 for a lecture on cardiac secretary-treasurer! was named assistant dean in through 1960. He completed the animation of children. 101 ar "equally 1970. (Navy Class A Hospital Corps session is scheduled to last 90 enthusi slic 'about the op- DR.

SCHMIDT is a native 0 fi Sch o1 and was minutes. portunities and squally the op- i i i received a a hos ltal corpsman. From 1967 Announcement that the pro- perspectives afforded them. of arts degree fromj gram will resume was made, Ff L. to broad and the University of Three of the four top paper by Dr.

Prospero B. Gogo, the program" in 1939 and the M. D. and paperboard manufalturmg .1 TTY- IT i rlpcrrpp fvnm thp TTnivprditvr nf Qt.nfp; nrp in Smith TERRY DANIEL of the BARH Division of Pediatrics who also said Schmidt will make rounds tint from the University of states are in the South I a prOlJUaul IIIUL i imr TT -iintramural faculty members or: chica in lws He interned.Georgia, Alabama and Louisia, i heads" be invited Duke tal and Charity na ENROLL NOW CLASSES BEGIN FEB. 1st Beckley Institute Of Hair Design 100 HEBER PH 252-5345 pediatrics with hospital pliysi-j i sit the hospitals where fourth- i a of Louisiana, 1 cians Monday.

Dr. Gogo ex- students undergo residency in general pra 4 rt T-Tnt'rM took his pressed the gratitude of thc varous undergo these: of extramural! Hue practice Hospital before division of pediatrics to Mead- cx ncr cncc a proposal which in mto general practice for 10 th i residenc In Memoriam Harold N. Williams Nicholas G. Kambouris Dolores Lopez Marie Vorrns John F. Schulto Alfred J.

Corns Kvelyn A. Cole Leonard S. Ford i F. a i Jo Lilly Colombus T. Fills George Allen Howard C.

Smith Jr. Henry F. Aniick lulu;) M. Ounagan Hc'-die G. Holland Kdward Joe i "THIS MONTH" "Memory Our Greatest Treasure" Sunset Memorial Park Owned and Operated hy Homeseckers Land i Company, Inc.

Dr cogo expects to implement! 10 then taking residency i cdiatnw at North Carolina i Memorial Hospital. following discussion hospital officials. ANOTHER lecture in the visiting professor program will be delivered April 9 bv Dr. Svoboda, chairman of the WVU AreWSpOper MffKe Department CHARLESTON A -whose topic will be pediatric Six windows in two News- neurology, paper Agency Corp. circulation Dr.

Schmidt has done department vehicles were shat- reseaivh in pediatric cardiology icred early Saturday as violence continued in the two- MAYOR management-union ST. ALRANS il'Pl'i dispute involving Charleston's When St. Alhans so two daily newspapers, to the polls June 5. they In addition, company officials will elect the city's first full- reported that a plate glass win- time mayor. The ordinance dow in the NAC building was passed by City Council 2 punctured by an unidentified placed the mayor's salary at object.

It marked the second $12,000 annually fight puncture of a plate glass window since the strike of produc- i i and distribution employes began last No. No injuries were reported in the incidents. a a a Common Pleas Court Judge Herbert Belcher levied a suspended sentence and a $10 fine Friday against striking NAC em- ploye. Ronald G. Daniels.

Daniels was accused of throwing nails onto an agency parking a i Friday, a fire authorities say was deliberately set rausou heavy damage to an ageivv parked at a re- shop. Call Us with Confidence Prompt response to your call, personal attention, proper respect for the family's feelings, a dignified funeral. Thus we serve your need. Fred X. Williams Funeral Home FRED X.

WILLIAMS, OWNER Pau! H. Flanagan, Licensed Funeral Director Sophia Ph. 683-4212.

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