A five-year-old boy from Fairhaven;Mich.;whose father formerly lived in Monessen;drowned near his home Tuesday;Aug.27;1963;about noon. The victim;James Robert Beeman;was the son of Mr.and Mrs.Walter Beeman Jr. The boy was born in Florida;Sept.21;1957;and later was baptized at the First Methodist Church in Monessen. The child had been playing outdoors and was missed about noon on Tuesday. The Beemans live on Canal Way;where children in the neighborhood frequently play along the docks near their homes. When the Beemans reported their son missing;police authorities ordered dragging of the canal. The boy’s body was discovered in the canal about 2 p.m. Wednesday. Surviving besides his parents are two brothers;Jeffrey and Gregory;and a sister;Melody Ann;all at home;paternal grandparents;Robert and Peg (Vance) McLaughlin of Monessen;and maternal grandparents;Mr.and Mrs.James Smiles of England. Friends will be received at the Edwin Melenyzer Funeral Home in Monesen after 7 p.m. Friday. Service will be held there Saturday;Aug.31;1963;at 2:30 p.m.and will be in charge of the Rev.Jackson A.Gabany of the Methodist Church in Monessen. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Ralph Byron Billger; 1905 Wilson Ave.; New Castle; a former
resident of Charleroi and Belle
Vernon; died Saturday;July 13;1963;at 12:30 p.m. in the Macaluso Nursing Home on West Pittsburgh Rd. He had been ill for some time.
Born in McKeesport; July 18;
1891;to William M.and Ella Kate Robinson Billger; he was retired from the oil
tubing department of the Allenport plant of Pittsburgh Steel Co.
in 1956 after nearly 40 years of service. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of New Castle and the American Legion Post 22; Charleroi.
Preceded in death by his wife;
Mary Conner Billger on April 4;
1940; he is survived by a daughter; Mrs. LeRoy (Doris) Columbus; with whom he made his
home and a brother; Harry; of
Belle Vernon. The body has been removed from the William F.DeCarbo Funeral Home on Cunningham Ave.to the Shelby Ferguson Funeral Home in Belle Vernon where friends are being received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.on Monday. Services will be held in the funeral home at 1:30 p.m.Tuesday;July 16;1963;with Rev.John Calvin Myers officiating. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

Alex Beregi;67;of 1113 Broada Ave.;Ext.;Belle Vernon;died at his home Tuesday;June 11;1963;at 3 a.m.after a lingering illness. He is survived by two daughters;Mrs.Vincent (Elizabeth) Carrino of Newark;N.J.;and Margaret Beregi at home;two sons;Joseph and Andrew;both of Belle Vernon;and five grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Harold R.Toner Funeral Home in Belle Vernon during hours of 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m.where a service will be held Friday;June 14;at 2 p.m.in charge of the Rev.Victor Bodnar of Brownsville. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Harold R.Toner;funeral director.