Princeton Quota Club Holds Outdoor Business Session
Mrs. Mary Ellen Shumaker hosted the Princeton Quota Club on her South Ninth Street lawn. President Katherine Helm led a short business session and announced dates for the executive board meeting, bloodmobile sandwich and cookie drive, and an upcoming meeting at the Virginian Hotel.
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Mary Ellen Shumaker
Princeton
South Ninth Street
Claudine Flaherty
Mary Francis Bragg
Katherine Helm
George Seaver
Methodist Church
Virginian Hotel
Marioretta Caffee
Edith Tuggle
Lana Looney
Ruth Keaton
Berta Hall
Julia Bailey
Dorothy Grimm
Ada Kessinger
Danise Talbert
Mildred Wright
Edith Volkin
Eloise Farley
Lena Walthall
Ora Peters
Phyllis Webb
Linda Cooke
Mary Jane Shumaker
Gary Shumaker
Periwinkle Club Meeting in Princeton and Plans
The Periwinkle Garden Club met at Tow N-Country Restaurant in Princeton with a social hour honoring Mrs. Thomas Regan who moves to McAllister Oklahoma. President Mrs. James Morrison led a brief business session and committee reports followed. A flower show school is set for Sept 11 at 10:30 a.m. in the Memorial Building conducted by Mrs. Norman Riddle of Bluefield with the theme Christmas Story.
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Princeton
Periwinkle Garden Club
Thomas Regan
McAllister
Okla
James Morrison
Ed Erb
Periwinkle Club
Memorial
Norman Riddle
Bluefield
Garden Club
Dan Hale
Mesdames
Fred Bailey
Jack Bailey
Bill Brown
David Burton
Harold Farley
M. B. Greer Jr
Ray Hart
Robert
Women of Moose Meet in Princeton Chapter No 355
Senior Regent Evelyn Plunkett presided at the Women of the Moose Princeton Chapter 355 meeting. New member Mrs. Trixie Brogan was installed. Capsule drawing winner was Mrs. Maude Crowell. Next meeting set for Sept 1 with Elizabeth Stauffer as publicity chairman.
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Evelyn Plunkett
Women of the Moose
Princeton
Trixie Brogan
Maude Crowell
Elizabeth Stauffer
Boosters Club Plans Prized Football Program Sale
The Princeton Boosters Club meets Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Princeton Bank & Trust Building to discuss ads for football programs and the sale of season tickets. members who secured ads are urged to submit them or the money received.
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Princeton Boosters Club
Princeton Bank & Trust Co
DAR Convenes At Elks Club
The Matthew French Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a regular meeting at the Princeton Elks Club with hostesses Mrs. C. E. Susong and Mrs. Harry Osborne. Attendees included Mrs. Bryan Steele of Mullens and Miss Blanche Straley. The program featured remarks by Rev Harman and National Defense chair Mrs. Jones and an address by John Noble on his experiences as a prisoner behind the iron curtain.
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Matthew French
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Princeton Elks Club
C. E. Susong
Harry Osborne
William Lilly
T. M. Jones
Bryan Steele
Mullens
Blanche Straley
Jones
Cedar Lakes
John S. Hayden
Mason
Ohio
H. F. Toothman
Virginia Cyphers
Continental Congress
Mary Fried
Nancy Okes
Harman
Parsons
Mrs. Jones
National
National Defense
Beth Branyon
John Noble
God
AEC Plans Public Hearing on Subsidizing Nuclear Projects
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a public rule making hearing on whether to continue government subsidies for certain private nuclear reactors. Backed by the National Coal Policy Conference and United Mine Workers, the move seeks a finding that boiling and pressurized light water reactors have practical value for commercial use, potentially ending subsidy waivers and prioritizing licenses for high coal cost regions.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Coal Industry
Miners’ Union
The
National Coal Policy Conference, Inc
United Mine Workers
Commission
Princeton Street Repair Is Finished
Spokesmen for the West Virginia State Road Commission in Princeton said the Lazenby Avenue project in Princeton involving .38 mile of grading drainage and a bridge has been completed. Work continues on the Princeton Bluewell W Va 20 project with 3.698 miles of fine grading and base course. SRC District 10 headquarters in Princeton reports asphalt placement and urges drivers to avoid the roadway when possible.
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West Virginia State Road Commission
Princeton
Lazenby Avenue
Princeton - Bluewell W. Va
SRC
District 10
Trio Sings Sunday At Holiness Church
The Emmanuel College Trio from Franklin Springs Georgia will present a sacred music program at Bluewell Pentecostal Holiness Church during the morning worship Sunday at 11 am. Rev. Max W Thompson serves as pastor.
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Trio
Holiness Church
Emmanuel College
Franklin Springs
Bluewell Pentecostal Holiness
Max W. Thompson
Wagner Backs Kennedy for New York Senate Nomination
New York mayor Robert F. Wagner endorses Robert F. Kennedy for the Democratic Senate nomination, strengthening Kennedy to challenge Republican Senator Kenneth B. Keating. Kennedy plans to announce and resign as attorney general on September 1 as the Democratic Convention meets in New York.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Kenneth B. Keating
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Keating
Congress
U.S
Johnson
White House
Spet
Washington
Justice Department
Wagner
Stratton
West Virginian Killed By Truck
A West Virginia man identified as James W. McKee about 58 of Paw Paw was killed when he walked into the path of a reversing truck at a Cumberland Maryland highway project. McKee suffered a crushed chest and fractured skull and died at the scene. The Cumberland Contracting Co. was paving the Cumberland Freeway at the Window Street overpass.
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Cumberland
West Virginia
James W. McKee
Paw Paw
W.va
McKee
Cumberland Contracting Co
Cumberland Freeway
Window Street
Jaycees To Attend Fairmont Meeting
Delegates to a three day State Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting in Fairmont will hear a discussion on community development. State School Supt Rex Smith and Joe Morris of West Virginia University's Appalachian Research Center will take part. More than 300 delegates attend the event which began Friday.
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Fairmont
Path to removing Supreme Court justices described
The only way a Supreme Court justice can be removed from office is by impeachment. Proceedings begin in the House and are completed in the Senate.
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Supreme Court of the United States
House of Representatives
Senate
West Virginia Prepares For Antipoverty Action
West Virginia moves to implement the Economic Opportunity Act with plans for job corps camps, college work study, and work training. An advisory council led by Paul Crabtree aimed to rapidly deploy funds once federal guidelines and appropriations arrive.
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West Virginia
Barron
R. Sargent Shriver
CCC
Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Crabtree
Advisory Council Shriver
OEO
Bids Requested On Southwest Virginia Roads
The Virginia State Road Commission invites bids Friday for Southwest Virginia projects. Items include Marion U S 1 resurfacing 1.56 miles, Smyth County I 81 planting over 9.6 miles, Dickenson County Virginia 83 new location 8 from Clinchco to Haysi 6.24 miles, and Smyth County I 107 2.2 miles of new 22 foot roadway from Route 610 near Saltville to Route 609 at Lyons Gap.
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Virginia State Road Commission
Virginia
Marion
U. S
Smyth County
Dickenson County
Virginia 8
Clinchco
Haysi
Saltville
Lyons Gap
Hayfever Toll: One in Twenty Americans Affected
The report notes that about one in twenty Americans suffer from hayfever. It examines prevalence across age groups and regions and highlights the impact on daily activities and productivity.
Governor orders review of parole board records after Muldrew release
Gov. W. W. Barron orders a comprehensive review of the state Board of Probation and Parole record keeping following the apparent premature release of Patrick Muldrew Jr. from Moundsville Penitentiary. The case stemmed from a habeas corpus writ on a 1961 murder conviction and detainers not filed, with a nationwide search under way for Muldrew. Barron also directs scrutiny of the board after a recent escape of Otha Reed from an Ohio County work detail.
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Charleston
W. W. Barron
State Board of Probation and Parole
Patrick Muldrew Jr
Moundsville
Barron
Muldrew
Wheeling
Ohio
Wheeling News-Register
Louisville
Ritchie County
Otha Reed
Ohio County
Deed and Suit Filings Show Transfers and Marital Wish
Court clerk records in Princeton list five property transfers totaling tens of thousands, two lawsuits including a loan claim and an divorce, plus an application to wed by Mark V. Brooks and Loretta Carol Amaker of Bluefield. Names include Carr Linkous Poe Dillon Smith Ham maker Walthall Bish and parties Time Finance of Bluefield Saunders Nichols Jr. Saunders Amaker Brooks.
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Princeton
Robert Carr
William T
Goldie L. Linkous
Rock District
Maggie Poe
Lloyd Dillon
Beaver Pond
Harry A
Leah Smith
Kenneth and
Lorie Ann Hammaker
Edgemont
J. E
Clara Walthall
Southern Gas and Oil Co
Plymouth
J. H. Lilly Land Co
Carl
Edith Bish
Lilly Grove
Time Finance of
Bluefield
William R. Nichols Jr
Deela R. Saunders
Harry D. Saunders
Mark V. Brooks
Loretta Carol Amaker
WV roads death toll rises to 277 this year
State Police at Charleston reported Friday that 277 people have died on West Virginia highways year to date, up from 230 on the same date last year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Pennsy Decides Merger Fate For 7450 Mile Rail Complex
The Pennsylvania Railroad faces a deadline to dispose of stock in the Norfolk & Western and Wabash as a three-line merger with Nickel Plate and others could create a 7,450 mile system from the Great Lakes to the East Coast. The ICC require divestment steps with a 30 day plan, 60 day management severance, and 90 day consolidation, while Pennsy signals no move yet.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Norfolk & Westean
Nickel Plate
Wabash
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
New Jersey
N&w
Pennsy
New York Central
Erie
Barron Heads to White House Meeting With Johnson
West Virginia Governor Barron will travel to Washington on Saturday to attend a meeting and dinner with President Johnson at the White House. He is among several Democratic governors meeting Johnson before departing for the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey next week.
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Washington
W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Johnson
White House
Barron
Atlantic City
N.J
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