Physician Treated After Stabbing in Jail
Jarive Cole of Montcalm slashed his left arm with a safety razor while in county jail Friday night. Dr. Ben Bird closed the wound with nineteen stitches. Cole had prior incidents in jail, including a 24 stitch wound two years ago. He was committed for sixty days on a drunkenness charge by Magistrate W. S. Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarius Cole
Montcalm
Jarive Cole
Ben Bird
Cole
W. 8. Reynolds
Famous Stars Lead Royal Theater Features This Week
Three famous actors headline No More Ladies at the Royal today and Monday with Joan Crawford linked as a love interest. Shanghai starring Loretta Young and Charles Boyer comes to the Royal Tuesday for a dramatic Western influenced romance. The Public Menace with Jean Arthur and others screens Wednesday as another major feature. Tarzan returns Saturday in Branded Men with Ken Maynard and his horse aiding the hero against outlaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Loretta Young
Charles Boyer
Warner Oland
Alison Skipworth
Fred Keating
Jean Arthur
George Murphy
Douglas Dubrille
Tom Brown
Carol Stone
Laurie Lou
Virgin Weidler
Paul Cavanagh
Una O'Connor
Gene Eckhart
Arthur E. Carew
John Qualen
Vic
Budapest
Ken Maynard
Tarzan
Maynard
Princeton Students to Stage Minstrel Show in December
Princeton high school announces the first minstrel to be staged by its students mid December in the auditorium. Rehearsals led by S J Evans Jr W I Herring Warren W Clark and Sydnor Barksdale. Proceeds fund reviving the Pinnacle the high school newspaper inactive since 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton High School
High Chool
S. J. Evans Jr
W. I. Herring
Warren W. Clark
Sydnor Barksdale
High Ae
Igh
Pinnacle
West Virginia
Live Wire Girls Meet at First Christian Church
The Live Wire Girls class of the First Christian church met at Miss Evelyn Martin's Reynolds Avenue home Tuesday evening. Faith Crozier presided and led the business session. Minutes were read by Clara Bell Craft. Contests followed the meeting and a party plate was served. Attendees included Lilly Mae Meador Edith Crozier Clara Bell Craft Kathleen Dove Vivian White Sarah Thompson Nancy Moore Beatrice Dove and Evelyn Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Evelyn Martin
Reynolds Avenue
Faith Crozier
Clara Bell Craft
Lilly Mae Meador
Edith Crozier
Kathleen Dove
Vivian White
Week of Prayer Observed by First Baptist Missionary Society
The Woman's Missionary society and auxiliaries plan a Week of Prayer for foreign missions with daily afternoon services except Thursday. Thursday features a pageant “Two Lands And A Life That Lives” about Henrietta Hall Shuck by Mia C. D. Creasman from Lewisburg. The pageant tours 170 cities in Virginia and West Virginia, with a local history link to J. Lewis Shuck of Lewisburg, now West Virginia. Friday will close with the World Day of Prayer event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Henrietta Hall Shuck
China
Ia Mia. C. D. Creasman
Lewisburg
Tenn
Virginia
West Virginia
J. Lewis Shuck
Margaret Lynn Lewis
Mercer pupils donate twenty five Thanksgiving baskets
Mercer school pupils collected twenty five baskets of food and clothing for needy families this Thanksgiving. Home room mothers assisted with planning and delivering the baskets, including Mrs. Edgar White, Mrs. J. C. Meador, Guy Baker, Mrs. G. W. Hambrick, Mrs. H. McCray, Mrs. Riley Griffith, Mrs. J. H. Reynolds, Mrs. Dewy Bailey, Mrs. King, Mrs. Jack London, and Mrs. P. I. Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer School
Fin
Edgar White
J. C. Meador
Guy Baker
G. W. Hambrick
H. ©. McCray
Riley Griffith
J. H. Reynolds
Wornall Building Remodels for Goodwill Center
The Wornall building on Thorn Street is remodeled to house an auditorium assembly room on the first floor and club rooms and Sunday school rooms upstairs. Miss Allie Lee Arendall arrives as Goodwill Center director bringing renewed local volunteer energy. the center will be known as the Baptist Mission and Goodwill Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wornall
Thorn Street
Goodwill Center
Allie Lee Arendall
Baptist Mission and Goodwill Center
Presbyterian circle to meet Tuesday at Mrs Douglas Barger home
The Evening circle of the Presbyterian church will gather Tuesday evening at eight o'clock at the home of Mrs Douglas Barger for a church group gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Douglas Barger
Caroline Hylton Circle Meeting at North Walker Street
The Caroline Hylton circle of First Baptist will meet Monday at 7 30 p m with Miss Grace Perkins at her North Walker Street home Mrs Ruth Cook leads the mission study program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Hylton
First Baptist Church
Grace Perkins
North Walker Street
Ruth Cook
Directors Meet at New Goodwill Center Home
The herd of directors of the Goodwill Center will hold their monthly meeting Monday at 10 o clock at their new home in Wor nall building Thorn street Prince ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herd of Directors
The
Goodwill Center
Wornall Building
Thorn Street
Princeton
Brush Creek Farm Women's Club to Meet at Mrs Belcher's Home
The Brush Creek Farm Women's Club holds its December meeting at Mrs. W. Belcher's home with a covered dish luncheon. The gathering opens at 10 o'clock with a demonstration on decorating windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Women's Club
Brush Creek
Better Home Reading Leads Christmas Party Discussion
Mrs. Herman Bowers and Miss Gadys Wasmuth with Mrs. Zeb Winfrey will head the discussion on Better Home Reading. The regular Christmas party is scheduled for the afternoon and all members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Bowers
Gadys Wasmuth
Zeb Winfrey
Jolly Coleene Holds Social Planning Meeting At Ada Lee Home
The Jolly Coleene met Thursday at Ada Virginia Lee’s Oliver Avenue home to plan a Christmas social. President June Damewood presided over the session and, after adjournment, the hostess and her mother served refreshments to the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Coleene
Ada Virginia Lee
Oliver Avenue
June Damewood
Myrtle Bane Circle Holds Last Meeting of Year
The Myrtle Bane circle of the First Methodist church meets Thursday at Mrs Howard Ellison's Highland Avenue home at 12 39. A pot luck lunch is served and each member brings a covered dish plus a present for their prayer sister who will be revealed at this gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Bane
First Methodist Church
Howard Ellison
Hifehland Avenue
Arso
Miss Pine Returns From Six Weeks Voyage
Miss Jack Pine arrives at Mercer street home after a six weeks voyage through the Panama Canal to Hawaii. She will visit friends in the city until January 1, then return to New York to resume her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pine
Jack Pine
Mercer Street
Panama Canal
Hawalii
New York
Princeton Chapter Meets Tuesday Evening at 8
Princeton chapter 53 of the EF S will meet Tuesday evening at 8. Every member is requested to be present and a social hour will follow the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
O. EB. S
Miller's Newborn Son James Marvin Born Saturday
Mr and Mrs Vance Miller of Straley avenue welcome their son James Marvin born Saturday November 8 0. The baby weighed nine pounds and the mother is Elizabeth Ellis Miller before marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Miller
Straley Avenue
James Marvin
Death of Mrs Nancy Rumburg at 96 at Straley Ave home
Mrs Nancy J Rumburg 96 died at 12:16 PM Saturday at the home of her daughter Mrs H K Spangler 402 Straley Avenue. Born Nancy Borrer in Patrick County Virginia June 7 1839 she married William J Rumburg in 1864 and lived in Mercer County. Funeral Sunday 2 PM at the Spangler residence with burial in Wolfe Creek Cemetery. She leaves two sons five daughters thirty grandchildren and forty four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy J. Rumburg
H. KE. Spangler
Straley Avenue
Rumburg
Nancy Borrer
Patrick Count
Virginia
Christiansburg
William J. Bumburg
Mercer County
Spangler
Wolfe Creek
Spanishburg
Rumburge
The
Baptist Church
E. V. Rumburg
Interior
W. H. Rumburg
Princeton
Zora Clark
H. FE. Spangler
Rachel Akers
EB. W. Atkinson
Norfolk, Va
Cora Griggs
Hansford
Mercer County WPA Children Nutrition Project Starts
The Mercer county school nutrition project funded by the WPA will commence this week. County superintendent Charles H. Archer works with WPA officials to launch the program with rural supervisor Mrs. Bertie Smith Moore of Athens and urban center supervisor Miss Kathryn Tickle of Bluefield. Hot lunches will aid needy children using food prepared by WPA designated cooks and supplied by the relief administration commodity division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
WPA
Charles H. Archer
Bertie Smith Moore
Athens
Kathryn Tickle
Bluefield
Commodity Division
The
Relief Administration
The American Cafe Luncheon and Sunday Dinner Feature
An advertisement for The American Cafe promotes quick, unhurried service with fountain, counter, and table service. It highlights a special Sunday Dinner offering turkey, chicken, seafoods, and tender steaks at reasonable prices to suit between meals or a good lunch.
Potato Act I Effective Today Makes Potatoes Eligible for Allotments
The Potato Act I takes effect for potatoes harvested on or after December 1, 1935 and applies to Mercer County growers. It bases allotments on 1932-34 sales history, with county and state committees reviewing recommendations. Exemptions exist for small producers and those with no base sales, with forms via county agent offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Bowers
West Virginia
Potato Program Development Committee of the
United States
Legislation Could Alter Sales Allotment Amid Fresh Congress
The article notes that the sales allotment would reflect the period's average sales but any change hinges on Congress action after it reconvenes in January. The piece references potential legislative impact and upcoming congressional sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Princeton Elks Plan Annual Lodge of Sorrow Service
The Princeton B P O E lodge will hold its annual lodge of sorrow today at the First M E church at 2 30 PM with public invitation. The program features music by the Elks Double Quartet audience participation an invocation by Rev P P Martin remarks by I J Lambert altar decoration by S W Mustaine Jr a roll call by W M Poston songs including Soon to Be Home Crossing to that Far Far Away Auld Lang Syne and Benediction by Rev W R Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Elks
Princeton B. P. O. E
M. E
J. H. Her
America
Elks
P. P. Martin
I. J. Lambert
W. Mustaine, Jr
W. M. Poston
C. H. Archer
W. R. Smith
Evangelist Uses Warship Model In Sermon At Starley Avenue Church
The Rev. J. B. De Garmo, veteran navy lieutenant, used a U S New Hampshire model on the pulpit to illustrate ship makeup from stem to stern during revival services at First Church of God on Starley avenue. He ties naval experience to his sermons as Sunday school drive aims to boost attendance and revival continues nightly at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BE. DeGarmo
First Church of God
Starley Avenue
Navy
New Hampshire
Crow's Nest
DeGarmo
Princeton Personalities On Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs FE O Flaherty and Miss Jackie Feazell are visiting friends in Roanoke for the weekend. Walter Browning of Wytheville Virginia visits his daughter Mrs D C Rice on Forest Street. Billie Scott of Roanoke National Business College spends the weekend with his parents and will return to Roanoke tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. O. Flaherty
Jackie Feazell
Roanoke
Walter Browning
Wytheville
D. C. Rice
Forest Street
Billie Scott
Roanoke National Business College
Mrs Walter Phillips of Lerona Dies After Illness
Mrs Walter Phillips died at her Lerona home on Tuesday November 26 after a lingering illness. Funeral services were led by Rev Z F Maybeury. She was survived by her husband six children her father and mother and several brothers and sisters including Mrs C A Phillips Lerona Mrs S P Mullens and Mrs C M Shorter Princeton Mrs R A Seloan and Ray Davis Petty Mrs W P Phillips Baltimore Barl Davis Indian Milla and Charile Davis Frederick Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Phillips
Lerona
Z. F. Maybeury
C. A. Phillips
S. P. Mullens
C. M. Shorter
Princeton
R. A. Seloan
Ray Davis
Pettry
W. P. Phillips
Baltimore
Bar! Davis
Indian Milla
Charile Davis
Frederick
Princeton Paragraphs Episcopal Church Service Schedule
Rev. Jennings W. Hobson serves as rector. Church school and adult Bible class at 9 45 a m. Celebration of holy communion vesper service at ? m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Jennings W. Hobson
Local debt committee to meet with state supervisors in Princeton
G L Hively of Morgantown and John Shaver of St Albans, supervisors of the resettlement and debt adjustment administration, will visit Princeton Tuesday to confer with the local debt committee in the office of Herman Bowers, county agent, at 7 30 in the evening. Committee member list includes B D Wiley and H [cut off].
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Hively
Morgantown
John Shaver
St. Albans
Princeton
Herman Bowers
B. D. Wiley
Athena
Mercer School Open House Parade Exhibits Improvements
A notice invites patrons and the public to visit Mercer school on Thursday afternoon and night December 6 to view and pass through the building. The parade showcases recent improvements in beauty usefulness and permanency. Bring a friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer
Local Names Linked to Springton and Princeton Figures
The record lists individuals B Barber J M Bowers Mrs Albert Mooney Mias Gladys Was muth connected to Princeton and Springton figures P ll West. The fragment provides no event or action details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Barber
J. M. Bowers
Mrs
Albert Mooney
Mias
Gladys Wasmuth
Princeton
P. Ll. West
Springton
Local Social Notes From Tazell and Newport Visitors
Miss Ruth Peery of Tazeell and J H Copenhaver of Newport attend weekend visits with Mrs Frances Robetreon. Mrs George Hall and her son Junior visit Mrs Hall’s mother in Winston-Salem. Louise Stafford of Pinefield visits grandparents J D Gott in Center Street. Red Sulphur Springs residents Ed Jones Roy Jones Irene and Wallace Jones dine with Mrs J H Meadows. Joyce Carmany undergoes tonsil removal at Scott Clinic and rests at home. Nancy June King stays at Bee Street. County assessor R C McClaugherty and wife move into J G Barber’s Hale Avenue home for four months then return to Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Peery
Tazeell
J. H. Copenhaver
Newport
Frances Robetreon
George Hall
T le Son
Hall
Thomas
Winston- Salem
Louise Stafford
Piuefield
J. D. Gott
Center Street
Ed Jones
Roy Jones
Irene
Wallace Jones
Red Sulphur Springs
J. H. Meadows
Joyce Carmany
L. P. Cormany
College Avenue
Scott Clinic
Nancy June King
Bee Street
R. C. McClaugherty
Sunday Dinner Offer From Local Market Kitchen
A local market restaurant promotes 24 hour service and a Sunday dinner featuring turkey chicken and tender steaks. The chef aims to please patrons with a selection of delicacies.
Real estate bargains in Monroe County and Bland County
Classified notice listing multiple properties including Blue Grass Farm 185 acres with 7 room house near highway and 25 acres bottom land, priced at 7500. 231 acres farming land 5 miles from Acelon at 20 per acre. Princeton Athens highway 750 cash and 25 per month. 4 room cottage on Bluefield Ave at 1000. Modern brick home 8 rooms at 5000. 6 room home near Princeton on Livefield highway with small cash payment. home with four lots priced to sell. Wolf Creek Bland County Va camp site and farm 100 acres with two log cabins and 20 acres cleared, price 1000 with 50 cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mage Honaker
Princeton
Beckley Road
Monroe County
New Bluefield-Princeton
Princeton-Athens
Acelon
Livefield Highway
Wolf Creek
Bland County
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von Court
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LIVE
Mage Honaker Farm
Lilly Land Co
Council
Nancy Rumburg
Straley Ave
the American Cafe
Princeton, W. VA
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J. S Hutton
Herman M. Jowers
Perae Pa
Firestone
Atlas
WHITE
W. Va
Will Christmas
New Bluefield Road
Highland Ave
Glenwood Park
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P. C
pNae
Waren
Vania
McKenzie Auto Parts Co
Eatwell Cafe
Good Eats
M. C. Cassim
Mgr
Virginian Hotel
Barbakow’s Store
Fulton
Courthouse Square
Center
Pate & Snow
Harris
Manderville
Fry’s
Resthaven Memorial Park
Resthaven
Cal
Benny White
Blue Moon Cafe
New Post Office
Hale
ESSO
Mercer Sts
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LLY
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Bob, Joan, Franchot
Bluefield Ave
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Hale Realty Co
Princeton, W, Va
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