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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
6
W. Cody Fletcher, past exalted ruler of the local lodge and president of the West Virginia Elks association, will pay an official visit to the Princeton lodge. Following the lodge meeting refreshments will be served as Fletcher continues visiting all Elks lodges in the state.
Mrs H C McCary of Hale Avenue is a patient at Bluefield Sanitarium for treatment.
Six permanent U N powers agreed to resume secret discussions at Lake Success on December 15. The U N assembly urged the United States Britain France China the Soviet Union and Canada to continue talks and seek a basis of agreement.
Princeton Society Circles of the First Baptist church meet this afternoon at 2 30 led by Elizabeth Karnes Delilah Straley Hanna Sutherland and Ellen Hamilton at homes on Highland Avenue College Avenue and Main Street. Friday at 8 00 p m the DAR hosts a joint senior and junior meeting at the Elks Club on Douglas Street with Mrs R J Ryan and Mrs Herbert Bowling as hostesses.
The Ruth Walden circle of the WMS at First Baptist, led by Mrs. Sam Evans Jr., meets this afternoon at 1 in Appalachian social room for a luncheon and Christmas party with hostesses Mrs. Bill Simpkins Mrs. W B Moeller and Mrs. Evans. The First Methodist circle No 3 meets at 6 30 tonight with leader Mrs Russell Matney at 1111 Harrison Street. Members bring covered dishes for potluck and gifts for capsule sisters.
Garfield Burton hosted the Princeton men's duplicate bridge club. Kyle McCormick and Pat Weiss beat Garfield Burton and Al Stinson 10 boards to 5.12 to 5. A. J. Hall and Nick Lucas defeated Dr. L. R. Lowe and R. A. Lawrence 10 boards to 5. Next meeting will be December 19 with R. A. Lawrence as host.
Four room house available in Lilly Grove near city limits. Contact Princeton at 997 W3 for details and showing times.
W F League's Cash Grocery has moved from Airport Grill to the building opposite Duce Inn in Princeton. The store offers groceries and produce at the new location.
The Utah Centennial Chorus presented a singing program at the Princeton Kiwanis club noon gathering. The quartet performed several numbers while Glade Soward played violin. directed by L. Huff. A Christmas donation was made to the Salvation Army. Visitors included C. R. Adair, Brown Sperow, Charles Pearson, Dave Platnick, Has Kell Sluss, and J. Bobbitt.
New York December 7 spokesmen for business and industry criticized the welfare state and urged leaders to take part in public affairs. At the 54th annual congress of the National Association of Manufacturers 3000 delegates from all sectors heard Lee H. Bristol of Bristol-Myers Co. warn that workers lack political leadership. Forecasters predicted good business ahead and military readiness for defense.
Abingdon Virginia December 7 regional conference at the Martha Washington Inn urged additional funds to expand health and medical care programs over time. Speakers included Col Charles R Fenwick Arlington state senate and Dr Joseph E Barrett commissioner of mental hygiene and hospitals. The public session was the tenth in a series of twelve regional meetings to present Virginia health needs to the public in cooperation with the Virginia council on health and medical care.
Legal stenographer available January 1 at Princeton Bureau Daily Telegraph in Princeton. Employee will handle clerical court records and legal transcription duties for notices and briefs.
In a $25,000 damage action Andrew Franklin Johnson against Charles W Woodyard, witnesses finished testimony and the case paused overnight. The defendant will present his side today as Judge D M Easley presides. The docket also notes a paternity acquittal in Fitzwater vs Ritorto and orders in Shuck vs Shuck including alimony, removal, and attorney fees.
The Czechoslovak National Parliament passed a law prohibiting church marriages unless followed by civil ceremonies, effective January 1. Priests may be prosecuted for performing church weddings first as Communist minister Alexei Cepicka denounced Roman Catholic bishops over Stalin birthday greetings.
In Sofia on December 7 the first defendant, Ivan Stefanov former finance minister, pleaded guilty in the treason trial of Traicho Kostov and 10 other Bulgarian officials. Kostov testified briefly as the judge reviewed his pre trial confession to Titoism amid charges of treason spying and sabotage.
Burglaries at the Long Shop and Baum's Department Store were reported early Wednesday. Entry was gained by prying rear window bars and smashing panes. At Long Shop two guitars, about a dozen cheap harmonicas, three band pins and other items were taken. An orange peel found on the floor marked the scene. Baum's owner Oscar Baum noted jackets, shoes, and pants possibly stolen, with slips and one check missing. An earlier entry attempt had occurred about two months prior.
Bristol Virginia police hunt a well dressed man and woman for a $4 855 theft of 11 diamond rings from the Jewel Box on State Street. Chief John W. Stover says detectives continue work as description and goods have been dispatched regionally.
The public service commissions schedule a December 19 hearing on the New York Central petition to abandon runs 5 and 6 between Charleston West Virginia and the Ohio line at Point Pleasant. The move would leave one daily train, the Chesapeake and Ohio Sportsman, operating between the two capitals.
Fire damaged a house trailer occupied by A B Crews in the Hearn addition with 800 damage after Crews lit an oil stove and left to fetch water. Firefighters responded to the alarm and later, at 110 yesterday, were called to Hartley Sanders home on Airport Drive for a grass fire in the rear yard, which was quickly controlled.
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