Divorce Decrees Dominant In Princeton Circuit Court
Thirty seven divorce decrees were entered in circuit court by Judge D. M. Easley as uncontested cases were heard. The court confirmed a settlement in the claim of R. L. Clyburn Jr. against William E. Ferrell with Ferrell paying 750 dollars and a hospital bill of 125.40. The Swim case was referred to a chancery commissioner. A long list of divorces followed with custody, support, alimony, and name restorations specified for each couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Easley
R. L. Clyburn, Jr
William E. Ferrell
Ferrell
Clyburn
Kellysville
Vera F. Swim
W. Quincy Swim
H. E. DeJarnette
Chancery
John H. Custard
Emeline Burnley
Alice Pearl Gaither
John Bunyan Gaither
Harry Calloway
Lucille Calloway
George Willie Calloway
Hattie Calloway
John W. Hopkins, Jr
Clementine Annetta Hopkins
Defendent
Birthday Party For Betty Ann Meadows
Betty Ann Meadows hosted a birthday party Saturday from 2 to 4 at 1705 Princeton Avenue for eleven years old. Friends and schoolmates attended including Pencie Oney Jeanette Nicely Janice Tiller and Louise Meadows. Refreshments followed gifts were given and guests listed. Alma Meadows Circle of Silver Springs church plans a meeting at Mrs. Cecil K. Marcus home Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Boggs assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Ann Meadows
Princeton Avenue
Pencie Oney
Jeanette Nicely
Janice Tiller
Shirley Martin
Louise Meadows
Margie Kahle
June White
Joan Kerson
J. B. Stiver
Harry Patterson
Paul Britt
Robert Richmond
James Crigger
H. E. Patterson
eEne, Smith
Clayton Jones
A. J. Jones
Bertie Meadows
Alma Meadows Circle
Alma Meadows
Silver Springs
Cecil K. Marcus
Princeton Woman's Club Meeting At Memorial Building
The Princeton Woman's Club will meet at 3 pm this afternoon in the Memorial building. Mrs. George McConnell will lead the program and members are asked to attend with a capsule sister present for the Christmas gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Woman's Club
Memorial Building
George McConnell
Pythians Sisters Plan Capsule Party Wednesday Evening
The Pythian Sisters will hold their annual capsule party at 7:30 PM Wednesday at the home of Mrs. C. Q. Bingham on Ceton Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Sisters
Pythians Sisters
C. Q. Bingham
Ceton Avenue
Christmas Party at Wells Home Before New Smyrna Trip
Mrs Hannon B Wells hosted a Christmas gathering with quiz games and contests. Prizes went to Mrs H P Johnston and Mrs A W Hoback as attendees shared refreshments and holiday decor before Wells family heads to Florida for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannon B. Wells
Louise Wells
H. P. Johnston
A. W. Hoback
Johnston
Princeton
Hoback
H. A. Johnston
A. W. Ho
Local Names Listed in Community Notice
Readable fragments name H. L. Spotts G. L. Lusk B. N. Sandige Lula Lambert and Hattie Charlton in a local notice listing individuals connected to the event or matter.
Princeton Students Attend Two Day Student Congress
Four Princeton students Ernest ler Cecil Young Richard Own and Virginia Calloway attended the District Student Congress at Bristol Tennessee last Friday and Saturday. The National Forensic League event mimics the United States Congress with a senate and house. Committees included social welfare foreign affairs fiscal policy and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest §Ler
Cecil Young
Richard Own
Virginia Calloway
Bristol
Ernest Spangler
Senate
Princeton
Cecil Poung
Richard Brown
Irene Norris
Princeton High School
House of Representatives
General Shelby Hotel
Virginia
North Kot Tennesee
West Virginia
Hurricane Smith and Sergeant York Showings at Local Theaters
Ray Middleton and Jane Wyatt star in Hurricane Smith at the Royal with Western background and rodeo action. Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper as Alvin C. York, closes a three day Mercer run as a highly acclaimed World War I hero portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurricane Smith
Ray Middleton
Jane Wyatt
Royal Theater
Sergeant York
Mercer Theater
Gary Cooper
Alvin C. York
America
Death of Roscoe Snead Stems from Exposure
Roscoe Snead age 37 died at Memorial hospital after being found in a road near Camp Creek. Officials attributed death to exposure and noted his hands and feet would likely have required amputation if he had survived. He worked at a lumber camp and leaves five children after a divorce from his wife. Funeral service set for Dunns Baptist Church at 2 this afternoon led by Rev. I. M. Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Snead
Memorial Hospital
Camp Creek
Snead
Dunns Baptist Church
I. M. Payne
Funeral Conducted For Lorita Jane Moye
Lorita Jane Moye an 18 year old daughter of Mrs Edna Moye of Spanishburg died at 1230 Sunday morning from infantile paralysis after two weeks illness. The body was moved from Fred eking Leave Funeral Service to Reed cemetery Spanishburg for private service at 130 Monday afternoon. She leaves her mother and sisters Wilma Shrewsbury Sophia Christiana Vernell Lilalee and brothers Robert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorita Jane Moye
Edna Moye
Spanishburg
Fredeking
Reed Cemetery
Miss Moye
Wilma Shrewsbury
Sophia
Christianna
Vernell
Lilalee
Robert
Spanishburg Woman Born 1923 Informs Family Ties
Joe and Sterling Moye of Spanishburg and half sister Mrs V Stovall of Spanishburg report the birth of Miss Moye on June 7 1923. Her father died five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Sterling Moye
Spanishburg
Miss Moye
Weekend arrests swell county jail stock to thirty two
Thirty two persons were committed to the county jail over the week end. Police and officers accounted for seven on Sunday and seventeen on Saturday, all prisoners charged with misdemeanors. Basil Merrill Hazelwood died aged 11 days with funeral set at Elgood church. A Chrysler sedan owned by J K Ross was recovered in damaged condition after being stolen in Lewisburg. Boyd Davis was fined 100 dollars and 60 days in jail for possessing fifteen and a half quarts of moonshine liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Merrill Hazelwood
Oran Hazelwood
Elgood
Osbey Eugene
Carol Joyce
Hazelwood
Ruby Greene Caperton
Elgood Church
Z. F. Mayberry
Elgood Cemeery
J. K. Ross
Lewisburg
Hearn
C. C. Christian
Jun Thar
Halt’s Gap
Boyd Davis
C. C. Elmore
Charles McGuire
W. E. Stacy
Burglary Hits Springton Home of George Lester
Police investigate a weekend burglary at the Springton home of George Lester. The family left Saturday at 4 30 p m and returned Sunday at 7 00 p m to find coins and other items missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lester
Springton
Lester
County Farm Bureau Re-elects Officers For Coming Year
At the Mercer County Farm Bureau annual meeting held Saturday afternoon officers were re elected. They include C A Fletcher as president E F Bratton as vice president and H B Barber as secretary treasurer Directors named were Hack Scott and A R Wall of Rock district Luther Scott and R G Thomason of Beaver Pond J B Eades of Jumping Branch district and Ross Hall and so on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Farm Bureau
C. A. Fletcher
E. F. Bratton
H. B. Barber
Hack Scott
A. R. Wall
Rock District
Luther Scott
R. G. Thomason
Beaver Pond
J. B. Eades
Jumping Branch
Ross Hall
Mercer farm bureau progress highlighted at county meet
Reports were given by Mrs. G. G. Williams on the regional meeting at Jackson's Mill and Mercer farm bureau progress. John M. Bailey spoke on the national farm bureau conference. C. A. Fletcher reported on Mercer bureau progress. Mabel Spray and James Carrick extension agents coordinated bureau work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. West
East River
G. M. Bird
Plymouth
G. G. Williams
Jackson's Mill
Mercer Farm Women’s Clubs
John M. Bailey
National Farm Bureau
C. A. Fletcher
Mercer Farm Bureau
Mabel Spray
James Carrick
Corrrete
Two Face Grand Jury Action on Charges
Eugene Guill, a local youth, was held to await grand jury action after waiving preliminary hearing. He faces three forgery charges for allegedly signing O C Keatley’s name on checks totaling 15.75 18.95 and 23.65. Tom Lucas was held for the grand jury on a 500 bond for concealing stolen spark plugs after waiving hearing, with Lettie Kessell as surety. In Guill’s case bond was set at 500 on each charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Guill
C. C. Elmore
Guill
O. C. Keatley
Tom Lucas
Lettie Kessell
Christmas fund drive directs donations to P Sasser
Citizens who pledged money after the WHIS Christmas party are asked by Ernest Lilly finance chairman to pay their donations to Phillip Sasser. The appeal reallocates that year’s contributions to Sasser through the Princeton Community Christmas Tree fundraiser following the Sunday event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Lilly
Princeton Community Christmas Tree
Phillip Sasser
Princeton bank committee set to organize Friday gift distribution
Princeton Bank and Trust Co announces a general committee meeting at 5 this afternoon to finalize plans for distributing gifts to children next Friday afternoon. The meeting aims to coordinate volunteers, gifts, and event logistics for the charitable effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Bank & Trust Co
Princeton Personal Notes From War Time Towns
Mr and Mrs P M Foster left for Thorn Virginia after a message told of her brother's death. Mr and Mrs E G Haley of Henry Street visited Winston-Salem to see Haley's ill brother D L Aldridge. Miss June Hathaway, recent guest of the Haleys, returns to Morgantown. Mrs H E Kelso, visiting her daughter at S Honake Avenue, heads home to Buckhannon Virginia. Pvt Marion J Crotty, son of Mr and Mrs C W Crotty, now at Randolph Field Texas, had a 15 day furlough canceled due to war outbreak. Ray Cheatwood of Elgood is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Foster
Ee Thorn
E. G. Haley
Henry Street
Winston-Salem
N. C
Morgantown
H. E. Kelso
Carl Moore
Honake Avenue
Buckhanan
Marion J. Crotty
C. W. Crotty
Straley Avenue
Randolph Field
Texas
Ray Cheatwood
Elgood
Patient suffers rib injuries from timber loading incident
A patient at Memorial hospital tore several ribs in the upper back while loading timber last week. The injury occurred during work, and medical staff are treating the trauma with standard care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Kilgore Admitted to Supreme Court Bar
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court today. He was sponsored by Governor Neely of West Virginia in Washington on December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilgore
Supreme Court
Washington
Senator Kilgore
D. W. Va
Neely
West Virginia
Welch county violence leaves one dead and seven injured
In McDowell County over the weekend a fatal knife stabbing claimed Preston Lash age 20 of Crozet. Sarah Hamlet 50 was jailed on murder charges. Other incidents included multiple knife wounds and gunshot injuries in Keystone Filbert Anawalt Pageton Havace and Welch areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Hamlet
Preston Lash
Welch
Crozet Negro
Lash
Northfork
James Horton
Filbert
Charlie Stewart
Gary
Magellan Slash
Kimball
Keystone
Cecil Johnson
Alonzo
Anawalt
Stevens Clinic
Pig Street
Oeovane
Havace
Herman Jeffery
Pageton
Crozer
C. R. Graley
Northfork State Police
J. A. Benett
Cold Weather Recorded in McDowell County
Weekend cold spell brings record low as E F Ketter of Gary reports the temperature mercury degrees above zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
E. F. Ketter
Gary
U. Ss
Funeral Rites for Charles T. Pack Held Following Sudden Death
Privates Paul and Taylor Pack of the U S Army stationed at Camp Shelby Mississippi attended the Sunday funeral of their father Charles T. Pack who died suddenly Friday afternoon. The Pack brothers had visited the family two weeks earlier and were to leave Camp Shelby with the 150th Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul and
Taylor Pack
U. S Army
Camp Shelby
Miss
Charles T. Pack
Campoe
Welch Paragraphs Held On Liquor Charge
George Bullard and Edward Brown both of Coalwood were arrested Saturday night by Constable Lonnie Mitchell and other officers on liquor law violations. A hearing is scheduled later this week. Arthur Wade of Welch was sentenced to one to 15 years in the state penitentiary by Judge B C Marshall after a conviction for breaking and entering. Wade was granted a 60 day stay of execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bullard
Edward Brown
Coalwood
Lonnie Mitchell
Arthur Wade
Welch
B. C. Marshall
Wade
Weekend Arrests Surge to Sixty County Jail Bookings
The county jail processed 60 arrests over the weekend with most offenders charged for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Some were held without charges, and many were released Monday after arraignments and fines.
Salvation Army Seeks 1500 More For Christmas Cheer Drive
The Salvation Army reports only 1500 dollars needed to reach its 2500 dollar Christmas Cheer fund goal with eight days remaining. By Monday morning the campaign had raised 956.64 dollars, and Saturday added 192.76 dollars including 43.76 from a kettle organized by the Welch Lions club. Sam Polon urges county residents to contribute now to hit the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Army
Welch Lions Club
Sam Polon
Eastern college basketball teams face spotty 1940 season start
The article notes Duquesne rebuilding with strong sophomores and veterans, Rhode Island State’s aggressive defense, and a likely repeat title for that team despite losing Gus Broberg. It references last year's 10 points per game players and overall strength against top opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duquesne
Uth
Gus Broberg
Rhode Island State
Ramblin Reds Rally Near Bluefield Defense
Ramblin Reds stage their best rally of the night to close on Bluefield as Potts leads a late Rio Grande surge. Duncan and Steigerwald help defend and score, with final baskets from Carson and Shellenberger sealing a 38-33 margin as the clock winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Shellenberger
Bluefield
Steigerwald
Seeses
Ceeree
Frederick
Morefield
Lotito
Ses
Wit
Sisse
Moore
Vicars of & Totals
Scecenese
Rio Grande Fa
Duncan
Valgamore
F C.ccceeess
Potts
Iccecs Setaatvaety
B. McNulty
Vv. McNulty
Batept
Bub Brown
Davis Elkins
Finicky Gridders Demand Strict Breakfast Rations
A veteran coach enforces narrow meals for his players with limited butter milk and coffee. Breakfast varies by squad with bowls of con somme crackers cereal eggs and peaches, while a preferred rare beefsteak crowns the menu.
State Compensation Doctor Dispute Prompts Dismissal Demand
CIO demands discharge of a West Virginia state compensation doctor accused of pressuring an injured minor to move hospitals to threaten nonpayment. Elias Lockard injured in a Puritan Coal Co. mine fall was treated at Mercy hospital. Dr E. S. Horton allegedly warned it would be paid only if moved to an approved facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chat
E. 8. Horton
Oak Hill
Compensation Department
Lockard
Gepartanens
Witnesses Testify Of Defalcations In Marcum's Accounts
Nine witnesses testified today about alleged defalcations in the accounts of J M Jake Marcum Lincoln county clerk amid impeachment before Circuit Judge John W Hereford. The hearing for L E Thacker circuit court clerk is set for Wednesday with Jesse Manns county court president to follow. Prosecutors say Marcum is short 5220 76 and the case names two other county officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcum
Thacker
Jesse Manns
Lucian W. Blankenship
In & Slavemen
Anyryveon
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Charlie Collins
Larley Nola Flowers
Arvill Lee Flowers
Elsie Burford
Earl Burford
Ruth Eleanor Bonham
Jack Russell Dale
Violett
Richmond McKinney
Riley Elmer McKinney
Steve Pappas
Lala Pappas
Norma Louise Proffitt
Essie Arthur Proffitt
Viviam Ray
Virgil Ray
Mary Kathleen Mastin Schwab
Paul R. Schwab
Ruby Thomas
Oscar G. Thomas
Lois Estella Thomas
Leon Thomas
Hazel Voigt
Jack R. Voigt
Rose Mae White
Christopher Owen White
Princeton Furniture Co
Pendleton’s Place
J. Miller Wat
Princeton Society Mra
Harry Karnes
Mrs. Wells
Royal
Lorita
Jane Moye
County Farm Bureau
P. Sasser
Mrs. Webber
Bluefield Road
H. P. Honeycutt
P. R. Jewell
TVA Tul MA Roc
Mercer
Grace Hospital
Lloyd Butler
Saltville
Ernest Flinn
Butler
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Joe Runyon
Hubert Bellamy
Amos Lambert
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George Smiley
Cavaliers
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Claude Chamber
A. R. McIntosh
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Dean Johnston
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