Mercer county farmers offered All Materials Plan for 1941
County ACP office announces a new All Materials Plan allowing farmers to request Grant-of-Aid lime and AAA phosphate, securing full farm allotments. Small farms receive $28 total with $3.36 admin fee, and larger payments scale similarly. Orders must be placed by June 30 1941 with ACP.
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Mercer County
Agricultural Conservation m
Ad County
Yester
ACP
Washington
Mercer Library Receives Wide Range of New Books
The Mercer Memorial Library announces arrival of numerous titles including For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Oliver Wiswell The Vosne by kmows The Silent Man by Erle Gardner Saphiro and Slave Girl by Wil a Is Always Right Es 2 t by Kathleen Norris As the Seed Is Sown by Christing Parmonter Babes in the Darkling Wood by H G Wells The Tragedy of Ellery Queen The Beautiful Woman by Lo a Kerr I Saw France Fall Rene De Chambruin Embezzled Heaven Franz Werfel Partners Grace L Hill Candied Facts by Skye V Stra ley Children Are People by Emily Post Invitation to Live Lloyd Douglas Prince of Wales Edward Windsor Town send Robert Browning Poems by Gertrude Stein Cersy of the Plains Rex Brand Shall Be No Night Robert Sherwood Bryan the Man Gaje and Kline.
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Mercer Memorial Library
Memorial Building
Ernest Hemingway
Oliver Wiswell
Kmows
Edna St. Vincent Ay
Erle Gardner
Darkling Wood
H. G. Welles
Ellery Queen
Loa Kerr
France
Rene de Chambruin
Franz Werfel
Grace L. Hill
Skye V. Straley
Emily Post
Lloyd Douglas
Prince of Wales
Edward Windsor
Townsend
Robert Browning
Chesterton
Gertrude Stein
Cersy of
the Plains
Rex Brand
Robert Sherwood
Graber Paul and
Nordoff
Bryan the Man
Gaje and
Kline
Frank Burke Funeral Services Today
Frank Burke of this city died at his Pine Street home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at Mt Calvary Church this afternoon at 1 o'clock.
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Frank Burke
Pine Street
Amonia
Mt. Calvary Pes Church
Royal Theater Plans Free Yale Party for Children
The Royal Theater will host a free party for local children on Tuesday at 10 o clock. The event includes a special film, a séance by Charles Q Ham and his two dummies, and a small present for attendees.
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Royal Theater
Yale Party
The
Charles Q. Ham
Princeton Personals Navy enlistment notice
Billy Wilson, son of Mrs. Violet Wohlf, has enlisted in the U S Navy and is now at the city training station in Anon and Mrs. J E Stafford of
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Billy Wi
Violet Wohlf
U . S. Navy
Ciay
Aon
J. E. Stafford
Christmas Holiday Visitors Arrive Across Local Towns
Kee street figure to spend Christmas with daughter Mrs T 8 Williams in Coshocton near Columbus Ohio. Thelma Schroeder returns to Baltimore after two weeks with parents in this city. George Wilson from Greenville DC arrives to spend the week with sister Mrs C M Walls. Olaf Vaught teacher in Beckley schools spends Christmas with husband in Warren Ohio. Robert Gatherum Jr returns to Huntington for Christmas with Dr. Robert Gatherum Jr of St Marys Hospital staff. Louis Cheatham of Morgantown visits parents on Bee street. W Derry of Knoxville Tenn arrives to spend Christmas with parents now and Mrs Hugh E Keleo on Highland Ave. Mildred Charleston to be home for Christmas on Hale Street. Larry McIntosh moved from Crumpecker. Lucy Lukens and daughter Mrs Pisher of Roanoke visit family on South Ave. J and Mrs Jennings Rice from New York to spend two weeks with Rice family on Wallace Street. Micky Tobin from New York arrives Tuesday for a week with mother Mrs Agnes on Center Street. Lawrence Meadows remains ill after Princeton hospital operation. Harvey Rice and son John Dillard of Columbus spend holidays with Bluefield and Mason Graves at Montcalm. P F Cavanaugh of Christie Ave hosts his mother Mrs Anna Cavanaugh of Philadelphia for holidays.
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George Wilson
Greenville
D. C
Louis Cheatham
Morgantown
John Cheatham
Bee Street
W. Derry
Knoxville
Tenn
Hugh E. Keleo
Highland Avenue
Mildred
Chareston
Hale Avenue
Larry McIntosh
Crumpecker
Lucy Lukens
Pisher
Roanoke
Witlhin
Lukens
R. R. Long
South Avenue
Jennings Rice
New York
Mr. Rice
McDonald Rice
Wallace Street
Micky Tobin
Defense activity spurs FHA home building gains nationwide
The Federal Housing Administration reports defense work boosted home construction across industrial centers. In 18 weeks ended Nov 30, total FHA insured starts reached 64 542, up 33.4 percent from last year with Hartford 588 starts up 155 percent and Cincinnati 606 up 123 percent. Other gains included Des Moines 861 and Richmond 990, Denver 90, San Francisco 5849. First air express shipment of five bolts of silk from Dayton to Columbus 30 years ago.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
National Defense
FHA
Hartford
Conn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Des Moines
Iowa
Richmond
Denver
San Francisco
For Rent Two Light Housekeeping Rooms Furnished
Two light housekeeping rooms available with all amenities. Includes gas range and Frigidaire refrigerator. Private entrance. No children or dogs. Call 584-L or 1010 Christie Ave.
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Christie Ave
Matoaka Couple Announce Upcoming Wedding in Kentucky
Mr. and Mrs. AR Tabor of Matoaka announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter to Bowie D. Honaker. The ceremony is set for September 28 in Catlettsburg Kentucky conducted by Rev. Ardine P. Keysey. The bride grew up in Matoaka and both families recently moved to Longnecks.
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Acre
Bowie D. Honaker
Cattlesburg
Ardine P. Keysey
Personal notes from local families visit Winston-Salem
Mr and Mrs Allen Meadow hosted guests including their daughter and her husband with additional relatives visiting from Pri ce and other towns. Viol Wright is eleven and spent the week with Mr and Mrs T C Sia and children Robert Marion. The Painter family also visited Sunday in Winston-Salem.
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Allen Meadow
Ome
Ray Wayman
Price “Xirs
Viol Wright
T. C. Sia
Robert Marion
R. M. Painter
Winston-Salem
Honor Roll List for Second Six Weeks
Honor roll recipients include Jean Caldwell Nell Tilley Hetty Bowyer Ruth Thompson Lillian Hendricks Mabel Lester Ruby Lilly Kathleen Myers Betty Patterson Vermae Stinsen and Tommy.
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Jean Caldwell
Nell Tilley
Hetty Bowyer
Ruth Thompson
Lillian Hendricks
Mabel Lester
Ruby Lilly
Kathleen Myers
Betty Patterson
Vermae Stinsen
Tommy
Attendance banner wins monthly for 7-A class
The 7 A home room under Mr Stinnette has won the attendance banner each month since school began. The Dramatic and Literary club elected officers at its first meeting: President Mabel Lester, Vice President Kathleen Myers, Secretary Myrtle Perdue, and Treasurer Pauline Shewsbury.
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Stinnette
The
Dramatic and Literary Club
Mabel Lester
Kathleen Myers
Myrtle Perdue
Pauline Shewsbury
Boy Scouts Plan New Leadership at Local Group
Leland, a local instructor, leads the More Than 40 boys in the Boy Scouts as the group organizes a leadership change and program activities for the season.
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BOY Scouts
Leland
Vacations by Car Drive Gas Tax Revenue in 1939
About 25 percent of Americans vacation by car and follow road recommendations. Gasoline tax receipts totaled 26 percent of total state tax revenue across 48 states in 1939, amounting to $816,433,000.
Mercer County Farm Bureau Proposes 1941 Program
Directors meet to set 1941 plan with an executive committee of Fletcher Brat and Butler. A membership drive group led by Bratton Hall and Kes singer will plan January 4 meetings. Calendar includes monthly livestock and agronomy talks, January 18 cow feeding session, and late January conservation program with slides. The bureau to collaborate with farm women on home gardens and seed planting and spraying education.
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Mercer County Farm Bureau
C A. Fletcher
E. F. Brat
W. R. Butler
E. F. Bratton
R.S. Hall
J. L. Kessinger
Farm Bureau
Farm Women’s Clubs
Princeton Fire Strikes Back Alley Truck Fire
Fire department responds to second alley blaze in a week near Cooperative Farm Service. A farm service truck burns in the back alley while firefighters use booster-tank water to extinguish flames thought to start from a nearby trash fire. Earlier trash fires in the same alley were put out with no major damage. Food distribution notices announce relief recipients to pick up supplies Monday December 23 at Bluefield and Princeton warehouses. Real estate transfers list several property trades and acreages with prices from 10 to 2680 dollars in Bluefield and Hardy areas.
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Cooperative Farm Service
Farm Service
Special Christmas Service at Colored Baptist Church
A special Christmas service is held this afternoon at 2 30 at the Colored Baptist Church on High Street. Mrs Zed Bee and Mrs Hartley Sanders assist in the program.
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The
Colored Baptist Church
High Street
Zed Bee
Hartley Sanders
Choir Program At Local Church Includes Guests
Sing a duet features Phil K Sutton Vir gil Bailey P B Bowling and W S Herring in a quartet with Dr Edward Stubblefield pastor of the First Baptist church, joined by the choir of the colored church and its pastor and members in the program.
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Phil K. Sutton
Virgil Bailey
P. B. Bowling
W. S. Herring
Edward Stubblefield
The
First Baptist Church
Colored Church
Banished Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe Faces Departure
Justice department officials said immigration checks looked into whether Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe, ordered to leave the United States, booked passage on a San Francisco bound steamer for January 9. If true, departure would be set for midnight January 9 pending next week’s possible actions. her name and destination remain unclear.
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Washington
Justice Department
Immigration Service
Stephanie Hohenlohe
United States
San Francisco
Shin
England
House of Commons
Hitler
Bargain Real Estate Listings Near Princeton and Bluefield
A long listing of real estate offerings along the Bluefield Princeton corridor includes 9 room frame houses with sun porches and oak finish, brick homes with hot water heat, several farms of 12 to 146 acres with barns and springs, several 4 to 7 room houses on improved streets, and multiple parcels priced to sell with easy terms. Listings reference Bluewell Princeton Road Route 52 and Athens Road with nearby service stations and streets in Bluefield Princeton areas.
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Bluefield-Bramwell
Route 52
Bluefield
Princeton
Green Tree
Athens Road
Green Service Station
Athens Hinton
Bluewell
Princeton Road
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