Wesleyans Rally Past Virginia Side High in OT Thriller
In a fast junior matchup at the college gym, Wesleyans defeated Bluefield Va High 32 to 20 in an extra five minute period after a 31-31 tie. Bruce hit a sensational go ahead shot in the OT as Cash and Janutolo starred for the Wesleyans and Hardy led Bluefield with five field goals.
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Wesleyans
Bluefield
Virginia
Janutolo
Bruce
Cash
Wes
Quint
Scrubs
Wesleyans Varsity
Sive
Alexander
McMullin
Virginians
Ardy
College Gymnasium
Virginia Side High
Niguievane
Neo
Cossus
Janutola
Neal Bruce
Johnson
Carpenter
Beavers
Hawley
Jackson
Brooke
Whitlock
Frasier
Alszander
Hexpester
Museum
Mean Hughes
Hardy
Janut
Fou
Ruce
Hughes
Santa Claus Brings Cheer at First Presbyterian Christmas Party
The First Presbyterian church Sunday school held a Christmas program and tree last evening. Santa Claus arrived with gifts, as children and adults enjoyed songs, recitations, and caroling in a moonlit, snowy setting. Paul Thomas led a rat-a-tat snare drum entry, finishing with happy faces and dreams of next visits.
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First Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
Santa
Paul Thomas
Mra
W. K. McDowell
Elisabeth Angel
Presbyterian Sunday School
Washington Tubes II and Holiday Gatherings at Local Church
Cousins played piano as high school girls sang Christmas carols in a cheerful program. A six piece orchestra led by Prof. C H Reppert performed between Santa Claus presents. Sunday School members were asked to meet at Tolbert Street by 4 30 to reach First Church by 6. Local residents travel for holidays including Mine Cully Glenna James Thelma Phiegar from Bluefield Westhampton College visitors from Richmond.
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C. H. Reppert
Beaver High School
Santa Claus
Berryman
Tolbert Street
Mine Cully
Glenna James
Thelma Phiegar
Bluefield
Westhampton College
Richmond
Thomas Cunliffe
Tyler Street
Bridgeton
N. J
Cunliffe
Cowell
Leon Worley
Louise
Huntington
Duwin Gardner
Norton
Vas
Clyde Perry
Edward Stewart
Roanoke
Thomas A. Konoitz
New York
Sunday School Christmas Program at First Presbyterian Church
The Sunday school at the Berryman building Tolbert street plans a 5 PM program in the First Presbyterian church Sunday school room. Superintendent C F Tynes and assistants will lead a short program and Santa Claus is expected to distribute gifts to attending children.
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Berryman
Tolbert Street
First Presbyterian Church
C. F. Tynes
Santa Claus
Creditors to Contest Rule at Stock Exchange Hearing
Fifty creditors with about 1 million dollars in claims crowded the referees hearing on Wilson & Chardon Company which failed for more than 1 million last October. Murray Hulbert former president of the city board of aldermen said creditors would contest a Consolidated Stock Exchange rule he claims makes any creditor a preferred creditor of any member who fails.
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New York
Wilson & Chardon Company
Murray Hulbert
Alermen
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Welsh dam break at Dolgarrog sinks tens dead
Seventeen people were killed or missing after the Llyn Eigiau dam on the Conway river burst. The reservoir had been used for power generation and a recent rock slide is suspected to have undermined the structure, causing widespread property damage.
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Dolgarrog
Walee
Llyn Eigiau
Conway River
Hecent Reine
Reunion and Banquet Mark Princeton Social Circle's Christmas Season
The Senior Class of 1924 held a reunion banquet Tuesday at the Virginian Hotel with a Christmas dinner, speeches, and songs. Attendees included Kathryn Kennedy, Ben Bird, Mike Harrington, Maxine Downey White, Thelma Bowling, and many classmates. two husbands joined since graduation, with plans for next year. The Willing Workers Class celebrated a Christmas party at Mrs. Burwell's home on Center Street with gifts, music, games, and a honeymoon note for newlyweds. Princeton personals note local holiday visits and travels among residents before turning to Page Eight.
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Virginian Hotel
Kathryn Kennedy
Ben Bird
Mike Harrington
Alderson Frye
Ter
Miss Kennedy
Maxine Lowney White
White
Thelma Bowling
Nadine Thomas
Frankie Honaker
Nell Campbell
Marion Thompson
Eleanor Kennedy
Gaye Wright
Maxine Downey White
Mabel Pendleton Brown
Wilma Hassette
Caldwell
Toney Marshall
Burl Davis
Chesley Burton
Lars Shufflebarger
Harry Crotty
Gay McPherson
Kenneth Richards
Honaker White
Ray Brown
Clyde Caldwell
Willing Workers Party
Christian Church
W. D. Burwell
Center Street
Burwell
McGuffin
R. M. Sims
Beatrice Johnson
Nannie Craft
Henderson
E. M. Meadows
Grant Meadows
Poff
Torrence
C. W. Chambers
Rumburg
Jay Munsey
L. O. Craft
J. B. Craft
Maulteby
Stocker
Bailey Pruett Wedding Quiet Licensed At Parsonage
Minnie Belle Pruett daughter of Mrs. Alice Pruett wed Clarence David Bailey of Welch West Virginia in a quiet Wednesday morning ceremony at the Christian parsonage with Rev Simms officiating The groom son of Mrs Nora Bailey of Bluefield Princeton Roged holds a position with itan Life In
Princeton Paragraphs Chronicle Local Weddings and Events
County court clerk issued licenses for Oakley Shepherd to Chloe Crotty and Clownie Connor to One Pettrey, with additional marriage notices for Arthur Sowder and Alma Moye, and Oney Pettry with Clownie Pettry. Christmas program at Presbyterian church and Moose Club children’s treat announced. Reports include arrests by Deputy Sheriff Owen Griffith and planning for inter-county road. Dan Rice appears in Black and White Revue at Royal Theatre with seats on sale.
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Oakley Homer Shepherd
Vicar’s Switch
Chloe Crotty
Kegley
Clownie Conner
Oney Pettrey
Pettrey
Sidney EK. Hall
Lenora Ratliff
Princeton
Z. B. Randall
First Methodist Church
Arthur B. Sowder
Dott
Alma Marie Moye
Spanishburg
Oney Pettry
Clownie Pettry
Owen Griffith
Jim Hatcher
Lilly's Mill
Crumpecker
John W. Vogel
Royal Theatre
Dan Rice
New York City
John Robinson
Pittsburg
Col. Vogel
Readiness for Princeton basketball classic draws big crowd
Alumni and Princeton High School quints prepare for a premier basketball clash on Straley Avenue Friday night. Alumni players from Georgia Tech, Bluefield College, University of Maryland, WVU, Penn State, and more join the high school teams for a benefit game expected to break attendance records with a class yell contest adding extra stakes.
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Straley Avenue
Princeton High School
Alumni Quinta
Princeton High
Sasser
Mills
Burgess
Bessie
Bertha Hale
Thomas Riner Hazlett Pendleton
Evans
Georgia Tech
Thornton and
Austin
Bluefield College
Wine
University of Maryland
Ridenour
WV. U
Marshall
Penn State
Sacred Heart Catholic Christmas Services Scheduled
First mass at midnight 12 05 Friday morning followed by benediction then second and third masses at 6 20 and 10 am Friday. Sermon from the Gospel of the day. No services Friday evening. Public welcome at all services.
Four Men Added to Jail Population in Matoaka Raid
Four men were sent to the county jail after Matoaka officers led by Sheriffs Bill Reynolds and Mosby and Constable Dan Freaknin raided the home of George Rutledge. They found a thirty gallon copper boiler five gallons of liquor and thirty gallons of singlings. An earlier raid at Arthur Snake Houston’s home found peace mash under a house. Rutledge and Houston, brothers in law, reportedly pleaded guilty and were remanded for grand jury action. Other arrests included Jason Price held for desertion and Robert Smith fined for selling liquor. Kiwanis and Rotary clubs planned a joint meeting January 1 1926 at the Virginian Hotel with a musical program.
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Dow
Bill Reynolds
Mosby
Dan Freaknin
Matoaka
Crumpecker
George Rutledge
Rutledge
Arthur “Snake
Houston
Justice of the Peace
W. P. Haller
Jason Price
Christiansburg
Hiawatha
Puthes Mosby
Reynolds
Price
Creomulsion Advertises Cough Cure Claims
An old advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a solution to persistent coughs and colds. It touts twofold action to soothe membranes and inhibit germs, claims creosote as a key healing agent, and offers a money back guarantee if symptoms persist.
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Wulston Company
Atlanta
Galadv
Private sale of H. Coleman assets in West Virginia
Under authority of the referee in bankruptcy, Fulton Woops as trustee will conduct a private sale of all or part of the property and goods of H. Coleman at his former Mercer Street business next to Model Pressing cases on December 22 23 and 24 192 J.
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West Virginia
H. Coleman
Mercer Street
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Washington Tubes
Rone
Honest
Bunk
Te Kidder
Rule Stock Exchange
Waldemar Chains
Seth Thomas
J. W. Waters Co
Federal Street
Bluefield, W. Va
Gypste Lee Pine
Madge Oxley
Dick Oxley
Hiwassee College
Madisonville
Tenn
Harrison Street
Pauline Bauguss
Beckley
Pauline McIntosh
Kentucky
W. E. Frances
Baltimore
N. S. Cheery
Columbus
Jimmie Davis
Richmond Medical College
Ralph Thompson
Athens
George Washington, Life Insurance Co
Col. Kanawha and
Dunbar Streets
Charleston, W. Va
Vogel’s Minstrels
ROYAL
Princeton Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Wyoming
Algonquin
Wyoming County
Mullens
Pineville
Wyonnk
Britten's Gap
Sacred Heart Catholic
Robert Smith
Giotto
Squire Haller
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
W. I Herring
Willis Chambers
Miss Barton
Fulton Woops
City Cafe
the City Cafe
Princeton, W. VA
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