Advisory Board of Salvation Army Meet in Princeton
The Salvation Army Princeton corps advisory board will meet at Jimmy's Restaurant at 6 pm Tuesday January 2. Special guests Brigadier and Mrs. Robert Rose of Richmond, Virginia, will attend with Captain and Mrs. George Clendenin in charge of youth work. Board members urged to attend.
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Salvation Army of Princeton Corps
Jimmy’s
Robert Rose
Richmond
Princeton
George Clendenin
Salvation Army
Princeton Youth Dance Night Resumes At Memorial Monday
Community recreation activities sponsored by Princeton Youth Inc resume with a weekly teenage dance at the Memorial building Monday night. The event aims to provide safe social activities for local youths and is part of ongoing youth program efforts.
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Princeton Youth, Inc
Memorial Building
Princeton Legion Post Sets Tuesday Meeting
The Princeton American Legion post will hold a Tuesday night session with reports on the Christmas gifts for soldiers drive and a check up of the membership drive targeting 265 members.
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Princeton American Legion Post
Public offices and stores observe New Year holiday
Courthouse and other government offices close for New Year’s Day on Monday. Most stores will also be closed for the holiday.
Corporal Akers on Ten Day Furlough from Aberdeen
Corporal Arthur Akers spends a ten day furlough with wife and parents at Harrison Street after completing a six week course in rigger and wrecker operation at Aberdeen proving ground Maryland. He holds a certificate of graduation and will depart January 3 for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Cpl
Arthur Akers
Akers
Harrison Street
Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Fort Leon- Wood
Missouri
Memorial service for Tracy Honaker at First Baptist
A memorial service for Tracy Honaker killed in action in France on October 30 will be held this afternoon at 2:30 in the First Baptist church. Tracy is the son of Mr and Mrs J R Honaker of Princeton.
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First Baptist
Tracy Honaker
France
Tracy
J. R. Honaker
Princeton
R. A. Saunders
Seventh Street
Norvie Saunders
Bedford
Ralph Crump
Captain Crump
India
James D. Jinks Ayers
Ronnie
Clearwater
Fla
Cpl
Ayers
Third Air Force
Infantry
Camp Gordon
Ruby Cole
Fifth Street
D. C. Jackson
Forest Street
Lebanon, A
Robin Mullins
Narrows
Italy
Germany
Australia
Yugoslavia
Henry Mooney
New Orleans
Cpl. Mullins
J. J. Mullins
Paul
Navy
For Rent Front Bedroom Over Peggy's Style Shop
Renter sought for front bedroom with steam heat and hot water. Apply on second floor over Peggy's Style Shop across from Princeton post office.
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Princeton Post Office
Princeton
Bluefield
Princeton Personal Notes Highlight Local Service Members
Dr J B F Yoak Jr improves after a week as a patient. Navy man Scott D Brown on a 30 day furlough with family in Princeton. Many families spend holidays with relatives in Norfolk Athens Bluefield Richmond and Mexia Texas. Details on moves and homecomings for several service members and dependents are listed.
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J. B. F. Yoak, Jr
Scott D. Brown
C. M. S. Navy
Pacific Area
Park Avenue
Carrie Brown
Katherine Brown
Ninth Street
John Goodwin, Jr
Mercer Street
Norfolk
Pfe
James Gatherum
Nancy
Athens
Bluefield
Richmond
Pfc. Gatherum
Medical College of Virginia
Annual County Farm Women's Council Meets
The annual county Farm Women's Council executive and committee meeting convened Saturday at the county extension office with incoming president Mrs. R. W. Faulkner presiding. Committees set dates for 4-H citizenship, recreation, health, Better Living, and homes groups to meet, plus plans for yearbook discussion and camp.
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County Farm Women's Council
County Extension Office
R. W. Faulkner
Glenwood Park
Better Living
Ruth Hurst
G. G. Williams
Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Brush Creek Club
B. C. Snidow
Low Gap
C. F. Phalen
Bru
Creek
A. E. Hopkins
Ceres
Charlies Via
Serena
R. A. Kahle
Pisgah
A. B. Bailey
Wiley Shrewsbury
Pinoak
I. B. Winfrey
Brush Creek
B. Cooper
L. W. Rhody
Sandlick
George Farmer
Clyce Cravens
W. B. Thompson
Lashmeet
F. W. Cooper
Athens
Kermit Bowing
Spanishburg
T. D. Jarrett
Brush Fork
Fred Bowling
Flat Top
Appreciation Of Gifts From Veterans and Mercer VFW
1st Lt. Robert B. Parker of Ashford General hospital thanks the Mercer VFW post Princeton and auxiliary for gifts sent to soldiers just returning from overseas duties. The notice notes wide community support including Princeton Lions Club with 91 dollars and contributions from Elks, Community Fund and other groups.
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Princeton American Legion
Mercer Vfw
Princeton
Auxiliary
Robert B. Parker
Ashford General Hospital
Parker
Veterans
Legion Post
Princeton Lions Club
Elks, Community Fund
Christmas Program At Duhring Church Of Christ
The Duhring Church of Christ in Duhring West Virginia presented a Christmas program on Sunday night with recitations Christmas carols and a play Star Shines. The event drew a large crowd and concluded with a gift exchange.
Eye Injury from Tack Incident Hits Mrs Pickett
Mrs. Cott Pickett sustains a serious eye infection after a tack she was removing with a knife struck her eye while freeing tacks from a floor covering last Saturday. Doctors seek to determine if sight can be saved.
Local residents and visitors share holiday time across towns
Mrs. Charles Sadler and Mrs. Morrison Isley visit relatives while many families travel to Norfolk Burlington and Resaca for Christmas. Others spend holidays with parents in Radford Montcalm and Kimberlin Heights. Myron Taylor returns from Johnson Bible College as C M Hubbard recovers from a goitre operation in Princeton.
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Charles Sadler
Carl Hubbard
Norfolk
Morrison Isley
W. J. Isley
Burlington
N. C
Bill Hurst
Maryland
John Hurst
Masel
Marion Scott
Radford
Madalyn Hurst
Seiversville
Tenn
B. B. Hurst
W. J. Shrusbury
Georgia
W. A. Moore
Moore
Pfc
Walter Ores
Cherry Point
N.C
Helen Taylor
Matoaka
Connie Meade
Princewick
Albert Fares
Resaca
Betty June Bailey
H. W. Arrington
Arrington
Louie Foy
Gertie Foy
Shirley Foy
Carl’Foy
J. C. Wall
Robert Smith
Smith
William J. Isley
Fred Hurst
Janet
Charles
Coral
Epperly
Montcalm Residents Welcome Visitors From Virginia
Montcalm West Virginia residents report a holiday week of guests from Trigg Va Pearisburg Va and Berton Va with family visits. Local note mentions Mrs Molly Hancock of Bland Va improving after illness at her daughter’s home and various holiday visitors including the Miller Hamblin Munsey and Long households. Poultry fat and fruit dishes suggested for cooking.
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Montcalm
W. Va
J. E. Stafford
Emory Stafford
Trigg
Earl Martin
Pearisburg
Wesley Foster
Berton
Molly Hancock
Bland
Bill Havens
Madaleen Miller
Beckley
Chester Miller
Albert Munsey
Nelson
Alford Hamblin
Bove Munsey
J. P. Long
Princeton
Giles County Names Mrs Newton Leader of Mile of Dimes Drive
Giles county Virginia selects Mrs Lake L Newton as director of the 1945 Mile of Dimes campaign led by Virginia National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The drive funds polio relief as 1944 tolls surpass 750 in Virginia.
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Mrs. Newton
Giles ‘Mile of Dimes’ Drive
Narrows
Lake L. Newton
Giles County
Thomas A. Scott
Virginia
National Foundation For
Buffet Dinner Hosted by Mr. and Mrs. McGinley
Mr and Mrs C R McGinley entertained Wednesday evening with a buffet dinner. Christmas decorations adorned the home and the traditional turkey dinner was served with the Rev and Mrs.
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C. R. McGinley
Intermon Lodge 269 A F and A M Elects 1945 Officers
Intermon Lodge No 269 A F and A M elected 1945 officers in a special Wednesday evening meeting led by installing officer J M Kessler. Elected were W D Trout worshipful master J Frank Heslop Jr senior warden Arch M Muney junior warden Dan Hale treasurer J Livingston Dillon secretary Baker Greever senior deacon S L Kingrea chaplain R M Shrader tiler Glenn B Hoppers C E Bishop stewards. B and P Club set to meet Monday at 7 30 PM.
Multiple Rural Properties For Sale In Princeton Area
Real estate notice lists 6 room bungalows 3000 dollars, 23 acre farm with cottage and barn near Princeton, 6 room cottage in Matoaka West Virginia at 3750 dollars with payment plan, additional homes and farms with land and outbuildings in Athens West Virginia and near Bluefield Princeton line. Includes town lots, farms with utilities, and a filling station lunch room with residence.
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Princeton
Matoaka
W. Va
Bluefield
The Part Women Must Play in the Post War Period
General MacArthur hotel hosts a program featuring Robert H Woods of Pearisburg as speaker on the postwar role of women.
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General MacArthur Hotel
Robert H .Woods
Pearisburg
Lakeland Chapter 74 Eastern Star Schedule Meeting
Giles county lodge Lakeland Chapter No 74 Order of the Eastern Star will meet Tuesday evening at 3 o clock in the Masonic hall Narrows Virginia. The notice urges members to attend and participate in the session.
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Lakeland
Order of the Eastern Star of
Giles County
Masonic Hall
Narrows
Local social notes record visits and family travels
Miss Nelle Hale visits Washington with sister Mrs. Bailey and Mr. Bailey. Peter Hinrichs had a tonsillectomy in a Bluefield hospital. The Browns of Roanoke spend weekend with their daughter in Narrows and Newport. Numerous trips include families from Richmond Cincinnati Salem and Bed ford visiting relatives in Virginia. Several holiday gatherings and a wedding in Roanoke are noted among regional families.
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Ralph Rode
Williamson
Ralph Yost
John W. Yost
Honaker Avenue
J. D. Hinegardner
Bluefield
C. F. Dwyer
Juanita Fletcher
Winchester
L. W. Fletcher
Straley Avenue
Richard Brown
R. W. Brown
Peggy Brown
Highland Avenue
Chicago
Chicago University
David Callaway
Hempstead
Long Island
N. Y
E. B. Knox
Lexington
Warren Carr
South Ninth Street
Ben Wilson Johnston
Betty Officer
F. L. Johnston
Iya Joyce Clarke
Mullens
Fred White
Baltimore
Z. P. Easley
Third Street
Mich
Carl Schweikert
Easley
Jack Sherard
Karen
Ohio
Edna Brown
Roanoke
Helen Hele
Circle Drive
EF. W. Craft
J. Craft
U.S. Navy
Canny Bradford
Richmond
James G. Gott
C. A. Gott
Park Avenue
Charles Gott, Jr
Notre Dame
Ind
Earl H. Gott
Washington, D. C
Bethesda Medical Center
C. Roby Claywell
Tommy
Christina
Nelle S. Hale
M. M. Bailey
Bailey
Peter Hinrichs
Clinton S. Brown
Clinton S. Brown, Jr
A. H. Hare
A. M. Johnson
Royall
George Johnson
Eugene Hare
Robert
Cincinnati
Narrows
Newport
George Shelor
Salem
Joyce Hall Huff
Christiansburg
H. Hall
W. H. Sperow
W. Va
B. F. Sperow
Allene Bane
Charlottesville
D. B. Akers
Oceania
Thomas Muncy
Mr. Muncy
J. A. Muncy
Bland
J. M. Kessler
Guy Johnston
Guy Coppock
Donald and
Richard
Paul Craft
Mr. Craft and Sons
Ronceverte
Local Social News and Notes from Galax and Nearby
Social happenings include visits from Baltimore and Christiansburg residents, a family in Washington D C welcoming a daughter, and various Christmas and New Year gatherings. School and club activities feature Bluefield Business College enrollment, a Philomathian Book club meeting, and a tea dance at the General MacArthur hotel. Bees remark ends the column with a farm fact about bees producing wax.
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Ieter
Munsey
W. W. Williams
Galax
Joe Picarella
Robert
Baltimore
Charles B. Tiller
Laurrine Light
Bluefield
Emily T. Garner
Mystic
Hartford
Conn
Herman Kirk
Post Office
Major
G. T. Adair
Pamelia
Washington, D. C
Adair
Italy
F. A. Bane Sr
Mullens
W. Va
Ola Belle Radford
Columbia, D. C
Philomathian Book Club
Alex Rose
Pearersburg
Tom Spangler
Kenneth Rosenbaum
General MacArthur Hotel
Lake L. Newton
Business and Professional Women's Club
Lucile E. Michie
Charlottesville
Virginia Federation
Floyd Graly
Mary Davis Adair
New York City
Do. R. Adair
Radford Extension
Beulah Topper
Schools At War
Rebecca Thigpen
Radeford
W. A. Thigpen
For Rent and Sale Notice in Princeton
For rent one furnished room suitable for a lady or couple. For sale a Singer sewing machine and a Victrola with records. Apply at 815 Front St. Princeton.
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Singer
Front St
Princeton
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