Concord College to Graduate Forty Three in Athens
Forty three students are slated to graduate from Concord college in Athens next week including eight elementary A B degrees and 35 secondary A B degrees along with 71 standard normal certificates. Officers are Curtis Burdette president Ray Toler secretary and Dorothy Taylor treasurer. Dr Stephen S Wise of New York will speak at the Lyceum program and Dr M P Shawkey of Marshall College will deliver the commencement address next Thursday. The summer term begins June 11 with registration June 11 and classes starting June 12.
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Concord College
Athens
Curtis Burdette
Ray Toler
Dorothy Taylor
A. B
Ruth Bobbitt
A. Bradford
Maude Broyles
Nancy Grady
Subys Johnston
Beulah Packard
Roy Spraching
Margaret Vermillion
Howard Williams
Charles Yearout
Lacy Chapman
James Callaghan
Willard Earley
Claire Wright
Mae Crabtree
Connetta Creakman
Stephen Dobos
Cecelia Ennis
Nola Gibson
Lucille Givens
Gevel Hanna
Grace Hawkins
Bertha Harvey
Lillian Higginbotham
Frances Hill
Velma Houchins
Beatrice Hypes
Marguerite Johnson
H. Johnson
Clara Jones
Lucille Jones
Lola Liddle
Myrtie Lusk
Nellie McComas
Hortense Martin
Vertie Mills
Winnie Mingo
Opal Montgomery
Claton Moye
Ferne Murphy
Geneva Pine
Claudia Shrewsbury
Dorcte Shumate
Edwin Sims
Mary Gray Smith
Ruby Spangler
Claudine Spangler
James Twohig
Lucy Lee Wilmer
Garnet Akers
Sadie Ray Ball
Louise Beavers
Avnell Bryant
Nannie Campbell
New York City
Wise
United States
M. P. Shawkey
Marshall College of Huntington
Concord
Princeton Personalities and Summer Travel Notes
Princeton readers learn of local residents on summer plans and travels. Jess W Fasley and William Bowling were in Charleston on business while several locals prepare for summer trips to places including Mount Airy Marion Ky Columbia and Radford and attend funerals for L L Miller.
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Jess W. Fasley
William Bowling
Charleston
B. Batson
George C. Batson
No Mount
N. C
H. H. Ball
Helen Ball
Princeton Society Circle Meeting and Roosevelt Tempers Mention
Circle No 6 of the First Methodist church meets at Mrs Caldwell home with Mrs Sarver and Mrs Wynn hosting. Plans are made for Wesley Brotherhood supper on June 8. A surreal Roosevelt riding anecdote and a botanical note about strawberries appear in the text.
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First Methodist Church
C. C. Sarver
J. L. Caldwell
Reynolds Avenue
Joe Wynn
Charles Williams Dies At Home In Oakvale
Charles Anderson Williams, 78, longtime N and W employee and Oakvale resident, died at his home at 1 30 Thursday. Funeral at Oakvale Methodist Church Saturday at 2 conducted by Revs Maybury and Austin. Burial in Oakvale Cemetery. Native of Virginia, lived in Oakvale 47 years. Survived by wife four daughters one son and siblings.
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Charles Anderson Williams
N. and W
Oakvale
Z. F. Maybury
S. F. Austin
Virginia
Williams
Joe G. Matney
Princeton
Emma Moore
White Sulphur Springs
Marion Walton
Greensboro
N. C
W. L. Boyd
H. T. Williams
Matoaka
John Williams
Princeton RE, P, O, B lodge to install officers
Officers elected at the May meeting will be installed at a meet ing of the Princeton RE, P, O, B lodge tonight at the Elks' building on Douglas street. Past exalted rulers night will have the program with refreshments. Installations include W. W. Rogers exalted ruler J. M. Wallace leading knight Wallace loyal knight Fos ter lecturing knight Harrison W. M. Poston secretary and Phil Sutton treasurer.
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Princeton
Elks
Douglas Street
W. W. Rogers
J. M. Wallace
Charles Foster
H. R. Harrison
W. M. Poston
Phil Sutton
Adventist Church Lays Cornerstone on Douglas Street
The Seventh Day Adventist church on Douglas Street laid its cornerstone Thursday with rites. Rev. O. Co. Carnes spoke on Solomon's temple. Mrs. B. S. Kessinger laid the first mortar. Hugh Ike Shott spoke on the four corner stones of the republic. Mercer Street School Band played. about two hundred attended.
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
Douglas Street
O. Co. Carnes
Solomons Temple
8. S. Kessinger
the Republic
Legislative Assembly
Mercer Street
VonCourt funeral held for Mrs Gladys VonCourt
Funeral service for Mrs Gladys Shepherd VonCourt wife of L A VonCourt Princeton jeweler and optometrist was conducted at the First Baptist church with a large crowd. Dr Edward Stubblefield led the service and burial followed in Monte Vista cemetery. Pallbearers were Vincent Watters Raymond Watters C F Gore L L Pierce Kesse E Bailey and Dr Stanley Hayes.
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Mrée
Gladys Shepherd VonCourt
L. A. VonCourt
Princeton
Mayo Brothers Hospital
Rochester
Monte Vista Cemetery
Vincent Watters
Raymond Watters
C. F. Gore
L. L. Pierce
Kesse E. Bailey
Stanley Hayes
Hangar Foundation Underway At Municipal Airport
Work begins on the hangar foundation at the municipal airport as steel arrives. Aviator-manager J E Godsey plans a trip to Cincinnati to acquire a Aero Sport training plane, raising local aviation capacity to three aircraft. Suits filed in circuit court include H W Straley vs John H Bane and others in chancery to June rules and Bailey Lumber Co. vs Ida Pullman Rushbrooks and others in chancery to July rules.
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J. E. Godsey
Cincinnati
H. W. Straley
John H. Bane
Bailey Lumber Company
Ida Pullman Rushbrooks
Junior Baseball Team Opens Season Today
The American Legion junior base ball team starts its season with a 4 PM game on the school diamond this afternoon. Opponents will be another local junior squad as the Legion juniors begin their try-out, under coach Hode White and H. L. Spotts with several other baseball men guiding the lineup. Competition in the league begins next month.
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American Legion
Legion
Hode White
H. L. Spotts
Tri-District union council meets at Coopers tonight
A monthly Tri-District union council meeting convenes at Coopers at 8 o'clock. In an 1880 estate tale a New York man who owned 71 pairs of trousers directed his executor to auction them unseen, with one pair per buyer, and each purchaser found $1000 sewn in a cuff.
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Tri-District Union
Coopers
New York
Johnson Motor to Open New Filling Station
The completed filling station on Clark M. Thornton's lot at Mercer and Center streets opposite the First Methodist church will open tomorrow under Johnson Motor company management with Carl Rose as station manager. The station was erected by the Southern Gas company and sits on a site enhanced by concrete work and new pole placements.
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Clark M. Thornton
Mercer and
Center Streets
First Methodist
Johnston Motor Company
Carl Rose
Southern Gas Company
Cottage for Rent in Athens with Garden and Garage
Five room cottage near college offered for rent in good condition with bath garden yard and garage. Includes grapes and cherries. Reasonable rent. Write P. O. Box 222 Athens West Virginia.
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Athens
Bath
W. Va
Welch Double Election Board Named For Second Ward
In Welch, the Second ward will have a double election board for the city election on June 5 after Democratic and Republican leaders approved a counting and receiving board. The ward holds 1,849 registered voters and the setup aims to speed results after polls close at 6 30 PM. The council ratified the officials named by each party and confirmed the counting board with T W Edwards as Republican clerk and J E Green plus J A French as Republican commissioners. D S Renn was named Democratic clerk with Bayard Taylor as Democratic commissioner.
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Beno F. Howard
Council
Democratic City Executive Committee
Second Ward
Court House
T. W. Ed
Vacation Bible School Registration Opens in Welch
Registration for the Daily Vacation Bible School opens today and runs 9 to 11 in the Presbyterian church basement. The program, run by Presbyterians Methodists and Episcopalians, begins Monday June 4 and ends June 15 for Welch children ages 4 to 14. Mrs Nick Carter will supervise with many assistants. A C Mullins named bond representative for the Investors Syndicate in MacDowell County.
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Presbyterian Church
Welch
Nick Carter
Welch High School Commencement Speakers Address Class
A capacity Welch crowd heard Dean David L. Haught of Concord College deliver the commencement address at Welch High School. Miss Betty Barrett earned the highest senior average, 96.7, with 125 graduates receiving diplomas from N. A. Steadman as the largest class in the school’s history.
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Betty Barrett
Welch High School
David L. Haught
Concord College
Athens
Welch
Raymond Daugherty
Landgraft
N. A. Steadman
Otis Linkous
Thelma Johnson
L. C. Carson
Dean David L. Haught
Louise McBride
June Rouse
G. M. Hollandsworth
Vermillion Family Plans Graduation and Visit
A family from Jersey City will attend Miss Janice Vermillion’s graduation at Columbia University where she will receive a master’s degree. They will visit in a few days with their son Dr James Vermillion, an interim medical center physician.
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Buford Tibder
Bluefield
Frederick Tinder
Hampton-Sydney College
Nancy Hulse
Columbia
Florence Carpenter
Marietta
W. Blount
Salem
Blount
Welch Bakery
E. K. Ketron
Princeton
C. O. McComas
Jess Whitt
Jackson Mills
Fleanor Reed
Janice Vermillion
Coumbia University
James Vermillion
Jersey City
Welch PTA Summer Round-Up For Incoming Students
The Welch Parent-Teacher Association holds a summer round-up for next year's first term students today at 8 a.m. in the Community Service Center on Elk Horn Street next to Greer's Shoe Shop. County nurses will administer typhoid, smallpox, and scarlet fever serum and health physicians will provide physical examinations. Parents should accompany children or send written permission for immunization.
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Welch Parent-Teacher Association
Community Service Center
Elkhorn Street
Greer's Shoe Shop
Vacation Bible School Opens at First Baptist
The Vacation Church School at the First Baptist church begins Monday at 9 o'clock and runs for two weeks. Rev. D M Dorsey is named principal. Registration starts at 10 o'clock. Four departments will operate: beginners primary junior and intermediate.
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The
First Baptist Church
D. M. Dorsey
Baptist Church
University officials visit alumni in Welch
H A Stansbury director of athletics and Charles C Tallman head coach at West Virginia University spent yesterday in Welch and later met with university alumni in Welch in the afternoon. They discussed football candidates who may enroll at the state university in September. Tallman, who succeeded Earle Neai as Mountaineers coach, formerly played baseball with the Gary Coaldiggers in the Coalfield league.
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H. A. Stansbury
Charles C. (Trusty) Tallman
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Welch
McDowell
War
Universit
The
State University
Tallman
Earle Neaie
Mountaineers
Gary Coaldiggers
Reese Marriman Buried After King Killing
The body of Reese Marriman of King was sent by train to Eggleston Virginia for last rites after being stabbed early Tuesday morning in King. Eveline Smith, his housekeeper, is jailed on murder charges. Marriman is survived by his mother in Eggleston two brothers and three children.
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Reese Marriman
King
Eggieston
Marriman
Eveline Smith
Eggleston
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Shawkey
Stephen S. Wise
Ordon Ball
Princeton High School
Eugene Haley
Trent Street
Richmond
Janet Kirby
John Lawrence
Spanishburg
Radford
Hortense League
Walker Street
Evelyn Susong
Mahood Avenue
Jima
L. A. Sneed
Washington
Princeton Society
Mas
Harry Karnes
Move Roosevelt
Royal Today
Charles Williams
Adventist Church
Seventh Day Adventist Meeting House
Hugh Ike Shott
Voncourt
Santon S
Harles McNutt
Tri-District
UNION
Santon’s
Barger Plumbing Shop
West Va
McDowell County
Double Election Board
A. C. Mullins
Mac-Dowell County National Bank
Investors Syndicate
Henry Harnett
Haught
Boulder Dam
Baptist Bible School
Ran Cady
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