Old First Church Faces Urban Crisis and Change
In New York on May 31, church leaders warn city churches must adapt to urban life as half the population lives in cities. Experts urge targeted programs for seniors, widows, and working parents, plus day nurseries and social ministries to reach 25,000 nearby residents and foster renewal.
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New York
Vu S. A
Amy
Gy Bey
Murray H. Leiffer
Bibi
al Institute
Charles Francis Burrill
Chica
Gordon Phillips
Detroit
Coral Gables
First Methodist Church
Toledo
Ohio
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Baltimore
Patterson Memorial Methodist Church
M and Library
Tazewell Market Draws Big Crowd
Tazewell Va May 31 The Tazewell livestock market handled 750 head with a large lamb consignment. Lambs sold for 25.10 per hundred weight for blue circle or top grade. Pricing ranged: cows 14 to 8, steers 20 to 12, calves 22.50 to 16, sheep 7 to 3, hogs 18 to 10 with high holiday attendance causing parking congestion.
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Tazewell Va
Tazewell
C. M. Puckett
Exercise Machine Helps Polio Patient
Rudolph J. Boyko of New York invented the restorator a home or hospital exercise device that attaches to a bed or chair and uses rowing or bicycling movements to exercise feet ankles hips wrists and arms Hospitals report its usefulness in rehabilitating polio arthritis fractures nerve or brain injuries cerebral palsy and other diseases.
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York
Rudolph J. Boyko
New York
Chicago Livestock Market Mixed as Hogs Cattle Demand Rises
Salable hogs 4,000 with prices 25 to 50 cents higher led by top 27.25 for select light weights and 26.25-27.00 for 180-220 lb barrows. Cattle at 9,500 head with steers and heifers 50 higher, prime steers to 27.25, primes averaging 25.50, cows 12.50-15.00, veal calves steady, sheep 200 head nominally steady with lambs around 27.00 and ewes to 7.00.
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Chicago
Vacation travel tricks for a carefree holiday
Phyllis Rosenteur guides readers through planning a practical vacation beyond luck. She highlights using travel bureaus and ASTA certified agents to craft efficient itineraries, access discounts, and avoid missteps while seeking new, affordable destinations and reliable information sources.
N and W Rolls Out Novel Coal Turbine Locomotive
Norfolk and Western activates a radical coal fired steam turbine electric drive locomotive between Bluefield and Roanoke with a dynamometer car for performance testing. The joint project involves N and W Baldwin Westinghouse and Babcock and Wilcox with potential design tweaks after trials. The piece notes the King George III statue at Fort George predates Jackson’s statue as the earliest U.S. equestrian monument.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
N&w
Co. P. Blair
Western Division
Bluefield
Roanoke
Engie
Blair
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Andrew Jackson
Washington, D. C
United States
George III
Fort George
N. Y
Weir Urges WVU Graduates To Face World Realities
At West Virginia University 87th commencement Ernest T. Weir Industrialist and National Steel Corp. chairman urged graduates to counteract emotional public opinion and seek practical attitudes. He warned Americans rush to solve complex problems and urged understanding of other peoples and acceptance of facts as they are.
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Morgantown
West Virsdale University
Ernest T. Weir
Weir
National Steel Corp
West Virginia
Field House
United States
Princeton Personals Brief of Assignments and Travels
Lt Condr Manning Poston of Pensacola spent the week with relatives here. He flew to Roanoke Virginia and back to Pensacola aboard a Navy plane. Dr and Mrs Lawrence Van Court of Harrison Street return from White Sulphur Springs after attending the West Virginia Optometria society convention.
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Condr
Manning Poston
Pensacola
Roanoke
Lawrence van Court
Harrison Street
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Optometria Society
Bible School Enrolls 123 at Methodist Church
One hundred twenty three children enrolled in the first session yesterday morning at the Methodist Church. Sessions run daily 9 to 11 a.m. until June with the theme The Church and activities planned. Miss Ann Eaton directs the school with teachers in Nursery Kindergarten Junior and more, including music by Miss Frances Moody and Mrs. Patty Linkenhoker.
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Methodist Church
Ann Eaton
Leonard Coleman
Carroll White
Louis Walker
RN. Miller Jr
J. E. Wooten
Frank Patterson
Joe Stinson
Ie. Dans Vance
Lola
RR. Kniffer
A. W. Turner
C. B. Collins Jr
Paul Underwood
Calvin Roland
Nancy Selvey
Nancy Malcolm
Helen
Elizabeth Kniffen
Sylvia Turner
Sarah Gott
Barbara Steele
R. E. Harbert
E. 8. Mann
Mel Barnett
James Sarver
Carl Rose
Mary Supler
Edward Smith Jr
E. J. Reaser
Harry Vaughan
Ray Thomas
Frances Moody
Patty Linkenhoker
Syrian Senator to Visit Princeton Club Tonight
Lebanese Senator Kemal Junblatt will visit the Syrian Club of Princeton this afternoon and host a 7 o clock dinner at the Virginian hotel. He is touring the United States at the invitation of President Eisenhower.
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Kemal Junblatt
Lebanon
Syria
Princeton
Virginian
Junblatt
Eisenhower
Connie Sue Elmore Birthday Party Held Saturday
Mrs Robert J Elmore hosted Connie Sue Elmore s sixth birthday party from 2 to 4 pm with spring flowers pink and white table decor and a six candle birthday cake Prizes went to Phyllis Neeley Rickie Akers and Ernie Elmore Refreshments followed for family and friends The WSCS Executive Committee and Circle Leaders meet Tuesday at 2 pm in the church ladies parlor to plan the coming year.
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Robert J. Elmore
Connie Sue
Phyllis Neeley
Rickie Akers
Ernie Elmore
J. Belcher
G. C. Elmore
B. T. Elmore
Blanche Akers
O. H. Sanders
Clyde Elmore
Bill Forbes
Buddy
Phyllis
Lynda Neeley
Okie
Mary Sue Sanders
Ernie
Barbara Gayle
Donald Lee
Sue Elmore
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Circles meet at First Methodist and federation event noted
First Methodist Church circles gather Thursday June 3 with multiple groups listed for 2 pm and 8 pm meetings at various homes and the church. The Sunday School Workers Council of First Baptist holds a covered dish supper June 7 at 6 30 pm at the church. The Federation of Business Women Circles meets in Pittfield Virginia June 7 at 6 30 pm at the First Methodist Church with Miss Mary Jesse missionary to Japan as speaker.
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Federation of Business Women's
Baptist
New Lebanon Association
Ucfield
Virginia
First Methodist Church
Memorial Baptist Church
Mary Jesse
Japan
First Baptist Church
Hode White
Vacation Bible School Opens At Four Local Churches
Daily Bible School started yesterday and today in four local churches. The Methodist and Presbyterian Churches began Monday morning and the Baptist and First Christian Churches had their opening this morning. Bible Study sword drills handcraft and classes will be held for nursery through Intermediate departments.
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Methodist
Presbyterian
Baptist
First Christian
Jury Trials Set To Resume In Circuit Court
Jury trials resume in Circuit Court with jurors reporting Wednesday morning. Docket includes Carl H. Wimmer vs Robert D. Swartzel for $1064.17 interest, Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland vs Charles P. Looney Jr. for $1064.17, Thomas Davis vs W T Vincent for $5000 for personal injuries, Emanuel Giampocaro vs W T Vincent for $1375 for vehicle damages, and Susie P. Wilson vs TriCity Traction Co. for $10000 after a bus stop caused her fall.
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Carl H. Wimmer
Robert D Swartzel
Assumpsit
Fidelity and Deposit Co
Maryland
Charles P Looney Jr
Thomas Davis
W. T. Vincent
Emanuel Giampocaro
Bluewell
Susie P. Wilson
TriCity Traction Company
Princeton Paragraphs Voice Recital at First Baptist Church
Six of Joseph Bertalan's vocal students perform in a recital at the First Baptist Church Thursday evening June 3 at 8 00 pm Alicia Kay Callahan Patricia Tiller Donald Farmer Eddie Maxwell Bill Moxley and Orville Wallace accompany by Mrs Joyce Bertalan with Arthur Flynn and Keith Marshall on instruments The public is invited Bertalan's next recital is set for Monday June 7.
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Joseph Bertalan
First Baptist Church
Alicia Kay Callahan
Patricia Tiller
Donald Farmer
Eddie Maxwell
Bill Moxley
Orville Wallace
Joyce Bertalan
Arthur Flynn
Keith Marshall
Bertalan
First Baptist Choir Rehearsals Set Ahead of Sunday Service
The Celestial Choir meets at 11:00 a.m. after Vacation Bible School dismissal. The Crusader Choir rehearses at 6:30 p.m. All six church choirs will perform at the graded Choirs Recognition and Promotion Service Sunday evening June 6 at 7:30.
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First Baptist Church
Celestial
Crusader
Recital performers shine in First Methodist Church program
Miss Vera Payne presented pupils in the first of three season recitals in Fellowship Hall. Featured students included Kay Tynes, Elizabeth Herring, Libby Shaffer, Rebecca Shaffer, Carolyn Hickman, Bruce and Susan Shaffer, Helen Kniffen, Emma Davis, Janet Eggleston, Rosanna Reaser, Charlene Amburgey, Martha Evans, and many others. SUPPER PLANNED This evening at 6:30 the Worker's Council of the First Baptist Church will host a covered dish supper for 6:30 attendees to discuss Sunday School progress and plans.
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Fellowship Hall
First Methodist Church
Vera Payne
Kay Tynes
Vincy Watters
Edward Laufer
Michael Herring
Elizabeth Herring
Jimmy Agnew
Ann Shaffer
Libby Shaffer
Rebecca Shaffer
Carolyn Hickman
Elaine Werner
Frances Rice
Linda Penland
Patricia Thomas
Judy Simpson
Janet Eggleston
Betty Inge
Eugenia White
Ann Snead
Roberta Kniffen
Helen Kniffen
Emma Davis
Nancy Davis
Marshall Bowling
Kathy McManaway
Marilyn Hughes
Patti Booker
Joanna Miller
Suzanne Goodall
Rosanna Reaser
Rose Ann Ellis
Charlene Amburgey
Martha Evans
Betty Higdon
Worker’s Council of the First Baptist Church
Trailer Court Opens June 1 on Oliver Avenue
A trailer court will open June 1 on Oliver Avenue near Thorn Street offering reasonable rent and city conveniences. Mrs. Earl Damewood of 517 Kee Street Princeton provides contact via telephone 2892 for details.
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Oliver Avenue
Thorn Street
Earl Damewood
Kee Street
Princeton
Legion and VFW Posts To Vote On Continuing Active Status
In Princeton this week Legion Post No. 54 and Mercer Post No. 2708 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars plan votes to decide if they will remain active posts. Post 54 meetings at 7:30 tonight will consider nominating officers for the new year or surrendering its charter. Post 2708 meets Friday at 8 p.m. to decide on continued active status for the overseas veterans group.
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Sophie
Princeton
American Legion
Mercer
Weekend jail bookings reach forty at county Detention
Forty men and women were booked at the county jail over the weekend. Princeton police accounted for 13, including three cash bond cases and a drunken woman whose name was not recorded. Additional arrests included two drunken drivers and a case of permitting an intoxicated man to drive. State and county officers booked 21 on Saturday night and nine early Sunday morning, with Trooper Mullins charging 21. Saturday morning a Bluefield man was booked for murder.
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Princeton
L. P. Mullins
Bluefield
Vacation Bible School Opens This Week Across Churches
Four local churches host Bible School programs this week. The Methodists and Presbyterians began yesterday while Baptist and First Christian start Tuesday morning. Bible study drills handcraft and other activities will be stressed for children from nursery age through intermediary departments.
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Methodists
Presbyterian
Baptist
First Christian
Ace
Interpor
Two 2 Room Furnished Apartments at Mercer Street
Third floor unit at 205 Mercer Street Princeton features two furnished rooms with a stove and refrigerator included. Contact Dial 4124 for details.
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Mercer St
Princeton
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