Princeton Bicycle Club Will Be Formed for Safety
Princeton residents with bicycles and safety interest are invited to a Friday 7:30 pm meeting at City Hall to organize a boys and girls bicycle club. Mayor O H Ballard and members of the American Legion Rotary Kiwanis chamber of commerce and other groups support creating a safety program through the Department of Public Safety.
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Cit
Princeton
O. H. Ballard
American Legion
Vo. F. W
Rotary
Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
Department of Public Safety
Certificates Granted to Girls for First Aid Training
Certificates valid three years are mailed to girls completing junior Red Cross first aid courses under Miss Hallie Shupe. Mrs. L. J. Sheppard, Princeton Red Cross chair, handles distribution. Names listed include Margaret Goode Leola Hoke Gaynel Pruett Katharine Griffey Elizabeth Kane Hazel Jones Eleanor Taylor Lena Rivers Johnson Barbara Brodie Eloise Bushee Nedra Tabor Eva Mills Geraldine Bivens Evelyn Garnet Newkirk Pauline Hypes Frances Phalen Corene Wheeler Corinne Wheeler Cotes McCutch eon Fredie Dobbins Shirley Putnam Virginia Dave Brown Nell Bratton received six months as life saving examiner. The scallop note describes how the shell moves by water intake and forceful expulsion enabling short jumps.
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Red Cross
Hallie Shupe
L. J. Sheppard
Princeton
The
Margaret Goode
Leola Hoke
Gaynel] Pruett
Katherine Griffey
Elizabeth Kane
Hazel Jones
Eleanor Taylor
Lena Rivers Johnson
Barbara Brodie
Eloise Bushee
Nedra Tabor
Eva Mills
Geraldine Bivens
Evelyn Garnet Newkirk
Pauline Hypes
Frances Phalen
Clarabell Craft
Rebecca Swope
Wanda Shelton
Marguerite Miller
June Pruett
Kathleen Dove
Mildred Irene Belcher
June Thomason
Correne Wheeler
Cotes McCutcheon
Fredie Dobbins
Shirley Putnam
Virginia Dave Brown
Nancy
Kiwanis Club Sees N W Movie Here
Local Kiwanis members and guests watched a motion picture on the development of the N and W railroad at the high school building after a luncheon. Attendees included J. B. Bobbitt of Bluefield E. R. Young of Roanoke Norman McVeigh of Roanoke Vergil Beckett Dr Ben Bird and Frank McKenzie. A large Kiwanis delegation attended the Mountain Lake meeting last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
J. 8. Bobbitt
Bluefield
E. R. Young
Roanoke
Norman McVeigh
Vergil Beckett
Ben Bird
Frank McKenzie
Kiwanis
Mountain Lake
Society Notes From Princeton And Area Events
Silver Springs P T A hosts an ice cream social at the schoolhouse tonight at 5 30 p m. The junior group D A R meets Friday at 7 30 p m at Miss Madie McGlothlin on College Avenue. Karnes Hale circle of the Woman s Missionary Society meets at First Church this morning at 10 30 for mission study. Members urged to attend and bring lunch.
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Silver Springs
P.T. A
Madie McGlothlin
College Avenue
Karnes Hale
Woman's Missionary Society of the First 1St Church
Nellie Crotty
Woman's Auxiliary to Meet at 3 Today
The Woman's Auxiliary of the iscopal church will hold a meeting this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Herbert Pearis on Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Iscopal Church
Herbert Pearis
Walnut Street
Meeting of Auxiliary Officers at Memorial Building
The newly organized auxiliary to V. PF. W. Post No. 2703 will meet tonight to elect and install officers. The session is scheduled for 7:30 and 8:00 with important work to be completed.
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V. PF. W
Memorial Building
Myrthie Bane Circle Meets at Mrs Coker Home
The Myrthie Bane circle of the First M E church will gather at 8 o’clock at the residence of Mrs Coker on Front Street for a meeting.
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Myrthie Bane
M. E. Church
Morgan Files for Court Nomination
C E Morgan, president of the Mercer county court, filed his certificate of announcement as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for members the court in the office of Landon T cacao circuit court clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Morgan
Mercer County Court
Landon T. Cacao
Wednesda
Funeral Service Held for Maynard Karnes in Spanishburg
Funeral service conducted Tuesday at 2 PM at the Spanishburg church for Maynard Cecil Karnes 55 who died at home in Beckley after a lingering heart illness. Rev. Walker of the Primitive Baptist church officiated. Interment followed at the Karnes family cemetery near Spanishburg. He was the son of the late Henry Karnes by a third marriage. Survived by wife three sons three daughters and one brother Eldridge Karnes of Beckley.
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Spanishburg
Maynard Cecil Karnes
Beckley
Rev. Walker
Primitive Baptist Church
Karnes
Henry Karnes
Eldridge Karnes
Princeton Personalities Visit Knoxville Clerical Notes
Dr. Edward Stubblefield and wife are visiting Knoxville Tennessee and plan to travel west Tennessee and Kentucky next week. Dr Stubblefield will return to Princeton for all church services June 12. Dr J Frank Marsh of Concord College will speak at the church Sunday at 11 AM with no evening service except B Y P U. Miss Mary Lucas of Staunton Virginia is visiting her brother R F Lucas.
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Edward Stubblefield
Knoxville
Tenn
West Tennessee
West Kentucky
Court actions advance as Easley adjourns until Monday
Circuit court recessed by Judge D. M. Easley after disposing of several chancery matters. A motion to set aside a verdict was overruled in the Annie L. Saul case. Cases involving Evans, Crumpecker, and others were moved or continued, with divorce actions resolved or continued and alimony set in one instance. Custody awarded to Eliza Fletcher. property restraints addressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Easley
Annie L. Saul
Hattie Hambrick
Omar Hale
Kenneth D. Evans
G. H. Crumpecker
J. Evans
Laura B. Evans
Eliza Fletcher
John J. London
Della Fanchett Hopp London
W. J. Brooks
Nellie Brooks
Brooks
Nellie Bailey
Earnest Bailey
Ainst Bailey
Local births and illnesses noted in community column
Mr and Mrs C E Davis announce the arrival of a son Donald Eugene born May 24 at Memorial. Mrs Nelie Peery underwent an operation for removal of tonsils at Princeton hospital. Mrs G R Lovern improving after illness but not yet going out. Influenza and common cold accounting for 30 to 50 percent of absentees from business and industry.
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C. E. Davis
Donald Eugene
Memorial
G. R. Lovern
Thorn Street
O. F. Bonham
Chester
Lakeside
J. PF. Vance
Betty Lou
Boy Blue
Eres Om
Lacy
South
Boston
Princeton
Frances Barksdale
Concord College
Arthur A.ksdale
Wild pitch costs game in late inning showdown
A compressed sports item notes a late inning wild pitch deciding the outcome with Losing pitcher Harder. Mentions Gei and Rue as figures in the test. Time and attendance details are incomplete from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Duber
Harder
Geiand Rue
Red Sox Beat Browns 6 3 as Wagner Wins First MLB Victory
Charley Wagner held St Louis to 10 hits for his first major league win guiding Boston to a 6-3 victory over the Browns. The Red Sox moved ahead 4 2 in the fourth inning on Joe Cronin s fifth home run.
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Boston
Charley Wagner
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Sockers
Joe Cronin
Sassevesoveeese
M Squinn
Hughes
Ion Cramer
Voamik
Nonnenkamp
Foxx
Cronin
Higgins
Wenenwe
Doerr
Neseveesonsues
AENET
Sennings ST. Touls
McNatt. Sullivan
Kress
McQuin Nonnenkamp
Vornik
Mills
Cut
Bell
McQuinn
Cramer
McNair
Tha Louls
Balle
van Atta Agner
van Atta
Wagner
Alkup
Sommers
Quinn
Grieve
Phillies Edge St. Louis In Tight NL Tilt
Philadelphia and St. Louis played a close National League game with runs by Medwick and Slaughter for the Cardinals and key hits by Gutteridge Oates and Passeau for Philadelphia. Final scoring details include nine to ten in baserunner stat lines and notable pitching shifts across the midgame.
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Philadelphia
Mueller
Arnovieh
Auwook
Tooromo
Corbett
Mumant
B. Sicdvannsseesse
R-Whimoy
ST. Louis
Teung
A. Wick Ang Hyughter
Gutteridge Ein
Young
Palngater
Oates
Mulcahy
Menwich
Kiete
Gutteridge
Ut Ize
Medwick
Slaughter
Sacrifice
Inee
Mize
Philadel
Harrell
Smith
Passeau
Hite
Innin
Ain
Lowitcher
Um Hone
Ant. Ll
For Sale Five Room House and Additional Property
Five room house with hall bath basement and heat. Lot 50 by 150 with chicken house and new garage. Also other property for sale. R L Arrington 414 Mercer St. Phone 157.
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R. L. Arrington
Mercer St
Learn to Skate at Fountain Park
Beginners sessions offered daily at Fountain Park rink near Princeton on Oakvale road from 1 to 2 PM and 4 to 5 PM except Saturdays and Sundays. Five miles out of Princeton.
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Fountain Park
West Va
Princeton
Oakvale Road
Police Jo Exams for Eleven Applicants
Eleven applicants for city police positions took exams at the high school conducted by the city police civil service board. Names include Pry Woods Treadway Bird McNamara Haley White Simms Chewning Chambers McNamara. Existing eligibles Blankenship Rarick Lambe on file. board to supply three names to the council this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Police Civil Service Board
H. B. Pearis E. K. Ketron
W. U. Hunter
Phil H. Pry
George J. Woods, Jr
T. R. Treadway
Irvin W. Bird
B. W. McNamara
Eugene Haley
Conley White
Woodrow W. Simms
P. B. Chewning
Leonard W. Chambers
D. W. McNamara
Civil Service
George W. Blankenship
J. R. Rarick
R. H. Lambe
Topper on Screen at Royal Theatre Today
Transcribed from Thorne Smith novel, the film follows Mrs Cosmo Topper and her bank president husband as they meet a violet death and inhabit a spectral realm. Constance Bennett and Cary Grant co star as the newlyweds navigating comic supernatural adventures. Band classes will be conducted.
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Cosmo Topper
Wall Street Bank
Another World
Thorne Smith
Welch Campaign Grows Before Tuesday City Vote
Intense race in Welch centers on June 7 mayoral and council elections with mass meetings by both parties. Republicans cite 14 years of city leadership and safety honors while Democrats promise sidewalks to Stevens Clinic and Coney Island. Absentee ballots reach a record as six regular officers serve plus two part timers.
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Welch
Court House
Reblican Party
Safean
Oenter
Woodmont
Blakely
Hemphill
C. Frank Wright
John W. Blakely
Albert A. Bailey
Consolidated Bus Lines seeks Welch to Twin Branch permit
Consolidated Bus Lines files with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for a Welch to Twin Branch bus line. A hearing is set for 10 a m June 8. The company recently took a temporary city franchise and seeks to begin regular service.
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Welch
Twin Branch
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Consolidated Bus Lines
Anawalt Forms Business Club Leaders Named and Members Lined Up
Anawalt businessmen formed the Anawalt Business Men's club to promote civic and business fairs. C. C. Hurley was named permanent chairman, P. R Henderson elected secretary, and road improvements with welcome signs are on the agenda. Local merchants invited to join.
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Anawalt
Anawalt Business Men's Club
C. C. Hurley
P. R Henderson
Dot's
Clarence Saunders
Forman's
Dept
New Deal
Felix
W. T. Belcher Esso
Citizens Drug Company
J. H. Bailey's
Kasdin’s
A. and P. Tea Co
Union Theatre
Anawalt Hardware and Furn. Co
Conditary
Witt
Three More Red Pins On Accident Chart
A headlong crash through a telegraph pole and fence posts appears on the accident chart with three additional red pins marking incidents. The fragment suggests a sequence of wrecks and damaged infrastructure noted in the records.
White Sunday Holy Communion and Union Talk in Welch
Grace Episcopal Eck man hosts Holy Communion at 9 30 Sunday marking White Sunday commemorating the Apostles and the Holy Spirit. Fred Steele speaks on labor organization politics at Welch Industrial Union Council meeting at 7 30 with unemployment committee plans. Mrs L Schwartz hosts B nai Israel Sisterhood meeting in Northfork at 7 30. members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
Eckman
Fred Steele
Welch Industrial Union Council
Temple Theatre
Schwartz
L. Schwartz
Northfork
B'nai Isreal Sisterhood
Presbyterian Auxiliary Meeting Tonight at Welch Church
Members of the executive board of the Woman's Auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church in Welch will hold a meeting this evening at the church. The session is expected to discuss upcoming events and community outreach plans.
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Presbyterian Auxiliary
Woman's Auxiliary of
The
First Presbyterian Church In
Welch
Postponement of Junior Women's Club Link
The annual link of the Junior Women's club is postponed with no new date set. A June 15 set has been moved and will announce the exact date later. all members are asked to note the postponement.
Welch Personal Notices Highlight Regional Visits
Welch residents report visitors from Saltville Virginia Mount Hope and Huntington as well as Bridgeport Connecticut. Mrs Hobart E Payne of Welch hosts in Saltville while Mrs William Snyder of Mount Hope visits Welch family. Mrs John Kountz of Huntington visits in Jusy with B F Williams family. L H Hughes of Bridgeport travels to Ann Arbor Michigan due to illness of daughter Mary Flo Hughes a University of Michigan student injured in horseback riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart E. Payne
Welch
George W. Walker
Saltville
William Snyder
Mount Hope
Bridgeport
Conn
Youth trades knife for trunks drowns in Kanawha River
Calvin Farmer a 15 year old boy who traded his jackknife for swimming trunks drowned while wading in the Kanawha River near Charleston West Virginia. Arnold McLaughlin tried to rescue him but failed and the body was recovered about an hour later. This marked the third drowning in the district this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Calvin Farmer
Kanawha River
Comanions
Arnold McLaughlin
Farmer
Greenbrier fete opens with four day festival
White Sulphur Springs June 1 Edward L. Blake outlined Greenbrier county four day celebration June 17 to 20. The program begins with the dedication of a courthouse shaft in Lewisburg followed by a band concert and speeches, then markers at Fort Donnally Clendennin Massacre Fort Stuart and Frankford are unveiled. Friday features queen coronation and a Greenbrier on the name presentation with a coronation ball at the Greenbrier.
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Greenbrier County
Edward L. Blake
Lewisburg
Joseph Basile
Madison Square Garden
New York
Loren R. Johnston
Greenbrier
Ope
H. B. Moore
Andrew Lewis
John Stuart
Fort Donnally
Clendennin
Fort Stuart
Prankford
Greenbrier Valley Fair Grounds
E Greenbrier
Edwinee
Summers Included in Road Work Biggest Letting of Year
Charleston West Virginia June 1 state road commission bid results show two bridge projects and 25 road jobs, the largest letting of the year. Summers Grade drain 6.90 miles on state route 44 Green Sulphur Springs Fayette line Harry Hatfield and Company Barboursville 147654.05, Fayette Kanawha cement concrete pavement 1.111 miles US 60 at Smithers Keely Co Company Clarksburg. Of England's total population 40,350,000 there are 19,357,000 males and 20,993,000 females.
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Fayette
Harry Hatfield and Company
Barboursville
U. S. 60
Smithers
Keely Co Company
Clarksburg
England
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Ballard
City Hall
NASA
Millar Watt
WYMN
Society
Harry Karnes
Episcopal Auxiliary
Watterson Lodge
Walker Hall
Lola Placey
Chicago
Royal Arch
Morgan
Maynard Karnes
Easley
Lark
Marilyn Thorne
Sycamore
Ill
Baker
Marilyn
Hollywood
Civil Service Board
W. W. Clark
Mercer
Thorn
Trula Bailey
Clifford Bailey
Ha Mae Jones
Bertha Mae Dillon
Taylor D. Jones
H. J. Smith
Betty
Don McClaugherty
Mercerers’ Club
Alton Douglas
Mercer Street
New River
R. T. Peters
Raymond B. Prince
G. T. Leslie
G. H. Lawhead
Lee F. Anderson
Mercer County Board of Education
Lake Shawnee
Frankie Reynolds and His
Matinee
Grant
Billie Burke
Alan
Paice
Eugene Pal
Tug River
Roderfield
St. Luke's Episco Church
Industrial Council
Niagara Falls
White Sulphur Springs
State Road Commission
Lilia
Atlantic
Bedford
Mass
Salem, M
Portland
Rockland
Cleveland
Ohio
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Late Timore
Maes
Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated
ONE Broadway
New York City
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