Lions Club Elects Stuart Fanning President
Stuart Fanning was elected president of the Princeton Lions Club at the regular meeting and will be seated June 27. Other officers named include J E Wooten first vice president Lo Delp second vice president G S Ralston secretary Cornell Bugh treasurer H C Arnold Jr Lion Tanner Phil Pry Tail Twister John Hanger John Carstarphen Frank Clayton directors. The club won the District 29W attendance contest with an average 95 percent versus Cedar Grove 94 percent. An achievement plaque will be awarded at the state convention in Wheeling June 9 10 11. A ladies night is planned for June 27 with a committee listed. W T Yost of Martinsburg attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Jones
Princeton
Cedar Grove
Wheeling
Princeton Paragraphs French Will Probated
The will of Charles Herman French dated August 15 1949 was probated in the county clerk office. The estate goes to the widow Lillian Alleen French who qualified as executrix. Appraisers named were R O Sewall Ray Thompson and T S Gooch.
City National Bank of Selma Sues E H Broome for 2000
City National Bank of Selma Alabama files suit in circuit court against E H Broome in assumpsit seeking two thousand dollars.
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City National Bank of
Selma
Alabama
E. H Broome
Assumpsit
Suits Filed in Circuit Court in Chancery
Margaret Neal sues Robert Junior Neal Enna Comer Gordon sues John Buford Gordon Virginia Lee Truitt sues Ray William Truitt Nettie McPherson Danieley sues Lake Byrle Danieley Earl Scott Huffman sues Isabel Burkett Huffman in chancery court.
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Chancery
Margaret Neal
Robert Junior Neal
Enna Comer Gordon
John Buford Gordon
Virginia Lee Truitt
Ray William Truitt
Nettie McPherson Danieley
Lake Byrle Danieley
Earl Scott Huffman
Isabel Burkett Huffman
Princeton Society Bake Sale Today at Local Church
The First Christian church hosts a bake sale today to raise funds for the building fund at the C. E. Jones Electric shop. Girl Scout Troop No 3 joins Brownies for a skating party and picnic at Fountain Park with 19 intermediates 17 Brownies eight adults and four visitors attending.
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First Christian Church
C. E. Jones
Girl Scout Troop No. 3
Fountain Park
Firemen's List To Be Drawn For Fire Chief Appointment
The police civil service commission is tasked by the court and council to prepare an eligible firemen list for the fire chief appointment. Commission members are George W. Seaver D J Bailey and James Hedrick.
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Police Civil Service Commission
Yor and Council
George W. Seaver
D. J. Bailey
James Hedrick
Princeton Area Personal Items Highlight Visits and Graduation
Mrs J B Kelly of Huntington returns home today after visiting in Mrs John Shuff’s residence on Thornton avenue. Mr and Mrs John Christie of Washington DC stay several days with his mother Mrs M W Christie on Main street. Mr and Mrs E E Harrison Jr and daughter Carole of Richmond VA visit Mrs E E Smith on Reynolds avenue and attend Concord college graduation where Miss Smith is a graduate.
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J. B. Kelly
Huntington
John Shuff
Thornton Avenue
John Christie
Washington, D. C
M. W. Christie
Main Street
E. E. Harrison, Jr
Carole
Richmond
Princeton
Princeton First Church of God Services Schedule
The First Church of God on Seventh Street in Princeton, led by Minister James W. Nida, offers Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. with Mrs. J. M. Stephenson as superintendent. Morning worship at 10:45 features church music and a sermon on Some marks of true Christian love. Evening service at 7:30 includes Youth People's choir and a sermon on Our Life's Most Important Question. Youth Fellowship and choir practice Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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James W. Nida
J. M. Stephenson
Minister John A. Womeidorf Preaches at 11 o'clock Service
Joe Brooks, summer student pastor, will preach at the 11 o'clock service on the subject Dull Religion. Music will be under the direction of W. I. Herring. Sunday school attendance requested.
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John A. Womeidorf
Joe Brooks
W. I. Herring
Farewell Service for SA Adjutant Mary McVicker
Adjutant Mary McVicker who has led the Prince ton Salvation Army for two years will hold a farewell service Sunday June 4 at 7 45 p m. She leaves June 7 for Richmond Virginia where she is appointed commanding officer of the Richmond Va Cita del corps. A welcome service for the new corps officer will be held Sunday June 11.
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Mary McVicker
Princeton Salvation Army
Richmond
Richmond, Va
Citadel Corps
Community Schedule and Meetings
At 9 45 Earl Hadden superintendent. Pioneers meet at 4 30. Youth Fellowship meets at 6 30. Juniors meet Friday at 4 p m. Children's Hour Saturday at 10 am. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30. We rehearsal Wednesday at 7 15.
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Earl Hadden
Church notices at Silver Springs highlight services and meeting
Silver Springs announces Sunday school at 10 00 a m with Dr Edward Stubblefield leading the evening service The board of control meets Monday at 7 30 pm at the church for officer elections J D Wipperman chairs and urges full member participation
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Silver Springs
Carl Bish
Edward Stubblefield
Board of Control of
J. D. Wipperman
Mary Burke Memorial Baptist Church Weekly Schedule
The Mary Burke Memorial Baptist Church at Thorn street and McNutt avenue lists 10 a.m. Sunday school led by Robert Toler, 11 a.m. worship with a sermon on The Promises of Our Lord and Saviour, 7 p.m. Baptist Training Union, and 7:45 p.m. evening service. The Rev. Clayton D. Sweet preaches at Bailey Memorial Baptist in Bluefield. no midweek prayer due to the pastor’s school. Choir sings at Bluefield College Wednesday. Callie Ridenour Circle meets with Mrs. J. G. Hill Thursday 7:30 p.m. Martha Richardson Circle meets with Mrs. J. H. Dishner Thursday afternoon 2 p.m.
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Mary Burke
Bluefield
Bluefield College
Callie Ridenour
J. G. Hill
Kee Street
Martha Richardson
J. H. Dishner
Athens Road
Radio WLOH Daily Schedule Entry List
The page lists a full day schedule for Radio WLOH AM with times and program titles from 6:00 to 10:55, including news, music, worship, sports, and variety shows featuring Evening orchestras, dramatic readings, and military programs.
Divorce Cases To Be Heard In May Term
After two juries reported verdicts Judge D M Easley thanked jurors and discharged them for the May term. Uncontested divorce cases are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. A Stafford verdict awarded $300 in H G Stafford vs Jack Norvall Statton and General Foods Inc for automobile collision damages. Roy Compton failed to appear in James Douglas Smith vs Mae Smith and Mae Smith vs Compton, with juries awarding $5,000 and $750 respectively. James Douglas Smith, five, was struck by a pickup on July 9 1949 near Jim Dunn's store on Lorton Lick road. Bonnie Elizabeth Hall vs James William Hall awarded $100 monthly to Hall and $100 attorney fee.
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D. M. Easley
Stafford
H. G. Stafford
Jack Norvall Statton
General Foods, Inc
Statton
Roy “Bud” Compton
Bonnie Elizabeth Hall
James William Hall
Melrose Chapel Plans Weekly Schedule With Sermon by Brooks
Joe Brooks, summer student pastor, leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. Ralph Goodall serves as superintendent. Pioneers and Youth Fellowship meet at 7 p.m. Evening worship at 8 p.m. includes a sermon by Brooks on Personal Religion. Choir rehearsal Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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Melrose Chapel
Joe Brooks
Ralph Goodall
Pioneers and
Brooks
First Christian Church Announces Bible School and Services
John M Dunn minister at First Christian Church announces Bible school from 10:00 a m to noon with Marshall D Spangler as superintendent. Morning worship at 11:00 a m features a sermon New Testament Devotion. Evening service 7:30 p m includes Christ's Transforming Power. Daily Vacation Bible School June 19 to 30 directed by Mrs W R Mingo.
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John M. Dunn
Bible School
Marshall D. Spangler
Edward J. Rule
H. K. Martin
WLOH
Christian Endeavor
Christ
Rule
I. G. Ferrell
Edward Rule
W. R. Mingo
Bakery Won’t Resume Work in Norton
Norton town officials met with Haislip Baking Company representatives to urge the Norton bakery to reopen after a weeklong shutdown triggered by a strike over two worker layoffs. The plant serves as the Norton branch with the main offices moved here from Logan, West Virginia, and a modern plant built about a year ago. The company reportedly remains firm in its decision to abandon the Norton operation.
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Big Laurel
Norton
Haislip Baking Company
United Construction Workers
Haislip Company
Logan
W. Va
Pocahontas Musician to Represent Local at AFL Convention
Louis Jones of Pocahontas Virginia will represent Local No. 419 Bluefield West Virginia AFL at the 53rd annual American Federation of Musicians convention in Houston Texas from June 5. Nearly 1 000 delegates from 700 locals and 240 000 musicians in the United States and Canada will attend with addresses by President James Petrillo and Labor Secretary Maurice Tobin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Jones
Pocahontas
Bluefield
W. Va
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Houston
Texas
James C. Petrillo
Maurice J. Tobin
United States
Canada
Graham Presbyterian Cornerstone Ceremony Set for Sunday
Graham Presbyterian church near the corner of Tazewell and College avenues will hold a cornerstone laying Sunday at 3 p.m. for a new church replacing the old frame building. Construction began February 7 by Croye and Bailey of Bluefield and is expected to finish by early fall. The service is arranged by a committee led by Miss Nancy Richardson and will include placing a box with church history rolls, contributor lists, and a Bible among other items.
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Graham Presbyterians
Tazewell and
College Avenues
Tazewell Avenue
Church Street
Virginia, c
Croye and Bailey
Bluefield
Nancy Richardson
F. H. Daniel
Graham Presbyterian Church
Wise County High Schools Close 1949 50 Term
Wise county schools completed the 1949-50 term with Appalachia leading in graduates at 76 62 high school and 14 from other. Coeburn 57 Wise 37 Norton 34 Big Stone Gap 33 Pound 27 East Stone Gap 13. All but one district rose over ten years while Appalachia high declined after producing the most graduates.
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Big Laurel
Wise County
Appalachia
Coeburn
Wise
Norton
Big Stone Gap
Pound
East Stone Gap
Appalachia High
Colored nursing graduates to receive Red Cross certificates
Graduation exercises for the first colored home nursing class of the Bluefield Red Cross will be held at 7:30 tonight in the Appalachian Assembly room. Eighteen members completed the program led by instructor Mrs Evelyn B Powell, with John G Bruce presenting certificates to named graduates and remarks by Mrs Powell and Edward Prazee.
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Bluefield
American Red Cross
Appalachian Assembly Room
Evelyn B. Powell
National Red Cross
John G. Bruce
Beulah S. Mitchell
Remel Scruggs
Maybelle Alder
Miriam Taylor
Mary E. Woods
Etta Walker
May Nelson Stilwell
Gladys Harris
Alma 'C. Florence
Maggie McNorton
Beatrice Hatch
Ruth E. Jones
Sara A. Smith
Clair DeCousins Woods
Viola Richmond
Genie O. Watkins
Annabelle Calloway
Powell
Wheeling Population Decline Across Northern Panhandle Counties
Wheeling and three of five northern panhandle counties show population losses in the last decade. Tentative 1950 counts place Wheeling at 58,447, down 2,652 from 1940, while Huntington leads and Charleston nears 80,000. Other counties such as Hancock and Brooke rise, but several towns and cities fall from 1940 levels.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Panhandle
West Virginia
Huntington
Charleston
Homer H
Pete) May
Hancock County
Brooke County
Ohio County
Marshall
Wetzel County
Moundsville
Marshall County
Benwood
McMechen
Cameron
New Martinsville
Bethany
Follewsbee
Wellsburg
Local College to Graduate Fifty Graduates Tonight
Fifty Bluefield college graduates will receive diplomas at 7 pm during commencement on the campus. In bad weather the ceremony moves to the college chapel. Dr Hoyt Blackwell Mars Hill College will speak. A 3 to 5 pm reception at President Harman's home honors graduates alumni and visiting parents.
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Bluefield College
Hoyt Blackwell
Mars Hill
N. C
Charles L. Harman
Musical program and worship services listed for Sunday
A Union Baptist church event Sunday afternoon at 3 features the Sweet Singers with Mrs. M E Williamson as guest soloist. Saint Matthews Choir and the Princeton Senior choir participate. Rev A L Trigg conducts regular worship at Bethel AME in Freeman Sunday at 11 o'clock.
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Union Baptist Church
The
Sweet Singers
M. E. Williamson
Saint Hatthews Choir
Princeton Senior Choir
A. L. Trigg
Bethel A.M.E
Freeman
Body Identified in Potomac River Death Near Waldorf
State police identified the body recovered from the Potomac River as Robert L. May 35 of Mathias West Virginia. Investigators said Clarence Adams and Ivan Delander both of Drayden Maryland reported May fell overboard from a boat during a Memorial Day fishing trip.
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Waldorf
Robert L. May
Mathias
W. Va
Potomac River
Clarence Adams
Ivan Delander
Drayden, Md
May
Band Fund Drive Opens Today for City Junior High Bands
Band fund drive opens this morning to raise money for new uniforms for city junior high school bands. A portion funds Beaver band uniforms and essential instruments. Richard Wellock asks all band members to report in full uniform at Ramsey School at 9 o’clock to begin soliciting.
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Richard Wellock
Bluefield
Wellock
Ramsey
Summer Vocational Classes Open Monday at Mercer County Schools
Summer classes at Bluefield and Glenwood Park vocational schools begin Monday at 9 a.m. with six hours daily, five days a week through July. Courses include sheet metal welding and electricity. auto mechanics for colored students in Bluefield. Transportation provided by county buses on routes from Lamar, McComas, Flat Top, and Giotto with routes subject to enrollment changes.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Glenwood Park
Glenwood Park School
Princeton
Lamar
Weyanoke
Matoaka
Lashmeet
Shawnee
Glenwood
McComas
Montcalm
Bramwell
Bluewell
Flat Top
Spanish
Kegley
Glenw
Cook Elected Head of Bluefield Lions Club
Mercer county school superintendent W R Pete Cooke was elected head of the Bluefield Lions Club at a weekly luncheon in the West Virginian hotel. He succeeds Henry Fortune after serving as first vice president last year. New officers include Sam C Bush Paul Holm Fred Coffindafer C O Warren John Forman Clox Houseman Curley Cole Shirley Brown with Sam Morgan as treasurer. The installation occurs June 16 at Bluefield Country Club. A three day West Virginia Lions convention opened in Wheeling with Lions International president Walter Fisher to address a banquet.
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W. R
Pete” Cooke
Mercer County
Bluefield Lions Club
West Virginian
Henry Fortune
Sam C. Bush
Paul Holm
Fred Coffindafer
C. O. Warren
John Forman
Clox Houseman
Curley Cole
Shirley Brown
Charlie Brewer
Greensboro
N. C
Earl Schenk
Hinton
West Virginia Lions Club
Wheeling
Lions International
Walter C. Fisher
Queenstown
Ontario
Canada
West Virginia Employment Rises in April Gains
The West Virginia employment security department reports April added 10,000 jobs from March a 2.1 percent rise. Manufacturing up 2 percent with durable goods growth, while losses hit pottery textiles and leather sectors. Transportation benefited from coal mine activity. services and food industries show gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Employment Security Department
Pastures Need Rest to Restore Seed Crops
Pastures require rest periods to allow soil and forage to recover and support a healthy seed crop. Resting fields helps replenish nutrients and sustain long term grazing and production.
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