Princeton Mayors and Council Seats Head to Polls
Princeton voters choose a mayor and four council members in the biennial election held today. Polls open 6 50 a m close 6 30 p m with wards 1 2 3 voting at the courthouse high school Straley avenue and Thorn school. Registered voters total 4 070 including 2 386 Democrats 1 576 Republicans 105 independents and 3 Socialists.
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Matoaka
Bramwell
Oakvale
Princeton
EB. H. Witten
Forest Walker
Ben Arrington
William Bailey
H. J. Thompson
George H. Brown
George Hall
K. Johnston
Fortune
A. B. R. Hara
Straley Avenue
Thorn School
Wool Pool Assembly Set for Princeton Area
Mercer county will assemble wool Friday afternoon June 21 in Princeton with all wool on hand by 10 am. About 1,500 fleeces totaling around 6,500 pounds are listed from fifty eight sheepmen. Col E L Shaw of West Virginia University will grade the wool and give a classification demonstration.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Herman Bowers
Col. E. L. Shaw
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
Car Hits Bridge In Spanishburg Crash
A Plymouth sedan carrying three men struck the bridge abutment at Spanishburg Sunday around 11 am. Two fled. the remaining man was arrested by Trooper Walter Hampton and held at the county jail after giving the name I. F. Crawford.
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New Plymouth
Spanishburg
Walter Hampton
I. F. Crawford
Rum Store Stocked and Preparing to Open
The staff stocked shelves with liquor arriving Saturday morning. Buyers must sign to confirm legal entitlement and separate orders must be placed for each brand and size. The store is set to open later this week.
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RUM
Suit Filed in Circuit Court by Mildred Osborne
Mildred Osborne filed a chancery suit in circuit court, against Herman E Oesborne, returnable to June rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Osborne
Herman E. Oesborne
Dog Warden Appointed in County
C E Blankenship of Kegley was appointed dog warden for the county by the county court yesterday. He succeeds C C Belcher of South Avenue Princeton.
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C. E. Blankenship
Kegley
Blankenship
C. C. Belcher
South Avenue
Princeton
Will probate for Ida Barton Lindsey names W K Lindsey executor
The will dated January 9 1931 was admitted to probate in the county clerk’s office yesterday. W K Lindsey was named executor qualified with no bond required. The estate was divided between Ruth L Lindsey of Bluefield and Elizabeth Lindsey.
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Ida Barton Lindsey
W. K. Lindsey
Ruth L. Lindsey
Bluefield
Elizabeth
Barn Fire Destroys Howe Blankenship Farm Spare Gear Lost
Bliekenship of Kegley reports a fire Wednesday that consumed a barn on his farm. A horse perished in the blaze and farm equipment including harness and tools were burned. No further details on cause or damages.
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Howe Blankenship
Kegley
Blenkenship
Mercer 4-H Leaders Attend State Conference
Seven Mercer county 4-H leaders departed for Jackson's Mills to join a 4-H leaders conference and weeklong state 4-H camp. Mercer participants include Pauline Ayers Mrs. G T Johnston Virginia Harman and Margaret Hage of Glenwood Ruth Beckett of Athens Robert Pletcher of Lorena and O A Lytton of Princeton.
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Mercer County
Jackson's Mills
Mercer
Pauline Ayers
G. T. Johnston
Virginia Harman
Margaret Hage
Glenwood
Ruth Beckett
Athens
Robert Pletcher
Lerona
O. A. Lytton
Princeton
Wesley Flannigan D P Plans Double Wedding
Wiley Flannigan announces the marriage of his daughter Mary Elizabeth to William Roy Wiley of Bluefield West Virginia. The ceremony took place May 31 at the Catholic Rectory with Rev Edward Burns officiating. The couple will reside in Bluefield after a brief honeymoon. A large Weikle family reunion followed at Rock Camp Monroe County with C W Weikle hosting, featuring twelve Weikle children and distant relatives and a 150 foot long dinner table.
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Mrs. Wiley
Bluefield
Weikle
Rock Camp
Monroe County
C. W. Weikle
Williams Stafford announce marriage of Maxine Fletcher Williams
Mr and Mrs J E Stafford announce the marriage of their daughter Maxine to Thomas Fletcher Williams son of Mr and Mrs F M Williams Columbus Ohio on May 4 1935 in Matoaka West Virginia by Rev R O Eller The bride a Princeton high school graduate attended Concord College Mr Williams is employed by the C Emrich Co and was educated at Aquania College in Columbus The couple left Monday for Columbus to make their home
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Columbus
Christian Endeavor Picnic at Presbyterian Church
Members of the Christian Endeavor society of the Presbyterian church are invited to meet at the church this afternoon at 5 o'clock. Each member should bring a box of cod.
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Christian Endeavor Picnic
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Birth of baby boy to Mr and Mrs Bob Miller
Mr and Mrs Bob Miller of Cincinnati announce the birth of a baby boy. Mrs Hattie Caperton of this city will be remembered as the baby’s mother.
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Bob Miller
Cincinnati
Ferguson Farmer Joseph L Ferguson Dies at Pettry
Joseph Lee Ferguson 59 known as a Pettry area farmer died at his home after a week long illness of dysentery. Funeral services were held at Graham's Chapel with Rev Z F Mayberry officiating and burial in Miller cemetery. Surviving are his widow two daughters Nina Tilley and Allie McKinney two sons Leonard and Sophia and Clayton of Pettry and Benny from his second marriage plus sisters and brothers including Mrs Sarah Ferguson and Sam Ferguson.
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Joseph Lee Ferguson
Pettry
Graham's Chapel
Z. F. Mayberry
Miller Cemetery
Arnold White
Wilmer Ferguson
Donzie Ferguson
Frank Pentington
Hubert Coburn
Bill Parker
Ferguson
Sixteen Lodged in County Jail After Weekend
Sixteen prisoners were committed to the county jail over the weekend. Ten drunks and one fighting charge filed Saturday, plus two drunks and multiple offenses Sunday. Joseph Burton of Falls Mills was fined 100 dollars and loses license for six months after being arraigned. Additional arrests included Wilbur McKinney fined 100 dollars with accomplices, Loyd Oxley fined 25 dollars and sixty days jail.
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Joseph
D. T. Carr
J.C. Fanning
Paul Fanning
McKinney
Bluefield Road
Costa
Carr
Loyd Oxley
J. W. Wirtz
Athens
A. C. White
Oxley
Lawrence Jennings Hart In Auto Crash Near Pinnacle Rock
Lawrence Jennings Hart of Princeton and Welch is hospitalized after a collision on Route 52 near Pinnacle Rock between his car and a DeSoto coupe driven by Earl Goodwin of McComas. Hart suffers a broken thigh, head lacerations, possible ear injury, and severe bruises. Goodwin has a bruised arm. companions Steve Borich and Cleve Robinson were uninjured. Borich was arrested for petty larceny in connection with a $4 watch theft and $4 cash from Hart, arraigned before Magistrate Carr, fined $50 and costs, and released. Hart was en route to Princeton to spend the weekend with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Jennigs
Princeton and
Welch
Princeton Hospital
DeSoto
Earl Goodwin
McComas
Pinnacle Rock
Jennings
S. C. Ballard
Goodwin
Steve Borich
Cleve Robinson
Borich
D. T. Carr Borich
Princeton
Princeton Personalities Highlight Weekend Guests and Moves
Local residents hosted and visited over the weekend with named families including the Beasleys Mc Daniels and Williams in Huntington and Hinton. Virginia Newkirk spent time with Mrs. J T McDaniel and Mrs. H W Newkirk. Dr and Mrs W E Dickerson of Welch plan to move to Danville Virginia next week. Mary Gordon Perkins of Bluefield visited friends in town. Harry Hadden the German instructor from New Kensington Pa sails to Germany to attend the University of Munich this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Beasley
Huntington
J. T. McDaniel
A. P. Williams
Hinton
H. W. Newkirk
Virginia Newkirk
J. T McDaniel
Ray Hutchinson
Bluefield
W. E. Dickerson
Welch
Dickerson
Danville
Jean Osborne
Sarah Lewis Carter
Greenbrier College
Lewisurg
Mary Gordon Perkins
Harry Had
Passion and Risk Drive a Town’s Forbidden Romance
Katharine helps Michael Heathcroe evade lawmen and flee toward an uncertain future. He declares love, asks her to join him, and she wrestles between duty and desire as detectives close in. The scene ends with a defiant standoff and a cliffhanger.
Two More Divorces Decreed in Circuit Court
Judge Howell M. Tanner presided as two more divorces were entered, bringing May term total to 22. Virgie Sheets custody awarded for three children with $100 monthly support. Nora Young custody awarded for a daughter. Habeas corpus writ granted for Harden Wilson with Friday hearing set on jail restraint claim. Sheriff Fanning ordered to show cause.
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Howell M. Tanner
Tanner
Virgie Sheets
Co. B. Sheets
Nora Young
Walter Young
Harden Wilson
Wilson
D. T. Carr
Bluefield
North Carolina
J. C. Fanning
Armed raid at Green Line Bus garage on East 92nd Street
Seven masked gunmen robbed the Green Line Bus company garage at 427 East 92nd Street in New York. They took about $9,000 from the office safe and fled in an unspecified car, later found abandoned.
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New York
Green Line Bus Company
Radio Program Schedule Summary
Eastern and West coast networks list daily times for music shows, orchestras, serials, news, and comedy sketches across NBC WEA F WJZ and related stations. Program blocks include The Singing Lady The Crime Clues Mystery Fibber McGee and Mollie and Dorsey Bros Orchestra with regional splits.
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Princeton Personalities Note Local Activity And Travel
PR Princeton resident FE Holt recuperates at home on North Walker Street. Cliff Slim Rothwell, staff sergeant in the U S Army, on furlough visiting relatives in Princeton after five years service including four in the Panama Canal Zone. Mrs P H Myers and Mrs George Kendall visit relatives in Union and Greenville Saturday.
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L. Holt
North
Walker Street
Cliff “Slim” Rothwell
Princeton
Panama Canal Zona
P. H. Myers
George Kendall
Union
Greenville
Poultry Prices and Standards Reported in New York June Eastern Market
June New York market report lists live poule and fresh poultry prices by freight and express methods. It details chickens broilers fowls roosters turkeys ducks with quoted ranges and percentages, plus Frazer figures and various color grades, standards, and pack types across regions including Pacific coast and Midwest markets.
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New York
Express
Frazer
Hennery
Pacific Coast
Government bonds prices in New York on June 3
Final bonds Tiberty 8% at 132-47, First 41,8 at 132-47, Fourth 48 at 133-88, Treasury 44s at 116.18, Treasury 46 at 144-64, Treasury 3s at 46-56, Treasury 3s at 4-43, Fed Farm Mig at 103.17, Home Owners Loan 4s 1951 at 100.8, Home Owners Loan 3s 1952 at 101.21, Home Owners Loan 2s 39-49 at 100.11.
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New York
Tiberty
Treasury
Fed
Farm Mig
Eee
Home Own
German Front Formed in Klaipeda for September Elections
A new German front in Klaipeda Lithuania unites four German parties to present a single German ticket for the parliamentary elections set for next September.
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Klaipeda
Lithuania
Belcher to head McDowell County Dental Clinic
At yesterday’s McDowell county court meeting Dr. L L Belcher was named to succeed Dr. Curtis Stepp as head of the McDowell County Dental Clinic. The four year appointment starts July 1 and follows his twenty five years as a county dentist and multiple professional memberships. The court also approved a $60 claim for sheep killed by dogs and finalized county depository banks for the next fiscal year.
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Curtis Stepp
McDowell County Dental Clinic
McDowell County
L. L. Belcher
Cornwell
State Board of Dental Examiners
Dr. Belcher
J. O. Belcher
Norfolk
W. R. Belcher
Mann
W. Va
McDowell Dental Clinic
James Ellwood
Arthur Stephenson
Walls Creek
Virginia Line
Bank of Taeger
Jaeger
Berwind Bank
Berwind
Bank of War
War
McDowell County National Bank
Welch
Kim
Weekend DUI Binge Brings 44 Drunks to County Jail
Jailor Watson White reports 44 arrests in a weekend roundup, most for being drunk and fighting. The period stands out as one of the few in 1935 with no fatalities from cars or violence.
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Watson White
Man Stabbed Father In Kimball. Son Held on Charges
John Lane, 56, of Kimball, was stabbed twice in the chest by his son Fred Lane during an argument at their home. He remained in critical condition at Grace Hospital. Fred Lane was jailed by Deputy Sheriff L. K. Cruise to await the father's prognosis and possible charges. The elder Lane reportedly asked that his son not be prosecuted.
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Katharine
Sally Moon
Michael Heathcroe
Michael
John Lane
Kimball
Fred Lane
Grace Hospital
Lane
L. K. Cruise
Fishermen enjoy opening bass season despite muddy streams
T R Reid, T F Henritze, Jim Lockwood and Ron Waldron fished Sunday at War Hagle. Other sportsmen nationwide joined the opening bass season but few catches were reported as streams were muddy and swollen.
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T. R. Reid
T. F. Henritze
Jim Lockwood
Ron Waldron
War Hagle
Toey
Rites This Afternoon for Alex Marchena
Funeral services are set for 2 o clock this afternoon at Thorpe cemetery for Alex Marchena 53 of Coalwood who died Sunday after several weeks illness He had lived in Coalwood about 10 years at the home of John Chickie He is survived by a brother in the western states and relatives in Russia Fanning Funeral Home in charge
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Thorpe Cemetery
Alex Marchena
Coalwood
John Chickie
States
Russia
Fanning Funeral Home
War Man Held on Slashing Charges
W. D. Haywood of near War is held in the county jail on charges of slashing Ed Barrett of the War section. Barrett was treated after more than 20 stitches were needed in his neck. Deputy Sheriff John Atwell of War made the arrest. no hearing has been set.
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W. D. Haywood
Ed Barrett
Barrett
War
Haywood
John Atwell
Welch Personal News Highlights Local Visits and Weddings
H S Shanklin of Wilcoe visited Welch yesterday on business. Miss Betty Barrett, Randolph-Macon Woman's College student, arrived to spend summer holidays with her mother Mrs. Sarah Barrett. Joe Stevens, Duke University student, will arrive today. he is to marry Miss Mary Barrett Friday morning. Mrs. T J Rees and grandson with Mrs. Dennis Clark departed Sunday for Salem, Newton Harman, university student, is noted in the Welch roundup.
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H. S. Shanklin
Wilcoe
Welch
Betty Barrett
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
Sarah Barrett
Joe Stevens
Duke University
Stevens
Mary Barrett
T. J. Rees
Dennis Clark
Salem
Newton Harman
Uni
A. G. Rutherford
M.E. Crisp
Lenore
N. C
Louise
Milton
Davidson College
Davidson
T. A. Jordan
Pulaski
Welch Weekend News Roundup of Local Visits and Hospital Admissions
Weekend visitors include Howard Curd from the University of Virginia and a host of relatives in Welch. Local residents travelled to Charleston and Peterstown for visits while Grace hospital admitted and discharged multiple patients and clinic entries listed healthcare moves.
Zenith club meets with Mrs Hallie Switzer as hostess
The Welch Society reports the Zenith club will gather tonight at 8 oclock in the Appalachian Community room with Mrs Hallie Switzer hosting. An election of officers for the coming year will be held and plans will be finalized.
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Zenith Club
Appalachian Community Room
Mra
Hallie Switzer
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