Concord Dean Addresses Rotary on Global Rotary Ties
Concord College Dean David Kirby spoke to the Princeton Rotary Club about correspondence with Rotary Fellowship students abroad and with new Rotary Clubs worldwide. More than 100 letters were exchanged with many replies read by Kirby who noted excerpts.
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David Kirby
Concord College
Princeton Rotary Club
Rotary Fellowship
Kirby
R. W. Coker
International Relations Committee
J. Raymond Mills
Ascension
Paraguay
Grady Ford
Lewisburg
C. A. Thacker
Charleston
S. L. Pierson
Harvey M. Shumate
Princeton
Dick Copeland
Peterston
Peterstown
Virgil Stewart
Giant lizards weigh 218 pounds for record
In New York on June 3 the Bronx Zoo unveils two of the largest lizards on earth. The komodo monitors Jago and Chanti measure nine and eight feet respectively and weigh 218 pounds and 109 pounds. They originate from Komodo Island in Indonesia.
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New York
Bronx
Jago
Chanti
Indonesia
Aluminum stronger than same weight of steel
Aluminum alloys, while weaker than bulk carbon steel, provide greater strength per equal weight than steel. The comparison highlights weight efficiency and material performance valuable in engineering selections.
Princeton CAP Drill Sunday at Princeton City Park
The Civil Air Patrol will hold a drill practice Sunday at Princeton City Park from 7 to 9 a.m. All members are asked to be present.
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Civil Air Patrol
Princeton
First Methodist pot luck dinner and meeting planned
The Rachael Fulton Circle of the First Methodist Church will hold a Monday night pot luck dinner at 6 39 at the church. Hostesses are Mrs. Pat Twohig and Mrs. Herbert Herring. A business meeting follows the meal.
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Rachael Fulton
First Methodist Church
Pat Twohig
Herbert Herring
Princeton Society Hosts Weekend Dinner for Guests
Mr. and Mrs. G C Young entertained 26 friends for a dinner honoring out of town guests including Master Sgt. Curtis Sparks of Ft. Bragg. Edith Allen Circle met at Mrs. Jess Whittaker's home for a covered dish dinner with eight members present. Officers were appointed for Kee Street Methodist Circle with Mrs. Elmer Fox as leader and plans for July discussed.
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G. C. Young
Charles Wheley
Princeton
Sgt
Curtis Sparks
Ft. Bragg
N. C
James Posey
Judy
Nemours
Edith Allen
Lilly Grove Baptist Church
Jess Whittaker
Gardner Road
Fannie E. S. Heck
Cline Wirt
E. B. Wirt
Whittaker
Eugene Whittaker
Ted Thomas
Elmer Fox
Mona Mayberry
Kee Street
Oakvale Road
W. A. Kingrea
Z. F. Mayberry
Wanda Hudson
Virginia Watkins
Letha White
G. A. Sowers
Circle
Status of Women
Myrtle French
Mabel Anderson
Spiritual Life
Ruby Lytton
Agnes McKenzie
Esti
Praying Mantis Threat Grows From South American Giant
The South American praying mantis reaches large sizes and preys on small frogs lizards and birds. The species expansion raises concern among naturalists and local observers about ecological impact and potential spread.
Weston Court Orders Man Tested For Treatment
Robert Brittle received six months for drunk driving last Saturday and was found to be a drug addict by Judge Walter V. Ross. He is committed to Weston State Hospital for treatment observation and a report to the Mercer criminal court judge. Thomas R. Patterson, arrested by turnpike police, given 30 days on a drunk charge, was placed on probation for six months on Sheriff Perry L. Dye's recommendation due to illness. Jack McCarty, held for grand jury action on a false pretense charge, was found to have tuberculosis and released on his own recognizance of 500 dollars.
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Robert Brittle
Walter V. Ross
Weston State Hospital
Mercer Criminal Court
Thomas R. Patterson
Turnpike
Perry L. Dye
Jack McCarty
J. A. D. Bailey
Bluefield
Choir Promotion and Recognition Service at First Baptist
The First Baptist Church will hold its second annual Choir Promotion and Recognition Service at 7 30 Sunday. Six choirs Celestial Cherub Carol Crusader Chapel and Church Choirs totaling 175 members with about 120 to participate. Seventy three pins thirty one promotions and thirteen perfect attendance awards will be awarded with eight choir members invited to the Southern Baptist Music Conference in Ridgecrest North Carolina July 14 20.
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First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Churches
Southern Baptist Church Music Conference
Ridgecrest
N. C
Joseph Bertalan
Grace West
Martha Evans
Ben W. Cox
Celestial
Robert Tynes
Cherub
Scott Lilly
Carol
G. T. Brock
Crusader
F. L. Buxton
Princeton Personal News Notes Include Visiting Relatives
Mr and Mrs G C Young of North 3rd street hosted relatives recently Their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs James Posey from Baltimore Md attended Also Mrs Youngs brother Earl Wheby from Birmingham Ala visited Mullens brother Wheby in Mullens during the trip
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G C. Young
North 3Rd Street
James Posey
Baltimore
Young
Earl Wheby
Birmingham
Ala
Wheby
Mullens
Indians Chewed Gum Like Early Americans
When white settlers arrived in New England they observed Indigenous people chewing resins from spruce cherry and sweet gum trees in a habit resembling modern gum chewing.
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New England
Esker Phillips Denies Charge in Slaying Case
A Wise County man Esker Phillips 27 of Pound Va denied a murder charge in the shotgun slaying of Milton Stanley 60 near Clintwood Dickenson County. Stanley was found dead by a search party early Friday after going missing Thursday afternoon. A shotgun was found at Phillips home but its connection to the crime was not established. Stanley leaves a wife Rita and 11 children.
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Wise County
Milton Stanley
Nealy Ridge
Clintwood
Dickenson
John D. Rose
Esker Phillips
Pound
Stanley
Rose
Dickenson County
T. G. Sutherland
Alfred
Delmer Stanley
Rep
Tyler
Anna Rasnake
Phillips
Rita Stanley Phillips
Phillip
Moonshine Stills Destroyed. Juvenile Arrested in Tazewell
In northern Tazewell County deputies and four officers uncovered one active moonshine plant on Whittaker Ridge. A juvenile operator was captured with a 1947 Ford, 12 gallons of whiskey, 350 gallons mash in six barrels, 150 pounds of sugar and a 100 gallon submarine still. A second plant near idle. no material gathered. Federal officers seized the car and prisoner at Wytheville.
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Tazewell
Whittaker Ridge
Tazewell County
Mathena
Wytheville
New Bus Schedules Go In Effect Here Today
Tri City Traction Co announces new bus routes and stop changes in Bluefield and the Old Bluefield Princeton Road. Passengers for East End Bluefield will board at J C Penney Store instead of Raleigh Street. Sunday first bus from Bluefield now 7 15 am and 5 p m departures shift to 5 10 p m daily.
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Tri- City Traction Co
Bluefield
Princeton Road
East End
J. C. Penney
Raleigh Street
Princeton
School Principal Found At Bottom Of Mine Pit
Brooke County school principal Homer C. Jones 38 of Hammond Community near Beach Bottom was found in a strip mine pit on the family property after being missing for days. He was admitted to North Wheeling Hospital in shock and exposure. His father reported finding him in the pit. sheriff said the absence was reported Tuesday. Jones was principal of Mahan Grade School in Follansbee.
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Beech Bottom
W. Va
Brooke County
North Wheeling
de Jones
Hammond
Beach Bottom
Homer C. Jones
William Grammer
Sheriff's Office
Jones
Grammer
Mahan
Follansbee
Richlands Parade Opens Free Lake Park Summer Drive
Richlands welcomes summer with a parade June 10 to launch Lake Park free for all swimmers. Community Recreation Inc. plans year round supervised programs, house to house canvassing, a WRIC forum, a high school band parade march, and a June 10 joint civic clubs meeting with G H Givens speaking on youth recreation. CR board members will host a forum June 7 with John McClintoch moderating.
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Richlands
Lake Park
Community Recreation, Inc
WRIC
Richland's Woman's Club
Richlands High School
Civic Clubs of
G. H. Givens
Russell County
For Sale Holstein Cattle Including Registered Bull
Six thoroughbred Holstein heifers and one registered Holstein bull for sale. All tested for bang and TB within the last 30 days. Contact Charlie Bassett at Old Athens Road or inquire at the county jail.
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Charlie Bassett
Old Athens Road
Public schools cost the nation eight to nine billion yearly
The United States spends between eight and nine billion dollars annually on building and operating public schools, highlighting the scale of investment in K to 12 and related facilities.
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United States
Methodists Name Confab Delegates
Buckhannon WV June 3 After balloting today one layman and two ministers remain to be chosen as delegates from West Virginia to the General Conference in Minneapolis next April Eleven of the fourteen delegates have been selected so far Seven ministers and seven laymen comprise the delegation Dr Henry High of Charleston and Dr Ross Linger of Romney won the necessary majority A P Wallace reported Wesleyan College memberships rose to 180 988 with 3 498 more than last year and 114 Wesleyan students eye full time service The temperance report praised L J Priestly of Charleston for his work with the State Legislature which failed to pass liquor by the drink legislation.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
West Virginia
Methodist Church
General Conference
Minneapolis
West Virginia Methodist Conference
Henry High
Charleston
Ross Linger
Romney
E. Ray Jones
Oakland
A. P. Wallace
Parkersburg
Education Board
Wesleyan College
Board of Temperance
R. L. Chenoweth
Mullen
Seven Possible Eclipses In A Year Could Occur
A yearly eclipse tally may reach seven, with five solar and two lunar eclipses or four solar and three lunar eclipses visible somewhere on Earth. This limits the total to seven eclipses across the globe in a single year.
For Rent Four Room Unfurnished Apartment
Four room unfurnished apartment available for rent. Heat water and sewerage furnished. Rent reasonable. Phone 2268 Princeton.
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Charles E. Thomas
Fray Lilly
Beckley
A. Lee Stutler
Huntington
Glen H. Norvell
Fred O. Williams
Eades
Concord
Tomchin Furniture Co
Princeton, W. Ya
Virginia Hardware Co
Princeton, W
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le la Tai Road
Wooney
ime FOSTER _Wickey
Rooney Dianne Foster
Teres
Blakt Edwards
Link
Rickard
George M
Columbia Picture Courtland
William Bishop
Margenet & Rovalete
Guardian
R. A. Yarbrough
First National Bank of
Esther Ruth Lawson
Fred M. Lawsor
Flora B. Hoback
Henry Robert Hoback
Mabel Rigney
Millard L. Rigney, Sr
ELKS
B.P.O. Silks Lodge
Douglas Street
Concord Commanders
Princeton Society
General (Auto
Mercer St
Weston
Baptist Church
Lilly Bros
Christian’s
Spanishburg
City
ANTI
Victor Mature
Susann Hayward
Moca
Oubre Paget
Technicolor
Eldorado
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Graham High
J. L. Walthall
Graham High School
Margaret Whitley
Joyce Waggoner
Gene Andes
Frank Hurt
Carolyn Anderson
Betty Buchanan
Janice Clendenen
Joyce Combow
Barbara Hoge
Delores Honaker Lafon
Kathleen James
Phyllis Johnson
Geroline Kidd
Dorothy Neal
Mary Ellen Pardue
Diana Patton
Eleanor Patton
Jean Pile
Anna Mae Steele
Ann Thompson
Zane Epperson Thompson
Ina Jean Yost
Phil Wynn Jr
Sam Bane
Dick Barrett
Jerry Butt
George
Patsy Crieger
Oceania Devor
Nancy Fisher
Claudine Frye
Shirleen Hinkle Melvin
Judy Jackson
Peggy Jackson
Judy Johnston
Jan Jones
Ann Jones
Susie Neal
Dana Poteet
Shirley Pruett
Darlene Scott
Betty Jo Skelton
Pauline Smith
Ruth Stevenson
Charlotte Tabor
Pearle Tabor
Maxine Tickle
Parade
John McClintoch
Powell Royall
Bill Jackson
L. G. Shufflebarger
Joe White
Methodists
U.S. Steel
Howard D. Wolfe, Inc
Princeton, W. VA
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