Princeton Council Sends Foam Fire Equipment to Airport
At a short meeting the Princeton City Council agreed to make the city foam fire fighting equipment available to Mercer County Air port for emergencies. The Lilly Grove Volunteer Fire Department is slated to obtain the gear in the future and other transfer details will be arranged soon. The council also reappointed Scott Poston to the Firemen's Pension Board for four years, with term expiring May 29. They granted Lowe's Store at 103 Thorne St a business permit and Mary's Beauty Shop at 865 Mercer St a beauty shop permit. An sidewalk display ban including plants was discussed with no action. A Karnes Street extension cost report was heard and City Manager James Lord was asked to obtain a street alley estimate between Tip Top Street and Lilly Street. The surplus labor crew cleared a fire trail around the city dump to reduce wildfire risk.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Lilly Grove
Scott Poston
Poston
L. G. Herring
Lowe's
Thorne St
Mary Meadows
Mercer St
Mary's Beauty Shop
Karnes Street
Marion Kessinger
James Lord
Tip Top Street
Lilly Street
Lord
CAP Squadron to Hold Evening Communications Workshop
The Bluefield Princeton Civil Air Patrol squadron meets at CAP headquarters Mercer County Airport. Commander W E McDougal says communications officers Ralph Edgington Glen Brewer and Caudille Wellman will run a workshop on radio installation generator deeking and operation of the large transmitter atop the CAP building. All members urged to attend.
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Bluefield-Princeton
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Mercer County
W. E. McDougal
Ralph Edgington
Glen Brewer
Caudille Wellman
McDougal
Deeds and Lease Filed in County Clerk Office
Deeds recorded include J H Reynolds to Alan P McCoy for multiple Princeton area parcels totaling 20 000 dollars and Clarence J Crigger to James Akers for south 4th Street property at 4 900 dollars. A lease from Commercial Building Co to Montgomery Ward Co covers the Raleigh Street building for ten years at 4500 dollars annually. Marriage license application filed by William Owen and Clara Cochran of Princeton and Spanishburg.
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J. H. Reynolds
Alan P. McCoy
Princeton
Allen P. McCoy
Thomas D. Anderson Jr
Clarence J and
Della Crigger
James G
Delta V. Akers
South 4Th Street
Monte Vista Park Cemetery Association
James W. Horne
Grover C
Ellen M. Bailey
Lacy E
Hazel Bailey
Sandlick Creek
Commercial Building Co
Montgomery Ward Co
Raleigh Street
William Arthur Owen
Route 2
Clara Odean Cochran
Spanishburg
Circuit Court Settles Cecil Guardian Claim
The circuit court confirmed a settlement in the Dorothy May Cecil guardianship case against David and Julia Bowen. Arnold Cecil, infant, was a guest in a Bowen vehicle on January 31, 1963, when it struck a car driven by George Deeb on the Princeton Bluefield road. Bowen defendants agreed to pay 500 dollars to the infant’s guardian plus 123.13 for hospital bills, despite denying liability, in a Monday order by Judge F Morton Wagner.
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Dorothy May Cecil
Arnold Claude Cecil
David Allen Bowen
Julia L. Bowen
F. Morton Wagner
Julia Bowen
George Deeb
Princeton-Bluefield Road
Bowns
Appalachian Power Plans Princeton Voltage Upgrade
Appalachian Power Co. will convert 15 miles of 4000 volt distribution line and a bank of three transformers in Princeton to 12000 volts to meet rising demand. Cost is about 40000 dollars. Work by Floyd S. Pike Co. begins in June and finishes in about three months.
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Appalachian Power Co
Princeton
K. Kirkland
Bluefield
Appalachian
Kirkland
Floyd S. Pike Company
Army Exhibit Shown At Princeton Armory
The Soldier Key to Landpower exhibit will be shown at the Princeton National Guard armory on Tuesday from 9 am to 4 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm. Sgt. Jim Childers announces the display, one of six sponsored by the Army Chief of Information office. The exhibit features backlit slides and a ten minute film tracing soldier duties from World War II to today.
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Princeton
Jim Childers
Princeton National Guard
National Guard
Office of the Chief of Information
Department of the Army
The
Car Company Employee Killed When Vehicle Rolls Over
Joseph Franklin McNeel 40 of Charleston was killed when his station wagon loaded with x ray equipment veered off West Virginia 4 at Flatwoods Braxton County and overturned. Witnesses said he appeared to black out at the wheel. McNeel was an employee of the State Health Department.
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Charleston
Joseph Franklin McNeel
W.va
Flatwoods
Braxton County
McNeel
State Health Department
Traffic Victim's Car Found In River Near Point Pleasant
Coast Guardsmen using electric sounding gear recovered the wrecked car of George Ash 26 of Columbus Ohio in 10 feet of water about 100 yards from where his body was found in the Kanawha River. Broken bushes marked a path from West Virginia 17 to the river. An autopsy showed death by drowning.
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Point Pleasant
Columbus, Ohio
Kanawha River
George Ash
Ash
W. Va
Kanawha
Ohio River
Princeton Voters Decide Councilmen and Civic Projects
Princeton residents vote on three at large council seats and three local finance measures, including a library levy, a 500000 storm sewer bond, and a higher fire department service fee. Mayor E W Anderson seeks reelection. eight challengers appear in the council race.
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Princetonians
Mercer County Court House
Princeton
Knob
Thorn
E. W. Anderson
Howard St. Clair
Lewis Skeens
A. W. Broadbent
Malcolm Champ
Odell Huffman
James H. Hyl
Prince Edward school closings eyed by Virginia Supreme Court
Virginia Supreme Court weighs an early hearing on Prince Edward County school closures from 1959. Chief Justice Eggleston questions urgency while noting no printed case exists. Gov. and attorney general urge speed before September reopenings, as Prince Edward Negroes’ lawyer weighs brief timing.
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Richmond
State Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
High Court
John W. Eggleston
Eggleston
Virginia
U. S
4Th Circcuit Court of Appeals
John Wingo Knowles
Prince Edward's
Oren R.lewis
Harrison
Meclwaine
New Discovery Shrinks Hemorrhoids Without Surgery
A world famous institute reveals a new healing substance Bio-Dyne in Preparation H ointment or suppositories that shrinks hemorrhoids quickly, relieves itching and pain, speeds healing, reduces swelling, and lowers infection risk, with results shown in tests under a doctor.
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New York
N. Y
Ady
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