Welch Briefs Show City Progress And Local Plans
The Welch area reports remodeling at F. H. Kirchner’s barber shop adding two chairs to seven total. Merchants discuss near closing times, with 6 or 7 p.m. proposed. Legion auxiliary Memorial Day poppy funds total 240.48 for orphans’ home. County Board of Equalization set July 6 for property appeals. A proposed Y M C A aims to aid young business people with affordable living. Welch baseball to face Lenigraff and Roanoke Terminus at home. Marriage licenses issued to Workman-Laosbert, Ellis-Perdue, Alien-Howard. Cemetery site discussions prompted by D J Strother with Wilson to coordinate.
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Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion
Welch Chamber elects fifteen directors at hotel meeting
Welch Chamber of Commerce members gathered at the Welch Hotel Tuesday at 8 30 for a buffet lunch and smoker. After the meal the group elected fifteen directors for the coming year, with discussion that a president vice president and treasurer would be chosen later.
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Chamber of Commerce
Welch Chamber of Commerce
Welch
Coughing Nurse Endorses Bron-Emulsion Amid Board Matters
A nurse touts Bron-Emulsion for stubborn coughs noting rapid relief after doses. The article also covers Pocahontas Transportation Company filings, a chamber of commerce meeting with new directors listed, July Fourth plans, and local court actions including theft and breaking entry cases.
Pretty Elllis-Perdue wedding at Swope home
Yesterday at 6 pm Miss Ruby Perdue wed Bert W. Eliia in a ceremony at the Swope residence officiated by Rev. Ben Roller. The reception followed with a two-course supper. the couple depart on a two week trip to Norfolk New York and Philadelphia before returning to Roanoke.
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L. A. Osborne
Robert Wheeler
Lohengrin
F. H. Perdue
Roanoke
Lenweed Perdue
Ruth Perdue
D. J. M. Cook
Kimball
Ellis
Merchants and Miners Bank
Dance at Eckman invites Welch youths to Community Hall
Invitations issued for a June 11 dance in Eckman Community Hall with music by Weidermeyer’s Orchestra. Chaperones include Col. and Mrs. Eubank, Mr. and Mrs. Hatfield, Dr. and Mrs. Houchins, and Dr. Evans. Welch residents note recent club dances as enjoyable social events.
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Eckman
Welch
Weidermeyer
Eubank
W. J. Hatfield
John C. Houchins
Evans
Local Notes On Students And Visitors In The Area
Misses Lucille Cook and Ruth Snyder are mentioned along with other local figures. Snyder recovers from a fractured skull after hospital treatment at Welch. Miss Cook returns from Marshall College to vacation with Rev J F Cook’s family. Rev Ben Roller returns from Point Pleasant and Charleston. Mrs Hyman was hospitalized for several days for treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Charleston
Moses Hyman
E Hospital
Princeton Personals
Ll. P. Hardy
Johnson City
Tenn
Nell Peters
Honaker Avenue
Ward- Belmont Colege
Nashville
Carl Smith
Ben W. Bird, Jr
Norton
Hode White
Marshall College
Huntington
Anna Maxwell
Welch
W. B. Francis
Hale Avenue
Roanoke
W. R. Matheney
Lewisburg
W. Va
Umen
Ruth Woods
North Walker Street
Frances McClaugherty
Bluefield
W. M. White
Florence
Glen White
H. H. Richlands
Staley Avenue
John Connley
Joseph Hunt
Princeton
Lilly Land Company
J. W. Atkins
Lily Land Company
Ivan Straw
A. A. Ramsey
Kirk Street
John Raytek
Dante
Good Advice From Mrs Addington on Dr Pierce Medicines
Mrs T Eb Addington of Big Laurel Virginia credits Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery with curing a bat cough that nearly became consumption and chronic female trouble. She reports no recurrence in over a year and urges others to use Favorite Prescription for female weakness.
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Dr. Pierce
Mia Tryphena KE
Addington
Princeton Music Recitals Mark End Of School Year
The Princeton School of Music begins a series of public recitals at the new high school auditorium Monday evening. Performers include Cecil Johnson Miss Ellis Holroyd and possibly Caesar Bow com with a Metropolitan singer. Readers may expect high class musical entertainment from pupils such as Elizabeth Bird Ray Peters Dorothy Hale Mildred Simon and others.
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Princeton School of Music
New High School
Cecil Johnson
Ellis Holroyd
New York
Caesar Bowcom
Elisabeth Bird
Miss Askey
Ray Peters
H. ©. Hays
Mary Roles
Dorothy Hale
Clara Deitz
Thurman Bowling
Mildred Simon
Bernard Spitz
Henry Braum
Joint-Ease Soaks Target Foot Joint Trouble
A reader asserts that burning feet arise from joint trouble in the foot and that Joint-Ease soaks reach the cartilage and ligaments. The note contrasts this with centuries of powdering and soaking the feet as solutions.
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East End
Bluefield Pharmacy
Fairview Pharmacy
Legion Auxiliary Dues Owed Directed to Meeting Tonight
All members owing dues this year are asked to bring or send them in. The meeting will be at Mrs. R. C. Jackson's home on North Walker Street this evening at 5 o'clock. The membership contest ends at this meeting.
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Legion Auxiliary
The
R. C. Jackson
North Walker Street
Circle group meetings 예정 at area churches this afternoon
Circle No 1 of the Baptist church meets at 3 with Mrs Ogle at the parsonage on Ninth Street. Circle No 2 meets at 3 with Mrs Kessinger on the Athens road. Presbyterian Circle No 1 shifts to Mrs Hardy on North Walker Street due to illness. Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Circle 5 meets at Mrs Ayers on Bee Street at 3. Sunshine Girls class of the Christian church meets at 7:30 with Miss Kathleen Johnson on Kirk Street. attendance urged.
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Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
Gleaners
Baptist Sunday School
First Baptist Church Harbor
Africa
Japan
Iceland
India
Ireland
Uncle Sam's Domain
The
Baptist Church
Mrs Ayers
Bee Street
Sunshine Circle
Sunshine Girls
Christian Church
Kathleen Johnson
Kirk Street
Famous Singer in City Offers Voice Study Opportunity
The Princeton School of Music announces Caesar Ronconi of New York City will take a limited number of pupils this summer. Ronconi trained for five years under Maestro Mandolini, who taught Martinelli Schifa Gigli and other renowned operatic artists. He has sung at the Lyric and La Scala and major Italian houses.
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Ronconi
West Virginia
Shoul
Ella Holroyd
Princeton School of Music
City
Caesar Ronconi
New York City
Mandolini
Martinelli
Schifa
Gigli
Poue
Lyric
la Scala
Italy
Old Fashioned House Warming Planned for Elks Lodge
The Elks lodge on Douglass Street plans a twelve foot wide porch along south and east fronts with a semicircular approach, a flower plat and fountain in the semicircle, and space for about fifty people. The porch will serve as summer living quarters with swings hammocks and porch furniture. A house warming will honor the event attracting Elks from Whitefield and nearby towns.
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the Elks
Douglass Street
The
Elks
Order
Hitefield
Notice of gratitude for support in primary for Albert W. Reynolds Jr
Acknowledges friends who supported Albert W. Reynolds Jr in the recent primary for prosecuting attorney. He expresses heartfelt thanks and appreciation for their efforts, noting the confidence shown by the people will be remembered with gratitude.
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Albert W. Reynolds, Jr
East River district votes for Oakvale and Princeton high schools
Voters in East River district approve a Oakvale senior high school by 2238 to 352 and a colored high school at Princeton by 1638 to 774. District notes strong rural support and describes cooperation among teachers patrons scholars and board of education as standard rural schools bring $483 in state aid plus nearly $10,000 in additional aid.
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Oakvale
Princeton
East River District
Board of Education
Wood
State Department of
Princeton Paragraphs Highlights and Local Notices
The county court clerk issued a marriage license for James Ellison of Barn to 16 year old Mary W Lilly of uns. Grand jurors for the July term include Thomas H Lynch Fred C Goodall C Fred Gillegwater R Reed Harding Tom Finnegan J B Bowling Newton Massie Frank A Whitt M C Hickman A C Johnston J P Dyer EK M Thorn B D Farley Levi Rose J M Cook John Lilly A report says a new flying machine will arrive by week’s end to replace the Athens wreck and the Commercial Airplane Company plans to resume operations with a larger wing span the altitude here is high making greater wing area necessary. Delinquents are being prepared for state and city taxes as sheriff and city recorder note tax payments improved county revenue remains solid with city funds down.
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James Ellison
Barn
Mary W. Lilly
Uns
The
Criminal Court
Beaver Pond
Thomas H. Lynch
Fred C. Goodall
C. Fred Gillegwater
R. Reed Harding
Rock District
Tom Finnegan
J. B. Bowling
Newton Massie
Frank A. Whitt
Hast River
M. C. Hickman
A. C. Johnston
J. P. Dyer
EK. M. Thorn
Jumping Branch
B. D. Farley
Levi Rose
Plymouth
J. M. Cook
John Lilly
Athens
East River district political results by party slate
The East River district tally shows Democratic and Republican results for justice of the peace constable and board of education positions, with names and vote totals for each candidate including Berry Bivens Pine Daniels Hare Martin Cook Belcher Worley Snider Poston Barger and Hoge, plus county executive committeemen Rice Talbert Bennett Reynolds Brown Rogers Lazenby.
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East River District
Justice of the Peace
Berry
Bivens
Pine
Daniels
Constable
Hare
Martin
Cook
Belcher
Worley
Snider
Board of Education
Poston
Barger
Thorn
Hubbard
Karnes
Malcolm
Price
Winfrey
Christie
Hall
Jones
Hoge
Rice
Talbert
Bennett
Reynolds
Brown
Rogers
Lazenby
For Rent Three rooms near Court House in Princeton
A rental notice offers three rooms suitable for light housekeeping at 707 Straley Avenue Princeton. Contact 8. C. Barton about the property located two blocks from the Court House.
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Straley Avenue
Princeton
Court House
8. C. Barton
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F. H. Kirchner
Retail Merchants Division
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the Board of Equalization of
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J. Workman
Farmer
Mary Laos
Bert
Northfork
Perit W. Ellis
Ruby A. Perdue
Luther Alien
Almeda Howard
Colored
Coalwood
D. /. F. Strother
Wilson
J. W. Luther
B. O. Swope
Blue@eld Pharmacy
Ee Prea
W. A. Wilson
Gail T. Carter
T. H. Brooks
W. H. McCulloch
J. W. Slack
H. Il
H. Effron
H. Ice
Samuel Bell
J. A. French
A. W. Steller
L. E. Wood
J. M. Crockett
H. Klein
Pocahontas Transportation Company
Chamber
Retail Merchants
Graham Sale
V. F. Wenite
Squire Flufford
Mary Cress
Mattie Tucker
Ed Richardson
Hampton Collieries Company
Roderfield
Effie F. Beavers
Felix Barley
Houston
Felix
Isabel Hammond
Robert Sheffey
Lexington
Horlick
T. EB. Addington
Virginian
Repo Park
Galeries Auxiliary
Tuesaday
Jimmy Hopkins
Dora Raxton
Paxton
W. B. McNutt
Ruth
Amen Woods
Parker Wilson
Virginia Donly
J. W. Lowery
J. W. McNutt
Mae Bangess
Eleanor Booker
Minnie Sue Barger
Beulah Price
Emma Peck
Pearl Robinette
Miss McClougherty
Dora Paxton
Miss Pendleton
Olga Pendleton
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Br. W. Pendleton
Main Street
Metropolitan
Talmadge
Mance
Norma
Charlie Murray
Royal Theatre
Tetley’s
Ceylon
Java
Northfork Finance Corporation
Hr. Ball
Ball Realty Company
Phone
H. H. Ball
the Bank of Princeton
Princeton, W. Va
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