Jury Fails to Agree in Damage Suit
The jury in the $50 000 damage action of Edgar P. Bengert of Athens against Pioneer Coal Company and Henry Stovall Princeton failed to agree and was discharged for the term by Judge D M Easley. Bengert sued for personal injuries from a collision between his car and a truck driven by Stovall last July. Court recessed until Monday. no verdict. Uncontested divorce cases are set for the first three days of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar P. Bengert
Athens
Pioneer Coal Company
Henry Stovall
Princeton
D. M. Easley
Bengert
Stovall
For Sale Five Room House on Straley Avenue
Five room house with bath for quick sale located on Straley Avenue across from the high school. Lot measures 160 by 50 feet and is offered at $5000. Call at the rear of Marvest Station to see Sam Modad in Prince ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straley Avenue
High School
Sam Modad
Marvest Station
Princeton
Hearn
McDowell County
C. N. Kirby
Welch
Riverside Drive
Nice Lots for Sale on Princeton Bluefield Road
Two nice lots listed on the Princeton to Bluefield road. For more information call 744 Princeton.
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Princeton
Bluefield Road
Voters Blocked by Registration Issues in Municipal Ballot
Scores of voters in both parties could not vote in Tuesday's municipal election due to registration problems. Some had moved into the city and not updated records at the county clerk’s office, while others moved out and back in without updating cards.
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Ofce
Strange Journey at the Royal theater features Nazi map hunt
Princeton Paragraphs presents an isolated island adventure with a Nazi search for a uranium map in Strange Journey at the Royal theater. Stars include Paul Kelly Hillary Brooke and Osa Massen in this period film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Theater Today
Paul Kelly
Hilliary Brooke
Osa Massen
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim at Mercer Theater
Betty Grable stars in a Technicolor comedy about a bold woman's rise in 19th century Boston business. Dick Haymes plays her powerful boss as romance blossoms amid the era's austere market world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Grable
Miss Pilgrim
Boston
Mercer Theater
Dick Haymes
Legion Nominates Officers for July 1 Election
Princeton Post No. 54 The American Legion nominates officers including Bill Pedagan for commander and David Rudd James Spangler Paul Winfrey Bill Faulkner H. I. Goode Hartwell Crumpecker E. W. Anderson Fred S. Stennett C L Walls George H. Brown Dr L J Pace and others. Delegates named for district convention June 15 at Memorial building. Baseball program finances arranged and a junior baseball team prep noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
American Legion
Bill Pedagan
C. L. Walls
David Rudd
James Spangler
Paul Winfrey
Bill Faulkner
H. I. Goode
Hartwell Crumpecker
E. W. Anderson
Fred S. Stennett
C. Ll. Walls
George H. Brown
L. J. Pace
Kelly Brooks
J. Otis Bowling
I. B. Winfrey
A. E. Dangerfield
A. J. Ellis
Memorial Building
J. B. Winfrey
Earl Collins
Quentin Barnett
Bill Pedneau
Frank Dobbins
James Frederick
Robert Wood
Post
George Fanning
Legion
Thomas Gilpin
Mr. Hope
Memorial Building Board
Earl Rose
Jumping Branch
G. G. Anvil
Prances Lilly
Mercer
Jackson's Mill
Princeton Personal News Bundles Local Visits Across Cities
Mr and Mrs R L Pennington and Misses Elsie and Jor James spent a weekend with relatives in Portsmouth Norfolk and Ocean View and visited friends in Roanoke Elsie James plans several weeks away Mrs J C James and Mr and Mrs Charles Barker visited in Norfolk and Virginia Beach Bill Penns a student at VPI Blacksburg spent the weekend at home on Park Avenue Mrs R L Pennington has returned to work at the Virginian Railway in Princeton in electric engineering Mr and Mrs James P Stinnete and daughter Sandra Louise summering in Morgantown where Stinnete pursues graduate work at West Virginia University Mr and Mrs M B Gonderman and three sons returned to Baltimore after visiting Mrs Gonderman's mother Mrs A H Richards Beckley Highway and sister Mrs R E Owens 1312 South Avenue Princeton Oscar F Bonham of East Princeton returned from Portsmouth where they visited Mr and Mrs I P Vance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Pennington
Elsie
Jor James
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Ocean View
Roanoke
Elsie James
J. C. James
Charles Barker
Virginia Beach
Bill Penns
Vv. P. L
Blacksburg
Park Avenue
Beckley Highway
R. E. Owens
South Avenue
Princeton
Oscar F. Bonham
East Princeton
I. P. Vance
Lawyers file circuit court suits across multiple parties
Suits were instituted in circuit court in chancery by Lucille Stephens Shalhoub against Samuel A. Shalhoub Marie Sexton an infant suing by Emma Thomas against William D. Sexton Vada Broyles against Garnett J. Broyles Vivianne Backus against Margaret Backus Helen Ann Spicer against Willie D. Spicer. Robert G. Rector and Charles E. White of Superior enlisted in the United States Navy through Princeton recruiting station and left for Huntington Tuesday night. Bill West and Jerry Richards Princeton high students chosen to attend the American Legion Boys State at Jackson's Mill next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Stephens Shalhoub
Samuel A. Shalhoub
Marie Sexton
Emma Thomas
William D. Sexton
Vada Broyles
Garnett J. Broyles
Vivianne Backus
Margaret Backus
Helen Ann Spicer
Willie D. Spicer
Robert G. Rector
Charles E. White
Superior
United States
Princeton
Huntington
Bill West
Jerry Richards
Princeton High
American Legion
Jackson's Mill
Women of the Moose Chapter Elect Officers Friday
Princeton chapter 355 will elect officers at Friday night eight o clock meeting at the Moose home on Harrison street Members are asked to bring a pound for a family in need In Travancore India the state head is male but succession runs through the female line
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Princeton
Harrison Street
Travancore
India
Coal Mine Course Proposed for West Virginia High Schools
The state Mines Chief announced a plan to teach high school students coal mining to improve the labor force. Sponsors aim to start in three schools by September including McDowell vocational school Welch Logan county school and Mingo county training school Williamson after a conference with educators operators and the United Mine Workers.
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Charleston
W. Va
Arch J. Alexander
Alexander
McDowell County Vocational School
Welch
Logan County
Logan
Mingo ‘County
Williamson
United Mine Workers
Jobless Pay Totals in May Reported for West Virginia
West Virginians received unemployment compensation totaling 548648 in May, down from 641833 in April. The state trust fund stood at 73765654 as of May 31, with veteran readjustment allowance payments totaling 1605290 in May, compared with 2034973 in April and 1019331 in May 1946.
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Charleston
W. Va
West
Charleston Drivers Hold Safest In U S
Two Charleston public conveyance drivers were named the safest in the United States by the National Safety Council after a year long contest among accident free operators in eight divisions. Howard J. Hillard of Charleston with 86550 accident free miles led the inter city bus division while H R Doc Haynes of Checker White Taxi drove 46800 miles without a mishap. Gold filled wallet plates will be awarded in their divisions. A hearing for Pure Water company Logan to buy water distribution from Island Creek Coal for Verdunville Manus Ardene and Dempsey towns is set for Friday before the Public Service Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
National Safety Council
United States
Howard J. Hillard
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
H. R
Doc) Haynes
Checker-White Taxi Company
Pure Water Company of
Logan
Island Creek Coal Company
Verdunville
Manus
Ardenne
Dempsey
Euring
Public Service Commission
Ten Thousand Verdict For Death Of Son In West Virginia
Mrs. Vona McCoy of Nitro won a $10,000 judgment in Kanawha circuit court against Woodrow Hazelwood of Goshen Virginia for the death of her son Eugene Franklin McCoy in a collision at a St Albans street intersection last year. The suit had named the city of St Albans as co defendant but the city was dismissed after proving the light there was an amber caution signal rather than a standard stop and go sign.
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Charleston
W. Va
Vona McCoy
Kanawha Circuit Court
Woodrow Hazelwood
Goshen
Petition Seeks Picketing Restraint From AFL Teamsters
Twelve AFL teamsters and Old Style Distributing seek a common pleas court injunction to restrain picketing by fellow workers. Plaintiffs say Charleston union members formed a line at Huntington plant on May 17 amid a contract dispute. Huntington, W. Va., June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL Teamsters Union
Old Style Distributing Company
Common Pleas
Charleston
Huntington
W. Va
U S Soldier Convicted in German Civilians Death
In Wiesbaden Germany June 4 M Sgt Daniel S Wotring from Morgantown West Virginia was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to one year in prison and a dishonorable discharge. Court martial records state he was intoxicated when his vehicle struck a German boy beside the highway.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Daniels. Wotring
Morgantown
W. Va
U. S
Acces
Wotring
Concord seniors highlighted in yearbook style tribute
The article profiles Concord College seniors including Ruby Lambdin of Princeton editor and leader in multiple groups, and Mishi Frederick popular campus figure and bridge player. It lists student council officers for All American Week and extols the college as a vibrant community with activities from Blue Key to Concord Players. It closes with best wishes to the graduating class.
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Ruby Lambdin
Leo Lambdin
Princeton
Ruby
Concordian
Pine Tree
Ka Delta Pi
Gamma Phi Omicron
Cardinal Key
Future Teachers of America
Y.W.C.A
Concord
Mishi Frederick
E. P. Frederick
Switchback
Pi Gamma Mu
Blue Key
Alpha Psi Omega
Concord Players
Phi Sigma Phi
Veteran’s Club
James L. Moorefield
T. C. Moorefield
Beckley
Jimmy
Concord Benedicts
Jimmy Moorefield
James L
Don- Moorefield
Phi Omicron
Phi Delta Pi
Activi
Norma Trail
Brains Kent
Mary Burgess
Mishia Frederick
Jo Caperton
Corky Caldwell
Eleanor Briggs
Joe Dutton
Irene Smith
Conecord
Edith Ramage
Kenneth Kent
Emmitt Hurt
Eddie Bender
Marilu Hoke
Dean Dupler
Isabell Reid
French Holt
Jan Walters
Hap Holliday
John Kennedy
Concord College
Pines
Concord Commanders
Irma Anderson
Will Burgess Caffee
Betty Carter
Tommie Gibson
Brooky Hardy
Barnie Hederick
Ada Lowe
Polly Mash
Virginia Montgomery
Betty Jeam Moody
Ana Nester
Lillian Roncaglione
Virginia Roncaglione
Loren Scott
Betty Rose Smith
Irene Smi
June Smith
Jackie Upshaw
Clara Vicellio
Jaunita Bruce
Clayton Hambrick
Charles Hale
Eddie Beneder
James Morefield
Howard Holecomb
William Hartman
Brookie
Burbridge Swope
Lawrence Bradley Hardy
Ralph Hanna
John Murray
Robert Turner John Budlay
Leslie Caldwell Nell Caffee
Anthony Hurley
Giuseppe Infortuna
Edward Roberson
Virgil Wynne
Paul Carr Bill Fender
Thomasa Gibson
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Princeton News
Royal Theatre
Blake Avenue
Low Gap Road
Dumont Austin
Mercer St
the Royal
THE
Princeton, W. Va
ROYAL
Tomchin Furniture Co
Mercer Street
Thorn Street
Kirby Brothers
Main ST
Courthouse
Eyes
Department Store
Princetop
J. H. Reynolds
Oakvale
West Virginia
B.E. Goodrich Canvas Shoes
Snead
Musgrove
Deve
Princeton Ave
Bluefield
West Virginie
Ferrell’s Diner
Princeton Finance CO
National Bank
U.S
Princeton and Vicinity
Princeton - Hinton Highway
Pipestein
Spanishburg
Glenwood Park
Old
Hoson Road
Lilly Highway
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Lilly Land CO
Stabby Gruner
Jewel Box
Bluefield College
Virgil Stewart
Ties
Jimmy Mooreefield
Gene
Scranton
Craftspun
Jewel Bulova
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