Rotarians Hear Musical Program at Weekly Meeting
Rotarians and guests enjoyed a musical program by a quartet arranged by J. Evans with Grace West as accompanist. Quartet members were Charl ton, Noonkester, Bertalan, and Martin who sang five numbers. Evans shared humorous stories and Bratton invited Princeton Rotarians to his Bluefield dinner on June 28 with Bluefield club guests. Also attending were Ben Platnick, George Backus of Bluefield, and C. W. Bush of Lewisburg.
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J. Evans
Grace West
Edward Charlton
Virgil Noonkester
Joseph Bertalan
Orvill Martin
Evans
P. D. Bratton
Bluefield
Princeton Rotarians
Bluefield Club
Ben Platnick
George Backus
C. W. Bush
Lewisburg
W. Va
Circuit Court Term Adjourned By Judge Easley
The May term of circuit court was adjourned Friday by Judge D. M. Easley after issuing several chancery and law orders. The court upheld the jury verdict for the defendants in the Wade H. Kirk versus Alexa Funari and Bluc Diamond Freight Lines case and granted a sixty day stay for appeal with bond set at $200. Proceeding were cleared in two land suits involving Wayie E. Perkey and Mrs. K. Ameen, with those cases dismissed. Judge Easley overruled a motion to set aside a $1,000 verdict in the appeal of J. Elmus Bailey against Tennie and B. O. Calhoun, holding that the defendants unlawfully withheld possession of Rock swimming pool property from the precinct.
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Circuit Court
D. M. Easley
Wade H. Kirk
Alexa Funari
Bluc Diamond Freight Lines
Supreme Court
Wayie E. Perkey
K. Ameen
Easley
J. Elmus Bailey
Tennie
B. O.calhoun
Greenview Methodist DVBS Starts Monday
Daily vacation Bible school begins at Greenview Methodist Church Monday at 9 31 a m with sessions daily 9 30 to 2 30 p m Mrs Hazel Douthat is superintendent The teaching staff includes Mrs Jean Bailey Mrs Irvin Smith beginners Miss Beulah Mae White and Mrs Homer Winfrey primary Miss Naomi Godfrey and Mrs Felix Smith juniors Mrs Eileen Richardson intermediates Mrs Richardson pianist and Mr Godfrey music director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenview Methodist Church
Hazel Douthat
Jean I Bailey
Irvin Smith
Beulah Mae White
Homer Winfrey
Naomi Godfrey
Felix Smith
Eileen Richardson
Richardson
A Godfrey
Princeton Personals Wrap of Local Travel Visits
Mrs Hilda Walthall returns to her home on south Ninth street from Baltimore where she visited her sister Mrs Harry Fulford and family. Mrs Conley Snidow leaves today for Lynchburg to attend Grace Scruges graduation and returns Tuesday morning. E S McNeer and Brownie McNeer of St Petersburg Florida are spending weeks in Princeton staying with E G Haley on Henry street. Miss Geraldine Travisano returned to Front street from a business trip to New York and New Jersey. Nancy Williams returned to Grundy after a week with foster grandparents Mr and Mrs O H Hall on Front Street.
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Hilda Walthall
South Ninth Street
Baltimore
Harry Fulford
Conley Snidow
Lynchburg
Grace Scruges
E. S. McNeer
Brownie McNeer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Princeton
E. G. Haley
Henry Street
Geraldine Travisano
Front Street
New York
New Jersey
Nancy Williams
Grundy
Mrs. O. H. Hall
Princeton Evening Circle Five Plans Meeting Notes
The Evening Circle Number Five of the Presbyterian church met Tuesday night at Mrs. L Lambert’s Highland avenue home with co hosts Mrs. Helen Mahood and Miss Mae Bauquess. Mrs. Frank Hutchinson led the program, giving a Bible lesson, and Mrs. T Lowe read a paper on Synod and Presbytery Home Missions. Social hour featured refreshments by Mrs. Paxton and Miss Katherine Paxton. Seventeen members attended. A coconut lemon snow pudding with foamy lemon sauce recipe was included.
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Princeton Society
Merfts
Presbyterian Church
Pearl Robinette
Paxton
Katherine Paxton
Radio WLOH Schedule Dense Night Lineup
A dense station rundown lists hourly musical rounds news devotions and programs from 6:00 pm to 11:15 pm including Hillbilly Roundup Musical Clock Southern Serenaders Grand Ole Opry and Mountain State Jamboree with notes on breaks and resumed broadcasts indicating a full evening lineup on WLOH with varied genres and hosts.
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ASO
Driggs
WLOH
Milady
Rex
Eleanor
Roger McCormic
Melody Boys
Paul Hall
RCA
Lilly Mountaineers
Slim_ Bryant
Wildcats
Columbia Record Shop
Loung People's Church of the Air
Harmony Lane
Music Hall
Princeton Churches and Services Listing
A community church page lists multiple Princeton congregations with service times and leaders. The First Church of God at Straley Ave and Seventh St heads a full schedule including Sunday school 9:45, morning worship 11, baptism at Blacklick Creek 3, evening service 4 45, and Wednesday choir at 6 45. Episcopal with rector Rev Jennings Wise Hobson holds Sunday school 11 and evening service 7 30. First Baptist with Rev Denver J Davis notes communion at 11 and a 7 30 sermon. Methodist led by Rev L D Roe offers communion at 11 and Sunday school 9 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton D. Sweet
Noel Shrewsbury
First Church OF God
Straley Avenue
Seventh Street
J. Tommy Williams
Episcopal
Jennings Wise Hobson
D. L. Cohen
J. T. Tobin
Center Street
First Baptist
Denver J. Davis
H. J.crute
Murray Cornelius
Jesus
Rogers
Robert Richards
Temple
Knapp
Bach
WLOH
Southern Baptist
Memphis
Enn
First Methodist
L. D. Roe
E. L. Robertson
Mustang Matinee Offer for Young Viewers
Remember our special 11 00 matinee for all of our little friends. Admission for all under 10 yrs is only 5e.
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Mustang
Little Flood Damage Found Near Portsmouth
Portsmouth June 4 Engineer F J Bergeron said today there has been no damage to amount to anything from recent flood waters overflowing the Portsmouth ditch midway between Deep Creek and Lake Drummond in Norfolk county. Two farmers reported flooded lands and crop damage while Bergeron and City Manager W G Ancell noted no cultivated lands within a mile and a half of the flooded area.
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Portsmouth
F. J. Bergeron
Norfolk County
Deep Creek
Lake Drummond
Bergeron
W. Guy Ancell
Six Year Old Drowns in Timber Lake Virginia
Lynchburg Virginia June 4 a six year old boy William Owen Taylor III drowned after apparently falling from a row boat moored to the dock lifeboat crew recovered the body from deep water after the child told his mother he would go next door in the late afternoon service special musical numbers by the senior choir and youth radio vesper services on WLOH with speakers Patty Bates and Odell Huffman followed by evening worship and a sermon by the pastor
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Lynchburg
William Owen Taylor
Timber Lake
Vesper Choir
WLOH
Patty Bates
Odell Huffman
Swift
Church Activities Highlight Evening and Morning Services
The article notes Rev John Dunn or pastor. A children's program runs from 10:00 to 10:15 in the children's department. Morning worship at 8:00 features the pastor's sermon. The Church Men's Club plans a banquet meeting on Wednesday at 6:30.
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John Dunn _s
Children's Department
First Baptist church hosts Capt William Sanders as guest T E L teacher
Captain William Sanders will be guest teacher for the T E L class at First Baptist during Sunday school. Attendance is expected for his talk on experiences in the U S Army. Mrs T M Johnston leads the regular T E B L class.
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William Sanders
First Baptist Church
Sanders
U. S. Army
T. M. Johnston
T. EB. L
Fighting Mustang Returns at Royal Theatre
Princeton Paragraphs report Royal theatre presents Sunset Carson in Fighting Mustang a rugged Western showdown against outlaws with action packed bravado. Mercer Theatre closes run of My Wild Irish Rose starring Dennis Morgan as Chauncey Olcott and Andrea King as Lillian Russell.
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Princeton
Royal Sunset
Carson
Royal Theatre
Big
Rugged Carson
Mercer
Mercer Theatre
Dennis Morgan
Chauncey Olcott
Andrea King
Lillian Russell
Suits Filed in Circuit Court In Chancery
Edith Orvella Phillips filed July rules suits in circuit court in chancery against Ray Fleet also known as Ruby Lee Combs and against Willis Combs.
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Circuit Court In Chancery
Edith Orvella Phillips
Ray Fleet
Ruby Lee Combs
Willis Combs
Stock Market Decline After Mid May Rally
New York June 4 stock market slid to its lowest since May 13 as the broad downturn continued for a third week after the mid May rally. Volume totaled about 1.1 million shares, light but not far from earlier slow sessions. Pacific Telephone rose to a 1948 high on a $1.50 dividend, and Central Railroad of New Jersey advanced after plan for commuter fares.
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New York
Pacific Telephone
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Seaboard Air Line
Rock Island
Kennecott
Phelps Dodge
General Motors
Bethelhem
Liggett and Myers
National Biscuit
Phillips Petroleum
American Woolen
Oliver Corp
Goodyear
U.S
Butter And Eggs Market Report New York June 4
Butter prices steady at 493 939 with creamery rates higher for top quality and premiums, bulk cartons selling at 82 4 cents for 92 score and 80 for A grade. Cheese held at 107 878, whitesale eggs and tees unchanged. Spot quotations show fresh heavy weights 57 58 cents, other whites 55 56 cents, mediums 53 55 cents.
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New York
Bristol Livestock Auction Totals and Prices by Class
Summary of Bristol livestock sale items with categories hogs cattle vealers sheep and slaughter ewes. Includes counts weights and price ranges across light heavy medium and feeder classes. Notable entries list sow feeders cows bulls vealers sheep lambs and slaughter categories with varied price per hundred or ton.
Wheat slumps on Chicago board as prices dip
Wheat ends the trading session down more than three cents with quotes near government support levels. Corn and oats weaken. cash grain values shown for No. 5 mixed to sample grades, with various prices across corn, oats, barley, and soybeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Four Room House For Quick Sale In Princeton WV
Four room house with bath and full basement available for fast sale. Gas floor furnace and gas hot water heater installed. No bathroom fixtures. Owner Joe Johnson located at 1118 Princeton Avenue, Princeton, West Virginia.
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Joe Johnson
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
W. Va
Chicago Livestock Market Report June 4
Salable hogs 9,000 with prices 25-50 cents higher led by 170-230 lb good and choice at 24.00-24.50, 309-350 lb at 20.00-21.25. Cattle totals: 2,000 salable, good and choice grain-fed steers 33.75-36.00 with top 1,200 lb at 36.00. cows steady to weaker. calves weak by 2.00. Sheep 800 salable with active cleanup and mostly steady to higher trade. selected lambs up to 31.00, ewes 10.75-11.50. Also stray home-cooking note about a Sunday night supper platter with asparagus, tuna, and Parmesan cheese.
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Chicago
USDA
New five room house for sale on Harrison Street
Five room house with bath hardwood floors built in sink cabinet and gas furnace offers immediate occupancy. Located on Harrison Street near Fourth. Call 492-L or see Angelo Montrose at 521 Mercer St Princeton WA.
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Harrison’ Street
Fourth
Angelo Montrose
Mercer St
Princeton
W.a
Good Used Bedroom Suite For Sale In Princeton
Four or five piece bed room suite offered at reasonable price. Call 77 J for details in Princeton West Virginia.
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Call
Princeton
W. Va
State Confirms Party Delegates
Charleston June 4 Nearly four weeks after the May 11 primary the secretary of state certified the results and confirmed the unofficial tabulations. Republican delegates-at-large include Thomas Sweeney of Wheeling Harley M Kilgore and Henry D Hatefield among others. Democrat at-large nominees include Kilgore and eight others led by Governor Clarence Meadows and Jennings Randolph with Ernest Bailey George Jackson W E Byers Ches ter R Ogden and Harry W Hill also listed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Secretary of State
Thomas Sweeney
Wheeling
U.S
Harley M. Kilgore
D-Wva
Sweeney
Henry D. Hatefield
Huntington
U. S
R. J. Funkhouser
Ranson
Walter S. Hallanan
Philadelphia
Kilgoree
Clarence W. Meadows
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
Washington
Ernest L. Bailey
George Jackson
Jane Lew
W. E. Byers
Grafton
Chester R. Ogden
Clarksburg
Harry W. Hill
Williamson
Depot Lunch Opens Under New Management in Princeton
The Depot Lunch in Princeton, West Virginia, now operated by Mr. and Mrs. Lacy Riffe, opens at 7 a.m. and closes at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
W. Va
Lacy Riffe
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Narrows
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Welch
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Princeton, W. VA
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