Labor unions plan mid summer festival and picnic in Mercer County
Thomas Cairns AF of Labor organizer spoke to the Mercer County Central Labor union in Bluefield on 1904 coal field experiences. A committee was named for a July 21 picnic and plans for a Lake Shawnee industrial exposition were discussed. Speakers Bruce Crawford and John Seabolt addressed labor legislation and the Supreme Court. Publicity noted upcoming meetings in Princeton and Cooks Hall with speakers Harry Norrington and William H. Gorman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cairns
American Federation of Labor
Mercer County Central Labor Union
Bluefield
Redmen's Hall
J. L. Parker
Bruce Crawford
Sunset News
John W. Seabolt
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
United State Supreme Court
C. A. Abbott
United Fairs Association
Matz Hotel
Lake Shawnee
Fair Association
Princeton
Cooks’ Hall
Harry Norrington
West Virginia Federation of Labor
All Crafts of
Cookhall
William H. Gorman
Mercer 4-H Leaders Attend State Camp at Jacksons Mill
Mercer county 4-H club leaders Nadine Long Virginia Harman Ruth Beckett Pauline Ayers Irene Johnston Emma Mallory Hubert Butler Garland Brock Victor Hatcher Evelyn Brooks join the state 4-H leaders camp in Jacksons Mill from June 8 to June 13. They will study recreation health first aid life saving youth service and 4-H club programs and later assist as instructors at the Mercer county 4-H camp in late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Jackson's Mill
Nadine Long
Princeton
Virginia Harman
Bluefield
Ruth Beckett
Athens
Pauline Ayers
Irene Johnston
Emma Mallory
Hubert Butler
Serena
Garland Brock
Victor Hatcher
Bluefield Rfc
Evelyn Brooks
Nemours
Princeton Churches Episcopal and First Church of Christ Event
Rev. Jennings W. Hobson to lead Episcopal service with church school and Bible class at 9 45 a m and Holy Communion at 7 30 p m Mrs W D VanWorris Beech Bottom W Va secretary of woman's work will speak at the First Church of Christ evening service today Primary department children present program this morning under Mrs Kathleen Wotkers direction
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Jennings W. Hobson
First Church OF Christ
W. D. VanWorris
Beech Bottom
W. Va
Woman’s Work
Churches of Christ
Children of the Primary Department
Kathleen Wotkers
June Tolliver party features rainbow decor and bridge prizes
Mullens notes a bridge party at the June Tolliver coffee shop with twelve tables, rainbow color scheme, and a prize lineup led by high score winner Mrs. Tate McNutt. Attendees include dozens of Mullens residents and guests from Princeton Bluefield Charleston Huntington Beckley and more. The Bible school at the Methodist church opens Monday with large enrollment and a long list of organizers and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Glenn
Lee McCormick
Mra
N. O. Trent
Nelle Noel
Beatrice McIntosh
Kate Barger
Princeton
R. L. Burch
R. A. Yarbrough
Mary Lou Carr
Bluefield
C. L. Collier
Charleston
W. B. Crickman
G. W. Johnson
McAlpin
Beatrice Naysmith
Helena Doyle
Claude Jarrett
Resaco
Roy Blake
Beckley
Anna Bvandall
Huntington
D. B. Kyle
Tom Morgan Jr
Glen White
I. M. Fisher
Four Men Plead Guilty After Bluefield Carnival Raid
Four men arrested at a Bluefield carnival on Thursday night pleaded guilty before Magistrate D T Carr on Friday night to gambling charges. Names given were James Harris 32 Douglas Wright 25 B W Parmley 19 and S I Neeger 40. They were fined $10.10 with gambling equipment seized and returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
D. T. Carr
James Harris
Douglas Wright
B. W. Parmley
S. I. Neeger
Charles Collines
Simmons
Collins
Cainfield
Health Champions Named for Mercer County 4 H
Mercer County 4 H health champions will be chosen in a county contest at Princeton on Monday June 15. The healthiest boy and girl from each club will compete to represent Mercer county in the state contest at Jacksons Mill this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Princeton
Jackson's Mill
Local residents share travels and visits across towns
Miss Andres Hale returns from Bramwell to Mullens after visiting relatives. Mrs. Parker Strong leaves for N W coal fields to work for Home Electric. U S Seal of Alderson visits Mullens and Pineville on Friday. Hubert Blevens travels to Cincinnati for several days on business. George Hickmen, now in Bristol Va, visited Mullens. Mr. and Mrs. William Rezzonica and daughters visited Charleston Thursday. Mrs. M H Lusk and others toured Beckley Tuesday. R H Gonder of Rosewell Pa. stays with the Bowlings in Mullens. Sammy Pearis visits grandparents in Clay County. Pauline Jo Edith Virginia Keeley attend Blacksburg dances. William and Raymond Wells return from Berea Ky. Eugene Steorts of Bluefield visits Mullens. Dorothy and Virginia Akers, UNC Greensboro students, return home for summer. Mrs. Sam Caldwell and daughter Sarah visiting Falls Mills this week. E D Perrow and Ed Perow host in Charleston Sunday. Julia Gravely returns home to South Mullens from Bowling Green Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andres Hale
Bramwell
Parker Strong
Home Electric Company
U. S. Seal
Alderson
Mullengs
Pineville
Hubert Blevens
Cincinnati
George Hickmen
Mullens
Bristol
William Rezzonica
Charleston
M. H. Lusk
J. D. Farmer
B. F. Parrish
Sam Pearis
Beckley
R. H. Gonder
Rosewell
Ray Bowling
Sammy Pearis
Clay County
Pauline
Jo Edith
Virginia Raye Keeley
Blacksburg
William
Raymond Wells
Berea
Kentucky
Eugene Steorts
Bluefield
C. B. Steorts
Dorothy
Virginia Akers
Women’s College of the University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Sam Caldwell
Sarah
Falls Mills
E. D. Perrow
Ed Perow
Julia Gravely
South Mullena
Bowling Green
Supreme Court Upholds $7500 Verdict in Virginian Railway Case
In Pineville West Virginia on June 6 Walter Byrd correspondent reports the US Supreme Court refused to grant a writ of certiorari, affirming the Wyoming County circuit court and jury verdict of $7500 for C M Scott a railroad section employee injured when struck in the face by a railroad tie while unloading on the Winding Gulf line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
W. Va
United States Supreme Court
Wyoming County Circuit Court
C. M. Scott
Scott
Pineville voters reelect entire town slate for two years
Incumbents were endorsed in Pineville as all five councilmen mayor and recorder won two year terms. Mayor Otis L. Allen led with 148 votes after a rival withdrew. Recorder R. L. Cook secured 146. Edgar Rose led council candidates with 137, Walter C. Byrd 130, C. C. Holloway 127, Garland Stewart 113, George M. Farley 99. Other contenders trailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Otis L. Allen
Henry, Blakely
George A. Brooks
Allen
R. L. Cook
Edgar Rose
Walter C. Byrd
C. C. Holloway
Garland Stewart
George M. Farley
James Dodson
Clarence Worrell
G. Green
Attorney Senter Resumes Practice After WPA Timekeeping
Attorney W Clyde Senter will reopen his offices in the Daniels building on Second avenue after a year and a half as a timekeeper on local WPA projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Clyde Senter
WPA
Daniels Building
Second Avenue
Pineville Motor Expands With New Wing Contract
The Pineville Motor company began building a complete new right wing on Tuesday, doubling its present floor space and aiming to finish within two months. The project will extend the facility and enhance capacity for vehicle work and sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville Motor Company
Wyoming county Republican committee elects new chair
The Wyoming county Republican executive committee met Monday and chose A. A. Browning Pineville justice of the peace as county chairman, succeeding F B E Shannon. The owner donated a vacant lot for Pineville parking. Rufus Bailey was nominated for justice of the peace after a secret ballot, with Brownings A. A Browning as chair and Baren H. Toler as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning G. O. P
Wyoming County
Republican Executive Committee
A. A. Browning
Pineville
F. B E. Shannon
Ritter visitors and family gatherings noted in Washington and Red Jacket
W. M. Ritter of Washington DC and EB E Ritter of Red Jacket inspected Wyoming on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Walter C Byrd and daughters Maxine and Mary Jo visited Princeton Sunday with Paul Rose and Mr and Mrs T J Caffee. Geraldine Bivens accompanied them home. Oval Sizemore, at home with double pneumonia, is reported as very fit. Fred Shannon Jr returned to Huntington after weekend with his parents to attend Marshall college summer term. Mr and Mrs Ernest Cook and family of Northfork were weekend guests of his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Ritter
Washington, D. C
EB E. Ritter
Red Jacket
Wyoming
Walter C. Byrd
Maxine
Mary Jo
Paul Rose
Fred Shannon Jr
Fred H. Shannon
Huntington
Marshall College
Ernest Cook
Northfork
Dan W. Cook
Speedwell notes social visits and health update
Speedway-Lerona reporter lists residents visiting relatives and traveling between Beckley Itmann Rhodell Princeton and Hinton. Mrs Charlie Via returned from Bluefield sanitarium after an appendicitis operation. Bettie Ball joined Concord college graduation class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speedway-Lerona
Charlie Via
Bluefield Sanitarium
Ruby Jean Ball
John Williams
Beckley
A. G. Thomas
Fred Cook
Itmann
Otis Cragheads
Rhodell
Oscar Sexton
Blanche Caldwell
North Carolina
G. J. Hughes
Guy Hughes
Nell Hughes
Hinton
Albert Keatley
Janis Pettry
Alice Ball
Princeton
Robert Pennington
Levi Bird
Fred Bowling
Petty
Allen Pennington
Bettie Ball
Concord College
Ernest Hicks
N. W. Looney
Virginia
Fountain Park Opens for Lunches Picnics and Tours
Fountain Park announces its reopening inviting the public to inspect the grounds. The facility offers lunches or refreshments on site for clubs and societies and will prepare picnics with advance reservations. Inquiries may be made at the park or with J. G. Matney in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park
J. G. Matney
Princeton
Royal theatre lineup features prison saga and Bible epic
Gloria Stuart and Warner Baxter lead The Prisoner of Shark Island at the Royal today and Monday with Claude Gillingwater Arthur Harry Carey and O P Heggle in the cast. Bruce Cabot stars in Dont Gamble with Love with Ann Southern Tuesday. Gentle Julia with Jane Withers opens Wednesday with Marsha Hunt Tom Brown George Meeker Jackie Hughes. Cecil B DeMille's The Crusades Thursday led by Loretta Young Richard the Lion Hearted Henry Wilcoxon Aubrey Smith Ian Keith Alan Hale George Barbier. Two in the Dark Friday stars Margot Grahame Walter Abel Gail Patrick Eric Blore Erik Rhodes. The Mysterious Avenger features Charles Starrett Saturday with Joan Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Stuart
Warner Baxter
Shark Island
Royal Theatre Today
Baxtter
Samual A. Mudd
Abraham Lincoln
America
Claude Gillingwater
Arthur A Harry Carey
O. P. He
Fry
Booth Tarkington
Julia
Jane Withers
Jackie Sears
Jane
Marsha Hunt
Tom Brown
George Meeker
Jackie Hughes
Francis Ford
Cecil B. DeMille
DeMille
Loretta Young
Berengaria
Navare
Richard the Lion-Heartted
England
Henry Wilcoxon
Aubrey Smith
Ian
Leslie Fenton
Erin Moore
Peter B. Kyne
Lone Star Atate
Rangers
the Royal
Charles Starrett
Joan Perry
Starrett
Paul Fanning Named District Deputy for Knights of Pythias
Paul Fanning of Princeton was named district deputy for the thirteenth district at a Matoake meeting Thursday night attended by about 100 representatives from Mercer Wyoming and McDowell counties. He succeeds C D Duff of Maybeury who attended. The district lodges heard reports showing state results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fanning
Princeton
Knights of Pythias
Matoake
Mercer Wyoming
McDowell Counties
C. D. Duff
Maybeury
Grand Lodge Meeting in Wheeling Reports and Roster Gain
The report notes over 1400 members added in the past year and district lodges submitting reports. Delegates received voting instructions on lodge matters at the grand lodge meeting in Wheeling in August. 8S. Renn of Crumpler presided. Matoaka lodge provided refreshments after the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Lodge
Wheeling
Renn
Crumpler
Matoaka Lodge
Local Visitors And Family Trips Noted In Community Roundup
Mr and Mrs W J Nichols and two children from Washington visit Mrs yo ae and attend Mr and Mrs J E Lambert on Mahood Avenue. Lambert couple motored to Roanoke Friday afternoon to meet them. Miss Louise Wells has returned to Charleston to resume work with the state road commission. Mrs J E Woodson and daughters Ruth and Gwendolyn went to Leland W Va to visit Dr and Mrs Leonard Hoke. Karl Wheby has returned to his.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Nichols
Walter
Washington
Yo' Ae
J. E. Lambert
Mahood Avenue
Mrs
Leonard Hoke
Karl Wheby
Home Visit In College Hill By Mrs. J B Goodwin Guest
Mrs J B Goodwin hosts Mise Evelyn Carter visiting from Georgia Tech as she stays in Ecglestds on College Hill. The readable fragment notes a social visit at the Goodwin residence's address context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Evelyn Carter
Ecglestds
J. B. Goodwin
College Hill
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Labor Union
Jackson’s Mills
Princeton Churches
American Cafe
Bible School
The
the Methodist
G. F. Thomas
G. N. Nolley
Wort Brooks
E. P. Huge
Bennie Hamilton
Curtla Crotty
Elizabeth Duncan
Violet Rufus
Cecil Weaver
Clyde Bowmen
Isabel Stolver
Princeton-Athens Road
Stroe
Kroger
WIPA
Board of Education
Memorial Building
Mercer Fox and Game Protective Association
Courthouse
Princeton, W. Va
Pineville, W. Va
Walter Co. Byrd
R. H. Crouch
Rose Barber Shop
Wyoming Supply Company
Speedway
Lerona
J. L. Kessinger
Fountain Park
Prop
ROYAL
Barbakow’s Store
Goodrich Silvertown
Goodrich
Wal
Gulf Service
Ag Safety
Piphemertindl
Veteran
Mercer Motor Co
Georgia Tech
Spangler's
Spangler Co
Devil Island
Warner
Twentieth Century-Fox
Princeton Bank & Trust Co
Federal Deposit Insurance Co
Sheriff’s Office
West Virginia
J. C. Fanning
Hansburger Funeral Home
Matoaka
Peterstown
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