May Session Of Circuit Court Adjourned At Princeton
Judge D M Easley adjourned the May term of Mercer County circuit court after issuing several law and chancery orders. An unusual order waived the three day marriage license waiting period for Winona E Roger and Harry W Turner with Turner noted as a government employee. The court also addressed probate and civil matters including a $3500 bond payment to the Sheriff for State of West Virginia claims and multiple divorce decrees.
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Circuit Court
D. M. Easley
Winona E. Roger
Bluefield
Harry W. Turner
Palmyra
N. J
Easley
Turner
Carl Jeter Jones
National Surety Company
Clark M. Thornton
West Virginia
Mercer County
Jones
Plea and Stay Granted After Rawton Case
Pop by Millar Watt confirmed but defendant given a ninety day stay to appeal with a two hundred fifty dollar bond. Default set aside against Clyde B. Smith, case against Jno. McCall Coal Co. held for naught. Defendant pleaded abatement. plaintiff's demurrer overruled. court to rule on evidence presented by both sides. Pineville visits noted and social guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomie White
Hoge White
Sallie Ward Weatherford
Samuel Weatherford
Mattie H. Smith
James O. Smith
Richardson
Willsie G. Hill
Lessie C. Hill
William Rush
N. & W. Railroad
Sadie Beil
Bill Moore
Allen E. Ratcliff
Claytor Motor Sales
Fritz Collins
Woodmen of the
World Life Insurance Society
Mrs. Collins
Toppeal
Clyde B. Smith Canteth Jno
McCall Coal Company
Bible Class Marks Fifth Anniversary At First Baptist
The Stubblefield Calloway Bible class at First Baptist held its fifth anniversary gathering at the Bluefield road home of Mr and Mrs D K Calloway with Dr Stubblefield and others as hosts. S J Evans Jr presided. prayers by Dr Stubblefield. After a brief business session, photographs by David Calloway and birthday celebrations followed with pink and white decor and a large cake with five candles. 36 members and two guests attended the event with cake and ice cream served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubblefield-Calloway
First Baptist Church
D. K. Calloway
Bluefield Road
Stubblefield
Frank Holroyd
Mrs. Calloway
S. J. Evans
David Calloway
Circle 6 to Meet at Walnut Street
Circle 6 of the Presbyterian church led by Mrs. Jack McFarland will meet Monday night June 9 with Miss Ruth Roncy on Walnut Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle 6
The
Presbyterian Church
Jack McFarland
Ruth’ Roncy
Walnut Street
Princeton Personalities At Memorial Hospital Visit
Eugene Graveley was taken to Memorial hospital in the afternoon with a heart ailment. Lieut. G. T. Lowe stationed at Philadelphia navy yards arrives for a short visit with his family on Forest street. Mrs. Lowe and daughter Carolyn plan to return to Philadelphia with him next week. Ben Thornton of Detroit visits his mother on Highland avenue. Mrs. H. E. Crews and daughter Ann and Mrs. Eddie Crews Jr. also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Graveley
Memorial Hospital
G. T. Lowe
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Forest Street
Lowe
Carolyn
Philadelphia
Ben Thornton
Detroit
R. E Thornton
Highland Avenue
H. E. Crews
Ann
Eddie Crews
Memorial service for B. of R. T. and Ladies' Auxiliary
The joint memorial service for the Bible Order of Ruth and Templar and Ladies' Auxiliary will be held at the Episcopal church in Mullens Sunday at 2 30 PM. Watterson lodge members are asked to attend. The Engineering Service Company won the Wade School wiring contract in Bluefield from the county board of education Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. OF R. T. Memorial
B. of R. T. and
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Episcopal Church
Mullens
Watterson Lodge
Engineering Service Company
Wade School
Bluefield
County Board of Education
Insurance committee revalues county school properties
On Friday a panel of insurance men met with county school superintendent Charles H. Archer to revalue county school properties. Members include R. B. Taylor and Ray Evans of Bluefield C. W. Murd y of Matoaka H. L. Glenn of Seton and Dr Donzie Lilly of Athens. The Junior G A of the First Baptist church will meet next Tuesday at 10 AM to picnic at Lake Shawnee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Archer
R. B. Taylor
Ray Evans
Bluefield
C. W. Murdy
Matoaka
H. L. Glenn
Seton
Donzie Lilly
Athens
G. A
First Baptist Church
Lake Shawnee
Mrs J I Markell Heads Memorial Hospital Laboratory
Mrs J I Markell has taken charge of the laboratory at Memorial hospital, assuming leadership of the clinical testing unit and overseeing staff and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Markell
The
Memorial Hospital
Western Films in Princeton Theaters Highlight Tonight
Princeton theaters screen classic westerns with "Boss of Bullion City" at the Royal Theatre and "Las Vegas Nights" at the Mercer Theatre. The double feature features a belligerent newspaper editor battling a corrupt outlaw group and a frontier town merging with modern refinements in Las Vegas, Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Brown
Rotary Ladies Night Banquet Highlighted By Games And Skits
Seventy members and guests of the Princeton Rotary club attended the annual ladies night at the Virginian hotel. A Cheerio Mix autograph session preceded dinner. Highlights included a word-substitution contest, Pandora Boxes of Wit and satirical readings, a Hindu Mystic mind reading skit, and an international milk bottle contest won by Andrew Kozak. Pottery vases with rose buds were given as favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Rotary Club
Virginian Hotel
Rotary
Ben Bird
H. C. Hadden
Ernest D. Lilly
Willis Chambers
Kiwanis Club
Chambers
Bertha Hall
Qoota Club
Phillip Sasser
Lion Club
C. Edgar Jones
Rotary Club
W. R. Smith
Burns Wornal
Rotary Anns
Bruce Fleshman
G. W. White
Leo Svitovsky
Pandora
E K. Ketron
W. R. Smith, Jr
Prince Nur-Al-Din
Princeton Churches Schedule Readies Worship and Study
Edward Stubblefield and Rev W R Smith Jr lead Princeton churches with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning services at 11. Sermons include Heaven Here and Now and Christ's Relationship to the Church. Evening services at 8 and 7 30 at Melrose chapel Athens road. Bible study Wednesday at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stubblefield
Joseph W. Lawson
W. R. Smith, Jr
Young People's Societies
Melrose Chapel
Athens Road
Signs of Degeneracy Sermon and Wedding Made in Heaven
Hugh E Kelso preaches at 11 am on Signs of Degeneracy replacing Fathers day sermon. Evening subject A Wedding Made in Heaven. Church uses 7 30 pm for services with early dismissal. Church school at 9 45 led by James Crockett. Epworth league 6 45 in two groups for Intermediates and Senior Young People. Bluefield district conference at Kimball next week. delegates from Princeton expected. Mercer Street Nazarene hosts 9 45 Sunday school and a Billy Sunday club from Bluefield VA. Everett Thomas of Oak Hill WV to speak at 9 45 am and 7 30 pm services. All invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh E. Kelso
James Crockett
Epworth
Bluefield
Kimball
Princeton
Church OF the Nazarene
Mercer Street
Billy Sunday Club
Aaron Belcher
Stral Avenue
Seventh Street
Ther
Everett Thomas
Oak Hill
W. Va
Pittsburgh Produce Prices and Market Update
Produce demand remains moderate with steady prices. New York Rome Beauties 1.40 per bushel crate, Baldwins 1.25, Virginia Delicious 1.25, Pennsylvania Rome Beauties 1.25 for 35 and 40 pound lots. Potatoes 33 cars No 1 100 lb sacks Alabama Bing Triumphs 2.25. Butter remains steady with nearby yields around 92 score extras 35 percent and standards 352 89 score 3444 88 score 33 percent.
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Pittsburgh
Pa. Dept
New York
Virginia
LaFollette Jr Wins Doubles Title In West Virginia Trap Meet
L M LaFollette Jr of Charleston shot 94 of 100 to win the doubles championship at the West Virginia state trap shooting tournament in Keyser. Omer Given of Charleston took second with 88x100. The team race has Keyser leading with 478, Charleston 457, and Fairmont 457 as the second hundred in singles and other events are scheduled for tomorrow.
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L. M. LaFollette, Jr
Keyser
W. Va
Charleston
West Virginia
Omer Given
E. H. McDonald
E. H. Wolfe
LaFollette
J. E. Patterson
Fairmont
Johnes
W. Ward
Wilkinsburg
Harris Il
Duffsdale
Bluefield
Bluefield Falls to Williamson in Sixth Inning Showing
Williamson defeats Bluefield 6 to 2 as King Wickel and Seasoltz spark offense. Brown adds three hits in five trips, and Atwater homers for Williamson while Herrmann and Burkhart log most of the pitching duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Bill Avarette
Blue Grays
Williamson Club
En Field
Tonigh Williamson Abrhore Ming
Vesevec Ise
Halkard
Atwater
Socess
Wong
Herrmann
Bluefield
Williams
Ees Baughn
Ae Bass
West
DeJarnette
Seaholts
O'Malley
Csccee
Singer
Williamson
Oon
Rice
Baughn
Base
Seasolta
O'Maley
King
Wickel
Kiame
Seasoltz
Ross
Reid
Burkhart
Ave
Wickle
Rosen
Ashland Colonels top Miners in Mountain State league clash
Ashland Colonels defeated Welch 6 to 3 as Kentucky capitalized with two eighth inning runs and six doubles including a Byrne homer. Pato Carman joined King Neisler in the win column over Welch with a 12 strike combined tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonels
Welch
W. Va
Ashland Colonels
Kentucky
Ashland
Byrne
Pato
Carman
Coon
King
Neisler
Ohio Floods Forcing Suspension of Races at Downs
The Ohio River crested at 33.8 feet prompting a one day suspension of horse racing at Wheeling Downs. The flood toll rises as water carries off debris and halts events along the track today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Downs
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Downs
Floodwaters Drive Brief Track Outage On Wheeling Island
Water from flooded tributaries rose after a 11 a.m. high mark with several inches on the edge of the downs. Manager Wilbert Britten Jr. said racing likely to resume tomorrow at the Wheeling Island track on the Ohio. Much of the island remained unaffected. Parkersburg, 90 miles downstream, may see a crest tomorrow, the river predicted to reach its highest since 1889.
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Downs
Wilbert Britten, Jr
Wheeling Island
Ohio
Parkersburg
Welch Graduating Class of 109 Prepares for Commencement
Welch McDowell County seniors prepare for the tenth commencement exercises as 139 names appear for graduation. Allen Carr and Jimmy Thornton will deliver the valedictory addresses while Margaret Morris gives the invocation. Rev. E B Mowers will preach the baccalaureate sermon and P D Alexander of Johnson City Tennessee will give the commencement address on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Carr
A. B. Carr
Jimmy Thornton
J. L. Thornton
War
Margaret Morris
Bartley
Eee
Young Carr
All-County
Welch
Immy Thornton
Miss Morris
E. B. Mowers
P. D. Alexander
Walter A Hash Rites To Be Conducted Sunday Afternoon
Funeral services planned for Walter Alexander Hash 55 of War to be held Sunday at Cove Baptist Church with Rev Overbey officiating. Hash, a longtime Coalwood worker, born in Grayson County Virginia April 14 1886, leaves widow Miss Leonard War and two sons Hubert and B E Hash plus many siblings. Interment in Maple Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A
Walter Alexander Hash
Baptist Church
Cove
Overbey
Hash
Coalwood
Senoued
Walton Con Company
White A. Springs
Mci County
Grayson County
Crockett
Cora Hash
Kewanee
Bluefield
Roanoke
Tle Leonard War
Hubert
B. E. Hash
Raymond
Tom Hash
Jimper
Sarah Sigman
Sadie Phillips
D. C
George Smith Named Clerk in ABC Store
George Smith, Daily Telegraph correspondent in War and surrounding territory, is appointed as clerk in the A. B. C. store at War. He has long shown active public interest and popularity with the citizens of this area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
ABC
Daily Telegraph
War
Smith
McDowell Board Votes to Buy Three New School Buses
The McDowell county board of education approved a total of $8,630.91 for three new school buses from Walker Equipment of Charleston. Each bus seats 54 passengers, replacing two old buses while the third will join in county service as emergency backup, increasing fleet to 37. The meeting also scheduled teacher placement decisions for July 1 and July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County Board of Education
Waker Equipment Company of
Charleston
The
International
Opera
Regional Attorney Guy Otto Farmer Named for NLRB 18th Region
Guy Otto Farmer former labor official has been selected as regional attorney for the National Labor Relations Board for the 18th region covering Minnesota Iowa North and South Dakota. He is the son of Mrs. M K Farmer of Maybeury and an Oxford Rhodes Scholar who studied at West Virginia University and Elk Horn High School.
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Guy Otto Farmer
M. K. Farmer
Maybeury
National Labor Relations Board
Minnesota
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minneagion
Farmer
Elkhorn High School
Ellenback
West Virginia University
Oxford University Land
Ybeury Mae
Dies Gmidit c Tacit
Couple to Join Husband in Minneapolis
West Virginia couple married a few years ago with a son Guy Jr plan to join Mr. Farmer in Minneapolis soon after.
Edmonton to Host Street Car Library in September
A street car library will begin service in Edmonton in September. Old No 14, unused for two years, will be refurbished with seats removed and 2 000 shelves installed to hold books. The tram will visit outlying districts and park while a librarian staffs the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Ala
Funeral for James Nevi in Maitland after coal mine tragedy
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM in Maitland for James Vincenzo Nevi 47 of Raysal who died Thursday in a mountain shot at Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Co Bartley. He leaves a father Felix Nevi and a large family including Phyllis Victor Verona Jerry and Jummy. Burial at Woodlawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maitland
James Vincenzo Nevi
Raysal
Pond Creek
Iatet
Dieir
Chilldren
Phyllis
Victor
Verona
Jerry
Jummy
Pather Gesing
Gary
Woodlawn Cemetery
Deputy Collector J. Harman Sites resigns from post
Deputy collector J Harman Sites announces his resignation to take a month's vacation. A successor has been named to replace him, with details described as reliably learned as plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Harman Sites
Internal Revenue
Mr. Sites
Child Rites Today After Illness
Hale child rites set for this afternoon at 2 30 at Havaco church with Rev McGuire in charge. The ill girl was brought to the hospital shortly before death. Burial will be at Saeger Memorial cemetery in Roderfield.
Welch officers complete three months trainer course
First Lieut Joel Kenneth Lameth and Second Lieut Kermit Hunter of Welch have completed a three month officer training course, earning commissions. The ceremony marked the end of the program with both officers listed among graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Kenneth Lameth
Kermit Hunter
Welch
County Draft Boards Call 60 Men for Army Induction
The draft boards issued a call for 60 men to enter service with inductions set for June 25 and June 27. Board 1 to provide 20 white men by June 27, Board 2 to supply 22 white men by June 27, and Board 3 to furnish 18 Negro men by June 25. County clerk Opal M. Wolfe reported nine volunteers ready for reception events.
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Board 1
Selective Service
Board 2
Board 3
Welch
Opal M. Wolfe
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Lawson Brooks
Les
Florence
Ery
Bird Dog
T. R. Jewell
Capudine
Millar Watt
Pineville
P. I. Lilly
North Walker
Arnold Crotty
O. E. Ward
Mt. Airy
N. C
Wayne Hawks
Baltimore
Princeton Society
Harry Karnes
Gouve
Guten
Revalue School
G. A. Picnic
Fleshman
Princeton Churches
First Baptist
First Methodist
Church OF God
Wildee Singer
Ne — Hersmath
Nealon Wilkes
Stueaeld
Rust and
Spears
ACES
Indians
Huntington
Huntington Aces
Logan Indians
Ind
Ernie Clark
Clark
Joe G
Munro
Des Solters
Logan
Petro
Clark McGreal
NEW Supply Adam Shirts
ADAM
Barbakow’s
Noel and Mary’s
Tomatoes
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Bland Street
Mercer
ROYAL
Starti Sunda
MEN OF Boys Town
America
Tommy Dorsey
Las Vegas
Phil Regan
Constance V_oore
Bert Wheeler
Betty Brewer
Tommy
Bingham
Princeton Ave
J. c. Lilly Kegley
J. G. Matney
McDowell County
Teachers’ College
Johnson City
Tenn
Little Jonan
Florida
Ft. Benning
Shelby
150Th
Oalore
D. M Dorsey
Minnie Dee
Daniel
Donald
Morgantown
Illiam Parsons
Widge
Dorsey
Frank M. Stacks
Sam J. Stacks
Riverside Military Academy
Gainsville
Stacks
Grace Hospital
Mary Lerer
Davy
Clare Buchanan
Harold Bellow
Bradshaw
Stevens Clinic Hospital
N. W. Looney
William Deskins
Wyoming
Elmer Smith
Keystone
Billy Miles
Ten
Nannie Graham
E. T. Stewart
Enos Blankenship
Saeger
Marvin Murphy
Ross Compton
Jenkin
J. Harman
Internal Revenue Post
County Draft Board
Geeford
Mass
Gesteon
Mase
Salem
Portland
Rockiang Me
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Broadway
New York City
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