City council votes to buy Ford for police and select appointee list
City council voted to purchase a Ford automobile for the police department and to request the police civil service commission provide a list of three men for appointment to the force. The department has been short a officer for months. A utility pole project near Leggett’s store is to be revised with all parties agreeing. Bid results show Haynes Construction and Anderson & Anderson submitting figures for several street projects and related costs. The West Virginia Turnpike condemnation case against Carlos Keaton and wife was postponed to 9:30 this morning, with other civil actions settled or delayed as listed.
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Robert Crawford
Bob Crawford
J. H. Crawford
Harry S. Tyree
Nancy
Duncan
Plat Top National Bank of
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R. W. Honaker
City of
Birds Nest Fire At Hickman Home Sparks Roof Blaze
Fire broke out in bird nests in caves at a corner of Roy Hickman’s Ingleside Road home and burned a roof hole. Princeton firemen responded, worked from 12:03 am to 12:50 am, using booster tank water. Authorities believe a bird dropped a hot ember from a trash fire into the nest. Firemen noted several prior such incidents.
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Roy Hickman
Ingleside Road
Princeton
Wheat Chairman Advises Farmers on June 25 Referendum
Basil Neeley, chairman of Mercer County, outlines how the June 25 marketing quota referendum will set the 1956 wheat price support level and determine quotas. A yes vote likely yields 75 to 82 percent parity. a no vote ends quotas with no penalties. The program applies to commercial wheat states with over 15 acres per farm.
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Basil Neeley
Mercer County
West Virginia
Princeton Preachers Hold Holiness Revival at Thorn Street
The McClanahan brothers Leon ard and Paul lead a revival at 314 Thorn Street with nightly services open to the public. Demonstration nets compete in regional events on July 8 in Lewisburg. The Past Councillors Club D of A meets at 7:30 pm hosted by Miss May Johnston with co-hostesses Gertrude Johnston and Mrs. Trixie Hill.
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Leonard and
Paul
Thorn Street
Lewisburg
D. of A
May Johnston
Gertrude Johnston
Trixie Hill
Richards Family Attends Son's Virginia Tech Graduation
Joseph W. Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Richards, graduated Sunday June 5 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering.
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Joseph W. Richards
R. R. Richards
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Bilacksburg
Judge Reviews Bailey Writ of Error in Circuit Court
Judge F Morton Wagner in circuit court takes under advisement the petition of Clifford Bailey for a writ of error. Bailey received an indeterminate sentence after housebreaking conviction, with five more cars added on information filed by the prosecutor, creating a second felony conviction.
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Clifford Bailey
F. Morton Wagner
Bailey
Mercer County Schools announce 1955 56 transfers and new assignments
The Mercer County School system released a comprehensive list of student transfers and teacher reassignments for the 1955 56 term. The update includes numerous moves between Bluewell Princ, Matoaka, Wade Elementary, Whitethorn, Park Central, and other campuses, plus new teacher appointments across multiple schools and a travelling band program for the region.
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Wade
Ary
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Janice Vermillion
Bramwell
Princeton High
Millard Young
Matoaka
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Joi Harry
Dorothy Stike
Piedmont
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North Side
Whitethorn
Virginia Stowers
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Sandlick
Ceres
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Olivia Hill Cannady
Genoa Junior
Park Central
Margaret Paoliello
Te Thorn
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Lois D. Morris
Preston
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Montcalm
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Virginia Smith
Oakvale High
Elizabeth Jessee
Thorn
Raines
Timefield
Herbert Well
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Direcor
Bluefield
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Arthur McInturff Jr
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DeBusk
Stuart Leach
Ve Shields
Marvin Shields
Pete Smith
S. A. Whitt
Leroy Thompson
Princeton Student Dobbins Returns For Summer Home
Princeton resident Buddy Dobbins the WV Tech student has returned home to spend the summer with his parents Mr and Mrs C J Dobbins. Other local notes include Mrs Henry Street visiting Charlotte on a Gore's Store buying trip and Mrs Aqhe Ching returning from a Venitian trip with daughter Anna Glen. Myrtle Dickenson remains hospitalized in Bluefield while Mr and Mrs Nichol DeJarnette of Columbia S C visit Myrtle Beach briefly. Tommy Pendleton comes home from West Virginia University for break.
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West Virginia Tech
C. J. Dobbins
Henry Street
C. F. Gore
Charlotte
N. C
Gore
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Anna Glen
Lynchburg
Richmond
Myrtle Dickenson
Lee Street
Bluefield
Hampton DeJarnette
Hampton, Jr
Nichol
Columbia
S. C
Myrtle Beach
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Roscoe Pendleton
Circle Drive
West Virginia University
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