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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
10
A Princeton committee was formed Thursday night to plan the town’s Fourth of July celebration. Cecil F. Gore was named secretary treasurer of the organizing group. The program lists attractions at the air port area including baseball games track and field events and musical contests.
Funeral services for Rowe H Price are set for this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial follows at Oakwood. Pallbearers include Willard Hunter R H Swim Lawrence Meadows Joe Braggs Ed Kitts O P Dawson. Flower bearers are Hazel Hunter Velva Umberger Omar Bailey Laura Thompson Sylvia Clemens Sig Hunter and Frances Thomp mine. Price leaves a widow and five daughters Tra Stilton of Waynesboro Mrs A E S Mrs O O Dieter Mrs J L Ray and Mrs Shreve all of Princeton and four sons Howard Parnell Frank and Pres Price of Princeton. Three children preceded him in death.
W A Meadows 55 died at his Ingleside Road home at 10 o clock Wednesday night after a five month illness of a heart ailment. He leaves a widow Vacna Meadows and eight children Thelma Mae Pitzerard Robbie Arthur Hafid Prenk Eldridge Juanita and Harold plus two brothers Cephas and Ed Meadows and two sisters Eliza Pennington and Minnie Pettry. Funeral arrangements had not been completed late yesterday.
The Quota club met at the American Cafe with P F VanCourt outlining plans for a city July Fourth celebration. Rev Hugh E Kelso calls for a patriotic citizenship service at 11 Sunday morning June 11 at First Methodist. Foreign-born residents and DAR members invited. Five piano pupils of Mrs Billy Bashier will perform tonight at 8 in Memorial Building. Public invited.
Suit filed in circuit court by Eleanor Lewis Manns against John Manns in chancery returnable to July rules. Movie listings note Spirit of Culver at Mercer theatre with Jackie Cooper, Freddie Bartholomew and others. Burn Em Up OConnor shows at Royal theatre with Dennis O Keefe and Nat Pendleton in supporting roles. Funeral attendees for W H Malcolm of Narrows Princeton listed. Moonshine still seized on Wyoming Mercer line with pursuit and destruction of mash.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Brown with two children depart for Virginian Beach for several weeks then to the New York World's Fair. Henry Heck and daughter Marilyn return from Hollywood Fla and plan San Diego Cal. Ferguson, Princeton High graduate and former resident, is a U S Navy pilot. Mrs. Dangerfield and Miss Kennedy visit Staunton Va then return home. Continues with commentary on local league conduct and penalties for on-field hostility.
Mercer county records show court term costs set at 9 008 00 with state totals of 3 038 30 and 143 paid for juries on felony cases. Don McClaugherty appears in sheriff records with fees including 315 paid by the state.
An unclear sports brief notes an American League moment with Jaye and Dean Lossary and mentions Beckman Rommel. Timings are incomplete and the exact event or score is not specified.
The Cleveland nine edged the Washington club 7 to 5 behind key hits from Grimes and Trosky. Krakauskas walked three, Mas terson walked one, and a rough stretch of control shaped the game with 15,000 in attendance.
In St Louis on June 8 the Boston Red Sox beat the Browns 8 to 7 after nightcap was canceled due to rain. Jimmy Foxx hit two homers and Lou Finney another driving in six runs. Joe Vosmik doubled and Foxx opened the scoring with a first inning homer.
The report lists pitchers Heving Dickman Whitehead and Galehouse each allowing runs across nine innings with strikes and late-inning outs. Hite Ort Gil contributed four runs in the first inning and Qvoid played, while attendance is estimated at 1,000. Time noted as 2 16.
Brown, Hite, Ott, Lee pitched six innings each as Ott allowed six runs in 6 innings, while Root faced two. Gumbert earned the win over Lee, with Goets, Reardon, Pinelli contributing. Time 2:00, attendance 6,?91.
Partly cloudy skies expected Friday and Saturday with little temperature change. No significant precipitation anticipated.
The article describes Queenly dignity as she and Mrs. Roosevelt ride in open cars under the hot sun. Details note her powder routine, parasol, and rain of attention as they tour the capital. It mentions the tense climate with Polish Jews in Germany and deportation concerns influencing public rhetoric.
Berlin and Warsaw clash over Jewish issues as tensions renew. The article notes months of stalemate and limited movement by both sides, with no clear breakthrough in sight.
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