Judge Herndon adjourns circuit court term at Princeton
The Princeton circuit court recessed after a morning of chancery arguments with Judge Herndon adjourning to the August term. Local notes describe community events including Pisgah church picnic plans, revival services at New Hope, and a Mennonite- and D A R hosted gathering with scholarships awarded to Princeton high school graduates. A brief society column notes guests and travels among Princeton residents and surrounding towns.
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Princeton
Herndon
Welch
Pisgah
Princeton Paragraphs and Local Scout News Update
P I Lilly former Oakvale high principal named East River district supervisor sails to Nashville for George Peabody College supervision course. Princeton Boy Scout Troop 1 loses 7 5 to Hin ton due to errors while Scouts hit well. A R Kyle organizes a Boy Scout drum and bugle corps as camps near Wolf Creek approach. Eight prisoners escape in Pearlsburg jail escape. one elf man moonshine suspect refuses to join.
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Princeton
Hinton
A. R. Kyle
Princeton- Athens
Wolf Creek
Pearlsburg
Mercer
Mercer County
First Church Events Highlight Children Day and Missionary Talk
The First Church of Christ lists a Children Day program at 11 a.m. with special music and a later talk by Rev. C B Reynolds of the United Christian Missionary Society on Proving Fair With God. The Church of the Heavenly Rest in Matoaka holds services with no morning service due to the rector's absence, plus evening prayer. Emmett Cecil of Matoaka is jailed for petit larceny, fined $10 and 30 days.
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First Church OF Christ
Perry J. Cook
W. L. Givens
Christian Endeavor Meeting
C. B. Reynolds
United Christian Missionary Society
Sadie Henderson
J. H. Gadd
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest
Mercer Street
Edmund Thompson
Trinity
Bramwell
Woman's Auxiliary
G. B. Halstead
Hale Avenue
Matoaka
Emmett Cecil
Lautre C. J. Thompson
Cecil
Summer Weather Stirs Hopes Of Early Warmth In City
Exceedingly mild yesterday and Friday prompts citizens to think summer may be returning despite a waning moon and skeptical local weather prophets. Venerable seers all dispute the forecast yet intrigue remains over the mild spell and its duration.
Noon Uncertainty Clouds With Summer Hints In Town
Weather remains unsettled with no certainty until after noon on June 17. Meanwhile grass grows, farm trucks arrive, and Bluestone area streams attract fish as if summer were in full swing.
McCutcheon to Leave for New District Superintendent Post
Wilford McCutcheon former city superintendent of schools will depart today for McMechen in Marshall county to take the post of district superintendent of schools on July 1 after several days here Mrs McCutcheon and three children will stay with Mr and Mrs R T Williamson on Low Gap road He has spent the past year as a school superintendent in Clay county E M Sandige Better E M Sandige stricken with paralysis at his wife grave in Oakwood cemetery remains in serious condition at his son L L Sandige Bowling addition but is improving given age
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Diana
G. C. Smith
Cincinnati
Master Scott
Daisy Robinson
Hobart Scott
Mr. Everstine
Roanoke
K. L. Scott
Park Avenue
Cecil Brown
South Third Street
J. B. Stafford
Maxine
Sam Edward Jr
Kee Street
Hinton
Marnell
Beth Lane
W. A. Johnson
Bee Street
Nell Campbell
Princeton
Conservatory of Music
Fannie Williams
Eggleston
E. G. Wil- Nama
Tom Stinson
Blackeburg
J. F. Saunders
Kenneth Lucas
Alderson
Lois Lee
Joe Williame
Detroit
Mich
Nixon
Norfolk
Edward Nixon
Nan Osborne
Elin Warren
C. C. Rubush
Wind Gulf
J. Wessinger
Mullens
W. H. Barton
Mark
Misa Elolee Barton
Bernice Ballard
University of West Virginia
Highland Avenue
Boxley White
J. G. White
Main Street
A. W. Reynolds Jr
Washington
W. S. Herring
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Elizabeth Karnes
Morgantown
Irene Frye
Oak Hill
Walnut Street
L. H. Frye
Carl Crawford
Charleston
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, Va
Sallie Chestnutt
Princeton High School
Lynch
Burg College
Edward Thornton
Marshall College
Carrie Stafford
Williamson
College Avenue
Sarah Morgan
Ella Martin
Athens
H. A. Shumate Thursy
John Bailey
Eileen
Virginia Shufflebarger
Hurricon Street
Christansburg
L. BE. White
Thacker
Gay Wright
Circle Drive
Julia A. Wise
Bluefield
Concord
Concord College
W. R. Rippetoe
Alec Hadden
Matoaka
Auto
Huntington
Midland
Alec Mahood
Republican Executive Committee
Kansas City
Jacqueline
J. D. Rice
David Witt
W. H. Witt
Eighth Street
Wilford McCutcheon
McMechen
Marehall County
McCutcheon
R. T. Williamson
Low Gap
Clay County
E. M. Sandige
Oakwood Cemetery
L. L. Sandige
Saturday Evening Post
Ofteo
Flying Cloud
Union Town Mountain
Union Town
Capital
Reo
Smith
Chandler
Speedy shown at Royal theatre with Lloyd
The First Church of Christ youth group will meet tonight at 6 30 in the church endeavor room bringing lunches and guests. Harold Lloyd's Speedy screens Monday and Tuesday at the Royal theatre with nonstop humor including a horse car ride and a Coney Island trip featuring Babe Ruth in a new sequence.
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Speedy
Harold Lloyd
Royal Theatre
Lloyd
New York Street
Coney Island
Babe Ruth
Baptist Church Sunday Schedule with Sermons
Sunday school opens at 10 with J. H. Rane as superintendent. Worship at 11 on Christianity versus Compromise. B Y P U at 7. Evening service with subject The Quality of the Victor.
Miss Margaret Rich Hosts Wednesday Auction Bridge at Home
Miss Margaret Rich entertained Misses Ann Fortney and Jean Emma Thomas of Charleston with two tables of auction bridge at her College avenue home Wednesday afternoon. Assisted by sister Miss Caroline Rich, she served a delightful course. Guests included Frances Karnes Zylpha Carter Lucy Mae Elliott Ann Fortney Jean Thomas Mary Acton Black and Virginia Woolfolk.
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Lucy Mae Elliot
Hale Avenue
Ann Fortney
Jean Thomas
Charleston
Frances Karnes
Highland Avenue
Hotesa
Margaret Rich
Jean Emma Thomas
College Avenue
Caroline Rich
Miss Rich
Zylpha Carter
Lucy Mae Elliott
Mary Acton Black
Virginia Woolfolk
Piano Recital Highlights Bach and Chopin Pieces
June concerts featured Miss Josephine Hawley performing Bach piano inventions, Chopin etudes, Liszt and Rachmaninoff pieces. Attendees praised gifted pupils Madie McGlathlin and Grant Taylor for Schumann and Hayden numbers, with flowers and congratulations marking the event.
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Josephine Hawley
Bach
C. P. Bach
Chopin
Liszt
Rachmaninoff
Madie McGlathlin
Grant Taylor
Senate
Hayden
Miss McClaugherty
Operetta at High School Auditorium Feature by Mrs Hoke
Mrs Bosale Osborne Hoke will present Throng the Music Book an operetta by the piano class at the high school auditorium Tuesday night June 12 at 8 o clock. Public is invited. Brushfork Farm Woman's Club Meets Discusses Community Problems and Insect Pests at Bowes Home with eight members and three guests present.
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Bosale Osborne Hoke
Brushfork Woman's Clubs
Brushfork Farm Woman's Club
L. A. Bowes
A. C. Davidson
Garten-Hogan nuptials at Bristol in June
Mr and Mrs Clyde Garten announce the marriage of their daughter Doris to Archle A Hogan of Princeton at Bristol on June 2. Mr and Mrs BE Collins and Mr S Sowera accompanied the couple to Bristol where Rev R L Swan performed the ceremony.
Delightful reception for Roy Jenkins wedding couple
A reception and miscellanous shower were held at the Keaton home for Mr and Mrs Roy Jenkins. Friends presented gifts and celebrated with music games ice cream and cake into the late hours. Attendees included Mona Jennie Vera Keaton Clifton Bertha Jenkins Gertie Cline Jessie Young Ruth Price and others.
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Roy Jenkins
N. A. Keaton
Mona
Jennie
Vera Keaton
Clifton
Bertha Jenkins
Gertie Cline
Jessie Young
Ruth Price
W. C. Thornton
Freda Thornton
Robert Green
Browns Return From Ohio Tour
Mr and Mrs C E Brown have returned from a tour of Ohio and Indiana visiting relatives and attended several social events during the trip.
Sulphuric acid discharge kills thousands of fish in Bluestone River
Thousands of dead fish are reported in the Bluestone River downstream from Bluefield Virginia after a sulphuric acid discharge near Bluefield. Fishermen fear the poison will linger for weeks, sink to the bottom, and drift downstream, wiping out fish along the stream from the state line near Bluefield down through the county.
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Bluestone
Spanishburg
Bluefield
Church Plans To Entertain Holston Conference
The First Methodist church official board will meet Monday at 8 pm to determine plans for entertaining the Holston conference arriving early next October. The pastor Dr. T C Schuler calls all stewards trustees leaders and officers of Woman's Missionary societies to attend due to the meeting's importance.
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First Methodist Church
Holston
T. C. Schuler
Woman's Missionary Societies
Diet of dynamite mule keeps underground work lively
A mule in a lead and zinc mine near Miami Oklahoma eats dynamite from its box when it escapes, munching up to six sticks in a single “lunch.” The beast even bit a fuse linking a detonator, nearly costing its life.
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Miami
Okla
Soybean gains in corn belt as soil helper and hay source
The soybean, once unknown, is now widely cultivated in the corn belt. Planted after corn and before wheat it adds substantial nitrogen to the soil and helps prevent a fungus affecting corn and wheat. It also yields good hay.
For Rent Two Properties on Harrison Street
Eight-room furnished brick home and a five-room cottage on Harrison Street are available for rent. Apply at 705 Harrison Street.
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Harrison Street
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East Princeton School
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W. H. Wallingford
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J. P. Huffman
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