Dunns Man Injured In Mountain Plunge
McKinley Lilly of Dunns is hospitalized at Memorial with severe injuries after a Ford sedan rolled about forty yards down a mountain near Downs Sunday night. Emmett Thomason of Princeton and Tad Lilly of Donns suffered minor injuries. Lilly has a broken limb and collarbone with extensive bruising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Lilly
Dunns
Memorial Hospital
Ford
Downs
Emmett Thomason
Princeton
Tad Lilly
Garfield Lilly
Donns
Lilly
Thomason
Ted Lilly
McKinley
John Underwood Held On Drive Drunk Charge
After a Saturday collision near Sand Lick John Underwood was arrested Sunday on a driving while intoxicated charge. Crockett Howell who owned the Ford coupe involved swore out the warrant alleging Underwood forced the car off the road. He was held at the county jail with bond set for a Wednesday hearing before Laurie J. Mangus at Montcalm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Lick
John Underwood
Black Oak Mountain
F. C. Crawford
G. F. Parsone
L. B. Gadd
Crockett Howell
Howell
Underwood
Laurie J. C. Mangus
Montcalm
T. C. Hubbard
Narrow Escape When Car Leaves Highway Near Glen Lyn
Constable E. D. Price and Mrs. Price narrowly escaped serious injury Sunday afternoon when their car ran off the road near Glen Lyn and rolled three times. The driver tried to pass a vehicle driven by a woman when forced off the pavement. The couple were unhurt, though the car was slightly damaged and returned to Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Price
Mrs. Price
Glen Lyn
Mr. Price
Newriver
Not reported headline from Our Way column in 1930s era
A collage of short notes from Princeton area life. The piece lists social visits by Misses Johnson Meador Rogers Swank and others, travel to Florida and Montana, a family illness, a death in Pearseburn, and greetings from holiday visitors to Princeton residents. It chronicles assorted hometown movements and polite telegrams requesting no reporters at the Coolidges estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidges
Beeches
Northampton
Mass
Princeton Paragraphs Judge convenes June term and road view urged
County court met for the June term with routine matters and no further orders. Commissioners plan a morning session then inspect road work at Crane Creek. State Police and officers found two wash tubs soldered into a moonshine still on Black Oak mountain with 120 gallons of mash. Richard and Lara Mitchell were held on liquor charges and taken for a hearing in Bluefield. Saxton Miles filed a circuit suit against J B Meadows for trespass and conversion seeking 5000 dollars. A hotel garage fire near the Virginian was extinguished with no fire department action needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Creek
Black Oak Mountain
F. C. Crawford
G. F. Parsons
L. F E. Gadd
G. F. Parsona
L. B. Gadd
Richard Mitchell
Lara Mitchell
Saxton Miles
J. B. Meadows
Three Candidates for County School Superintendent Nominated
Howard K. Mangey of Bluefield filed for the Republican nomination for county superintendent of schools in the circuit court clerk's office. The filing creates three candidates in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard KR. Mangey
Bluefield
Two Boys Charged With Theft Of School Tickets
Two youths were arrested by city police yesterday for stealing a book of school tickets from Tri-City Traction on Main Street. They were arraigned before Police Judge FP B. King and held for juvenile court action before Judge George Dillard. A dance event with John Lilly and his Country Club Orchestra was scheduled for Tuesday June 10 from 9 p m to 1 30 a m with admission priced at 1 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City Traction Company
Main Street
FP. B. King
George Dillard
John Lilly
Country Club
Community clubs and marriages in Princeton area
Forum Club meets at Mrs Cody Fletcher home this evening. Ice cream and lemonade social Sunday honors W R Bailey family and others. Rainbow Circle hosts Polly Fudge at Straley avenue with Dorathy Porterfield reading and a hospital library drive. D A R hosts Matthew French chapter at Mrs Ira Mason Smith’s Circle drive home. Pennington Hylton wedding at E A Rumburg residence. Grace Pennington also wed at Princeton. Circle No 4 of Woman's Missionary society meets at L M Selvey home with nineteen members present and new member Mrs W J Bailey added. Local officials: Cc W Murphy elected Matoaka mayor for third term visits Princeton. Sheriff J Otis Bowling resumes duties. Road contract workers L B White and J G White return from Tyler county. Nurses Miss Margaret Berry and Miss Juanita Turner at Hale Beauty Shoppe. Eugene Permanent Special price offered by June McReynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Circle
First Methodist Church
Polly Fudge
Straley Avenue
Rachel Morrell
Helen Bolt
Ernestine Priddy
Dorothy Porterfield
Weatley Houses
Morrell
Helen Frazier
Hospital
Mrs. Fudge
Misses Epfiestine
Priddy
Blanche Belcher
Helen Lazenby
Margaret McCary
Mary Elizabeth Crumpecker
Sarah
Rebecca King
Frances May Barkedale
Marcella French
Glenna Gott
Margaret Secrest
Dora Margaret Dangerfield
L. M. Selvey
R. C. Noble
H. H. Ball
F. Dickinson
The
Voice
J. W. Sasser
White
Selvey
Ethel Nixon
Cc. W. Murphy
Matoaka
Princeton
J. Otis Bowling
L. BE. White
J. G. White
Tyler County
Margaret Berry
Juanita Turner
Welch Contractor J B Walker Killed In Matewan Fall
J B Walker 56 of Matewan died after stepping from a railroad tie end and falling 25 feet on a Matewan bridge. Interment set in Altavista Virginia. Walker brothers were known coalfield builders with many tipples. Also notes a motorcycle collision injuring Alex and Frank Burns near Wilcoe on Gary road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Matewan
J. B. Walker
A. P. Walker
Charlie Walker
Walker
Altavista
Mr. Walker
Charlie
Claude
Lillian
P. Walker
Alex
Frank Burns
Ben Pokemeyer
Helen Pokemeyer
Superior
Gary Road
Wilcoe
Circuit Court Opens in Welch Yesterday
Judge B F Howard presided as the McDowell county circuit court opened yesterday. The court disposed of a number of cases including Carlo Romeo versus D L Moneymaker with a judgment of 248 dollars for damages from an automobile accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
B. F. Howard
McDowell County
Carlo Romeo
D. L. Moneymaker
Treat Gall Bladder Troubles With Safe Home Remedy
Advertisement from Write Home Drug Co offering literature on treatment for gall bladder issues and gall stone colic. Claims 28 years of gratifying results and a money back guarantee. Provides address 812-40 Masonic Temple Minneapolis Minnesota and mentions a practitioner’s prescription on fiver and gail bladder troubles. Ad appears dated June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Drug Co
Masonic Temple
Minneapolis
Minn
Legal and social notices from local court cases and a bridge party
The notice lists several court judgments including Mrs Dexter B Miller versus Blakely Motor Company with writ of possession, Chicago House Furnishing versus Gus Smith for the defendant, C N Pruitt against Norfolk and Western railway, and Mary Hogetotn against Pocahontas Transportation Company. A bridge gathering honors Miss Louise Pregnall of Richmond, hosted by Mrs A C Hufford in Woodlawn Court with gifts, high score prize, and a salad course for numerous guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter B. Miller
Blakely Motor Company
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Gus Smith
C. N. Pruitt
Norfolk and Western Railway
Mary Hogetotn
Pocahontas Transportation Company
Stewart Henderson
Bridge
Louise Pregnall
Richmond
A. C. Hufford
Woodlawn Court
J. E. Davis
Miss Pregmall
T. A. Johnston
West Virginia Young People Conference Opens at Greenbrier
The annual conference of the Young People of the synod of West Virginia will open in the Greenbrier Military school at Lewisburg on Wednesday. Local Presbyterian Church representatives include Miss Virginia Partlow as Marjorie Belcher, James Bright, and Odi Casali. Woman's Auxiliary representatives for the two week study are Mrs. A. S. Earley and Mrs. W. C. Williams.
Welch Personal News Highlights And Local Arrivals
Mrs W R Werness and Miss Hen retta Lundy visited Oak Hill with Mrs Werness mother Mrs BP A Earry over the weekend. John King of Pearisburg Va has recovered from an operation and returned to Ashland. J W Price of Washington visits Welch for business. Mr and Mrs L C Cook and daughter Francis attend Columbus Ohio graduation of Lillian Opie Cook from Ohio State University. Mrs W W Henritze joins First National Bank. Herbert P Meadows returns to Clifton Forge after Welch visit with sister Mrs L L Drewery. Mr and Mrs M J Franklin and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Werness
Henretta Lundy
Oak Hill
Werness
BP. A. Earry
John King
Pearisburg
Stevens Clinic
Ashland
J. W. Price
Washington
L. C. Cook
Francis
Columbus
Ohio
Lillian Opie Cook
Ohio State University
W. W. Henritze
First National Bank
Herbert P. Meadows
Clifton Forge
Welch
L. L. Drewery
M. J. Franklin
British dispatch troops and warships brave frontier tension
Bombay reports optimism grows as war office sends troops and destroyers to India amid Peshawar crisis. Afghan tribes swarm near Khyber Pass after heavy bombardments. Poona officials warn of Afridi buildup while London confirms naval and infantry reinforcements. A Lyallpur Youth League meeting bombed. V J Patel kin among nine jailed for six months after raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
India
War Office
Peshawar
Mahatma Gandhi
Yerada
Poona
Khyber Pass
London
Lincolnshire Regiment
Lyallpur
Youth League
Congress
V. J. Patel
Assembly
Mukund Lalaviya
Pandit Lalaviya
Congress House
Power Reorganization Approved by House
The House passed the Senate bill to reorganize the federal power commission replacing three cabinet members with an independent five member body. The vote was 201 to 17 and returns to the Senate for consideration of amendments, including expanding the commission to five members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Hoover
House
Senate
Congress
Local Folk News Notes Trips and Weddings
Mrs. Clayton Lilly and Mrs. Clyde Payne depart for Harrisburg Virginia to attend the June 21 wedding of their sister Miss Betty Kemper. J. F. Strother returns from Ripplemead Virginia after a weekend at his country home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clayton Lilly
Clyde Payne
Harrisonburg
Betty Kemper
J. F. Strother
Ripplemead
Widow of Stresemann to Lecture on Peace at Columbia
The widow of Foreign Minister Gustave Stresemann will bring a world peace message to the United States this year. She is to lecture on international relations at Columbia University in New York. A commission of wartime and interior secretaries could not devote sufficient time to its power duties, and the president’s views were supported by ex-officio members in testimony before Senate and House committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gustave Stresemann
Germany
Columbia University
New York
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Power Commission
Senate
House
Huntington Realtor Fires Shot in Brain
Huntington June 9 Two hours after he shot himself in the head with a small caliber rifle William G Holswade 47 Huntington businessman died in a local hospital. He was found by the building janitor and transported to the hospital where Dr L T Vinson said Holswade evidently took his own life. He was president of Holswade Land company and treasurer of Securities Finance company. A cousin said he had been in ill health and recently operated on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
William G. Holswade
L. T. Vinson
Holswade
Vinson
Spencer
Holswade Land Company
Securities Finance Company
J. Fred Holswade
Dean Kidd to be honored in final tribute in West Virginia
Glenville will pay final tribute to Robert F. Kidd 77 longtime legislator who died of paralysis. Twenty lawmakers will attend his funeral at his home and accompany the body to Linn Cemetery for burial with Masonic rites. Governor Conley called Kidd dean of the legislature and noted his long service from 1887 and again in the senate except 1915 to 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Franklin Kidd
Glenville
W. Va
House of Delegates
Kidd
Linn
J. F. Baxter
Glenville Presbyterian
Conley
House
Senate
Autumn color for spring in New York frocks
Autumn shades are spring favorites in flowered chiffon evening and dinner frocks. Filmy chiffons of lemon and tangerine are worn after sundown with short jackets of brown chiffon velvet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
TWO NO-HIT GAMES ARE HURLED IN MORGANTOWN
In Morgantown West Virginia Gerald Hunt for Montgomery Ward pitched a no hit game as Westover lost 7 to 1 in an American Legion junior league contest The lone Westover tally came on a walk a hit batsman and an error It marked the third no hit game in Legion play this season Marvin Thalman then pitched a no hit no run victory for Porter Jenkins over Flatts nine 21 to 0
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Gerald Hunt
Montgomery Ward
Westover
American Legion
Legion
Morganstown
Marvin Thalman
Porter Jenkins
Flatts
Also Mentioned on This Page
M'Kincey Lilly
BY Williams
Princeton Hospital
Alachua
Fla
Henry Baum
State University
Oscar Baum
Mercer Street
S. C. Dorden
Tom
Bob
South Bend
Ind
G. V. Bruce
Hale Avenue
Inez Johnson
Logan College
Russellville
Clarkson
West Point
Mike Stull
M. K. Stull
A. L. Hall
K. T. Hall
M. T. Hall
Elizabeth Brown
B. B. Brown
Hinton
Ethelyn Meador
Roanoke
R. L. Gilpin
Edith Rogers
Martha Swank
Reuben Birg
Sebring
Mla
Prineston
Montana
Thhey
L. W. King
Elizabeth Seltzer
Kevetone
R. B. King
Ora Seltzer
Yeates Winslow
Trwilliams
Thomas H Scott
C. R. Justice
Hobart Young and
Massey
Virginian
Thornhill
H. H. Lucas
Donald Rosser
J. O. Mangus
Rosser
Lake Shawner
Princeton Society
Forum Club
Cody Fletcher
W. R. Bailey
Bobby
George
Freeda
Harold
First Baptist Church
J. R. Vermillion
Walker Street
Clarabel Brown
Ira Mason Smith
Matthew French
Daughters of the American Revolution
Circle Drive
Wiley-Whittaker
Nannie Sue Whittaker
Ellsworth Wiley
Wiley
Harrison Street
G. W. Talbert
Woman's Missionary Society of the
J. H. Davidson
Bailey
H. D. Plummer
Washington Avenue
Hale Beauty Shoppe
Eugene
June McReynolds
Rexall
Rice Drug Co
Princeton, W. Va
Virginian RY
Norfolk
R. C. Rutherland
J.B. Walker
Freckles
BY Blosser
Wee
Henderson
L. J. Brindley
Welch Representative
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Charlie Gearheart
George Sutcliff
Helen Wichert
A. C. Lyons
Paul Mitchell
Hazel Daniel
Edward O'Toole
Lota Stewart
Keystone
Carl Raddins
D. B. Eddins
Kubber Pass
Huntington Realtor
Welch Floral Co
Welch, W. Va
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