Princeton District Legion Convention At Lake Shawnee
American Legion posts in West Virginia sixth district meet at Lake Shawnee on Sunday July 11 to elect a delegate and alternate to the national convention in New York City and assign department committee members. David D. Ashworth of Beckley is district commander. Delegates include W. Clark and others. alternates named. Memorial Day plans include flag use and a firing squad by next year.
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American Legion
Department of West Virginia
Lake Shawnee
New York City
David D. Ashworth
Beckley
Princeton Apert
W. Clark
E. Collins
Amos Blanchard
James Elmore
R. Kniffen
L. K. Brooks
E. W. Anderson
Ray Bailey
T. R. Grim
C. L. Shannon
Colored resident freed of assault and battery charges
Zemmie Grubb, colored, client of Jimmy Martin, was acquitted by Magistrate D. T. Carr after a hearing on assault and battery against Pauline Howard, colored. State witnesses said they believed he was playing. Pauline’s mother, Conette Howard, had filed the complaint.
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Zemmie Grubb
Jimmy Martin
D. T. Carr
Pauline Howard
Zemmie
Pauline
Conette Howard
Sandy
Judge Woods Addresses Kiwanis Luncheon on Joy of Living
Judge Hugh G. Woods spoke at the Kiwanis club weekly luncheon about the Joy of Living. He highlighted friendship appreciation of nature and being a good neighbor as keys to a more abundant life.
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Hugh G. Woods
Kiwanis Club
Joint Meeting of Forum and Delphian Clubs Opens With Local Recitals
The Forum and Dephian Literary clubs held their annual joint meeting Tuesday at the Memorial building with hosts Mrs. Laz enby and Mrs. Ritter. The program featured Miss Blanche DeLott and a pantomime by Forum members, plus readings by several members and a piano solo by Miss Mary Lee Te. About sixty attended, with social hour refreshments provided by the hostesses and assistants.
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Forum
Dephian Literary Clubs
Memorial Building
Edgar Lazenby
Guy Ritter
Delphian Club
E. W. Early
Blanche DeLott
DeLott Dancing School
DeLott
Jesse Smith
Cody Fletcher
Mesdames
H. C. Roney
George McConnel
A. Fudge
I. H. Fry
A. M. Robinson M
McClung
J. L. Hart
P. I. Lilly
W. J. Herring
W. R. Turner
Eilleen
Bridge Tournament Opens at Memorial Building With Nine Tables
The first meeting of the bridge tournament sponsored by Mrs. J. R. Rich was held Monday night at the Memorial building with nine tables in play. Honor guests were Misses Margeret Rich Caroline Rich Belissa Rich and Frances Sydnor. Scores were listed for North and South first Reed and
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J. R. Rich
Memorial Building
Margeret
Caroline
Belissa Rich
Frances Sydnor
Reed
Sydnor Rich Wedding Sees Clergy Arrivals in Pulaski
Rev. Charles William Sydnor Sr of Pulaski Va arrived Tuesday with Mrs. Sydnor for the Sydnor Rich wedding. They stay with Mr. and Mrs. Hartley Sanders on North Walker Street. The couple attended the ordination of their son Rev. Charles William Sydnor Jr by Bishop Gravatt in Charleston. Also present were Joses Mareveret Caroline Ann Bob Belissa Rich and Miss Frances Sydnor among guests at the Rich home for the wedding.
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Charles William Sydnor
Episcopal Church
Pulaski
Sydnor
Thie City
Joses Mareveret
Caroline
Ann
Bob
Belissa Rich
Frances Sydnor
Helen Johnson
Rich
Moot Ambush: Belcher Case Told in Daring Detective Feature
Corporal S C Ballard of the West Virginia State Police presents a full account of the Craft Belcher case in Daring Detective magazine with Walden Snell as interviewer. The piece details the slaying of Myrtle Taylor in Princeton on May 11 1935, with photographs and scenes from key locations and people. Belcher's trials result in a first verdict of hang and a second verdict of first degree murder with a life sentence by Judge John McGrath.
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S. C. Ballard
Princeton
West Virginia State Police
Craft Belcher
Walden Snell
Miss Taylor
Fred Holroyd
Honaker
Giotto
Belcher
John McGrath
Softball Loop Schedule Arranged Friday Meeting
City softball league organizers meet at the Salvation Army building Friday night at eight to finalize the schedule and eligible player lists. Teams have practiced this week and interest in growth grows as the league plans to start games next Monday with weekday evenings set, excluding weekends.
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Salvation Army
Sheriff Office Forces Delinquency Taxes Final Check
The office force of Sheriff G. H. Craker is making a final check of delinquent taxes and deputies will soon levy on delinquent personal property. All 1936 taxes are listed as delinquet at nine percent interest for cities, county and state. June 30 is the final day for payment.
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G. H. Craker
Princeton Personalities Guests Return From Circle Drive
Mrs W W Dawson and daughter Helen, guests of Mrs Ira Mason Smith and family on Circle Drive, left Wednesday for Richmond. C H Workman and Mr Glen Workman motored to Sesa Wednesday to spend a few days, then return home.
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W. W. Dawson
Helen
Ira Mason Smith
Circle Drive
Richmond
C. H. Workman
Glen Workman
John Meade's Woman at the Royal Theatre
A gripping love story of a ruthless financier who misreads love against nature's fury. Edward Arnold stars with Francine Larrimore, supported by George Bancroft Gail Patrick John Trent Sidney Blackmer and Jonathan Hale in a period drama about wealth, power, and romance on stage.
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John Meade
Edward Arnold
Francine Larrimore
Royal Theatre
George Bancroft
Gail Patrick
John Trent
Sidney Blackmer
Jonathan Hale
Church Circle Meetings Set For Week in City
Circle groups of First Church of Christ and Baptist Women meet this week. Circle No. 1 led by Mrs. J M Smith gathers Thursday at 8 with Mrs. J B Crozier on Highlands. Circle No. 2 led by Mrs. W R Turner meets at 8 with Mrs. Turner on Blake Avenue. Circle No. 3 led by Mrs L O Craft meets Friday at 8 with Mrs H K Martin on Circle No. 3. Circle No. 4 led by Mrs J C Ridenour meets with Mrs R L Dowdy on Wallace Street. Circle No. 5 led by Mrs T H Holt meets tonight at 7 30 with Mrs Willie Mae Carr on Straley Avenue. Womans Missionary Society circles meet today at 3 with various hosts on Highland, South Walker and Walker Streets. all members urged to bring gift boxes. Notre Dame in Paris to receive new stained glass windows.
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Circle
First Church of Christ
Circle No
J. M. Smith
J. B. Crozier
Highlands
W. R. Turner
Blake Avenue
L. O. Craft
H. K. Martin
Basil Lee
W. L. le Lovell
Baptist Circles
Womans’ Missionary Society
The
First Baptist Church
Hannah Southerland
Henry Clark
R. E. Thornton
Highland Avenue
Belle Hale
J. M. Bell
G. J. Wood
South Walker Street
Linkenhaker
G. T. Gentry
Walker Street
J. C. Ridenour
R. L. Dowdy
Wallace Street
Mary Pine
T. H. Holt
Willie Mae Carr
Straley Avenue
For Sale 1935 Ford Deluxe Sedan at Harvey's Garage
Blue 1935 Ford 4 door deluxe sedan with trunk radio heater and many extras. Car is described as near new and offered at a bargain. Contact E Harvey at Harvey's Garage Princeton West Virginia for details at once.
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E. Harvey
Care Harvey's
Princeton
W. Va
1934 Ford Sport Roadster Ad Offers Down Payment
Classified notice for a 1934 Ford Sport roadster with a down payment option and easy monthly payments. Seller invites contact via phone Mr. Childress in Princeton West Virginia or by mail at Box 626 Princeton WV.
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Mr. Childress
Princeton
W. Va
1935 Pontiac Coupe for sale with extras
1935 Pontiac coupe with 20 000 miles radio heater air horns and second set of new tires. Bargain sale option and 18 months balance to a reliable party. Phone 381 L Mr Mc Claughtery 605 Harrison Street Princeton West Virginia.
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McClaughtery
Harrison Street
Princeton
W. Va
Young Princet on Boy Leads Camp Governors Race
Seventeen year old Paul Cronin of Hollidays Cove was elected governor at the Boys State camp in Jackson's Mill West Virginia. He urged reform of the county unit school system and proposed cleaning up elections. Williams won the senate presidency after a deadlock with Horr, with a recount deciding Cronin’s ally Spelsburg as superintendent of state. Additional Princeton personals on page eleven.
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Jackson's Mill
W. Va
Une
Paul Cronin
Hollidays Cove
Boys’ State, Inc
Savas
American Legion
Senate
William L. Williams
Princeton
Jack Horr
Clarksburg
Williams
Horr
Cronin
Walter Spelsburg
Isburg
Mayor Witten to Name Third Civil Service Board Member
Mayor Witten plans to appoint the third member to the city civil service board. Dr. W L Hunter and Dr Ira M Smith have been named medical examiners for the SS police service board. Brown is expected to receive the appointment at the next council meeting.
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Witten
Civil Service Board
W. L. Hunter
Ira M. Smith
SS Police Civil Service Board
Hiceue
R. W Brown
Salvation Army Offers Piano Lessons For Underprivileged Children
The Salvation Army sponsors piano lessons for disadvantaged children and seeks beginner music books as donations. An Indiana coal miner named Tibbert Ferguson found a stone about one and a half inches in circumference.
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Salvation Army
the Salvation Oe
Sisaa
4 Gang
Mercer County schools invite coal bid information
Notice for bidders to obtain coal requirements details at the Mercer County Board of Education office in the Memorial Building on Friday June 11, 1937. L. C. Thornton exhibited the notice to potential suppliers.
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Mercer County
Mercer County Board of Education
Memorial Building
L. C. Thornton
Bees sweep Reds to take fifth place in doubleheader
Boston Bees beat Cincinnati 5-2 and 5-0 as Jim Turner and Lou Feite limited the Reds to six hits. Feite earned his seventh win in nine starts, while Berger hit his fifth homer in seven days. In Huntington, Welch defeated Huntington 3-0 as Bill Peisel fanned eleven in his second game for the Miners.
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Cincinnati
Singer Walker
Reds
Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Booster Bees
Mountain State
Welch
Bill Peisel
Miners
Kimmett
Bees
Weirh
Peissa
Gagain
Welch Caves
Peicel
Malatin
Roach
Lex Miner Killed in Fall at Mine near Lex
Lex miner Joe Christian, 42, was instantly killed Tuesday night when the mine top caved in at the state. A resident of Lex for about two years after leaving Lomax, he leaves a widow and three children Cleo Gilmas and Eugene, plus three sisters and a brother. Funeral services are Friday at 2 30 pm at Lomax cemetery with ministers James Short and Henry Thomas.
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Joe Christian
Lex
Christian
Lomax
Cleo
Gilmas
Eugene
Fannie Price
Princeton
Beulah Altizer
War
Clemmie Panley
Coalwood
Lawrence Christian
Bartley
Lomax Cemetery
James Short
Henry Thomas
Four Caretta residents acquitted of stealing chickens
Four Caretta residents Shafter Quesenberry Rachel Cox Mrs Mattie Quesenberry and Thurmond Belcher were acquitted Tuesday before Magistrate W R Khart on warrants from Mrs Pearl Quesenberry who is jailed for wounding her husband West Quesenberry at Bartley Saturday night Constable M M Day Jr made the arrests The defendants said they took the chickens from the Quesenberry home at Bartley because no one was at home to care for them West Quesenberry improving at Grace hospital after a chin bullet wound
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Caretta
Etraignes
W. R. Khart
M. M. Day, Jr
Pearl Quesenberry
West Quesenberry
Bartley
Shafter Quesenberry
Rachel Cox
Mattie Quesenberry
Thurmond Belcher
Quesenberry
Two People Hurt in Apparent Street Violence
An incident left two individuals wounded when one man fired a shot to the chest and another was struck in the right hip in what police described as a street confrontation. No further details were provided.
Man Arrested Here Taken to Kentucky for Murder Charge
Nathan Beavers, a miner near Yukon, was taken to Pikeville Kentucky on Wednesday to face a murder charge. He was arrested Tuesday by McDowell county officers at Yukon and said his bond had been forfeited. The shooting occurred near the West Virginia line at Vulcan several months ago. Beavers had been released on bond after a preliminary exam and awaited the next term of court. He was transported to Williamson by Constable Joe C. McCoy and W. E. Suiter.
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Nathan Beavers
Yukon
Pikeville
McDowell County
Beavers
West Virginia
Vulcan
Williamson
Joe C. McCoy
Avons
W. E. Suiter
Eilor
Boy Held After Boarding Freight Train Near Kimball
A 12 year old boy from Dearborn Michigan was picked up by Chief L K Cruise near Kimball after alighting from a freight train. He said he had been in Williamson where an older boy and his companion were arrested for hoboing. The lad was turned over to the Salvation Army in Welch after a brief stay at Williamson jail.
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Dearborn
Mich
L. K. Cruise
Kimball
John Plovacka
Williamson
Buddy
Ae Wee
Plovacka
Salvation Army
Welch
Welch Paragraphs Condition Unchanged
Warren A Wilson, a Welch resident, remains critically ill at Stevens clinic with little hope for recovery. Funeral services for James Blackwell, 50, of Asco, killed Monday at Meadowview Mines, are in Virginia with burial to follow. Mc Dowell 40 and 8 to meet at the Memorial building tonight. initiations to be completed. Juanita Jamison, 3, of Kimball, fractured her right forearm after a fall, treated at Stevens clinic and sent home.
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Welch
Stevens Clinic
Wilson
Virginia
Meadowview
James Blackwell
Asco
Juanita Jamison
Kimball
Mc Dowell County Board To Place Teachers Today
Mc Dowell County Board of Education will place teachers at a meeting today. Many teachers were named recently but not yet placed. completion is expected after next week’s meeting due to other important business. Also notes the sixtieth annual grand lodge convention.
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McDowell County
McDowell County Board of Education
Laurel Hunt and Game Club to Convene Friday Night
Laurel Hunt and Game Club will hold a meeting Friday at 7 30 in Carswell Safety Hall. Important matters are to be discussed and all members are urged to attend.
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Laurel Hunt and Game Club
Carswell Safety Hall
Local residents depart for trips and education
Mrs. T. R. Reed leaves for Washington to visit relatives. Miss Annie Laurie Wood and Miss Virginia Danner head to Durham to enroll in Duke university summer school. Miss Kate Handy returns to Welch after touring the west and Pacific islands. Mrs. Robert H. Miller and her son Bobby travel to Glendele, Virginia, due to the critical illness of Mrs Miller's uncle, M. A. Gentry.
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T. R. Reed
Washington, D. C
Annie Laurie Wood
Welch
Virginia Danner
Wilcoe
Durham
N. C
Duke University
Kate Handy
Norfolk and Western Railway
West
Pacific Islands
Yosemite Park
Grand Canyon
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Robert H. Miller
Bobby
Glendele
Buck Jordan Surges to Second in NL Batting Race
Buck Jordan of the Reds moved into second place in the National League batting race after going two for seven yesterday. His .385 season average leads Arky Vaughan of the Pirates by six points, Vaughan slipping to third with one hit in four at bats. Other leaders include Medwick of the Cardinals and Greenberg of the Tigers, with Gehrig and Bell also near the top.
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CUBS
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Luke Hamlin
Ralph Birkofer
Chicaro AB " Galan
Eereeteere Colilue Hull
Io Ou
Buipp
Manich
Phelps
Chervinky
Winsett
Lavageti
Eeenee Morgan
Chicago
Hack
Galan
Manoskhy
Harnett
Jureen
Darmee
Brack
Eingeh
Stripp
Herman
Jurges
Jack Stripp
Iinose Birkofer
Rkofer
Neh
Bryant
Birkofer
Keber
Ballanfa
Tim
Atte
Buck Jordan
Cincinnati Reds
Boston Bees
Arky Vaughan
Pirates
Finger
H Pet. Medwick
Cardinals
Jordan
Reds
Greenberg
Tigers
Bell
Browns
Gehrig
Yankees
A Vaughan
Leaders and Leaders in the League Totals
In the National League totals the Tigers and Red Box appear with scattered data and disrupted text. Names like Greenberg Foxx Medwicks and others are partially readable amid garbled OCR.
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Greenberg
Tigers
Marten
WMG
Relkirk
Vank
Rcsccccsenestes
Foxx
Uddeveven
Medwicks
Aerie
Seerecseseesse
Survivors Named Among Early Flight Campaigners
The article lists remaining survivors as Dorrit Wilkins Pegsy Falkner Mrs Andrew McNair Beryl Poc kett and Miss C M Park following prior reports of several pioneers among the country’s first flight campaigners.
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Dorrit Wilkins
Pegsy Falkner
Andrew McNair
Beryl. .Pockett
C. M. Park
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