University club to host two renowned singers
Field creery 13 announced by William F Murray the club committee will present two American-born and American-trained singers who have appeared in Carnegie Hall. Alderson will introduce them at tiamo with final arrangements completed by telephone. The program will mix classical selections and American composers, featuring Sigmond likely in a popular and romantic vein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Creery
William F. Murray
Sigmond
Custodial Laborer Exams Open for Bluefield Post Office
The U S Civil Service announces an open competitive exam for a custodial laborer at the Bluefield post office with a $1700 annual salary. Applications must reach the Fourth U S Civil Service region in Winston-Salem NC by July 7 1947. no written test required. Obtain blanks from the Bluefield post office or the regional Secretary, Board of U S Civil Service Examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Bluefield
U. S. Civil Service Region
Nissen
Winston-Salem 3
North Carolina
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Bluefield Radio Highlights Maytime Composer Voices
Miss Speaks, a popular soprano from a musical family, will perform on WHIS Firestone Hour shaping Bluefield audiences with inner solos and encores including two pieces by her uncle Oleg Speaks Sylvia and Morning. Conrad Thibault, rising bari tone, joins with Danny Boy and Ol Men River selections. Reserved seating. tickets on sale soon.
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Romberge
Victor Herbert
Miss Speaks
National Broadcasting System
Bluefield
WHIS
Oleg
Sylvia
Conrad Thibault
Pokup
Lanny Ross
Kiwanis Hear Coal Industry Talk at West Virginia Hotel
Bluefield Kiwanis heard Jack H. Price of Cincinnati discuss coal as a vital natural resource and its history from 1730 to 1944. He noted research for gas turbine engines and the institute’s educational role, with Price attending the Virginia Coal Merchants association’s 11th annual meeting. Several visiting Kiwanians joined the luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Jack H. Price
Kiwanian
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bituminous Coal Institute
West Virginian Hotel
Price
de Pane
Coal Institute
Bluefield
Virginia Coal Merchants Association
E. R. Jewel
Roanoke
O. H. Logan
Bramwell
Elwood Creasy
Graham, Va
Bob Taylor
Virginia Beach
D. P. Edwards
Newport News
D. W. Mallory
Lucius T. Cary
Richmond, Va
R. A. Sheffey
Lee F. Anderson
Area Men Serve In Armed Forces
Three area men are serving in the armed forces. Pfc. Frank Markle of Maybeury is with the 21st Ordnance Motor Maintenance Company in Kyoto Japan. Lt. Wayne H. Cofer of Bluefield is with the 24th Infantry Division in Kumamoto Kyushu Japan. Midshipman Kyle C. McCormick of Princeton received an extracurricular certificate for Brigade Activities at the U S Naval Academy Annapolis and is active in multiple campus groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Prank Markle
Maybeury
21St Ordance Motor Maintenance Company
Headquarters 1 Corps
Kyoto
Japan
Ordnance
United States Academy
West Point
21St Ordnance Company
Wayne H. Cofer
College Avenue
Bluefield
24Th Infantry Division
Kumanoto
Kyushu
Army
Fort Thomas
United States Naval Academy Annapolis
Kyle C. McCormick
K. McCormick
North Walker Street
Princeton
the Log
N. A. Christian Association
Newman Club
Steam Proved Smoke Turns Out to Be Bathing Guest
Charleston firemen rushed to Holley hotel after a hotel guest mistook steam for smoke. A second alert reported a woman floating in the river from the C and O bridge, but she was merely cooling off in a bathing suit and had not jumped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Charleston Fire Department
Central Station
Holley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Two To Withdraw Recount Petition In Wheeling
Two defeated Wheeling city council incumbents Donald Dietrich and Joseph Gilligan said they will drop their recount petition. They cited the $20,000 cost and need for eight clerks over three weeks as the reason for abandoning the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Donald Dietrich
Joseph Gilligan
Frank Camilletti
Princeton Divorces Finalized in Fifteen Circuit Cases
Judge D. M. Easley entered fifteen divorce decrees in circuit court. Uncontested cases will be heard again today and tomorrow. Decrees include Juanita Higgins Bryant versus James Mitchell Ball and Kath ee n Evelyn Atkinson versus Jessee Wiley Atkinson among others with monthly support in several rulings. One case, James Blankenship versus Ruth Prince Blankenship, was dismissed. The court also under review the transfer to a commissioner in chancery for Maude Caudill Jones versus J. W. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Easley
Juanita Higgins Bryant
Jane Ball
James Mitchell Ball
Katheen Evelyn Atkinson
Jessee Wiley Atkinson
Oleeta Cooke
Chester Bee Cooke
Thomas Clements
Ruth May Clements
Nora Colvard
Jesse S. Colvard
Stacy W. Cecil
Beatrice Cecil
Lula FE
James Blankenship
Ruth Prince Blankenship
Maude Caudill Jones
J. W. Jones
Liddles Body to Be Brought Back to United States
Mr and Mrs W P Liddle of 404 Stowers street report the War Department will move their son William Porter Liddle Jr from Guadalcanal to the United States. They plan to inter him at Arlington National Cemetery if possible, with papers to be filed this week. The move may not begin until 1948. Liddle, a pharmacist’s mate third class in the Navy, earned the Silver Star posthumously as a destroyer escort ship USS Liddle was christened in his honor with Mrs Liddle as sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Liddle
Stowers Street
War Department
William Porter Liddle, Jr
Battle
Guadalcanal
United States
Young Liddle
Navy
Mrs Lydia Davidson Dies Of Heart Attack At 66
Mrs Lydia Davidson 66, wife of Joe H Davidson, died at home 406 Trent Street at 2 30 PM Monday from a heart attack after years of ill health. She was born in Philadelphia February 13 1881. Surviving are son Joe Davidson Jr Princeton son James Gregory from a former marriage in Princeton and two daughters Mrs Pete Berzonsky Washington DC and Mrs Oscar Adams Princeton. The body will lie at Freedling Seaver mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
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Lydia Davidson
Joe H. Davidson
Trent Street
Davidson
Philadelphia
Joe Davidson, Jr
Princeton
James Gregory
Pete Berzonsky
Washington
D. C
Oscar Adams
Frede‘ting -Seaver
Charge Of Shooting Horses Is Waived
Accused of shooting two neighbor’s horses owned by Cecil Farley faces $500 bond on each of two counts before Magistrate D T Carnie Lilly at Camp Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Farley
D.T. Carnie Lilly
Camp Creek
Pee
Lilly faces cruelty charge after alleged animal attack
A Camp Lilly incident reports Parley firing two shotgun shells after horses allegedly invaded a garden. Lilly is charged with cruelty to animals in connection with the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soelarina Syng
Parley
Lilly
Princeton Area Social and Church Gatherings Summary
Princeton residents hosted and visited family during weekend events. Mr and Mrs J D Rice and daughter secrentine dined with Mrs L H Davis in Wilho, while R Booker of Waynesboro visited daughter and sisters Eleanor Booker J W McNutt and Shirley on North Walker. Young People from First Methodist met in Coalwood for a District Youth Fellowship picnic and business session. Mrs Tinder Jr and two sons returned to Beckley after visiting Harringtons. C C Sarver and spouse returned home on Bluefield Ave after a Roanoke Washington trip, accompanied by Gore who visited Overstreet relatives in Winchester Va.
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J. D. Rice
Secrentine
L. H. Davis
Wilhow
R. Booker
Waynes
Eleanor Booker
J. W. McNutt
Shirley
North Walker
Coalwood
Winchester
C. F. Gore
Suit filed in circuit court over damages and property
Effie M. Brewer sues William I. Brewer in chancery seeking 25000 in damages. G. R. Walker and Bertha E. Walker file suit against the Norfolk Western Railway Co. Chester Morris stars in the mystery drama Blind Spot at the Royal theater with Constance Dowling Steven Geray Paul Burns and James Bell in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Chancery
Effie M. Brewer
William I. Brewer
G. R. Walker
Bertha E. Walker
Norfolk Western Railway Co
Chester Morris
Royal Theater Today
Constance Dowling
Steven Geray
Paul Burns
James Bell
Nora Prentiss at the Mercer with Sheridan and Smith
The Mercer theater presents Nora Prentiss starring Ann Sheridan as the club singer and Kent Smith as the physician. This mature melodrama follows a doctor and a nightclub singer whose tangled schemes lead to a fatal gas chamber ending.
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Mercer
Mercer Theater
Nora Prentiss
Ann Sheridan
Kent Smith
Quesenberry Estate Administrator Named
James H. Neff qualified as administrator of the estate of Marion Quesenberry and posted a $5,000 bond before the county court. J. L. Morgan E. B. Brewer and R. A. Yarbrough were named as appraisers of the estate. Applications of Prince E Thornton Princeton RFD 1 Betty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Neff
Marion Quesenberry
J. L. Morgan
E. B. Brewer
R. A. Yarbrough
Prince E. Thornton
Princeton
RFD
Betty
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Constipation Relief
Dr Edwards promotes Olive tablets as a mild remedy for constipation. The ad claims the tablets act on both upper and lower bowels to encourage natural movements and satisfaction, with prices 15¢ and 30¢ and directions to follow label.
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Dr. Edwards
Lake Shawnee Summer Camp Ad
Lake Shawnee Princeton West Virginia offers weekly camps for boys and girls aged 8 to 17. Activities include swimming boating hiking handicraft and sports. Cost is 25 dollars per week. Write for close literature C T Snidow Jr Lake nee Princeton WV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shawnee
Princeton
W. Va
C. T. Snidow, Jr
Lakenee
Notaries Approved for Jean Stennette and Samuel J Sublette Jr
Jean Stennette of Princeton and Samuel J Sublette Jr of Blue Field received approval for commissions as notaries of the public. The action formalizes their authority to administer oaths and attest documents in their respective jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Stennette
Princeton
Samuel J. Sublette, Jr
Bluefield
Princeton Society Luncheon Honors Mrs McNutt
Mrs E L Robertson hosted a three course luncheon for twelve at her Forest Street home. Guests admired a centerpiece featuring 28 flower species and enjoyed a guessing game on the varieties. Mrs McNutt, soon to move to Lynchburg, was complimented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. McNutt
Lynchburg
E. L. Robertson
Forest Street
Unclear Text Fragment About Hosting and Assistance
Fragment mentions a centerpiece and a hostel being assisted in moving hospitality by Mrs D Jackson. Details are incomplete and no clear event or full context is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Jackson
St Agnes Guild Meeting At Miss Kennedy’s Home
The St Agnes Guild of St Agnes Episcopal Church will meet tonight at 7:30 at the home of Miss Katherine Kennedy on College Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Agnes
Ohio Valley seeks PSC seat replacement for Gore
Wheeling June 9 The Ohio Valley board of trade asks Governor Meadows to appoint a local member to the public service commission to replace former Governor Howard M. Gore whose term expired May 31 Gore has served as a minority member since 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio Valley Board of Trade
Meadows
Public Service Commission
Howard M. Gore
PSC
Gore
Eight room house with 15 acres near Princeton
Eight room house on 15 acre parcel near Princeton with quick access by a hard road. Contact A. B. Shrewsbury at old Athens road Princeton or call 637 during daytime for proof and terms.
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Princeton
A. B. Shrewsbury
Old Athens Road
Athens Road
Mercer County
Camp Creek
Flat Top
Mercer Co
W. Va
Princeton-Hinton
Jock
W. Vaenwood
Old Pisgah Rd
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University Club
Margaret Speaks
Sono
Tony
Uncle Remus
Medane
Samrel Bashety
Dorey Dristell Crees
LEE Theatre
Virginia
Sonja Henie
John Payne
Sun Valley
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
Raymond Chandler
Brasher
Ray Whitley
Romeo” “Bacall To Arms
George Montgomery
Nancy Guild
Gal Guil
Montgomery
Riyama
Ami
Elliott Forbes
U. S S
IVY Corp
Monsclair
W.J
Granada
Monte Cristo
Louis Hayward
Barbara Britton
George Macready
DIAL
Bluefield West
Princeton News
Liddle
U. S
the Royal
Quesenberry Estate
Dr.Edwards
F. C. Goodall
M. D
F. Mosrie
North
Walker Street
College Heights
Middlesex Avenue
McDowell County
C. N. Kirby
Welch
Riverside Drive
Kirby Brothers
Main St
Courthouse
Princeton, W. Va
Tomchin Furniture CO
Tomchins
Mercer St. Et
Princeton Society
ST. Agnes Guild
Ohio Valley
Jimmy Gwinn
Mercer St
Thorn Street
ROYAL
Constance Prowling
Steven Gerry
College Street
P. O. Box
Bluefield, W. Va
Walker St
Esquire
Fifth Avenue
Stere
Esquire Secks
Princeton Bank & Trust Company
Lilly Land CO
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