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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
7
Forty three Princeton merchants organized a series of thirteen appreciation days starting June 29. The event is sponsored by the merchants committee of the Princeton Chamber of Commerce. Final arrangements will be made at a Thursday meeting at the chamber office where supplies will be distributed.
Property owners and business men near Third street and Mercer received a bid of 1378 dollars to surface Third street between Mercer and Straley. City cooperation and fundraising planned to complete the job. Women of the Moose Princeton Chapter 355 will meet at the Moose home Friday night to plan a trip to Wythe Ville Virginia and urge all co workers to attend. Charlotte Lewis filed a 10000 dollar suit in circuit court yesterday against Sterling Grocery and Fred Harris for injuries from a motor collision in Indianapolis and E Morrison of North Tes and Charles R Minton of West Graham Virginia enlisted in the U S Navy through the Princeton recruiting sub station and were sent to Huntington navy station.
A promotional snippet urges checking blood health for anemia and suggests tonic use. It touts 888 Tonic as a remedy promising energized body, better sleep and appetite, claiming millions of bottles sold and easy availability at drug stores.
Robert Carr spoke before the Princeton Kiwanis Club yesterday covering the city’s present and future, including a proposed sewage disposal plant and the financial setup. Visitors from nearby clubs included J. S. Bobb and Judge F. M. Wagner of Bluefield, plus Lawrence Thorn, J. A. Gillenwater, Lance Murphy, C. W. Murphy, E. L. Phillips and Roland Bailey of Matoaka.
Princeton notices list visits and health updates. Mr. and Mrs. Christie Bell and their children from Holden West Virginia are visiting grandmother Mrs. M. W. Christie on Main Street. Mrs. Christie recently returned from Bowling Green Kentucky after six weeks with Dr. and Mrs. L. O. Toomey. Ernestine Nichols, twin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Nichols, is home with tonsillitis. Mrs. A. B. Cray is ill with laryngitis on Straley Avenue. Kyle McCormick, local editor, will enter Bluefield sanitarium today for an operation. B. Borinsky on Mercer Street accompanied his daughter Mrs. M. Sherman to Indianapolis then to Los Angeles with Sherman party planning to settle there. Mrs. Beatrice Selig and her two children visit her mother Mrs. B. Borinsky.
The Pythian Sisters plan a 6 30 practice for degree staff and officers tonight. A piano recital features Miss Vera Payne's class Friday evening June 11 at 8 o clock in the Memorial building. Public invited.
A nostalgic musical arrives at the Mercer for a three day run starring Dan Dailey as a twenty's band leader and Jeanne Crain as a small town girl. Oscar Levant is featured in the production at the venue.
The extension service and local groups plan a cooperative run farm produce market in Princeton. A meeting for interested farmers is set for next Tuesday night June 15 at 8 in the Memorial building to discuss reusing the former site on land owned by H. B. Pearis near city high school.
The Princeton Quota club selected delegates and alternates for the international convention in Atlantic City New Jersey June 27 30. Miss Geraldine Travisano president read the convention call from International President Marie Higgins inviting Quotarians from the US Canada Mexico and Australia to attend. Delegates include Miss Travisano and Mrs Lena Walthall with alternates Miss Ruth Keaton Lana Looney Louise Wells Mrs Una Saunders Mrs Rebecca Shumate and Mrs Lida Taliafero. Additional society items note Mary Owen circle meeting Mary Pine circle gathering and Delphian club talk by Rev Everett K Brown on religion in education and modern sects with a follow up social hour. Local pastors and hostesses named.
Advertisement from Amoco Service Station at 700 Mercer Street Princeton West Virginia seeking to buy a Chevrolet or Plymouth from 1940 to 1942. Call for a reasonable price.
For sale a new five room brick house on a corner lot with full size basement gas furnace plastered walls oak floors and trim Venetian blinds and garage American made sink. Apply Oliver avenue Princeton, West Virginia
Vehicle listing offers a 34 Plymouth coupe and a low mileage jeep at a bargain price. Also six street cars available. Contact 993W5 or apply 8. W. Harvey at Glenwood Road near Green Service Station, Princeton.
New York june 9 the stocks market opened strong then eased to gains as a 21 month high was reached with many issues climbing including U S Steel Republic Steel General Motors Westinghouse Union Carbide and Standard Oil while Bethlehem Steel fell. Trading totaled 1 870 000 shares with 651 advances and 251 declines and bond prices rose with 4 812 000 in volume.
Wholesale egg prices firm with receipts slightly lower than Tuesday. Eggs 36 348, New York spot quotations show whites and browns in the 54 to 63 cent range, butter at 940 062, steady with prices unchanged.
George O'Brien stars in a Gun Law western action drama at the Royal theatre today. A local note reminds parents snakes should not be taught fear to influence children’s attitudes toward animals.
Daily on air lineup for Thursday June 10 lists programs from 6:00 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. including Musical Roundup Early Bird Band Time Old Time Hymns News Wake Up and Live Hillbilly Hits Musical Clock News Organ Melodies Daily Devotions and more with featured acts Rex and Eleanor, Teddy Powell’s Orch, Tin Pan Alley, Wigglesworths, Marco programs, and a Sports Roundup segment concluding with WLOH Program Resume.
Ellisa Thomas reports on Leonard Sillman presenting New Faces Of 1948 as NBC summer series for Maxwell House Time while George Burns and Gracie Allen are away. Sillman will host from WHIS with a regular cast and occasional guests. Kraft Music Hall and Nelson Eddy are also featured with Dorothy Kirsten. The dense schedule lists programs across the day with NBC, MBS, and local segments, noting guest stars, times, and station lineup.
A detailed June broadcast grid lists daily programs across networks with times from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. Notable items include The Beulah Show, FBI In Peace and War, Crime Photographer, Dick Haymes Variety, Gabriel Heatter comments, and multiple dance and news blocks. The guide cites numerous hosts and program titles such as Lowell Thomas, Henry Morgan, Jack Carson, and Candid Microphone, reflecting a bustling radio era lineup.
Salable hogs 12,000 with total 16,000 and various weight ranges priced from 18.50 to 24.25. Sows slightly lower. Salable cattle 10,000 with new highs for steers at 38.00 and 37.25-37.50 for loads. choices up to 36.00 for 850 lb steers. most grain fed 33.75-37.00. cows 20.00-27.00. bulls 26.00. Salable calves 500. Salable sheep 2,000 with No. 1 and 2 pelts at 27.50-28.00 and lambs 27.00-31.00, with lighter lots around 11.50.
Five room house with bath hardwood floors built in sink cabinet gas furnace immediate occupancy Harrison street near Fourth call 452-L or see Angelo Montrose 521 Mercer St Princeton W Va includes estate items and appliances in listed condition contact details provided.
Richmond Virginia June 9 The state corporation commission ordered a hearing for July 8 on a petition by Virginia truckers for higher freight tariffs. The common carriers want changes in minimum charges a flat 10 cent per 100 pounds increase on shipments under 5000 pounds and a special charge for collecting on COD shipments.
Chicago grain markets firm in closing minutes with July corn gains near three cents. Cash grain shows mixed details across wheat oats and soybeans with No 1 yellow corn around 2.31 and oats around 1.20 to 1.21 in various grades.
One nearly new Webster public address amplifier with microphone and two speakers. Also a Knight mobile amplifier with two trumpet speakers and car top mounting, 6 volt DC or 110 volt AC. View at 903 Front Street Princeton West Virginia. Phone 907 L.
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