Legion Post Plans Summer Dance and Fourth of July Events
The Legion Post discusses a June 22 dance with Newman's Orchestra and a July 4 celebration in Princeton. A joint meeting with the Business Men committee in Dr J R Vermillion's office will finalize a program featuring a big parade ball games a community dinner and fireworks. Committee members include RK Meadows Dr Carl Smith W D Shuff and Clarence S Ball.
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Legion Post
Legion
C. H. Shepherd
Business Men's Committee
Legion Committee
J. R. Vermillion
Princeton
Legionnaires
Newman
Orchestra of
New York
RK. A. Meadows
Carl Smith
W. D. Shuff
Clarence
Princeton area churches announce Sunday services
A list of morning and evening worships across several denominations. Unified morning program at Princeton Churches with 9:45 Sunday school and 11 o'clock prayer service and sermon by Rev. Sims on Profits of Godliness. Additional Bible study, Endeavor groups, and evening services announced for Presbyterians Episcopalians Baptists Methodists. Parishioners invited.
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Christian
R. M. Sims
Royal Theatre
Christian Endeavor
Mr. Sims
Church Gospel Team
Presbyterian
L. W. Irwin
Douglass
Christain Endeavor
Episcopal
J. W. Hobson
William H. Wrighton
Bible School
J. W. Kincheloe
Methodist
S. B. Vaught
Epworth League
Ally Land Company Sells Five Thorn Street Lots
The SAlly Land Company announced the sale of five large attractive resident lots on Thorn Street offered for home sites or speculative purposes with appealing price and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Land Company
Thorn Street
Local Society Notes Open Weekend Visits and School Posts
Mr and Mrs B E Kimble and family depart for Morgantown where he will attend the university summer school. J Earle Bailey visits and stays to hear Rev J W Kincheloe. C R McNutt leaves for Charleston on business. Edward and Waldo Llewellyn return from Randolph Macon for summer vacation. Ola Meadows is home from Con Normal for the weekend. Mamie Housman visits Bluefield. Minnye Sue Barger goes to the University of West Virginia for summer school. Bettie Mullins of Duhling visits Princeton. Leva Didenour returns from Marshall College with her diploma. Margaret Buford visits the Cunninghams. D M Lambert returns from Round Bottom. Sheriff B B Hunt and daughter Blanche with relatives at Burke's Garden. George H Brown returns from business trip to Columbus Ohio.
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B. E. Kimble
Mamie Housman
Bluefield
Minnye Sue Barger
University of W. Va
Bettie Mullins
Duhling
Princeton
Leva Didenour
Marshall College
Huntington
Margaret Buford
Montvale
W. E. Cunningham
D. M. Lambert
Round Bottom
B. B. Hunt
Blanche
Clyde Hunt
Martin
Burke's Garden
Tazewell County
George H. Brown
Columbus
Ohio
James R. Laing
Covel Smokeless Coal Co
Virginia University
Morgantown
John T. Tobin
Pineville
K. McWhorter
Toma
Howard Kester
Beckley
Holt Kester
Washington
Lynchburg College
Princewick
Barney
Cincinnati
Lake Superior
Unusual program planned by B Y P U this evening
The Baptist Young People's Union invites the public to an 7 o'clock program led by group 4 captain Nadine Thomas. Topics discuss confession and salvation with musical numbers by H Fields Lindsey and Mr Johnson on the saxophone.
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The
Baptist Young People’s Union
Ublic
Nadine Thomas
Catain
H. Fields Lindsey
Johnson
City Council to Consider Cow Tying Ordinance at Special Meeting
Final action on an ordinance forcing owners of cows and other animals to keep them tied up overnight will be taken at a special city council meeting set for Thursday evening June 15. A majority of local cow owners have signed a petition in support, circulated by the council to gauge opinion.
Board Delays Heating Plan For New High School
Heating methods for the new Straley avenue high school were debated at yesterday’s board of education meeting. Representatives from installing firms attended but with president J E Wooldson absent, the final decision was postponed to Wednesday afternoon June 14.
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Straley Avenue
Board of Education
J. E. Woodson
Mines at Covel Run Day and Night
The Covel area mines operate day and night to fill orders as the population doubles in two weeks. Local officials announce a county road project to Herndon and a new Covel school will be built before fall term. Notable attendees include James R. Laing John Tobin and Howard Kester with college and company representatives visiting from Lynchburg Beckley Pocahontas and Beckley.
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Frank Cavis
Gadd
Elizabeth
Memorial Hospital
John Wickham
Cocey
Kent Wells
McWhorter
Jimmy Laing
Mullens
Om Jareray
le Fictiow
Covel
Herndon
L. Cook
Executive Board Meeting of D A R Matthew French Chapter
The Daughters of the American Revolution Matthew French chapter executive board plans a Monday 8:30 pm session to discuss a social event with a benefit feature. A June meeting was missed due to hostess illness, and this called meeting aims to address organization welfare with officer projections.
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Matthew French
Daughters of the American Revolution
County Home Demonstration Schedule For Next Week
Demonstration program by county home agent Miss Gertrude Qremphreys lists events next week. Four-H Club meetings set for Brush Fork Carr School and Prosperity School with 2 30 p m start times. Women's Club meetings noted at Athens and Prosperity venues with 1 30 p m and 3 p m starts respectively.
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Gertrude Qremphreys
Ag Foll Ows
Brush Fork
Carr
Ada
Athens
W. H. Caldwell
Prosperity School
Work Progressing on Mercantile Building Amid Brick Shortage
The American Mercantile building on Mercer Street advances slowly due to a shortage of brick layers. No idle masons remain locally, and distant workers have been brought in, signaling the county seat’s growth as summer approaches.
County Court To Meet In Regular Session Tomorrow
County court to convene in June regular term with likely full membership. Commissioners face extensive business, particularly district roads. The Tally Land Company offers lots on Thorn Street at about half the price of nearby sales.
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Tally Land Company
Thorn Street
Princeton Baseball Club Plans Big Season Return
Arrangements for renting the Mercer street field have been made with Jim Osborne, Princeton’s last season’s winning manager, at a price of $250 for the remainder of the season. An athletic association will back the team with a $2 initiation fee and sizable subscriptions. Subscriptions include H C Hadden Co 10, R N Vermillion 10, W J Elliott 10, Dr S T Bird 10, Dr J R Vermillion 10, John R Pendleton 5, The Hub 10, Princeton Hospital 10, and HoopLa proceeds of about 200 dollars.
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Baseball Grou
Mercer Street
Jim Osborne
Princeton
Oseborne
H. C. Hadden, and Co
R. N. Vermillion
W. J. Elliott
S. T. Bird
J. R. Vermillion
John R. Pendleton
the Hub
Princeton Hospital
Candidate announces for Seventh Senatorial District West Virginia
Multiple public notices announce candidacies for state and county offices in West Virginia. Hugh A. Dunn seeks Republican nomination for State Senate from Raleigh county. Mercer County figures P. Griffith and J. Byrne announce for County Court, House of Delegates, and other posts. Chas L. Lally and John B. Neal seek Republican nomination for state offices in Raleigh and Beckley areas.
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West Virginia
Raleigh County
State Senate
Hugh A. Dunn
PB. Griffith
Mercer County
Grirriti
House OF Delegates
Mercer
Weengigrntenn
Vetere
Maree
House of Delegates of
Martha KE. Harman
Sgpreeanes
Chas. L. Lally Beckley
Raleigh Co
W. Va
Count Resigns Before Elopement With Heiress
A count who previously worked as a motor car salesman resigned his post before eloping with an heiress. Telegraph Want Ads report the reshuffled social scandal and resulting public interest in the event.
Swarthmore Chautauqua junior section activity noted
Miss McCann, advance representative for the Swarthmore Chautauqua junior department, spoke after the play When Betsy Ross Made Old Glory. She outlined pre-Chautauqua prep, a parade and a baby carriage decoration pageant, as part of the forthcoming junior program during Chautauqua week. The Junior Chautauqua grows in importance for Princeton and other towns. The Lilly Land Company promotes Thorn Street lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McCann
Swarthmore Chautauqua
Betsy Ross
Princeton
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H. F. Lindsey
Mercer Tinning & Roofing CO
Princeton, W, VA
Weeble
Covel Run
Day and
Wight
Harry Hodge
D. G. Bradbury
Wiley Lusk
Jim Ramsey
Sue Laing
Miss Davis
Ripley W. Wells
Miss Laing
Jimmy
Bill Patterson
Sara
Athletic Association
Princeton News
Man En
John BB. Neal
Telegraph
New Grand Hotel
NEW Grand Hotel & Restaurant
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Swarthmore Advance
Lilly Land Company
CUT Rate Grocery Company
Opposite Baptist Church
Phéte
Jaeger
Dry Fork
Kenova
Bailey Building
R. H. Goode
Oak Hill
Montcalm
Ohio Valley
Lilly
Princeton, W. VA
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