Funeral service today for Evelyn A. Johnson in Princeton
Miss Evelyn Alice Johnson 22 died Tuesday after a long illness. She leaves parents W A Johnson of Princeton and a large family including five brothers and four sisters. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. today at the family home on Bee street conducted by Dr Perry J. Cook. Interment Narrows Cemetery Narrows Virginia. Pallbearers listed. Sunshine Girls Bible class to act as flower girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Alice Johnson
W. A. Johnson
Bee Street
Princeton
Narrows
Sadie Henderson
K. B. Williams
Edreth H
Byron L
Phyllis
B. T. Johnson
Cecil
New York
Rivers
Jersey City
H. K. Martin
H. L. Glenn
Sunshine Girls Bible Class
The
First Church of Christ
Statue of Greene toppled by June breeze in Stanton Park
A statue of General Nathaniel Greene in Stanton Park Washington fell from its pedestal after 51 years of weathering. The incident is described as not a serious accident, and the scene is noted as a lighthearted mishap rather than a tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Greene
Stanton Park
Washington
Enrollment at Concord college summer school tops six hundred
Enrollment at Concord college summer school reached 615 yesterday afternoon and may reach 650 as registrations continue. Registrar C. H. Archer announced that regular classes begin this morning and that room shortages arise from large groups taking required subjects. The record enrolment at the panel college summer school is clear evidence of demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord College
C. H. Archer
Panel College
County Court Handles Routine Matters in Session
County court was in session Tuesday handling labor bills and county expenditures. Bids on hardware for the new courthouse will be opened next Monday. The application of J W Brown of Bluefield for commission as notary public was affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Brown
Bluefield
Afl
Mrs Bradley hosts dinner for Roanoke guest
Mrs BEA Bradley delightfully entertained with a dinner Tuesday honoring her guest Mrs Hi Warren Moore of Roanoke Virginia. The invited guests included Mrs Fannie Hoke Mrs J T Elmore Mrs Dan Myers and children and Mrs Jack W Bell of Bluefield West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. A. Bradley
Hi. Warren Moore
Roanoke
Fannie Hoke
J. T. Elmore
Dan Myers
Jack W. Bell
Bluefield
W. Va
Marriage of Margaret Hewitt and James Shaffer
Mr and Mrs James Ma gruder Bell announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Hewitt to James Shaffer of Morgantown WV on Saturday afternoon June 7 at 4 o clock in Princeton. The bride is an outstanding figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Magruder Bell
Margaret Hewitt
James Shaffer
Morgantown
West Virginia
Princeton
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
The Williams family expresses gratitude for deeds of kindness and words of sympathy during the death of husband and father. They thank those who sent flowers furnished cars and provided beautiful music. Signed Mrs A R Williams and the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Williams
Concord gym addition lead by Princeton graduate cited
The article notes a Princeton high school class of ’29 graduate now at Concord College and West Virginia University who led construction on a new gym addition for Concord, holding a key position with the construction company. The couple will reside in Athens through summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Princeton High School
Concord College
Zroom
West Virginia University
Concord Gymnasium
Athens
G I A to B L EB Meets This Afternoon at Walker Hall
The G I A to B L EB will gather at 2 o'clock in Walker hall with all members urged to attend. Delegate Mrs H B Wells, fresh from the Cleveland Ohio convention, will report. The B Y P U juniors of First Baptist page meet at 2 to plan a picnic at leader Mrs P S Reaves home on North Walker Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. of
L. EB
Walker Hall
H. B. Wells
Cleveland
Ohio
First Baptist Church
P. S. Reaves
North
Walker Street
Young Woman's Association Meets at Mrs. Cormany's Home
The Y W A of First Baptist held a Monday night gathering at College Street home of Mrs. L. P. Cormany Jr with Miss Bertha Hale leading the program. Miss Fry Bessie Hale and Erma Riner discussed The Negro Problem and Miss Gertrude Campbell led the business session. Edith Witt sang a spiritual and Miss Fry was named delegate to the Y W A camp at Ridge Crest North Carolina starting next Monday. Refreshments were served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Association of the First Baptist Church
L. P. Cormany Jr
College Street
Bertha Hale
Alfreda Fry Bessie Hale
Erma Riner
Gertrude Campbell
Edith Witt
Cormany
Eugene Permanent at Hale Beauty Shoppe Special Price
The sale offers a Eugene permanent at Hale Beauty Shoppe for $9.00. June McReynolds presents the offer with the promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golda
Hale Bldg
Eugene Permanent
Hale Beauty Shoppe
Insects Damaging Plants and Trees
Insect spraying advised to curb rose chafer on grapes and fruit trees. Arsenate of lead mix recommended with molasses, heavy early application, and possible hand picking. Bordeaux mixture outlined for blight and insect diseases. instructions include blue stone and lime ratios and mixing steps. Additional notes cover calcium arsenate use on beans and arsenate for potato black rot, plus distribution of Circular No. 294 by county extension agents. Greenview W M S meeting and local crime note included.
Bailey files for Plymouth district school board nomination
John M. Bailey of Athens filed his declaration as a Republican candidate for president of the Plymouth district board of education in the circuit court clerk’s office. The will of Joseph C. Johnson was probated in Gardner with real estate left to his sons W. B. Johnson and J. B. Johnson and J. L. Johnson named as executor. The will was drawn February 28, 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Bailey
Athens
Plymouth District Board of Education
Circuit Court
Seoe
Joseph C. Johnson
Gardner
W. B. Johnson
J. B. Johnson
J. L. Johnson
Administrator Named in Amanda C. Callaway Estate
A fiduciary order in the county clerk's office appoints W. H. Callaway as administrator of Amanda C. Callaway's estate. A $1,000 bond is provided with T. M. Nash as surety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Callaway
Amanda C. Callaway
T. M. Nash
Princeton Personalities Return From Pleasant Vacation
Mr and Mrs W W Bohon and son Fred Mr and Mrs Billy Bohon and Mrs C B Chambers have returned home after a pleasant vacation trip to Columbus Ohio and Mount Vernon Miss Mary B Witten recipient of a B S degree at West Virginia University tours the state with the universitys summer botanical school pursuing a master degree in biology and botany She will not be home until late July Mr and Mrs W R Bailey and children Bobbie George Freeda and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bohon
Fred
Billy Bohon
C. B. Chambers
Columbus
Ohio
Mount Vernon
Mary B. Witten
West Virginia University
W. R. Bailey
Bobbie
George
Freeda
Thanks for kindness after husband illness and death
Mrs G R Kirk expresses gratitude to friends for kindness and sympathy during her husband’s illness and passing. She thanks those who sent flowers and provided car transport.
Roanoke residents visit relatives and neighbors
Harold of Roanoke spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs G W Bailey on the Princeton Athena road. Miss Sally Chestnutt a Fairfax Hall teacher visits her sister Mrs Conley Snidow at Lake Shawnee. G Haley of Harrison Street has been ill two weeks but is improved with Mr and Mrs E G Haley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Roanoke
G. W. Bailey
Princeton-Athena Road
Sally Chestnutt
Fairfax Hall
Conley Snidow
Lake Shawnee
G. Haley
Harrison Street
E. G. Haley
Ford Company Declares Dearborn Dry Town
In Dearborn Michigan June 10 Ford officials call the city perhaps the driest industrial community of its size noting two months earlier investigators found it moderately wet. Ford’s drive against blind pigs expands with Dearborn police cooperation as beer kitchens vanish from Ford housing shelters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
H. H. Bennett
Ford Service Division
Ford
Carl A. Brooks
Ford Company
Bennett
Small Boy's Foot Pinioned In Switch Incident
A railroad operator in Welch prevented a boy from serious injury when a derailment caught his foot near the Norfolk and Western Tug Tower. The operator quickly reversed the derail, freeing the foot and averting disaster. The report urges parents to keep children off tracks near interlocking switches and bridges where trains cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Norfolk and Western
Kate Handy
Miss Handy
Court Street
Frank Fennell Arrested on Possession Charge
Frank Fennell, a local figure known as a premier, was arrested on a possession charge affecting the city streets after a routine police stop. The incident drew attention from residents and officials alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fennell
Liquor Charge Leads to Road Work Sentence
Tuesday morning Chief of Police H. W. Sly was found with two gallons of liquor. He was arraigned before Police Judge T. W. Edwards, fined 150 dollars plus costs, and sentenced to thirty days on the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Sly
T. W. Edwards
Yukon Youth Crashes Motorcycle Injuring 18-year-old
Clarence Woody of Yukon, aged 18, was seriously injured Tuesday when the motorcycle he rode plunged. The incident occurred in Yukon and prompted immediate medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Clarence Woody
Motorcycle Crash Leaves Youth with Severe Injuries
A boy riding a motorcycle veered off a steep embankment during a curve. He reports losing control and sliding down the slope. He suffers multiple broken bones and a fractured skull.
Williamson Kiwanis Inter Club Meeting Attended
Several locals traveled to Williamson yesterday for the inter Kiwanis club meeting held there at 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. The Welch quartet including Jack Strike Robert L Wheeler W A Buchanan and Wired Bailey attended along with W R Keyser H T Hicks and W C Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
inter-Kiwanis Club
Welch Auartette
Jack Strike
Robert L. Wheeler
W. A. Buchanan
Wired Bailey
W. R. Keyser
H. T. Hicks
W. C. Williams
Senator Simmons Defeated for renomination by Bailey in N C primary
United States Senator F M Simmons, the Senate's oldest member by service from North Carolina, loses renomination to Josiah W Bailey in the Democratic primary after he bolted the national ticket in the last election and affected electoral votes for Hoover and Curtis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
North Carolina
F. M. Simmons
Josiah W. Bailey
Simmons
Hoover
Curtis
Mary Broomfield Hemphill Dies at 38 in Hemphill
Mrs. Mary Broomfield Hemphill aged 38 wife of Chris Broomfield an employee of Kingston Pocahontas Coal company died at her home Tuesday morning tuberculosis named as cause funeral to be held there this afternoon with interment at Hemp Hill Survivors include husband two sons and one daughter Several guests from Bluefield are visiting at the Leckie home and other locals head to Athens Louisville and Huntington for summer activities across the region Court and social notes follow with visits from Philadelphia and Battle Creek items from local residents and organizations
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Broomfield
Chris Broomfield
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
Hemphill
Peterstown
W. Va
Bernice Payne
Louisville
Mabel Slack
Kentucky
Girl Scout Leaders’ Training
Howard Moore
Huntington
W. A. Buchanan
Mary Louise Williams
Local residents depart for trips and visits across towns
O'Toole from Gary heads to White Sulphur Springs for a few days of golf. Mrs. Gail T. Dudgeon returns from Hinton after attending an American Legion auxiliary meeting. Joseph M. Crockett leaves for Hampden Sidney to address the Alumni Association. Martin Kellerman visits Huntington for several days on business.
Diver Reaches 800 Feet Beneath Sea Surface
William Beebe of the New York Zoological Society set a record by diving 800 feet in an oceano graphic steel ball with fused quartz windows off Hamilton Bermuda. The previous record was 325 feet and the craft carried oxygen and air absorption apparatus. Surface communication remained functional via cable and telephone. The expedition aims for a half mile depth using this apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
William Beebe
New York Zoological Society
Beebe
Fire damages Union Station at Toledo
Fire gutted Union Station at Knapp street Toledo causing an estimated 75 000 to 100 000 in damage. The ticket office waiting room and dispatchers offices on the second and third floors were destroyed while railroad workers and firemen saved most records. A temporary office was set up in baggage cars while train schedules mostly remained in use. Origin of the fire is undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Union
Knapp Street
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Haley
F. C. Haley
Bertha Turner
Garnet
War
Helen Smith
L. C. Manning
Princeton Avenue
L. G. Powell
Jane
Tams
Powell
A. H. Via
Stepan
Posibul
NEA Service
IRC
Marcel
Princeton, W. VA
Princeton Society
Harriet Woolfolk
Karnes-Marshall Everett Karnes
Gertrude Marshall
E. A. Rumbure
G. W. Talbert
Mrs. Bradley
U. D.C
United Daughters of the Confederacy
R. N. Vermillion
L. ©. Rogers
J. B. Sharpley
S. F. Clechon
F. 8
Tinder
Fannie Dulaney
H. H. Ball
Jefferson Davis
J. EB. B. Stewart
Anice Gott
Betty Jean Shumate
G. L A
L. F
B. Y. P. A. Juniors
Y. W. A. Meet
June McReynolds
Greenview W. M. S
Greenview
C. M. Hutchinson
Wrwo
Dick Mitchell
Lara Mitchell
Hudson
Black Oak Mountain
United States
Thomas H. Scott
Croydon
England
G. R. Kirk
ROYAL
Evelyn Brent
the Man Hunter
United States Lines
Camden
N. J
America
Leviathan
L. J. Brindley
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Kiwanis Williamson Club
Welch Society
Henry 8. White
Matewan
Margaret
Charles Rice Bourland
Stone
Miss White
Mr. Bourland
G. T. Dudgeon
State Department
American Legion Auxiliary
Hinton
Auxiliary
Kirk Heatwole
McCreary Hotel
Dudgeon
American Legion
Frank Yates
Legion
Mullene
Dorothy Yates
Fifth District
Mullenes
Steel
Mullens Auxiliary
Katherine Leckie
Herschel Eddins
Mia
Sam Harris
R. L. Williams
Gladys Counts
Genevieve Fitch
Frederick A. Fitch
Miss Leckie
J. T. Eddins
A. L. Leckie
Hazel Leckie
Mary Broomfield Hemphill
William Leckie
Edith Bennett
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