Sunday Services and Mission Trip at John Stewart Memorial
John Stewart Memorial Methodist church holds Quarterly Meeting Day with Rev. E. D. Riddle preaching Sunday morning and evening. A large delegation leaves Monday at 9 a.m. by delay bus for Morristown College to attend a Christian Workers' School. Abbi Samuel Glasner of Athens, Georgia will lecture. The Rabbi appears for three sessions at 6:30 p.m. Sermon and a Children's Day program are scheduled.
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John Stewart Memorial Methodist
John Stewart Memorial Methodist Church
E. D. Riddle
Bluefield
John Stewart Church
Dlay
Morristown College
Christian Workers’ School
Morristown
Abbi Samuel Glasner
Athens
Georgia
Thornhill Leads Community Worship and Youth Forum
Minister Llewellyn T Thornhill conducts 9 30 Sunday school and 10 45 morning worship with baptismal rite. Sermon Our Unsullied Years. Chancel choir music. 6 30 Youth Forum Playing Clean. 7 30 Evening program hour hosted by Children’s. Midweek 5 30 Just Us club led by Elizabeth Graves. Friday 7 Chancel Choir social at Desmond Mitchell’s home.
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Llewellyn T. Thornhill
Chancel Choir
Elizabeth Graves
Chancel
Desmond Mitchell
46th Church Anniversary Program Readied
The Rev. S. R. Porter leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m with devotional service at 11 and sermon by Rev. W R Winters at 11 30. A 3 00 p m anniversary program features sermon by Rev. Preston Ervin directed by Mrs Blanch Ferguson with dinner to follow and community invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Porter
W. R. Winters
Preston Ervin
Blanch Ferguson
Holy Elder Wade Church Services Schedule
Pastor J. O. Wade leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. worship at 11 30 a.m. Youth meeting at 6 p.m. worship at 7 30 p.m. Choir rehearsal Monday night and Wednesday prayer meeting follow.
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HOLY
J. O. Wade
Scott Street Baptist Service Times and Preacher
The Sunday school opens at 9 45 with worship at 11 and 6 pm. Midweek service is Wednesday at 7 30 led by the Rev. L B Allen with music by the Young Peoples Choir.
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Scott Street Baptist
L. B. Allen
Young Peoples Choir
Mount Olive Baptist Vacation Bible School Programs
The Mount Olive Baptist Church led by Rev. H. W. Dews schedules Sunday school at 9 30 and an at 11 am a Vacation Bible School program will be presented. A 3 pm Children’s Day program follows. A missionary meeting is set for Monday night at the home of Mrs Anna Dabney on Hanover street.
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Mount Olive
Bluestone Baptist Service Schedule at Bramwell
The Bluestone Baptist Church in Bramwell West Virginia led by Rev R H McKay offers Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with no additional events listed.
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Bluestone Baptist
Bramwell
W. Va
R. H. McKay
Turner Chapel A.M.E. announces Sunday services and program
The Rev. G. W. Favors will lead Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 11 00 with the sermon The Hopes For The Future Generation. A local program follows at 3 00 featuring The Four Stars of Harmony.
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Turner Chapel
A.M
Mount Zion Baptist and Blake Chapel services schedule
Mount Zion Baptist presents Rev Alexander Gregory as pastor with Sunday school at 9 30 and 11 a m Thanksgiving services by FA A Y Masons Lodge 3 guest Rev T G Howard. B T meeting 5 p m worship 6 p m midweek service 5 30 Wednesday Blake Chapel A M E Zion with Rev Geo W Maize pastor church school 9 45 a m divine worship 11 a m sermon 3 p m special service 7 p m program by Logan Bendy Rev States Gundry to preach each night next week.
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Mount Zion Baptist
Alexander Gregory
Lodge 3
Fa.a.y Masons
T. G. Howard
B. T
Founders Day program at Soata Phi Lambda sorority
The Rev A L Polk will speak on Ideals of Human Fellowship at the first annual Founders Day program of Beta Eta and Delta Kappa chapters. Delta Kappa Trio to perform music. Sunday schedule includes 9 30 am Sunday school 11 am worship 7 pm service and 5 pm youth fellowship. Midweek services on Wednesday. North Side United Holy Church led by Elder J H Easley with 9 30 am Sunday school 11 am and 6 pm worship 5 pm youth meeting 3 pm children’s day program and Bible class Tuesday night and prayer Friday night.
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A. L. Polk
Beta Eta
Delta Kappa
Soata Phi Lamba Sorority
Delta Kappa Trio
North Side United Holy Elder
J. H. Easley
East Graham Christian Church Schedule Bluefield
The Rev R B Philips pastor of East Graham Christian Church Bluefield Virginia lists Sunday school at 9 30 am worship at 11 am a youth program at 3 pm and evening worship at 7 30 pm with services on Wednesday at an unspecified time.
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East Graham Christian Bluefield
Philips
Union Baptist Weekly Services and Events
The Rev. Ora Brown leads Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 11 00 with guest speaker the Rev. M R White and music by the junior choir. Evening service at 730. Club Two meets Monday night at Miss Bell Browns home on Jones street. Midweek services noted.
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Union Baptist
Ora Brown
M. R. White
Club
Miss Bell Brown
Jones Street
Alexander Methodist Church Tip Top Va Sunday
The Rev. Clarence W. Tiffany serves as minister at Alexander Methodist Church Tip Top Virginia with services planned for Sunday.
Sunday School and Musical Programs at Local Chapels
A church program schedule lists a 10 a.m. Methodist Student Day event with Ann Harmon and Eveleyon Anderson in charge. At 4 p.m. Bossevan Virginia Baptist church groups sing. Sunday school is at Harmon’s Chapel at 2 p.m. and church services at Dom Mm.
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Ann Harmon
Eveleyon Anderson
Bossevain. Va
Harmon’s Chapel
Mount Zion Pentecostal Service Times
W. B. Murcell is pastor. Sunday school at 11 am. Worship at 1 pm and 7 30 pm. Prayer meeting at 7 30 pm Wednesday.
Rev W A Pittard to Lead Revival in McComas
In McComas West Virginia the Rev W A Pittard pastor invites revival starting Monday at 6 pm with Rev E M Monroe preaching. Sunday school runs at 9 30 and choir rehearsals occur Monday and Thursday evenings.
Methodist Student Day Program At Bluefield Church
The Rev. L. P. Whitten leads Bluefield Va church services with Sunday school at 9 45 and worship at 11 am Prof Allen B Connoly guest speaker and Methodist Student Day observed Students of the church render the program with Charlie Adams in charge Midweek services are scheduled for Wednesday.
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Bluefield
L. P. Whitten
Allen B. Connoly
Charlie Adams
Jones Street Christian Church Weekly Services
Elder N J Dickerson presides with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and an 11 a.m. special education day service led by Dr J Lee Irvin of Bluefield State College as guest speaker. Miss Leola Thompson Cleo Dickerson Dorothy Brogdon Robert Morrison Jr Mary Alice Dodd appear on the program. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p.m. Junior Choir provides morning music and the pastor speaks at evening services with the senior choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Street Christian
N. J. Dickerson
J. Lee Irvin
Bluefield State College
Leola Thompson
Cleo Dickerson
Dorothy Brogdon
Robert Morrison, Jr
Mary Alice Dodd
Christian Endeavor
Reece Qualifies For Tennessee Primary
Republican national chairman B. Carroll Reece has qualified as a candidate for both governor and U S senator in the August 5 primary. State chairman Guy L. Smith announced from Johnson City Tenn he is a resident of Tennessee's first congressional district for 24 years and now chairs the Republican committee. The Knoxville Journal said Reece told it by long distance telephone that he was qualified without his knowledge.
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Knoxville
Tenn
B. Carroll Reece
United States
Guy L. Smith
Tooeeee
Johnson City
Tennessee
Republican Committee
Knoxville Journal
Smith
Reece
Korea Name Origins Among Early Western and Oriental Terms
The text notes that Europeans referred to the northeastern Asia country as Korea, while Orientals used the name Chesyon. It contrasts European and local naming for the region.
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Korea
Asia
Lawson Named Lions Club Head in Princeton
Joseph Lawson was elected president of the Princeton Lions club on Thursday night succeeding Dayton Neal. Other officers include Ernest Richard and Stuart Fanning as first and second vice presidents, G. H. Ralston as treasurer, E. M. Halstead as secretary, with C. Ketron, L. C. Porter and C. M. Ellis as directors, C. L. Blevins Jr as tail twister, and George Huffman as Lion Tamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Lawson
Princeton Lions Club
Dayton Neal
Ernest Richard
Stuart Fanning
J. E. Wooten
G. H. Ralston
E. M. Halstead
Charles Ketron
L. C. Porter
C. M. Ellis
C. L. Blevins, Jr
George Huffman
Princeton Society Young Girls Circle Hosts June Pot Luck
The Young Girls circle of First Methodist church held a pot luck dinner for the June meeting with Miss Beryl Crockett presiding and Miss Ora Redman hosting a dessert bridge at her Park avenue home. Plans were made for a Pinnacle Rock picnic in July and committees named. Mrs. Helen Forbes of Follawsbee will attend a 6 15 banquet at the church by the Pythian Sisters, grand chief of West Virginia.
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First Methodist Church
Beryl] Crockett
Geraldine Cline
Patty Bates
Pinnacle Rock
Helen Forbes
Follawsbee
Pythian Sisters
Forbes
West Virginia
Helen Wike
North Walker Street
Bride-Elect Honored at Kitchen Shower
Mrs. Thomas M. Jones and Mrs. Randolph L. Jones hosted a kitchen shower for Miss Wanda Shelton bride-elect of Charles Bradley at 1107 Mercer Street. Guests—Ruby Lambdin Sybil Kessee Joyce Pendleton Louise Gentry Janet Caffee—attended with place cards on miniature rolling pins. High score went to Mrs Andy Clark. low to Mrs Jack Bailey. bingo prize to Mrs Bill Lawrence. honoree received many gifts.
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Thomas M. Jones
Randolph L. Jones
Mercer Street
Wanda Shelton
Charles Bradley
Ruby Lambdin
Sybil Kessee
Joyce Pendleton
Louise Gentry
Janet Caffee
Bluefield
Princeton Area Personal News Roundup
Mrs. Eugene Shuff and children Stevie and Gene Jr. visit John Shuff on Thornton Avenue. Owen and James Griffith visit parents in Princeton from Morgantown and Miami Beach. Mrs. A B Brammer returns to Christiansburg Virginia with Ora Redman for weekend. Mrs. Richard Ridle and Tony head to Akron after a month with the Callaway family on Hucke r Avenue. Mrs. W O Sowers in Memorial Hospital with pneumonia pleurisy showing improvement. Everette Buster leaves for Oak Ridge Tennessee after visiting L D Roe family. Gertrude Griffith returns home on Christie Avenue after months with I B Johnston of New Smyrna Beach Florida. The Johnstons were former Princeton residents.
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Eugene Shuff
Stevie and
Gene, Jr
Narrows
John Shuff
Thornton Avenue
Owen Griffith
Morgantown
James Griffith
Miami Beach
Fla
Riley Griffith
A. B. Brammer
G. L. Redmon
Park Avenue
Christiansburg
Ora Redman
Richard Ridle
Tony
Akron
Everette Buster
Oakridge
Tenn
Rotarians Hear Talk On Farm Statistics
R. E. Harbert county agent quoted 1940 and 1945 county farm census figures to show a decline in farming activity. The talk covered 3,193 farms in 1940 and 3,092 in 1945 with an average size of 59.4 acres and discussed marketing by the farm bureau and the need to promote local markets for county produce. Visitors Ira Bradley Charlton and Clyde Cheyney attended. a meeting on a local province market was announced for next Tuesday night.
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R. E. Harbert
Rotary Club
Farm Bureau
West Virginia
Memorial Building
A. V. Kozak
Penn State University
Ira Bradley
Charleston
Clyde Cheyney
Bluefield
Princeton Churches Detail Kee Street Methodist
The Rev Z F Mayberry pastor. Church school at 9:45 a m with E K Anderson superintendent. Morning worship at 11 a m. Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p m. Evening worship at 7:30 p m. Midweek service Wednesday 7:30 p m. Preaching at Pisgah Sunday at 10 a m.
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Z. F. Mayberry
Church Morning and Evening Services With Special Music
The Rev Denver J Davis pastor leads Sunday school at 945 and morning worship at 1100 with the sermon The Church Faces a New World The Youth choir directed by Murray Cornelius sings Praise Ye the Lord Stalts Mrs Grace West is organist Evening worship at 730 features the pastors sermon My Garden and a violin solo by Murray Cornelius The Adult choir performs Holy Holy Holy by Dykes.
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Denver J. Davis
H. J. Crute
Murray Cornelius
Grace West
Open Windows Service to Feature Scarborough Address
The Rev L D Roe leads Sunday morning with Dr W J Scarborough headlining the 11 o'clock service at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon. The senior choir performs They That Trust in the Lord with Joyce Pendleton and others. organist W S Herring. Youth Vespers at 5:30, Larry Helm speaker, theme An Evening With God. Picnic at Mrs P I Lilly's home on Walker Street follows. Intermediate Fellowship at 7:15. Evening worship at 8 with subject Open Windows and Vesper choir singing Praise Ye the Father.
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L. D. Roe
Early Robertson
W. J. Scarborough
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Adams
Joyce Pendleton
C. E. Jones
P. B. Bowling
W. S. Herring
Larry Helm
God
P. I. Lilly
North Walker Street
Ye the
Father
Gounod
Highland Avenue Church Service Schedule
The Rev R E Tabor leads Sunday school at 1000 o clock with Miss Bessie Simpkins as superintendent Morning worship is at 11 with note burning of the church mortgage. Young People's service at 7 with guest speaker Virgil Shields Evening service at 7 30 public invited.
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Highland Avenue
R. E. Tabor
Bessie Simpkins
Virgil Shields
Church Services Planned by Everett K Brown
Everett K Brown pastor leads Sunday school at 9 45 with M A Woodrum as superintendent Morning worship at 11 features a sermon What It Means To Be A Christian Today The Pioneers meet at 430 Young People at 630 Evening service at Melrose chapel at 8 All are warmly invited to attend
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Everett K. Brown
M. A. Woodrum
Melrose Chapel
Mary Burke Memorial Baptist Church Service Schedule
The Mary Burke Memorial Baptist Church at 501 Thorn Street led by Pastor Rev. Clayton D. Sweet offers Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. with Noel Shrewsbury as superintendent. Morning worship at 11:00 a.m. features Dr. Edward Stubblefield and a Gideon Bible Society member. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. includes a sermon by the pastor on The Danger Of Getting Over It. Choir practice Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. and church fellowship at 7:45 p.m.
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Thorn Street
Clayton D. Sweet
Noel Shrewsbury
Edward Stubblefield
Gideon Bible Society
Straley Mercer Bus To Resume Service On Mercer Street
Straley Mercer bus service is to resume about June 20 after Second street opens at the Mercer Straley avenue intersection. Emmett Bush of the Public Service Commission, Tri City Traction officials, and property owner representative W Broughton Johnston announced the plan following a conference. Routing over the Mercer crossover to the Straley avenue bridge is temporary due to blockages on First street and Second street, with detours via the old Princeton Athens road due to a large hole in the old bridge.
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Mercer Street
Fifth Street
Straley
Second Street
Straley Avenue
Emmett Bush
Motor Carriers’ Division
Public Service Commission
Tri-City Traction Company
W. Broughton Johnston
Mercer
Virginian Railway Station
Straley Avenue Bridge
First Street
Princeton-Athens
Suits Filed in Circuit and Chancery Court
Rosa Blackwell sues B F Coakley for trespass on the case seeking 2500 dollars in damages in circuit court. James William Bogle sues Bogle for divorce against Alice Bogle in chancery with July rules.
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Rosa Blackwell
B. F. Coakley
James William Bogle
Biddy
Alice Bogle
Mercer Theatre Presents You Were Meant for Me Musical
Closing night at the Mercer Theatre features Dan Dailey and Jeanne Crain in You Were Meant for Me. Dailey stars as a band leader of the late twenties guiding a troupe through 1929 song hits.
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Mercer Theatre
Dan Dailey
Jeanne Crain
Dailey
Pioneer Justice at the Royal Theatre features Lash LaRue
Lashed as lead roles, Lash LaRue and Fuzzy St. John star in Pioneer Justice with Jennifer Holt at the Royal Theatre today. Charleston residents Charles McNutt III and Douglas McNutt visit Mr and Mrs C R McNutt on Honaker Avenue. Chianti wine from Florence area is sold in straw flask packaging. A small share of Israel's Jewish workers live on land. many work in cities.
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the Royal
Lash” LaRue
al “Fuzzy
St. John
Jennifer Holt
Royal Theatre Today
Charles McNutt III
Douglas McNutt
Charleston
C. R. McNutt
Honaker Avenue
Florence
Italy
Israel
For Sale Or Trade Car Lot In Lilly Grove Addition
For sale or trade a late model car with a 100 by 250 foot lot in Lilly Grove Addition. The lot includes a full size basement. Contact B. E. Shorter after 4 p m at 401 Prince Street Princeton.
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Lilly Grove
Prince St
Princeton
Property for sale near Pepsi Cola Plant in Princeton W V
A property with living quarters opposite the new Pepsi Cola Plant at Princeton West Virginia is offered for six thousand dollars cash or terms.
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Pepsi Cola
Prince
Most Auto Mishaps Occur In Good Weather
State Police figures show 670 of 1 152 accidents in daylight and 611 in clear weather in the first five months. Daylight and clear conditions drive the majority while 415 accidents happened at night and 356 in cloudy weather. Drivers aged 11 years or more dominate the sample with 863 of 1 190 reporting long tenure. others show varied ranges by years behind the wheel.
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Charleston
W. Va
Accident Prevention Bureau
Ben
Ex Georgia Governor Dies in Atlanta
Judge Hugh Mason Dorsey, 77, former two time Georgia governor and noted prosecutor in the Mary trial, died today at a local hospital in Atlanta. He served as governor from 1917 to 1919 and was widely known for the Leo M. Prank murder case.
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Atlanta
Hugh Mason Dorsey
Georgia
Mary
Leo M. Prank
For Sale New 5 Room Brick House on Corner Lot
For sale a new five room brick house on a corner lot with full basement gas furnace plastered walls oak floors and trim Venetian blinds and a large American made sink. Apply Oliver avenue Princeton, W. Va.
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Oliver Avenue
Princeton
W. A
Electric Hot Water Heater Good Condition
Used electric hot water heater in good condition for sale priced at 65 dollars. Contact via phone at 91 Princeton in West Virginia for details and pickup arrangements.
General Auto Stores Transitions From Western Auto Brand
General Auto Stores, formerly Western Auto Associate Store, announces a rebranding and store-wide changes. The move aims to refresh image, align with parent operations, and maintain auto parts and service offerings. Local customers can expect continuity in products and service during the transition.
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Western Auto Associate Store
New five room house for rent near Harrison Street
Five room house with bath hardwood floors built in sink cabinet gas furnace. Immediate occupancy. Located on Harrison street near Fourth. Call 492 L or see Angelo Montrose 521 Mercer St Prince ton W Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Street
Fourth
Angelo Montrose
Mercer St
Princeton
W. Va
Estate sale finds enamel range heatrola and Simmons day bed
White enamel cocl range heatrola and a Simmons day bed offered in A-1 condition. For details call 263 J.
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Simmons
Princeton
W. Va
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