Ward vs Brooks in Circuit Court over note and damages
Circuit court today hears W K Ward as administrator of T C Ward sue Marvin E Brooks and Geraldine Brooks for 900 dollars plus 229 50 interest on a note. Jurors report today with further cases set for Wednesday involving 6000 dollar damage claims by Joseph W Lawson Marguerite Lawson and Kathryn Thornton against Anderson and Anderson for blasting rock at the C F Gore residence on North Walker Street allegedly causing home damage.
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W. K. Ward
T. C. Ward
Marvin E
Geraldine Brooks
Joseph W
Marguerite Lawson
Kathryn D. Thornton
Clark M. Thornton
Anderson & Anderson
C. F. Gore
Walker Street
Princeton VFW and Church Activities Scheduled
Princeton VFW Post 2703 will meet at the Memorial Building Tuesday night to plan attendance at the state encampment in Bluefield. The First Methodist Church holds its first quarterly conference at 7 p.m. in Park Avenue Chapel with Dr. L H Burns presiding. A 29 year old man was arrested for drunkenness and peeping in Thorn Street alley and held for a police court hearing. The Girl Scout day camp at Princeton Park runs five days starting today with swimming on designated days if weather permits.
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VFW
Mercer
Memorial Building
Bluefield
Park Avenue
First Methodist Church
L. H. Burns
Thorn Street
Joe Thorn
Roy Martin
Princeton Park
J. R. Hickman
Appalachian
Death Of Schoolgirl Brings Murder Charge
Coventry England June 12 The ravished body of Evelyn Patricia Higgins 10 was found in a woodland grave. Police arrested Ernest C Harding 42 a bricklayer and father of two charged with her murder. The girl dated last Wednesday after leaving school. Two playmates saw her get into a car driven by a man near her home.
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Coventry
England
Evelyn Patricia Higgins
Ernest C. Harding
Higgins
Methodist Men Dinner Tuesday
The Methodist Men of the First Methodist Church will meet in Fellowship Hall for a 6 30 p m dinner Tuesday evening. Guest speaker John Saunders Bluefield District lay leader will install the year s officers. New officers are W H Montague president J H Edmonds first vice president Dr J O Bailes second vice president Oscar Adams third vice president Odell Huffman secretary R E Coleman treasurer Retiring officers are Brown Weatherford president E L Robertson first vice president John Robertson second vice president Roy Bird secretary Harold Lytton treasurer
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First Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
John Saunders
Bluefield
W. H. Montague
J. H. Edmonds
J. O. Bailes
Oscar Adams
Odell Huffman
R. E. Coleman
Brown Weatherford
E. L. Robertson
John Robertson
Roy Bird
Harold Lytton
Laurens Beauty Contest Called Off With No Entrants
The Laurens Junior Chamber of Commerce had planned a beauty contest to select a paper candidate for Miss America but the event was canceled due to no contestants.
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Laureens
Laurens Long
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Automatic Fog Lights Appear in Paris Test
Paris police tested and approved Maurice Pelladeau’s tricolor auto head lights claimed to give long range vision without dazzling oncoming cars. The device blends green blue and red to appear white to the driver while onlookers see colored beams but not glare.
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Paris
Nana
Maurice Pelladeau
Pelladeau
Versailles
the Republic
Nineteen Booked At Mercer County Jail Over Weekend
Nineteen persons were booked at Mercer County Jail Saturday and Sunday, eighteen by county and state officers. Princeton police booked one drunk amid twelve misdemeanor charges and five on Sunday. Two men faced felony charges. at 4 30 a m Sunday Trooper Harvey and Sheriff Hervey booked Hubert Buford Austin and Calvin Eugene Thompson on breaking and entering charges.
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Princeton
EF. N. Harvey
H. L. Hervey
Hubert Buford Austin
Harvey
Calvin Eugene ‘Thompson
Lions Tamed by Hunters Turn Photographers in Serengeti
In 1929 Os Kar Koenig recounts a shift from guns to cameras as Africa’s Serengeti plains host a pioneering sport taming lions for close up photographs. The piece notes early tamers like Baron Blixen and scenes of lions learning to stalk a car bound kill. Tomorrow: Lions with the Arab who play games.
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Serengeti
Africa
Eeet
Maneeeeeah
Sen Sen
Dew
New York
London
Paris
Kirida
Oto
V. C
Game Department
Baron Blixen
Blix
State Initiates Oak Wilt Control Program in West Virginia
Charleston June 12 WF Commissioner J B McLaughlin said an intensive oak wilt control program began in early June. Planes will spot diseased trees. others from highways observation points and visits to wooded areas. Previous years burned or treated logs. current plan rolls diseased trees and leaves them standing with cooperation from the Conservation Commission University division of Forestry and USDA.
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Charleston
J. B. McLaughlin
State Dept. of Agriculture
West Virginia
McLaughlin
West Virginia Conservation Commission
West Virginia University
Division of Forestry
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Princeton News
Ian D. Malcolm
Spaulding Elementary School
Newton
Mass
Circuit Court
Christian’s Pure Oil Station
N. Walker
Silvertone TV
Motorola
Virginia Hardware Co
Lower Mercer St
Athens Theatre
James A. Michenears
Torori Teer
Ree Cryan As
fRey
KO Frank Sinatra
Sterling Hayden
Man
Jordan
Amman
Arab League
Philco Electric
Philco
Virginia
Anita Drive
Oakvale Road
Mercer County
Hunter
By Oskar Koening
Koenig
New Age Hill Book Co
Chapter
Prince
Prince of Wales
I Seag
Goody's
Reed
Bide
Joneses
Jones
Glen Lyn
Mit
Electric Power Company
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