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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1934
Page
4
Princeton Salvation Army budget campaign closes soon with a goal of 1200 dollars in sight. Workers organized under Mrs L E Willyoung and Mrs W L Piper lead the tag day effort, continuing since June 5 to fund the first year budget for a Princeton outpost led by a Salvation Army lieutenant.
The sheriff's office announces that unpaid 1933 taxes will become delinquent after June 30 1934 and that strict legal steps may be used to collect them. Phil Johnson, chief deputy for Sheriff J C Fanning, cites tax reductions as a reason for the policy.
Funeral service for Lewis G. Hicks 78 prominent merchant and farmer of Littlesburg will be held at his home at 2 PM the Rev Collins of Bluefield and Rev Ellis officiating Interment Sandlick cemetery Pallbearers FE C Hedrick Charles Wells R C Lynch FP K Hager Wade Terry Opie Carr Flower bearers Mrs Ruby Clark Mrs Garnett Tiller Miss Ruby Lynch Miss Missouri Lester Mrs Ed Hedrick and Mrs Mattie Terry He was born in Mercer county active in local politics and civic life a farmer until five years ago when he started a mercantile business He leaves sons and daughters Mrs Rosie B Kelley A W Hicks Mrs Laura Taylor K T Hicks T Hicks of Littlesburg W B Hicks of Johnson City Tenn Mrs Sallie Wilburn and Mrs Stella Hutchinson of Bluefield one brother BE J Hicks of Littlesburg and one sister Mrs Sallie Shrader of Princeton
Road officials told FP VanCount and PD Casey that Mercer Healing Springs road would be improved if the Springs site is selected, signaling commitment to infrastructure tied to the health resort project.
Mrs. Maude Strongfort outlines a $250000 health institute plan at Mercer Healing Springs. The district road engineer L R Taylor says the road will be hard surfaced to first class condition once the elite is selected. The project hinges on support from the institute proposal and community impact.
Funeral service was held in Roanoke Virginia yesterday for W H Smith 61 formerly of Princeton he was a Spanish American War veteran with overseas service a Virginian railway dispatcher and resided on Hale Avenue in Princeton He moved to Victoria Virginia in March due to ill health He leaves a widow
One hundred ninety eight inmates are housed in Mercer County Jail. Ninety six are serving jail terms and seventy nine are held on felony charges. Twenty three await federal hearings in Bluefield and thirty one of the felons await transport to the state penitentiary to serve sentences while others await the July grand jury action opening July 2.
Circle Three of the First Methodist Church led by Mrs. Lawrence will meet this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the church and ride in cars to Mrs. A. A. Oney at Oney's Gap.
A local group lists city residents who attended the district convention of the Pythian Sisters in Bluefield including Mrs. George Lawrence Mrs. T A Johnson Mrs J C Fanning Mrs Co L Shannon Mrs Everett Keesee Mrs C L Bruce Mrs Frank Anderson Mrs Roy Burgess and Miss Julia Hetherington. A fourth drunkenness offense leads to sixty days in jail and a $50 fine for Paul Lester arraigned before Magistrate EB L Davidson at Matoaka. Constable J P McKinney transported him to jail.
Mayor M G Carper visits Bluefield on Thursday and many Princeton residents announce visits and family gatherings. The Federated Shop Crafts sponsor the Phantom Express at the Royal theater with a vaudeville variety show featuring Jeanie Oxford Otis Mote Jessie Lee and Ray Slacker.
Princeton junior baseball defeated Narrows junior 2 to 1 in a seven inning game played Thursday afternoon. Thorn pitched five innings and Gilliam two for Princeton. Earlier Glenwood beat local Roosters 8 to 4 Wednesday. Dr Stanley Hayes was re elected secretary treasurer of West Virginia Chiropractors Society at Parkersburg convention, with Wheeling hosting next year.
All county offices at the courthouse will be closed tomorrow in observance of West Virginia Day and the first anniversary of the National Recovery Administration, it was announced yesterday.
Water flooded the Mercer and Park avenue post office foundation with thousands of tables swept away. Fire crews pumped for seven and a half hours to dry the area and a bill will be filed with the post office department. The city council bought a used 1930 Hudson sedan for the police, after it had 20 000 miles on it, from Mrs. Floyd Lankford.
Mrs Blanche L Stewart appointed guardian for Jane Louise Betty Jane and Madeline Stewart in a fiduciary order filed in the county clerk office yesterday. Bond of 50 dollars posted with Joe Tomchin as surety.
Charles Archer of Athens a former Kiwanis district governor and registrar of Concord College will be the toastmaster at a chamber of commerce dinner honoring Carl Buckholtz president of the Virginian Railway Company on Tuesday evening June 26 at the Virginian hotel. Archer will give the welcome address and other Virginian Railway officials are to attend. The program is expected to be short.
John A. Johnson, recovery administrator, said the NRA is near finishing code making and will shift to administering more than 400 industrial compacts. He denied a report that all industry would be under 20 to 25 codes and urged a flexible, fair approach for small industries.
Radio program schedule listing performances by Arlene Jackson Babe Ruth Phil Harris and Orchestra Phil Baker Mario Cozzi NBC Symphony Kahn Orchestra Amos n Andy Stratosphere Flight talk and Ted Black and Orchestra with various time slots and repeat broadcasts.
In Defiance Ohio a secret eight member vigilante group assumes protective duties after five women and girls are wounded in two weeks. The mayor says Legion and Lions clubs may patrol during emergencies while residents keep indoors and doors locked. A dozen vagrants were detained then released. A shark-killing parasite similar to a prawn is reported off New South Wales shores.
Four Wycoff quadruplets remain strangers to their mother Mrs Larry Wycoff who has not seen them since birth Dr G H Swearingen delivered the babies and keeps them in an improvised electric incubator at his home The mother’s condition and other children keep her occupied while the infants show health improvement and vocal development
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