Council Recounts Votes On Zoning
The city council canvassed Princeton's municipal election results at a special meeting Monday night with a small change to unofficial returns. Ward 2 shifted from 59 to 9 votes against the zoning ordinance, totaling 219 against and 762 for the ordinance in four wards. Seven alderman candidates were named, including R. Beam, the present mayor, plus J. Crocker for four years and J. M. Tony Marshall for a two year term in Ward 2.
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Princeton
R. Beam
J. Crocker
J. M
Tony” Marshall
Court Grants Appeal In Ferranti Judgment
Ferranti won an appeal from a magistrate court judgment in a criminal case. Judge Ross granted the appeal regarding charges of selling and aiding sale of whiskey and non taxed whiskey. William Langford, under a breach of the peace sentence, was released from jail after fines and costs were paid on magistrate recommendation and by Langford’s wife.
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Prank Ferranti
W. Oris Barton
W. V. Ross
Yeste
Ferranti
Barton
William Langford
W. T. Jackson
Bluefield
Langford
Saltville Chamber Chooses Officers and June Fund Drive
Saltville Chamber of Commerce names Earl Horne president with E. E. Diges as first vice president, Charles Seufer as second vice president, and C. H. Boardwine as treasurer. A June membership drive will be led by W. J. Totten.
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Saltville
Earl Horne
Mercer County Wool Pool Sets All Time Record
The Mercer County Wool Pool at the Virginian Freight Station on June 13 pooled 19 813 pounds of wool from 126 farmers in Mercer and Summers counties, the largest total yet. About 19 145 pounds graded clear medium, 18 pounds half blood, 597 pounds rejects and 53 pounds tags. an advance payment of 8449 63 will be distributed soon through the West Virginia Wool Marketing Association. The wool was shipped to Boston for sale by the National Wool Marketing Corporation.
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Mercer County
Virginian
R. E. Harbert
Mercer
Summers County
West Virginia Wool Marketing Association
Ben Morgan
Agricultural Extension Service
W. Va. University
Boston
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Harbert
Fred Cheatwood
Hugh Sudduth
J. P. Sammons
R. B. Honaker
W. 8. Rogers
Fred Ball
Laurel Valley
E. F. Bratton
Calvin Belcher
James W. Bowling
National Wool Marketing Association
Princeton Area Personal News Taste of Winter Travel and Visits
Local residents report returns from Florida and Morganton North Carolina and visits by relatives from Syracuse San Diego and Fort Lauderdale. Plumbers Local 789 members plan WV Pipe Trades convention in Parkersburg. Mooseheart degree ceremony planned for Mrs. Treadway. Turtle bites driver. police report notes a Main Street incident in St Joseph Michigan.
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Irvin A. Downey
Hale Avenue
Robey Claywell
Morganton
N. C
Lavone Burton
Honaker Avenue
St. Louis
Webster Grove
Stanley A. Roberts
San Diego
Calif
Charles Richmond
Mike
Bonnie
Charleston
W. C. Jackson
Fifth Street
Mary Jane Jackson
R. M. Edwards
J. B. Evans
Ford
West Virginia
Princeton
Ruby Carson
Bluefield
Mooseheart m
Treadway
College of Regents
Women of the Moose
Mooseheart Church
Carson
Servic
Mercer County farmers ship Oakvale lambs to Swift Cleveland
Thirty one Mercer County and nearby farmers consigned 353 lambs and 14 old sheep in Oakvale's first cooperative shipment. The sale to Swift and Company Cleveland totaled 6480.69 dollars with prices ranging from 5 to 23.50 per cwt and blue and red grade lambs averaging 80.4 pounds for blue. Largest consignors included Honaker and Ball groupings with 34 and 19 head respectively. next shipment set for June 25.
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Mercer County
Oakvale
R. E. Harbert
Swift and Company
Cleveland
Ohio
R. B. Honaker
W. G
G. L
la K. Ball
Fred Bolin
As N Cole
C. C. Fletcher
GM. Bird
Loyd Caldwell
A. W. Craghead
W. H. Ball
Obediah Keaton
Dempsey Cheatwood
R. B. Cheatwood
Charlie Hazelwood
Infant sues for five thousand in circuit court
Bernard Foy an infant suing through his father Carl C Foy filed a suit for 5000 damages in circuit court yesterday against William V Dunford Jr Also a 1000 suit by Carl C Foy against Dunford appeared in court and an Episcopal Adults Club picnic scheduled for this evening was canceled by the organizers
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Princeton
Bernard Foy
Carl C. Foy
William V. Dunford Jr
Dunord
Junior Chamber of Commerce Swim Meet Postponed
The Sunday June 19 swimming meet sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce is postponed to July 10 due to weather. The delay also gives entrants more practice time and contest rules will be announced later. A jury verdict returned $950 to the plaintiff in the circuit court yesterday in the Ward estate case against Marvin E and Geraldine Brooks. The note claimed 900 principal plus 229.50 interest. A motion to set aside will be heard June 30.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
W. K. Ward
T. C. Ward
Marvin E
Geraldine
Brooks
Commie Strike Shuts Singapore Cabs and Buses
In Singapore a Communist backed general strike stalls 2000 taxi cabs and 13 bus lines. Police report threats used to force drivers off the job and thousands stranded as transport halts across the colony.
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Singapore
Yearning For Peaches Costs Local Residents Dear
The Federal State Market News reports first California peach crops selling for about 37 to 50 dollars per bushel, far above the usual 3.50 to 4.50 dollars from Georgia and the Carolinas. Louisville dealer Julius eo notes the 370 dollar price as the highest in memory.
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Federal
Pets Today
California
Georgia
Carolinas
Louisville
Yugoslavia and Soviet Bloc Rapprochement Debate
A Belgrade signed declaration signals closer ties between Yugoslavia and the Soviet bloc amid Western misgivings. Analysts note Tito remains pro Moscow while maintaining Western-oriented rhetoric, with implications for Cold War alignments and leftist opinion in Europe.
Silver Anniversary Tea at Elks Club features Holroyd Hays Gillie
Princeton Garden Club hosts a Friday Silver Anniversary Tea at the Elks Club on Market Street from 2 to 6 pm. Miss Ella Holroyd of Athens Mrs H C Hays Williamson and Mrs Percy Gillie Bluefield join as performers presenting the new song What a Beautiful State written for the Beckley state garden club event.
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Princeton Garden Club
Elks Club
Att Street
Ella Holroyd
H. C. Hays
Percy Gillie
Athens
Hays
Mrs. Gillie
Mrs. E First
Beckely
Percy
Winston W. Dickenson
Beckley
Petersburg General Hospital Calls For Resignation Of Authority
Petersburg General Hospital medical staff, signed by all but one of 40, urged the Petersburg City Hospital Authority to resign citing disregard for staff advice, unconsulted appointments, and policy decisions without doctor input. The signatories include Dr William Grossman and authority head Lewis M Walker.
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Petersburg
Medicalersburg General Hospital
Lewis M. Walker
Petersburg General
Garland R. Barksdale
E. Hutson Pitnus
Leroy Anderson
Max Jacobs
John C. Anderson
Lloyd Goulder
George H. Lewis Jr
Frank Ernst
William Grossman
Charity Furniture Sale and Church Recital Announced
The Ruth Byrd Circle of Kee Street Methodist Church sponsors a furniture sale at the Furniture Store with Mrs Clyde Christian as leader and Mrs W R Stephens and C C Christian Jr co hostesses. A Final Recital is planned Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the First Methodist Church with Vera Payne and class pupils performing. the public is invited.
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Ruth Byrd
Kee Street
Methodist Church
Clyde Christian
Presby Church
W. R. Stephens
C. C. Christian Jr
Howard Wolfe
Charles, Smith
E. B. Spangler Jr
Don Erfwin
First Methodist
Vera Payne
Carolyn Moye
Patty Goodall
Elaine Werner
Kay Tynes
Roberta Kniffen
Carolyn Morrison
Eleanor Riley
Georgia May Ferguson
Shirley Winfrey
Gail Bowling
Patti Booker
Linda Cooke
Rosanna Reaser
Suzanne Goodall
Rose Ann Ellis
Assessors Face New Tax Date for School Aid
Charleston June 14 Assessors have until August 1956 to raise assessments to 35 percent of non-utility property valuation under a 1955 state school aid law. An attorney general opinion says counties will receive full aid for 1956-57 if the 35 percent target is met in 1956, with timing in January or August deemed immaterial.
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Charleston
John M. Slack Jr
Kanawha
Asst. Atty
Fred H. Caplan
Caplan
May Oppose Adlai According To Polling
NEW YORK June 4 New Week magazine says today an overwhelming majority of U S senators think President Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson will again be presidential rivals in 1956. In the Senate the magazine found 73 members 39 Republicans and 34 Democrats who think Eisenhower will run for re election. Five Democrats and three Republicans think he wont. Seventy eight senators tagged Stevenson as the Democratic candidate. They were evenly 39 Republicans and 39 Democrats. Four Republicans and two Democrats didnt think Stevenson would be the candidate.
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New York
Newe Week
U. S
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
Stevenson
Sassafras Shipped From Carbondale To Sacramento
Real Sassafras from Carbondale trees shipped to W L Webb of Sacramento California upon his request for authentic tonic supply. He had previously bought sassafras in California stores but found it inferior in waste and taste. The Chamber of Commerce promptly dispatched the requested batch.
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Carbondale, Ill
W. L. Webb
Sacramento
Calif
California
Chamber of Commerce
Justice of the Peace entry for Lewis White June 19 1955
Mercer County West Virginia record shows Justice Peck states Lewis White owes amounts incurred and signed under hand on June 19 1955. The notice identifies Mercer County and a formal acknowledgment by a justice of the peace.
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West Virginia
Mercer
Lewis White Menaly
Lewis
For Sale 1949 Plymouth in good condition
Used car advertisement listing a 1949 Plymouth with good tires and a radio. Asking price 475 dollars. Contact Tony Mertiner at 2602 Princeton for details and terms.
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Plymouth
Tony Mertiner
Princeton
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