Princeton Schools Plan $79,079 Maintenance and Repairs
Mercer County Board of Education proposes a 1963 summer maintenance and repair program totaling about $79,079. Major costs include Central Junior High at 7158, Mercer School 6191, Oakvale 4470, Beaver 4280, and Princeton High School 2600. Additional projects cover Ramsey 3550 and Princeton Junior High 3390 with extensive electrical work, painting, furnaces, ceilings, wiring, and new locks.
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Mercer County
Central Junior High
Mercer School
Oakvale
Beaver
Princeton
Ramsey
Princeton Junior High
Central
Genoa
Glenood Junior High
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Athens
Bluestone
Bluestone Annex
Bluewell
Bramwell High
Bramwell Elementary
Brushfork
Camp Creek
Deda
Cliff
Ceres
Crystal
Cumberland Heights
Dunbar
Dunnes
East End
Elgood
Fairview
Flat Top
Glenwood
Harry
Hancock
Jones
Kegley
Knob School
Lashmeet
Matoaka
Matoaka High
Merose
Montcalm High
Montcalm
Nemours
Park Central
Pinsacle
Preston
Commodity days at Memorial Building set for Mon Tue Wed
R L Ridenour the warehouse supervisor announced a new commodity distribution schedule at the Memorial Building. Distribution will run Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to accommodate Virginia Day on Thursday.
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Memorial Building
R. L. Ridenour
West Virginia
Princeton Bids Swim Meet and Centennial Events
Readable items include a Princeton pool upgrade and the four invitational Tri-State A A U swim meets with 320 out of town entries and 500 swimmers expected on August 2 and 3. Sponsorship by Greater Bluefield Jaycees and West Virginia Centennial actions accompany civic notices and local developments.
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Princeton Park
Gordon Dunham
Roanoke
Huntington
Charles Winstown
Fielddale Swim Club
Ateast
Greater Bluefield Jaycees
Martin L. Harman Jr
West Virginia Centennial Aquatics Committee
Watermelon thefts and local notices in Princeton area
A tractor with watermelons was stopped after three men in a car stole while heading toward Route 460 east of Princeton. They faced theft and tampering charges with fines of 10 dollars plus costs. Nine watermelons were recovered on the road and three in the car. Additional items include break ins, Jaycee convention travel through Princeton, a building permit request, library election talk, a government grant deadline, and local events with George King visiting Princeton for Rod Thornday events.
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Route 460
Princeton
James E. Belcher
Belcher
Intruder Steals Purses From Joseph Shaffer Home
An unknown intruder forced entry at Joseph Shaffer's residence Thursday night and stole two purses. The purses were later recovered with contents intact except for the money.
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Joseph Shaffer
Tax lists to be published show larger delinquent debts
Delinquent personal and real estate tax lists will be published soon. The sheriff's office prepared the lists and handed them to publishers. The records total 1 063 real estate items and 1 770 delinquent personal property accounts, larger than last year.
Phillips Earns Two Degrees From Southern Miss
Bubba Phillips of the Detroit Tigers holds two degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi one a Bachelor of Science and the other a Master of Arts.
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Bubba Phillips
Detroit Tigers
University of Southern Mississippi
Mrs Hadden Hosts Circle at Princeton Church Meeting
Mrs A A Hadden hosted Circle No 3 of the Princeton Presbyterian Church at her Athens home. V J Honaker chaired and R V Thompson opened with prayer and Bible study The King Claims His Kingdom Mrs Compton spoke on general fund agencies and future women’s work plans Honaker announced projects and a child from Davis Stuart Home to host for a week A pot luck lunch at 12 15 p m followed by Women of the Church meeting A July picnic is planned and a future site will be announced
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A. A. Hadden
Circle No. 3
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Athens
V. J. Honaker
R. V. Thompson
L. F. Compton
Teaching Staffs For Summer Are Selected
The Mercer County Board of Education approved summer school staffs at Princeton High and Bluefield High. Robert Kight and Lambert Arrington will direct the programs. Eight staff members at Princeton include Durr Lambert Bishop Houchins French Martin Paxton Kane Hatcher. Bluefield staff includes Blackwell Blankenship Erps Kornish Morrow Shumate Smith Walthall Winter.
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Princeton High
Bluefield High
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Robert Kight
Lambert Arrington
Bluefield
Howard Durr
Helen Lambert
Robert Bishop
Virginia Houchins
Jack French
Mary Martin
Catherine Paxton
Kathleen Kane
Virginia Hatcher
Richard Blackwell
Mary Blankenship
George Erps
Emily Kornish
Wanda Moore
Kelley Shumate
Ruth Smith
Gayle Walthall
Mary Winter
School vehicles sold at auction in Mercer County
Five buses and other school vehicles were auctioned by the Mercer County Board of Education. Tony Mamone of Bluefield bought four vehicles including a 1951 stake truck and a 1949 panel truck for 1110 dollars. Forest Lashmeet paid 200 dollars for a 1948 GMC bus, and A W Delung of Princeton bought a 50 passenger bus for 220 dollars. The Salvation Army in Bluefield purchased a 1952 model 60 passenger bus for 300 dollars.
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Mercer County
Highland Ave
Princeton
Elwood
Bluestone Dam
Olive ST
Mahood Avenue
Shawnee Lake
South Ninth St
Forest St
Beckley Road
Airport Road
Skyway Theatre
Lashmeet
Green Tree
New Princeton-Bluefield Road
Edgemont
Biluefield
Sandlick Road
Oakvale Rovd
Bath
Wickham Ave
Lilly Grove
North View
Thorn St
Ghost Dog Rides Again In Pineville
In a tale from a bygone era Ed Roles rides through Sizemore Gap on the wary horse Molly. A ghostly dog appears by Vesse’s Fork as Roles seeks corn ground and mill work in East Pineville, ending with Molly’s desperate dash across Rock Castle Creek.
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Ghost Dog
Pineville
Molly
Cape Canaveral
Sally Sauer Kraut
Sizemore Gap
Ed Roles
Saul Clay
Saul
Roles
East Pineville
Hiram Clay
Rock Castle Creek
Bear Hole Fork
Vandervort
Vesse’s Fork
Old Molly
Rock
Castle Creek
Mitchel Cook
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Princeton Jr. High
Lee Patton Memorial Field
Prosperity
Rich Creek
Sandlick
Silver Springs
Spanishburg
Springton
Stinson
Stinson Annex
Sun Valley
Taylor
Thorn
Mercer Vocational School
Weyanoke
Whitethrow
Willowton
Board of Education
Charleston
White
Thora St. Princeton
Philco
Starbright
Western Auto
Cole
California
Roxanne
Rose Marie Reid
Barbakow
E. W
Skeeter’ Anderson’s
Princeton Potpourri
Centennial Swim
Princeton B. P. C. E. Elks Lodge
Lodge
Mercer Income
R. W. Coker Jr
Concord College
Goodyear Rubber Co
Coker
Route 20
Elizabeth Kee
John H. Richardson
Carl R. Butler
Plumbers & Pipe Fitters
Bureau of Apprenticeship Training
U. S. Department of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Secretary of
Labor
Edward E. Goshen
Bob Edwards
Dan T. Carr
Ralph Miller
Edgemont Drive
Robert Hearn
North American Aviation
Carr
Miller
Ohio
James Perry
N&w
Wickham Avenue
Ethel Moseley
Tommy Elmore
Pisgah Road
Dick Barnett
Hilltop
Plymouth District
Princeton Garden Clubs
Thorn Street
Athens Road
Hail Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rod
Mercer
South 8Th Street
Virginia
Henry Comer
Brown Street
James Bowling
Beaver Pond Township
Navy
J. A. McKinzie
George King
West Virginia University
Rod Thornday
King
Andrew L. Clark
Mercer County Bank
Glenn Land Co
N. Walker
Princeton, W. Va
Ben B. Peck
Broker
Dial
Modern Haven Heights
Fredrick Court
Hale Avenue
City View Heights
Straley Ave
New Bluefield Road
Prince St
Price St
Haven Heights
James R. Smith
Shelby Smith
Virginia Tech
Air Force
Penn State
Corps of Cadets
Phillips
Mrs. Hadden
Spangler Drugs Gift Shop
LENOX
Oxford
China
Spangler Drug Co., Inc
Mercer St
Western Auto Associate
Mercer Street
W. VA
Bill Jones
Mgr
Plymouth
By Barty Wyatt
Lavon
Professor
Fred MceMurry
Nancy Olson
Keenan Wynn
el Wynn
Charlie Ruggles
Continental Casualty Company
Murphy
Insurance Agency
Princeton - Matoaka
Parent Magazine
Jack Lemmon
C. N. Kirby Realty Co., Inc
Trevor Hazlewood
Roger H. Hughes
Main St
Main & Tracy Sts
West View Ave
City Water
Falls Mills
Glenwood Park
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