Valley W M U session opens in Princeton with pageant
Princeton hosts the Valley Woman's Missionary Union session at the First Baptist Church. Delegates, about 150 women, arrive Wednesday for a three day program featuring an executive committee meet and the twenty fifth anniversary pageant staged by local talent with Miss Mary Duncan of Salem directing.
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Valley Woman's Missionary Union
First Baptist Church
Princeton
Valley
T. M. Johnson
Mary Duncan
Salem
Hartley Sanders
Annie Mitchell
Garnet Gwinn
Gwendolyn Woodson
Nellie Campbell
Irma Mitchell
Pearle Riner
R. A. Henders
Buchanan Mountain School
Bessie Truett
Mer cer Country Club Course Too Grass Dense
An enthusiastic golfer notes the Mer cer Country Club course is too grassy after heavy rains. The article urges mowing and raking of grass around water hazards and fairways to restore balance between greens and the rest of the course.
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Country Club
Mercer Country Club
Mary
Program Royal Theatre at the Kathleen Norris novel event
A theater program advertises a screening and discussion based on Kathleen Norris' novel with a line about sisters and the theme The Other Woman. Added attraction previews In the Days of Buffalo Bill as part of the program.
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Kathleen Norris
Buffalo Bill
Comedy and Cabaret Schedule At Local Theater
Comedy American Plan and TROUBLE headline a program. The Dentist plays daily matinees at 2 30 and evenings 7 30 to 11 00. Children under ten admitted to matinees for 5c. adults 10c and 25c for others.
Two Conferences In City This Week Attract Attention
Two major religious conferences will be held in the city from June 20 to 22 affecting Methodists and Baptists. The Methodist Radford district opens Tuesday evening with Rev. Z A Randall preaching the kickoff and an organization meeting Wednesday morning with Rev J B Ward presiding. A Thursday 10 o clock recess will allow visitors to tour the Emory and Henry Fitting School site for ground breaking ceremonies. Lilly Land Company offers about one acre near Princeton as a home site with favorable terms. The US population grew 24 percent in the twenty years ending 1900.
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Methodist
J. B. Ward
Emory and Henry
Princeton School of Music Commencement Shines
The Princeton School of Music graduation at the Methodist church drew a full house as students and teachers showcased refined performances. Miss Thelma Bowling and Miss Ruby Gadd earned diplomas while Miss Olga Pendleton missed a piano solo due to health. Rev W H Wrighton and Wilford McCutcheon spoke on credits for music education and praised the graduates.
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Princeton School of Music
Sweet Girl
Misa Holroyd
Miss Reynolds
Rachel MacClaugherty
W. H. Wrighton
Wilford McCutcheon
Olga Pendleton
School of Music
Princeton
McClaugherty
Rev
Wrighton
Miss Holroyd
Rachel. McClaugherty
McCutcheon
Cecil Johnson
Thelma Bowling
Ruby Gadd
Mercer County Loses One of Its Best Citizens
Mercer county mourns the death of L. H. Smith at age fifty two at his home near Ceres. He leaves a widow seven children and four brothers. son Raymond Smith is a known Princeton Power Company conductor. Funeral service is at two this afternoon at the home of Rev BE Painter with interment in the family burial ground.
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Mercer County
L. H. Smith
Ceres
Raymond Smith
Princeton Power
Woman's Auxiliary to Legion Post 54 Holds Enthusiastic Meeting
The Woman's Auxiliary to Legion Post 54 meets in the legion hall with Mrs. L. J Sheppard presiding. Members show strong interest in a goal of 100 percent auxiliary. Decoration Day program and pie sale reports show excellent service, with plans to meet monthly on the first Thursday.
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Woman's Auxiliary
Legion Post 54
Legion Hall
L. J Sheppard
Chautauqua Month Meeting Plans For July
Members chose to hold the meeting on the third Thursday after July and to serve light refreshments. A literary program was adopted, news about Decoration Day in France and the World War entry timeline was shared, poems were read, and music from piano and victrola entertained. Mrs Sheppard hosted ice cream during the social hour.
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France
Sheppard
Beautiful Princeton Wedding of Misa Perkins and Fred Mole
One of the most beautiful weddings ever solemnized in Princeton joined Misa Edith Perkins and Fred A. Mole. The Episcopal church ceremony at 12:30 yesterday, June 16, was performed by Rev. J. W. Hobson. The church was decoratively dressed with evergreens, mountain laurel baskets, and pink roses creating a cathedrallike glow.
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Princeton
Misa Edith Perkins
Fred A. Mole
Episcopal Church
J. W. Hobson
June 26 Leave Princeton for Norfolk train rules
Final limit to leave Norfolk not later than 10 00 p m June 29 1923. Children half fare. Corresponding low fares from stations east of Princeton. TH folders of these tickets cannot secure sleeper accommodations. They cannot have baggage checked. R Sutherland ticket agent Princeton W Va L W Woody A G P A Norfolk Va
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Princeton
Norfolk
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McCoy
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McCary
Lilly Land Company
United States
Princeton Music School
MR. Jackson
Danny Duff
All
Olivia
Spangler’s
Spangler
Princeton, W. Va
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Virginian Railway
W. Va
Norfolk, Va
Coachbill Anderson
Red Seal Continental Motor
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Telephone 500
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