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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1924
Page
9
The First Baptist Sunday School officers and teachers met at the church for a monthly gathering aimed at stronger cooperation. Delegates to the Valley Association and various society groups were named, with several weddings, travel notes, and social visits reported among Princeton residents.
Dorothy MacKain English actress and former Follies beauty makes her Hollywood debut as a Parisian wife in The Next Corner. Cast includes Lon Chaney Conway Tearle Louis Dresser Ricardo Cortez and Dorothy MacKaill. The show runs tonight and tomorrow with local notices of sales and events lining the page.
An open tournament for the Mer cer county championship will be held on the Princeton Lawn Tennis court from July 1 to July 4. It is open to all amateurs, matches are best of three sets, and schedules will be set by the Tournament Committee after entries. The Homer Pendleton Memorial Cup replaces the Roberts cup, under United States Lawn Tennis Association auspices, with a banquet on July 4.
Officials estimate removal of the rock and debris from last week’s rain slide on the county road between Rock and Kegley will require over a month of hard labor. A steam shovel is sought to clear the hillside while trains faced delays at King's Siding as rails were covered.
The Women's Club holds a regular meeting this afternoon at 3 o clock at the Presbyterian church. Items of business will be discussed and Mrs H C Hays will perform a violin solo. The program continues the discussion on Community Life and all members are urged to attend.
Charles Aldred, a well known automobile mechanic, is in Princeton Hospital with two scratch bullet wounds in his left arm after an apparent assault. Police seek information on the incident.
Classified note offers a hemstitching machine and a new Domestic sewing machine at half price due to a party leaving town. Call at South Ninth street or 425-L, and at 104 Hale avenue for details.
The first annual Welch Hospital No. 1 Training School graduation for nurses was held at the Methodist Church. Dr. H. D. Hatfield and J. Walter Barnes spoke, diplomas were presented by Dr. Albert Rutherford, and Miss Laura Etta Spangler received a gold medal for scholarship. An added reception and dance followed at the nurses home with flowers, punch, and musical solos.
William O'Toole was nominated by the McDowell County Republican Committee to fill the clerk of the county court vacancy after W W Whyte's death. His name appears on the November ballot with May 27 primary nominees, and he was appointed to serve until a successor is elected.
At Welch yesterday the McDowell county Republican executive committee re elected McGinnis Hatfield as chairman Hobart E Payne as secretary and Sam Polen as treasurer. A candidate was chosen for county clerk to fill the vacancy caused by the death of W W Whyte. Twenty four members were on the rolls with twenty three present.
A county court ordered an audit of McDowell County affairs after reports of irregularities in the clerk’s office during W W Whyte’s tenure since 1913. Col T B Houston cited forged bonds and a torn warrant from Whyte’s records, with potential $150,000 shortages and unclear bond duplicates. The court also considered involving the state tax commissioner.
Miss Eloise Beavers departed last night to Morgantown for summer school work at the university. Mrs. Morgan Hunter entertained for her son Haven's birthday with a party.
Welch baseball team used the slogan They shall not pass to inspire a Sunday win over Coalwood as Hall scored the tying and winning run in the last half of the ninth. Cox held the Coalwood tax batter but was knocked out.
In a decisive Welch victory Ben son pitched the early innings and Lefty Browning finished. Trustees formed Roderfield Cemetery Association to manage a 20 acre tract opposite Roderfield depot with Williams as president Hunter as secretary and Mrs Beatrice Brewster as manager. Memorial building Circle No 2 hosts Misses Stevenson of Huntington for a one act play at 8:30 PM tonight drawing a large crowd.
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