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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1937
Page
8
Princeton. The Belcher case, involving L. J. Belcher a former county court commissioner and president, moves to the Supreme Court for a writ of error after Judge D. M. Easley refused mandamus. Belcher seeks a $4100 draft representing 41 months at $100 monthly, contending county court salaries were cut in 1933.
A charter was issued today to the Family Welfare Society of Huntington, a non profit organization based in Charleston. The filing names Elizabeth Mae Van Metre as incorporator and outlines the organization’s charitable purpose.
By J Millar Watt Races stars Jed Prouty Shirley Beane and Kenneth Howell with Ann Gillis and Florence Roberts joining the Jones family. The family backs Slim Summerville and his horse in a county fair race with Mr Jones driving the horse in a humorous finale.
The Jones family returns to the Royal theatre today to appear in Off to the Races, continuing their screen presence for local audiences.
Dee Grane potato specialist and A L Keller garden specialist joined Wednesday with Herman M wers county agent for a countywide tour. The group visited multiple locations assessing agricultural practices and sharing farming insights.
In juvenile court Wednesday Judge John M. McGrath ordered two colored boys committed to a state industrial school for colored boys. Two other juvenile cases were passed until Saturday morning when Judge McGrath will hold another session in this court.
The will of John T. Ramage of Bluefield dated May 8 1930 was admitted to probate in the county clerk s office yesterday. The estate goes to the decedent s widow and children. Mercer Post 2703 named delegates to the Veterans of Foreign Wars apartment convention in Morgantown June 24 26. Ray Bailey and W C Thompson named as alternates. Vinnie Ream the Washington sculptor became the first woman to receive a federal art commission and sculpted the Lincoln statue in the Capitol rotunda.
Harvey Rice spoke at the Princeton Athens Kiwanis on Wednesday about dictatorships. He traced postwar trends to rationing, cited Stalin Hitler and Mussolini, and argued the US faces no current dictatorship though January February 1933 came closest. He named John L Lewis Franklin D Roosevelt and Huey Long as potential dictators but said Roosevelt lacked such a aim.
Karl Goetze of Parkersburg received a $5 fine plus costs totaling $7.80 in Princeton police court after failing to stop for Officer George Blankenship in the Thorn school zone. Police say Goetze was traveling about forty mph through the zone and was chased by Blankenship in a car driven by P. B. Chewing.
The Wednesday morning Poetry class welcomed Bluefield attorney George Richardson who spoke on Rudyard Kipling to members and guests including Mrs Clarence McClaugherty and Miss Blanche Straley. Revival services begin Sunday June 20 with meetings at 2:30 and 8 p m at local homes and churches. Officers to be elected and installed tonight. Presbyterian Auxiliary meets at 3 this afternoon. Myrtle Bane Circle supper postponed.
The Royal Arch Chapter will hold its regular meeting tonight at 7 30 with business to discuss.
In Browntown Wisconsin four year old Wayne Segner stood in a railroad lot and waved a freight train to a stop. The engineer asked what was wrong and the boy said he needed his father to move two valuable jersey cows off the track. His father was called from a nearby field to assist.
Advertisement offers a 1935 model 114 ton Ford truck plus a small tract of timber for sale or trade. Asking price is $500. Contact John W. Webber at The Green Tree on Bluefield-Princeton Road.
Princeton community notices list residents and visitors including Mrs C V Bates en route to Akron Ohio, Mrs Leo Spangler visiting Virginia, Mack Farley and daughter with Mrs John Newkirk, and several dinner guests and relatives from Bluefield Huntington and Beckley at homes on Christie Avenue Walker Street and nearby areas.
Flora Ures ham Louer, 60, mother of Bobby Franks the 1924 thrill slayings victim, died at the Drake hotel in Chicago after a year of illness. In Sistersville, Denver Arnett as administrator sued the estate of William Smith for $10,000.
On May 19 Arnett a rural mail carrier was shot dead. His brother says Arnett declared Bill Smith shot him before dying. A posse later found Smith's body two days after the shooting in an oil storage tank.
Welch reports detail McDowell County summer activities with camps across the region. Training camps, counselor courses, and Girl Scout and 4-H programs are described, including Camp Sequoyah in North Carolina and Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca near Lewisburg.
Mc Dowell County officials handed down several sentences on Tuesday and Wednesday. John Rose of Sandy River district received 60 days in jail for possessing untaxed whiskey plus $100 in fines. Paul Calloway faced charges for passing bad checks and drunkenness, with 10 days in jail and fines. Jeremiah Woods was found guilty of simple larceny and jailed 60 days with a $10 fine. Two Coalwood men were tried for fighting, with fines and sentences noted.
Mrs George Branch presides as chairman of Circle No 44 of the Welch Society Methodist Church. Members meet to discuss fellowship activities and plan upcoming church events.
Funeral services will be held at 2 30 this afternoon for Joe Fannary 48 a stone mason of Welch who died after a fall while working on a rock wall near his home Fannary a native of Jusppini Italy and son of Antonio and his wife moved from Canada to McDowell County about 15 years ago He had become an art worker through a Philadelphia correspondence course and was a Catholic member of the Central Labor Palen He is survived by his wife and two children Lois 6 and the 9 months old infant Funeral service will be at Peters Catholic Church Welch with interment at Wood Lawn Bluefield
Continued from page four, the Yankees show a tightened lead with infield and outfield highlights. Hins: Huffman and Finney added base hits, Werber Clift Carey homered, multiple double plays and intricate fielding sequences showcased by Werber to Sarna and Werber to Knickerbocker.
Daughters of the V F W post 1021 Welch meets this evening at 7 30 in the Memorial building led by Marie Christodoulou with an attractive program directed by Mrs Cassell of Coalwood Presbyterian School holds Saturday registration for Daily Vacation Bible school starting Monday June 21 at First Presbyterian church for boys and girls seeking enrollment
Growing interest in Welch Miners home games prompts weekly Ladies Day with free admission for women and Knothole Day for local kids. Bluefield Blue Grays game at Blakely field set for 4:30 pm with five cent entry for under 15. Other local travel notes include E L Tucker family motor trip and Welch residents’ summer visits and relocations.
Circle No 2 with Mrs R R Truslow as chair hosts the entire auxiliary at 7 30 this evening in the church Sunday school rooms.
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