Club Women Plan Garden Tour To Blacksburg
Mercer Monroe Farm Women’s Clubs discuss a garden tour to Blacksburg Virginia on Friday June 18. The trip is led by TD Gray from West Virginia University extension service. Glendon Farms Club president Mrs C F Phalen announced fourteen members attended and were served by host Mrs Dillon. Visitors included Mrs Charles Hare Mrs Powell and Mrs Camille Stewart.
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Mercer- Monroe Counties
Farm Women’s Clubs
Blacksburg
TD. Gray
West Virginia University Extension Service
Glenwood Farms Club
Dillon
C. F. Phalen
R. Wealkner
T. Johnston
Cotton
Charles Hare
Powell
Camille Stewart
Richard Wellock Discusses Music With Athens Kiwanis Club
Richard Wellock, county school band supervisor, spoke to the Athens Kiwanis Club on music. The group invited the Rotary and Lions clubs to join a joint meeting on Wednesday, July 28, with state officials from Charm expected to attend. Also notes a fact about Earth Mars distance ranging from 35 to 235 million miles.
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Richard
Athens Kiwanis Club
Rotary and Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Concorde
Charm
Earth
Mars
Princeton Happenings and Legal Notices Tonight
Happenings include CLASS MEETS TONIGHT at First Baptist Church with Mrs E G Haley. In court, cases cover K Flahan vs National Surety and Gordon Short bond claim. Incorporation of Mercer Rent-A-Car, Inc. is recorded in Bluefield.
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T.E.L
First Baptist Church
E. G. Haley
Onry Street
K. Flahan
National Surety Corporation
Gordon Short
Flahan
Short
Mercer Rent-A-Car, Inc
Coal & Coke Ridg
Bluefield
Meyer J. Spiro
Hennon
Toni Gilbert
Furnished bedroom for girls near Meicen Form
Furnished bedroom for girls within half a block of Meicen Form. Meals desired at reasonable rates. Phone 2983 Princeton.
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Princeton
Ten Piece Walnut Dining Room Suite For Sale
Walnut dining room suite in good condition offered for sale. Contact cell 2521 Princeton after 5 30 PM.
Administrators Named for Local Estates and Matrimony Bond Details
Ena V. Crockett named administratrix of Clyde Richard Crockett estate with a $1000 bond. appraisers M A Corte M C Corkran A T Farthing. R A Yarbrough trust officer. First National Bank Bluefield to administer Moody Clay Harrison estate. Appraisers E D Brewer R R Austin Jr J L Morgan. L R Hill administrator Lula M Hill with $5000 bond. Appraisers L L Nichols R O Sewell E B Gott. Daniel Hayes and Michael J Gormley ministers authorized to celebrate matrimony with $1500 bonds and Tony and Barbara Mamone as sureties.
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Ena V. Crockett
Clyde Richard Crockett
M. A. Corte
M. C. Corkran
A. T. Farthing
R. A. Yarbrough
First National Bank
Bluefield
Moody Clay Harrison
E. D. Brewer
R. R. Austin Jr
J. L. Morgan
L. R. Hill
Lula M. Hill
L. L. Nichols
R. O. Sewell
E. B. Gott
Daniel Hayes
Michael J. Gormley
Tony
Barbara Mamone
Women of Moose Install Officers in Chapter 355
Senior Regent Tomlinson presided over installation night for Chapter 355 Women of the Moose naming new officers Juanita Daugherty Letha Tomlinson Peggy Wheeler Maude Hearn Mary Jo Daugherty Gladys Bailey Edna Clayton Christine Thomason Willa Johnston Mary Wine Mary Ruth Belcher and pianist. three new members were initiated.
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Women of the Moose
Tomlinson
Juanita Daugherty
Eget Letha Tomlinson
Peggy Wheeler
Maude Hearn
Mary Jo Daugherty
Gladys Bailey
Edna Clayton
Christine Thomason
Willa Johnston
Argus
Mary Wine
Sentinel
Mary Ruth Belcher
Maude Boreman Cotton Dead Daughter of West Virginia's First Governor
Mrs. Maude Boreman Cotton, 88, died in Parkersburg, four days before the first anniversary of her father's inauguration as West Virginia's first governor. She was the widow of G. Herbert Cotton and survived by daughter Mary Cotton and sister Laurane Boreman Hays. Governor Boreman served from 1863 to 1869, later moving to the U S Senate.
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Parkersburg
Maud Boreman Cotton
West Virginia
Cotton
Arthur I. Boreman
Laurane Boreman Hays
Four Akron Residents Die In Chester Tractor Crash
Four Akron people died when a tractor-trailer struck their light sedan during heavy rain one and a half miles east of Chester West Virginia. Hartman Saffel, his wife Edna M., and their son William F. Saffel, 48, perished at the scene. Rose Saffel, wife of William, died two hours later in City Hospital at East Liverpool. The family was en route to Philippi West Virginia for vacation. The truck driver escaped injury as the two vehicles collided head on on the Lincoln Highway near Chester Hall.
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Chester
W. Va
Akron
Hartman Saffel
Edna M
William F. Saffel
Saffel
Rose
City Hospital
East Liverpool
Saffels
Philippi
Lincoln Highway
Chester Hall
Princeton High Class Of 1934 Holds Reunion At Glenwood Park
The Princeton High School class of 1934 enjoyed a reunion and outing at Glenwood Park with members from many states. Registering and name tags were handled by Mrs. Ruby Bondurant Anderson and Mrs. Lena Kagealser Peck er. A banquet followed with toastmaster Conley Snidow and remarks by Harry Gay and Rev. Charles McNutt. Memorial prayers honored three deceased classmates. Members shared stories, prophecies, and memories while guests joined in square dancing, and plans for a five year reunion were approved.
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Princeton High School
Glenwood Park
Ruby Bondurant Anderson
Lena Kageals
Harry Gay
Aries McNutt
Earl Grady
Boothwyn
Henry Bailey
Ea Rose
Vance Miller
D. F. Wilkerton
Ees Roded
Gordon Ball
Charles McNutt
Mark Barton
Horace Booker
Woodrow Bivens
Adelaide Wallingford Sindow
Perry Mooney
Russell
Vernon Duncan
Gor- Ball
Dick Oxley
Lone Winesett
Gram
Maud Allen
Helen Wilkerson
Ernest Arrington
Weston
Russell Bodell
8. C
Charles Stockner
Stecker
Norton
Jack Carter
Carter
Stoneville
Princeton
Nell Bratton Faulkner
G. Hartwell
Virginia Couple's Marriage Battle Heads to Court
Washington attorney David Carliner said he will appeal a February Portsmouth Circuit Court ruling upholding Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. He plans to take the case to the Virginia Supreme Court and, if needed, the U S Supreme Court, arguing the law is unconstitutional and federal powers override state decisions.
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Washington
David Carliner
Virginia Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Portsmouth
Ham Say Naim
Ruby Lambert Naim
Carliner
U. S. Supreme Court
Virginia
North Carolina
Naim
Michigan
Norfolk
47 British Servicemen Killed By Egyptians
Foreign Undersecretary Anthony Nutting said 47 British servicemen were killed in the Suez Canal Zone from October 16, 1951, to June 1, 1954. Seven others were reported missing, presumed killed. The Egyptians want British troops to quit the Canal Zone.
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London
Suez Canal Zone
Anthony Nutting
Nutting
Canal Zone
Card of Thanks for Frances M Testerman family
The family of Frances M Testerman expresses thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after bereavement. They thank Rev. Clayton Sweet, those who sent flowers and furnished cars, and Memorial Funeral Directory staff. Signed Albert Tester man and Family.
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Frances M. Testerman
Clayton Sweet
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John Calvin Saulters
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Carrie Shumate
Crawford Transport Co., Inc
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Wanda Bailey
Alina Akers
Delores Bowyer
Vanderbilt University
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Hazel C. Bailey
Snead’s Department Store
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Mano
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Naomi Hill
Mary Go Condry
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Mary Jane Stafford
Blake Cafee
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Carol Bowling
Chuck Lohr
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Hone Condry
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Joyce Bowling
June Brown
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Jeannie Cooper
Elizabeth Moe
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Dad
Ceton
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Anita
Oakvale Road
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Joe Stinson
Ruth Shrewbury
Eileen Smith Bowling
Mary Smith Stearts
Gertrude Winfrey
Athens Theatre
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VOGUE
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Bluefield Chemical Company
Bluefield, W. Va
Johnson Waxes
Tomchin
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Glen Haven
Lanton’s
Princeton, W. Va
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