Petitioners clash with city over Brush Creek sewage delay tactics
Proceedings before the state water commission reveal petitioners accusing the city of dilatory tactics in delaying a hearing on Brush Creek sewage disposal. Testimony notes prior executive session proposals deemed unthinkable, lack of council action, and ongoing pollution from the city outfall that decimated local fish and wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Water Commission
Brush Creek
BE. W. Hale
Hartley Sanders
Water Commission
Charleston
H. E. DeJarnette
City
The Famous Fruit Trees That Bear No Fruit
A collage of notes covers a steel ball floating in air experiments by G B Scott of Texas, a Cuban Republican vow involving Jose Regueira Y Sanjurjo who lost a finger, a cat Mitzi bequeathing 15000 dollars to Dr Maude Cain, and a detailed Brunswick Creek sewage dispute in Princeton including petitions, reports, and commission recommendations for a permanent sewage disposal plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Scott
Brooke Field
Texas
Jose Regueira Y. Sanjurjo
Jose Reguerira Y. Sanjurjo
Galicia
Spain
Havana
Cuba
Jose
Mital
Maude Cain
San Gabriel
Calif
Mitzi
East River School Costs Tabulated
The 1930 East River district report shows total costs to taxpayers at 233679.94 with elementary 147745.28 junior high 22167.09 and high schools 63797.57. District value totals 532616 including 319066 for elementary. buildings 258000. lands 33225. furniture 17935. libraries 7031. High school value 213550 with 175000 school buildings and 10550 libraries. There are 34 standardized schools, 27 rural. capacity 3499. 8630 library volumes. Enrollment totals 3288 with 2394 elementary daily attendance, 46 junior high, 518 high. Thirty four high school teachers, 96 elementary and junior high teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East River
P. I. Lilly
C. R. Justice
Princeton
Reading Circle
City land purchase for sewage disposal plant proposal
The city discussed buying land to fence and use as a sewage farm, but the engineer for the commission reported unfavorably and urged constructing a sewage disposal plant. A public hearing was held by the commission in Princeton on June 16, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Harrington
J. Paul Blundon
Egineer Blundon
State Health Department
R. E B. L. Holt
Princeton
Princeton Society Events And Local Scattered Notices
Local society notices from Princeton cover meetings at the Rainbow circle First M E Church and Princeton Woman's Club actions. A stroke at the Princeton Ovale road leaves Mrs Hearn in critical condition while the club plans a future strawberry festival and July-August quiet period. A Princeton School of Music program at the Presbyterian Church features many performers. Other items note church youth groups, visiting/returning locals, construction bids, births, and a big Elk’s dance with Belton's Society Syncopators at the ballroom tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Hearn
Princeton-Oakvale Road
Hearn
G. M. Caldwell
South Ninth Street
Princeton
Princeton Woman's Club
Presbyterian Church
L .B. Willyoung
Dennis Harrington
Elizabeth Lowry
Logan County
Logan
Boggs
Sarah B. Huff
Walker Street
Princeton School of Music
The
Mary Neal
June Bradley
Kathryn Bernton
Nancy Spangler
Rachel Morrell
Frieda Deitz
Suzanne Smith
Juanita Thornton
Betty Bodell
Peggy Booker
Frances Poston
Dorothy Crown
Beatrice Borinsky
Ira Neal
Kathleen White
Ruth Manderville
Hallie Pendleton
Bernice Armstrong
Bernice Pendleton
Mary Elizabeth Crumpecker
Josephine Lilly
Sarah Borinsky
Beatrice Barbakow
Eloise Fry
Evelyn Mills
Mary Lee eGorge
Frances Bondurant
Helen Baum
Ricardo Martin
Presbyterian auxiliary meeting and program notes this afternoon
The Woman's auxiliary of the Presbyterian church meets this afternoon at 3 o'clock with Circle No 3 in charge of the program. The executive board convenes at 2 30. Local residents and visitors are listed among those visiting relatives and attending events in nearby towns this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
Circle No. 3
Princeton Boosters set to face Boissevain in district game
The Princeton Boosters meet Boissevain at the district athletic field on South Walker Street this afternoon at 4 30. Boissevain beat the Roosters 8 to 1 in a league game and Princeton plans to avenge that defeat. Wheley will pitch, aiming for his fourth straight win without a loss as baseball lovers are urged to support the local nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boissevain
Princeton Boosters
South Walker Street
Roosters
Wheley
Princeton
Nine
ASK ROAD BIDS FOR COUNTY GRADED ROADS
The county court will advertise for bids to grade and drain two road projects. One is a 4 mile Clark's Gap Weyanoke road, the other 1.2 miles on the Blue Stone Virginia line project. If bids under county estimates, contracts may be awarded early July. The Clark's Gap Weyanoke road will serve Algonquin and a new tipple in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASK Road
Clark's Gap
Weyanoke
Clark's Gap-Weyanoke
Algonquin
Taxpayers press for assessment cuts despite blanket 25 percent relief
Taxpayers crowded the courthouse seeking further reductions or equalization to neighbors after the board of equalization declared a countywide 25 percent cut in real estate values. The board, not in session today, will reconvene Friday and hold daily sittings through June 25, adjourn June 30. In circuit court, Helen B. Godfrey sued Quality Market, Liberty Market and Ralph Armetrout infant for 50,000 for trespass. Criminal court orders probating J L McBride for deer out of season. Lloyd Delp from Matoaka probated twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Seasion
Helen B. Godfrey
Quality Market Company
Liberty Market Company
Ralph Armentrout
George L. Dillard
J. L. MceBride
Lloyd Delp
Matoaka
Federal prisoners arrive for arraignment in Bluefield court
Federal prisoners from Logan Fayette and Raleigh counties and Huntington were transported to the county jail in Bluefield to await arraignment before Judge George Mc Clintic. Nine came from Logan four from Fayette and Raleigh counties and eleven from Huntington yesterday with more expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
George McClintic
Bluefield
Logan
Fayette
Raleigh
Huntington
Milwaukee man faces sham police extortion attempt
The incident describes Lyndon Hornbrook being approached by a supposed officer who offered release in exchange for $40 after threatening to arrest him. Hornbrook reported the encounter to the police, who concluded he was the victim of an attempted extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Lyndon Hornbrook
Hornbrook
Courts to test hawkers license law in West Virginia
Inquiries flood the hawkers and peddlers license enforcement as Wilson Anderson, McDowell County prosecutor, says a test case will take the matter to court. The amendment restricts the license exemption to West Virginia farmers selling their own produce, prompting questions about constitutionality and cross state hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Anderson
MccDowell
West Virginia
Howard B. Lee
West
Local visits and travels noted in Welch and Bluefield area
James T Bernheim and Buck Wagner visited Bluefield for business on Wednesday. A Z Litz and Virgil Christie with Louise Cally trans acted business in Welch. Judge S M B Coulling attended circuit court in Welch. Several residents toured Logan Charleston and Pearsboro while others planned trips to California and Virginia. A hospital appendectomy was performed on Denman Green in Algoma and women attended a Presbyterian Young People conference at Greenbrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smith
Pageton
Virgil Christie
Sam Christie
Louise Cally
Keystone
Welch
S. M. B. Coulling
Tazewell
G. T. Dudgeon
Daisy Cassell
Ethel Wade
Junior Waldron
Logan
Buck Wagner
Bluefield
D. J. F. Strother
Ripplemead
The
Presbyterian Church
Julius Goodman
James Newton
Charleston
J. Hunter and Son
Kermit
Pearsbore
Frances Henritze
Mary Louise Williams
Eleanor Williamson
California
Denman Green
5. C. Green
Algoma
Grace Hospital
B. W. Cullen
C. Frank Wright
Smiley Williams
Greenbrier
Five citizenship petitions filed in circuit clerk’s office
Five petitions for citizenship were filed in the circuit clerk's office Wednesday afternoon for presentation at the September term of the circuit court. Names of petitioners were listed but not fully shown in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Clerk's Office
Ecircuit Court
Nineteen Aliens to Face Final Papers Hearing Today
Nationalities listed include Italian, Croatian, Russian, Magyar, and others as nineteen aliens appear for final naturalization papers. They will be examined by Mrs Clare T Willison district director of naturalization in Washington DC and will have a hearing before Judge Beno F Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Water Commission
Thorpe
Magyar
Philip Gisotte
Welch
Clare T. Willison
District Director of Naturalization
Washington, D. C
Beno F. Howard
Board of Review Examines Property Assessments
Members of the board of review and equalization examined assessments of property and considered adjustments and objections from property owners as part of the annual review process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review and Equalization
Coal firm representative presents complaints at McDowell county meeting
S M Wolfe of New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal told the McDowell County Board of Supervisors his company’s interests during a Wednesday session. Present were J T Franklin O K Linkous and James P Flannagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Edwards
S. M. Wolfe
New River and
Montgomery Frazier case compromised at $4,000
Compromise reached Wednesday in the $10,000 damage suit where Ray Montgomery sued Coleman Frazier over injuries from a March auto wreck near Welch. Montgomery was awarded $4,000. The accident involved a car driven by Robert Frazier, son of Coleman Frazier. The Ferrel v Provident Life Insurance case was continued to the next term. Special judge F C Cook to preside in A S Day v Pocahontas Coal and Coke. Judge Beno F Howard is disqualified due to past connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Montgomery
Coleman Frazier
Montgomery
Frazier
Robert Frazier
Welch
Ferrel
Provident Life Insurance Company
F. C. Cook
A. S. Day
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
Beno F. Howard
Tracts of land sold for small amounts at auction
Tracts of land were sold for the small amount of 1 dollar Wednesday at the courthouse with F C Cook, commissioner of school lands, presiding at the public auction of land forfeited to the state for 1925 delinquent taxes. Bids were accepted from 1 to
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
F. C. Cook
Auction of 800 Tracts Raises Bids at 50 Cent Increments
Mr. Cook oversaw the sale of more than 800 tracts with bidding closing in many cases. Bids were advanced by increments of only fifty cents, reflecting a lively auction atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Sheriff announces tax delinquent list and June 19 close
Sheriff W J Hatfield said delinquent tax tickets are being prepared and books for 1930 taxes close June 19. Delinquent payments cannot be made until the list is published within two weeks. Also notes Elks dance tonight in Bluefield with Belton’s Syncopators direct from Palm Beach. Additionally Epworth League at Welch church receives Young People’s assembly honors with a Gold Seal and a silver loving cup for pledge drives at Holston conference in Abingdon Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Hatfield
Elks
Bluefield
Belton’s Society Syncopators
Palm Beach
Epworth League
First Methodist Church of
Welch
Young People’s Assembly of Holston
Abingdon
Nellie Gray
Frances Davis
Welch League
Mine Foreman Carl Mann Injured In Car Crush
Carl Mann, 28, mine foreman for the Gary No. 1 operation of the United States Coal and Coke Company, suffered injuries to his left foot when it was caught between two mine cars Wednesday. He was taken to Grace hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Mann
Gary No. 1
United States Coal and Coke Company
Mann
Stuaht
Grace Hospital
Bright Boy Exchange on Luther's Birth and Age
Pupil answers questions about the 1480s with a humorous miscue about Martin Luther. The exchange underlines a clever classroom moment from Tit-Bits, reflecting a light schoolroom anecdote. The joke hinges on a pupil misplacing ages between births and years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Youths Stone American Consulate in Leipsic Demonstration
A crowd of youths stoned the American consulate at Leipsic Germany during a demonstration on June 17 smashing several windows. Attaches and police arrived after the youths fled and suspected a young Communist outbreak as the motive remained unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipsic
Germany
Attempt to divide Demson prohibition in Nashville speech
Mrs Nellie Tayloe Ross former Wyoming governor addresses Tennessee legislature urging Democrats to study prohibition without splitting votes. She calls for aligning with the party platform after convention and criticizes Hoover on unemployment while praising sincerity and blaming state leadership shortcomings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Tennessee
Ross
Hoover
Rockbridge Marble set to mine minerals in Virginia
Capitalized at 250000 dollars the Rockbridge Marble corporation of Moundsville was granted incorporation papers by secretary George W. Sharp. The firm organized to mine and market minerals in Rockbridge County Virginia by E I Parker W B Casey and Walter Smith of Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Rockbridge Marble Corporation of
Moundsville
George W. Sharp
Rockbridge County
Virginia
E. I. Parker
W. B. Casey
Walter Smith
Wheeligg
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Ripley
Horatio Alger
Sultan OF
Sulu
Badatud Dinmm
EE Springer
Chas
Ohio State Prison
Columbus
King Peatures Synticate
Foe
Great Britain
Alonzo Clark
Blundon
Lower Brush Creek
Commission
City of
Princeton Society
Harry Karnes
Rainbow Circle
M. E. Church
Evelyn Meador
Honaker Avenue
Mrs Hearn
Woman's Club
A's
R. A’s
First Baptist Church
Patricia
West Virginian Construction Company
Yorktown
A. R. Christian
C. W. Escue
Jimmie
Phionie James
Goldie Hoover
Beckley
Winnie Plymer
J. L. Fredeking
Center Street
Memorial Hospital
Elk’s
Fla
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Nancy Grady
Methodist Young People’s Assembly
Concord State Teachers’ College
Sadie White
Reynolds Avenue
Edith
Jimmy French
J. A. French
Ira Walker
Ninth Street
Josephine Laren
Park Avenue
A. C. Puller
C. 8. Bonham
I. T. Myers
Covington
Belcher and Rogers
Mercer
Eighth Streets
Shawnee Lake
Southland
Sucker
D. E. Douglas
Brick St
Gale
McDowell
Lee
James T. Bernheim
A. Z. Litz
Halsey Bailey
Lawger
Fred Padbury
Switchback
BE Williams
Santo Colosimo
Stepan Kaluk
Swibthback
Yanko Mutok
Mibért
Louis Kaman
Board OF Review
L. J. Brindley
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
Montgomery-Frazier
Liepsic
Demson
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