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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1937
Page
4
Mercer County 1936 37 report by County School Superintendent Charles H Archer notes higher average daily attendance. Junior high schools drive the gain with enrollments rising from 3 244 in 1935 36 to 2 309 on roll, while elementary enrollment totals reach 12 746 with daily attendance at 10 285 34.
Funeral services will be conducted this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Mace church in Athens for ten month old Joseph Vernon Weaver. Burial will follow in Athens. The infant’s death is reported as due to suffocation.
Charleston W Va reports that no additional state troopers have been sent to the northern panhandle. Capt Rexroad said none had been dispatched and police caution about any movement being a precaution in light of steel industry tensions. Weirton and Ohio border areas are mentioned with no confirmed officer movements. A separate item notes a child victim in a traffic incident near Nutter Fort with injuries described.
A broad organizing drive will begin Sunday to unionize electrical and power workers in northern Virginia and the Monongahela region. The effort, led by a CIO affiliate, aims to enlist all workers regardless of craft, excluding supervisors and executives. Armando Folio, West Virginia Federation official, and Joe Hogi are named in the drive.
The M E church choir will hold practice at the church tonight. This notice appears in the Princeton Paragraphs section under community activities and upcoming meetings.
A dramatic movie portrays men on death row in a prison setting. Preston Foster Ann Dvorak and John Beal headline the cast with Beal as a victim of a malicious plot leading to the condemned row awaiting execution.
Thomas MecClaugherty, a local young man, succeeds Cecil French as the storekeeper at the state liquor control commission's local outlet.
R. H. Tutweiler, manager of the Greenbrier Livestock Marketing, is reportedly hinted as a potential speaker. The note suggests his possible role in an upcoming industry event or discussion.
A garbled note shows county leaders inviting residents to a scheduled meeting. The message references association figures and county agents, seeking participation and input from voters and local stakeholders.
Sheriff Pe Crumpecker and Constable J Boyd in Bluefi ne Emin were fined $100 and sixty days. Magistrate Carl Jones handles the case. An infant plaintiff sues Omas Hall McNeal Sr. Belcher appears for the case with damages set at 7 600 returnable in July. John Dillard and Howell M Tanner represent the plaintiff.
Ellen Johnston executrix named in the will of Margaret E. Johnston. No bond required. H J T R E pathonda named appraisers. Estate left to daughter Ellene Johnston with payments of 100 dollars a year for five years to another daughter Treson.
A county wide effort to elect a farm committee for agricultural conservation continues this year. The schedule lists election meetings with locations including Beaverd district Littles burs school Princeton county agent's office and Oceans school with times noted in late June and early July.
Princeton residents report weekend guests and visits across many towns. William McClaugherty and family entertain in Walnutton and Charles City while James McClaugherty travels with relatives. Nearby travelers include Mrs Virginia Golding of Wichita Falls and Mrs Harry Eyeemen Til of Taos. The group plans a Yellowstone stop on return. Foster Carr came back from Athens Ohio after seven weeks with grandmother Hettie Carr. Dr and Mrs Leonard Hoke of Virginia visited relatives in Canada and the Midwest. Various locals, including Glenna Gott and Paul Martin, spent time at Emory and Henry college and returned to Princeton.
Mrs W L Vickers will organize pre school and make up work classes Monday June 21 at the Christian church on Straley avenue. For information call 908 Harrison street.
Treasury reports June 15 receipts 1 446 855 636 01 expenditures 540 253 630 63 balance 862 287 21. For the month receipts 22 591. Expenditures since July 1 total 7 647 336 342 72 including emergency outlays 796 )
Munsey Mosrie and Sam Mosrie buy the three story brick building at Merc er and Third street corner from Jack and Ed Anderson for a sale price reportedly 8000 dollars pending circuit court confirmation. The property formerly owned by the late Lynch housed the post office and Sabellos plan to move their hotel and restaurant to the building.
Mrs Bruno Hauptmann, widow of Charles Lindbergh Jr. killer Bruno Hauptmann, arrived from New York to Ingen near Stuttgart to visit her parents. She plans to return to the United States and resume efforts with German friends to prove her husband was not guilty of the crime for which he was electrocuted.
An old advertisement explains BC as a non opium blend easing headache neuralgia and minor pains in infants and adults. It notes ingredients are checked and supervised by a pharmacist and that BC provides relief for headaches backache colds and nervous discomfort. It promotes 10c 25c sizes and per dose at fountains.
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