Princeton County Fair Directors Complete 1932 Program
Mercer county fair directors finalize the 1982 program at the county fair grounds August 23 24 25 26 adding a dog show. officers and superintendents named with day by day events including 4 H club day and old soldiers contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Fair
County Fair
L. P. Lewis
G. M. Bird
J. J. Shelton
H. B. Barber
Sara B. Huff
G. H. Bailey
Princeton
Bryan Bailey
Matoaka
R. L. Johnson
J. A. Godfrey
R. P. Butler
Serena
W. H. Roberts
Athens
Lacy P. Lewis
Elgood
John M. Bailey
Mra
Princeton Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Princeton residents share visiting relatives and travel as Miss Kate Lisagor returns from the University of Chicago and attends home events. Garretts and friends host guests from Greensboro Pittsburg and Newark while others head to summer schools conventions and spas.
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
The J J Shelton family thanks neighbors and friends for acts of kindness flowers and automobiles during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr J I Markel for untiring service.
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J. I. Markel
Prize Cartoon Story Wins Grand Auto Prize
Clinton W. Blume of 1400 Ocean Avenue Brooklyn won the national Believe It Or Not contest grand prize. His entry described the astonishing drift of his scrub brush from the liner to his feet. Blume survived a torpedo attack on the U S S President Lincoln in 1918, clung to a raft for eighteen hours, later found the brush on duty as a lifeguard, and preserved carved initials C W B. The navy hydrographic office backs the drift possibility. He received a Curtiss Wright Jr. airplane and flying instruction.
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Clinton W. Blume
Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn
Blume
Navy
Lincoln
France
Manhattan Beach
Hydrographic Office
United States Navy
Brush fire fanned by lightning near railroad underpass
Fire department found only a brush fire in the east end when called at 4 16 Saturday afternoon. Lightning struck a nearby tree as the truck neared the underpass, believed to have started the blaze. A six year old child of Mr and Mrs J K Hearn lost a finger yesterday due to a scythe accident at Princeton Hospital.
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J. K. Hearn
Princeton
Shanghai Express to Head Royal Theatre Run
Marlene Dietrich returns as star of Shanghai Express with Clive Brook Anna May Wong in supporting roles. Warner Oland plays a Chinese bandit general amid a dramatic tale of adventure and romance aboard a held up Shanghai Express.
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Shanghai
Warner Oland
Two Ordinances Up For City Council Action
Two ordinances will be considered at the regular Monday night meeting. One imposes a tax on peddlers and itinerant merchants based on state law, the second requires all bulk merchandise to be weighed and measured on approved scales by sellers of weights and measures.
Boosters Beat Pearisburg In Tight 5 4 Battle
The Boosters defeated Pearisburg 5 to 4 on the legal field Friday. Covel pitched well for the winners with seven hits allowed. Mills pitched for Pearisburg allowing eight hits. Pearisburg's Munsey and Woods led the attack while Lambert White and Chambers starred for Princeton.
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Boosters
Pearisburg
Covel
Mills
Munsey
Woods
Lambert
White
Chambers
Princeton
Blacksburg
St. Clair
Bereaved family thanks friends for kindness after loss
We express gratitude to neighbors for acts of kindness after the death of our son and brother Grover Clifton Steele. We also thank everyone for floral tributes and for the use of automobiles.
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Grover Clifton Steele
Charlton Sues Chevrolet in July Chancery
G. E. Charlton trading as Pinnacle Sales brings a suit against Chevrolet Motor Company in chancery court under July rules seeking relief or damages. The filing names the plaintiff and defendant and outlines the basis for the injunction or remedy under filing rules.
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G. E. Charlton
Pinnacle Sales Company
Chevrolet Motor Company
Health mobile unit immunizes Mercer County residents
More than 300 adults and children were immunized against diphtheria typhoid fever and smallpox in Mercer county during the past three months by the mobile unit of the state health department headed by Dr. C BE Lewis in cooperation with Dr. Sam R Holroyd county health officer and school officials. The series of free clinics closed Friday. Local physicians will do followup work next week.
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Mercer County
State Health Department
C. BE. Lewis
Alleged Home Brew Arrest Leads to Fine in Matoa Kas
Alex Jones colored was arrested by Special Constable J B Boyd for possession of home brew and fined 60.85 dollars by Magistrate John E F Bailey at Matoa ka Saturday. Default of payment sent Jones to jail.
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J. B. Boyd
Alex Jones
John EF. Bailey
Matoaka
Jones
County 4-H Clubs Plan Picnic and Fair Prep
Four-H clubs across the county organize joint picnic and recreation meetings to strengthen ties and prepare for the upcoming 4-H day at the county fair in August. Meetings are set at Willowtown next Wednesday at 3 p.m., with other gatherings at Glenwood and Coaldale, plus regular club sessions in Black Oak Nemours and nearby towns. The program features 4-H activities and a gypsy pattern finale with picnics and suppers.
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Stinson
Oakvale
Thomas
Willatown
Willlowtown
Harry and Brushfork
Mercer Strckers
Glenwood
Princeton
Black Oak
Coaldale and
Nemours
Princeton Band To Give Free Park Concert On Sunday
The Princeton high school band will present a free concert on the lawn of the First Methodist church at Park and Center streets Sunday at 2 30. Members should assemble at 2 p m. Next Saturday the Mercer band directed by Harry Isaacs will give a similar concert on the lawn.
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Princeton High School
First Methodist Church
Park and Center Streets
Mercer
Harry Isaacs
Couple Tie Fleeting Knot at Littlesburg Courthouse
Miss Fiora Georgia Lynch and John B. Taylor of Littlesburg waited in marriage at the courthouse Friday afternoon. Rev. G. W. Talbert performed the ceremony.
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Fiora Georgia Lynch
John B. Taylor
Littlesburg
G. W. Talbert
Kee Street church hosts guest night by Missionary Society
The Woman's Missionary Society of Kee Street church invites all mothers to a guest night during its monthly meeting on Wednesday night, June 22, from 1 p m to 4 p m. Contact Mrs Harry Karnes at 115 L for details.
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Princeton Society
Harry Karnes
Woman's Missionary Society of
Kee Street
Women’s Missionary Society Hosts Guest Day Service
The First Methodist church society welcomed guests with Ave Maria violin prelude by Helen Reynolds and Ray Bailey, a devotional on The Development of Jesus, and a address by S. M. Bernard of Bluefield. Circle 9 won the attendance banner.
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Floyd Langford
Joe Lilly
E. W. Hale
Jesus
God
Joseph
Stanley
Bluefield
Karl, Gott
Benediction and Social Hour for Church Members
After the service Dr Morrell gave the benediction and during the social hour about 130 members and guests retired to Sunday school rooms where fruit punch and party cakes were served.
Recitals by Princeton School of Music Pupils Held at High School
The third in a series of pupil recitals directed by Mrs. Ray Bailey and Miss Helen Reynolds took place in the high school auditorium last night with parents and friends in attendance. Several young musicians showed marked talent in piano and violin performances. Earlier recitals were held Thursday and Friday at the Presbyterian church featuring Horace Booker piano and Riccardo Martin violin.
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Princeton School of Music
Ray Bailey
Helen Reynolds
Presbyterian Church
Horace Booker
Riccardo Martin
W. L. Piper
Lovell Avenue
First Christian Church
E. K. Ketron
Secrest
Henry Karnes
New York
Okey Chambers
Rose
Margaret Sowers
Helen Hayes
Clarabell Craft
Wanda Chambers
Phyllis Johnston
Jane Henderson
Mildred Roberts
Louise Johnson
Iva Swimm
Gladye White
Brush Creek Farm Women’s Club Sees Eighteen Attend Gypsy Party Planned
Brush Creek Farm Women’s Club met at Mrs. W. R. Harman’s home with eighteen members. Mrs. Mooney led in prayer and opening song. A “Home Makers Heart” lesson was given by Ada Bratton Howard Faulkner Worley Peery and Miss Levgs. They plan a gypsy party for husbands on June 25 at Mrs. B K Bratton’s home.
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Brush Creek Farm Women's Club
W. R. Harman
Stamper Baby Kay June Born June Fourteenth
Mr and Mrs C L Stamper welcome a baby girl named Kay June born Tuesday June 14 in a local hospital. The family expresses happiness at the arrival and shares the newborn’s full name.
Sheriff Sues County Court Over Unpaid Funds and Coal
Sheriff J Otis Bowling filed suit in Magistrate I C Damewood against the county court for 82 dollars after deductions from jail accounts 36 in April 36 in May and 10 for transporting insane persons. J W Meadows also sues for about 142 dollars for coal used in jail store hot water and courthouse furnace claims the court failed to authorize payment. Both cases set for trial before Squire Damewood next Saturday.
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J. Otis Bowling
I. C. Damewood
Spencer
J. W. Meadows
Meadows
Squire Damewood
Concord College News Mrs McNeer Leaves for Chapel Hill
Mrs Marietta Walkup McNeer an English and piano instructor at Concord College left Wednesday June 8 to enroll at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She previously graduated from Hollins College and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and earned her A B degree from Concord College. This marks the first time Concord maintains training schools in both Athens and Princeton due to large enrollment and August graduations with about 120 students in supervised observation and teaching.
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Concord
Athens
Princeton
Marsh
Summer chapel programs at Concord promise unusual features
Dr J F Marsh president of Concord announces summer chapel programs with varied activities for summer session students. Schedule includes sunset dances nightly dances picnic lyceum and men’s picnic plus a major social at the summer school hall with alumni invited. Committees from the extra curricular class will assist and faculty and students are urged to participate.
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J. F. Marsh
Concord
Marshal
Dean Bullard
Graybeal
van Horn
Veter
Lyceum
Miss Horton
Yeater
Concord College Sets New High Enrollment Mark
Enrollment at Concord College tops eight hundred for the summer session with thirty graduates pursuing post graduate work. Dr. J Frank Marsh plans to visit Charleston Monday to attend a state meeting.
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Concord College
Marsh
Charleston
J. Frank Marsh
Home Nearing Completion on Campus Housing
The president's family plans to move into a new Colonial style home on campus within a month, with trees planted on the lawn. P C Bibbee of Concord College began building a new home between Edgar Bengert and Robbinette, excavation underway and frame work soon. The library remains crowded from 6:30 to 9:30 pm and staff extend hours from 7:45 am to 10 pm to meet demand.
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P. C.bibbee
Concord College
Edgar P. Bengert
Robbinette
Concord
Rites This Afternoon for David L. Biedler
Funeral service to be held this afternoon at 1 o clock at the Episcopal church for David Lampton Biedler 48 who died Friday evening in a Bluefield hospital. The Rev Jennings W Hobson will officiate. Burial will follow in Stanley Virginia.
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Episcopal Church
David Lampton Biedler
Bluefield
Jennings W. Hobson
Stanley
Judge A G Hughes to seek state Supreme Court nomination
Judge A G Hughes of the eighteenth judicial circuit announced in Kingwood West Virginia that he will seek the Republican nomination for judge of the state supreme court at the Wheeling convention on August 11. He said he would make a formal announcement soon.
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Kingwood
W. Va
A. G. Hughes
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
State Supreme Court
Hughes
Local Judicial Candidates Move Toward renomination
A formal announcement of his candidacy is planned for late next week as the second avowed candidate for the nomination. Judge Frank Lively of Charleston, a retiring appellate court member, said last Saturday he would seek renomination. Judge Hughes, in his second term for the eighteenth circuit covering Preston county, faces a term expiring in 1936. first elected in 1920 and unopposed in 1928 when Democrats did not nominate an opponent.
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Frank Lively
Charleston
Hughes
Preston County
Three Congressmen to Address Postmasters in West Virginia
Three congressmen will address the West Virginia branch meeting of the National League of District Postmasters in Charleston on June 22 and 24. Speakers are Representatives Robert L. Hogg of Point Pleasant Hugh Ike Shott of Bluefield and Frank L. Bowman of Morgantown, per Charleston postmaster M. R. Mathews.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
National League of District
M. R. Mathews
Robert L. Hogg
Point Pleasant
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Frank L. Bowman
Morgantown
Country Farm and Town Homes Up for Grabs in Real Estate Ads
A collection of farm plots and residences is offered with details on acreage, outbuildings, water, and financing terms. Properties include 19 acres with eight rooms on a knoll, six acres river bottom land with cottage, five to six room houses, and a small town farm with fruit trees. Prices range from $2,650 to $3,650 with various terms and incentives.
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HOPRE
Princeton
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