Recount Results Highlight Minor Shifts in Mercer County
The Mercer County court completed a recount of Democratic sheriff and House of Delegates votes and state senate totals. The contest for justice of the peace and constable in Mast River district proceeds, while Robinette withdrew a challenged Rock district constable tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of Peace
East River
Robinette
Mercer County
House of Deleoe County Court
State Seais
Yafter
Justice of the Peace
Mast River
Rock District
Frit Robinette
Haythe
Cahvads
Johnston
Iton
Court minutes mention undeclared rulings and local races
The minutes note no rulings entered while results show Light leading in the house of delegates race over Bryant. In the county court race, Crumpecker reportedly extends his lead by about 1200 votes over Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light
Bryant
Thomasot
Crumpecker
Lambert
Preaching at Reece Harman Schoolhouse Sunday Evening
Mrs. B S Broughtman from Virginia will preach at the Reece Harman schoolhouse on Sunday at 3 30 oclock. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reece Harman
8S. B. Broughtman
Virginia
Lightning Kills Six Cows Near Sandlick Farm
Early Thursday a lightning bolt struck in Sandlick area killing six cows owned by K. B. Shrader. The animals were separated from twelve others and lay together on a knoll in an open field. A second thunderstorm hit Princeton area, but no further damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eHarder
A. Shrader
Shrader
Princeton
Bonds Turned In By Princeton World War Veterans
World war veterans in Princeton turned in 1206 fifty dollar bonds and Wednesday Postmaster L B White will transmit them to the originating post office for cashing. The total cash value reaches 60300 dollars with 695 ads turned in Tuesday and 521 bonds cashed Wednesday. Delivery slowed yesterday and only a few bonds were expected for exchange of checks issued in Charleston. Checks for cashed bonds are expected to arrive today and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
L. B. White
Charléston
4-H Field Day Ready At Club Camp Grounds
Arrangements for the annual 4-H club field day at the club camp grounds on the Athens road are complete. More than 100 county youth are expected to participate in events directed by Herman Bowers and Miss Gladys Wasmouth. The program begins at 9 30 with registration, a track meet at 10, softball at 11, followed by a picnic lunch and marble tournaments, horse shoe pitching, seed and fertilizer ID, sewing and bread judging, information contest, and awards at 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Road
Herman Bowers
Gladys Wasmouth
For Sale 57 Acre Farm on Red Oak Ridge
Farm listing for 57 acres on Red Oak Ridge with 1g mile of hard road and a three room house. Includes barn and outbuildings and 15 acres of second growth mining timber. Priced at $2400 with $13 down and balance on terms. Contact J M Oakes at 207 West Street Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak Ridge
County Road
J. M. Oakes
West Street
Princeton
Princeton Legion Shooters Take Third in National Meet
Princeton Post No. 64 American Legion Rifle club placed third in the national 50 feet metallic sights inter-Club matches sponsored by the National Rifle Association. Team total 906 outscored Blue Goose of Ebensburg and Dividend of Utah. individual scores listed for H L Goode Ballard Harry McCoy Ralph Bird and others.
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Local Post
Rifle Association
Princeton Post
American Legion Rifle Club
National Rifle Association
Blue Goose Club
Ebensburg
Sec
the Divine
Utah
Kneeton
H. L Goode
Ballard
Harry McCoy
Ralph Bird
W. H. Foster
Blue Gooné
Princeton
Princeton Paragraphs and Upcoming Performances
Suit filed in circuit court by Gladys Vines against Bridge Vines in chancery, the aim being divorce. First Baptist men's choir to rehearse at 6 30 tonight. Harold Vawter of Bluefield, a Fred Allen Town Hall Tonight contestant, to perform at the Royal theatre next Tuesday with James Elmer Brown, including Ah Sweet Mystery of Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Vines
Bridge Vines
Vawter
Harold Vawter
Bluefield
National Broadcasting Network
Fred Allen
Radio City
Royal Theatre
James Elmer’ Brown
Princeton
New York
Princeton Personalities Visit Raleigh Reporter
Mrs. F. M. Dalton at her Straley avenue home hosts Caroline Rich who has recently accepted a position at the Raleigh Register in Beckley West Virginia. Rich will spend the weekend visiting friends in the city before starting her duties next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Dalton
Straley Avenue
Caroline Rich
Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Humphrey
Killarmy
Raleigh County
Welch
W. C. Williams
Norman
Lewisburg
Presbyterian Youngs People's Conference
Holly Spedden
Grace Hospital
Elkins
Résé Schurfian
Baltimore
Hyman Bell
Changes in Jumping Branch precinct lines proposed
The county court appoints Dc. C. Lilly and Mrs. Ocle Meadows to investigate and report on the advisability of changing Jumping Branch district precincts. They will make suggestions for voter convenience and report proposed dividing lines at the next county court meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dc. C. Lilly
Ocle Meadows
Jumping Branch
County Court
Nine room brick residence for sale in prime district
For sale a nine room brick residence with basement and brick garage. Includes hot water heat and adaptable cooking with coal gas or electricity. Best residential district. cash buyers only. Send responses to Box 9 Telegraph care.
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Care Telegraph
Rosa Ponselle Club Schedules Monthly Meeting Highlights
The Rosa Ponselle Music club met at Grace Wilson’s home in Princeton with seventeen members and two visitors. Program focused on Howard Dowell and Ethelberg Nevin with solos and readings by Ruth McManaway, George Hambrick, Billie Callaway, June Shumate, Nancy Shrewberry, Martha Arbogast and others. Grace Wilson and her mother hosted refreshments. next meeting will feature a club picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Ponselle Music Club
Grace Wilson
Highland Avenue
Howard Mdowell
Ethelberg Nevin
George Hambrick
McDowell
Ruth McManaway
Rigandon
Dowell
Helen Hayes
Nevin
Rosary
Billie Callaway
June Shumate
Tey
Billie Bashler
Nancy Shrewberry
Percy Grainger
Martha Arbogast
Club Pictuc
Noted poet Mawin Arling ton Robinson honored in reading
A period study showcased Mawin Arling ton Robinson with poems read and explained by local teachers. It recalls Roosevelt recommending him to a New York fashion house job and his rise as a leading American modern poet with three Pulitzer Prizes. Refreshements followed the meeting and Texas pecan production noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mawin Arlington Robinson
Ross Dunn
D . Cook
Robinson
America
Funeral Services for S. E. Umberger in Athens
Funeral services for S. E. Umberger 88 who died Wednesday in Spencer West Virginia will be held this afternoon at the Athens Methodist Church with Rev George B McCreary assisted by Rev T Hensley. Burial will be in Athens Cemetery. He is survived by his widow four children his mother Mrs R S Umberger of Athens and a sister and a half sister both of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S&s
TO ELECT OFFICERS AT ST JOHNS NIGHT MEETING
Prince ton Lodge No. 134 A. F. and A. M. will elect officers on Monday night and install them at the following Monday night meeting known as St. Johns night.
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Princeton Lodge No
St. John's
Watterson Lodge Meeting and Silver Spring Class Tonight
Watterson Lodge No 472 meets today at 2 PM in Walker Hall with full attendance requested and gifts exchanged. Silver Spring church Honest Workers Class gathers at 7 30 PM with hostesses Mrs Harrel Belcher and Mrs Wort Thomas at their Thornton avenue home.
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Watterson Lodge
Walker Hall
Honest Workers
Silver Spring Church
Harrel Belcher
Wort Thomas
Thornton Avenue
Modern Poetry Class With Mrs Good Meets Weekly
The Modern Poetry class led by Mrs. O. F. Good gathers each Tuesday evening, focusing on study and interpretation of poems in a structured course setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
0. F. Good
Lilly Land Company to Market Large Tract
The Lilly Land Company of Princeton has acquired a large land tract on the Bluestone Junction highway near Pocahontas Virginia. The site includes several homes and will be subdivided into multiple acre truck farms. Engineers are laying off the land and sale is planned within ten days. This marks the third sizable tract offered in the immediate area in three months. Whalebone once sold for 10000 a ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lilly Land Company of
Princeton
Bluestone Junction
Pocahontas
Virginia
Lilly Land Company
Last Rites Held for Pendleton Youth
Last rites were conducted yesterday for Joseph Pendleton 21 at St. Peter's Catholic Church with Requiem High Mass. Interment followed at Taeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pendleton
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
John J. Hanley
Taeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
Welch parish registers for Vacation Bible School
Registration for enrollment in the Presbyterian Vacation Bible School will be held today from 9 to 11 in the First Presbyterian church Sunday school room. The two week program begins June 23 with Miss Liberty Cas gall directing the classes. The McDowell County Board of Education met for about two hours to discuss routing matters in the superintendent G A Bryson’s office. Several men from Welch and War Kiwanis clubs will depart Sunday to attend the Kiwanis International convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Vacation Bible School
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian School
McDowell County Board of Haueation
G. A. Bryson
Win
Welch and
War Kiwanis Clubs
Kiwanis International
Welch Hour Daily Announces Local Sponsor List
Daily 5 P.M Welch Hour on WHIS promoted by Welch merchants including Lewis Furniture, Pocahontas Theatre, Temple Theatre, McCoy's Beauty Shoppe, Peerless Laundry, Purity Food Market, and Sherman’s Pawn Shop urging listeners to patronize those who entertain them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Lewis Furnituré Company
Pocahontas Théatre
Temple Theatre
McCoy's Beauty Shoppe
Peerless Laundry
Purity Foo Market
Sherman's Pawn Shop
Welch Club Delegation Heads to Washington
Dr H B Shumate will represent the Welch club while G A Bryson serves as president. Hérman Misrach and "Happy" Aur compose the delegation amid events scheduled Sunday through Friday July 21-25 in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
H. 8. Shumate
Welch Club
G. A. Bryson
Hérman Misrach
Home Lighting Demonstration by Mrs Sara Moore at church
Mrs Sara B Moore of Bluefield presented a home lighting demonstration to about 50 women at the Methodist Missionary society in the Appalachian Community room. She is an employee of the Appalachian Electric company and will give similar demonstrations to other church groups in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara B. Moore
Bluefield
Methodist Missionary Society
Appalachian Community Room
Mooré
Appalachian Electric Company
Pneumonia Fatal for 18-Month-Old in Marytown
Walter Ray Testerman, 18 months old, of Mr and Mrs Eli Testerman Marytown, died yesterday in a local hospital from pneumonia born Nov 7 1934 in Marytown. Survived by parents four siblings funeral Sunday at Jaeger Memorial Cemetery Roderfield with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ray Tésterman
Eli Testerman
Marytown
Nobh
Deat
Ineston Pocahontas Dal Company
Jaeger Memorial
Roderfield
Premier Woman Dies After Illness in Premier
Mrs Flora Pennington wife of James Pennington of Premier died after a lengthy illness at her home. Born in Pulaski Virginia she had lived in Premier since 1910. Survived by husband and daughter Miss Eunice Pennington. Funeral arrangements pending at Douglass Funeral Home and burial in Roderfield cemetery.
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Flora Pennington
James Pennington
Pulaski
Herusband
Miés Euniice Oppinnen
Boé
Ataté
Douglass
Pennington Homie
Puri
Roderfield
Victim of Shooting Buried in Bassett
Burial services were held yesterday in Bassett Virginia for Arthur Printy a 92 year old Premier miner shot to death Tuesday. Claude Sargent alleged to have fired the bullets awaits grand jury action in the county jail with Prosecuting Attorney Wilson Anderson stating no hearing unless demanded. A second man had attacked the accused slayer three weeks prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bassett
Arthur Printy
Claude Sargent
Wilson Anderson
Sargent
Crows Steal Golf Balls At Local Municipal Course
Irate golfer reports multiple balls missing as crows raid the municipal course. The incident sparks debate over whether bird theft costs a stroke or simply a lost ball in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Funeral services for Mrs Mary E Bragg held today in Flint Hill VA
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Bragg of Premier dies from complications Wednesday morning in a local hospital. Survived by husband G J Bragg and son Otho Bragg. Local residents and visitors noted in brief updates from Welch and surrounding towns. The moon lacks atmosphere to shield it from the sun’s rays as discussion of space continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Hill
Bedford
Mary Elizabeth Bragg
Premier
G. J. Bragg
Premier Pocahontas Coal Company
Otho Bragg
Temperature Extremes Report From Diurnal Cycle
The report notes a 237 degree reading with the sun overhead and the heat fading as the sun moves, while on the opposite side the temperature drops to 307 degrees below.
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Princeton, W. VA
Pops
Barbakow’s Store
Anna Ray Moore
Lake Shawnee
K. B. Shrader
Sandlick
Legion
Whitney
United Hunts Track
Rosiyn, L. 1
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Equipoise
Betty West
Equestrienne
Princeton Society
Harry Karnes
ROSA
Texas
United States
J. C. Lilly Kegley
Baum’s
ROYAL
Gordon the Great
Dad
Jayson
Jason
NoFade
Westminster Sox
Yanton
Wan Ding
Rex” Ciniag
McDowell County
Pendleton
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
Caesar del Bono
Quaker City
Mary E. Bragg
Misane Pearman
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Alice Ready
Helen Partlow
Charleston
James Vermillion
New York City
Vermillion
E. Vermillion
Virginia Avenue
Sam Hermanson
Huntington
Walter Humphrey
Harold Masters
Welch Emergency Hospital
Via
Kelvinator
Little War Creek
Litwar, W. VA
Jones
Cornett Electric Com
Any Kelvinator
Rca-Victor Radio Distributors
Welch, W. V. Bernard Gottlieb
Ke Alexander
Harry Bowen
H. R. Hawthorne
Arthur J. MacBride
Mandger Salea R. L. Waillace
Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
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Rosehet
Reeders
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P.P
Trade Mack
Mass
Silom
Mystie Wharf
Sindusky
Sroce
Detroit
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Erie
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