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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
6
Walter Bunting was fined $10 and costs by Magistrate D. T. Carr for improper spotlight use on a truck. He allegedly flashed the light at cars and houses on Beckley road and at women pedestrians on Mercer street.
The state road commission recorded deeds in the county clerk’s office for overhead bridge and approaches at Princeton. Purchasers include the Pentecostal Holiness church for $4,500, Carrol Arrington for $4,500, J M Harvey and wife for $1,000, Cora Glass for $100, Edith Morris for $25, and Gertie West for part of block 9 in the Prospect addition.
Gladys Carter sues George W. Carter in circuit court with a July trial, naming Lewenia Sue Woodyard administratrix of Bettie Woodyard’s estate and appointing H. C. Brooks Ilie Linkous and F. N. Jamison as appraisers. The Royal Theatre features The Madonna's Secret starring Francis Lederer and Ilona Roberts, while Getting Gertie's Garter, a comedy with Dennis O'Keefe Marie McDonald Barry Ivins, plays Mercer Theatre for three days.
Princeton Society CEO to oversee board rule as directors. meeting at 5 PM this afternoon at the church. Memorial hospital reports birth of a son to Mrs. L F Compton on Wednesday morning. Past Councilors Club to meet with Mrs. Alonzo Clark on Athens Road at 7 30 PM for a watermelion feast.
The Junior Sub Deb club will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at 510 Straley Avenue the guest time announced and a time change noted.
G Baker of Huntington formerly of Princeton visits friends in Princeton. Mrs L P Roberts and daughter Mrs Margaret Ruth Johnson and four Norfolk children stay with Mrs Roberts sister Mrs G B Halstead on Hinton street. Mrs J S Schencks and J J Lucas of California visit Nathanias family on Highland avenue. Mrs John Akers of Roanoke visits. Mrs R A Saunders returns from Bedford Virginia with her mother Mrs Elmer Mitchell. Dr Harvey Rice of Albany and Jennings Rice of New York arrive to be with their mother Mrs Maybelle Rice who is critically ill. Mrs George Woolfolk and Mrs Fred Henerlick and three children of Florida leave for Sandusky Michigan to stay with Mrs Woolfolk’s daughter Mrs Fred Simson. Miss Vearn Miller leaves for Koopers Coal company summer camp on Greenbrier River near Hinton to teach nature study and handicrafts for eight weeks.
For sale items include a complete walnut finished bedroom suite and a complete walnut dining room suite. Apply at 508 Bluefield Avenue Princeton on Tuesday or Wednesday this week between 5 and 7 p.m.
West Virginians Inc Princeton chapter will meet Friday night at the Elks home at 8 o clock. Board members and other interested parties are invited to attend. The group aims to promote West Virginia resources and education, publish information, sponsor scholarships, raise funds, and establish franchises across the state. It is a non profit, non stock organization with 12 dollar annual membership plus voluntary contributions.
A Boy Scout troop is organized at Oakvale with sponsorship from Oakvale Methodist church. Rev. W. D. Hicks is pastor. Charles Boggess is church representative on the southern West Virginia Area Council and Princeton Athens-Montcalm district committee. Troop meets Tuesday nights. Scouts listed include Larry Johnson and Jimmy Johnson who attended the district camporee at Johnsons Grove last week and received Tenderfoot badges.
The Princeton Civic chorus met at the high school for its first rehearsal with twenty members. Director Mrs Ella N Jarrell and accompanist Mrs Grace West led the session. Officers include President Francis Watters Secretary Clara Belle Craft Bowling and Treasurer S J Evans Jr. Meetings will be every Tuesday with light and semi classical songs. River herring populations noted in relation to pollution and damming along the Atlantic coast.
B. Alfonso Harris, 32, Giotto Negro, was arrested by State Troopers E. D. Bazzie and E. O. Burner on a drunk driving charge after his 1940 Buick sedan wrecked in a ditch on the Princeton Bluefield road Tuesday night. He was fined 50 dollars and costs and given thirty days in jail by Magistrate E. Dale Bailey on Wednesday.
Honorably discharged service men reporting at the Mercer selective service boards offices yesterday included men from No. 2 and No. 3 boards. No. 2 listed Chestine Casey Ma toaka Ray K Poole Lee while No. 3 named Cletus L Fink Edgar W Craft Jr Princeton Arthur B Clark Camp Creek and Raymond M Smith Oakvale.
E L Wright is critically ill at home on the Princeton Oakvale road with a heart ailment. Mr and Mrs E O Flaherty and Mr and Mrs W H Foster spent the weekend in Roanoke visiting relatives. Dick Morefield a VPI student, has a ten day vacation at his Henry street home. Ed Woolfolk and George Woolfolk visited town. Ed is in Indiana school and George joins Beamer Equipment in Richmond.
The board of public works in Charleston, West Virginia, imposes a land levy to raise about 130000 of the state's 83000000 budget. The levy is one fourth of a cent per 100 on tangible property and one half cent on owner occupied homes outside municipalities, plus one cent on city rental and business holdings. The levy funds the general revenue, with the debt paid since 1939.
An ad promotes Mexsana medicated powder to soothe heat rash irritations and aid sleep. It claims relief from itching and diaper rash and urges consumers to demand Mersana.
In a prepared address at the American Museum of Safety dinner, M urged a campaign to make safety a habit. The 1945 safety prize was awarded to the Chesapeake and Ohio railway, with memorial medals to Duluth, Massabe and Iron Range railway and Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern, plus a commendation to Union Pacific.
Wetzel County has the most delinquent land tracts in the state with 2 471 parcels certified to the circuit court for sale. Kanawha County follows with 4938 tracts, Braxton third with 2 4tr. Chapman of New Martins Commission named deputy diener of forfeited lands for Wetzel County. statewide total reaches 45 659 tracts across 51 counties.
The American Petroleum Institute reports a 646000 barrel rise in gasoline production for the week ended June 15 to 14510000 barrels. Finished and unfinished stocks decline by 67000 barrels to 93449000, with unfinished gasoline at 8523000 barrels. Stocks have trended down for weeks.
The report notes a weekly increase of 65 000 barrels in crude oil iron to 4 960 000, up from 4 888 364 a year ago. The institute estimated consumption at 86 3 percent of a week, with 1 681 000 barrels more than a year ago.
The Virginia Bankers Convention begins in Virginia Beach on June 19. Business sessions cover a proposed constitutional amendment to allow incorporation for group insurance and retirement plans. Officials will hear a report on new legislation affecting bankers and nominate officers for the next year. The state officer election occurs Friday.
Scarcity and higher feed costs cut May hatchings at West Virginia commercial hatcheries. May produced 950000 chicks, down 125000 from 1075000 in May 1945, though still a high level for the era. The drop mostly occurred in the last half of May as eggs were set, with June replacements expected to be smaller. Nationwide declines mirrored West Virginia trends with reduced incubator figures in the South Atlantic region.
Matney Supply Company in Princeton West Virginia advertises all popular Kodak film sizes in stock today and offers phone contact for purchase.
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