Swimming Party Honoring Mrs Steorts At Rock View
Mrs C E B Steorts hosted a swimming party Friday with a small group from Princeton. Guests included Mrs Alice Steorts from Keyser Miss Katherine Sexton from Wyrtheville and Miss Margaret Rich with James and Eugene Steorts. The group traveled to Rock View for a pool outing and picnic. Baptist Circle 7 set to meet Monday evening to study From Strength to Strength chapters five and six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. EB. Stearts
College Avenue
Princeton
Rock View
Steorts
Alice Steorts
Keyser
Katherine Sexton
Wrytheville
Rich
Margaret Rich
James and
Eugene Steorts
Baptist Circle 7
Pythian Sisters Convene Tomorrow in Walker Hall
The Pythian Sisters plan an informative convention in Walker Hall with delegates from various places. The opening session is set for 1 30 p m. A lawn party Thursday at the McGuire home on Honaker avenue honored their daughter Lillian with a decoratively lanterned lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker Hall
J. W. McGuire
Honaker Avenue
Lillian
Rain Drives Teens Indoors After Merry Frolic Dance
A rain storm ends the outdoor merriment as young people gather inside. Mrs. McGuire and Mrs. League serve strawberry ice, cake and punch to Misses Lenora Swain Evelyn Bird Elizabeth Bird Isabelle Brown Evelyn Susong Hortense League Gladys Mills Helen Bowling Louise Bowling Rowena Peters Bula Mae Smith L G Bowling Jr A D White Dick Karnes Dick McClaugherty Elwood Peters Billy Culp Carl Brown John White Freckles Hutcheson Ted Malcolm Richard Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGuire
W. F. League
Lenora Swain
Evelyn
Elizabeth Bird
Isabelle Brown
Evelyn Susong
Hortense League
Gladys Mills
Helen
Louise Bowling
Rowena Peters
Bula Mae Smith
L. G. Bowling, Jr
A. D. White
Dick Karnes
Dick McClaugherty
Elwood Peters
Billy Culp
Carl Brown
John White
Freckles Hutcheson
Ted Malcolm
Richard Smith
Annual Eastern Star Officers Installed in Princeton
The Princeton Chapter Order of the Eastern Star held its annual officers installation at Masonic Hall last Tuesday. New officers included Mrs. A P Spangler as worthy matron and E E Kane as worthy patron, with various appointive posts filled by named members and a social ice course closing the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
A. P. Spangler
E. E. Kane
J. Ho Kelly
S. F. Clezhon
R. N Holland
J. K. Lusk
Augusta Morris
F. Cleghan
Boyd Chambers
Jennie Barberle
Anna Myers
Hugh Neal
J. J. Reynolds
Enjoy Hike by Students in Summer Session to Aeolian Cliffs
Students in the summer session at the high school hiked to the Aeolian Cliffs returning by 2 30 in the afternoon. Chaperones included Mr and Mrs Hollardsworth and Miss Bonham. The group sang played games and enjoyed a picnic lunch. James was among those in the party.
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Hollardsworth
Picnic Reception Committee Named for Virginian Railway Picnic
The reception committee for the Virginian Railway Company picnic on July 18 at Egleston is headed by Mrs. L. B. Willyoung and includes Mrs. J. W. Sasser, Mrs. J. W. White, Mrs. J. A. Sharpley, Mrs. G. B. Halstead, Mrs. T. M. Johnson, Mrs. Kk. W. Earley and Mrs. W. O. Sowers. The Young Woman's Auxiliary of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Society will be entertained Monday evening by Miss Mary Gore, with Mrs. Alfreda Fry leading the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginian Railway Company
Egleston
L. B. Willyoung
J. W. Sasser
J. W. White
J. A. Sharpley
G. B. Halstead
T. M. Johnson
Kk. W. Earley
W. O. Sowers
The
Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
Mary Gore
Alfreda Fry
Forum Club to Meet Miss Frances Harrold on Kipling
The Forum Club will meet with Miss Frances Harrold Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The program will focus on Kipling, led by Mrs. J B Sharpley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORUM
Forum Club
Frances Harrold
Kipling
J. B. Sharpley
Missionary Society Social at Methodist Church
At 2 30 Monday afternoon the Junior Missionary Society invites members to a social in the church social room. Each member is asked to bring a penny for every inch of arm as part of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Local residents visit Bluefield and Princeton area events
Misses Walker Cox and others from Bowling addition attend shopping in Bluefield with several Princeton visitors and attendees at a league convention in Abingdon Virginia. Many locals travel to see a ballgame, with bills of ill fortune and revival campaigns noted as well as hospital and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Walker
Lucille Cox
Bowling Addition
Bluefield
J. B. Montgomery
Kathryn
Margaret
Huntington
Frances Fulcher
Eva Smith
Hazel Rice
Hobart Young
Billy Carr
New Hope
Abingdon
Scott White
Harrison Street
Mary Anne Johnson
Virginia Wilson
Mamie Dillon
Gleana Evans
Athens
Princeton
Frank Hale
Camp Creek
French
J. M. Christie
Lacy Christie
Eva Mann
Christie
Main Street
Link Grove
Beckley and
Page
Hale
Cc. C. Fry
Asheville
N. C
S. H. Fry
Walnut Street
Due Anderson
Lurich
C. W. McComas
Bristol
Bristol, Tenn., Have Been Visiting Mrs. J. T. Cassell
McComas
L. F. Compton
Alderson
R. S. Scally
Salem
Tara
Hobart E Cook Laid To Rest In Athens Cemetery
Hobart E Cook was laid to rest in Athens Cemetery after a funeral at the Baptist Church led by Rev Swope and Rev Moore. The service at the grave followed the order of Ellis of Bluefield. He was a head bookkeeper at Concho at his death and is survived by his widow Lilian Bowman, two children Hobart and Ruth, an infant who died two weeks earlier, his mother Mrs M E Cook, three sisters and two brothers including Mrs Oxley, Mrs Adams, Mrs Yost, B R Cook, and Roy Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Cook
Athens
Baptist Church
Swope
Moore
Ellis
Bluefield
Ma Cook
Concho
Lilian Bowman
Panther
Ruth
M. EB. Cook
Robert Oxley
Corinne
Roy Adams
Lioma
Fla
Conner Yost
West Graham
B. R. Cook
Irquois
Roy Cook
Princeton Chautauqua Promoters Launch Weekend Program
A long notice details booster trips to Monroe Greenbrier Giles and Summers counties to promote Princeton as a trading center and residential town. Activities include a 175 mile route with stops, meals, and decorated local clubs involved in the caravan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monore
Greenbrier
Giles
Summers
Princeton
Oakvale
Lurich
Glen Lyn
Narrows
Ripplemeade
Pearisburg
Peterstown
Ronceverte
White Sulphur
Peace Springs
Minton
Missionary Society of the
Peterstown Methodist Church
Monroe County
Boosters
White Sul Springs
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Princeton Couples Wed as County Clerks Issue Licenses
Marriage licenses were issued for Harold M. Riffe to Pansy E. Humphreys both of Athens and William T. Davis to Minnie M. Thompson of Tazewell with additional licenses for Wm. M. Anderson to Mamie L. McPherson both of Princeton. Farmers expect rains to salvage oat and hay crops after drought and drought affected growth. corn shows promise with better weather. G. B. Bowling of Lilly & Bowling in Roanoke visited with buyers for Coke property. Roanoke additions sold to J. L. Penland Pageton H. B. Thomas Mrs. R. O. Cunningham Mrs. Mae Lester and Miss Goodman. Oakvale represented in attendance.
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Harold M. Riffe
Pansy E. Humphreys
Athens
William T. Davis
Norfolk
Minnie M. Thompson
Tazewell
Wm. M. Anderson
Mamie L. McPherson
Princeton
Mercer
G. B. Bowling
Lilly & Bowling
Roanoke
Lilly Land Company
Our City
Jenkin Jones
Coke
Roanoke City
J. L. Penland
Pageton
H. B. Thomas
R. O. Cunningham
Mae Lester
Miss Goodman
Oakvale
Swarthmore Chautauqua Opens Saturday
Swarthmore residents will soon welcome the Swarthmore Chautauqua opening this Saturday. The event promises a program of lectures music and community gatherings featuring local and visiting participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swarthmore Chautauqua
Lisagor and Spitz Store Destroyed in Major Fire
Fire of undetermined origin gutted a store room at Lisagor and Spitz at Fifth and Mercer streets early Saturday, destroying $14 000 to $16 000 in merchandise. Building and two rooms were damaged. Fire Chief Oxley injured by falling glass. merchandise insured for $5 000. building insured for $1 500. Owner J W Andrews resided upstairs. Spitz was away in Baltimore for son Bernard’s Johns Hopkins hospital treatment.
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Lisagor
Spitz
Fifth
Mercer Streets
B. Lisagor
Huff
George Oxley
Lisagor and Spitz
Ballard Insurance Agency
J. W. Andrews
Baltimore
Bernard
Johns. Hopkins Hospital
Alabama student wins amateur golf title in the South
Gleon Crisman of Selma Alabama with University of Alabama student status defeated 8 KB Foster of Jacksonville Florida 3 and 2 to win the amateur golf championship of the South in Asheville North Carolina on June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N.C
Gleon Crisman
Selma
Ala
University of Alabama
South
KB. Foster
Jacksonville
Fla
City council looks to pick from 25 hopeful applicants
Mercer city officials prepare for a new administration with about twenty five candidates for chief of police, patrolmen, and other roles. The editorial expresses confidence in the incoming council to act in the town’s best interests and highlights the mayor’s road and street expertise. A lost silver wrist watch with mesh band is described, valued at the Sanitary Grocery and Bakery area, to be returned to Mrs. Ke. J. Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanitary
E J. Lambert
Straley Avenue
Mercer
Princeton
Hetween Sanitary Grocery and Bakery
Mra. Ke. J. Lambert
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J. K. Ball
Baptist Circle
Convention
Pythian Sisters
Kohler
G. W. McAllister
R. F. ED
W. Va
Kohler Tomatic Fowerflight
Geraldine Read
Dorothy Perkins
Virginia Roney
Margaret Johnston
Maxine Brown
Elizabeth Dyer
Ruth Roney
Vera Payne
Miss Hale
O. KE
Summit City
Palace Restaurant
Palace
Court House Square
Princeton, W. Va
Mercer St
Anna Sue Fay
Billy Joe
L. C. Holt
Opal Lask
Virginia Thompson
Emily Smithson
Pauline Rogers
Elizabeth Christian
Margaret Stiltner
Helen Keeney
Virginia Miller
Fay Looney
One Worley
Charles Johnson
W. A
Hobart E. Cook
Athens Cemetery
Princeton Norfolk
Virginian Railway
Oac Ee
Eas
Sutherland
Squire C. C. Karnes
C. A. Thomas
Fred Smith
Thomas
Smith
Z. B. Mayberry
G. W. Blankenship
R. P. Johnson
Blankenship
Lara Johnson
the Baptist Church
Verdi
Hess
Helen Reynolds
Guy
Thomas Priddy
Hale and
Park Avenue
J. G. Barber
Cora Hicks
Victoria
Walker Street
Justice of the Peace
O. O. Karnes
D. EK. Price
John Newkirk
Cora
Lee Hicks
Tyler Smith
Ellwood Peters
E. F. Peters
T. C. Schuler
Methodist Church
Melody Conn
Straley Ave
Court House
Stanley Smith
Chautauqua
H. C. Hadden
Rev
C. H. Phipps
Will” Dietrick
Atlanta
Philadel
Smith & Walker Civil and Mining Engineers
Coal
Wweviway
Bank of Princeton
the Bank of Princeton
West VA
Lisagor & Spitz
Crisman
Robert T Hopkins
First National Bank Bldg
Mortgage Service & Real Estate CO
Bluefield, W. Va
Straley Cup
Princeton Lawn Tennis Club
Bramwell
Matoaka
Hadden
Princeton's
Princeton, Ww Va
Mercer Insurance Agency
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