Princeton Community News Roundup Includes Orchard Yield and Scout Reports
Mercer county fruit grower J R Hatcher near Princeton predicts an 7000 to 8000 bushel crop of peaches apples and pears using modern methods. Troop 1 Boy Scouts met on Mercer street planning the June 29 district meet and sharing talks on navy life. Also notes on theater screenings at Royal theatre and various local residents' travels and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
J. R. Hatcher
Princeton
Low Gap Road
Hatcher
Mercer County
Boy Scouts of
Boy Scout
Mercer Street
Gordon Kyle
Everett Ferguson
New Council to Decide Gas Franchise Bids
Princeton considers two franchise bids for natural gas supply from Bluefield Gas and Power and M. C. H. Meade. Current council tabled applications. incoming council on July 1 will act. Bluefield cites Monroe county fields and regions like Elgood and Speedway as possible sources. Meade previously had wells in Wyoming county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Elizabeth Dyer
Bill Custiss
Bratton Johnson
Ben Bird
Wilford McCutcheon
Benwood-Mec- Mechen
McCutcheon
Wallace Street
Bluefield Gas and Power Company
M. C. H. Meade Company
Monroe County
Elgood and Speedway
Meade Company
Wyoming County
Summer School Plans Extend Six Weeks
Six weeks of additional summer instruction offered after Mercer Street School enrollment, with twenty four students in fifth through seventh grades doing well. Several students who failed two or three subjects could recover with close study and return to their class this fall. Tuition eight dollars.
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Mercer Street
Local notebook notes on fishing trip and community events
G E Charlton Jr and Oscar Farley with Roy Cole of Mont calm enjoyed a three day fishing trip on No Business creek Bland county catching sixty one mountain trout in a short session Tuesday. Karnes Brothers and Hylton organize Karnes Quick Cleaner at 332 Mercer street for washing castings. Roy Chapman was fined nine dollars thirty five cents for hauling castings from a water plant pump house. A jail term of ten days was suspended. M BE Church South pastor James Lotapeich reports preaching at Brush Fork on Saturday morning with dinner on the ground and more preaching by Rev C L Box. A revival by Rev Tom Priddy begins at Sandlick Methodist Sunday night. Welcome to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Charlton Jr
Oscar Farley
Roy Cole
Montcalm
Bland County
Water Company
Roy Chapman
RE. B. King
Chapman
M. BE. Church
South
James H. Lotapeich
J. R. Brown
Brush Fork
C. L. Box
Matoaka
Tom Priddy
Sandlick Methodist Church
New Plan for School Work Attracts Interest
An experimental summer school plan titled Assignment Plan assigns written tasks for each subject to earn promotion. Teachers focus on sparking curiosity and guiding self discovery while students compile and refine work. At Mercer retreat, students and teachers report high enthusiasm and rapid progress. GIRLS AUXILIARY The intermediate girls auxiliary of the First Baptist church meets tonight at 7 30 with Miss Eloise Wood hostess Bring yearbooks and cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Wood
Mr. Wood
Mercer Retreet
The
First Baptist Church
Eloise Wood
Need Money Refunding Loan in Princeton and Bluefield
Advertises $50,000 loan advance on well improved real estate in Princeton and Bluefield. Promises easiest payment terms and invites those needing money or wishing to refinance an old loan to contact A. M. Sutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Sutton
Princeton
Bluefield
Preparations for July Term of Criminal Court Underway
The circuit clerk's office readies for the July term opening Monday the 41st. The grand jury will convene and Judge George Dillard will begin trial of the appeal docket. About thirty April term cases transfer and more may develop from the land jury, likely extending court for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
George Dillard
Thousands to Repeat Club Pledge Saturday
Three hundred thousand 4 H boys and girls are expected to recite the national club pledge and sing the club song when the National 4 H club encampment program from Washington DC goes on the air from 10 to 11 o clock tomorrow morning Eastern standard time. Nearly every state has sent two delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Three abductors sentenced in Kinne kidnapping case
In Loewiston Idaho on June 20 three men who pleaded guilty to abducting Lieutenant Governor W. B. Kinne received prison terms from 10 to 25 years. A fourth gang member was sentenced to 1 to 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loewiston
Ida
W. B. Kinne
William Carmichael Dies In Mine Shaft Fall At Capels
William Carmichael 38 a hoisting engineer for Central Pocahontas Coal at Capels fell 275 feet in a mine shaft while assisting repairs. Witness Andy Wyatt said Carmichael fell silently. some suspect a heart attack. He left a widow and eight children. Funeral set for 10 am Saturday at the larger Methodist church before interment in Bluefield Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Wyatt
Pocahontas
William Carmichael
Central Pocahontas Coal Company
Capels
Mr. Carmichael
Mr. Wyatt
Welch Undertaking Company
Widow of local contractor dies after stroke
Mrs. Julia Peraldo, 50, wife of Albert B. Peraldo a Mc Dover County laeger contractor, died early yesterday at Grace hospital after a paralysis stroke. Peraldo had worked in construction in the county for 38 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Peraldo
Albert B. Peraldo
Laeger
Grace Hospital
Peraldo
McDover County
Parochial Mission at Grace Episcopal Eckman WV
The Rev H O V Loundsbury of Church of the Good Shepherd Parkersburg will conduct a parochial mission at Grace Episcopal Church Eckman starting Sunday morning June 23. Services will be held Sunday at 11 AM and 7 45 PM and continue all week at 7 45 PM with an invitation to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
Eckman
W. Va
H. O. V. Loundsbury
Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal
Parkersburg
Jesus Christ
Rh. W. Hibbert
Northfork
Trinity
H. C. W. Loundsbury
Church of the Good Shepherd
Loundsbury
Burk Hollow
Forty-Three Win Their Citizenship
Forty-three persons were naturalized after examinations by Thomas F McKenzie and hearings before Special Judge Ira J. Partsow. Nationalities represented included Italy fourteen Holland three Russia two Roumania one Czecho Slovakia one Greece one. A whoopee dance sponsored by Painter-Parroni Post 1021 VFW will be held at F bert hall tonight from 9:26 to 2. Wiley Davis and Pansy Murphy of Annwall were granted a marriage license Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Thomas F McKenzie
Washington
Ira J. Partsow
McDowell Circuit Court
Italy
Holland
Greece
Russia
Roumania
Czecho- Slovakia
F Bert Hall
Painter-Parroni Post
Wiley Davis
Pansy Murphy
Annwall
Mitchell Rites Set for J H Mitchell in Welch
Funeral services for J Henderson Mitchell 58 fatally wounded Tuesday night in Welch will be held at 2 PM today at First Methodist church Welch. Rev Jesse Benton and Rev L B Padgett will conduct the service as relatives arrive in the city for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
J. F. Benton
L. B. Padgett
J. Henderson Mitchell
Charles C. Hutton
Welch Police Department
Welch
Jesse F. Benton
First Baptist Church
Welch Undertaking Company
Wyoming Street
Mitchell
Virginia Avenue
Two Young Men Headed to Flying Course at Parks Aviation
Buster Merrell of Mohegan and James Smith of Gary travel to Bi Louis Missouri to enroll at Parks Aviation College. They expect to complete the course in about three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Merrell
A. Merrell
Mohegan
James Smith
A. J. Smith
Gary
Bi Louis
Parks’ Aviation College
Welch City Council Special Meeting Sets Bond Vote
The Welch city council will meet in special session at city hall at 7 30 p m to authorize issuing 130 000 in bonds. The council will consider planning and traffic commission recommendations from its meeting last night.
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Welch
City Planning and Traffic Commission
Welch Kiwanis, Sunday schools plan August picnic
The Union district Sun day schools of Welch will meet at Upland Baptist church tomorrow at 6 pm to finalize plans for a joint Sunday school picnic in August. Kiwanis International delegates W C Smiley Williams and C J Hunter plan to attend the Milwaukee convention. Regular Welch Kiwanis meeting is at 6 pm tonight at First Presbyterian church.
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Union District 2
Upland Baptist Church
W. C. (Smiley) Williams
Welch Kiwanis Club
C. J. Hunter
Milwaukee
Wis
Kiwanis International
Williame
Mr. Hunter
First Presbyterian Church
Funeral Rites Held for Thomas Quarles
Funeral services were held for Thomas Kea 78 of Superior who died Tuesday morning in a local hospital Elder William Auxier conducted the service at Belcher mountain grave site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kea
Superior
William Auxier
Belcher Mountain
Advance man for Chautauqua arrives in Welch
Albert Sindlinger of Kokomo Indiana, advance man for the Redpath Chautauqua, arrived in Welch yesterday to complete arrangements for the program opening June 26 at the new Temple Theatre opposite the Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Sindlinger
Kokomo
Ind
Welch
New Temple Theatre
Local visitors and health updates noted in Welch
Leonard Liebman of Mullens and Judge R R Bailey of Pineville were in Welch yesterday on business. Grace Hospital treated Carrol Clybein for tonsil and adenoid removal, and Mrs Arthur Billups underwent an operation there Wednesday. Rita Brewster to spend weekend in Huntington with friends. B K Worley of Abingdon was a yielder in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Liebman
Mullens
W.S. Barbery
Superior
Welch
RR. D. Bailey
Pineville
Carrol Clybein
W. L. Clybein
Dan
Grace Hospital
C. R Glazier
Cincinnati
L. E. Woods
New York
Arthur Billups
Jenkin Jones
Rita Brewster
Huntington
A. B. Riley
Thorpe
BK. D. Worley
Abingedon
Men Burned While Seeking Water At Coal Company Pump
George Dickens aged 23 and F T Jarrett 40, workers at Consolidation Coal Co in Caretta, suffered severe facial and hand burns Wednesday afternoon when gas from a water pump was ignited. Dickens tried to restart the pump, igniting gas that had risen from the well house. both men received treatment at Weich hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dickens
F. T Jarrett
Consolidation Coal Company
Caretta
Dickens
Weich Hospital
Questions of England Quiz Pack
A set of fragmented questions and clues about England including capitals rivers kings and terms for tools animals and objects. The garbled text mixes geography history language and miscellaneous trivia with no cohesive article or narrative.
Japanese peace move draws wide attention in Washington
Washington reports an apparent MacDonald Dawes naval accord overshadowing a probable visit to the United States. Premier Tanaka informs the United States Japan will support arms reduction, while Secretary Stimson and the British ambassador discuss London talks. An Idaho senator and the ambassador remain tight lipped on the meetings. Ames Iowa reports Iowa eggs produce about 35 million dollars annually from 152 egg-laying hens.
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Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
Dawes
United States
Hoover
London
State Department
Tanaka
Japan
Stimson
Wallington
Esme Howard
Ambassdor
Borah
Idaho
Senate
MacDonald
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Princeton Society
Harriet Woolfolk
Alice White
Hollywood
Royal Theatre
R. S. Carr
BOY Scouts
Fred Kyle
A. R. Kyle
Mahood Avenue
Columbus
Ohio
Region 4
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Ro Rela
Fred
Fred C. Mills
National Camping Department
American Red Cross
Silver Springs W. MT
Woman's Missionary Union of the
Silver Springs
Ram
M. FE. Brookman
H. D. Broomfield
K. T. Wynn
Pauline Thomas
America
C. D. Meador
G. S. Gadd
Howard Gilmer
Dottie Moore
U. S. Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Gatha Ramsey
Fayette County
Rebecca Cornelius
Preston County
Allen Anderson
Webster County
Harold Williams
Harrison County
Harry Strong
Harry
Donald
Billy
North Walker Stree
Virginia
A. L. Traugott
Norfolk
C. C. Beckwith
Navy
Lewisburg
Beckley
Robert McNutt Jr
Frankie Honaker
J. H. Price
Willie Mae Carr
Lillian Campbell
Howe Karnes
Weston
W. D. Burwell
Indianapoli
A. E. Noonkester
Princeton Avenue
Virgil Ray
Wae Ld
C. H. Meade Company
R. B. Karnes
Karnes Brothers and Hylton
Princeton Circuit
Presbyterian Church
A.m
Princeton Meat Market
Westinghouse
Augusta Dickerson
A. M. Sutton Bank of
Mercer St
ROYAL
Princess of
Pep
Alice
Vitaphone
Lake Shawnee
Frank Booth
Collectians
Elks
Princeton Lodge
S. E
Elmas B. Troy, Manger
Princeton, W. VA
Methodist
Mr. Ballard
AEGER
Welch City Council
Welch Briefs
Grace Episcopal, Eckman
Thomas Quarles
Chautauqua
England
British Empire
I. As
George Eliot
Pavors
Tokyo
Ames
Iowa
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