Rayon mill site eyed for Princeton growth surge
Princeton officials report bright prospects for a large artificial silk plant after a New York conference with executives from a major firm. D L Casey and J H Lilly coordinate data on wages in Princeton and Bluefield as collaboration grows with Federal Water Service Virginian Railway American Gas and Electric and Triuty Traction firms and local chamber of commerce. The project would start with about 6 000 workers and expand in a second stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Casey
Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Lilly
Chamber
New York City
Princeton
Vicinity
Bluefield
Federal Water Service Company
Local Water Company
Virginian Railway
American Gas and Electric Company
Truity Traction Company
Local Chamber of Commerce
Boots and Buddies News From Princeton and Nearby
Travelers and visitors fill Princeton area as families depart for Fayette Virginia Toledo Windsor and Pennsylvania. Local illnesses include scarlet fever in Dennis family and Florence Deverle ill at home. Detours include William Campbell returning from Detroit with new cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Roanoke
M. G. Harper
Gordon
Fayette
Virginia
Virginia Day
Mildred Johnson
R. E. Broyles
Toledo
Ohio
Watson
Windsor
Canada
Ronald Meadows
Pennsylvania
Clara Heslip
Arthur Jr
Biliston
D. D. Hall
North
Walker Street
M. B. McCawley
Harry Osborne
Cynthia
Barbara Osborne
Elizabeth Claytor
Charles Edmons
Ruth Ceptuner
Athens
Junior Dennis
S. G. Dennis
Hearn
William Campbell
Detroit
Mich
Florence Deverle
College Avenue
Evelyn White
Victoria
Lucille Wickline
Bluefield Road
Sadie
Naomi Woods
Gary
P. BE. Shaw and Son
Washington, D. C
W. G. Anderson
Princeton Avenue
C. G. Anderson
Trent Street
Arrangements Set for Redpath Chautauqua Week in Princeton
Everything is ready for the arrival of Redpath Chautauqua in Princeton next Monday for a week long engagement. The program features Shumate Brothers quartet daily and a mix of concerts, lectures, dramas, and musical events led by notable performers and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redpath Chautauqua
Princeton
Redpath
Shumate Brothers Quartet
William Iney Bennett
North Carolina
Claremont String Ensemble
Tipperary
Harold R. Peat
Ellsworth Gilbert Company
Frederick M. Snyder
Gilbert
Big July Fourth Fete Planned at Lake Shawnee
Arrangements are underway for a July Fourth celebration at Lake Shawnee with local groups coordinating activities and activities expected to include music food and fireworks for residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shawnee
Fourth of July Program Opens With Races and Ends With Fireworks
A July 4 event features a morning drag race led by Guy A. Ritter, pony races, a riding tournament directed by Deck Spangler, two baseball games, water contests, and a concert by the Elbert Boys Band of McDowell County, finishing with a dance and big fireworks display. no city celebration will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Boys’ Band
McDowell County
Deck” Spangler
Guy A. Ritter
Community thanks and a criminal sentence reported
The notice thanks friends for sympathy after Lorena's death and credits Rev. Mr. Clear for service. In Athens, Sam Hairston and fifteen others were fined 100 dollars and costs and jailed thirty days by Squire R A Martin after a Pinnacle raid. Another arrestee, Poor Rich, was released on a small fine. Lake Shawnee hosts dances Friday and Tuesday with Music Satan orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena
Mr. Clear
A. H. Dunford
Sam Hairston
Pinnacle
Crumpecker
Squire R. A. Martin
Athens
Poor Rich
Lake Shawnee
Music Satan Orchestra
Sunbeams and Junior G A Meet at First Baptist Church
The Sunbeams met at the church with twenty members and three visitors to study the lesson "Somewhere" and present songs prayers scripture and stories. The Junior G A’s held a program at 4 pm with opening song and scripture reading as part of the regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbeams
The
First Baptist Church
J. Ek. Vermillion
Dugie Karnes
G. J. Woods
Jesus
Clinton Bonham
Matthew
Mary Izabeth Rafnick
Todd Hambrie
Edna Mae Mitchell
Broyles
J. R. Vermillion
Alice Broyles
For Sale Two Properties in Princeton Area
For sale a brick eight room house with bath hot water heat a large sleeping porch and basement under full house good garage large lot cash payment and balance terms. also a 102 acre well fenced farm within two and a half miles of Princeton in a top county neighborhood. For particulars contact G. H. Bailey 708 Highland Avenue Princeton West Virginia.
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Princeton
Mary Webb and Delphian Club Notes
The program opened with Mary Webb and The Girl Who Stayed in America read by Miss Sykes, followed by a prayer. The Delphian club will meet at Mrs. D. M. G. Rice's home to study Mexico with Mrs. Lillie K. Sutton leading. Miss Corinne White is ill in Victoria, Va for six weeks. Every Man's club of the First Church of Christ will meet at 6:30 pm for officer elections and planned business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Webb
America
Miss Sykes
Delphian Club
D. M. G. Rice
Forest Street
Lillie K. Sutton
Mexico
Corinne White
Victoria
Miss White
Princeton
Concord College
First Church of Christ
J. A. Circle
Union meetings urged for Epworth League and Christian Endeavor
The Epworth League Tri Union gathering is set for Ceres tonight with Princeton Methodist members asked to meet at the church promptly at 7. The Christian Endeavor Union will meet at Princeton Presbyterian at 8 with attendance prize for the best group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Ceres
League of Princeton Methodist Church
Liberal Loans on Improved Property in Princeton
Robert T. Hopkins offers loans on improved property in Princeton for three or five years, contact via telephone 355 J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Robert T. Hopkins
4 H Club Members Plan to Hear Radio Program Tomorrow
Mercer county's sixteen 4-H clubs will listen to the national Four-H club program broadcast via NBC stations tomorrow night between 8 and 9 o clock EST. The national camp runs June 21 to June. C B Smith will lead the pledge, with songs from Washington and an address by C W Warburton, director of extension, USDA. Myrtle Lewton sings and talks on 4 H work are included. Delegates will produce a county club edition of the National Farm News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Theational Broadcasting Company
Ae Ae
C. B. Smith
Washington
C. W. Warburton
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
Myrtle Lewton
National Farm News
Clu
Church consecration in Mullens to honor First Presbyterian founder
The First Presbyterian church of Mullens founded by George B Hals, based in Princeton, will be consecrated Sunday June 24 by Bishop R E L Strider. Rev. Edmund Thompson of Princeton and Rev. Hobson of Bluefield will attend. Mrs Clarance Norris and Mrs Fred Mole of Mullens will sing at the morning service with an evening confirmation planned. Plans are not yet complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
Mullens
George B. Halstead
Princeton
R. BE. L. Strider
West Virginia
Edmund Thompson
Church of Heavenly Rest
Hobson
Episcopal Church of
Bluefield
Clarance Norris
Fred Mole
King of Ivories Performs in Bluefield Today
Harry Snodgrass, dubbed the King of the Ivories, makes his first Bluefield appearance at the Colonial Theatre today and tomorrow. A prior prison sentence propelled his rise from confinement to fame through radio and live shows. He headlines in a program likely to attract theater patrons and radio fans alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Snodgrass
Bluefield
Colonial Theatre
Missouri
Jefferson City
Snodgrass
WOS
Colonial
Taffeta and Crepe Combined in Dress
Paris reports a street dress using plaid taffeta and heavy crepe de chine. The blouse features a square neck with taffeta cuffs, while the skirt is finely pleated in black and lemon yellow, black predominating overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mexico Imposes Telegram Tax To Fund Telegraphs
Mexico City reports a new two and a half cent tax on each domestic telegram. The levy will be used to extend and improve government owned telegraph lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico City
Princeton Toasts and Visits Highlight Local Notes
Mrs H L Price of Bluefield visited friends in town yesterday with Miss Betty Jane Sentz. They returned to Bluefield after visiting their grandmother Mrs J B Sentz on Main Street. Mr and Mrs Stuart Garrett were also mentioned in the brief notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Garrett
Georgia Wingfield
B. D. Turner
Bluefield
Main Street
H. L. Price
Yestern
Lettr
Betty Jane Sentz
J. B. T. Sentz
Furnished Rooms Wanted by Mrs. F. Rass at Virginian Hotel
Wanted three or four furnished rooms. State location and price. Mrs. F. Rass at the Virginian Hotel seeks suitable accommodations.
Welch man surrenders to face double murder charge
Fearing mob violence, Cleveland Atwell surrendered in Welch to officers after 36 hours on the run for killing Sherman and Ernest Darby at Hensley. He claimed self defense, waived examination, and posted bond of 10000 with backers from War. He traveled over the mountains to Dry Fork to seek refuge with his brother, then returned to Welch for arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Atwell
Squire A. ©. Hatford
Sherman
Ernest Darby
Hensley
Atwell
John H. Atwell
J. N. Harman Jr
I. C. Herndon
G. L. Counts
F. A. Weaver
J. H. Atwell
Mannie Shore
War
Dry Fork
Ous
Welch
Darbys
Big Sandy
Criminal Court
Lewis Frost Former Resident Dies After Long Illness
News of the death of Lewis Frost age 24, a former resident, reached this city yesterday. He died at Hopemont after more than six years of illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs H J Frost of Tidewater, well known locally. The body will arrive today and funeral services are expected at his parents home this afternoon. Further service details were not received yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Frost
Frost
Hopemont
J. Frost
Tidewater
Welch’s Amusement Center Delayed Opening to June 29
McDowell county amusement patrons learn from John W. Blakely that Welch’s new park will open next Friday June 29 at 1 PM rain or shine. Directors delayed the debut due to heavy rainfall and unfinished parking grounds and interior decoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
John W. Blakely
Coney Island Amusement Company
Welch
Iday
Blakely
Eee
Clarence Moore Dies in Welch Hospital
Clarence Moore ten son of Mr and Mrs Robert Moore of Keystone died in Welch hospital Monday evening from internal hemorrhages. Funeral services will be held at the parents home this morning and the body will be taken to Montcalm for interment this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Moore
Robert Moore
Keystone
Welch Hospital
Montcalm
Welch Personal Notes Highlight Local Visitors
W. E. Stuart former Keystone mayor and Mannie Shore War businessman were among out of town visitors in Welch yesterday. Mrs McGinnis Hatcheld Welch visited Mullens. J J Huddleston coal operator from Northfork spent hours in Welch visiting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Stuart
Keystone
Welch
Mannie Shore
McGinnis Hatcheld
Mullens
Bert Scott
Jess Easley
Bradshaw
Edward O'Toole Jr
Helen
Abingdon
Christiansburg
Lynchburg
Phil Kasdin
Anawalt
Morni W. M. Black
Jenkin Jones
Welch Hospital
J. J. Huddleston
Northfork
Hobart B. Payne
Hobart E. Jr
Glade Spring
Bristol
F. W. Hervery
Conservationists in France Win Victory
Paris reports a government concession to hunters with new restrictions on licenses and seasons. Regional hunting licenses cost 1.60 dollars, national licenses five dollars, reflecting postwar currency shifts. Open seasons will be shortened and licenses tightened to curb wildlife depredation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Bags That Would Have Protected Game Multiply
A fragment notes bags designed to protect a game and enable its multiplication. The text references protective measures and potential growth, but lacks concrete names, dates, or locations to specify the event or actors involved.
Lady Pan Narrates Stories for London Children
In Kensington Gardens near Hyde Park a white haired woman known as Lady Pan tells nature tales every Saturday morning to about forty or fifty children. The speaker is Lady Farren who captivates young listeners with stories of birds and animals to spark interest in natural history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Peter Pan
Kensington Gardens
Hyde Park
Lady Pan
Lady Farren
Public Health Degrees Proposed for Women in New Orleans
A resolution to Harvard University’s School of Public Health granting women the Doctor of Public Health or Master of Public Health will be submitted to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs in New Orleans. The group notes Harvard only issues a Certificate of Public Health to women and seeks parity, led by Rose F. House of Bridgeport, Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Harvard University
School of Business Administration
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Rose EF. House of
Czech Memorial Honors Wilson in Prague
Boston reports Rev. John S S Porter of the American board notes a memorial to Woodrow Wilson will be unveiled July 4 in front of Prague's main railway station now called Wilson station for a decade. Czechoslovaks flock from America and elsewhere to attend the dedication as Porter highlights the extent of American missionary work with thirty one organized churches and about 150 regular service locations in Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Czechoslovakia
America
Woodrow Wilson
John S.S. Porter
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Prague
Porter
Snce
Wilson
Ub IE
Sint
Hoover Etreet
Plains
Old Songs Wanted in Indianapolis Collection Push
The Indiana Federation of Music announced on June 21 a drive to collect old ballads and dances to create a record of the American people. The effort aims to preserve traditional songs for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Federation of Music
Courting Troubles Echo in Silent Wedding Worries
Fragmentary dialogue hints at relationship strain and past relapses. The exchange touches on marriage plans, caution about relapse, and unresolved tensions suggesting a troubled courtship amid unclear circumstances.
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New York
Boots
By Martin
Boots Opal
Virginian Station
Princeton Society
Harriet Woolfolk
G. H. Bailey
Highland Avenue
Princeton, W. Va
Miss White Iil
Triunion Meeting
4-H
Wyoming County
King OF Ivories
New Potatoes
Hoose Coffee
Lord Calvert
Mercer Near Main
F. Rass
Virginian Hotel
Cretonnes
Maderna
Midland
Hadden
Darby Brothers
Welch Briefs
Abe Harrah
Welch Rotary Club Service Committee
A. E. Jennings
Alf Stellar
Kiwanis
Welch Kiwapis Club
Bill Keyser
Prac Y
Nicewander
Sam Nicewander
C. E B. Elliott
Carl J. Ed Blakely
Nash
Nash Show Room
Mr. Blakely
Hobart BE. Payne
Cecil Sturgill
T. A. Johnston
C. W. Bennett
John Hurd
Cincinnati
Paliene
Togi
Sonshine
Grace F
Burb Payne
Pineville
Pete Franklin
Williamson
B. K. Bank
Kimball
David F. Houston
Frank Houston
Baltimore
Col
T. E. Houston
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