Attorney Speaks At Club Meeting
An attorney spoke at the Rotary club weekly gathering praising civic duty while criticizing government and the supreme court. Ernest D. Lilly arranged the program and Dr. L. J. instigated discussion. Dewey Iley received nylon hose gifts from the preceding Friday.
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Rotary Club
Supreme Government
Supreme Court
Ernest D. Lilly
L. J
Dewey J. Iley
W. Grady Carper
Warren T. Carr
Virgil Bailey
Keystone
W. D. Shuff
Fi Ellinger
Hagerstown
Mad
W. A. Bailey
William. S
Princeton Churches First Methodist and Related Services
The Rev. L. D. Roe leads Princeton First Methodist with church school at 9:45 and morning worship at 11 featuring A Double Minded Man. Evening service presents Being Again. Mid week 8 and 8 o'clock service. The Rev. John M. Dunn leads a 9:45 a.m. service with The Stewardship of Life. Sunday echo at 10:50 and Christian Endeavor.
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L. D. Roe
John M. Dunn
Stewardship of Life
Christian Endeavor
W J McCloud Real Estate Broker Ad
W J McCloud Real Estate Broker advertises rentals business property and farms for listing.
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W. J. McCloud
McCloud's June Specials Promote Land Homes and Business
A Petersburg area classified ad pitches 44 private land lots near Princeton Court House, a seven acre tract four miles from Princeton, and a two 50 by 150 foot lot home with city water. It offers a $2250 two house package, a $1650 four room house, and a $7500 combined restaurant beer garden business near Narrows Virginia with room for living quarters. Also listed: 69 acres timberland with 300000 saw timber and a 1934 Chevrolet sedan and a $55 washing machine.
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Princeton Court House
Princeton
Roanoke
Celanese
Narrows
Virginia
Celanese Corporation
Church Schedule Notes Donation Day and Sermon
At 7 o'clock service at 8 o'clock the subject Man Cannot Serve God and Mammon. Week service Wednesday at 38. Sunday marks the annual day for the church and the yearly pledges will be made.
Rev Hobson Services At School and Church
Rev Jennings W. Hobson will lead a school service at eleven o clock and a chapel service at seven thirty with the rector in the nearby Hehatee community.
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Jennings W. Hobson
Omanos
Wehatee
The Move Is the Thing at Rowan 25 A
The Rev. Warren T. Carr, pastor, invites Sunday school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11. The evening service at 8 features the topic Things Hi For. Mid week service Wednesday at 8.
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Warren T. Carr
Rowan
Religious Services See Rev Atkins At Pisgah Church
Church announces weekly schedule led by Rev d P Atkins with morning worship at 11 and sermon What We Owe to Christ. Youth Fellowship at 7 15 and evening service at 8 with Soul Struggle as topic. Rev Roy Landers directs both services and midweek prayer is Wednesday at 8.
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D. P. Atkins
Christ
Mr. Atkins
Pisgah
Roy Landers
Revival Services At Church Of God In East Princeton
Revival opens Sunday evening June 23 at Church of God Oliver avenue East Princeton led by Rev. J C Hodges a 17 year old evangelist. Schedule includes lay school 9 45 a m morning worship 11 a m Y P E 6 30 p m and evangelistic services nightly with topics What It Means To You and The Second Coming Of Our Lord.
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Church of God
Oliver Avenue
Princeton
J. C. Hodges
Leach
Thorn Street
Clayton D. Sweet
Training Union
Women’s Missionary Union
Ace
Have Happy Feet Ease That Pain And Corn Care
An advice item promotes foot comfort and mentions easing pain with a product to soften corns for easy removal. It encourages finger use for relief and hints at home treatment steps.
Suits Filed In Mercer Circuit Court For 75000 Damages
Mercer county circuit court saw several suits filed on Friday returnable in July. Shirley Lorraine infant, by C Crotty next friend, seeks 25000 against L W trade firm and others. Gerda Jones sues for 26000 against Joseph and Gertrude Jones. Virginia Carey sues Harry Burton Carey. Hattie Virginia Bird sues Roy Thomas Bird.
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Mercer County
Shirley Lorraine
C Crotty
L. W
Gerda Jones
Joseph 8
Gertrude H. Jones
Virginia Carey
Harry Burton Carey
Hattie Virginia Bird
Roy Thomas Bird
Funeral Incomplete For Mrs Hager
Mrs Pearl Hager died at 1 50 yesterday morning at the home of her brother E C Hager in Glenn Park. Funeral plans await the arrival of a son from Bakersfield California from a former marriage. Surviving are her husband D B Hager and son, and sisters Mrs Mary Allen Bluefield Mrs Della Ward Richmond Va and Mrs Effie Gardner Washington DC.
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Pearl Wwer
E. C. Hager
Glenn “Park
Methodist Church of
Blue- Surviving
D. B. Hager
Mary Allen
Bluefield
Della Ward
Richmond
Effie Gardner
Washington, D. C
Matoaka Man Admitted To Practice Of Law
James Wesley Gilmer of Matoaka was admitted to practice law in all courts of the state by Judge D M Basley yesterday on motion in the superior court proceeding.
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Matoaka
James Wesley Gilmer
D. M. Basley
Discharged Service Men Report To Mercer Boards
Honorably discharged service men reporting at Mercer selective service boards No 2 and 3 Friday included Charles E. Blankenship Matoaka Curtis M. Adams Blue Stone No 3 Clifford M Bashier Joseph B Rothwell Princeton Willie L Clay Jr Athens Oscar Jones New York NY
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Mercer Selective Service Boards
Charles E. Blankenship
Matoaka
Curtis M. Adams
Bluestone
Clifford M. Bashier
Joseph B. Rothwell
Princeton
Willie L. Clay, Jr
Athens
Oscar Jones
New York
N. Y
Charles W Walters Dies in Princeton at 62
Charles W Walters 62 a carpenter from Princeton died yesterday at 4 PM while en route to Memorial Hospital from his Peck street home in East Princeton He had lived in Princeton three years born Rural Retreat Virginia son of the late Ballard and Melinda Corvin Walters He leaves two daughters four sons and siblings R L Walters Bill Walters Mrs Jane Arney Mrs Etna Butner Funeral plans were not finalized with remains at Memorial Funeral Directory chapel Princeton.
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Charles W. Walters
Carpenter
Memorial Hospital
Peck Street
Princeton
Mr. Walters
Rural Retreat
Ballard and
Melinda Corvin Walters
R. L. Walters
Bill
Guy
Crockett
Jane Arney
Delaware
Etna Butner
Jackson
Ohio
Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel
Princeton Auxiliary Meets and Junior Sub-Deb Club
The Woman's auxiliary of the Presbyterian church met at the church with president Mrs A R Kyle presiding. Reports included the Auxiliary Training school from Elkins and a talk by Rev John Womeldorf on Presbyterian beliefs. Junior Sub-Ded Club hosted by Miss June Short discussed camp plans and served refreshments to fifteen members.
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Woman's Auxiliary of
The
Presbyterian Church
A. R. Kyle
Dransfield
W. H. Goans
Elkins
John Womeldorf
June Short
Carolyn Carver
Princeton Area Personal Notices From Weekend Conference
Attendance at the Presbyterian Young People’s conference in Les W Va included Elizabeth Pennington Jackie Grever Isabel Dransfield Jackie Bailey and John A Womeldorf Edna Ferris of Baltimore former Princeton resident visited this week spending a week with parents near Beckley Mr and Mrs Arnold Crotty of Highland avenue hosted Mr and Mrs Guy Manks plus daughters Laura Lee and Betty of Louisville Ky and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Dorson and daughter Sonia of Portsmouth Va Mrs Dorson and Mr Hawks are Crotty’s sister and brother-in-law Mrs Robert Hansbarger and daughter returned home on Bee street from Richlands after visiting Mr Hansbarger.
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W. Va
Elizabeth Pennington
Jackie Grever
Isabel Dransfield
Jackie Bailey
John A. Womeldorf
Edna Ferris
Baltimore
Princeton
Beckley
Arnold Crotty
Highland Avenue
Guy Manks
Laura Lee
Betty
Louisville
Lloyd Dorson
Sonia
Portsmouth
Dorson
Hawks
Crotty
Robert Hansbarger
Bee Street
Richlands
Hansbarger
Community Notes of Visitors and Camp Plans
Miss Helen Cury spends a week in New York buying for Cury Style Shop. Akron visitors include Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Shillingburg and children Norma Jean and John with sister Mrs. W. Ct na to Florida. Crotty visits from Highland Avenue en route to Norfolk and Carolina. Norfolk guests are Mrs. Nora Kingly and relatives. others from Richmond Newport News Gladstone Portsmouth attend. Willie Shumate travels to Williamson Huntington and West Baden Springs for vacation. Presbyterian Pioneer camp set at Beckwith June 25 July 3 with Princeton church attendees listed. Capt. Joseph B. Rothwell home on terminal leave. possible reenlistment. father Major C. J. Rothwell in Baltimore.
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Helen Cury
New York
Cury
T. E. Shillingburg
Norma Jean
John
Akron
Ohio
Ae Shillingburg
W. W
Florida
Bernie Leen Bobby
Crotty
Arnold Crotty
Highland Avenue
Norfolk
North
South Carolina
Earl Branyon
Nora Kingly
Bee Street
John Shufflebarger, Jr
J. H. Shufflebarger
Adelia Munn
Richmond
R. FP. Burleigh
Newport News
Lora Grimes
Gladstone
W P. Harris
Portsmouth
Nellie Gregg
Abingdon
Willie Marie Shumate
Princeton High School
Williamson and Huntington
West Bayden Springs
Ind
A. R. Kyle
College Avenue
Pleaa
Donora
Gordon Kyle
Beckwith
Princeton
Charlies Lambert
Edward Lockhart
Benny Lee
Jimmie Wright
Archie Dransfield
Ronnie Redden
Sarah Osborne
Barbara Thompson
Nancy Whitlock
Beth Redden
John Womeldorf
Joseph B. Rothwell
Walter Reed Hospital
Walton
D. C
Rothwell
C. J. Rothwell
Baltimore
Special Term Circuit Court Set For July 5
The Mercer county circuit court will convene a special term on July 5. The August term will be called later and cases will be set for trial.
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Mercer County Circuit Court
Mercer County Ets
Royal Theatre Presents Wild Sir Elliott and California Gold Rush
The Royal theatre hosts Red Ryder in California Gold Rush with Little Beaver and action roles. Mercer theatre closes Getting Gertie's Garter on the sophisticated side featuring Dennis O Keefe as a scientist in a comic dilemma.
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Princeton
ROYAL
Sir Elliott
Royal Theatre
Red Ryder
California
Little Beaver
Gertie
Mercer Theatre
Dennis O'Keefe
Girtie
Marie MacDonald
Fragmented 1946 Echoes and Gossip References
A jumbled column mentions cultural notes and pop items. It references silent movies, Lana Turner engagement rumors, a New York telecoms milestone, and price changes like butter up 11 cents a pound. Contains stray phrases about chores and manners.
Connally criticizes abroad spend as waste in Paris trip report
The Texas senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee labeled the appropriation an idiotic waste of money. He argued it showed a lack of understanding of world affairs before noting he soon headed to Paris.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tom Connally
Texas
Paris
Byrnes Faces Moscow Propaganda Challenge Abroad
In Paris Byrnes argues for funds to counter Soviet propaganda as Western diplomacy battles for influence in Europe. A state department official questions how to fight a threat with limited resources and notes Czechoslovak ties to the United States born in Wilson era. If the Senate approves Byrnes' appropriation during his Paris stay, his leverage at the conference table would increase.
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Byrnes
Europe
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Roumania
Finland
France
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
Paris
A Hot Time On The College Campus
Columbia Missouri students formed a bucket brigade on the University of Missouri campus and extinguished a fire in 30 seconds. Assistant fire chief Max Woods commended participants residents of the campus trailer community answering a surprise drill.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Max Woods
Jet Propelled Air Mail Starts Today
The United States launches a jet propelled air mail service carrying about 20 000 letters. A P-80 jet will depart at noon Saturday carrying a letter to President Truman from W Stuart Symington and another to Lieut Gen Twining at Dayton.
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Truman
W. Stuart Symington
Air
Dayton
Wilson
General Electric
N. Twining
Air Material Command
Twining
Werd . Kelly
Chicago
Y. Tach
Collec
Flash Flood Strikes Watoga State Park
Island Lick run overflowed its banks in Pocahontas county park causing several cars to become marooned and walls to be damaged. No cabins were flooded. Officials said it would take about two days to replace the bridge.
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Island Lick Run
Pocahontas County Park
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