School Board 10 Have New Member
Administration of city government and district school affairs will pass to Republicans next Sunday July 1. The new city council will meet to organize and the board of education will hold its first meeting on July 3. New members are Charles Thorn J F Spangler L E White and Mayor W A Brown with E B King to be police judge though A L Bowling contests the election. King has until Wednesday evening to file his answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Charles Thorn
J. F. Spangler
L. E. White
W. A. Brown
E. B. King
A. L. Bowling
King
Bowling
White
Chambers
Thorn
Bird
Shrewebury
Spangler
R. W. Brown
O. B. Campbell
Charles W. Peck
H. A. Barger
Wilford McCutcheon
VM. Hollandeworth
Welch
Bible School Dedication Planned for July Twenty First
Dr C W Caudle of Indianapolis will dedicate the new Prince Tom Ch of Christ Bible school unit on Straley avenue and Fifth street, July 21. The $50,000 facility houses 760 pupils, is modern and departmentalized, with Alex Mahood as supervising architect and A F Wickes as architectural adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Caudle
Tadianapolis
Ind
Princetom Ch of Christ
Straley
J. Cook
A. F. Wickes
Architectural Bureau of the Christian Churches
Interdenominational Bureau of Church Architects
Consulta
Dr. Cook
Alex Mahood
Bluefield
House of Worship
Straley Avenue
Fiehth Street
Bible Unit
Seven Footprints to Satan at Royal Theatre
Thelma Todd and Creighton Hale star in Seven Footprints to Satan to be screened at the Royal Theatre on Monday and Tuesday. A monster gorilla adds thrills while Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy perform a renowned all talking comedy duo act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Todd
Creighton Hale
Royal Theatre
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Chautauqua Guarantors Set Meeting Monday Evening
Final arrangements for the Chau tauqua program to be presented next week June 29 will be made at a meeting of guarantors Monday evening at 7 o clock. The Presbyterian church hosts the gathering with a Redpath Chautauqua representative in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Patrolman Finds Cache of Homebrew
Patrolman Poolman E. W. Belcher found a cache of homebrew beneath hay in a shed after watching a group of boys leave an outhouse yesterday at noon in the Hearn addition. A five gallon jar and a half gallon of brew were recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hearn
E. W. Belcher
Princeton Society Bridge Tea for Mrs McNutt at Walker Street
Mra J W McNutt entertained with three tables of bridge at her Walker street home Friday afternoon. Guests included Mesdames A Roanoke Va C R Hawley of Louisville Ky Robert McNutt Jr Charles Price Harry Ellett H E DeJarnette S T Preston J G Barbour Ward Sowers Robert McNutt Sr Sam Bowman and Miss Josephine Hawley. Mrs Harry Ellett received the high score before the plate service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McNutt
Walker Street
George A
Roanoke
C. R. Hawley
Loulaville
Robert McNutt, Jr
Charles Price
Harry Ellett
H. E. DeJarnette
S. T. Preston
J. G. Barbour
Ward Sowers
Robert MecNutt Sr
Sam Bowman
Brush Creek Farm Woman's Club Meets at Mrs Berry Home
The Brush Creek Farm Woman's Club held a regular monthly meeting at Mrs L Berry's home on Wednesday afternoon with 16 members present. Services included devotions led by Mrs Fawkner and a flag etiquette review by Mrs R L Overholt. New member Mrs Gilbert Bush joined, visitors Mrs G W Jones and Mrs Bailey attended, and the gathering closed with West Virginia Hills and a social hour of strawberry short cake and ice tea.
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Brush Creek Farm Woman's Club
FE. F. Rhody
Charleston
W. Va
Bratton
State Farm Worms’s Bureau
Mra
Gilbert Bush
St. Petersbure
Fla
G. W. Jones
Bailey
Princeton
West Virginia
Church Society and Club Meetings Highlight Local Social Events
Mrs J G Barbour hosted a club gathering at Hale Avenue with five tables and prizes for top scorers including Mrs Robert McNutt r and Ben Fensecoter of Bristol Tenn. Tonight marks the attendance contest finale for the Senior Christian Endeavor Society at the Presbyterian church with a party for the losing side. Delphian Club Women meet Tuesday at 8 with Mrs S T Bird to discuss Women of International Fame in Science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Barbour
Hale Avenue
Robert McNutt R
Ben Fensecoter
Bristol
Tenn
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Delphian Club
Woman's Club
8. T. Bird
College Avenue
Harry Karnes
Hject
Church notices from multiple congregations in city listings
The page lists services and schedules for Church of the Heavenly Rest First Church of Christ Baptist Church and Church of God. It includes Sunday school times, morning and evening services, sermons titles such as A Communion Meditation Is A Man Like A Tree and A Rich Fool, and youth meetings Christian Endeavor and B Y P A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Edward Stubblefied
J. H. Rane
Princeton Area Personal News Highlights
Mrs Claude Swim, patient at Princeton hospital, plans to return home today. Mrs Ralph Hetrick of Nashville underwent an operation. Roy McIntosh admitted to Princeton hospital for treatment. Miss Lillian Donovan recovering after an operation this week. Mrs Bob Spangler improving after a week of illness. Miss Elizabeth Burgess visiting relatives in Christiansburg Va. Dr Fred Holroyd and John Fredeking travel to Milwaukee Wis for Kiwanis International convention for a week. Miss Grace Hale of Wise Va visits Roanoke and stays with Mr and Mrs G W Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Swim
Princeton Hospital
Ralph Hetrick
Nashville
Tenn
Roy McIntosh
Lillian Donovan
Bob Spangler
Elizabeth Burgess
Christiansburg
Fred Holroyd
John Fredeking
Milwaukee
Wis
Grace Hale
Wise
W. Dwin
Roanoke
G. W. Law
Howard Dangerfield
Evelyn
Charleston
Princeton
Clarice
G Johnston
New Jersey
S. Jennie Johnson
Amelia Ann Hylton
Dughter
Ray Hylton
Norfolk, Va
Frank Smart
Center Street
Mee Va
A. L. Traugott
Freeman Kyle
D. C. Rice
Beth
Bluefield
Forrest Street
Hubert Groseclose
Little Son
Pulaski
W. E. Shuff
Honaker Avenue
Cooper Kunkle
Hale Avenue
Norton
Princeton Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Local residents host family and friends visiting from Norfolk Craig Healing Springs and Charleston. Families travel by motor to spend time with relatives in Princeton while others return from teaching positions in New Jersey and hospital stays in Princeton.
Young baby climbs to top of ladder in home incident
Mr and Mrs C A Saunders of 417 Princeton avenue claim their 17 month old is the highest climbing baby in the region. The child was found atop a six foot bath room stepladder after a brief search when he disappeared from view.
Presbyterians to Act on Resignation of Pastor
This morning at 11 o'clock at the Presbyterian church the session will meet to consider the resignation of the pastor the Rev H G Phipps. Dr S W Moore of Bluefield will preach and act as moderator while the Rev Mr Phipps will preach at the First Presbyterian church in Bluefield. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the Rev Mr Phipps will preach at Johnsontown school house and J B Cunningham his assistant will conduct a service at Silver Springs chapel.
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Presbyterian Church
Ca Tton
Virginian Brick plant to ship first 75 000 bricks
The Virginian Brick company at Gardner Junction will extract 75 000 bricks from its new kiln tomorrow. A further 200 000 bricks remain to be produced in another kiln. The plant, started late May by Princeton men, is said to be modern and produces bricks as hard as steel. Initial shipment goes to Beckley as production expands with new kilns and rising demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginian Brick Company
Gardner Junction
Princeton Men
Beckley
Black pony killed on Princeton Bluefield road
A black pony was run down and killed by an automobile on the Princeton Bluefield road about a mile from Princeton Friday evening. The driver and pony owner are not identified. State road commission workers buried the animal. Lake Shawnee offers warm water for swimming and daily picnics with dances each Tuesday night. Edwards Collegiane performs Tuesday night.
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Princeton-Bluefield
Princeton
State Road Commission
Lake Shawnee
Edwards Collegiane
Shawnee E
Herculean 4-H Club Meets at Glenwood Park Home
On Wednesday June 19 the Hercules 4-H club of Glenwood Park held a local meeting at the Faulkner home with W H Roberts the county agent present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Park
Faulkner
W. H. Roberte
French Girl Listed Officially as a Boy
Paris report notes Mademoiselle Pelhat born as a girl was registered as a boy named Maurice due to an error at the hospital. The mix up came to light after the mother left with the infant and the records were corrected. The piece humorously mentions mandated French military service at age twenty if the issue remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
INS
Mademoiselie Pelhat
Parie
Maurice
Yale War Heroes to Have Honor Tablets
New Yale tablets to list all Yale men who fell in wars beyond Civil and World War, to be placed under Memorial Hall rotunda linking Woosley Hall and Yale Commons. Architect Thomas Hastings to draft sketches for tablets with names of those who died in other wars. The note also mentions homemaker activity statistics associated with kitchen duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Memorial Hall
Woosley Hall
Yale
Special Sandwichs at Eryee Station in Bluefield
Local station advertises a varied menu including Egg and Chicken Salad sandwiches and a Hamberger with sides. It notes they sell oil and gasoline products and offer Ice Cream and Cold Drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eryee
Bluefield
Huntington Man Is Held In Georgia Murder Case
Aubrey Carlyle Hoover 24 of Huntington West Virginia was arrested in Daytona Beach Florida on a murder warrant in connection with the 1926 slaying of Harry Loving of Huntington. Georgia authorities linked Hoover and his brother James to a night in H K Sligh’s Ocilla Georgia home before Sligh’s house burned and a body was found.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Aubrey Carlyle Hoover
Huntington
W. Va
W. B. Tyler
Erwin County
Georgia
Harry Loving
Ocilla
H. K. Sligh
Sligh
California
Hoover
James
Loving
Lake Worth
W. F. Tyler
Irwin County
Jeams
Lovingeff Huntington
Lake Forth
Pla
H. K. Slieh
Sitch
Los Angeles
Slich House
Tyloer
Madge Loving Powers
Stuntington
Seneca
South Carolina
Summer School Opens For Six Week Session
Six week summer term starts with twenty four students in fifth to seventh grades enjoying the program. A few Mercer Street students who failed two or three subjects could complete work in six weeks and advance in fall. Tuition set at eight dollars.
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Mercer Street
Veterans of Foreign Wars Elect Officers at West Virginia Convention
Clarksburg June 22 Charleston was chosen for the 1930 convention and Wesley M Bradford Morgantown was elected state commander at the VFW session. A banquet closed the event with Paul Wolman of Baltimore urging removal of red tape on compensation law. Other officers and auxiliary leaders were elected in Morgantown and Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
Charleston
Wesley M. Bradford
Morgantown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Paul Wolman
Baltimore
National Organization
H. T. Chapin
W. W. Smith
Masontown
O'Connor
Paul Foulk
N. R. F. Guthrie
F. C. Devericks
Women's Auxiliary
Georgia Watson
Rex Davis
Misa Vera Jones
Edna Ritter
Beggar's Opera To Be New British Talkies
London report says a British sound film company began production of a full length musical talkie based on The Beggar's Opera. The adaptation by Henrik Galeen promises 100 percent singing and talking as a response to Broadway Melody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gay
Henrik Galeen
Valuable gas properties in north of state sold
Parkersburg West Virginia June 22 Sale of gas properties valued at one million dollars located in Calhoun Roane and Gilmer counties was announced tonight by Frank I Moats attorney for W H Bickel Calhoun properties sold by Bickel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Calhoun
Roane
Gilmer Counties
Frank I. Moats
W. H. Bickel
Bickel
Gas Company Purchases Extensive Well Acreage
Southeastern Gas company acquired multiple wells and acreage in Roane and Gilmer counties for 450000. The sales were conducted by Kenneth Simmons PF McIntosh of Spencer and the Crowley Gas syndicate of Annamriah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Gas Company
The
Gas Company
Roane
Gilmer
Kenneth Simmons
PF. F. McIntosh
Spencer
Crowley Gas Syndicate
Annamriah
Philadelphia Library Receives Large Music Collection
Edwin A. Pleisher music collection, among the world's largest, will be donated to the Philadelphia Free Library upon his death. The transfer preserves a significant archive of rare scores and recordings for public access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Edwin A. Pleisher
Philadelphia Free Library
Laisher
Thallium acetate hair loss drug promises week baldness
A newly described substance, thallium acetate, would cause complete baldness for a week after ingestion. Hair would not begin to regrow until three weeks later, with full regrowth by the following week.
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Paris
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Thelma Tood and
First National Talking Picture
Stan Laurel and
Princeton Society
Harriet Woolfolk
Brush Creek Club
Cler
Protestant Episcopal
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Mercer Street School
J. Edmund Thompson
First Church OF Christ
Perry J. Cook
W. L. Givens
Christian Endeavor
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Church OF God
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England
Eton College
Oxford
RY Ahern
Rence
Harrison Street
A. C. Sulter
A. © Gutter Jr
Elks Garden
C. S. Binham
Bee Street
Frances Mastin
James A. Powell
Reidsville
N. C
FE. C. Flaherty
L. C. Porter
Craig Healing Springs
Porter
Young Baby
Presbyterians
L. A. von Court
Princeton, W. Va
Eady
Roberts
New Hope M. E
Miss. Mildred Dove
R. N. Miller
Monroe County
R. H. Owen
L. D. Wheatley Ie
Florida
Edgar Stone
Mullens
Glenwood
J. M. Martin
Wyco
Levis Martin
Majorie Miller
Chester Bratton
Detroit
Michigan
Pony
J. J. Phillips
Wythe Ave
Same City
Western Union
J. le Caldwell
Bath
South Avenue
J. W. Arrington
Postoffice Black
K. C. Rowland
Norfolk
Virginian RY
Hk. C. Sutherlant
Matney
Leonard
Radiola
Mitt R. Stafford
Foglesong & Gott
Barton
Virginian Railway Co
American Cafe
Boots
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