Princeton Association Forms to Promote School Bands
A Princeton meeting at the school Tuesday formed an association to promote school bands. John R. Pendleton was named president and Mrs. M. B. McClung treasurer. A constitution and by-laws committee was appointed to report next Monday at eight. Members include Mr. Arene McClung Mack Lee Pedneau and W W Clark. The band director said the group would be ready in about two weeks to begin weekly concerts at the chamber of commerce request. The meeting was well attended and widely supported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Pendleton
McClung
Arene McClung
Mack Lee
Pedneau
W. W Clark
Clark
Chamber of Commerce
Watterson Lodge Initiation Postponed to Later Date
Watterson Lodge alters plans for a June 24 class initiation due to conflicting dates. A definite date will be announced later. Athens Home Economics Club met with fourteen members. Mrs. G. M. Caldment presided. Delegates to Jacksons Mill elected. talks on West Virginia resources and agriculture adjustment given by Prof. Ovid McMillian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watterson Lodge
L. C. Thornton
Athens Home Economics Club
G. M. Caldment
Manu Seewnes
West Virginia
A. Coffey
Barbara Hunt
Hungry Mother Park
Marion
G. M. Bird
O. C. Brammer
Jacksons Mill
L. C. Thorna
John Bailey
Lois Neal
Jesson
Land of West V Ja
Ovid McMillian
Mabel Spray
Mary Prof
McMillian
Christine Cooper
Princeton Womans Club Holds Meeting and Plans
The Princeton Womans Club met Tuesday at the Memorial Building with President Mrs. W. R. Turner presiding. Mrs. Sutton led devotionals and reports were given by Secretary Mrs. A. M. Robinson and Treasurer Mrs. IL Pry. Committees were formed with the chamber of commerce to plan a July picnic at Red Sulphur Springs and to work on the model home building. New members were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Princeton Womans Club
Memorial Building
W. R. Turner
Sutton
A. M. Robinson
IL. Pry
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Red Sulphur Springs
Banking talk draws interest at auxiliary meeting
Mrs. E L Fletch e Mrs J K Lusk Mrs Keesee and Mrs George Lawrence were added to the roll. A E Swinler of Bluefield led the afternoon with a talk titled Banking and What Bing Means as a Business. His talk was well received and questions followed. Refreshments were served by Mrs Fanning and Mrs Rainey during the social hour.
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E. L. Fletche
J. K. Lusk
Keesee
George Lawrence
A. E. Swinler
Bluefield
Swinler
Bing
Modern Poetry Class Reviews The Man Who Insulted Somersville
The Wednesday Morning class at Mrs. Harry Karnes home on Highland avenue heard a review of Jennin Rice book The Man Who Insulted Somersville given by Mrs. J R Rich who outlined the author and the work and led a discussion of the book’s characters and merits. Miss Irma Smith moved her millinery shop from Mercer street to Bluefield occupying a room on Bland street in the same building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Karnes
Highland Avenue
Somersville
Jennin Rice
J. R. Rich
Princeton
Irma Smith
Mercer Street
Bluefield
Bland Street
Man Building
Birthday Dinner Honors Mrs Matherly Readied Guests
Mrs P A Matherly of Third Street was honored with a birthday dinner Sunday. Attendees included J G Long and family Eloise and Marie, J E Matherly and J Slate of Pulaski VA, R R Graham and children Sonny and Sandra of Lillybrook, E Wallace of Pax, Dewey Bryant and children, Alvan and Freddy of Bluefield, among others.
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P. A. Matherly
Third Street
J. G. Long
Eloise
Marie
J. E. Matherly
J. Slate
Pulaski. Va
R. R. Graham
Sonny and
Sandra Oer
Lillybrook
E. Wallace
Pax
Sar
Sar. Dewey Bryant
Alvanair Freddy
Bluefield
Matherly Family Connections Across Virginia Towns
Mrs Ed Matherly and children Adadean and Richard of Kingston join Mr and Mrs Frank Matherly and Junior Miller of Princeton. Also listed are Mr and Mrs O F Real and children Ray and Bobby from Roanoke Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Matherly
Adadean
Richard
Kingston
Frank Matherly
Junior Miller
Princeton
O. F. Real
Rayaoa
Bobby
Roanoke
Maybeury Man Summoned After Wreck on Green Valley Road
W. Va. on Green Valley Bluefield road Tuesday afternoon H Hogan colored of Maybeury was summoned to Magistrate D T Carr's court for traffic law violations after his car collided with E X Comer of Gilbert. Comer received hospital care for a cut above the eye.
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E. X. Comer
Gilbert
W. Va
Green Valley
Bluefield Road
H. Hogan Colored
Maybeury
D. T. Carr
Comer
Lewisburg Bands Attend Greenbrier Centennial
Princeton and Mercer high school bands join the Lewisburg parade to celebrate the Greenbrier centennial as crowds watch from the streets and cars transport the groups to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer
Lewisburg
Hopkins Files For State Legislature Candidate
A. A. Hopkins of Bluefield filed the certificate of announcement as a Democratic candidate for member of the state Senate in the circuit yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A A. Hopkins
A. Hopkins
Bluefield
Anycle
Laurel Valley quartet to be featured on WHIS radio
On Saturday morning at 6 30 o clock the Lilly Land company will present the Laurel Valley S on WHIS. Quartet leader Jim mie Harold of Glen Fork W Va directs London Fleming tenor Elsie Har old alto and J T Hamlett bass.
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Lilly Land Company
Laurel Valley
Jimmie Harold
Glen Fork
W. Va
London Fleming
Elsie Harold
J. T. Hamlett
Oakvale Homecoming Slated for July 23 24
The annual Oakvale homecoming will be held at Fourtain Park on July 23 and 24. J. G. Matney serves as business manager for the event, expected to draw several thousand attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakvale
Fourtain Park
J. G. Matney
Forbidden Valley at Royal Theatre Features Top Western Cast
Princeton Paragraphs notes Forbidden Valley showcases a rare High Sierra sequence in California with Noah Beery Jr Frances Robinson Fred Kohler Sr and Robert Barrat. The Royal Theatre presents the film today with the Ozark Mountaineers performing on stage led by Harmie Smith and featuring Cherokee Bill the famed yodeling Indian.
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Harmie Smith
The
Ozark Mountaineers
Cherrokee Bill
High Sierras
California
Noah Beery, Jr
Frances Robinson
Fred Kohler
Robert Barrat
Royal Theatre Today
the Royal
Ozark Mountaineer
Princeton Post No 54 Meeting Tonight at Memorial Building
Princeton Post No 54 American Legion schedules a meeting this evening at eight in the Memorial building. Members are urged to attend.
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Princeton Post
Memorial Building
Easter Named Estate Administrator for R.8 Easter
W H Easter was appointed administrator of the state of R 8 Easter in the county clerk's office by fiduciary order. Three hundred dollars was given as security. T E Hatcher Dave Bailey and Vaughan Smith were named as appraisers of the estate.
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W. H. Easter
State of
Easter
T. E. Hatcher
Dave Bailey
Vaughan Smith
Divorce suits filed in circuit court on July rules
Divorces on chancery returnable to the July rules include Lakie Hensley against Hensley and Vonna Lilly as counsel for H Lilly. Audrey Williams an infant sues for $10 000 damages through Nellie Williams as next friend against William Sutherland, returnable at July rules. Charles H. Archer, county superintendent, attends the Huntington teachers conference at Marshall College with college class oversight today and Friday.
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Circuit Court
Mentery
Lakie Hensley
Hensley
Vonna Lilly
H. Lilly
Audrey Williams
Nellie Williams
William
Sutherland
Charles H. Archer
Huntington
Marshall College
Mr. Archer
Dorothy Hale Returns From Visit To Chicago
Miss Dorothy Hale, visiting her mother Mrs. E. W. Hale on Circle Drive, returned to Chicago last Sunday after a stay in Princeton.
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Dorothy Hale
E. W. Hale
Circle Drive
Chicago
Miss Lucy Mae Elliott Heads to Chicago and Wisconsin
Miss Lucy Mae Elliott leaves for Chicago to visit Miss Dorothy Hale then to the University of Wisconsin to enroll Monday June 27 for six weeks. Mrs. Minnie Repass of Kegley visits Mrs. Fannie Dulaney. George Swope and daughter Rebecca host John Chapman Chapter fighters American Revolution meeting. Mrs. Ernest Dunlop of Chesterfield England starts a boiler fire while planning her own washing for the first time in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Mae Elliott
Chicago
Dorothy Hale
University of Wisconsin
Misses Well
Donzella Reid
North Wilkesboro
N. C
G. Calla
Minnie Repass
Kegley
Fannie Dulaney
Highland Avenue
George Swope
Ernest Dunlop
Chesterfield
Eng
Bibbee 15 Speaker at Kiwanis Club
Prof. P. C. Bibbee of Concord College spoke on Audubon and his work on birds of America at the Kiwanis club meeting. Visitors included Clyde White and H. J. Bucher. The club invited the Rotary club to a joint meeting on July 13 with several state officials expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Bibbee
Concord College
Kiwanis Club
Clyde White Athens
H. J. Bucher
Washington, D. C
Rotary Club
Mrs Stinnette Views Virginia Beach Illness News
Mrs G L Stinnette of Park Avenue is visiting Virginia Beach due to the serious illness of Mrs Bradley E Martin a patient at Norfolk. Mrs Herman Daffron and her two Richmond children visit Mrs Daffron’s sister Mrs W E Oney on Forest Street. Stanley Belcher son of Mr and Mrs John Belcher of Circle Drive is recovering at home after being struck in the head by a ball in the Bluefield Beckley game last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Stinnette
Park Avenue
Virginia Beach
Bradley E Martin
Norfolk
Herman Daffron
Richmond
Daffron
W. E. Oney
Forest Street
Stanley Belcher
John Belcher
Circle Drive
Beckley
Bluefield
Accused Abductor Held As Sane By Commission
Mece W Va En 22 uy Gibson 40 charged with abducting 5 year old Marjorie Cutler is sane and rational, an Ohio county lunacy commission reported today. Prosecutor C. Lee said he ordered the exam after Gibson was held for grand jury action. Gibson of Columbus Ohio said he took Marjorie to his rooming house to spend the time because of a paternal interest. The examiner found they had not been attacked. Also a note reports a medical academy with refreshener courses to be established in Berlin.
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W. Va
Uy Gibson
Artorie Cutler
Ohio County
C. Lee
Gibson
Spillers
Columbus
Marjorie
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Princeton Avenue
TOR
Cleveland
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O. R
J. E. Guinn
Ritchie Street
J. Edgar Hoover
Frances Re
Forbidden Valley
Archer
Naene Sas Coes
Philippines
TVA Prober
Francis Biddle
Philadelphia
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Bemberg
Santon’ S
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Old Quaker Co
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
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Roy-Ed Radio Service
Mercer 8&T
Corner of Trent
Roy L, Saunders
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Bacco
Berlin
D.C. Campbell
General Practitioner Drug Store
Business & Homesites
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Lilly Land CO
Home Office
Princeton, W. VA
Halliday
Indies
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Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
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