Princeton Boy Scouts Camporee Opens at Johnson's Grove
The Princeton district camporee for the Boy Scouts began yesterday afternoon at Johnson's Grove on Oakvale road with about 100 scouts and leaders. Activities include first aid, fire building, relay, dressing and undressing race, and wall scaling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Boy Scouts of
Johnson's Grove
Oakvale Road
John Frederick
Jo Acuff
Southern West Virginia Area Council
Dewey J Bailey
Chaiman
Advancement Committee
Court of Honor
Torpedo Boat bowls in thrills at Royal Theatre
Paramount releases Torpedo Boat with Arlen and Parker arriving last night to a sea of salty action. Bard Arlen stars with Jean Parker in a brisk marine adventure likely to excite fans.
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Royal Theatre
Paramount
Curse
Bard Arlen
Jean Parker
Arlen
In memory of our father Dr Dove
A heartfelt memorial note recalls the late Dr Dove who died years ago. The verse speaks of him as not truly gone but away in a distant land, leaving his daughters to grieve yet cherish his memory. References to a June 19, 1941 date appear as a memorial context for the family.
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Dr. Dove
Piet
Apartment for Rent in Perkins Building Princeton West Virginia
Rental notice for a Perkins apartment in Princeton WV lists contact numbers 451 and 276 J. Call for details on available unit and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Princeton
W. Va
Fifth registration sites and inductees listed for June 30
The document lists registration locations and registrars across multiple towns including Roseville Blue Stone Montcalm Matoaka McComas and Springton with corresponding registrar names such as A W Cundiff H Scott Fred C Webb Rex Hurst Roy Lovill and many others. It also names men being called to report for induction including William H Petty Robert Belcher Glen Todd Walter Bowfing Raymond Westmoreland Woodrow Williams Lewis Settle Alden Belcher William Thompson Elmer Hurley Nicholas DeSantos Wallace Bailey Rhea Hamilton Joseph McKinney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whife
Roseville
Robert H. Belcher
Kegley
Glen F. Todd
Gacre
Walter P. Bowfing
Princeton
W. Va
Raymond R. Westmoreland
William H. Thompson
Coaldale
Elmer H. Hurley
McComas
Nicholas F. DeSantos
Tiffin
Ohio
Wallace R. Bailey
Pulaski
Rhea G. Hamilton
Bluestone
Www. Va
Joseph Clifton McKinney
Dott
Louisiana Purchase Opens at Mercer in Technicolor
Paramount musical comedy Louisiana Purchase opens at the Mercer theatre in technicolor. Bob Hope Vera Zorina and Victor Moore star with Irene Bordoni Dana Drake Raymond Walburn and Maxie Rosenbloom in a lively production filled with Irving Berlin music and dazzling color sequences.
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Mercer Theatre
Paramount
Louisiana Purchase
Bob Hope
Vera Zorina
Victor Moore
Irene Bordoni
Dana Drake
Raymond Walburn
Maxie Rosenbloom
Irving Berlin
Zorina
Louisiana
Kell and Cumby Bankrupts Appeal Set Aside Remanded
Chancery cause of William L Kell and Arthur A Cumby bankrupts against Arthur Andrew Cumby et al. was set aside by the superior circuit court of appeals and remanded for further proceedings on October 10, 1041.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Kell
Arthur A. Cumby
Arthur Andrew Cumby
Superior Circuit Court of Appeals
Weekend Arrest Report Records 22 Detainees at Mercer County Jail
A quiet weekend at Mercer county jail yielded 22 arrests. City police made six, state and county officers sixteen, all for misdemeanors. John Freeman of Pocahontas fined $25, six months’ car impoundment, and a 30 day suspended sentence. Charlie Martin of Switchback fined $25 and 30 days in jail for reckless driving. George Woods fined $25 and costs for reckless driving, arrested by state policemen Davis and Hobstotter.
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Mercer County
Squire D T. Carr
John Freeman
Pocahontas
Conley
Charlie Martin
Switchback
Squire C. C. Elmore
George Woods
Davis and Hobstotter
Rubber Matinee For Children Today
A rubber matinee will be shown at the Royal theater for children aged five to ten to view the picture Torpedo Boat. Admission is one pound of scrap rubber. In East Princeton children bring scrap to White's Spice station for tickets, while on this side scrap goes to Marvest Esso Service next to the Mercer theater for free admission. Matinee starts at noon.
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Royal Theater
Princeton
White's
Marvest Esso
Mercer Theater
Tate
White
Harvest
Funeral Held For Chambers Infant Annabelle Lee Chambers
Annabelle Lee Chambers ten months daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Chambers died Sunday. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 30 PM at Key Street Methodist Church with burial in Rest Haven. Uncles and friends served as follower bearers the Mercer pastor officiated.
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Annabelle Lee Chambers
Clarence Chambers
Key Street Methodist Church
Rest Haven
O Ee
Mr. Mercer
Wilson Hoge Promoted to Sergeant in Blythe Falls Field
Mrs J H Hoge is advised that her son Wilson has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He is now stationed at a flying field in Blythe Falls.
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J. H. Hoge
Wilson
Blythe, Falls
Princeton Society Circle Meeting Report
Circle No. 1 at Athens Methodist church held a joint meeting with Mrs. H. A. McNeer. Mrs. Meador Bird chaired, with Mrs. Robert Gatherum giving devotionals. Mrs. Betty Holroyd led a Bible study and 26 members were served a single course after the business session.
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Athens Methodist Church
H. A. McNeer
Will William
Meador Bird
Robert Gatherum
Betty Holroyd
Princeton Personal Notices Highlight Local Visitors and Health Updates
Princeton personal notices report residents recovering from surgery and visiting relatives across nearby towns. Anes Bingham remains improving after surgery at Memorial hospital on Saturday. Families from Harrison Street and Clifton Forge VA share recent travel and health news. Suits filed in Circuit Court include Georgia Punk vs O S Punk chancery, Compton vs Robert Coton chancery, Agnes Breen Faulkner vs Arthur B Faulkner chancery.
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Anes Bingham
Tomyin Memorial Hospital
B. B. Coleman
Harrison Street
A. Nicely, Jr
Jimmy
Clifton Forge
J. A. Nicely
Joe Brookman
Eagle Rock
Louise St
Fuee Georgia Punk
O. S . Punk
Chancery
Compton
Robert Ccton
Agnes Breen Faulkner
Arthur B. Faulkner
Rationing Board Aids Sugar Card Losses In Pineville
Pineville West Virginia June 20 the county rationing board announced aid for residents who lose sugar books. Lost card holders face 60 day reissue wait and merchants will post names to refuse sales. A list includes Mullens and Wyoming residents. Fifth state registration set for June 30 with many local school locations and Mullens offices. Twenty nine county men called for selective service induction.
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Pineville
W. Va
John Preston
Lucille Preston
Ralph Majors
Samuel Hairston
Alexander Barbour
Erma Goins
Eulalia Goins
Herbert Goins
Gladys Dillard
Jerry Dillard
Mullens
Lyda Worthington
Jack Worthington
Lan Worthington
Juanita Worthington
al of
Wyoming
Baileysville
Corinne
Covel
Tralee
Stephenson
Basin
Beartown
Bud
Herodon
Rockview
Board of Selective Service
Wyoming county court docket set for July term
In a special session Judge D M Easley compiled the July term docket for Wyoming county circuit court. Court opens Monday July 13 with divorces chancery civil appeals and bastardy cases and criminal appeals slated for trial Wednesday July 22. Felony docket also to be reached July 22 with trials listed for John Harper Dwight Meadows Harry Lambert L V Blevins Stanley Meador Earnest McKinney Robert Lee Hurley Lester Peters Ted Tilley Howard Tilley Arnold Tilley Jean Roberts Lacy Evans and Kyle Cox capias issued for Cox.
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Wyoming County Circuit Court
D. M. Easley
John Harper
Dwight Meadows
Harry Lambert
L. V. Blevins
Stanley Meador
Earnest McKinney
Robert Lee Hurley
Lester Peters
Ted Tilley
Howard Tilley
Arnold Tilley
Jean Roberts
Lacy Evans
Kyle Cox
Harrisburg area mourns loss as WWII lists and personnel move
Former mayor Otis L. Allen among many names slated for departure in a wartime roster. Virgil Weeks, 25, of Athens, killed in action likely at Coral Sea aboard Lexington. DARLINGTON Rites held for C. W. Darlington of Saxon. W Squire Toler rites in Sun Hill following long illness.
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Virgil Lewis Weeks
Athents
George Ivan Weeks
Pineville
Navy
Oung Weeks
Lexington
J. W. Weeks
Athens
Toler
W. Squire Toler
Sun Hill
Clear Fork
John and
New WV Veterans of Foreign War Elect Welch Commander
Emmett C. Jeffrey of Parkersburg elected commander of West Virginia Veterans of Foreign War at Welch encampment. He succeeds Carl A. Wilgus. Mrs. Evelyn Batton of Parkersburg named president of the ladies auxiliary. 1943 convention city Fairmont. Officers named include Paul Wharton and Francis A. McTutire as senior and junior vice commanders.
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Emmett C. Jeffrey
Parkersburg
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Veterans of Foreign War
Welch
Carl A Wilgus
Huntington
Evelyn Batton
Ladies Auxiliary
Ethel Hager
Bluefield
Fairmont
Paul Wharton
Moundsville
Francis A. McTutire
Clarksburg
J. L. Green
Charton
Aubrey Hefflin
Alpha D. Wilcoxon
Fay F. Baker
Burg
Robert Lemapp
H. R. Cowell
Bluero
L. Gates
Neom
Charles Low
Carl A. Wilgus
Casey M. Jones
Hinofficer
W. C. Hayward
Suffers Fractured Leg in River District Fall
Various brief items include Mrs Geneva Parker of Clarksburg and others in district leadership, James Porter 10 of Excelsior fracturing his left leg in a fence fall, and notices of union meetings with William Lester speaking for the United Mine Workers.
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James Porter
Excelsior
Clerks Union
Union Hall
William Lester
United Mine Workers of America
Welch Man Hurt After Auto Strike Sunday
Pete Davis 53 of Welch sustained injuries when struck by an automobile Sunday in Welch. He was admitted to Stevens Clinic for treatment.
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Pete Davis
Welch
Stevens Clinic
Struck by Automobile Injures 65-Year-Old Man
F. Lord, 65, colored, of Keystone, suffered fractures to both ankles when struck by an automobile Sunday. He said he stopped and the passing car fled.
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F. Lord
Keystone
Candidates Files for Sandy Justice of the Peace Nomination
ES for J P Gregory and Bradshaw Kee filed as candidates for the nomination of justice of the peace in Sandy.
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J.P. Gregory
Bradshawkee
Justice of the Peace of
Sandy
Two-Year-Old Dies From Burns in Coalwood
Services were held in Coalwood for Herold Webb Penn two-year-old colored child who died Friday from burns after falling into a tub of hot water at home. The body was sent to Bassett Virginia for burial. Mrs Lay Welch died after a heart attack. Aunt dies in Ashland Mrs Charlotte May a retired teacher of 43 years from Welch died. Gas rationing or no gas rationing Americans will travel somewhere in this war.
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Excelsior High School
Dave T. Clinton
Priday
Denmar Sanitarium
Axton
Henry County
Virginia
Clinton
McDowell One
Coalwood
Herold Webb Penn
Bassett
Eeano
An City
A. Weena
Sfxiaiball
Lay
Welch
Wilson
Ashland
Muncy Mitchell
Charlotte May
May
Bliss Triumphs and Butter Steady Reported in Pittsburgh Note
Pittsburgh dispatch notes prices and results with Bliss Triumphs at various weights and teams cited. Illinois and Kentucky matchups, Georgia and Alabama entries. butter markets steady with quoted prices and totals.
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Pittsburgh
U. 8
Sm. Ae — Foote Deaia
Illinois
Kentucky
Georgia Bliss
Alabama Bliss
Bliss
Tri- Carolina
Grain prices drift after lengthy session in Chicago
Chicago June 22 grain prices move with wheat leading the trend as cash grains quote No 2 hard wheat at 1.17 and No 4 white oats at about 1.08 with various prices for corn and other grades reflecting a steady market after long deliberations.
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Chicago
New York Poultry and Butter Prices Verse Markets
Market notes from New York on June 22 show two day egg receipts at 32 with firm tone and varied Midwestern prices. Butter prices rise modestly with steady to higher scores and premium marks around 37 to 38, cash market 36 to 39.
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U. S
U S
New York
Red Leader Convicted in Conn. June
Anastase A Vonsiatsky, 42, head of the VOJD in the Russian group, was convicted by a Federal Judge J. Joseph Smith for acts tied to the 1916 Coplona se case and sentenced to five years in prison. The court immediately imposed the term.
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RED
Anastase A Vonsiatsky
J. Joseph Smith
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Miss Parker
Mary Carlisle
Phillip Terry
Dick Purcell
Robert Middlemass
Warren Hymer
John Rawlins
William H. Pine
William C. Thomas
Elizabeth Toler
Golden C. Toler
Oley Toler
Ira H. Toler
Miller Boy
Billy Joe Milel
Okey Miller
Glen Allen
Harry W. Cook
Charleston
Wesley Moore
Cook
Dell Cook
Japan
United Nations
Masons
Pineville Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Robert Bailey
George H. Bragg
Edgar B. Rose
E. Pierce Rose
Fred H. Shannon
Poe
Byron Ontague Bus
Mullens Lodge No. 151
Fie
Rock District
Chambers
Wilson Hoge
Princeton Society
James Stinnette
Stoes
Hunter's Field
Hairfield
Eckman
Alice Harris
Charlotte
N. C
C. F. Marshall
Ambrose Harris, Jr
Rocky Gap
Sarah Caves
Ronney
Pineville, W. Va
Walter C. Byrd
Frank Pultz
Capias
Edgar Irby
Mort Jarrell
E. H. Houser
Eugene Walker
Clarence Clouse
Charley Hughes
Otis L. Allen
Walter Tracy Belcher
Clifton Earia Meadows
Connie Mitchell Bilbrey
Glen Rogers
Lawrence Este
Lambert
Warren Theodore Cook
Windom
James Berton Wilson Gleners
James Albert ‘Michaels
Luther 3Yrd
New Richmond
John Joseph Starowicz
Wyco
James Robert Williams
Point Pleasant
Otis Lee Allen
Joseph Harold Beavers
Toney Cline
Emmet Harold Stewart
Jesse
Ambrose Weaver
Roosevelt Farley
Augustus Shade White, Jr
Millens
Troy Vincin Blakenship
Berckley
Benjamin Harrison Milam
Allen Junction
Edward Cline McKinney
Washington, D. C
Nathan Miller
Cyclone
Estelle Clinton Goode
Osbern Leon Huffman
Levi Arnold Blankenship
Simon
Fred Conley
James Woodrow Parker
Pemberton
Robert Morgan
Fannock
Clyde Jackson Sizemore
Maben
John Lowell Haynes
Gauley Bridge
Darlington
C. W. Darlington
Saxon
W. M. Manning
Manning
A. R. Allen
G. W. Darlington
Arnett
Pred Darlington
B. R. Darlington
Beckley
Blake Darlington
Royal Theatre Rubber Matinee
G. K. White and
Marvest
Alate
Attica A
Christie Ave
ROYAL
Richard Arlen
Torpedo Boat
Mercer
Broadway
New Orleans
the Wizard of the Wise
Royal Rubber Matinee
McDowell County
Jeffrey New
VFW
Auxiliary
Hager
Geneva Parker
Hulda Wharton
Marjorie Sidebottom
Pay Edwards
Keyser
Paundle White
South Charleston
Lulu Willis
Alpha McIntire
Ethel Buck
D. M. Dorsey
Cleveland
L. M. Auer
H. H. Swann
Harry Westerfield
George W. Bryson
The
War Club
I. J. Powell
H. A. Henthorne
Henry Hutton
P. P. Belcher
Northfork Club
J. E B. Batten, Jr
Welch Club
Robert Evans
Anawalt Club
Logan Abrhore TN
Cabagteseas
Ores Moffman
I Reigert
Wentzel
Cvoocee
Propet
Caveccessenee
Boucher
Murnaham
Bluefield Abrhore
Aost
William
Hughes
Ccerenes Lenn
March
Cesseness Peres
Siegert
McNeish
Melvin
Williams
Ickes
Washington
Petroleum Co
United States
Ow . T
Chicago Grain
NEW York Poultry
Houshold Fuel
Atlantic
Bedford
Mass
Boston
Salem
Portiana
Reenland
Detrett, Mich
Cleveland, Ohio
Cincinnati
Norfolk, Ve
Baltimore
Mase
Portiang, Me
Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
New York City
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