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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
13
Edward Jones of Maiden Farm plant spoke to Princeton Old Guard No 2 on Rebel with a Cause, citing Civil War facts. About 75 members and one guest attended at Fellowship Hall First Methodist Church. Walter Akers was saluted posthumously as others fell ill.
Residents are advised to bring their application, title and tax receipt to White's Service Station on Thera Street in Princeton for processing.
More than 100 people gathered in Princeton city council room to back the State Road Commission proposal for Route 20 between Princeton and Bluewell. The hearing covered the New Hope to Littlesburg 3.69 mile segment with SRC officials present and a future hearing planned for Littlesburg to Route 52 at Bluewell. If approved, the road will be 22 feet wide with a 12 inch stone base and three inch bituminous surface.
About 600 books for the ninth grade are on display in Concord College library browsing room. The exhibit features fiction and nonfiction for teaching and learning and is open 9 am to noon and 7 to 9 pm today. Sponsored by 29 publishers under the Concord College Department of Education, supervised by Professor Linn Shee and Miss Beryle Crockett.
North American Aviation plans to employ 300 workers at its Princeton plant when production begins with 40 000 square feet of facility ready. Architects and engineers will be hired first and construction jobs through contractors before completion in early 1962. Applications are being accepted at the Trailways Bus terminal Building and the Bluefield Chamber office to meet local interest.
Deeds filed show Edmund D. Wells Jr. acting as special commissioner transferring property on Bell Avenue near Princeton for $525 to C. R. Young and J. C. Shaffer Jr. transferring 1.1 acres with N W right of way to Nellie Royal Phillips. Ira M. Smith as special commissioner transfers house and lots at South Walker and South Avenue Princeton for $8,000 to Grace Pennington. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bennett and Betty Gay Rutledge filed a marriage license application in Matoaka.
John Sines led University of Tennessee basketball duties after starring at Purdue in his college career. The note underlines Sines supervision and highlights his Purdue playing days.
The approaching marriage of Janet Louise Childress to George Buddy Matney is announced by Wiley A. and wife of Princeton. Matney is the son of Russell Matney of Pageton. The ceremony will be on Saturday June 24 at 2 o clock with Rev. Yandell Page officiating. Roger Michael of Princeton will sing with Olga Pendleton of Princeton at the organ. Bridesmaids include Lois Jean Burdette Wanda Durham and Shirley Howards. Linda Dykes of War is junior bridesmaid. Denise Arlene Childress and Pamela Ann McLaughlin are flower girls. Russell Edward Matney of Pageton is the bride’s brother.
Puerto Rico inmates designated as model prisoners may receive unlimited supervised furloughs up to 53 hours to visit their families. The program allows qualified prisoners to return home for extended visits under supervision.
State Trooper said a car he chased at high speed caused a Sunday night crash in Louisa County. The driver, Donald M. Hopkins, 18, of Ferncliff, was pursued before ramming Clifton A. Smith’s car, killing Smith, his passenger, and Aleshire. Hopkins faces a July 15 preliminary hearing on involuntary manslaughter.
Nine thousand physicians and engineers in Israel public services staged a one day warning strike to press demands for better pay. Emergency services will be maintained for hospitals.
Norton Ball Mayor announces Carl Franklin Jester Jr. will become city manager, effective July 21, after roles as assistant city engineer and city engineer in Lexington North Carolina. The council adopts a 548643 dollar budget for 1961 42, nine thousand four hundred twenty dollars less than the current year.
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