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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1958
Page
14
Princeton and Mercer County officials urge vacationers to avoid signaling absence by leaving milk outside and papers on the porch. Trooper F Z Beer offers driving and rest guidance while Mercer County Health Department advises planning stops, checking health needs, and reading highway signs for safe travel.
A three room house with three acres of land is offered for eight hundred dollars. Contact D. L. Looney at Rt. 1 Bluefield West Virginia for details and arrangements.
Eighty one applicants took operator license exams at State Police Headquarters in Princeton. Twenty eight advanced to later driving tests after passing primary. nineteen failed the oral exam. seven failed in operation. two failed the physical. Names listed include Princeton residents Scotty Lark Christian and Gary Lee Roberts. Bluefield and Athens residents also named. A later fragment notes Palm Springs, California, once an Indian camp, is now a resort with 50 000 winter residents.
Gov. Underwood urged lawmakers to back a forest fire prevention conference set for July 6-8 at White Sulphur Springs. He said more than 15 000 fires in a decade and nearly 2 million dollars in damage threaten the state’s forests, a cornerstone of employment in industry, tourism, sports, and farming. Two thirds of the state’s land is forested.
Members of Boy Scout Troop 66 in Princeton will meet Friday night at 7 oclock at the First Baptist Church. The meeting replaces the regular meeting originally scheduled for the night before but was postponed one day. Troop 66 is sponsored by the Elks Lodge in Princeton. M B Wallingford and Robert Wallingford left Monday for Ocean Drive Beach in Carolina for a few days vacation.
Four new suits entered in Mercer County Circuit Court in Princeton on Monday. Filings include Virginia M. Dougless v William H for divorce and Billie A. Niswander v Robert J. Niswander for separate maintenance, among others plus chancery matters and fiduciary orders.
The West Virginia State Tax Department opens a Princeton office in the Mercer County Bank Building. Deputy Tax Commissioner Ira B. Lilly says the office will operate Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will handle licenses and state tax matters locally avoiding the County Court House. Col Evan Jones and family visit via multiple cities. Bernard Wade and Lemuel Deskins visit from Glenwood and Galveston, Texas.
A notice reports Leroy Christian, former service station operator, has opened an Auto Parts Store at the Athens Oakvale Crossroad. Telephone contact listed as GA 5-5414.
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