Local court actions and deeds recorded in Princeton circuit
Virginia Bauguess versus William Bauguess and Tex Lee Harold versus Margaret Harold seek divorces. Claytor family suit to cancel a deed of trust. Shupe trespass case. Judge Wag ner orders Lucy Dillon vs Gas Service and Bluefield Gas dismissed. Deeds record transfers including parcels in Bluefield Beaver Pond and Montvale additions with $10 sums. Marriage licenses filed for Kitts/Horgan and Kinzer/Mills. Fiduciary order appoints Mary Burnopp guardian for infant Richard Burnopp with $2000 bond.
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Virginia
Myrtle Bauguess
William Henry Bauguess
Tex Lee Harold
Paul Watkins
Margaret (Ayers) Harold
Thomas Claytor
Raymond Claytor
Esther Claytor White
James Harold Martin
C. M. Rudder Jr
William E. Claytor
W. D. Elliott
Clyde G. Shupe
F. Morton Wagner
Lucy Ellen Dillon
Gas Service Inc
Bluefield Gas Company
Vernon Main
Shirley Lrey
Bailey Lumber Co
Springdale Addition
Princeton
Elmer C. Barton
Lottie B. Barton
Robert E. Simmons
Elizabeth Jane Simmons
Red Oak Ridge Road
Beaver Pond
William D. Easley
Viola Easley
Martha E. Shott
Moses Saunders
Joseph M. Gullion
Betty Pauline Carter
Paul H. Snyder
Wiladeen M. Snyder
Old Cumberland Road
Ethel Pedigo Lewis
Henry W. McClung
Virginia D. McClung
Cumberland Heights
Bluefield
Elmer Lawrence Kitts
Mary Frances Horgan
Kyle Kinzer
Rock
Joann Elaine Mills
Mary Burnopp
Richard Burnopp
Howard C. Ealey
ES Honors Past Officers at Order of the Eastern Star Ceremony
A tribute for retiring officers of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 53 followed a regular meeting led by Mary Parks and Edwin Brookman. Officers for the coming year were installed, including Mae Whittaker as installing officer and Ed win Brookman receiving the past patron jewel from Milton E. Brookman.
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Order of the Eastern Star
Mary Parks
Edwin Brookman
Mary
Milton E. Brookman
Mae Whittaker
Maude Abshire
Marshall
Mellie Hancok
Mary Anderson
Murl Bailey
John Whittaker
Otho Thompson
Sentinel
Dorothy Archer
Bill Abshire
Mertie Oakes
Harry McColgan
Effie Wimmer
Ben Huffman
Clara Meadows
Pearl Boggs
Ethel Lambdin
Adah
Francis Williams Ruth
Mary Lee Turner
Esther
Barbara Stovall
Martha
Mary Gibbs
Electa
Joan Catron
June Crotty
Ethel McColgan
Ann Cooke
B. G. White, Jr
Women of the Moose and Pythian Sisters Hold Meetings
The Women of the Moose Prin ceton Chapter 355 and the Pythian Sisters met this week led by Lois Strow and Madeline Wimmer respectively. Officers for 1958 59 were installed, and Mary Ruth Belcher attended as Grand Temple representative among other guests and reports from Elkins Grand Temple proceedings.
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Women of the Moose
Princeton
Pythias Sisters
Lois Strow
Eetall
Bluefield
Mary Ruth Belcher
Elizabeth Stauffer
Sue Reed
College of Regents
Juanita Daugherty
Betty Crews
Sue Basham
Lorraine Beamer
Georgia Walls
Bill Ratcliff
Argus
Macil Shepherd
Sentinel
Lula Strow
Matney
Grand Temple
Pythian Sisters of
West Virginia
Mesdames Betty
Alice
Edith Smith
Dreamalee Thompson
Effie Sage
Grand Lodge
Elk
Matoaka Student Attends WVW Session
Alice Elaine Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Everett Thompson of Matoaka attends summer school at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. The freshman enrolled in a pre nursing course after graduating from Matoaka High School. Dorothy Archer welcomed attendees and future meetings and set the motto Faith in Confidence with white and green colors and carnations. Archer named Mahala Jackson chair of the sick committee and Ruth Walker chair of the distress committee. A ceremony honored the worthy matron with carnations, followed by a social hour hosted by Alice Brookman and Betty Edwards, with punch and cookies.
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Alice Elaine Thompson
Everett Thompson
Matoaka
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Alice
Buckhannon School
Matoaka High School
Dorothy Archer
Matoaka Christian Church Hosts Annual Homecoming
Matoaka Christian Church holds an all day homecoming next Sunday with two services led by Rev. Ralph E. Valentino and Rev. Norman G. Crawford. Music by the Princeton Male Quartet and Princeton Quartet accompanies the 11 am and 2:15 pm services. A basket lunch is served at noon followed by a 1:45 afternoon session. Former members and residents are invited to attend.
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Matoaka Christian Church
J. S. Foley
Ralph E. Valentine
West Virginia Christian Missionary Society
Princeton
W. Oris Barton
Ed Rule
Sam Evans Jr
William R. Simpkins
Princeton Quartet
Norman G. Crawford
First Christian Church of
Matoaka
Bluestone Valley Fair hires leaders and sets entry fees
Bluestone Valley Fair directors meet to incorporate and qualify for state matching funds. Jack Nestor John Allen Scott Mrs Mack Wimmer Eldridge Bowling Essie Bailey named incorporators and Mrs Creed Johnston to head food committee with 21 community volunteers. Commercial exhibit fee ten dollars and general admission twenty five cents adults fifteen cents children. The event runs Friday and Saturday September 12 13 with a planning meeting set for July 8.
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Bluestone Valley Fair
Jack Nestor
John Allen Scott
Mack Wimmer
Eldridge Bowling
Essie Bailey
State Agricultural Department
Creed Johnston
Shawnee Lake
Irene Nestor
Curtis Cottle
Chernutan
Andy Cook
Ada Lusk
Dr Ball Opens Specialist Offices In Princeton Clinic
Dr Donald N Ball physician specializing in diseases of the eye ear nose and throat has opened offices in the Professional Building 921 Mercer St Princeton He is a Pennsylvania native Cornell trained Bellevue Hospital surgeon and hospital trainer He is World War II Army Medical Corps veteran with service in the South Pacific and Korea. Winston Salem N C of the Carolina League led Class B baseball in attendance in 1957 drawing 101000 fans.
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Donald N. Ball
Mercer St
Princeton
Ball
Pennsylvania
Cornell University
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Army Medical Corps
South Pacific
Winston-Salem, N. C
CAP Work Party Prepares Grounds At Mercer Airport HQ
CAP Bluefield Princeton Squadron members cleared culverts and graded grounds around the headquarters to allow seeding and parking lot work. A bulldozer will widen the driveway while Ivy Garden Club leads grounds beautification. Captain B R Kinter presided as 20 members logged 190 to 200 hours in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield-Princeton
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Ivy Garden Club
B. R. Kinter
Snack Shack
Mercer County
Charles Ramsey
Clyde Madeira
Elster Kennedy
Ger
Sale or Trade 1957 Dodge four door Auto
Auto in good condition offered for trade for vacant land multiple properties or equity in a residence or another automobile. Contact Robert R. Tynes of Tynes Realty Service at court house Diel GA 5-2252.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Tynes
Tynes Realty Service
N. Welker Et Courthouse
Diel GA
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