Princeton News Concord College Sponsors Band Clinic Second Year
Concord College in Athens hosts a second annual band clinic with high schools from West Virginia and Virginia. Miss Mary Evelyn Thurman leads the instruction, overseeing twirling majorette work and clinics nationwide. Participating WV schools include Ansted and Charleston area districts. VA entrants include Galax and Patrick Henry at Glade Spring among others. Ohio's Zanesville High is listed.
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West Virginia - Virginia
Mary Evelyn Thurman
Gleason
Thurman
Southeastern
Athens
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Florida
Ansted
Aracama
Logan
Big Creek
Cairo
Charleston
Clay
Collins
Oak Hill
Northfork
Farmington
Frankford
Greenbriar
Ronceverte
Harrisville
Hillsboro
Lewisburg
Meadow Bridge
Mount Hope
Mullens
Unidas High
Albany Police Auction Presents Paddy Wagon Sale
Albany police plan to auction a second patrol vehicle to the public. The notice notes a paddy wagon is available for bidding with details to follow.
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Albany Police
Baptist Circle Hosts June Meeting At Athens Road
Mrs J K Hinty acted as hostess for the Baptist Circle meeting on Athens Road. Alice H Coulter presented a program on prayer from the Royal Service. Rev R K Bennett offered a prayer poem to open and Mrs Harry Ould led closing prayers. A round table on narcotics is set for June 28 with an FBI narcotics agent and Sheriff E D Bazzie. The group plans a fall revival with Rev Don Brandies author of Fling Wide The Gates. Strawberry short cake nuts and coffee were served to the members afterward.
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J. K. Hinty
Athens Road
Alice H. Coulter
R. K. Bennett
Harry Ould
E. D. Bazzie
Mercer County
Probhe
Don Brandies
Brandies
Mesdames
Lydia Ould
Gladys Rule
Alta Brohard
June Woolwine
Libby Moeller
Bertha Hutchinson
Alice Coalter
Ibsen Paying Off Draws Big At Off Broadway
New York AP reports David Ross finds Ibsen as strong a draw as Chekhov at his Fourth Street theater. His revivals of Chekhov earlier seasons drew crowds, and Hedda Gabler now proves a top attraction. Ghosts has been postponed to next fall due to Hedda’s popularity.
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New York
David Ross
Ibsen
Chekhov
Fourth Street
Ross
Hedda
Bashor Divorce Filed in Circuit Court
Civil action started in the circuit court by Karl Albert Bashor against Mae Elizabeth Bashor seeking a divorce.
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Karl Albert Bashor
Mae Elizabeth Bashor
Memoirs recount Frank James plans to rob Princeton Bank
In Memoirs of Old Princeton, Harrison W Straley describes Frank James visiting Princeton to rob the Bank of Princeton. The bank’s small size, cautious vice president, and James's Confederacy ties allegedly deterred the attempt as a Confederate soldier hosted him for dinner.
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Jesse James
Princeton
Confederacy
Bank of
James Boys
Mercer County
James
Old Princeton
Harrison W Straley
David F. Johnster
James Brothers
Straley
Radio Host Ben Hunter Draws Legions Of Night Owls
Los Angeles broadcaster Ben Hunter hosts The Other Side of the Day on KFI drawing listeners from across the United States and beyond. Callers include Judy Garland and Jess Willard as fans share astronomical facts and home tips while radio audiences number in the thousands weekly.
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Los Angeles
Ben Hunter
Hawaii
Ben
Judy Garland
Clara Bow
Rudy Vallee
Jess Willard
Hunter
KFI
States
Canada
Mexico
Panama
South America
New Zealand
Benjamin Stickney Hunter
Stanford University
UCLA
Armed Forces
KEX
Portland
Ore
Hollywood
Wimmer Family Holds Reunion
Mrs. Flossie Wimmer hosted a family reunion at Beck ley Road with six children and numerous spouses and relatives present. Attendees included B F Sizemore of Pineville B W Wimmer of Slab Fork Ralph Wimmer Princeton C H Wimmer Princeton Howard Blankenship Princeton Gene Bazzie Katy Basher Mae Basher Johnnie Bowling Finley Brown C M Shutt Sandlick Dwayne Shumate Bluefield Virgil Shumate Soulsville Zeb Wimmer Kegley.
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Beckley Road
B. F. Sizemore
Pineville
B. W. Wimmer
Slab Fork
Ralph Wimmer
Princeton
C. H. Wimmer
Howard Blankenship
Leonard Stinnette
Realty Transfers In Two County Transactions
Real estate transfers recorded Saturday in the county clerk's office list two transactions. Roby and Opal Turner sold lots 5 to 10 on Roby Street in Taylor Homesites near Princeton to Ula and Milfred Morgan for 1000 dollars. Alpha C Peters sold a tract on Red Oak Ridge Montcalm Road to Ronald R Peters for 3500 dollars.
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Roby
Opal Turner
Ula
Milfred Morgan
South Ninth
Lil Hale Avenue
Princeton
Oakvale Hwy
Hall Ridge Road
Honaker
F.H.A
Magnolia Street
Stralet
Hale—T
Highland
North Walker
Constitutionality Of State Tax Law To Be Court Tested
West Virginia officials will decide how they participate in a Wood County Circuit Court challenge to the new income tax law. Tax Commissioner C Howard Hardesty Jr will confer with the attorney general's office and tax-drafters. Ned H Tanner of Parkersburg filed the action seeking to stop tax withholding and a refund of 14.85 for the period April 5 to May 31.
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Charleston
Wood County
West Virginia
C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Attorney General's Office
Ned H. Tanner
Parkersburg
A. Karl Summers
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