Births and Newborns in Local Families This Week
Birth announcements list John Headly Shott son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cary Shott at St. Luke's hospital. A Thacker daughter was born at Bluefield sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Elswick Thacker. A Meadwell girl born at Bluefield sanitarium to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Meadwell. Dura Faith Bourne born June 25 at St. Luke's hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cary Shott
Frederick Street
St. Luke's Hospital
John Headly Shott
Thacker
Bluefield Supply Company
Ralph Meadwell
Bishop, Va
Bluefield Sanitarium
Meadwell
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Dura Faith
Donald Bourne
Cumberland Road
Lambert Family Visits Important Relatives in Blue Stone
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Lambert Jr of Tampa Florida and Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Lambert with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Horrell from Norfolk Virginia visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Lambert Sr in Blue Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Lambert, Jr
Tampa,Fla
J. Earnest Lambert
J. J. Horrell
Norfolk, Va
P. H. Lambert, Sr
Bluestone
Puts On Romantic Act For Courtship
Dorothy Dix fielding a wife's letter asks why husbands grow dull after years of marriage and why many women still crave romance and daily affection. She notes good providers may miss heartfelt love, urging perpetual courtship to keep wives feeling desired and valued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann
Radio schedule highlights a full day of music and news
The listing outlines WLOH hourly programming from 6:00 to 5:15 with musical rounds, hymns, news, variety shows, organ melodies, devotions, dances, and special features. It notes Woods Motor Sales grand openings and RCA time slots among the day’s offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLOH
Milady
News -Woods Motor Sales
Rex
Eleanor
America
Iit.vuur
Roger McCormick
Melody Boys
Paul Hall
RCA
Lilly Mountaineers
Slim Bryant
Wildcats
Gardens For Freedom
Columbia Record Shop
Young People’s Church of the Air
Woods Motor Sales
Music Mall
Princeton Rotary installs new officers at weekly meeting
Princeton Rotary Club elected and installed new officers. Dr L J Pace takes duties July 1, succeeding Dr. J Prank Marsh who receives a Rotary button from Dean J P Kirby. Visitors include John Peters Chicago and others as the club plans bus transport by Tri City Traction and a dinner at Glen Lyn plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton Rotary Club
David Kirby
Athens
Concord College
L. J. Pace
Dean Kirby
J. Prank Marsh
Marsh
J. P. Gills
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Glen Lyn
Tri-City Traction
Kiwanis Club
Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
Bluefield Club
P. D. Bratton
Visistors
John Peters
Chicago
A. W. Steller
Welch
Charlie Pearson
Radford
Bluefield
Princeton Personalities Host Visitor and Plan Richmond Visit
Mrs. G. S. Gadd of Mercer Street entertains her niece Mrs. Jack Reed of Washington D C and her grandson Johnny Gadd. They will depart Sunday for Richmond to visit L. E. Gadd and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. S. Gadd
Mercer Street
Jack Reed
Washington, D. C
Princeton Tests New Water Softener System
John Peters of Chicago representing the International Filter Co arrived in Princeton to test the new water softener installed by the West Virginia Water Service Company. The unit will be ready for final testing in about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peters
Chicago
International Filter Co
Princeton
West Virginia Water Service Company
Will of T C Hubbard Probated. Property Left to Children
The will dated September 2 1944 was probated in the county clerk’s office yesterday. The property was left to T C Hubbard’s sons and daughter. Closing at the Mercer theatre today features Unconquered with Gary Cooper and a cast including Paullette Goddard Howard DaSilva Boris Karloff and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Hubbard
Mercer Theatre
Gary Cooper
Paulette Goddard
Howard DaSilva
Re Karloff
Grand Opening At Woods Motor Company Display Room
Woods Motor Company holds a grand opening for its renovated showroom and garage at Mercer and Walnut streets today. The former Princeton Pepsi Cola plant has been transformed into a glittering auto sales space with updated facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods Motor Company
Mercer and
Walnut Streets
Princeton
Pepsi Cola
Five Men Sent to Huntington Station by Navy Recruiting
Five men were dispatched to the Huntington station by the navy recruiting office in the Memorial building on Wednesday. The names listed are Alfred F. Long from Narrows, Junior W. Testerman from Superior, Charles Privett Jr. from Welch, Ulysses R. Akers from Superior, and Richard A. Taylor from Pageton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Navy
Memorial Building
Alfred F. Long
Narrows
Junior W. Testerman
Superior
Charles Privett, Jr
Welch
Ulysses R. Akers
Richard A. Taylor
Pageton
Crossed Trails opens at the Royal with Johnny Mack Brown
Johnny Mack Brown stars in the western Crossed Trails at the Royal theatre today with Raymond Hatton Lynne Carver Kathy Frye and others in the cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Mack Brown
Perdue Suit Filed in Circuit Court Against Lee Perdue
Georgia Edith Perdue filed suit in circuit court against Lee Perdue in chancery under July rules seeking appropriate relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Edith Perdue
Lee Perdue
Milk cows for sale in Kegley West Virginia
Jersey heifers and a seven year old Jersey cow offered for sale or trade. Cash paid for cattle of any kind. Contact J. C. Lilly in Kegley West Virginia.
For Rent Storeroom in Fair Hotel Building
Storeroom for any kind of business available in the Fair Hotel Building on Mercer Street at Third. Lights water and heat furnished. Reasonable rent. Apply Fair Hotel Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Hotel
Mercer Street
Princeton
For Sale Items Include Maple Bedroom Suite and More
Public notice lists maple bedroom suite gas stove two gas heaters a studio couch one large easy chair a kitchen cabinet table and chairs. Contact J B Caldwell head of 9th Street Princeton West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Caldwell
9Th. Street
Princeton
W. Va
Dry Kindling For Sale In Princeton West Virginia
Dry kindling offered at $3.00 per load for one horse wagon or sold by truck load. Contact Cox & Hall at Lilly Highway Addition, Princeton West Virginia for purchase details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox & Hall
Lilly
Princeton
W. Va
Floyd men jailed for whisky transport and pistol charge
Fined and jailed by Magistrate E Dale Bailey for illegal whisky transport. John Abe Shortt of Floyd Virginia received 106.56 dollars and four months in jail. Alton Winston West of Floyd Virginia got 100 dollars and six months and another six months on a pistol charge. Sentences run concurrently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale’s Gap
E. Dale Bailey
John Abe Shortt
Floyd
Alton Winston West
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Pinnacle Post
Appalachiana
State Department
Jessee Devericks
Sue Ily
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Billie Gonano
Ila Mae Blackwell
Mary Morrison
Pearl Walters
Marjorie Sidebottom
Cleta Yoho
Erma Nicholas
Mary Holstein
Adda Blakeley
Pauline Webb
Evans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Inkham
Nancy Blaydes
Henry Hammond Pride
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Bluefield Country Club
Margaret
Riner Phillips
Miss Blaydes
Miss Phillips
Boyd Blaydes
Westinghouse Electric
Westinghouse
Truman
Shupe’s
Kelly
Shape’s Market Bluewell
Dorothy DIX
Arcady
J.W. Booker & Co
Matoake
W. We
Royal
Poll CO Mead Oer
Raymond Hatton
Radio
Moutain State
Princeton News
Mountain State
Royal Theatre
Solid Entertainment
THE
Mercer
Low. Price
W. E. Thompson
Princeton Ave
J. C. Lilly
Kegley
General Auto Stores
Western Auto Associate Store
Lake Shawnee
Fred Pendleton
His
Kay Shrewsbury
Information
Boris Karloff
Ward Bond
Spanishburg
Camp Creek
Jimmie
Lilly Grove
Lilly Acres
Lorton’s Lick Road
Bluewell
Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Lilly Land CO
Oris Barton
Bee Street
Princeton Society
Porter
L. C. Porter
Princeton Avenue
W. B. Morefield
Paul Morgan
Howard Hill
Ada
McDowell County
C. N. Kirby
Riverside Drive
Kirby Brothers
Main ST
Courthouse
Princeton, W. VA
Woods Motor CO
Mercer ST
Cook’s Hall
Mercer Motor CO
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