Princeton Quota Clubairs Winners in Contest
Winning essays sponsored by the Quota Club were presented at a Princeton meeting. Beverley Wright won first place with What Being A Good Citizen Means To Me. Doris Yvonne King was second read by Maxine Gibbs. The trophy and display were arranged by Dorothy Grimm and Maxine Gibbs.
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Princeton Quota Club
Dorothy Grimm
Jacqueline Moore
Princeton Junior High School
Beverley Wright
Miss Wright
Doris Yvonne King
Maxine Gibbs
Mary Ellen Shumaker
Boston
Beckley Quota Club
Execu
Forum Club Meets At The Cassidy Home
The Forum Club of Princeton will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs Mark Cassidy on Honaker Avenue in Princeton. Mrs T E Calloway is in charge of the program.
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Forum Club of
Princeton
Mark Cassidy
Honaker Avenue
T. E. Calloway
Firemen Extinguish Blanket Fire Behind Pickup in Princeton
Princeton firemen answered a 6 20 a.m. call on Industrial Street and found a blanket burning in the rear of a pickup truck. No damage was reported.
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Princeton
Delta Zeta Sorority Holds 29th National Convention
Miss Rita Montrisse Anita Skeens Gordon Ball and others attended the 29th Delta Zeta National Convention at the Grand Hotel and Country Club West End Grand Bahama Island. More than 725 women from 165 college chapters and 261 alumnae chapters gathered to map future progress of the sorority founded in 1902 at Miami University. Dr. F Bringle MacIntosh of Ohio Northern University spoke at the opening banquet. Delta Zeta’s Adventures in Friendship program funds hearing centers through grants to the American Hearing Society.
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Rita Montrisse
Oakvale Road
Anita Skeens
Thorn Street
Bluefield
Gordon Ball
Princeton
Delta Zeta Sorority
Grand Hotel and Country Club
West End
Grand Bahama Island
Delta Zeta
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
F. Bringle MacIntosh
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Adventures In Friendship
American Hearing Society
Athens Girl Serious After Auto Accident
Deborah Ann Crews aged 16 of Athens remained serious after an automobile collision at Speedway. She suffered a head injury and was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium Friday night. Her companion Bobby Frederick Goodall, also 16 of Athens, had minor injuries treated at Princeton Memorial Hospital.
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Deborah Ann Crews
Athens
Bluefield Sanitarium
Speedway
Bobby Frederick Goodall
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Singing Program Set At Mount Olive Baptist Church
The Powhatan Choir and Maybaery Chorus perform at Mount Olive Baptist Church Bluefield at 3 p.m. today. Sponsored by the Willing Workers Class the event features local voices and community music.
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Mount Olive
Powhatan
Maybaery
Mount Olive Baptist Church
Logan Street
Bluefield
Such Language 4 get a After you get through work
A humorous critique of how the word get is used in daily phrases. The piece notes origins from get meaning acquire but argues language purists miss the many common uses. Otto Whittaker challenges strict usage rules and defends everyday speech.
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Otto Whittaker
Tips On Safety In State Mines Emphasizes Attitude
The article stresses attitude as the key to mine safety. It urges positive, mature thinking, impartiality, and critical evaluation of safety guidance to reduce accidents and foster responsible work practices. It notes the danger of thinking it can’t happen to me and calls for serious consideration of all safety statements.
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Daroff
Plans Made For 1956 Class Reunion
Final plans for the ten year reunion of Princeton High School class of 1956 to be set at a Mercer County meeting. It involves 56 graduates and is scheduled Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Princeton Bank and Trust Co. building.
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Princeton High School
Mercer County
Princeton Bank and Trust Co
West Virginia visit noted by Irish guest at home club
Maura Fennelly from Munster Institute Cork Ireland attended the Gertrude Humphreys Home Demonstration Club meeting at Mrs H R Meadows Hale Avenue Princeton. She studies home economics at West Virginia University and called the state her second home after a year there. The club presented her WV glassware and discussed Irish Country Women's Association links and local events including an Arts and Crafts Festival. Visitors included Miss Fennell and several club members.
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Maura Fennelly
Munster Institute
Cork
Ireland
Gertrude Humphreys
H. R. Meadows
Hale Avenue
Princeton
Miss Fennelly
West Virginia University
Pearl Faulkner
Irish Country Womens Association
United States
West Virginia
Margaret Meador
Concord College
C. C. Brown
Victor Farley
Bland Street Church to Ring Bells of Peace July 4
Dr. R. T. Mallory of Bland Street Methodist Church Bluefield announced the church will join the nationwide Bells of Peace observance on July 4. The Bland Street carillon bell choir directed by Mrs. J. B. Wooldridge Jr. will conduct four minutes of ringing to synchronize with Independence Hall bells at 2 p.m. DST. The event honors peace and liberty as tied to Kennedy era origins and the Liberty Bell’s preservation.
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R. T. Mallory
Bland Street Methodist Church
Bluefield
Bland Street
J. B. Wooldridge Jr
Independence Hall
Mallory
Philadelphia
Kennedy
FASTER THAN MAN Knitting nylon stockings by machine
A nylon stocking production claim compares human and machine speed. It states two million operations are needed to knit a pair using about three miles of filament. A person would take two months, while a machine completes the task in three minutes.
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Virginian Hotel
Eloise Farley
Ruth Keaton
Forum Club
Cassidy Home
Attentigr
Ray’s Cleaners
Ing
Princeton, W. VA
Key To
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Dan Carr
R. B. Linkous
Mercer St
W. VA
Circle Drive
S. 9Th St
City
Highland Ave
Beckley Road
Pisgah Road
Pisgah Church
Humphreys
J. R. Bingham
L. M. Amburgy
J. M. Oakes
Pocahontas County
E. L. Houchins
Bells of Peace
RED Carriage Supper Club
Smorgasboro
Princeton Music, Inc
Mercer St. Peton
Your Complete Music Center Sheet Music
King Leblanc Holton
Gibson - Harmony - Kay
Baldwin & Wurlitzer
M&w Refrigeration Company
C. N. Kirby Realty Co., Inc. Broker
Trevor Hazlewood
Main St
Honaker Ave
Bastian
Bland County
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Park Avenue Ext
Harrison St
Hale Add
Bluewell
Oakvale Rd
Old Princeton Bluefield Road
Johnson St
Edgemont
New River Farm
Pearisburg
New River
North
Welch
Rt. 16
Hinton St
Airport Road
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Washington Ave
Bailey St
Lilly Grove
Park Ave
Athens Road
Crossroads
Benson Rd
Lashmeet
Sprino
Rt. 20
Pipestem
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Park
Rock
Lashmeet Rd
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Route 20
New Hope Rd
Map Grove St
Pochhont Bath
Lorton Lick Road
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