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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1930

Page

9

Dr. Winship Speaks at Princeton Rotary Kiwanis Session

Dr. A E Winship of Boston addressed a joint Princeton Rotary Kiwanis meeting in the Athens girls dormitory dining room. He praised American creation in the last decade and cited club democracy and social progress, with remarks on beautifying the Athens Princeton highway and club achievements.

Blighty Princeton Rotary Kiwanis Clubs Athens A. E. Winship Boston America Europe Dr. Winshin J. Frank Marek Concord Princeton Rotary Gerald Taylor Richmond Va Irma Smith R. M Yeago S. T. Bird Hartley Sanders A. FE. McGuire W. D. Shuff H. E. DeJarnette Frank Maresh J. W. McNutt W. S Dangerfield A. Vermillion J. R. Vermillon R. B Rodell A . Kyle FE. K Ke

Bond to release BY AHERN on peace bond and jail for pistol case

Emma Henderson and William Ward were arrested on pistol charges. Henderson, fined $54.80 and sentenced to six months in jail. Ward was released after Henderson took the blame. Judge King presided as ex officio justice of the peace.

Jones Emma Henderson William Ward

Mistreating Wife Leads to Fine and Jail Term

Johnny Jones of Prince Street faced Police Judge F B King for assault and dress damage. He was fined 12.30 dollars and sentenced to one year in jail.

Johnny Jones Prince Street F. B. King Jones

Arrest of man for disturbance in Athens

Constable L. J. Chambers and Deputy Sheriff J. Sam Bennett arrested Ben Wirts in Athens Thursday night amid a disturbance near his home. He was tried before Justice I. C. Damewood and fined ten dollars plus costs.

L. J. Chambers J. Sam Bennett Athens Ben Wirts I. C. Damewood Wirts

Princeton Personal News and Health Note

Princeton personal notices report Bootsie Smith leaving Saturday for Norfolk Virginia state camp for July. Harriette Hadden visits cousin Josephine Hadden. Virginia Charlton leaves for 4 H camp at Jacksons Mills. Rose Tinder ill with tonsillitis but able to go out. Orita Booker Peggy Booker and Made Oxley depart for Roanoke visit. J H McGlothlin family travel to Parkersburg Wheeling Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Ora Redman returns from Kalamazoo Teachers College for summer. Eileen Smith sails to Newport for weeks of visits. George Hylton Jr. improving after appendectomy at Memorial hospital. East River Rebekah lodge No 205 to meet for annual election.

Bootsie” Smith Norfolk Virginia Harriette Hadden Mullens Josephine Hadden Virginia Charlton Haleaveriue Jackson's Mills Rose Tinder F. S. Tinder Walker Street Orita Booker Peggy Booker Oxley Roanoke J. H. McGlothlin Madie Charles Parkersburg W.va Wheeling Ora Redman Kalamazoo Teachers’ College Michigan Hale Avenue Eileen Smith Circle Drive Newport George Hylton Jr Memorial Hospital Rebekahs East River Rebekah Lodge Walker Hall

Automobile Accident Victim Hospitalized After Fatal Crash

J C Lawson of Herndon arrived at Memorial hospital with injuries from a crash last Saturday between Monte Carlo and Budd. Lawson rode in a rumble seat while Joe Simpson Grover Shrewsbury and Preacher McKinney rode in front. a tire blew out causing the roadster to overturn. Simpson died from his injuries and Lawson is not believed seriously hurt.

J. C. Lawson Herndon Memorial Hospital Monte Carlo Budd Lawson Joe Simpson Grover Shrewsbury Preacher McKinney Simpson

Princeton Marriages and Local Society Notes

Charles Terrell of Middlesboro Kentucky and Lucille Combe of Bluefield united in marriage in Princeton in the magistrate’s office with Rev. G W Talbert officiating. A Shawnee lake picnic entertained Princeton High School newswriting class with chaperones Miss Eupha Bonham and Miss Bill Shumate. Founding church groups met for prayers, Bible study, and luncheon plans. A divorce suit was filed in circuit court, and several gas and oil lease assignments from Mullens Gas to United Fuel Gas were recorded.

Charles KE. Terrell Middlesboro Lucille Combe Bluefield I. C. Damewood G. W. Talbert Shawnee Lake Beckley Road Princeton High School Shawnee Eupha Bonham Mise Bill” Shumate Mullens Gas Company United Fuel Gas Company Wade H Brush Creek Wiles Rock E. J. Boyles Harriet Bailey Ida E. Hypes Floyd Brush Fork Beaver Pond Jumping Branch Glade Fork Creek W. P R. B. Ross

Cole and Keeney File for Local Nominations

Roy A. Cole filed his declaration as a Republican candidate for the house of delegates in the circuit clerk’s office yesterday. G. Cleve Keeney of the Princeton Athens rural route filed as a Democratic candidate for the Plymouth district board of education.

Roy A. Cole House of Delegates G. Cleve Keeney Princeton Athens Plymouth District

Mercer Republicans convene meeting at Meadows building

The Mercer Republican club met Thursday at club headquarters in the Meadows building with talks by Fred Hawley R C Lilly Hartley Sanders and BE Hale. Speakers stressed harmony and cooperation and highlighted the value of a high protective tariff to the country.

Mercer Republican Club Meadows Building Fred Hawley Republican Party R. C. Lilly Bluefield T. C. Hubbard Hartley Sanders BE. W. Hale Princeton Sanders

Princeton Churches Offer Youth Focused Services

The Rev. W E B Davis leads Sunday School at 9 45 with W H Roberts as superintendent and sermons at 11 on Realizing the Holy Spirit in Life as the fifth Pentecost talk. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 with teens invited. Evening service at 8 features Liberty or Love. The Rev Edward Stubblefield conducts Sunday School at 10 with John H Bane supervising. morning worship at 11 covers The Fickleness of Religion. youth oriented evening program at 7 with The Lost Child.

W. EB. Davis W. H. Roberts Christian Endeavor Edward Stubblefield John H. Bane

Anderson Lucas and Nellie Waugh Hearings Over Fines

Anderson Lucas charged with fishing in a closed stream and stealing chickens faced Magistrate T C Hubbard with Nellie Waugh. fines totaling 30 dollars and costs assessed. Lucas to try to pay after leaving jail. Span ishburg dog shooting case heard by I C Damewood. Campbell and Curtis Bowling fined 10 dollars plus costs and appealed. Eskimo doctor fee policy noted: fee kept if recovery, returned if not.

Anderson Lucas T. C. Hubbard Nellie Waugh Lucas Spanishburg I. C. Damewood Campbell Bowling Curtis Bowling

For Sale: Small Farms Near Princeton W V and Homes

For sale a few small farms suitable for poultry raising trucking and fruit with electric lights and good schools and churches nearby. Some front on the main highway just outside Princeton city limits. Also houses and lots in Princeton offered at bargain prices on easy terms. Write or call at the Bank of Princeton building home office Princeton W Va.

Princeton Bank of Princeton

Welch McGinnis Hatfield to run for State Senate seat

Gov. Conley accepted the resignation of Sen. L. E. Woods of Welch from the sixth district and former Sheriff McGinnis Hatfield of Welch announced his candidacy. Woods moved to Huntington prompting his district change and resignation. Hatfield, an experienced Republican, expected to win the August primary and November election.

Welch William G. Conley L. E. Woods McGinnis Hatfield The Telegraph Crystal Black Coal and Coke Company Senator Woods Huntington Woods Hatfield House of Delegates McDowell Republican Executive Committee McDowell County Pom

Rev H Carlton Fox Calls Congregational Meeting at Service

The rector announces Second Sunday after Trinity services with Sunday school at 9545 and morning prayer plus sermon at 11. He urges every church member to attend, as the congregational meeting is of vital importance.

H. Carlton Fox

Visit of Miss Wharton to Grace parish in West Virginia

Reverend R. W. Hibbert of Northfork leads the second Sunday after Trinity at Grace parish with church school at 10 a.m. Morning prayer and sermon at 11 o’clock. Sunday school follows at 1 30 p.m. Miss Helen C. Wharton, director of religious education for the Episcopal diocese of West Virginia, visits and hopes to meet the church organizations during Sunday events.

Salvation Army Penny Drive Seeks One Mile of Pennies

Sergeant Major Butler reports two days of work have raised forty five yards of pennies amounting to 24 dollars as Salvation Army units begin a mile of pennies campaign. He warns the public to donate only to authorized uniformed representatives and notes women volunteers in uniform will canvass Saturday night.

Salvation Army Butler Army

Salvation Army drops annual drive and starts mile of pennies push

Advisory board after a county meeting decided not to hold the usual charity drive this year, citing a general business downturn. The group will instead launch a mile of pennies campaign to aid numerous distressed families needing clothing food and medical care.

The Salva Tion Army

Vacation Bible School At Presbyterian Church Attendance Grows

The Daily Vacation Bible School at the Presbyterian church runs from June 23 to July 3 with about 85 pupils. It welcomes children from various city churches and is led by Mrs. W. C. Williams, the pastor’s wife, with nine instructors. The program centers on Bible study and memory work, requiring 10 to 25 passages per department. The top two memory students will carry the U.S. flag and the Christian flag at commencement.

Presbyterian Church W. C. Williams United States

Social Roundup of Local Families and Visitors

Mrs W C Hall and daughters May and Connie along with Mrs W J Blakely and daughter Jean stay at the Hall summer home on Elk Lick in Wyoming county with a group of young girls. The visitors include Lachey Saunders Premier Marjorie Belcher Virginia Partlow Eleanor Womack Edna Downs Elizabeth Edwards and Ethel Hunter. The Summers family plans a cottage vacation in Ocean View Virginia with a July stay. Attorneys Cook and Hansbarger were noted on business visits to Welch. Mrs Laughlin and son Jack will visit from Brooklyn, traveling by boat to Norfolk where Mr Laughlin will join them. Estelle King, guest of aunts Rhodes and Wilson, departed to Bluefield after a week locally.

Columbus W. W. Henritze A. N. Harris Tazewell J. S. Roger Helen Baltimore Reta Brewster Ruth Daniel Concord Normal Miss Brewster Welch Junior Miss Daniel Hemphill-Caples School S. B. Payne Mary Ann J. W. Edwards Hobart Street Bluefield Milton Jones Ocean View Mr. Summers Mrs. Summers F. C. Cook Northfork Rocco Ma&rchitelli E. A. Hansbarger Williamson J. S. Laughlin Jack

London Artists Form Trade Union for Applied Arts

Sir John Lavery states the union aims to raise standards in applied art and secure recognition for poster artists and textile designers. Many prominent English artists have joined the new body.

London John Lavery

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Winship Rotary-Kiwanis Frank Marsh Concord Quartet Gerus BY Ahern Uncle Ambrose Terrell Princeton Society H. D. Karnes Baptist Circles Ramey Lentz First Baptist Church Kate Mahood G. D. Gadd Lentzled J. R. Vermillion W. W. Hamilton H. W. Karnes Vivian Adeline Dowe Albert G. Dowe Hong Kong China Maskee Philippines J. L. Stephenson C. Banks J. C. Grenham Princeton Churches First Baptist Princeton, W. VA Senate Simphe Australia Mary Powell Maj Charles Kingsford-Smith Melbourne Birdman Ireland Franklin D. Roosevelt Boroughs New York City Hyde Park N. Y Independence Rock Wyo Clinton Martin ST. Luke's Episcopal Grace Episcopal Church L. J. Brindley Daily Telegraph Sunset News Brooklyn Laughlin Hanna Edwards New York Freckles Blusser NEA Service Farrar Lindbergey Artists’ Union
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