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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1949
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Princeton and society items with garbled phrases. No clear event, date, or names others are readable to form a proper summary.
The notice states the event now occurs Friday night July 1 at 8 o clock replacing the formerly announced “tonight” slot. Limited details accompany the Woodman Circle posting.
In a local court Belcher and his father stand accused in a case involving William Barnett. The proceedings focus on alleged actions tied to Barnett and the family members' involvement.
The Princeton Ridge Runners 4-H club will meet at Margaret Blankenship's home on Walnut Street at 7:30 tonight to discuss plans for county camp. Members are urged to attend.
Miss Mary Smith returned Sunday from Richmond Virginia where she spent two weeks with her sister Mrs E E Harrison Jr Mr and Mrs S W Mustaine Jr and son S W III stopped over Monday with friends en route home to Huntington after a two week vacation in Richmond Virginia Mr and Mrs Clark M Thornton north Walker street spent a week at Myrtle Beach
Wiley Baine Rinehardt, 28, driving a trailer, was fined $15.50 for careless and hazardous driving after a collision on Route 219 460 near Hale's Gap. Damage totaled $1,250 with $800 to the trailer and two Dodge trucks. Fred C. Thomas, scoopmobile operator, was shaken up. The charge was filed by Trooper C Lively and heard by Magistrate E Dale Bailey.
Mr and Mrs G B Halstead return from six weeks in St Louis Missouri with Mrs Halstead visiting in Springfield and Mr Halstead to Portsmouth Virginia. Mrs A B Brammer visits in Christiansburg Virginia. Several residents host weekend stays in Wytheville Park Avenue and nearby towns.
Four room house with lot measuring 160 feet frontage and 200 feet depth. Contact Mrs. M. C. Bradbury in Thorntontown Princeton, West Virginia for details.
Available August 4. Well located in main business section of Princeton. Apply at 517 Mercer Street, Princeton. Phone 492 L.
Radio WICH presents a full day of programming featuring Morning top shows from 6:15 to 10:00 with Bible readings, devotions, family worship and news updates. The schedule includes The Jamboree by Request, Arcady Farm News, luncheon melodies, and music programs like Music for Milady and Let's Dance. Sports reports and entertainment segments fill afternoon and evening slots.
Past and present Princeton Civic Chorus officers and sectional leaders meet at First Methodist church tonight at 9 to map the fall program and select music for the 1950 concert season.
Two men charged with drunk driving Saturday night on Mercer highways were arraigned before Magistrate E Dale Bailew yesterday. Robert Williby Bluefield Va route 1 was fined 50 dollars and costs. He was tagged by Trooper E O Burner on route 10. Garfield Akers Princeton was fined 50 dollars and costs. He was tagged Saturday night on route 219 by Constable Hume Rose and John Peck.
WT Jackson ninth district commander leads five delegates from Bluefield Pinnacle Post 3856 to the VFW convention in Parkersburg. The three day event begins Thursday and runs through Saturday with delegates from across West Virginia expected to attend.
In Moundsville West Virginia jurors were selected in a circuit court for the trial of Lonnie Hinerman a 26 year old farmer charged with statutory rape He pleaded innocent at arraignment on June 15 Judge Lierd Arnold presiding Neighbors reported Hinerman lured a seven year old girl with candy to a field near her home An operation followed at Glendale hospital The article also notes four World Series games played via a five out of nine game route.
The VEW Post announces a minstrel event planned by Mercer Poet No 2790 VW to be held at Par encampment. Details specify a program by the Mercer unit with community attendance anticipated.
Local insurance men from Virginia and West Virginia attended an all day state meeting in Charleston. Provident Mutual and Jefferson Standard instructors led sessions at the training program hosted by local officials. The event was presided over by Allem Creenapem of Feuttable New York, with plans for the next quarterly assembly set for July 8 in Charleston.
OCR fragment mentions a person and a location but lacks clear action, date, or complete details. Readers see references to Ge and Orr with ambiguous context. The legible portion hints at a public or legal notice but fails to identify involved parties or deadlines.
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