Maiming charges follow weekend county arrests
The county saw nine arrests over the weekend excluding a slaying at Log Cabin service station. Roy Kidd, driving with liquor in possession on a learner permit, was fined $25 with 30 days in jail and six months suspension. John Hawley, accused of maiming Garland Jones with a 20 gauge shotgun, posted $500 bond for a preliminary hearing. Harrison Harman, accused of offering liquor for sale on the Matoaka Kegley road, was fined $50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beer Garden
Grover Keeney
J. E. Kade
Roy Kidd
D. T. Carr
Kidd
John Hawley
Garland Jones
Brush Fork
G. H. Crumpecker
J. B. Boyd
C. C. Christian
Wiley Huffman
Hawley
Jones
Carr
C. C. Bird
Montcalm
Harrison Harman
Matoaka-Kegley
Cincinnati Woman Fined for Contempt of Court
Juanita Hannah of Cincinnati Ohio was fined one dollar and costs for contempt by Magistrate Carl Jones after allegedly talking during proceedings in the case of T W Yates versus T R Jewell to recover 29 82. She called Constable Christian a hillbilly and told Squire Jones to shut up. He sent her to the jail lobby to cool off and later fined her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Hannah
Cincinnati
Ohio
Carl Jones
T. W. Yates
T. R. Jewell
Yates
Jewell
C. C. Christian
Christian
Squire Jones
For Rent Furnished nine room house in Princeton
Completely furnished nine room house with four bedrooms includes bathroom lavatory electric range large Frigidaire and garage. Flower garden hot water heat gas for heating water and fireplace $40 a month in advance. Tenant to pay utilities. contact Mrs. J. R. Rich 113 College Hill Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Rich
College Hill
Princeton
Hill climb thrills crowds at Boissevain event
Mercer County motorcycle club stage a hill climb in Boissevain Virginia drawing hundreds. Ben Turpin from Bluefield and John Litton from Bluefield excel in rough ascent while Shumaker debuts strong. Shupe hosts after-store outing. riders plan Roanoke and Princeton events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Countyotorcycle Club
Boissevain
Ben Rpin
West Virginia
Virginia
John Litton
Bluefield
Litton
Turpin
Ben
Shumaker
Harold Shupe
Black Diamond Riders
Shannondale
Charleston
Ben Turpin
Richmond
Huntington
Roanoke
Princeton
Check dropped after man makes good in Bristol
Magistrate Carl Jones and 8. F. Sims went to Bristol Virginia to seize A. C. Ring alias A. C. Trice but returned without him. The man paid 97 dollars plus costs, and the bad check charge was dropped. Ring allegedly gave the check to L. L. Nichols, a local sawmill operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Jones
8. F. Sims
Virginian Railway
Bristol
A. C. Ring
A. C. Trice
Ring
L. L. Nichols
Pearson Preaches Three Sermons in Princeton Revival
Dr. J. W. Pearson delivered three sermons Sunday at the First Methodist church as part of a revival. The week featured outreach to shops and plants and promotion of a dozen prayer centers. He announced an extra morning service on The Holy Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Pearson
First Methodist Church
P. P. Martin
Jeff Wall
Dr. Pearson
Pearson
Evangelist
Jesus
Princeton
Christ
15 Month Old Bowling Infant Buried Monday
Claud Wiley Bowling, 15 months old and son of Mr. and Mrs. C Bowling of Hiawatha, died Sunday morning at Memorial hospital from pneumonia and complications. Funeral held at the Christian church in Matoaka on Monday at 2 pm with burial in a private Spanishburg cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claud Wiley Bowling
Lemently
C. Bowling
Hiawatha
Memorial Hospital
Christian Church
Matoaka
Spanishburg
Fats and Lean Play Softball at Knob School
Businessmen square off in a fats versus lean softball game at Knob School on Wednesday at four in the afternoon. Police will oversee proceedings. Fat team led by Mack Lee includes Dean Hale Merlin Miller Shiek Mooney Woodrow Pendleton Dugg Karnes Tess Bowling Wilford McCutcheon Kyle McCormick Phil Sutton. Lean team features Bee Peck Ed Rule C G Gore Ted Jennings Dwight Casey Burl Davis Russell Bodell Shorty Williams Joe McNutt Carl Jones Alton Stinson F E Ketron Carl Rose J J Griffith Phil Sasser. Pete Gore manages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Lee
Dean Hale
Merlin Miller
Shiek Mooney
Woodrow
Ben Pendleton
Dugg Karnes
Tess Bowling
Wilford McCutcheon
Kyle McCormick
Phil Sutton
Bee Peck
Funeral Services Held in Princeton for Samuel Miller
Funeral service for Samuel Miller 66 of Princeton was conducted at his daughter's home on Fifth Street with interment in Monte Vista. Miller died after an operation following a year of illness from complications. He leaves wife Jennie Wolford two daughters Mrs Walk and Mrs Williams, a son Raymond Miller and seven grandchildren. The service was led by Rev. Thomas Sexton with pallbearers and flower girls listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Miller
Princeton
Ernest Walk
Fifth Street
Monte Vista
Ok Miller
Jennie Wolford
Walk
J. C. Williams
Charleston
Raymond Miller
Christiansburg
Princeton Personalities Share Weekend Travels and Visits
A string of local social updates notes Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Smith of Los Angeles spent Sunday with Senator W. Broughton Johns ton before returning to Virginia. C G Gore and others visited relatives in Alley West Virginia. Wasmuth and sister Billie visited in Princeton, then Mary Elizabeth Crumpecker at college. Dangerfield returned to Charleston after visiting Princeton and Athens. Nancy Davis traveled home to Elkge after visiting grandparents in Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
W. Broughton Johnston
Honaker Avenue
Virginia
C. G. Gore
A. Overstreet
June Thomason
Alley
W. Va
Herman M. Bowers
Harrison Street
Gladys Wasmuth
Moundsville
Mercer
Martha Biedler
Hale Avenue
Camp Seneca
Pocahontas County
Wasmuth
Princeton
Billie Wasmuth
Mary Elizabeth Crumpecker
A. H. Dangerfield
Charleston
Athens
Nancy Davis
Harry D. Karnes
Highland Avenue
Elkge
Lost keys found in post office post on Sunday
A bundle of keys left at the post office on Sunday is awaiting return to the postmaster. A reward is offered for their safe return.
Revival prayer meetings and community notices at First Methodist
Prayer meetings linked to the revival at First Methodist today at 2 30 with several hosts listed by street. A Bluefield avenue couple welcomed an eight pound boy named Lawrence Edward Jr born June 23. nursing staff member Miss Ruby Smith noted. Intermediate G A meeting at 2 30 pm at Mrs Hartley Sanders. Gilmer Shumate Young People rally July 1 at 10 30 am in Pulaski with care contacts. Poetry class at Mer cer street hosted by Mrs M E Lanton studying Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Youth graduate Robert Wallingford from Coyne Electrical School in Chicago. class includes students from many nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Wagner
Bluefield Avenue
Lawrence Edward Jr
Ruby Smith
Glen Lyn
Princeton Hospital
Gilmer Shumate Group
Pulaski
D. K. Calloway
Calloway
Ten Recovering From Burns but Three Men Perish
Ten persons injured in a flame engulfed crash between a bus and a truck near Flint Michigan were reported recovering. The truck driver Otto Hiltner 37 and companion Sid Yost 38, both of Flint, died yesterday. Bus driver Harley Ferguson 37 of an eastern Michigan lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Mich
Otto Hiltner
Flint
Sid Yost
Eastern Michigan Lines
Harley Ferguson
Bomb Shatters Car of AF of L Organizer in Detroit Region
A bomb explosion wrecked the automobile of Joseph O Haughlin an American Federation of Labor organizer and business agent for a truck drivers local early today in Detroit region police said the device contained dynamite and the blast hurled sleeping women and children from their beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Federation of Labor
Joseph O’haughlin
A. F
Rites Today for Mrs Crawford in Princeton
Mrs. R B Crawford died at the home of Mrs. J H Frazier in Princeton Saturday June 26 after a short illness. Funeral services will be at Hansburger Funeral Home at two this afternoon conducted by Dr Edward Stubblefield pastor of the First Baptist Church. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. She lived in the county forty three years leaving a husband a son a daughter a brother twelve grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Crawford
J. H. Frazier
Princeton
Hansburger Funeral Home
Main Street
Edward Stubblefield
First Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
C. L. Crawford
Bishop
Caperton Ford
Dott
W. Va
Baloney says steel chief of union charges
Weirton Steel President T E Millsap dismissed union charges that thugs intimidated workers as baloney. The Steel Workers Organizing Committee had telegraphed to board chairman E T Weir demanding action to stop criminal acts by employed thugs or face protective steps. Weir was out of town and unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weirton
W. Va
T. E. Millsap
Weirton Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
E. T. Weir
Weir
Three Cities of State Ranked on Power Costs
The federal power commission ranks West Virginia's Wheeling Charleston and Huntington among cities with 50 000 to 100 000 population for residential electric bills as of January 1 1936 The three cities pay 1 76 for 25 kilowatt hours down 24 cents from 1935 The lowest rate at 1 for 25 kWh is Cleveland Heights Ohio while Port Arthur Texas has the highest at 2 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Power Commission
West Virginia
Wheeling
Charleston
Huntington
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Port Arthur
Texas
Princeton Paragraphs and Court Actions Highlight Local News
Roy A. Cole named administrator of Flor ence Fowler estate with a $500 bond and appraisers C. C. Bird F. D. Wagner and T. A. Warden. Edna Jones sues N. and W. Railway Co and Mack H. Burton for 10000. Hallie King sues Charlie in chancery. Silent Barriers opens at the al theatre starring Richard Arlen and Lilli Palmer. Blanche DeLott School of Dancing offers an evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Cole
Florence Fowler
Kate Knights
C. C. Bird
F. D. Wagner
T. A. Warden
Edna Jones
Cornelius R. Jones
N. & W. Railway Company
Mack H. Burton
Hallie King
Charlie
Pee
al Theatre
Richard Arlen
Lilli Palmer
J. Farrell MacDonald
Antoinette Cellier
Arlen
Miss Cellier
Blanche DeLott School of Dancing
Local residents depart for visits to Florida and Ohio
Edward Thornton left yesterday for Orlando and Miami Beach Florida. Miss Exie Bailey and Channing Bailey went to Dayton Ohio to visit relatives and will spend weeks with kin in Springfield and St Louis before returning to Princeton next hatch. Pigeon's first two eggs never.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Thornton
Orlando
Miami Beach
Fla
Exie Bailey
Channing Bailey
Dayton
Ohio
Springfield
St. Louis
Princeton
Lubliner Hired to Aid Prosecution in Mazia Slaying
A. J. Lubliner of Bluefield has been hired by the parents of Frank Mazia of Bridgeville Pa to aid in prosecuting Gooch Harris for the murder of Mazia on June 11. Harris remains free on $5000 bail awaiting the July grand jury. Mazia and his friend Allenley were in Kelleysville when the shooting occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mazia
Gooch Harris
A. J. Lubliner
Bluefield
Bridgeville
Harris
Mazia
Mercer County
Mr. Lubliner
Kelleysville
Allen Ley
Liberty
Spracher Heads West Virginia VFW as McDowell Leaders Shine
F G Spracher of Coalwood was named state commander and Mrs W B Lovett of Welch was elected president of the state Ladies Auxiliary at the State VFW Encampment in Morgantown. McDowell County honorees included C E Brewster Filbert and R H Powell Wilcoe with counts of officers badges for high ranking. a 15 member Welch delegation attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell
Morgantown
West Virginia
McDowell County
V.F.W
F. G. Spracher
Coalwood
Welch
W. B. Lovett
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Spracher
Smith K. Biggs
Parkersburg
Lovett
Maude Ayers
Clarksburg
Acher
C. E. Brewster
Filbert
R. H
Wilcoe
Mr. Powell
Painter-Porront
Southern Pioneer
Bluefield
McDowell Group
Taylor Broyles
Caretta
E. E. Cassell
R. H. Powell
Gary
F. W. Booth
R. E. L. Douglas
Fred Smith
Elbert
Fred L. Ray
Keystone
I. F. Jennings
G. R. Jennings
JB Lovett
Maxine Lawson
English Resident Shot. Wounds and Arrests Reported
Willie Ramey, 33, of English, is hospitalized with gunshot injuries to the abdomen hip and arm while his wife Pauline Ramey is held in the county jail awaiting his condition. She told investigator Gilbert Bank of long standing trouble. Other cases include Calvin Philips stabbed during an Anawalt event and Jim Lloyd shot in the hip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Ramey
Grace Hospital
Pauline Ramey
Ramey
Gilbert Bank
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
W. R. Lockhart
Welch
Calvin Phillips
Pageton
Anawalt
Pilips
Stephens Clinic
Jim Lloyd
Roderfield
Frank Carson
Carson
Lloyd
James Gibbs
Litwar
Gibbs
Bill Parker
Gary
Tom Hyatt
Hemphill
Dews
Funeral Rites Today at Horsepen for McDowell County Man
Funeral and burial services were held this morning in Yates cemetery at Horsepen Virginia for Ezra Yates 58 year old inmate of the McDowell county infirmary who died after a fall from an embankment near the infirmary. Yates a native of Buchanan county Virginia lived much of his life in McDowell and Mercer counties worked as an engineer on the Norfolk and Western Railway 1901 to 1914 later on the Virginian Railway until ill health slowed him. He had recently worked as a timber man at Gary and was admitted to the county infirmary with his wife Mrs Ruth Simms listed as next of kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
Horsepen
Ezra Yates
McDowell County Infirmary
Welch
Buchanan County
Jeremiah Yates
McDowell
Mercer
Norfolk and Western Railway
Virginian Railway
Gary
County
Ruth Simms
Jail terms and fines from regional court actions
James and Mary Mosby of Isa ban received six months in Welch county jail and $50 fines for unlawful firearm possession. Evelyn Chadwick of Saeger drew 60 days, $100 fine, and costs for possessing untaxed liquor. Northfork raid netted 27 gambling suspects with $5 fines each, two officers jailed for contempt, and later dropped charges. Anawalt arrests included a restaurant license violation with a $25 fine and Sabbath-law breach with $25 fine. Officers listed: M M Day Jr, Grover Dempkey, William Bowman, J A Snow, Mort Gannaway, and O E Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Mary Mosby
Isaban
Justice of the Peace
Northfork
Oscar McCall
W. H. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
M. M. Day, Jr
Grover Dempkey
Anawalt
Friendly Inn
George Taylor
Taylor
William Bowman
J. A. Snow
Mort Gannaway
Conservator of the Peace
O. E. Banks
Welch Residents Plan Various Local Trips and Moves
In Welch several residents announce travel and relocation plans. Helen Partlow and Helen Stamper, Welch high instructors, vacation at Virginia Beach. Lelia Parker and Ann Herndon depart for Camp Jocassee near Columbia for two months. Mrs. I C Herndon, Mrs. Mary Herndon Harris and son Wilson Harris join. The Harris family to Henry Virginia for a family reunion honoring Elder P H Johnson. W W Rees and Beatrice Rees depart for extended motor trip to Washington Atlantic City and New York. Walter Buchanan and family relocate to Powhatan in the Tierney residence. Buchanan runs the Appalachian Power office in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Partlow
Helen Stamper
Welch High School
Virginia Beach
Lelia Parker
Ann Herndon
Welch
Camp Jocassee
Columbia
I. C. Herndon
Mary Herndon Harris
Wilson Harris
H. S. Harris
Sue
Jane
Powhatan
Tierney
Buchanan
Appalachian Power Company
Coalwood Child Died of Pneumonia in Welch Hospital
Della May Gregory six of Coalwood died of pneumonia in a Welch hospital after a short illness. She was born Greensboro Alabama to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gregory. Funeral arrangements will be announced. burial will be in Greensboro Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della May Gregory
Coalwood
Welch
Greensboro
Ala
Alex Gregory
Carter Coal Company
Aquino calls meeting Wednesday night for McDowell labor unions
Jesse Aquino director of the CIO in southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia says a mass labor meeting will be held in Welch at the county courthouse Wednesday at 7 30 p m. The gathering informs union members about the recent organization of the CIO Central Council Union in Welch. All unions including crafts and each UMWA local are invited. temporary officers elected to lead the new group will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Aquino
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Welch
County Court House
C. I. O. Central Council
United Mine Workers of America
Kimball Italian Club Formed By County Residents
Italian residents of McDowell county formed the Kimball Italian Club in Kimball on Sunday. The charter, issued by the secretary of state, sets aims to promote good will education benefits and citizenship. The club also provides a death benefit. Elected officers include President Joe Corte Secretary Joseph Coppolino and Treasurer Joe Panzera, all of Kimball. Meetings are monthly in the Memorial building at Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Kimball
Groun
Joe Corte
Joseph Coppolino
Joe Panzera
Barbers Split Over Conclave Plans
Announcement by Fred F. Steele of Welch says members will not attend the state convention planned for Bluefield on September 5 and 6, held in conjunction with the association's annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred F. Steele
Welch
West Virginian Journeymen Barbers’ and Beauticians’ State Association
Bluefield
West Virginia Barber Association Convention Effort
Mr Steele reports five months of attempts by journeymen barbers to gain a place in the convention program but they have thus far failed. The journeymen and master barbers of the state typically hold a joint convention representing employees and employers in the profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Master Barbers’ Association
Steele
Sta
Paul W. Jones Named New Welch Rotary Club President
Welch Rotary Club members meet at the Memorial building as Paul W. Jones becomes president succeeding Roy B. Shrout. Rev. D. M. Dorsey, club secretary, will recap the year and Jones will announce committee appointments for 1937 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Rotary Club
Memorial Building
Paul W. Jones
Roy B. Shrout
D. M. Dorsey
Jones
Kin of Local Folk Die in Savannah Georgia
Mr and Mrs W E Jefcoat traveled to Savannah Georgia after the sudden death of Mrs Jefcoats brother in law W L Elizey at his home. Funeral services are planned in Savannah Wednesday morning. Elizey was the father of Mrs Elio Pais Mrs Paul Painter and Miss Eloise Ellzey, all residents of Keystone. Mrs Pais stayed by her father's bedside during his final illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Jefcoat
Welch
Savannah
Clerks to Meet Hobart Calloway in Wel Welch Hall
Retail Clerk's union president Hobart Calloway announces a meeting tonight at 7 30 in Welch Central Labor union hall to elect new officers and discuss important business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Calloway
Retail Clerk’s Union
Wel
Welch Central Labor Union
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