Two Hinton to County Line Routes Under Study
D L Casey reports two road options from Hinton to Mercer Summere County line under state review. The sixteen mile stretch may be let around August 1. Routes surveyed include Tallory mountain and Pipestemn creek with final choice based on cost. Engineers will inspect routes next week for a final decision.
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D. L. Casey
Chamber of Commerce
State Road Commission
Charleston
Hinton
Mercer-Summere County
Tallory Mountain
Pipestemn Creek
Road Work Accelerated After Princeton Win
The road commissioner Ernest L. Bailey announced that the contract for the project will be let late this summer as efforts are made to hasten work on the road after last Friday's Princeton victory.
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Princeton
Ernest L. Bailey
Princeton Church Services Highlight Sabbath Activities
Princeton churches list sermons and programs with pastors J M Carter Frank L Stuck Edward Stubblefield Bennet Callaway Melrose Avery and leaders. Sunday School 9 45 am with Bailey Arvenia White superintendent. Morning and evening sermons cover The Power of Prayer The Old and New Glory Patriotism and Spirituality Life's Overload. Epworth league prayer 8 pm. Christian Endeavor 7 pm. worship times vary by church.
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J. M. Carter
Beelie E. Bailey
First Church OF Christ
Frank L. Stuck
Christian Endeavor
Arvenia White
First Baptist Church
Edward Stubblefield
Bennet D. Callaway
Princeton Presbyterian
Melrose S. Avery
W. H. Roberts
He That Cometh To Me Shall Never Hunger Sermon
Worship at 11 a m with a sermon on He That Cometh To Me Shall Never Hunger. Young People Society meets at 7 p m. Boys and girls invited. Evening service at 7 45 p m with pictures of Jesus performing miracles. Officers’ monthly meeting Monday evening. Bible study Wednesday at 7 45 p m. Public invited to all services.
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Jesus
Officera
Princeton Society Heads for Wytheville and Harrisonburg
Mrs. J R Rich and daughters Anna Bob Belissa and Junior depart Sunday for Wytheville to visit Dr W Gleaves, Belissa to stay two months with her grandfather. Anna Bob and Junior go to Harrisonburg Tuesday for the Fourth with Mr Rich. Anna Bob travels to Washington DC Tuesday night for Emergency hospital training. Mrs Rich and Junior stay in Harrisonburg a month before August return. The R A s of Silver Springs church host an ice cream supper tonight at 7 at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Rich
Anna Bob
Belissa
Junior Rich
Wytheville
Rich
Junior
Harrisonburg
Silver Springs
Rotary Club Speaker Delivers Service Talk at Noon
Merrell Callaway spoke at the weekly Rotary luncheon and urged service in the community. Visitors included Rev Jennings Hobeen and G Taylor from Bluefield Rotary, and C B Sykes. This was the final meeting of the year with Dr A E McGuire to be succeeded by Roller Lucas next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrell Callaway
Rotary Club
Jennings W. Hobeen
G. Taylor
Bluefield
Roller Lucas
Beautify School Grounds Lights Underwater at Mercer School
Electric lights lie beneath water in the lily pond on the Mercer school lawn enhancing night beauty. A fountain will be placed in the middle of the pool.
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Mercer
Concord College doctors attend national education meeting
Princeton notes list Dr. J Frank Marsh Dr A E McGuire R E B Klingensmith and Dean FE L Vaught of Concord college leaving for Washington DC to attend the National Education Association convention. Several residents travel for visits and family matters including trips to Virginia Beach Roanoke and North and South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Marsh
A. E. McGuire
R. EB. Klingensmith
FE. L. Vaught
Concord College
Washington, D. C
National Educational Association
R. W. Coker
Clarksburg
H. C. Wella
Virginia Beach
L. A. VanCourt
Ed Watters
North
South Dakota
Mildred Hadden
Dorothy Hale
Shanklin’s Ferry
Harry
Earl Hadden
L. R. Taylor
Walter
Frederick Court
Martinsburg
Emmett
Martineburg
C. Russell Hare
Mary Lee
Norfolk
Madie McGlothlin
Gertrude Yearout
Leroy Stinnette
Rowena Petere
Athens
Charles Price
H. C. Ellett
Honaker Avenue
Charleston
Helen Brown
J. W. White
Circle Drive
W. M. Morrell
Pulaski
Eugene Cassidey
Bluefield
Morrell
Jimmie
Richardson
Morgantown
Anna Bob Rich
Juanita Goode
June Lindamood
T. M. Johnson
Roanoke
Johnson
Central Brethren Church
College Avenue
Oak Hill
D. C. Rice
David and
Beth
Forest Street
Wytheville
Thomasville
N. C
Wright
Margaret Dangerfield
Mise Horton
Reena Carr
A. R. Kyle
Iva
Docie Hylton
Welch
Talks on crafts by AFL representative J J Duffy
Thursday night discussions were held on topics of interest to the newly organized crafts. J J Duffy, representative of the railway employees department of the American Federation of Labor, spoke on the issues before the group.
Three Women Arrested on Drunk Charges in Princeton
Three women were arrested on drunk charges by A J C McConnell and A Mittaker yesterday. Two were taken to the jail, the third remained under her own power. One man was also given jail lodgings to sober up and await a magistrate hearing today.
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Fg A
J.C. McConnell
A. Mittaker
Candidacy Filed for School Board Seat in Circuit Clerk’s Office
Dr John H Bird of Rock filed his Democratic nomination papers for the board of education. An order in Mercer county circuit court deals with a settlement of 1250 to Ambarger on a case involving his daughter Peggy struck by a school bus driven by Marvin Ferguson of Consolidated Bus Lines. A reduction of 48 percent in New Jersey auto theft losses is noted after the bill of sale law.
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John H. Bird
Rock
Board of Education
S. Earl Umbarger
Peggy Ann Umbarger
Mercer County Board of Education
Marvin Ferguson
Consolidated Bus Lines
The
Car and General Insurance Corporation, Ltd
Howell M. Tanner
Ambarger
Peggy
New Jersey
Welch City Council Swears In Four New Members
Welch prepares for a Monday night swearing in of four new councilmen to replace the outgoing four. Mayor Blakely and Councilman-at-large Gail Carter will start their sixth terms, while the incoming councillors include Herzbrun’s successor and others from wards 1 2 and 8 as July begins. A hospital delay leaves a boy missing after a tonsil operation was scheduled for June 19.
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Welch
John W. Blakely
Gail T. Carter
Edward A. Herzbrun
Grover ©. Johnson
Sully Marchitelli
J. Howard Anderson
Jane and Miss Jardine Plot a Powerful Career Path
Jane meets with Miss Jardine who urges a strategic role in business, arguing a secretary can evolve into a second in command to a major founder. Jane, healing from loss, envisions becoming indispensable by learning the boss’s work.
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Jane
Miss Jardine
Ad Hia
Trace of Berwind Youth Is Sought
An appeal to the public seeks help locating Joe Meixner, a Berwind youth who left eleven days ago and has not been seen by his parents. His father Andy says the boy came to Welch on an unknown date.
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Andy Meixner
Berwind
Wilson Anderson
Welch
Joe Meixner
Orea Lad
Andy
Interesting Rotary Meeting Highlights Personal Trips and Plans
The Rotary club held a regular session with no formal program. Graham Sale described a state tour and James A. French shared Chicago's Century of Progress exhibits. L. L. Drewry organized softball signups, and plans for a Detroit Rotary convention report by J. D. Raw were announced with officers to be installed next week.
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Graham Sale
James A. French
Chicago
L. L. Drewry
Clu
Rotary International
Detroit
J.D. Raw
Victor Martenio of Newhall Dies After Short Illness
Victor Martenio, 30, of Newhall, died yesterday afternoon about 4 30 in a local hospital after a brief illness. He was admitted Thursday night. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Victor Martenio
Newhall
Perkins Murder Hearing Postponed Before Premier Bat Incident
The preliminary hearing for Oscar Perkins, held in the county jail, was postponed by Magistrate H W Herndon due to witnesses working in mines. He will be arraigned this afternoon on a charge of striking Richard Barber during a Premier baseball game last Sunday, Barber dying Wednesday night from injuries.
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Oscar Perkins
H. W. Herndon
Perkins
Herndon
Richard Barber
Superior
Barber
West Virginia University Orchestra Sails for Europe Tour
Charles Sameth the West Virginia University orchestra leader sails from New York aboard the Olympic at midnight with ensemble members bound for France Belgium Holland and England. The group will tour Europe and return about August first aboard the U S Westerland. The orchestra comprises WVU students including Sameth a Welch native and university leader who previously organized a cruise to South America.
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Charles Sameth
West Virginia University
Olympic
New York
France
Sameth
Belgium
Holland
England
U. S. Westerland
Samieth
Welch
Morgantown
Welch Personals Weekend at Rock Mount Va with Families
Mrs. C. B. Reynolds and Miss Eister Crook spend the weekend at Rock Mount Virginia with their parents. John F. Hurd, local automobile dealer, who has been a patient at Stevens clinic, was allowed to
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C. B. Reynolds
Eister Crook
Rock Mount
John F. Hurd
Stevens Clinic
Local notes and arrivals near Woodlawn Court and Powhatan store
Residents visit relatives in Winston Salem and Portsmouth while others seek medical care and face charges. Mrs I K Cruise of Kimball entered Stevens clinic for treatment. A theft from Powhatan Coal Store valued at 54 dollars led to grand jury action. West Virginia board of public works nears 1934 35 utility valuations for tax purposes. results to be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Court
F. W. Willock
Frances and
Frank
Winston-Salem
N. C
I. K. Cruise
Kimball
Stevens Clinic
Powhatan Coal and Coke Company
J. A. Lay
Northfork
Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Public Works
Local injuries and a jailed suspect headline town events
Frank Spencer, 31, a timberman, cut his left thumb trimming lumber and was treated at Grace hospital with possible amputation. R L Wright suffered a broken foot from falling slate and returned home after a cast. Theodore Merrill received six months in jail and a $100 fine for shooting in the streets into a house after an argument. Douglas Hood alias Kentucky Slim was held for grand jury on a larceny charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Spencer
New River Pocahontas Coal Company
Grace Hospital
R. L. Wright
Bradshaw
Bradshaw Coal and Coke Company
Gary
Theodore Merrill
H. W. Herndon
Merrill
R. H. Powell
Douglas Hood
Kentucky Slim
Hood
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Scholls
Broilers
Mercer Feed and Seed Company
Pioneer
America
J. Millar Watt
Princeton Churches
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Manton
Princeton Society
Harry Karnes
Rotary Club Meeting
Boston
J. E. Sharpeley
Telephone
Barbakow’s Store
Mercer St
Bluefield ‘Automobile Club
Institute Suits
J. Compton
R. B. Prince
R. T. Peters
Graham
J. T. Akers
American Slicing Machine Company A Corporation
C. W. Peck
Federated Shop Crafts of the
Virginian Railway
Olal
the Fashion Shop
Princeton, W. Va
Maytag
Woile
Butler
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Norman Dugger
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Bue
Ferguson
Ocean
Canton
McDowell County
Joe Mirabile
Herzbrun
H. G. Camper
George Suthers
Marchitelli
James Smith
Anderson
Rosa
Amy
Howard Jackson
Army
Miss Rosa
Janes
Marburg
Howard
Spain
Terry House
Miss Rose
Emily
Trouaseau
Halsoey
Marburg Chronicle
Marburg’e
Rotary
Workman
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