Forum Club Meeting Delights Members and Guests
The Forum Literary Club met at Mrs. C. B. Thomas on Walnut street Tuesday at 7 30 pm with ample attendance and three guests. Leader Miss Marper guided papers on James Whitcomb Riley and Edgar Guest, with readings by Mrs Vermillion and Mrs Kidd. Current events and social hour followed before adjournment to March 24.
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Forum Club
Forum Literary Club
Thomas
Walnut Street
A. BP. Spangler
Mra. P. Cc. Janey
Annie L. Hopns
James Whitcomb Riley
Billy Kidd
Edgar Guest
Roanoke
All America
BE. K. Ketren
Lindy
Nell McIntosh Noel
Noel
Charleston
Mary
Lucille Thomas
Wilmonth
Kate Barger
Gott Undertaking Company parlor chosen for wedding
Miss ... selects the parlor of the Gott Undertaking Company on Mercer Street as the ideal venue for her marriage.
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Gosnell-Dickinson
Gott Undertaking Company
Mercer Street
Circle Melting Circle No 2 Meeting Notes
Circle No 2 of the Methodist Missionary Society met last Thursday with Mrs. 3 A Overstreet. Fourteen members and three guests attended. Mrs Murphy led devotions followed by Miss Retta Murphy singing. Margaret Johnston performed a solo and Rose Murphy accompanied on piano. A salad, cake and coffee service was served. Next meeting hosts named Mrs J S Chambers on Center Street with Mrs Chambers and Mrs W C Kane Jr. supervising.
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The
Methodial Missionary Society
A. Overstreet
Mrs. Murphy
Retta Murphy
Margaret Johnston
Miss Murphy
J. S. Chambers
Center Street
Chambers
W. C. Kane, Jr
Circle meets Thursday at Virginian Hotel church event
Circle No 1 of the Presbyterian church chaired by Mrs Charles McIntosh meets Thursday afternoon at 3 o clock at the Virginian Hotel with Mrs Frank Weyburn as hostess. All members urged to attend as this is the last meeting of the church year.
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Circle
Circle No
The
Presbyterian Church
Charles’ McIntosh
Virginian
Frank Weyburn
Princeton Personalities and Visits Note Obscure Farewells
Local column records several residents and visitors: L. L. Batley from Jumping Branch district and John Kirk from Nortar Dakota visited Princeton on business yesterday. Mra. G. B. Sinclair of Washington and Mra. Jose Wyse of Pearisburg Va plan to return home after visiting Mrs. Joe Barber on Hale Avenue. Sinclair and Wyse came to attend the funeral of Mrs. C. R. McNutt. Mrs. W. A. Tabor from Birfield Va visited her nephew M. C. Thomason on Bee Street. D. C. Borrer was in Bluefield on business yesterday. Chicago note mentions Mrs. Charles McKeon selling a set of false teeth after her husband’s death.
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Princeton
Ll. F. Batley
Jumping Branch
John Kirk
Nortar
Dakota
Gs. A. Tabor
McComas
G. B. Sinclair
Washington
Jose Wyse
Pearisburg
Joe
Barber
Hale” ‘Avenue
Mra. Sinclair
Wyse
C. R. McNutt
W. A. ‘Tabor
Birefield
M. C. Thomason
Bee Street
S. A. Overstreet
Volunteer Sunday for Princeton Presbyterians
Next Sunday marks Volunteer Sunday for Presbyterians of Princeton with every church and congregation member urged to become a volunteer. Officers will not call for pledges then but will host pledging at the church afternoon, aiming to raise a 7500 budget plus organ pledge to be installed April first. At least 300 attend Sunday school at 9:45 with a 11 o’clock service featuring talks by Dr Diehl and the pastor on volunteerism.
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Presbyterians
Princeton
Sundeay
House of God
Woman's Auxiliary
Dr. Dieh
Alleged Violators of Traffic Laws Fined
In police court yesterday Ray Brown was fined 12.70 by Police Judge C. H. Shephard for speeding. He was arrested Monday night near the cemetery for parking without lights by state policemen Creasy and Hawkes and fined 10 plus costs by Justice Hubbard. C. B. Coombs the taxi driver paid 15.75 for overloading a five passenger car. tried by Hubbard. Glenn Williams was fined 10 and costs for lacking an operator card. James Duncan of Montcalm was fined 5 and costs for improper license plates. Will Reynolds of Matoaka fined 1 and costs for leaking operator’s license.
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Ray Brown
C. H. Shepherd
Brown
Fielder
Creasy and Hawkes
Justice of the Peace
T. C. Hubbard
C. B. Coombs
Coombs
Glenn Williams
Williams
Squire Hubbard
Senator White
State Road Commission
KR. B McKenzie
Montcalm
Matoska
James Duncan
Will Reynolds
Matoaka
Ome
Real Almanac Spring Dues and Early Robins Arrive
Ten days remain until Real Almanac Spring arrives and forecasts touch on springlike weather. Robins and bluebirds appear in limited numbers while the town cow, banished by city fathers to the junk pile with ox carts, remains noted. Princeton lawns and gardens may soon belong to their owners, signaling change.
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Princeton
Signs of Spring In Stores And Gardens
Anticipation of spring moves through town as shop windows fill with garden and flower seed displays. Onion beds are being planted, lettuce sown, and households ready for spring cleaning. A lighthearted note mentions bed bugs facing hot water from determined housewives after winter raids on sleeping residents.
Princeton Paragraphs and Local Notices Combined
Local rental ad for a furnished three room flat on Second Street with bath and utilities. Marriage licenses issued for five couples including Troy Carter and Carrie Wilson. Mercer Securities sues Harman in circuit court. New county directory planned covering Princeton and nearby towns. Royal Theatre features Dangerous Money with Bebe Daniels and two other shows. Wild Life League notes fish shipments from White Sulphur and Rainbow trout deliveries for East River.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Bramwell
Matoaka
Athens
Bebe Daniels
Royal Theatre Today
Hast River
Brooklyn
New -York State
Lake Como
New York
Trout and stock requests fill regional notices
The Ada area announces bow trout for East River and 60000 rainbow trout to stock Camp Creek Laurel Creek and Mountain Creek within two weeks The Wild Life League seeks 5000 bass to stock Bluestone River Oats for sale andves See F H Conner Princeton A ten foot floor case and a large ladies apparel cabinet for sale Pastor H Phipps calls Presbyterians to church at 7 30 pm for an important meeting Eighth Grade Tigers close basketball season tomorrow at Princeton High School Wolves Tigers Covenanters Bluefield cancel A DT Carr Sunday school class meets 3 pm at College Avenue Mrs D T Carr presiding Covered Dish urged Ladies aid society plans St Patricks supper Tuesday at church basement Rotary Kiwanis guests at Presbyterian service Dr George W Diehl promotes getting the most from life Store renovations at Santon Brothers Mercer Street Store to premiere spring fashions Friday and Saturday
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Ada
East River
Camp Creek
Laurel Creek
Mountain Creek
Wild Life League
Bluestone River
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Princeton
Presbyterian Church
George WW. Diehl
High School Building Hidden by Nearby Buildings
The article notes a proposed plan to raise funds to acquire a strip of land from Mercer Street to the high school, to create a direct passage. The new high school is described as stately yet obscured from street view by frame structures, forcing students to detour along Eighth or Ninth streets instead of using a direct Mercer route.
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Mercer Street
Eighth Street
Ninth
Stratey
Mercer
Burch Lot
Move 10 Number Houses Sponsored By Business Men’s Club
A move to number all city business houses and residences to help Bluefield Telephone Company publish correct addresses in directories was sponsored at a weekly luncheon. A committee of R. 2B Wornal BK Ketron and Dr W 3B Davis was formed to approach the city council.
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Bluefield Telephone Company
Business Men's Club
R. 2B
Wornal
Ketron
Aga Rile
Merel Calloway
Charles Miller
F. S. Tinder
T. M. Johnson
Frank Weboan
State Negro Penitentiary
Fire destroys six War stores causing over 100000 loss
In War early Tuesday a blaze swept six store rooms and a dwelling, with total damage estimated above 100000. An elderly man escaped by jumping from a second story as neighbors rushed to aid others. Witnesses disagree on the fire’s start, with theories pointing to the rear of the Dollar Store and other locations.
Welch Birthday Party for Alice Mary Gay
Mrs B N Gay hosted a birthday party for her daughter Alice Mary on Hobart Street yesterday afternoon from 4 to 6. Green and white decorations echoed St Patrick's Day as children played in the living room and dined at a white-clothed table with a shamrock centerpiece. Favors included miniature green hats and refreshments featured green shamrock ice cream and minty baskets. Guests included Alice Mae Gay, Mary Ann and Elizabeth Wetherby, Bonnie May Lockwood, and many others.
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Alice Mae_ Gay
Mary Ann
Elizabeth Wetherby
Bonnie May Lockwood
Anne Herndon
Connie Hall
Lorainne Shields
Margaret Jane Waldron
Virginia Rees
Fairfax Tabor
Margaret and
Rosanel Grose
Nell Marie Brewater
Charlotte Solins
Phoebe Rodgers
Betty Garrett Cox
Jane Henritze
Virginia Rouge
Frances Hyman
Billy Armour
Elsie Cooper
Maxine Cartwright
Fire Engulfs Dwelling Behind Dollar Store
A rear dwelling occupied by Mrs. Coy Freeman and several roomers caught fire around 2:30 AM Tuesday. An elderly man known as Dad, living there three months, helped awaken others but was forced to jump from a second story to escape. He suffered minor burns and bruises. others escaped with only clothes. Fire spread rapidly in the dry buildings as buckets formed a brigade and riverfront access was used for water. Mayor M B Murphy rushed to Welch for a fire department, while a auxiliary crew prepared to assist.
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Dad
Thomas Lovas
Dry Fork Theatre
Acme Hardware and Furniture
W. Henry Johnson
Jake Shore
Dollar Store
Army and Navy
Shore
New York
Ieas
Samuel Shore
Flat Top Insurance
Stuefield, Rutherford & Mahar
Welch Insurance Agency
Coy Freeman
M. B. Mup Y
Welch
Wa Murphy
Welch Briefs Warriage House Saved at Clerk's Office
A brief item notes a marriage license saved yesterday in the county clerk's office for R N Lockett, 30, and Mary Taylor, 31, both Keystone, with a child mentioned and a hospital admission after a late afternoon event. The report indicates critical condition and a hospital admission following the incident, with death due to unspecified causes.
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Warriage
R. N. Lockett
Mary Taylor
Keystone
eneusa _dehmiond
Chmond
Maauher
A . En Hospital
Moonshine Still and Men Captured in Virginia Raid
Two men Turner Sparks and Jim Brown were arrested near the Virginia line with a copper sixty gallon still twenty gallons of moonshine and eighty gallons of mash. The still buried underground proved hard to locate and was described as among the best seen recently. Officers Squire Simpkins Joe Stanley and E V Crowder conducted the raid. both men were fined two hundred dollars and ninety days in jail for possession with future Virginia court action for moonshine manufacture.
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Squire R. L. Simpkins
Virginia
Turner Sparks
Jim Brown
Squire Simpkins
Joe Stanley
Faraday
E. V. Crowder
Squire
Favorable roads report from McDowell County Court
The McDowell County Court held a busy session with committees presenting petitions for roads in various sections. County Road Supervisor Fred M. Stewart submitted a favorable report on the proposed road to Browns Week in Wyoming County.
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McDowell County
Fred M. Stewart
Wyoming
Stewart
County Court Orders Browns Creek Road Survey
The court directed a survey of Browns Creek road with engineers on the job and required reporting to the county road supervisor. Petitions for Davy Asco and Pineville roads were heard, with the matter returned to advisement. A project on the South Fork Tug River to Spica Creek was referred to the supervisor for a later meeting. The court adjourned at 4:15 yesterday and reconvened at 10:30 this morning.
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Browns Creek
Brown's Creek
Wyoming
Davy
Asco
Pineville
Tug River
Spica Creek
Evangelist Rev Trigg Thomas Reports Large Welch Church Meetings
Kansas City evangelist Rev. Trigg Thomas hosts gatherings at Welch Presbyterian church with strong results. Last Sunday morning reported are forty five conversions one hundred four reconsecrations and seven new residents transferred to Welch Presbyterian. page eleven.
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Presbyterian Church
Trigg Thomas
Kansas City
Welch Presbyterian Church
Welch
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Alta Gosnell
Thomas Dickinson
Raven, Va
Z. B. Randall
Methodist Church
J. M. Barton
Straley Avenue
Barton
J. C. Barton
Elizabeth Lawrence
Lawrence
Burch
W. J. Barton
Florence Farley
J. K. Lusk
R. H. Lawrence
Carl Martin
Lelia Moore
W. Hi. Batton
Elouise and
Mark
E.R. Crotty
Josephine
Louise
B. R. Jr
W. H. Lawrence
Lola Crotty
A. J. Broyles
Sowers
Little Son
E. C. Barton
Princeton Lodge
H. H. Richards
Straley Aye
Princeton, W. ‘Va
Chicago
Charles McKeon
Rient—Larege
Neon House
Christis Avenue
Lazy Fargo
J. B. Shrewsbury
Pace
Charles Wheley & Sons
Second Street
Santon
Troy Carter
Cooper
Carrie Wilson
Thomas Be, Dixon
Roy W. Lyon
Akron, O
Dollie Farley
Mercer Securities Company
B. H. Harman, Et Als
Harry Shannon
Royal Theatre
Virginian Hotel
Rib
Jackson
Fish Committee
State
White Sulphur
Oakvale
F. H. Conner
Old Athens Road
Apply
Santon Bros
CG. H. Phipps
Tigers
Cubs
Woolwine
Huntington
Covenanters
D. T. Carr
College Avenue
Inhurance
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Christian Church
Santon Brothers Department Store
Santon Brothers
W. Gentry
Gentry
Royal
Bebe
Paramount
Blaze
Welch. Society
Welcie
Louis Jaffee
Migs Frieda Anguisé
Grace Hospital
Cunningham
W. L. Gildersleave
English
T. Graham
Anawalt
McDowell County Court
M. K. Murphy
War
Harve Johnson
Blueffald
BE. J
Berlin
Coalwood
Bruce Cook
Jaeger
Mia
Andrew Welsmann
Pomeroy, Q
Frank
Mira
Weismann
John
John Weismann
J. W. Luther
Aet
Richmond
Panther
Wiliams
Troy
N. C
Hell
Evangelist
Paine
Sloan's Liniment
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