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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1925
Page
4
Local court and marriage license updates delay some proceedings while Princeton Independents prepare for upcoming matches against Welch and Heckley teams at McDowell capital. Community life surfaces in memorials, theater listings, and a flood of personal notices detailing visits, travel, elections, and school-age activities amid Memorial Day.
Princeton voters will choose six councilmen a mayor and a recorder in the municipal election. Incumbents Mayor J McConnell Recorder C H Shepherd and Councilman A J Bratton seek re election. Republican opponents challenge the incumbents with a campaign focused on personal contact and local issues. Polls will be at the mayor's office Dugan building and Princeton school building among others.
A 1926 Chautauqua guarantors meeting was held at the Presbyterian church at 8 PM Tuesday with Mrs Heyser Swarthmore advance agent. Officers are C H Phipps president Rev R M Sims vice president G J Wood secretary R N Vermilion treasurer. Committees include Tickels Ada Mae Lilly Mrs Stuart Garrett and others. They approved lowering ticket prices to allow whole families to enjoy the seven day program. A Chicago fireworks plant explosion amused local children.
The Princeton School of Music in Munich wraps a successful year with four recitals in the high school auditorium. The article lists numerous participating pupils across Monday and Tuesday programs, notes graduation recitals by Clara Dietz and Zylphia Karnes, and states the fall term begins September 2 1925 with faculty Helen Reynolds Olga Pendleton and Ella Holroyd.
Francis Hunter of Beckley, renowned as a top United States player, will feature in a Sunday match on June 7 between Beckley Independent and Princeton Independent Tennis Team. Other notable players join the event, part of the tennis year, with Princeton aiming to avenge a prior Raleigh County loss. Principal players including H. W. Shaley, recovering from a broken wrist, are expected in peak form on improved Princeton courts.
Memorial Day observance at the First Baptist church honored a fallen soldier from the 150th Infantry. National Guard units provided color guard and firing squad while boy scouts accompanied them to the cemetery for a solemn salute. Judge J. Frank Maynard gave a stirring patriotic address as Mrs. T. M. Johnson played violin and organ, with a large crowd in attendance. The event reflected the community's respect and simple, orderly ceremony.
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