Princeton Social Circles P T A Meeting and D A R Chapter Event
The Mercer Street School hosted the first P T A meeting with Mrs. Russell Hare as president and speeches by Mr. Gentry and Attorney H E De Jarnette. Community members and Mrs Sage of Athans urged county pride as the year begins. The Matth French Chapter D A R held a Matoaka gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell with papers on General Henry Lee and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Mercer Street
Russell Hare
Princeton
H. E. de Jarnette
Sage
Athans
W. Va
Mercer County
Banner County
West Virginia
Delphian Woman's Club hears naval heroes at Woods home
The Delphian department of the Woman's Club met at Mrs. J. K. Woods's new home on Tuesday. Mrs. G. B. Halstead presided. Members answered roll with naval hero names. Talks covered Xerxes, Nelson, Jones, and Dewey with notes on careers and deeds. The next meeting in Mrs. W. O. Sowers's home will discuss Famous Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphian
Woman's Club
J. K. Woods
G. B. Halstead
J. H. Hoge
C. T. Snidow
Xerxes
Persia
Hellespont
Athens
W. O. Sowers
E. W. Barly
Legion Auxiliary hosts social meeting and club luncheon planned
Mrs Dennis Harrington and Mr O T Smith hosted a Legion Auxiliary meeting at Harringtons home. Vocal solos by Mesdames Daniels and Smith followed the business session. A social hour offered cake ice cream and lemonade with members present including Mesdames Thorn Kidd Hart Kennedy Sheppard and Miss Nita Barger. A county wide luncheon and baby show are scheduled for Friday Sept 26 at the Mercer County Fair Grounds with baby exams and awards for scores over 90. Also a surprise shower honored two brides Mrs Mable Pendleton Brown and Mrs Wilma Haslett Caldwell at the Downey home on Hale Avenue. An ad requests to trade a New Essex coach as first payment on a Princeton house and lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew French
W. B. Caldwell
Matoaka
Caldwell
H C. Hays
J. R. Rich
Henry Lee
H. C. Hays
Martha Washington
MB. Caldwell
W. G. Barton
Trixie Peck
Princeton
Mesdames I M. Smith Stuart
Arrett
George Brown
J. W. McNutt
H.C. Hayes
L. C. Porter
C. H. Phipps
H. D. Karnes
Dangerfield
W. C. Sowers
G. B. Halstead
BE. W. Hale
Howard Gilmer
Pulaski
Count Pulaski
Lafayette
Hugh Mercer
8. P. Kennedy
L. J. Sheppard
Miss Nita Barger
Mercer County Fair Grounds
Princeton Club
Mable Pendleton Brown
Wilma Haslett Caldwell
Downey
Hale Avenue
Talks On Business And Living Conditions From A Banker
A Princeton Bank of The Bank of Princeton presents a talk by J P Clark on saving for old age and living within means. It discusses seven months of work and five months idle as a life analogy, urging young earners to save for slack seasons and future comfort.
Princeton Notes Sellings Rentals and Local Events
Local notices list four room cottage for sale at Hearn Addition with six hundred cash, brick bungalow rental at 706 Highland, furnished rooms at 707 Straley, two six room houses via W. H. Easter, and two bedroom rentals for roomers at Santon Apartments. Marriage licenses issued to Fitzgerald and James of Coopera and Elizabeth James, and Lewis and Price of Mullens. Association plans from Seneca Trail. county court to meet on road matters. Belcher Book Store plans to open a cut rate drug store with twenty thousand capital. First American Legion dance scheduled Sept 17 with Jack Sinclair Orchestra. Sheriff Crumpecker to transport Cleveland Boyd for murder case arraignment. football season opener next Friday vs Concord Junior Varsity.
Rum Row on Mercer Street Seized by Prohibition Officers
On Friday night the east end of Mercer Street resembled a rum row as about one hundred gallons of moonshine and peach brandy were dumped in front of the American Cafe and along the street near the post office. Officers Wal lis L Lambert and State Policemen Creasy and Hawkes confiscated the liquor near Glen Lyn and arrested two women, R N Hannigan and Lena Rice, from Charleston and Huntington, with a small boy aboard a Dodge carrying a cargo bound for Charleston. The street lingered with liquor odor all day and a crowd witnessed the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Street
Wallis
L. N. Lambert
Prohibition
Creasy and Hawkes
American Cafe
Watkins
Virginia
Glen Lyn
R. N. Hannigan
Lena Rice
Charleston
Huntington
Women Taken Before Federal Commissioner Yesterday Morning
Virginia side the women were brought to a federal commissioner for a hearing yesterday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Side
Bids Placed for New Post Office Building Lease
Two bids were received from local builders to furnish a building for a post office lease. Inspector Dixon is expected in the city within weeks to review the offers. Civic groups have pressed for a new facility, but government economy policies may delay construction for a decade or more. One bid contemplates enlarging the existing quarters near the business district. the other proposes a new building near the city center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Dixon
Chamber of Commerce and
Oth
Department
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Gypsie Lee Pine
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the Bank OF Princeton
Princeton, W. VA
Delphian Department
ESSEX
Balance Monthly
A. Care Telegraph
H. L. Susong & CO
Royal Theatre
J. P. Clark
Bank OF Princeton
J. P. Clack
Dusty Rhodes
Dusty
Simon Smith
Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Hartley Sanders
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest
J. Edmund Thompson
Womans Auxiliary
Clarence Norris
North Walker Ettet
Girls’ Friendly
Mre
College Avenue
Govoun
S&s
Hearn
G. Ke, Chariton, Jr
A. C. Briggs
Highland Avenue
Straley Avenue
W. H. Easter
Main Street
Lilly Land Company
Santon
Richard A. Fitzgerald
Coopera
Elizabeth James
Crystal
Geo. J. Lewis
Callie Price
Mullens
Orn W. R. Blankenship
Seneca Trail Association
Bluefield
Mercer
McDowell
Wall
Rolfe
Princeton Hospital
Sparcier
Oakvale
Elgood
W. BE. Wall
J. M. Belcher
Belcher Book Store
Princeton Post No. 54
American Legion
Jack Sinclair
Palace Theatre
G. H. Crumpecker
Cleveland Boyd
Boyd
Cabell County
Harry E. Cook
Concord
Norfolk
Virginian
R. C. Sutherland
L. W. Woody
East End
RUM Row
Kirschbaum
Pecan
Hadden
Ben Joelson
Woolworth
West VA
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Woolworth’s
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