Bloomer Girls Face Shoplifting Charges in Princeton
Three Flint Michigan women known as the Bloomer Girls face postponed hearings in Princeton on shoplifting charges after being returned from Huntington. Pauline Wakefield age 26 Ran Amy 21 and Adlred Goolsby 28 allegedly stole about $1000 in dresses from Princeton stores and were linked to thefts at Stag Clothing Store and Spangler’s Dress Shop. Prosecutor Carr said further questioning could connect them to other thefts in Summersville Fayetteville and Beckley. The hearing was delayed awaiting out of state lawyers and a phone call to a husband in Flint.
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Register
Weiler
Princeton
Pauline Wakefield
Ran Amy
Robert Carr
iStag
Soapgiler
Carr
Summers‘ville
Fayetteville
Beckley
Musgrave
Dale Bailey
Charleston
Cleveland
Flint. Mich
Spangler’s
Matoaka Election Ordered for March Fourteen by Court
Mercer Circuit Court ordered Matoaka municipal officials to hold an election on March 14 based on a petition by George R. Cowin and J. F. Gillenwater. The ruling directed printing ballots, appointing election officers, and related steps with parties paying their own costs.
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Register
Princeton
Matoaka
Mercer Circuit Court
George R. Cowin
J. 4. Gillenwater
D. AM. Easley
Clifton A. Farley
R. S. Orton
Mandimus
First National Bank of
Bluefield
Stella B. Neal
V. H. Neal
V. H. Nealj
Thelma Jane Harman Ruble
Leonard Kyle Ruble
Group Considers Fund Raising Projects in Princeton
Mercer County Tuberculosis and Health Association directors weigh sponsoring a style show or dog show as a fundraising project but postpone action until budget committee reports. Mrs. Eva Counts said seal sales total $10,366.46, 74 percent of the $14,000 yearly goal. Alfred E. Land leads nominating committee choosing eight directors for April. Budget committee chaired by Rev. Winton Houck includes F. W. Anderson and Dr. H. L. Dickason. Other members report on diagnostic clinics and association activities since last June.
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Eva Counts
George Mash
Alfred E. Land
Bessie Ferguson
Brooks Hardy
Winton Houck
F. W. Anderson
H. L. Dickason
Princeton Community Concert Association Elects Leaders
Dr. Fred C. Goodall remains president at the annual meeting in Princeton. New officers include Lowery G. Bowling as vice president Esther Hoge as secretary and Melvin McClain as treasurer. Board directors were renamed and Richard Sutter of Columbia Concerts Inc spoke on the fall membership drive.
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Y Register Sialt
Princeton
Fred C. Goodall
Princeton Community Concert Association
Lowery G. Bowling
Esther Hoge
Melvin McClain
Richard Sutter
Columbia Concerts, Inc
New York City
Shelter Holes and Clearance Space Draw Attention
Kingston No 10 mine of Allied Chemical and Dye near Kingston receives inspections from FBI Mine Inspector M E Hall. He notes improvements have reduced most hazards but calls for timbering, roof support, cable insulation, overload protection, ventilation fixes, lock placement, explosives storage, rerailing equipment, guard of drive sprockets, and safer underground locations.
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Register
Kingston
Kingston No. 10
Somet-Solvay
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
M. E Hall
Federal Bureau of Mines
Concord College Offers Weekend Classes for Teachers
In southern West Virginia teachers and others may attend Saturday Letter sessions at Concord College from 9 a.m. to noon starting February 4. History 402 and Music 301 will be taught by Prof M. S. Cushman and Prof Russell McFalt, each three semester hours. Attendance at 9 a.m. February 4 will decide if the class proceeds.
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Concord
Regie
West Virginia
Concord College
M. S. Cushman
Russell Mc Falt
Resolutions in a Miriam Circle Talk at Mount Hope
Mrs. WW H Bennett led a Miriam Circle program on New Year resolutions at Mount Hope Baptist Temple. Eva Cope directed, scripture verses were read, poems recited by several members, and a missionary letter from India read during the business session. Co-hostesses Laurance Angle and Christine Bergandahl. next month hosts Louise Hess and Marion Jenkins.
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Register
Mount Hope
WW. H. Bennett
Miriam Circle
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Eva Cope
Marvin Davis
Louise Hess
Mae Hubbs
Bennett
W. M. Pennington
India
Florence Duncan
Laurance Angle
Christine Bergandahl
Marion Jenkins
Driver to Serve Year in Jail in Summers Court
William Garland Lewis of Meadow Bridge, 22, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the highway death of Mrs. Marie Lmy, Hinton, will serve one year in jail and pay a $200 fine plus costs. Judge Nickell Kramer denied probation. Mrs. Lilly died September 24. Lacy Buckland, who pleaded guilty to breaking and entering a Summers County school, was sentenced to one to ten years in state prison. probation denied.
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Register
Hinton
William Garland Lewis
Meadow Bridge
Summers
Marie
Lmy
Lilly
Nickell Kramer
Lewis
Lacy Buckland
Summers County
Unauthorized polio drive flagged by Princeton Lions Club
Princeton officials say a house to house solicitation for the March of Dimes by school aged children is not authorized. Children seek contributions to fill coin cards with options to give to Bill Myers at Princeton Bank and Trust, or via coin cans and mailed dime cards.
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Princeton
Princeton Lions Club
Bill Myers
iPrinceton Bank and Trust Company
Utility Rate Increases Sought in Mercer West Virginia
Mercer and Princeton items detail proposed rate hikes. West Virginia Water Service seeks a tiered water rate from 80 cents to 95 cents per 1000 gallons, aiming for about twenty thousand dollars more yearly. Oceana Gas Co plans higher rates in Oceana Kopperston and Jesse, with Logan HQ.
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Hegister Liszt
Oceana Gas Company
Oceana
Kopperston
Jesse
Logan
Timbering plan cited at Scotia Coal mine in Fayette County
Brooklyn mine of the Scotia Coal and Coke Company in Fayette County follows a systematic timbering plan but needs more timbering and removal or support of loose roof. Inspector W. R. Eigenbrod endorsed safety progress from December inspection of a 214 worker operation averaging 1100 tons daily and urged additional precautions including underground storage of blasting materials and safer handling of cables.
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Register
Wes Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Scotia Coal and Coke Company
Fayette County
W. R. Eigenbrodd
Eigenbrod
Ibut
Morris Harvey Extension Enrollment Set in Whitesville
Whitesville junior high hosts Morris Harvey extension enrollment for Political Science of International Relations course 402. Professor C. E. Roth will teach the three hour credit class starting January 25 at 6 p m and meeting each Wednesday night. Forests cover half of Sweden.
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Morris Harvey Extension
Register
Whitesville
Whitesville Junior High School
C. E. Roth
More Precautions For Explosives Urged At Longacre
Inspector J A Van Gilder urges universal safety reforms at the 5400 ton day Harewood mine owned by Allied Chemical and Dye Semet Solvay Division. He commends two dozen recent safety improvements and notes timbers in several spots are displaced and loose roof conditions require correction. The mine employed 903 workers at inspection time and the report stresses timely timber replacement and ongoing roof testing.
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Register
Longacre
Harewood
J. A. van Gilder
van Gilder
Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
Semet- Solvay
Kanode Asks New Trial on Forgery Count
A hearing date was set for Sammy Kanode of East Princeton seeking a new trial on a forgery conviction in Mercer Criminal Court. Judge F Mer ton Wagner also handled cases including J B Clowers pleading guilty to grand larceny with a recommended 10 year sentence for armed robbery. other indictments and probation hearings were scheduled.
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Vite
Sammy Kanode
East Princeton
Mercer Criminal Court
J. B. Clowers
F. Merton Wagner
Clawers
Kengco
John H. Blankenship
C. Co. MicGuire
Wagner
Examert Newbill
James M. Bowden
J. C. White
Whitesville Jaycees Plan February Dance
Whitesville Jaycees tentatively schedule a February 7 dance with possible Ned Guthrie or Don Osborne orchestras. The group names refreshment and dance committees and plans a Coal River League basketball journey. Attendees at the Whitesville Hotel dinner session include Leonard Noel and Wiley Morgan among others.
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Register
Whitesville
Vernon Hardin
Manuel Argvon
Jaycees
Ralph Hottle
Proram
Whitesville Hotel
Manuel Kostas
Téd Bsharrah
Archie Showen
Jack Hurley
Maxwell Price
William Mats
Whitesville Moose Women Plan Square Dance Saturday
Whitesville Chapter No 552 Women of the Moose sponsor a square dance Saturday evening at 8 p m in the lodge hall ballroom on Third Avenue. A cake walk and guess cake will feature the event with music by the Happeny Family of Highcoal. Attendees are asked to come in old-fashioned costumes.
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Whitesville Moose
Register
Whitesville
Women of the Moose
P.m
Fodge Hall
Third Avenue
Happeny
Highcoal
Valentine Box Supper Planned by Barrett PTA
Barrett plans a Valentine box supper at the Barrett Community Center on February 16 at 6 p.m. Each attendee to bring a food box to be auctioned. the highest bidder buys the box and shares the contents with the creator. A Barrett school teachers program occurred at Tuesday night PTA meeting.
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Register
Barrett
Barrett Parent- Teacher’s Association
Barrett Community Center
Barrett Pta
Funeral rites incomplete for Princeton man
Funeral services for Jare Claytor Jr. are incomplete. Claytor died at his son's Bluefield home after a heart attack at 10 p.m. Wednesday. He had worked for Woods Motor Lales Company and left work early that day complaining of feeling unwell. His son, a Mercer County Board of Education member and local Lions Club March of Dimes chair, will arrange final rites as the body remains at a Bluefield funeral home.
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Princeton
Jare
Frank Claytor
Bee 'Street
Claytor
Woods Motor Lales Company
Mercer County Boards of Education
Lions Club
Bluefield
Mercer Court Records Show Two Divorce Suits Filed
Mercer Circuit Clerk records list two divorce actions in Princeton. Gilmer Blaine Wright Thompson sue Leola Thompson. Annie Callie Kirk, represented by her next friend Annie Curea, sues Robert B Kirk.
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Mercer Co
Reemer
Princeton
Mercer Circuit Clerk
Gilmer Blaine
Wright Thompson
Leola Thompson
Annie Callie Kirk
Annie Curea
Robert B. Kirk
Fosterville Residents Noted In Hospital and Visit
Mrs. Charley Foster, a lifelong Fosterville resident, is hospitalized at Charleston General Hospital for treatment after a recent admission. Miss Lula Mae Smith enjoyed an overnight visit with Miss Ruth Thomas on Wednesday.
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Fosterville
Charley Foster
Charleston General Hospital
Lula Mae Smith
Ruth ‘Thomas
Eleven Pass Drivers' Exams in Whitesville
WHITESVILLE Eleven persons passed motor vehicle operators tests Wednesday, out of 18 applicants. Four Whitesville residents succeeded: Patricia Anne Price, Paytis Jean Haddad, Charlene Ann Moses, and Odean Derek Miller. Others passing included William Wayne Kinder, Keith, Bobby Gene Workman, Dorothy, Lucy Mae Estep, Comfort, Charles Mullins, Pax, John Norman Goodwin, Seth, Paul Justice Cummings, Keith, and Buel Stanley Turner, Naoma.
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Whitesville
C. N. Gito
Patricia Anne Price
Paytis Jean Haddad
Charlene Ann Moses
Odean Derek Miller
William Wayne Kinder
Keith
Bobby Gene Workman
Dorothy
Lucy Mae Estep
Comfort
Charles Mulins
Pax
John Norman Goodwin
Seth
Paul Justice Cummings
Buel Stanley
Yurner
Naoma
Masonic Building Nears Completion in Whiteside
Whiteside expected completion around March 1 for the Masonic building, costing about 40000. Elvin Miller says the steel and concrete structure will gain a roof in a couple weeks. Cornerstone laid August 27, construction began mid October. lodge 12 and Chapter 142 of the Order of the Eastern Star will share the facility.
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Register
Whitesville
Masonic
Elvin Miller
A. F
A. M. Lodge
Whiteside
Order of the Eastern Star
Chapiter
Wharton Scouts Have New Charter
Robert G. Meade, scout field executive of the Boone-Logan-Mingo Council, presented Troop 8 Boy Scouts with a new charter at a Wednesday night meeting. The charter bore a 15 year service stamp. A film titled Scouting to Citizenship was shown by Scoutmaster Hayden Ellyson, tracing growth from cubs to explorers and the development into citizens. Members present included Jackie Huguenot, Douglas McNeely, Jackie Ellyson, Freddie Marks, Ted McCoy, Joe McClure, Charley McClure, Jimmy Hill, Terry Wells, Jerry Lewis, Assistant Scoutmaster Lance Richardson, and Scoutmaster Hayden Ellyson. Also present were John S. Wells, chairman of the scout committee. Mrs. Wells. Mrs. H. A. McCay. Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver. Mrs. Harve Huguenot. Billy Cochran, cub master. and Bruce Kimbrough, assistant cub master.
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Register
Wharton
Robert G. Meade
Boone-Logan-Mingo
Douglas McNeely
Jackie Ellyson
Freddie Marks
Ted McCoy
Joe McClure
Charley McClure
Jimmy Hill
Terry Wells
Jerry Lewis
Lance Richardson
Hayden Ellyson
John S. Wells
Wells
H. A. McCay
John Weaver
Harve Huguenot
Billy Cochran
Bruce Kimbrough
Initiation Planned For Monday Meeting Register Staff
Mrs. Maggie Estep Sylvester will be initiated into the Women of the Moose Monday at 7 p.m. The Coupler will sponsor a square dance in the lodge hall Saturday night.
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Whitesville
Maggie Estep Sylvester
Women of the Moose
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