Supreme Court orders retrial over Mercer wills ruling
The Supreme Court sent back to Mercer County Court the question of which will of Nicholis Winzenrith should be probated. A 1932 will left all to wife Liza. a 1936 document revoking it left all to son Edgar. Probate of the first will does not bar probate of the later will. the case goes back for further proceedings.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Mercer County Court
Nicholis Winzenrith
Winzenrith
Liza
Edgar Winzenrith
Mercer Circuit Court
Fred L. Fox
Circuit Court
New Site Studied For Princeton Recreation Center
Princeton City Council weighs land purchase on 5th Street for a potential recreation center near the airport area. They discuss a 14‑lot tract owned by John N. Stovall, sanitary inspector reinstatement, street repairs, a new city dump plan, sidewalk sweeping contract, a day nursery petition, and numerous building permits and projects including several residences and commercial structures.
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Register
Princeton
5Th Street
Princeton City Council
John N. Stovall
Noel Shrewsbury
Jim Brennan
W. D. Shuff
G. T. Lowe
Joe Law
Seventh Street
J. P. Church
S. E. Hylton
Hylton
W.S. Carr
L. J. Wimmer
Washington Avenue
J. M Snider
T. T. Noble
Lazenby Avenue
J. W. Crabtree
Rogers Street
L. T. Cope
Princeton Avenue
Third Street
Duluth C. Cunningham
Thorn Street
Boyd Miller
H. C. Belcher
Walnut Street
Walter Clark
Hale Avenue
S. H. Fink
R. V. Jones
Bluefield
Harrison Avenues
R. L. Foley
Bluefield Road
H. W. Arrington
McKinley Avenue
C. B. Anderson
Low Gap Road
R. F. Noble
Mercer Court Reopens After Judge Orders Recess
Mercer County Criminal Court reconvened Monday after a recess called by Judge Morton S. Wanger. Dock Lawrence pled guilty to grand larceny and received a penitentiary term with credit for three months. Charles Collins seeks probation. October 25 return. Stewart Taylor and Andrew Lee Taylor cases nolled. Stewart pleads guilty to petit larceny, fined $50 and four months in jail. Claude Catron pleads guilty to grand larceny. referred to probation for October 28 with $500 bond.
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Register
Princeton — Criminal Court
Mercer County
Morton S. Wanger
Dock Lawrence
Charles Collins
Collins
Stewart Taylor
Andrew Lee Taylor
Andrew
Stewart
Claude Catron
Lewis Cook
Driver Fined Following Wrecks on Princeton-Oakvale Road
Chester Bare, 58, of Auto, was fined 50 and costs after two collisions on the Princeton Oakvale road. His learner's permit was revoked. Bare, treated for facial cuts at Memorial Hospital, side swiped Conley Ball, then left the road and hit a tractor trailer. Ray Baumgardner also suffered chest and neck cuts.
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Register
Princeton
Chester Bare
Auto
Princeton-Oakvale
E. Dale Bailey
Bare
Memorial Hospital
Ray Baumgardner
M. C. Yoak
Prenter Personal News Highlights Regional Visits
Mr and Mrs John Hudson hosted Mrs Jay Sizemore of Norton Va as weekend guest in Virginia. Carl Morgan and daughter visited C L McGrady at Pineville. Midget auto races drew Freeland Brown and others. Sydney Morgan and Richard Fast, Morris Harvey College students, were weekend guests. Nevin Fox visited from Marshall College. Earl Fox on business in Uniontown Pa. Arch and Bud Carden hunting trip to Nicholas County. Beckley visitors Sei bert Warren and Hubert Petry. Andy Wiley in Knoxville Tenn. Hillard Estep weekend at McCorkle and Yawkey. Perry Casto and children of Keith stay with Verner McNeeley. Low Brumfield new resident from Williams Mountain.
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Register
Prenter
John Hudson
Jay Sizemore
Norton, Va
Hudsons
Virginia
Carl Morgan
C. L. McGrady
Pineville
Dunbar
Freeland Brown
Don
Sydney Morgan
Richard Fast
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Nevin Fox
Marshall College
Huntington
Earl Fox
Uniontown
Arch
Bud Carden
Nicholas County
Beckley
Seibert Warren
Hubert Petry
Andy Wiley
Knoxville
Tenn
Hillard Estep
McCorkle and Yawkey
Perry Casto
Keith
Verner McNeeley
Low Brumfield
Williams Mountain
Jumping Branch Personalities Visit and Weekend News
Mrs Blanche Cole of Norfolk and Mrs Roma Hagen of Portsmouth visit their mother Mrs Alice Wills in Jumping Branch. Various relatives from Beckley Beckley and Hinton join weekend visits and birthdays. Delegates attend Ladies Mission Society fall rally at Shady Spring Baptist Church.
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Register
Jumping Branch
Blanche Cole
Norfolk
Roma Hagen
Portsmouth
Alice Wills
Pearl Wiley
Beaver
E. C. Crook
Norford Hall
Glade Valley
N.C
Charles Crook
Kenneth
Ada Crook
J. Wyrick
Lerena
Lon Meadows
Ethel Crooks
Beatrice Ridenour
Goldie Williams
Ladies Mission Society of the
Raleigh Association
Shady Spring Baptist Church
Stanley Crook
Eddie Peppers
Beckley
Bill Deeds
Graham Blevins
C. B. Thornton
Roy
Simonnd Anderson
Hampton
W. C. Anderson
Robert Deeds
Clarence Deeds
Prince Farley
Nimitz
Roy Decker
Robert Lilly
David Harper
Charleston
Maude McClung
Hinton
Surpey
New Suit Instituted Tuesday in Mercer County
Mercer court actions include a suit filed by Janice George Farley against Roy Wilburn Farley, plus two orders granting real estate sale by Fred B. Sims, guardian for Ruby Estelle Robinson, and ordering Ernest B. Tynes to pay temporary alimony of 35 per month to Lillian Tynes beginning November.
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Mercer Criminal Court
Prenter Personals
S.M. AL
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Tub Fast
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