Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-03
NEIGHBORnOOD NOTES


Mrs. Katherine Byrd, OF Salisbury,
Md, Is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Ohio L. Parker.
Mr.. John r. Ames, of Baltimore
Dental College, wasa welcome visitor
home the past two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cullen, OF
Georgetown. Delaware, spent the
holidays with Mrs. Bette Gusts on
Market st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cahall, OF
Georg etown, Delaware, were the
guests Of Mrs. BERTHE K. Powell dur
ing Christmas.
Misses Sarah West and Mamie Par.
ker gave q delightful dance to their
many friends at the Onancock Hotel,
Wednesday night.
Miss Annie W. Hopkins and Miss
Sadie Fletcher, students at the Epis~
copal Seminary, Winchester, spent
their holidays with parents In to wn.
Captain William Davis, Schooner
Annie May. has brought two loads OF
shells, which are being put on the
streets. A much needed improve
ment.
]. Drummend Fosque and Samuel
d. NAPLES, cadets at the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg,
were home during the two weeks
vacation.
Messrs. Garland Finney and Her
bert Kellam, students at Eastman
Business College. Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, were home Christmas, much to
the delight Of their lady friends.
Mr.. Ralph V. Rich, of University
of Virginia, and Mr.. Henry Powell
and Carson Scarborough, of Wash
ington & Lee University, were all
happy to get home for Christmas.
The trustees of Onancock School
District were made happy by the
Town Council when the councilmen
ordered $500 set aside to be used fol
school purposes, as Christmas gift.
Mr.. Edward E. Miles, superinten-
dent OF the Presbyterian Sunday
school gave a sociable at his home
College Hill, Monday night. to the
Sunday school scholars and theii
friends. About fifty people were
present and all report an enjoyable
evening.
Large quantities Of fireworks OF al
descriptions were fred in town dur
ing Christmas. Two young men were
caught by the town authorities, one
by the Mayor, who was In hiding,a and
the other by Sergeant Gallager
Both were find 50. The boys prompt
ly dubbed together and paid the
finer, it costing each boy about 81
cents for both fines.
The stockholders OF the Onancoch
division Of the E 8. Va. Produce Ell
change met last Saturday and unani
mously elected the following officers
Samuel II. NAPLES, agent. John Ed
wards, inspector and William 8. Mel
SOD. director. The entire number o
stockholders unanimously endorsed
Mr.. Edward E. Miles for the place o
assistant general manager.
The number of people who arr
having the gas lights put in thei
offices and stores is constantly grow
ing. The present engine is too small
in power and new one has been or
dered. The greatest improvement
in the history OF the town, excepting
the water works, is the placing OF si'
powerful gas lights on the street II
the business portion of the town
The light is a most excellent one ant
a good guide and protector agains
darkness. 1t is a great advantag
for any community to have such
progressive young man as Mr.. Claud
| B. Nottingham, the teller OF Firs
National Bank, who owns the ga
plant. He IL man OF great push Ant
all hope that when his larger epgin
comes he will succeed In pursuadinI
the town authorities to have ga
lights put all over the town.