Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-02-09
LOCAL MENTION.

LO(iAL MENTION.
All communications should be addressed &c
the vlRorSIA CITIZEN. Irvington. Va
10. George was in Baltimore last
week.
The venerable Christopher S. Dunton
is quite sick at the home of his son near
here.
Jasper Jet, Jr., fell last Thursday
while at play and cut his head very
badly.
H. Bascom Boughton, of Orange
county, is visiting his sister, Mrs. w.
Med. Lee.
Mrs. Sarah Valentine, after several
months visit in Baltimore, returned
home last week.
Miss Ellen Tate, of Essex county. is
visiting her sisters, Mesdames William
and H. J. Dyke, here.
Miss Grace Lee spent the past week
with Misses Marie and Ruth Beane,
near the Courthouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi B. Riley returned
Tuesday from visit to the lady's
mother in Essex county.
Mrs. Frank Wilshin and children
left Tuesday night for Norfolk, to
visit relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cary Pitman and little
daughter, of Wicomico, spent a few
days with Miss Annie Thomas.
Frank Packet, of Warsaw, visited
relatives at Weems and this place last
week. He was also caller at the
Citizen Office.
His ground-hogship is making good.
He saw his shadow Friday, and if we
are to have any winter at all it is dur.
ing the next five weeks.
Among the recent sick, now improved
are: l.. III. Rilee, Mr.. and Mrs. w. A.
Haydon's infant, Mrs. A. B. Taylor,
Mrs ]. R. Calls, Capt. E. w. Long.
VIM. A. Taylor, Jr., of Portsmouth,
Va, brother to the Singer Manager
here, arrived last week to take a posi-
ton with the Singer, and canvass this
section.
Isaac H. Coulbourn, President OF
Crisfield, Md, bank, spent Wednesday
at the home Of his sister, Mrs F. A.
Gunby, visiting the latter and their
mother.
Ray Simmons, of Kilmarnock, Fred
Edwards, Of White Stone, and Henry
Beauers, of Baltimore, were visiting
at the home of Capt. S. P. Simmons
last week.
Proprietor r. S. Mitchell was al
Sharps last week at the bedside of his
mother, Mrs. Gunyon Mitchell, who i.
quite sick at the home of her daughter
Mrs Frank Motley.
On Wednesday evening of last week
Irving Messick gave an oyster roast t.
a number of friends, and on Thursda,
evening the young folks gave Mis-:
Ruby Hopkins surprise.
Jno- r. Campbell, assistant secretar,
Of the insurance association, is spending
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
at his old home in Westmoreland, t.
Tuesday.
R. B. Broun, of Northumberland
spent Tuesday night here, bringing hi
son, Ed, to catch Norfolk boat Ed i
cashier of the Mumford Bank at Exmore
Accomac county, and has been home OF
vacation.
Late arrivals at Irvington Beach
lester Anderton, Robt. Mayo, William
Gerhard, w. H. Cox, w. E. Wright
Lee w. Wicker, Capt. 1. M. Busselli
and wife, o. ID. Marston, w. C. Snow
T. Jerome Downing and Messrs. COX,
and Quinlan-
Friends and the family are DISTRESSED
to learn that Capt. Willard d. Newbil
has received orders for transfer from
Fort Flagler, WASH, to the Philippin,
Islands. He will hardly be able to com,
home before his departure for the East
Capt Newbill served in the Philippine
two years in the chase after Aguinaldo
Lee w. Wicker, well known in tn,
Neck some years ago as the pictur,
man, is back again, representing tn,
National Collection Agency of Wash
ington. Mr.. Wicker has been living il
Georgia, but asked for work in this ter
ritory which, with its people, he thinks
superior to any he knows. His agenc,
is doing good work in collecting claims
and we don't know but what some un
appreciative debtors of the CITIZEN ma,
be introduced to their workings ere long
Rev. j. T. Whitley, d. D., and Rev
j. Z. DeShazo, of Gloucester, spen
Tuesday night with the CITIZEN editor
having been called here by the obsequie
of Rev. j. M. Anderson. Revs. z. F
Garner and j. S. Wallace also came
from Northumberland, and spent Tues
day night with Mr.. Geo. w. Sanders