Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-06-21
Personals.

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Greencastle, Pa.
DIR. g. G. Wholey. after delightful
visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Wholey, has returned to Pittsburg.
Miss Ida Coiner has returned to bel
home at Waynesboro, after a pleasant
visit to her friend, Miss Lois Fretwell
Mr.. Clarence Mohler has been visit
ing his uncle. Mr.. r. H. Ramsey, on
Big River.
Mr.. r. M. Newcomb of Craigsyille,
is reported quite i'll, the result of
stroke of paralysis.
Mrs. E. w. Bissell and son, Robert,
have returned from a trip to the Ex-
position and Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Peters of Mi
ami, Ohio. are visiting Mr.. Peters old
home near Mt Sidney.
Mrs. Julia Hamrick of Ft. Defiance,
was among the visitors here on Mon
day.
Mr.. r. l.. Gray has returned to his
home near this city, after a visit OF
some weeks in Culpeper county.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Goodwin of
Barterbrook, are visiting the family of
Mr.. e. w. Goodwin at Frederick Hall,
Louisa county.
Miss Sarah Robertson. who has been
visiting relatives in Richmond, and
taking in the jamestown Exposition.
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Greaver and son
of Charlottesville, have returned home
after a visit to Mrs. Albert Greaver in
West End.
DIR. George II. Eyster and wife of
Baltimore, have arrived at their sum.
mer home near Churchville. where they
will spend some time, hoping Mrs. Eys-
ter's health will improve.
Mrs. Il. H. Bolen was taken to st.
Agnes hospital, Baltimore, last week
for treatment. Mr.. BOlen, who went |
with her, has returned home and re-
ports her condition favorable.
The Methodist church at Durbin, w.
Va, was dedicated last Sunday, Rev.
F. j. Prettyman of Baltimore, for four
years pastor of the Methodist church |
in this city, preaching the dedicatory |
sermon.
Miss Phoebe Dice Jones, the charm
Ing daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
P. Jones, of Monterey, Highland coun-
ty, was married on Wednesday morn
ing to MIR. Frank w llson, at the Meth
odist church at that place.
Mr.. w. H. Henderson, the popular
G. u O. agent at Swoope, who was so
long at the Kings Daughters Hospital,
was able to be taken home last week.
His many friends will be glad to know
that he continues to improve.
Miss Margaret Lewis of Leeds, Ala, |
is the guest of Miss Arlie Dudley at
Craigsville. Miss Lewis resided at
Fordwick, while her father was super
intendent of the Portland Cement
Works. and has a host of friends there. |
Mr.. M. Summarized, formerly pro-
nrietOr of the Palais Royal store. is
spending some days with bis family In
this city. He is now located in New
York engaged in sometime of manufac-
ture.
Charles Shafer, the man who brutal |
ly murdered his wife and little son, and
fatally woundhd his mother.in-law,
near Huntington. W. Va, last Thurs
day. and who was being hunted for by
a posse of 200 farmers, was found dead
near his home Friday. He committed
suicide by taking carbolic acid.
Mr.. Thos. s. Nelligan of Louisville,
Ky., and district manager OF the order
WoOdmen of America, is spending
few DAYS here at his sisters home, Mrs.
Jas. p. Orchard, before going on to
the jamestown Exposition. Mr.. Nelli-
gan is accompanied by his wife and
little daughter.
At the meeting of the Board of Wis
itOrs of the Va. s. for the D. q b. at
Pine Beach last week Prof. w. A.
Bowles was reelected superintendent,
and the following teachers elected
Miss Helen ThrockmortOn, as head OF
the oral department; Miss Mary ID.
Cason, Miss Bessie Surber and Alvah
Rasnick.
On Wednesday, 18th inst, at the
residence of her mother, Mrs. Matte
E. Mowry, near Piedmont, this coun-
ty, Miss Annie j. Mowry and Mr.. Boyd
H. Simms of the same neighborhood'
were married. Miss MOwry is the eld-
est daughter of the late G. Alexander
Mowry, and Mr.. Simms is a son Of
Mr.. Crawford Simms. They are both
most estimable and deserving young
people, and have the best wishes OF
their many friends.
MIR. and Mrs. w. T. Buck of Vleits,
Kansas, have been visiting relatives in
the county, spending the greater part
of the time at Mr.. Bucks old home at
Mt. Scion. with his brother, Mr.. 8.
Preston Buck. From here they went
toRichmond and jamestown, and after
taking in the exposition will go tt
Washington and New York. They viii
take the Lake route on their return tt
Kansas. His sister, Miss Mary Jane
Buck went with them to jamestown
and will accompany them to New Yorl