Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-05-30
PERSONAL NOTES.

Under bright ana sunny shiee, onu
with happy anticipations and cheerful
faces. forty.one persons took the Nor
folk & Western train at Shepherds.
town Wednesday morning en- route to
the great Confederate reunion at Rich
mond, Va. Those who left from this
station were James M. Hendricks,
Geo. w. Osbourn. Jacob s. Osbourn,
Robert L. Osbourn, VIM. Il. Arthur,
Joseph B. VanMetre, Dr.. W. Banks,
Robert T. Banks, Miss Alice Banks,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rion Lucas, Mrs. R. 4.
Lucas, Robert Bane, Mrs. ]. L. Meyers.
Miss Leila Marshall, j. W. Marshall,
Mason Marshall, NJ. B. Baker, Frank
Jones, William Melvin, Brown Gard
ner, Robert L. Cook, W. T. McQuilkin,
Joseph R. Cookus, F. L. Weltzhelmer,
G. q. Burnett, A. B. Burnett, George
F. Turner, Tanner Williamson, W. W.
VanMetre, G. ]. Knott, DR.. W. l..
Byers, E. V. Link, Oscar Sperow,
Henry Cushwa, James q. Small.
Joseph Thatcher, Hunter Walker,
Seaton R. Miller, Robert McWillaims,
Howard Tabler. Besides these, a
considerable number took the train at
Shenandoah junction, while a large
delegation got on at Charles Town.
About two hundred persons in all
went from Jefferson county. The fare
for the the round trip was only $500,
and many who wished to attend the
reunion also took advantage OF the
opportunity to get to the jamestown
Exposition on the same trip.
Mr.. John Allen Legge, of Wash
ington, formerly of Shepherdstown,
who has been in Goldfeld, Nevada,
since last year. has been here this
week, having come East on a visit to
his relatives. He is greatly pleased
with the busy, stirring life in Gold
field and expects to return there In
short time.
Mr.. John Byers, who spent the
past winter in Washington, has re.
turned to Shepherdstown, where he
expects to remain during most of the
summer. Mr.. Byers has just issued a
charming little book OF poems-"War
Lyrics, Odes and Hymns copy of
which we are pleased to acknowledge.
Among our callers on Tuesday were
Mr.. Henry Cookus, of Basic City, Va,
and Mr.. J. Edward Cookus, of Kim.
ball, W. Va, former Shepherdstown
boys, who were here to attend the
funeral of their sister, Mrs. ]. d.
Show.
Col. l. V. johnson and his family,
who have been at the Entler Hotel
for the past two weeks, moved out to
their new home on the Lower Farm,
where they are now permanently To-
Gated.
Rev. DR.. H. G. Haithcox is in Penn
sylvanla this week attending the Gen.
eral Synod of the Lutheran Church
now in session at Sunbury and visit.
ing SusquehaDna University.
Mr.. Evarts Morrow, who is employed
in the big establishment of the West.
ing house Electrical Company in Pitts.
burg, has been here this week on a
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. John R. Thompson
of the Entler Hotel, left yesterday for
a months vislt to relatives in Ne
braska and other parts of the West.
Mr.. John D. May, principal of the
Harper's Ferry public school the past
year, is here to stay until after the
Shepherd College commencement.
Mrs. Shepherd Simpson, of Front
Royal, Va, has been visiting the fami.
ly of Mr.. Benjamin Hartzell in this
place the past week.
Captain j. S. Melvin and his daugh-
ter, Miss Hester Melvin, OF Duthelds,
are attending the Confederate reun.
ion in Richmond.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shipley, of
Berryville, Va, spent Sunday in
Shepherdstown at Mr.. Shipley's old
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Marshall, Of
Martinsburg, spent Sunday at the
formers old home, near town.
Miss Julia Grove has gone to Har'
risburg, Pa, to spend some weeks
with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Ida Schley is visiting her
sister, Mrs. @. S. Hunter, at Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa.
Rev. and Mrs. j. David Miller are
visiting relatives in Shippsnsburg,
Pa, this week.
Mr.. Homer Mcdonald is here from
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