West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-01-02
DOlnsS Of the Week in Surrounding
Towns.
HAPPENINGS OF GENERAL INTEREST
The Argus Correspondents Tell What Is
Going on In Their
Locality.
TunneIton.

correspondence ot The Argus.
The Function schools were closed
on New Years Day.
The past two weeks have been
very busy for the merchants.
Delma. L. Brown spent Christ
mas with relatives in town, gong
away last Saturday.
The two children Of Mr. Ed.
Stewart have been severely ill dur
ing the past few days.
Mr.. George McGinnis and chill
dren, Grace and Roy were at
Keyser during Christmas.
Ora Hileman has returned to
Blacksvllle. While here he visited
the school and. made a speech.
+. M. Taylor returned to Cum
berland. Md, last Sunday where he
has been working for some time.
Arthur Miller went to Morgan
town Tuesday to bring back his
wife who has been visiting there.
Miss Nell Frantz, who has been
home during the holidays, returned
to her school on New Years Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burkhalter have
been visiting Frank Hardesty and
wife of this place for the last few
days.
Miss Love Arnold, niece of Mrs.
Lou +. Hart, stopped off to see the
latter while on her way from North
Carolina to Grafton.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Joseph Hart, oil
Independence, and their children
Edward and Carrie, were visiting
relatives here last week.
Miss Polly West, who has been
taking treatment in a Baltimore
hospital, came nome last Friday
night TO attend the funeral of hei
little niece, Virginia West.
Misses Lillian and Mildred Bailey,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
Bailey, of independence. were tn,
guests OF Mrs. Truman Frazier las
Wednesday and Thursday.
| Mrs. V. h.. Davis and son Lylton
of Elk,ns, spent the holidays will
Mrs. M. +. Miller, and rc,urnec
last Sunday accompanied as far a:
Grafton by Mrs. John Werlich.
| Uncle Johnny Lloyd received {;
fur cap for Christmas and INCL,
Billy Hart is very jealous. Uncle
Billy thinks that he should get Il
wear the CAP half the time, at least
The Tunnelton band gave tn,
town taste of music on Christina
day by playing on the streets. Tn,
most remote parts we're visited
with the result that everybody fel
better-except the players.
Prof. Cyrus II. Martin, our las
year school principal, now assistant
principal of the Grafton school
was IN town a few days found abou
Christmas, visiting friends and hi.
old school. Mr.. Martin is getting
along nicely in Grafton.
Last Tuesday nigh, a crowd Of
young people consisting of Earl,
Phillips and Agnes Funk, Lloyc
Shaffer and May Pyles, aud Arlhu,
Watkins, attended literary at Fellows
vile. The reason that Watkfn.
did not take a girl with him was be
cause she lives there.
Tnnnelton was made sad las
week by hearing that Virginia West
the little daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
William West, was dead at FAIR
mont, where Mr.. West was in The
hospital. The funeral was con
Quoted here at p. IN. Saturday b,
the Episcopalian minister from
Fairmont and the remains were in
tered at Mr.. Vests place, which
is short distance out of town.
The bereaved ones have the sym
patty of all.
The Christmas entertainment a,
the NJ. +. church on Christmas eve
consisted of recitations, drills, song.
and an anthem, orchestra music,
and other exercises. The church
was crowded to It's utmost capacity.
People were sitting or standing in
every available crevice. That which
could be heard of the entertainment
for the room was too crowded for
every one,to hear d;stinctly-was
very good, the anthem and orchestra
deserving especial mention.
The cantAta, "a Bundle OF
Sticks" which was performed in
Browns hall on Christmas night.
was great success. Everything
came off like clock work. Mr..
Barber had trained the children as
theysneyer before had been trained
IN Tunoelton so that not word
went wrong. The large audience
was delighted from the begi inning
to the end, and went home satisfied
Mr.. Barber deserves great. honor
for teaching me children so eff.
GENTLY.