Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-01-03

Lightning and rain ushered out the
old year. We are moving southwark,
surely.
Miss M. Kate Messick is visiting her
sister, Mrs. A. P. Rowe, in Fredericks-
burg.
Clinton Bew spent the past week at
his parental home in King and Queen
county.
Mr., and Mrs. w. l.. Talley, of
Mantua, spent Xmas with Henry
Damerel here.
John Newbill, of Essex county, spent
few days recently with his uncle, DIR.
w. J. Newbill.
G. Harry Waters has been visiting
relatives and friends in Baltimore the
past two weeks.
Thomas Davis returned today from
two weeks visit to his parents at
Laurel Springs, N. ].
Richard Hudson and helpers have
installed bath and water piping through
w. Med. Lees residence
Mrs. N. ]. Johnson and Misses Matte
and Susie Johnson, of Essex, are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Riley.
Mrs. R. S. Mitchell. Miss Mary
Mitchell and little GunyOn spent Mon
day and Tuesday with relatives at
Sharps.
Sam Warren, of Millenbeck, some
days ago had his foot horribly mangled
by a gasoline engine, and came here to
have DIR. Newbill attend it.
Baltimore prices paid for eggs by l.. l..
VERIFY Son, Kilmarnock
Rev. c. Tinsley Thrift spent Tuesday
at the parsonage, en- route to his new
charge at Victoria, Va, after visit to
relatives in Northumberland.
Mrs. p. H. Sadler and daughter.
Miss Irene, of Baltimore, are visiting
Mr.. Sadler and Mrs. H. C. Hopkins,
husband and daughter of the former.
]. Woodland Tull will this year be
employed by the State Board of Fish
cries in charge of construction and
repairs of the States police boats.
AS the Commodore Maury was leaving
last night for police duty at West Point,
party of young ladies from here step
ped aboard to spend the day in that
town.
The CITIZEN will during this year
publish almost weekly cut Of some
local interest or celebrity, this attrac-
tive feature being unusual in local pa
pers.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Hollock and son,
II. j., and Miss Sadie M. Smith, all of
Washington, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Thompson several days
this week.
Sunday school entertainments, oyster
roasts and being entertained at different
homes have kept the young people of
this place on a round of pleasure the
past two weeks.
Z. Goldsboro Hall, Wicomico's fisher
man, few days back sent Proprietor
Mitchell (of the Irvington Beach, a
26-pound rock fish and 16-pound one to
the CITIZENS editor.
Irvington Lodge No POS, /. o. o. F.,
will give a New Years treat to it's
members at the next regular meeting,
Tuesday of next week. Every member
of the lodge is asked and expected to be
present
w. II. C. Messick, engineer of ste am
er Wicomico at time of her laundering
at Assateague, is experimenting the
removal of the boiler and machinery
from the hull. Probably the boat will
be raised later.
Loyola Leland spent Friday at Otto
man. He was accompanied home by
his cousin Carlyle Shackelford. Miss
Maud Leland is spending this week at
the home of her uncle, C. L. Shackel-
ford, at that place.
Among the recent sick now improved
are: Miss Olive White, Jett Bell, two
of Henry Barracks children, w. w.
Wiley. Lee Mason and son, Walter,
who have been extremely i'll, are up and
going about the house.
Mrs. w. ]. Newbil, Mrs. w. Med.
Lee and Misses Grace, Rubenette,
Fannie and Annie Lee spent Monday
and Tuesday with relatives in lowe,
Essex. They were accompanied home
by Miss Mary Orville Street.
The following were at their homes
here during the holidays: Misses Ida
Joe Hayden, Pauline C. Long and Grace
and Rubenette Lee from Blackstone
Miss Olney Willing, and Fred C. Kirk.
myer, from Baltimore, William Haynie
and Edwin James, from Ashland, Miss
Mary Mitchell, from North Carolina,
Perry Simmons, from Charlottesville.
We know that times are brisk In the
old Dominion, notwithstanding the CRY
of tight money, for the CITIZENS editor
was never so handsomely treated al
Christmas. Books in numbers added tc
his library, while cigars from Danville
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