Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-08-26
Personal NOTES.

mobile Thursday and spent several days
in Shepherdstown and in visiting places
of interest in the county. Mr.. Darnall
was formerly superintendent OF the West
Virginia Reform School at Pruntytown,
but for several years has been at the head
of the National Training School for Boys
at Washington. II was their first visit to
this section Of the Valley, and they were
delighted with our beautiful country and
the good roads that make automobiling
such pleasure.
Rev. w. Howard Myers, who has been
rector of the Episcopal Church at Grafton,
w. Va, for the last five years, spent a
couple OF days in Shepherdstown the
past week with his brother, DR.. John L.
Myers. He left on Monday for San An
gelo, thriving young town in central
Texas, having accepted a call to become
rector of the Episcopal Church of that
place. Rev. Mr.. Myers formerly resided
here, and has number OF relatives and
friends in this section who wish him wei
in his new field Of labor.
Mr.. Gervase Trussell, of Cass county,
Illinois, is spending some time with his
relatives and friends in Jefferson county,
and recently visited Mr.. and Mrs. Gard
ner, near town. Mr.. Trussell is native
of this county, but left here when boy.
He has prospered greatly in his western
home, and is now one of the foremost
farmers of Cass county.
Mr.. Clinton r. Grove, well-known
business man of Hagertown, has rented
from Mr.. r. c. Ringgold the dwelling
house on Main street, Shepherdstown,
formerly occupied by the late Prof. J. u.
Knutti. Mr.. Grove will move here with
his family during the coming month, but
will continue his business in Hagerstown.
Among the guests at Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. GARDENERS near town the past week
were the following: Mrs. Minnie Briscoe,
of Westminster, Md; Mrs. c. H. Moore
and Miss Mary Moore, of Charles Town;
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Winters, of Harper'S
Ferry; and Mr.. John Kelley, of Washing
ton.
Captain Randolph c. Berkeley, ofthe U.
S. Marine Corps, who has been on duty
in the Philippine Islands, has been ordered
TO Pekin, China, with detachment OF
marines, and will be on duty at the I'M
perial Palace in that city for time.
Mr.. Ralph Baker and Miss Nathalie
Baker, of Roanoke, Va, are in Shep-
herdstown visiting their uncle, Mr.. M. b.
Baker, this week. They are son and
daughter of our former townsman, Mr..
William Baker.
Mrs. Walter B. Stehl and her three
children, of Centervile, Md, are at Mr..
]. S. Lucas's, near town, where they will
spend a month or two. Rev. Mr.. Stehl
is making tour OF Europe at the pres
ent time.
Misses Cornelia and Kathleen Hickman,
OF Point of Rocks, Md, and Miss Edith
Watts, of Stanton, Va, are visiting the
family of Mr.. A. E. Boswell, in this place.
Mrs. Mollie Locher, of Baltimore, and
Mrs. Laura Decher, OF Harrisonburg, Va,
have been in Shepherdstown the past
week or two, having been called here by
the death of Mrs. Hout.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Staley, who
spent several months in ShepherdStown,
have returned to Baltimore, where they
expect to spend the coming fall and win
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. ID. Wysong, Miss
Margery Byers, Miss Alice Billmyer and
Miss Leona OSbourn left this morning for
a week at Atlantic City.
Mrs. Edward Thompson and her little
son Clyde, of York, Pa, have returned
home after a weeks visit to her sister,
Mrs. ]. K. Kidwier.
DR.. A. S. Reynolds, who has been liv-
ing near Hancock, Md, since last spring,
spent the past week at his old home in
Shepherdstown.
Mrs. ]. w. Snyder and her two daugh-
tiers, of Bluefield, w. Va, are in Shep-
herdstown visiting the family of Mr..
F. L. Bllmyer.
Mrs. ]. L. Viewer and her children, of
Martinsburg, have been here the past
week or two visiting her mother, Mrs.
Annie Hill.
Mrs. Vanata and her daughter, Miss
Mildred Vanata, of Pennbrook, Pa, are
visiting the family Of Mr.. c. w. Show in
this place.
Miss Lou D. Mann has gone on bus
mess trip to Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York, buying new goods for her
store.
Mrs. Belle Rouzee and her son Edgar
and Miss Minnie Chase, Of Washington,
are visiting their old home in Shepherds
town.
Mrs. Alvey D. Fleet, of Baltimore,
spent week recently with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. T. Potterfield. near Halltown.
Rev. and Mrs. J. David Miller have
been visiting relatives i'll Lancaster, Pa,
during the past week or two.
Mr.. o. NJ. Harris and his little son, of
the Bardane neighborhood, were among
Our callers on Friday last.
Mr.. Albert B. Cookus, OF the Washing
ton Star, is here to spend a couple of
weeks at his old home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Sykes, of Elicott
City, Md, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. L.
V. Hause, east of town.
Mrs. F. c. Luce, of Washington, D. c.,
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