Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-08-19
SHARPSBUR0 NEWS.

Big arrangements are being made for
the union picnic to be held in the woods
near the Dunkard Chrch, Saturday, Au-
gust 18th. The Mapleville, Boonsboro
and Rohrersville bands will furnish the
music. All of the lodges and Sunday
schools will turn out here and a number
from nearby towns will take part also.
The Douglas Guards Of HagerStown and
Shepherd College Cadets are arranging to
send about twenty members. Amuse-
ments will be on the grounds and big
time is expected. A number OF promi-
nent speakers, including Governor Croth-
ers, will be here.
Emory Staubs, a former resident of this
place, came up from Washington on the
Sunday excursion and spent the day with
friends here. About forty persons came
I'D on the train and spent the day here,
among them being Mr.. and Mrs, Rentch
Cox, Mrs. Hannah Nose, Rob Nose and
his wife, Miss Mary Nose, Frank Boyer,
Lawrence White, Mr.. and Mrs. Ike
Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Muse, Mrs.
Sarah Trone, Mrs. Shaner and daughter,
VIM. Glass, Lawrence StaubS, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Blackford, Frank Cox, and a
number of others.
o. T. Reilly received letter from a
survivor of the l4th New York Regiment
asking him to locate site for a monu-
ment to that regiment and the price Tor a
small piece of ground.
Harry Shackleford has gone to Wash
ington, where he has secured position
on street Car line.
Miss Mamie Wilmington, Of Summit
Point, Va, is visiting her aunt and uu-
Gle, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Gloss.
Mrs. Lille Walker, OF Washington, is
spending week with her aunt, Mrs. Jen-
ME Murphy.
lanes and Andrew Marrow and Ben
jamin and Charles Painter have given the
Reformed graveyard good cleaning up:
They cut all of the tall weeds from it and
trimmed the trees.
The men left in charge OF Lieut.. Gold
waithe left on Wednesday for their quar-
tiers at their different forts. Company c,
of the Hospital Corps, in command OF
Capt. Patterson, left Saturday eveningfor
Camp Pearie, Ohio, where they will re-
main fifteen days, then they will go to
Albany, N. Y, to take part in a govern
ment tournament. The officers in charge
and the men were an exceptionally fine
set of soldiers, and left many friends here
who wish that they may return again some
day.
Mrs. Harry Seaman and her son, Harry,
of Norfolk, Va, are spending some weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Early.
Howard Swain, who has been working
at Bakerton, has quit there and gone
to HagerStoWn.
Miss Mildred Smith, from near Shep-
herdstown, spent several days with her
grandmother, Mrs. J.. c. Wilson, in this
place.
Earl Coffman, ofWashington, is spend
ing a week with his grandfather, B. F.
Delaney, in this place.
The storm of Monday evening struck
Keedysville in full force. They had the
heaviest rain they have had for years, and
the corn was knocked flat.
Major Richardson, Of the Gettysburg
Battlefield Commission, and several En-
gish friends visited the battlefield on
Tuesday of this week.
Chicken thieves are at work in our
town again. They will keep on until
they strike the wrong place.
The Misses Yeakle, of Baltimore, have
been visiting their sister, Mrs. Harry
Thomas, in this place for week or so.
Edward Nose has had his house paint
ed and it adds very much to its appear
ance. VIM. Delaney did the work.