Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-08

LOCAL MENTION.
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the VIRGINIA CITIZEN. trvinston.vs-
Aid Society tonight (Friday) at the
home of Mrs. w. Med. Lee.
Miss Annie l. Long was home from
Blackstone to spend the holidays.
Miss Lucy Davis. of Sharps, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Jno r. Davis.
Capt. Sam Nelson, of Fairfields, was
here Xmas day en- route to Baltimore.
Fred Kirkmyer, of Baltimore, spent
the holidays at his parental home here.
Miss Ruby v. Smith spent Monday
and Tuesday in Richmond and Norfolk.
Mrs. e. L. Wilder and little son,
Hunter. of Fredericksburg, are visiting
relatives here.
Chas. R. Calls has returned from
two weeks visit to friends in West
moreland county.
Thos. W. Croxton, who is attending
school in Richmond, spent the holidays
at his home here.
Mrs. P. H. Sadler and daughter, Miss
Irene, of Baltimore, have been spend
ing some time with relatives here.
James Harding, Of lower Northumber-
land. was guest the past week of his
brothers, j. C. and R. w. Harding.
Nessrs. L. E. Mumford. r. Ailworth
and J. V. Moore, of L. E. Mumford
b anking Co., spent Tuesday night here.
r. B. Broun, of Northumberland,
and Ed. Downing Broun, of Accomac,
called on friends here during Christmas
week.
Mrs. r. S. Mitchell and children and
Mrs. Franklin spent few days during
the holidays with the formers sister
at Sharps.
J. X. Leonard has raw tomatoes on
his table every few days. His vines,
which he put under cover, continue to
ripen the fruit.
Mrs. w. H. Mitchell and son and
Mrs. Geo. Hastings and daughter, all
Of Westland, spent Thursday with Mrs.
Lewis Burke.
Miss N. Kate Messick accompanied
her cousin, Miss Laura Bussells, to
Norfolk Saturday night to spend a
couple nf days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Thompson are
rejoicing over their third offspring-a
daughter-who first saw the light
Thursday morning.
Capt. and Mrs. A ]. Hamilton and
little daughter, Virginia, left last week
for an extended visit to the Captain s
relatives in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Vernon Forrest, of Baltimore.
spent few days here the past week.
She was accompanied home by her
mother, Mrs. Sallie Willing.
At the Kilmarnock Holly Ball, De-
cember 30th, the grafton was delivered
by Mr.. F. G. Newbill. Miss Susie
Norris was crowned queen.
Harry Sanders is visiting his sister,
Mrs Andrew Lowery, at Warsaw.
Purnell Sanders. of Millenbeck, visited
at the home of Geo. Sanders last week.
Atwell Coates and sisters, Misses
airy and Alice, of Sharps, and earle
haley, of Wicomico Church, have
been guests during the past two weeks
ut the home of Geo. T. Lokey.
Mrs. w. Mcdonald Lee and daugh-
tiers, Misses Grace and Rubenette. DR..
and Mrs. W. ]. Newbill and Frank G.
and Capt. w. d. Newbill- visited rela-
tives in Essex during the holidays.
AsSoSS lean ava NlSll6O
their sister, Mrs. Armstead Taylor, in
Portsmouth during the past week.
The former spent only one day there,
while the latter remained for the week.
Capt. Jas. N. Wilder left Thursday
to pilot government tug on the Rap
pahannock and York rivers while tow
ing barges from Fredericksburg to
West Point. He will be absent about
a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexandria Hoffman,
who have been spending some tirne
with Mrs. Hoffman's brother, Joe
Gunther, near here, left last week for
an extended visit to relatives in Balti
more and Gainesville, Md.
There fell to Fish Commissioner Lees
table on New Years day big fat
turkey and a box of Rockingham butter
the gift of Senator and Mrs. Geo. B,
Keezell. The Senator is associated OF
the Commission of Fisheries with on,
editor.
Mrs. Bette L. Parker, of lowe
Middlesex. has been the guest of he
brother, S. B. Griffith, the past few