Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-08-27
BLUE sahSS VALLEY.

Our cOmHplliIy - dli dSoS IUoo
now over the school question. The
people are asking why the promises
made when the high school project
was launched haye not been fulfill
ed. They say the people were led
to believe that nearby schools were
to be closed and the pupils of these
schools were to be conveyed In
wagons constructed for the purpose
to the new district school as pro-
posed and thus o school of high
grade established. But that plan
seems to have been abandoned, and
we are confronted with the specta-
Gle of fve-thousand-dollar school
building occupied by the Spring
Run and New Hampden schools.
These two schools occupied one
building before the New Hampden
school-house was built, and it was
not necessary, it is argued, to erect
such a costly structure as we now
have just to accommodate these
| two schools. 1t is believed that
the future success Of the school de-
ponds upon its success this year,
and unless the school is established
upon solid and substantial foun-
dation this session, ultimate failure
is predicted. If under the present
arrangement q school of three
teachers can be supported, why, it
S asked, could not at least one
other school be consolid ated with
the Spring Run and New Hampden
schools, the pupils brought in by
public conveyance, and fourth
teacher employed. The cost of
carrying out this plan, it is said,
would be very little if any more
than the cost of opening the school
thus consolidated. This would
place the High School upon a solid
foundation for the future and solve
the distressing problem which is
causing so much dissatisfaction and
bad feeling in our community at
the present time. Besides cost, in
the opinion of many, should not be
weighed against the future success
of the High School. The stake is
too great. Our-school officials will
win for themselves crowns of laurel
by rising to the occasion and show
ling themselves broad-binded pub
lic-spirited citizens in the present
crises. The opportunity is theirs.
Miss Janey Shoppe, who spent
the summer at Red Sulphur and
Barger Springs has returned home.
Mr.. Geo. Mauzy, who has been
quite i'll from typhoid fever for sew
eral weeks, we are glad to learn is
conyalescing.
Mrs. Loudie Newman, wife of j.
IC. Newman, formerly of this coun-
ty, but now of Winchester, is visit
ing her daughters here.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for children's day at the u.
B. Church Sunday next. Also for
the Odd Fellows picnic which
Ipromises to be a great occasion
Miss Mamie Sterrett spent several
DAYS visiting at Doe Hill last week.
Uncle Joe.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
The weather is delightful. A
few showers of rain have greatly re-
vived the corn and grass.
The people are done threshing
now, and they report good wheat
crop.
With few exceptions, thehealth
of the community is good.
Berry Chew is quite i'll with ty-
phoid fever, and his case seems
doubtful.
Mrs. Mary Colaw became sick
Sunday night and is now very i'll.
1t is thought that, unless soonre-
LEVIED, she will have to be taken to
the hospital. Kidney trouble seems
to be the cause.
Albert Simmons little boy is bet
ter. Kenton Mullenax's little girl
fell off a fence, Friday, and broke
her arm.
Will Messersmi.h, who has been
visiting at j. B. Hidy's, has return
ed to his home at Mt. Scion, Va.
Saturday morning, Ed Hinkle
andwife started to the Fair at Ell
kins, W. V.
Mrs. Della Fitzwater and little
daughter from Ohio, are visiting
her brother, Jasper Simmons, and
other relatives and friends in Crab
bottom.
While out picking blackberries,
Walter Winner killed two large rat
tie snakes.
A number of people from this
section will attend the Reunion at
Franklin, w. "a, September 1.
Russell Rexrode, Walter Colaw
and brothers, George and Ben, will
take a trip to the Valley Of Virgin
ia the End of Sept.
CYRUS Colaw's new house is near