Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-07-19
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Cecil Nisewaner who has been
in Baltimore and Cumberland tor
sometime past visited his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Nisewaner
last week,
Mrs. Sue Hess is visiting at
Clearbrook, Frederick county.
Mrs. A. G.. Shaver and daugh-
ter Miss Florence returned home
from visit OF several weeks at
Winchester last week.
Mr.. Chas. L. James and wife,
who visied relatives in Loudoun
county, and Washington return
| ed home last Saturday night.
VIM. Fahnestock, of Frederick
county visited his son Walter
for several days:
W. E. Shaver left on bust
ness trip for Hagerstown Monday
| morning.
Mr.. Homer Ruby and wife, of
Mount Jackson, were the guests
of Levi Kiser and family Mon
day.
On last Wednesday Paul, the
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. l..
Sager had the misfortune to
have the end of his index finger
on the right hand mashed, it
was during a wind storm and the
door was violently blown shut.
The physician, is Of the opinion
that he can avoid amputa ton.
Paul F. M. Shaver on Tuesday
while helping to move six pianos
from the depot to the Quality
Music House, had an iron bar
thrown on his left foot lacerat-
ing two of his toes severely.
Melvin and George Shrum re-
turned from Harrisonburg on
Tuesday morning.
Misses Martha Jenkins and
Ruth Paul after a visit with Ed.
Keeler's family for ten days, re-
turned to their home in Martins
burg Tuesday.
Theodore Carroll left for Was
ington the first of the week and
is visiting with her friends and
relatives.
Mrs. Annie r. Hotel, Of Nor
folk arrived here on Monday and
is visiting with her friends and
relatives.
The young men of the town
we're SEEMING the river Monday
and gathered 16S fish.
Mrs. VIM. E. SHAY er has been
on the sick list for the past week.
Frank Bullion Drowned in River
Frank NJ. Button, aged % years, Of
Culpeper county, a student at Ran
dolph- Macon college at Ashland, who
has been spending his vacation in the
Valley, canYassinC for we'll known
| book publishing house, was drowned
| in the Shenandoah river at ElktOn
early Sunday morning, while taking
4 swim with several companions. The
| Young man was seized with cramps or
became exhausted and sank in 20 feet
of water, before his fr:ends could
reach him.
The drowning occurred about 300
yards south OF the wagon road bridge
in the rear of the Hotel Elkton. Ac
companiad bp r. w. Truitt and E. W
Davis, fellow-students who have been
travelling with him, and Edward May,
OF Elkton, they left the Getty Hotel
before seven O'Clock Sunday morning
to take dip in the river,
His friends were on the bank dress
ling when Button swan across the
river, distance of 200 feet or more,
and was about half way back when
they heard him yell. At first no par
ticular attention was paid to his cries,
but when May heard him cry out;
"Come and get me boys, I'm gone, !"
he started to his aid, partly dressed.
AS May started to swim to his res
Icue, Button sank beneath the surface
of the water with Cry on his lips.
Button disappeared again and al
though May dived for the body until
Exhausted, he was unable to reach the
young man. The alarm was given
Immediately and number of citizens
respon.1ed promptly, many of whom
dived about the spot where the body
was last seen, but none was able to
locate it.-Harrisonburg Times.
| Button was a roommate at Randol-
lph-Macon College Of Rumsey Mars
ton OF Woodstock.
| PROVIDES FOR HIS SON-IN-LAM