Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1913-05-16
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ing grand lodge in Roanoke, as a
delegate from Monterey lodge, |
O. o. F.
Glide Hiner, of Staunton, cane
out Wednesday afternoon.
Many of the young people of the
town attended the closing exercises
of the Crabbottom High School
Wedn>s lay night.
Among the recent deaths are
John S. Wise and Capt. J. H. Wa
tiers, both well known Virglnlans.
Weather Obscrvtrs say the cold
wave came i'nr Sasi atcheWan.
Where it went, nobody knows and
nobody cares.
Jesse Hiner moved the county
rock-crusher to Hightown Tuesday.
J. w. Hevener will make use of it.
in preparing foundation material
for his new residence, and the coun-
tv will. it is said, crush some stone
for a section Of the pike near
HightoWn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Stephenson
and Mrs. J. W Hevener, of High
Town, were in Monterey Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. A. W. Miller re-
Turned Tuesday from a visit to
theirold home at Bridgewater accom-
panied by Mrs. Miller's sister, Mrs.
Francis Cline, of Kansas. and Miss
BERTHE Kerlin, of Bridgewater.
Automobile parties show their
good taste and judgment in max
ing Monterey their destination.
This season, they are getting the
habit early.
The Mothers Day service last
Sunday was we'll attended, the pro-
gram pronounced good one and
much enjoyed.
Rev. VIM. A. Mckeefry, Rev;
r. B. Martin, of Staunton, and
Rev. T. J. Grove, of Charlottes-
willie, made a trip to the Catholic
Mission on Jackson River latter
part of last week.
Those who took 'em off before
last Saturday came pesky near
freezin'.
Let us hope that real summer
time will bring us so much OF hap,
yiness and prosperity that we will
forget the frost bites.
Wanted-A woman for general
housework for family of two. Mid
die age woman preferred. Perma-
nent home for right person.
Mrs. Walter S. Thomas,
Methodist Parsonage,
Crabbottom, Va.
The dregs of winter make bit
ter drink.
A bear chase, such as the Cow
pasture huntess enjoyed last week.
IS a rare thing for Highland in this
day.
A Kansas town has just sold its
jail building and applied the funds
to the installation of Zig ht plant.
The purchaser will use the cages
for chicken eoops. The lookup
had not been used for six months
and it's sale was recommended by
the mayor. II often happens that
village iails are not used as they
ought to be.
Have you noticed how ragged
and neglected Main street appears?
He. Pope finished the founda.
ton work on the garage and light
plant on Thursday and went to
Franklin. He will return in about
80 days to lay some cement walk
Mrs. Lucy Curtis, who spent the
winter with her daughter in New
Mexico, is now at her old home on
the Cowpasture River and came to
Monterey Monday accompanied by
her brother, Geo. L. Hook
A. V. Huyler, of New York is
spending few days at the Monte
rev StockFarn. McssrsPayton Cole,
W. H. LanAhorn, Edgar Bradley
and Il. d. Forsythe. of Albemarle,
were his guests early in the week.
The "Highland Chapter, U: d.
c., organized last Thursday at Nc
Dowell, is fully reported by our
Doe Hill correspondent. 1t was an
important and interesting occasion,
but as our time and space are pref
ty we'll taken up this week we re er
our readers to our correspondents
report.
We do not know that this Section
suffered heavier loss by the freeze
than SINE other parts OF the state
but Highland was hard hit. Ap,
aLo,,t tho pnlv variety al