West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-09-24

Festival TOR the benefit Of the L.. b
church Saturday night.
Guy NJ. Bonafield of Tunnelton. was ,
business visitor one day this week.
Hon. VIM. q. Brown and secretary
Foster Zeigler were here from Washington
over Sunday.
Travelling drug salesman Harry Buch
OF Wheeling, was calling on the trad,
yesterday.
Miss Gertrude Rodeheaver is here from
Clarksburg for few days visit will
home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thomas OF Fair
mont. are visiting the latter's mother
Mrs. f. NJ. Menear.
A. + Bolyard and Warner Shaffer are
in Fairmont in attendance at the big X,
OF Z. convention in session this week.
Ross G. Jackson. c. w. McNary and
II. q. Schaetier will go to Fairmont in
the morning TO attend the Pythian con.
vention.
Elmer +. White of Detroit, Mich.
where he is manager of the Grand Union
hotel, is in the city this week visiting his
mother.
George b. Evick has gone 10 Clarksburp
where he as accepted a position in meat
market. HIS wife will join him in few
days and locate there.
Civil engineer Silas c. Stathers. now
located at Weston but who formerly had
headquarters in Kingwood, was the week
end guest OF Cashier l.antz aud other
good friends
Returns from the state wide prohibition
election held in Virginia Tuesday indicate
majority OF more than %, 900 i'm favor
of the drys. An unusually heavy vote
was poled.
y festival will be held 10y the ladies of
the L. b. church in the KEGS store build
ing, West Kingwood, next Saturday eve
ming. Proceeds for the benefit of the
church. All are cordially invited to at
tend.
Ira Whetsell and family have moved
TO town from Mannheim where they have
been located for some time. Mr.. Whetsell
has purchased an interest in the Price
street restaurant from his brother Junior
who has gone to Wellsburg.
Mrs. J. f.. Murdoch will leave tomorrow
Tor Belington 20 attend the district con-
vention OF the Daughters of Rebekah AS
delegate from the local lodge. Mrs
Matte Field will accompany Mrs. Muir
dock and tl.ey will visit other points be-
fore returning.
Attorney V. b. Dunn, wife and daugh-
ter are in Fairmont attending the forty
fifth annual session of the grand lodge of
Knights of Pythias. Mrs. Dunn's sister
Miss Louise Waters, accompanied them
and will remain in Fairmont where she
will resume her duties as nurse i'm one of
the hospitals there.
Adam +. Ridenour of Albright. has
been employed as teacher in the King
wood school and took charge OF the 9TH
grade work Monday. An extra teacher
was considered necessary because of the
increase in the number of pupils in at
tendance this year, more scholars being
enrolled than ever before in the school
history. Mr.. Ridenour comes well recon-
mended and will no doubt add strength
to the teaching corps. On account OF
Miss Copeman's resignation, b. +.
Steward has been secured to teach one of
the grades for this term The grade
teachers will be rearranged so as to ac-
commodate the big increase in attendance.
In the primary grade 1T has been found
necessary to hold two sessions daily, part
of the little ones attending in the forenoon
and part in the afternoon. Work has
started off nicely and the prospects for
good school year are bright.