West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-25
Tunne1ton


Leo connell was visiting home folks
at Cumberland for the week end
j. j. McKone was at Westernport
Saturday and Sunday the guest OF his
parents.
Frank w. Candy. district superin-
tendent of Portland district. was here
Saturday attending institute
Miss Mearl Dorsey was the guest of
Mrs. w. J. Lavelle Friday when she
attended the literary contest and
teachers institute of the following
day.
| Mrs. Belle Helmick of Fairmont. is
here the guest of her sister. Mrs. A..
j. Bonafeld.
| George Pierce was the week end
guest of home folks. returning to the
university Sunday evening.
George Watson OF Masontown. was
here Saturday and Sunday the guest of
friends.
| Mrs. Will West was visiting King
wood friends Tuesday OF this week.
| a. III. Halbritter is at Bergman this
week assisting in the invoicing of the
stock of the Bergman store.
| Miss Nell Frantz came up from Row
lesburg Friday and spent the week.
end with home folks, returning to her
school duties Sunday evening.
Mrs. Thomas ]. Sweeney and little
son were here for the week end the
guest OF her parents, A. T.. Frantz and
wife.
| Marcellus II. Conley, one of the good
unterrified citizens of the Campground
settlement, was here Saturday visit
ing his brother, DR.. A. c. Conley.
| Mrs. Frank Hagan, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. ]. Nc
Kone, for the past two weeks. re-
turned to her home at Westernport
Sunday.
j. Frank Craig. who is at present
working in Clarksburg, was here
Sunday visiting his family.
The Newburg helping engines are
now being coaled at the local station.
which insures more steady employ
ment to the miners at this point. It
is to be hoped that the coaling of these
engines here will become permanent.
Elisha Hawley, formerly a resident
of TOWNSVILLE and a veteran of the
Civil War, has moved his family into
the Margaret Cross property on Tun-
mel hill
Squire j. Willis Halbritter has been
housed up for the past week with a
severe attack of the grippe.
Mrs. William A. Watson suffered an
attack of acute indigestion one day
last week but she has. we are glad to
state, recovered and is once more en-
joying her usual good health.
Mrs. A. j. Bonafield, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Forrest
Hutton of Huttonsville, for the past
month or so, is now here with her son,
Guy NJ. Bonafield.
Messrs. Oral Wolf and Tim Durr
returned from Clarksburg Saturday,
where they had been on a pleasure
trip.
Miss Louise Hagans came over from
Oakland Friday and assisted in rem
dering the musical part Of the pro-
gram for the contest that evening.
Rev. l.. l.. Lightner, of Terra Alta,
was here Sunday and held services
in the local Baptist church that even
ing
Mrs. Lena Fleegle and daughter,
Miss Ada Vanderhoff, were shopping
one day in Grafton during the past
| week.
Russell Gibson, wife and two chill
dren of Terra Alta, were here Sunday
the guest of Mr.. Gibson's mother Mrs.
Sarah Gibson.
Mrs. Leota Brown is in Grafton
visiting her son, John II. Brown.
Miss Hazel Rutherford of Thornton.
is here visiting Mrs. Will Watson. Jr.
Mrs. Frank Frazier and son of Hon
olulu, II. l., are here the guests of
Trueman Frazier and wife.
The institute held Saturday was
well attended and there were many
visiting teachers here from the neigh
boring schools.
The painters are now at work fin
ishing up the new high school build
ing and 1t will not be long before it
is ready for occupancy.
S. III. Rodeheaver, better known as
Sunny SAM" was here Tuesday de-
livering the history of Preston county
to those who had subscribed for the
same.
Thomas Fisher went over to Terra
Alta Tuesday and drove his new Ford
machine through to the Coal Center
that same day. He made the trip all
right and ayers that IT was a good
christening for the car.
Miss Christina Steel Of Austen, was
here Saturday shopping.
Tom Wright and Bud Spangler, two
OF Austen's best. were here Tuesday
circulating among their friends.
The many friends of the venerable
Or. A. G.. Conley will regret to learn
that he Is confined to his bed with a
very severe attack OF grippe. Doctor
Conley is the oldest member of the
medical profession i'm the county and
is well known throughout the county.
Manager George Brown OF the local
opera house is to be congratulated
upon the excellence OF the moving pic
lures he is now furnishing the public.
II is a well recognized fact that this
is not only one OF the most popular