Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1915-08-31
Local MISCELLANY.

: Misses Mamie and Nellie Eddy hav
purchased the Joseph Buddenhag
: house of seven rooms with bath o
Fifth avenue in Ransom, through tn
Moore Realty Agency, paying S1.i5t
Miss Esther West, of Nippon ha
: been engaged to teach the Frankli
school in Pendleton county, w va.
Mrs. |. w. Dick ha sheen anpointe
a teacher in the Charles Town Grade,
and High School.
Judge John NJ. Woods has bee
quite i'll al his home in Martinsbu,
suffering from acute bronchitis.
Mrs. J. Butler Ronemous, of Shep
herdstown underwent an operation O.
Tuesday and is getting along nicely
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Brock
man on Thursday daughter.
Mr.. Raymond Glen, of Lurav Va
is rapidly improving
Little Mary Boone Peyton, of Char
les Town had her tonSils removed o,
Thursday.
Miss Nettie Dorsey, of Washington
was operated on Friday afternoon 10
appendicitis.
Mrs. Robert Gibson, of Shepherds
town came to the hospital last Fri
day and submitted to a serious opera.
ton on Thursday and is doing as we.
as could be expected.
William Z. Kearfoot, Of Kearneys.
Vile, who last sprin1 graduated ton
the virginia Polytechnic Institute a
Blacksburg, Va, has secured a posi-
ton on an engineering corps of the
Virginia Railway, and began his work
on Monday. His headquarters for the
present will be Victoria, Va.
Mr.. R w Dunaway has on display
in his front window a very large
apple which has attracted a great
deal of notice. 1t weighs one pound
and six ounces, is of the Pound varie-
ty and was raised at "Snow Hill. ]"
having been sent him by Miss JAMIE
Littleton.
The CONTRACT for the Shepherd Col
lege dormitory az Shepherdstown has
been awarded by the Board of Con-
troll to Glaize & Bro, of Winchester.
Va, for S17,994. The work is to be
completed by February ]. Mr.. F. 0.
Trump, of Kearneysville, made a bid
of S18,997.
Mrs. James Green Aldridge enter
tanned delightfully."- at Heart Dice,
Tuesday in honor of her sister, Mrs.
H. B. Baylor, of Atlanta, Ga. Quite
a number of guests were present Al
one O'Clock course luncheon was
served. The prizes were won by Mrs
J. L. Luke and Mrs. Geo. Washington.
The Clarke Cavalry had an enjoy
able reunion at the home of Mr. David
Meade, Jr., at White Post August
list The dinner was a feast. The
officers elected for the ensuing year
are; President, Nicholas More vice
president, P. Mccormick secretary.
w T. Milton; treasurer, R. o. Allen
Next years reunion will be the home
Of Mr. r. 0. Allen. near Summit Point
Miss Emma Hooe, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Alex Hooe, of Charles Town,
and Clarence Downing, captain of the
HiJhlandtown Fire Company. were
married August 18th, Rev William
Batz, pastor of Zion German Evange-
lican Church, of Baltimore, perform
ing the ceremony at the parsonage o
the church, 923 South East avenue
After the wedding a reception was
rendered the couple at the home OF
the groom in Baltimore, where Mr.. and
Mrs Downing will reside.
Al the regular meeting of the Board
of Education of Kabletown district
held August "a, it was ordered that
all schools of the district open or
Monday, September 10, and that al
teachers employed must before that
day, file with the secretary teachers
certificate, contract with the trus-
tees, certificate OF attendance at the
County Teachers Institute and secure
their school supplies. Truant officers
were appointed for each sub di trict
Summit Point, H Lee Hulver RipDon
and Wheatland, Daniel Heflebower
Kabletown and MyersJown, ] Frank
Mason Fairmont, Thos. N. Hill
The remains of Mrs. w. F. Lynch
were brought here recently from
Beaver Falls, Pa, for burial. she hav-
ing died August 17th of tuberculo
sis. She is survived by her husband
and four children, Frances, Louise,
William and Wilton Lynch and son
Nelson Farmer by former mar iage
also her mother, Mrs. Jas. Willingham,
and two sisters, Mrs. F w Sager, OF
Charles Town. and Mrs Virginia Find
ley of Parkesburg, Chester county,
Pa, and three brothers, J. Ed. Will
ingham, of Parkesburg, Pa. ] A. VIII
ingham of MCKeesRockS, Pa and ]
Baker Willingham, of Charles Town,
The Northern Virginia Power Com
pany is installing a new water wheel
of the vertical or umbrella type on
the Cacapon river about five miles
west of Berkeley Springs. The wheel
will generate 1900 additional horse
power In order to make this install
lation, it IS necessary to eXcavate the
solid rock bottom of the river to a
depth of about IS feet and at the
same time do this excavation without
interference from the water in the
river. A large Golfer dam has been
erected surrounding the area to be
excavated and rapid progress is be-
inn made by a large force OF EN-
DlOyees, assisted by electric pumps,
hoistS and steam drills. This addl-
tional power was made necessary by
the large increase of mills connected
to the lines of the Northern Virginia
Power Company. particularly around
Martinsburg, which is now the centre
Of the territory supplied by them.
Mr.. Carl Kahn has accepted a posi-
ton with the office of prominent law
firm in Baltimore and will take up the
study of law. We wish him success.
Mr.. Chas. Clymer has finished the
stucco work on Mrs. Joseph Trapnells
residence on George street, and Mr..
W. w. johnson is now painting the
wood work.
Mrs. Robert Gibson of Shepherds