Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-25

1S'ns have made their appear
lice about town

hce about town.
> d. 0. Bird, of Back Creek, spent
wv ednesGay n5gnt III town.
Mrs. Charles Eye, who lives two
miles north IT toan, has been very
sick for week or more, is now. I'M
proving.
The few spring like days this
week have put the ball fever IN our
boys.
Edward Simmons and family
have moved to t e Durbln neigh
borhood for the summer.
Miss Matte Campbell is recoyer-
ing from a right severe attack OF
grip.
Don Sullenberger went out to
Stanton early III The week, re-
naming a couple of days.
E X. Samples has broken ground
for his new shop on South Mill
street.
DR.. l. H. Trimble, of Staunton
and Mrs. EstelIe Hevener, Of Way
ntSocru, came uHi ,asi Thursday
and spent several days with their
ia her MIR. John T:lui;io, win" has
been very feeble for few weeks.
an vet in the m1rket 10 sell
two o,pt stock uut,ets. Come TO
see me. u lHe 'ncW,
Rt. l. Monterey, Va.
DR.. May Filming, who left here
last fall to become superintendent
of a hospital at Tabrlz, Persia, is
said to be near Erzerum, the Turk
isk stronghold recently taken by
the Russians.
Tuesday was a fine sugar day.
Complaint is heard, however, that
the water is not as sweet as usual,
due, doubtless, to the mild winter.
While no one can tell with any
degree of certainty, we hear some
predicting short season and a
small output.
Recent sunshiny windy days
have greatly improved the roads,
and, with the exception of a few
bad places, they are reported in
fair condition.
A private letter to a relative
here announces the death of Mrs |
Matte Johnson, daughter of Oliver
Armstrong, a native of eastern
Highland but for long time a
resident of Fauquier county
Miss Sallie Slaven. daughter of
the late H. A. Slaven, who made
her home with her aunt, Mrs. ".
H. Wilson on Strait Creek, was |
taken to the University hospital
last week for an operation for ap
endicitis. She was accompanied
by her physician, DR.. Walden, Mrs.
Maud Ralston and Miss Ward Gum.
The two latter, aunt and cousin,
respectively. reside in the Meadow |
Dale neighhorhood.
IL. Beverage returned latter
part of last week from Warm
Springs where he had Teen called |
bv the illness of his brother-in-law, |
J. D. Showalter. W. A. Beverage,
who went with his son, remained
until this week. Mrs. Showalter
had Just gone to the University
hospital when her husband became
i'll, and was called back before re
ceiving treatment.
Berlin Beverage, of the Strait
Creek community, will today (Fri-
dav) leave for Lexington, Ill. He
had us to send him the Recorder.
From now till March the 18th l
will pay the highest market cash
price for all kinds of Raw Furs.
st R NJ Trimble J
The Victor Talking Machine Co.,
has just installed a new needle
that plays from so to 200 records
or more, which means that you
only have to change needles every
10 days to 3 weeks. This makes
the "Victor" the Worlds best.
Prices of Victrojas from SIS 90
to 5000 90 and higher. For sale
by Fl. NJ. Slaven, Jeweler
The young people of the Presby-
terrain congregation met on Friday
night last and organized a West
minister League, with something
like % members. active and asso-
ciate. The officers elected were,
Robert Sterrett, president; R. A.
Jones, vice president; Miss Halle
Herold, Secretary; Willie Mackey,
treasurer.
The Social Service Committee of
the Monterey Auxiliary of the
Womau's Missionary Society of
the Methodist church, has furnish
ed the room above the Citizens
Bank to be known as the Social
Service Reading Room and Library.
If will he onened each afternoon