Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-03-24

PoUDING MILL NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Trayer's little
daughter, Louisa, ten and half years
old, is very i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. L. l.. Hunter and Miss Har-
dina Hunter, fortnight guests of their
brother, G. M. Hunter and family,
left OH No. 5 this morning via Co
eburn and Gate City for their home at
boswell, Va. These charming ladies
made number of friends while here
who will look forward with pleasure
to their promised visit next fall.
Mrs. Albert Horton and her little
daughter, of Raven, are spending the
week with her sister, Mrs. w. G.
Gillespie.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Christian are
proud grandparents over the arrival
of q son ut the home of their daught-
er, Mrs. j. d. Wright at Athens, w.
Va.
R. K. Gillespie has the grip; his
wife is also indisposed.
The crochet club will have it's first
meeting on tomorrow from 2 to s at
the home of Mrs. c. Craig. Refresh
ments will be served. This club ex-
poets to meet every Thursday, the
entertainers names being taken al
phabetically. The ladies hope to get
better acquainted, love each other
better, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Riley entertain
ed Rev. w. S. Bullard to dinner on
Sunday.
Mrs. Kate McDilda, of Cedar Bluff,
will preach at the Holiness church
next Saturday night and Sunday at
IL n. m.
Rev. w. A. Conner, of the Hnoa-
ker NJ E. Church, will preach at the
Union church next Sunday night, in
stead of Saturday night as hereto
fore.
Rev. Mr.. Hughes, of Dante, the
Episcopal minister, filled hi regular
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. &. M.
Hunter. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Red, of
Gate City, a cousin and Mr.. Roy
Chism, of Brooklyn, N. Y, were also
guests.
Mrs. Nancy Davis went to Rich
lands Sunday to see her great neph-
ew, Will Rees, the little son of DR..
and Mrs. w. R. Williams, who con-
tinues very i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. X. Gillespie on
last Saturday entertained the follow
ing persons to dinner: Mrs. Mary
O'Keeffe; Mrs. Sanders Gillespie, Mr..
and Mrs. c. M. Hunter, Mrs. Hardenia
Hunter and Mrs. L. L. Hunter
P. II. Williams, who recently re-
turned from the South, was here re-
Gently the guest of his neice, Mrs.
Julia Williams.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union will meet at the Union church
on next Sunday at $3.50.
Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Thomas have
as their guest, their son, Mr.. Thomas
England, of Kentucky.
Mrs. Gus Duncan, is very i'll at her
home near here of pneumonia. She
She is the daughter of the late John
VanDyke, and sister of Robert
Vandyke, whose death was mentioned
recently in these columns.
Mrs. George Duncan returned Mon
day from English, w. Va, where she
visited her daughter, Mrs. Curtis
Shamblin.
Friends here received the announce
ment of the marriage of Miss Vivian
Tabor, of Wilcoe, w. Va, to Mn. Mich
olas Verano. The bride formerly re-
sided here and is n popular teacher
and is the daughter of Mrs. Rosa Ia
Dor and the late Hugh Tabor, the lat
ter being also an educator and among
our best citizens. With many others,
we offer congratulations. They will
make their home at Welch, w. Va.
John Whit spent the week end
with homefolks at Paint Lick.
j. B. Gillespie left Monday for Coe
burn and points east.
School is progressing nicely under
the management of Miss Bessie Say
ers, who so kindly remained to finish
some grades. She has very large
school.
Mrs. Susan Ringstaff is great
grandma again, fine baby having
arrived at the home of her grand
son, Mr. Clarence Mulkey at Peters
burg. Mr.. Mulkey was principally
raised here and handles the express
in that city.
On Sunday afternoon quite num-
ber of youngsters, children and older
ones, visited the big rock on the noun
tain southeast of here. Many were
pulled up by ropes.