Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-11-03

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J week.
D. R. Cobb, of the Hightown
neighborhood, was in town We'd
nesday on business. He recently
bought the Botkin place south OF
town.
Miss Amelia Stephenson, of the
faculty of the Monterey High
School spent the week end at her
home at Bolar.
Mrs. H. F. Herold, of Mill Gap,
is this week visiting her daughter,
Mrs. E. B. Whitelaw.
C. c. Burns, of Valley Center,
passed through town Monday on
his way to Staunton. Miss Lura
Doyle, WHO was on her way to visit
her sister in Richmond, accompanl-
ed him.
Mrs. Arthur Long, of the Luray
section of Page county, has this
week been the guest OF her TREND
Mrs. Paul Slaven.
October 1916 will remain on re-
cord as one of the finest ever.
H. ]. Page, of Naples, was in
town Tuesday on GUINNESS.
Mrs. L: Homer Stephenson, of
Meadow Dale, spent Wednesday
night in town.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gum and
family attended a reunion of Mrs.
Gums family held at Barlow last
Sunday. William Taylor, of Pull
man, Washington, is on a visit to
his relatives in the two Virginias,
and it was in his honor that the re-
union took plack.
Mrs. T. J. Wagner, of Straight
Creek, last week underwent an
operation at the X. D. hospital in
Staunton, and her friends will be
glad to learn that she has since
been doing we'll.
A large number of Montereyans
went to Staunton Friday and Sat-
urday to witness "The Birth of a
Nation" and all expressed them
selves as we'll paid for their trip.
Jack Carpenter, of Durbin, was
in Monterey Tuesday.
One of the largest droves of
lambs of the season passed east
ward Tuesday. Their standing on
the stock market this year gives
them a right o'-way on any
thoroughfare.
There will be a regular communi-
cation of Highland Lodge No. ITO
on Friday night, Nov. 3
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Fl. Barlow, Of
Hunterville, W. Va, spent Sunday
in Monterey.
E. T. Hevener returned Monday
from White Sulphur where he went
for his Hudson car which he left
there several weeks ago on account
of a break down.
We are indebted to E. K. Rex
rode, of Crabbottom, for some fine
specimens of apples. The largest
of them is the fall pipin variety,
one of which weighs p pounds and
measures IA inches round. The
others are about as large as the
one measured and weighed.
Dave Walton, the Woodstock
drummer, paid Monterey visit
Monday, and reported that L. A:
Orndorff wishes to be remembered
to his many Highland friends. Mr.
Orndorff kept store in Monterey a
number of years, and is widely
known among our people.
Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 5
o'clock, Mrs. Paul Slaven gave a
delightful social in honor of her
visitor, Mrs. Arthur Long, of Lu-
ray, Va, who has been her guest
for several days. Fancy work of
different kinds was INDUCED in by
a great number of the guests, At
the close of the evening most de-
licious refreshments were served.
Mrs. Bessie Fitzhugh, who, with
her two children, has been at the
home of her parents on Strait Creek
during the protracted i'll health OF
her husband, left Wednesday for
Culpepper county where she will
meet DR.. Fitzhugh, his condition
being such as to admit of his leav-
ing the hospital.
AMr. and Mrs. William Taylor, of
Pullman, Wash, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Enoch Taylor, of West Virginia,
spent a day or two this week with
w. E. Gum near town. The
Messrs Taylor are brothers of Mrs
Gum and native West Virginians.
The first named was among the
lucky farmers of the West who had
big crops of grain and sold at high
prices. His wheat crop amounted
to $3.50 bushels, and oats 5000.