Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-10-20
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
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Notes-People at Home and
Abroad.

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Miss Amy Samples has accepted
position as saleslady for Highland
Mercantile Co.
L. M. McClung, of Bullpasture
River, was in Monterey on business
Thursday.
See the big closing out sale of E.
A. Wade & Co. in this issue. They
are offering exceptionally good bar
gains.
Mrs. A. L. Jones and little
daughter went to Staunton first OF
the week to visit relatives.
A. A. Dever, of the Soldiers
Home at Richmond is on visit to
Highland relatives. He paid the
Recorder a visit Thursday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Liggett, of Staun-
ton, arrived last week and will
spend the winter with Mr.. and Mrs
W. Fl. Matheny on south Spruce
street.
Miss Bess Bishop left Wednesday
for several weeks visit to her
cousin, Miss Matte Bishop, OF Bos-
ton, Mass.
Mrs. Ida Sterrett, after visit to
friends and relatives in several
sections of this county and Poca-|
.hontas county, returned to Staun-
ton Wednesday.
A number of renewals are being
added to the 1917 column. You
save fifty cents by keeping your
subscription paid in advance.
Lewis Simmons, of Marlinton,
came over Tuesday and is at the
home of his son, Floyd Simmons:
on Strait Creek
Mrs. ]. W. Boyer, of Woodstock,
is now at her old home in Mon
terey, arriving Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. WA. Beverage are
this week visiting their son, Ed
ward Beverage, at Haywood on the
Greenbrier;
Basil 1. Chapman, of Richmond,
has been in Monterey during the
present week.
The third quarterly conference
for Monterey circuit will meet
Monday morning at the Methodist
church. Preaching by P. E., II.
A. Brown, at St. Creek Sunday
morning an at Monterey Sunday
night.
DR.. Flory, President of Bridge
water College, with eight helpers,
representing Missionary Band, "
STOPPED in town a few minutes Mon
day on their return from visit to
Allegheny.
The new Lunsford building is
nearing completion and is one of
the handsomest business houses in
town. One room has been finished
for Charles Diggs, the barber, and
he expects to move in this week.
yerdis and Rumsey Helnick,
two brothers serving Jail sentance
for a minor offence, were put on
the road force some three week ago,
a small daily allowance being made
for their work. Mondy morning,
instead of taking their place on the
lob. they walked out of town and
have not yet been located.
The county was visited by a
much needed rain Wednesday
night. River courses and small
streams were very low and the
ground, too, was dry. The Nc
Dowell will, which depends upon
water power, was unable to grind
but a short time each day, hence
the rainfall proved a blessing in
many ways.
Mr., and Mrs. L. NJ. Pope, of Doe
Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Fl Shumate,
of New Salem, accompanied by
their guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
CARRIER, Mrs. Martha CARRIER and
Miss Kerlin, all of Timberville,
motored through the Crabbottom
valley, via Vanderpool Gap Tues
day, and spent an hour in Mont
Grey on their return.
Miss Bessie Gum, of Hightown,
returned Monday from Stanton
where she had gone a second time
to the K. D. hospital for treatment
and consultation. No further OPP
Grafton was necessary and she was
much encouraged by her trip.
A small chestnut crop does not
depress the local merchant. The
supply is ample for the small boy,
and that is the first consideration.
W. W. Wagner has just returned
from the X. D. hospital. He lett
here three weeks ago for Ohio but
became i'll and was hurried to the
hospital where an operation for ap-
pendicitis was found necessary.
Since announcing that we will be
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