The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-07
COUNTY
NEWS EVENTS
ARE REPORTED
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WESTON. Sept. Tho twelfth
annual convention Of the BraNtou-
Lewis County Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will he held at
huntsville September :. fine
program is to be carried out
The camp meeting at Beechwood
park has been pretty well attended.
The next few sessions promise to be
more interesting, and are rs fol-
lows:
Thursday night Tho Worlds
Greatest Need"
Friday night why We Are Sew
NTH Day Adventists."
Saturday night tereopticon Ice
ture on India and Its People"
Sunday night Does This World
War Prove Christianity n Failurc?''
by Arthur G.. Daniels, president OF
worlds conference
Fine music at every service. Ev-
rybody is invited
An ice cream festival viii be given
Il the Methodist Episcopal church on
Polk creek Saturday evening. Sep
tembcr .. at o'clock. Proceeds for
the bencflt OF the church. Everybody
Is cordially invited
Tho ] =. Jordan family reunion
will be held at the Jackson MIN park
next Sunday All members OF this
clan are requested to be present there
at 10 o'clock
Mrs William Bushicld. Mrs. 7. o.
Freeman and Mrs. s. II. HilBinger.
of Ohio. have hcen hero visiting their
sister, Mrs j. S. Vnndcrvort, on
Main street. They motored through
in car
S. l.. Richards. the well known
lumberman, accompanied by Mrs.
Richards and DIR. NJ. u. Cure was
taken to st. Mary's hospital at
Clarksburg Monday evening, where
she was operated on for appendicitis
The many friends OF Mrs. James
r. Eassar will be plensed to learn
that she returned from Terra Alta
very much improved in health.
Tho Smith family annual reunion
will be held Mt the Smith Run church
Saturday. September o.
Harry T.ightburn. of Lakeland,
Fla, is here on business trip lie
is enjoying good health and he and
the family are doing we'll. He was n
former county clerk.
Mrs. II. 8. Hefner returned Sunday
from visit with her husband. DR..
Hefner, at kalamazoo, Mich, where
he Is taking treatment for bronchial
trouble. She reports him doing we'll
and he will soon be home to resume
his practice as n dentist.
Prof. F.. E. Knight. of Jane Lew.
was here Saturday on his way to SUIT
ton to assume his duties as princl-
pal OF the high school.
Miss Margaret Holt, daughter Of
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. s. Holt. is arranging
to go to Boston. where she Will spend
about ten months in the conservatory
of Music.
Mrs. Bruce Heater and children
have returned from visit with her
parents Mt Charleston. Her sister,
Miss Lillian Young, accompanied her
home for visit.
Mrs. o. B. Middleton and Mrs. II.
Nd Hall are both in the st. Agnes
hospital at Baltimore, and have been
operated on successfully.
Tho Peoples United Telephone
System, operating in this and adjoln-
ing counties, was denied the right TO
raise its rates at hearing before
the public service commission at
Charleston last week.
Monday evening the Standard
Bearers of the local Methodist Epis-
copal church. had very enjoyable
outing at the Jackson Mill park.
The public schools Will open here
next Monday, including the grades
below the eighth also the suburban
schools.
]. r. Rollins, of Dunbar, near
Charleston, who was resident Of
this county some years ago, Is here
on a visit. He has been blind for
twenty years and travels alone.
aaror 1890