Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-01-07
highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragra phs-Brief News
Notes-Peeple at Home and
Abroad.


Muddy roads put automobile
out of commission last week.
Il you break the good resolutions
save the pieces.
' Richard Sulenbcrger gave {
birthday party on Friday night.
J. A. Fleisher spenta short while
in town Monday and reports hi:
health unusually good.
When You write it wrong, just
rub out the 5 and make.it 6.
The old year was a boisterous
one abroad.
Mrs. L. II. Stephenson and
daughter, Miss Josephine, have
gone to California for protracted
visit.
w. A. Campbell and DR. Mccoy,
of Franklin. were among the holi-
day visitors to Monterey.
Misses Grace Hiner and Virginia
Graham each entertained some OF
their young friends ct social tunc'
tons during holiday week.
We are in recei Ut Of letter from
J. H. Botkin, Of Lexington, ILL
He sayshe could not get along With
out the Recorder, and has DIES g
mated it q letter from home"
England will seize the mails,
say the head lines. American girls
expect to do that much this year.
There are many objections to
the toll gates but they are hard to
beat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy G. Obaugh, Of
Mcdowell, motored to Monterey
Tuesday. They were accompanied
by Pinckney Ralston and S. b.
Hammer.
we give most of our space to
post-holiday news from county cor
respondents. IN interesting article
by an exposition visitor will begin
next week.
Mrs. James Simmons, of Thorn,
gave birth to a child wednesday
that weighed 49, pounds and was
two feet long. The child did not
live.
Gasoline is looking for the high
cost of living.
See the closing out sale of W. G.
Hull in this issue. Some wonder
full bargains can be had.
We are in receipt of lengthy
clipping Oh good roads from an Ok
lahoma paper, and note the fact
our former Highlander, j. Il. N.
Cobb, is a moving spirit in the
work. The article says among
other things, "When such men as
secretary J. Fl. n Cobb get in be-
hind n movement it naturally fol-
lows that things will be stirring"
Miss Sadie Simmons, whose i'll
ness at an Elkins hospital was
mentioned before the holidays,
died early last week and Nher re-
mains were brought to Durbin for
interment on the 9th of December.
She was 10 years of age and a
daughter of Lafayette Simmons
who formerly lived here.
Her brother, William Simmons,
attended the burial at Durbin.
At a we'll attended meeting Of
Monterey lodge, l O 0 F: held
on Saturda, night, the following
officers were installed: Elmer
Samples, noble gTau''; W. E. Gum,
vice grand; H. H. Pu,lin, Secretary;
w. A. Cunningham, treasurer.
At the last meeting of Highland
Lodge, No, 10, A. F. d A. NJ,
the following officers were elected
and installed for the ensuing year:
E. A. McNnlty, W. NJ; Tobias Me-
Clintic, S, " ; DR. c. B. Fox,
Junior warden: A. NJ. Eastman,
Treasurer; J. Il. Pruitt, Secretary;
Paul >laven, Sr. d d. Il. Peter
son, Jr. d.
FOR SALE--1 leather covered
couch and l woman's combination
book case and writing desk For
information concerning above artl-
Giles apply at this office. 1t
J. A. Lowman, of Dayton, reach
ed NJ ,nter ey wednesday afternoon.
! Mrs. Dennis Gum, Of Meadow
Dale. and Miss Juniata Gum. OF
Vanderpool, are visiting at Mellow
eli.
I can have your broken and
damaged jewelry made "better
k's>@sYs@, :, s, ,.n.o,..
Acting upon>the authority given
by a vote of the town last fall, the
council has issued one $500 bond