Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-02-23
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs-Brief News
NoteS-PeopIe at Home and
Abroad.

bone of winter is broken.
d. C. Graham returned Tuesday
from Staunton.
Are you good and ready for the
/ sugar season?
Mrs. Frank McNulty, of Crab
bottom, has been spending this
week with Monterey relatives.
Miss Sallie Bell Arbogast, form
erly of Monterey is patient at
the University hospital.
Willie Mackey has gone to Staun-
ton to take business course in the
Dunsmore Business College.
Dewitt Ralston, son of Jared
Ralston, and Miss Blanche Hiner.
of the Doe Hill community, were
married Sunday last, Rev. Wendall
Allen officiating.
DR.. Miller returned to his home
in Monterey Tuesday evening.
A large number of Highland
horses went over to the Harrison
burg market this week.
The sale of J. R. Chestnut prop
erty has been called off, having
made other arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Pruitt were
overlooked by US last week in
mentioning the sick.
The March communication of
Highland Lodge No. 10, A. F. &
A. NJ, falls Oh the I'd of the month.
Miss Florence Slaven, who has
been afflicted with some sort of
growth on her neck. went early in
the week to the University hospital
for treatment. E. B. Jones, her
guardian, accompanied her.
Miss Laura Craner, of the NJ
H. S. faculty, who was called home
month ago by the illness of her
father at Stuart's Draft, returned
last week to resume her school
work.
This week brought some real
spring-like weather, taking the
freeze out of the timber and open
ing the 1917 sugar season.
A gang of nomads, usually desig-
mated gypsies, passed through
town Wednesday, going west.
There were s or 10 persons little
and big-half as many vehicles,
about 10 horse skeletons and some
dogs.
4 meeting of the Stock Show
directors is set for Friday, March
2nd. A full attendance is desired
by the president.
Martha Washington Candy
received fresh each week.
Highland Mercantile Co.
The first Saturday in March is
the date fixed for meeting of the
adjourned session of the fourth
quarterly conference, Monterey
charge, M. E Church, South, for
final settlement of the years bust
ness. The meeting will be held at
the parsonage at l p. m.
The Highland Chapter of the
United Daughters of Confederacy
will meet next Saturday afternoon,
Feb. "a, at 2 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. H. B. Wood All members
are urged to be present.
Mrs. H. B. Wood, Sec.
Miss Virginia Graham spent the
weekend in Stanton with her
brother, Dennis, who is attending
Dunsmore school.
Miss Lura Hiner, who under
went an operation at the Univer-
sity hospital month or so ago and
who resumed her school work here
last week, returned Tuesday to her
home at Doe Hill, her health being
such as to deem this the proper
course. Her friends here hope she
may soon regain her strength.
The Times Record, of Spencer.
W. Va, devotes its front page to
the evangelistic meeting now being
held there by Rev. kenton H. Bird.
One of his workers says, she has
the power of Paul; the eloquence
of Patrick Henry; the oratorv of
Demosthenes; the wisdom of Solo
mon, and the patience of Job.
Mr.. Bird is known to a number of
Highland people, having lived part
of his early life in Highland and
Augusta counties.
J. Hull Kramer, of Top ALE
ghany, spent Wednesday night in
town.
We regret to learn of the illness
of J. Glen McNulty, Highland
boy who has been employed for
several years at Switchback, VIVA.
His health had not been robust for
some time, and a recent attack OF