Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-08
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs-Brief News
Notes-People at Home and
Abroad.
Uncle Sam was elected.


Jack Bishop returned home this
week from the University.
J. w. Newman. of the Blue Grass
valley, paid Monterey visit Thurs
day.
Mrs. Eugene Hanley and broth
er, W.T.. Jones, of Hightown, were
in Monterey Tuesday.
Mrs. Fl. B. Wood left last Friday
for her old home in North Carolina,
to visit her parents and friends.
Ira. @. Simmons and son, of
Fishersville, spent several days IN
Highland latter part of last week.
Mrs. Joseph Barkman, Of Staun-
ton, visited her sister, Mrs. W. II,
Matthew, first of the week, return
ing home Thursday.
John Slaven, WHO'S taking bust
ness course at Dunsmore College,
Staunton, returned home Wednes-
day.
Ed. Swecker, qualified Thurs
dav as Admr. of Martin A. Colaw's
personal estate.
William Mccoy. Editor of the
Pendleton Times, and sister, Miss
Alice, of Franklin, spent short
while in town Tuesday.
Several Montereyans attended
the Hightown revival service We'd
nesday night and report an inter
esting meeting, there being 10 penl-
tents at the altar.
Miss Irene Hevener, of the M
B, Seminary, Staunton, and MISS
Mary Hevener Of the M. II. 81
who made a visit to Culpeper coun-
tv at the close of their respective
schools, have returned to their
home at Hightown.
Mrs. Homer Stephenson returned
Wednesday from Stanton where
she had gone for treatment two
weeks ago. She is improving and
stood the trip home very we'll
w. W. Wagner, who has been
working in Akron, O., is home on
a short visit. He speaks OF plenty
of work and high wages.
Among those returning from
school to register or remain during
the summer vacation we mention
Arch Wagner, of the Richmond
Dental College, and Guy Carson, a
pupil Of Staunton school.
Miss Hazel Terry left at the
close of the school here for trip
to Richmond and Farmyllle, her
purpose being to take in the COM
menencement exercises at the lat
ter place.
Miss Cammie Walker, who has
been a pupil of the High School
here for two sessions, left Tuesday
morning for her home in Greenbrler
county, W. Va
Albert Meyers, of the Doe Hill
community has received his dlplo-
ma of vetinary, from Vetlnary
Science Assn, London, Canada.
John S. Wallace, of Back Creek,
was in town Monday. He was &C.
companied by Miss Ada S. Light
ner.
Howard Cclaw, of Kansas, who
was summoned To Virginia by the
death of his brother, NJ. A. Colaw,
of Crabbottom, was in Monterey
Monday in company with Albert
Bland, of the Crabbottom valley.
Geo. W. Botkin, of Augusta,
who is visiting his old home in East
ern Highland, spent Monday night
in Monterey.
Fl. M. Slaven and A. P. Gum
made trip to the Valley City last
Saturday, returning by way of
Harrironburg and Brldgewater.
The Board of Visitors of the Uni
versity of Virginia awaded Thomas
Fortune Ryan Scholarship to John
H. Bishop. Each year the Board
of Visitors awards a scholarship to
a student from each of the ten con-
eressional districts of Virginia.
"Jack" has been honored with the
scholarship for several terms.
The following old veterans are
known to have left Sunday for the
reunion at Washington: W. A.
Cunningham accompanied by Mrs
Cunningham, Alfred Necomb,
Wesley Kincaid, G, J. Hiner.
Josiah Wilson, B. H. Blagg, Mus
toe Corbett, J. G. Pruitt and And
J. Simmons.
Mrs. Mary Swadley, of Dayton,
came out last week to be present
at the sale Of her old home, adver-
tised for SATURDAY. The home,
among the desirable ones of that
section, was offered, but bid in by
Mrs. Swadley for SO, 900, the price
not being what she was wiling to