Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-06-29
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
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yard, Friday June 20, from to III
p. m.
N. B. Arbogast, Of Durbin, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. FL. M.
Slaven.
Miss Lucille Gum, of Vanderpool,
has Just returned from visit to
Greenbrier county, W. Va.
Mrs. H. P. Patterson has been
on the sick list for a week or more.
DIG. Ruckman, of Staunton,
was in Highland a few days this
week.
DR.. B. T, Swecker returned from
Richmond Wednesday where he
has been taking State Board Exam
nation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Bowman,
of Franklin, We're guests of Mrs. g..
P. jones Monday and Tuesday.
T. H Slayen, G. T. Shumate,
June Trimble, E. T. Hevener and
Charles Pullin visited the National
Capital this week.
June Trimble has new five pas
senger Overland car.
Highland Lodge, No. ITO, A. +.
& A. M, meets to night, Friday,
June 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Slaven, who
have been in the Valley of Virginia
since April, returned to their home
last Saturday.
DR.. l. Il. Trimble, his daughter,
Miss Maud, and James W. Sipe, of
the Valley City, are this week
guests of Monterey relatives and
friends.
Those who found it too wet and
cool in early June. have had the
other extremes this week.
Tilden Mullenax, of Lone Foun-
tain, was in Monterey Monday.
He has been working at Deer6eld
for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. H B. Slaven and
family, of Harrisonburg are spend
ing this week at Monterey, Mr.
Slaven's old home.
The children's Day service Sun
day morning at the Methodist
church was. an excellent one, the
entire programme we'll rendered
and much enjoyed by the large au-
dience present.
Hon. James G. Kemper and Mr..
Croft, both of Augusta, were in
Highland last Friday, spending a
few hours in Monterey.
Mr., and Mrs. J. E. Peterson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Gibson and son
Paul, of Parksburg, Pa, motored
to Highland last week and are the
guests of Mcdowell relatives and
friends. The party, Joined by
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Peterson and
Mrs. Jos. Whistleman, of Mellow
ell, passed through Monterey Tues
dav enroute to Meadow Dale.
H. B. Wood received a telegram
from Mrs. Wood last Saturday
night, stating that her youngest
sister, Miss Ruth Holt, died in
Atlanta hospital while undergoing
an operation on Friday last. Ow-
ing to the delay in transit of the
message the former was unable to
be present at the funeral The
MANY friends of Mrs Wood were
sorry to learn of the sad news.
E. B. Gianniny, State Food In
spector, Staunton, visited High
land this week. He gets around
about once year in the county.
Rev. J. C. Thrasher will preach
at Hightown next Sunday evening,
July at 8 o'clock.
The U. D. c. have on exhibition
at D. Fl. Peterson & Go. store a
blue print of the bronze tablet to
be erected at the Mcdowell battle
field. The lettering is large and
clear. The Daughters deserve a
great deal of credit for the work
they are doing.
A new paper, the Catawba Sun
bean," has made its appearance.
It is issued once week at .Cataw-
ba Sanatorium. 1t hopes to get
it's support principally from patients
and ex- patients. No doubt but the
Sunbeam will be a useful organ of
the sanatorium. R. B. Stephen
son, Highland boy, is associated
with the new paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moomau,
and Miss Name Wilson, of Char
lottesville, and Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Moomau, of New York, were
guests of Mrs. G. P. Jones We'd
nesday, going on to Franklin Thurs
day to visit relatives.
Among the large number of Po-
cahontas people who attended the