Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-17
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LOCAL NEWS
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to Crabbottom Monday,
Miss Evelyn Jones returned
home Tuesday.
Miss Sallie Gillespie, of West,
Va, paid her brother, John, a visit
last week.
Mrs. J. C. Matthew returned first
of the week from Marlinton; re,
} ports Mr.. Matheny improving.
MIR. and Mrs. Luther Hull, of the
Hightown community, were In
Monterey Wednesday on business.
Messrs Coe and EdwardBeverage,
of Pocahontas, are with their faith
e., w. A. Beverage, whose illness
is referred to in another column.
Miss Mary Bess Bird, of Elkins
came over Wednesday to nurse s.
C. Eagle, of Doe Hill, and was met
here by Josiah and Alfred Eagle.
Kindly get your articles for pub
LEGATION in by Wednesday if posi-
BILE. The delay causes us extra
work and longer hours.
Miss Grace Hiner daughter, of
Mr.. and Mrs J. L. Hiner, won the
silk parasol in the contest held uere
last week bv the DR.. Wells Medi-
cine Co. The price being for the
most popular young lady.
J. W. Hevener, A. J, Terry and
J. H. Armstrong Supervisors held
their regular monthly meeting last
Monday, going over the regular
work of the Office. No new bus
mess came up for consideration.
Arlie Swecker and Guy Hamil-
ton, who are in the u S. Ambu-
lance service, have each spent a
few days at their respective homes
this week, Crabbottom and Nc
Dowell. They are training "some
where in Pennsylvania"
Mrs. Lucy Crawford and sister,
Miss Sallie A. Hiner. of Staunton,
have been guests of Mrs. j. Z.
Arbogast since last week.
Mr.. A, D. Gum, of Back Creek
sent TO his daughter, Mrs. Ohio
Wade, a FalloN alter apple of the
1916 crop, which was not only well
preserved but retained an excellent
flavor. The cool summer probably
accounts in some measure for Its
preservation sort of cold storage
effect.
Elsewhere in today's paper we
publish a second call made by the
local exemption board, This is
necessary because of the large mum,
Der of exemptions, physical and
otherwise, resulting from the first
list of Sc examined. The exact
number obtained from the first call
is not yet known, but it falls TAR
below the county's quota OF 43.
Prof. E. T. Hildebrand, of Bran
don Institute, Basic, Va, will have
his mems Quartet sing at the morn
ing services of the Methodist church
at Mcdowell on the coming Sun
day, Aug. 10th. On Sunday after
noon of the same date the quartet
will sing at Doe Hill and give a
concert at the same place on Mon
day night, Aug. goth.
An auto outing party of young
people from Franklin, among them
Herbert Anderson, Ralph Hiner,
and VIM. Mccoy spent few hours
in Monterey last Sunday.
The excursion parties Sunday
left the town unusually quiet and
cut down the church attendance.
Those who went to Bolar found a
large number of Sunday visitors
there, machines parked all oyer the
premises.
The hay harvest has brought
some interruption to the street
work, some of the men dropping
out for the more urgent work.
Progress is being made, however,
and this week will find the work
practically completed along the
two blocks between the court house
and Methodist church.
At the meeting of the Board of
Supervisors last Monday, G. M.
Lunsford resigned from the super
intendency of the S. & P. pike.
The Board hasn't made any ap-
pointment to the place yet. The
appointment carries with it much
worry and criticism, like all road
offices, yet they have to be filled,
Mr.. and Mrs. V. B. Bishop, &C
companied by Mr.. Bishops sister,
Mrs. Taylor, of Elkton, left early
in the week for Greensboro, N. c.,
to be present at the marriage of
their neice, Miss Matte Bishop.
Miss Bishop is the younger daugh-
ter of J. C. Bishop, formerly a
well-known Monterey merchant.
A seedy, dusty looking tramp,
advanced in years, walked into
town Saturday night about 9
o'clock, coming from the west, and