Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-06-07
PERSONAL NOTES.

full days. Mr.. Bennett, with his wife anc
son, J. w. Bennett, Jr., stopped off il
Jefferson county for few days TO have {
glimpse once more OF the scenes of his
boyhood, and from here went TO Holm:
Institute, where he has daughter attend.
ing school. Mr.. Bennett was son o
Captain Burberry Bennett. well-knowr
resident of this county long before the
Civil War, his mother having been Mary
E. Creamer. Captain Bennett and his
family and histwo brothers-in-law, Lewis
and George Dreamer, went west in 1855
and located In the neighborhood of ST.
Joe. Mr.. Bennett was small boy when
he went West and in these 60-odd years
has been back to his native county but
twice yet he has retained in his mind an
accurate picture OF the scenes around Duf-
fields, and upon returning here was able
TO find his way from place to place by the
old roads over which he travelled when a
boy. The roads are better now than
they were then, and there are many
changes, but he found many OF the old
landmarks still here. Mr.. Bennett is
cattle salesman for the Missouri Live
Stock Commission Company, and is pros
porous and prominent in this section.
Mrs. James s. Phillips and her little
grandson, Phillips Berkeley. left the first
of the week for Charleston, S. c., where
they will be with Pay Director Phillips,
who has been in the government service
there for some time past, on duty at the
Charleston Navy Yard.
MIR. Jas. B. Osbourn, OF the Duffields
neighborhood, has been in Washington
this week attending the Confederate re-
union, and while there went over to Fort
Myer TO the officers reserve encampment,
where his son, Cleon S. OSbourn, is in
training.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Offutt and their
son Hobart, OF Hampshire county, and
their daughter, Mrs. Wolford, OF Mineral
county, are in Shepherdstown this week
attending the commencement exercises.
They drove here in their automobile.
Among the Confederate veterans from
Shepherdstown and vicinity who are in
Washington this week attending the re-
union are Jos. B. VanMetre, John H.
Schoppert, Geo. w. Osbourn, J. Fred
Keplinger and Remington Spots.
Mr.. Hugh w. Hammond left few
days ago for Detroit, where he will make
study OF automobile construction and
work along this line until he has become
thoroughly acquainted with the habits OF
these machines.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A, Lamon have as
their guests Mr. Robert Lamon, brother,
from New York City, Miss Virginia Gold,
near Winchester, Va, and Mr.. Lee Slater,
a midshipman on the battleship PennSyl-
vania.
Dr.. P. Garfield. OF Paw Paw, w. Va,
has been in town this week attending the
commencement exercises al Shepherd
College. His daughter, Miss Virginia
Canfield, is one of the graduates this
year
Mrs. Rosa Myers and Mrs. Shaulter
Trussell, OF Washington, and Mrs. Allen
Myers and Mrs. D. Allen Entler, of Mar
tinsburg, were visitors at the home OF Mr..
ana Mrs. ]. H. Robinson the past week.
Mr.. Frank w. Muzzey drove down
from Philadelphia with his family last
Thursday in his new Haynes touring car,
and spent several days with his parents
at Rockland, near town.
Miss Ethel Emerson, OF Falling Waters,
and Miss Florence Glover, of Martins
burg, were guests at the home OF Miss
Mildred Mae Rice at Bakerton the past
week.
Miss Georgia Ewers, Miss Frances
Pownell and Mr.. Thomas Ewers. OF
Hampshire county, are among the COM
mencement visitors this week.
Mr.. Orland E. Hoffman, who has been
working for some time past in the rifle
works at Eddystone. Pa, came home TO
register for military service.
Miss Gladys Smoot, Miss Bessie Ra-
mey and Miss Frances Spiggle, all oil
Woodstock, Va, are guests of Miss Ethel
Hamrick in Shepherdstown.
Mrs. Edna K. Gaines and Miss Audrey
Gaines, OF Washington, are at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. d. F. Koontz. east oil
town, to spend some time.
Mr.. Taylor Bragonier, who is with the
Norfolk & Western Railway at Roanoke,
came home TO Register and 10 spend a
few days with his friends.
Miss Lalah Scott, OF Parsons, w. Va,
here attending the commencement ex-
ercises, staying with her sister, Miss
Ethel Scott.
Mr.. Samuel g. Williamson, who has
been working at Homecoming, Md, is
spending this week at his home in Shep-
herdstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas F. Kerfoot, OF
Hagerstown, spent couple OF days here
the past week with the family OF Mr.. w.
L. Arthur.
Miss Charlotte Remnant, who taught
the past year at Davis, w. Va, has lin
ished her term and is home for the sum-
mer.
Mr.. VIM. E. Heskitt, OF Piedmont, for-
merly of this place, made brief visit 10
Shepherdstown the first of the week.
Mr.. Roy Bell, who was a student at the
West Virginia University the past year,
is home for the summer vacation.
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