Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-09-07
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed ParagraphS-Brief News
Notes-People at Home and
Abroad.
September came in hot and dry


home in Staunton Wednesday.
Last week in reporting the
kamp Kill Kare item, in some way
the chaperone's name, Mrs. Paul
Slaven, was omitted.
S. B. Gibbs of Bolar, and son,
Harry of Covington paid Monterey
visit Monday.
Mrs. Mary Dudley of Hightown,
was a passenger on the Staunton
mail car Wednesday.
Isaac Simmons, Lower Strait
Creek sold a lot of big cattle Mon
day the average weight being
1897 pounds.
Kindly report any unusual crops
this year; whether it be large yield
or new method; let US profit by
your experience.
Miss Kate Gibson, who has been
spending a while at Bolar, returned
home this week.
Miss Nell Hiner and Mrs R. S.
Sillings of Staunton are visiting MI
and Mrs J. Ed Arbogast.
A large delegation from the Mon
terey Methodist Missionary Society
will attend the district meeting to
be held in Franklin Friday and
Saturday, 7 tn aud Sth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Grover
man, of Youngstown, Ohio, are the
guests of the latter's sister, Mrs,
E. B. Jones, arriving Monday.
Miss Malinda Craigwall and Miss
Hopkins, of Gainesville, visited
Mrs. Geo. Swadley and Mrs. Lloyd
Sullenberger a part of last week.
Mrs. Sandy Stephenson and little
daughter, of Williamsburg, W.
Va, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
p. Gum this week,
Capt. James Bumgardner, dis
tinguished lawyer and veteran OF
Stanton and we'll known to the
people of Highland, died early in
the week, aged about 81.
VIM. A. Stricken, OF Ellenboro,
who Joined his son and family on
their Highland visit, was in Mont
Grey a while last Monday,
Ebert Gum, formerly with the
Citizens Bank but now holding
position in Charleston, W. Va,
spent Sunday with his parents in
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. 81. Brown and
Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Gillespie, of
Cass, w. Va, who are motoring
through to Salisbury. Nd, passed
through Monterey Thursday morn
ing.
Misses Bonnie and Maggie Rex
rode went out to Stanton We'd
nesday morning to see their father,
T. J. Rexrode, whose condition for
the past few days has been regarded
as almost hopeless.
The rock crushing outfit has been
move from the Stephenson sand
quarry to the limetone east of
town to prepare material for finish
ing the street macadam.
Robert McClintic, of Bath coun.
ty, accompanied by his sister, Mrs.
F. S. Suddarth, of Grafton, W.
Va, and Miss Mary McClintic and
Maud Bragg, visited Crabbottom
friends last week. Mrs. Suddarth
remained few with Misses Mauzy
Business meetings held here on
Saturday last by the Farm Loan
Bank, Highland Mutual Fire In
surance Co., and Mutual Telephone
Co., drew a large crowd of people
from the county. The Recorder
man was not able to attend any of
these meetings and has received
from secretaries no report of the
proceedings for publication.
The councilmen elected in May
to serve for the ensuing term quail
fed on Sept. l. E. B. Whitelaw
and L. H. Stephenson are the new
men on the list. The work of the
council in recent years has been
along progressive lines, and the
task of making Monterey a cleaner,
prettier town is we'll on the way.
Miller V. Bishop. who held a po-
sition for several years in Senator
Martins office at Washington, has
received from the War Department
a commission as First Lieutenant
aviation section of the Signal Corps.
He is spending few days with his
parents here, waiting for orders to
report for duty at Fit. Sam Houston
Texas.
Isaac White br ought to town a
few days ago some sample heads of
his 1917 buckwheat crop, and it
looked good, even to the inexperi-
enced layman. Mr.. White said it
was the best filled, heaviest buck
wheat be had ever seen. 1t is grow