Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-24
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs-Brief News
Notes-Peopie at Home and
Abroad.
Elmer Pullin left Monday for
Elkins to accept a position.


in town Monday.
W. B. Freeman, of Top Ale
ghany, Sundayed in Monterey, re-
turned Monday morning.
B. F. Hiner and son, of Jacksons
River, were trading at the mill here
Saturday.
DR.. Vaiden's mother, Mrs. S. B.
Trescott, of Cleveland, Ohio, is
visiting him at his Monterey home.
Mrs. Laura Messersmith, of Au-
gusta county; paid a visit to High
land relatives last week.
G. J. Hiner and Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Stephenson, left Wednes-
day morning to attend the Hills
F. boro horse show.
CT. Wiley, of Jacksons River,
made a business trip to town We'd
nesday.
Master Charles Trimble. while
with his father on his Strait Creek
farm last Friday, fell from fence
and cut an ugly cash above one
eye.
Roy Pullin, who has been work.
ing in New York City for two years
returned to Highland Tuesday.
Dutch Gum has resigned his pc
sition in the Monterey posfoffice.
Dutch has been called in the first
Highland army draft.
A. A. Wilde and E. E. Hopper,
of Charlottesville, came out Sunday
to see Mrs. NJ. E. Wood, who is
very sick. !
w. H. Vance, of the Mcdowell
community, visited his daughter,
Mrs. H. c. Lunsford, few days
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Matheny
and children spent the week end
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
T. Bird on Back Creek.
Geo. Waybright, of the Blue
Grass Valley, was trading in town
Monday.
About 100 pairs of ladies coarse
and fine shoes will close out at less
than old price. R. M. Trimble, q
Madaline and Jeneveve Noel, of
Dunmore, w. Va, are visiting their
aunt, Mrs. Paris Johnston.
DR.. W. R. Siron's friends were
glad to see him in Monterey We'd.
nesday.
J.C Simmons and John Elyard,
of Eastern Highland, were in Mon
terey Tuesday.
Rev. Josiah Beverage, of the
Doe Hill community, spent Tues
day night at the home of Arthur
Heyener west of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Wade and
son, Aanson, of Back Creek, paid |
Monterey a visit Wednesday, the
latter to take the physical exami'
nation of the army draft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Hawley,
of New Paris, Ohio, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Byers, Castine, o., were
accompanied to Monterey by Mr..
and Mrs. Jasper Simmons, one day
last week.
Saturday, Aug. 25th is the day
set for hauling away the accumu-
lated rubbish about town. Be sure
and have it ready and on the curb
of the street, so it can be found.
We kindly ask all Highland SOL
der boys to write the Recorder
letter occasionally while in camp,
etc, Your friends back home will
be eager to hear from you.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. P. Jones, of
Covington, have been visiting the
formers old home. This local was
Internationally omitted last week,
Kenneth C. Bird, now one of
Uncle Sans boys, arrived here
Saturday to spend short while at
his Back Creek home. He has
been made lieutenant and is
now stationed at a southern camp.
Mrs. H. Il. Terry and several
children, of Jacksons River were in
Monterey Tuesday. Her son,
Frank brought them up in their car
J. K. Johnston, of Frankford,
W. Va, came over to visit High
land relatives Tuesday. On his
way across the Allegheny he saw
two young bears near Sherman Bus
sard's. He got in about 80 yards
of them They were about the size of
a shepherd dog.
The examination of the 90 men
summoned in the second call is
still in progress. We hope to be
able to secure a complete list by
next week of all those who have
passed and likely to 60 into train
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