Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-05-04
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs-Brief News
Notes-People at Home and
Abroad.

William Hevener of the Blue
Grass section was in town Thursday
Geo. W. Greaver, of Staunton,
is here this week doing some plas-
tering.
W. NJ. McNulty, of McD DWELL,
spent Monday night at Hotel Mon,
terey.
( A. A. Shumate, who has been
: working at Hot Springs, returned
home this week.
See the new Dodge car adv in
this issue.
June Trimble, of the A. M. A..
Fl. Defiance, is at his home here,
arriving Wednesday noon.
Miss Amy Samples was con fined
to her room several days by an at
tack of measles.
L. A. Carichoff, of Staunton,
formerly of Monterey, who was
critically i'll all winter, is said to be
somewhat better.
Miss Edna Campbell, of Back
Creek, has been the guest of her
sister, Miss Lena May, for several
days.
Postmaster, J. A bitelsw,
has had his new quarters hand
somely finished with metal ceiling
and papered walls.
R. A. Jones is arranging to build
new house on the vacant lot ad-
joining the Jones property on West
Main street.
c. W. Trimble has purcha sed
new Dodge touring car and George
Brock Buick.
We received this week three obit-
uary of Mrs, Ephriam Simmons,
and selected the first one. We
make this announcement so the
other writer's will understand why
the selection.
Don Sullenberger is having a
handsome rock wall built around
his yard. The native red rock with
cement base will make a very at
tractive fence.
Taylor and Maria Daugherty,
respected colored people who have
been living in the Hightown COM
munity for year, are this week
moving to their home on Noun
tain Top" east of Monterey.
Mrs. Bessie Showalter, who has
resided here for a couple of years,
has moved back to the Warm
Springs, her former home.
To take 'em off or leave 'em on,
that's the question:
The closing days of April and
first of May have furnished such
chameleon-like weather antics that
the reporter grows dizzy trying to
keep up with it.
The war scare is not materially |
retarding the sale of automobiles.
C. NJ. Lunsfor2, with five helpers,
made trip to Washington early |
in the week, bringing back six
Fords, J. NJ. Colaw also got a
couple Dodge cars recently from
Covington.
The May communication of
Highland Lodge falls on Friday
the 4th.
The first quarterly conference
for Monterey circuit, NJ. E. church
south, will be held at this place
May II and 18th. This will be
the first round for the new presid-
ing elder, Rev. G. A, Richardson
Mrs. C. T. Bird, of Valley Cen
ter, passed through town Tuesday
onsher way to the home of her
daughter, Mrs Snead, at Romney,
w. Va.
Misses Mamie Bratton and Het-
tie Stephenson, of the Bolar COM
munity, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. D. C. Graham several
days, returning home Monday
While here Miss Hettle had a mild
attack of German measles, of which
several cases have been reported
in the county recently.
Henderson Bishop, student of
the University of Virginia, spent a
few days with his parents here, re-
turning to Charlottesville on Mon
day.
"May makes the hay" and the
start is suspicious.
Relatives and friends of Mrs. l..
L. Lowance will be pleased to learn
that she is doing we'll under treat
ment at the University hospital,
and thought to be on the safe side.
Messrs ]. B. Slaton, of the Au-
gusta Wood Produck Corporation,
Deerfeld, Va, and w. I. Alexan-