Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-04-18
SHARPSBURG NEWS.

David !. Lewis Poffenberger, two
year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. Curley
Poffenberger, was playing round a lire
that Mrs. Poffenberger made TO burn
refuse stuff near their house on Mon
day, when he rolled into the fire, burn
ing himself badly. The little fellow
was barefooted besides. DR.. Bushong
was called and attended to him. mrs.
Poffenberger was nearby and quickly
pulled him out His burns are not
really serious.
John Shipley was in our town on
Tuesday, and says he likes his new
home and has caught one fellow in the
act of stealing a can of lard and other
articles. John would make a good de-
tective. Pinkerton will be after him
soon.
Miss Christine Brown, of Martins
burg, is spending couple OF weeks
with her cousins, Misses Munson, near
the Dunkard church.
Leo Smith is expected home on a
ten-day furlough in few days.
The recruiting officer who is located
in Hagerstown was in our town short
time on Tuesday, doing some advertis-
ing.
Arthur Dorsey and Evans Poffen-
berger, who have been at Camp Gordon,
Georgia, wrote home that they would
be transferred elsewhere but did not
know where.
Hezzie Hetzel, who ran the automo-
bile livery for the Line Hotel at Keedys-
Vile for three years, quit and has been
q
carpentering, but intends going back
gang, where he had been employed be-
fore going to the hotel. Hezzie says
he never lost a day in the three years.
The three-year-old daughter OF Car
rott Tucker, who resides on one OF the
Wade farms near Antietam Iron Works,
has a very bad case of dropsy. They
have employed regular nurse besides
the doctor to attend it, but is improving
very slowly.
Fred Souder, who died at the home
of his uncle, Albert Keyfauver, at Por-
terstown, was aged l6 years, 9 months
and 81 days. He had been at the Mary
land State Sanitarium during the win
ter, but was brought TO his home only
a few weeks since. He was a bright
young boy. He leaves father, Frank
Souder, of New York State, and a twin
brother, Ralph, who resides with the
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Souder. of this place. He was a reg
ular attendant of the Reform Church
at Keedysville, where his funeral was
preached Sunday afternoon by Rev.
Mr.. Harner. lnterment was made in
Mountain View Cemetery, ofthis place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Hall Wilson and
little son, of Hagerstown, spent, Sunday
with Mrs. ]. G. Wilson's family.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Alderton and
child, Of Berkeley, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Levi Benner and children were visitors
for week at their former homes here.
Jack Champion was one of two fami-
lies that was short Of house to move
into the lst of April and expected TO
move to Hagerstown, but now has rent
ed the Mrs. Stewart home, bought by
Elmer Boyer.
Mr.. Elias Spong, who is in his 84th
year, is confined TO his bed again from
a recent fall.
Raleigh Sherman came up from
Washington last week and with u. S.
Myers and o. T. Reilly went to Ha-
gerstown and opened the G. F. Smith
will. He also had the personal prop
erty appraised by S. II. Neikirk and
David Hess. Ii will be sold later.
Mrs. Smiths heirs also will have sold
at the same time household effects OF
Mrs. Smiths that have been there since
her death.
Master Clyde Peyton, who was oper-
ated on at the Hagerstown hospital for
appendicitis, is getting along nicely.
Alvey Leatherman, tenant on the
Charles Dorsey farm, has been very
i'll with pleurisy and pneumonia.
Frank Boyer, who was called home
by the death OF his mother, has been
ordered TO Baltimore to get on another
vessel Miss Pearl Boyer has return
ed to Washington to remain until May,
and then will come home TO remain for
some time.
Our old friends J. Lester Otto and
wife Mary, of Hagerstown, were down
at LISTERS home over Sunday.
The rain, sleet and snow played havoc
with the trees Of all kinds last week
Some were almost stripped of their
branches Antietam Cemetery was q
sight The maple trees and weeping
willows seemed TO have gotten the
worst Of it. They will be weeks get
ting them shaped up.
Several more persons were baptised
in the Antletam Greek last week, con-
verts OF the Church OF God revival.