Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-09-06
POUNDING MILL NEWS.

More, Of Max Meadows. opened the
public school here Monday The cnil-
dren, SO far, are crazy about them.
,, They board with Mrs. G.. II. Traycr.
Mr.. and Mrs. james l.. Dawson
and two pretty children. Of Hunting
ton. w. Va, came up from Norton
today i'll their fine Overland and took
| supper with their aunt, Mrs. Mary
Christian and family, after which
they started thru to Princeton, w.
Va. for the night, hoping to reach
huntington tomorrow.
Mrs. G. NJ. Hunter and Mrs. j..
Sanders Gillespie, james end Charles
Hunter motored to BMeiicld today,
taking in the Fair.
The following persons motorcd to
Wittcns Mills last Wednesday, to at
tend the county convention of the
Womans Christian Temperance Un-
ION. viz: Mrs. Martha Sparks, Mrs.
W. b.. Steele. Miss Ollie Kate Giles
PIE OF this place, Mrs. II. a. Repuss,
president of the Cedar Bluff Union. A
most delightful dinner was served i'm
the church by the Indies of TINT un-
ion. About rs ladies were present.
with the county president, Mrs. w. G.
O'Brien, presiding, who, with all the
other county officers, were rc.clcct
ed. The convention WAS grand
success. Cedar Bluff will get the
next convention.
Mrs. X. X. Gillespie WAS nble to
come down to the delight of her
many fricRds. Her mother, Mrs. Mary
O'Keeffe, of Tazewcll spent Sun
day with her, while Mrs. james G.
Ot'Kceifc, of Bluciicld. is now visit
ing her.
DR.. Rex Steele is sufficiently 70.
covered from his burns as to have
his hand unbound and is able to dress
himself again. 10 the delight of his
"mammn" He and his fnthcr, w.
B. Steele, motorod TO Cedar Blur
this p. M.
Miss Barbara Hurt has gone to
west VirgnLa To teach ~ nine months
school Mt 500 per month.
Miss Ollie Kate Gillespie, Jim Sam
Gillespie and David Hurt are attend
ing the Tazcwcll High School.
Mrs. Martha Sparks visited he,
sister, Mrs. Mary Maxwell in Blue
field last week.
The Womnn's Christian Temper
aance Union elected the following Of
hcers at their last meeting here:
President. Mrs. w. B. Steele: vice
president, Mrs. Martha Sparks: Cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Thomas
Ringstaif; Secretary, Mrs. james If
) Johnston; Treasurer, Mrs. G. Ii. Rob |
inett.
The following persons from this
pace attended the flag service II,
Cedar Bluff church Sunday at 3 n,
m, by Rev. II. l.. Kclso, Of tbc Al
T.. Church at Tazcwcll MIR. and Mrs.
j. Il. Altizer, and family, Mrs, Mar.
tina Sparks, Mrs. w. R. steele, and
guest, Mrs. C. H. Bclcw, of Bristol:
the flag contained 81 staru, repre-
senting 27 young men from Tint
place who had entered the army. The
sermon was most excellent one and
was heard by most everyone at Cc-
dar Bluif and surrounding ncighbor-
mood. An Offering of nearly $50 was
gwen Tor army chaplains and Ilin-
wassa College.
Will Reese Sparks, son onf Mrs.
Martha Sparks has landed safely ov-
crscas.
Mr.. Robert Williams returned to
inns place from the Panhandle of
West Virginia and will make his fu |
turc home in the old home near the
quarry, recently vacated by Mrs. Ju-
lia Williams. His friends were all |
glad to see him. His son, Harry, is
overseas, having enlisted when only
years of age.
Mrs. Henry Christian sprung n
surprise on his relatives and friends
here when on Saturday afternoon no
brought home his twO-wcck's bride
She was Miss Music, from Clevc-
land, Va. They will reside here with
ms mother, Mrs. Mary Christian, un-
I'll he is called to the army. He re-
signed lucrative position as stem
ograph9r, bookkeepcr and tima- keep
or IN south Carolina and accepted II
place at the Boxley Quarry.