Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-12-17
Local Miscellany.

ID County Commissioner Daniel Hef-
I,.hower has bought the James prop
3 erty at Rippon.
: Miss Helen F. Young who volun-
. l..ar,ad as a nurse in the army has ar
VaJ safely overseas. She sailed from
{ Now York November 20.
rrnder the direction of Miss Ethel
: uacarrv a Christmas play will be
7 'mr ~ inthe Baptist church at
ebenandoah Junction on Xmas eve.
If Robert L. Bates of this county
,,bo has been connected with the army
n~e', rS bureau at CampLee has been
transferred to Fort McHenry, Balti-
, more.
The Ransom School will hold their
, Christmas entertainment Tuesday,
december gath, at 2 p. m. A silver
offering will be taken for the benefit
Of the school.
There has often been a mistake
~ tbe name of the car that Irwin &
V;rts sell which we correct at this
ltime. They handle the Oakland and
not the Overland.
| Sergeant Richard Martin who was
in training at Camp Colt, Gettysburg,
Pa. has been mustered out, and is
now visiting his parents, Mr.. and Rich
ard Martin in Ransom.
Died at Chunite, Kansas, Mrs. Es-
Itelle Dawes Peters. Mrs. Peters
visited relatives in jefferson county
several years ago. She was a first
cousin of Miss Julia Merchant.
John Porterfeld and J. Frank Turner
who have owned the Cattail farm of
3S1 acres Jointly since 1912 have nego-
ltiated a sale. Mr.. Turner disposing of
| his interest to Mr.. Porterfield. The
consideration was $40 an acre.
The display windows of many of
our merchants have been beauti-
fnllv decorated for the Christmas
season and made very attractive by
the good taste displayed in the ar
rangement.
Mr. William .Riddleburger who has
been in the employ of the Bethlehem
Steel Company near Baltimore since
| being compelled to engage in war
work has moved back to Charles Town,
and has resumed his former position
in the Racket Store.
The patrons and teachers of the
Summit Point public school will
serve supper and ice cream on New
Years night, January /, 1919, in the
school building, the proceeds for the
purchase of a school piano. We ear
nestly request the cooperation of the
community.
Oscar K. Phillips has sold his home
on South Church street to Mr.. }. W.
Moore of the Bardane neighborhood.
Mr.. Moore and his sister will move to
Charles Town in the spring and occu-
ON the property. The sale was mode
through the Moore Insurance and
Realty Co.
Private Roger A. Clipp in the army
ordinance service in France has been
heard from since the armistice was
signed. As a driver of an ammuni-
ton truck he was in some very close
places during the heavy fight z from
July TO November. His frier ds ajoice
that he escaped injury.
Mr.. D. c. Fulton, Secre. airy of the
Jefferson County Board Ct Civil : ---
vice Examinations has received nc
tice advising stenograi hers a1I
others expecting positions under The
civil service should not come to
Washington unless they have deih-
mite offer of appointment.
Among jefferson County soldier
BOYS who have received their honor
able discharge and have returned
home are: Roger Manuel from
Camp Meade; Charles Trussell, from
Camp Meade; Edgar Jacobs, from
Richmond Training Corps; Fairfax
Milbourne, from Camp Lee; Ray
mond Long from France.
News has been received of the
death of Mrs. Anna Rebecca Hunter,
in Denver, Colorado. She is survived
by two sons, Harry and Thomas
Hunter, of Denver. Mrs. Hunter was
born in Charles Town January 1883
and was the daughter of the late
Jerves Shirley Gardner, and widow
Of Captain John w. Hunter, C. S. A.
Private William McSher1y and Pri-
vate Charles Trussell have arrived at
their respective homes in the county,
both having been discharged from the
army. Private Raymond Long who
was with the Areo forces training in
England arrived in New York the first
Of the week and is expected to reach
his home in Charles Town at any time.
Boys in the Spruce Production Di-
vision doing government work IN
Washington and Oregon are on their
way home. A telegram from Hugh
Rouzee one of the Spruce producers
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. A.
Rouzee, in Ransom stated that he had
left Vancouver Wednesday and would
reach home Tuesday
Mrs. Geneva Currie, wife of Mr.. D.
]. Currie died in Fairmont, w. Va,
Wednesday, aged 70 years. Deceased
was a native of Winchester, and resld-
ed inthis county many vars ago. Sur
viving are her husband, three daugh-
ters, one son, and three brothers,
Mess. James W. and w. ]. Gore, of
this county, and Joseph Gore, of Bal
timore, Nd. Her two brothers in this
county will go to Fairmont to attend
the funeral today.
Attorney Charles N. Campbell, as
sistant u. S. District Attorney, with
offices in Martinsburg, was in Charles
Town on business Wednesday. 1t will
be gratifying news to his friends in
this county to know that he has beer
promoted to the position of First AS
sistant District Attorney succeeding
Joseph ]. O'Brien who resigned. Mr.
Campbell will enter upon his work as
First Assistant January l.
Roy Wageley, son of Mr.. JOIN
Wageley, residing north of Leetown
was killed in France a short time be
fore the end of hostilities. His nanl'
appeared in published list of casual
tiles on Saturday. Roy was employee
at McKeesport, Pa, when he enteret
the army, and he enlisted there. Hi
father survives along with three broth
ers, one of them, Arthur Calvin Wage
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