Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs-Brief News
Notes-People at Home and
Abroad.
Join the Red Cross. All it requir
es is a dollar and a heart.

eS Is QOllaT anu Il nedIl.
Mrs. A. L. Jones, submitted to an
operation recently for throat trou-
BILE and is doing well.
J. H .Pruitt and Willis Gibson
went out to Staunton early in the
week for hospital treatment.
J. G. Hiner and w. E. Gum who
have been on the sick list are i'm
proving.
L. NJ. Wooddell, of huntsville was
in Monterey Friday last and dropped
in to see us.
Misses Nellie Beverage and Annie
Grace Hiner spent few days in
Staunton, returning Sunday.
Russell Gum, of Pittsburs arrived
Monday to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Lee Gum, at Vanderpool.
Miss Ethel Waybright has been
the guest of Mrs. L. Lunsford this
week.
A first class assortment of solid
and gold filled Bracelet Watches at
H. NJ. Slaven's Jewelry Store.
Judy Swecker, of the U. S. navy,
and stationed at Hampton Roads,
passed through Monterey one day
this week on his way to his home in
Crabbottom.
Sunday was balmy as spring time
and Charlie Pullin, while in Mellow
ell, killed a water moccasin sporting
on the banks Of Crab Run.
E. NJ. Arrbogast, of Marlinton, w.
Va, spent Sunday at the home OF
his brother, J. E. Arbogast, West
Main Street.
A gift that ould bring the great
est joy to many homes this Christ
mas il s'ldier boy i'll the family
stocking.
Now we are listening for some one
to work up sympathy for the poor
coolies when all the succulent, tooth
some American boys shall have left
France.
The 4th and last quarterly confer
ence for Monterey charge met Mon
day morning in the Methodist church
The Red Cross Doll contest will
interest all the little girls and their
mothers. See advertisement of D..
II. Peterson & Co., in other column.
An ex-county man, ordering sup
ply of buckwheat -four from the Nc
Dowell mill Highland buck
wheat, like Highland people, is the
best in the world"
Why thousands of boys are not
coming home every day is a puzzle
to the layman. Economy, common
sense and justice would seem to de-
mand it.
Mrs. James Ryder, of Clarksburg,
w. Va, came to Monterey early in
the week to see her aunt, Mrs. Sallie
Rexrode, who is critically i'll at the
home of Henry Halterman, north Of
town.
J. H. Bishop is to arrive Thurs
day to spend a few days with his
parents. He expects to return first
of the week to the University having
been given a place as instructor in
one of the Law studies there.
Let Alma Gluck >sing to you the
songs of our forefathers in your
home. This you can do when you
have a Victor-Victrola. I have a
full line of the medium priced Vic
trolas and records on hand. Pur-
chase one for Christmas. Liberal
terms given responsible persons.
H. NJ. Slaven, Jeweler.
Messages from the boys overseas
received this week will be of special
interest and significance inasmuch
as time has now elapsed since armis-
tice day for these messages to come
across. We will be glad, therefore
to report the names Of all heard
from, and trust that every remaining
Highland boy maybe found safe and
we'll, facing the outlook of speedy
return to home and native land:
WHO SAID CANDY? Xmas can
dy will be scarce-but call early
and we can furnish you best made
MARTHA WASHINGTON
HIGHLAND MERCANTILE CO..
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Stephenson
went to Staunton Monday and re-
turned Tuesday. Mrs. l.. H. Steph-
enson. who accompanied them out
will spend a few days visiting her