Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-10-01
Local MISCELLANY.

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the direction of Harpers Ferry.
J, Mrs. C. N. Campbell will move thi
! week into the house recently purchas
= ed from Mr.. Claude K. Haines. -
Miss Georgia Daley of the Bloom
cry has contracted to teach the schoc
at Chestnut Hill, in Harpers Ferr
District, a.
Lawson Bolts Chapter U. d. C. viii
meet at the home of the secretary
Miss Emma Brown, Tuesday, Octobe
Sth at s p. m.
The jefferson County Sunday Schoo
Convention was in session at Bakertor
last week. The meeting began Thurs.
day morning and continued until Fri
day evening.
The next patriotic rally at the juno
ton will be held Friday night, October
III. The Fourth Liberty Loan viii be
the theme of the speakers who will be
engaged for the occasion.
DIR. ]. J. Pittman has sold his farm
of 81 acres on the east side of the river
in Kabletown District to j. D. Marcus
for $4,000. There is an orchard of about
1000 trees twelve years old on the land
The authorities of Ransom are max
ing some very commendable improve
ments. Crossings have been laid over
Mildred street at End, Bird and 4th
Avenues, and over Fairfax Boulevard
at End avenue.
Ted Littlejohn, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Forrest Littlejohn, of Shenandoah
Junction, broke his arm while crank
ing a Ford car at the Graded School
building last week. He was taken to
the Charles Town Hospital to have the
fracture reduced.
Mr.. James Glenn Barnes, youngest
son of Mrs. Elizabeth Glenn Barnes,
of Charles Town, has volunteered in
the army and has been sent to Rhae's
army school North Kansas City, Mo.
He being only 10 years old. He has
been recommended for the officers train
ing camp.
Misses Anna Hughes and Helen
Young, the two Charles Town nurses
recently accepted for overseas services
by the United States Army, Nurse
Corps, have been ordered to report at
Base Hospital No. %, at Richmond,
Va, October l, from where they will
be assigned to overseas duty. They
leave for Richmond today.
The marriage of Miss Mary Scott
Snyder, and Mr.. Samuel Ernest Saum,
at the home of the brides parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Nelson 7. Snyder, was an
interesting though quiet social event
Wednesday afternoon. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. j. c. Siler.
The groom is young business man
of Strasburg, Va, where he and his
bride will make their home.
The 21st annual convention of the
West Virginia Division United Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy convenes in
Lewisburg Oct. End and 3rd. Lawson
Bolts Chapter elected the following
Delegates and Alternates: Mrs. en-.
Coleman, Miss Emma Brown, Miss
Hannah J. Howell, Miss Mary Engle,
Miss Clara Leslie, Miss Martha Engle.
Mrs. Manning, Miss Lillian Dinkle,
The Shenandoah Junction Red
Cross Auxiliary has been a busy
organization the past week or tFvo.
Corn canning and drying has been TAX
ing the attention of the members. A
small field of corn was donated to the
Red Cross by Mr.. r. 7. Browse. All
the cans that counld be had were filled,
and then drying was resorted to, leav-
ing little or none of the donation for
other purposes.
DIR. F. P. Edgell has installed an
X-ray machine in his dental offices IN
Charles Town to facilitate examina-
lions. The use of it enables dentist
to discover obscure troubles in his
practice, and to indicate the proper
treatment. 1t makes dentistry APP
proximate an exact science as distin-
guished from guess work in the treat
ment of cases.
DIR. r. f. Venning has been selected
to represent jefferson County in the
Volunteer Medical Service Corps by
the Council of National Defence. The
purpose of this committee is to CO.
operate with the Central Governing
Board in prosecuting all activities per-
tanning to the mobilization and enroll
ment of members of the Volunteer
Medical Service Corps throughout the
State.
Relatives in the county are In re-
ceipt of the announcement of the mar
rage of Miss Harriet Swimley Coyle
to Mr.. Charles Whitfield Henry the
event taking place at Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, September ID. The bride is a
daughter of the late jerome b. Coyle,
of this county. She has been living In
Phoenix for the past two or three
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry will be at
home at the Commercial Hotel,
Phoenix after September %.
Rev. Clinton C. Bush, now located
at Linden, Va, has purchased the
property of Mrs. Nancy M. Moore on
North Samuel street, Charles Town,
and will take possession of same on
April 1st next. We learn that his
mother, Mrs. George w. Bush will
make her home there on and after
that date. This is a nice property,
and we are glad to retain Mrs. Bush
as a resident of Charles Town. The
sale was made through the Real Els
tate Agency of w. 0. Norris.
Mr.. o. B. Barnes, second son. of Mrs.
Elizabeth Glenn Barnes, enlisted last
June in the Quartermasters Depart
ment and has been stationed at Camp
Alexander, Newport News, Va. de
has been advanced to the rank of 1st
Lieutenant. Lieutenant Barnes IS q
graduate of the Virginia Military In
stitute, Lexington, Va, and comes
of military line, being a great grand
son of Capt. James Glenn, of the Revo.
Ilutionary army under Washington, anf
a grandson of Capt. James William
Glenn of the Confederate States Cav
airy.
| Michael Shell, aged SO, a widower
Ann johnson, widow, of 81 years
both of Bakerton, took out a marriage
license in the County Clerks office
few days ago. Other recent licenses
issued for marriages were to Samue
Ernest Saum, of Strasburg, Va, ant
Mary Scott Snyder, Shenandoah juno
| ton; Jack Cecil Vaughn, Luray, ant
| Addie Naomi Miller, of Warren count.
Iva; John Thomas Shirley, Shenan
doah Junction and Gladys Reba Mar
Efhnn Alip1