Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-08
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Poirled Paragraphs Brief News
Notes People 81 Home and
Abroad.

rib IS out again.
DR.. and Mrs. A. S. Walden and
little daughter, Fay, went out to
staunton Wednesday.
Geo. W. Hicklin, his son Paris
and Clarence Hicklin, of the Bull
Pasture Valley, were in town Wed
nesday.
Mr. Willis Gibson received a letter
recently from John R. sl2Ven' WIG
was wounded and learns that he Is
improving rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Winner, re-
turned Friday from Pond!cton Co.
where they spent several days Wis
itiDg relatives.
Mrs, J. c. Matheny, who returned
from Marlinton Hospital is convalesc
ing rapidly.
3. Bland, of washington ana no"
one Of Uncle Sans soldiers passed
through town Monday on his way
to Crabbottom.
Nav is a good time to try a want
81 in the RECORDER, and get rid OF
that surplus crop andstock. Rates
five cents per line, count SIX "oros
TO the line.
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Jared Ralston and family have
moved to Deerfeld, and w. B. Cor,
be+t and family of Jackson's River
are now occupying the old hotel
property vacated by Mr.. Ralston.
Willis Gibson made another trip
to the hospital last week to have MS
knee examined.He is slowly recoV-
ering from his lameness.
Toe Chestnut, of Back Creek,Who
had been suffering for ten days with
an infected eye, went out to Staun-
ton last week to be treated by spec
ialist.
Mr., and Mrs. P. R. Eagle of Burns
willie are visiting their son, Jas. A
Eagle north of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Echard' OF
Sugar Grove, w. Va. motored tc
Monterey Saturday and spent sun
day at Mrs. Echard's old home just
north of Monterey.
Supt. Robert E. Mauzy left WIN
Us a large Wolf River apple grown
on Geo. Z. Swecker's place. 1t meas
urcd 161 inches in circumference
and weighted pound and half.
Among those trading in town to-
day were Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. wade
of Back Creek, and Mr.. and Mrs. &.
Lee Siple, of Wilma.
Send in your BIT" to help on the
Laree Service Flag. It will show to
the boys we did not forget them, but
stood back of them in this great con-
fct for Liberty.
Burton Hook, One of Highlands
soldier boys, writes home that he is
safe sound and well. Evidently
this is as much as the bargain for
he has had his clothes pierced three
times by the Boche bullets.
Misses Hazel Terry, Amelia Steph-
erson, Mary Thrasher Annie ana
Alice Dever, among the Highland
teachers and students who came
home during the influenza epidemic
have resumed their work.
T1ovd Rexrode and family have
moved: from the Stephenson tenant
house above town to Isaac Simmons
farm in Crabbottom.
People sending in one dollar for
renewals will be credited for eight
months subscription, as the Recor-
der is now one dollar and fifty cts.
per year.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Stuart and two
little girls, OF Charleston, ILL.,, have
lust completed a visit to Highland
relatives. Mr.. Stuart is native OF
the Mcdowell section, son OF the
late Robt. e. Stuart who formerly
lived on the farm now owned by JOS
H. Hiner. In company with Henry
Propst and family, the Western Wis
itors motored to Crabbottom Satur-
day. stopping for afew minutes In
Monterey ontheir return to the east
ern side.
Serst. John E. Slaven writes his
parents that, after completing four
weeks course at an officers training
school somewhere in France, he has
been retained as assistant instruc-
tor in the school. He also tells OF a
day spent in Paris while on a short
leave of absence.
A gentleman by name of Nixon,
from Louisa county, Va, passed thru
here Monday on a sad mission. HIS
son. who had been working at Camp
II in the Pocahontas lumber woods,
died on Sunday, and the father was
going after the body.
Bruce Suddarth, formerly of High,
land, died last week in Pocahontas
and his remains brought to Union
Chapel Sunday for burial. DR.. F. S.