Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-12-06
POUNDING MILL NOTES.

Pounding Mill, Thanksgiving Day
| l9l8.-We had quite bit of rain at
this place last night and this morn
ing, but the sun is now shining.
Miss Margaret Hurt went to Taze-
well on No. 6 last night to spend q
,, few days at her grandfcther's, Geo.
w: Gillespie.
Mrs. Will John, (Julia Cecil. of
Texas, spent Monday visiting her
cousin, Mrs. Laura Elswick, and her
aunt. Mrs. Sallie Claypool. Her
daughter is one of the faculty OF
Martha Washington College and has
had the fever there for the past
four weeks, we understand.
Mrs. w. B. Steele returned Mon
day from Charlottesville c. w. b.
M. convention, also Richmond, Pc
tersburg, and Camp Lee, at which
latter place she on Sunday visited
her son, DR.. Rex Steele, of the vc,-
Urinary training school, She ran
across Charles Cruey, and Sherman
Patrick, of CedGr Bluff and Nj. Peak
of Burke's Garden-all looking we'll
and feeling fine. Tie boys ali seem
to be in good spirits and expect to be
home soon. They all spoke in high
est terms of the Y. M. C. A. work in
the camps and don't know how they'd
have gotten along without these huts.
The Hostess House is also n biz
thing, where thousands of soldiers
are fed by the cafateria plan. They
line UP and stand for hours waiting
their turn. Over 1000 people were
IN this room at one time, in fact. the
room was packed and jammed all of
Sunday afternoon end night till y
o'clock, when lights go Off. Every
one should visit Camp Lee. Saturday
and Sunday visitors can come and Go
without permits; can go and come
from Petersburg to the camp, fol
l0c each way.
Mrs. Martha Sparks received two
letters this week from her son, Will
Rees Sparks in France. He has new
er been able to receive letter from
home yet and has been there several
months.
Jesse Woods, son of Mrs. Lowe,
was one of the boys sailing from
Newport News last week, who was
twelve hours out and called back by
wireless. 1t is said some of the boy
OH awakening next morning and see
ing land thought they were approach
ing an island, not knowing of the
call to return. These boys are at
Camp Lee and many are now disap-
pointed.
Mr.. Alex Riley and Mrs. Ollie
urt have had some nice papering
done the past week by John Giles
pie and John Moore, of Tazewell.
The Womans Christian Temperance
Union had two new members at it's
last meeting
snow was last night and has showed
some today. The ground only par
TALLY covered, however.
Most everybody are killing hogs.
Your scribe is again in trouble, rend-
ering lard and making sausage.
No preaching Saturday night Of
Sunday. Rev. Mr.. Forbes is in the
Williams hospital at Richlands and is
reported as getting along well.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Christian had
IS their guests Saturday and Sun
day, their brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs Lige Musick, of Cleveland.
Miss Gussie Christian had as her
guest from Wednesday to Sunday
her old schoolmate, Mrs. c. S. McNa-
ry. of Welch.
The C. w. B. NJ. will meet Sunday
at II a. m. at the Union Church. AL,
members are urged to be present;
others are invited.
Mrs. R. K. Gillespie and little
son, "Poose," left Monday night for
Florida. Mrs. James O'Keeffe and
children accompanied them. Thew ex-
pect to be gone several months.
Mrs. C. H. Trayer went to Blue
field yesterday for her little daught-
er, Louise, who spent the past week
visiting her cousin, MIR. and Mrs.
Raymond Trayer.
Mr.. Harry Napier, of Sweetwater,
Va, formerly engaged at the Box
ley Quarry here, met his death re-
Gently on the battlefields of France
His many friends here were sorry t.
hear of his death. He was splen-
did young man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Beavers visited
their grandfather, Mr.. Thomas Altiz-
err at Gillespie on Sunday. Mrs. Al.
tizer, their step daughter, was buried
fore marriage.
Mr.. John Lowell went to Bluefeld
last week on account of the death OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Gillespie
baby Catherine Lee, Mrs. w. 3
Steele, Miss Bette Pruett and Dora
Newman visited Mrs. Jane Mcclure
and daughter, Miss Pearl Thanksgiv-
ing afternoon.
A letter today from DR.. Rex Steele
says he has been moved from the 4th
Co., veterinary training school al
Camp Lee to the Oath Veterinary hos.
pital unit. They have been given their
overseas equipment. Some of the boys
are blue, while others, along with
himself, don't care if they go.
Mrs. Ollie Hurt went to Tazewel
Saturday night to spend several day:
with her father, Mr.. Geo. w. GILES.
pie.