Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-03-21
PERSONAL NOTES.

Rev. Joseph E. Guy, of waynesboro
Pa, formerly pastor of the Reformed
Church of Shepherdstown, spent a
couple of days here this week, and his
old friends were glad to see him again.
Mr.. Guy recently resigned his charge
in Waynesboro to take up Y. M. c. A.
war work, but his congregation declin-
ed to accept, rendering him, instead, a
leave of absence. He will go to a
training school in Springfield, Mass,
the first of April, and after a course
there will be assigned to duty. He ex-
poets ultimately TO be sent to Europe
for service among the soldiers of the
American Army.
Rev. c. F. Bonn, a former pastor of
the NJ. E. Church of Shepherdstown,
now of Mt. Airy, Md, was visitor the
past week ar the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. M. Williams, in this place. His
friends here were glad to meet him
again. Mr.. Bonn was pleased to see
the many Improvements in Shepherds
town since he lived here, and especially
admired the Rumsey monument. He
expressed regret that his stay was so
short that he could not see more of his
friends here
We were pleased TO have a call yes
terday from Miss Mary E. Rogers, Of
Martinsburg, who has long been a
friend of the Register. She was in
town for short visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Rogers and friends at Kear-
neysville, her old home.
Mr.. C. w. Shull, of Charles Town
district, long a subscriber TO the Reg
lister, was a caller at our Office on Tues
day. He will have public Gale of stock
and farming implements on March 18th,
and will move TO Charles Town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cookus and
their son, Mr.. William Cookus, of
Broadway, Va, spent a day or two in
Shepherdstown this week with the
family of Mr.. Joseph L. Cookus. They
drove here in their automobile.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Paul r. Beck,
of Long Island, New York, have been
in Shepherdstown the past week for
visit at Mrs. Beck,S old home She
was fosmerly Miss Evelyn Billmyer.
Mr.. Matthew Page Andrews, of Bal
tmOre, spent last Sunday at Fruit Hill
Farm, his old home near Shepherds
town. He drove up from Baltimore
with his guest, Mr.. Stuart Collins.
Mr.. F. NJ. Moler, of the Bakerton
neighborhood, was caller at the Reg
lister office on Tuesday He reports
having had a good sale recently, the
proceeds amounting to $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Hodges and Mrs.
H. M. Turner spent several days very
pleasantly with friends in Baltimore
this week. They drove down and back
in Mr. Hodges car.
Mrs. Walter L. Herr and Mrs. J. NJ.
Rush and her little daughter Catherine
Mason have gone to Roanoke for a visit
of a week or two with relatives and
friends.
Miss Julia Moore, of Charles Town,
and Miss Hildred Marlatt, of Harper'S
Ferry, spent the weekend in Shep-
herdstown with Miss Rachel Snyder.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. H. Davis, who spent
the past winter with their son, Mr..
Paul Davis, in Maryland, have returned
to their home in ShepherdStown.
D. S. Rentch, Esq, Shepherdstown's
oldest resident, is still improving from
his recent illness, and is now able 10
sit up part of each day.
Mr.. A. J. Wilkinson, of Huntington,
the well-known school book man, was
in ShepherdStown on Tuesday and call
ed at the Register Office.
Mrs. Mary Warfeld and her little
daughter, of Bunker Hill, are spending
this week with Mr.. and Mrs. william
Griffith, west of town.
Mrs. John c. Gano and her daugh
ter, Miss Cora, of Berkeley county,
were among the callers at the Register
Office yesterday.
Mrs. Laura Hamill, who spent the
winter in Shepherdstown with Mrs.
Virginia Harrison, has returned to
Thurmont, Md.
Mrs. ThoS. c. Miller has returned TO
ShepherdStown after a visit of several
months to her old home in RogerSville,
Tennessee.
Mrs. D. S. Hawn and her little
daughter Virginia were among the call
ers at the Register Office Tuesday.
Mrs. J. W. Ware has gone to Gull
pepper, Va, for visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Nottingham.