Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-01-25
Highland Recorder
local NEWS
Pointed Para graphs Brief News
Notes People at home anG
Abroad.

Chas. Swadley made a business
tip to Waynesboro this week.
Hubert White, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Doe White, is critically i'll.
w. P. Gu,shall and son, Orvie,
were i'll Monterey Monday on
business.
J. +. Griffin, of the Trimble COM
munity, paid visit to Monterey
Tuesday.
June Trimble, who was on the
sick list last week, is able to be
about again.
Miss Katherine Campbell, of the
M. H. S faculty, is right sick. Miss
Lena May Campbell is substituting
for her.
Mrs. John Pruitt is on the sick
list. also Jimmie Beverage, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. l. L. Beverage.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Williams,
of the McDoA ell side, were trading
in town Wednesday.
James Gum, accompanied by his
mother. Mrs Ohio Gum and sister,
Miss Wardie We're in Monterey to-
day.
Miss Georgiana Ryder has been
numbered with the sick this week,
Huyler Swadley has been lick also.
Henry Hevener and Earl Slaven,
who live in the wolst snow bound
section of Highland, were in town
Monday.
Miss Ada Wilton of Charlottes-
vile is a patient at University
Hospital. She has visited Mis-. Fl.
B. Wood a number of times and
has made many friends here.
Willis Gibson and sister gave
party Tuesday night at their Van,
derpool home in honor of their
nephew, Willie Benson, of Camp
Lee.
Weakened and rendered less wary
by hunger, game birds become an
easier prey to wild animals, and
farmers report numerous covles of
quail destroyed by foxes and hawks
III mentioning the children of
MIS-. Mary J Trimble last week
we omitted one daughter, Mrs. W.
A. Bussard, residing in Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Jackson,
who have been in Crabbottom for
a while, spent a night latter part
OF last week at Hotel Monterey on
their way to their home in Penn
sy.vania.
Joseph u. Hiner has sold his
interest in the Mcdowell Touring
mill to the Two other members OF
the firm. Messrs Peterson and
Fleisher.
A TELEPHONE message received here
Wednesday morning announced
the death # Mrs. Edward Warner
at her ZONE below Hightown.
She was Il daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wiluat Strathy, of Lower
S:raieht Creek, and had been i'll for
some time.
A Cumberland contractor. en-
route to FiDcastle, Va spent Mon.
day night here. He had three
wagons, II horses and mules and
one auto, He has a road. building
contract at the latter place and
was making his way to the job.
The following memberships to
the Red Cross have been received
thro' the Woman's Service League:
Mrs. Z. B. Jones S1.00 |
MIS-. A. L. Jones LOO
Mrs. Geo A. Wilfong l 90
Miss Evelyn Jones LOO
On Monday afternoon from three
to five O'Clock, little Miss Dorothy
Johnston entertained a number OF
her friends, this being her twelfth
birthday. The little folks enjoyed
numerous games, after which hot
chocolate and cake were served.
A number of youno people met
Wednesday evening at the home OF
Mrs. G. P. Jones AND did some
"snipping" or cutting pieces for
hospital comfort pillows, as The
Service League has beenmaking.
Miss Evelyn Jones served ice
cream and cake to the workers.
Six Highland boys from Camp
Lee have been home on furloughs
this week and latter part of this
one. Roy Nicholas was the first
to get home, returning to camp
last Saturday. The next to come
we're Burten Hook and Roy Ora
harn, of the Eastern side, Willie
Benson and Early Helmick, of the
Monterey valley, and Arlle Jack,
of Crabbottom.
Monterey came face to face with
a real -four shortage Wednesday.
only a barrel or two on sale. This
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