Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-09-26
ENTIRE TURKISH ARMY
TRAPPED BY BRITISH

here on business Friday.
Squire J. N. Kochendefer and wife
of Elkins were visitors here Monday.
Rev. John Slaughter, Of the. West
side has moved his family to Elkins.
Mr.. w. H. Wilson, OF Trumbali
County Ohio is visiting friends and
relatives in Belington and Barbour
County
Miss Flora Wymer, lately employ
ed by &. E. Cain has returned to the
employ Of the J. e. Polling store,
Hendricks. w. Va.
Rev Chas. Morriss, late Of Booths
vile w. Va. preached his introduc-
tory sermon at the NJ. E. Souh Church
here Sunday.
w. w. Thomas and wife left here
Monday for an auto tour of Mary
land and Pa. Via Elkins, Parsons
Oakland and Cumberland.
| J. M. Mcvicker spent Saturday
among the Middle Fork Hills in
quest of squirrels. He claims to
have bagged of the wary tribe
Miss Eunice Nestor, a trained
nurse from the City Hospital Buck
harmon, w. Va. is visiting her folks
here during her two weeks vacation
M. r. Keyser and wife, Bill Hill
yard and D. b. Caste drove to Bev-
erly Wednesday evening taking sup
per at Miss Maud Curry's home.
w. Il. Jarvis, Of New York, who
has been visiting his mother, Mrs.
William Jarvis, Of the west side re-
turned to his home thelast the week
Miss Alme Vanscoy, Of Kerens,
w. Va. who has been visiting her
grandmother Mrs. M e. Scott for
the past two weeks returned to her
home Friday.
Sanford Graham, of Buckhannon,
w. Va. was here over Sunday visi-
ting his brother Grant Graham, re-
turning to his home Monday morn
| ing.
The arrival Of numerous question
aires the latter part Of the week
brought a large crowd of registrants
with hteir families here Friday and
| Saturday
The citizens in the vicinity of
Trinity held Rally in the interest
of the W. s. S. drive Sunday. Bar
bour County needs to get busy a.
long this line.
Tom Aggleson, w. M. conductor
received a telegram Wednesday an
nouncing the sudden death Of his sis
ter in Pittsburg, Pa.
| Mrs. Walter McCloud has accep-
! ted place in the Belington Grades
made cacant by miss Sevva Will
moths acceptance Of position in
the High School Mrs. McCloud's
past record as teacher comes in at
very opportune time.
Minniss and James Rosenberger,
who have been working in Fairmont
for some time left here Sunday for
Morgantown, where they will enter
the military department of the State
| University. Maurice Lazarus has
also entered the same Dept. at the
same place.
The old saying is that rain falls on
both the just and the unjust-frost
also catches both the mature and the
green fruit. Fl. A. Mccoy, the gen
ial ticket agent is said to have lost
six acres of watermelons by frost.
Mack still smiles and takes his loss
commonplace and sensible.
The hunters have returned foot
sore and crest fallen. They en-
countered choppy cool weather and
full weeks outing only netted about
so head of squirrels. Hugh Shinn,
Walter McCloud, John McCollom and
James Cheneworth composed the
bunch. The place Of rendezvous far
up the valley.
w. E. Hewitt formerly of this city
now resident of Clarksburg, w. Va.
who has been here few days in the
interest of the White Sewing Machine
Company as collector, left to day for
his home. Bill is "crack a jack"
of collector and knows the bust
ness Of both the sales and the col
lection end.