Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-06-28
Letter from Ohio
June Is. 1918
Greenville, o. .
Dear Mr.. Editor:

june 10. 1910
Greenville, 0.
Dear Mr.. Editor: ,
The crops are beginning to need
some rain again, although not sesl-
ously.
MANY of the farmers are begin
ming to make their clover hay, and
SONS are setting~out their tobacco.
MANY of Uncle Sans war aero
planes can be seen flying daily
around in this vicinity. Just a few
DAYS ago one was seen to crash to
the earth, although the aviator
was not injured at all. This is the
way it happened: when the avia-
for wished to land he came down
fairly close TO the earth and dis
covered that where he intended to
Hand there were two other planes,
and rather than wreck all three be
sent his own plane with a quick
nose dive to the earth just in front
of the other two. His machine
was hauled to Dayton for repairs
On motor trucks. They can be
heard buzzing many miles away in
the air long before one can see
them with the naked eye.
A short time ago William Sim
mons of the Savona community
purchased Lexington six cylinder
automobile, and on May goth his
daughter, Goldie Simmons, took
the car out pleasure riding west of
Savona, with few of her friends,
and while going down small hill,
a young boy by name of Karl Buzz
card who was sitting by her side.
placed his foot on the accelerator
and speeded the machine to it's full
est ca vacity. Miss Simmons be-
cams frantic in trying to keep the
machine in the road and soon lost
control, and it plunged into the
side ditch turned turtle, throwing
all of the occupants from the car.
Mr.. Buzzard was pinned beneath
the car, and Miss Goldie suffered
some injuries although not neces-
sarily fatal. Mr.. Buzzard was
rushed to the hospital in Richmond,
Ind, where it was soon learned
that his skull was fractured and
he died few hours latter. He was
sixteen years of age. All of the
other occupants seemed to be in
very good condition and Miss Sim
mons is improving nicely. 1t is !
thought the machine will be total
loss to MIR. Simmons.
The Red Cross society has
brought suit against a man by
name of Schaerer, living in Green-i
vile, O., for fifty thousand dollars.
The Red Cross solicitors asked :
Schacrer for some money on the
streets and as a native of germany !
he refused, saying it was all hum
bug, and graft. He had much
difficulty in securing an attorney,
and every body believes that he will
have the damages to pay.
[ know of one man who was al
most CON PEELED to give FIVE hun
dred dollars. This man had bought |
ten thousand dollars worth of Lib
erty bonds, but tried to evade the
Red Cross They almost forced
him to give this.
We have many Red Cross sales
in This section of the county. Peo-
pie give calves, chickens, ducks
and hogs. almost any thing to help
the cause along, and the auctioneer
ciles the sale free of charge. l
know of one rooster that was sold
in Greenville for five hundred dol
lars for the benefit of the Red
Cross.
Thomas Rexrode has twenty
acrss Of corn to cultivate. Harvey,
Harry and Charles Fisher have
fifty acres under cultivation, and
they are busy.
Farmers are Offering three dol
lars per day for harvest hands and
are meeting with some difficulty IN
getting them at that.
Three hundred and twentv-nine
Young men registered in Clark Go.
for military service June fifth:
Among them were Howard Pr; !
Rexr de and Harley Fisher, former
Highland boys.
"Our country, our whole countr, !;
and nothing but our country
Miami Valley Kid