Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-02-15
Highland Recorder
LOCAL NEWS
Pointed Paragraphs Brief News
Notes-Pecple at Home and
Abroad.

w A. VI A|oAe' SPSAN
Monday night in Monterey.
AS the snow disappears and the
roads open up, business will bright
en-.
No Trespessing of turkeys, &c.
on nv lands. Peter Gutshall
R.C. Jones returned Tuesday
from the Valley, where he had gone
to take some cattle to have fed for
a while.
Lunsford Brothers, of Monterey,
haze purchased from Mrs. Bette
Kincaid her very desirable little
farm near Hightown.
Mr.. A r. Gilkarson returned
early in the week from two weeks
stay at his old home in Augusta.
The Methodist Mission study
class will meet Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock, at the home of Mrs. }.
C. Matheny.
H. H. Pullin, who has been
working at Hot Springs this winter,
is now at bis Monterey home, ar
irving Sunday.
W. H. Cleek vas in town Mon
day, and was among the first Bath
visitors since the storm period set
in.
Charlie Malcolm, one of High,
lands drafted men, has returned
home, discharged, we unders and,
on account of the giving away OF a
leg, broken in earlier life.
Willis Gibson left Tuesday for
Camp Green, n. c., the southern
cantonment at which John r. Sla-
ven and few other Highland boys
are in training.
Russell Simmons, who has been
EMPLOYED in Staunton for sometime
came home last Saturday.
Faud Trimhle has returned from
Deer6eld, and Will Simmons and
VIM Wagner have gone there to
work.
Marion Morgan, one of the few
colored men drafted from High
land and sent to Camp Lee for
training, came to his Monterey home
last Sunday on a five days furlough
Following the general thaw which
set in early in the week, the big
snow drifts went down rapidly,
and all of the ice on the pavements
has been removed.
Robert Matheny, of Monterey,
who recently took a course at the
Massey Business College in Rich
mond, has recently been appointed
to a clerkship in the U. S. consular
service, London, England. The
position is an attractive one to a
Young, red. blooded American, and
when asked about the matter, Mr..
Matheny expressed his purpose to
accept. He is well qualified, and,
in the event of his going, will be
followed by the best wishes OF home
friends.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
Mission study class held their first
meeting with Mrs. "A. L. Jones at
her home on West Main street,
Friday evening
An African Trail by Jean Keny-
on Mackenzie is the book taken up
and promises to be very interesting
study.
After the business part of the
meeting was over, delicious refresh
msnts consisting of chocolate cream
and cake followed.
Dorsey Freeman, in charge of the
Barlow MontereX mail route. came
in Monday evening" the first trip
for three weeks. He made the
trip horse back, and reported more
or less difficulty in getting through
some of the high bIockades on Al
leghany, having to take to the
fields at one or two places. Several
=hoveling forces were at work,
however, both On Allegheny and
between Hightcwn and Monterey.
and the way will hereafter be open
for vericles, unless the weather
man DEGREES further trouble.
For the past week P. NJ. Herold,
Hubert Smith, and Ben Schooler
have put in some telling work on
the snow blockade on the noun
tain east of Hightown. The re-
Suits an open way now for vehicles,
a thing impossible during the past
few weeks. The sun and a warm
south wind are supplementing these
efforts, and soon there will be no
distractions.
The beginners class of the Pres
byterian Sunday School will give
Bible contest for the senior and
Junior classes and games for pri-
mary and beginners classes at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs c. G, Han
sci Saturday evening. Everybody