Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-08-16
POUNDING MILL NOTES.

The following missionary ladicr of
this place attended the Methodist
missionary society picnic nnd pro
gram MT Maxwell today Mrs. C. IL.
Trnycr, Mrs. McGhcc and Mrs. w.
Is. Steele. The meeting was led by
Mrs. w. b. Grccar and Mrs. ELLA
Peery. A splendid time was had.
Mrs. Mary Christian, and dnughi-
cr, Miss Gussic, returned today from
Princeton and Athens, where they
visited their sister and daughcr, Rev.
Mamie B. Osborne, and Dora Wright
and families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Harris, of
TINS place, received lcttor from
their youngest son, Thomas, advising
them of his safe arrival in France
lie IS with the fourteenth company,
American EXpeditionnry Forces. lie
writes that he likes France fine. but
not ns well ns the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. S. McNary, Miss
es Mamie and Oracle Hawkins and
Mamie Daniels and Mr.. George Han
kins came down Sunday from Wclch
in their fine Super Six to see Msss
Gussie Christian.
DIR. Rex Steele, who ig in tho Blue
field hospital, is reported as improv-
ing, the swelling having gone out of
his arms, but he cannot use his hands
yet. lie hopes to come home by the
last of the week.
Miss Ollie Kate Gillespie spent the
past week i'm Tazewell
Mrs. II. X. Gillespie is reported bet
ter, but still confined to her bed.
Miss Matte Williams returned on
yesterday from several days visit
TO Bluefcld.
The w. C. r. U. met yesterday Mt
five o'clock. Five new members wcr,.
added by Mrs. w. B. Steele. the
President on hor way home from the
church. She made five home calls and
two store calls. Next meeting will be
next week at 1880 at the church.
Ladies' are permitted and request
ed to come outwith their house drcs-
ses on, not "drcss up" we arc looking
for number from Maxwell and 9th
er points Mt the next meeting. Mrs.
Steele talked temperance along with
the foreign missionary work Mt the
Maxwell meeting today.
Mrs. Felix O'Keefre and children
came down today to visit Mrs. II. X.
Gillespie and family.
Mrs. w. b. Johnson and sons, wife
OF engineer Johnson, of Blucfield,
'i"i'Su "Si oiotci, MIS. jas. Johnson
recently.
We omitted unintcntionnlly The
marriage of Mr.. Leon Simpson to
Miss Louise Crewey recently.
Mrs. Alex Riley has returned from
Williams hospital at Richlands.
Mrs. Robert Pctts is on the sick
list.
Mrs. VIM. Asbury and the twins
are visiting the sister and aunt, in
Beckley, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Lowe have a
very sick baby, Mrs. Samuel Thorn
as also is very i'll. DR.. Graham, of
Cedar Bluff has been attending them.
Mrs. G. C. McLain and children
are visiting relatives in the eastern
part of the State.
r. X. Gillespie, Ward Brothers,
Steele and Higginbotham shipped a
number of lambs from this point this
week.
The Christian Womans Board ol
Missions will meet next Sunday at Il
O'Clock at the church.
| Friends here were sorry to hear oi
the death of Thomas HARRISON, a
his home near Gillespie. He was
formerly n frequent visitor to thi.
place, and for number of year.
was constable.
100 aprons are being made for tn,
refugees in France by the Red Cross
also yarn has been received for q
sweaters. Is have Deen given out
The sweaters are pearled across on
way, which requires good deal o
time. If the government would fur
nish knitting machine, "we'll fnisl
them in little or no time as it i
the knitting is shown them across
back and forth plain. Applicants ar
wanted to knit the other ten. Appl
quickly, as these sweaters should b
finished by September 1st.
Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Altizer end fam
lily spent Sunday at Richlands wit
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Altizer.
j Mr.. James Osborne has been on tn
, sick list, but is better.
Mr.. Alex Riley was called to tn
, Crockett's Cove one day recently b
, the death of cousin, Mr. Riley, wh
was killed by moving machine.
Miss Barbara Hurts car becam
unmanagable last Friday near tn
station and went over the cmbanR
,ment