Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-01-18
Pointed Paragraphs Brief News
Notes-Feopie at Home and
Abroad.
Willie Mackey is suffering from
a mild attack Of appendicitis.

y Willie Mackey is suffering from
a mild attack Of appendicitis.
This weather gives employment
= t to -Il.!aber.
C,P. Way bright, while using a
cutting knife TO prepare corn for a
beef COW, amputated the end of his
thumb.
F. Herold and son Clyde, of
! Mill Gap, cane to town Monday
and remained over night with MIR.
and Mrs. E. B. Whitelaw.
R. M. Rodgers, of Augusta,
spent a day or two, last week with
] W. E. Dockridge, near Monte
rey.
Llovd Gwin informs us that lat
e-t news from his brother Jesse
Gwin at Camp Lee. is to the effect
trat, he is just recovering from an
attack o. double pneumonia.
? Correction Clipping taken from
! Pendleton Times saying Mr.. Bunk
er Fleisher and Miss Mary Higgins
were married, and republished in
the Recorder, we learn is not cor
rect.
. Rev. J. G.. Thrasher drove Is
miles to his Rehoboth appoint
ment last Saturday. Sunday morn
ing brought but little Improvement
inIthe terrible weather, and when
no one met him at the church, he
decided that all OF them were wiser
thar he was, making a written
statement to that effect aud slip
x it under the shurch door.
Mr.. and Mrs Willis Botkin, the
former Camp Lee soldier and the
latter. employed in Washington,
came home last week and spent a
! few days with Mr.. and Mrs: Chap
aRau HaIteruan near Meadow
ale. returningSunday.
Treasurer Willis Gibson left
Monday on q business trip to
Richmond ard other points east.
While gone he will again visit Camp
Lee where heIhas nephew among
the boys in framing.
Mrs. W. B. Peterson, of Parnas-
us, accompanied by her husband,
atendedt1e funeral of her grand
cher, G. w. Hevener last satur-
to which John E.
Tbnterey, was assigned
Slab training camp, open
-'1 flee Jan. 5th was that
Cd of the new camp ex-
OF clerical position, and not
~ MARY training as was in
oog the time mention was
N Nhe Recorder,
Day night brought to High
LIE Of tho;e big SHOWS pecu-
I E.o high attitudes, and while
d. MAS tal.ing In In the Valley coun-
- t;the pSln,ain sections got a
> tEle lnc-As Y on UoP VI 'no ol0
stotk of or I'D ice. High winds
accompaniment he down pour and
drifts were formed in places, Grip
pling the niail service and render
r ing travel of every sort laborlous.
Speaking of enforced conserva-
ton, a gentleman of West Monter-
ey gives an instance which is bound
to count: His nearest neighbor, a
thrifty housewife, informed him
that, on recent occasion. she
selected back bone roast from the
winter beef sup: ly, put it to boil
at early dawn, at noon Jabbed 1t
with a fork and it hawled. This is
pretty tough story, and we feel
called upon to add that the house
wife referred to is an estlmable
lady, of unquestionable veraclty, a
Methodist and in good standing.
Directions for Sleeveless Sweaters
Cast on 50 stitches; knit 2, purl z
stitches for inches Knit plain un-
til sweater measures 25 inches. Knit
% stitches, bind off "A stitches for
neck, loose. Knit % stitches.
InmkS.;s 5 ridges on each shoulder,
On "a stitches. Knit plain for
- Res. Purl 3 Knit 2 stitches
Nsohes. Sew.up sides, leaving
FeAfor armhoes. Two rows
Nchet around neck and one
h Ncrochet around the arm