Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-01-11
Personal and Local Items

Mrs. James 7. OGlesby. Of Dirks.
Ark, is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. E.
Smith.
Mrs. W. o. Barnes, Jr., left today
to visit relatives in Meridian and Hat
tiesburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Flynn were the guests
last weekend Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. q.
Harrison.
Mss Ida Murray, Of Meridian, spent
several days recently with relatives
near Macon
Miss Nancy Patty returned Sunday to
Battle Greek. Mich. where she is q stu
dent in q college.
Mr.. N. P. Kidd left Tuesday for st.
Louis, where he went for an operation
for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins. of near Crsw-
ford, spent several days this week with
the latter's mother, Mrs. Bette Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Girardeau, of P~icayune,
Miss, spent several days recently with
the latter's mother, Mrs. Mary Scott.
Mrs. Miller Allen of Memphis re-
turned home Thursday after a several
weeks visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Abe Douglas.
Mr.. Ed Allen, who has been with the
M. & 0. r. R. since his early boyhood.
left Tuesday for Shreveport, where he
has accepted a position.
Mrs. James Hibbler left Sunday for
Montgomery. where she will visit her
sister, Mrs. Morgan Morris. before re-
turning to her home in Chattanooga.
Mrs. M. T. Helm has been quite i'll
this week at the home of her son, Watt
Helm. three miles south of Macon.
Her condition is somewhat improved.
Mrs. T. S. Boggess entertained the
seven-haud Euchre Club Thursday sf-
ternoon. Mrs. julius Klaus, having
highest score, was presented a pretty
knitting bag.
Capt. John R. Dinsmore, from Camp
Pike, was in Macon several days this
week attending to business. Capt.
Dlnsmore was joined Tuesday by his
wife, who visited friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Harkins arrived in
Macon Tuesday from Rantoul. Ill. At
ter a few days here they will 60 to
Lake Charles, La, where Mr.. Harkins
will be an instructor in the aviation
camp there.
Mr.. F. E. Carleton. Jr., accompanied
by his mother, returned home Tuesday
from Meridian, where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis in DR.. Tur-
ner's hospital. He is improving fast
and will soon be able to attend school,.
Mrs. j. E. Dorroh spent the holidays
at Alexandria, La. with Mr.. Dorroh,
who is in camp at Camp Beauregard.
On account of the quarantine, due to
the outbreak of humps. measles and
meningitis, she was detained there for
a week or more. She arrived home
Thursday morning, but the health au-
thorities here would not allow her to
resume her duties as teacher in the
public school.
Mr.. Mulvihill has taken charge as
manager Of the Cumberland telephone
exchange in Macon, taking the place of
Mr.. Satterwhite, who has been tran
ferred to the Aberdeen office. Mr..
Mulvihill and family are at present at
Mrs. Kirby's. Mr.: Satterwhite has
made many friends ano few enemies in
the three years that he has been in Ma
con, and as manager of a big corpora
ton whose business rules are rigid and
some times contrary to what its patrons
think is fair. it is evidence that he pos
sesses a genial disposition, as we'll as
tact and diplomacy.
Mr.. Gurler received a letter last week
containing the gratifying news that his
grandson, Henry Lundberg, who has
spent several summers here, had passed
a most satisfactory examination and
had entered the army as an aviator,
and will 60 into training in a camp near
Chicago. The yourg man is 81 years
of age and was one of the three who
made the highest marks in the mental
and physical examination that all who
are selected for this service have to
pass. His maternal ancestors were
among the Screen Mountain Boys"
that helped to make this great country.
A half century or more later they help
ed to save it, and now it is gratifying
to Mr.. Gurler that bis grandson will
do his bit to save civilization to the
world.
Mr.. Edmund Panty returned Thurs
day from a visit to his aunt, Mrs. Wells,
in Vicksburg, and also to Mr.. W. C.
Swallow neal St. Joseph, La. 1t is a
beautiful farming country around St.
Joe, he says, and a fine cotton crop was
made the past season. the weevil doing