Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-09-25
PERSONAL NOTES.

Ia Capt. and MRS. Charles Edwards, oil
Kansas City, Mo-, spent a part of the
past week in Shepherdstown as guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Snyder
They drove all the way from Kansas
City in their car, making the trip OF
more than LILO miles in six days
Captain Edwards was in command OF
the company of which Mr.. Snyder was
top-sergeant, and they spent year and
a-half together in the army, more than
year of the time in France. They
were devoted to each other while in
the service and they expect to remain
fast friends as long as they live.
Captain Edwards is, an Englishman by
birth-thoroughly Americanized, how
overland had some interesting ex-
periences 'in the Spanish-American
war which were related in Sergeant
"Bill's" letters in the Register. He
| is live wire and had many adventures
while in the service that he tells about
in his own inimitable way. He is the
man who at the peril of his own life
went to the rescue of General Joe
Wheeler at the battle of San Juan Hill
in Cuba.
Mrs. Roland Show and Miss Bette
Ronemous, two estimable ladies of this
vicinity, went to Baltimore the first of
the week, where they were operated
upon at Johns Hopkins Hospital for
enlarged glands in the throat. Re-
ports from the hospital say that both
stood the operation we'll and are getting
along very nicely. Their friends hope
that they may speedily be restored to
health.
Messrs. Roy Bell and H. L. Snyder,
Jr., of Shepherdstown, and Roger Clap
ham and Howard Myers, of Berkeley
county, left the first of the week for
Morgantown, where they have enrolled
in the West Virginia University. The
boys are all graduates of Shepherd Col
lege.
Mr.. Charles Wintermoyer, former
well-known Shepherdstown boy, but
who has lived in California for the
past thirty-hve or forty years, is here
to spend a week or two among his old
friends. He lives in Yolo and we are
glad to know that he is prospecting.
Rev. ]. W. Ware has been in
Charleston, w. Va, this week attend
ing the conference of Episcopal clergy
men and laymen in connection with the
great nationwide campaign for in
creased benevolences and other &C
tivities of that church.
Mrs. Rebecca Rightstine, of Wash
ington, is in Shepherdstown to spend
several weeks with the family of Mr..
Jas. S. Rightstine and other relatives
in this place. Mr.. Rightstine was also
here for few days.
We were pleased to have a call on
Thursday from our friend Mr.. G. w.
G. Holida, native of this section but
now clerk in the War Department
in Washington.
Mrs. H. Frank Greenwood, of Roa-
noke, has been in Shepherdstown the
past week or two visiting at the home
of Mr.. James E. Barnhart.
Mr.. Clyde M. Williams, of Wood
bury, N. j., who is connected with the
great Dupont works, is at his home
here for a brief vacation.
Mr.. Newton w. Myers, one of the |
prosperous farmers of the Zoar neigh |
borhood, was among the callers OF the |
Register Office Saturday.
Mrs. Lalla Reynolds Bays, of Han
cock, Md, spent couple Of days in
Shepherdstown this week with DR.. and
Mrs. Burwell.
Mrs. Norman Pyles has been here
this week from Washington, getting |
ready for her sale of household goods |
on Saturday.
Mrs. Annie Winters, of Harper's |
Ferry, is in Shepherdstown visiting |
her son, Mr.. Walter Winters.