Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-09-18
LITTLE LOCALS.

Engineer ]. ]. Skinner. who has
oeen working on the plans for the
turnpike Improvement between Roll.
var and Charles Town, completed his
WORK iast week, and forwarded his
drawings to the State Highway Com
mission in Charleston. AS soon as the
approval OF the proper officials on the
commission can be given, bids will be
invited so that work may be started
before winter IL possible.
We are sorry to note that the veneer.
able Joseph B. VanMetre,' the we'll
known ex-Confederate and one of the
most highly-esteemed residents of our
community, is seriously i'll at his
nome just west of town. He had a
stroke OF paralysis on Tuesday, and his
condition is such as to cause his family
and friends the greatest anxiety. Mr..
VanMetre has been in declining health
for the past couple of years.
Miss Harriet D. Johnson, who some
years ago was one of the competent
members Of the Shepherd College
faculty, and who has been teaching in
Marshall College for a number of
years, has resigned her place in the
latter institution to take a position as
associate professor of Latin at Den
iSon University, Granville, Ohio. Miss
Johnson has a wide reputation as a
Latin scholar, and her friends here
congratulate her upon her advance
ment.
Harvey Lee Milbourne, son of Mrs.
V. L. Milbourne, of Charles Town, has
been appointed vice-consul for the u.
S. Government at Amboy, China. On
October he will leave for San Fran
cisco, whence he will sail for the
Orient to enter upon his official duties.
Amboy is one Of the chief seaports of
the Chinese republic with a popula-
ton of 100000. The city is located on
an island Of the same name in the pro-
vince of Fukien. Mr.. Milbourne has
been home only a few weeks from over
seas service. He went to France with
a hospital unit, and was later trans
ferred to the motor transport service,
remaining overseas more than a year.
Among the callers at our Office few
days ago was Miss Lottie Hout, who in
paying her subscription reminded us
that this was the SEVENTEEN year that
the Register had been coming into her
home. We don't mean to intimate
that Miss Lottie has been subscriber
for seventy years, but she keeps up the
subscription that her father, the late
David Hout, began when the Register
was established in lS49. Ever since
that time this paper has been a well
come visitor in the Hout household.
Miss Lottie is the only one left in the
old home, but the Register follows the
children all over the country and it is
read regularly in Missouri by George
w. and Daniel M. Hout, in Fredericks-
burg, Va, by Rev. H. L. Hout, and in
Charles Town by Miss Selma Wolff
and Miss Ella Hout. We doubt if there
is any other paper in the country that
has such record as this.
Dr. R. E. Venning, the well-known
surgeon of Charles Ten, has con-
cluded to move from this section and
will leave about the first of October.
He has bought a large farm near
Charlottesville, Va, upon which he will
live, while his sons will attend the
University of Virginia. The removal
of DR.. Venning will be a serious loss
to the people of this section, for as
singularly gifted and skillful surgeon
and physician he has been OF untold
service in alternating suffering and CIV
ing relief from human ills. AS oper-
ating surgeon at the Charles Town
Hospital he has a record Of successful
surgical accomplishments that can
scarcely be surpassed, and many per-
sons will remember him for his pro.
fessional ability and his sympathetic
kindness while under his ministra-
tons. We are genuinely sorry to
know that he is to leave our county.