Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-01-09
PERSONAL NOTES.


in McKeesport, Pa, with her sister,
Mrs. Chas. D. Waldeck. who has been
very sick with the influenza. She was
called back home by the extreme i'll.
ness Of her brother, Charles Swayne.
Mr.. Swayne came here from Richmond
to spend few days with his parents,
when he was taken i'll with the influ-
enza, and as We 60 to press this morn
ing he is reported to be very low, with
but little hope of his recovery.
Mrs. ]. c. Cox, formerly Miss Maggie
MerrellS, music teacher at Shepherd
College, has been very i'll with influenza
and pneumonia at her home at Wolf
Summit, w. Va. She was taken sick
upon her arrival at home after leaving
here for the holiday vacation, and was
so i'll that it was feared that she nigh,
not recover. Her friends will be gla,
to know that she has passed the DANCE
point and is now recuperating.
Miss Maud Mcdonald has returned
from Glyndon, Md. where she spent
the past six weeks with her sister, Mrs.
W. I. Stringer. She went to spend a
week, but was taken with the influenza.
Mrs. StrlngSr contracting the disease
at the same time, while their brother
Williamson Mcdonald, not only had the
hu, but scarlet fever and liberated ton.
sils besides. The household was great.
ly afflicted, but all have now recovered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Reinhart
came from Roanoke, Va, to spend the
holidays with their relatives, and both
were taken sick with the influenza
Mr.. Reinhart at his old home at Moler's
Cross Roads and Mrs. Reinhart at the
home of her father, Mr.. James Snyder.
in Sharpsburg. They were quite sick
for a time. =
Miss Hattie Barnhart, who has been
in poor health for some time past, was
taken by her brother, Mr.. =. H. Barn.
hart, to hospital in Baltimore last
week, where she has been Placed under
treatment. Her friends here hope that
she may soon be fully restored.
Mr.. Taylor Bragonier spent day or
two in Shepherdstown with his parents
during the holidays. He was on his
way from New Orleans, where he has
been engaged with the Kapper Company
on war contracts, to Pittsburg, where he
will be permanently located.
Lieut.. c. w. Sisler and his wife, OF
New Rochelle, N. Y, spent a part of the
holidays in Shepherdstown with his Sis
ter, Mrs. J. L. McChan. Lieutenant
Sisler, who is an old Shepherdstow
boy, has been in the Regular Army f,
number of years.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Eichelberger, OF
Mitchellville, Md, formerly of this
place, spent a part of the holidays in
Shepherdstown with Mrs. Laura Broth
erton. Mr.. Eichelberger is employed
in the U. S. Navy Yard in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gibson had
very pleasant Christmas visit recently
to Mrs. George Curtis Treadwell, Mrs.
GibSon's daughter, in Albany, n.
They enjoyed some delightful social
events in Albany during their stay
Mrs. Rebecca Athey, of the Charles
Town neighborhood, who has been visit
ing the family of Mrs. Bertha Athey
in Shepherdstown, called at the Reg
lister Office yesterday and brought us
a new subscriber.
Mrs. R. A. Fontaine and her chill
dren, of Roanoke, are spending a few
weeks at the home of her grandfather
Mr.. John P. Kearfott, near Kearneys-
vile. Mr.. Fontaine was here for part
of the holidays.
Miss Doris Siler, who enlisted in
the nursing corps of the army about
a year ago, has been on a thirtyday
furlough, spending most of this time
with her brother, Rev. John c. Sller, at
DuffieldS. 49,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Moran spent a
part of the holidays in Shepherdstown
with Mrs. Moran's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. w. Show. Mr.. Moran has been
discharged from the service.
Mr.. VIM. F. Baker, of Roanoke. spent
a day or two in ShepherdStown recent
ly among his old friends. MI. Baker is
now in the claim department Of the
Norfolk & Western Railway.
Mr.. Paul Wageley, of Pittsburg, and
Mrs. Robert B. Price and her two chill
dren, of Berkeley Station, spent thS
holidays with their mother, Mrs. L. M.
Wageley, in Shepherdstown.
Mr.. ]. Chiswell Duke, of Washington
formerly of this county, was here on
Friday last, having come to Shepherds.
town to attend the funeral of his cousin
Prof. Walter M. Duke.
Prof. Thos. G. Miller and Prof. ]. D
Muldoon, of this place, have been in
Baltimore this week attending the Ma.
tional Country Life Conference in ses
sion in that city.
We were pleased to have a call OF
Monday from our friend Mr.. Alex !
Grove, of Sharpsburg, who renewed
his subscription to the Register fol
another year.
Mr.. R. Lucien Reinhart. of Hunt
ington, w. Va, formerly a popular
business man Of Shepherdstown, spent
a part of the holidays here with his
home folks.
Mr. Philip u. Needy, OF MartinSDurg
was among the recent callers at the
Register Office. He has gotten tired Of
city life and will 60 back to the farm
next April.
Mrs. Emma Hutton and Miss Laura
Hutton, who are employed in the gov
eminent service in Washington, were
home for a part of the holidays.
Miss Lille Walters, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. E. Walters, has been
quite sick at her home in this place
the past couple of weeks.
Miss Kathleen Lee Hickman. q.
Point of Rocks, Md, spent part of the
holidays in Shepherdstown with Mis-
Katherine Boswell.
Mr.. ]. Mason Rush spent part Of the
holidays at Camp Eustis, Va, with his
son William, who is surveyor at that