Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1919-02-28
FOUNDING MILL NOTES.

Founding Mill, Feb. 26.---R. X.
Gillespie has returned from Ashcvillc
where he went lust week To visit Mrs
Gillespie, who is in II hospital at TINT
place. She ~ reported na getting on
well.
Miss Margaret Hurt has accepted
position ns teacher in Il school near
Wellsburg, w. Va
Mrs. w. Il. Steele, Misses Mary u
Gillespie and Gussie Christian and
j.. o. Gillespie attended the burini of
Mrs. Snllic Claypool last "Wednesday
on Claypool branch. She is II great
aunt of Mrs. Steele.
Bnrtlcttc pruoti, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Pructt, of this place,
returned Sunday from France. lie
wns with the heavy artillery force,
but saw no fighting. He lis fat and
hc0rty.
Misses Dundy and Britain, Tazc-
we'll, spent the week end with Miss.
cs Jessie and Mary Is. Gillespie. Jim
Sam Gillespie and David Hurt were
also home from Tazcwcll ii. =.
DR.. Rex Steele recently spent sev-
cral days ut liondtown on business.
Mrs. Mnttic Inglc and baby, and
mother, Mrs. l'etts, have recovered
from the flu. The baby had pnrumo-
min also.
Mrs. Alex Riley is still on tho sick
list.
Mrs. w. B. Steele spent Weincs-
day and Thursday of last week Wis.,
iLing her mothr, Mrs. Jane Mcguire
and sister, Miss Pearl. Her brother,
j.. G. Mcclure, was also home for n
short time from Drift, Ky, where he
holds position.
She also ran across her step-siBtcr,
Mrs. S. a. Ratliff and son, Virgil, of
Norton ut j. Ed. McGuire's. Virgil
saw much fighting in France and was
gasscd and wounded lie belongs to
the marines and will return to duty
after 90 days leave
Mrs. John Lowell is very sick, CON
fined TO her home with lung trouble.
We. unintcntlonally failed to men
ton in our last items the death of
Mr.. and Mrs. Verny loves baby, age
! year, ut its home in Ironton, Ohio
The remains were brought here for
burial. Rev. Mr.. Forbes, of Richlands
conducted the fuenral service at the
Union church.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r.. Altzer and fam
lily attended church at Richlands on
Sunday morning and was the guest
of parents, Mr.. and Mira. Alex Altiz-
or and family,
JAS. Mulkcy nnd son, Andy, have
bought the residence Of J. r. Altizcr
at this place Mr.. Altizer expects to
move into tho property ut Richlnnds
soon. known as the Geo. u. Bailey
property.
Rev. Mr.. Little, of Snltville, the
Methodist minister, preached at the
Union church Saturday night and was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Ri
ley. He went to Busthead Sunday Mt
IL a. IN. and back to Swords Creek
to preach at night.
Miss Lois Hurt, music teacher nj
Narrows. was at home here for rev
days recently.
VIM. Shepherd, formerly of this
place, recently of Scotsville, Va, now
at Edgcrton, w. ", was the guest of
w. B. Steele one day last week. He
expects to move back her on the farm
next week Will, with his brothers in
the church, Davis and Fowler, spent
120 days in the Charlottesville Jail
for not registering. The latter has
about 30 days, or six months in all,
for meddling with the two, advising
them not to register. These people
belong to sect known as the Fol- |
lowers of Christ and did not believe
in war.
Mrs. w. p. Steele spent couple |
of hours yesterday afternoon with
her cousin. MIS-. Laura Elswick, near |
Claypool Hill. She found Mrs. Els
wick quite feeble from the flu. con-
tlactcd four weeks ago. She sits up |
Some and has very bad cough. Mrs. /
Steele says the road for about one and
II half miles between the good road
is amost inpassble. She had to get
out and help push the car back to get
a new start.
(Note-An account of the life and |
death of Mrs Sarah Ann Claypool, ,
included in this correspondence, viii !
be pubiished next week.)
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