Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-11-21
MONTEREY, FRIDAY NOV. 81, 1919

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City Thursday morning.
Rev. G. w. Staples is conducting a
revival service at his HightoWn ap-
pointment.
Mrs. Lloyd Sullenberger left this
morning for visit to Alexandria rel
atives.
Edward McClintic, of Jackson's
River, was among the county people
in town Monday.
In the appointments just made by
the Virginia Conference Rev. Walter
Gum is assigned to South Sussex,
near Richmond.
We learn indirectly of the death OF
Mrs. Shelton, wife Of Prof. Shelton
who many years ago, was principal
of the Monterey graded school. Their
home was at Standardsville, Va.
Monterey Mill will grind your
buckwheat next Tuesday and We'd
nesday, Nov. 25th and 26th. Kindly
remember the dates.
Miss Mary Bowen Of Washington
spent a few days with Monterey rel
atiyes, returning Wednesday
Mrs Cunningham had her boarding
house wired this week by firm OF
electricians from Staunton.
This is the open season for buck
wheat cakes and sausage. No license
is required on this fine sport, neither
is there any war tax. Monterey has
the sausage, all right, and she ought
to have mill.
Claud Beverage who has been i'll
for several weeks, has gone to the
University hospital for consultation
and treatment.
c. W. Trimble became very i'll lat
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now thought to be doing as well. as
deep cold and complications. He is
could be expected. Miss Stella NAL
comb is nursing him.
Miss Annie Gillespie, who is nurs-
ing Walter Newman, Of Crabbottom,
was in town Wednesday night and
reported Mr.. Newman's condition as
more favorable.
Mr.. Leroy Alcorn and family, of
Kentucky, reached Monterey latter
part of the week and have taken
rooms in the Swadley home, West
Main street. Mr.. Alcorn has come
to Highland with a view to locating
and will look around during the win
ter for hcme to suit him.
Mr.. and Mrs H. M. Slaven motored
to Harrisonburg Sunday and were &C
companied as far as Bridgewater by
Mrs. Thurla, who had been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Fox.
We expect to begin the Headwaters
meeting al the Presbyterian church
on Friday evening, Nov. 21st at p.
m. The prayers of all who are in
terested are requested on behalf of
these services. L. NJ. MOFFETT
A team If horses belonging to AL
bert Smith, of Hightown, ran off
Monday, starting at the Whitelaw
mill property and keeping the back
streets until Lloyd Sullenberger's
residence was reached, where they
followed South Spruce until overtak-
en- on Trimble Hill. We were about
to add that no damage was done, but
recall the fact that a jar of butter in
the wagon was demolished, and this
is no small loss in these days of high
prices.
The hunting seasn for birds opened
last Saturday, Nov. 18th and most
of the resident sportsmen were on the
job. Only { few of the individual hunt
ers or hunting parties were heard
from. One group from the town bag
ged IS phe2sants, and party from
Dry Branch brought home turkeys
and severe! smaller birds. Very few
nonresident hunters were on the
ground, one or two parties going to
Back Greek.
The fact that approximately
10000 pounds of pork were butch
cred within a radius CT one mile of
the cour house in Monterey is a rec
ord for the town, and it indicates
spirit of thrift which is highly COM
mendabie. * every hamlet and COM,
munity would show. such spirit the
backbone cf the meat-packers would
soon be broken. Urbanites disagree
to some extent as to whether it pays
to fatten q hog in town, but there is
plenty of argument in favor of doing
so, even though it costs all the meat
is worth on the market,
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