Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-06-19
PERSONAL NOTES.

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! Among our callers on Monday wa
Mr.. Stuart VanMetre, of Berkele,
county, who recently returned from
France, where he was with the Ameri
can Army the past year. He had with
him an old-fashioned combination
knife and fork that he carried while he
Twas in France, which had been giver
him before he left home by his grand.
father, Captain Joseph B. VanMetre
who carried it all through the Civil
War. He also showed US a wicked
looking knife that he had taken from a
dead German on one Of the battle
fields.
| Captain Leonard Osborne spent a
couple of days in Shepherdstown the
/ past week with his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Licklider.
He is in the Signal Corps of the army,
and during the past five or six years
has been over pretty nearly the whole
earth-the Philippine Islands, Japan,
Russia and other countries. At pres
ent he is stationed in Chicago Captain
Osborne has had many interesting ex-
periences during the past few years.
We were pleased to have a call yes
terday from Mr.. ]. Lester Baker, Of
Washington, formerly Of Shepherds
town. He has just been discharged
from the army, having been in the air
service production branch, most Of the
time in Florida. He is now in busi-
ness for himself in Washington, in
wholesale electrical supplies. His
friends here were glad to see him look
ing so well.
Mr.. Francis M. Miller, of the Van
clevesville neighborhood, made a call
at the Register Office on Tuesday, and
we were pleased to note that though
he is in his Goth year, he is still able
! to be about and continues to enjoy the
weekly visits of the Register. Regard
less of his advanced age, he is still
| fairly active and takes an intelligent in
| terest in the affairs of the world.
Mrs. D. w. Border, Miss Margaret
| May Border and Miss Phoebe Getzen-
danner, of Charles Town, and Miss
Fisher, of Lynchburg, Va, left last
week for an extended motoring trip
through New England and Canada.
They expect to be gone month or
more.
Mr.. T. Wilbur Davis, Of Mt. Hope,
Fayette county, W. Va, has been here
the past week with Mr.. and Mrs. H. c.
Marten, where his family have been
spending a month or two. He came in
his automobile and will take his wife
and children home with him in the
car.
Miss Ruth Woman came up from
Washington and spent the weekend at
her home in Shepherdstown, &C
companied by her friend Miss Margaret
Townsend. Mr.. Charles Woman and
Mr.. Bernard G. Scott are here from
Washington for commencement week.
Mrs. C. D. Scully and her children,
Of Pittsburg, have arrived at their
farm home north of town and will
spend the summer there. Mr.. Scully
will be here as much of the time as
business will permit.
Chief Woman Edward F. Clark, of
the u. S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
Washington, and Miss Agnes Wright,
also of that city, spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Wright in
Shepherdstown.
Mr.. Charles Lee Hutton, of Pitts
burg, and Miss Laura Hutton, OF Wash
ington, have been in Shepherdstown
this week visiting at their old home and
attending the commencement ex-
ercises.
Master Edwin S. Jarrett, Jr,, is
spending the month of June at
Wabanaki School, Greenwich, Conn.,,
where he is acquiring accomplishments
that make outdoor life more enjoy
able
Hon. ]. P. Kearfott, Mrs. Mamie
Kearfott and Miss Sidney Kearfott, of
Kearneysville, expect to leave TO-
day for Martinsville, Va, where they
will visit Mr.. and Mrs. B. R. Fontaine.
Among the visitors in Shepherds
town this week to enjoy the commence
ment week exercises are Mr.. and Mrs.
]. C. Hupp and their two children, Of
Morgantown, W. Va.
Miss Rachel Snyder leaves on Fri
day for Philadelphia, where she will ba
a bridesmaid at the wedding of Miss
Eleanor Bonsall and Mr.. Russell Frye
next Monday.
Among the former students who are
here for commencement is Miss Helen |
Carper. of Staunton, Va, who was
one of the popular girls of the school
last year.
Miss Isabelle Marshall, who has been
attending the seminary at Lewisburg, |
w. Va, has returned to her home nea7
Kearneysville, the school term having
ended.
Mrs. Walter M. Duke and her chill
dren, OF Hedgesville, w. Va, formerly
OF Shepherdstown, are here this week
10 attend the commencement eXer-
ciseS.
Miss Kathryn Donley, who holds a
responsible position in public school
work in Wheeling, this State, is at her
home at Moler's for the summer vaca-
ton.
Mr.. Lamont Pyles, who is employ
ed in the Treasury Department in
Washington, is spending this week in
Shepherdstown with Mr.. Jack Snyder.
Mr.. St. John Dyer, who spent the
past winter in Frederick, Md, is at
i'Valley Rest" near town, where he ex-
poets to remain during the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sperow, west OF
town, have gone to Columbus, Ohio, to
spend a couple of weeks with Mr..
Luther Ropp, who has been very ILL.,
Miss Mabel Hill, who has been
teaching the past year at Newburg, W.
Va, has returned to her home near
town for the summer vacation.
Messrs. w. B. Snyder and H. L. Sny-
der, IT,, were in Philadelphia the first
of the week on business for the Ma