Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-24
PERSONAL NOTES.

| Pay Director and Mrs. James S.
Phillips and their grandson, Phillips
Berkeley, arrived Tuesday from
Charleston, South carolina, and will
| occupy their home near town as soon
as it can be set in order. Mr.. Phillips
has been on duty at the Charleston
Navy Yard for about two years, and
after strenuous work during war times
he has now retired from the active
service and expects to settle down in
Shepherdstown permanently. Their
friends here are glad to see them back
home again.
We were pleased to have a call on
Monday from Mr.. c. A. Hughes, coun-
ty agricultural agent, and Mr. Victor
Chancellor, who is assistant to the
agent in this county and in Berkeley.
Mr.. Chancellor is an orchard expert
and is devoting most of his time to the
apple and peach trees of this section.
He reports that up to this time the fruit
seems to be unframed, with promise of
an abundant crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira ]. Mcnamara and
Mr.. Joe jenkins, of Baltimore, Mrs.
]. H. VanMetre, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Tabler and little son James, and Mr.
and Mrs. ]. M. Fraley, Of Martinsburg,
and Miss Margaret Houser and little
brother, of Bakerton, spent Easter with
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Fraley at Duff
fields.
Mr.. Noah V. Engle, of Engle, this
county, for many years subscriber to
the Panicfpr na1larc
last Saturday. He reports that the
Southern Limestone Works at that
place are about ready to begin opera
tons, and work at the Potomac stone
crushing plant, west of Engle, has start
ed up.
Mr.. w. F. Alexander, of Charles
Town, was in Shepherdstown yesterday.
Mr.. Alexander, who is chairman of the
Liberty Loan for this county, expressed
his confidence that old Jefferson will go
over the top with flying colors. Jeffer-
son county's apportionment is S30l,-
500 and Shepherdstown's 100000.
Mrs. Elder Humbird and her little
daughter Caroline, of Cumberland,
spent several days in Shepherdstown
the past week with Mrs. Edward L.
Reinhart. Her father, Hon. George L.
Wellington, and Mr.. Boyd Reinhart
came down on Tuesday in their car and
they returned home with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Baby were
down from New York to spend Easter at
their cottage near town. They will be
here for the summer when the weather |
gets bit warmer. Mrs. Baby's son,
Walter Pierce, has returned from
France, where he saw service as a
member of the flying forces.
Rev. ]. w. Ware is this week visiting
his class-mate of forty-one years ago,
Rev. Henry Thomas of Hyattsville, Md.
Mr.. Thomas was rector OF Trinity |
Church, Martinsburg, for a number of
years. About a year ago he was
paralyzed and is now an invalid.
Our friend Mr.. hlrk Hardesty, of |
Berkeley county, was among the recent |
callers at the Register Office. He says |
that the flu came mighty near knock
ing him out, but he is still on deck and
is paying the highest market price for |
spring lambs, as usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ~. Scully, of Pitts |
burg, spent Easter at their farm home |
near Shepherdstown, looking after the |
place prior to coming here for the sum-
mer. They expect to bring the chill
dren and settle down for the season |
about the first of June.
Among our subscribers from out OF |
town who have recently called al the |
Register Office were Mr.. Lee Osbourn,
of the Leetown neighborhooi; Mr.. |
Geo. S. Houser, of Baker:on; Mr.. John |
NJ. Osbourn, Of Sandy Ridge; Mr.. J.
d. Albin, near Uvilla.
Mr. Vim. H. Selvey spent couple of
days in town this week renewing &C
one of our boys who gave a good ac-
count of himself in the army, having |
been in the flying branch of the air |
service.
Mr.. ]. c. Staley came down from |
New York to spend Easter with his |
father, Mr.. Geo. R. Staley, and his |
niece, Mrs. Leslie Montgomery. Mr..
Kenneth Staley was also home for
Easter.
Miss Lula Wysong, who spent the |
past winter in Parkersburg, w. Va,
with her niece, Mrs. Mark Wetzel, has
returned to her home in ShepherdStown.
Mrs. Wetzel came back with her.
Mr.. Lawrence M. Lynch, superin-
tendent of the Bell telephone system in
Rochester, N. Y, is spending this |
week in Shepherdstown with his family |
at the home of Mr.. H. L. Snyder.
Mr.. Geo. T. Heckert, a former stu.
dent of Shepherd College, now in the
government service in Washington, was
here to spend Easter with Mr.. and Mrs |
T. H. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Nicodemus, of
Brunswick, Md, motored to Shepherds
town in their new Oakland car and
spent Easter with Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Frazier.
Mr.. Jack Snyder, of the National
Highway Garage, went to Washington
yesterday to spend several days on
business and pleasure combined.
Mrs. Price and her children, of
Berkeley county, have been in Shep-
herdStown this week visiting her
mother, Mrs. L. M. Wageley.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Barnhart and
their daughter Helen, of Baltimore,
were here to spend Easter at Mr.. Barn
harris old home.
Mr.. Oswald Rothe and Mr.. VIM. G.
Rothe, of Baltimore, spent Easter in
ShepherdStown with the family of Mr..
E. R. Hill.
Miss Charlotte Van Doren, of Wash
ington, spent a part of the past week
in Shepherdstown with Mrs. Virginia
Harrison.
Misses Bette and Katie Sheetz
spent Easter in Martinsburg with the
family of their brother, Mr.. VIM. M.
Sheetz.