Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1919-11-28
MONTEREY, VA, NOV. %, 1919

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Mrs. D. C. Graham and Miss Vir-
ginia spent Monday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Swadley mo-
tored to Staunton latter part of last
week.
Miss Kate Gibson returned to
Staunton last week.
Miss Hannah Hevener, VINO mas
been critically i'll, is improving and
has been able to sit up.
Gilbert Day, of the Valley, is spend
ing a while in the county.
Chas. Diggs has recently purchased
the Kyle garage, opposite Hotel Mon
terey, Of ]. A. Whitelaw.
DR.. l. C. Wagner and family moved
into their residence on South Spruce
street last Saturday.
A two inch snow fell Sunday night
in the western part of Highland; the
deepest of the season.
R. e. L. Pullin, of the Mcdowell
community, was in Monterey Monday
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Stephenson
moved to their farm at Meadow Dale,
for short time, while their Monte
rey house is undergoing some i'm
provements.
Mrs. R. Lee Gum returned home
=. from Baltimore last week, where she
has been taking treatment.
She was accompanied by Mrs. Geo.
Swadley.
Mr.. and Mrs. jacob Echard, of
Sugar Grove, w. Va, spent several
days visiting here the past week.
John weeks has killed the champ
ion porker in Monterey community
the weight being 453 and a fraction
One thing to BIT thankful for is
not in France this Thanksgiving
that our Toys and big brothers are
eating Coon Willy"
For two consecutive Sundays Mon
tereyans have gone down the River
to witness the baptising of number
of adherrents of the Adventists
faith, Rev. James Garner being the
officiating minister. Something like
two score wtrel baptised.
The party or parties who took the
town fire-;iouse key from it's place
will please return it at once to the
Sergeant.
X. II. Shumate, who is with the
carpentar force working on e. B.
Whitelaw's new house, went to his
home at Eot Springs to spend Sun
day and was accompanied by w. H.
Matheny,hij first to that famous
resort.
w. H. Peterson of Pernassus, was
in Highland this week, spending a
night with his sister, Mrs. Dennis
Gum at Meadow Dale.
John R. Rexrode, accompanied by
his son, Edward Rexrode, of New
York, was in Monterey Monday Morn
ing.
With the whole world awry and
living sky-ligh, one may have to
take a End thought before realizing
how many things there are to be
thankful fer this year.
Ralph T!imble, of the University
ofVirginia, came home last week to
see his father, who is i'll. Other rel
atives visiting Mr.. Trimble were his
sisters, Mr. Dickinson of Harrison
burg, and Mrs. Armstrong, of Aug
uSta.-
Among the large number Of Wis
itors brought to town by the land sale
on Tuesday were R. V. VanHorn, Of
Clifton Forge, and A. y. Robertson
and son, J. C. Robertson, Of Millboro,
who became the purchasers Of the
Swoope tim her, sold on that occasion.
E.. A. Dudley's sale drew a big
crowd on East Wednesday. Cattle
broght the highest prices ever known
-yearlings averaged $4,000. The
sale was conducted by e. D. Swecker,
auctioneer.
The Thanksgiving holiday will
prove a longer one than usual for
the M. H. S. pupils, some Of the ttach
ers goin on trip to the State cap
vention is in session., Prof. Payl,S,
Miss Nell beverage were those VINO
went to Richmond; Miss Katherine
Campbell to Dayton, Miss Bess Bish-
Cd and Miss Lena Seybert to Wesh-
ington. All the nonresident pupils
went to their homes for the holiday.
Ariie Gardner, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Gardner, Of Jacksons River
is one of the unfortunate ex-serl BE
men of Highland. He was severely
wounded and left with a stiff arm