Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-01-29
SHARPSBURG NEWS.

There has been coastine with all
manner of sleds and by persons of ali
ages, and II has surely bees a miracle
that no serious accidents have &C
CURED. They pass the cross streets
wnen many autos are moving. Sever
al persons were slightly injured ~,
upsetung and rolling into something
Miss Madena Heb was Knocked nm
conscious for short while.
AT a regular meeting of the stock
holders OF the Sharpsourg Bank. of
Washington county, Md, on Januarv
ian, the following directors were
elected: 5. Howell Gardner, Hicks
kemsourg, Raleigh Sherman, Peter
kemsburg, Philip Grove, S. Walter
Stouher, Harry Clip and Charles
Long. Dr. ). Howell Gardner was
elected president, Philip Grove vice
president, ,; Walter Stouffer secretary.
Z. V. Snyder cashier and Arthur
Dorsey assistant cashier.
Seibert King, colored, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hamilton King, after an alb.
Sence of three years, paid the parents
visit recently. He was soldier in
France. He says % were lined up
ior mess when they were fired upon
oy German airplane, which dropped
bomb, and 25 of the % were killed
he is now located in New Jersey.
MISS Pearl Neikirk came home
from Washington on a weeks vaca-
uon with her father and mother. Mr
and Mrs. Samuel H. Neikirk.
Chester Bruce McGraw came home
from Hagerstown last Friday on the
SICK list, threatened with pneumonia
ne Jltney bus stalled at the Myers
mil hill and he had to walk home in
the rain.
Walter Hill, who makes his home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sheridan Benner
slipped on the ice last FRIDAY after,
noon and knocked the cap of his knee
on the crippled leg off.
johnnie Drenner is on the hon
caused by spraining his foot while
walking on the ice.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hines. of
Washington, spent. several DAYS with
ms uncle and aunt, MIR. and Mrs. VIM.
Coin.
MISS Ruby Munson, who has been
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Poffenberger
lot the past two weeks as seamstress.
mas returned to her home in Martins
burg.
Charles Swain, from near Boons-
ooro, was in MS old nome town on
MonLay calling on his father, Iohn
swain, and sister, Mrs. Frank High
oaIger.
Lee Kefauver, of this place, who had
gone to Pennsylvania, returned tor a
iew Gays, out mas gone back again.
MISS ldeila Kaufman while coast
ing down the Myers mill hill was
thrown against a telephone pole, in
Jurlng herself, but not serious.
Henry Swan, who lives on a hill
nj
get TO and from his house, owing TO
the ice.
We are glad to say that Charles
Leatnerman, better known as Da1die
who has been very seriously ill, is
now Oil TAR way for recovery.
Rural mail carrier Edward Carter
whi.e gong down the river hill had
ms car to SKID off OF the ROAD Aion4av.
OUT ala no damage. He thought il
would run into the canal when lie got
started
X. W. Grove, who has been at Mid
dietown, Md, for the past five months
nursing Edgar Beachley's father, has
returned TO Old Snarpsourg, after Mr..
beachleys death ana burial. He, is
boarding at Foster Mongan's.
several of our lady school teachers
started for their school rooms, and
when they got at Everett Gross's corn
or tney got scared and were afraid TO
go down or start back. So they called
lor nelp, and Vincent DeLauney help.
ed them down.
Edward Line butchered his four fine
h0gs last week. They weighed 4O6.
Aus, o9I and S5l pounds. This about
winds up hog killing in this place for
TINS season. One of his lady helpers
put in her 40,h year butcnerinp for
Mr. Line, Mrs. Martha NallV, OF
omoketown, near Mr.. Lines farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Boyer and Mrs
boyer's father, all of Brunswick. came
up 10 butcher Samuel Boyer's two re-
naming hogs, but they had to post
pone on account Of the ice.