Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-03-19
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Jennie S. Price is spending
Il month in Washington.
J. 5. Perry. Of Sue. was in town
on business Wednesday and paid
us call.
Il. l.. faNley, Of England. and II.
5. Vincent. of Picking, China, are
rcglstercd ut the Lewisburg Hotel.
5. y. Pace returned Wednesday
rom sutton. where he had been on
legal business.
weeks visit here with her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. r. b. Holt. left last
week for her home at Jordan, n. Y.
Hon. l.. G. Williams. who spent
the winter months in the South,
returned 10 Lcwisburg Thursday
night.
Lacy Hayslett, Of Kiefrer. who
went to LongmDnt, Colo, last Oc-
tober fer the benefit of his health,
returned TO his home Tuesday. The
change in climate did not seem TO
benefit him much.
Mrs. r. p. Ycagcr, OF Harrison
DurS. Va, was recent guest for a
week OF her sister. Mrs. A. NJ. Hub
bard, at Ronccvcrte. Mr.. =, Yeager
came out to accompany her home.
Liant r. Slaven, late of Lewis
burg. has become q member of the
law firm of Goodykoontz & Scherr,
so that the firm is now Goody-
koontz, Schcrr 4 Slavcn, William
son, w. Va.
Among the pleasant callers at our
office Monday were Henry w. Hum
phreys and Martyr Rodgers, of
Irish Corner; J. Edwin Arehart, of
Frankford, and w. Gordon Leach,
Of White Sulphur.
NJ. c. Hayes, Of Ansted, was in
Greenbrier last Saturday and gave
Us pleasant call. He SAYS his
friend and ncighbor, JOS. Tyrec, Il
brother-in-law of Col. G. w. I'M
bodcn, Of the same community, has
been LII poor health all winter.
Geo. c. Shirley passed through
town Monday en- route to Craigs-
VILE Va, to accompany his daugh-
ter, Miss Nellie, to a hospital to
undergo an operation for appendi-
citis. Miss Nellie has been teach
ing school at Craigsville.
p. N. Handley has returned from
three months stay with his sister,
Mrs. Mary Louis McAllister, at Mill
boro, Va. He is looking fine and
will tpcn his shop here right away.
His sister, Miss Lucy. spent the
winter in Philadelphia but expects
10 return 10 MiIlboro soon.
Mrs. l.. II. McClung,, who under
Went a severe operation several
weeks ago at the Hinton Hospital,
left last Thursday for her home at
Meadow Bridge. She was accom-
panied by her husband DR.. Nc
CHARACTERIZATION Mdependent-Her-
aid.
Rev. j. NJ. Walker, of MarIinton,
and K. II. Bobbitt, of Anderson,
were here this week looking over
the John A. Preston Community
House. We understand that both
Anderson and Marlinton are max
ing an effort to establish similar
institutions.
Johnson B. Handley, after con-
finemcnt of twcnty-three days, in a
severe tussele with the flu, is out
again with no apparent ill effects
except the loss Of SO pounds in
avoirdupois weight which he can
well afford to spare, though his
clothes now hang in baggy effect
abouthis rOtund corporeity.
Rev. Frank G.. Brown recently ac-
cepted a call to the Brcme Memori-
al church. just across Elk river
from Charleston, now one of tho
large churches of the Kanawha
Presbytcry. He VIII begin his work
there about April 1st, soon after
completing Il special course he, is
taking at Moody Theological School
i'll Chicago.
Cary y. Bobbitt, who for, some
time had held a position as agent
of the Sewcll Valley railroad at
Rainclle, and who SOME tir,n 400
suffered nervous break down. has
been granted years leave of alb
sence, and was here Tuesday on his
way TO Charleston to be treated by
& specialist. While in town he was
The guest of his brother B. G.. Bob
lit.
w. X. Weaver, superintendent Of
The American Railway Express Co.,
and C. b. Taylor, route agent out Of
Clifton Forge, spent Thursday af-
tcrnoon at Lcwisburg in The inter
est OF their company. While here
they gave Agent Davidson to under
stand that the much needed i'm
provomcnis in express facilities,
such as an express car. platform
trucks. etc, would soon be installed
here.
Hon. JOS. S. Thtlrmond was here
yesterday for IN hour, driving up
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