Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-01-08
PERSONAL NOTES.
News of Your Friends at Home and
Abroad.

J Withrow Reynolds Legge, of the az
I ricultural extension staff 9f the Wes
4 Virginia University, has resigned hi
position to take charge of the farm
and orchards of Charles d. wyson,
at Shepherdstown. He assumed hi:
duties the first Of the year. Every
body in this neighborhood is glad tina
Mr.. Legge has come back home anC
will make this place his residence
He is an expert in farm and orcharC
matters and will be an asset to oul
community in this respect, for our in
creasing orchards and the necessit,
for improved and progressive meth
DDS in farming call for men of thi:
sort. The younger people will rejoice
also, for he is one of the best all
around athletes in West Virginia
and good, clean sports will have ar
impetus from his presence and partic
ipation that will put ShepherdstowT
on the map. There is no question as
to Mr.. Legge's welcome to Shepherds
town, and we hope that he will find hi:
work here entirely congeniai.
DR.. E. H. Vickers, head of the de.
partment of economics of the West
Virginia University at Morgantown
spent week during the holidays al
his old home near Shepherdstown ir
order to recuperate for the work oil
the winter session. DR.. Vickers spent
the month of November in Washing.
ton City, having been called there in
an advisory capacity by a japanese
commission that was discussing inn
portant International questions with
the. United States government. DR.
Vickers was for a number of years ir
Japan, and the president of the Uni.
versity of Tokyo, who was also the
head OF the commission, requested
his services during the deliberations
with our government. 1t was @
strenuous month, but the work was
greatly enjoyed by DR.. Vickers.
The Register has an interesting let.
ter from Mrs. Arthur Conradi, of Sar
Francisco, formerly Miss Louise. Vel
shans, of Shepherdstown. While we
were wrestling with ice and snow here
in West Virginia, the roses were get
ting ready TO bloom in California, and
she wrote that she expected to have
them from her own yard in time for
the Christmas, dinner. With all that
however, she admitted that she would
Just love to spend the holidays with
her friends in good old Shepherds
town. Mr.. Conradi is having a big
year with his institute, and is render.
ing some splendid programs-we
know that he is master. artist with
the violin. Sara Louise is just yeaI
old, and is of course simply adorable
Lieutenant Louis K. Koontz, who
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ID
Frank Koontz, near ShepherdstowT
during the holidays, and who has beer
doing work in the War College
Division Of the War Department, has
recently been transferred to the
educational section, War Plans Divi
sion, General Staff. This is a yer,
desirable assignment and is especial
W congenial for Lieutenant Koontz
His duties require him to visit the va
rious schools of the city. the Bureau
of Education and other boards, and h,
IS kept busy selecting courses of study
revising text books, and similar worI
which, we may add, he is we'll quail
fled to do.
We were pleased to have call dur
ing the recent holidays from Mr.
Stultz Boone, who was here visiting
he family of Mr.. Harrison Schley
Mr.. Boone, who used to live in Shep
/ herdstown, is now saleman for tn,
Mereenthaler Linotype Company, ant
has the State Of North Carolina a.
! his territory. We learn that he it
doing well in his new line of work
But why shouldn't he? He is one o
the finest young fellows who has eve
lived in our community.
Mr. Harry M. Show. former Sheo
| herdstown boy, was among orr cal!cr
! A,,-fpo tho hnIiIopc ba,,i,,n 49, II
home for ivsit to his mother, Mrs
Fannie Show. He reports business a
av'ep!ionally fine, with orders for hi
lire Of goods-hrass beds far in ex
cess of the capacity of n" factories
Mr Show is now maxim, his head
Quarters in Richmond, We, as his ter
ritory is principally in the South.
Miss Martha Knode, daughter o
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Knode. south o
town, who has been in service in III
War Department in Washinpton tn
past year or two, has been aopointet
I ~ -Nc department as a teacher o
-" ish in the government schools il
P0--o Rico, and will leave Cor tina
island on February 7tN Four othe
"ourP ladies will go with her and viii
he eroaged in the same work.
Midshipman Dewitt Fulton, Of tn
United States Naval Academy at An
papolis, had leave Of few days dur
80 me holidays. and his friends il
Shepherdstown were glad to see hir
during a brief visit here. He like
the new life very we'll, but we rathe
suspect that he will not be sorry whe
his first year is over.
Mrs. N. H. Pyles and Misses Su
and Emma Hess, OF Washington, wer
among the visitors to Shepherdstow
during the holidays. Miss Sue Hess
who has we'll cultivated sopran
voice, sang a solo very sweetly in tn
Southern Methodist Church.