Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-09-17

man, Il Wlue-lWake, SuCCeSSIul IaTIu
er and citizen of much push and
enterprise. He is the President of
the Lewisburg District Board of
Education and for ten years the
teacher of the Jugde McWhorter
Class of the Methodist Sunday
School here. We wish him great
success in his new field of labor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Garner and
children, are at home again from
Romhey where they went to. visit
Mrs. Gamers father, Prof. A. J.
Thompson, one of the teachers in
the ID. ID. & b. School there.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Wilkerson have
returned from visit with kin in
Huntington.
J.. Marshall Gillian is visiting
his old home at Frankford this
week. He has given up his posi-
ton in Charleston to take a place
at Bcckley with one of the big coal
companies of Raleigh county.
Mrs. Sam Chiffon, of Charleston.
is guest or Capt. C. b. Bust
er here and was the guest of honor
at reception, given by Mrs. Hender-
son Tuesday evening.
Alfred Z. Creigh, who had been
in the service of the N. & w. Ry.,
at Columbus Ohio, during the sum-
mer was here returning to Washing
ton & Lee University.
Mrs. r. B. Holt and daughter,
Nina, have returned home from an
extended visit with Mrs. Frank G.
Dye, at Jordon, N. Y.
Ross H. Tuckwiller in charge of
Beef Cattle Experiments conducted
jointly by the u. S. Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. c.,
and West Virginia University Ex-
pertinent Station at Mrgantown, and
Prof. c. v. Wilson, of Animal ,Hus-
bandry Department. Morgantown,
left for Jersey City, N. j., the first
| of this week to Secure final data
on the 60 steers that have been on
feeding experiment the past year at
Tuckwiller Bros. Farm near Lewis
burg. +, .'-'s'
Mrs. w. A 'Bratton and two
daughters, Misses Mary Frances
and Guy Bratton, of Marlinton,
were in Ronceverte Monday of last
week enroute to Cincinnati, where
the daughters will enter the Gin
cinnati Conservatory of Music for
study.
Prof. A. ]. Thompson, of the d.
ID. B. School. at Romney was in
Greenbrier last week gathering up
the pupils who had been on vaca-
ton. He left Ronceverte Tuesday
morning with a bunch Of about
thirty and would gather others at
ElkinS and other points.
II. B. Pollock, of Fayettc county,
spent last week in Williamsburg
district visiting kin and friends.
Mrs. a. Joe Davis, Jr., after spend
ing the summer with kin in Green
brier, left last week for her home
at Palm Beach, Fla. She was ac-
companied thence by her sister,
Miss McNeel Hundley who will be
with her for some time.
Redmond +. Burke has resigned
as Engineer for the Duncan Con-
StructiOn Company, of Pocahontas
county and will establish an Office
here.
VIM. X. Brown, of Birmingham,
Ala, with his wife and two daugh-
ters. with view of placing his
Two girls at school, was here last
week.
VIM. NJ. Bell. who spent the SUM-
mer al Lexington, Va, has return
ed to Lewisburg.
Mrs. Isaac Hume was down from
her home near Trout to take home
her daughter, MISS Mackie, who
OH Saturday last had her tonsils
and adanoids removed by Dr.. de.
Weber. Mrs. Hume gave us a pleas
ant call while in town and told us
much Of Steel McClung, ESQ.,. her
father, and other old friends which
interested us.
OF for school: Henry Tucker.
to Hampden-Sidney; Miss Eliza
beth Bell to Bristol, Va.-her faith
err accompanied her; Miss Martha
Laing to Agnes Scott; James Laing
TO Episcopal High School, Alexan.
dria, Va, Steel and Orion Callison
to Roanoke College.
John S. Wilkinson, of Trout, has
returned from Charleston and 9th
er points West, having gone
'hIther 10 purchase his fall stock.
Our esteemed old friend. VIM.
u. Ayres, Esq, of the Friar's Hill
community celebrated his 85th
birthday last Sunday. the 18th. Mr..
Ayrcs was born in Buckingham
county, Va. Sept. ~, 1885, came
out TO Nicholas county prior 10 the
Civil War in which he served as q
soldier, moved to Grecnhrier very
shortly after the war, was for MANY
years n successful teacher and mem