Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-03-24
LITTLE LOCALS.

/ Inc nrSt of April is moving time, anc
II YOU are contemplating moving We
request that YOU send us your change
OF address. and thus avoid missing any
/ issues.
The dramatic Club, of Leetown, will
present the play, The Fruit of His Folly
IN the hall at Uvilla Thursday night
March Slst, Proceeds for the benei,
OF the Leetown NJ. E Church South.
Mrs. Marie Shaffer Bowley. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Richard E. Shafter. OF
Martnsburg, and Robert Evers Gordon.
also OF Martnsburg, were married Mon
DAY night in Martinsburg.
Two aeroplanes passed over Shep
herdStown about noon Yesterday bound
toward Washington. They were flyinp
nigh, and 1t was interesting to see them
hying IN and out of the clouds.
The town clock has been running
anywhere from ten 10 twenty minutes
iaSt Tot several weeks. This is rather
lnconVenient and we hope that the chief
engineer VIII remedy the difficulty.
Through error last week the vote
that Mr.. lilies Robinson received for
councilman at the town election was
omitted. Mr.. Robinson received a to-
tai OF lSl votes. the highest vote re-
celVed by any candidate for the council
Miss Badenhoop. Red Cross nurse
ior Jefferson county, will give course
IN home hygiene and care of the sick
beginnlng next week, in Shepherdstown
ihe course comprises fifteen lessons
and the charge is three dollars for the
tull course. Those wishing to take ad- =
vantage OF this training should notify
The home Of Lewis Rcks in Bolivar
was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon
having c?ught from q stable nearby
which caught from burning brush. The
adjoining property of Daniel O'Bovle
was also badly damaged. The Charles
Town fire company arrived on the scene
and saved The O'Eoyle property from
being destroyed.
Inc Editor must be having fine
time in Flroida this week for we have
had one postcard and a night letter
from him. We suppose that he is too
busy to write. He promises a letter
for next week though. and il doesn't
send it the Junior Editor fails TO see
how he will get the paper but on time,
II has been a struggle this week for
the local news is mighty scarce and we
have had hard time to fill the columns.
Much to the regret Of their many
friends, the family of r. E. Shaffer,
who have been residing on North
Maple Avenue for the past few years,
viii move from Martinsburg April lst.
Mr.. Shaffer will superintend operations
on his farm near Shepherdstown. One
OF their attractive daughters, Miss
Edna Shaffer, has been bookkeeper for
Ramsey Brothers and is popular in a
large circle of young friends and ac-
quaintances. Journal.
Sunday was the first day of Spring.
officially, but the weather report shows
that Spring has been here some weeks.
Sunday was warm, balmy day and
Monday was actually hot and the thre-
mometer got up to IS in the shade
Goats and heavy clothes we're shed. but
north wind Monday. night brought
down cold wave and the tempera-
ture dropped almost to freezing. Gov
ernment reports show that this is the
warmest March that has ever been re-
corded.
The town council having tried burn
ing the lights on our streets all night
for two weeks have tome the conclrs-
ion that the long hours would make
our street lighting cost mere than
fifteen hundred dollars a year, and
have discontinued them. The lights
are now being turned out at twelve
o'clock by an automatic clock arrange
ment installed by w. w. Winters and
his son Paul. The clock was install
cd at a small cost and seems to be DO
ing excellent work.
The Swan Pond Farm Women's
Club was formally organized last Sat-
urday afternoon by the ladies of that
district who met under the direction OF
Miss Ford, Home Demonstration Agent.
The following officers were elected :
vice-president, Mrs. J. Frank Van
Meter, Shepherds. own; secretary, Mrs.
". l.. Folk, harrisburg; treasurer
Mrs. c. J. Miller, Shepherdstown.
The general plan of the work OF simi-
lar clubs was gone over ard the club
arranged to meet the fourth Thurs
day in every month.
Mrs. Irene Sanbower Burke had a
narrow escape from death yesterday
afternoon. About twelve O'Clock her
little daughter came home from school
and when she entered her mothers
room found her unconscious lying on
the floor. Dorothy ran TO the nearest
telephone and called DR.. Burwell who
FASTENED to the home and found that
Mrs. Burke had been overcome by
gas which had escaped from a coal
stove in the room. He had great diff
Guilty in reviving her, but finally
brought her back to consciousness and
she is now almost recovered form the
unpleasant experience.
The Young Peoples Division of the
West Virginia Sunday School Asscci-
alton will have meeting in the Luther
an Church in Shepherdstown next
Friday afternoon, April 1st, at 1.3C
o'clock. when they will be addressed