Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-11-17

David Gloss, whose wife Va.
last week, died last FRIDAY fro 'sd
shock OF her death and Ola IN ne
being SO years old and alnost ne
Mr.. G oss and his wife were ho,b PM
~ respected residents Of this town s..
mad many friends. He was rner,hI!
OF the Lutheran Church and Odd ~,
lows OF Boonsboro, and the q; n
order in this place. For a numb.
years Mr.. Gloss was a toll-gate h..
er at the Myers mill toll-gate ana ,5i-
farming. Services were held =, "a
home Of his daughter MONDAY AFT.
noon by Rev. A. A. Kerlin, internrs...
in Mountain View Cemetery M.a
Smith, of Baltimore, his sister n'' va,
here at the death of her brother. sos
Wi liam. by his first wife, and Cl ,Sa
Gloss, Of Hagerstown, Mrs. Herba.o.
Gloss, of Washington, and Mrs Ch.-ia'
Gross, Sharpsburg.
George Bowers spent week u;,.
friends and relative. in Washinr,on
and attended the unknown sol';.a
burial on Armistice Day.
Mrs. Mary Miller spent a week With
relatives in Martinsburg.
William Houser butchered two bo,.
last week that weighed over 400 ponnss
each, and Sheridan Benner two thar
weighed $50 and 800. Mr.. Benner has
several more yet to butcher.
Charles Gross's son, who had the
pneumonia fever, is now suffering with
a gathered jaw or something similar
Philip Hines and wife and Ms,
Edna Hines, of Roanoke, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. yesterday at PorterS'
| town.
Homer Jones spent Sunday visiting
In Washington, going down on the ex.
cursion.
Hezzie Thomas, a former resident q,
this place, died in Washington and
was brought here to the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Lakin, and on Sun.
day afternoon was buried in Mountain
View Cemetery beside his wife, who
died some years ago. Mr.. Thomas
leaves. one daughter, Mrs. Victor De-
Launey, in Washington, and brother
Edward, near the Miller saw mil place
Mr.. Thomas before going to Washing
ton was engaged in the shoe repair
business here.
Charles Painter, employed at the
Miller's Bend quarries, had the mis-
fortune to have one of his fingers on
his left hand cut off. He was taken
to the hospital in Martnsburg and had
| it dressed.
James Snyder is boarding with his
son Clarence since his daughter re-
turned to Roanoke, Va.
Harry Jackson came UP from Roa-
noke to visit his father and mother.
Mr.. and Mrs Ben Jackson, who are
up from Washington at the home here.
Seymore Fisher, of Roanoke, was I'D
for several days visiting his father.
John w. Fisher, and brother and sis
tiers. He brought large flag TO drape
the war boys memorial en- Armis'ice
Day. The grounds, ETC., were fixed up
nicely.
Samuel Boyer, who had been housed
up with sickness, is out again. His
boys took him on short visit TO their
home at Brunswick last week.
Miss Mamie Mumma, who is en-
p'oyed in Washington, was up for
few days visiting her father, Samuel
Mumma, and sisters Bertha and Helen.
Mrs. Kate Gross and daughter, Mrs
Hood Fisher, spent week with her
sons Lloyd and Earl, who are employ
ed in the B. & o. baggage rooms in
Cumberland.
R. w. Grove was knocked down and
injured by an automobile Sunday even
ing in the garage of Houston Carna-
han. Mr.. Carnahan was out driving
and on enterir the garage struck Mr..
Grove, who was standing partly in the
dark. No bones were broken but badly
bruised.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs Everett Kretz-
er a pair of twin baby girls. They
are all getting along nicely.
John Shipley, who has been working
the past year for Edgar Remsburg.
will in the spring move to Fair Play
and 90 to farming on the Petrie farm.
Nihiser Kipe, who had made sew
eral trips to Ohio and returned, will
OCCUPY the house made vaca-+ ~ Nr.
Shipley and work for Mr.. RemsburE
next wear
Ohio Poffenberger informs the writer
that he would sell his farm if he would
be offered $4,000, but when the offer
came he had to back down, saying he
was too old to think of moving 'cl'-.