Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-12-26
CHURCH ITEMS.

ut 1eCuitQ etuty VI HE OfiiH1cfl-
ed Task under the instruction of DR..
G. G. Sydnor will be in the Presby-
terrain Church on next Wednesday
evening, in connection with the Pray
er and Praise service at 1880.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Missionary Society of.
the Charles Town Baptist Church
win be held on Wednesday after
noon, January the tenth, at o'clock
in the Sunday School room of the
church. This is an important BUSH
ness meeting and all members of the
society are urged to attend.
The Women's Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church will observe
week of prayer for missions with
the following leaders:
Sunday, Dec. 31st-Mrs. Frazer.
Monday, Jan. l, 1923-Miss Hen
rietta Holmes and Mrs. Webster.
Tuesday, Jan. 2-Mrs. Fur and
Mrs. Robinson.
Wednesday, Jan. 3-Mrs. LaBoy-
teaux.
Thursday, Jan. Mrs. Walker
and Mrs. Howard Wilt
Friday, Jan. 5-Mrs. Woodward
and Mrs. Pope.
Saturday, Jan. 6-Miss Agnes
Phillips and Miss Frances FUR.
Meetings will begin at 2:30 each
afternoon, and on Wednesday, JAN
3, the Christmas offering for China
Missions will be received.
i Mr.. and Mrs. G. OIin Wiley and
daughter, Miss Margaret Wiley, will
spend Christmas with relatives at
Middletown, Va.
bjr I. N. Merchant is up from
v ashington on a visit to his son,
n Ray Merchant, and brother, Mr..
v S. Merchant.
Mr. C. o. Heiskel, who has been
working at his trade in Washington,
has come up to spend the Christmas
holidays with his family here.
hrs Frank Robinson, Mrs. Char
lev Maxwell and Mrs. George Polling,
all Of Ransom, spent the day Thurs
DAY, shopping in Hagerstown, Nd.
Midshipman Edward M. Miller,
United States Navy, on leave for a
few days, has been in town visiting
his mother, Mrs. Hunter ]. Miller.
Mrs. M. D. LaBoyteaux has closed
her house on South Samuel street for
the winter, and with her daughter,
Miss Bee LaBoyteaux, has taken
rooms at Mrs. Geo. P. Shirley's.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Calvin Long
and daughter, Betty Lee, of Cleve.
land, Ohio, arrived in town Sunday
to spend the Christmas Holidays
with Mrs. Longs parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. L. Daley.
Attorney Frank L. Bushong was in
Washington attending Chautauqua
lectures on World Peace. The ses-
sions were held in Continental Me-
mortal Hall, and among other dis
tinguished lecturers was Ambassa-
dor Georges Clemenceau.
Mr. Harrison Cooke, Rhodes Schol-
ar at Oxford University, England, is
at his home in Charles Town for the
Christmas holidays. Mr. Cooke, who
is specializing in chemistry at Ok
ford, spent the greater part of last
summer studying in Germany. He
will remain in America till January
I13.
Mr.. Roscoe Allemong, local mana
ger of the Northern Virginia Power
Company was called to Philadelphia
last week because of the critical i'll
ness of his little daugher, Corinne.
who went there two weeks ago with
her mother. The child had pneu-
monia, but was improving when Mr..
Allemong came home Tuesday.
Mr.. Harvey Lee Melbourne, who
has been here on a visit of six weeks
to his mother, Mrs. L. R. Bilbourne,
will leave in few days to resume
his duties as American Vice Consul
at Tsinon, China. He will sail from
New York on January 6, and will go
via the Panama Canal, Manila,
Philippine Islands, Hongkong and
| Shanghai, China.