Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-05
PERSONAL MENTION.

Among our callers on Tuesday was
our venerable but Lively friend Mr..
VIM. II. Johnson, from north OF town.
Mr.. Johnson is in his SOth year, but
gets around as actively as many a man
twenty years younger. He says that
he was born in 1912 in a log house at
what is now Benwood, w. Va, though
II wasn't even a village then. After
the vicissitudes Of eighty years he 10
still holding his own, for he Is still
living in log house. But he is con-
tented and comfortable and keeps the
wolf from the door without much
trouble, for he is a pensioner OF the
b. & o. Railroad, whose fast passenger
trains he hauled for many a year be-
tween Grafton and Wheeling
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Hoffman we're
in Philadelphia the past week. where
Mr.. Hoffman consulted specialists in
regard to injuries from which he suf-
fered for several years past. II will
be recalled that Mr.. Hoffman was bad
ly hurt some years ago when he fell
from the Whiting mill, then in course
Of construction. Later he was again
seriously injured when the hearse iie
by train on the Norfolk & Western
Railway. We understand that X-rays
showed that his hip was badly distort-
ed from fracture. Surgeons say that
his lameness can be cured, but il will
be bong and tedious and costly hos
pital experience.
Many of the Registers friends called
at our Office during the recent holidays
TO renew their subscriptions. Among
those from out of town were Chas. ].
Miller, II. II. Hendricks, Jas p. Staley,
Kirk Hardesty, Allen A. Staley, J. S.
Lucas, K. G. Bane, Geo. w. Osbourn,
N. T. Snyder, w. M. Demory, w. ].
Knott, Geo. M. Knott, A. w. Billmyer.
j. C. Welsh, Mrs. Kate Domer, !. G..
Griffith, John w. Mitchell, w. l.. Cook,
Ernest d. Jones, Chas. S. Billmyer, L.
b. Viokers, Walter Cation, w. l.
Shackleford. w. p. Mcdonald.
Mr.. Daniel Folk, who has been en-
ployed the past year or two in one OF
the big tire factories in Akron, Ohio
has given UP hs work there and re-
turned to Shepherdstown. He expects
to e OTTO farming in the spring Mr.
David Folk, who works in McKeesport,
Pa, was home for the holidays.
Mr.. Mason Bowers, Of Kearnevsvlle
was caller at the Register Office this
morning. He was advertising a big
sale that his brother, David w. Bow
ers, wi have in Berkeley county on
Thursday, January Goth. Watch for
the advertisement next week.
Mrs. T. B. Howell, Of the Engle
neighborhood, submitted to a major
surgical operation in the Charles
Town Hospital last week She is re.
operating nicely from the ordeal.
Mrs. w. T. Frcdeking, of Hinton, w.
Va, has been here the past week or
two visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs.
G. w. Banks.
Mrs. J., w. Crow, of williamsport.
Md, and Mr.. Alex Crow, of Union
town, Pa, spent the weekend in
Shepherdst' rn with Mrs. Fannie
Show.
Rev. William Rogers, of German
town, Md, is here for a visit among his
former parishoners Of the M. E.
Church.
Miss Mildred Banks, who teaches ir
the public schools of Elkins, spent the
holidays at her home in Shepherds.
town.
Miss Phoebe Knott and Miss Mar
Caret Maddox, who teach at Manning
ton, W. Va, were home for the holi-
days.
MeSsrS. Grove Banks and Winters
Folk have been visiting friends in
Berkeley Springs the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Orndorff and
the baby were here from Baltimore
for part OF the holidays
Miss Louise Koontz spent a part Of
the holidays with her relatives and
friends in Washington.
Miss Sarah Briscoe Hodges was
home from school in Baltimore for the
holiday vacation
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Bender, of this
place, have both been on the sick list
the past week
Mrs. o. l.. Gordon, of McKeesport,
Pa, was at her old home here for the
holidays.