Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1923-06-07
LOCAL NEWS


school for her summer vacation.
Chas Simon spent Sunday with the
family of r. L. Ernest.
Miss Maud Curry of Beverly is
visiting friends here.
Prof. J. H. Rohrbough was in
Parsons last week.
Last Friday evening Luther Kerr
got tangled up in rope and come
very near hanging himself.
J. P. Tibbets is spending week
or two in old Kentucky and Ohio
visiting friends and relatives.
James Rosenberger who has been
attending School at D. &. E. College
has returned home for the summer.
G. B. Ramsey and family of Phil
ippi were Sunday visitors at E. D.
Koontz's.
Wayne Heatherly of Philippi, mem
Der of Barbour County Court was
business visitor here Wednesday.
E. A. Barte has been on the sick
list for the past week is much i'm
proved at this writing.
w. H. Coontz and family of Fair
view spent Sunday here with relat-
ives.
The only prompt thing about our
city light are the bills at the end of
each month.
S. S. Boner of Beverly spent a
few days of this weey here seeing
friends and relatives.
Otto Offhaus is improving his
residence on Grim Ave, by putting
up a large new porch to it.
Geo. B. Skidmore is attending the
State Sunday School Convention in
Wheeling this week.
Miss Edra Stalnaker, one of the
High School graduates, has entered
the Davis Elkins College, having
left here Tuesday for Elkins.
Kenneth Shinn who has been at
tending the West Virfina University
has returned home to spend the sum-
mer.
M. E. Hill left here Monday for
Washington d. c., where he went to
attend the National Shrine Ceremon-
ial
The city is erecting small Fire
Hose House on Grim Ave, just to
the rear of (Teter) Thornhill Build
ing. q
Among the recent improvements
noted in town is new sleeping porch
built by A. Lazarus, and Abe can be
seen both day and night occupying
this spacious room. @&
Miss Jessie ". Terrell came home
last week for a few days vacation.
She has been teaching in vandergrift
Pa, for the past year, and reports
very satisfactory term
Mrs. E. D. Koontz and daughters
Mabel and Mary Kathryn spent a 4
part Of thsi week visiting Mrs. |
Koontz,s brothers, G. B. and John /
w. Ramsey Of Philippi. .se
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Shinn attend i
ed the Commencement exercises at,
Morgantown last week Their son
Sherwood being one of the gradual
ing class.
D. l. Dayton, Chas Dayton, and
Homer Payton spent last Saturday |
on the upper waters of Tygarts Val
ley River in quest of bass; nary a |
bass did they hook.
E. v. Deason, who has been here
for some time doing some tree-sur-
gerry work returned to Fairmont the !
latter part Of the week. he was ac-
companied on his return by his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, formerly
Miss Gale Teter) were here Sunday
visiting relatives; they left here this
week enroute for California where
they will make their future home.
They expect to make the trip by auto.
Max Shurtleff who came here
from Pittsburg to attend his fathers
funeral will spend few days here
with relatives before returning to
his work
Jerry Harvey, barber of Bayard,
spent a part of the week here visit
ing his mother Mrs. Isabelle Harvey,
he was accompanied by Mrs. Jones
and daughter of Bayard.
Miss Bessie Shepherd accompanied |
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. c. O.
Shepherd went to Buckhannon, Sun
day, where she will enter Wesleyan
College this week. She is a grad
uate of Belington High School.
Some Of the high clefts of rocks
which autos have been clambering
and breaking over along the Laurel
Hill Road are being blasted out this
week, the work is in charge of Bart
Cross.
Mrs. Nora Whitescarver and chill
dren of Pruntytown were visiting re-