Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1926-11-17
LOCAL MENTION.

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Mr. William Jones gave his wife a
birthday surprise party on Friday
g5r November ~. About thirty
nests were present.
W ". johnson has had his home.
nm Fast Washington street, improved
ar a coat Of pebbledash, besides hav-
he the woodwork newly painted.
George A. Mcdonald, 90. and Miss
Nab4l V. Rice, %. both of Shep-
n4rdstown. were united in marriage
rridav afternoon at the Presbyterian
Vanse, by the Rev. G. G. Sydnor.
The Ladies Aid Society viii hold
heir annual Thanksgiving Dinner in
me Odd Fellows Hall, at Shenandoah
junction. on Thanksgiving Day,
Thursday. November rs. You are
cordially invited.
The ladies of St. Johns Church, at
Rippon. viii hold a supper and sale
Of fancy articles at the Rippon Hall,
en- Friday evening, November 10,
1926. from A to o'clock. Oysters,
chicken salad and old ham. Every
body invited.
George w. Staubs has been APP
nojnted as administrator of the es-
ate of his deceased wife. Carrie B.
Staubs. and Mary G. Reinhart, j.
0uingley Reinhart and Edward L.
Reinhart, administrators of the est
tate of the late Lucy Baylor Rein
hart.
Messrs. T. W. and E. F. Jacobs,
the Kabletown merchants, have leas-
ed the store on Wyndham's corner,
one of the best business locations in
Berryville, Va, and opened a grocery
and hardware store there last week
The firm will continue their business
at Kabletown.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Lee
town Methodist Church will hold its
annual supper in the public school
building at that place, on Friday
night. November 10, beginning at 5
o'colck. Soup. candy and fancy ar
ticles will also be sold. Come and
bring your friends.
The Independent Fire Company
answered an out of town call early
Saturday morning, when the hog
house on the property of Mr.. L. M.
Long, at Rippon, was discovered to
be in flames. Besides the loss of
the structure. which was destroyed,
no damage was done.
There will be an entertainment
and social held in the Middleway
school. at Middleway, on Tuesday,
November %, at z: 80, for the bene-
fit of supplies needed in the school.
Admission to entertainment is free.
This is held under the auspices of the
Parent-Teachers Association.
On returning from Washington
City Sunday night. November 7, the
car of Mr.. Jennings Weller collided
with a Maryland car on a hill near
Sandy Hook Mr.. Weller's car was
badly damaged. by being overturned.
All of the occupants escaped injury
except Miss Mildred Moler, who suf-
fered broken collar bone.
The work Of remodeling the old
public school building, on North
Charles street, Charles Town. is well
under way. A boiler house has been
erected at the north end of the
building: concrete floor is being
put in, all the alterations and i'm
provements being made in prepare
ton for the removal of the Ex-
change Creamery there from the
Wall building one block east. The
equipment of the creamery will be
moved about December LIST.
An action for damages in the sum
Of $4,000 has been filed in the JEFF
ferson Circuit Court against the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad Company by
H. S. Snyder, Administrator of Roy
Snyder. The action grows out of an
accident at the Kearneysville cross
ing on the night of October 81, when
Roy Snyder lost his life in a collision
between his automobile and helper
engine Of the defendant company.
Attorneys Geo. P. Shirley and John
I. Porterfeld represent the plaintiff.
Minor Nichols, one among the old
er residents of Harpers Ferry, passed
away at his home there on Friday,
November 9Th, after long and pain
full illness, in the 72nd year of his
age. In recent years, until III health
compelled him to resign. he was one
Of the toll collectors at the entrance
of the two bridges at Harpers Ferry.
he funeral was held Sunday morn
ing, services at the home of the de-
ceased BY the Rev. Father J. A. Cur
ran, after which interment was made
p Harper's Ferry.
Herbert Everhart, of near Lee
town, was awarded, First, Second
and Third premiums IN the poultry
division of the sesqui-centennial. in
Philadelphia. on hens of the Rose
omb Silver Compines strain, exhibit
ed by him. He also won a silver cup
at the Hanover, Pa, Fair for the
best display of Langshans besides
lbbons at fairs of six other states.
The poultry display at the sesqui-
centennial is the largest ever as
sembled in this country, there being
5000 birds on exhibition.
Announcement has been made of
the approaching marriage of Miss
Angelina de Lorenzo, daughter of
Of Mrs. n D. Lorenzo, of Charles
Town, to Mr.. Jerolamo Lazzaro, of
Newark. New Jersey. The bride. who