Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1927-02-10
LOCALS AND PERSONALS


measles in and aruond town.
Miss M. E. Clothier was attending
Church in Elkins Sunday.
w. G. Goodwin of Route Four was a
business visitor in town this week.
Rev. B. B. Lambert is conducting a
series of meetings at Eureka.
A Klein and family of Elkins spent
part Of Sunday in Belington.
Alvin Hill of Elkins was in town
yesterday.
Miss Flora Swecker was in Salem
the weekend visiting friends.
o. S. Coontz, of Route Four, was
an Elkins visitor during the weekend.
D. B. Bear, of Cumberland was
here Wednesday in the interests OF
the gas company.
George Coontz, who has been work
ing at Rock Cave, has returned to
his home here.
A small child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Halter is quite sick with pneu-
monia.
M. C. Coonts, who has been living
in town for sometime, moved back to
his farm on Mud Run Tuesday.
George Digman of Montrose is Wis
ting relatives in this section this
week.
Rev. and Mrs. o. Stoneking of
Buckhannon, are here visiting for
few days.
j. H. Boomer, of Clarksburg, super
intendent Of the A. & P. Tea company
store, was here Tuesday on business.
Mrs. Geo. w. Price, who has been
sick for the past month, is improving
IN health.
Prof. Waggoner, of the high school
faculty, has been i'll for several days
but is again able to be out.
Herman Halter and family, of Phil
ippi, spent Sunday visiting at Prof.
Waggoner's.
Mrs. Brisco Hill, of Harris School
settlement was visiting relatives here
over Sunday.
Rev. Earsel Shaw, local preacher Of
Philippi, filled the pulpit in the M. 2.
Church, South, Sunday morning and
evening.
Mrs. S. L. Brooks and sister had
word yesterday of the death of their
aunt, Mrs. Thomas Thompson, Of
Clarksburg, who died suddenly.
Everett Wilmoth has bought the
Scott Shurtleff farm from NJ R. Key
ser and is now cleaning it up for cul-
tivation,
Mr.. mad Mrs. Allen Poe and child
rem, Betty and Edgar Allen; Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawson Delaney and children of
Grafton, spent Sunday in Belington,
VIM Hill and wife and little daugh-
ser of Parsons were here over Sun
day visiting Mr.. Hills mother who
mas beer very i'll for several. months,
at the home of NJ. L. Halter.
FOR SALE: 10-acre farm; good
FIVE room house and outbuildings, well
in yard, good orchard. Price reason
able. B. A. EMERSON, Belington,
Rente got.
Miss Jessie Terrell who has been
mere for the past three weeks on ac-
count of the sickness of her mother,
has returned to her teaching in Penn
sylvania. Mrs Terrell is much bet
ter
Mrs. Ellen Booth, of Hunters Fork,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. g.
G. Dadisman on Serpell Avenue, She
also spent several days visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Bennett at
Philippi-
News has been received here of the
death Of Mrs. Hartford Stalnaker in
Arizona. Mrs. Stalnaker was killed
III an automobile wreck and Mr.. Stall
maker was seriously injured. Both Of
them are natives Of Barbouor county
md are well knwon. here.
Thamer Griffith and NJ. L. Halter
encountered traffic officer on the Be
1ington-E lkins road Friday evening
AS a result they paid Squire W. g.
Hart of Elkins a business call Satur-
day evening. Wren is reported to
have gone to the brush when the Of
fcer came in sight.
A. J. Mayors. general manager,
Leno H. Ware, assistant; w L. Hor,
nor, bookkeeper, and Mr.. Quay, were
here looking oyer the gas property
Of the C. & A. Gas Company Mr..
Quay is the manager of the new COM
pany which recently took over the
holdings Of the C. & A. Company
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Blakeslee who
were called to Dubois, Pa. last week,
IN account Of the death Of Mrs.
Blakeslees mother, Mrs. Cole, return
I'd home Saturday Mrs. Cole had
several acquaintance. in Belington,
who are sorry to learn of her death,