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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
3
Local notes report visits and moves among residents and merchants. Miss Leone Coleman plans to leave for Richmond, while others travel to Richmond and Norfolk, with updates on sick, leisure, and business matters in Mathews and Poplar Grove.
The annual Children’s Day service at St Pauls drew a large crowd last Sunday afternoon. The devoted, efficient committee organized the event, with their work praised in notable terms.
Rev J O Moss preached at Providence Grace and Emmanuel on Sunday to the pleasure of listeners. Mrs C H Machen will leave Monday to reopen Hotel Mecklenburg at Virginia Beach. Miss Martha Minter visited New York, then Charlottsville summer normal. Potatoes ready for early shipping. seed peas scarce. corn shows good stand as farmers weed.
Redart notes report a successful Strawberry festival at Cricket Hill with large crowds attending both Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Rev. J O Moss and party filled his Shiloh appointment as expected. Local residents, including J W Hudgins, Mrs W B Dixon, and Miss Lucy Forrest, are mentioned with social visits and trips to Norfolk.
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