Local News Items and Social Notes in Mathews County
Mr and Mrs Dabney Baker visit Norfolk Mrs J P Nottingham visits Baltimore and Mrs Clifton Hudgins spends time in Norfolk Local residents Garnett and Healy return home to vote J R Thomas of Richmond visits county J A Weston of Baltimore in town J W Down improves after illness Rev L J Phaup preaches at Bethel and St Mathews Miss Parsons returns from Magnolia Miss Lessie Pugh visits Port Hayward Elmar Morgan returns to Portsmouth N E Bohannon returns home Eliza Armistead ill but improving Rev Geo Gowen to preach at Westville Christian church Special insurance from Northern Neck Mutual Fire Association Mr Ussher Rainer resumes duties 666 tonic advertises fever treatment Mathews County oyster roast honors Wilson victory Bailey Diges removes splinter 24 inches from hand R W Foster adds ladies samples to tailor shop Miss Lucy Miller visits Port Haywood Sallie Tompkins Chapter U D C meets at Mrs Theo Miller School Board to meet at Court House Ladies Civ ic League sells treats for High School Fund Mr and Mrs R C White return from bridal trip to Norfolk E M Blake leaves for Kilmarnock Fair Virginia Boy horse trained by Ashburn of White Stone Oxen killed by falling tree Captain J C Hudgins Diggs Saw mill lumber service announced Miss Caroline Hurst returns from Norfolk with Mrs Wes ley Hudgins Magazines at The Journal News Stand Partridge season opens with hunters from county Hallowe en party for Miss Parsons of Washington Rub My Tism aids cure noted.
Abernathy and Lewis Meeked in Gloucester Marriage
Charles Henry Abernathy of Gloucester wed Sarah Columbia Lewis of North Virginia in a quiet ceremony at West Matthews Parsonage on Thursday night October 11. The groom works as a miller in Gloucester and the couple will live there.
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Charles Henry Abernathy
Gloucester
County
Sarah Columbia Lewis
W. F. Lewis
North
West Mathews, Parsonage
T. W. Odgen
Farmers Bulletin Issued by Agriculture Commissioner
Commissioner George W. Koiner announces the October Farmers Bulletin is ready and free on request. It covers seed corn choices, a photo of the $1,000 prize car from the National Corn Show, lime and fertilizers, the silo, and hog cholera serum value. Send name and address to receive a copy.
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George W. Koiner
Local mill offers grinding of meat and graham flour
J Henry Thompson Retz in Virginia announces a newly erected mill ready to grind and sell meat, hominy, and related goods. He adds graham flour as a healthful option and invites patronage from customers in the area.
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Graham Flower
J. Henry Thompson
Grist Mill Opening Near Providence Church
To the public providing grinding services for corn meal hominy and Graham flour Joseph Foster Hicks Wharf Va announces completion of a grist mill on the main road near Providence church. Oct. 31-3m.
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Providence Church
Local Social Notes From Ports mouth and Nearby Areas
County correspondence reports visits by Miss Lailie B. Diggs in Ports mouth with her brother Herbert R. Diggs. Miss Mattie Gentry visits friends in Ports mouth and Newport News. George H. Townsend returns home to Portsmouth after visiting Woodstock friends. Mrs. Osborne of Detroit guests of Judge and Mrs. Skeeter near Williams Wharf. Mrs. Frank Hugus returns home after months with Pennsylvania parents. Mrs. McQueen visits brother A St Clair Butler at Poplar Grove. his daughter Mrs. Ford and her four children are there. Mrs. Powhatan Robertson visiting her daughter Mrs. L C Harrison in East Aurora New York expected back at Woodstock in December.
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George H. Townsend
Woodstock
Portsmouth
Mrs. Osborne
Detroit, Mich
Skeeter
Williams Wharf
Frank Hugus
Pennsylvania
Mrs. McQueen
A. St. Clair Butler
Poplar Grove
Mrs. Ford
Sermon and Halloween Ghost Tale at St Pauls
Susan reports Rev. J. Arthur Winn preached a fine sermon at St. Pauls last Sunday. A new baby girl is mentioned. On Halloween a scream haunted St. Pauls graveyard as a frightening ghost with a pumpkin head and dragon teeth appeared, dropping something unseen, then vanished before a road sighting. A pumpkin was said to be lost that night.
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J. Arthur Winn
St. Paul’s
Hallowe'en
St. Paul's
Farewell Sermon and Local Happenings in Salem and Norfolk
Rev. L. J. Phaup will preach his farewell sermon at Salem. On Sunday night Carroll Sadler returned to his position in Norfolk after several weeks at home. Capt. Bud Morgan and family of Norfolk visit the former’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Forest Morgan. Captain James Hudgins lost a fine yoke of oxen last week when a tree fell on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Phaup
Salem
Carroll Sadler
Norfolk
Capt
Bud Morgan
Mrs
Forest Morgan
James Hudgins
Foster visits and relatives noted in local short items
Miss Blanche Keys visited Mrs. Floyd Shawn last week. Mrs. J. R. Haynes visited relatives in Gloucester last week. Mr. L. R. Hunley and Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Bassett returned from a visit to relatives in Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards and daughter Margaret of Saluda visited friends in the neighborhood recently. Misses Minnie and Nellie Nelson returned from a visit to relatives in Cumberland Mellen Lady Smith and Osceola Wisconsin. They will spend the winter at their home Woodlawn.
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Blanche Keys
Floyd Shawn
J. R. Haynes
Gloucester
L. R. Hunley
G. G. Bassett
Norfolk
Charles Edwards
Margaret
Saluda
Minnie
Nellie Nelson
Cumberland
Mellen
Lady Smith
Osceola
Wis
Revival at Friends Church Draws Large Crowds Near Susan
Revival at Friend's church near Susan continues daily through next Sunday night. Mr Adams will preach a farewell sermon and lecture men and boys on "The White Rose of Purity" with free admission Friday November 8.
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Friend's Church
Susan
Adams
Local Notes on Families and Autumn Weather
Report from Laban notes Jeffer son Brownley still sick while Miss Lislian Diggs returns after illness. Inez Hors ly recovering, Mrs Julia Brownie back in Gloucester. A. bat at home briefly to help rebuild his father’s house. Describes a beautiful autumn with golden brown leaves.
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Ernest Brownley
Jefferson
Inez Hors Ly
Julia Brownie
Gloucester
No Place Like Home Amid Frosty Winter Whispers
The writer notes winter advances with frost and ice already present while expressing affection for the season. They describe gathering by the family hearth after evening and recalling bygone days, concluding with a nostalgic line about home.
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Nus
Community Notes From Cobbs Creek and Nearby
Supt E C Percival and J H Binford spent Saturday night with F L Joslyn. Miss Lucy Vaden recovered from illness to resume school. Ruth Richardson visited cousin Mrs A G Vaden at Mathews C H. Countess Blaynes stays with grandmother Mrs Fitchett at Sales. Mrs Richard Waller heads to Fairfield with daughter Mrs Haynie for winter. Binford to speak at High School Thursday at 7 30 P M urging patron involvement. Civic League ladies offer supper to attendees.
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Ruth Richardson
A. G. Vaden
Mathews C. H
Richard Waller
Mrs. Haynie
Fairport
J. H. Binford
Ladies
The
Civic League
Death of Albert D. Ashbury Confederate veteran
Albert D. Ashbury, 76, prominent citizen and Confederate soldier, died Friday at his son-in-law R. W. Everage's home near Foster P. O. after illness beginning Sept 16. Survived by sister Dollie Everage and six children. Funeral Sunday at Trinity Church conducted by Rev. Giles B. Cooke. burial in Trinity Cemetery where he served as caretaker.
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R. W. Everage
Foster P. O
Albert D. Ashbury
Dollie Aeverage
Foster
P. H. Ashbury
Portsmouth Va
Monroe Respass
Sidney Ingram
J. P. Everage
Mathews
Giles B. Cooke
Grist mill offer at Catch Penny near Blakes proclaimed
J J W D Haynes announces a weekly Tuesday operation of a grist mill at Catch Penny near Blakes. He will grind corn for any who desir e it and keep meal available at reasonable prices, effective July first.
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Blakes
J. J. W. D. Haynes
Lost and Wanted Ads From Mathews Area 1951
A stream of small classified notices lists items for sale and request for workers in Mathews and surrounding communities. J D Jesse at Nuttsville seeks sate pole lengths. a janitor for New Point High School. White Orpington chickens for sale. a horse and farming implements. a Berkshire pig sale. patent tongs. farm on Ridge road near Trinity church via A D Ashbury estate. Hyco near Mathews C H items including a cow and wagon. prints and equipment from the We Le MaTHews Journal printing department. two good men sought in Mathews and Gloucester to handle a goods line with life position pay $100 to $150 monthly. oxen and a cart set and a mule listed for $300.
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Mathews
Gloucester
Mathews Journal
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J. W Down
Bethel
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Miss Parsons
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Lessie Pugh
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J. C. Hudgins
N. E. Bohannon
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Port Haywood
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WW. M. Minter
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Abernathy—Lewis
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Gloucester Countrie
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Mathews County
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