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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
3
Local updates detail residents visiting Berkley and Ghent, church events at Beth el and a Beth el churchyard picnic to support a debt payoff. A 400-person excursion fundraiser for Mathews Court House veterans is noted, plus various sale ads for farm gear, seed wheat, and a marine railway partnership opportunity.
Mrs. C. L. Hudgins is visiting friends in Hampton. Henry T. Diggs returned to his home in Phoebus. Capt. O. T. Hurst stays with his people here. Miss Viola L. Hudgins visits Mrs. Oscar Barry in Phoebus. Bernard Hodgins leaves for Baltimore. W. L. Owens and children go home to Berkley. Ottie Callis of Baltimore returns home after a pleasant trip.
Miss Laura Jenkins of Norfolk visits Mrs H L Matthews this week. A large crowd from the area attended Wharton Grove last Sunday. Rev Preston Blake of Alabama will preach at Spring Hill next Sunday at 11 am. Mrs F C Vaden of Newport News visited her niece M W Mathews last week. The McArnols of Readsville stayed at the Mathews and Y W Mag family home. John W Grimstead of Norfolk vacationing with E W Matthews. Alice Mateliffe and Bettie have returned to Richmond after visiting Mabel Miller. Wells sisters left for Fitchetts then Baltimore. locals report ongoing activity, church reorganization, and a lively village social scene.
Mrs Richard Marchant of Baltimore and Miss Madeline Miller of Norfolk visit Mr and Mrs Aloyd Marchant. Mr Henry M Stainback of Baltimore and family on his yacht stay with J B Hill. They plan trips to Ocean View and Virginia Beach. Capt Fr R Winder sails with them. Religious services are scheduled at Kingston parish St Johns and Christ Church with Rev Giles B Cooke and Rev A Vaughn Colston preaching.
The traveling public is advised the Gwynns Island Ferry will be under repair on Wednesday and Thursday in September. Transportation will be impossible on those dates as work proceeds.
The Wailing Workers of Mathews Baptist Church plan a lawn party at Mr. R. F. Powell's home near Crickett Hill on Thursday night September 2. Proceeds will benefit the parsonage. Public invited.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a meat death in a bridge point area with mentions of a bottle, tree, and sepia imagery. Details are unclear, but it appears to be a brief record of a local incident or scene with sensory cues and incomplete directions.
The famous horse Old Bedworth will spend the remainder of the season at the Fair Grounds of the Southside Agricultural Association. Halters Owners will oversee the arrangements.
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