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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
5
Local notices from Shepherdstown and nearby towns cover sales, rentals, relocations, and upcoming events. Mentions include exhibitors at Grisons Drug Store and a rural fair in Berkeley and Jefferson counties. Community updates note property trades, school events, lost items, and agricultural interests with lodging and transport details.
In Berryville and nearby towns, several weddings were held or announced. Notable ceremonies include Miss Mytie Bell’s pipe organ music for the Gaunt–Webster nuptials, with Miss Janet Pierce as maid of honor and Karl Schmidt as best man, plus a reception at the bride’s home. Other weddings feature Miss Keightley Berry and Mr Charles G. Girardeau in Luray, Miss Ruth Jones and Mr Wm H. Fenton in Martinsburg, and Mr Charles Long and Miss Emie Remsburg in Sharpsburg, among others.
Local notes list Mr and Mrs Ci and their son visiting Easter in town. Several residents, including Mr William A. Reilly and Mr and Mrs John H James, spent Easter with relatives. Students from Sherherd College and Emmittsburg return home for the holiday.
West Virginia State Board of Education released a price list showing new school books adopted last week cost up to 88 percent more than five years ago. The board noted old book prices, bids, and retained contracts were not compiled, and reductions elsewhere must be mirrored in West Virginia.
Shepherdstown will get a resident dentist after Dr. Gregory R. Beddow of Weston decides to open offices here. He has leased space in the Register building, will bring modern equipment including an X ray unit, and plans to move in within a couple of weeks. Dr. Beddow, a Cincinnati Ohio College of Dental Surgery graduate with five years of practice, was here with his father Rev. John Beddow to inspect the town and assure the public of his services.
The will of Charles L. Robinson of Winchester probated last Monday leaves all real and personal property to his widow Mrs. E Robinson with executrix power without security on bond. The estate is valued at about $60,000 with a $120,000 personal bond. Aquila Janney of Berkeley County left his estate to his wife for life, then to five nephews, with a sixth skipped for prior funds. The will, dated August 3, 1906, forbids heirs contesting and is appraised at about $60,000 though said worth is $100,000. Bear money for a minstrel show on May 19.
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