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Newspaper

Suffolk Casket

Location

Suffolk, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1879

Page

3

Peninsula notes of September meetings and visits

The Peninsula Enterprise lists local civic and social updates including the Board of Supervisors meeting on September 3, visits by Judge James H. Fletcher and others to Ocean City Maryland, plans for church services and music class reopenings on September 11, and public auctions in Tasley and Fox Island with multiple residents and families mentioned across Accomack and Northampton counties.

Ben I’. Gunter Accomac C. H Accomack County Fox Island

Neighborhood Notes from Onancock Virginia

Local notes list residents returning from visits to Norfolk Madison and Baltimore and Georgia Beach. Families mentioned include Custis Heath Parker Rogers Parkes Finney Taylor Waples Leatherbury Gilman and Stewart with several relatives and spouses noted. The obituary for Preston S Stewart notes his two months in Boston services will be held at Holy Trinity P E Church.

Frances D. Parkes J. Drummond Parkes Virginia Beach BE. B. Parker Neck Gilman Boston Worcester Mass Holy Trinity P.E. Church Preston Stewart Stuart Virginia — Carolina Chemical Company Preston Stuart Norfolk Margaret Stewart Washington Crockett Pocomoke Eva Elsie Hloise Catherine Alma Stewart Harold Stewart Onancock

Community News and Social Visits Highlight Town Life

Mrs Fannie Pusey visits Mr and Mrs IL Parks while Mr and Mrs George Ritzel spend time with her parents. Ethel Paylor and George Barnes dine with Mrs Cy Riggs. Minnie White and Bessie James visit George White. Essie Lung dies suddenly striking the town.

F. T. Matthews Fannie Pusey Il’. L. Parks Ethel Paylor George Barnes M. Cy. Riggs Minnie White Bessie James Mrs George White

Local Social Visits and Parties Around Town

Mrs. J. B. Savage and children Edna and Jack visit Mrs. R. M. Ross. Mrs. Bettie Wimbrough of Baltimore stays with Mrs. Nannie Long. Miss Beatrice Riggs of Gargatha visits Miss Mildred Dix. Miss Nola Melson of Accomac returns home after staying with Miss Verna Shreves. Verna Shrieves Mildred Dix Eva Hickman and Mr. Thomas Onley host parties at their homes. Brantley Mason John and Thomas Ross spend Sunday at Ocean City Maryland.

Mrs. Bettie Wimbrough Baltimore Nannie Long Nola Melson Accomac Verna Shreves Verna Shrieves Mildred Dix Eva Hickman Thomas Onley Will Parks Will Rayfield W. W. Bloxom Ora West Eva and Mary Ross Messrs Brantley Mason John and Thomas Ross Ocean City, Md

Local Social Notes Highlight Guests and Illness

Harborton Mrs. Frank Nicolls is on the sick list. Miss Ella Mears visits Bristol Tennessee. Alvah S. Mears of New York stays with his mother for a month. Reva Dudley of Norfolk visits Miss Julia Hoffman. E Brummage of Piedmont Virginia visits Mrs. John Io e. Mrs. Oscar Edwards visits sister Mrs. Thomas Melson at Accomac. Grace A. Hutchinson returns from New York and Philadelphia with cousin Stanley Hutchinson staying several days.

Ella Mears Bristol, Tenn Alvah S. Mears New York Reva Dudley Norfolk Julia Hoffman E. Brummage Piedmont M. Va John 1Oe Oscar Edwards Thomas Melson Accomac Grace A. Hutchinson Philadelphia Stanley Hutchinson Mr. Elmer Hollis Mrs Frank Hollis

New Weaves For Made To Measure Menswear

J. S. Mills announces fall and winter patterns for made to measure suits trousers and overcoats. Platt & Co of Onancock Virginia reports a supply of kiln dried North Carolina pine and heart porch flooring received for local use.

J. S. Mills North Carolina Platt & Co Onancock, Va

Bloxom Bros Advertises Tire Stock in Mappsville

Our prices talk for themselves on Fisk Goodyear and Vitalic auto tires and tubes Full stock and prompt shipments Phone 422 or 5 Bloxom Bros Mappsville Va.

Fisk Goodyear Vitalic Bloxom Bros Mappsville

Social notes from Accomack and surrounding towns

A crowded column lists residents and visitors across Clinton North Carolina New York Snow Hill Locustville Hampton Chinco teague Island and Baltimore with trips weddings baptisms theater and church events. It notes anniversaries deaths school openings and local arrivals and departures as well as commercial notices and upcoming events.

Miss Marguerite Turner Hosts Port Royal Guests

Social notes list visitors and illnesses among Port Royal residents. The Hicks women from Port Royal are guests of Miss Marguerite Turner. Mrs Edmonds faces critical illness. Mapp and daughter Catherine visited Cape Henry. Mrs Grant and her son Boone stay with brother J T Edmonds. High School seeks funds for an agricultural laboratory costing 60 dollars, with Turner Brothers store as posted collection point and H L Turner handling donations for Virginia Supply Co.

Hicks Port Royal, Va Marguerite Turner Mrs. P. L. Grant Boone Mr. J. T. Edmonds Turner Brother H. L. Turner Virginia Supply Co

Belle Haven Notes and Local Travel and church building update

Mr. James Hornsby and Miss Erie Hornsby visit New Jersey for two weeks. Misses Marie and Lena Doughty depart for Baltimore to buy fall and winter millinery. Mr. Thomas Duncan and family stay with Capt. Wm. Rue in Newport News. Mrs. L. J. Kellam and children return from six weeks at Ocean City. Miss Sadie Duncan remains ill and was taken to Sarah Leigh Hospital. Local Episcopalians buy George Phillips lot to rebuild old St Michael’s church, first on the shore, deed delivered.

Thomas Duncan Newport News Wm. Rue L. J. Kellam Ocean City George Phillips St Michael’s Church Belle Haven

Local Notes From Saxis And Nearby Areas

Mr S Gordon opens a branch store at Saxis. Several residents and visitors are listed with travels to Baltimore Cambridge Philadelphia Norfolk Raleigh and New York. Margaret Swift daughter of Mr and Mrs West Swift dies August 22. funeral at Mulberry Hill Cemetery.

Mr. S. Gordon Saxis Margaret West Swift J. W Lilliston Mulberry Hill Cemetery Lelia Wills Henry West Baltimore Margaret Modlin Norfolk C. M. Byrd

Nottingham Faces White in Virginia Maryland Bout

L B Nottingham of Fastville Virginia meets A T White of Pocomoke City Maryland in a boxing clash. The card highlights regional rivals and local sports fans anticipate a tough contest.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Peninsula Enterprise John W. Edmonds Accomac Court House H. Va Board of Supervisors James H. Fletcher Laurie Driscoll Monroe, Va B.3. Ashby M. D. Bagwell Folk B. T. Gunter Hill Melson Baltimore, Md Sheriff 4. T. Melson Ellen Pe Edmonds Marian Arthur Lawyers, Va Mrs. W.G. Stevenson A. B. Dunaway Lancaster County McCleary and Melson Bassett Ashby Ivor, Va B. 8. Ashby W. C. W. Bundick Norfolk, Va Wmn. P. Bell Roseland Martha Taylor Albemarle Nelson Counties Fletcher Ayres Cape Charles Sarah Ayres Mabel Melson Miss Nola Melson J. CG Harry Accombe Woodbury Elsie Mae Houchings Bloxom, Va A.A. Matthews Oak Hall BE. GC. Scott St. Thomas M. KE. Church South W. ‘Tl. Batkinus Richmond Vaa John W. Bowdoin Bloxum Broadway Baptist Church Christian Church Lee Milliner Walker Eicnelberger George Milliner West Grove A. Milliver Willis Wharf Stewart K. Powell Tasley Raymond E. Roberts Mad Roberts George Ailworth Jefferson Davis Lynchburg Baker Memorial Hatborton Hollies Baptist Church Belle Haven Methodist Church Craddockyville Gretchen Denhart Margie Schwarzworth Henry Goldschneider A. J. Bird Keller Georgia Stockley Wachapreague Martha Leonard L. J. Hyslup Salisbury Warner Ames Horntown William Watson Neighborhood Notes Margaret Custis Thomas Heath Madison, Va Sarah C. Poulson J. W. H.parker W. T. Winder George Winder Verna Annie Chandler W. H. Rogers Thomas Rogers Old Point Alfred Scott J. W. Chandler Maida Revell Henry O. Finney Sarah N. N. Parker Orkney Springs Sadie Fletcher Tucker Sanatorium Robert L. Hopkins Ingleside Fannie E. Taylor Accomack Charles W. Cullen Georgetown, del William Scott Wilmington T. W. Taylor Somerset County Charles Waples J. C.W. Leatherbury Leatherbury Leatherbury, Belote & Co Hopeton George Ritzel Taylor BE. N. West Studebaker Nannie Wessells I. L. Parks Mr. N. H. Justis Chester Job’s Island Essie Lung Beatrice Riggs Gargatha Harborton Frank Nicolls Parksley EF. S. Parsons Clinton, N. C L. B. Johnson Winnie Gordy Snow Hill Edith Onley Locustville Beulah Onley Ocean City, Mad Leona Borum John Tyndal Amy Miles Modest Town Blanche Hurst Hampton, Va Elizabeth Cluff Chincoteague Island Edna Boice A. S. Bull James J. Moore Parks W. E. Wise Craddockville, Va Julia Russel Allie T. Young Madeline Marshall Bloxom Sallie P. Hickman Lee F. Dennis John A. Dennis Ernest Dennis Ethel Chesser Little Son W. A. Miles A. J. Timmons Crisfield, Md Alice T. Hall John S. White, Sr Wagram Shelltown Susie Hayman Edgar Fletcher Mary Barnes East Adelaide Street Julia Evans I. C. Taylor and Chld Wilmington, del Mrs. W. Meir. Taylor A. May Johnson E. S. Johnson Port Norfolk Edward Colona Harry Hart Miss Margaret Cassidy Mabel Bowen J. J. Phillips Helen P. Taylor and Son Claude Ira Adams Great Mills, Md L. T. Walter Carrie M. Johnson Curtis Parsons Buena Vista Cecil Steadman Merrill Novella Sledge J. ‘I’. Sledge Ira Coulbourne That City J. O. Owen Elizabeth Jay Miles Harry Miles Atlantic O. L. Ewell N. J. Parks Allie IT. Young K.I. Pilchard L. Deila Phillips The Baptist Sunday School Chincoteague Mary Sharpley Levin Quillen Berlin, Md John Holstein Bortolks Va Richard Belote Lower H. C. Rowley H. G. Bowden R. E. Keas Louis Sharpley O. TI. Baynard A. F., Matthews Edward Merritt N. S. Smith, Jr Lewes, del Decatur Scarburgh M. Frank Chatham Messrs. Sherman Alfred Jeffries Leonard Wessells Del BE. J. Matthews Marvin Wm. Burel J.B. Lynch R M. Blackburn Oneila Adams Nellie Harrison Lydia Lynch Julia Bowden Lillie Watson Lizzie Colbourn Annie Lynch Mattie Adams Elodie Cherricks Mildred Davis Smith Dr. Smith W. W. Parks J.D. Jacob Roy Broughton Nandua Wm. T. Copes Locustville, Va Mr. Hutchinson Mr. T. M. Hutchinson John C. Core Chicago Exchange Wm. Wescott Annie Wescott Cropper Holland Richmond,Va Kenzie Holland Margaret Cropper Sadie Savage H. J. Mears Havana Cuba Howard Beachboard J. H. Beachboard Lillian Marsh J. J. Savage Bryant Petersburg, Va Onley Baptist Church Mr. Hamilton Miles Onley Vva Dorothy Wigton Pocomoke City Lloyd Savage Hose Maud Wills White Thomas Waters Ernest Ruediger Lois Rogers Bertie Ee Waples Page Parker James Doughty Lee Phillips Sue C. James Eva Parks Treas Helen Phillips John Bailey Majestic Belle Haven Furniture Co J.S. Mills George Lee McCready J. N. Wescott Nassawadox George C. Wessells Clam Reno Greenbush W. F. Coard Greenbush, Va Parksley Auto Company Maxwell, Overland Ford Oldsmobile John R. Rew Roy D. White Parksley Auto Co M. L. Veasey Parkers Creek Richard Hickman Robert H. Hall Onley Garage Co K. G. Young Assawoman Mt. Pisgah L. Floyd Neck Overland Co. C. Perdue Painter Hallwood Mears Siding R. W. Kelly Eastville W. Roy Broughton Norice Rew & White A. H. G. Mears Janie H. Edmonds W. B. Mapp Cape Henry F. O. Steele A. B Washington and Lee Marguerite Wescott Marian Turnbull Miss Wescott Pratt Institute Mr. James Hornsby Miss Erie Hornsby New Jersey Marie Lena Doughty Sadie Duncan Sarah Leigh Hospital J. T. Sledge & Co Parksley, Va G. F. Byrd Wilma Willliams Nora Marshall Thomas Godwin Una Robert Bull J. N. Prescott Messenge Howard Mears J.S. Drummond L. I. Fisher W. T. McCready W. T. Bonawell H. C. Corbin W. H. Vickers Cambridge Earl Lowery Ruth Bull Mr. Upshur Mears Martin J. Brooks Mapp George B. Savage Ocean View John Bradford J. H. Core E. W. Dennis Mr. S Raleigh N. C Lillian King J. Fred Kellam R. A. Causey W. J. Causey Emma Kellam Hollies Baptist Church Missionary Society B. G. Killman S. T. Mason G. W.turlington Northampton County Milis Chesapeake Narty L. B. Nottingham Fastville, Va Saue H. K. Baker Telephone Mears ARCOL Atlantic Remedies Co Dix Farm George Robertson Farm A. G. Kelly A. W. Short Doughty Delaware J. C. Otwell A. W. Nock Assawaman Norrer John H. James Winterville Mary Somers A. T. White Pocomoke City, Md A. Wrenn & Sons Washington and Corbitt Downing Brothers Mappsburg, Va S. J. Thomas & CO Granby Street W. Callahan Pococoke, Md T. F. Hargis Pocomore City Maryland
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