Tazewell County, Virginia, Newspaper Articles: Clinch Valley News--November 21, 1919 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Michelle Burress http://www.cvnotes.com ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ==================================================================== Clinch Valley News November 21, 1919 The Annual Benefit Bazaar, with all departments, except dinner, will be held at 12:30 o'clock Friday, December 5, 1919, in the Masonic Building. During the past two years, owing to the stress of times, little improvement has been done. We have kept the cemeteries in fine condition, the fences have been scraped and painted and a persistent effort made, through our Rummage Sales and collection of dues, to keep ahead of expenses and to have a small amount to add to the proceeds of the Bazaar, so as to do some wished for and necessary improvements in the spring, such as taking in of our land which will necessitate fence building, drive ways, walks, grading and marking lots. We all realize the great expense in doing this but we must continue to care for our "City of the Dead." It is a great work - one that touches the hearts and prides of every one. You have been most generous in your contribution and patronage in the past and we now ask that you again come to our help. Condition! s make it necessary that we dispense with the usual dinner, and we urgently request that each and every one will help us make the domestic sale the largest in our history and the Bazaar, in each department ?. We thank you for your former co-operation - we are depending on your now. Please send all contributions to the chairmen of the departments: Domestic Department - Mrs. G.T. PEERY, Tazewell, Mrs. J.D. PEERY, North Tazewell. Sub Chairman - Mrs. Sam WARD, Thompson Valley, Mrs. SHUFFLEBARER, Clear Fork, Mrs. CASELL, Burke's Garden, Mrs. Ella PEERY, Pisgah; Mrs. Grat HARMAN, Baptists Valley; Mrs. Helen BALDWIN, Wittens Mills; Mrs. Dove HARMAN, Thorney Ridge; Miss Bert WHITE, Cove. Needle Work Department - Mrs. C.R. BROWN, Mrs. S.M.B. COULLING. Sub Chairman - Mrs. Henry PEERY, North Tazewell; Mrs. Bowen THOMPSON, Cove; Mrs. Dan THOMPSON, Thompson Valley; Miss Sara DAVIS, Burke's Garden; Miss Anna GREEVER, Five Oaks. Children's Department - Mrs. Ollette MOSS. Sub Chairman - Mrs. J.A. GREEVER, Mrs. W.T. GILLESPIE, Mrs. Archie BUCHANAN. Candy Department - Mrs. P.D. JOHNSTON, Tazewell; Mrs. Garland PEERY, North Tazewell. Sub Chairmen - Mrs. S.D. MAY, Miss May BROWN, Miss DAVIS. Fish Pond - Mrs. W.G. O'BRIEN. All who wish to join the Association send your name to the secretary, Mrs. J.W. HARMAN, and your membership fee - one dollar - to the treasurer, Mrs. W.L. PAINTER. Respectfully yours, Mrs. George W. ST. CLAIR, President, Cemetery Improvement Association. SHAWVERS MILL ------------------------------- Mr. R.P SHAWVER has purchased a Ford car and has made two trips to Tazewell to learn to drive. Mr. BOWEN and Miss Josephine LAMBERT and Mrs. Estell PRUETT were the guests of their mother, Mrs. G.W. LAMBERT one day last week. Mr. Charles FOX lost a fine three year old horse. It was thought that its death was due to shoeing. He also lost a fine shepherd dog. Mrs. Pat IGO was the guest of Mrs. G. COMPTON Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H.J. NEEL and daughter, Nellie, drove to Bluefield Sunday. Mr. C.W. HELMANDOLLAR, and son Charles, and R.G. NEEL have returned to their Missouri home after spending a few weeks with their relatives at this place. Miss Lucy BOURNE is visiting home folks at Gratton. Miss Callie OLIVER, the Fair view school teacher, spent the weekend in Bluefield. POUDNING MILL ---------------------------------- Mrs. Mattie ALTIZER an efficient post mistress took her little son to the specialist at Richlands Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J.B. ALTIZER and little daughter, Catherine Lee, made a flying trip to Cedar Bluff Tuesday. Mrs. Susan RINGSTAFF has as her weekend guests the following grand children: Mrs. AYERS, formerly Miss Kate Mulkey PUTNAM; Mrs. Cyril TONER and baby, from Pardee and Miss Callie Mulkey PUTNAM; Lis, Hazel and Margie RINGSTAFF, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William RINGSTAFF, of Richlands. R.K. GILLESPIE recovered his fine work horse, pretty badly damaged, which was advertised in last weeks Clinch Valley News. The horse was stolen by a man named Fields, who formerly lived on Mr. GILLESPIE'S place. Fields had stolen corn to feed the horse, near a lumber camp in the Cove and has not been apprehended. Mrs. Raymond TRAYER and Mrs. W.B. STEELE attended the Woman's Missionary monthly meeting which was held at Mrs. MASSY'S, at Maxwell, on Wednesday of last week. There were, perhaps, twelve or fifteen other members present, including Rev. J.E. GRAHAM, Mrs. MASSEy served a most excellent and bountiful dinner. The program was interesting, every body had a good time. Mrs. Ella PEERY and Mrs. Capitola CROCKETT, of Pisgah, are president and vice-president, with Mrs. Raymond TRAYER, of this place as Secretary. Mrs. Minnie MAXWELL, of Maxwell, Treasurer, and Mrs. Dr. GROSS solicitor for Missionary Voice and other publications of the church. The next meeting will be held at the parsonage of Rev. and Mrs. J.E. GRAHAM. Rev. W.E. HUGHES, Graham, the Episcopal minister, filled his usual monthly appointment here Sunday night and was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.M. HUNTER. W.B. STEELE and son have lost two fine steers from their pasture, which have been missing about three weeks. Each will weigh about 11 hundred and fifty pounds. They probably got in a drove, as a great many cattle were changing hands or being shipped from this place. Miss Elisie BEAVERS spent the weekend with her grand mother near Maxwell. Mrs. J.T. ALTIZER and two smallest children, James T. Jr. and Nell spent Friday with Mrs. Alex BEAVERS. TANNERSVILLE ------------------------------------- Mrs. G.A. FRENCH and baby have returned for a several days visit with relatives at Twin Branch, and Simons, West Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. George WYATT and little children, George, Jr., and Ruby, and Mr. John HALL, of Cedar Bluff, were guests of the formers uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. I.L. PATRICK here Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford KITTS, of Roanoke, have returned here after a weeks visit with the formers grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. NECESSARY. J.H. PATRICK has moved from Broadford to Dr. HOLMES farm he recently purchased from the late G.W. MILLER. Robert and Fred HOLMES returned home last week after several months stay at Ponitac, Mich. Miss Callie HITE was the weekend guest of Miss Goldie STEELE. Luther NECESSARY, of Yukon, West Virginia, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.H. NECESSARY here. Miss Blanche ASBURY, of Broadford, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.W. ASBURY. -------------------------- Mrs. BROOKS, wife of Green BROOKS, an old and well known citizen of this town, died at her home here on Monday night. She had been sick for several weeks with asthma. Burial and funeral took place on Wednesday. Besides her husband she leaves a family, all of whom are grown. George STUART, a laborer on the farm of Clint Newberry BARNS, in the Cove, came near losing his life by drowning last Saturday, when a team of mules he was driving became scared on the bridge near Maiden Spring and backed the wagon to which they were hitched and which was loaded with wheat, into the mill dam, and were pulled in with it. Both of the mules were drowned. They were valued at $600. STUART, with difficulty, extricated himself from the wagon and aside from a good ducking he was none the worse for the experience. The wagon load of wheat, valuable these days, was, of course, lost in the deep water. Bob BROWN, "Fat" PEERY and "Vic" LEWIS have been making the life of the pheasants miserable in these parts since the opening of the season. Out the other evening they saw ten fine, big, fat fellows, Vic got two and Bob and Fat brought home another evening's experience. It was just luck that Vic hit 'em, his two companions said. Not to be outdone, Hal BROWN and Frank WITTEN went after the elusive bird one day this week. They hunted all over Clear Fork district, and "jumped" one pheasant, which went on his way rejoicing. If they brought game home for the day's work there's no record of it. We've waited anxiously for a report from George MOSS in Burke's Garden, about the actions this season of his Kentucky bear dogs. When that's in the record will be complete. Rev. C.R. BROWN and his son, C.R. Jr., went a gunning one day last week in Thompson Valley and were hunting on the hill near the residence of Haynes Buchanan. Everything was going along nicely, when the parson spied a grey something ambling along through the tall grass, and opened up with his artillery. The grey something then and there turned his toes to the daisies. The parson yelled, "Bob, come down here, I think I've killed one of Haynes BUCHANAN'S dogs." Bob came arunning and when he arrived on the scene he exclaimed, "Dog nothing; that a grey fox." They skinned him and brought home the hide to show the skeptical.