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JOHN W. EDMONDS
June 30, 1881
ALFRED B. G. EDMONDS
JOHN W. EDMONDS, Jr.
Owners and Publishers
ACCOMAC COURT-HOUSE, VA.
Entered at the Postoffice at Accomac
C. H., Va., as Second-class Matter
SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1934
Local News
Mr. Henry Defries, of Salisbury,
Md., is visiting Mr. Walston Scar
burgh.
Mr. John Mapp is attending sum
mer school at William and Mary
College.
Mr. B. T. Gunter, Jr. was in Char
leston, S. C. for several days this
week on business.
Miss Marian Spicer, of Richmond,
Va., is a guest in the home of Mrs.
John W. Edmonds.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Britt, of Bal
timore, are visiting Mrs. Britt’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Zadoc Lews.
Mrs. John Hannold, of Paulsboro,
N. J., is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Louis K. Wilkins, and Mr. Wilkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Rew and child,
of Baltimore, spent this week with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rew.
Miss Mary Mapp, of Nassavvadox,
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Henry Derby the first of the
week.
Mrs. Lloyd Winder, of Norfolk,
spent the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. James H. Young and Mr.
Young.
Mr. H. C. Milliner returned home
Tuesday from a visit to his niece,
Mrs. E. C. Wright, and Mr. Wright,
in Portsmouth, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Knight Carrow
spent the week-end in Salisbury, Md.
with their daughter, Mrs. Kenneth
Flester, and Mr. Flester.
Mr. Thomas B. Scarburgh, Jr. has
returned to New York, after spending
his vacation with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas B. Scarburgh.
Mrs. Angus Birdsey and son, of
Macon, Ga., are guests of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Melson.
They were accompanied here by Miss
Lucille Bowden, of Augusta, Ga.
Miss Dorothy James, of Hingham,
Mass., is the guest of Miss Mildred
Grant. She was accompanied here
by Mr. Robert Leckie, of Wilming
ton, Del., who returned home Sunday.
John Mason, phone Parksley 73F12
wishes to call attention to the fact
that he has recently arrived home
with some well broken horses and
mules, which are ready for immediate
use.
Mrs. nreuericK a. rveiiam, oru
and daughter, Miss Betty, of San
Antonio, Texas, and son, Cadet F. C.
A. Kellam, IV, of West Point, N. Y.,
were week-end guests of their cous
ins, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Colonna.
The ladies of Drummondtown Bap
tist Church will hold their annual
supper Wednesday, July 4th, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Melson
on Folly Creek. Full particulars will
he given later.
G. E. Bunting, constable, will sell
at public auction in front of the
storehouse of John S. Taylor & Son,
at Temperanceville, Virginia, on Sat
urday, June 23rd, 1934, at 3:00 o’clock
one No. 1026 Barnes computing
scale. Terms cash.
Elmer W. Somers, trustee, will sell
at public auction at Trower, Virginia,
on Saturday, July 7th, 1934, at 1:00
o’clock, p. m., a certain house and
lot belonging to Elizabeth P. Budd,
and located near Trower, Virginia.
For terms of sale and further par
ticulars see posters or said trustee.
E. P. Parks, sheriff, by virtue of
a certain order in attachment of W.
H. Ross against D. J. Commisky, will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder, in front of the Court House,
Accomac, Va., Saturday, June 30,
1934, at 2:30 p. m. certain valuable
personal property towit: 1 lap robe,
2 pair shoes, 1 Marrnon coupe, year
1928, engine No. 6120-D, 1 golf set
and 1 hat. Terms cash.
Benjamin T. Gunter and J. Abbott
Byrd, administrators of J. Harry
Rew, deceased, late trustee in a cer
tain deed of trust from John Turner
and wife, will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder on Saturday,
July 14th, 1934, between the hours of
2 and 3 o’clock p. m. in front of
Metompkin Bank & Trust Co., Park.s
ley, Va. two certain lots and parcels
of land, one being located at Whites
ville, near Parksley and the other in
the town of Parksley. For terms and
further particulars see posters or
said administrators.
G. Walter Mapp, substituted trus
tee in a certain deed of trust from
Edward W. Russell and wife, dated
April 12, 1927, will sell by public
• auction to the highest bidder, on the
^premises near Rue, Va., on Saturday
July 7, 1934, between two and three
o’clock, p. m , the valuable tract o:
land owned and occupied by the sal
Edward W. Russell, containing fifteen
acres, more or less. For terms and
detailed description see posters or
said substituted trustee.
| G. Walter Mapp, substituted trus
i tee in a certain deed of trust from
Nathan H. Gordy and wife will sell
at public auction, on the premises,
at Temperanceville, Virginia, on Sat
urday, July 14, 1934, between two
and three o’clock p. m., the real es
tate formerly belonging to the said
Nathan H. Gordy, in four parcels.
For terms and plat see said substi
tuted trustee.
H. Ames Drummond, trustee in a
certain deed of trust from Major
L. Turner, will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder in front of the
People’s Trust Bank, Exmore, Va.,
Saturday, June 23rd, 1934, between
1 and 2 o’clock p. m., two certain
tracts or parcels of land containing
58 acres and 3 acres, respectively,
situated near Wardtown. For terms
and further particulars see posters
or said trustee.
Warner Ames, trustee, will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
in front of Mrs, Clark’s Hotel, in the
town of Onancock, Va., on Saturday,
23rd day of June, at 3 o’clock p. m.,
the valuable farm known as the
“Pitts Farm” owned by Edward W.
Marsh and E. Leland Marsh. For
further information see posters or
address said trustee.
Percie M. Nock, trustee, will sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der in front of Justis’ store, Horn
town, on Saturday, the 23rd day of
June, 1934, at 3 o’clock p. m., the
certain lot or parcel of land former
ly owned by Elija B. Townsend and
wife, containing 4 acres, more or
less. Fur further information see
poster or address said trustee.
Edward A. Ames, trustee, will sell
at public auction, to the highest bid
der, in front of Mrs. Clark’s Hotel,
in the town of Onancock, Virginia,
on Saturday, the 23rd day of June,
1934, at 3:30 p. m., the valuable farm
owned by the late Nellie \V. Marsh,
near Chesconnessex, containing 51%
acres, more or less. Fur further in
formation sec posters, or address
said trustee.
Elmer W. Somers, trustee, will sell
at public auction in front of Fos
que’s Drug Store, at Wachapreague,
Virginia, on Saturday, July 7th,
1934, at 1:30 o’clock p. m., a certain
house and lot belonging to Lillian i
Thornton and Caleb Thornton, her
husband, located at Wachapreague, j
Virginia, and bounded by the lands!
of Ella Richardson and others. Fori
further particulars see posters or
said trustee.
Elmer W. Somers and H. Ames
Drummond, special commissioners,
will sell at public auction in front
of Clark’s Hotel, at Onancock, Vii
ginia, on Saturday, July 14th, 1934,
at 2:00 o’clock p. m., all that certain
valuable piece or parcel of real es
tate, known as “Parker’s Island,”
containing forty acres, more or less
and located at the mouth of Macha
tank Creek. For terms of sale anil j
further particulars see posters or
said special commissioners.
Elmer W. Somers, special commis
sioner, will sell at public auction,
in front of the storehouse of D. F.
Fletcher at Horsey (Oak Hall Sta
tion, Virginia,) on Saturday, July
14th, 1934, at 3:00 o’clock p. m., a
certain piece or parcel of woodsland,1
containing nine acres, more or less,
located near Oak Hall Station, Vir
ginia, formerly owned by Revell C.
Hall and Martin Hall, jointly and
bounded by the lands of Spencer D.
Fletcher and others. For terms of
sale and further particulars see post
ers or said special commissioner.
B. Drummond Ayres, special com-1
missioner by virtue of a decree en- j
tered in the chancery suit of Vir-1
ginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation,
a judgment creditor, etc. et als. vs.
William L. Bloxom, et als., will sell
at public auction, to the highest
bidder, in front of the storehouse of
A. W. Short Supply Company, at
Bloxom, Virginia, on Saturday, July
7, 1934, between 3 and 4 o’clock
p. m., certain valuable woodsland
belonging to the said William L.
Bloxom. For further information, see
posters or address said special com
missioner, at Accomac, Virginia.
j B. Drummond Ayres and R. Nor-j
i man Mason, substituted trustees in
a certain deed of trust from Charles
; H. Poulson and wife, dated the 25th
i day of September, 1923, recorded in i
! the Clerk’s Office for Accomack,
! County in Deed Book 125, at page’
284, will sell at public auction, to the;
highest bidder, in front of West’sj
Filling Station, at Nelsonia, Virginia,!
on Saturday, July 7th, 1934, between
12 and 3 o’clock p. m., the valuable
farms of the said Charles H. Poulson,
j one being the “Thomas Nelson
Farm,’’ containing 65 A., located on
the Seaside from Modestown, and the
other being the “Fitchett Farm,”
containing 60 A., located near Nel
sonia. For further information see
posters, or address said substituted
trustees, at Accomac, Virginia.
Walkley E. Johnson and J. Brooks
Mapp, substituted trustees in a cer
tain deed of trust from ClaudeL.
McLane and wife to A. T. Colonna,
trustee, dated May 26, 1924, will sell
at public auction in front of Taylor
Brothers’ store, in the village of
Pungoteague, Accomack County, Vir
ginia, on Saturday, June 30, 1934,
between 2:00 and 3:00 o’clock p. m..
of that day, the farm owned by said
Claude L. McLane, situate on Nan
lua Creek, in said county and State,
containing 116 acres, more or less.
Fn- terms or other information, see
postei'3 or said substituted trustees.
ONANCOCK
Mr. Sam Waples continues quite
ill at his home on Kerr Street.
Mesdames Dewey Guy and Merhl
Polliard spent Wednesday in Poco
moke.
Mr. Lee Massey, formerly of
Onancock, was a visitor in town last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Bagwell and
family spent the week-end at St.
Marys.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Oberseider are
visiting friends and relatives in Bal
timore.
Mrs. Charles Kilmon spent Tues
day with her mother, Mrs. E. P.
Schultz.
Mr. Addison Hopkins motored to
New York, Sunday, where he is
spending the week.
Mrs. George Nock and niece, Miss
Frances Reade, are visiting relatives
in Washington, D. C.
Miss Roris Revelle will spend this
week-end in Cape Charles with Mr.
and Mrs. Levin Revelle.
Miss Jean Mills has returned from
Wellesley College to spend the sum
mer vacation with her parents.
Mrs. MacFarland, of Reedville, is
the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Major Wescott and Mr. Wescott.
Mrs. C. C. Walker and Mrs. W.
E. Hopkins entertained the Wednes
day evening card club this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Budd, Miss
Helen Matthews and Mr. Julian Ran
some spent the week-end in Balti
more.
Mrs. Sallie Hartmann and daugh
ter, Misses Julia and Jane Hartmann
left Friday for their home in Balti
more.
Mrs. Thomas Wilson, who has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fosque,
returned to her home in Baltimore,
last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Revelle and
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Tyndall
returned home Tuesday night after
spending a few days in Norfolk.
Mrs. William Ware, who was Miss
Marian Widgeon before her mar
riage last Saturday, accompanied her
husband to Philadelphia Tuesday,
where they will make their home.
CRADDOCKVILLE
Miss Georgie Custis has been on
the sick list recently.
Miss Dot Guy, of Pungoteague, is
visiting Miss Mary Elizabeth Truitt.
Miss Ilaine Kellarn is visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Turlington, near Melfa.
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Roberts, of
Norfolk, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Custis, this week.
Mr. James Custis was among the
F. F. A. boys who left Monday to
spend this week at V. P. I., Blacks
burg, Va.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Truitt has
returned home from a visit with
her grandmother, Mrs. Edward West,
at Hopeton.
Craddockville is well represented
at the Vacation Bible School which
is being held at Belle Haven, this
week and next.
The Junior Missionary Society will
meet with Miss Marceline and Mas
ter 0. B. Drummond, Saturday after
noon at 2 o’clock.
. Master Jack Mason fell down the
steps of the Memorial Hospital last
week while visiting his father there
and cut his head very badly.
Mr. and Mrs. Etlwin Custis and
son, of Wilmington, Del., were
guests in the home of his brother,
Mr. H. E. Custis, over the week-end.
A lawn party will be held on the
church grounds Wednesday after
noon, June 27th. Ice cream, cake,
candy and lemonade will be on sale.
Proceeds for benefit of the Mission
ary Society.
BELLE HAVEN
Miss Margaret Walkley is vis
iting friends in Haddonfield, N. J.
Mrs. John Fox is spending several
weeks wth relatives in Pennsylvania.
Miss Elsie Duncan is home from
Winchester for her summer vacation.
Mrs. B. P. Kelley is home, after a
visit to her husband in Newport
News.
Miss Jane Goodwin hes returned
from a visit to her parents near
Richmond.
Mrs. Jeff Mapp, of Cape Charles,
is a guest in the home of Mrs. J.
M. Mapp.
Mrs. B. F. Watkins and Miss Dor
othy Watkins spent Sunday and Mon
day with Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Willis
in Cape Charles.
Mr. Sydney Kellam has two school
friends, Messrs. Richard Lewis, of
Dinwiddie, Va., and Tay Jones, of
Petersburg, Va., visiting him.
Mr. Edward Mason, who had a foot
amputated at the hospital, has. re
covered sufficiently to be moved to
the home of his brother on Chin
coteague.
Mrs. L. J. Kellam and Mr. Polk
Kellam motored to Hartford, Conn,
to attend commencement at Trinity
College and return with Mr. Lucius
Kellam, who is in school there.
Mr. W. E. Norman, of Norfolk
and his mother from Canada, were
PARKSLEY
Mrs. A. W. Killmon spent las1
week in Newport News.
Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Lewis spent
the week-end at Ocean City, Md.
Mr. J. Merritt Chandler, Jr., was
in New York City the early part of
the week.
Mrs. Nellie Tiber, of Richmond, is
spending a two weeks’ vacation at
her home here.
Miss Nellie Belle Phillips, of
Hebron, is the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. L. T. Walter.
Mrs. Winn Seldon, of Crittenden,
is a guest in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Sprague.
Misses Kathleen Twyford, Mickey
Parks and Jane Mather spent part
of last week at Dalby.
Miss Elizabeth Mason, of Balti
more, is the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mason.
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Guy and
daughter, Patricia, spent Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. F. E. Scott.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Figgs and Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Lewis and family
spent Sunday in Westminster, Md.
Misses Sylvia Somers and Mickey
Parks spent part of the week with
Miss Kathleen Twyford, at Hopeton.
Mr. George R. Sledge, Jr., gradu
ate of V. M. I., has arrived to spend
the summer vacation at his home
here.
Mrs. B. B. Fitchett, of Franktown
and Mrs. Mary Dawson, of Cheriton,
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Anna
Ewell.
Miss Mary Parks and Mr. Mason
Sprague have gone to Westminster,
Md., to be attendants in a wedding
of friends of theirs.
Mr. Clarence Wise, of Wilmington,
Del., and Miss Rosa Wise, of Acco
mac, are guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Wise.
Mr. and Mi’s. William Curry, of
Cape Charles and Miss Eloise Kelly,
of Mappsville, spent the week-end
with Mrs. Herman Fisher.
Masters Jack and Dan Fisher are
spending a few days at Harborton
and on Goose Island with the fam
ily of Mr. G. C. Bonniwell.
Misses Norma and Tyler Wood
were guests of Misses Anne Doug
lass and Sallie Ann Gillespie, at Mt.
Custis, Sunday and Monday.
Miss Virginia Parker, student nurse
at Stuart Circle Hospital, Richmond,
is spening a ten days’ vacation with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Parker.
Mrs. Mary Finney Smith, super
visor of public schools of Charlotte
County, has arrived to spend the
summer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. B. Finney.
Mr. and Mrs. Upshur Parks and
family and Mr. Elmer Shields spent
the week-end at Westminster, Md.,
Gettysburg, Pa., and other points of
interest in that vicinity.
Mrs. J. H. Rew and daughters,
Misses Mildred and Virginia Rew
and Mr. Louis Nuger and Mr. Linder
of Baltimore, are visiting Mrs. J. A.
Kernodle and Miss Mary Nappen
berger.
Miss Amelia Fisher, student of
William and Mary College, who has
been the recent guest of her aunt,
Mrs. C. W. Vingling and Mr. Ting
ling, is now visiting friends at Vir
ginia Beach.
Miss Hazel Gordy, of Richmond,
and Mrs. W. T. Dix, of Pocomoke,
are guests in the home of their
mother, Mrs. L. C. Gordy. Mrs. Dix
is convalescing from an operation
performed several weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Massey Gum and
daughter, Nancy Lee, of Frankford,
Del., and Mrs. E. M. Wilkerson and
son, of Welch, W. Va., are guests
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Johnson, who entertained in honor
of their fortieth wedding anniver
sary on Wednesday, June 20.
ONLEY
Rev. H. L. Hoffman is spending
the week in Lynchburg.
Miss Ethel Winder, of Atlantic, is
the guest of Mrs. Jeff Walter.
Miss Ann Titlow, of Philadelphia,
is the guest of Mrs. Carroll Bull.
Miss Rhea James, of Pittsburg,
is the guest of Miss Helen Burton.
Mrs. Margaret Bailey, of Bridge
town, is the guest of Mrs. A. J.
McMath.
Children’s Day will be held at the
Onley Methodist Church, Sunday
morning at 11 a. m.
Messrs. Carroll Kellam and Wil
liam Parsons were in Washington, a
few days of this week.
Miss Dot Parker, of Cambridge,
spent the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Parker.
Susan and Betty Jane Milliner,
of Locustville, spent last week-end
with their aunt, Mrs. Carroll Kellam.
The Onley W. C. T. U. will meet
at the home of Mrs. B. P. Savage
Tuesday afternoon, June 26, at 2
o’clock. Miss Hilda Ames will be
the leader. All members and friends
are invited to attend.
week-cmi guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
L. Humphrey. Mrs. Norman and
two c .ddren and Miss Clara Norman,
who have also been guests in the
home, returned to Norfolk with them,
KELLER
| Mr. Rooker White is home for his
I summer vacation.
Mrs. Jennie Mears is visiting
friends in Onancock.
Mr. Joe Drummond is confined to
^ his bed we regret to report.
Miss Viola Bradford visited Miss
; Margaret Scarborough, Friday.
■ Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bull were with
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Bull, Sunday.
i
i Mr. and Mrs. Merritt, of Pocomoke,
; visited Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins,
I Sunday.
Airs. Priscilla Mears and children
, visited Mr. and Mrs. George Richard
j son, Sunday.
I Mr. and Mrs. Edward Belote, of
Melfa, were with Mrs. Annie Met
calf, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bonniwell
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Bonniwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Taylor and
i family visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Taylor, Sunday.
Mrs. Bertie Bell is spending some
time with her daughter and son-in
law in Philadelphia.
Miss Rebecca White and Mr.
Rooker White left this week to at
tend summer school.
Mrs. G. C. Bonniwell and daugh
ter, Miss Marian, spent Monday with
Mrs. H. L. Barulsen.
Mr. J. Brooks Mapp was in New
York last week and attended the
Baer and Camera fight.
Master Edwin James Hyslup, Jr.
left Monday to spend several weeks
with relatives in Norfolk.
Mrs. A. W. Trower and Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Cropper had a most de
lightful visit to Baltimore recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, of Har
borton, spent Sunday with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Hopkins.
Mrs. R. J. White is spending some
time with Mrs. Rebecca White, who
is quite sick at her home in Norfolk, j
The Group Meeting held at Hollies
Church last week was largely at
tended and a most interesting pro
gram was greatly enjoyed.
Miss Emily Byrd and brother and
Mr. Fred Dyson were guests Satur
day of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shield and
guests Sunday for dinner of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Hickman.
Miss Emily Byrd and Mr. Carlton
Byrd, of Norfolk, and Mr. Fred Dy
son, of Lake Cross, Wis., spent the
week-end in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. G. T. Hyslup.
Mrs. Earl Carmine, of Onancock,
Mrs. Rupert Homer, of Cape Charles,
Mrs. Sadie Nottingham, of Birds
Nest, and Mrs. Brooks Thomas have
been callers on Mrs. G. T. Hickman
recently.
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