Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1894-07-13
From Mi. Scion.
CHILDREN7s DAY AT THE nj. =. cHuRcu
"A CAMPING PARTY FROM sTAUNToN
PERSONAL NOTES, sc.

"A CAMPING PARTY FROM sTAUNToN
PERSONAL NOTES. sc.
Reported for the staunton v1Np1cAroR.
Mt. SCION, July 9th. AS yesterday
was 'Children IS day. at the NJ. E. Church,
South, at this place, it naturally brought
together large crowd, people coming from
all sections near here. The church was
tastefully decorated with evergreens and
flowers.
Superintendent j. W. Hopewell, and
Prof. Jas. I. Clarke. spared neither time
nor pains in training the children, and az
ranging the church for the occasion, which
was success in every particular. The
congregation gave literally when the col
lection baskets were passed around.
Among those who participated in rend-
erlng the programme OF thirty-nine num-
bers, were Prof. Jas. T. Clarke, Jr., Smith
son Blakemore, Ethel Hanna, Sadie Han
ma, Willie G. Todd. Lottie Blakemore,
Guy Walton, Carrie Reeves, Elvira and
Norma Cupp, Cyrus Reeves, Jas. Mccall,
Howard Hottie, Nicholas Reeves. Katie
|AASSe'a iASits " WA, AttUOlC 1ldllIltt, NlILCl
McFall, Maggie Hanna, Matte Reeves,
Beatrice Stormbock, Ernest James, Charlie
Hanna, A. w. Hanna, jamie Rivercomb,
Axle Reeves, Ida Stormbock, Marvin Arm
strong, Laura Chapman, May Lou Eubank,
Dial Eubank, d. Staubus, e. Eggleston,
Paul McFall, j. r. Webb, Otis Reeves, N.
Reeves and Della Staubus.
The celebration closed with the benedic-
ton by Rev. Harry Smith.
To day party of young people from your
city. who have been camping at Stribling
Springs, came down to our village. and
spent the day fishing, bathing. sightseeing,
and had good time generally. Those in
the party were Misses Fontane and Ellen
Ransom, Miss Belle Brooke, Miss Evryley
Young, Miss Catherine Trout, Miss Mabel
Chermside; MIR. Sanford Carson, Robert
Brooke. Aubray Burnett, Hugh Trout,
Herbert Chermside, Chas. Lynham, Robt
Burke, Jr., Ale. Miller, Jr., r. A. Wake.
These young people had not been here
long until they had located the fish, and
as they were not afraid of water, soon
caught nice string. Miss Fontaine Ran
son, who seemed to be an expert at fishing,
landed the largest one, which weighed
something less than seven lbs. Miss
Young distinguished herself by walking
from Stribling to Mt. Scion by the way Of
the "Cyclopean towers,7' distance about 8
miles, and did not seem at all fatigned.
After a few hours fishing; they spread
their lunch in the spacious yard of Mrs.
Catharine McFall.
Mr.. VIM. McQuain of the w. s. H., in
Staunton, is spending few days at his
home in Mt. Scion.
Mrs. r. A. Todd, who recently returned
from the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where
she had been under treatment, was not so
well last week, but is much improved now
MI. A. Lee Knowles and Miss Mamie
Taylor of your city. paid our town flying
visit last week, stopping over night with
Mr.. and Mrs. r. G. Todd.
Mr.. Thos. Hopewell of Bridgewater. is
spending week or two in our town visit
ing relatives and friends
Among the visitors here on last Sunday
were MI. Claude " ilton of Harrisonburg
Mr.. Long, Dr.. Butcher, and Mrs. Emma
Ryan of Bridgewater, Misses Mile and
Beany Cootes Of Dayton. Mr.. Jacob Pifer,
and his wife and daughter Of Dorcas,
Mr.. Hook of Portsmouth, who has been
spending few days with his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Geo. White, has returned to that
city.
Mr.. D. W. Lauck Of Harrisonburg, was
in town for a short While to-day.
Bernard Smith, a worthy young colored
man, who was for several years a faithful
servant in the employment of Mrs. A. G.
Paul of this place, is very i'll with con.
sumption.