Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-08-25
WILL Be A GALA DAY
Firemcn TO Assist in Laying
the Corner Stone. Y
TEXT BOOKS ADOPTED
Several important Changes Made by the
i:oar'i OF school Trustees.
h. Maury' ~st:eosraphy OFF
"Mn the List. +

If the plans agreed upon by the Board
OF School Trustees ana Il committee
representing l;rcmond Lodge, No. 24l.
a. Il. Il A.. NJ. are satisfactory to Chief
w. X. Stow. president of the Virginia
State Firemen'S Association. and the
committee on entertainment, the laying
OF the co,ne stone OF the high schoo
building, now under curse of conslruc-
ton. Will be made 4 gala affair, for it
is proposed to well and truly lay the
stone on Thursday. September ~, the
secon day of the iirelnen's convention.
This agreement was reached at a
regular meeting of the Board of School
Trustees, held in the First National
Bank building last night.
The suggestion that the laying of tlle
stone be postponed till the annua meet
ing OF the Virginia State F'irenlen's As
ISOLATION in this city was heartily APP
proved. and a committee composed OF
Messrs. j. j. O'Donnell, L. L. Ford II
Or. Garter Perkins was created to as
certain whether it would be agreeable
TO Chief STOW and the entertainment
committee to have the ceremony made
part of the exercises Of the second day
OF the convention. ... $751; .....U ... .
II it is agreeable. and it will be, the
committee appointed last night will
proceed To make" arrangements for the
event. 1t is proposed to invite the Wis
ting tiremen and the local civic organi-
cations to take part in the exercises.
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orator for ;he occasion. and it is prob
abe that The Hon. Andr-w jackson
Montague. lIornc general of Virginia,
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Whcll seen last night by a reporter
for the DaIy Press regarding the sug-
sestion that tn. laying Of the corner
stone be made 4 part OF the exercises
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s.. Jones opposed the change. INT he ad-
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Our Country" a new history. was
substituted for Holmes history. rho
book is edited by three edu-
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spect. 1t deals fairly in rero,,ntinc he
battles of the civil war, the conditions
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