Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-08-31

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ceptIon given at Granville Universal
Regret at that Place at Losing them.
DR.. and Mrs. Purinton arrived on
Friday afternoon to- gether with their
children. They will remain here per-
manently from this time on and will
occupy the home OF Dir p. B. Reynolds
on Sunnyside Dr. Reynolds and fam
lily take rooms at the Baptist Hall dur
ing the coming year. 1t is determined
by the board of regents toereet for the
President an official residence. This
will probably come up at the next
meeting Of the board which takes
place in short time.
They have been greeted by large
number Of friends since their arrival
and feel perfectly at home in the place
where they formerly resided and where
they have so many and SO true friends,
Speaking of their departure the Gran
vile Times has the following to say:
DIR. and Mrs. D. b. Purinton enter
tanned their friends last evening from
six O'Clock until nine, at their fare.
we'll function.
The affair was brilliant success,
and will long be remembered by the
200 guests as the crowning effortef a
long series of social triumphs achieved
by the most hospitable OF hostesses.
The reception was held on the lawn
which was brilliantly lighted by cleo
tricity, ana made comfortable and
cosy by the generous use Of rugs, pill
lows and easy chairs, while sufficient
shelter from the dew was afforded by
the interlacing branches Of the veneer
able trees.
At the west side of the lawn was
placed the large tent where dainty
and delicious refreshments were sery-
ed dnring the evening, under the min
istring care of number of pretty
girls. The tent was converted into a
veritable bower of beauty, where the
kindly forethought and good taste Of
the hostess found free expression. 1t
was festooned with Denison red, gar
landed with vines and branches, light
ed by decorative lanterns and the ever
reliable sincandescents, and as a
concession to indoor elegance, the
centre table was decorated with
handsome bunch Of fragrant lilies aud
several dishes Of delicate ferns.
Many of the guests present at this
farewell reception, recalled the time,
nearly twelve years ago, when they
assembled the hill in the direction of
Dr. Gilpatrick's home to greet the
new President and his wife, and they
found it difficult to realize the flight
of time, for truly the hostess, as she
stood by her husbands side TO well
come for the last time in this place
the large circle Of true sincere and
admiring friends, seemed as youthful
and as charming, as the modest girlish
little lady who twelve years ago SO
bravely faced the unknown and con-
verified those two or three hundred
total strangers eventually into valued
friends
Truly the community have cause TO
mourn the departure of this family,
for the University loses one OF its fin
est executives, and the town one of
its most charminy hostesses. They
will be missed in all Departmental
school, in church, in club work, as
well as in social circles. DR.. and
Mrs. Purinton during all these years
have dispensed a generous, lavish
hospitality, and that, under condi-
tions obtaining in a small town where
sshelp" is almost as scarce as the pro-
verbal "hens' teeth" is saying vol
umes The exacting social duties of
their responsible position have ever
been discharged by them gracefully,
graciously and becomingly.