The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-06-16
west VIRGINIA Home COMING WEEK
CELEBRATION OF THE BATTLE OF POINT PLEAS
ANT AND UNWILLING OF THE MONUMENT.
thursday FRIDAY SATURDAY, AD sunday OcTOBER MD TO- lsOe


sued by the Point Pleasant Mon.
ument Commission for citizens
meeting at the Court House
Thursday, June 10th, 1909, the
large citizens meeting was called
to order by Hon. John P. Austin,
President of the Monument
Commission, who called the
Mayor of the town of Point
Pleasant, Judge John L. Written
to the chair. On motion of B. H.
Blagg, E. ]. Somervi1le was
made temporary Secretary and
on motion of a. L. VanMatre,
W. C. Whaley was made Assist
Secretary. On motion of David
S. Sryder, the temporary organ
izatien was made permanent, for
the preparation of the proper
observation of West Virginia
Home Coming Week and its at
tendant ceremonials and festivi-
ties.
Judge Written Chairman then
presented as suggestions num-
Der of names for members of the
various committees which were
read by the Secretary which up
on motion of Hon. Virgil A.
Lewis were adopted. Various
other names upon motion were
proposed added and adopted.
Upon motion of Hon. Virgil A.
Lewis, the first name on each
committee should be designated
Is the chairman except that of
the Invitation Committee and
that should be the name of the
first resident of Point Pleasant
was adopted.
On motion of Mrs. Livia Simp-
son Pofenbarger, the Mayors
Office was made the headquarters
for all committees who are TO
meet upon the call of the chair
man or of the various committees.
Judge Whitten then called upon
Hon. Virgil a. Lewis to address
the large audience. He spoke
instructively and entertainingly
upon the Battle of Point Pleasant
and its relation to history as well
as the Importance of the obser-
vance of its anniversary.
Upon motion of Judge VIM. A.
Parsons The meeting adjourned,
having adopted the following:
Organization.
Chairman, Mayor John L.
Written.
Secretary, E. Jacob Somerville,
Asst. Secretary, Warren c.
Whaley.
Grand Marshall, Col. John P.
r. B. Smith.
Assistants, Lewis C. Somer-
vile, Peter Higgins Steenber,
gen, Edward Barto Jones.
Committee at Large
Hon. John P. Austin, Presi.
dent Monument Commission
Monument Commissioners, Hon,
V. A. Lewis and Mr.. c. c. Bow.
yer; Mayor, Judge John L. Whit
ten, Col. John P. R. B. Smith and
Mrs. Livia Nye Simpson-Poffen'
barger.
Finance Committee
Joseph Friedman, Chairman
Peter Higgins Steenbergen, Ed
ward E. Thomas, Peter S. Lew
is, Griff T. Smith, Tol Stribling
Hon. ]. Samuel Spencer, John G
Stortz, Point Pleasant; R. J. Pat
terson, Maggie; William R
Thompson, Huntington; Charlie:
Cameron Lewis, Jr., Ex-Gover
nor VIM. A. McCorkle, Hon. Jno
Q. Dickinson, Charleston; Elk
Governor a. B. Fleming, Fair
mont.
Invitation Committee
Governor VIM. E. Glasscock
Senator Stephen B. Elkins, Sena
tor Nathan B. Scott, Hon. Jane.
a. Hughes, Judge Ira E. Robin
son, Judge George Poffenbarge,
of West Virginia; Col. Il. R
Howard, John E. Beller,, Rober
E. Mitchell, B. H. Blagg, Andrew
Lewis Boggess, Charles c. Lew
is, Il. Green Nease, Hon. Georg
W. Cossin, James NJ. n. Beale
Hon. ]. Samuel Spencer, Judg
John W. English, Judge VIM. A
Parsons, Point Pleasant; Hon
E. o. Randall, Columbus, Ohio
Hon. W. Sidney Laidley, William
Burdette Mathews, Charles c
Lewis, Sr., John Q. Dickinson o
Charleston; Gen'l. Charles b
Grosvenor and Hon. Jerr,
Longfellow Carpenter, Athens