The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-04
SCHOOL CONTEST
HASBEENS SET tiled
Feeling Between Rival commu
mites Causes Abandonment
of Project.
special to The Times-pispatch.

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Lancaster, Va, October S.-The Rev.
Wayland F. Dunaway, D. D.. has ten
dered to Judge Wright, of the Circuit
Court. his resignation as member OF
the schol trustee electoral board for
Lancaster county. A vacancy on the
county electoral board for appointing
judges of elections has been caused
by the recent death of W. T. Marsh.
Much interest is felt here in the filling
of these vacancies. and Judge Wright
doubtless will select good men for
these important and responsible posi-
lions.
The contest between Litwalton and
Wheaton for the proposed public high
school in the upper part of White
Chapel District has been settled salts
factorily to all concerned The trus-
tees, in view of the lack of funds to
esta blish and run the High School
ind the excited state of feeling exist
ing in the two rival communities. de-
cided to abandon for the present the
establishment of a high school In that
part of the district, and the decision
has been approved by the county trus-
tee electoral board, to which an APP
peal was taken by the people of Lit
walton. The district board will have
the school at Wheaton enlarged and
repaired and a new two-room school
house built at Litwalton. Both will
be graded schools. and as there is
already high school in the district
the decision of the district board not
to build an additional one is generally
approved.
DR.. Frank W. Lewis. superintendent,
OF schools for the school division COM
prising Lancaster and Northum ber1and,
has made arrangements to hold
teachers institute here next Friday
and Saturday for the benefit of the
white teachers of the two counties. Z.
H. RUSSELL formerly member of the
State Board of Examiners, and now
president of the Fredericksburg Nor.
NAL and Industrial School,; -Algernon
B. Chandler. school examiner and In
spector of3this circuit and Robert Lee
Blanton, editor of the Virginia, Journal
of Education. will be present and de-
liver lectures and addresses. It Is ex-
pected that some Of the local teachers
will read papers on subjects relating
to teaching and school economy.
All the high schools in this school
division have begun work except the
one at Reedville. which was destroyed
by fire last June. and has not vt
been rebuilt, and all the primary and
In spite u the fact that the high
schools have been running for two
weeks. the circulars announcing the
books authorized for use in the public
high schools have just been received
from the central office in Richmond,
and the teachers are still at sea with
regard to many of the books, since
the official circular announces that
contracts have not yet been signed,
and probably will not be signed, for
many Of the books adopted by the
State Board of Education AS a re-.
suit of this delay none OF the schools
are supplied with tho necessary text
books, and the local dealers az rule
have declined to order them. as they
say they cannot afford to keep them
for sale under existing conditions,
Such state OF affairs never prevailed
here before
An epidemic of infantile paralysis
has for some time been prevailing In
and around Wheaton. in the north
western part OF lancaster. Six or
seven cases have thus far been re-
ported, and one case has resulted In
death. All the local physicians are
at a loss to account for}the prevalence
OF this distressing malady.
AS the merry autumn days advance
the marriage Improvements are
growing in number. Mr.. and Mrs. j ohm
G. Brewington, of Irvington. have Is
sued Invitations to the marriage Of
their daughter, Miss Lily De Berry
Brewington, to Howard 8. Rock.
cashier of the Lancaster National
Bank at Iryington. The ceremony will
take place Wednesday afternoon, oc-
tober 10, In the Irvington Methodist
Church. Other interesting marriages,
not yet formally announced. will take
place later In the month.
Extensive improvements have lust
been made to the courthouse here, In
Guiding q new stairway to the second
floors and anew Ceiling In the
Is the purpose of the supervisors
TO continue the IMPROVEMENTS till