The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-30
West P ONT Notes

Especial to The Richmond yirginIan.D
WEST POINT. VA. June 3o.--Rev
Mr.. Sowell, Baptist missionary TO Ar
Fent3na. :. A.. passed through here
this weak en- route from tho Worlds
Baptist Alliance. which met last week
In Philadelphia. Ia sec his family
which is located Tor the present In
FiuVanua cuuaty He vas entertain
cd At the Baptist parsonage. and
spoke twice in the church about his
work In South America. tie expects
10 board his family In West Point
this sumn1er.
EScursionists pour into town all %
the time now and seem 20 enjoy all
of the breeze They can find from any
source. The Pennsylvania OF the
New York aud Pennsylvania line OF
steamers, on last Sunday brought
the annual home coming excursion
and 1l2 passengers found over n
+ thousand people here 70 greet them
Mrs. Archer, Of Chesterfield, is the
euest or Miss Myrtle Mowhray. and
Captain j r. Wilson Of the tug
HAMPTON" gave "a trip down the
York in their honor this week
Miss Ruth Smeot. of Washington.
=. G.. and Miss Caroline Read. ~
Bedford are the guests OF Mrs w
f A'iRdffiAs sits y A. AIbitAR,
Of Mount Landing, Essex county, and
Mrs. Grant King OF Richmond. who
have been guests OF Mrs. Eroaddus.
have gone home
Mr Wilmer Hall. ~ Ashland. Va
who has Just graduated from the
Chicago University. is the guest %
his uncle. Rev. T. A Hall. Mt the Bap.
fist parsonage
Mr. J Lloyd Tabb. 5r.. has re-
turned from New YORK where n.
accom- panied his sister Mrs Fisher
10 see her husband. Mr.. r.. Barrie
Fisher, who is sick there. lie is now
better
Mrs. Lucy Byrd Dudley left this
week for Newport News. where she
VIII spend several weeks with her
brother nr, William Itoskins, who
is convaiescing from Il long and se-
we're Illness.
Mrs. }. r. Eggleston. wife Of the
Methodist minister here, has gone
with the rest OF the family to her
home in Fairfax TO spend some time.
Mrs. II. NJ. Nance and children win
leave next week for Il visit to rela-
tives In Charles City.
MIR. A, EIwood Corning. editor OF
/ the Weekly News. leaves In few
! days for a short visit to his old homo
in New burkh, y. Y. On his return
his mother win accompany him.
Mrs. Philip Hoffman and wife will
return Ia their home here on SUM-
day morning after a visit 10 New
York
Great preparations are making here
for the Fourth Of July, the greatest
possibly for many years. great
patriotic display viii be one of the
features with decorations, flags, bunt-
ing. d crowd of children and grown
Fteo pie. singing national songs, with
Congressman Henry u, Flood the
speaker OF the day.
Nest Point people are very much
pleased at he idea Of having The
Richmond Nirginisn az morning
paper
Miss Mae owens has iast returned
from delightful visit 10 the Mtsses
Smoot, Of Baltimore, Md, Later the
West Point.
MIR, Montague Pitcher has bought a
VERY handsome automobile.
Charles and Joseph Humphrey are
Visiting In Newport News
Miss Ruth Morvitz Is spending the
summer at Bradaaek Heights near
/ Frederick Md.
H. J Palmer Jr.. who has been ON
visit to his home here after year
III Texas. has returned to Iomstas
, Tex.
MIR. Herbert Woodward. a student
of the Washington and Lee unher-
sity. lhe past session. has returned
TO his home here aud accepted a past*
tion With the Southern Railway Con~
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