The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-30
Building Will Arise on Old
I, High School Property in
4, Petersburg.
MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT
AT That Time Plans for Future
: Operations Will Be
Made.
r!mes.Dispatch Bureau.
S Bollingbrook Street
,Telephone l4sbo,

Petersburg, va, september ~.
The Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton. In the purchase Of the high school
oroperty on Union Street, at the price
of s,4soo as the site for the proposed
new association homo. shows that II
mean. business. The property having
been sold under a decree Of the Hust-
.ngs Court, the sale will, OF course.
nave 70 be confirmed by the court OF
This confirmation there seems little
doubt. unless there should be an upset
bid. The price Is regarded as reason
able. and the community desires 10
sea the association established IN a
,s-nanent up-to-date home on the
NOS, eligible site that could be oD-
tsined for it.
THE oficers and directors of the as
-socis.;on are men thoroughly imbued
with the spirit Of progress. and as one
q. .he evidences of progress they have
long had close at heart the establish
uenr of a suitable home as an attfac-
.ion tor the youth of the city. 1t looks
ss - this desire IS now about 70 De
g-at.hed.
meeting Of the directors will be
held Tuesday night 70 discuss the SIT
nation and 10 decide upon plans o.
tuture operations. 4 campaign 10 raise
funds will doubtless be arranged
The old high school building has an
Interesting history. Fo. many years
.--a-;o- 20 the war It was known as
-Ths Petersburg Classical Institute
n is CORDS % instructors = had some
OF the ablssc educators in virginia
srs the institute bore a very h,sh
sanitation. Hundreds OF Nirgintans
mar now dead and many still living,
recsivea their education here. ana
,soss spared 20 the present time na:s
as.ssaat -eco.lections Of the old i>~i-
tC.e.
Chesterfield Veterans.
/ The Veterans and Son. of Veterans
of Petersburg have received An iaE'-
,a,io- 20 ATTEND the annual reunion OF
the Confederate veterans OF Shestel
s.lS County, 20 be held a: ;he court
$50. on Wednesday. and q delegation
will GO 20 the meeting. as has been
re case nearly every year. Thhre IS a
close association between the Chester
HeIS and Petersburg veterans.
Meeting of Distri0 Committee.
Should neither Mr.. Turnbun nor
Judge Watson attend the meeting d
The Fourth District COMMITTEES. when
- to be held in this city to-morTo"
to canvass the returns o. the iate cor
eress;onal primary, II Is certain Una
each will De we'll represented While
esrh side Is silent as To what steps
NAV be taken, 1t is generally anaci-
pared tina, there Will pc so-e interest
ing developments. There may De
request for a recount IN certain pre-
.cincts. or there may be contest, or
there NAV be an appeal ID the S'a'e
Committee. But the public is in igho-
rance as to what will De proposed anu
what will be done. There are Tumors
Of all these things. and that IS AK
Church improvement.
,r,,ovemecrs costing about $4,000
have inst been completed at Market
Stree. NJ E Church. The entire seat
ing ARRANGEMENT Of the Sunday scnooi
has been changed and the capacity
enlarged. An addition twenty-five o9
fhirty-rine feet has been made, oeihs
SO constructed that II ts practically
par. y the main room. and the upper
connected with the main AUDITORIUM
The church will be reopened next sun
day. and an address will be delivered
hv the Rev. s. g. Hatcher. D. D.. a Tor
Eer pastor.
Personal and General.
Postmaster Stith Boiling. major
general commanding the Virginia d.
vision. United Confederate Veterans. Is
Quit. sick and confined TO his home
The family OF z. G. Temple. after
spending the summer at Virginia
Beach. have returned TO their home on
Cn!3 Street
Ny and Ms. NJ. NJ Booth have re-
turned TO .he city after spending the
summer AZ Virginia Beach Mrs
Booth has as her guest Mss Kathry
Clifford OF New York
NJ. and Mrs z. A. Robertson have
returned TO the city from New York,
where they went 10 bid good-by 70
Miss FIorence Larabee. Miss Larabee
sailed for Berlin on Thursday 10 pur-
sue her musical studies for two years.
John II. vann and his wife. IIiIia n
eolored. got into q quarrel AT the!I
home on BoII!nsbrook Street late last
night The result was that IN. hus'
bard was twice stabbed. ard TIE wifi.
e. IN Jail They have 1n!v been mar
ried a little over a month.