The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-12
THE BRANDON

Especial to The Richmond N~irginian.,
BASIC CITY VA, August lion
Thursday of last week a o delight
fuI dance was given at this place by
Mrs. j. f, Porter in honor Of her
guest and cousin. Miss Mary Sydnor,
Of Charleston. w. Va, which was par
~t4clpated in by about fifty couples, All
of the latest figures were danced, and
the evening was "A thoroughly enjoy
able one. The music was furnished
by the Basic City orchestra, and ice
cream. cake and fruits were served
by the hotel walters to the entire COM
pany after the close of the dance.
one of the events Of the week was
a walking party composed of six of
the hotel. four ladies and two gentle
men. They made an early start from
the hotel on Wednesday morning with
the top If Calf mountain as Their
destination. AT about z p. NJ. they
returned from the east by rail, hav-
ing topped Calls mountain AMI con-
tinued their palK with Aft>l as their
i objective roint. At 1876 they re1c'-
ed a railroad point, supposedly Alton,
but upon making inquiry found out
1t was Greenwood. four miles beyond
Alton. They having missed the first
place by taking the wrong road on
the mountain. However. they waited
tnPfS TOT the Train anu feitt lieu
thereby, Il much w~earier and wiser
crowd thar when they ~bouyantlv de-
parted in the morning. They all say.
nevertheless. that they would not
have missed ii, and intend to cover
the distance on foot between this place
and Staunton before the close OF the
season, a distance OF fifteen miles,
The past week has been a banner
one in the seasons history AT this
delightful place, and has witnessed
many new arriyals-Th h place is low
taxed almost to its capcity, but every
body Is pleasant. we'll pleased n
happy. Excursions in every directions
are taken every day, and all say the
time is all too short until they find
they have to return TO business and
home duties.
The latest arrivals are: =. E.
Mooney. Homer Clark. ST. Louis; Flu
gene McRea, Charlottesville; George
II. Anderson, wife and maid, Clifton
Forge. Misses Bessie DaviE, Denza
Goodrich. Mr.. A Is. Tyree, Mrs. Vera
Gentry. Granville Gray, wife, nurse
and child. Roland Harktns, wife add
maid. E kftzhugh White, f. r. Tyler.
Hiram NJ. smith. Mrs. w. c. Saunders.
Miss Stella Crane. Airs. Ivy Vaughan,
Maude and Claude Vaughan. R. b.
Gordon. Mrs. Il. NJ, Reinhard. MI.
Reinhard, Miss kathleen Watkins. 7.
Ii. Droste, Richmond, Mr.. and Mrs.
Conrad J. Jamison, Va; W. d. Muck
oils. Boston, DR.. r. NJ. Parkins, wife,
Miss Virginia Parklns. Staunton: Jno.
w. Abby, New York City; S. b. Good
loe, Alton: Mrs. l.. E. sutton. Miss
Elizabeth Bragg, Petersburg Miss
Margaret Jarvis. Newport News; 7. NJ.
Bethany, Norfolk: Captain George w.
Face, Hampton, r. w. Randolph, p.
NJ. Payne, stanton: ". A. Gibbons.
Roanoke, z f.. Booth and wife. j. Il.
Prince and wife. Petersburg. Mrs. NJ.
J.. Darden, Va: II. b. Watkins. Va.
j. f. Whole}. ". J. Written. Harris
Hooke. Mrs :. 3. avis isD NJ. MI
Hooke, Mrs. :. B, Davis, Miss Audrey
Lee and Mary Davis. Roanoke. Miss
Courtney Taylor. Amelia; John r.
Harris, Miss Mary Young, Mr. Robert
Yancey. Harrisonburg; Miss f, f.
Goode. ~Stauntou; Mrs. George J.
Twohy, Norfolk; r. G. Hill. wife. nurse
! and two children. Greensboro. n. c;
Edward kerseheim, Philadelphia: J.
Fl. Norvell, Va Miss Jessie X. De
well. New Haven, Conn; Mrs. Roy.
Atlanta, Ga, Miss Webb. Va: r. NJ
Price. Philadelphia. John B.. Kiracoffe.
Stanton. " :, Benster and wife.
Norfolk, Mrs j q. Sawyer and daugh-
ter, Norfolk. Miss Mary Sydnor,
= Charleston. ". Va.