Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-25
BALKAN COUNTRIES
! DISCUSSED BY CLUB
Serbia and Montenegro Serve as
Subjects for Women at
West Point.
Mrs. II. j. PALMER PREs1DEs
Vt Next Meeting, With Mrs. George
Field, Austria" Will Receive At
tcntion-Services at tho Baptist
Church Proving Very Successful.
Especial to The Times.~Xpatch.]

=, Especial to The Times --.patch.I
WEST POINT. VA. April 24.-serbia
and Montenegro were the subjects of
interest at the Womans Club this
week. and were presented by Mrs. r.
c. Garden and Mrs Scott Broaddus,
respectively There was a good at
tendance. Both the presiden; and vice
president being absent Mrs Il j,
'. Palmer presided Mrs l.. s. Folkes
was the hostess \, the next meeting.
with Mrs George Field, Austria will
he the subject. and Mrs. Arthur
Ncustadt viii present il
The meeting OF about ten days at
the Rartist Church, through which Rev.
w T. Gibson. pastor OF the Broaddus
Memorial church Of Richmond. assisted
the pastor, Rev Z w Billings closed
on Tuesday evening MIR. Gibson
preached every evening TO very large
and interested conere cations. Rev. +.
w Billings preached at the Rroaddus
Memorial Church, in Richmond morn
ing and evening while MIR. Gibson con-
tinued the meeting here, There was
baptismal service on Wednesday eve
ming at the regular midweek prayer
meeting.
Miss Rernice Stahl and others have
organized new sunday School, which
meets In tho public schoolhouse at
Euclid Heights for the benefit of those
who have recently settled in that neigh
borhood The average attendance Is
about thirty, representing IN the mem
bership seven denominations. An cf-
fort is being made 10 purchase an
organ. The school is five weeks old.
and is fourishing.
\The District sunday School Conven-
ton, met here on Thursday The
churches ,white) east of King William
Courthouse belong TO this interdem omi-
national organization.
Miss Mabel Fuller, Youngest daush-
ter OF the late. Captain James FULLER.
nce OF West Point, later of Richmond.
the guest OF Mrs. James Denmead.
Miss Furlow HoliinCsworth. OF Au-
gusta, Ga, is visiting Miss Victoria
Lewis.
Mrs. Harry TYLER and Mrs. Frank
Bisss, OF Baltimore. Md. passed through
West Point on Tuesday for visit to
relatives in King and Queen and Essex.
They will ne we'll remembered $ Misses
Florence and Nora Land, daughters OF
Rev. r. H Land so long preacher and
teacher in King and Queen and King
William Counties. Mir Land was a
the head of Landon Female Seminary, !
where many women in this section Went
10 school. Mrs. Tyler Is the widow OF
Harry Tyler. so prominent in the lay
mems missionary movement.
Invitations are out for the marriage
of Dr.. Allan y. Armistead Perkins. OF
Kelley to take place on Wednesday
evening, April 2s, at o'clock in Christ
Church, Savannah, GA. Miss Kelley is
swell known here. having lived here he
fore going 10 Savannah. She Is the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus KEEL
ley! Her mother was. before her mar
riaSe Miss Mamie Brookes. OF Eronk-
shire. just across the Mattapony River.
from Vest Point. .
Rev. e w. Billings will leave on
a..
Will deliver the address before the In
dependent order of ODD Fellows on
their nine;y-ffth anniversary OF their
organizations Mrs. Billings and Misses
MarEaret and Mary Will accompany him
rs far as Charlottesville, where they
VIII visit Mrs Farrar. Mrs, Billngs's
sister
The marked success or the Symphony
Orchestra has encouraged some OF the
cntcrprising citizens OF the town TO
start & brass band, and on Wedn estay
night the organization was completed,
ana nineteen instruments have arrived
20. u. l.. Concert Band. OF West Point"
was chosen IS the name. Z. Benton
Bar ker was elected leader and director,
with II L. Baldwin assistant. Crosby
Thompson WAS elected president: H. l.
baldwin, vice president, and Professor
\. w. Henderson, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Already the band is making It's pres
ence IN the town felt
People all over @lle comfy and the
counties around brewery much inter
>>Gsf@i - the public schools and sur
roundings several goon buildings have
been erected, and the people go on
stated occasions, take dinner and stay
all day and several days until the work
OF cleaning NJ and beautifviap tho
grounds is completed. They have en-
tertainnents, rumage sales and nsh-
tries 70 raise funds TO carry or the
work ~ Identifying the walls and the
buildings generally, and especially to
add IN tht libraries
The fair At King william Courthouse
on April 80 is cuthus;nr the county.
and many prizes have been offered hy
business men. private citizens. both
IN West Point AND throuehou, tie coun-
iy Children Win exhibit the work Of
ihelr own hlnGs ln 'he way Of bread
making canning sewing etc. ali kinds
Of iancE work, even hutton hol.-lla k
ing Then there are prizes FOR all kinds
OF school work
w :. Ware, Of DanviMc. has recent,
visited his sister, Mrs. T. J Clements.
III town.
Mrs W ii ware Of G!ouceste,. conn.
~ and three daughters are VISITING
Mrs Wares parents, Mr. and Mrs. - II.
Hudson
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