Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-28
SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY
ROYALTY CELEBRATED
Miss Josephine Freeman Is Hostess
to Sixteen of Her Young Friends
at West Point.
QUIET THANKSGIVING DAY
Churches Unto and Hold Interesting
Services-City Club Gives Fine
Dinner to Its Members I'm Its Hand
some, Remodeled Quarters.
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WEST POINT. VA. November -
The day when Miss Josephine Freeman
arrived at the age OF sixteen was gala
day in her life. and those of sixteen
OF her young friends. who assembled Il
celebrate the occasion in the home Of
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. NJ. Free
man on Fourth Street. The guests We're
Misses Elose Brown. Lucille Bland
Emily Gault. Katharine Sparkliu. Nir-
Rinia Farinholt, Camilla hughes Meade
Field and Mary Laycock: McSsrs. Harry
BoughRn. Joseph Smith. David Field,
Lewis Milford, Charles Pumphrcy. Wal
ter Gary. Sam Fuller
Union ThsnksgivinE services were
held here IN the Methodist Church, Rev.
E. w. Billings. OF the Baptist Church,
preaching the sermon and conducting
the exercises generally. as the Metho-
dist minister. Rev. q. NJ. Clarke, who
left to attend the Methodist Conference
which met In Norfolk. had not returned.
w l.. MaJor, n prominent merchant
for many years ut White shop. in King
william County, has closed his business
at that place. and is now in West Point
with his brother and sister Mr.. pnd
Mrs. B. Hurt. on account OF bad health.
Mrs. II. |. Lewis has as her guests for
the season her son and John Marshall
Lewis and family. OF Gloucester Court
house. also MIR. and Mrs Tahh. Of
Gloucester. II. l. Lewis is attending
court in Mdd!csCX.
J. s. Barney. OF New York City, has
leased the marshes and highlands or
Romancoke. the estate of the late Cap
tain Robert r.. Lee, on the ramunlicy
River and is making extensive inn
provemcnts in the old Romancokc club
house. formerly used by n Richmond
hunting club
Miss Jessie Lewis is still in Norfolk
with Miss Lee Parks.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. +. Chandler aud
daughter, Elizabeth. spent ThanksEiv-
ing Day with Mr.. and Mrs. -. NJ. Chand-
Ter at historic Chestnut Grove, i'll New
Kent.
Rev. r. r. II. Mclean, who has had
charge Of the Methodist Church in Ur
banna, has been sent by conference as
the under shepherd OF the Methodist
Church at West Point Rev Otis Meade
Clarke. who was here for the past tw"
years. will so 20 Suffolk.
The City Club gave fine Dime" to
the members OF the club on Wednesday
evening. Later III the evening a reCep
ton was given 10 tho young women OF
the town, and an enjoyable dance was
INDUCED in. This is the first public
function given by the club since :He
rooms have been renovated and re-
modelled, \ great many improvements
have been made, but none that will he
enjoyed more than the grand salon that
has merged from the Knocking down
OF several partitions between rooms,
giving a place for dances and gem
cral auditorium ana assembly room.
Richmond Bland. wife and daughter,
Miss Lucille, and sister, Mrs. Anderson.
left on Wednesday for Baltimore TO
spend Thanksgiving Day with Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Busick.
Miss Mary Hudson. ~. the West Point
High School accompanied Miss Emma
Robins home, near Lester Manor, for
the holidays.
Misses Eleanor Small and Dora
Aumack spent Thanksgiving Day in
Richmond