Evening star., 1915-06-13
CULPEPER.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
CULPEPER. Va. June 1.-THE cor
nerstone Of the new high school build
| ing at Mitchells was laid with imposing
| ceremonies Tuesday. The exercises
were under the auspices of the Masonic
lodge About thirty members OF Cul-
peper Lodge attended and there were
also delegates present from the lodges
at Brandy. Orange and other places A
basket dinner was served.
Notice has been given that Right
| Reverend Robert Gibson of Richmond.
| Bishop of Virginia, will be in Culpeper
| next Sunday morning and hold confir-
| nation services at ST. Stephens Epis-
copal Church. Last Sunday the Bishop
coadjutor. Right Reverend William Ca
bell Brown, visited the Woodberry
Forest School near Orange. and also
St. Thomas. the colonial church In
orange. confirming class at poth
| places.
Orange has issued Invitations to the
marriage of her daughter. Miss Eiiza :
beth Freeland Mason. and George Ogle
Tayloe of King George county the
ceremony will take place June 16. at
st. Thomas Episcopal Church in
Orange The bride-to-be is a member
of the faculty of the Orange High
School
Misses Clara and Martha McCandless
of Philadelphia are spending the month
Mrs. Edwin H. Gibson. and will leave
the first of July for the San Francisco
exposition, where they will spend the
| remainder of the summer. and will AFT
erward travel through the west.
| The funeral of Richard H. Dennis was
| held in the Masonic Temple here last
Friday, short service being con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. E., w. Winfrey and
the Masons then taking charge. In
terment was In the Masonic cemetery
near town. and the Masonic burial
Hooper, chaplain of the lodge. Mr..
Dennis Is survived by his wife, VINO
| was a Miss Curtis of this county, and
| Deahl of Washington. Mrs. James kel'
ley and Mrs Hudson of Alexandria:
| Richard Dennis and Strother Dennis OF
Alexandria and Russell Dennis Of Ohio.
| The June meeting Of the Woman s
| Auxiliary was held Monday with Mrs.
Byrd Leavell. and the study of mis-
sions in Alaska was begun. Readings
| from THE Spirit of Missions were
given and Rev. Mr.. Hammond gave a
| brief sketch of the beginning and the
wonderful growth of the mission work
| under Bishop Rowe. Mrs. w. c. Aylor
was elected to the Office of treasurer
| made vacant by the resignation of Mrs
Russell Smith.
| MISSES 1dZel CfOdcTe ana MdTCid MOI
| ris returned to their homes here this
| week after graduating with honors al
| the Harrisonburg Normal School. 9th
er graduates are Miss Margaret Rob
| erts of Stuart Hall, Staunton; Miss
Ruth Burton and Miss George Wine OF
| the Womans College. Lynchburg; Miss
| Eleanor Wine of Randolph Macon In
| stitute, Danville.
! Confederate Memorial day exercises
were held here Saturday and were at
tended by veterans and visitors from all
over the county. The people assembled
on the courthouse green, and marched
| from there to Fairview cemetery, the
veterans going in automobiles. accom-
panied by the Culpeper Minute Men
and the Culpeper Troop of Boy Scouts
The exercises were held in Fairview
| around the monument to the Unknown
| Dead" An address was made by
| Commonwealth's Attorney Edwin H
Gibson. A feature was the singing OF
| the Junior Chapter. u. D. c., and the
old favorite. ''Lorena." was sung a
solo by Miss Cornelia Petty. There
| were several appropriate Rotations
and Rev George Bundick and Rev. Ken
sey j. Hammond. offered prayers. The
Minute Men fired a salute over the
graves and their bugler sounded taps
| Returning to Culpeper the veterans.
Minute Men. scouts and visitors were
Hall by the Culpeper Chapter Daugh-
| ters of the Confederacy.
| The annual meeting of the Sunday
School Association of Madison county
| was held last Sunday at the Christian
| Church of New Rochelle. with devo-
! tional exercises conducted by Rev. w.
B. Carter. The address of welcome was