Evening star., 1915-11-28
STAUNTON. VA.
cial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
STANTON. Va. November 81. - A
night school was opened this week
through the efforts of the City Welfare
League of Staunton. A large attend
ance was present at the opening, and
those promoting the venture are much
encouraged.
A portrait of the late State Senator
and Lieut.. Gov. Echols of Staunton
late governor to the county of Au-
gusta Thursday. Senator Echols was
a native of this city. In addition to
being lieutenant governor of the state
for several terms he represented the
district in the senate for years. He
was also president of the National Val
ley Bank of Staunton and the leading
financial and business man of the city.
Judge r. s. ker made the presentation
speech. and Judge Armistead Gordon
received the portrait in behalf of the
county.
A meeting of the Holstein Breeders
Association of the Shenandoah Valley
was held in Staunton this week.
The Staunton Military Academy of
Staunton, the largest private military
school for boys in the United States,
| is erecting a new steel and concrete
stadium on the athletic field This,
with the field, will be made at d cost
| of about $25.000. The school recently
| bought additional land to make room
+! for new students.
| Tax assessments which have just
| been completed in both the city of
Staunton and the county of Augusta
| show the assessed values on real es-
| tate in Staunton have increased about
S5Oo,O00 over last year, and in Augusta
county about s700,Ooo.
| The foot ball event of this part of
Virginia, the game between the Staun-
| ton Military Academy and the Augusta
Military Academy, took place here
| Thanksgiving afternoon. The result
was a victory for S. NJ. A. by the score
of II to l.
Capt. P E. Wilson, a lifelong resi-
! dent of this city and a distinguished
ex-Confederate soldier, died here
Wednesday, aged seventy-five. years.
| At meeting today of the board of
governors of the Staunton Country
! Club it was decided to make number
| of improvements and additions to the
clubhouse and grounds. The golf
| course will be enlarged and improved
and an artificial lake will be added to
| the grounds.
| The engagement of Miss Eliza beth
i Clemmer of Augusta county and Thorn
as Rogers Kyle has been announced
| Miss Clemmer is a member of one of
the most prominent and wealthiest
families of this section, and the mar
riage is to be one of the social events
of the season.
.
! in honor of Miss Elizabeth Clemmer
| Wednesday afternoon was most de-
! lightful affair. More than a hundred
/ ladies were Mrs Randolph's guests. The
house was beautifully decorated and
| the affair was pronounced one of the
handsomest given in Staunton this
winter.
! Wednesday evening the Staunton Co
! tillon Club gave its first dance of the
season in the ballroom of the Virginia
Hotel. About fifty couples took part
Arrangements have been made by the
club to give a large Christmas german
| Wednesday night the Elks gave a
| Thanksgiving dance at their club
rooms. The building was beautifully
decorated. and a large pumber enjoyed
| the dancing and elaborate supper
served at the conclusion of the affair.
| Miss Laura White entertained at
bridge in honor of Miss Elizabet
Clemmer Friday evening.
| Prof. NJ Goode Homes and Mrs
| Homes held a reception at their home,
| on Green street, Monday evening.
| Senator and Mrs. Beckham of Ken
lucky are guests in Staunton, having
come to visit their daughter. who is a
pupil at Mary Baldwin Seminary.
! John Armstrong Chanler is the guest
| of Armistead Gordon.