The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-09
ORDINATION SERVICES
HELD IN ALEXANDRIA
Studetns at Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary Given
Award In Final Exercises.

ALEXANDRIA. June Six students
Of Episcopal theological Seminary were
ordained deacons and seven deacons or
dained priests at final commencement
week exercises this morning. Six bish-
ops took part in the services.
Bishops. professors of the seminary.
and candidates for ordination with
their presenting clergymca. after vest
ing in Praper Hall. marched to the
chapel and took places in the choir
and chancel. The bishops participating
were the Rt. Rev. Robert A. Gibson.
Randolph. d. b., bishop Of southern
Virginia; the Rt. Rev. James II. Win
chester. D. D.; 6ishop, Of ArkensaS;
b.. bishop-coadiutor of West virginia;
the Rt. Rev. Beverley ID. Tucker, ID.
D., bishop-coadtutcr or southern Vtr,,
ginia. and the Rt Rev. William Cateu
Brown. ID. D.. bfshop-coadjutor OF Vir-
The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Edward T. IIelfenstein, ID. D., rector OF
st. Johns Church. Ellicott City. Nd,
and archdeacon OF Annapolis.
Those Ordained Deacons.
The following were ordained deacons:
William Preston Pcyton. of the diocese
OF southern Virginia. by Bishop RAN
dolph; Lenolr Valentine Lee, b. A..
Edward w. Mellichampe, George
Charles Shears, and Franklin 7. os-
born. Il. A. by Bishop Brown. Messrs.
Lee. Mellichampe. and Shears were or
Mr.. Osborn was ordained by Bishop
Brown, acting for Bishop Funston. OF
Idaho, and will be transferred to Bishop
Kinsolving, of southern Erazil for mis-
sionary work IN that country. Rufus y.
TannlNtnn Ne A.
Bishop Winchester for work in Ar
kansas.
The following deacons were ordained
priests: The Rev. Francis Alan Par
eoadtutor Gravatt: the Revs. Amber
NJ. Blackford. OF Columbia, Va; Elroy
jeffrey Jennings. Of woodbury. Forest
School: william Byrd Lee, tr., OF st.
Paul's parish. Hanover county. Va:
and william Clarkson Marshall. tr., OF
Casanova. Fauuuier county, Va. by
Bishop Gibson. and the Rev. Cameron
q. Richardson. of Buchanan. Va. and
the Rev. Herbert Heldrguf Young. M:
A., by Bishop-coadqutor Tucker. OF
southern virginia.
The Rev. II. II. Young has accepted
charge in Lunenburg county. Va. The
Rev. Edward w. Mellichampe Is assign
ed to Pohick and Olivet churches. Fair
fav county. where he has been a lay
reader for the past two years; the Rev.
Mclean. Fairfax county. and Epiphany,
Cherrydale. Alexandria county, where
he has been acting as lay reader for
some time. and the Rev. Lenior Nalen-
tine Lee will assist the Rev. w. Russell
Bowie. rector OF st. Pauls Church,
Richmond.
Pastmasters Of ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Lodge No. %. A. F. and A. M. occupied
chairs at the meeting of the lodge last
night, and conferred the master Mason
degree.
In corporation court today a decree
was entered in the suit of T. ]. Fam
non against. the Virginia Safe Deposit
and Trust Corporation directing How
ard w. Smith. receiver to pay Henry T,
and James L. McCuen, 81 900. the same
being ~ per cent of the bond OF $500
which the trust company secured the
accounts Of William II. McCuen. guar
dian. Attorney C. Keith Carlin. repre-
sented Henry T. and James l.. McCuen
and Samuel G. Brent represented Re-
ceived Smith.