Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-01
MANY IN WEST POINT
TO CELEBRATE FOURTH
No Special Arrangements Made, but
Visitors VIII Find Entertain
mcnt Plentiful.
PREPARE FOR ENCE
For First Time in Years, Town Will
Entertain Mcthodists of Kappa
hammock District, and There Will
BE No "Conscrvatoin OF Food"

Especial to The Times Dispatch1
WEST POINT. VA. June 3o--Pcople
are coming from many directions to
spend the Fourth of July in West
Point. No special arrangements have
many years for people to get out Of a
habit. The nrst very notable arrivals
arc a camping party from Chester,
chapcroncd by B. II. Bruce, OF Chester.
known here for many seasons as Rail-
road" Bruce. OF Richmond. In his
party are Mr.. and Mrs. d. ID. Cheat.
ham. Misses Louise Twitty, Elsie JEFF
fries. Helen Chcatham. Frances Cole,
Hazel Cole. Messrs. Gregory Bass.
Fisher Bruce. and John Cogbill On
Saturday quite large crowd will join
the party. and will probably sojourn
at the Terminal Hotel for two weeks
or more. They are having all sorts Of
good time. There are in sight dances,
bathing, boating fishing. Grabbing. mo-
torinS and enjoying the moonlight on
the York River from the broad ve-
randas
The Radcliffe Chautauqua has had
full sway in West Point for three days
this week and has been greatly en-
joyed.
Tho church people arc busy getting
ready for the Methodist Conference Of
here for three days. beginning on July
10. This is tho first time this con-
ference has met here for ten years. and
there will be large number of repre-
sentatives. The women are arrang-
ing for entertainment, and chickens
and Virginia hams are already in evil
dcnce. to say nothing Of fish. oysters
and crabs from the water, and good
things generally. Conservation or
food cuts no figure in time OF a Metho-
dist conference. Rev. Mr. Green Of
Lancaster. Will preach the opening SER
mon. and Rev. r. r. Hopkins. of Heaths-
vile, Will preach the missionary SER
mon. The minister OF the local church.
Rev. Frank Mclean. was taken i'll with
an attack OF appendicitis last week
and could not fill his appointment last
Sunday. but il was hoped after he got
better that he would be able to remain
here until after conference. but since
then his doctor deems II better he shall
not attempt to stay for conference
and he and his family will leave for
Norfolk as soon as he is able to travel
AS soon as he is strong enough he
probably will be operated on in a hos
pital in Norfolk
Misses Victoria Lewis and Jessie
Lewis left on Thursday by way Of the
Chesapeake steamship TO join a camp.
ing party in Maine.
MISS Laura Cash of Memphis. Tenn,
who has been the guest of Miss Vic
toria Lewis for several weeks. has left
for her home
George E. Trice and a large party
from Hampton is expected for the
Fourth.
Misses Maria Tucker. of Brunswick
and Annie Laurie Tucker. of Chester
are the guests of Mrs. E. c. Amos
Miss Margaret Lee. from Holly Hill,
S. c.. was visitor in town this week.
Vivian Farney, at one time living
in West Point. is here visiting his
father. He has enlisted with the Rich
mond Grays. and is going to Lynch
burg from here for training
Mrs. Rhoderick Emerson of Balti-
more. is the guest here Of her sister
Mrs. John Mayo.
MRS. b. r. Bagby and "B. Is. Jr.." is
visiting her parents in RaDpahannocE
County.
Leonard McGeorge. of Washington
State, arrived here to visit his father,
Thomas j. McGeorge and his sisters
the first of the week. He was sum-