Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-27
COMMENCEMENT TIME
KEEPS WEST POINT BUSY
Many Schools Arc Having Their
Finals, With Usual Interest
ing Ceremonies.
, INDIANS HAVE THEIR SHARE
Pamunkeys Close Annual School Ses-
sion and Entertain Friends Who
Come to Enjoy Closing Program.
High-School Pupils Entertain.
Especial to Tho Timcs-Dispa,cbl

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch
WEST POINT, VA. May cs.-Thc air
about this section is buzzins with com
mencements. Indians. colored people.
white. foreign and native, are busy
about the f1nalH Tho graduating class
or 1917 OF tho West Point High School
is extending to its friends an invita-
ton to attend the finals on June
In the Masonic Hall auditorium ON
Sunday evening Or. Ssbury Christian,
OF Richmond. will preach tho sermon
+. In the Methodist church The finals
viii close on Monday evening.
The Pamunkcy Indians. OF the re-
serration. taught bv Mrs. Montague
Pitcher. Jr.. recently closed their school
with appropriate exercises On the
other side OF the county. on the Malta
POM reservation the Indians have had
the past session Il regular teacher for
the first time, and their first com
mcncement. Several pcopl. from West
loint went by special Invitation and
found splendid lunch for everybody.
land in the afternoon the program
showed specimens of work. After the
well-rnndercd choruscs and rccita,ions
Mr.. Lincoln. state Inspector Of Schools:
Mrs Lucy Bird Dudley. Of West Point,
and MIR. Almond. chief OF the tribe
gave talks OF appreciation and en-
couragem"nt. II was evident that tho
women OF the tribe arc not a silent
feature but seemed TO hold sufficient
power.
Misses Eloisc Brown and Josephine.
freeman. members Of Tho junior class
OF the West roint High School, enter
tanned In honor Of b" senior and Junior
classes In the HON" Of MIR. and Mrs.
Walter Freeman. on Fourth street on
Tue sday evening The main feature
was 81 "tack"y party" Miss Emma
Robins carried on the prize for being
the tackicst VI tho crowd
one OF tho most interesting events
Of tho spring was tho meeting Of the
Woman's Club this week when Mrs
Collins Denny. OF Richmond addressed
: til" women the customs and re-
ligions of Brazil, tho las; country Of
the series Of our Ncxt-Door Neigh
bors." studied this season By tho club
Mrs. j. ". Marshall MAS hostess for
the evening. Mrs. J.. 5. 'oikcs had the
hrst division OF the subject. "Agricul-
ture. Avi Flora and Fauna This pa
per Was read by Mrs. Erantly Bray
Mrs George Durham read "a paper on
The Change From Monarchy to "A
Republic and The story OF It's dcposcd
Emperor The hostess was assisted
III serving refreshments by Mrs ;. 7.
Island Mrs Clara farinholt. OF Mid
dlcscN, Was guest Of tho club.
Mrs George W Richardson gave a
lunch in honor Of Mrs. Collins Denny
OH Monday. Mrs. j. Powell Garland
was an out-ot-town guest on this
casion.
Gloucen,er Point is tho mecca Of mo-
torists this spring. The first OF the
week the following party mo,ored
down: MIR. and Mrs. l.. II. Thrift; Mr.
and Mrs Leland Treat. Mr. and Mrs
". :. Eastwood. MIR and Mrs i. r.
Bray. Mr.. and Mrs. Montagu. Pitcher
lar rhr,f
rcy. Ernest Thrift. Il. &. bradford Car
doz". Maynard. Garry Thompson and
Dr Joseph Kelly. Their. are many at
fractions now AZ historic Gloucester
FONT.
Mrs, George Fcild wen, to baltimore
last week 10 meet her son. George
Field Jr.. who has had :, position in.
New York but ~ now going to France
with corps Of engineers. Mrs Fciid
has another son, David. who enlisted
last week.
Mrs. Il. j. Palmer. local chairman Of
the National League for Womans
Work. LETT on Wednesday for Bal,i-
more and Washington in the interc.
OF her work, and Will visit her dauGI.
ter. Miss incz Palmer. who is in trai--
ing AT the national school at Chevy
Chase
ON Sunday morning. childrcn's day
was celebrated in the local Methods,
church. The program Was beautifully
carried out. the subject being The
child In the Midst"
On Wednesday quite number of
people OF West Point attended the
fnals Of the Lancsvi,lc school Misses
lllnday. Iancy and Porter are the
teachers This is a seven grade school.
with two rooms There was large
graduating class 10 go in a high school
next session. The diplomas were pre-.
scented by Everett Edwards
Several medals were given Miss
Phyllis Gary. OF l.aster Manor, rece:v-
ing the scholarship medal
Mrs. Ada Marston has returned from
a trip 10 Philadelphia and Baltimore
Mrs. Clara Fariuholt of Middiescx
mother OF Miss Virginia Farinholt. a
student in the high school. is the guest
of Mrs. :. T. Bland.
Miss Bernice Stahl. OF the Mansion
House. Euclid Heights. will leave in
few days for a visit to relatives in
Washington, where her mother has
been visiting.
Memorial! Day was observed this
week In the local cemetery This place
always naturally beautiful with its
shade trees and carpeting of green
looked better than ever before. with
its profusion of roses. Arthur Van
Name was master OF ceremonies Rev
F.. w. Billings, Of the Baptist Church
made the opening prayer. and Rev.
GUN "CriedH. OF inc Methodist
Church. closed the exercises with
prayer. II. !. Lewis made the address
Of the evening.
Dr. and Mrs. Il. f. Bagby and Il. f..
.Ir.. and Mrs. y, T. Bagby, OF Tappa-
hammock. the mother Of DIR. Bagby. mo-
iorcd this week 10 Wilson. y. c., TO
visit Rev. Richard Bagby, Of the Chris
tan Church
Mr.. and Mrs. George *. IIundley OF
iiopcwell. and their son, James. spent
several days last week with Mr.. and