Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20
WEST POINT
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WEST rOINT. VA. January 1e.-The
committee on hospital supplies for
! Red Cross. DR.. A. S. Hudson. chairman.
met this week in the rooms over the
Citizens Exchange Bank for consulta.
ton concerning supplies. They decided
10 use the rooms as a place for tho
distribution of supplies, and tho recep-
ton of same after they wcre made up.
On account of the shortage of fuel, 1t
was decided that the work would be
taken TO private homes. Supplies were
ordered to DO bought at once. The
purchasing committee was ordered to
buy fifty pounds OF wool for the knit
tcrs.
The Rcd Cross supper in tho Masonic
Hall auditorium last week was O Ereay
success from every point of view, and
S12S were cleared.
The woman's Club will meet on Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs.
J. w. Marshall. who is the hostess OF
the afternoon. The program OF the
afternoon will be simply OF social
nature.
Rev. I. r. Patterson, who was enter
ing OH the third year of his pastorate
in Urbanna. has been appointed by Rev.
Finley Gayle. presiding elder of the
Rappahannock District, to I'LL the
charge made vacant by tho sudden
death of Rev. J. W. S. Robins, in the
local Methodist Church.
Mrs. Paldersou is with her mother,
in Tennessee, at this time on visit.
Miss Margaret Turner. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bcaurcsard Turner. OF
King William County. has gone at the
call Of tho government, and has accept
cd a position in the War Department in
with several of her girl friends who
went from West Point.
Mrs George Field, who was called to
North Carolina last week by the sudden
death of her brother, NIoseley Brown
has returned to her home here. Her
brother lived on his farm near Roanoke
Rapids. land died from an attack OF
pneumonia.
George Frederick Cooke. OF West
Point, also succumbed TO pneumonia,
and was buried In tho local cemetery
on Tuesday afternoon. lie was In his
siNty-fourth year. He was buried under
the auspices of the Junior Order Of
American Mechanics. his pastor. Rev
L. wv. Billings. conducting the funeral
services. He leaves a widow, one son,
Major Cooke, and three daughters, Mrs
Maggie Pullman, Mrs. Rufus Townsend,
and Mrs. Susie Cotton. We was horn
and lived all OF his life in King Will
liam County
H. l.. Baldwin. wife and two chill
dren of Deer River, Mimi, have re-
turned to West Point. Mr.. Baldwin was
a t one time associated with tho York
Manufacturing Company. and has been
called here looking TO starting the
plant again.
Harvey Brookes, Of BrooSeshire. jus,
across the river. is i'll here in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. ii. L. Topping. Mrs.
Topping is his sister. Mr.. Brookcs has
bronchial pneumonia.
Mrs. Emma Stanford. Of New York,
is here visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. l..
Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Denmead, ST.,
were called last week to the homo OF
j. H. Johnson. near Cohokc, a
brother of Mrs. Denmead, on account OF
his illness Mr.. johnson is better, and
MIR. and Mrs. Denmead have returned
TO their home here.
Mrs. Eta Anderson and Mrs Fannie
r. Leigh. of Plainview, King and Queen
County. arc the guests of Richmond
Bland.
Miss Susie Williams from Susan,
Mathews County. has been the recent
guest in the home of DR.. Ellis c.
Richardson.
u. y. b. Bagby motored to Tappa-
hammock on Sunday. and returned on
Monday.
There has been plenty Of ice
everywhere this winter, and icehouscs
have been filled with ice eight and ten
inches thick. Owing to the fear Of ice
In the bay. the steamers of the Chesa-
pcakc steamship Line have been tied
UP at THIS port for two weeks or more
The Mattaponi River I'm aboyo Wee,
Point has been frozen so that horses 10
wagons have been able to cross. The
rivers are thawing out now somewhat.