Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-29
.sTAUNTON's MILITARY
SCHOOLS OVERLOOKING
MatriculntiOn Day Brings Larry
Number of Young Men
To Section.
RECEPTIONS ARE RENDERED
Boy Scouts. With Aid OF Truck
Loaned by Coal Dealers, Gather
Quantity of Clothing To Help ltcci
Bclgians Warm This Winter.

ISpectai 10 The Times Dspatchl
STAUNToN. IA. Scptemhcr Is
Thursday was naturalization day at the
Staunton Military Academy and At the
Augusta Military Academy. the latter
located at Fort Defiance, eight miles
from stanton. on the Valley Pike.
Both OF these military schools are full
TO oNcrtlowing. The waiting list at
each runs into The hundreds. Their"
are new members % tho faculty az each
place. due 20 the fact that members of
previous faculties hay" gone into ser
Vice. The Stauaton Military Academy
has a service iiAg with as stars ON 1t.
TWO Or ihro. OF which have been turn
cd into gold by news from the west
crn front Augusta Military Academy
also has q large scrNic" flag, and there
are al least Two gold stars upon it.
The f!>hhurnc Military school at
Wayncsboro started IN" fal! session
last week. he attendance being larS-
81 than that Of the previous year. with
several on the waiting list.
ON Wednesday night Il reception and
dance Nas rendered the CADETS Of
Augusta Military Academy iu tho par
iors Of the Virginia Hotel
Mrs. 'iunt hars of Key West. Fla.
n guest uf Mrs. y. Z Robertson. was
count of the illness OF her husband.
Judge Hunt Harris. vino Was stricken
With Spanish Influenza.
Mrs. Anna Woodward Nou2g has lo-
u
visit III Eichmoud
Miss Moaa. OF Russia. is the guest of
Mrs Edward Echols.
ti.S ! Frank Clcmmcr, of Middle
returned the first az tn" week
t-troIt. wh.rc She visited her son,
N.. IN seryic" there. Her sister.
Ms. Ichn H. Cloihior, al iacAmond, =
he- guest this week.
The fall session OF IN Beverley Man
or Academy begins on Tuesday next.
with J. Il! Sherrjck a. principal.
Edmund Randolph. son of Mr. ana
Mis- r. w Randolph OF tins CITY WI"
"Wednesday for Norfolk. where he viii
enter the United States Navy
Mrs. {. K Caldwell and Miss Eliza
beth Caldwell hay" gone TO Wheeling
ing MIR. Caldwell. at Atlanta. Mr.. tald-
we'll is business manager of Tn" cast
ern division of tho Y. NJ. (. \. work
Mrs lmocen Barron Denny. has gon"
To Martins vile. Ind and Louisville,
Ky, TO spend som" time with friends
Snd relatives.
Mrs c. W. Vaughn. Mrs. W. {. Todd.
Edward ana W. H. Peace have return
called by the illness and death OF their
brother. Lieutenant Harry NJ. Peace, Of
the United states Navy. The body OF
Lieutenant rcaco was brought TO Staun-
ton Thursday, and burial took place
Friday. He had been IN the naval
service for twelve years. Death was
duo TO fever
Tho BODY Of Gay Beard Company
Thiriy-s!X Ninth Training Battalion.
one Hundred and ftitynfth Depot hri-
gadc. who died al camp Lee Tuesday
night from pemumonin. arrived IN
StaUmton Thursday and was Inferred
Friday. Surviving are i've brothers and
TWO sisters: Edward Cleveland and la :
vid BEARD. AL in service: -. &. Beard of
Stauuton ana Massey Beard. of West
Virginia Mrs Nrsie Fitzgerald OF
Moutebello. and Miss susie NJ. Heard
of Mint Spring.
With the assistance of Boy Scouts
and trucks loaned BY prominent coal
dealers. the Staunton chapter OF inc
American Red Cross gathered an I'M
,ncnsc amount of discarded clothing Tor
the relief OF Belgium war sufferers dur
ing tho past week.
News has been received IN stanton
OF tn. death Of Nan". Anderson, for
merly o: this city. AT Saranac Lake.
y y where H. Went for his health
His only sister. Mrs. oscar Dennis. re-
sides 10 Richmond