The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-17
MANY R|CHMONDERS
ENJOY HOT SPRINGS
BENEFIT Water Sports Program Great
Success-Virgfnia Bar Association
In Ninth Annual Meeting.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
Hot Springs. Va. Aug. 1.-THE
water sports program given here in
the homestead swimming pool the
earlier part of the week for the bene
mt of the community house was
great success, both from the financial
and the entertainment angle. Lieu
tenant f. Roland Hartman and
George Carpenter acted as judges
and winners of events were as fol-
lows:
Race length pool: Robert sperling
first; Louis Gourd, second.
Race for girls: Dorothy Stone, first;
Lenore Scullin. second.
Underwater swim. boys Louis
Gourd. first; Robert Sperling. second.
Under water swim. girls; Lenore
Scullin. first; Ann ingalls,, second.
Tub race, boys: Edgar Pole, first;
Louis Gourd. second.
Fancy diving. girls: Closely con-
tested between Lenore Scullin and
Ann ingalls,, the former winning.
Fancy diving. boys: Closely con-
tested between Louis Gouard and
I Granville Ulman. the former win
ming.
Tub race for girls; Martha Chal-
FAINT, first; Anne Ingalls,. second.
Dhltlc ot htlcS mar ILoG
Pole proved the undisputed champion.
Boat race. three teams of two each
entered: Won by Billie McLauchlan
and Robert Sperling.
Greasy pole prize won by Louis
Gourd
| Most of the summer colony turned
| out to witness the events and the sides
! OF the Homestead pool were thronged
with spectators.
| The twenty-ninth annual meeting OF
the Virginia Bar association was held
in the Homestead on Tuesday, We'd
/ nesday and Thursday, of this week.
and ended with a grand banquet, "a
! la Hoover" which was held in the
/ large dining room of the HON estead
on Thursday night. Due to war con-
/ ditions. no convention was held last
! year. and due 10 the large number OF
! men in the military and naval serv-
| ice, the attendance this year is not as
| large as in former ytars. However, a
| goodiy crowd is present, many of
whom came from all sections OF the
state by automobile. At the meeting
/ on Tuesday the following officers were
/ elected for the coming term: Presi-
/ dent, Lucien Fl. Cock. OF Roanoke
| vice presidents, John s. Draper, OF
/ Pulaski, for the southwest section;
I James H. Corbitt, Of Suffolk. for
! tidewater. John T. Harris, of Harris
! onburg for the valley. Stuart E
| Whitehead. of Nelson county, for
! Piedmont, and E. T. Buford, of Law
/ renceville for the south side. John 3,
| Minor. Of Richmond. was reelected to
! the office of secretary and treasurer.
I Those in attendance at the conEen-
! ton included Harvey T. Hail. Miss
Dorothy Hall. d. D, Hall, Jr.. Mr.. and
Mrs Lueies H Cock and w. W. Coke,
of Roanoke. John b Minor, Mr., and
! Mrs. s L. Lewis. Miss sutton. S. II.
! Lewis. General and Mrs william Ruff
/ fin Cox. Henry w Anderson, George
| Bryan. A. w. Patterson, stuart
| Bowen. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis G. Will
lliamss Mr. and Mrs. John G.. Win
ston, Eugene Maple and Judge W. c
Tucker, OF Richmond. John S. Draper
and ]. w. Bosang, OF Pulaski c. c.
/ Gate, wyethville, Mr.. and Mrs s. c
Graham. Tazwell; Thomas f. Wat
kins, Charlotte; n. L. Hawiey and
Frank Arrnistead. of Williamsburg;
James r. Cation. Alexandria; Frank p
| Christeen Il. c. Blackford, Hugh s
! White, and Mr.. and Mrs. H $,
George Tucker. OF Lexington; r
! Gray williams. Wincheste A W
| Wallace. Fredericksburg Mr.. and
/ MRS. James ASTON AaDSA1' otAoAAA~ 'S'
and Richmond; MIR, and Mrs. s. v
| Kemp. Lynchburg; John Chalkenny
! Big Stone Gap; f P Buford. Law
rencevile. ], F. Bullitt, Philadelphia:
| Mrs ". r. Slaughter and Colonel
| Eugene Wambaugh. Washington, and
Harry Telfair. New York
| DR.. and Mrs. Edgar Polo have an
nounced the engagement of their
| daughter Miss Judith Newton Polo
| 70 Newton Wylie. son OF j. II. WEhe
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr.
/ Wylie is director of feature and press
| publicity for the Canadian victory
| loans. and first met Miss Polo on a
visit here following his return from
England last spring. where he had
| passed a year in war work.
Special Council Session.
| A special session of the common
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