Evening star., 1923-06-03
WARRENTON.

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! WARRENTON.
! WARRENTON, Va, June 2 (SpeciaD
MIR. and Mrs. George Strother Cable
have issued invitations to the marriage
| Of their daughter Annie Virginia 70
| Theodore VI. Triplett, j1~ at Leeds
church, Markham, Va, Thursday, June
| I, at 4 O'Clock.
| Mr. and Mrs Clarence C Middleton
OF The Plains have announced the mar
riage OF their daughter Alice Jane to
| Harry Thomas Spilman in Washington.
d. G. Mr.. and Mrs. Spilman will make
their home at Dawson Springs. KY.
Yates and Henry l.. Baxley took place
! this afternoon at Leeds Church, Mark
ham. Va. The ceremony was performed
] by Rev. Or. J. Heming Nelms of Wash
rector of the parish. Mr.. Baxley has
as his best man his cousin, DR.. Horton
/ w. Baxley, jr., of Boston, Mass The
ushers were James Amber. Lucien
Moss. E. Marshall Newton. jr.; c, J.
Juliet p. Yates. sister Of the bride. was
maid Of honor and the bridesmaids
| were Misses Elizabeth Newton and
Josephine Freeman. The ceremony was
| followed by a reception at the home of
' =.
! Marshall Newton. near Hume. Va.
! BaccaIaureate Sermon.
4 The baccalaureate sermon of the
! Warrenton High School will be preached
! tomorrow morning in St. James Church
! by Rev. Paul d. Bowden. The grad
! uating exercises will be held in the
| Warrenton Theater Tuesday evening.
1 June 5.
! A sermon to the graduates of Reming
! ton High School will be preached to-
! morrow at II am. by Rev. H. A. Dono-
van of the Theological Seminary. Alex
| Church. play will be given by the
high school on Tuesday at pm and
wednesday at . pm. The commence
ment exercises will take place in the
graduates will be delivered by Cornelius
! j. Heatwole. editor OF the State Jour
| nal Of Education, Richmond. Va The
members of the graduating class are
Mary Childress. Virginia Cottingham,
! Florence Hickerson. Adeline Kelly Bes-
! sic Kelly, Marie Lake and Edwin Whit
mer.
| Roy HensIey. near Midland, Va. lost
| Two barns and other outbuildings by
! fire Sunday afternoon. He succeeded in
! saving all his stock and farm machinery
| except reaper and binder.
Announces Candidacy.
E. Jackson Hotchkiss has announced
| himself a candidate for the office of
| commonwealth attorney Of Fauuuier
! county in the democratic primary B.
richards Glascock, now holding the of :
! nee, is also candidate for reelection.
Four candidates for county treasurer
are now in the fleld-E A. Smith of
Wsrrenton. II. L. Smith of Delaplane.
Eppa Cox. OF Midland and A. N. Pierce
! Of Marshall
The woman's auxiliary of the Presby-
terian Church recently gave an enter
| xalnment called American Fiesta" Mrs
w. =. Parkinson was hostess. assisted
| ny Mexican girls represented by Kath-
ieen Thoma, Mary Paxton Chamber
| lain. Elizabeth Hurst. Margaret Fays,
| Nellie and Grace Hamilton, Eva and
! hazel Ellis. Parting gifts amounting to
sZo were given the hostess for a school
evening Miss Mary Weddell, treasurer
OF the Potomac Presbyterial, MADE an
! interesting talk '''
Those graduating from the graded
| school at Rectortown at its recent
closing were Mary Ellis. Mary Brown.
| Thelma George. Eveline Wine and
| Amos owens. An attra ctive program,
was rendered and c. J. Meetze of Ma
i nassas made an address. The school
| also gave a play. Plain Dot" and
Miss Powell and Miss Clark. enter
tanned the pupils at picnic at the
! Stone bridge.
Athletic Meet.
| The Warrenton Country School held
| neid day exercises Monday. with a
! NUMBER OF events and contests. Dor
] othy Montgomery of Warrenton won
nrst mrs athletic honors; Julie Keith
| Warrenton, second, and Martha Fsy
| New York, third. A French play will
| be given by the school Tuesday even
1 ing. and the graduating exercises will
! take place Wednesday afternoon. DR.
j. Duncan Smith OF Princeton will
| make an address.
Wheatley School closed with a pic
MIC for pupils. patrons and visitors
| with games, recitations and songs
| winners OF races and contests were
Leila HIT: Ruth Dodson. John Hilbert
| Edward Bla ckwell and Leonard Dod-
1 son. John Hilbert and Edward Black
| well won prizes for highest mark in
| classes.
The Plains Junior High School gave
play called The Dream Lesson
! Dream OF Queen Esther" will be
| given Monday evening with thirty
| six characters in the cast
| Closing exercises of the Fauquier
! Institute will take place Thursday.
| June Z. at 4:30 pm.
\ Prize day at Stuyvesant School will
/ be Friday. June s. at 1880 am.
| A successful school and league en-
! tertainment was given at Evergreen
| School Friday evening. Among other
| features was a little play. .The Full
back. given by the league. Those
| taking part were Mrs w. r. CockriIl
! Misses Sallie holland. Helen Fletcher,
! Annie Noland. George Fleet and
/ Susie Fletcher.
Wins FelI0wahip.
| Perry Coke Smith OF Norfolk. Va.
\ a brother of F. o. Smith. superin-
| tendent of schools of this county. has
| won the McKim fellowship in archi-
lecture at Columbia University lfr.
! Smiths plan for civic art center
! was judged by a jury of eminent
] architects to be the most harmonious
| of the nine submitted. in competition
| for the scholarship. He will leave
! this fall for a years study in Paris,
I Florence and Rome.
Col. and Mrs. F. L. Huidekoper OF
Washington are at Arbor Vitae, the
home Of Capt. s. L. Larrabee, which
| they have rented for the summer.
| The Junior Hunt Club had its first
drag of the season last Saturday at
| the home OF Miss Peggy Keith. The
| course was run with a good field and
! was followed by gymkhana races. the
| winners being as follows: Potato
race, Miss Ruth Matthew'S; water
| race. Miss Jean Leache: saddling and
| bareback race. Miss Edith Nesbitt;
/ wounded soldier race, Misses Betty
Eesbitt and WilIett Leache. The
1 jumping contest resulted in a tie be
| tween Misses Edith and Betty .Nes-
I gift, each making a perfect perform
| ance after repeated trials.
| A series of farmers meetings was
held through this county last week,
| closing with a general meeting in
Warrenton. Among the speakers
| were Judge A. E. Chamberlain of