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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06
Reports Son Missing;
Is Is; 5 Feet, 4; lao

Peter Renick has reported to police
headquarters that his son has disap-
pcarcd from home. He is Is years OF
age. S feet 4. weighs about lao pounds.
and wore a blue coat. a yellow shirt.
denim ovcralls. a belt, and black
shoes. He has q scar in the back Of
his head.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06
JAMESTOWN TO HAVE
DETENTION HOSPITAL

jamestown, Aug. 6.-(AP)-The
city council last nigh. ordered plans
drawn for 4 new detention hospital
to cost $4,000 Of which tie county
will pay $4,000. It also gave first
reading to an ordinance providing
for the construction Of an airport.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06

did not look very good to him. lle g.
fercd to sell the crop ct ~ a aego,
but his offer was not taken.
So Hapel % compelled 70 cut tl9e
grain himself II he was to get any.
thing out Of 1t. When he did 20 be
found that the failure to sell II On
the stalk was profitable. He got go
bushels. Q
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06
Company M Tent Burns
At Training Camp

Fire gave the training camp ct
Fort Lincoln . thrill Monday After
noon when . tent was burned while
the boys were out on exercise and
drills. The tent was In Company u.
Camp guards pulled it down And pre-
vented spread Of the flames 70 Other
tents OF % the contents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06
ROAT pUT.PUTS E

Winona, Mimi, Aug. 6.-(AP)-
The craft piloted by Claud Clark
and Alfred Won Sauer passed the
72nd hour today in its cupboard mo-
tor endurance run in Lake Winona.
The two Winonans were confident
they could reach their goal Of $50
hours.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06
HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS
KILL Is IN ENGLAND

London Aug. 6.-(F-Twenty. five
persons were killed and seventy five
injured in accidents on English high
ways, in the heavy traffic Of yester-
days bank holiday.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06
END SESSIONS

Fargo, Aug. 6.-lAP)-MemDers
Of the North Dakota Optometric As
ISOLATION, holding tEeir twenty-sev.
enth annual convention here, will
close a two-day session with . ban
quet tonight. Election Of Officers
IL scheduled Tor this afternoon.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06

Alabama was bone dry prior to
December. 1918, and in 1919 ratified
the prohibition amendment.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06

The name for the state Of California
comes from q spanish word meaning
sshot furnace"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06

in the hotel and captured. Outside
aid is believed to have enabled him
to make his escape.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-06
Couldn't Give Wheat
Away So Makes Money
By Cutting His Crop

Paul Hapel. IL miles south Of the
city, had in 90 acres Of wheat that
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Swimmers of Troop E
Win in Camp Contest

Swimmers at the Citizens Military
Training Camp at Fort Myer WED
furiously before q large audience
yesterday in the pool there. Boys
from Troop e won handily with
score of 38. while Troop r fin
ished second with 26 and Machine
Gun Troop trafled with 8.
The individual point winners In.
cluded w. C. Monfort, M. A. English,
Frank Chandler, J. w. Fix, Paul
10y, g. w. Green, r. w. Knight,
3. K. Fox, s. Fl. Lovin, g. A. Fowler.
r. p. Ludwig. r. Ensweller, L. Pash.
ley, L. G.. Dillman, H. e. Fix, p. /.
Bowman, W. J. McElligott ana III.
Ensweller.
Lieut.. ]. W. Wofford, athletic off,
Ger Of the G.. M. T. c., directed
the meet and officers Of the 3O8th
Cavalry Reserve Regiment were the
judges.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Countess From Rome
Guest OUer Week-End
At Grace Dodge Hotel

The Countess M. al Brazza sa-
borgnan and her son, Count A. di
Brazza Saborgnan. Of Rome, spent
the weekend at the Grace Dodge
Hotel. They win sail for Italy In
a few days, after two. months in
America. during which time they
have visited sisters Of the Col1n.
tess near Philadelphia.
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Mrs. James Carroll Frazer has
taken an apartment at 2l01 Con-
necticut Ave, and win remain In
town for some time to supervise
the moving of her possessions
from her house at 1911 Twenty
first Street. The house was re-
Gently purchased by Col. Robert
M. Thompson.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Mrs. G. III. Richardson
SerinusIY III at Home

Mrs. George II. Richardson, for
mer chief attendance officer, public
schools, divisions 10 to 13, wife of
DR.. G.. n. Richardson, president CT
the Civic Federation, is seriously
Ill, at their home, 500 Eleventh
st. N. e.
AS head and founder Of the Sterl-
ing Relief organization, Mrs. Rich
ardson was an active civic and
social worker among INDECENT col
ored children, prior to the establish
ment Of the Community Chest.
Her daughter, Mrs. Robert G..
Mcclure, who staged the program
for the DePriest reception at the
washington Auditorium, is slowly
recovering from an illness which
sent her to Freedmen's Hospital.
She is chairman of the camp
committee Of the Phyllis Wheat
ley Y.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
SENATOR DALE.
BUYS NEW
HOUSE
Vermonter Will Live in
"Castle" Near Rock
Creek Park

Senator and Mrs. Porter H.
Dale are getting settled in their
house at 1891 Blagden Ave-, which
they purchased recently.
It is q large stone dwelling
containing 10 rooms, not counting
baths, and is built somewhat
after the style of castles but
minus turrets and rococo enbel-
Iishments.
Location
II II situated in the Rock Creek
section, off from Sixteenth Street,
and the grounds surrounding the
house are shaded by beautiful
trees. There il plenty Of space
Tor growing flowers should the
owners wish.
This location IL much nearer
the Congressional Club, OF which
Mrs. Dale win be president for
the next two years, than the
former home Of the Vermont
ton probably had little weight IN
their choice Of another residence.
Former Home
Formerly they lived at IA B
St. N. E., in the charming old
house which was bought from
them in the spring by the Ma
tional Woman's party'g head,
quarters when the present estab-
lishment has to be released to
the Government for housing tho
. Supreme Court.
Senator and Mrs. Dale are plan
ming to leave Washington the end
OF this week for their home in Ver.
mont, where they win remain until
the Senate convenes the middle Of
August.
The Attorney General, William
Dewitt Mitchell. win return in a
few days from Minneapolis, where
he was called by the death of his
sister.
Mrs. G. Thomas Dunlop has
returned from Blue Ridge Sum
NIT, Pa. where she passed several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. David s. Barry
and Miss Cora Barry are at the
Bay View Hotel in Jamestown
r. I.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Mcclellan
Ritter are at the Mayflower en-
route from White Sulphur Springs
to Cape Cod, Mass, where they
will remain until the first Of
September.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Meade Lea
are spending some time at the
Kenilworth Inn, Asheville, N. G.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee p. Warren
are at the Ambassador Hotel in
New York for . few days.
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Edwin v. Morgan, American
minister to Brazil, win arrive to-
day in New York on the Bremen
and viii be at the st. Regis.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
FIRE CHIEF ASKS
MARKET SPACE

Utilization Oe the narthern end Of
the Eastern Market as an addition
10 the repair shop Of the District
Fire Department Is being considered
by the District Commissioners.
Chief Engineer George s. Watson,
Of the fire department, has requested
that space in the market be turned
over to him in order that he may
relieve the congestion now existing
IN the repair shop which Ii located
just across an alley from the
market.
ing to the chief, TO make necessary
repairs TO apparatus and equipment
Of the department. In the limited
space available in the present repair
shop. To build a repair shop ade.
ment, he points out, would cost
does not seem likely to be made
available in the near future. Thus
he decided to ask for the space In
the market.
North End Vacant
The northern end of the market,
separated by a partition wall from
the southern end, IL vacant Of
stalls, according to the chief. When
he Grst considered the matter, the
proposal was opposed by George M.
Roberts, superintendent OF markets,
who wished TO utilize the the space
to place the farmer stands, now on
the outside Of the market, under
cover.
Roberts objection, however. has
been overcome by the Commis-
sioners. action In placing an item
in the estimate providing Tor the
erection of umbrella stands. Rob
'erts and Chief Watson win confer
tomorrow on the project.
No Repairs Asked
Chief WatsOn's plans do mot eall
for the carrying out Of actual re-
pairs in the market building. He
wishes to uee It largely for the
storage Of apparatus and equipment
awaiting repair until he can find
room On the floor OF the actual re-
pair shop for their accommodation.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22

JOnn ~ EAySteSs DupCSN1sSk - 49,
stanley. .Crandall chain OF theaters
in the District and nearby States,
viii be promoted to general man
ager Of the chain on the date Gran.
dalI's retirement becomes effective.
CrandaIl, nationally known In the
motion picture industry, began MS
career 81 years ago, when he opened
the Casino Theater, with . seating
capacity OF 80, at Fourth and East
Capitol Streets.
Up TO $1,000
From his humble beginning the
Crandall string OF movie houses In
creased until today the theaters
have an aggregate capacity OF
$4,000 persons for q single per-
formance.
Payette has been Unidentified with
the Crandall interests since 1919.
His story, too, has been that OF
gradual progress from the lowest
rung Of the ladder IN the local
theatrical world. He bagan a6 an
uaner In the old Academy Of
Music now the Strand.
In accepting the highest position
in the local organization, Payette
took Il In preferences to an execu.
tive post in the home office Of
Warner Brothers, the picture pro
ducing- -distributing-exhibiti organ.
lxation which controls the Stanley
Crandall chain.
VIII Drop Name
During the past few years, con-
troll OF the CrandaIl houses has
slowly been relinquished by the
veteran exhibitor. First the Stanley
Company OF America bought into
the chain, and then the Warner
Brothers. II was learned unof.
ficially that the latest change will
result in dropping the name Of
Crandall from the theaters he
One Of Crandall's outstanding
achievements was the establishment
Of public service and educational
department, under direction Of Mrs.
Harriet Hawley Locher. This de-
partment was taken as model of
public service work by the win
Hays organization Of motion pic
ture owners and distributors, and
copied extensively throughout the
country.
Many Out Of Town
The Washington houses Of the
Stanley -Crandall chain, under Warn
er Brothers direction, are the Earle,
Metropolitan, Tivoli, Ambassador,
Apollo, Avalon, Avenue Grand,
Central, Colony. Home, Savoy. and
York.
The out-of-town houses include
the Apollo, Central and Strand
Theaters in Martinsburg. w. Va:
the Tivon and Opera House in
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Mrs. Harold Walker
Has Returned To
Maryland Estate

Mrs. Harold Walker IL passing
several weeks at her estate, Web.
ley, on the Eastern Shore, Mary
land. She has been joined by her
son, Aldace Walker. who recently
returned from q trip to South
America.
Miss Evelyn Walker is visiting
in France and will not return to
this country until the fall, when
the Walkers win probably take an
apartment In New York. where
Mr.. Walker is IN business.
-
Judge and Mrs. Chauncey g.
Parker, who are passing the sum.
mer at Narragansett Pier, r. l.,
have as their guests their SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Locke Howe.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Let Grading Contract
For PiscataWay Road

UPPER MARLBORO, July 22.-
It was announced Saturday in Bal
timore that the State Roads Com
mission had awarded a contract to
Jarboe and Houghton for the grad,
ing and gravelling Of a section of
the State Highway along the Pts.
cataway-Accokeek road. in Prince
Georges county. for a distance Of
three miles.
The work Is to cost the State
$34, ,45O.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN The CAPITAL
Racing at Saratoga VIII Lure
Society From Sumner Homes
Tete Envoy

The charge d'affaires Of Poland.
stanislaw Lepowslxi. win enter
tain at dinner this evening at
the Chevy Chase Club in honor
Of the retiring Minister Of
Runania, Georges Cretziano. and
his daughter, Mile. Jeanne Cret'
ziano.
AAH
The Secretary Of the Treasury,
Mr.. Mellon, viii return tomorrow
from Pittsburgh, where he went
TO pass the weekend with his
son. Paul Mellon.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Engagement To
Army Aviator
Is Announced

Mrs. Richard Atkins Claybrook
Of PIainfield, N. J., and Fred
ericksburg, Va, has announced
the engagement Of her daughter
Judith Newton to Lieut.. Clarence
D. Wheeler, Air Corps, U. s. A.
The wedding will take place in
the fall.
Miss Claybrook Is the daughter
of the late Richard A. Claybrook,
formerly president Of the New
York Produce Exchange. She is
a graduate. of the Hartridge
School in Plainfield and attended
Vassar College. Mr.. Wheeler is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs, Charles
Wheeler Of Kansas City, Mo. He
is an honor graduate OF the Uni
versity Of Illinois, where he re-
ceived the degree of bachelor OF
science in electrical engineering,
with the class Of 1925. He ID now
an instructor in aviation at
Brooks Field, Texas.
4 \ =
Edwin v. Morgan, United States
minister to Brazil, is arriving in
New York today on the Bremen,
and will be at the st. Regis be-
fore coming to Washington.
Col. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox
have taken q cottage at Rehoboth
Beach, Del, for the remainder OF
the summer. They have with
them their daughter, Miss Caro-
line Wilcox.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Bell
have closed their home, Twin
Oaks, and have gone to Belgrade
Lakes, to pass the rest Of the
sumwser.
4
Mrs. Max F,arrand has arrived
from Bar Harbor, Me-, and viii be
q guest at the Mayflower until to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Dinner Hosts

Rear Admiral and Mrs. r. G.
Billiard entertained at dinner last
evening at the Army and Navy
club In compliment to Miss Mil
dred Ann Schoenborn, daughter OF
!, Mrs. HenSy r. Schoenborn and the
/: late Commander Schoenborn, and
!, her fiance, Preston P. Bogley, Of
I chicago, whose wedding will take
I place wednesday evening.
Miss katherine Sutherland, who
1 has been passing some time at
White Sulphur, w. Va, has gone
! to Cape May. N. j.. to be the
guest OF Mrs. Marshall Exnicios,
4 who has a cottage there for the
season.
The new naval aide to the
President, Capt. Allen Buchanan,
and Mrs. Buchanan, have taken
m apartment at 240O Sixteenth
Street.
/ Mr.. ana Mrs. J. e. Jones win
4 close their apartment at the Bur.
\ lington and 90 to New York to sail
on Wednesday on board the
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They win also travel in France
and italy ana viii 20 TO Geneva in
| september 90 attend the assembly
4 of the League Of Nations. They
, w1II return to Washington IN oc.
tober.
SO
Mrs. Arthur r. Drury Il spend.
Ing some time In Biloxi, Miss,
where she Is staying at the White
House Hotel.
MA%
aEg. ana Mrs. Edward 4. Clark
Are at the Ambassador Hotel In
New York for brief stay.
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Dr. and Mrs. J. Ryan Devereux
have cancelled all social engage.
nents owing to the death Of DR..
Devereux's sister. Mrs. Anthony ].
o.Rellly. Of New Orleans.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
CrondaH Quits Movie
Industry August I

Harry NJ Crandall pioneer Washington motion picture
exhibitor and executive vice PRESIDENT Of the Stanley
dan Company of Washington will retire from the industry
on August J. according to announcement today.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Engaged


Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Harrison
Simmons announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Frances
Evelyn, to Richard Baxter Alex
arlder. Of washington and North
Carolina. The wedding win take
place in the near future.
Col. Duncan Elliott, military
attache of the American En-
bassy in Constantinople, and Mrs.
Elliott have gone from Con.
stantinople for the summer and
are established on the Bosphorus.
Walter Penfield has sailed on
trip through Norway and
Sweden. He will return to Wash
ington in September.
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Miss Caroline jackson has re.
turned from a visit to Mr.. and
Mrs, H: Breshear Avis in Charles
ton, W. Va, Mrs. Avis was for
merly Miss Lillian Lat1mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r. Tucker.
man and their daughters Will
leave on Friday for their cottage
at Southampton, i. l.. where they
will pass the remainder OF the
summer. They have been spend.
ing several weeks at the Point
Lookout Hotel, Point Lookout. Md.
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Miss X. A. Lugsdin and Miss N.
e. Lugsdin, of Sydney, Australia,
are spending several days at the
Grace Dodge Hotel.
4 4 \
Mrs. william A. Moffett, wife OF
Rear Admiral Moffett. has gone
to Chicago to visit her son.ln.law
and daughter, Lieut. and Mrs. El-
iiott McFarlane Moore. Mrs.
Moore was formerly Miss Janet
Moffett.
Miss Caroline Bird Parker, OF
New York, is visiting her brother.
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs.
william Boss at their summer
home at Wild Rose Shores on
South River. Miss Parker is head
Of the department Of church music
and religious books at the Century
Company and is chairman Of the
COMMITTEES Of music OF the Amer.
lean Woman's Association in New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hampson Gary
and their daughter and son. Miss
Helen Gary and Franklin Gary.
have gone 60 White Sulphur
Springs w. Va. and are staying
at the Greenbrier,
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Miss BraddOck Aids
Miss Fessler To Garry
On At White House

Miss Roberta I. Braddock, who
came from Los Angeles a week or
two ago, is getting her opportunity
to do social secretarial work at the
White House.
For Miss Mary Randolph has
gone on her vacation, and Miss
Mildred Hall has not returned
from her trip North. So Miss
Ruth Fessler, with Miss Braddock,'
is keeping the White House in
running order socially.
For Miss Braddock this expert
ence is rather a vacation, as she
plans to return in September to
her work as assistant to the dean
of women at the University OF
Southern California.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22

Frederick, Nd; the Colonial ana
Maryland IN Hagerstown. Ma: the
Arcade and Strand In WaynembOrO,
Pa, and the Stanley Theatsr. IN
Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Year Ago

Major and Mrs. Davis B. Wills
win entertain tomorrow evening
in their residence on Ashmead
Place in celebration Of the first
anniversary of their wedding. Mrs.
Wills was formerly Mrs. Frank
Lockwood, OF New York, Florida
and Asheville, N. c., and before
that she was Miss Joy Davis, Of
Louisville. KY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee p. Warren are
in New York, where they are stay
ing at the Ambassador Hotel.
Will c. Barnes, president Of the
Arts Club Of Washington, and
Mrs. Barnes have gone on an
extended trip to Denmark,
Sweden, Norway the North Cape
and Spitzbergen. They win be
absent two months.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. D. Templeton,
Of Newburgh, N. Y, are at the
Grace Dodge Hotel.
SO
Dorsey Gassaway Fisher, son. Of
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. r. =. Fisher,
who are temporarily living in
Cleveland Park, has left to take
up his duties as United States vice
consul at Calcutta, India. Mr..
Fisher received A. B. and NJ. A.
degrees from Harvard University,
and has been at the Foreign Ser.
vice School Of the State Depart.
ment since May Il
The Washington times., 1929-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Hampson Gary
and their daughter and son. Miss
Helen Gary and Franklin Gary.
have gone 20 White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va. and are staying
at the Greenbrier.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22

Mrs. Arthur p. Drury Il spend.
ing some time in Biloxi, Miss,
where she Is staying at the White
House Hotel.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22

aEg. ana Mrs. Edward 4. Clark
IRE ct the Ambassador Hotel In
New York for q brief stay.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22
Advance Showing
of FUR STYLES

This year-as ever before-quality Is the keynote
and service Is most established feature to attract
Won to inspect our selections during this PERIOD
OF REDUCTIONS WHICH EXTENDS THRUOUT
OUR ENTIRE SHOP.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22

II ~ the exquisite and distinctly new
h W FUR CREATIONS which we viii
Iz-1 feature for the winter season
1929-193O. Here you win find fitting solu-
tion to any requirement, whether it be .
garment at modest expenditure or il you
are unlimited in your ideas as to pelt and
design.
The Washington times., 1929-07-22

The new naval aide to the
President, Capt. Allen Buchanan,
and Mrs. Buchanan, have taken
an apartment at 240O Sixteenth
Street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-18
FAREWELL GIVEN
TO PAUL. MORTON
Alexandria's Retiring City
Manager Dinner Guest of
Municipal Employees.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 18.-Paul
Morton-a name synonymous with the
growth and prosperity of Alexandria
was the guest of city employees here last
night at a testimonial dinner, held at
the George Mason Hotel, as the en-
ployes' farewell to their city manager,
who will leave next Tuesday to assume
his new duties in that capacity at
Petersburg, Va.
More than $50 persons, including city
workers, their wives, husbands and
friends, attended the dinner to pay trib-
ute TO the man who, for the past six
and one-half years has played q lead
ing part in the advancement Of this
city, two and one-half years as director
of public safety and four years as city
manager.
Charles H. Callahan, commissioner of
revenue for the past "a years, in the
principal address, attributed so per
cent of Aiexandrias accomplishments
to the present City Council and Paul
Morton.
Receives Ring.
Commissioner Callahan presented to
the retiring city manager a beautiful
Masonic ring, with a diamond setting,
on behalf of the city employees, and
Mrs. Morton was presented with bou-
quet of roses from the city employees
and huge basket of flowers from the
police department.
Mr.. Morton thanked all of the city
workers for their friendship and the
part they have played in the success
of the city and assured them that he
always will consider Alexandria his
home
Richard T. Wilson, mayor of Peters,
burg, was guest of honor at the din
ner and, when introduced by Common
wealth's Attorney Albert V. Bryan, the
POSTMASTER he lauded the Alexandria
City Council for it's unself1shness when
it learned that Petersburg sought the
services of Morton and its willingness
to impart every bit of information that
might aid Morton in obtaining the APP
pointment.
Commemorative Attorney Bryan in
his opening remarks praised City Man
ager Morton as IAN untiring worker
and faithful citizen, who has always
been congenial cooperative and sym
pathetic in our work.
City officials Presented.
Bryan then presented various city
officials, including Elliott F. Hoffman,
clerk of the courts: Carl Budwesky, new
corporation attorney; Police Justice
William 8. Snow, Fire Chief James M.
Duncan, jr.; Police Chief W. w. Camp
bell, Dr. w. Lewis Schafer, city health
officer. and Roger C. Sullivan, city
treasurer.
He also introduced Mai Carter Hall,
who, Bryan said, was the brains of the
annexation proceedings and one Of the
best trial lawyers in Virginia.
The dinner opened with invocation
by Rev. Norman Roberts of the
Methodist Protestant Church. Vocal
To ~
his sister, Mrs. Anna Meeks, playing
the accompaniment; Fred Petit. accom-
panied at the piano by his wife, and
Miss Mary Callahan, accompanied by
her sister, Miss Virginia Callahan.
Miss Mary Davis gave a reading.