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Finest and most illustrious entertainments by student body
The session ends as students prepare to return for Christmas holidays. About 846 students are enrolled this term, with over 60 more expected after the holidays, bringing total to around 906. Graduation will occur in late January with over forty students from every department. Community events include a Christmas Tree by Central Presbyterian Sunday school and news of local businesses such as George B. Mumford's floricultural shop and the Old Dominion Investment Company, a Petersburg firm promoting stock at 510 per share and plans for a local bank and savings institution run by prominent Black professionals.
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Central Presbyterian Sunday School
George B. Mumford
Baylor Street
Old Dominion Investment Company
James M. Wilkerson
J. T. Phillips
University Hill
J. I. Shields
Pesbady High School
James H. Threatt
Threatt & Townes, Fish, Game and Oyster
Petersburg
Petersburg Men of