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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1922
Page
7
Marie Bennett heads home from Vassar for the summer. Winchester visitors include S. H. Vaughn and Floyd Brandenburg with the Eades. Earl and Mrs. Bryan return from their Jellico wedding trip to resume school at the Normal. Families host guests, attend graduation events, and share illness updates as farmers finish tobacco setting.
Miss Martha Sparks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Sparks of Mt. Vernon, becomes engaged to Captain Kenneth Leeds Holmes U S A of Providence R I, stationed at Camp Henry Knox.
The wedding will take place June 24. The bride-elect is well known and has frequently visited here.
About 35 Juniors from Madison High School hosted a river party and picnic lunch at Boonesboro beach for the seniors. The gathering offered a delightful evening with fellowship and outdoor fun.
The junior class held a Saturday evening dance for the seniors at the Training school play room. Old rose and silver decorated the venue with Dorothy Perkins roses and crepe paper garlands. An orchestra played as about 240 students and faculty enjoyed games and conversations.
Miss Susan Fisher Woods returns home in Stanford after visiting Mrs. C. F. Chenault. Mrs. Howard Agee recovering after rheumatism attack. R. C. Boggs at Hotel Glyndon undergoes tonsil operation. he is progressing well. Mr. and Mrs. John Dearinger back from wedding trip to Lexington and Louisville. Miss Belle Bennett ill in Lexington hospital expected to return home soon.
Miss Elizabeth Vaught daughter of Dr and Mrs Clarence N Vaught Lexington received her diploma at Ward Belmont Nashville during commencement exercises She joined class day activities and the daily chain laying on the campus Also noted Richmond native John R Pates Jr a University Model High School graduate serves as class vice President and on the Annual staff Friends in Richmond express pride in the youths achievements Mrs Pearl Quisenberry and children of Winchester visited Richmond friends during the weekend Florence Burnam and others are mentioned among local happenings
Mrs. Perry recounts discovering rats in a seaside home last May and says they eliminated the infestation in a week using RAT-SNAP cake bait. The ad notes three sizes priced 35c 65c and 1.25, sold and guaranteed by Douglas & Simmons and Stockton and Son in June.
Red House Baptist church announces services Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night with Rev. Manley in charge. Mr and Mrs Arthur McClanahan and their young son visited the former's parents Sunday. Mrs Julia Moberly and her young son Buster spent the past week visiting relatives.
The American Legion Band performs its second concert under director James H. Leeds with marches and serenades including Electric Current To Alice Semper Fidelis and The Old Church Organ The Golden Wand The American Patrol Southern Breezes and Gallant Hero plus The Star Spangled Banner and other popular numbers.
Several residents from Panola attended court in Richmond last Monday. Local families Mr. and Mrs. Brutus Whitaker and their kin visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Whitaker were guests of Mrs. Ella Williams Saturday afternoon. Miss Mattie Whitaker and sister visited Mrs. Ella Williams Monday. Most area farmers have finished setting tobacco.
Two Ku Klux Klan officials held a conference with New Castle residents about establishing a Klan presence. The meeting reportedly drew favorable reaction from attendees.
In a brief rural notice Mrs Hannan recalls finding her setter dead in the hen house. She reports buying RAT-SNAP at a local store and claiming six rats were killed within a week. The ad promotes RAT-SNAP for poultry protection, with prices listed as three sizes. It is sold and guaranteed by Douglas and Simmons and Stocktor and Son. June.
Katherine MacDonald, famed screen beauty, appears in Stranger Than Fiction at local theatres today. The plot requires a set depicting a gang’s headquarters with numerous secret passages and doors, leaving her to wonder how the passages connect within the studio stages.
Seven thousand parbred Rhode Island Red hatching eggs were distributed to Lawrence county farmers this spring to advance poultry standardization in Kentucky. The effort is part of a state wide campaign by the extension division of the College of Agriculture led by County Agent C. G. Taker.
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