Alexandria Chautauqua elects leaders for season in 1920s style
The Swarthmore Chautauqua in Alexandria elected Cheater A Gwinn general chairman and Charles T Nicholson assistant. Mrs M HW Troth heads the ticket committee and hospital service will be free via Alexandria Hospital. Ground is prepared near King Street. meetings run through June 25 opening July 10. Jefferson Davis Birthday observed by Daughters of the Confederacy with veterans honored. City offices closed for Shrine parade. special first aid stations set up at Scottish Rite club, armory, and Elks home.
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Washington Port
Bire
San Patrick St
Alexandria
Swarthmore Chautauqua
Chamber of Commerce
Gwinn
Charles T Nicholson
M HW Troth
EB Carver
Cameron Roberts
Mark Cragg
Leslie Cox
Linda Carver
JF Myers
Kingatret
Robert Jonas
Alexandria Hospital
Scottish Rite Club
Armory
Elks
Jefferson Davis
Jeferson Davis
Lacamp Hall
Daughters of the Confederacy
Robert South Barrett
Misa Estelle Wentworth
Robert Gooding
Sherman B Fowler
Washington
Rich
Hancock High Honors Zight Frank Lee Cael Commencement
The first Hancock High School commencement was held in the school auditorium. Eight graduates, four girls and four boys, were listed by name. Music was provided by Surrey High School, and the Rev D B Grove of the Methodist Episcopal Church gave the invocation at the ceremony.
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Atey
Edmund L Gettiér Sr
St Thomaz Episcopal Church
Hihel Webster
Fthel Corbett
Mildred Donan
Avereu
Frank Jee Marl
Cunberland
Hancock
BJ Grimes
John T Manon
May Pole
Allegany County Academy
Louise Rickey
Ath Somerville Tau
Jee Snyder
Mary Taylor Reinhart
Joseph Eple
Thomas Berry
Frederick Roberts
Cape Charles
W Anbury Christian
Black Stone College For Women
Cape Charles High School
Joan JT Hyndsey
Virginia Christian College
Lynchbure
Frank Lee Cael
Cumberland
Dalivers
Washington Post
Hancock High School
Achual
Claas
Emman Violet Corbett
Sara Mildred Dixon
Marjorie Virginia Hottel
Esthe
Tunner Wabater
Joh Mann Creager
Albert Grant French
Alvin Paul Palmers
Kenneth Franklin
Penos
Surrey High School
Orchsastra
Hagerstown
Metholodist Episcopal Church
Skidding Car Costs Two Lives in Maryland Trip
Edward Mattingly aged 18 and Edward Noonan aged 13 died from fractured skulls after their car skidded on Burage road near Mount Savage Maryland. The vehicle overturned striking a telegraph pole while returning from swimming at Will Creek. John Barrett Thomas Mullaney Joseph Brannon Robert Parrell and Eugene Brannon survived with no injuries.
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Washington Post
Mount Savage
Edward C Mattingly
Broken Neck
Edward Nodnan
Allegany Hospital
Burage
Mattingly
Noonan
Wills Creek
John Barrett i
Thomas Mullaney
Joseph Brannon
Robert Parrell
Eugene Brannon
Train Kills 2 Men Near Carson Va on July Fourth
Two unidentified white men, believed asleep on the tracks near Carson, Virginia, were struck and killed by a northbound Atlantic Coast Line railroad passenger train No 36. The bodies were taken to Petersburg for coroner's handling. Authorities could not identify the victims. the elder man appeared about 80, with a tattooed left arm reading I. Lax. The younger, about 30, was well dressed. The engineer reported the incident.
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Petersburg
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Carson
L. Lax
Wald
Confederate Memorial Day Observances At Leesburg Assembly
A large crowd gathered at Leesburg for Confederate Memorial Day events under Leagean chapter U D Cat 8. Col McBenkla Lee led ceremonies at the court route, with marchers visiting the cemetery to decorate graves. Plans announced for a grand show in June feature breeding classes and a prominent premium, drawing many entries and veterans participation.
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Leugean
McBenkla Lee
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Chester A. Gwinn
Hancock High
Zight
Carson, Va
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Silvertown
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