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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1926
Page
10
Front Royal Virginia holds a May 20 ceremony as The Columbia State reports the local Rotary Club will receive its charter. Dr. is slated to present the charter, highlighting the club’s early good works.
Charles J Smith president of Roanoke College and former District 57 governor will host a banquet. The event details are noted, with attendees invited to join.
Dr. C. C. Freed, Dillon health officer and son of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Cc. A. Freed of Winchester, led preventive anti-toxin efforts in public schools to avert a diphtheria epidemic. About 1500 inoculations were given. A few smallpox cases occurred, but strict quarantine and 1200 vaccinations stopped the disease.
An old VMI roommate recalls spanking Richard Evelyn Byrd in 1905 for not shouting enough rain to cancel drill at Virginia Military Institute. The anecdote places Byrd in an early campus setting and links him to weather-driven discipline.
A veteran recounts a humorous skate tale involving a freshman named Dickey, spankings by a drill sergeant, and first year cadets shouting for rain on cloudy days to avoid drills. The narrator notes Dickey’s reluctance to shout and the resulting blame if rain did not appear.
The Hopewell Friends schedule a quarterly business session Saturday May 15 at 2 p m at Hopewell, with a ministry and counsel meeting at Winchester at 8 p m. Sunday services are at Hopewell 11 a m and First Day school conference 2 30 p m. No Monday morning meeting. attendance invited. Dr O Edward Janney Mrs Janney James W Harry Mrs Harry of Baltimore and Daniel Batchellor of Washington will attend.
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