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Consecration of Bishop Gunn
On Tuesday, January 6th, Rev. beorge Purnell Gunn was consecrated Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Southern Virginia (The Meteor, Octo- ber 1947) at a most beautiful and im-
ALUMNI
Richard Mahone was a baseball letterman and a member of the V- Ciub and German Club at V. E. S.
1925
S. linton Smith returned to V.E.S. on December 7 for the first time since before the war. He had been a trustee of the school but was forced to resign when he went into the navy. In the navy he served as Lt. Comm. on the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Lunga Point. Mr. Smith has written a book about the Lunga Point, a copy of
which is now in the school library. At the last meeting of the trustees he was re-elected to his prewar post.
While at V. E. S. Mr. Smith was active in junior varsity football and track. He was a 1so manager of the base~fl!l and business manager of The Meteor.
Al~o visiting here on December 7 wore:
William Carter-'47.
Robert Nutt-'47.
Ned Walter-'44.
Here the weekend of the 14th of
December:
Charles Hileman-'47.
Francis Aldred-'46.
Robert Nutt '47.
Sign historic telegram to Mr. Banks
(see Astronomical Calendar Decem- ber 7).
For a Smartly Dressed Team Frank Couch, '28, who is well known to all boys in school, has started a project to obtain "sideline jackets" for the football team. He has taken it upon himself to send letters to his many friends asking them for contributions that will pro- vide for future teams a luxury never
before enjoyed. A good many checks have already been received, and Mr. Couch has expressed his sincere appreciation for these as well as any future ones.
This is only one of many things done for the school by Mr. Couch. The "old timers" will remember various such actions on his p a r t in past years.
So when our football team dons new jackets next year, all thanks will oo to Frank Couch and the members ~f his class whose contributions and
consideration accounted for them.
(A copy of the above mentioned
letter is printed below.)
Deor Old College:
It hos been o long time since you hove
heard from me. I hope this letter finds you hoppy ond doing well. As for me, well, you know me, olwoys the some old Glour.
The other doy, I hod o long tolk with Long John Gonnowoy on o visit to the school. He hosn't chonged o bit-con still work o few Trig problems, is still six feet three, ond which is more importont, still hos the inter- ests of V. E. S. in his heort.
During our conversotion, the foci wos established thot the footboll team needs some side line hooded iockets very bodly ond the G. A. A. wos not in position to buy ony ot this time. He osked me if I thought the olumni would help them ouf. I told him thot I thought they would be glod to help the team ond thot I would write o letter. For your informotion, the Alumni thot I hove
talked to think it will be o good thing to do ond will co-operote with me.
Now, here is the dope: the iockets cost about fifteen dollors eoch ond the teom needs twenty-five of them. Now here is the woy I feel ond I om sure you feel the some woy· V. E. S. certoinly gove me o lot- friendships. on excellent 'reporotory educo- tion, ond contoct with some of the finest men I hove ever known.
Now, whot you soy men? If you feel os if you con moke o donotion to the couse, moil o check to Fronk D. Couch, Bedford Avenue, Lynchburg, Virginio, ond I will turn it over to Mr. Gonnowoy. I know thot he will be more thon pleosed ond the School will deeply opprecioto the Alumni doing a thinn like this.
Wishina you the best of luck, many chil- dren ond hoppv, prosperous years, I remoin,
Yours in the bonds ond your old buddy, Frank D. (Giour) Couch, Closs of 1928.
FRANK, BOB AND JOHN
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S t. The three consecrators wJre Most
Rev. Henry Knox Sherri!:, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Bishop William A. Brown of the Dio- cese of Southern VirCJinia an::J Bishop Robert Carter Jett ret1red bishop of the Diocese of Southwestern Vir-
qinia.
Taking part in the service we:e 16
bishops and more than 90 other cergymen. After the processional hymr. the Lord's Prayer was recited by Bishop Sherrill. The preacher was the Rt. Rev. Noble Cilley Powell, bishop of Maryland. It was a most forceful presentation of the need for an aggressive a nd challenging
Gospel.
An interesting feature of the serv-
ice was the singing of the offertory anthem "0 Lord Most Holy" by Mrs. Susan Gunn Gordon of Lynchburg, a sister of Bishop Gunn.
The canonical consent of the bishops was read by the R't. Rev. Beverley D. Tucker of the Diocese of Ohio. The presenting bishops were R't. Rev. Henry D. Phillips of the Dio-
cese of Southwestern Virginia and the Rl Rev. Frederick Deane Goodwin, bishop of the Diocese of Virginia.
John Duke was one of the five page boys who assisted the visiting clergy at the ceremony which created the first V. E. S. alumnus to become a
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represented the school at the conse- cration of its distinguished son.
1941
At noon New Y ear's Day Miss ~arah Worley, daughter of Mr. and Mr s . D o u g l a s F l e m i n g W o r l e y o f Raleigh became the bride of Richard Daley Mahone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wise Mahone of Williams-
burg. The ceremony was performed 'n Christ Episcopal Chapel by the ~ev. Charles F. Wulf. The bride's only attendont was the bridegroom's sister, Mrs. C. H. Witten of New- port. R. I. Lt. Com. C. H. Witten, orother-in-law of the groom was the
best man.
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