PWCo. Items: 03 December 1916

Evening Star (DC)
03 December 1916

MANASSAS, VA.

A company of local talent will present "The False Witness," a drama in five acts, Friday evening in Conner's Opera House for the benefit of the Ruffner-Carnegie Public Library. The participants include Miss Mary Beverley Leachman, Miss Mary Henrietta Lipscomb, Mrs. D. M. Pitts, Mrs, J. L. Eliot, Frank S. Davidson, F. Hunton Cox, D. R. Lewis, Martin D. Lynch, W. Carroll Rice and Albert A. May.

Bishop C. J. Kephart of Kansas City, Mo., was the recent guest of his niece, Mrs. Hervin U. Roop, wife of Dr. Roop of Eastern College. Bishop Kephart during his stay addressed the members of the college Christian associations.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allen Merchant of Richmond have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Camper. Mrs. James E. Herrell, Mrs. Francis Norvell Larkin and little Miss Frances Larkin have returned from a visit to Asheville, N.C.  Arthur Crewe of Canton, Pa., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Crewe of Thoroughfare. J. J. McGlone, who recently visited his sister, Mrs. Thomas S. Meredith, is spending some time in England.  Mr. and Mrs. Charles Amos, who have been residents of Manassas for a number of years, have left to make their home in Rosemont, Alexandria.

Wedding Wednesday: Waters/Pitts

Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

Friday, 13 July 1913

A marriage of much interest throughout Virginia was that of Miss Claudia Waters, of Manassas, and David Marion Pitts, formerly of Elk Hill, but now of Manassas, the ceremony having taken place on July 2 in Washington. The Rev. William E. Collender, of the Church of the Ascension, officiated. The bride is a granddaughter of the late Robert M. Weir, of Prince William County, and Mr. Pitts is a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Pitts, of Elk Hill. Both are widely related throughout the State, and their marriage is of much interest to their relatives and friends here. Mr. Pitts is a graduate of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and since his graduation has been in charge of the well known Porter estate, near Manassas.