1907 - Shenandoah YMCA

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RAILROAD NOTES

Dedicate Railroad Y.M.C.A.

    Shenandoah, Va., April 8 -- The Railway Young Men's Christian 
Association building at this place, just completed by the Norfolk and 
Western railway at a cost of $6,000, was dedicated Thursday night 
before a large audience. The meeting was presided over by Dr. J. M. 
Ropp, the company's surgeon, of this place, and speeches were made by 
Mr. G.F. Furly, trainmaster of Shenandoah division; Mr. T.S. Vance, 
corresponding secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of 
Virginia; Mr. J.P. Bingley, secretary of the Railway Young Men's 
Christian Association , Hagerstown, Md.; Dr. E.Z. Hudson, of this 
place, and Mr. H.O. Williams, of New York city, International 
secretary of the Railway Young Men's Christian Association.
    The association is in charge of Mr. G.K. Roper, secretary, of 
Richmond, Va. Mr. Roper is a Christian gentleman who has made many 
friends in Shenandoah.

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Ron Davis