Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-12-27
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Celebration of sixtieth Marriage Ami
versary by Captain and Mrs. Cathel.
knights Templar Toast Their Highest
Frater-SOcial Features-Gen-
eral and Personal.

Captain and Mrs. J. D. Cathel of 1854 o
street yesterday celebrated the sixtieth an
niversary of their wedding. The aged cou-
pie were married December %, 1885, at Sus-
sex county, N. j. The celebration of the
event this year was made a few days
earlier, owing to the Christmas festivities
of the week. The children and grandchil-
dren or the couple assembled at the home
in general family reunion.
The participants in the event held re-
ception practically the entire day, and
many friends called in and extended their
congratulations and best wishes. Letters
were received from Mr.. ]. r. Cation of
Alexandria and a number of others. Rev.
DR.: s.. NJ. Hartsock of the Douglass Memo
rial Chapel and Mrs. Hartsock sent a very
pretty poem composed for the occasion.
-Four OF the five children of the couple
We're present, the absent one being Rev.
Everest Cathel, who is stationed at Des
Mo1nes, Iowa, and who was unable to
make trip to this city.
In the evening the children grandchil-
dren and friends of the family present
rendered a program of instrumental music
and song.
Toasted the Highest knight.
The knights Templar Of Georgetown, ac-
cording to the usual custom of the order,
assembled yesterday at noon in their asy
lum at Masonic Hall, on 32d street, and
drank a toast to the highest Knight Tenn
plar in the United States. The Georgetown
Knights Templar number about $50, and
as many of them as could gathered at the
hall yesterday. The highest tempar in
the country is Mr.. W. La Rue Thomas,
who is the most eminent grand commander
of the Grand Commandery of the United
States. The toast included territory from
"the arctic to the gulf and from the Allan
tic to the Philippines"
St. Johns Sunday School.
The annual Christmas entertainment of
the Sunday school of ST. Johns Church
will be held this evening. The children will
first meet in the church and sing the
Christmas carols, and then adjourn to the
lecture room, where the festival will be
held.
Opens Social Season.
The I. G. T. Club of Georgetown opened
the social season last evening by a dance
at Linthicum Hall, on o street, which VS.
a very successful affair The club is com
posed of ten well-known young men of this
section, and for last evenings occasion
well-knOwn society ladies served as patron
esses. The hall was prettily decorated, and
dancing was continued until late hour.
General and Personal.
Assistant Surgeon A. G. Grunwen, the
son OF Mr.. A. b. GrunWell or Georgetown,
the vice president of the Metropolitan rail-
road, has been detached from the L. s. S.
New Orleans and ordered to the L. S. S.
Yosemite, which is now at Philadelphia.
After spending Christmas with his parents,
at 1915 goth street, DR.. GrunwelI started
this morning for his ship, which is being
fitted out for the Philippine Islands
Mr. Rudolph Ullmer of 1913 3fth street
is lying seriously i'll at his residence. About
three weeks ago he was confined to his
home from suffering with a carbuncle, and
at the present time his condition is regard
ed critical.
The Potomac Electric Light Company has
received permission from the Commission
ers to stretch two wires over the River and
Murdoch Mill roads, leading from the Ten
leytown road to St Adams Chapel.
Thomas Ready has taken out a permit
for the erection of a two-story frame dwell
ing on the Conduit road, in the subdivision
of Harlem.
At the police station twelve arrests in all
were made yesterday, ten of the prisoners
being white and the remaining two colored.
There were one plain drunk, two drunk and
dsorderly, two for profanity and four for
disorderly conduct.