Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-17
FALLS CHURCH,

\ meeting of the town council was held Monday
night with Mayor ]. d. Payne presiding and the
following cotncilmen present: F.. r. Merry w
l. Parker, W. y. Lynch, Ii. l.. Turner and j. D.
Payne. The bond Of the town sergeant for So 00a.
with Messrs. George Il. Ives and George W
Hawxhurst as sureties. was approved. C.uncilmen
W. J.. Parker ii. l.. Turner and Clerk George w
Haw2hurst were appointed committee 10 report
on the question Of organizing volunteer fire com
pary, with request to the Village Improvement
Society to appoint committee 10 cooperate with
the council in the matter.
The eighth annual meeting of the Falls Church
Mutual Fire Insurance Company held at ODD
telioWs IAN "Wednesday. when The following Iii
rectors We're elected: u. q. Munson. g. W Nav
kin Geo " IiawNhurst and V. Il. Kerr of Falls
Church, William Urich of Herndon Geo A. Cor
don of Fairfax Court House. Geo Z. Round or
Manassas, Tyson Janney Of occoquan. Malcolm
eson of Alexandria. W. s. Jenkins of ieeshurr j
H. Jewett of Lincoln. The directors met aud
unanimously re-slected George W. Hawxhurst
president j. NJ Thorne secretary and u. q. Mum
son treasurer. and an executive committee cont
sisting of Gen. Vim. Urich, Gco. W. Mankin and
The Christian Endeavor Sociefy has elected the
following officers: C. NJ Rahinn. PRESIDENT Mrs
secretary: G. W. Hawxhurst. treasurer: Miss Mar
garet Nourse.. organist; Miss Maud Rathbun as
committees: Lookout. Mrs. II. F. Lowe; prayer
meeting Miss Nellie Hawxhnrst; press Geo r
L"tirc: snn.hlre Mis-. Margafct SouTse; music eis.
W.
Thursday morning Town Sergeant \. \. Soule.
assisted by Councilman f. K. Merry. arrested
four tramIs charged with breaking in the public
school building the night before. When arrested
loaded pistols found on two of them and n
bunch OF skeleton keys third. They were ar
raigned before Mayor Payne and gave their names
as Edward Hughes, Charles Shannan JOSEPH, Re II
and Frank Roden. After preliminary bearing
by the mayor all four were sent the gran,l
Jury. and Reed ard Shannan were in addition
nre1 SloJ for carry ne concealed pons and I'm
default were sent to the county Jail for ninety
days The town sergeant took all four 10 Fairfax
to Jail
The reports Of the teachers of the puhlic graded
school of the town for the fourth month OF the
term. filed with the clerk of the school board
shows an enrolment Of 139 scholars, and an aver
age attendance of ZIG. as follows: PRINCIPALS de
pnrtment. %: first assistants, 20; second assist,
ant $. 33: primary. %
Miss Minnie Jacobs recently gave party to a
number Of her friends
Mrs. Madison Monroe of Iouloun county Va
with her daughter. Miss May. and son Master
Harrison. is visiting the families of Mrs. Jane
Galleher and Mr.. A. II. Jacobs.
County Superintendent of Schools NJ d. Hall
was in town MONDAY examining teachers for the
public schools of the comfy
Rev. ID. u. Rathbun conducted services in the
Presbyterian Church during the week
Mr. Geo. $. Hinsch has been awarded the con-
tract for papering the inside Of the NJ F. Church
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist Church
met Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs
Hammond and that of the Pre- shyterian Church at
the residence of Mrs. LounsbuIy.
Mr. George Naadermark of this town and Miss
Jennie Smith of Washington married We'd
nesday.