Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-21
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Fourth Quarterly Conference of Mount Zion
NJ. E. Church.
Special Meeting of Georgetown Citi.
zens' Association to Hear Report
on Acknowledgement News.

The fourth quarterly conference of Mt.
Z:on NJ E. Church was held last evening
and the following were elected trustees
r. ]. Holmes, A. Pope, John w. Lee, Chas.
Matthews. D. Hutchinson. Henson Reeder.
II. D. Mason, j. T. Beason and Edgar
Murphy. The following were elected to
serve as stewards: James l.. Turner, re-
cording steward: T. Il. Locke, James
Thomas, David Wright, George T. Bea-
son, j. F. Garner, Daniel Richardson,
Charles d. Smith. sr.; William Bell. John
Bell, Robert De Neal, William Watts and
James Jefferis. Harry L. Bell was elected
superintendent of the Sunday school. Geo.
T. Beasen was e.ected lay delegate and t.
B. Locke alternate to the annual con-
ference of the NJ. L. Church. which will be
held next month at Baltimore. Miss Marie
Morgan was elected assistant organist
1t was decided to erect monument in
honor of Prof. r. S. Parrot, late choir
master of the churrh Henry BOwles was
made the chairman of large committee
named for the purpose. Rev. f. w. S. Peck
is now comp citing his fourth year as pas
tor of Mt Zion Church. and if he should
be returned this year it will be his last, as
according to the rule of the conference he
can fill his station but five years.
Special Meeting of Citizens
a special meeting of the Georgetown
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evening, commencing at o'clock, at the
hail of the First Cooperative Building As
sociation. 1913 ed street The meeting is
called TO hear the report of the special
committee appointed at the last regular
meeting to submit suggestions relative to
improving the railroad facilities of the Dis
trict- BY the plan the Long bridge will be
abolished and a bridge built in the vicinity
of Analostan Island, using that place as
a freight depot. 1t is understood that the
report which will be submitted will be an
exhaustive one, completely covering the
entire question.
Successful Entertainment.
\ musical and dramatic entertainment
was given last evening at the parish hall
of Grace p. E. Church, on 32d street below
NJ street. An excellent program, which was
arranged for the occasion by the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Johnson, was presented to large
audience A number of prominent local tai
ent participated and gave excellent salts
faction The proceeds of the entertainment
will be applied to the church fund
Republicans Organize.
The republicans of the third district,
which embraces all that portion of George
townswest of S2d street, held a meeting
last evening and organized a club for the
purpose Of looking after the interests of
the voters of the ward. The following Off
GERS were elected: Henderson Mitchell,
president; Charles Brown vice president;
James A Smackum. secretary. After a
number of addresses had been made by
members the meeting adjourned to con-
vene at the call of the chairman.
Illness OF Capt. j. d. CatheiI.
Capt. ]. D. Cathell, who has been quite
feeble for some months past, has been con-
fined to his home, 1854 o street, for nearly
a week Capt. Cathell is in his eighty-third
year and has been resident of George
town for nearly all his life. Only few
years ago he celebrated the SiXtieth ami
versary of his marriage, since which time
his wife died.
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