Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-12
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
CONVENTION OF SUNDAY SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION.
pecial Correspoudence Of The star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, August II, 1905.
1t is announced that the eleventh annual
convention of the Fairfax County Sunday
School Association will be held at wood
lawn Baptist Church. near Mount vernon
Thursday. August o. The officers OF the
association are: ]. M. Thorne OF FaLis
Church, president: ]. w. Taylor OF Fairfax,
vice president: Arthur Robb of Herndon'
secretary. and Samuel Westcott OF Vienna,
treasurer. The executive committee 10 COM
posed Of 8. D. Trip Of Falls Church dis
trict. G. A. Gordan OF Providence district.
Rev. Everard Meade Of Mount Vernon dis
trict, R. R. Buckley of Centerville district,
w. H. Fox of Dranesvfile district and }. >.
Ssangster of Lee district.
cises by Rev. Charles Lynch of Occoquln,
address of welcome by E. E. Mason Of Ac-
cotink, response by President j. NJ. Thorne
of Falls Church: address, The Duty OF
by Rev. E. Meade of .Accotink; address,
THE Value of Early Impressions in the
Sunday School, by Rev. ]. L. Kibler of
Fails Church: address. THE State Sunday
by w. NJ. Ellison of Falls Church. The re-
ports of the secretary and treasurer, and
the appointment of committees Will con-
clude the morning session.
devotional exercises by Rev. ]. E. Bailey or
Herndon. reports of the various committees,
election of officers for the ensuing year,
and addresses by Rev. r. S. Lftsinser 81
Vienna Rev. j. w. Smith of Fairfax ana
Mr.. A. L. Dietrich Of Washington.
Services in the Churches.
Owing to the absence of Rev. Charles d.
Bulla, the pastor of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church South, who is attending the
Loudon camp meeting the services at
that church tomorrow morning will be con-
Quoted by Rev. J. Fred Peake Of Braddock
Heights. Rev. Joseph A. LETTERS, the pastor
of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church OF
this city, will preach at the evening service.
At st. PauPs Episcopal Church Rev. Il: n.
Combs, the rector of Christ Church par sh,
Lancaster, will conduct the services N the
who is on his vacation. The services at
Christ Episcopal Church will be conducted
by Rev. DR.. Robert K. Massie, of the
Episcopal Theological Seminary Of Virginia,
near Alexandria. The evening service at
the Baptist Church will be conducted by
Rev. j. R. Fizer. There will be no preach
ing at the Methodist Protestant Church to-
morrow.
Mr.. E. C. Joyce, who has been the freight
agent Of the Washington Southern Railway
Company in Alexandria for number of
years has been appointed superintendent of
transfer in the new Potomac yards which
nave peeL CONSTRUCTED nOTtn VI tnlS Guy.
He has been connected with the railway
company for the past third Of century.
Mr.. ]. E. Peverell, formerly chief clerk in
the local freight office, has been promoted
to the position of freight agent made va
cant by the promotion of Mr. Joyce and
Mr.. H. E. Gentry has been appointed chief
clerk. -.
William Thomas. colored. who was ar
raigned before Magistrate Stuart of Fair
fax county yesterday and held to await the
action of the grand jury on the charge of
stealing horses in Fairfax county, was this
afternoon taken to Fairfax and lodged in
the county Jail. No other arrests in the
case have yet been made by the local police
II. Machen, Harry B. Cation and j. Randall
eaton have returned from Hot Springs
where they attended meeting of the state
Bar Association