The Washington bee., 1908-07-04

III IliC COulitly lCdl L dis CHul III do
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Orion
Whiting, of that place.
Mr.. William Arnold, of 1903 Lin
den street northeast, has been pro-
NOTED to the position of chief mail
disburser and special transfer agent
for the National Cooperative Realty
Company of this city.
Mrs. f. L. Green, of 100 o street
northwest, has been on the sick list,
but IS better at this time.
Mr.. Marshall Turner, of PSI N
street northwest, will go to Virginia
next Sunday to take unto himself a
wife. He will not tell her name, but
declares that it is not good to be
alone, and says he needs helpmeet.
Mrs. Kate Dean, of Altoona, Pa,
is in the city visiting her two daugh-
ters. Misses Amanda and Maggie
Dean, on Eighth street northwest.
Miss Dora Frye was called away
from the city hurriedly this week to
her home in Virginia
Mr.. James Hayes left the city this
week to take the remains of his low
ing wife, Mrs. Maggie Hayes, who
departed this life on Thursday of last
week, home for burial. They were
taken to Virginia.
The Jane Moseley has been thor
oughly repaired and renovated, and
now presents a handsome appearance.
Tickets for the annual excursion on
the 18th of July are limited. See ad-
vertisement in another column.
Miss Gipsey Taylor, of 1924 Eight
eenth street northwest, will spend the
summer in New York with her uncle,
Mr.. J. Taylor.
Miss NJ. E. Janifer has gone to
Hampton, Va, where she will spend
two weeks with friends.
The Fairmount Heights Mutual
Improvement Company, with Mr. Sid
ney Pittman, president; Thomas N.
Brown, vice president; Chas. Payne,
financial secretary, and w. S. Crou->
ser, treasurer, James F. Armstrong,
attorney, was incorporated under the
laws of Maryland last week, and have
gotten down to business. The COM
pany will commence the erection of
a town hall at once.
The ladies OF the Christian En-
deavor Society, Mrs. @. L. Payne,
chairman, will give a picnic in July.
DR.. Grimkie, of Fifteenth Street
Church, spoek to a large audience in
the Anderson Tent, on White ave
nue..
The Citizens Picnic given some
time ago was a great success.
Mrs. Bessie Jeffries, of Chicago, is
spending a few weeks with her bro
brother, Mr.. Charles E. Payne, of
Fairmount. 1t has been twenty years
since Mrs. Jeffries saw her brother.
Her father, Mr.. A Payne, also is
stopping with his son.
Miss Arsine Elizabeth Jones, of
New Haven, Conn, formerly connect
ed with the Jamestown Exposition,
has entered the office of Lawyer T.
L. Jones as stenographer. |
Mr.. Arthur E. Lankford, who has
been dangerously i'll, is reported as
greatly improved.
A summer camp for colored chill
dren is again being planned for Tux
edo, Md, as the counterpart of Camp
Good VIII, designed to help children
and mothers who need the invigorat-
ing air of the open country. Last
years experiment with this camp was
very successful, and the poor from the
alleys were made happy by the teach
ers constituting the committee, and
invalid mothers were restored to !
health through their daily visits there.
The place will again be known as
Camp Pleasant"
Bishop J. w. Smith will make
some extensive changes in the front |
of his elegant residence on r street. |
The bay window will be carried one
story higher. The Bishop and Mrs.
Smith have had as their guests this
week Miss Blanche Armwood, Of |
Tampa, Florida, and Miss Gertrude