Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
I'm Local Churches

The members of the Young Peoples So
ciety Of Christian Endeavor of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church gave an
Informal reception to the pastor and the
new officers of the society In the parlors
of the church last evening. 1t was large
" attended. Arthur II. DeRiemer, chair
man of the social committee, was master
of ceremonies.
The parlors were tastefully decorated
with flowers, with the c. E. monogram,
made of evergreen. conspicuous. spe-
cial committee, of which Paul Stark
weather was chairman had charge OF the
decorations. Afterward the visiting COM
mittee distributed the flowers among
those who were unable to attend on &C
count of illness.
In the receiving line were Rev. DR.. NJ.
Ross F'ishburn pastor of the church, and
Mrs. Fishburn; Hayner H. Gordon. pres
ident of the society; d. Cady Davis. vice
president, and Mrs. Davis: Mahlon Tai
bott, treasurer; Miss Ethel E. LASER, re-
cording secretary: Miss Helen Harrington.
corresponding secretary. and the chairmen
of the several committees.
Besides the selections by the orchestra
the following musical numbers were rem
dered:
Piano solo. Moszkowski's Sparks Miss
Helen Harrington: bass solo, because
Love You, Dear" Hawley and king of
piano solo. waltz in E major, MOsZkow-
ski Prof. E. X. Shilling.
AS the guests arrived each was tagged
with his name and those present found 1t
one another. Following the reception the
guests adjourned to the basement, where
refreshments were served. The chairman
of the social committee was assisted by
Misses Nevins, Calhoun. Eastwood, koh-
Ter. Hoge, Rudasill. Warren, Weigle, Will
son, Steinbrenner, Pidgeon. Zellers. LASER
and Vesey and by Messrs. Starkweather.
Finch. Eldredge. Dulin, Lynch and
Thomas.
The mems Bible training class Of the H
Street Christian Church held a meeting
last Wednesday night President r. L.
Balderson presiding. The following Off
GERS were elected for the next term: Pres
ident r. l.. Balderson: vice president. S.
E. Embrey: secretary. ]. F. Hatton;
treasurer, w. w. Pates. and sergeant-at-
arms. w. n. Thrift. Plans for the up
building OF the class were suggested by
several members. Pastor W. C. Dram
was present and addressed the class.
Washingtonians interested In missions
II is declared. will enjoy the moving mis-
sionary pictures which will be presented
in this city. through the efforts of the
this presbytery. The committee having
genera! charge Of the entertainment Is
composed OF Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. Mrs
s. j. Vaughan and Drs. d. E. Wiber.
Officers OF Waugh Brotherhood of the
Waugh NJ. f. Church for the ensuing
year were elected at a recent meeting, as
follows: President, Herbert G. Graves;
first vice president. T. ]. Shannon: second
vice president. ]. Lewis Bixler; third vice
president. John w. Dick: secretary. y. G.
Harper: assistant secretary. A. c. Davis
treasurer. Samuel Scrivener; assistan,
secretary. Arthur w. Jett.
In q speech the retiring president c. G..
Carroll. stated that the project to build
a brotherhood house had received hearty
encouragement.
The Busy Workers Of the First NJ. P.
Sunday school held their first meeting of
the season in their new hall. 1873 7th
street southeast, October 2. After the cleo
ton of officers and the transaction of
other business the club members retired
to the dining room, where they enjoyed
an oyster supper. Those present were
Gertie Stansbury. Mary futile. Beulah
McDaniels. Gladys Anderson. Margaret
Heller. Edna Christie and Mae Camp
bell