Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-16
ALEXANDR'AAFFA|RS
Street Committee Will Make
Thorough inspection.
TO URGE IMPROVEMENTS
Plans for Banquet of St. Mary's
Alumnae-Driver Injured
in Runaway.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

special correspondence Oh Inc St6T
ALEXANDRIA. Va, october Is, 1910.
The new street committee of the city
council, organized yesterday afternoon
with the reelection Of e. S. Leadbeater
as chairman, will, 1t is understood, short
ly make an inspection of the city for the
purpose of ascertaining where improve
ments are most needed Notes will be
made regarding the condition of various
sections of the city and a campaign for
improvements will be urged. The ma
jority of the work to be recommended
cannot, however. be done before the early
spring, it is expected.
There are many streets on the out
skirts of the city which have had prac-
tically nothing done to them for many
years, and it is expected that the people
living on the outskirts now will get some
Of the appropriations which have hereto
fore been used for improvements in the
heart of the city.
Plans have been completed for the third
annual reunion and banquet of st. Mary
alumnae, to be held at st. Mary's Acad-
envy Wednesday evening next. Fifty
members already have signified their in
tention of being present, and the commit
tee of arrangements is sparing no efforts
to make the event a memorable one. The
business meeting will be held at 6 o'clock,
and an entertainment will be given by
the class of IL, complimentary to the
alumnae, at O'Clock. This will be fol-
lowed by the banquet, from until II
o'clock, which will be served by Rammel.
The officers of the association cOmpris-
ing the committee of arrangements are
Miss Matte Chilly, Mrs. James w. Bales,
Misses Sallie Harlow, Ella Hill, Agnes
Gilroy and Rosa Crilly.
Rally Day Services.
Rally day services will be held tomor-
row at the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. A special musical program has
been arranged for the occasion, and the
church will be appropriately decorated.
At $3.50 o'clock all of the departments will
assemble in the lecture room. At the
morning church services a rally of the
church members will take place. The
pastor. Rev. H. NJ. Canter, will take for
| his subject "A Deserted House. The
public is invited to attend all Of the
services.
| Beginning tomorrow evening a special
| service will be inaugurated, to continue
| for two weeks, every evening except Sat-
urday. Music will be furnished by q
choir.
A deed from the trustees Of the Meth
! odist Episcopal Church South, transfer
| ring to NJ J. Cullen the parsonage of
that church. three-story brick dwelling.
| located on the south side or King street
| between Alfred and Patrick streets, was
placed on record today in the Office of
| the clerk of the corporation court. The
church trustees propose to erect a par
| sonage adjoining the church property on
South Washington street.
| John L. Monroe has purchased from
| Peter Lawrence a brick house and lot on
the south side of Prince street between
st. Asaph and Pitt streets. A deed of
conveyance was recorded today.
| The fiftieth anniversary of the conse-
Grafton of Grace P. E. Church will be
celebrated at that church tomorrow with
appropriate services. special musical
program will be given, and in addition
there will be number of historical ad-
dresses read. All former rectors, as well