The Washington times., 1912-05-01
ANAC0ST|A PLANS
LARGE CELEBRATION
FOR MOTHERS DAY
Special Services to Be Held
in Churches on
Ia; May IL.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.

4 ANACOST1A, d. c., MAY 1.
Anacostia churches generally will OBJ
serve Mothers Day" on Sunday. Mny
Y. In. tho Methodist Episcopal Church
FVan effort will be made to have all the
Il sunday school children present at the
forenoon service, accompanied by their
parents, when the Rev. Samuel w.
draff1in will preach an appropriate SER
mon. In the evening 1t Is hoped to have
Y the attendance of the heads of house
holds at similar service. The Rev.
N Mr.. Graffiin, in pursuance of his GUS
! tom, will have Sunday in June set
apart for services in honor of the par
a ents, to be known as Parents Day."
The Rev. George M. Cummings, pas
tor of the Garden Memorial Presbyter-
Ian Church, is arranging his program
for Mothers Day" in that church.
A pretty home wedding in Anacostla
last evening was that at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. James e. Dean, 222i
Thirteenth street, when Miss Barbara
A. Dean, their daughter, and William
} A. Smell were married in the presence
j of small family party. The parlors, in
which the ceremony was performed by
the Rev. George M. Cummings, were
handsomely decorated with roses.
The bride, attired in a becoming gown
of white and lace, was given in mar
riage by her father. She carried Bride
roses, while lilies Of the valley were
worn In her hair.
After the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs.
Smell departed on a brief honeymoon
Anacostia and take up their residence at
1851 Avalon terrace, where they Will be
lat home after June /.
The bride Is a widely known Anacostia
lsvtE ~ tlat xrhtl no q
been active in the Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church for a number of
tyears. He is son Of Mrs. M. P. Shell
The marriage of Miss Rosa Augusta
Mead, Of Anacostia, and Charles Bart
iTremper, of Whitemarsh, Md. was
Iquiet ceremony of Monday evening last,
performed by the Rev. NJ. P. Egan. the
In the rectory of the church, in Y
street. There was present only a small
company. comprising relatives and In
Innate friends of the couple. The bride
was attfred in a travelling suit of cream
whipcord: She wore hat and gloves to
match. Her attendant was Mrs Will
liam Webb, of Anacostia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tremper have gone to
Baltimore for a visit to the groom's
relatives, and they will soon go to Ten
nessee to live, returning here in the
fall. The bride has been connected with
the bookkeeping department of the Pos;
Rosa Mead. of i6O5 Good Hope road
Mr.. and Mrs. Tremper received many
wedding gifts.
Members of Anacostia Council, No
Is. Junior Order of United American
Mechanics. predicted at last nights
Masonic Hall, at this place. that the
public meeting for men next Tuesday
night in the same place will be the
most successful public gathering ever
held by the council. Irving, S. Hall.
chairman OF the committee Of arrange
ments. announced that Congressman
John l.. Burnett and +. c. Finlay have
accepted Invitations to be present. Other
speakers will be Judge J. II. Noyes. Of
New Hampshire, and the Rev. Samuel
w. Grafflin, the pastor of the Anacostia
NJ. E. Church. A smoker will follow:
The receipt of an invitation from Col.
a. B. Frisbie. the commander of John
A. Logan Post, No. 49, G.. A. r., to the
members of the order in the District, to
be transmitted through Anacostia
the entire membership of the order in
the District at the public fiag-raising
exercises in Anacostia on June Il, was
acknowledged. The other councils will
be asked to attend the patriotic cere-
monies, and the estimate was made last
night that $50 members will be present
In compliance with the, request Of the
AUtl-SdlOOH League, Ol " dSull6
services in the Garden Memorial Pres
byterian Church next Sunday will be
held under the auspices of that body
and sermons in advocacy of it's prin-
ciples will be preached. The Rev. Mr..
Sutherland, of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association, will be the morning
speaker, and in the evening the pulpit
will be occupied by II. Virgil Esterling,
financial secretary of the Antl-Saloon
League.
d. J. Sullivan, chief at the Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane. today
sailed on the White Star steamer
Adriatic for Ireland He will visit
relatives there, and will be abroad for
a month or longer.
Mrs. NJ. p, Smell. widow of the Rev.
NJ. Porter Smell, who has been active
for many years in church and temper
ance work in Washington and this sec
ton, where her home has been for
forty years or more, will depart on
Saturday for Newton, n. j., where she
Will live. Mrs. Smell is taking leave of
her friends, and was recently given g
parting reception by the Women's Tenn
Iiperance Union here, of which she has
lbeen president.
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