The Washington times., 1912-05-29
ANACOST|A PUPILS
WILL Be HOSTS AT
BIG entertainment
Boy Heroes to Get Medals
for Life-Saving.
Other News.
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACOSTIA, d. c.. MAY %.

The pupils Of the Van Buren Public
School will appear this evening in an
elaborate entertainment in Anacostia
Masonic Hall, when they will present
program OF drama and song The
numbers will range from a welcome to
the friends Of the school by the pupils
Of the first grade to the ceremony of
the bestowal of gold medals upon W.
Arthur Lusby and w. Marcellus Bal
derston.
Three hundred school children will
take part in the entertainment, which
has been arranged by Mrs. N. B. Cros-
well. principal of the school. The pro-
ceeds are to be given to the play
ground fund.
While Mothers Day Is Of general OBJ
servance throughout the country, and
with frequent suggestions that Fathers
Day be added and observed with some
appropriate service, II has remained for
Anacostia to combine these parental
celebrations into one special church
ceremony.
Such a service has been planned for
Sunday next in the Anacostia Methodist
Episcopal Church, which will be known
as Parents Day in Anacostia. There
will be chorus singing by a choir OF
parents. the oldest members of the
congregation will be called upon to
speak. papers will be read and solos
sung, all having a bearing upon the
parents sphere The Rev. Samuel w.
Graffin will preside at the morning
exercises, when the parents will be in
charge, and in the evening he will speak
on Parental Responsibilities"
Mrs. Elizabeth Page will discuss the
mother in the Sunday school. and
George w. King, jr.. will speak on the
father in the same department Of the
der special music.
In compliance with a promise made
some time ago to the citizens of Ana
had dredge at work east of the Ana
iostia bridge digging out trench
through which the stagnant water COM
planned about as existing in that part
4 OF the Anacostia flats can drain out to
the river proper.
Although some improvement has fol-
lowed, II is asserted that the conditions
will not be remedied entirely until the
flats are filled In there through the re-
moval Of the District dumping grounds
from the west side of the bridge. Re
plying to the query of citizens on this
point the officials of the Street Clean
ing Department have announced that
they are awaiting permission from the
| Baltimore and Ohio railroad to cross
| its tracks at Thirteenth street before
ordering the removal of the dump.
DR.. and Mrs. William II. Hough, OF
the Government Hospital for the IN
sane, have gone to Waterford. Va, to
visit DR.. Hough's mother
Mrs Maurice Otterback, who accom-
panied her husband to Los Angeles,
Cal, with the Washington delegation
that attended the meeting of the I'm
perial Council, order of the Mystic
| Shrine, in that city, did not return,
! but went to Helena, Mont, where she
will remain several weeks.
| Anacostians are in receipts OF COM
| munications bearing upon the sare
and sane Fourth of July celebration
| that it Is desired to hold in the Dis
| trict once more this year, and some
| Of them will contribute to the fund.
The meeting Of Electa Chapter. No.
H. Order of the Eastern Star, last
| night was a social one largely. An
address on Colts was made by the
| Rev. Samuel w. Graffin. The COM
pany went to the banquet room for a
| social session and refreshments.
| While the driver was making col
| lections Of garbage, the horses at
| tached to a wagon of the Washington
| Fertilizer Company ran away on High
| street. At Fourteenth and w streets
horse fell, injuring itself about the
| head. The driver, who was James
| Williams, finally captured the rum