The Washington times., 1913-11-16
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.
ANACOSTIA, d. G. NOV. IG


Baptists and Methodists in Congress
Heights will hold union services To OBJ
serve Thanksgiving Day. Their plans
for the observance We're made xnown
today in the respective houses Of wur-
shiD.
On the morning of nksgiving Day
! the Christian Endcavor Union of the
District Will hold exercises in the Con-
greSs Heights Baptist Church. at which
! the Rev Merritt Earl. Methodist pas
tor in the town. will preside. In the
evening the Baptist and Methodist con-
grcGat:ons will unite in the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Thank sgiving Day
services, when The Rev. DIR. T.. +. Rich
ardson the Baptist minister in the
suburb. will preach.
ChurchGUers in the suburb have shown
mucn interest in the proposal TO hold
union services there. and tn announce
ment TO-DAY OF The plans to DO So was
received With satisfaction oy them.
The Magoni" noui"s of AnaCostia are
preparing to hold their annual cleo
tions, whi-h m"ans the retirement Of
, those officers who have been at Inc
mead OF the organizations and unuer
whom efforts 10 aud another SUCCESS
full year tC the history OF their reSpec-
live sucietIes have been mace. On the
first Monday in December AnacOstia
Lodge No. Il, +. * y. M, will meet
for its annual election. Milton j. FilAus
IS the woTshiptUl master who is about
to retire and already ne Is numbered
among the most successful heads the
lodge has had. On the second Tuesday
in December EleCta Chapter. No. ;,
Order OF the Eastern Star, will have
the annual election OF its officers. Mrs.
Bertha HaineS is the worthy mauron
Who will retire after year of excep-
tiUnal success.
The close OF the Masonic year being
AT nand members Of the fraternity
here are adding 10 their numbers and
comforting degrees rapidly. Tomorrow
night tn ;hIru drsree viii be conferred
: by .AnacustIa Lodge. No. y, r. ~ \. NJ.
The mission for the women OF St.
! Ter. sa' = par iSh. which began last week,
/ WAS brought to a close tins afternoon
: in the church with the Papal benedic-
! tiUn IN the presence of 900 or more
| wOmeI In: Rev. Fathers ConrUy and
! LyII, h, members Of the Nincentlan or
| der. from Germantown, Pa, VINO are
| conducting the missions here, have been
| pleased al The attendance Of the parish
toner's thus far. Tonight at 1870 o'cloCk
| a mission for men will be opened by
! the same priests, and will last through
| the week. There viii be two mission
! masses each morning and an lnStruc-
| tiOn, while each evening there will be
| AN instruction, the recitation of the
! rosary and a sermon.
| The elevator in the big general kitch-
| en- 1T the Government Hospital for the
| Insane has received attention from
work men with view of preventing aC-
! cd"nts II is used largely to lower food
| truchs to the tunnel and has been A
| source OF possible danger. especially at
| night the kitchen being in use at such
| times, and on the account CT the dark
ness there has been fear that some.
| one might fall into the unprotected
| well-hOle. This has been done away
! with entirely by the building Of a safe
| tY trap-top over the elevator with a
| railing around it, so that when the eIe-
vator is lowered this top serves as a
| floor, preventing any one from getting
| too close or from falling into the area
way.
birthday party given for James
! Page at his residence. 1923 w street
| on Friday evening. in honor of his
| twenty-first birthday, was an enjoyabIe
| event for company Of his friends.
| There was a musical program in which
some of the guests took part. In the
gathering were Mr.. and Mrs Charles
Page, Mrs Emma Hammer. Misses
Zadie Green, Myrtle Tolson, Genevieye
Slye, Fannie Richards, Elsie Sander
son. Emily Hammer. Marguerite Bev-
eridge, Vivian Murphy, Daisy Phipps,
and Harail Sinclair, Joseph Fitzgerald.
Joseph BARLEY. Harry Green, Howard