Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-10
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Council to Consider Site tor
High School Building.
CHURCH SERVICES TODAY
Schwarzmann-J Jones Marriage An
nouneed-Report of Alexandria
Hospital-General News.
Special Correspondence ~ The star.


ALEXANDRIA Va. August 8, 1915.
The. lower branch Of the city council
will at its meeting Tuesday night be
called upon TO take action on the re-
port OF the Joint committee on finance
and schools of city council recommends
ing the erection OF high school building
at cost of s2S.0oJ The suggestion IS
that the school be located either on
the lot adjoining Lee School puiluihs
or on ground adjoining Washington
School building: on the site OF inc oiu
HaIlowell building Washington and
Wolfe streets, or in some other loca'ioi
in the city that Will be acceptable 10
This report was adopted by the alder
men at meeting of that body held
July % last.
Some of the members Of the city co'in-
Gil want the building erected on the site
purchased for that purpose at cameron
and West streets and in the event the
city council obtains another site the lot
will probably be disposed Of IL COST
$4,000 three years ago and II is said
it can be sold at an advanced price.
Plans for Labor Day.
The committee in charge of the Labor
day celebration, which will be held AT
the Dyke. two miles south of this city
on the Washington-Virginia railway. IS
making active preparations for the AFFAIR.
There will be speechmaking. and athleuc
events will also be feature. The ceie-
bration will be under the auspices OF the
Alexandria Trades Council
At the present time there is, practically
speaking, no activity in the various so
cial and secret organizations OF the city.
Plans are. however. being mapped out
by various organizations Tor Work III
the early fall. Bazaars and other 1ea-
lures for raising funds are under con-
zaar is slated to be held in October for
the benefit Of the Alexandria Hospital
Services in the Churches.
Rev. MI. Willis of the Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary will preach at the morn
ing services tomorrow at Christ Episcopal
Church. There will be no evening SER
vices -,
Rev. j. n Mast of Warrenton, Va. Will
preach at both services at the NJ. l..
Church South Miss Margaret Wheatiey
morning service, and Kenneth w. Ogden
VII sing Face to Face" at the evening
service.
REV r. L. Shipley of Parksley. Va.
will preach the third sermon on MODERN
Amusements' at the evening services OF
the NJ p. Church tomorrow.
O. 3. Hopkins has purchased the brick
store building S1O-S12 King street occu-
pied by the Griffin Furniture Company.
from ]. L. Haynes of Fairfax county.
The purchase price was in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000 The building will be inn
proved by Mr.. Hopkins.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Edna May Schwarzmann and
Wilburn H. Jones. both of this city. The
ceremony took place Thursday last at the
parsonage of Trinity NJ. e. Church. and
was performed by Rev. G. A. Iuttreli,
pastor. Afterward Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
left for Buffalo and Niagara Falls, where
they will spend their honeymoon. Upon
the return they will reside in this city
A total of eighty patients were re-
corded at the Alexandria Hospital dur
ing the month Of July, and at the end
of the month total OF twenty-one
were under treatment. The number or
surgical operations during the month
was fourteen. There are six typhoid
cases at the hospital. total OF fifty
seven admissions were registered dur
ing July
General Mention.
Bids for material. team hire and
other work will be opened by the
street committee of city council Mon
day night and awards made. THESE bids
will be for work proposed to be done
on Payne street between Cameron
and Queen streets, Alfred street from
Queen street to Princess street and
Fairfax street from Duke street to
Wilkes street
George T. Cation, deputy collector of
port of this city. today inspected two
schooners to which licenses were is
sued They are the scow schooner
Fanny. tonnage twenty-three, and the
scow schooner Klondike, tonnage
eighteen, r. z. Grover. owner.
The Cardinals and White Sox will play
the third game of series for the cham
pionship of the city at 2:3O o'clock tomor-
row afternoon at the lighthouse cove. The
Cardinals have already won two straight
games. The Cardinals this afternoon de-
feated a team representing the Southern
Railway Company by score Of 13 to 3.
Mrs. T. ]. Travis and daughter Texas
will return to the city tomorrow morn
ing after a visit of several months in
Augusta, Ga.
Rev. c. R. Strausburg, pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church, has return
ed from visit to friends in Western
Maryland.