Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23
ANACOSTIA.

Under auspices of .Anacostia Council
No. Is. Junior Order of United American
Mechanics. d special patriotic service vii
be held this evening in the Anacostis
Methodist Episcopal Church. when Rev
Samuel W. Graff1in, the pastor. will de-
liver a special sermon. The local council
has issued invitations to councils in the
city to attend this service. Chairman
Irving s. Hall Of the committee on ar
rangements asks those who propose at
Hall about half an hour before the serv.
ice. and march from there TO the church
in body The national colors are Il
form the decorations in the church, to-
gether with palms and flowers.
The new athletic association formed
among the boys and young men Of EN-
manuel Protestant Episcopal Church eX-
pect TO begin activities this week, as the
purchasing committee has secured some
of the apparatus which will be placed in
position. A business meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday evening, when various com
mittees will make their reports and the
constitution and bylaws to govern tbs
association adopted.
DR.. George c. Havenner president OF
the Minnesota Avenue improvement As
sociatiOn and chairman of the committee
arranging for a public celebration upon
completion OF the new pumping station a,
18th street and Minnesota avenue, has
suggested that it would be Well to invite
other civic bodies in this section to take
part in the celebration and the assOcia-
ton has agreed Invitations will be issued
shortly to ali of the associations, but
principally the Public Improvement OF
Congress Heights, the East Washington
Heights and the Randle Highlands body.
as the sections represented by these or
ganizationS will be benefited mostly by
the pumping station. Work on the build
ing is progressing rapidly, and the
foundations are completed.
The first anniversary OF the Mems Club
of the Congress Heights Methodist Epis-
copal Church is to take place at spe-
cial service there this evening, at which
time the entire congregation will assist
members of the club in this observance.
Judge W. +. Norris of the Department of
Justice will be the speaker of the evening.
and his subject will be THE Fifth Civil
liZation. or the Book of the Nations" W.
p. Ballard. president of the club, will
preside at the service, while Andrew 7.
Mcnamara, secretary, is TO present a
brief history of the club since its organi-
cation. A special mems choir will lead
the singing, but the congregation is in
vited to take part in the entire service.
Statements of members of the special
committee appointed by Original Garfield
Citizens Association to look into the de-
creased attendance among children at the
Garfield public school indicate that par
ents of children are not sufficiently aware
of the necessity of an education to send
their children to the school and also that
owing to the great distance that some
reside from the school no effort is made
to send them. Some means to carry the
children to the school will be again dis
cussed at the next meeting of the asso-
citation.
The new central entrance to the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane, which
was placed between the first and last
gates as they were known, is in use at
the present time, although the work on
this entrance has not been fully COM
pleted. While the first entrance to the
grounds may not be closed, ii is desired
to have the center entrance used more
generally.