Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-24
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Westminster Building to Be
Dedicated Tomorrow.
BOYS GRANTED A RESPITE
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va, March "A. 1913.
| The formal dedication of the handsome
Westminster building of the Second Pres
/ byterian Church. located opposite the
| church. at the northeast corner. Of Prince
and ST. Asaph streets will take place to-
morrow evening at T30 o'clock. Cere-
monies in connection with the affair also
will be held at the same hour Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
| In connection with the dedication there
| also will be an organ recital Friday night
at the Second Presbyterian Church. which
VIII be given by Harry Patterson Hop
| kins, assisted by the quartet choir from
the Franklin Street Presbyterian Church,
| Baltimore.
Program for Tomorrow
The program planned for tomorrow
| evening. which will be known as Sunday
school evening. follows: Hymn, Sing
| Unto the Lord: Invocation. the pastor,
! Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison Scripture les
| son, William Campbell assistant super
intendent: hymn, Sunday School Bril-
| gade: address of welcome, William II.
Melchoir superintendent: hymn Tine
Fight Is On unyeiiing tablets commem-
Grating the memory of the late Edmund
F. Wilmer superintendent of the Sun
| day school for twenty-five years, and
| Rev. w A. Slaymaker. teacher in the
Sunday school for number of years
| these tablets We're presented by Fl. II.
Hunter; hymn, Tell Me the Did, Old
| Story; address, Rev. Joseph r. Sewer. D.
D., formerly pastor of the local church
| hymn. Count Your Blessings; benedic-
| ton.
Following the program the building
| will be open for inspection, as it will
| each evening at the conclusion of the
exercises
| congregational evening will be oh
| served Wednesday. with the following
program: DoXology, Invocation. turn
ing over of keys by the chairman Of
the building committee to the modera-
tor of the session. anthem. Il Was
| Glad When They Said choir: Scrip
ture: solo. "Open the Gates of the Tenn
pie" Mrs William woolls: address
Rev. Theron H. Rice; D. D., former
| Light" choir: address, Rev. Frank j.
Brook. DID,. a former pastor: hymn.
| How irm Foundation" No. 325.
Church Hymnal: address. Rev. Joseph r.
Sewer. DID,. former pastor; anthem.
choir. by request; hymn. Loving Kind
| ness" No. 1910 Church Hymnal: bene-
diction. Hymns 325 and 100 will also be
sung.
Fellowship Evening Thursday.
Thursday evening. the last evening Of
the dedication exercises, will be known
as fellowship evening. The program:
| Hymn Il Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" ::
No. SOC. Church Hymnal; Scripture lesson
invocation; acceptance of memorial win
| dow to the memory of the late Frank s.
| Harper: anthems by the choir Of the
First Baptist Church: address by Rev.
DR.. W. S. Watson. pastor of the First
| Baptist Church; anthems by the choir of
Christ Episcopal Church: address by
Rev William J. Morton. pastor of
Christ p f. Church.; anthems by the
choir of the Methodist Episcopal Church
| Souvh. address by Rev. C. r. Strauss
burg. pastor of the Methodist Protestant
| Church: anthems by the choir of ST.
| Be the Tie That Binds. No COS. church
| hymnal: benediction.
The building committee that had
charge of the erection of the structure
| is composed of A. G. Uhler, chairman );
| W. A Moore, w. f. Latham, George B.
| Kennedy. w. II. Melchoir, D. r. STAINS
| bury, secretary; Alfred Thomson, treas
urer.
Building Is Handsome Structure.
The pastor of the church is Rev. DIR.
John Lee Allison who was formerly pas
tor of the following churches: First
Church, Portsmouth. Va; Westm nster
1HuFCn, bdillIHOTe, 6iBpfe ME-
| mortal, Washington. Rev. DR.. Allison
| was installed pastor of the local church
| December Is. 1911.
The new building is one of the hand
| soonest structures in the city.
1t Is built of dark brick and has two
| stories with basement. There are Sunday
| school, reading rooms. kitchen and other
| aGjuncts. and on the top floor is an as
| sembly hail one of the finest in the city.
| The basement has been fitted up as a
modern gymnasium for the boys:
The corner stone was laid October .. by
| Alexandria Washington Lodge of Masons-
/ Officers of the church are: A. G.
| Uhler. George Wise, c. b. Kennedy,
| William Campbell. A. Fl. Thomson. w
| E. Latham and Norman Gibbs, elders.
d. r. Stansbury. L. III. Thompson, W.
A. Moore. w. II. Melchior, G. f.. Mar
kell. F. l.. Slaymaker c. w. Howell.
D. NJ. Lowe and T. c. Howard. deacons.
Wlits of Error Granted.
| The state court of appeals has granted
writs of error and supersedeas in the cases
of the B. F. Board Motor Truck Com
pany against the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York and Board,
Armstrong & Co.. against the Mutual
Life Insurance Company.
| The two foregoing concerns carried
policies for $4,000 and $4,000. respective
| ~. on the life of the late b. F. Board,
president of both concerns, who was kill
ed as the result of a fall from water
| tower at Wake Forest, n. c., March
| IS, 1912.
/ Aethird writ also has been granted
| by the appeals court in the case of
| the Mutual Company against Jessie p.
| Board who obtained $1,000 by ver-
| dict given in the circuit court on a
policy held by her husband.
| The appeals in all three cases were
v.,l,s lob.
| SON The bond in the first case was
| fixed at $4,000, and in the second
$1,000.
Verdicts for the compliments in all
| three cases for the amounts sued for,
representing the policies held by COM
plainants. were given by juries in the
circuit court for this city.
Boys to Escape Reformatory.
Eddie Wells and Eugene Craddock, the