The Washington herald., 1914-04-21
ALEXANDRIA PLANS To
FETE VIRGINIA EDITORS
State Press Association Wsll Hold An
nual Convention in Elks' Home
June % to 4.
MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED

Alexandria. Va, April 20.-Tentative
plans for the entertainment OF the dele
gates who will attend the annual meet
ing OF the Virginia Press Association
which will be held June 1924 next, were
mapped out tonight at meeting OF the
committee recently appointed Tor that
purpose by Mayor Fisher.
Robert S. Barrett was chosen chairman
of the committee Of arrangements, with
A. ]. Wedderburn as secretary, and NJ
T. Dwyer assistant secretary. Mayor
T. A. Fisher was named ex-officio chair
man OF the general committee.
The convention will be held in the audi
torium of the Elks' Home. 1t will con-
vene the morning of June q, and the
tentative program for that day provides
for the entertainment Of the visitors
from / o'clock that afternoon by the
manufacturers of the city: automobile
ride to the parks of Washington at 2:3O
O'Clock in the afternoon. returning to
Alexandria about $50 o'clock, and a trip
down the river at night.
The afternoon of June "a at 1:30 o'clock.
a trip will be made to Mount Vernon,
where dinner will be served, returning
home about 4 o'clock. That night the
affair will be concluded with a banquet.
The morning of June % the visitors will
be entertained in Washington and prob
ably will call on the President.
The following were named chairmen of
the various committees: Harry Ham,
mOnd, automobiles: r. d. Brumback,
steamboat excursion and trip to Mount
Vernon: F. F. Marbury, finance. Harrie
White. badges; Carroll Pierce. manufac-
turers; James F. Peyton. Washington en-
tertainment: NJ. T. Dwyer. banquet: ].
T. Preston, hotels; Mrs. r. S. Barrett,
ladies' committee.
The chairmen of the foregoing COM
mittees will name their own committees
and report at a meeting to be held
shortly.
A marble tablet commemorating colonial
events in the history of Alexandria, to
be erected at the northwest corner OF
the City Hall Building. will be unveiled
on May s. The tablet is the gift of the
Virginia Society of Colonial Danes of
America. The local committee of that
organization is completing its plans Tor
the unveiling ceremonies.
The formal presentation of the tablet
to the city will be made by Mrs. Will
lam Ruffin Cox, president of the National
Society of the Colonial Danes. and also
president of the Virginia Society.
speech of acceptance will be made by
Mayor Thomas A. Fisher. John r. Davis,
will make an address. and music will be
furnished by the Fort Meyer Band.
A total of $500 was subscribed today
for the erection of the new $4,000 hos
pital Members of the committee today
visited the schools and distributed litera-
ture buttons and subscription blanks to
the children, who are reported as being
enthusiastic over the project. Later in
the day the committee visited the various
business houses in the city and received
considerable encouragement. There was
a meeting of the committee tonight in
the rooms Of the Chamber Of Commerce.
The local branch of the anti-tubercu-
losis society has made the following
awards among school pupils for disposing
of the largest number OF Red Cross
seals during the Christmas holidays:
First prize. Lawrence Fawcett, who sold
1.l47: second prize, in Alexandria High
School Windsor Demaine, jr., 1.l0o seals:
third prize. Washington School. Everett
Kelly, $50 seals. The first prize was s.
and the others $50 each.
In the presence Of a crowd which fill
ed the auditorium of the Elks' Home. the
bazaar of the Alexandria Motor Boat
Club was opened tonight. The hall was
gayly decorated and the booths attract
ively represented the various maritime
countries of the world. The bazaar will
close April 90.
Mrs. Amy G. Weech, of this city. ma
tIonaI lecturer and organizer of the w.
c. T. T.. has just completed a months
work in West Virginia. speaking in
churches and schools. She is now in
Missouri.
officers have been elected by the Sew
enteenth Virginia Regiment Chapter.
Daughters of the Confederacy. as follows:
Mrs. Thomas Perry, honorary president:
Mrs. L. WILDER Reid. president: Mrs.
William Ogden. first vice president: Mrs.
G. l.. Simpson. second vice president;
Mrs. Charles Howell, third vice presi-
dent: Mrs. W. W. McCaffrey. secretary:
Mrs. George Mays, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Mary E. Kelly. registrar and
Mrs. W. D. Wood, historian.
Miss Grace Fletcher and Richard c
Rambo were married today at the par
sonage of the First Baptist Church by
Rev. DR.. W. F. Watson. They left for
Camden, n. J.. where they will live.
Scotland in Song and Story" will be
given in the form OF an entertainment
tomorrow night at the Young Peoples
Building of the NJ. f. Church South by
Thomas D. d. Clark. of Edinburgh, Scot
land. The proceeds will be for the bene-
fit of the Children's Home
]. Herbert McCuen. of Norfolk, is Wis
iting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James
McCuen, Of Del Ray.
Cornelius Carey. seventy-five years old,
Union veteran, died at 6:3G o. clock this
morning in the home of Mrs. Walker.
723 South Leet street. In the civil war
Mr.. Carey lost a leg. He was a widower.
Mr.. Carey was a member of Fitzgerald
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