Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-06
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Schools to Be Closed Four
Days for Thanksgiving.
ROB ABRAMSON'S STORE
Satehel and Shoes Worth $11.50
Taken-Miss Mary Byrne
to Be Married.

Special rrespondencc of The star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, November O.
Thanksgiving holidays in the public
schools will be four in number this year
The city school board at its meeting
last night decided to close the schools
| az noon Wednesday. November -, and
they will not reopen for studies until Mon
day November %.
| The school board reelected the fol-
lowing officers to serve for the ensuing
year: +. NJ. Bradshaw, chairman; I.
Clifton Howard, vice chairman. Harry
d. Kirk, clerk.
The annual report of Supt- W. H.
business disposed of.
1t also was decided by the board to
increase the salary of ]. D. Brown,
jantor of Washington School. to $50 a
month.
The store of B. Abramson, King and
st. Asaph streets, was entered last
night "A leather hand satchel valued at
So and a pair of shoes valued at $3.50
being stolen. Mr.. Abramson discovered
the robbery this morning.
Entrance was effected early in the
night. after the proprietor had left the
had been left unlocked and the thief
made his exit through the front tran
som.
Mr. Abramson is of the opinion that
the robbery occurred about III o'clock
inasmuch as he left the store an hour
before and failed to lock the back
door He returned to the store before
midnight and locked the door, but die
not discover the robbery until this
morning.
The Alexandria Light Infantry will
hold n competitive drill at Armory Hall
| Monday night. Following this drill
| there will be an officers drill and also
a drill for the squad medal
Following the drills there will be an
informal opening of the new skating
rink. Music will be furnished by an
orchestra.
Miss Clicks Funeral Tonight.
Funeral services for Miss Louisa F.
Click, who died yesterday at Provi-
dence Hospital, Washington, will be
held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Caroline NJ. Diedel,
$40 King street. The services will be
conducted by Rev. DIR. John Lee Allison,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
Church. and burial will be made in
Greenmouut cemetery, Baltimore, at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. For the
past twenty-seVen years Miss CLICK
has made her home in this city with
her sister, Mrs Diedel
The funeral of John Lynch. twenty
four years old, who died in Washing
ton, took place at $50 o'clock this
morning from ST. Mary's Catholic
Church. Services were conducted by
Rev. J. II. Cutler. pastor. amt burial
was made in st. Mary's cemetery.
The small frame church building,
formerly used by the congregation of
the Second Baptist Church, which was
located on Columbus street between
Oronoco and Pendieton streets. is being
moved to Pitt and Princess streets, hay
ing been purchased recently by the COLI
gregation of a colored church.
The paving of two squares on Lee
street between King and Queen streets
with vitrified brick now is in progress.
1t is expected that this work will be
completed within the next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph II. Byrne have is
sued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter, Mary Madaline to John
Lee Donnelly. The wedding will take
place Wednesday evening, November %,
at $40 O'Clock, at st. Mary's Catholic
Church.
]. Fl. Cliff, seventy-eight years old,
was stricken with paraiy Sis yesterday at
the home in Stafford county. Va. and
his condition is reported to be critical
Mir. Gift is the father of Percy +. Gift,
superintendent of the Washing ton-Nir
ginia Ra lway Company. this city.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows will
hold d meeting tonight at Odd Fellows
Hall.