Evening star., 1915-02-07
ALEXANDRIA, AFFAIRS
Program of Washington Ma
sonic Memorial Association.
TO MEET FEBRUARY 1928
Records Clear Title to Friendship
Fire Engine House-General
and Personal Items.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, February O.
Many of the delegates who will attend
the annual meeting of the George
Washington National Masonic Memo
rial Association, which will be helo
here February 22-23, have written to
Charles II. Callahan, local secretary
that they will be here in time. lndlca-
tions thus far point to d good attend
ance. This association is composed or
grand masters and representatives of
grand lodges throughout the country.
The delegates attending the conven-
ton will place a memorial wreath on
Washington's tomb the afternoon of
February %, and at night will attend
the annual banquet of Alexandria
Washington Lodge of Masons, which
Will be held in the auditorium of the
Elks' Home. Senator Burton of Ohio
and Representative Heflin of Alabama
will be the principal speakers at this
banquet.
Apart from the annual Masonic cele-
bration and the placing of a wreath on
Washington's tomb by the members OF
the George Washington Birthday Asso-
citation there will be no other OBJ
servance of the day, the parade this
year being omitted.
City Owns Fire Engine House.
Alexandria's city fathers will Tues
day night ascertain that the old
Friendship fire engine house is owned
by the city of Alexandria. This ques-
tion was asked at the last meeting of
the city council because the city faith
ers were dubious about making some
needed repairs to the old structure un-
til they ascertained i'll whose name the
title is vested.
An examination of the title to the
property, as verified by the court rec
ords, shows that it was transferred to
the city in the year 1851 and since then
has remained it's property. The city
council, therefore, will doubtless make
the repairs to the building.
The historic old engine operated by
the company of which George Wash
ington was Il member is stored in this
building and it is looked after by what
is known the Friendship Veteran
Fire Association.
Restoration of Former Laws.
The house of delegates in Richmond
this afternoon adopted the bill intro
duced by State Delegate J. Fred Bir-
rell of this city repeating the civil and
police justice bill. passed by the last
session of the Legislature, and restor-
ing the former laws providing for the
appointment of police justice for the
trial of criminal cases exclusively. This
bill will come before the senate Mon
day for passage and with it's passage
the legal tangle resulting in the en-
actment of the proposed bill, which was
to become operative January I, will be
settled.
The office of police justice, should the
senate pass the new bill, will continue
n In
VIII try only criminal cases and not
civil ones also proposed by the new
bill.
General and Personal.
Officers for the year will be nominat-
ed Monday night by Alexandria Lodge
of Elks. Nominations may be made at
a meeting which will be held February
%. The election will take place
March s.
meeting of the chamber of COM
merce will be held at it's rooms Mon
day night when number of matters
of Importance will be up for consid-
Grafton.
a minstrel performance will be given
at the Young Mems Sodality Lyceum
Hall February 1916. under the direc-
tion of Tom Trodden of Washington.
The Glee Club of the Episcopal Tho o.
logical Seminary will give PERFORM
ance February Is in the auditori 'c:i of
the Elks' Home.
The February term of the corpora
tion court, Judge L. c. Barley presid-
ing, will convene at II o'clock Mon
day.
The Alexandria High School Literary
Society held debate tonight at Lee
school building.
Councilman F. F. Marbury received
a telegram today announcing the death
| of Writ Edwin Taylor. The deceased
was a brother of Warren P. Taylor,
who married Miss Mary Marbury of
| this city. y
The Alexandria Sunday School Asso-
citation has made preliminary ar
| raupementS for a parade