Evening star., 1915-11-21
MANAssAs,vA.

! churches OF Manassas are to unite Thurs
day morning in the observance of Thanks
giving day. The service is to Nbe held
at 10 O'Clock in Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church South and Rev. ]. F. Burks, rec
tor OF Trinity Episcopal Church, is to
preach the sermon.
I The formal installation of Rev. Afford
Kelley as pastor of the Presbyterian
Church took place Wednesday evening.
Kew Alfred E. Barows of the Eastern
Church. Washington, presided. Other
ministers who participated were Rev. DR..
John 5. Campbell of Faith Church, Balti-
more, and Rev. James NJ. Nourse of Lew
insville. former pastor of this church.
me musical program included a solo by
mrs: Hervin U. Ropp; duet by Mrs. J.
=: DUNN and Miss Isabel Kelley, sister
| OF the pastor, and a violin solo by Prof.
Orville w. Mosher. who was accompa MED
on the organ by Mrs. Templeton Hodge
Rev, kelley's installation to the pastorate
OF the PresbSterian Church at Clifton.
FairfaX county, took place the previous
day. The officiating ministers were Rev
Bernard Braskamp of Gurley Memorial
church, Washington; Rev. Herbert r.
johnson Of Chevy Chase. Md. and Rev.
| George X. Duncan of Washington.
The quarterly meeting of the Ladies'
Memorial Association is to be held We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock in the
| chapter room of the United Daughters
| of the Confederacy.
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gold for the Improvement of penmanship
In the white schools of Prince William
county. Prizes Of SO each are to be given
! TO the three pupils of one school who
show the greatest Improvement during the
| year. The remaining $50 is to become the
property of the teacher.
H. w. kramm. T. c. Dale, J. Hal
Ramsey. Neville and Saunders this
week represented Eastern College at
| the Y. NJ. C. A. convention at rich
mond
!; The staff of the Aurora, the Eastern
College annual, has been announced as
follows: Editor. Miss Rayland; busi-
ness managers. Mr.. Rowland and Mr..
Miss Smith; academy, Miss Harrar;
music. Miss Jones; commercial; !;
Mr.. Lands; home economics, Miss
Bushong: expression. Miss Graves:
Miss Fetzer and Mr. Moore: advisory
board. President Roop, Prof Mosher
and Miss Meth.
About fifty members have been en-
rolled by the civic league of Cherry
Hill School. The officers are w. G.
president; Miss Ruby Payne. secretary.
and Mrs. W. G. Bushey, treasurer
The patrons league of the Groveton
public school has started subscrip-
school. A contribution of s1o05 has
been received from a former pupil, J.
D. Narrower, chief engineer of the
United States army transport Buford,
and forty-one other members of the
Buford's crew.
Manassas High School closed Friday
evening for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The teachers are to spend next week
In attendance upon the educators con-
ference at Richmond.
The Fauquier County Teachers AS
sociation met Saturday at Bennett
School. Manassas. For purposes of
convenience it was necessary to hold
the sessions in Prince William county,
ern railway meet.
Announcement of the staff of the
Warrenton High School Journal has
been made as follows: Edward Maphis,
editor; Thurston Willis, business man
ager: Brooke Parkinson, associate
business manager; Ellen Gray. literary
society; John Benner, athletics; Nash
Foster and Charlotte Anderson. liter
ary contributions; Susie Duncan, read
ing and writing; Eleanor Hotchkiss
and Lee o'Brien, school notes; Charles
Stone and Edmund Hutton, humor.
DR.. William, Burdick. direction of the
Baltimore city Fairgrounds. and N E.
B. Talcott of Burkeyille, Va, poultry
Of Agriculture. were the principal
speakers yesterday at the first fall
session of the Northern Virginia Farm
ers' Institute, which met here in the
fIlnCS William county courthouse.
Lieut.. George Carr Round was in
charge of the meeting.
DR.. Burdick's address was arranged
by the woman's auxiliary to the farm
ers' institute. which is planning to as
sist the Manassas High School in pro-
viding playground equipment for the
high school boys. DR.. Burdick discuss
ed the necessity and benefit of play
ground features. He has offered to
contribute plans for the installation of
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the services of his Baltimore assist
ants In the work. The playground fund
received the proceeds derived from
luncheon served by members of a high
school class in home economics. Other
speakers were DR.. Ormond Stone of
Centerville. Fairfax county: Thomas H
Lion. commonwealth's attorney for
Prince William county; F. E. Ransdell,
c. ]. Meetze, Prince William county
representative in the Virginia house Of
delegates; ]. J. Conner, supervisor from
Manassas district, and George G. Tyler,
Prince William county superintendent
of schools.
At the poultry show held in connec-
tion with the institute the prizes were
principally taken by Mahlon Seese and
Hunter c. Allen, both of Nokesville.
Mr.. Seese won three blue ribbons and
two reds.
The pigeons winning first honors were
owned by Ray Sprinkel and Warren
Heuser of Haymarket won first prize
in each of the three classes of the corn
exhibit. Other winners were J. NJ
Kline. c. L. Fleming and J. H. Steele,
all of Manassas.
Miss Eudora Ramsay of South Caro-
lima, fresh from suffrage campaign in
Pennsylvania, yesterday afternoon ad-
dressed a gathering in the auditorium
Of Eastern College. Miss Ramsay was
introduced by DR.. Ormond Stone of
Fairfax county, whose brief address
was a tribute to Jane Adams and
other American women who are taking
an active part in the national life of
today.
The Manassas Industrial School for
Colored Youth is to give a concert on
the evening of Thanksgiving day, be-
ginning at 7:30 o'clock.
H. Kinzel Laws, formerly of Manas-
sas, has purchased the Anchorage, the
former home Of Turner Ratrie. near
Brandy station.
hold the annual Thanksgiving german
Thursday evening in Conner's Opera
House.
Ground is to be broken December 5
for a Catholic church near Smithfield
School, this county. The building is to
cost about $4,000. Land has been given
by Joseph Cheslock, and lumber and
labor is to be contributed by the peo-
pie of the neighborhood. The church
is intended chiefly for the slav settlers
of the community. The pastor of the
church Is to be Rev. William Jan, who
has charge Of the Polish and Slav
population of Prince William, Fau-
quier, Stafford, Caroline, Hanover, York
and other Virginia counties
The Eastern College basket ball team
yesterday afternoon defeated the Man
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