The Washington herald., 1915-09-13
ALEXANDRIA SCHOOLS
Will open TODAY
Permits Issued Show Record Num-
Der of Pupils Will
Attend.


the public schools open tomorrow
after the summer vacation. which
! started June IA. there Will be rec
ord breaking attendance. A total OF
! 2,276 permits were issued last week
| to children to attend the schools. The
white pupils will number 1.15S and
the colored SIS. Eight hundred ana
ten permits were to white boys, Soa to
white girls. o03 to colored boys and
$40 to colored girls. The permits Is
sued to children in the annexed ter
ritory number 143.
/ The greater number Of white pupils
will be assigned to Lee School build
| ing on Prince street. where about
| 900 will attend. Several new teach
| ers will greet the pupils. Z. A. Ryan
and Douglas Mclean will teach IN the
| high school in place OF f. Is. fretty-
man and J. NJ. McFall, resigned. Mr..
Ryan will take charge of the English
department, and Mr.. Mclean will
teach science. Principal Conrad John
! son will continue to teach mathe-
matics; s G. Blanton. Latin and
French: Miss Kroes Ficklin. history
Miss Mary Bontz. junior Engish:
| Col Theodore II. Ficklin, science ana
| Junior mathematics.
! The new principal for Washington School
for boys will be c. A. Burrus. who takes
| signed Other new teachers in this school
are Walter L. Nails. Barton Phillips and
! Miss Rose Caplan. New teachers in Lee
! School are Miss Julia Davis, first grade.
! and Miss Willie Dickert. fifth grade
! Miss Anna Summers will be principal of
| West End School. and assistants in teach
! ing will be Miss Ruth Johnson and Miss
! Louise Rupert. About 2tO pupils in the
primary department will be taught in the
/ n D;-l,,,, han ~
the completion of the new high school
building, which will be ready for occu-
pancy about December ].
4 Two courts will be in session Monday.
The Circuit Court. with Judge J. b. T.
Thornton presiding, will convene at lO
o'clock, and az IL o'clock the Corporation
Court with Judge l.. c. Barley presiding.
will convene. In the latter court several
criminal cases will be taken up. IT is
expected that there will be a special grand
jury called for the latter part OF the week
to consider criminal cases pending.
1t is expected that common council at
its meeting Tuesday night will elect
councilman from the Fourth ward to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of c. B.
Marshall. Clinton S. Ballenger. it is
thought. will be chosen. Mr.. Baienger
lives in West End. 1t is ais" expected
that there will he joint session for the
purpose of filling number of city offices.
including fire chief. police commissioner
from the Fourth ward. messenger for
council and dispensers of medicine for
eastern and western districts.
Mrs Sarah f. Sutherland. widow of
Daniel sutherland. died today at her
home. 223 South Patrick street She was
- years old. and is survived hy several
children Her funeral will take place
at $50 o'clock Tuesday morning from st.
Mary's Catholic Church.
The body of Slas u. Trpp. who died at
Falls Church. and whose funeral took
place today from the Episcopal Church
at Falls Church. was brought here and
placed in the. receiving vault in Bethel
Cemetery. 1t will be taken to New York
for burial.
The body Of Mrs Sophia Bolts. who
died at Occoquan, Va. was brought here
TODAY and buried in Bethel Cemetery.
The superintendents of the various
Sunday schools that will participate in
the parade to be held October Il will
hold meeting at 7:i5 o'clock Tuesday
night in the Young Peoples Building and
discuss plans for the affair.
The committee oO decorations for the
Elks' State convention which will be
held in Alexandria October ;. and :,
will award the contract for street deco
rations tomorrow night.
At a meeting of Alexandria Lodge of
F.lks Monday night trustee will be
chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the
of CharIes r Marshall.
After its annual summer recess the
Chamber of Commerce will hold its first
business meeting on Monday night.
Ernest Deahl and son. Of Washington, |
are guests of Mr.. Deahrs mother, Mrs.
Addison w. Deahl.