The Washington herald., 1915-09-21
ALEXANDRIA PASTOR
Named BY BISHOP
Rev. Louis Smet Succeeds Late
Father Cutler at St. Mary's .
Church.

! Alexandra, Va. Sept. 2o-Announcemen
was made today that Rev. Louis Smet
pastor Of the Catholic Church at Warren.
ton, Va. will be the pastor of St. Mary's
| Catholic Church here, to succeed the late
Rev. Henry ]. Cutler. who died August
80
Rev. Father smet will be formally in.
stalled as pastor at the 1880 O'Clock
mass next Sunday by Right Rev. D. u
| O'Connell, bishop of the diocese of Rich.
mond. The appointment Of Father Smet
as pastor Of the church has lust been
made by Bishop O'Connell.
Rev. Father Smet is a young priest and
native of Belgium. For several years
past he has been pastor of the church al
Warrenton, having succeeded the late
! Rev. Father Patrick Donlon, o. S. B.
Rev. Lawrence F. Kelly is the assistant
pastor of st. Mary's. He has been 10.
Gated in Alexandria about eleven years.
Father Kelly was unable to say whether
he will be retained as assistant pastor of
| the local church. This probably will not
be known until next week.
John A. Wells. foreman of the street
department under City Engineer E. C.
Dunn. was cited to appear in court to-
day by Policeman Campbell because II
was alleged grass was growing on his
sidewalk. Mr.. Wells told the court he
was of the opinion the owner of the
house should be compelled to remove the
grass. Justice Cation imposed a fine Of
s.. Mr.. Wells said he intended to ap-
peal.
Irwin Payne, charged with the reckless
driving Of an automobile, was fined $50
and sentenced to ten days in jail in the
Police Court today. Afterward, however,
the Jail sentence was suspended.
Policeman Gill arrested Payne at 8
o'clock last night in King street road
after his automobile had badly DANA ged
a buggy driven by John Morris and
thrown Morris and a young woman into
the road
According to the testimony Of Morris,
Payne was driving the ma chine in a zig
Tag manner and he could not get out of
his way. although he made every effort
to do so.
Miss Ethel Carson Edmonds, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Edmonds, Of
Front Royal. Va. and Donald A. Camp
bell. Of this city. were married at 2
o'clock this afternoon at the manse Of
the Second Presbyterian Church by Rev.
DR.. John Lee Allison. pastor. The couple
were. attended by Miss Charlotte Ticer.
Washington, and Milton r. Rerrick, this
city. After the wedding the couple left
for New York, Buffalo and Canada.
They will reside In this city after Octo-
Der /.
Miss Daisy Virginia Burkhart, Of Mar
tinsburg, w. Va, and Robert Franklin
Sewers. of this city. were married Satus-
day by Rev. Samuel R. White, a retired
Baptist minister. at Rockville. Md. Mr..
and Mrs. Sewers will reside here. The
bridegroom is agent for the Standard Oil
Company here
Miss Abbie Virginia Brown, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown. this city.
and Elmer Horace Lord, of Hopewell.
Va, were married this afternoon at the
parsonage Of Trinity NJ. E. Church by
Rev. L. NJ. Ferguson, pastor.
Mrs. Hattie Ludwig, Mrs. Oscar Pier
point, and Mrs. Lillian Henderson. dele
gates from the Willard w. c. T. L., and
Mrs. Amy c. Weech, national organizer,
will leave tomorrow for Lynchburg, Va.
to attend the State convention which
will be in session until Friday evening.
James Roche. this city. has been ap-
pointed an aid on the staff Of Michael
D. Schafer, president of the Archdio-
cesar Union, Holy Name Society, In con-
nection with the demonstration which
will be held in Washington October 10.
The condition Of Alderman W. w Bal
lenger who suffered a slight stroke Of
paralysis yesterday, Is reported to be
improved tonight.