Evening star., 1915-05-23
MANASSAS.
Special Correspondence of The Star

| Special Correspondence of The Star.
MANASSAS. Va. May 22.-Much in
terest has been exhibited during the
week in the Cleanup campaign, inaug
urated by the Manassas Civic League
and operated under the proclamation
issued by Mayor Brown. League Off
| cials have expressed their pleasure in
the hearty cooperation of the towns
people, and the community has found it
| great sport to watch the loads of rub
bish leave the corporate limits Man
assas High School boys, at the sug
gestfon of their principal. Miss e. H.
Osbourn. volunteered their services in
clearing off vacant lots. The league
has framed letter to the town health
officer. asking a rigid enforcement of
all laws pertaining to cleanliness and
| sanitation.
The sixteenth annual commencement
| exercises of Eastern College opened
| Wednesday evening with pianoforte
recital. The calendar includes daily
programs. eliminating Wednesday
| morning with the commencement prop
| er. The address to the graduates is to
| be made by S. p. Capen. United States
| specialist in higher education, the
| topic being The College and the New
Education.'' Other features of the final
| program are to be the honor orations
| by the following graduates: Edna Wood
| Baumner of Dubuque. Iowa: Katherine
Ernestne Mozer of Highspire, Pa. and
| Edith Meryl Otto of Williamsburg, Pa.
Miss Helen Pearl Snow of Manassas
| has been awarded the medal in the an
| nual oratorical contest for the college
students. The medal was offered by
Miss Anne ]. Allebach Of Brooklyn.
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| The commencement program of He
bron Seminary opened today. Prof. J. a.
| CARRIER of Washington tomorrow is to
l L.,
| Thursday commencement exercises.
| with an address to the graduates by
| Lewis H. Machen of Alexandria and
| Richmond will be held
Thomas Ewing, jr.. United States
| commissioner of patents, is to deliver
the commencement address to the stu
dents of the Manassas Industrial School
for Colored Youth. Other prominent
guests expected. are Paul NJ Warbure,
member of the federal reserve board.
and Cornelius Wickersham, son of the
former Attorney General.
Caleb S. Deats. native of New Jer-
sey and for many years resident of
this county, committed suicide Sunday
with shotgun. He was discovered
some hours later. holding in one hand
the shotgun and in the other a cane.
| the end Of which rested against the
| trigger of the gun. He was an ex-Con-
Information has been received here of
the recent death in Fort Scott. Kan. of
| Capt. Chancellor Alexander Nelson, Con-
| federate veteran and brother-in-1aw
of the late Lieut. Nelson Of Manassas.
for many years clerk of the Prince Will
| liam county court. Capt. Nelson was
| born in Rappahannock county. Va.
| eighty-one years ago. Surviving him
are his widow, who was Miss Jane Nell
| son, a daughter and two sons.
| News also has reached here of the
| death in Scottsville of Miss Celestine
| Martin at the age of seventy-three
ex-senator Martin of Virginia, Sam
| uel T Martin Of Richmond. Leslie H.
| Martin of Charlottesville and John S.
| Martin of Scottsville.
| Mrs Eliza beth Detwiler of Clifton
| Fairfax county. widow of John H. Det-
| wiler. died last Saturday at the age of
! eightv-three. She was member of
| the Presbyterian Church and leaves
one sister. three daughters and four
sons.
! Mrs. Annie Buckley. widow of Will
I liam Buckley. died Tuesday at her
( home near Centerville. Fairfax county
| She was about sixty wears old. a mem
| Der of the Catholic Church and is sur
! and two sons.
/ Thomas n. Lion. chairman of the
| democratic county committee, has set
| the next committee meeting for Satur-
/ day morning. May 20. ...
! The next meeting OF the Civic League
! is to be held Monday, May 81, in Con-
ner's Opera House.
Westwood Hutchinson of Manassas is
| to deliver an address on missions Sun
dav evening, May 30. at the Baptist
| Church At Calverton, Fauquier county
a. q. Weldon has announced his can
didacy for the office of mayor of War
renton. 1t is understood that the pres
| ent mayor. Lucen Keith will not be a
| candidate. and no opposition is ex-
| pected
| The annual banquet of the Manassas
! High School Alumni Association i3 to
be held Friday, June IS, at the New
| Prince William Hotel.
Rev. Horace f. Hillery of California
! is TO preach in the Presbyterian Church
1 Sunday morning, May 30.
! The Loyal Temperance Legion is to
meet Sunday afternoon in Manassas
Baptist church. Rev. H. J.. Quarles is
| to make the address. The Offering is to
he applied to Japan missions.
The Memorial Association is to meet
/ Wednesday afternoon in the L. D. C.
| Hall. There is to be the annual cleo
| tion Of officers and delegates to the
| coming convention.
| Mrs l.. Frank Pattie entertained the
| junior card club Thursday afternoon.
| Mrs. W. Fewell Merchant Tuesday
| and Wednesday evenings entertained
the senior and Junior bridge clubs.
! Miss Dorothy Sheldon the little
! daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bayard Shell
don. celebrated her birthday with a
party Wednesday afternoon
Drs. ". A. Newman. J. {. Meredith.
| W. r. Merchant and j. NJ. Lewis were
| in Alexandria Wednesday to attend a
| meeting of the Medical Society of
| Northern Virginia and the District OF
| Columbia
!. J. Conner and Elder and Mrs +.
| T.. Blougb this week attended the min
| isterial and Sunday School convention
| OF the Church of the Brethren, eastern
| district OF Virginia. which was held in
| Locust Grove Church, Aibemarle
county.
Rev. j. r. Burke and II. Thornton
| Davies. represented Dettingen parish
| this week in Alexandria. at the Epis-