Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-16
Falls Church, Va.

Special Correspondence Of The star
! FALLS CHURCH. Va, April l3.-The
Current Events club was entertained
Wednesday afternoon by Miss Havener
! The meeting was in charge of Mrs. o.
+. Livingston, chairman of the read
ing committee. Mrs. J. w. Garner read
| The Battle That Never Ends" Miss
! Nina nemarest read The Inner Life of
Sing Sing" and "Slivers." and Mrs. W.
II. Morsen continued her reading of
! The Harbor.
| The adult Bible class of crossman NJ.
! f.. Sunday school We're entertained in
the church parlors Monday evening
| by the members of the teachers train
J ing class.
! Mr.. and Mrs. W. +. McGroarty of
| Baltimore spent the week end here.
| Mrs. Samuel 1hornburS. who has been
| spending the winter in New Jersey.
/ has reopencd her home in Falls
| Church.
Mrs. II. T. Mot! is confined to her
! Mr.. and Mrs. H. +. pemarest enter
| tanned AT five hundred Saturday even
| ing. Highest scores were made by MIR.
and Mrs. Ira bold
| Mrs Henry Parker entertained the
/ members of the Ladies' Aid Society of
| Crossmau NJ. E. Church at her home
! Thursday afternoon. There was large
! summers work.
/ Special services were held this week
! in the chapel of the Presbyterian
| Church. Among the speakers were kew.
j. Harvey Durham Of Western PreSby-
! terrain church. Washington: Rev. Har-
vev S Irwin of lakewood Presbyterian
Church. and Rev. MIR. Belt. an evangel-
list of Washington. Music was furc
| ished by Mr. and Mrs. \. II. Tyson of
Washington Municipal Lodging House.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. H. Brinkerhoff, who
were married last fall and spent the
winter in Florida, returned yesterday
to their home in Falls Church.
The Falls Church branch of the ma
ttiohal surgical dressings committee Will
Inject next Monday afternoon as usual
with Mrs. A. G. Grinnan. at the rectory
of the Old Falls Church. but IT is
planned that future meetings shall be
held in the Congregational Church.
Funeral services for Mrs. John n
EGibson. who died Wednesday al George
town University Hospital, were held
this afternoon at Dulin Chapel. Burial
was in lakewood cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs William Brown of
Washington were guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Mac Crossman.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ E. Church. Mrs. Henry
Parker. Mrs. Duke Torreyson and Mrs
H. A. Ba rbor went to Front Royal. Va.
Wednesday. to institute a new chapter
of the Order of the Eastern Star
Mrs. Daniel Wells and children of
Chicago are the guests of Mrs. John
Wells in jefferson street.
Miss Enid Hogan entertained about
thirty of her young friends at the
home of her parents Wednesday after
noon in celebration of her tenth birth
day anniversary.
The body of DR.. j. r. Hodgkins, for
MANY wears a resident of Falls Church.
was brought here Tuesday from Will
mineton. y. G.. and buried in the
churchyard of the Old Falls Episcopal
Church. of which he was formerly a
vestrNman. Services We're conducted
by Rev A. &. Grinnau, the rector
At meeting Yesterday afternoon of
the Wonan'S civic League move
! ment was inaugurated for the raising
of a fund for the purpose of erecting a
permanent home for the league. SeE
eral new members We're elected. Mrs.
w. T. WeScott. chairman of the com
mittee on lawn Identification. reported
that as Il result of its campaign orders
Tor more than SO worth of plants and
Shrubbery already had heen placed
through the league. The committee
has inspired in the several wards a
friendly contest for the honor of haV
ing the most attractive lawn by the
time the annual flower show is held
under the auspices of the league. No
prizes are be given. but the COM
mittee urges all residents to enter the
competition as matter of civic pride.
Lodge No. II. |. q. q. +, has invited
every one to he present at the odd Eel
lows Hall Tuesday night AT o'clock.
when prizes to be awarded school
children for the best ESSAYS on .'Friend-
ship" Love" and Truth" Other exer-
| ciSes will consist of short addresses on
the ninety-seventh anniversary of the
| order. music, etc. No admlS SiOn fee
will be charged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Heaton of Rethes-
, da were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. sheldon
S Cline Tuesday evening.