Evening star., 1916-05-14
Falls Church, Va.



fax County Chapter of the d, A. r.
met at the home of Miss Mae Ballard
last Saturday. In the absence of the
regent. Mrs Caroline Sherman. who
was i'll. the meeting was presided over
by Mrs. 3. W. Sunny. Mrs. Cora Ba-
con Foster of Washington, an honorary
member of the chapter. was present.
The Current Events Club was enter
tanned Wednesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. NJ des Rochers. Mrs.
Works for Us" and waking Up the
Country Merchant. and Miss Nellie
Green read AT the End of the Battle
Line"
At the meeting of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Baptist Church Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. c. A.
Berger payment of $3.50 was made on
the building fund. The following Of
f1cers were elected for the Sunday
school of the church last Sunday: Su
perintendent, Z. T. Fenwick: assistant
superintendent. c. a. Berger; secretary.
]. c. Parrot; assistant secretary. Claude
Garrison: treasurer: 7. b. Snoddy; or
ganist. Clarence Shotwen.
Members of the bridge club were en-
tertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs.
Noble Moore. Mrs. \. w. Kinney was
guest of the club. Highest score was
made by Mrs. II. F. Mott.
Miss Greene of Philadelphia is the
guest of her brother Charles T. Greene
Mr. and Mrs. :. s Cline had as guests
this week Senator and Mrs F. l.. Bean
of Oregon and Mrs. Wilbur V. Leach of
Washington.
Miss Bertha Priest of Purcellville is
the guest of the Misses Seay.
Miss Katharine Garner entertained
Thursday evening at five hundred. Her
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Rice. Mr..
and Mrs Edmund Flagg. Miss Doris
Moore. Misses Lillian and Grace Reed,
L Il
and Mrs 7. Fl. Smythe. Miss Helen Mar
shall. George Gibson of Washington.
Jack Lockwo I'd and Ernest Baldwin OF
Clarendon. Thomas Thorne and Philip
Talbot and Mrs. Belts of North Caro-
lima.
Mrs p. II. Smythe entertained a party
of friends at bridge this afternoon. .,
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Presbyterian Church held busi-
ness meeting and social at the church
chapel last evening.
Mrs J.. ]. Ballard has gone to Bel
mont. Mass. to visit her daughter Mrs
Ralph Smith.
Miss Matte Gundry was the guest of
friends in Baltimore Monday.
Mrs. n. f. Demarest and Miss Alma
Demarest entertained at hfe hundred
tables First prize was won by Mrs
T. NJ. Talbot and second prize by Miss
Nettie Greenwell of Washington.
At meeting yesterday afternoon of
-
were adopted expressing regret at the
voluntary retirement of Miss Edith
Thompson as principal of the Falls
Church schools. and appreciation of the
excellent work she has done in the i'm
provement of the schools and the bet
terment of conditions under which the
children study. Miss Thompson will be
succeeded by Fletcher Kemp OF Kin
sale Va. A second vote is to be taken
Tuesday the question of issuing
bonds for the purpose of erecting new
school building, and the league went on
record unanimously indorsing the
proposal. At the precious election the
bond issue was defeated by margin of
only seven votes. For the purpose Of
increasing the building fund of the
league it was agreed that each mem
ber would undertake a monthly contri
button through some personal effort or
sacrifice One woman volunteered to
sell chicken each month. another will
make cookies for sale, third will sell
an automobile will take her neighbors
to Washington on shopping trips.
charging the equivalent of trolley fare
and turning the proceeds into the
league. Several women will sell cloth
ing and shoes to secondhand dealers.
while others declared they will under
take gardening with view to selling
vegeta bles. The club members are en-
thusia site over the idea of having a
home of their own and hope to begin
building operations within the next
year.
Frank Boucher of Vienna was host a
the Tango Club dance al Gundry Hall
last evening.
DR.. and Mrs. Julian Russell of Brook
lyn. \. Y. have returned to their sum
mer home near West End.
Rev. and Mrs. q. Ellis Williams of
Petworth. u. C.. were guests yesterds Y
of DIR. and Mrs. NJ. T.. Church and Mr.
and Mrs. George Brist. Mr. williams
formerly was pastor Of Crossman NJ. L.
Church
Members of the True Blue" Sunday
school class of the Presbyterian
Church. of which f. G. Hough is teach
er. held their May meeting Thursda
evening at the home of John Henry
Cline, member of the class. Thr
class, composed Of boys from eleven to
fourteen years old. voted to undertake
financial responsi bility for the educa
tion of a mountain boy in one of the
southern industrial schools. This will
involve an obligation of about 800 I,
ear. and the boys will RAJ ise the money
by giving lawn fetes and other enter
tainments and will gather old newspa-
pers and magazines, rags and rubber
for sale. Members of the class are
Everett Demarest. I.loyd Case Harold
Erwin. Maynard Erwin Raymond Sc
Moyer Copeland. Ollie Nails, Ralston
Foster. John Henry Cline. Francis .Ier-
done and Henry Mccormick.
The first contribution of the Falls
Church unit of the surgical dressings
committee. representing the work %
six weeks. consists of s new sheets. 24B
sauze congresses, 200 tampons IA
cushions. each with two cases attached:
III surgical socks and II surgical
stockings. These supplies have been
forwarded to the Washington branch of
the committee.