The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
ALEXANDRIA CHURCHES
Plan YULETIDE MUSIC
Special Christmas Services Arranged.
Elks Remember Poor.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
r. Z. knight 4 Son,
6L-623 King Street


sz6z3 King Street.
Alexandria. Va. Dec. 2S.-Augumented
choirs will furnish the music in many
! of the churches Christmas morning. and
elaborate programs will be given. In
most of the churches tomorrow the
Christmas music will be given by the
| choirs, and especially at those churches
where no services will be held Christmas
morning.
I Six masses will be celebrated Christ
mas morning at St Marys Catholic
Church as follows-5, 6, Z. s, and II
o'clock, end the first mass will be solemn
high mass.
The Sunday school of this church win
hold its Christmas celebration at 8
O'Clock Sunday afternoon in the Young
Mems Sodality Lyceum Hall.
Masses will be celebrated at st. Jo-
seph's Catholic Church at 5. and 9
{ o'clock. The first mass will be a high
mass. Rev. Joseph J. Kelly. pastor. will
preach. A special musical program will
be given by the choir, under direction Of
Miss Mary Dewitt.
Services at Christ and st. Paurs
churches will be held at II o'clock. and
at Grace P. z. Church services will be
held at 7:S0 o'clock, with holy communion
at / o'clock
Services at the NJ. E. Church South
Trinity Methodist, and the Methodist
Protestant. churches will be held at 6
o'clock. There will be no services at the
First Baptist, Second Baptist and Sec
ond Presbyterian churches.
At the foregoina churches, however.
special Christmas programs will be given
at tomorrow's services. Rev. z. B. Jack
son. d. D., pastor of First Baptist
Church, will take as his subject at the
morning service, The First Christmas
Seekers of Jesus" and at the evening
services his subject will be The Test
that Came to Bethlehem"
There will be no night services tomor-
row at Christ P. f. Church, although
this church will hold its Christmas cele-
bration at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
as will st. Paurs P. E. Church.
At Emmanuel Lutheran Church the
| Christmas celebration will be held at
7:30 o'clock tomorrow night
Happiness this afternoon wa g
brought to the homes of many Door
families in the city when Alexandria
Lodge of Elks distributed about 100
baskets filled with seasonable provi-
| sions. The Salvation Army also dis
tributed about thirty-five baskets,
these baskets going to the homes Of
worthy poor people.
The committee in charge OF the dis
, tribution of the Elks' baskets was
composed of J. B. Fitzgerald, J. B.
Martin. Rev. Edgar Carpenter, Harry
Simpson. and Bertine Entwisle.
The body of Charles w. DemaIne, a
years old, who died Friday at his
home in Richmond. will be brought
here at noon Monday ana buried in
| Union Cemetery. The deceased was
y "a n u -
city, and in addition to his wife. he
leaves several children.
| These officers have been elected by Vir-
ginia Consistory. No. 2. Scottish Rite Ma
sons, to serve for the year: H. Noel Gar
ner. master of kadosh J. William May,
prior; Arthur A. Paul. preceptor; Will
lam Lewis Allen. chancellor; Samuel w.
Pitts. minister OF state; Alexander NJ.
Sherwood, prelate: Frank w. Latham.
| registrar and. almoner James NJ. Duncan,
treasurer: Boyd S. Richards, master of
ceremonies: Vance H. Peele. expert; Cole
man c. Bachelor; assistant expert:
Chester A. Gwinn. captain OF the guard
George w. Zachary, steward; Harry J.
| Harryman, organist; William J. Waller,
soloist; Bedford K. Smith. electrician.
They were installed by W. s. Connolly,
retiring master of the kadosh.
| Alexe ndria Council. No. 5. Order Fra
ternal Americans, has elected these off,
GERS: Robert T. Lucas, president: L. H.
Dc Vaughan, vice president: James r.
Masfield. recording secretary; F. s. Lucas.
assistant secretary; Fred W. Eberhardt.
| financial secretary; o. II. Daniels, treas
urer; Harry Lyles marshal: James Lloyd.
warden; l. D. Lyles, chaplain; Thomas
Simpson. inside guard: J. L. Kimball.
outside guard: James H. Mansfield, trus-
tee for three years: Robert J. Ayers. rep
Kenny, alternate, and Ernest Cornell.
captain of the degree team.
Officers chosen by the Christian En-
deavor Society of the Methodist Protest
ant Church follow: Miss Flora Glasgow,
president; Milton Penn, vice president;
Louis De Moll. treasurer; Norman Rob-
erts, recording and corresponding sec
| retary.
! Mrs. Mary S. Pearson, wife of Harry
A. Pearson. died this mornig at her
home near Accotink, Fairfax County.
| She was 50 years old. Her funeral will
take place at II o'clock Monday from
Pohick Church. Services will be con-
Quoted by Rev. S. A. Wallis. D. D., of
the Episcopal Theological Seminary.
| Trinit yM. z. Church Sunday school
gave its Christmas celebration last even
| ing in that church. A feature was a
| cantata entitled Santa Claus Christ
mas Barrel A purse of gold was pre-
sented to Rev. L NJ. Ferguson. pastor Of
the church, and his wife and daughter.
Charles E. Pierpoint, superintendent Of
the Sunday school, also was remembered
with a suitable gift.
In the Corporation Court today a final
decree for divorce on statutory grounds
was granted in the suit Of Addie z. Glib
son against Joseph F. Gibson. The plain
| tiff was granted permission to resume the
use of her maiden name, Addie z. Hood
She was represented by Attorney F. P.
Russell.
| Owing to a delay in the running Of the
trains, the body Of Mrs. Harriette Lee
Taliaferro, who died in Berkeley, Cal,
and whose funeral was set for tomorrow
afternoon at Christ P. E. Church, will
not be held until Monday.
| All is in readiness for the exercises to
be held at 6 o'clock Sunday evening at