Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-26
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Union Service on Thanksgiving
Planned by Churches.
HOSPITALS DONATION DAY

ALEXANDRIA,, Va. November 20
The union Thanksgiving services plan
ned by a number of the Protestant
churches OF the city will be held at
IL o'clock Thursday morning in the
Washington Street Methodist Episco-
pal Church South. sermon will be
preached by Rev. E. B. Jackson. pastor
of the First Baptist Church.
The collection taken up will be for
the benefit of the Alexandria Hospital.
Members of the congregations of the
First and Second Baptist, Methodist
Episcopal South. Trinity Methodist,
Methodist Protestant and Second Pres
byterian churches will unite in these
services.
At the three Episcopal and st. Mary's
Catholic churches services will also be
held Thanksgiving morning.
At the Alexandria Hospital. Chill
ddren's Home and Anne Lee Memorial
Home for the Aged, Thanksgiving will
be donation day.
Public Schools to Close.
The public schools of this city will
close Wednesday afternoon for the
Thanksgiving holidays and will not re-
open until the following Monday. This
will also give the teachers in the pub
lie schools an opportunity to attend the
sessions of the state educational con-
ference. which will meet in Richmond
beginning Tuesday anc ending Satur-
day.
Practically all of the private schools
In and near the city will also close
Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holt
days and will not reopen until Monday.
A joint session of city council Will be
held Tuesday night. H. Noel Garner.
who was recently elected corporation
attorney by popular vote. will be con-
firmed for that position by the city
council. after which he will assume
the duties incident to the position.
In addition. considerable routine bus
mess will be transacted at this meet
Ing.
Community Christmas Tree.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements for Alexandria's second COM
munity Christmas tree has placed boxes
in many of the stores in the city to re-
ceive voluntary contributions for de-
fraying the expenses of the tree. The
tree will be illuminated Christmas eve
at O'Clock, when special exercises Will
be held. 1t will be placed on the lot in
the rear of the Second Baptist Church.
The Laymen's League. composed of men
identified with the different Protestant
churches Of the city. will hold its annual
noon in the Young Peoples building of
the NJ. E. Church South.
The local board of civil service ex
aminers announces that the following
examinations will be held in this city
during the month of December: Design
ing engineers. male: chemists aid,
male: statistical agent, male: dental in
terne, male: physician. male; teacher of
agriculture. male: structural engineer
and craftsman. male: laboratory APP
prentice. male; dairyman. male.
Gypsy Smith. jr., evangelist. who re-
Gently conducted a months evangelistic
campaign here, has donated to the
board of governors of the Ann Lee Me-
mortal Home for the Aged 500 copies of
the book. entitled From 4 Gypsy Tent
to Pulpit" written by Gypsy Smith,
ST. These books were placed sale
today for the benefit of the home.
Choir Director Engaged.
Announcement is made. that Colin
Clarke White of Washington has been
engaged as director of the choir of
Christ p. E. Church. and will take
charge beginning tomorrow. He will
render a tenor solo at the IL O'clock
services tomorrow morning.
The Southeast Dramatic Club of
Washington will Thursday night pre-
sent drama entitled The Girl From
Triangle Ranch in the parish of st.
Joseph-s Catholic Church for the bene-
fit of that church.
Final plans for the annual memorial
services of Alexandria Lodge of Eiks,
which will be held Sunday, December
3. in the auditorium of the ElkS' Home.
will be mapped out tomorrow by the
committee in charge. of which DR.. T.
B. Cochran is chairman.
The condition of James L. Bailey. the
Southern railway brakeman whose leg
was amputated Sunday morning as re-
suit of being caught in q guard rail at
the Potomac railroad yards. is reported to
be improving.
Mrs W. 3. Smithers has returned from
Chicago. where she spent the past two
weeks visiting relatives.