The Washington herald., 1916-01-15
'BARACA CLASS
HOLDS BANQUET
Annual Event Of Alexandra
Baptist Sunday School
Is Held.
INFANTRY IS INSPECTED
Miss Elton v. Bowling Tenders Her
Resignation as Superintendent Of
the City Hospital.

Alexandria, January H-The second an
! nual banquet OF the ]. r. N. Curtin
Memorial Baraca Bible Class, of the First
| Baptist Church Sunday School, was given
/ tonight ir9the Westminster Building and
was well attended. N. /. Williamson was
| toastmaster. Addresses were made by
Samuel W. Pitts, City Councilman A. ID.
Brockett, II. Noel Garner, and Robinson
Moncure. Music was furnished by the
Ideal Musical Association and selections
were given by Clarence Rose and John
! Wells.
| Silent toasts were given to the memory
| of ]. R. N. Curtin. founder OF the class
| and II. s. Bishop
/ The committee in charge was composed
of E F. Hoffman, chairman; 7. r. East,
entertainment; G. C. Trenary. serving
U. c. Clark, purchasing; C. w. Fletcher,
program.
! Considerable speculation has been
aroused among the residents of ouantico
| by a report that an option has been Sc
cured on a tract of land containing 20e
acres at that place.
| Miss Elton v. Bowling has rendered her
] resignation as superintendent of the Alex
andria Hospital, to become effective Feb
/ ruary Is. Miss Bowling win be married
to Earl w. Saum. of the firm of Leach.
man and Saum. grocers of this city. Miss
I Bowling, for the past eight months, has
| been superintendent Of the hospital, hav-
ing succeeded Miss N. Simmons, who
resigned to become the bride Of DR.
George T. Kipstein.
| In the Corporation Court Margaret L
Petteys has been granted a divorce from
I q fhA ground nf. de-
sertion and plaintiff Is given permission
| to resume her maiden name, Margaret
L. HummeL Plaintiff was represented
by Attorney Frederick p. Russell.
| A final decree of divorce on the grounds
| Of desertion was also given In the case
of William o. Harvey against Ida "
Harvey. The defendant was awarded the
custody OF an infant child william o
Harvey, jr..~ until further orders from
the court. Attorney H Noel Garner
represented plaintiff.
| A final decree of divorce on the ground
| of desertion was given In the suit oi
Estelle May Mason against Clyde E.
Mason. Plaintiff was represented by At
torney r. B. Washington.
The annual government inspection oi
the Alexandria Light Infantry was made
by Capt. Hobbs, Seventeenth Infantry
Asa
| were forty members In line, in command
of Capt. w. NJ. King, First Lieut.. Doug
/ las Mclean and Second Lieut.. Walter
| A. Warfield. Capt. Hobbs congratulated
/ the company on its showing and also or
its vell-kept equipment but criticised
the armory.
These officers have been elected by the
Second Presbyterian Church Sunday
\ 90 tp1
Frank L Slaymaker, superintendent
Charles Davis, assistant superintendent
George z. Markell, treasurer; Edward
Markell, secretary; Harry W. Rudd, as
sistant secretary; Charles Haynes. su-
perintendent of supplies; WaltT Piser,
librarian, and Miss Edith Rotchford, or
ganist.
| The German Cooperative Building and
Loan Association has elected officers to
| serve for the year as follows; E. e.
Downham, president; Justus Schneider,
secretary and treasurer; Thomas Hoy
and P. p. German. directors for three
years, and P. NJ. Bradshaw and John d.
Normoyle, trustees.
The new motor combination fire en-
| gine was given its first run tonight when
it responded to an alarm for a chimney
fire in Rosemont. The run was made In
very satisfactory time.
The Bull line steamer Jean, from Bocs
Grand, Fla, with a cargo of $500 tons
| of phosphate rock, consigned to the
Alexandria Fertilizer and Chemical Com
pany, has arrived here and the work of
discharging its cargo began this morning.
The. funeral OF Mrs. Mary c. Dorsey
will take place at o'clock Sunday after
noon from her home, 526 Queen street.
Services win be conducted by Rev. Edgar
Carpenter, rector Of Grace Protestant
Episcopal Church.
| Announcement Is made that Lord and
Lady Aberdeen. who were to make ad-
| dresses in this city Sunday afternoon,
in the auditorium of the Elks' Home, will
be unable to be here until Monday night.
| Officers of Washington Memorial Lodge
Of Perfection. No. IA, Scottish Rite Ma
sons. tonight conferred the fourth, fifth,
sixth and ninth degrees.