The Washington times., 1917-02-19

nual convention OF the Alexandria
Sunday School Association will be
held Tuesday, February %, in the
Trinity Methodist Church. The frst
session will open at 2:30 in the af-
ternoon, at which reports will be
given by the superintendents of the
various departments of Sunday school
work in the city schools. An address
will be delivered by Rev. DR.. John
Lee Allison, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church, on How the
Home Department Can Help the Pas
tor" John Herndon will speak on
Teacher Training" Judge Louis c.
Barley will tell of his experiences
with the Bible class of Christ Church,
and brief addresses on various phases
of Sunday school work will be given
by Miss Bessie Elliott, Miss Harriet
Pollard, Miss Helen Cummings, Mel
vim Pitts, +. L. Slaymaker, and Mrs
VIM. Campbell. A rally will be held
in the evening, at which the Rev.
Harry Dawson Mitchell, d. D., OF the
Metropolitan NJ. Z. Church. of Wash
ington, will deliver an address on
Sunday School Efficiency"
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Methodist Protestant Church will
be held this evening at 7:30 in the
lecture room of the church.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
motored through Alexandria yester-
day afternoon at o'clock on their
way to Pohick Church, where they
went for a drive.
The funeral of Frederick q. Ayers,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Ayers,
was held at St Mary's Catholic
Church today, the Rev. L. F. Kelly
officiating.
Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison, pastor
of the Second Presbyterian Church,
and Elmer Thompson, yesterday were
elected delegates to represent that
church at the Layman's League to be
hid in LNington, opning tomorrow
and continuing until Friday. Mr.
Thompson left las night and DR.. ALI
son will join him in Lexington to-
morrow.
Prof. Forest Cole. director of
music for the Rev. Gypsy Smith, jr.,
will be one of the soloists at the re-
cital to be given this evening at st. |
Paul's Church by the Church Choral |
Society. An interesting program has |
been arranged including several num- |
bers from the standard oratories.
Miss z. Gertrude Myerhoeffer was !
operated upon for appendicitis at the
Alexandria hospital, yesterday by DR..
Moore and Nc CURE.
Lieut.. William Worth Dempsey,
U S A, who has been the infantry
service at Eagle Pass, Texas, has
been transferred to the 14th Cavalry.
August and Leo Pohl were home
from Eastern College to spend the
weekend with their parents. Mr.. and
Mrs A J. Pohl. in Rosemont.
Reading rooms for the Boy Scouts
will be opened this evening in the
rear of the rooms of the Chamber of
Commerc, on South Washington
street. All boys are welcome whether
they are members of the Scouts or
ganization or not. TIL rooms will be
open every evening from 7:30 to 0
o'clock. On each evening there will
be an address by a prominent speak
er. The rooms also are to be head
quarters for the Alexandria branch
of the eRd Cross.
The semi-annual musicale of ST
Mary's Acadmey attracted a large
number of friends of the students and
members of the faculty on Friday
evening.
Sugar retalled in the grocery stores
here Saturday at ten cents a pound,
only a limited supply being allowed to
each custmore, the stock on hand
wa srepOrted very small