Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-06-30

tomorrow to spend Two weeks az
Casanova, Virginia.
Mrs. D. H. !Appich has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. William +
Carne, at her new home in Fairfax
Miss Agnes English, Of this city,
has been the guest Of her father,
Joseph P. English, in Stafford county.
The Circuit Court for the city.
Judge J. B. #. Thornton, will con-
vene at eleven o'clock next, Monday
morning.
The Rev. 3. F. Griffith will preach
at the Second Baptist Church tomor-
row morning at II o'clock and in the
evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday School
will be held in the church in the
morning at 9:30.
IA deed was admitted tc record this
morning from the City Council to
the General Shipbuilding Company,
Incorporated, conveying the lot re-
Gently sold by the city at the north
east corner of Madison and Lee
streets.
James K. Cation will address the
Laymen's League open air meeting
tomorrow afternoon at five o'clock
which will be held on what is known
as Wind Mill Hill, on the five hun
dred square Of South Lee street,
The public is invited to attend.
Holy communion will be celebrated
at Trinity Methodist church tomor-
row at II o'clock, and the pastor, Rev.
A. Fl. Spielman, will give short
talk on the subject "The Leisure Of
Faith" At the eight o'clock service
in the evening, the pastors. theme
will be "Winning the War with Food
II is not expected that Alexandria
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Elks, will he represented at
the coming convention of the national
order at Boston. The members of the
local order rha were e'&'t"d -r'enr"-
sentatives were George W. Bontz.
delegate, and Howard w. Smith, al
ternate. but it is not expected that
they will be able to attend.
a fine swimming beach for the use
of beginners has been staked out on
the Maryland side of the river op-
posite of the Old Dominica Boat
Club house. Instructions q swim
ming are to be- given by members OF
the Red Gross life-saving unit of
the club. Quite a large number Of
ladies were at the club house on
Thursday 'Oadies' day. taking their
first lessons in swimming. Refresh
were served and an enjoyable
afternoon spent by all attendance
The marriage of Miss Beatrice Vlr-
pinia Crawford, the youngest daugh-
ter of the Rev. DR.. iAngus B. Craw-
ford, dean of the Episcopal Thcolo-
gical Seminary of Virginia, just out
side this city, and Mrs. Crawford
to Merritt T. Cooke, jr.. of Norfolk
Virginia, will take place at live O'CLOCK
this evening at the Seminary chapel.
The engagement of the couple was
ANNOUNCED very recently. Mr.. Cooke
is in training at present at the Fort
Mver reserve officers training camp,
ard is an .alumnds of'the Unlversit?
of Virginia. He. is one of the great
est stars in University of Virginia
football history.
The sneaker. at the religious SER
vices which will be held tomorrow
evening at $50 o'clock at the st.
Asaph artillery training camp will
be the Rev. John Lee Allison, d. d.
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church of this city,: Special music
for the occasion will be rendered by
the quartet of that church and the
services will be in charge of Secrc-
tary Hardy, of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The y. NJ. e.
A. which was established at the ST
Asaph as we'll as at the Fort Myer
student officers camp by men In
terested in the spiritual and moral
welfare of the soldiers, will ho.d ser
vices every Sunday night for the
men encamped at St. Asa ph
been in attendance nightly since the
revival started and hundreds have
professed conversion.