The Washington herald., 1917-05-09
E. c. dunn REELECTED
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEER
Councilman Carlin Would Regulate
Employment Outside of Virginia.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
L. L. knight & Son,
62l -s23 King Street.

Alexandria, Va, May S.-Emmett C.
Dunn was tonight reelected city engi-
neer for a term of two years, at a joint
! session Of the City Council
Councilman Carlin presented an ordi-
nance to regulate the employment OF per-
sons for service or labor outside OF the
State of Virginia, which provides for a
license OF 500.
Delegates chosen by r. Z. Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans, to represent that
camp at the Confederate reunion in
washington June 81 are: p. +. German,
J. r. Zimmerman. F, J. Davidson, Rev.
J. w. Duney, D. D.. with aIternates as
follows: w. J. Hall, John NJ. johnson.
j. B. Spicer and @. William Ramsay.
Committees for decorating graves in
cemeteries around the city on May "a:
J. r. Zimmerman, E. H. O'Brien, c. o.
Sipple, S. c. Boush, John NJ. johnson,
Booker c. Hall; st. Mary's Cemetery. z.
F. German and Levi Hurdle: Ivy Hill
Cemetery, Col. Arthur Herbert and
George Wise; to assist ladies in decorat-
ing the monument, Edgar Warfield. W. P.
Mcknight, d. H. Appich, DR.. j. A. Mar
shall and +. ]. Davidson; to arrange for
attending reunion in Washington, F. ].
Davidson. G. William Ramsay ]. b.
Spicer; to assist at Lee Camp Hall, F..
J. Davidson.
There is a spirited contest among the
pupils OF the public schools ranging be-
tween and II years old for Miss Co.
lumbia" and Uncle Sam" for the May
pageant Leaders for Miss Columbia"
are: Misses Rose Murphy, Dorothy
Steele. Beulah Sullivan, Margaret Yates,
Louella Stout, Helen Myers. For Uncle
Sam" Norman Lawler, Marshall Trav-
ers, Frank Davis, Wilmer Myers and Jo-
seph Haslett.
The Woman's Auxiliary and Section r
to the board of missions in the Piedmont
conVocation will meet in st. Paurs p. F.
Church at IL o'clock tomorrow when holy
communion will be administered, follow
ed by business session beginning at
HAS O'Clock. At 2:SO o'clock in the after
noon there will be addresses by mission
ary and other speakers.
Local members of Acca Temple, Mystic
Shrine, have arranged for a ceremonial
session, which will be held May =. at
which time a class OF twenty neophytes
will cross the burning sands of the des-
ert."
Mrs. J. Borden Hartman. of New York
and Washington, prominent in Red Cross
circles, will deliver an address at the
Red Cross benefit, which will be held in
the Richmond Theater May II.
Under the direction Of Capt. T. B,
Cochran the newly organized company
of Home Guards, designated as COMPANY
c, held its first weekly drill in the ar
mory last night. Eight recruits were
received, bringing its membership to
forty-five.
In the Circuit Court for this city final
DEGREES for divorce on the grounds of
desertion have been given in the cases of
Carrie M. Grascoyne from David A,
Grascoyne and Frances NJ. Swartlev
from George r. Swartley. A decree was
also given in the case OF Robert L.
Hooven from Nellie May Hooven.
Mrs. Georgianna Steele, widow of Ed
win T. Steele, died last night at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. Gayton Arlington.
All North Patrick street. She is survived
by the following children: Mrs. Gayton
Arlington and Mrs. William Bayliss. of
this city, and Miss G. D. Steele, Wash
ington.
Funeral services for John T. TaIbert
70 years old, who died Sunday at his
home near F'ranconia. Fairfax County.
Will be held at 2 O'Clock tomorrow after
noon from Beulah Baptist Church. Fran
COMA In addition to his wife. the fol-
lowing children survive: Mrs. G. w
Kitson. Mrs. ]. w. Nero, Norman v.
Talbert. and Eugene Talbert.
The body of Mrs. Henrietta Wright. A
years old, a former resident, who died
in Staunton. Va. will be brought here
tomorrow and buried in st. Paul's Gene
terry.