The Washington herald., 1917-06-05
EACH COMMUNITY
WILL MAKE Big DAY
Suburbs of Capital Will Lend Ef-
forts to Listing Success.

Each community In Washington will
hold ITS own celebration today, center
lns around its registration head
quarters, and at 5 O'Clock there will
be a smashing big central ceIebra-
uon al the Monument Grounds.
The schoolhouses. which will be
used Tor registration purposes, will be
thrown wide open for patriotic meet
lhgs, and in most communities these
VIII be uider the auspices of the citI-
zens' associations Of the section Where
the celebrations are to be noisy the
participants will be asked to annoy
tEe registraion officers as little as
possible.
In some communities there will be-
glnSer ale, music, parades. meetings
PoILS until. the close, while in others
mere viii only be formal meetings
IN the afternoon or evening.
The Columbia Heights Citizens As
soclation and the Mt. Pleasant CitI-
zeils Association will be in charge of
2 meeting at the Powell School in
Hlatt place, between Irving street and
Park road, at o'clock this afternoon.
Presloent Frederick ]. Rice, of the
Coiumbia Heights Citizens Associa-
tion, will preside. and addresses will
Pe made by Col. Harley V. Speelman,
Aon- Dan V. Speelman and Robert l..
Haycock. supervising principal OF the
Thlrd public school division. The
music will be by the Boy Scout Drum
ana Bugle Corps and school children.
At MOntrOse Park.
The Georgetown Citizens Associa-
uon has arranged a big demonstration
Tor MOntrOse Park, GEORGETOWN. at 7
O'Clock this evening, in honor of the
young men who have registered for
their country's service. The program
includes patriotic addresses by New
ton ID. Baker, Secretary of War. and
Henry b. F. Macfarland. Frank P. |
Leetoh. Chairman of the executive
committee OF the Georgetown Citizens
Association. will preside and the
speakers will be introduced By Henry
5. Matthews. The opening invocation |
will be delivered by Rev. James T. |
Marshall and the benediction pro-
nounced by Rev. Eugene Del. McDon- |
nell .: J. Patriotic choruses will be !
sung, led oy the choirs of the various |
churches in Georgetown, under the di- |
Tection Of George Herbert Wells. The |
local Boy Scout troop will aid in dis |
trlbuting printed circulars containing |
Horos or songs to be sung. and such |
other services as they so efficiently |
contribute on such occasions.
HId-City Meeting.
The Nid-City Citizens Association |
will hold patriotic rally at Frank
lin Park in the evening. All the !
school children Of the THOMPSON and |
Franklin schools will assemble at the |
thompson School not later than 6:6
p. m. and proceed to Franklin Park, |
where they will sing patriotic airs |
led by the Engineers Band from the J
Washington Barracks.
A patriotic address will be delivered !
BY Dr. Frank VI. O'ReilIy. of the /
catholic UniE6 rsity. There will also |
De an address on liberty loan by |
Simon Wolf. Albert w. Harned's |
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present.
A patriotic rarIy will he held at
Emory Chapel, on the site of old |
Ort Stevens, at 80 this evening
under the ausLices Of the Bright |
wood Citizens Association, the Ia
koma Park Citizens Association, the |
BrightTOOd Park Citizens Associa-
tion, Woodburn and ChiIIum Castle |
Heights, Sixteenth Street Highlands |
Heights. The = will be TatriOtic
speeches and m sic. Patriotic exer-
cises Will also be held at the Bright !
wood school at : o'clock at which |
SpeecheS will be made by the Rev.
:. J. Prettynan. Chaplain of the !
senate and Senator J. Z. RansdelL.
In the suburbs.
The Park Viek and Pctwortb t,itf- |
Zcns' Associations will hold ioinr snry-
Ices in the Park View School from IL
10 l and patriotic exercises inI the
scncoi buildi7- at $50. Th5 chprIhes |
m the section will be open all day and
lhere viii be refreshments for The
The The association of the Chevy Cba.a
in IONS {5h WIZ hold patriotic excrcjsss istss
Brown School 1a'e.h '.
,idn Inc ii Toward Park Citizens Associs-
i1pifo' ion VII. Supervise concerts at regis
nISiC,,I L5Ico5 aces by school children and
SnSo SllH Armstrong Manual Trsininr
SCPooI ScPPooIs' 2ni the Colored Normal
SSnooI; Committees have beon a@I
pointed TO help the sick to rngt.trotidpI, ~,
polls and to aid registration, ''i0ii
Ia the Pinev Branch section each
l..am III ii,IN- VINO registers viii be given a conv
IsnoI IT b,,;. nan Without a Country and
-;Ii Inc Ranile Highlands Association
-. I2!I BaLrl9l C .C.yices. have com