The Washington herald., 1918-04-04
ALEXANDRIA BUSY
ON SOLDIERS BEHALF
Red Gross Refreshment Corps Ac-
i've Making Plans.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
r. 4. knight g SJn.
6u-aZs King Street

r. u. Knirht & s,n.
@1-s3 King Street
Alexandra. Va. April a-The re-
fresment corps OF the Red Cross Is
completing plans for the entertain
ment OF the soldiers who win be sta
AZ Camp Humphrey and who will
come to that camp in June. Maj.
flanagan, Of Camp Humphrey, and
Joseph Keating. representing the War
department Commission on Training
camp Activities, were among those
who addressed the members of the re-
freshment corps and told the needs Of
the men from this camp who will
visit Alexandria. Mr.. Heating told of
what he hoped to accomplish here for
the accommodation OF the soldiers.
he Is now stationed here and will re-
main In Alexandra for several months
etting his plans into shape.
The refreshmen corps, under the d.
reetion OF Miss Cora Cochran, has
planned to serve breakfast every Sum
Gay morning in the Westminster
Building to the soldiers who spend
the weekend here. The breakfast
VIII be extended In the Westminster
Building. One hundred cots for the
accommodation Of the soldiers have
been paced in the parish hall OF st.
Pam's p. z. Church, where the SOL
olers may spend the night. Sixty-hve
soldiers, In charge of big army trucks
bound for the South. slept last night
IN the parish hall of st. Paul's Church
and this morning were given break
fast In the Westminster Building. Af-
ter being served luncheon last night,
they were guests at the Richmond
Theater Of Manager Steele.
Vestrymen tonight elected by Christ
r. z. Church congregation follow:
Edward s. Leadbeater, Louis c. Bar
ley. Gardner L. Bottle, v. Ward Bos-
well, H. r. Burke. Gilbert c. Cox,
clyde c. Lamond. David N. Rust, Jr..
William D. wood. Alexander Suter
and H. C. Grinhth.
r. E. knight presided over a meet
ing Of the Retail Merchants Bureau
Of the new Chamber Of Commerce
held last night. An outline Of the
held work Of the bureau was made.
Mr.. Knight was authorized to name
,kcommittee of five for this bureau
One Of its principal activities will be
10 show the people that II pays to buy
at home.
Howard ". Smith, chairman Of the
convention and publicity bureau, pre-
sided at a meeting OF that bureau,
and NJ. L. Dinwiddie, ]. William May
and Paul B. Hulfish were named by
the meeting members OF the executive
committee of that bureau. Steps to
have moving pictures taken Of the
activity in Alexandria were taken
and the work was begun today. The
matter Of conventions was discussed,
nd 81
andria with view OF bringing more
labor here.
Charles E. Nicol, jr. D years old,
unmarried, son Of Judge c. z. Nicol.
died at o'clock this morning at the
George Washington University Hos
pitaL Surviving him are his father,
brother, Aylett B. Nicol, and four
sisters, Mrs. B. F. Iden, Misses Julia,
Mary, and Fanny NicoL The funeral
will take place at o'clock Thursday
afternoon from the residence of his
father. 516 North Washington street
|. Services will be conducted by Rev E
\ 3. jackson, D. D., pastor of the First
sptist Church, and burial viii be
Nfhade at Brentville Prince William
County. Va.
Miss Mary Windsor Snowden.
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs Arthur
Snowden. and David Newton Rust,
Jr., this city. were married at IL
o'clock this morning at the resi-
dence OF the brides aunt and uncle,
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. 8. A. Wallis,
Seminary Hill, Fairfax County. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
DR.. Wallis. Only the immediate
relatives of the pair attended. The
bride was given in marriage by her
father. She wore a dark blue
travelling suit with a black straw
hat and corsage bouquet of lilies of
the valley. The bridegroom had
for his best man his brother, DIR.
Thomas L Rust. Washington. Mr..
and Mrs. Rust left for q wedding
trip.
Employees of the Virginia Ship
building Corporation at noon today
heard patriotic addresses which
were delivered by Lieut. Col. /. T
Grey. former commander in the
British army. and Crawford Vaughan.
of South Australia, and Colin II.
Livingston. president of the Vir-
ginia Shipbuilding Corporation, OF
Washington. The speakers were in
troduced by B. W. Morse, vice presi-
4 dent and general manager of the
,AEIrginia Shipbuilding Corporation.
hIUsic was furnished by the Ameri-
can Indian Guard Band.