The Washington herald., 1918-05-24

srocs..t vim speak ., tAs Third nap
tist Church.
A majority Of the retail merchants |
Of the city on Saturday win gtve
per cent Of their gross sales TO the :
Red Gross and those who VIII do this
win have cards 70 that effect display
ed IN their windows.
r. y. Lee Camp. Confederate Vet.
Grams. viii hold its annual Memorial
Day exercises At Z o'clock Friday |
evening at the Confederate monu.
ment at washingtoo and Prince
streets.
R. walton Moore. Of Fairfax
County viii be the orator and the
exercises will be presided over by
Lieut.. Commander q. william Ram
say. Music will be furnished by the
American Indian Guard Band. A
choir under the direction OF Miss
Blanche Rotchford, win sing.
Invocation will be pronounced by
Nd, chaplain Of the local camp.
Following the exercises At the monu-
ment. the members Of the camp viii
proceed to Christ Church yard, where
q volley viii be fred, which, with the
sounding Of taps. win bring the sxer-
cises TO . close.
Mrs. Alice MILAN, widow Of James
MILAN. died at $40 o'clock this after
noon at the residence Of her son.
Lawrence MILAN. eo7 South Lee street.
Several weeks ago. Mrs. MILAN frac-
tured her hip. and since then had
been confined to her bed. She 10 sur
vived by two sons. Lawrence N. and
Harvey J. MILAN.
Miss Zsdis Lindsey died last night
at her residence, Braddock Heights.
Her funeral will take place at II
o'clock Saturday morning from her
late residence.
The funeral Of Mrs. Catherine Brad.
ley took place this morning from st.
Mary's Catholic Church. Services
were conducted by the Rev. l. r.
Kelly and burial was made In st.
Mary's Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Amanda
Petit were held this afternoon at her
late residence, 100 Duke street and
were conducted by the Rev. W. J.
Morton. rector Of Christ p. z. Church
and Rev. p. p. Phillips. d. D.. rec
tor OF st. Paul's p. z. Church. Burial
was In Bethel Cemetery.
George W. Downes' funeral will take
place at O'Clock Friday afternoon
from Wheatley's mortuary chapel and
will be conducted by Rev. A. z. SPELL
man. pastor Of Trinity NJ. z. Church.
Members OF Martha Washington
Chapter. No. G, Order Of the Eastern
Star. will leave At 7:3o o'clock tomor-
row night TO pay q visit to Mary
Washington Chapter at Clarendon,
Alexandria County.
Fifty drafted men from this city
and Alexandria County departed at
2:17 o'clock this afternoon for
Charlottesville, Va, where they will
take up a course Of special train
ing. They were accompanied to the
railway station by the members of
the local draft board. Many rela-
tives and friends OF the drafted men
were there to see them on.
A large gathering OF Masons to-
night attended the dedication of the
SerNlCe nag OF Ale1an0rla-WaS aShing-
ton Lodge Of Masons which contains
sS stars
George W. Brent. son Of Com
monwealth's Attorney Samuel G.
Brent. this city, who was second
lieutenant in the U. s. A. has been
promoted to first lieutenant and is
now stationed at Fort Barrancas.
Fla
w. E, Bowles, recording secre-
tary OF the Reliance Steam Fire En-
gine Company. has rendered his
4 resignation and will leave tomor-
row to enter the navy This fire
company has donated S25 to the
Red Cross fund and IS to the Y.
n. c. A.