The Washington herald., 1919-05-25
Clarendon.

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\ Baseball this afternoon at 3
o'clock, Latterner's field. when
Fairfax will be the contender. Lem
libus will pitch for Clarendon, and
1t Is expected Fairfax will bring a
big bunch of rooters to inject ginger
Into their team. The season thus
far has been a very successful one,
each Sunday seeing larger attend
ance of fans. especially from Wssh-
ington.
In the morning at 1880 o'clock a
team Of "has-beens," including such
old war horses as A. c. Clements,
! wilkins. Langley. Dorritee, Briggs,
Bragg. Ball. Walter Cation and other
Clarendon players. will cross bats
with the Clarendon Red Sox. the
junior baseball toam. and there
should be plenty of action. Two
games will be played Decoration
Day at Clarendon. the first at 1880
p. m. with a team from the Elev-
enth Cavalry. of Fort Myer, and the
second with War Risk. Sunday,
juno first. the team will paly on
the home grounds.
Owing to the downfall of rain
Tuesday evening. the reception to
teachers arranged by the Patrons
League and the Clarendon Citizens'
Association was postponed to a later
date. Announcement will be made
in the near future.
1 Mr.. Mason. owner of the Dixie
| Theater. has leased the same for
the period OF one year to Mr.. Swim
merton. of Washington. late of the
American Expeditionary Forces, and
an experienced movie manager. The
theater has been entirely renovated.
new sloping floor and new seats
installed. and performances will be
given every Monday and Saturday.
only the latest high class films be.
ing shown.
Thursday night at the Dixie The
ater. Boy Scout Troop No. So staged
an entertainment for the beneft of
the boys. They played to a capac-
ity audience. and gave one of the
best amateur performances given
in the community. The program.
which was arranged by Scout Mas
ter George Dennis. included the fol-
lowing numbers: Musical selections
by the Kay Trio: a baritone solo, by
Mr.. Mussey; impersonations and
monologue by Buck Boyd, the
Tramp Comedian; a versatile enter
tainment by Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell: !:
an address by Mr.. Plant. of the
Washington Boy Scouts; dancing
and singing by the Misses Cotter,
and an address on the American In
dian by T. G. Bishop, a full-blooded
Washington State Indian. and rep
resentative of Red Wing Tribe No.
/ %. Washington Reservation, l. o.
\ R. NJ. An invocation was given by
\ Rev. Z. c. Beery, OF the Methodist
Church, and the closing remarks
and benediction by the Rev. C. p.
Ryland. of the First Baptist Church.
of Clarendon.
Monday night. through the courtesy
/ of Mr.. Swinnerton the Dixie Theater
will be placed at the disposal of the
Citizens Association. the moving pic
ture show for that night being post
poned until Tuesday. and an interest
ing discussion of the water sewerage
question. featured by an illustrated
lecture by Maj. E. l. Doten, U. S.
A.. a foremost authority in sewer
age disposal. will commence at S
o'clock. The water committee, COM
posed of A. p. Payne, chairman; c.
#. Taylor. DIR. F. T. Stone. Harry X.
Green, J. Thomas Manning. A. f.
Payne. the Rev. a. Z. Smith, o. l..
Briggs. r. +. Hough, w. l. Bragg,
William Friess and r. H. Colley. have
worked long and earnestly. and
have an interesting and surprisingly
favorable report to make Everyone
is earnestly urged to attend this mass
meeting. whether members of the as
sociation or not, as the matter is
one of vital Importance to every
resident. Water and sewerage for
Clarendon can be put over now and
it depends on You as to how soon
Postmaster Chance reports that
mail delivery will commence in
Clarendon just as soon as the boxes
are placed on the residences and
you personally to get a box and
place it in your house. The Citi-
zens' Association went to the
trouble. through its committee
Messrs. Colley and Briggs. in a
binding rainstorm, to gather up all
available boxes in Washington and
deliver them personally to every
resident who desired one. and ye,
only a small number were public
spirited enough to attach the box
after receiving il. Those who have
boxes should put them up. and those
who have none should buy them. the
cost being but % cents. Your Citi-
zens' Association is working hard
for the interests of Clarendon, and
If you are one of those non-progres-