Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
FALLS Church NEWS.

| FALLS CHURCH. Va, July 49,
The young peoples department Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Vir-
| ginia will hold conference here at
the Crossman Church, August %, 20
| and "a. About $50 delegates from all
| points in Virginia are expected to at
| tend. The young people of Crossman
Church met Thursday evening to
| make plans for the meeting and the
! entertainment of delegates.
a the II meeting Get OF t the Epworth
o'clock tomorrow evening Lieuts.
Jessie and Raymond Gearing of the
Salvation Army VIII tell ST their wofH
with the American forces in this
country and lover there"
Ta1 following delegates from Co
the Baptist associational meeting at
North Fork. Va. August 10, IA and
10: j. $. Carson. l.. I. FsnWick, y.
w. Skinner. Henry II. Rodgers; al
Members of the Presbyterian Church
Will give a lawn party and enter
tainment on the church grounds Sat
urday evening. August 2. The annual
picnic of the Presbyterian Sunday
school will be held at Marshall Hall
next Tuesday.
Never in the history of Falls
Church has SO much property changed
hands as during the past few weeks.
Every house in the town is occupied.
some by two or more families. Some
of the recent sales are:
Miss Alva Y. Berry to DR.. Lewis C.
Gray of the Agricultural Department,
brick house and ten acres on Broad
street at West Falls Church.
Mrs. Margaret G. Merrifield, ten
acres on the Georgetown road to DR..
Henry c. Taylor of the Agricultural
Department
O. J. Chanel. house and three and
one-half acres on the BallSton road
to Charles F. Bayley.
Mrs. Estelle Metz Beahm, house and
near East Falls Church. to John L.
Harrison, who is making extensive
improvements and repairs.
Burns n. Gibson, house and lot on
Falls Church Park to David w. Car
roll; brick house and lot on Broad
street to Gilmer Nickel: house and
lot on Washington street, formerly
the residence of G. A. L. Merrifield
to Buford BridwelI. and five acres of
land on Broad street belonging to
the Falls Church Bank, to Walter T.
WeStcott.
Brown avenue to Mr.. Barrett of
Washington city. Mr.. Barrett will
take possession on September l.
o. J. Chanel has purchased the
house on Columbia street, now occu-
pied by Mr.. Turner. belonging to the
Lieut.. Vernon estate. and Mr.. Turner
has purchased the. house on Brown
avenue formerly belonging to Elwyn
Greene.
Mrs. George W. Hawxhurst has sold
her house on Maple avenue, now oc-
cupied by Mr.. Copeland, to r. A.
Cushman: w. F. Edmonds has sold
his house on Maple avenue to r. r.
sold her house on Maple avenue to
j. d. Adams.
Poseph Petty has sold his house
and lot, situated on Columbia street,
to a Mr.. Jones of Washington. Mrs.
John Crossman has sold a lot next
to the Presbyterian Church to Mrs.
Orr. who is contemplating building
in the near future.
Louis II. Colt, who has been in
France for the past two years, has
arrived home.
Francis Torreyson and Alfred
Swift. who were with the 403d Bat
talon. United States Signal Corps,
have returned from overseas. Both
these young men saw considerable ac-
tive service. and after the close of
activities travelled through France,
Belgium, England, Scotland and Ire
land. Their Sunday school class gave
them a reception at the residence of
NJ E. Church.
Lieut.. G. n. Church and family have
returned from Ell Paso. Ter., where
Lieut.. Church had been stationed for
the last year or more. He has re-
ceived his discharge. and is now as
ISOLATED with sis father in the real
estate business.
The centenary apportionment of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Falls
Church, Va, of $1,000, payable in in
stallments of $1,000 per annum, has.
all been pledged.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ E. Church, daugh-
ter Maybelle, Mrs. Blanche Torrey-.
son. grand matron o. E. S. of Vir-
GINA, and Miss Olive Shafer of Nc
Lean have left to attend the meeting
of the General Grand Chapter, o. E.
s. in Seattle.