The Washington herald., 1919-05-12
Southeast Washington
Personal News Notes

festival and carnival to be held at the
Good Hope Orphans Home in Good
Hope road southeast. to be held in the
near future
The board of managers and ladies
aid society are in charge of the ar
rangements. 1t is planned to arrange
several booths on the lawn and to
have a program of interesting events
for the young people.
Oscar Priel. superintendent of the
institution. will be in charge of the
local arrangements. The proceeds Of
the affair will be used to cover ex
penses Of the home.
\ special Mothers Day service was
held last evening at the Fifteenth
Street Christian Church, Fifteenth
and ID streets southeast. and a special
feature of the service was the pre-
sentation to each mother in the con-
greEation OF an appropriate souvenir.
Rev. Leslie l.. Bowers. pastor.
preached the sermon. and special mu-
sic was furnished by the choir. At
the morning service the pastors sub
Ject was Your Book
Citizens OF the Sout beast and others
who are using the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. bridge over the Eastern Branch,
are disEusted with the present condi
tiOn OF this bridge. and also the ap-
parent inattentiOn to the pleas of the
citizens by the authorities concerning
this condition. and urging that a new
one be provided.
10 has become necessary to post
notices prohibiting teams with heavy
loads to cross the structure for fear
that serious consequences may result.
Il. -
Of interest the citizens are determined
to have a new bridge to replace this
one and strenuous efforts along this
line will be made when Congress con-
VencS.
Anyone who has used the bridge
recently will say that it is the worst
in the District The roadway is in
dcplorab BILE condition.
\ special meeting of EIecta Chap
ter. No. :. order of the Eastern Star.
- to he held tomorrow evening in the
Masonic Hall at Fourteenth and L
streets southeast. at which time a
class of eight candidates will receive
the degrees. with past officers occupy
ing the stations.
The line will comprise Mrs Lula
Emo as matrOn; Joseph Kelly as
patron: Miss Flora Crozier as asso-
ciate matrOn; Mrs. Helen Butz as
secretary. Mrs. Eliza Watson as treas
ureT; Mrs. Mary O'Brien as con-
ductresS. Mrs. Annie Harnish as as
SuCiate COnduCtress; Mrs. Helen Rob-
erts as chaplain; Mrs. Mary Benhoff
a. marshal: Mrs. Eva Rauchenstein
as Adah: Mrs. Carrie Smith as Ruth:
Mrs. Mamie Copes as Esther: Mrs.
Iavinia Kelly as Martha; Mrs. Fran
Ccs Guernsey as Electa; Mrs. Sophia
French as Wardcr.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Public Improvement Association of
Congress Heights. is scheduled for to-
night in the Baptist portable building
in that suburb.
The recently elected officers will be
installed and assume their duties.
President w. W. Price is anxious for
y large meeting as many matters of
Importance are to he presented.
Rev. Frceley ROhrer. pastor of the
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church,
Fourth and r streets southeast, YES
tcrday preached two sermons of a spe-
cial series Of seven which he has ar
ranged on The Seven Churches"
was 'Sardis-the Dead Church" and
in the evening the subject was Phil
adCIphia-the Struggling Church" The
choir rendered special music at both
services and attention was called to
Mothers Day by the pastor
Superintendent Fay. of the Home
for the Aged and Infirm at Blue
PIains. Southeast. is to be the one
To- demonstrate to the city officials
whether or not il will be practicable
for the District to conduct a hog
farm on profitable basis. and
within the next several days this
plan Will he started.
Morris Hacker. director of refuse
disposal of the District. will have
direct charge of this experiment and
he is making frequent visits to the
farm during the preparations.
Accommodations are being built for
200 hogs. and it is proposed to feed
them with the garbage collected in
Anacostia.
Rev. George F. Dudley. rector of
st. stephens Parish. was the visit
ing preacher to occupy the pulpit
last evening at St. Marks Church.
Third and \ streets southeast A
large congregation was present, and
a special musical program was con-
tributed by the choir.
Rev. George c. Bacon, d. D.. occu-
pied the pulpit yesterday morning at
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church, Pennsylvania avenue and
Fifth street southeast. and a large
congregation was present
In the evening the pastor. Rev. ].
Phelps Hand. preached a sermon
from the subject THE Secret of the
Cnerring Life"
The regular meeting of the Ana
costa Citizens Association is sched-
uled for Wednesday evening of this
week at the Office of the George S.
King Company in Nichols avenue
President W. J. Latimer is issuing
special invitations for every busi-
ness man of the community to be
present