The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Clarendon.


An error was made in the an
nouncement re ownership of the
store recently opened at the WASH
ington- Virginia Railway Station. 1t
Is conducted by Messrs. Yeatman and
Reinburg as a partnership. and not
by Mr.. Reinburg individually.
A Special meeting Of the Claren-
don Citizens Association is called
for Tuesday. March IS. for adoption
of amendments to the bylaws and
to formulate plans for the election
of ohfcers for the coming year. All
candidates will make their entries
known At this meeting and will be
voted upon at the regular meeting
on Tuesday, March e5.
The st. Patrick's social held by
! the ladies of the Methodist Church
South Friday evening was a sue
cess and an enjoyable evening was
spent by those fortunate enough to
be present.
The First Baptist Church of Clar-
endon. held a Fuhrmann demonstra-
tion pure food dinner Friday at the
Dixie Theater which was well at
tended and financially successfully.
A smoker and get acquainted
meeting will be held at the Dixie
Theater Thursday OF this week by
the Clarendon Citizens Association.
entertainment being furnished by
local talent, and a series of moving
picture reels will be shown.
Under the auspices of the Citi-
zens' Association the moving pic
| ture theater will be reopened Mon
| day. Wednesday, Thursday and Sat
urday nights. commencing the 24th,
a weekly ticket at 81 including ad-
mission to all performances and the
| dance on Wednesday night being
provided. this including the war tax.
Seven reels will be shown at each
| performance, and will be OF the
highest type. including Americas
| Answer" and other films released by
| the committee on public informa-
tion. Wednesday night will be
dance night. on which occasion an
orchestra will be furnished and
dancing by moving pictures will be
featured. The admission to a single
| performance, with the exception or
Saturday, including war tax, will
be 20 cents. and Wednesdays per-
| fcrmance. including the dance, will
be so cents.
A meeting OF the Clarendon Ath-
Ietic Association was held Thurs
day evening. The first practice
game will be held Sunday after
| noon at 10 a. m, on Latterner's
| Field, near Spruce Street Station OF
the Washington-v1rglni Railway.
The Clarendon Athletic Club was
! formed at a meeting held Thursday
] in the Dixie Theater. and the fol-
| lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: z. l. Bennett. presi-
dent; A. E. Payne, vice president;
T. NJ. Lapp. secretary; ]. A. Dorre-
tee. treasurer: w. w. Msinhall.
business manager; Joe Geibel. team
manager; l.. Z. Ball. II. f. wilkins.
executive committee; F. B. Keefer,
| publicity manager; A. D. Langley.
w. W. Cation. A. F. Snyder and c.
s. Georgius. membership committee.
The initial practice of the season
win be held Sunday morning at 10
| a. M, on Latterner's Field. and the
following players will fall in line
| for. the workout: c. f. Limeric,
A. B. Watts, John E. Stewart, o. O.,
Won HerbuIis. B. NJ. J. Davidson.
Howard DruckenmlIler. D. r. Bolen,
| Emil Ptiel Buck SturGer. Ernis
| Schafer. William Hill. Eddie Nc
Mahon. Eddie Carroll, Percy o. Til
| lett and Lem Owens.
! With the cooperation OF the
| Washington-Virgin Railway Com
pany, a public park will be pro-
| ceeded with at once, occupying the
space between the Twelfth street
and Rosslyn branches of the rail-
way. the southern boundary being
the formed by a connecting spur
with above lines. An open air forum
and drinking fountain will be pro-
| Sided by the Citizens Association,
plans having been drawn under the
| approval of the Fine Arts Assocta-
| tion.
The citizens won in the conten-
ton before the Interstate Com
merce Committee held last week.
| in which the Washington-Virgin ginis
Railway Company sought to limit
Communication books to either Ross
Ixn or Twelfth and Pennsylvania
avenue. with the addition of a five
! cent ldIc " pOlllA. ihc
commuters opposed this and held
out for books as at present issued,
that ia good for either terminal at
the option of the user.
Following the decision in favor
Of the commuters at the recent hear
ing before the Interstate Commerce
Committee, the patrons of the
Virginia Railway are
about to commence custer proceed
ings against what they allege is
Illegal parking on the streets of
Washington. The matter will come
before the Public Utilities Commits
sion in the course of time in the
working out of planss by the Dis
trict Commissioners for the inn
provement of streets south Of Penn
sylvania avenue, so that vehicular
traffic may be diverted from that
thoroughfare. 1t will come before
the commissioners independent of
street Improvements owing to the
unanimous opinion of citizens of
Washington that street railway