Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-29
CIVIC BODY GREETS
|TSNEW MEMBERS
BrightWood Citizens Asso.
citation Entertains 0rgani-
cation Which J0ined'It

A special meeting of the Brightwood
Citizens Association was held last night
at O'Clock in the Sunday school house
of Emory Church. Georgia avenue and
Rittenhouse street, to welcome the new
members from the Brightwood Park
Citizens Association, which recently
amagamated with the former organi-
cation. The meeting was presided over
by Charles w. Ray, president of the
Brightwood Citizens Association.
Senator Sherman Unable to Speak.
After the singing of America" by the
large assemblage President Ray an
nounced with regret the illness of Sena-
who was to have been the principal
speaker of the evening. Senator Sher-
| man is chairman of the Senate commit
, tee on the District of Columbia.
William Mex. Clayton. first president
of the Brightwood Park Citizens Asso-
citation, was the first speaker of the
evening.
He told of the accomplishments of
| that organization since it's inception
| twenty-five years ago and its in
terest in civic activities. He explained
how citizens associations should be
founded and the work they should
set out to do. He referred to the
citizenship of the National Capital
as being superior to any city in the
| world. He alluded to the remark
| of former mayor of New York city
| and later member of Congress that
| 1t was "a liberal educat ton to live in
the District of Columbia" He referred
to those residing here as national
! citizens.
| Sennte's Chaplain Makes Address.
! The speaker was followed by Rev
Forrest j. Prettyman, chaplain of the
! United States Senate. who also spok G
on the subject of citizenship in the
National Capital. I'VE are proud of
our city and proud of it being the
most beautiful city in the world. We
are not only proud of our cfty, but
also proud of our neighborhood' -
rms. pride, he continued. also includes
| waiter Reed Hospital and naturally
PRIDE in the neighborhood. He prais-
ed the work of the citizens of Bright
wood and vicinity who had helped
the boys at Walter Reed Hospital and
who had fought for those who were
unable to go to war.
He referred to the historic SPOT
where President Lincoln stood at Fort
stevens which is also the present
site of Emory Church, of which the
speaker is pastor.
Other Features of Meeting.
w. V. Cox. one of the pioneer resi-
dents of Brightwood, and for several
years president of the Brightwood
Avenue Citizens Association, later
changed to Brightwood Citizens As
soclatlon, told some "reminiscences Of
the meeting of the organization in
1889 and of the transportation facil-
tiles which existed at that time He
mentioned the famous Red Bird
stage coach line and of the first electric
line to be constructed through that
territory.
Other speakers of the evening in
cluded j. S. Walsmith, one of the or
ganiZers of the Brightly wood Park Citi-
zens' Association: f. NJ. Cleary. chair.
man of the membership drive com
mittee, and c. E. Drew, secretary of
the House District committee Dur
ing the evening John Claggett Proc
tor former secretary of the as
ISOLATION. sang a solo entitled Votes
for Washington" of his own compost
ton. piano solo was rendered by
L. F. Randolph, accompanied by
Harry Hall. and guitar selections by
w. c. Stumph. The meeting con-
clutied with the serving of refresh
ments.