Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-12-19
HAPPENINGS ABOUT
CITY TOLD IN BRIEF
Children today are enjoying the
and many s!cls were
brought out.

brought out.
Because of the heavy sncw the
! public schools held continuous
session, the pupils being dismissed
for the day shortly after / o'clock
this afternoon.
The postoftice department reports
heavy Christmas mail :s being
| received and also a big mail is being
| dispatched daily. the entire f,'rce
,cin:. kept busy with the work.
The first Home Dance at the Com
nunity Center will be held tomorrow
,sght. starting at $50 o'clock. Tickets
IAN be had by calling Miss Winans
,r Mr.. Marsh at the Community
Center.
Rev. CASTOR Payne, Of Clifton
Forge, Va, who has been critically
II with pneumonia, is reported to be
considerably improved according to
word received by his sister Mrs. T..
Marshall Jones. this city
Bishop VIM. Pierce will preach at
fhc Free Methodist Church Thurs
lay, Friday and Saturday evenings,
It 7:30, and Sunday morning at II
,'clock and evening 1880. All are
invited to attend.
A chimney fire at the residence
If Mrs. J. +. Watkins, 1907 Duke
:trect. brought out the fire depart
nent shortly after o'clock this af-
ernoon. The fire was subdued with
hemical extinSuishcrs..
Each day brings additional letters
rom little ones to Santa Claus AZ
he city postoffice. All of the little
writer's cnumeratc their wants and
xpect that old st. Nicholas will
rinr them on big sled Christmas
morning.
An overheated stove was r"srcn-
ible for fire shortly before II
,'clock this morning in small
,ousc in the alley bounded by St.
Asaph. King. Prince and Pitt
treets. The damage was confined
the interior Of the building.
Tickets for the Revue of 1919" will
placed on sale this evening at War
ield's Drug Store on King Street. A
ehearsaI will be held tonight at I 80
clock at the Community Center.
Every member Of the show troupe rs
,gged to report promptly at the ap-
nintcd hour.
Mrs. Kenneth NJ. +. Springman
tated today that she had no news
concerning the whereabouts of her
husband who disappeared from this
.ity nearly two weeks ago. His
iisappearance today is as much Of !:
mystery as since the day his abb
;encc was reported to the police.
Mrs. Caroline Van Antwerp
Clagett has issued invitations for
he marriage Of her grand-daugh-
er, Miss Carol Van Antwerp Will
on, to Mr.. Joseph Harris Frank
in. on Wednesday morning, De"
embcr 81, at 1880 o'clock, in Trim
ty Church. Upper Marlboro, Mary
and.
A pretty wedding was solcmnized
yesterday at the rcctory of st.
Hary's Catholic Church when Miss
tnna c. Burke, daughter Of Mr..
| nd Mrs. John NJ Burke became
4 ne Drllt VI VT waiter toNiG'
he ceremony was performed by
Rev. T.. F. Kelly.
! DR.. Kate Waller Barrett, of this
'ity. addressed meeting Of the
| Woman's Auxiliary to the Farmers
Institute held in Manassas last
week. DR.. Barrett also visited the
| Manassas schools in the interest OF
| Christmas donations to Ioakota
| Farm, the present Children's Home,
! which was formally located in
Alexandria.
The funera! Of J. Norman Gibbs,
who died Wednesday at the Alexan-
Aria Hospital. took place this after
noon from Wheatley's mortuary
chapel Services were conducted by
Rev. Dr. John Lee Allison, pastor
! Of the Second Presbyterian Church,
and burial was in the cemetery at