Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1919-11-14
Activities of Club Will be
in Hands of Charles
w. Swan
COMMITTEE is NAMED
Meeting Of Committee Tuesday Night
Elaborate Program to be Given
During Winter Months.

Community Service is due to get
away to flying start again, after
lapse of some two weeks, as Com
munity Organizer Frank S. Marsh
has bis full staff, of assistants on
hand, and has mapped out lengthy
program for the winter months.
Miss Roberta Winans, who will
handle the girls work in Alexandria,
arrived late yesterday, and will be-
gin operations this evening. Miss
Winans comes to Alexandria after an
extended stay at Trenton, where she
iraugurated many recreation prog
rar.s for the girls and women. Miss
Winans plans an extensive program,
Including the organization of a girls
Elee club.
The proposed program takes in
the club room, afternoons and even
ings, with billiard tables, reading
room, writing room, and canteen,
while on the second floor, in the
large hall, nights will be held for
Boy Scouts, young men, business
men, community chorus, including
Glee Club. minstrel and other en-
tertainment features, night for
lectures and entertainments and
a night for community dancing.
rne activities for boys and young
men will embrace volley ball, basket
ball, light gymnastics and general
games.
Mr.. Marsh's program for general
work takes in the development and CO.
operation of boys and girls activities
in school and playground; the assist
ance and development of social
activities for all and holding Of a
community sing every Sunday after
nocn.
The afternoon sessions in the big
hall will be devoted to smalT boys,
girls and women's work. ;, =
The. Alexandria post of'the .Ameri
can Legion has been offered the use
If the entire building as post. head
quarters, and it is understood that
they will avail themselves of the OPP
portunity Of obtaining club room in
the heart of the city. The first com
munity, dance will probably, beGheld a
week from tomorrow night.
Charles w. Swan, late of the tank
corps and formerly sporting editor,
cf The Washington Herald, has been
secured to:kandle .the club activities,
including.;the athletic and entertain
ment features. Mr.. Swan plans a min
strel to start at once. He would like
to have all the younger men Of Alex
andria drop in community center and
talk things over.
The general committee will be com
posed of the following: Rev. DR.. }.
L. Allison, Albert Bryan, E. r. BIZ
rsll, A. D. Brockett, James Bayne'
Harry Burke, Gardner l.: Boothe, Mrs.
Frank Boyle, Louis Bendheim, }. b
Collins, R. NJ; Colvin. Charles Cal
lahan. j. w. Devers, Hon. c. c. Car
I'm, T. E. Dyson, Mrs. A. Drifeus
Capt G. H. Evans, S. B. Fowler, v
F. H. Finke. Mrs. S. B. Fowler
T. J. Fanncn, C. Fletcher D. G. Grill
bortzer. ]. 7. Harrison. D. E. Hmken
T. c. Howard, Mrs. T. C. Howard,
r. S. Jones, P A. Kersey, Mrs. Geo
T. Klipstein. c. c. Lamond, ]. D. Mat,
ter. R. NJ. Much, W. w. McCaffrey
Harold Martin, Mrs. w. S. Miller
Judge ]. X. NJ. Norton, Mrs. NJ. W
O'Brien. J. T. Preston, Mrs. Ida A
French, Miss Ida Mclaughlin, Car
roll Pierce. Mrs CarrA Pierce, Sam
uel Pitts. T. c. Perry. Leopold Ruben
Michael 7. Dwyer, Clinton E. South
erlana. ". B. Smoot. E. F. Ticer
J. E. ". Timbernan. C. W Wattles
Mrs C. W. Wattles. Rev Edgar Car
perter, Mrs T. Marshall Jones. F. F
Marbury, Mr.. Winterwerp and J. Y
Williams.
A meeting Of the general commit
tee will he beld at community cente,
Prince and Royal streets. next Tues
day night, 1t IS requested that ever
member of the general committee a
tend this meeting, as matters of in
portance viii be discussed.