The Washington herald., 1919-03-16
Southeast Washington
Personal News Notes

Lieut.. Edward Armstrong Pratt, in
structor in the L. s. Marine Corps,
at Quantico, Va. is to be the speak
er at the annual banquet of the
Mems Bible class at the First NJ. A..
Church, to be held at the church to-
morrow evening. Lieut.. Pratt since
entering the service has had a wide
experience and his talk will be of
special interest. Rev. c. Morgan
Compiler. pastor of the church, is
also teacher Of this class. and will
preside
George Z. Frazier. son of Mr.. ana
Mrs. 5. NJ. Frazier. of Maple View
avenue southeast. who enlisted in the
motor corps branch of the army dur
ing the early stages OF this country's
Participation in the war. and who has
been for over a year in France. has
reached New York City. according to
word received here. and Mrs. Fra
zier has gone to New York to see
him 1t is likely he will have to go
TO one OF the camps in the east be-
fore being released from the army.
Rev. Leslie L Bowers, pastor of
the Fifteenth Street Christian Church
sermons on Ideals" at the service
IN hts church this evening. and the
subject will be The Ideal City" At
the morning service Rev. E. r. Sim
ons, Of Philadelphia. now in charge
OF the Y NJ. c. A. at the Walter Reed
Hospital, will preach the sermon, Civ
ing some Of his experiences since he
has been connected with the war
work. The choir will render special
music at both services.
Lieut.. Haar. engineer corps, of Mich
OILS avenue southeast. has returned
from France where he was stationed
for some months. Before joining the
army, Lieut. Har was connected with
tie engineer department of the Dis
trict government and was prominent
in Southeast civic affairs.
fDr. J. ]. Barr. Titusville, Pa, evan
gelist. who is conducting a series of
revival services at the Second Bap-
tist Church. Fourth and Virginia
avenue southeast. will preach at both
services today. In the morning his
text will be The Great Advocate"
and in the evening When God Shuts
the Door" Tomorrow night will be
observed "Old Home Night and Dr.
Barr will deliver his famous sermon
entitled Three Strikes and Out"
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Good
Hope Orphans Home held its regu-
lar meeting at the institution, when
the new officers began their regular
duties. These officers are Mrs. A,
Rupertus, president: Mrs. Emma
Schlottebeck. vice president: Mrs. p.
Walther, recording secretary; Mrs
Louise Gould, financial secretary, and
Mrs- Catherine Gain. treasurer. The
reports were very encouraging.
An informal dance was held last
evening at the Marine Barracks by
the officers stationed there. and n
large number were in attendance. Mu-
sic was furnished by Ihe Marine
Band, and the large hall had been
tastefully decorated for the event.
Those in the receiving line included
Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs. Charles
G.. Long. Mrs. John wadleigh, Mrs.
W. II. Parker and Mrs. L. H. Will
iams.
George F. Creamer and Miss Helen
G. Curton, both of the Southeast.
were married Yesterday by Rev. c.
@. Bacon, pastor of the Wilson Me-
mortal NJ. f. Church, in Eleventh
street southeast. Mr.. and Mrs.
Creamer viii make their home in the
Southeast.
At the Grace Baptist Church,
Ninth and South Carolina avenue
southeast. the pastor. Rev F. w
Johnson will preach two special SER
mons today. This morning the text
will be Prayer and Salvation" and
tonight "Everyman's Religion" The
choir has arranged a special pro-
gram for both services.
The club composed of Marines
and sailors stationed at Marine bar
racks and local navy yard, met last
night at the Grover Cleveland school
where dance was enjoyed follow
Ing a business session. At this ses-
sion IL was decided to invite mari
Rettes and war workers to become
members. The community center
department Of the public schools has
consented to act as chaperones at
the meetings, which will be held
every Saturday evening in the fu-