Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13
FALLS CHURCH NEWS.

FALLS CHURCH, Va, July 1.-THE
Village Improvement Society met
Monday evening and elected officers
as follows: President, Dr. Henry
Knowles; vice president, Baron Fred
ricks; secretary. Miss Bessie Stewart;
treasurer. w. T. PARROT 1t was de-
cided to give an entertainment next
month for the purpose of raising
funds. Raymond Wells has charge of
the arrangements.
At meeting of the school board
this week all of last years teaching
force was re-employed with the ex-
ception of Miss Green, the high school
teacher. She will be succeeded by
Mrs Myers, who has been assistant
principal of the Leesburg high school
Miss Alta Costin will continue as
principal Of the Falls Church schools
Title has been taken to the old Con-
gregational Church property. which is
being used for the first and second
grades and as school auditorium.
NO action was taken on the question
Of an election to authorize the issue
of bonds for a new school building.
A special meeting probably will be
held soon to consider this matter.
a the annual meeting of the stock =
holders of the Falls Church Bank the
following officers and directors were
Fadeley: vice presidents. DR.. J. B.
Gould and NJ. +. Church; cashier,
George w. Hawxhurst; directors, the
officers and Miss Hattie Gundry. A. H.
Barbor, II. Scott Ryder, w. NJ. Ellison.
II. T.. Brown and g. A. L. Merrifield.
The report of the cashier showed the
last year to have been the most pros
porous in the banks history. since its
organiZat ton in 1906. It's deposits are
$249.231.26 and the book value of the
stock s165.44 a share.
Augustus Duffey, twenty years old,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. a. S. Duffey, until
about three years ago residents of
Falls Church, died last Saturday in
Baltimore. The body was taken to
Nj ddleburg. Va, for burial.
AT the annual meeting of the Bap-
fist congregation w. T. Parrott was
elected clerk and DIR. T. b. Snoddy
Treasurer. Clarence Shotwell who
was recently discharged from the
Army, was made organist. The treas
urer's report showed that during the
year $4,000 had been raised for all
purposes, the best financial record in
the church's history. The following
delegates left Thursday to attend the
ginia Reach: Rev. u. S. Knox, f. r
Fenwick,. j. s. Garrison and Harmon
Greene, and the Misses Mary Fenwick
Minerva Snoddy. Marion Wescott and
Louise Byrne.
Uuion evangelistic tent meetings will
be held at East Falls Church August
3 to II, conducted by Rev. Asbury
Christian, president of Blacksburg
College for Girls. A chorus of fifty to
sixty voices representing the various
churches will be under direction of
Mr.. Swift, director of the union choir
The first rehearsal of the chorus will
be held Monday evening at the Baptist
Church.
The East Falls Church post office,
which was robbed last week of $500 in
cash and quantity of postage
stamps, has been moved into a vacant
room in the Notwithstanding rail-
way station. No trace of the robbers
has been found.
Fire Tuesday night in the feed
store of w. n. Lynch threatened for
a time to get beyond control. The
flames had almost reached a tank of
gasolin when checked. Jack" Davis,
driver for Mr.. Lynch, was badly burn
ed Origin Of the fire has not been de-
termined. The damage was slight.
Union services tomorrow evening
will be held at the Baptist church.
Rev Merritt Earl. pastor of the NJ
f. Ckus CHI, Will preach::..'r, :, =