The Washington herald., 1919-05-05
Southeast Washington
Personal News Notes

Under the auspices of the Anacos-
tia Citizens Association, a mass
meeting to further the Victory Loan
is to be held Wednesday evening at
Logan Park. Fourteenth and u
streets southeast. when a number
of prominent speakers will be pres
ent: also a band. Troop 4S of Boy
Scouts. w. B. Marshall, scoutmaster,
will assist. Under the direction of a
special committee. of which w. ].
Latimer. president of the associa-
tion. is chairman. invitations to this
meeting are being spread through
out the suburb. Announcement is
made that at the conclusion of the
meeting there will be dancing in
Masonic Hall nearby and refresh
ments will be served. The commit
tee IS endeavoring to have everyone
in the subuSb display flags at the
request of the Liberty Loan Com
mittee.
Mrs. Catherine +. Magruder. wife
OF william w. Magruder. died Fri
day last in the eighty-first year of
her age. and funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon from the
residence of her daughter. Mrs. G. II.
Riedel. 13S Twelfth street southeast
followed by interment in Rockville
Nd. former home of the deceased.
Capt. Arthur l.. willard. who has
been commandant at the local navy
| yard several years, will tomorrow
relinquish his duties here and Vice
Admiral A. w. Grant will succeed
Rim. Admiral Grant has been COM
manding battleship force No. of
the Atlantic fleet Captain Willard
will assume command OF the new
battleship New Mexico. Rear Ad-
miral II. f. Wiley will assume COM
mand of battleship fleet No. /. re-
| lieving Admiral Grant. Many tes-
timonials have been rendered Capt.
Willard in recognition of his serv-
ices while commandant at the yard.
the most recent being one given by
the machinists.
Members of the Catholic congre-
cation of Congress Heights will
complete their plans this week for
Monday for the purpose of raising
money for the building fund to
| erect a new church. 1t will be
known as the Church of the Incat-
nation and Rev. J. A. Horstkamp
is pastor. The congregation has
already raised quite a sum as a
foundation. and ground for the
| structure has been secured The
campaign was to have been started
last month. but owing to the Vic
tory Loan it was postponed. The
| congregation has been divided into
a number of teams. The congre-
cation is also looking forward to
it's annual tournament and fair, the
proceeds of which will be for the
same purpose.
The revival services which have been
in progress for a number of days at
the Wilson Memorial Methodist Epis-
| copal Church i'm Eleventh street
southeast, have proved of much bene-
fit, and the pastor. Rev. G. C Bacon,
| is pleased. Some of this success is
due to the presence of A. w. Bennett
of Baltimore, who is assisting and
leading the music.
| Everything Is in readiness for the
big mass meeting to be held to-
morrow evening at Eighth street and
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, un-
| der the auspices of the Southeast
Washington Citizens Association, for
the purpose of boosting the Victory
loa and from present plans 1t will be
the largest open meeting ever held
in this section. President A. G. Her.
mann. of the association, is largely
responsible for this meeting, and is
being assisted by an able committee
II the weather is not good the meet
ing will be held in the Eastern High
School. A band will be on hand to
enliven the occasion and many prom
ment speakers are on the program.
Potomac Lodge. No. 7, Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men of the Southeast. will hold a
dance tonight in the Old Masonic
Temple. Ninth and F streets north
west, to raise funds to assist two
members of the lodge. who are tenn
porarily unable to work.
The Highland Junior Athletic Club
baseball team gave an exhibition
game yesterday afternon on its
grounds on the Anacostia flats be-
fore a large crowd
The financial report of the year of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Thir-
teenth and streets southeast, was
presented yesterday to the congre-
cation by Charles F. Roberts, treas
urer of the parish. Every undertak-
ing showed an increase over what
had been done the past year. and
1t also showed that all current ex-
penses Of the parish had been paid.
The buying Of Victory bonds, and
assisting returning soldiers to secure
employment were the two topics dis
cussed in every church OF the South
cast yesterday. In a great many of
them special emphasis was given to
the victory Loan and subscriptions
lwere solicited.