The Washington times., 1919-12-31
NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA
AND NEARBY VIRGINIA
Watch Services Will Be Held In
Churches Tonight To Wei
come 1920.

night New Year eve, will be cele-
brated in Alexandria as usual by
much noise and gaiety. Bells will
be accompanied by the whistles of
all the big manufacturing plants of
the city.
Watch meetings will be held at all
OF the churches this evening. Sew
eral private parties will be given
this evening. and the Reliance En-
,gine Company will give a banquet ct
their hall, on North Patrick street.
Tomorrow the banks and city offices
| win be closed all day and in the
| afternoon most of the stores will
close.
The Methodist Protestant Church
Sunday School held their Christmas
entertainment at the church, on
| North Washington street. last even
| ing. Santa Claus appeared and pre-
sented the pupils and teachers with
gifts.
The Rev. Joseph Kelly, pastor Of
st. Joseph's Catholic Church, is i'll
at the parsonage in the church
building, at the corner of Columbus
and Wythe streets.
The Sunday school of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South. held
their Christmas celebration at the
young peoples building, on South
Washington street, last evening. The
program opened with the singing of
Joy. to the World" by the Sunday
| school. This was followed by a pray
er by the Rev. f. V. REGISTER. the
pastor. A play entitled waiting for
Santa Claus" written by Mrs. L. c.
Carver. of this city. was given. The
characters were: Mothers, Edwina
Carver, Helen Myers, Alice Norford,
Virginia Chilcotte, Patsey Gaddess,
Gladys Lanhan and AIthea Cook; Sew
ing circle. Rachel Moore. Elizabeth
Hendricks. Mable Petit, Virginia
Dare, Adelaide Risdon, Sarah Chill
cote and Elizabeth Hicks; Brownies,
Thornton Goods, Edwin Codckey, Bur-
age Cation, Theodore Splitter and AL
len browns: Tinkers, Ernest Emer-
son, Robert Emerson, Sherman Miller.
Louis Goode. Marshall Smith, Law
renee Brawner and Howard Lanhan;
Two Waits. the Misses Barrett and
Baggett; Newsboys, Jack Sullivan,
Charles Anderson, Cecil Spitzer John
Bluette, Linwood Scruggs and Louis
Nolan.
At the Methodist Episcopal South
| this evening union prayer meeting
| services will be held at AS o'clock
These services will be participated in
| by the congregations of Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
Methodist Protestant Church and the
NJ. E. Church South.
The German Cooperative Building
| Association No. ) have declared diyi-
| hn fnl
stock: Eighth series, 80 per share;
ninth series. $3.50 per share; tenth
| series. 80 per share; eleventh series,
50 per share; twelfth series, 81 per
| share.
Announcement has been made that
| majority of the stockholders of the
Alexandria Real Estate and Mortgage
Corporation have paid in their first
payment OF 40 per cent OF their sub
scription, and that bids have been
| asked for the erection of a large num-
Der OF houses by the company. These
| houses will be built for the employees
OF the naval torpedo station, located
! in this city.
The big steel freightcr. Edwin A.
Morse will leave the shipyards here
this evening for Philadelphia, where
| she VIII take on freight for Barcelona
| Spain. The Edwin A. Morse. was
| launched at the yards of the Virginia
| Shipbilding Corporation here October
25.
| One Of the most delightful dances
which has been held this season was
| that given by kavanaugh Court, No.
| 81, Daughters OF Isabella at the Ly-
| 'eum Hall, on Duke street, last Mon
| day evening. The dance was ;ttend-
| ed by me nbers of the order nd their
| friends. The music was furnished by
an orchestra from Fort Myer