The Washington times., 1920-10-05

The winter program OF the eoH-
nunity center department OF the pup
lie schools, providing recreation and
education for young and old, as an
nounced by Miss Cecil Norton. general
secretary. is the biggest In the history
OF the department.
Resumption of organ recitsls. under
the direction. OF Edith ID. Athey' Is
most important of the announce
r.ents. Free public reeitais viii be
held In the Central High School on
the nrst and third Tuesday nights OF
each month.
Dancing. swimming. athletics, en-
tertainments. concerts and several
hundred club meetings are on the
program. The community centers-
and there is one in every part OF
open each night
from 80 TO 1850 y. m, and In the
afternoons for children.
LIST OF CENTERs.
The following is a list OF the vAri-
Gus centers, with a brief summary OF
what win go on at them during the
winter:
Eleventh and Harvard streets; hrs.
Ida Il. Kebler. community secretary;
open daily except Sunday: dressmsk-
ing, millinery and sewing. French.
Spanish, dramatics, public. speaking
Journalism, parliamentary law, ste
biography cooking, supervised STUDY
for children. The Lonesome CLUB for
men and women over thirty years ola,
Columbia Athletic Club for boys. gym
nasium for women, social dancing,
meetings of the State clubs or New
York. Michigan. Alabama, Delaware.
Ohio. The library will be open daily
for reading and reference.
East Washington Community Cen
ter, Seventh and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast eastern High SCHOOL,;
Mrs. l.. w. Hardy, community secre-
tary; open daily except Sunday; Wat
ZACH Pleasure Club, Community So
cial Club. wallach Boy Scouts. Car
berry Boy Scouts. Epworth Boy
Scouts, Boy Scout Band, Community
Orchestra, Lincoln Park Guards. mil
linery, dfessmaking, plain sewing.
domestic science, parliamentary law.
Americanization claAs. rhythmic dane
ing for little girls. Marine Props bas-
ketball team. Dervishes basketball
team. Mohawk Athletic Club, Lafay-
cite Post American Legion. Charles
A. Doyen Post Women's American
Legion.
Thomson CO m m ity Center,
Twelfth and l. streets; Mrs. A. Z.
Driscoll, community secretary; open
every evening except Sunday and Fri
day afternoon; china painting, sociai
dancing class, sewing. millinery,
Spanish for beginners. Spanish TO-
advanced. conversational Spanish,
shorthand dictation, dressmaking.
dramatics, Boy Scouts. Esperanto,
Massachusetts, State Society, Califor-
mia State Society, Mississippi State
Society. Maryland State Society, and
other State societies. The piano may
be used for practice in the afternoons
after 3 o'clock and there are two sew
ing machines and an electric iron Tor
the use of the people of this COM
munity.
Park View Community Center, New
ton and Warder streets; Miss Frances
Farley. Community secretary: Post
office open daily from 8 a. m. to 5
p. m, Center open Monday, Wednes-
day and Friday; Wednesday Night
Dancing Club, Boy Scouts, Friday
Night Social Club. Park View Band.
Park View Orchestra, Mandolin and
Guitar Club, Checker and CHESS Ciub,
French, Spanish.
Elizabeth v. Brown Community Gen.
ter. Mckinley street and Connecticut
avenue; Miss Sidney Robert. Commu-
nifty secretary; open Wednesday. FRI
day and Saturday morning: French
for children. dramatics for children.
rhythmic dancing for children, rhyth-
mic dancing for young women,
French. domestic science. Choral Club.
Citizens Association. School library
open to the public.
Johnson Powell Community Center,
Hiatt place northwest Dust back OF
the Arcade Market: Mrs. Edith Hun
ter, community secretary; open daily
in the evening and "Wednesday and
FRIDAY afternoons; French for begin
ners. French for advanced, Spanish,
stenography, millinery. dressmakng.
social and rhythmic dancing. domestic
science, dramatics, parliamentary law