Evening star., 1920-06-13
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 12.-An
elaborate Flag day program is sched-
uled to be given Monday at Camp
A. A. Humphreys. at which the mayor,
members of the city council, mem-
bers of the chamber Of commerce and
citizens generally are invited to at
tend. An address will be delivered
by Rev. Dr.. L. Register, pastor OF the
III f. Church South of this city:
The affair will be opened at 1880
o'clock with a parade of the trans
continental motor convoy, which Will
arrive from Alexandria en- route to
San Francisco. At noon a luncheon
will be served to the civilian popu-
lation and visiting officers at Harris
Hall and to visiting enlisted men at
the messes OF the 9Th Engineers.
At o'clock the transcontinental
motor convoy will start on its journey
to San Francis
The flag day exercises will start
promptly at $3.50 o'clock at the amphi-
theater, and Will be opened with
prayer by Chaplain Lloyd. There
will be music by the Engineer Band.
Following singing and music VIII
come the athletic events. which Will
begin on the horse show grounds at
$3.50 o'clock. A total of nine athletic
events will be given and the affair
will end with escort Of the colors,
followed by a review of the 9Th En-
and civilian guests.
Officials in charge fol1owt Capt. p.
7: Book. athletic officer In charge /;
Lieut.. Wolfe, assistant to athletic of
f1cer: Capt. Caffey clerk Of the course /;
Lieut.. Mills, assistant clerk Of the
course: Capts. Irvine and Rice,, chief
judges; Capt. Ingalls,. Lieut.. Colwell
and Capt. Casey. assistant Judges and
timers
A total Of $2.46059 has been collected
for the ambulance fund for the Alex
andria Hospital. The tag day yielded
$218.T6. The ambulance will cost the
hospital S2,700, not including cost of
delivery or upkeep.
Rev. DR.. T.. b. jackson. pastor of the
FIRST Baptist Church, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon to the members
Of the graduating class of the George
Baptist Church at o'clock tomorrow
night.
The work Of constructing thirty
houses in West Rosemont for L. Nor
gan Johnston. by Contractor Julian
D. Knight. is now nearing completion
and Contractor Knight expects TO
turn the houses over to Mr.. Johnston
during the coming week.
The first and second degrees of the
order will be conferred tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock in st. Mary's
Hall. by Fitzgerald Council, No. 459
hHlSnlS OIL Oh one VI thc
largest classes of candidates ever in
itiated since the institution of that
council.
The June term of the corporation
court, Judge Robinson Moncure pre-
siding, will convene at 10 o'clock Mon
day morning, when the docket will be
called and cases set for trial. Judge
Moncure requests that all attorneys
in the city attend. This Will be his
first regular term Of court since his
appointment on the bench.
r. D. Wolfe, auctioneer, today sold
at public auction for J. Is. NJ. Norton
and r. B. Washington, commissioners
of sale, seven lots in Braddock, three
going to Taylor Burke and two each
to Robert Elliott and j. Randall
Cation.
Delegates from George Washing
ton Lodge, No. 191, who will leave
tomorrow for Newport News to attend
the annual meeting of the state fed
Grafton of labor follow: Z. Tull, NJ.
B. Thompson, L. W. Nails, H. c. Con-
nell and George Harrington.
w. T. S. Jackson and wife nave
sold to Samuel Jones and wife ana
Henry NJ. Jones. a house and lot on
the east side of Alfred, between Duke
and Wolfe streets.
Special children's day services Will
be held at II o'clock tomorrow by the
Sunday school of the M. E. Church
South at which time a special pro-
gram Of exercises will be given.
Friday afternoon the chimney OF
the Nurses Home of the Alexandra
Hospital was struck by lightning.