Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

ty centers of the District will formal
ly begin tomorrow. it was announced
last night by Miss Cecil b. Norton
general community secretary. Ever!
center has planned more and better
activities than ever before. Tenta
tive programs have been prepared
with such great variety that every
one in the community can find some
thing to interest him. Admission e
the centers is very simple, those whe
wish to participate being required
only to go to the center and register
with the community secretary.
The work at the General Civic Cen.
ter, Central High School, 11th anc
Clifton streets, will include civic, edu'
cational and recreational features
The free public organ recitals. giver
last year under the direction of Editf
& Athey of the music department OF
the public schools and. as civic or
ganist, a member of the community
center department. will be given this
year on the first and third tuesdays
of each month.
At the local community centers, OF
which there are now eighteen in the
District, the winter programs have
been arranged to suit the varying
needs of the people, while following
the general lines of civic develop
ment, educational work and recrea-
tional and social activities. The COM
munity centers are open in the even
ing from 7:30 to 1890. with after
moons for children. The following list
of the centers will give briefly an
idea of how the people may use them,
but specific information may be OBJ
tanned from the community secre-
taries by visiting the centers:
Wilson Normal Community Center.
11th and Harvard streets: Mrs. Ida E.
daily. except Sunday: dressmaking,
millinery and sewing, French. Span
ish, dramatics, public speaking. jour
nalism, parliamentary law, stenog-
raphy, cooking. supervised study for
children, the Lonesome Club for men
and women over thirty years old,
Columbia Athletic Club for boys,
gymnasium for women, social dancing,
meetings of the state clubs of New
York, Michigan, Alabama, Delaware
daily for reading and reference.
East Washington Community Cen
ter. 7th and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast eastern High SchooD;
Mrs. L. w. Hardy, community secre-
tary-open daily, except Sunday:
Social Club. wallach Boy Scouts, Car
berry Boy Scouts, Epworth Boy Scouts,
Boy Scout Band. community or
chestra, Lincoln Park Guards. MILL
merry. dressmaking, plain sewing,
domestic science, parliamentary law,
dancing for little girls. Marine Props
basket ball team, Dervishes basket
ball team, Mohawk Athletic Club,
Lafayette Post. American Legion;
Charles A. Doyen Post, Women's
American Legion.
and L streets; Mrs. A. c. Driscoll,
community secretary-open every
evening. except Sunday and Friday
afternoon; china painting, social
dancing class, sewing, millinery,
Spanish for beginners. Spanish for
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 8 o'clock. and there are two
sewing machines and an electric iron
for the use of the people of this COM
munity.
Park View Community Center
Newton and Warder streets; Miss
Frances Farley, community secre-
tary-Post Office open daily from 5
Wednesday and Friday. Wednesday
Night Dancing Club, Boy Scouts, Fri
day Night Social Club, Park View
Band Park View Orchestra, Mandolin
and Guitar Club, Checker and Chess
Club, French, Spanish.
Elizabeth v. Brown Community Gen.
terter, Mckinley street and Connect
cut avenue, Miss Sidney Robert, COM
munity secretary-Open Wednesday
and Friday and Saturday morning;
French for children, dramatics for
children. rhythmic dancing for chill
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women, French, domestic science,
choral club, citizens association; school
library open to the public.
Johnson-Powell Community Center,
Hiatt place northwest Gust 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, dressmaking.
social and rhythmic dancing, domes-
tic science. dramatics. parliamentary
painting, French forl children. elocu-
ton for children, social dancing class
for children, rhythmic dancing for
children; Friday evening will be given to
the children, with supervised play,
folk dancing, gymnastics, dramatics
ukelele club. drawing and painting
Southeast Community Center, 9Th
ukulele club, drawing and painting.
Davis. community secretary-Open
Wednesday, Thursday. Friday; COM
munity dancing. country dance. Pol
lyanna Club, Freckles Club. Boy
ground, millinery, social dancing for
boys and girls.
Petworth Community Center, Sth and
Shepherd streets, Mrs. Agnes McElroy
community secretary-Post Office open
daily from am. to pm. and from
5 to 8 pm. Center is having meet
ings at irregular times because of the
building operations. Announcements
will be made later.
Margaret Wilson Community Center
Sth and T streets. Mrs. Eva Wilson
community secretary-Open Saturday
evening; Boy Scouts. Girls Club, mil
linery for women.
Dunbar Civic Center, LIST and n
streets northwest; Mrs. NJ A Tap.
scott, community secretary-Oper
Tuesday and Thursday evenings ant
Sunday afternoon: dramatics, choru:
club. athletics for youths, athletics
for men, athletics for women, sewing
for girls and women, embroidery
piano lessons for children, supervised
study, French class for children
story telling for children, Community
Centers Band. Free musical pro.
grams will be given every Sunday
afternoon, beginning at pm. There
VIII be community dances on Hal.
loween and Thanksgiving and an Armi.
stice day celebra ton.
Birney Community Center, Howard
and Lincoln avenues. Anacostia; Mrs
Rachel Stewart, community secre-
tary; Miss f. V. Smith. assistant com.
munity secretary-Open Tuesday ant
one other day to be decided boys
athletic club, sewing, Ladies' Com.
munity Club, Willing Workers, Help.
ing Hand, Hillsdale Citizens Asso-
citation, Mems Literary Club, Birney
Community Chorus.