Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-21
THREE IN CONTEST
PASS zoo PER CENT
Second Baptist Sunday
School Leads For Sec
Ond Week
LABOR DAY PICNIC
Two More Sundays and Y. NJ. G. A.
Attendance Campaign Contest
Comes 30 Close

Three Sunday schools went over
200 per cent in the y. NJ. c. A. at
tendance campaign last Sunday,
while four dropped below the lU
per cert mark The total attendance
for the day dropped slightly below
The preceding Sunday.
The Second Baptist school. which
leads this week for the second time,
Eas had over 200 per cent for sew
era! wesnS. and no other school has
approached it in weekly attendance.
But last Sunday for the first time
St. Pauls which lead the contest for
.he first two months of the campaign
scored 200 per cent even with an at
tendance Of l30
The Methodist Protestant school
also scored in the 200 class last Sun
,;ay with an attendance Of 100, the
actual per centage being 213. The
mex. highest school in the weekly
standing was the Trinity NJ. E. with
I25 per cent.
The affairs for the Labor Day pie
nic are rapidly rounding into perfect
form and the Ladies Auxiliary OF
he Y. VI. c. A., which will have the
picnic in hand have announced the
"ollowing committees:
Refreshments and complimentary
luncheon. Miss Cora l.. Cochran;
novelties Miss Mary Lindsey and
Mrs. Chas Nicholson; Cones. Mrs.
Norman williamson. Mrs. W. H.
Me!choir and Mrs. A. A. Mankln;
soft drinks, Mrs. George Uh!er, Mrs.
r. J. Wallace. Mrs. Chas. >Deahl and
Mrs. Geo Anderton.
Mrs. Harry B. Cation, president OF
the Ladies Auxiliary has also prom
iscd an invitation to the city nurses
to be on hand to relieve anuy yas's-7:' a.'ts--,7=:.',i
mothers of unnecessary worry.
Miss Corinne Rearlon. chairman
+ the Entertainment Committee, is
boosting the attendance at the, plcnIc
many unique ways, and has lust
ssucd the second OF her official bu)-
etinS" from which we clip the fol-
owing: Laugh and grow fat so you
an enter the fat mans race, or re-
luce and grow thin 50 you can enter
lie thin mans race. Start today
Another paragraph reads See the
vhcelbarrowiess whcelbarrow race,
md see the ;hree legged race for two
.aggcd people! These are only to"
# the attractions at the Labor Day
pcnic'
And the concluding paragraph IS
If you happen to belong to the win
ming Sunday School you may Look
forward to a free lunch counter. and
you dent you can buy an ice
ream cone. Wherever you belong or
Inarly. the place for you Labor DAY
at the George Mason High School
YOU know how 20 lrave good
.;me. come and show Us. II you don't
cme and we will show you. The
bulletin" is read in all Of the Sun
lav schools each Sunday.
1t is said that the entertainment
comm .t,cc is planning 10 award a
banner to the Sunday school, outside
# ,hc winning school. that has the
arpest attendance at the picnic, and
> very practical plan will 6e used to
determine the largest attendance.
!. Following IS the weeks attendance
summary and there are no changes
If position: Second Baptist attend
quce 230. weeks per cent 247, aver
age per cent 1873; st. Paurs attend
nee 130. weeks per cent 200, aver
,pe ner cent 1S1; Methodist Protest
mt attendance 160 weeks per cent
?.3. average per cent l53; Firs'
Baptist attendance 352, weeks per
rent 100. average per cent 129; Nm
:ty NJ. Z. attendance %, weeks per
cent 125. average per cent l27; NJ.
Z. South attendance 2S2, weeks per
cent 90, average per cent ia; Sec
ond Presbyterian attendance i2o'
weeks per cent 79, average per cent
i02: Grace Church attendance 81,
weeks per cent 1o1; Christ Church
attendance 49, weeks per cent %,
avoro pa nor cent o.