Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-11-09
CITY NEWS in BRIEF

Bishop Brown, of Virginia, will
visit Emmanuel Church, Braddock
Heights, tonight, and confirm some
candidates, at 1880 O'Clock.
The regular meeting Of the Sa-
repta Lodge of Odd Fellows will be
held at the Odd Fellows Hall in
North Columbus street tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 3. Oden, Of
Remington, are visiting at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Preston, in
South Royal street.
Henry Wilson, colored, sentenced
to serve three years in the peniten-
tiary for burglary, was conveyed to
the Richmond penitentiary yesterday
by guard from that institution.
There will be meeting of the
Exeucutive Committee of the Board
Of Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce in the chambers room to-
morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
There is to be special and very
important meeting Of Directors of
the Y. NJ. c. A., at the Chamber of
Commerce tomorrow night at 8
o'clock. 1t is important that every
member be present.
At a meeting of the Board Of Di-
rectors of the Alexandria Anti-Tu-
berculosis Society, which was held
last night; arrangements were made
for the sale of Christmas Seals in
the city, and committees for the
same were appointed.
The weekly luncheon of the Kiwan-
is Club will be held tomorrow. This
week the luncheon is Father and
Son" affair in observance of this, the
national Father and Son" week.
Alexandria High School football
team will play the team of Culpeper
High next Saturday afternoon on
Baggett's Field. This game will, in
all probability, decide the North
eastern championship and is sure to-
be one full of thrills from whistle to
whistle.
There will be a called meeting of
the Ladies' Aid of the First Baptist
Church tonight at p. M, sharp in
the church. All members will please
be present as business of import
ance is to be transacted
The local council of the Knights of
Columbus will hold their regular
meeting tonight at Falls Church, : in
St. James Hall. The members of
the order will proceed by automo-,
.biles to be furnished by the MEM
bers. Automobiles will leave the K.
If c. club rooms at Z o'clock.
The Columbian Players delight
lilly entertained last evening at a
lance given in the Lyceum Hall.
tendance and this nrr'bo. VA aug.
aengel ~ coed nriunsr - sri-HGs
rom ST, M2rr's ard st. R:ta's DEF
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oa November =. As annovoee@
e.ac"iir4~ $500 r-reE, r'e'' III ~g
he first of series of five delightful
musical entertainments in the
2oung Peoples Building under the
;.uspices of the Woman's Missionary
society of n. E. Church South. After
Intending one concert you will be
,.nxious to attend all.
A most interesting address under |,
he auspices of the Woman's Auxil- |
airy of the Second Presbyterian |
church will be delivered in West
Minister Building on Thursday even
ng at 8 o'clock, by Rev. Mr.. Nc
Coy Franklin, who was brought up
right in the wilds of the North Car
DINA Mountains. He will give in a !
most interesting manner very clear
insight into the hardships of the
mountain people and the difficulty |
he had in gaining an education.
Come and hear him. All are well
come. A silver offering will be taken |
The Retail Merchants Bureau will
meet tonight at O'Clock in the /
Chamber of Commerce. Miss Mary
d. Pierce, Supervisor of Public
Schools, will address that organiZa-
ton, her theme being, "The Relation
of the Taxpayer to Education in the
Public Schools" All members of
the Chamber of Commerce whether
affiliated with the Bureau or not are
cordially invited to attend.
At the Midweek Bible Conference
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in the
Norton Memorial Hall tonight at s
o'clock, conducted by Rev. Percy
Foster Hall, rector, the subject will
be, Stewardship of Time And
Money" Several group leaders and
others will take part in the exercises.
Prayers for the sick will precede the
discussion and it will be followed BY