Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-19
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

H The regular meeting of Martha
M Washington Chapter, No. az, .. T..
H s., viii be held tomorrow evening.
"a Miss Mary Williamson has been
~ reappointed notary public by Cover
ia nor Westmoreland Davis.
I'D Mrs. NJ. M. Martin has returned to
M her home in Washington after having
~ recovered from an operation at the
"a Alexandria Hospital.
IA Members of the Old Dominion Boat
E Club yesterday afternoon enjoyed
H their semi-monthly oyster roast
N which was held at Fort Foote.
SIR The Theological Seminary and the
* Episcopal High School will suspend
@ classes for the Christmas holidays on
tx Thursday.
N Jack Howard and Daniel STAINS
n bury, students at Fishburne. Military
rs Academy, are at their homes in this
9 city Tor the Christmas holidays.
III Ensign W. Roland Gaines Of the
q U. S. S., Maryland, is the guest OF
u his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
+ Gaines, for the holidays ,.-.i.
M The regular meeting Of the Allison
W. CT. u, will be held tonight at
g. at the. home Of Mrs. Alice Strauss,
4 2l0, South Washington' street.
Is The current issue of the Virginia
I Journal of Education contains an in
/ teresting article and a good picture
l of. Miss: Mary ID. Pierce. Supervisor
{ OF the Alexandria Schools,
& Mrs. Eva Mushbach has returned
r to her home in South St: Asaph
s street after an extended visit with
her nephew, Mr.. McGruder Dent, at
{ his home in Philadelphia. ~ i
H. CHRISTMAS trees in the country
Y south of Alexandria lived hard yes
terday Judging from the number the
autoists brought through the city
yesterday.
i Miss jeanette Cochran has return
! ed to her home in King street, where
she will spend the Christmas holi-
DAYS. Miss Cochran is student at
St. Mary's in Charlestaown, w. Va.
Mr.. johnson Mcclure Of Johns
} Hopkins University of Baltimore, is
home with his parents, Dr.. and Mrs
Hugh Mcclure, in South Washington
street, for the holidays.
! THE Aleyandria Light Infantry will
hold it's regular drill tonight in the
I Armory Hall. All members: are. ex
j pected to attend this drill, as it will
. probably be, the last one this year.
i, The weekly Gym Glasses of the
: Y. Nj. c., A. will be held today !, in
the Westminster Building. No Gym
Glasses will be held on next Monday
SO all members are urged to come
today and get enough exercise to
i last them over, the holidays. .-.-...-.
| There will be a meeting of Section
p. of st. PauPs Church this evening
at 8 o'clock at 1923 South Washington
street., when Christmas box will be
packed and sent to-qne of the Noun
:teins Misibns:r ;, kll'tmembers having
any old clothes. etc, are urged to
bring them.
Miss Elizabeth A. Thomas and
Motorcycle Policeman Haywood Dur
rcr were quietly married at o'clock
Saturday night the rectory of st.
Mary's Catholic Church, Rev. L. F..
hS!lyy dSSISIttIiG ptiSLOl WIN ing .
Only the immediate relatives attend
ed the wedding ~
The regular meeting of the teach
ers of the city will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 3:15 o'clock in the Lee
School building. The teachers who
attended the State Teachers Con-
vention in Richmond will make their
reports, and other business will be
taken up.
The Clarendon Trust Company
opened it's doors for business last
Thursday. At meeting of the Board
Of Directors held the same day, Mr..
Thomas F. Sebrell, of this city, was
elected to the position Of Secretary
Treasurer. Mr.. Sebrell has for sew
eral years past been we'll known to
the business men Of this city.
Gas has been installed in the
High School Building although it
has not yet reached the laboraory
This has been done through the eff
fors of the High School newspaper,
"The Last Lapt" it is claimed by it's
editorial staff. The question has now
been brought up, "Now that there is
$50 III lhS pQiloiilS, Why Hol lilSlt.li
4 kitchen and q Domestic Science
Glass?
The Old Dominion Boat Clubs
basket ball team will play the team
of the Langdon Athletic Club of
Washington tonight in the Armory
Hall. This is expected to be good
game as the Old Dominioniers have
gotten into the swing of the game
and the Langdon team has been going
good during the early part of the
season.
Christmas package mailing open
up in blast this morning and the post
office clerks We're so busy that they
hardly had time to turn around. The
carriers were also loaded to capac-
ity when they started on their routes
this morning. The "Maily Early"
campaign has done much to help the
Christmas rush. bob incoming and