The Washington herald., 1921-02-09
new SCHOOL FUND
OF $4,000 ASKED
FOR ALEXANDRIA
Board Tells City Council
Present Buildings
Are Overtaxed.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. s. Doniphsn,
727 King Street

T27 King Street.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Feb. S.-A
delegation of the city school board
appeared tonight before a joint ses-
sion of city council and asked the
council to appropriate $4,000 for
schools, of which amount $4,000
would be expended for an additional
school building on the high school
grounds and *16,5OO for improve
ments at Lee and Washington
schools. 1t was explained that the
schools are greatly overcrowded.
The proposed new building would
contain sixteen rooms.
James Bayne was reelected
school trustee from the third ward
ever Percy Z. Cliff and Mrs. F. J.
Paff, the election being on the third
ballot. The vote was: Bayne, 10;
Gift, 9. and Mrs. Pan, l.
Ashby Bladen was elected trustee
from the second ward over Miss
Rose NJ. Macdonald and Mrs.
Charles NJ Shepperson. The vote
Iladcn, Is; Miss MacDOnsld, 10.
The sum of $1,000 is sought by the
Y. NJ G A for the coming year.
Pledges last year amounted to 81
amount at once.
Twenty-oue. directors just elected
follow: for three years-C. c. La
mond. Urban S. Lambert. J. X NJ.
Norton. c. c. Csrlin, Carroll Pietce,
Gardner L. Boothe. Samuel w. Pitts;
two years-George X. Bender, Harry
B. Caton. \. S. Greenaway. r. F..
Knight. William Campbell. Charles
+. Dare, ]. Z. w. Timberman: one
| year-Charles F. Holden, John G.
Graham. Arthur L. Lloyd, Charles
3. swan. Warren L. Moody, Arthur
NJ. King, W. S. Risdon.
An estate valued AT tl4.375 is left
by Miss Rebeccs G. Powell, whose
will was admitted to probate today.
She leaves $4,000 to Selma Leroy
Hopkins, Gloucester County, Va
and her bank stock to Sewell Hep
burn Hopkins and Snowden Hopkins
and directs that proceeds from sale
of house 621 Duke street shall go to
Eleanor Burnwell Hepburn. The
sum Of $500 is left to the Alexandria
Hospital.
The body of Cassius H Cockrill,
who shot and killed himself at his
home in st. Elmo. Arlington County,
yesterday was taken tonight to
Marshall. Fauquier County. Va, for
/ burial. The funeral will be held to-
morrow at Marshall.
An automobile belonging TO r. J.
| Mckay. an employee at the Potomac
railroad yards. stolen last night,
was recovered early this morning
/ by Police Sergt. W. J. Wilkinson
and Policeman Bell on the Camp
Humphreys road.
Services will be held tomorrow
| (Ash Wednesday, in the Catholic,
Episcopal and Lutheran churches
Christ Episcopal and St. Pauls Epis-
copal have arranged a joint service
st. Paul's Church being without a
| rector.
At Christ Church tomorrow serv-
ices will be held at IL a. m, and
afternoon services will be on Tues
days and Fridays at 4:3O o'clock
Every Wednesday evening at St
Paurs Church the Rev. Wallace r.
Rollins. OF the Episcopal Theolog
ical Seminary, will hold services al
s o'clock except February 20. as a
preaching mission will be conduct
ed at Christ Church by the Rev
William u. Smith, rector of St
Marks Church, Richmond. begin.
ming Sunday, February 20, and end
ing February -.
Ash Wednesday service at Grace
Episcopal Church will open at 7:3C
a. M. with holy communion and
morning prayer and address at 1896
a. m, and evening prayer and ad.
dress at p. m. Visiting ministers
from Washington will preach Wed.
nesday nights.
st. Mary's Catholic Church will
hold masses at $50 and 7:3O o'clocl
Ash Wednesday and at 7:3O o'clocl
at night. Ashes will be blessed an
distributed. The order OF service
provides for masses each day dur
ing Lent at $50. : and 7:3O a n
and every Wednesday evening ser
mon and benediction at 7:3O O'Clock
and every Thursday afternoon a
BIS o'clock stations of the eros
for the children, and every Frida
evening stations Of the cross at "a
o'clock.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church serv
ices Ash Wednesday at s p. m. an