Evening star., 1921-09-25
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA,, va. september -
win on October I next decide whether
or not they want to change tho pres-
ent form Of city government to that
l OF the city manager plan. The pro-
posed change already Is creating can
siderable interest and the opinion pre-
In the event Of the change an cleo
ton afterward will be ordered and
five councilmen at large chosen, and
the councilmen elected will select
| their own mayor and they also will
The opinion prevails that the majority
OF the citizens will vote for the form
| OF city government.
| The woman voters Of the city are
going to take an active interest in
| the coming election. Mrs. Harry b.
as general chairman Of the woman's
committee. announces the following
committee: Mrs. II. L. Horner, Mrs. T.
Clifton Howard. Mrs E. F. Baldwin and
Mrs. Louis Evans.
| Ward committee chairTnen follow:
| First. Miss Lucy Graves; second, Mrs.
Leo p. Harlow; third. Mrs. Newell S.
lGreenaWay; fourth. Ara Charles
Rendheim.
The chair,nen and members from the
hold meeting at 1880 o'clock Monday
night In the rooms Of the chamber of
commerce
The grand jury, recently adjourned
over by Judge Robinson Mencure in
the corporation court, will meet again
court, when. it is stated, 1t will com
Plete it's report on the investisa-
tton 1t made recently Of the Ares of
supposed incendiary origin that oc-
tien this jury also viii consider sew
eral cases for alleged violations Of
the state prohibition law that have
occurred since the Jury adjourned.
I The regular business session of the
city council will be held next Tuesday
night It is expected that at this
meeting a joint session will be held for
the purpose of electinE four school trus-
tees and also to elect a fire chief. In
addition considerable other business Of
a routine nature will be presented.
The funeral Of Mrs. Retta x. Ives,
who died last night at the Alexandria
Hospital. will take place at $3.50
o'clock Monday afternoon from her
late residence, Oxford avenue. Del
be conducted by Rev. DR.. John Lee
Allison. pastor Of the Second Presby-
terian Church, this city. She was
thirty-eight years old and was the
widow of Albert l. Ives
city. but in recent years q resident Of
Barnesville. Ca. has Just been elected
mayor OF that city by q substantial
Wajority. Mr.. Summers 10 . son Of
the late George L. Summers and a
brother OF Alderman G.. J. w. Sum-
mers Of the fourth ward.
The Dreadnaught Athletic Club foot
ball team. Just organized. will hold
it's first practice game at Sis o'clock
Monday afternoon on Baggett's Field.
Its first game 10 scheduled to be play.
! ed October 0 with the strong post
| team Of Camp Meade, Md.
The Woman's Missionary Society Of
the II e. Church South has arranged
for its usual autumn meeting next
! Tuesday night at o'clock, In the
| Sunday school room of that church.
; In addition to the regular program,
there will be an address by Mira T.
E. Morton. a returned missionary from
India, who spent twenty-one years, in
that field. An invitation is extended
to all persons interested in missionary
| work to attend.
A play entitled "Ship Alloy" will
| be presented at the opera house Oc-
| tober s, 6 and z. Rehearsals are now
being held, the cast having been Sc
| lected several days ago.