The Washington herald., 1921-05-03
ALEXANDRIA FIRE
ENGINE COMPANY
ELECTS OFFICERS
Carl Mueller Is President
Of Reorganized
Crew.
rHn HERALD BuREAu.

THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. Q. Doniphan.
TT King Street
ALEXANDRIA, VA, May 2.-Re-
lance Fire Engine Company No. 5.
whose members recently resigned
In . body, was organized tonight
With charter membership of
thirty members, and the election OF
oficerz
The meeting was called to order
by Mayor J. N. Duncan. These Of
nesrs were chosen: Carl Mueller,
president: W. w. Demaine, first
vice president: Charles W stump.
second vice president; william
Sullivan, secretary: James KEN
nedy, assistant secretary; Charles
W. King, treasurer; A. T. SulliyaA.
captain: H C. Padgett, first lieuten-
ant; Nelson v. Washington. sec
ond lieutenant; z. Modena, com
mander of hose; Henry C Aaron
recorder.
The following were chosen mem
bers Of the committee on member
ship: Henry c. Aaron. W. W. De-
maine and H. C. Padgett.
Charter active members Of the
company As announced are: Harry
Padgett, Eugene Simpson. ]. W.
Mesdes, Thomas .Cockrell. Nelson
V. washington, Henry c. Aaron.
W. W. Demaine. A. T. Sullivan. j.
A. Kennedy, ]. r. Pearson. W. Sull-
ivan. Carl Mueller, Harry Hinken.
Frank Michelbach. ]. A. William
son; Claude N. Toombs, Elbin B.
Harris. r. b. washington. F. l.
ward. william Klaus, william Rem
ington, Richard Green. jr. wingare
Summers, NJ E Greene, Charles
Stump.
The following were elected hon.
orary members: Judge L. c. Bar
ley. W. g. Ayers and W. n. Cook.
About 100 former members Of
the Relief Truck Company and the
Reliance Fire Company held q
meeting tonight at the office of
Kenneth w Ogden. former chief OF
the IRE department and discussed
plans for the organization OF club.
1t is expected that about forty
five Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
from this city will attend the an
nual meeting of the Grand Encamp-
ment and Rebekah Assembly of Odd
and IL, leaving here next Saturday
and Sunday.
The degree of chivalry will be
conferred on twelve ladies in the
gymnasium building OF the Staun-
ten Military Academy next Mon
day night. The work viii be con-
ferred by Lieut.. Col. d. R
Stansbury and STAFF Of officers, with
Capt, G. Raymond Gaines and TWEEN
ty-hve chevaliers of Canton Alex
andria- No. 1. Patriarchs Militant.
and four lady assistants from Lib
erty Rebekah Lodge, Of this city,
as follows: Miss Winnie williams,
Mrs. e. ]. Roberts. Mrs. G. r. Gaines
and Mrs. W. c. Drury. Little Miss
Margaret Cunningham. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Clifton Cunning
ham. will be maid of honor.
Among those from this city who
will receive the honor arc Mrs. W.
n. Martin. Mrs. W. c. Cunningham
and J. W. McMsnamI.
Commuters travelling over the
-washington-virgin Railway line
loudly complain that the 11:1S
o'clock train at night is over
crowded. They say it is up to the
railway company to put on two cars
instead Of one, as one car, especially
on Saturday and Sunday nights.
is entirely inadequate. The average
seating capacity of a singe car Is
estimated at about fifty-two and II
is pointed out that on the 11:1S
o'clock train from Washington Sat-
urday night 106 persons were regis
tered and that on the 11:20 o'clock
train Sunday night l07 were reg
istered.
In the presence of a large crowd
a spring festival. which will be
continued for three nights was
opened tonight at st. Mary's Acad-
envy. The alumni body of St.
Mary's is in charge.
Under the auspices of the Par
ent-Teachers Association. a meet
ing will be held at 4 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon in the rooms Of
the Chamber of Commerce to con-
slider the question of retaining the
services of Mrs. Olive Jones whit
mer, social hygiene bureau agent
in this city.
Miss Rena V. Lyles. daughter of
Mrs. Ada Lyles. and Michael H.
Reece were married Saturday at
the parsonage of Trinity NJ. E.
Church, the Rev. d. H. Martin. d. D..
pastor, oficiating. They were at
tended by Mrs. Conrad Stone and
c. Kenneth Lyles. The couple left
for Norfolk and Hampton Roads
A special grand jury will meet
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning in
the Corporation Court. when a large
number of cases Of alleged viola
tions Of the State prohibition law
and three cases of burglary will
be presented.
The Citizens Band will give
musicale next Friday night in the
Young Peoples Building.
Students matriculating late for
the winter of the University of