Evening star., 1921-12-24
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va. December -
Especially 1.-The five new councIlmen
who will serve the city under the city
manager plan form of city govern
year The mayor will receive salary
of $500 a year. The foregoing salary
was fixed upon a few days ago at
meeting OF the commission appointed
for that purpose. which was held at
the home of DIR. Arthur Snowden.
members of the committee were Miss
Mary Lindsey. William p. Woolls. w.
A. Smoot and r s. Cleveland.
The new council Of five will be elect
ed at large, and a special election will
be held June s. They will assume Of
flce. September /. next.
The five members so chosen elect
chairman. who serves as mayor.
Already there is considerable specu-
lation as to who will be elected. How
ever. there are no avowd candidates
in the field for the office thus far. 1t
ment of any who propose to enter
the race will be made before next
February or March. 1t is generally be-
lieved that there will be a consider
able number to enter the contest.
The board Of police commissioners at
morning In the office Of Mayor Duncan
elected three extra policemen to serve
from today till March 81. inclusive
Those elected follow: fanny Trigger,
W. II. Hunter and c. d. Morris
These police men were provided for by
ter months. Their pay will be 500
month.
Oscar Suthard, thirty-nine years old,
died at PAS o'clock this morning at his
residence. 429 Wilkes street, after
comparatively brief illness. The deceased
Washington navy yard. Besides his
wife he is survived by four children
His fur eral will take place at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon from his late resi-
dence and burial will be in Bethel ceme-
terry.
The Elks. Salvation Army and
Kiwanians together with other or
roll OF Santa Claus by distributing
baskets to many of the poor families
Of the city, thereby bringing hap
pinesS into many homes which other
wise would not have felt the spirit
Of Christmas
During the forenoon the members
of the various committees in charge
of this work were kept busy in pre-
pairing the baskets. There was a
goodly number distributed by all.
cations have been Uusily engaged in
the work of obtaining names OF per-
sons who we're in need. and the re-
suit was that the city was pretty
we'll canvasSed.
Two hundred children last night en-
joyed Christmas entertainment
given by the Business and Profess
sional Women's Club assisted by the
Kiwanis Club. Presents were given
each child. together with candy. nuts
and an orange. and other things.
Mrs. L. p. Woodward entertained
the little ones with a Christmas story,
after which Christmas carols were
sung. This was followed by the serv-
ing Of ice cream and cake. There was
a big Christmas tree and the hall was
appropriately decorated with Christ
mas evergreens.
At ST. Mary's Catholic Church
Christmas will be ushered in with the
celebration of a solemn high mass at
midnight tonight. The order Of serv-
ices Christmas day at that church will
be as follows: Masses, z, 9 and IL
O'Clock At all Of the services tomor-
row special Christmas musical pro-
grams have been planned.
The marriage of Miss Pauline Stout.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
Stout. and Joseph E. Schafe. both of
this city. took place At o'clock yes
terday afternoon at Forestville, Md.
The couple were attended by Mr.. Les
ter Simpson of this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Schafe will reside here.