Evening star., 1921-05-16

Today ushers in the liveliest week
of the campaign for the new S125. 900
Presbyterian Church in Chevy Chase
Besides luncheon by Edward F. Col
/ laday. chairman of the church citi-
Zens' committee. to his advisory coun-
Gil. and dinner of the large body
of workers at the church this even
ing. when Postmaster General VIII H
Hays VIII make an address. final
plans have been made for the direct
appeal to 1000 people living in Chevy
Chase to whom the team workers will
make house-to-house canvas. be-
ginning tomorrow evening. Already
the larger contributors in the con-
sregation of the church have pledged
a large amount and the goal which
those directing the movement expect
| to be achieved is $4,000 direct from
these congregation contributors be-
lore the Chevy Chase and the city
wide and nationwide canvas begins
Postmaster General VIII II. Hays
VIII address the meeting of team
| captains, team workers and members
OF the citizens committee at the
theVy Chase Presbyterian Church at
$50 o'clock this evening. Th. occa
, sion is a dinner to thos- working in
IN" interest Of the new editice which
is to b" erected on the east side OF
Chevy Chase circle this year Mr..
! Hays. in a letter to Edward T.. Cola
day. already has indorsed the move
fn'nt for making Chevy Chase a
greater religious center.
Mr. Hays "GInd to Help"
7 will be glad if 1 can help" the
Postmaster General wrote. and will.
OF course. do anything l can as one of
the honorary chairmen of your COM
mlttee. The power of the church for
righteousness in our civic as well as
our religious life is immeasurable. I
DO not want to be considered in any
sense an outsider. Washington be-
longs to the nation. All patriotic citi-
nestly desire to do their full share in
helping to make it worthy of the cap
ital OF America"
The dinner will be given in the
present church structure on Chevy
Chase circle.
There was luncheon given today
at the University club by Mr.. Col
| laday to some of his advisory council.
Plans were discussed for the city
wide campaign. Many of the most
prominent men and women of the
city. representing every business
| financial. professional and social ac-
-, tivity-will gather at the New Willard
be given by Mr.. Colladay, who is the
republican national committeeman
for the District Of Columbia. The
speakers will include Senator Calder
Of New York. who is active in the
campaign for housing facilities
throughout the country; Representa-
tive Fred Zihlman Of Maryland. in
whose district many of the members
of the Chevy Chase Church live. and
Cuno Fl. Rudolph. president of the
board Of Commissioners.
Appeals in Other Churches.
An appeal for cooperation in the
project was made to all the churches
of Washington yesterday. In many of
the churches the story of the new
church, which is to be one of the beau
ty spots of Washington at strategic
point in the northwestern suburb was
told by lavmen at the morning serv-
ices and by nightfalI most of Wash
Inetons congregations had been ac-
quainted with the community impor-
tance of the project, the needs of the
church. the congestion of facilities for
housing public worship and the relation
of the Chevy Chase church to church.
dom generally.
Chevy. Chase has a population of
5000" said Chairman Colladay. Its
combined church capacity, embracing
all four churches. is $50. There are
2,150 children of school age in Chevy
Chase territory. which roughly runs
from Albemarle street on the south to
Chevy Chase Lake on the north The