The Washington herald., 1922-04-06
ALEXANDRIA FIRE
COMPANIES START
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
Volunteers Want So, 900 to
Defray Expenses for
One Year.
INCLUDE 800 MEN
House-to-H House Drive by
Women Helpers'to Start
April IL.
INCLUDE 800 MEN
THE HERALD BUREAU

TsT King Street,
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. April 5.-A
drive to raise 5000 by the three
volunteer fire companies will be
launched Monday. These companies
have no means of obtaining funds
except from the sale of tickets and
donations from merchants. The city
gives each company only $3.50
yea. There are about 800 volun-
teer firemen in the city and. IL is
claimed. they save the city $4,000
a year for a paid department. A
house-to-house canvass for funds
will be made by the women repre-
senting these companies. beginning
April IL. 1t Is proposed to make
the drive an annual affair.
The committee in charge Is COM
posed of Norman Roberts. chairman.
Company No. 4; Robert Lucas, Sec
rotary. Company Mo- 1; Henry
Aaron, treasurer, Company No. S;
william wildt. Company No. 1;
Frank Stuart. Company No. L: VIII
ton Arlington, Company No. 4; John
Edmunds, Company No. 5; Andrew
Sullivan, Company No. 5.
When wallace Nelson was ar
raigned in the Police Court to an
swer a charge OF shooting and seri-
Ously wounding his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Elise Duffey. of lis Harvard
street. he entered a plea of guilty.
AMI was held by Justice Duvall for
the action of the grand jury. Nell
son was remsnded to Jail.
y At the Alexandria Hospital to-
night II was stated that Mr. t-
feS had greatly improved.
the shots. fired from a az :
revolver, penetrated her throaI and
another the left arm
Trustees of the Braddock Heights
Club at a meeting held recently at
the Bachelor Club authorized the
trustees to complete the purchase
of a trust of land at B-dddock
Heights upon a portion of the pres
ent tennis courts of the club. The
trustees authorized to make the
purchase are DR.. T. NJ. billiard. ].
Randall Cation. r. B. Washington.
John c. Graham and Charles T.
Nicholson The committee also was
authorized to obtain estimates for
the construction of a modern CLUB
house. Preston o. Cockey presided
as chairman The membership or
this committee Is composed of
Henry b. Steiner. william P. Woolls
and r. P. Washington. Persons de-
string to join should notify them
One OF the most largely attended
funerals ever held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church South was that OF
Newell S. Greenway. clerk Of the
courts here, who died Monday after
noon. and whose funeral took place
~ $3.50 o'clock this afternoon. The
Fhurch was filled to its capacity.
Services were conducted by Rev. e.
NRezester. pastor, assisted by Rev.
II. p Hsmmill. Burial was in the
Presbyterian Cemetery with Ma
sonic honors. An escort of men,
bers of Old Dominion Commandery
Knights Templar walked beside the
hearse. In addition the members
of the woman's Bible class. Eastern
Star. Seminole Tribe of Red Men.
city officials. members of the city
council and business men and rela-
tives and friends of the deceased.
also attended the oosequies.
The pallbearers were r. II. Cox.
DR.. w. P. Cation. DR.. c. E. Outcalt,
G. II. Callahan. ]. Randall Cation.
jr.. and Lieut.. Comdr. Elwood
Cobey. U. s. N.
Paul l. Thomasson. years old,
son of Mr.. and Mrs E. Thomasson,
died yesterday afternoon at the
Alexandria Hospital. His funeral
will be at IL o'clock tomorrow from
Wheatley's chapel.