The Washington herald., 1922-11-20
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''BUY EARLY" DRIVE
School Children to Compete
In Essays for
Prizes.
TO HOLD TRADE AT HOME
Community Christmas Sale at
Logan Park Planned
For Southeast.
TO HOLD TRADE AT HOME


linked together by an essay con-
test for the school children Of An
acostia instituted by the business
men Of that section in connection
with their do your Christmas
shopping early and in Anacostia"
campaign.
Under the Anacostia Board Of
Trade and Citizens Association the
business men have organized for
the purpose of arranging prizes to
be given to the children writing the
best essays.
Children from the Ketcham and
the Van Buren schools. funder the
direction Of their respective prfn-
cipals. have started in the compe-
ton. Considerable interest Is being
shown. Although the date has not
been definitely set. the essays will
be collected early in December.
At q recent meeting Of the Cit.
GEMS Association. B. Thompson, one
nf The instigators Of the plan. de-
clared the contest would provide for
the children an opportunity Of
studying business conditions in
connection with their educational
program.
Competing children have. been
divided into two groups-those
under ten years old and those
above that age.
Plans for the erection Of a COM
munity Christmas tree at Logan
Park. Fourteenth and U streets
the combined organizations of the
yos- E>tk@It.S
and the Anacostia Citizens Asso-
placed In the park the week before
Christmas will be decorated with
electric lights and toys for the chill
dren,.
During the week following.
holiday entertainment will be fur.
nished each night. Special music
is being arranged.
Combat exhibitions and bombing
demonstrations between aviators
from Boiling Field, Aberdeen and
Langley Field. will feature the air
circus to be held at Boiling Field.
Wednesday afternoon. November 22
Although the program has not
been completed. il Is declared by
that the exhibitions to be staged at
this meet will be far in excess of
any ever before demonstrated at
the field. Officials are arranging
for bombing exhibitions.
Ordered by Brig. Gen. II. II.
Bandholtz, the circus 10 being pre-.
pared to stimulate public interest
In aerial stunts and to test the
accuracy of the flyers. Maj. George
A. E. Reinburg. commandant of
the field. is in charge Of the ar.
rangements. He Is being assist ed
by Capt. st. Clair Street and Lieut..
H. w. Beaton.
Among the Washington flyers
who will compete are Mai. George
E. Lowell. Capt. Robert L. Walsh.
Capt. st. Clair Street. Capt. viii.
liam C.. Other, Lieut.. L. M. Wolfe.
Lieut.. H. X. Ramey, Lieut.. Alfred
B. Baker, Lieut. Harold W. Beaton,
Lieut.. l.. ". Beau. Lieut.. Howard
2. Bogert. Lieut.. Earl ]. Carpenter
Lieut.. T. B. Smith. Lieut.. David r.
Stinson and Lieut.. Paul T. viii.
kins.
Having won the second of a
series of three basketball games
by the score OF to 2. the girl
team of the Virginia Avenue Play
ground Division. Tenth street and
Virginia avenue southeast, have
been proclaimed champions of the
southeast.
The final game which was played
Saturday afternoon with the team
from the Garfield Playground Divi.
sion at the grounds, Tenth street
and Virginia avenue southeast, was
a hard-fought contest. The results
Of the game played at the Gar.
field grounds. Saturday. November
4, resulted in victory for the vir.
ginia Avenue Division team, with
a score Of Is to 7.
The championship team is com.
posed Of Ellen Northedge, Tabatha
Murray. G.. Farran, Evelyn Abby,
Maude Raynor and Erma Duckett.
Referees were Miss Maude Parker
and Miss Ethel Smith. playground
instructors. b
The student girl team Of the Wal.
ZACH school building, Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue southeast,
will be presented with a silver low.
ing cup by Miss Evelyn Smith,
director of the Virginia Avenue
Playground Division. during the
special exercises to be held at the
school Monday noon. As a result
Of a series Of basketball games
played by teams from six schools
in that division, the wallach team
was proclaimed the champion.
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