Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-03
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF

WEN go 49,
The regular drill of the Al '97 n
ar;a Machine Gun Company VIII De
hold in the Armory tonight.
Mrs lanes A. Brown, of this city
1oft ~ Saturday :. night to visit friends
in St Paul, Minnesota.
Mrs Justus Schneider, of Queen
street. is spending some time at 90
lonial Beach.
The Alexandria Commandery No.
,o5i II o. G. c., will hold meet
ing tonight in Lee Camp Hall at 3
o'clock
The Braddock Club will hold its
annual community picnic, Tuesday
July 4th, on the club grounds. All
members are cordially invited TO at
tend.
Miss Grayce Riker left today for
Leesburg, Va, where she VIII speho
a week. the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
]. H. Shroy, at their home Fruit
land" Farm.
A class of fifty candidates will
be initiated tonight at s o'clock by
Alexandria Lodge of Elks. A So
cial session will follow the initiation
II is rumored about town that
Bob Knight has just bought hlm a
farm on the Fairfax Road. II BOD
turns farmer we will wager that IN
a wears time ne will be president OF
the Virginia State Farmers AsSo-
ciation.-What?
Miss Mary Davis has returned
home after having her tonSllS ana
adenoids removed by DR.. Richard
son at the Episcopal Eye, Ear ana
Throat Hospital, Washington, u. -
Miss Kathryn Wolfe and Miss
lydia Bergman, Of York, "a, are
the guests of Miss Alice Lee haro-
ing. at her home in Duke street,
Miss Jeanette Y. Cochran left
last week for Silver Spring, Md, to
visit her cousin, Mrs. Brooke Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayward D. Luckett
and son, Hayward d. Luckett, Jr'
of Charlotte, n. c., spent the week
end with Mr.. Luckett's mother, Mrs,
Lucie Peyton Luckert, 112 South
Patrick street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Pearson and
children, motored to LincoInia yes
terday and spent the day as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Cor
nell.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. f. Lovelace and
children, are visiting his mother,
Mrs f. L. Padgett, at Indian Head,
Md.
At the Richmond today Wallace
Reid will be seen in a very rare pic
ture. "Rent Free" The Ingomar has
Irving Cummings in Campbell OF
the Mounted" The Idle Hour Is
showing Hoot Gibson in "The Bear
Cat"
Following an established custom
there will not be any issue Of the
Gazette tomorrow, July 4.
County Agent Deer, of Fairfax,
will give an Illustrated lecture on
club work before the children at
Snowden School, Fairfax, at eight
o'clock Friday night. A woman will
also give a talk on canning.
There will be a special meeting of
the board of police commissioners
at 1890 o'clock Friday night in the
office of Mayor James NJ. Duncan
for the purpose of considering
charges preferred against a mem
Der of the police force.
Miss Josephine Cowhig has gone
TO Casanova, Va, to spend the
month.
Mr.. Raymond c. Cogan left yes
terday morning for Chicago where
he has secured an important posi-
ton with the government.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Blondheim
and two sons, have gone to Balti- /
more and Pen Mar, Pa, where they
will spend several weeks.
Mrs. ]. A. King and little son,
Jack, of Braddock, after a stay of
10 days at Boston. Mass, have
gone 10 Onset. on Cape Cod, for the I
balance of the summer.
Friends Fairgrounds will be
closed all day tomorrow on account
of the holiday. The Play grounds
are being opened now from 9:3O in
the morning until 1880, and then
again from o'clock in the after
noon 10 1880. Miss Louise Sullivan,
the teacher, says that she is getting
along as we'll as could be expected,
but that she is greatly hampered in
her work on account of the lack of
equipment, money for which the
committee cannot raise.
Miss Winifred Bayne left Sat
urday for Boston, Mass, where she
will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
George S. Ryan. Mrs. RYAN was
formerly Miss Harry Hammond
Kavanaugh, of this city and Wash
ington
A meeting of the Sunday School /
Baseball League will be held in the /
Chamber of Commerce this evening /.
~ 1870 o'clock. Some important ;
matters are to be brought before
the officers and it is hoped that all ,
officers will be present. There will .
be no pqO,a - -, 7 oo,.,,o +O,,,O,.