Evening star., 1922-03-12
ALEXANDRA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. March Il
(SpeciaI).-A mass meeting will be
held here the night Of March q, in q
, place yet to be designated. for the
purpose of mapping out preliminary
plans to select five councilmen, to be
chosen June 13. in place of the pres
ent CITY councilmen, under the new,
form Of government known. as the
|council-manager plan, which be-
comes operative in this city septem-
Der 1.
A call for the meeting has been is
sued by ]. f. w. Timberman, tenn
porary chairman of the organization
that was perfected last Thursday
afternoon, following the meeting Of
the Kiwanis Club. The purpose of
the meeting, it is stated, in addition
to forming a permanent organization.
is to nominate fifteen persons from
among whom to select five who will
run for city council. Every voter,
male or female, is invited to attend
the meeting. :
L The new city council will elect a
chairman, who, will be ex1 of1icio
chairman; who will, be eS,- otficio
manager for the city:
Already considerable interest Is ap-
parent in the coming election.
The body of the man killed Feb
ruary by a southbound Southern
railway passenger train. identified as
j. H. Brannon. through the efforts OF j.
Herbert Taylor of this city, chief of
the bureau of identification of the
Navy Department, will not be buried
in a paupers grave, according to
word received here today by Under
takers Dsmaine & Son from J. II.
Keller of Atlanta, Ca. who says that
Brannon or Brennan, as he mas been
called by some, roomed over his es-
Establishment for two years and left
Atlanta February 2. The writer says
that so far as he knew the man had
no living relative. and in case no
one claims the body he will arrange
to have him buried in Alexandria.
,, Chief of Police Goods today also re-
fication of the man from Chief of
Police James l. beavers Of Atlanta,
Ga. This letter says the chief under
stands that he was for five years
employed in Atlanta. and adds that
he was a dignified man OF good edu-
cation and appearance.
Services in Christ Episcopal Church
during the coming week will be as
follows: Sunday, $3.50 am. Sunday
School and mems Bible class; IL am.
service and sermon by the rector;
1890 pm. baptism service: 1880 pm.
and sermon by the rector, DR.. w. }.
Morton: Tuesday, DIR. Wallace E. Roll
lins: Wednesday at 8. pm, lecture on
church history by the rector; Friday,
litany service and lecture by the rec
tor. Sunday, March 10. Rev. William
C. Brown. q. D., bishop of Virginia.
will preach and confirm a class of
candidates at IL am.
Miss A. Cannon will. on March IA.
16. is, 81. 23 and 25. give a.series of
lectures on parliamentary law. The
lectures will be held each of the six
evenings. at O'clock. in Lyceum
| Hall. The course. it is announced.
| is open to everybody, and a small fee
is charged for a season ticket. Miss
Cannon has on previous occasions
delivered these lectures at st. Mary's
Academy. !:
Troop No. of the Boy Scouts of
the Methodist Protestant Church Will
go ON a hike at 1880 o'clock tomor-
row afternoon.
F. F. Marbury. president of the
board of aldermen, who has. been
under treatment at Emergency Hos
/, pital, Washington. has returned to
| his home in this city.
The monthly meeting Of the. board