Evening star., 1923-09-02
FALLS CHURCH.

FALLS CHURCH, Va, September
Especially The new town council will
convene tonight as the law requires
and organize by the election of a
clerk and sergeant John F. Bethune.
the only new member elected in juno.
will take his seat.
The Citizens Association will meet
at Parish Hall Monday night. There
will be a report from the fire protec-
tion committee. After the business
session there will be short musical
program. which has been arranged by
Mrs. Barron Fredericks.
Store Property Sold.
Messrs. Hoge and Moses have pur-
chased the store property of DR.. j.
Il. Gould at East Falls Church, now
occupied by j. c. Elliott & Son.
Mr.. and Mrs, George W. HawNhurst
are now occupying their new bunga-
low on Washington street.
c. '. Shreve has completed extern
stve improvements to his residence
at West Falls Church.
Mrs. II. G. Pope has been appointed
postmistreSs Of West Falls Church
and has moved the Office to the depot
OF the Washington and Virginia cleo
Miss Ruby Patterson of Oklahoma.
who has been appointed one of the
teachers in the public schools for
the ensuing year, arrived Tuesday
Gray of West Falls Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Brown and
son are visiting relatives in New
Hampshire.
/. Mr.. and Mrs. G. w Hawxhurst.
Mrs. Nettie Thompson. Miss Elizabeth
Thompson and w. II. Erwin motored
to Mount Airy. Md, and attended
Il two-day session of the Maryland
Grand Lodge Of Good Templars. Miss
Thompson was appointed 10 the Office
as messenger of the grand body.
returned from motoring trip in
the White mountains, New Hamp-
shire.
Kennedy Funeral.
Funeral services for Miss Harriet
B. Kennedy, who died at Providence
Hospital Monday, after & brief III
ness, were held at the family house
at West Falls Church Wednesday
Miss Kennedy was A teacher at the
John Eaton School in Cleveland Park,
Washington. One OF the significant
incidents of her career as teacher
was a petition to the board OF educa-
asking that she be allowed to teach
them on their promotion to the
eighth grade. The petition was
granted and Miss Kennedy had no
knowledge of 1t until acquainted of
her promotion by a member of the
school board.
Her interest in county Sunday
school work was marked. For years
she had been connected with the
Sunday school of Crossman Methodist
Episcopal Church here, and at the
time of her death she was assistant
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wonderful gift in narrating Bible
stories and folk love and children
were instinctively drawn to her. She
was one of the active workers in
the Daily Vacation Bible School dur
ing its recent session in Falls Church.
friends at a dinner party last Wed
nesday in honor of Miss Maybelle
Amelia Church. whose marriage will
take place next week. The dinner
was followed by kitchen shower.
which was attended by about twenty
five guests.
DR.. Macon Ware has returned from
motoring trip through the Shan
andoah valley. His brother, Thomas
Ware. who took charge of the drug
store in his absence, has returned to
his home In Tappahannock.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Edward Thomas
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son, J. Edward Thomas, jr.
At the organization meeting Of the
Peoples State Bank of Cherrydale
last Tuesday night. the following
the board of directors: D. r. Lut-
trell. vice president; II. NJ. Keyser,
II. B. Green, w. r. Moses and W. T.
Parrott.
Lawn Party.
The Woman's Bible Class of the
Presbyterian sunday School gave a
lawn party at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. y. McGroarty last night.
Cake, candy and ice cream were on
sas booth Ihs5e aso Mas sh pond fep the eh
dren.
Acacia Chapter; No. 81. order of the
Eastern Star, will meet at the Odd
Fellows Hall Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs; Henry ByTne and
Jacksonville, Fla, will return home
tomorrow.
Mrs. Macon Ware. with her children.
is visiting her sister. Mrs. z. T. Willis,
at Montgomery.
A. L. Anderson and daughters. Ellen
and Sarah, motored to New York this
week to visit relatives.
Mrs. Emma Hawxhurst of Baltt-
more. with her granddaughter, Miss
Naomi Bauman. are guests of Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Hawxhurst.
e. n. McbIOaIty, T.. u. hOuSH,
Frank H. Eastman, z. z. Tillett. w.
NJ. Cobb, W. H. Erwin, W. s. Spar
row, Harry Demarest, Everett Dema-
rest, John Demarest and e. D. Will
ilams of the Presbyterian church
made up a fishing party which went
to Shady Side, Nd, Saturday, and re-
turned with seventy-two fish.
An architect was out from Wash
ington Monday and met the executive
committee of the Falls Church Bank
with plans for the proposed new bank
building.
Miss Grace Fadeley entertained at
cards last Saturday evening in hon
or of Miss Maybelie Church and her
house guest, Miss Virginia Richard
son Of Columbus, Ohio.
Miss Josephine Howard has re-
turned from a two weeks visit with
relatives IN Washington and will
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