Evening star., 1923-07-01
ALEXANDRIA.

| ALEXANDRIA, Va. June 90 (Spe-
aD.-Announcement is made that
the Friends Fairgrounds, located on
the north side of Queen between
Washington and Columbus streets.
will be formally opened at $50 o'clock
! tomorrow morning Miss Margaret
Rahrenburg of New York. graduate
Of the Sergeant School. Boston, VIII
pe instructor at the Fairgrounds this
season and all of the children inter-
| ested in the Fairgrounds are request
ed to be present at the opening hour
to meet Miss Bahrenburg.
! Mrs. #. Clifton Howard, in charge
of the playground work in this city,
lively short time she hopes to be able
| to have three other playground CEN
ters opened in various parts of the
city in order that children of every
! their own. The grounds, it is an
nounced. will be open daily from 3
am. until Il m. and from pm.
until sunset
Canadian Gets Degree.
For the first time since Alexandria
Washington Lodge of Masons was
i chartered in 1883 lodge from a
/ foreign jurisdiction last night con-
ferred degree work on II candidate Ill
j that lodge. The Master Mason degree
/ was conferred on a candidate from
! Doric Lodge of Toronto, Canada The
! Canadian arrived in Washington yes
!! terday morning and after q siehtsee-
! ing trip they came over to AleHandrla
and were guests at dinner served Ct
: 6 O'Clock last evening In the audi
. torium of the chamber of commerce
| James H. Price. grand master OF
Masons in Virginia; Charles II. cana
! han, deputy grand master, and others
made speeches. including some of the
/ forty Canadians in the party.
Construct New Sewer.
! The work of constructing sewer
| on King street, from Union station
westward a distance of approximately
! 1000 feet. has begun under the di-
i rection of City Manager Wilder M.
! Rich.
! The sewer Is egg shaped and con-
structe,l of concrete and will take
! care of the drainage from the big
! s5,ooo.ooo temple. at George Wash
| ington Park. being erected by the
! George Washington Masonic Nation
al Memorial Association.
! City Manager Rich stated today
/ that ultimately the city will extend
| the sewer to take care of George
/ Washington Park. where many
houses are now. in course of con-
struction The sewer is twenty
! seven inches in diameter.
Give Goat to Lodge.
A large delegation of members of
| Alexandria Lodge, No. 75S, Benevo-
/ lent and Protective Order of Elks
! tomorrow afternoon will make pill
! grimage in automobiles to Freuer-
! icksburg Lodge Of Elks and present
] that lodge with goat which is en-
| route to the national convention to
| be held next month in Atlanta, Ga.
| The newly elected officers of Poto-
lnac Lodge. No. 81. Odd Fellows, win
be installed next Friday might at Odd
Fellows Hall on North Columbus
deputy. During the evening among
! those scheduled to make addresses
| are Robert s. Barrett, James Il. Ca
! ton. ]. Randall Cation and others.
! Religious services will be held at
S o'clock this evening in the big
! chautauqua tent erected on the lot
| of the Young Mems Christian Asso-
| citation, just north of Harvard street
| near Cameron street. They will be
| conducted by the Rev. Ezra Floyd
Ferris. superintendent of the chau-
! tauqua, and will be participated in
by congregations of many of the
| Protestant churches of the city.
| There will be singing by the joint
choirs of the churches participating.
| his subject PLANT u Tree
Services tonight at Trinity Metho-
dist Episcopal Church will be held
| at o'clock, and at the First Baptist
! Church at 7:15 o'clock, in order that
the members of the congregations of
| these two churches may attend the
services at the chautauqua tent.
| The chautauQua was closed with a
lecture by opie Read.
! Announcement Is made that the
four candidates seeking the demo-
cratic nomination for the state senate
in the primary which will be held Au-
gust Z will at s O'Clock tomorrow
night deliver speeches at the Airing
ton county courthouse before the
| woman voters of that county. The
/; candidates are: Robert S. Barrett.
Alexandria; Frank L. Ball. common
! wealths attorney of Arlington
f; county; Walter Tansill Oliver. Fair
| fax, incumbent, and James Sherier.
! Fairfax county.
! The funeral Of Mrs Mary A. King
! took place yesterday afternoon from
/ her residence. 216 South Fayette
! street Services We're conducted by
| the Rev. DR.. Frank A. Kilmon. pas
!: tor of Trinity NJ. L. Church, and burial
was in the Methodist Protestant Gem
| etery.