Evening star., 1923-06-17
ARLINGTON WOMEN
SOUND VOTE CALL
incorporation of County Into
City Paramount" Says
League Circular.

! CLARENDON. Va, June 16 (Spe-
/ iaD.-"1ncorporation of our county
into city is the paramount ques
! tion today Your vote decides Use
it carefully"
! The above takes an outstanding
! place on notice circulated by the
| Organized Women Voters League of
/ Arlington County in an effort'to arouse
the interest of the woman voters of the
! county in the coming fall elections.
! The notice also calls attention to a
/ meeting of the league at Clarendon
! CltlZenS Hall Monday afternoon at 2
! o'clock and states that every woman
who is interested in Arlington coun-
| tvs future should endeavor to be
/ present"
The notice further sets forth .hat
! every woman should know why she
/ wants Arlington county to remain a
| county or become a city. 1t is every
| woman's privilege to know. VIII re the
! taxes OF our county go. by whom they
are expended and if done judicially."
! AT the coming meeting, it is an
| nounced, questions viii De invited on
matters pertaining to county odmnis-
! tratIve affairs, candidates for onice
; Will be present to outline their plat
! forms and other features OF the fall
! election will be discussed
! An education without religion is
| only half an education, said Rev.
Father +. J. Lackey. pastor of st.
Charles Catholic Church, who adj
dressed the children of st. Charles
Parochial School and hundreds of
| their elders at commencement eXer-
| cISes last night.
Commencing the teachers. pupils
and parents, Father Lackey stated
! that the success of the first year "f
( the schools existence Surpa ssed all
expectations.
With practically all of the chill
dren participating. a program If un-
usual interest and beauty was pre-
sented under the direction of the sis
ters. Almost continuous applause
! greeted the efforts of the youthful
scholars. who opened their program
with the school song. Othc-' fea-
lures were recitation by Walter
Cameron; Kindergarten Graduate on,
by first and second grade pupils
flag noem. by Raymond Burrows,
Charles Sterling and Charles Leh-
uet. by the class; "Papa's Letter"
playlet, with Ruth Burke in the lead
ing role; swing song, by group OF
little girls; flag poem, by group of
! boys: Blossom Day" recitation, by
group of girls. and sunbeam drill, by
fifth grade girls. The program was
concluded by presentation ot the pro-
motion cards and several impressive
tributes to Old Glory by the entire
assembly.
Movie Entertainments.
The social committee of the Clar-
endon Parent-Teacher Association,
cooperating with Maj. Hugh E.
King, director of physical education
of Arlington county schools, Will
present motion picture entertain
ment on the school grounds the lat
ter part of this month. the date of
which will be announced later. This
action was decided at meeting
Thursday evening. President John
W. Palmer. jr.. presided.
The educational committee, of
which Mrs. c. r. Taylor is chairman.
was instructed by vote to make ar
rangementS necessary for the open
ing of an elocution class at the
school by the beginning of the next
school term.
A suggestion to discontinue meet
ings of the association during the
summer months lacked the necessary
support and it was decided that they
will be held as usual on the. evening
of the first Thursday of each month.
These meetings will be more of a
social character. however, as the
school will be closed and there will
be little business of Importance to
transact. it was said.
The treasurer, Mrs. w. F. Sunder-
man. reported a balance on hand of
S124.32. Under the direction of the
social committee delightful pro-
gram was presented. preceding the
! business of the meeting, as follows:
Solo. H. E. Stelle, accompanied on
the piano by Austin Kay: recitation.
Troubles of Women by Mrs. John
son: solo. Mrs. Martha Roberts, ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs. w.
+. Sunderman. Refreshments and a
social hour concluded the meeting.