Evening star., 1924-05-18
CLARENDON.

1AhENl)ON. Va, May IL tSpeciaD.
lahs nearing completion for the
spring festival of the Clarendon Citi-
zens' Association and fire d.nart-
ment, TO be held on the grounds of
clarendon Citizens Hall the week
OF May 23-S1, give promise of an af
ffalr that will equal. if not surpass.
aro,n points of size and brilliance the
annual Clarendon carnival
'h1et among an almost endless va
.It'E or novel and entertainment fea-
lures Will be dancing on, an open air
paVliiion which is to be construct ed
SIZE 10 accommodate several
hundred couples. Present plans cali
ior eleven other attractions but IL is
expected that many pleasing special
ties VIII be added during the course of
tne IestiVal. Music of high order is
promised for the dancing
The proceeds of the festival will he
uSeu IN reducing the debt on Citizens
HAN. and in augmenting and i'm
proving the fire-fghting equipment,
two causes in which to peopie of the
town are deeply Interested, as evil
aenced by the way they are rally
Ing to the support OF the coming
affair.
Subcommittee Leaders.
"A. h Eaten, general chairman of
The committee on arrangements. an
nounces the following subcommittee
IedCerS: A. Z. Putnam, ice cream: j.
NJ. Walsh, soft drinks; w. L. Bragg.
candy: +. i. Sharp, dancing: A Frank
snyder, novelties: A. B. Eaton. invi-
tatlons; A. d. Langley, order and au-
tomobileS; A. j. Porter and w. F.
Sunderman, stands and grounds;
Messrs. Washburn and Beatty. lights:
j. Thomas Manning and Louis Metz
ger: purchasing: j. f. Bushong. gro
ceries: II. II. Porter and S. r. Camp
ivnen II
1r.: c. Il. Taylor and a. NJ. Dawson.
publicity; W. F. Sunderman, kiddies
stand. The Woman's Civic Club. the
Boy Scouts and the American Legion
The committee has accepted an offer
of the latter to put on a ball-throw
ing game.
With view to effecting a saving
on the overhead of the affair, A. j.
Porter has issued a call for volun-
teers to help put the grounds in
shape. Aid will be needed in erecting
the dancing pavilion, booths and
light streamers. Mr.. Porter states
that "nail-driving experience" is all
that will be needed to make good on
the job.
Mothers Day Program.
The Mothers day ceremony plan
ned by the Womans Civic Club of
Clarendon in honor of mothers of
Arlington County for last Sunday. but
H.,
held tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock,
with the planting of a mothers tree
on the courth----e grounds as the out
st3nding feature. Using the spade
wih which the first mothers tree
WIS planted on the shores of Lake
Antietam, Reading, Pa. in May 1928,
Mrs. Laura Virginia Welsh, a C1ar-
endon mother, will place the first bit
of soil about the roots of the coun-
tvs memorial tree The dedicatory
~ T)r
Walter A. Morgan. pastor of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
Mrs n. Rex Hunt, president of the
club, will unveil the stone marker
and little Mary Hunt will place a
carnation on the stone. Fourteen lit
tie Clarendon girls will add a charm
ing touch to the ceremony. when
they form procession and carry
be PLAYED by Mr.. Furr of Fl. Myer
Heights. The ceremony will open
with an invocation by Rev. C.
p. Ryland and be concluded with bene-
dicticn by Rev. c. l. Flory.
!. The Clarendon Band of twenty
eight pieces. John Marcus. conductor,
will be heard in the first public con-
cert of the season tomorrow after
noon at o'clock, according to an
nouncement of A. Frank Snyder,
be held on the Fairgrounds a short
distance south of Clarendon station,
on which a bandstand was erected
last fall and contributed to the town
by Frank Lyon. 1t is the purpose of
the band to give frequent concerts
there during the summer
Mrs. Lucille Johnson. noble grand of
Clarendon Rebellah Lodge. No. %, and
Mrs. Clara L. Nevn and Mrs. Mary
O'Holloran, members of the lodge, We're
signally honored by the 1924 convention
of the Grand Lodge, l. o. o. F., held in
.I.ynchburg this week. Mrs. Johnson and
Mrs OHalloran were two of thirty lone
candidates to receive the degree and
medal of chivalry of the order, while
Mrs Nevin was appointed chaplain of
the Rebekah Assembly of Virginia by
Mrs. Minnie L. Martin, the newly elected
president.
= An impressive ceremony marked the
dedication of the room in I. o. o. F.
Orphans Home adopted and furnished
by Clarendon Rebekah Lodge. The
cSremony was conducted by Mrs. John
son, Mrs. Myrtle Whip, Mrs. Mary
6iIIolIoran, Mrs. Nevin and T. S. OHol-
Foran
S-s(-sF Eugene Doyle. on behalf of Airing
-+pnei,odge, No. 1913, presented beauti-
T,liya bound students Bible to be used
Nv ffieA four boys who are to occupy the
,rSonri 4 Other delegates from the local
lodges were w. l.. Bragg and Mrs. Annie