Evening star., 1924-04-20
CLARENDON.

CLARENDON. Va, April 10 {Spe-
cia) With the Clarendon Garden
Club taking the lead, all Clarendon
will join the multitudes OF cities, towns
patton In National Garden week,
April 1925, opening a program of ac-
tivities with appropriate services in
the various churches OF the town to-
The Garden Club, which was organ
lied recently, primarily to arouse in
terest among the residents In the
growing OF flowers, Shrubs, fruit
treeS and vegetables and creating a
civic pride in the homes. schools, pub
| lie buildings and grounds by helping
| to solve the problems of soil, insect
pests and diseases peculiar to the To-
cality, Will, according to announce
ment, go even farther and promote
orderliness OF the back yards, cleanli-
ness of streets and everything that
will tend to make Clarendon the gar
den spot of Arlington county"
Committee i'm. Charge.
Garden week activities of the club
! viii be concentrated on the churches,
| schools. business places and public
! buildings, II is said, with special COM
mlttees engaged in arranging for the
| carrying out of these various fea-
tures. Rev. g. ]. Flory, pastor of the
Clarendon Methodist Church, will
have charge of the church activities !:
Mrs. {. Il. Taylor, the schools; Fred
w. Watson, the business exhibits, and
| ". Rex Hunt, chairman OF commit
eral chairman of the Garden week
committee.
One Of the outstanding features Of
the weeks program is free com
| munity meeting TO be held Monday eve-
ming at O'Clock in Clarendon Citizens
Hail, at which DIR. David Lumsden of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
viii be the principal speaker. Dr
Iumsden will advise on the funoa-
| mentals Of landscaping, planting plans
what TO plant and where to plant It,
with special reference to things suitable
10 this section. His remarks will be
| illustrated with lantern slides
While the program for the school Is
yet tentative, il is planned TO have a
speaker of experience and knowledge OF
gardening address the whole school on
seed planting and childrens gardens
some time during the week. Prunlng
/ demonstrations also are to be given the
children by w. +. Sunderman and
Samuel Il. Detwiler.
\ window display competition has
been started by the club among the
merchants OF the town, with practi-
caly all of the stores and other places
of business cooperating, the winners
| 10 be announced later. blue rbDon
will be bestowed upon the window max :
| ing the most artistic and effective DIS
| play of garden aids or that which
| teaches best "a garden lesson. The com
mittee in charge of this feature an
nOuncGs that il the location OF any busl-
ness makes it impractical for it to make
window display, 1t can do ITS Dit Dy
I doing some special planting OF SHRUBS
| or plants, or by cleaning up some un-
| tidy grounds during the week
The Clarendon Citizens Association
and the Woman's Civic Club Of Claren-
! don are giving their support in many
! ways to the Garden week campaign, the
| former having started the bail rolnns
| for its annual spring cleanup or the
J town, which this year Is 10 be joint
affair with Clarendon, Ashton Helghts,
| Lyon Park and Aurora Heights. III is
| probable this campaign will be con-
I Quoted during Garden week, put tne
uate however will not be announced
| until after joint meeting OF commit
! tees of the various associations OF the
above mentioned communities.
Eanization of the new Clarendon
I Preshyte rian Church was compile ted
! last Sunday at an impressive cere.
/ mony conducted by the Presbytery OF
4 Washington. Many new members
were received into the church and the
! following officers were inetalIsa
/ Messrs. Ahalt, Thurber and David
/ son. elders. and Mrs. Hollins. Swain
/ and Putnam, trustees Ladies Aid
/ Society - Mrs. Hollins, president;
Mrs W. w. snyder. first vice presl-
/ dent; MIS- n iSeA num- =,
president: Mrs Edwards, secretary
| and Mr.. Swain, treasurer. lunch
! con for the benefit Of the church, II
! Is announced. will be held at the
! home of Mrs Lewis 137 Court street,
/ Monday between IL and o'clock. un-
| der the auspices of the Ladies AID
! Society.
Plans are about completed for the
! luncheon to be given Tuesday from
/ t2 to O'Clock at the home of Mr.
| and Mrs A J. Porter for the benefit
| of the county Monticello fund.
! Clarendon Rebekah Lodge. No. IS
| is arranging for q luncheon to be
| given at the home of Mrs. John on
Marion avenue Wednesday from 1880
| to 230 O'Clock for the benefit or the
! l. O. .. F. Orphans Home at bynch-
! burg.