Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-22
YULET|DE GREETED
BY CELEBRATIONS.
Community and Other Groups
Welcome Christmas With
Fitting Programs.

Christmas is being ushered in with
many celebrations and entertainments
by various organizations and com.
murity sections OF Washington.
The first Chevy Chase community
Christmas celebration will he held
Saturday night from $50 TO 6 O'Clock
at which a Christmas tree will be
Illuminated. and for which a program
has been planned by the Women's
Club of Chevy Chase with the assist
ance of the Chevy Chase and Mary
land Citizens Associations and al
community churches. Rev. j. dhl-
man HOLSTER. pastor of the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church will pre-
side at the celebration. which VIII m
clnde an invocation offered by Rev
Thomas c. Smyth, of the Chugch OF
me Blessed Sacrament and ~iwne fic-
ton to he pronounced by Rev. wred
G. REYNOLDS, of the Wesley Methodist
church. Music for the program will
- furnished by the Women's Club
and the Chevy Chase Chanters, Hern-..
don Morseu leading the latter in sing
ing the Christmas carols. A feature
ofEthe evening will be the bugle calls
from the tower of the Presbyterian
Church 10 be followed by the singing
of. the "Star Spangled Banner"
Northwest Celebration.
Z Another community celebration will
be held Saturday evening at the in
tersection of Georgia and Alaska ave
nues at s O'Clock for the people OF
Shepherd Park and Maryland north
of Washington. A large spruce tree
on the grounds of the Presbyterian
Chapel is being decorated with electric
fights to be used on the occasion.
Elmer Whitman, first cornetist of the
Grotto Band, will lead the community
singing and win play Christmas car
OILS as solos.
The League for the Larger Life will
play Santa Claus to a number of
homeless children on Saturday eve
ming at o'clock at its town house,
1929 Sixteenth street. There viii be
a program consisting of vocal and in
strumental selections and Christmas
tree with presents, apples, candy and
nuts for all present. Dancing will
follow.
Tomorrow evening the Christmas
Mystery viii be presented at ST.
Pauls Church, Twenty-third street,
near Washington Circle, at o'clock.
A play, The Nativity" will be pre-
scented and the children will sing
Christmas carols. Offerings of the
children will be put in a representa-
ton of the manger, which viii be
placed in the church.
At the Y. w. G. A. this evening
Christmas will be celebrated by ''the
hanging of the green's" fashioned aft
ees the old English custom. Carols
will be sung and at 8 o'clock story
will be told by Miss Alice Hutchins
Drake.
In progress at 1884 Connecticut ave-
nue., under the auspices of a commit
tee of prominent local women, there
is a Christmas sale of handicfaft and
Industrial articles, the proceeds of
which will go to the refugee orphans.
The designs and hand work in these
articles make them rarities and OF
high value.
War Veterans Remembered.
More than 200 disabled war vet
Grams at Mount Alto Hospital were
presented gifts and entertained by
the American War Mothers and
American Veterans of the District,
at the hospital last night.
An interesting program was ar
ranged by Mrs. William F. Shanahan,
president of the American War
Mothers, and Capt. Fred Kockli, COM
mander of the District Department
OF the Disabled American Veterans.
Local entertainers rendered songs
and instrumental numbers. War
time and popular songs were sung
by the veterans. Gifts were present.
ed, after which dancing Was enjoyed.
Refreshments were served by men,
bers of the women's auxiliary of the
local Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Six turkeys. 500 pounds of toys, ESQ
pounds of candy and other gifts were
distributed by generous Santa to the
members of the Telephone Society OF
the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. at that organizations Christ
mas party in the City Club last night.
Al. r. Y. Savage, c. c. Moberly, John
Efnkens, A. Ordey, E. l.. Florence, jr.,
ard c. e. Roop were the ones to re-
ceive turkeys. II. E. Downey and
Clyde w. Wenzel were awarded ducks
and A. Linnenborgger and Harold
Philips. chickens.
a. Have Carol Sing.
aygdhn c. White, president Of the So
ciety, was in charge Of the program
which was featured by community
sipgtng of Christmas carols, musical
numbers by the Congressional QUARTET
and the Hill Billies. speciality act by
Mrs, Kincheloe, wife of former Repre-
sentative Kincheloe of Kentucky, and
several entertainment rskits by local
talent. James w. Mullings took the
eErd of Santa Claus.
About 500 parents and friends of
BNilfren engaged in the activities of
Park View Community Center attend
I'D Christmas entertainment of that
organization last night at the Park
View School. The feature of the eve.
ming was play presented by the chill
dren's dramatic class of the center and
directed by Miss Grace G. Meyer.
Robert Botkin, Helen Burton, Helen
Francis and Anna Gelfand took the
leading roles.
. Special dances by Miss Mary
schultz, Betty Cochrane, Marian Tai
bert, Elizabeth Hancock and Mary
Contarino. and a dance in which all
the members of the Community Cen.
ter rhythm classes took part were also
enjoyed. A Christmas tree was light
ed and the singing of carols closed the
program. There will be other enter
tainments tomorrow.
At the annual celebration of the
Washington Council of the Knights Of
Columbus last night. in the Knights
of Columbus Hall, 800 Tenth street,
turkeys, hams. fruit cakes and per-
sonal gifts were distributed. Louis A.
Payne. as Santa Claus, gave out the
presents under an illuminated Christ
mas tree.
An address was delivered by Rev.
coward 7. McAdams, chaplain of the
councii, and the group of about 900
Joined in singing Christmas carols.
James d. Bligh was in charge.
Dela%are Society Program.
Representative Houston was the
principal speaker at the Christmas
party held by the Delaware State So
ciety last night in the auditorium of
Lne chestnut Farms Dairy, Twenty
sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
A play was presented bv the SIN.
dents of the O'Connor School of Ex.
preston and solos were sung by Will
+. Raymond.
-L'Aiglon was the scene of the Christ.