Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-14
CENTERS TO MARK
10TH ANNIVERSARY
Open House to Be Held Sat-
urday by Community
Department.

The Community Center Department
| of the city will celebrate its tenth
anniversary with a big open house
program Saturday night at Central
Community Center, 18th and CllIton
streets. in which all centers IN dlVi-
sions 10 will join, and to Whlcn
all citizens of the District are invited
Inspection of the building, ana sur
vev of all activities are part of the
nrocram of the evening. Special en-
tartainment features. beginning at
4 o'clock, will be in order, with
a program of music, and motion PIC
lures in the auditorium as the hrst
| event.
The auditorium program includes
concert by the orchestra OF the Army
Band, Thomas Darcy. second leader
conducting; songs by the George
Washington University Glee Club, d.
rected by Miss Estelle Wentworth;
character and folk songs by Miss Julla
Culbreth Grey, and movie.
At 8 o'clock, in the girls gymnasium
there will be party" for young ana
old. Social games and square dancing
will be staged under the personal di-
rection of Writ w. Taylor, assisted
bv Mrs. E. l.. Corbin and Mrs. Clar-
ence Corby.. In the boys gymnasium
at the same hour there is to be bas-
ket ball game, played by the Wood
lothians.
Dance i'm ArmOry.
In the armory a community dance
will be held, open to all, from 10 10 oO
years of age, with an excellent orches-
| ira. The public is invited to be pres
ent and to take part in all the events,
with no admission fee.
Preceding the open house" pro-
gram there is to be a big community
dinner" at els o'clock, in the man
dining room of the building. All lead
| ing civic and educational organizations
in the city will send representatives
to this dinner, which is to be pre-
sided over by E. c. Graham, chairman
of the Central advisory committee,
with Commissioner Proctor L. Dough
erty as POSTMASTER.
Representative Kelly of Pennsyl-
vania, will deliver the keynote" talk;
United States Marshal Edgar G.
Snyder will tell of the establishment
and history of community certers in
the city, and other distinguished
speakers will outline briefly the many
services which the community centers
in the city's school buildings have rem
dered in the past 10 years along all
lines of educational and recreatlonal,
civic and social work. Among tHoSe
who will speak are Charles F. Carusi
of the Board of Education, DR.. Frank
w. Ballou, superintendent of schools;
James G. Yaden of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter of the District Parent-Teacher
Association, Gideon A. Lyon of The
Evening Star, DR.. Paul Bartsch of the
Boy Scouts, Mrs. Edouard Albion of
the Washington Opera Co., F. v.
Thomson of the Boys Club and others.
Roll Call of Centers.
A roll call of the centers is to be a
feature of the dinner. with leading
citizens from all neighborhoods in
Washington giving "telegraphic"
greeting in so words.
The c. o. G. boys of Central and the
Boy Scouts will lact as guides, escort
ing the guests all over the building.
The committee on arrangements in
cludes Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, chair
man; Charles Demonet, vice chairman;
Jesse c. Duke. Mrs. E. L. Corbin and
Miss Edith L. Grosvenor. Mrs. Wiley
| is likewise chairman of the dinner,
assisted by Mrs. Andrew Stewart and
Mrs. Truman Able. Miss Grosvenor
Is chairman of invitations.