Evening star., 1928-12-23

committee In charge consists of Ben
Warren, Con1dr. George E. Wilcox, Mrs.
Albert B. Niers, d. Waring and Mrs.
Maurice H. Phillips. p NJ Dawson is
president of the association.
Wesley Heights is planning for real
old-fashioned community Christmas,
with present for every child, tomorrow
evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Christmas
tree celebration will be held in front of
the home Of A. N. Miller, Forty-fourth
street and Cathedral avenue. Following
the singing of carols an inspirational
address win be delivered by Rev. John
:. Palmer Open house is to be observed
by the several hundred residents of the
section.
This years program has been ar
ranged by a committee including
Charles H. Hillegeist, chairman; Roland
A. Waddil, c. Melvin Sharpe. Comdr
Preston B. Haynes, Col. Charles Ham
ilton, William Freeman, Thomas Wood
ward, Horace L. Browning, Mrs. Ethel
Holtzclaw Gawler, Mrs. Christopher
Garnett, Mrs. George McGinty, Mrs
Thomas B. Webb, Mrs. Charles A. Do
ing, Mrs. Harry M. Horton, Mrs. Arthur
N. zinkhan, Mrs. Chester Caywood,
Mrs. William Freeman, Mrs. Preston B.
Haynes, Miss Dorothy Sharpe and Miss
Gretchen Daniel.
Churches Plan Celebrations.
Churches throughout the city are
planning elaborate Christmas eve cele-
brationS
The charity of private citizens and
welfare organizations will extend every
where. Even in the jails there will be
time of good fellowship and plenty.
The Christmas festivities at the work.
house and reformatory at Lorton will
begin tomorrow morning with an anna
teur show and close Christmas night
with moving picture show. Soon after
breakfast Christmas morning there will
be boxing bouts between inmates of the
two institutions.
At the District Jail the only change
| from routine will be the special dinner.
| Police of the fifth precinct are plan
ming celebration of their own, In
charge of Capt. William E. Sanford
In the lobby of the station house
there is to be big tree, at the base
| of which will be piled large quantities
of candy, nuts and toys for distribu-
Several hundreds of children are ex-
pected and numerous requests for
| presents have already been received.
IN addition to the luxuries, there will
also be quantity of clothing dis
tr.buted to the more needy.
The celebration at that precinct is
an annual affair that reaches larger
proportions yearly. Members of the
precinct and merchants doing busi-
ness in the vicinity have made possible
the large array Of presents.
At the House of Detention there
are to be two Christmas trees, one in
side and the other on the lawn The
celebration planned by Lieut.. Nina c.
Van Wrinkle, head of the institution,
Is to take place at noon Christmas day.
There will be singing of Christmas
carols and exchange Of presents
among the personnel. Ar Of the chill
dren confined there will be remem-
bered.
Gift Bags at Gallinger.
The only other precinct IN which a
celebration is planned will be the
third There will be tree and a cele-
bration by members of the force alone
A Christmas committee will fill SOC
gift bags and trim tree at Gallinger
Municipal Hospital. The committee
consists of Mrs. Richard Fay jack
son, Mrs Whitman Cross. Mrs Will
liam 3. Ladue. Nine. StephsAt Panare-