Evening star., 1928-10-11
ALEXANDRIA.

Especially Frank Cook was bruised
last night when motor cycle he was
riding on Franklin street struck an
automobile operated by G. c. Brown
of George Washington Park He was
taken to the Alexandria Hospital. His
motor cycle was wrecked, while Browns
car was damaged.
G. P. Hamnill, 81 years old, of Wood
bridge. Va, and Lewis E. Balton, %, of
Fort Humphreys, Va, each was fined
S70.50 in Police Court this morning on
charges of violating the prohibition law.
John Travers. II. and George Padgett,
80. were fined $14 each for drunken
ness.
twenty-five laborers are diSmantling
the steel buildings of the defunct
Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation. and
the material is being shipped to a
Norfolk junk dealer, who purchased
the structure at a recent auction sale.
The wooden buildings are not being
razed. An auction sale of the admin
istration building of the shipbuilding
firm is to be held Saturday at IL am.
The building, estimated to be worth ap
proximately $4,000 brought only $4,000
at recent sale and Judge D.
Lawrence Groner of the United States
Court for the eastern district of Vir-
ginia ordered it resold.
An examination for privates and
corporalS of the Alexandria Light
Infantry who aspire to fill sergeant's
vacancy will be held by Capt. w.
Cameron Roberts iE the Armory Hall
tonight.
Nurses Plan Bazaar.
The Alexandria Hospital Nurses
Alumnae have received many valuable
articles for a Christmas bazaar, october
IS, 26 and 81. The bazaar will be stag
ed for the purpose Of raising funds for
the founding of a permanently endow-
ed department dedicated to the men,
ory of the late Miss Emma Giles. The
department will be established in the
hospital when the new wing is erected.
The local chapter of the American
Red Cross has nearly completed its
work in the drive for funds for the
relief of hurricane sufferers In TcT.o
Rico and Florida. A total of $837.66
has been collected of $1,000 quota.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Creicher Schwarzman, widow of An
drew Schwarzman, who died Tuesday
night at the home of her daughter Mrs.
William H. Cook, at 921 Cameron street,
we're held at the late residence this
afternoon. Burial was in Bethel Gene
terry.
Mrs. Schwarzman was born in Read
ing, Pa, July 13, 1846, and for 35
years made her home in this city She
is survived by the following children:
George H., John u, Arthur, Joseph E.
and Andrew Schwarzman, and Mrs.
William H. Cook, all of this city; Mrs.
Wilbur Jones of Falls Church, Mrs.
William Driscoll and Mrs. Harry Dick
of Washington, and Mrs. John Hayes of
Millville, N. G. Also numbered among
her survivors are 27 grandchildren and
10 great-grandchildr
Card Party Committee.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments for the Holy Cross Alun1nae
card party, which will be given at ST.
Mary's Academy October II, has been
named as follows: Miss Eleanor Nugent,
chairman; Misses Helen Nugent, Cornelia
Nugent, Ella Hill, Marie Greene, Helen
Kraft and Mrs. Francis H. Fannon.
The Hoover-Curtis Democratic Club
will hold its weekly meeting in the
George Mason Hotel tonight at 8
o'clock
Five persons have been admitted to
membership In the Alexandria Business
and Professional Woman's Club, as fol-
lows: Mrs. Mary Rambo, Rambo
Beauty Parlor; Miss Ida Heyl, Alex
andria High School faculty; Miss Reeta
Butler, assistant bookkeeper for Carter
Motor Co.; Mrs Lorraine Watson,
Michelbach Furniture Co.. and Miss
Fanny Carter, superintendent of the
| Alexandria Hospital.
The club plans benefit card party
| october "a at the home of Miss Irrna
Coleman in Rosemont Miss Eleanor
Watkins is chairman of the committee
in charge. A rummage sale will be
held october 80, 81 and November /.
A religious pagent THE Greatest of
These" written by S. P. Garden of
Washington, will be presented by the
Epworth League Players of the M. e.
Church South Sunday night at 7
o'clock in the Young Peoples Building.
Sarepta Lodge. No. 46, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, will meet in
Sarepta Home at $40 Wolfe street to-
night at 7:30 o'clock.
The regular meeting of the board of
lady managers of the Alexandria Hos
pital. scheduled for today, has been
postponed until October l8.