Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-08
ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, February 8 fSpe-
ciaD City Manager Paul Morton was
instructed by the City Council at its
meeting yesterday afternoon to confer
with officials of the Virginia Public
Service Co. to determine what action
has been taken on request for a de-
creased rate for electricity, made last
November by the council for the Retail
Merchants Association.
Miss Lillian Smith of Oldham, Va,
who has taught the past three years
in the public schools of Winchester, Va,
has been appointed by the school board
to each in the new Maury School, which
will open In Ro5emont Monday morn
ing.
Owing to the congestion at Alexan-
dria High School, SO members of the
| freshmen class, 81 of whom graduated
from jefferson Elementary School Feb
ruary l.. and of whom have just en-
rolled, will be sent to the West End
School. Miss Ida Hill and Miss Ruth
| Watson of the high school faculty have
been transferred to teach at West End.
Miss Edith Janney of Fredericksburg, a
graduate of Randolph College,
| has been named to teach history at AL
exandria High School.
! The tuberculosis clinics being held at
the Alexandria Health Department in
connection with the survey conducted by
the local and State health departments
and tuberculosis societies will end to-
morrow night. Drs. Edgar c. Harper d
Richmond, Thomas F. Wilson OF
Charlottesville and II. A. Latane of this
city have been in charge of the work
and have examined approximately 45O
persons.
A report of the work accomplished
during the past year for the under
privileged children Of this city was sub
mitted to the Kiwanis Club yesterday
afternoon at its luncheon meeting In
the George Mason Hotel by Robert S
Jones and Harry Hammond. It was
brought out that $75 has been con.
tributed each month for maintenance
4 of the child welfare clinic at the City
Health Office.
A satchel was presented to Thoma.
Chauncey, the retiring president Of the
club.
The body of Miss Annie Ruth Dixon
% years old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
William Dixon, who died yesterday al
the home Of her parents, Del Ray, was
sent to McKeesport, Pa, today fol
burial. Funeral services We're conducted
Hardesty, pastor of the Del Ray Meth
odist Episcopal Church South.
Funeral services for Mrs. Evelyn II
Bennett, who died yesterday at the
Alexandria Hospital, will be held tomor-
row morning at $3.50 O'Clock at st
Mary's Catholic Church, and burial will
. be in st. Mary'S Cemetery.
Final rites for Mrs. Thirza M. Dolph
who died Wednesday at the home OF
her son, Harold A. Dolph, on Alexandra
avenue, were held today at the resi-.
dence and interment was In the Airing.
ton National Cemetery. Mrs. Dolph
was member of Harmony Chapter, No
so. Order Of the Eastern Star.
The annual banquet Of the ]. r. N
Curtin Memorial Baraca Bible class O.
the First Baptist Church will be helt
Tuesday night in the Sunday schoo
; auditorium at 8 o'clock. Representa-
tive Hall of Indiana will speak.
r. B. Phelps was elected presiden
: of the George Washington Stone Cor
poration yesterday afternoon at the an
: nual meeting of the stockholders in tn
. Chamber of Commerce headquarters
: Fred S. Gichner was elected vice presi
! dent, w. L. Stage, jr., secretary, an,
: George B. Hutchings, treasurer. TIL
i officers, together with j. Rainey Wolfe
Ralph Holt Case, e. j. Hutchinson, ir
and Arthur Middleton, were elected +
the board of directors.
Officers of the Philathea class Of tn
First Baptist Church Sunday school Wi
meet tonight at 8 O'Clock at the HON
= of the president, Mrs. Helen Humphrey
1 in Braddock.