Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
ALEXANDRIA.

committee chairmen of Post F, Trav-
| elerS' Protective Association. was re-
elected here last night at the annual
meeting in the George Mason Hotel,
| with the exception of F. Clinton
4 Knight, chairman of the hotel COM
mittee; who is succeeded by O. Ashby
| Reardon.
Those renamed are J. William May,
| president; Mark L. Price, first vice
president; Harry D. Kirk, second vice
president; F. Clinton knight, third vice
president; David E. Robey, fourth vice
president; Alfred Thomson, secretary
treasurer, and Rev. Ernest M. Delaney,
chaplain. The board of directors is
again composed of j. William May,
chairman; Alfred Thomson. secretary;
! Clyde c. Lamond, Claude w. Fletcher.
John G. Graham and Martin E. Green:
| The committee chairmen reelected
are: C. w. King, transportation; r. E.
knight, press; C. Fletcher Dyson,
Legislature; T. Anderson Sommers,
good roads; j. p Merchant. member
ship, and Julius Wolf, employment.
State Convention Delegates.
Delegates elected to the State con-
vention to be held at Roanoke on May
10 and II are j. Preston Mercnant,
Harry D. Kirk, Julius Wolf, Llewellyn
F. Dyson, T. A. SommerS, Charles w.
King, o. Ashby Reardon, Clyde c. La
mond, Mark L. Price, jr.; Martin E..
Green. David E. Robey, Aubrey n. Shu-
man, T. Harvey HenShaw, j. Dulaney
Hammond, F.. Clinton Knight, j. VIII
| liam May and Alfred Thomson. The
alternates are Robert E.. Graham, Q. II.
Kirk. John @. Graham, Edgar Warnelo,
| jr; j. A. Eggborn, Il. B. Alexander, Z.
Fletcher Dyson. Emmett H. Henderson,
Richard Gibson r. E. Knlght, A. =.
Moss. H. Noel Garner, Benjamin Wen,
j Frank Myers and John Murphy.
The monthly report of DR.. w. Lewis
Schafer. city health oficer,~ submitted
to City Manager Paul Morton today,
shows an increase in communicate
diseases, expected at this period OF the
year. Eight cases of pneumonia. seven
4 cases of mumpS, four OF measles, Two
1 of scarlet fever, one Of diphtherla ana
and one of tuberculosis were reported
during March. Forty-two births ana
twenty-seyen deaths were recorded.
| During March the new tuberculosis
clinic was opened and Of the 90 pa
| tients examined were found to have
the disease or showed signs of being
susceptible to the disease. The clinic
! is to be conducted each month by local
doctors.
INFANT AtVEuUdnCC ASCSVAAs
| ON. March % a new attendance record
was made at the infant welfare center,
| when SO babies were examined, Ii OF
whom were admitted to the center LOT
| the first time that day. During tne
month 264 babies were examined, 50
new patients were admitted, !Oo VISITS
made to the homes of 158 infants ana
| 36 physical examinations were, made.
Forty-two people were. vaccinated IN
| March. 10 were treated for venereal dls-
eases, oil pool, persons were treated az
| the public clinic The public health
nurse attended "a new patients and
made IT'S visits to- patients homes.
Four homes were placarded, 10 throat j
cultures we're made and the nurse at
tended IS clinics.
Twenty-Five examinations OF the city,
water supply were made. Sanitary in
spections were made during March as
follows: Sixty-four restaurants, 16u
grocery stores, 80 meat markets, 10 hsn.
markets and wagons IL bakeries ana
ice cream parlors, 20 soft drink estab-
lishments, 9 diaries, IS barber shops,
~ wards and buildings and 3 COM
plants were rectified.
A burglar gaining entrance to the
! store of Jones & Sims at Payne and
Queen street last night through rear
door, took between So and 81 in money
from the cash register.
Automobiles Collide.
Two machines, driven by John 7.
Woodson of 428 Wolfe street and H. j.
Stewart of BallSton, Va, were damaged
considerably YESTERDAY afternoon when
they .collided at the intersection OF
Duke and Royal streets. An automo- 4
bile operated by A. B. Gray OF Rich
mond collided with a car driven by
Herman Ramey of 1909 Duke street at
Cameron and West streets yesterday
also. Neither car was damaged badly:
Mrs. Mary Troth was elected presi--
dent of the Alexandria Business and
Professional Womens Club last night
at a meeting in the George Mason
Hotel. Other officers named are: Miss
Eleanor Watkins, vice president; Miss
Helen Mcdonald, treasurer; Miss Vera
Germond, corresponding secretary; Miss
Minnie Brock, recording secretary. The
officers will be installed at the May
meeting.
Delegates elected to attend the State
convention at Norfolk next month are
Miss Alice Whitton, Mrs. Mary Troth,
Mrs. George E. Warfield, Miss Nellie
| Michelbach, Miss Brock, Miss Helen
Mcdonald, Miss Corinne Reardon and
Mrs. Otis Hullings. The alternates are
Miss Beulah Pendergrass, Miss Vietta
Butler, Mrs. Mary e. Power. Miss 1rma
Coleman, Miss Mary Moore, Miss Min
ME Herndon. Miss Florence Long, Miss
Dorothy Otley.
Mrs. George l.. Cunningham and
Miss Alice Norford were elected to
membership in the club! Constitution
and bylaw amendments presented by
Miss Susan Fawcett were adopted.
ladies Night Celebration.
Alexandria Post, No. "a, American
Legion, viii be host to the American
Legion Auxiliary April "a at ladies'
night celebration.
| Rev. Richard G. Koontz, pastor of
| the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
since April. 1898. viii soon be trans
ferred to Woodlawn. Baltimore
suburb He will be succeeded here by
Rev. Emmette r. Spencer of Wood
lawn.
st. Mary's Lyceum A. G. started
rehearsals last night for minstrel
performance to be presented soon.
A committee Of five members has
been appointed by the Merchants and
Manufacturers Bureau of the Alexan-
dria Chamber Of Commerce to study
FIRE insurance rates in hopes that q
better rate may be obtained in this city.
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