Evening star., 1937-11-21
SERVICES TOMARK
DAY
10000 Expected to Attend
Program at Washing
ton Cathedral.

Government and business activity
in Washington will cease Thursday for
observance of Thanksgiving Day with
special church services, turkey din
ners. football games and other recrea-
ton.
President Roosevelt hoped to be in
Warm Springs. Ga. for the holiday,
probably leaving Washington Wednes-
day. but his plans had not been def
nitely determined last night.
A high light Of the church services
here in commemoration OF Thanks
giving Day will be a program at the
Washington Cathedral, sponsored
Jointly by the bishop, dean and chap
ter Of the Cathedral, the Grand Lodge
Of Masons of the District and the
United States Sesquicentennial Com
mission.
Food to BE Distributed.
Hundreds whom unemployment or
misfortune have left with little ma
terial benefits to be thankful for will
be remembered by activities of the
churches and welfare organizations in
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ranging special dinners.
Schools will be closed from Wednes-
day afternoon until Monday. Pre-
Thanksgiving Day services will be held
IN many of the public schools. fea-
turing donations by the children of
food and other gifts to be distributed
to needy families.
Arrangements to accommodate
crowd Of more than 20, 900 have been
made for the services ut the WASH
ington Cathedral. to begin at II am.
Thursday after half hour program of
patriotic and religious music by the
United States Marine Band. playing
In the huge outdoor amphitheater of
the Cathedral.
Colorful Procession Planned.
A colorful procession, headed by the
crucifer of the Cathedral and includ-
ing church and Masonic dignitaries,
will ascend the stone stairway to the
north transept, march through the
transept and toward the sanctuary to
begin the formal services.
The Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, will deliver the
sermon following the reading Of the
scripture lesson by Sol Bloom. di-
rector general of the United States
Constitution Sesquicentennial Com
mission, and the Rev. James Shera
Montgomery, chaplain OF the House
of Representatives, and the reading
of the first presidential Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation Of George WASH
ington by Masonic Grand Master Paul
B. Cromelin.
The Bible which will rest on the
lectern during the service will be the
one on which George Washington
was obligated as q Master Mason in
1883. It will be brought in its special
glass case from Fredericksburg, Va,
Lodge No. by officers of that lodge.
Mrs. John S. Bennett, superintend-
ent of Central Union Mission, an
nounced plans to extend Thanksgiving
cheer to more than 1000 needy men,
children and family groups. The
mission will distribute baskets Of food
to more than $50 families Wednesday.
More than 100 men holding tickets
supplied by the mission will sit down
to a pre-Thanksgiving Day turkey
dinner at q K street restaurant
Wednesday afternoon.
Dinner for Needy Men.
On Thursday, Thanksgiving dinner
will be provided for all needy men
applying at the mission, beginning at
1880 an. Arrangements will be made
to feed approximately 700 men. The
menu will include meat loaf, mashed
potatoes. peas, apple sauce, cole slaw,
dressing. gravy. mince pie, coffee,
bread and butter. Religious services
in the mission chapel will precede the
dinner. Part of the program will be
broadcast, from noon until 1890 pm.
The Volunteers OF America also
planned big Thanksgiving dinner.
The needy in Salvation Army institu-
tions will receive special fare Thanks
giving Day and food will be distributed
to few worthy families, but officials
OF this organization did not plan an
extensive program.
The holiday sports program, featur-
ing the Catholic University-South
Carolina football battle and the Dis
trict cross-country championship run
here, and the Observation-Disclosures
and Lee football game at Baltimore.
will attract many Government and