Evening star., 1939-12-17
Christmas
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teenth and w streets Sc. at brief
exercises Friday at 7:30 o'clock. The
tree will be provided by churches
and community organizations. Com
missioner Melvin c. Hazen and Po-
lice Chief Ernest w. Brown will par
ticipate in the program. Christmas
carols will be sung and donations Of
food, toys. clothing and money taken
up for the poor.
Almost a dozen citizens associa-
tions will hold pre- Christmas cele-
brations this week in the form of
tree lightings, gift distribution
parties and community sings.
Citizens Group to Parade.
One Of the most colorful will be
held by Metropolis View Citizens
Association, which again this year
will stage parade. Norman E..
Phillips. president Of the group an
nounced the observance will be held
Friday at 7:30 pm. The line, which
will include st. Vincent's Orphan
Asylum Choir, the Elks Boys Band,
floats, Santa Claus and possibly
marching units representing the Or
der of De Molay and the Jobs
Daughters, will start from Seventh
and Jackson streets NE. The route
will probably be down Seventh street
to Franklin street then over Frank
lin street to Fourth street, where
the marchers will disband. In the
triangle park at Fourth and Frank
lin streets NE. tree will be lighted
followed by community singing of
Christmas carols and distribution of
candy to children.
The Citizens Association of Ia
koma, D. c., and the Manor Park
Citizens Association will sponsor a
joint celebration Thursday at the
Takoma Recreational Center, Fourth
and Van Buren streets NV. The
tree lighting ceremony will be held
at 7:15 pm. Arthur Kriemelmeyer
is chairman of the committees rep
resenting the two groups.
The program will include short
talks by Wallace c. Magathan,
president of the Takoma group, and
by Daniel B. Lloyd, head of the
Manor Park Association, to be fol-
lowed by community singing and
distribution of candy and gifts to
children of the two communities.
Hillcrest Program.
Also on Thursday at 7:30 p.m..
the Hillcrest Citizens Association
will light two community trees at
Branch and Alabama avenues Sc,
George Absher. chairman, said that
the program would include singing
OF carols and brief remarks by civic
leaders in the community. Pastors
OF the various churches in the COM
munity, representatives from the
Stanton School and the Summit
Park Citizens Association are to be
invited, Mr.. Absher said.
Tentative plans of the Progressive
Citizens Association of Congress
Heights call for the celebration to
take place at 7:30 pm. Thursday
in the triangle park at Raleigh place
and Nichols avenue Sc, it was an
nounced by DR.. Edward E. Richard
son, president.
Brief talks by civic leaders in the
area, singing of Christmas carols
and the lighting of a Christmas tree
will feature the program.
The Chevy Chase Citizens Associ-
alton will light the 30-foot tree in
Chevy Chase Circle with its 200
colored lights, which has been used
In previous Christmas celebrations
at S pm. Saturday, according te
H. v. Schneider. chairman of the
Arrangements Committee.
Pastors Of nearby churches ant
civic representatives from the com.
munity will participate. Community
singing, led bv H. l.. Smithy anc
accompanied bv the Chevy Chas<
MD School Brass Quartet. will b<
followed bv the playing of Christ.
mas carols on the chimes of thl
Church OF the Blessed Sacrament
Three Celebrations Sunday.
| Three associations, Michigan
Park, Conduit Road and the Cen.
trail Northwest Citizens Associa.
tions, will hold celebrations next
Sunday.
The Michigan Park group will dis.
tribute toys and candy to the young.
sters at the Childrens Country
Home, Eighteenth street and Bunker
Hill road NE, early Christmas Ev'
before the children 60 to bed.
John j. Hurley, president Of thu
association, said that on Christina.
Day baskets Of food, clothes AND
toys would be distributed 70 thu
needy Of the community. The CON.