Evening star., 1940-12-20

The President is to be greeted
upon his arrival by District Com
missioner j. Russell Young, nationa
chairman Of the community Christ
mas tree observance.
Program Begins at 4:30.
The program will begin at 4:3(
pm. with a concert by the Unitee
States Marine Band and also will
include carol singing by the Georgt
Washington University Glee Clut
of more than 100 voices under di.
rection of DR.. and Mrs. Robert
Howe Harmon.
The invocation will be delivered
by the Rev. DR.. H. H. D. Sterrett anc
the benediction by the Rev. Johr
Keating Cartwright.
The tree now is in place on the
Ellipse. and the work of wiring il
for decorations has begun.
Christmas events announced fol
today include:
Distribution of Christmas baskets
at Home for Incurables by pupil:
of Emory School between noon anc
! pm.
Boxes for Hospitals.
Distribution at St. Elizabeth's anc
other local hospitals of more thar
5000 Christmas boxes prepared by
the Junior Red Cross in Washington
public and private schools, as vel
as several thousand Christmas card,
to be sent by hospital patients tt
relatives and friends.
Fourth-grade pupils of Wheatle.
School take toys to Gallinger Hos
pital and scrapbooks to the Episco
pal Home for the Aged, pm.
Junior Alliance of District Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs hold
party for needy children in Thorn
son School, Twelfth and L street
NV, 2:l5 pm.
Children of New York Avenu
Presbyterian Church will partici
pate in manger scene during to
nights service in the church.
Students Prepare Baskets.
Langley Junior High School stu
dents put the finishing touches OF
so Christmas baskets this morning
and the Bond and Spirits Division
Department of Justice. held a part,
for poor families yesterday after
noon.
Pupils of the Ben Murch Schoo
presented Christmas pageant las
night in the school.
The Kiwanis Club was host a
the annual party for the class Of
crippled children at Anthony Bower
School yesterday.
The Cynthia Warner School. Ia.
koma Park, Md, will hold its annua
Christmas party this afternoon
Faculty, dancing class and othel
pupils will join in presentation OF
a pageant
A Christmas pageant also is beine
staged at Wilson Teachers College
this afternoon.
Christmas Drama in Chevy Chase
A special Christmas dramatiza
ton was held at the Chevy Chase
(Mdo Elementary School thi.
morning.
A Christmas program tonight ir
the Mems Social Service Center
First and F streets NV. will begir
the local Salvation Army Yuletidt
schedule, slated to reach its high
point Tuesday. when Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt presents the first O.
approximately 500 cash gifts dur
ing the Christmas party and oper
house in Temple Corps Building
606 E street NV.
Special services will be held il
the chapel of the Mems Socia
Service Center at II am. Sunday
and a pageant, The Three Wis,
Men," will be presented at 7 pm
Monday in the Temple Corps Build
ing by cast of 80 young people.
Money Instead Of Baskets.
Mrs. Roosevelt's appearance Tues
day will climax party beginning
at 2 pm, during which the Army
will make a departure from tn,
previous custom of giving foot
baskets to the needy, since none,
will be presented, enabling familie!
to plan their own Christmas din.
ners.
The Colored Corps will hold 8
similar party at the same time ir
its headquarters, 1901 Seventh
street NV.
Salvation Army Christmas Day
events include a Christmas service
at 8 am. and dinner at 1890 pm
in the Women's and Children.
Emergency Home, 622 Fifth stree,
NV; carol singing at daybreak
candlelight breakfast at $3.50 am.
fireside service at 10 am. and en-.
tertainment programs at 2::30 anc
7:30 pm. in the Evangeine Resi-
dence for Business and Professional
Women, 1880 L street NV; Dime,
at 1890 pm. in the Mems Socia.
Service Center and special events
at the Georgetown Corps Center
1075 Thomas Jefferson street NV
The Murch Elementary and Cor.
don High Schools are cooperating
with the Georgetown Corps in pro.
viding 800 toys, and the Junior Rec
Cross at Gordon is filling so stock.
ings for children between the age.
of 2 and S years.
Residents of the District Home
for the Aged and Infirm will be
remembered with candy and othel
gifts by members Of the Salvation
Army's League Of MercyN