Evening star., 1941-12-07
10 Citizen
Units Meet
This Week
O'Mahoney Will
Address Oldest
Inhabitants

1
meetings and the annual banquet of
the Association OF Oldest Inhabi-
tants comprises this weeks civic &C
| tivitv This will be the last full"
civic week until after the first Of the
year due to the Christmas and New
Year holidays.
| The banquet. the 66th anniversary
OF the founding of the association.
will be held tomorrow night in the
| Raleigh Hotel. Actually the ami
versary date is today, but the Execu-
tive and Entertainment Commit
| tees arranged to hold the banquet
| the following night.
The program will feature an ad-
dress by Senator OMahoney, Demo-
crat, Of Wyoming: the annual ad-
dress by Theodore w. Moves. presi-
dent Of the association. and the
| reading of an original poem by John
| Claggett Proctor. vice president of
| the group.
Col. Lemuel L. Bolles, civilian de-
fense director for the Washington
meeting of the Rhode Island Avenue
| Citizens Association Wednesday
| night. it was announced by John l..
| Fowler, president. Traffic conditions
In the community, relative to one
way streets and stop signs. will be
| taken up at the business meeting OF
the group. as we'll as the District milk
| " Eou-1n~ o1cn
| nounced the plans for a Christmas
party December l9 in the Taft Junior
High School. Eighteenth and Perry
| streets NE. with neighboring asso-
Citations and churches participating
in the program.
Those organizations taking part
besides Rhode Island Avenue in
clude Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton, Burroughs Citizens Associa-
ton. National Gateway Citizens As
sociation. Dahlgren Terrace Citizens
Association, Michigan Park Citizens
Association. Brookland Woodbridge
Business Mems Association, East
Gate Lions Club. Brookland Meth
odist Church. Brookland Baptist
Church, Sherwood Presbyterian
Church, St. Stephens Lutheran
Church. Church Of Our Savior
Episcopal, and the McKendree Meth
odist Church DR. Oscar Black
welder of the Church of the Refor-
nation will deliver the Christmas
message and Miss Marian Casteel
will tell Christmas story for chill
dren. Christmas carols will be sung
by a massed choir from the partic-
ipating churches and the audience,
under the direction of Rudy j.
Boehs. accompanied by Carl Lausch
at the piano. The Rev. NJ. c. Stith.
pastor of the Brookland Baptist
Church, will preside at the affair.
DR.. Paul Douglass, president OF
American University, will be guest
speaker at a meeting of the Amer
ican University Park Citizens Asso-
citation Thursday night, it was an
nounced by M. r. Wilkes, president
of the group. Civilian defense work
in the community will be discussed
at the business session, Mr.. Wilkes
added.
| Inc FdIk view dliO Ia diiSii
Citizens Association will hold an
nual elections tomorrow night. 1t
was said. The latter group will also
take UP a proposal for erection of a
fire enginehouse on upper Sixteenth
street NV
A musical and Christmas program
has been arranged as feature OF
the meeting Tuesday night OF the
Benning Citizens Association, 1t wa
announced.
The Washingtonians will hold ne
meeting this month due to the Close
proximity of the Christmas holidays
it was said by Miss Eta L. Taggert
president.
Following is the schedule OF th'
10 citizens associations and the ban
quet being held this week.
Monday.
Association of the Oldest Inhab'
itants-Banquet, Raleigh Hotel, 7::3(
pm. reception at 7 pmD.
Burleith-Gordon Junior High
School, 1919 Thirty-flfth street NV
8 nm.
Hillcre East Washington
Heights Baptist Church, Alabama
and Branch avenues Sc, 8 pm.
Kalorama-John Quincy Adam
School, Nineteenth and California
streets NV, pm.
National Gateway Church o
Christ, 1925 Douglas street NE
8p.m.
Park View-Park View School
Warder street and Newton plac
NV, 8 pm.
Piney Branch - Roosevelt Higl
School,. Thirteenth and Upshu
streets NV, 8 pm.
West End-No. 3 police precinct
Twentieth and K streets NV, SPIN
Tuesday.
Benning-Benning School, So
Minnesota avenue NE. 8 pm.
Brookland-Masoni Hall. Twelfth
and Monroe streets NE, 8 pm.
Logan-Thomas Circle-1120 Rhod
Island avenue NV, 8 pm.
Stanton Park-Peabody Schoo
Fifth and c streets NE. 8 pm.
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