Evening star., 1944-03-26
|kiwanis Sponsors
Victory Farm Week
lin Prince William
Special Dispatch to The Star.

MANASSAS, Va, Mar. 25.-Vic-
tory Farm Week, sponsored by the
Kiwanis International, will be OBJ
served here next week, Edgar G..
Parrish, president of the Manassas
Kiwanis Club, announced today.
Farmers Of the county will be
urged to make 1914 a banner produc-
ton year, and each farmer will be
asked to pledge his maximum, to
maintain Victory garden for home
needs, to participate in salvage pro-
grams, to Cooperate with war re-
lief agencies and to invest in War
Bonds and Stamps. Farmers par
ticipating in all these activities will
be awarded Victory Farm Plaques.
In connection with the observance,
the local Kiwanis Club will have a
farmers night program April 7,
when number of farmers of Prince
William County will be invited to
the weekly Kiwanis dinner at the
Prince William Hotel
Officers to- Be Installed.
Wimodausis Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, will install new off,
GERS elected at meeting this week,
in a joint birthday observance and
installation service which will take
place at pm. Wednesday in the
Masonic Building here.
Mrs. James Sellers, Arlington,
grand installing officer, will preside
at the installation of the follow
ing officers: Worthy matron, Mrs.
r. G. Hayden; grand patron, Paul
Cooksey associate matron, Mrs.
Ruth woodward; associate patron,
Worth Storke;; conductress, Mrs.
Irene Harpine; associate conduc-
tress, Mrs. H. L. Weatherall; sec
retary, Mrs. Paul Cooksey; treasurer
Mrs. T. j. Broaddus; star points,
Adah, Mrs. j. H. Stauff; Ruth, Mrs.
Raymond Davis; Esther, Mrs.
Howard Churchill; Martha, Miss
Elizabeth Breeden; Electa, Mrs.
Margaret Lewis; chaplain, Mrs.
Frank Sigman; marshal, Mrs. Har-
court Dickens; organist, Mrs. John
Broaddus; warder, Mrs. Alice
Bryant; sentinel, John Harpine.
Home Demonstration Schedule.
A regional food conservation work.
shop for home economists from
Northern Virginia counties will be
held at the Manassas High School
Home Economic Cottage at 10
am. Tuesday. Representatives from
Prince William, Fairfax, Fauquier,
Loudoun, Arlington and Alexan-
dria, including home demonstration
agents, Farm Security workers and
home economic teachers, will attend.
New methods in food conservation
will be discussed by a specialist.
Garden Club to Meet.
Victory gardens will be the sub
ject of the program of the Manassas
Garden Club at meeting scheduled
for 2:30 pm. Tuesday at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Guy G. Allen on Pres
colt avenue.
Service Plaque to Be Dedicated.
Services to dedicate a plaque in
honor of the men and women of
the Sudley vicinity who are serving
1Ai VAC "a liiCd 4OlCCS WALL bc IISlu
II am. tomorrow at the Sudley
Church. Forty names are on the
honor roll.
Aircraft Course Taught.
A course of instruction in the rec
ognition of aircraft is being offered
observers and interested residents of
thes Manassas, Brentsville and
Gainesville districts under the di-
rection of Sergt. Harry Murphy of
the Baltimore Filter Station. Glasses
are held at pm. each Wednesday
in the Town Hall here. ~
Agronomist to Speak.
w. H. Byrne, extension agronomist
of Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Blacksburg, will speak on farm crops
adapted to this section at meeting
at 1:30 pm. Thursday at the county
agents Office in the Manassas Post
Office Building. Hybrid corn, leg
umes and other field crops will be
discussed.
S319.50 Contributed.
A total of $31950 has been con-
tributed toward the fund for re-
ligious education in Prince William
County, according to Mrs. L. J. Bow
man, finance chairman. The amount
represents donations recently made
in Manassas, Occoquan and Brents-
vile districts, which will be used to
pay the salary of the religious educa-
ton instructor in the schools.
Easter Drama Planned.
Young people represe tin g
churches of all denominations in
Manassas will participate in an
Easter drama entitled THE Way of
Life" being planned for pm.
Easter Sunday in the Grace Meth
odist Church.
Bingo Parties Held.
The Prince William Post, American
Legion, will hold a bingo party from
7:30 to 1880 pm. every Saturday in
Conners Hall for the benefit of the
underprivileged children's fund.
Rummage Sale Slated.
The junior auxiliary of the Trinity
Episcopal Church will hold a rum
mage sale in the Farm Loan Office,
Center street, Manassas, from 9 am.
to 2 pm. Saturday.