Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29

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dan and Mrs. Helen Brockway, ane
Arlington, Mrs. Fred Jordan ane
Mrs. John L. Gallagher. Mrs. Viii
lard Mcdonald. general chairman
of the women's division, also will b,
included.
Districts Churches
Prepare for Solemn
Good Friday Rites
Members of the armed forces viii
join other Washingtonians tomor.
row in prayer at churches, mission,
and public meeting places for thret
hours from II to 3 pm. to observe
Good Friday in solemn religious
rites.
Business houses, Government anc
District agencies and other employ.
ers, where practical, will allow EN-.
ployes time off to attend service.
during those hours, the Rev. DR.
Oscar F. Blackwelder, chairman Of
the Three Hours Observance O,
Good Friday Committee, said today
DR.. Blackwelder pointed out thai
the numbers formally observine
Good Friday this year will be greater
than in any year since the move
ment first started in 1941.
The observance has received the
Endorsement of President Roosevelt
His letter was transmitted by viii.
liam H. McReynolds, administrative
assistant to the President, to heads
| OF executive departments and agen.
cles in the Government. The Dis
trlct Commissioners also took similar
action recently by addressing a let
ter to heads of departments approx
ing leave of absence" for employees
desiring ito participate in the OBJ
servance of Good Friday"
$4,000 Lists Distributed.
The Three Hours Observance oil
Good Friday Committee announced
today through its secretary, the Rev
Joseph E. Gedra, assistant pastor OF
the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception, that $4,000 folders listing
the churches holding services to-
morrow from II to 3 pm. have been
distributed to hotels, apartment
houses, churches, USO centers
WAVE quarters and other places.
Co-chairmen of the committee are
the Most Rev. Michael J. Curley
Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore
and Washington; the Right Rev
Angus Dun. Episcopal Bishop of
Washington, and the Rev. Charles
w. Flint, Methodist Bishop of WASH
ington.
Many Westinghouse are observ-
ing Maundy Thursday by attending
services during the day and tonight
In commemoration of Christ's Last
Supper.
Services as Announced,
Churches holding services from Il
to 3 pm. tomorrow are:
Baptist New Bethel Baptist
Church and Calvary Baptist Church
Catholic-Immaculate Conception
Holy Redeemer, Shrine of the
Blessed Sacrament, st. Agnes, St
Francis Xavier's, st. Peters. st
Mary's, st. Patrick's, st. Stephens
st. Thomas More's. Arlington, Va:
st. Don1inic's, Sacred Heart, st. Ar
thongs, st. AIMS, Holy Name, st
Aloysius, st. Michaers, Silver
Spring, Md; st. Augustine's and
Holy Comforter Churches The
Catholic Evidence Guild will hold
services in Franklin Park from l to
2:30 pm. DR.. Charles Hart of Cath.
Ole University will conduct the
services.
Christian - Wilson Boulevard
Christian Church.
Congregational-First Congrega-
tional Church.
Disciples of Christ-National City
Christian Church.
Washington Cathedral
All Saints, Chapel of the Epiphany
Church of the Epiphany, Grace, Ma
tivity, St. James, st. Johns
(Georgetown), st. Johns Lafayette
Square,, st. Margaret's, St. Marks
st. Paul's, st. Thomas, st. Stephen
and the Incarnation, Trinity, st
Mary's, st. Johns Mount Rainier
Md, st. Agnes. Emmanuel and
Christ Episcopal Churches.
mGospel-Calvary Gospel Church.
Evangelical and Reformed-Con-
cordia Lutheran Evangelical Church
Observation-Disclosures Church OF
the Reformation, Grace, st. Mat
thew's, Takoma, Luther Place Me-
mortal, Keller Memorial and Christ
Lutheran Churches.
Other Services.
Methodist Asbury, Foundry
Metropolitan Memorial, Mount Zion
Calvary, Clarendon, John Wesley
Zion and Wilson Memorial Meth
odiSt Churches. The services at
Foundry Methodist Church are spon-
sored by the Washington Methodist
Union.
Presbyterian-Fourth Presbyterian
Church.
United Brethren-United Breth-
rem Memorial Church.
Universalist Universalist Ma
tional Memorial Church.
The Central YMCA, 1736 G street
NV, will hold services at noon.
Salvation Army units in Washing
ton will unite at the Temple Corps
sos E street NV, to hold services
from IL to pm. under the direc-
ton of Maj. James A. Longino, Ma
tional Capital divisional commander,
The Central Union Mission will
hold a Good Friday service at $50
pm. tomorrow at the mission, 613
G street NV, with the Rev. Her
bert E. Eberhardt, superintendent,
presiding.
Army-War College will hold
services at 1918 pm. tomorrow and
Washington National Airport Post
at noon.
Navy-Coast Guard, noon, Navy
Communications Annex, 1915 and
2 pm; Receiving Station, Anacos-
tia, noon; Research Laboratory.