Evening star., 1948-03-25
D. {. Children Begin
Easter Egg Hunts,
Other Parties Today
Star Staff Photo.

Washington children will dye eggs,
hold egg hunts and egg rollings and
participate in a variety of other
Easter festivities, beginning today
and extending through Sunday.
Programs have been arranged by
Community Chest agencies and
other groups.
Children in hospitals and conva-
lescent homes will receive brightly
colored eggs. Dances and other
events have been arranged for older
groups.
The Connecticut Avenue Associa-
ton will sponsor an Easter parade
from 1890 to 3 pm. Sunday.
The parade will begin at @ street
NV. and continue to H street along
Connecticut avenue. Twenty-Five
awards will be presented for out
standing attire by committee of
judges which is to include such per-
sons as Lady 1nverchapel and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
Description To Be Broadcast.
Radio station WMAL will carry a
broadcast on the parade from l to
1:30 pm. Radio stations VOL,
WINK and WTOP also will carry
commentaries on the procession.
Alfred Pasternak is chairman in
charge of arrangements for the
Kindergarten children at Barney
House, 470 N street
S.W, made their own Easter baskets
and celebrated today with an egg
hunt and party.
The Coed Canteen of Friendship
House, GIG D street Sc, will have
an Easter dance at $50 o'clock to-
night.
At the Nursery School of George
town House, 1924 N street NV,
tots dyed Easter eggs in preparation
for an Easter party at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow.
Nursery School Holds Party.
The Nursery School of Northwest
House, SIS M street NV. held an
Easter party this morning. This
afternoon, teachers were to deliver
to Freedmen's Hospital baskets the
youngsters have made. Older chill
dren and adults will hear a vesper
service at 8 pm. Doris Jones. l6,
will be soloist.
Brownies at Southeast House, 324
Virginia avenue Sc, were scheduled
to present play at o'clock this
afternoon and a group from the
Day Care Home was to present an
other. The program was to follow
an Easter party for 40 nursery chill
dren.
Children from 4 to 13 were to
take part in an egg hunt at pm.
at Southwest House, SOL Second
street NV. Children of the Day
Care Home were to hunt eggs at
$3.50 pm. Those at Southwest
Nursery School. 1725 First street
S.W., had their hunt this morning
Tomorrows schedule includes:
An Easter party at Friendship
House for boys and girls to IL, at
7 pm.
A trip to the Crippled Children's
Clinic at Gallinger Hospital, at
pm. by girls of the Juanita Kauf-
man Nye Council House. $50 Eighth
street SW. The girls are making
Easter baskets for the hospital as
part of requirements to become
Tenderfoot Scouts.
Religious Services Planned.
A religious service by teen-agers
of Southwest House, at pm.
OF Saturday Georgetown House
members and alumni will leave the
House at 1890 m. for picnic at
Foundry Branch Park.
Boys of st. Joseph's Home and
School, Eastern avenue and Ran
dolph street NE, will hold an egg
dying bee at pm. Saturday.
On the Sunday schedule:
Thirty children from Barney
House will be guests
of girls at Louisiana Hall, Arlington
Farms. at an Easter party.
Twenty-eight convalescent chill
dren at Christ Child Farm, Rock
Vile, Md, will take part in an Easter
egg hunt. Eight others will have
to enter the hunt by proxy and re-
ceive their baskets in bed.
During Easter week so girls from
House will receive swim
ming lessons at the YWCA. They
will have a picnic in Rock Greek
Park Wednesday. Some time dur
ing the week a group of Catholic
students will provide an
Easter egg hunt and other enter
tainment for youngsters at st. Jo-
seph's Home.