Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Parade
To Have Sunny,
Chilly Weather
Sunrise Rites to Begin
Annual Observance;
Other Events Planned

Promise of a bright but chilly
morning was the Weather Bu-
reau's word last night for church,
goers and Easter paraders.
An unexpected Arctic blast now
roaring down the st. Lawrence
Valley brought promise of a maxi
mum temperature of only about
48 degrees in the Washington area
today.
The mercury undoubtedly will
be much lower than that as early
Wor-Feorine Christion World Proys for
Peoee on Foster. Poee A-5
risers converge on more than a
dozen sites where Easter sunrise
services will be held.
Later in the day-after church
services at the conventional Sum-
day hours-Connecticut avenue
will blossom again as the scene
of Washington's Easter parade.
The latest fashions will be on dis
play in the early afternoon hours.
Judges will begin singing out
strollers on Connecticut avenue at
1890 pm. as contenders for prizes
in the parade sponsored by the
Connecticut Avenue Association.
Judges to Be at 10 Points.
The promenade and judging
area extends from K street on the
south to Florida avenue on the
north. Judges will be placed
along Connecticut avenue at about
10 points.
Different categories of entrants
have been established with no
one in the Notwithstanding Fido
overlooked
Those selected as finalists will
be asked to report to the Dupont
Plaza Hotel at $3.50 pm. where
prize winners will be selected.
Another feature will be the Sc
lection of q Korean war veteran
as honorary mayor of Connecti-
cut avenue.
The candidates are Cpl. Carroll
S. Hartley of Darlington, S. Car.
patient at Bethesda Naval Hos
pital and M/Sgt. Julian A. Cope
Ian of Columbus, Ga. a patient
at Walter Reed.
! Men to Be Feted.
The men will be feted through
out the day and the winner
awarded a round-trip ticket home
in addition to 500 cash.
Prizes will be awarded for the
best Easter basket in contest at
Dupont Circle from pm. to pm.
! The National Negro Opera Co.
Foundation. Inc, will hold q
fashion parade starting at $3.50
pm. 1t will form at Tenth and
U streets NV.
| The 21st annual Easter sunrise
service sponsored by the Grand
Encampment, knights Templar of
the United States of America will
be held in the Arlington amphi-
theater.
! Following the service the
Knights Templar will reassemble
before the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier to watch the placing of a
cross of lilies.
A symphonic drama" will be
presented in the sesquicentennial
amphitheater, Rock Creek Park,
by the Christian Youth of WASH
ington at $50 am. The Navy
band will furnish music.
Civic, patriotic and youth or
CARNATIONS will join in an am.
service in the formal gardens on
the grounds of the Army Medical
Center. The public is invited.
At st. Matthews Cathedral, the
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle.
Archbishop of Washington, will
be celebrant at a 10 am. solemn
Ipontifical mass.
Another solemn pontifical mass
will be celebrated by the Most Rev.
John M. Mcnamara, auxiliary
bishop of Washington at II am.
in st. Gabriel's Church, Grant
Circle NV.
Alexandria Sunrise Service.
In Alexandria. a sunrise service
will be held at Z am. on the steps
of the George Washington Masonic
Memorial. King street and Russell
Road. Brig. Gen. Robert w.
Brown of Falls Church, an as
sistant judge advocate general Of
the Army, will speak.
Sunrise services will also be held
on the grounds of the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda,
while about $4,000 are expected to
attend similar services at 6:O3
See EASTER, Page A-3.)