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At Community Centers
Community Center Department, Mr*.
Elisabeth K Peeples, director. Franklin
Administration Building. National 1300.
Central Center. Thirteenth and Clif
ton street*:
Monday evening—Red Cross first-aid
group. Washington Choral Festival As
sociation. Washington Commandery, K
T» drill team.
lf«lhEd*v evening—Waahington Her
ald and Times Boy*’ Club. National
Capital Rifle Club, Kahipolii Grotto
drill team
Tnrrsday evening — Ladies' Bugle
Corps
Chevy Chase Center, E V Brown
6chool, Connecticut avenue and Mc
Kinley street:
Monday afternoon—French conversa
tion. music.
Tuesday afternoon—Rhythm, music.
Thursday afternoon—Tap. carpentry
Lafayette School. Northampton street
and Broad Branch road
Friday afternoon—Rhythm
Ben Murrh School, Thirty-sixth and
Ellicott streets:
Monday afternoon—Rhythm: evening,
contract Iridge. tap for Juniors, wom
ens gym. Stamp Club.
Tuesday afternoon — French conver
sation for children.
Wednesday afternoon—Girl Scouts.
Friday afternoon—Tap. French con- ;
versation, music, evening, social danc
ing.
Saturday evening — Advanced social
dancing *
Columbia Heights Center. W'Uson
Teacher?,' College. Eleventh and Har
vard streets:
Tuesday evening—Columbia Players.
D C. Congress of Parent-Teachers.
Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights
Thursday evening—Columbia Players
McGroartv American Legion Auxiliary'.
Ye Olde Tyme Dance Club
Friday evening—Euclid basket ball
team. Bov Scout Troop* No 40 and No.
41. Girl Scout Team No. 12. presenta
tion of three 1-act plays by Columbia
Players
East Washington Center, Seventeenth
and East Capitol streets:
Tuesday evening—Dressmaking. Boys
Independent Band.
Wednesday evening East Washing
ton Community Players.
Saturday evening—Tap dancing for
bovs. rhythmic dancing for girls, com
munity program—mov'ng pictures, social j
dancing.
Georgetown < enter, vmruon junior,
Thirty-fifth and T streets:
Wednesday afternoon—Rhythm and
tap dancing, contract bridge.
Thursday afternoon— Rhythm and tap
dancing, contract bridge. Girl Scout ’
Troop No. 71.
Langley Center, Second and 1 streets
northrast:
Monday evening—Bridge instruction.
Cavalier. Chr. HeuriCh Brew CO . Con
cord. Sigma Delta Fraternity and Dela
ware-Hudson Coal Co. basket ball teams.
Tuesday evening—Corbius. De Molay.
Warwicks and St Thomas basket ball
teams
Wednesday evening—Blue Streaks.
Franklin Apprentice. Brethren, Atone
ment and Department of Justice basket
ball teams.
Friday afternoon—Rhythm and tap
dancing. Evening—Edgewood. Hinkle.
Vermonts, Columbus University and
Moseans basket ball teams, ball room
dancing instruction.
Saturday evening—Social dance foT
relief of unemployed.
Burroughs Center, Eighteenth and i
Monroe streets northeast;
Monday and Wednesday afternoons—
Rhythm and tap dancing
Monday evening—Burroughs Citltens’
Association.
Tuesday afternoon—Girl Scouts.
McKinley, Second and T streets north
east.
Monday evening — Columbia Com
mandery. No. 2, Knights Templar, drill
team.
Tuesday and Friday evenings — i
Georgetown University basket ball !
games.
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Thursday evening—Job's Daughters
drill team
Park View Center, Warder and New
ton streets:
Wednesday afternoon — Rhythmic
dancing.
Friday evening—Children's tap danc
ing, Game Club, woodwork group, senior
tap dancing, dramatics, china painting,
Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, novelty group.
Southeast Center. Hine Junior, Sev
enth and C streets southeast:
Monday evening—Pride of Washing
ton drill team.
Tuesday afternoon—Girl Scout Troop
No. 11, children's dramatic group.
Wednesday evening- -Foresters’ drill
team of Modern Woodmen.
Friday evening—Dress rehearsal for
the children's play to be given on Sat
urday night. Ail Buchanan and Hine
Community Center dance and dramatic
members are asked to be In the audi
torium by 7 p.m. Friendship House
basket ball girls, Stanley A. C . South
ern Serenaders' Orchestra, community
dance, with Metropolitan Dance Or
chestra.
Saturday morning — Tap dancing,
pit no instruction. Jolly Junior Club.
Saturday evening—“Christmasses in
Merrie Englande,” a Christmas masque
by groups from Buchanan and Hine;
boys’ night in the gymnasium.
Buchanan Auditorium, Thirteenth and
D streets southeast:
Monday afternoon—Special rehearsal
cf tap and rhythm groups
Wednesday afternoon—Advanced tap
group.
Thursday evening—Social dancing,
drama group for adults, registrations
taken for group for handwork, includ
ing wood carving and leather tooling.
Marfarland Center, Iowa avenue and
Webster street:
The Sock and Buskin Club will pre
sent to members and friends of the
Kindergarten Association "The Fairy
Riddle.” by Rose Fyleman, and "The
Dyspeptic Ogre," by Percival Wilde, in
the Petworth Auditorium. Eighth and
Shepherd streets, December 14 at 3:30
p.m.
Monday afternoon—Rhythm and tap
dancing at Barnard School. Evening—
Women’s Benefit Association, games by
Federation of Basket Ball Teams of the
B V. P. U.. as follows; Grace vs. Mary
land Avenue, Centennial vs. Petworth,
Metro vs. Wilson Avenue.
Wednesday afternoon—Rhydhm and
ta4? dancing at Powell Elementary
School. Evening—Auction bridge.
Thursday afternoon -Children’s dra
matics at Petworth School.
Friday evening--Advanced rhythm
ind tap dancing. Boy Scout Troop No.
SO, contract bridge, discussion group,
led by Col. Claude Jones of the Na
tional Training School for Boys; tacky
donation party and dance
Thomson Center, Twelfth and L
street*.
Mondey evening—Rehearsal for chil
dren's play. Glee Club practice. Spanish
for beginners and advanced students,
auction bridge insaruction and practice.
Tuesday evening—French conversa
tion for beginners and advanced stu
dents, contract bridge instruction and
practice, tap dancing for beginners and
advanced groups.
Thursday pvening—Gaelic Study
Club. Gaelic lecture, contract bridge in
struction and practice, dramatic rehear
sal, sen* or group.
Fridre aft “moon—Children's dancing
groups, -chearsal for children's Spring
festival
Friday evening—French for begin
ners ana advanced student*. Stamp
Club, dramatic reading rehearsal for
senior group, adult social dancing in
struction and practice. “Virginia reel
and minuet taught.
Saturday morning—Rhythmic and in
terpretive dancing group open to new
students, instruction in violin, piano,
drums, trombone, cornet and saxophone.
Birney Center, Nichols avenue and
Howard street southeast.
Monday afternoon—Piano group for
beginners.
Tuesday evening—Boys’ game group,
junior art, industrial art. Wisteria Dra
matic Club, Henson's Melody Orches
tra. young people's quiet game group.
Choral Society. Anacoetia Athletic Club,
Lolly Gag Social Club.
Thursday afternoon—Piano group for
advanced pupils. Junior Needle Guild.
Friday afternoon—Girls’ Glee Club,
Girls’ Reserve
Burrvlile Center, Division avenue and
Corcoran street northeast.
Monday afternoon-—Music, piano
practice.
Tuesday afternoon—Music, piano
practice, children's chorus. Evening—
Parent-Teacher meeting. Dramatic Club
Juniors. Boy Sdout Troop No. 50fi. Jolly
Glee Club, dramatic rehearsal. Burvllle
Athletic Club, Burvllle Orchestra, game
?roup, social hour.
Friday afternoon—Music, piano prac
tice, children's chorus. Evening—One
Hundred Sandwich Club, quilting bee.
Dramatic Club, conversational French
wad Spanish.
Dunbar Center, First and N streets.
Thursday evening—A double mock
wedding will be given by the Young
People's Social Club for the Commu
alty Center Tree fund of Dunbar Cen
er. Swimming, athletics, Billicans. or
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gars practice, girls' basket ball team,
game groups.
Garfield Center. Alabama avenue and
Twenty-fifth stre-t southeast.
Wednesday afternoon — Children’s
chorus, piano instruction, games, social
group. Evening—Garfield women's art
group, young people's social group. Gar
field Dramatic Club. Garfield Athletic
Club, gam’ group.
Garnet-Patterson Center, Tenth and
You streets.
Monday evening—Braves, Arrows,
and Elks Athletic Clubs.
Tuesday evening—Special Delivery
Boys Athletic Club, art group, dietetics
group, Araphion Glee Club, Hoffman's
Music Association. Chiropractors’ Asso
ciation, Junior Athletic Club, Emanci
pation Committee. Home Hygiene. Pleas
ant Plains Athletic Club, Young Ne
gro's Co-opera tire League.
Wednesday evening—Braves. Arrows
and Elks Athletic Clubs, Cyrus Patrol
drill.
Thursday evening—Art. Columbia
Temple drill. First Aid, Pleasant Plains
Athletic Club, piano group, Ross' Sacred
Band. Junior Athletic Club.
Friday evening—Morning Star and
Forest Temple drill, auxiliary drill,
health unit.
Love joy Center, Twelfth and D
streets northeast.
Monday and Wednesday afternoons—
Music group, piano.
Monday evening—Boy Scout Troop
No. 501, Rainbow Club, Busy Bees, rec
reation groups, club room
Tuesday afternoon—Junior Dramatic
Club.
Wednesday evening — Recreation
groups, Kandy Klub, girls’ game group,
club room.
West Washington Center, Francis
Junior, Twenty-fourth and N streets.
Monday and Friday afternoons—Fife
and drum corps.
Wednesday evening—Patriarchy drill
team, Red Cross Club.
Thursday evening—Food rally by the
-enter for s Christmas celebration for
needy children.
Spanish War Veterans
Meetings This Week.
CAMPS.
Wednesday—Oen. M. Emmett
Urell, Pythian Temple.
Friday—Richard J. Harden,
Pythian Temple.
AUXILIARIES,
Monday—Gen. James s. Pettit,
Naval lodge Hall. Fourth street
and Pennsylvania avenue south
east.
Wednesday—Gen. M. Emmett
Urell, Pythian Temple.
Thursday — Gen. Nelson A.
Miles Drum and Bugle Corps,
armory. Central High School.
Friday—Auxiliary Department
Council meeting. Y. W. C. A.,
near Sixth and E streets.
Comdr. Victor E. Watkins convened
the meeting of Richard J. Harden Camp
December 3, when the following officers
were elected: Commander, Tom D
Binckley; senior vice commander. Wil
liam O. Ohm; junior vice commander
Louis Lindner: officer of the day, John
D. Shaw; officer of the guard, Walter
H. Nolan; trustee for three years, Vic
tor E. Watkins, George C. Shaw was
admited by transfer from Gen. H. H
Lawton Camp, No. 21, of New York and
James A. O'Lone from Higgins Camp
Department of Virginia. Communica
tion was received from the 19th United
Friday evening—-Girls' basket ball
team. Ping Pong Club, Paddle Tennis
Club, Airplane Club, game room. Needle
Craft Club. Girls' Sowing Club, com
munity basket ball team, boys' Ping
Pong and Paddle Tennis Clubs, boxing
States Infantry Association, Los An
geles, Calif., requesting the names and
addresses of all former members of the
19th Infantry. The department adju
tant requested list of all unemployed
members of the camp and information
as to the ramp's attitude relative to
public Installation of officers. The
sentiment was expressed in favor of
public installation provided the other
camps of the department favor such
procedure. Comdr. Watkins announced
the following appointments: Depart
ment Good and Welfare Committee
Past Comdrs. William E. O'Neill and
Leo M. Devlin, and representatives to
the Department Memorial Committee
Past Comdr. Harry J. Sherwood and
B. R. Lee. The chairman of the Relief
Committee was directed to provide the
sick members of the camp with fruit
and flowers during Christmas holidays
A report on the activities of the Mili
tary Order of the Serpent was ren
dered in connection with a "crawl"
held December 5. Department Comdr
Samuel J. McWilliams and Department
| Junior Vice Comdr. Charles A. Strobel
spoke. Q. M, Gen. James J. Murphy
acted as toastmaster at a banquet Rear
Admiral W. T. Cluverius, U. S. N„ a
member of the camp, who has been ab
sent for several years on sea duty
Department Comdr. W. L. Wilkerson
Confederate Veterans of the Depart
ment of the District of Columbia; Fred
W. Fraser, department commander, Dis
trict of Columbia American Legion
and Past Department Comdr. Samuel
W Mawson of the Grand Army of the
Republic were among the many in
vited guests, who also included the
members of the staff of Department
Comdr. McWilliams.
Gen Henry W. Lawton Camp met
Monday, with Comdr. Glaze presiding
A delegation from General Nelson A.
Miles Camp attended on account of the
! official visitation by the latter camp
; Election of officers was held, as follows;
j Commander, Richard L. Lamb; senior
[ vice commander, James E. Smith;
! junior vice commander, John M
Farner: officer of the day, George J
McDermott; officer of the guard. James
G. Yaden: trustees, John M. Farner
and Comdr. M. M. Glaze. Richard B
Clayton, a former sergeant of Company
E. 1st District of Columbia Volunteer
Infantry, was mustered into the camp.
The camp voted against a public Instal
lation of all officers. Past Department
Comdr. L. C. Nelson. Past Comdr Alex
ander T. Jenkins, Comdr.-elec A. Eu
gene Pierce and Nelson B. Durfee, who
was recently elected to the office of
senior vice commander by his camp
Past Comdr. P. C. Shomette, chairman
of the Department Recruiting Commit
tee, and Past Department Comdr. Ben
jamin J. Motley made addresses Of
ficers will be installed January 4.
John Jacob Astor Camp met in Stan
ley Hall, United States Soldiers' Home
and was called to order by Comdr!
Thomas F. Donovan. The camp voted
I to join with other camps in a publi
installation of officers. Senior Vice
I Comdr. James McGinchey, who was
nominated at the last meeting for the
office of commander, withdrew and
I/»wis H. Forsyth was elected. Other
officers are: Senior vice commander
James P. Malley; junior vice com
mander, Ralph 8. Roach; officer of the
day, Frederick N. Davis; officer of the
guard, Stanley Zelazny; trustee, Thomas
F. Donovan. The Auditing Committee
elected Is composed of James E. Byrne,
John D. Patton and Benjamin F. Mot
ley, all past commanders of Astor Camp
The next meeting will be held January 4
Gen. Henry W. Lawton Auxiliary
Mrs. Kathryn Lynch, president, con
vened December 8 at Pythian Temple
Department President Janet Sikken
spoke. Kathryn Shenk was appointed
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by President Lynch to represent the
auxiliary in connection with arrang®
n^nts for a joint public installation of
officers elected in this department.
ele^te2 o®cer» &re: President.
Cordelia C. Pollard; senior vitfe presi
dent. Mamie Galpln; junior vice ccm»
mander. Mabel Hall; chaplain, Kathryn
Shenk; patriotic instructor. Kathrvn
Lynch; hisorlan. Albertine Houston.
The remaining positions will be filled
by election of additional officers Janu
ary 12. It was voted to hold a birth
day and Chrlstmss party December 22
in Pythian Temple.
Admiral George W. Dewey Auxiliary.
President Ida Kimmerling presiding
met December 7 and elected officers aa
follows: President, Mary C. Lipscombe;
senior vice president. Elizabeth C. Tit
ler: Junior vice president, Mary J.
Taltavn]; chaplain. Carrie Flaherty;
patriotic instructor, Mabel Hessen; his
torian, Mary C. Burke: conductor,
Helen V Jarges; assistant conductor:
Helen N. Mussclman: guird. Madge
Ryce; assistant guard. Jennie Rhodes.
President Annie Bcrthenume of Col
James S. Pettit Auxiliary desires the
members to be informed that the meet
ing to be held tomorrow evening will
be called at 7:30 o'clock for election of
officers in Naval Lodge Hall. Fourth
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east.
Department President Janet Sikken
requests members of the Department
Council of Administration attend the
meeting Friday at the Y. W. C. A, near
Sixth nad E streets.
Gen. M. Emmett Urell Auxiliary will
meet Wednesday to elect officers. The
bingo party was held at the home of
Mrs. Emma Tull.
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