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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
4
Missouri Senator Spencer will address the Petworth Citizens Association meeting at Eighth and Shepherd streets northwest tomorrow night at 815. Laura J. Campbell will present a musical program.
Swept by the Weather Bureau forecast for the District of Columbia and Maryland calls for local showers and thunderstorms Monday, then generally fair Tuesday with light to moderate winds for Virginia. Notable event: Edward Heyden, 50, of 321 Pennsylvania Ave SE, suffered a fractured jaw when a rim of a bicycle tire exploded, striking him in the face. he was taken to a private hospital. Local river and temperature readings are listed with daily highs, lows, and precipitation.
The site committee announced a ten story clubhouse on 1310 to 1320 G Street NW across from the Epiphany Church. The property fronts 112 feet on G Street and extends 185 feet deep to an 80 foot alley, with current stores on the first floor and upper residences. A building committee will plan, design, and hire contractors, and the present structures will be torn down for a gymnasium, swimming pool, roof garden, auditorium, and guest rooms for nonresidents. The downtown site enables quick use during lunch and breaks, with 1500 membership capped as the list grows.
The funeral for Mrs Ella M Clayton 62 a longtime Bible class teacher to Chinese students in Washington was held at the Church of the Ascension on Twelfth Street Northwest. She lived at 1215 Li Street NW and aided Chinese learners of citizenship. Pallbearers were Chinese students. The body departed Washington last night for St Pauls Church Richmond Indiana for burial tomorrow afternoon at 2.00. Reverend Clarence Herbert Reese accompanied the body.
WOUNDED YANKS SUBSCRIBE Funds for the memorial cross at Bladensburg to honor Prince Georges county men who died in the war are being rapidly collected and work on the monument will be started next month, according to John Riggies, chairman of the committee. Wounded Yanks at Walter Reed Hospital have sent donations and sympathy letters for the mothers and bereaved relatives of Prince Georges county soldiers. Private Lewis Guivette, who lost a leg and an arm, was among contributors.
The document lists numerous family pairings with newborns and young children, plus several patients by name and age. Entries include Barry Davies boy, Matinel Demeza boy, Julie Bradley 69 emergency patient, and others, with addresses and hospital locations such as Emergency Hosp and Tuberculosis Hosp.
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