Child Welfare in School Discussed by PTA Leaders
Speakers at a Raleigh meeting of the council of presidents of the Parent-Teacher Associations, under the Congress of Mothers, urged closer home school cooperation. Miss Alice Lombard stressed helping foreign born women learn English, while Dr Joseph Murphy called for yearly physical exams and more nurses. Dr Henson urged summer schooling and production language. Plans were made to appoint trained matrons and visiting teachers, with committees formed to study the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Presidents
Parent-Teacher Associations
Raleigh
Congress of Mothers
Alice C. Lombard
Name Education Division
Bureau of Education
Joseph A. Murphy
O. H. Benson
Department of Agriculture
Dr. Henson
Giles Scott Rafter
Mining luncheon honors H C Hoover at University Club
Seventy prominent mining men gathered at the American Mining Congress luncheon at the University Club to honor H C Hoover, charge of relief work in Belgium. The organizing committee included Van H Manning George Otia Smith A F Lucas A H Brooks and J F Callbreath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Mining Congress
University Club
H. C. Hoover
Belgium
van H. Manning
Bureau of Mines
George Otia Smith
United States Geological Survey
A. F. Lucas
A. H. Brooks
J. F. Callbreath
Rites for Thomas M Bannon Topographic Survey Engineer
Funeral services for Thomas M Bannon eminent topographic survey engineer will be held at his Jessups Maryland home tomorrow at 10 o'clock. He died Sunday night at Maryland University Hospital Baltimore survived by two sisters Mary and Francia and three brothers James T Philip M and Joseph. Bannon served with the geological survey since 1888 and led 1968 surveys in Porto Rico to assess land reclamation and later worked mainly in western Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Bannon
Seological Survey
Maryland University Hospital
Baltimore
Jessups
Mary
Francia Bannon
James T
Philip M
Joseph Bannon
Bannon
Geological Survey
Porto Rico
Montana
City Briefs Touch on Lectures and Local Events
The New Hampshire State Association meets at the Public Library with Col. Harts presenting The City of Washington. The Monday Evening Club banquet set for February 19 is postponed due to war concerns. A reserve officers' training school is to organize at the Home Club. The Potomac Department Woman's Relief Corps opens its annual convention at Grand Army Hall this evening. Edward A. Andre is killed in action serving as Signaler in the Canadian field artillery. Chevy Chase Seminary to be renamed Chevy Chase School with Dr. Farrington taking charge next fall. Dr. Samuel M. Barker to retire this spring. The District Prisoners' Aid Association hosts talks on Occoquan Ideals at Epiphany Church. The Elizabeth V. Brown School endorses retirement of teachers bill. Real Estate Merchants’ Association dinner planned for March 31. Uncle Remus Memorial Association hosts a regular meeting at the Stewart hotel. The Twentieth Century Club names a wild flower subcommittee meeting this afternoon. Illinois Society organizing at Ebitt. Mrs. Baldwin loses a handbag with $40 and a $100 check. A colored man grabs a news stand cash box at Union Station but escapes, dropping coins. National Retail Liquor Dealers' Association opens its 24th annual conference at the National Hotel. Colonial Beach Society discussed to protect Colonial Beach property with next meeting on March 19. Miss Bertha Yoder presiding.
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Monday Evening Club
Reserve Officers’ Training School
Jackson Place
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus Memorial Association
Hbbitt
Jesse Dell
Uncle Remus
Horace Atkinson
Conservation
Twentieth Century Club
William H. Herron
Oregon Avenue
Imineisans
Washington
Ebbitt
Oscar J. Ricketts
Old Illinois Association
Ethelbert Stewart
Bureau of Labor
H. R. Laldwin
Decatur
Til
Baldwin
Union Station
National Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association of America
National Hotel
Neil Bonner
William D. Barry
Congressional
Deaths Reported in Local Obituary List
A list of recent deaths includes Matthew OBrien 77 and Alexander G Fortier 70 at 1417 Q St NW and 70 years. Virginia F Garter 73 at Md Ave P27 Md Ave 67 William Jackson 28 at 102 Masa Ave NW Arthur Cottrell 47 at St Elizabeth Hospital Pridith Talshof 62 at 1271 6th St NW Marisa Ayer 24 at 1626 Cochran St NW Frederick FR Moran 22 at 2210 F St NW Stephen Nagle 1 month 2800 K St NW Isabell Colman 2 months 2300 K St NW Infants of Richard A and Mary Johnson 30 days Columbia Hospital infant of William and Maggie Brown 9 days 1185 Potomac Ave se. Hosa Thomas 66 at Freedmen's Hospital William A Grigsby 33 at 1606 18th St NW Julia Mathews 44 at 80 2d Ave NW Nannie Green 87 at 119 Canal St SW Garfield Wooden 31 at Garfield Hospital Charity Colbert 7 at Washington Asylum Hospital.
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Matthew O’brien
Ats. Ue
Alesander G. Fortier
Virginia F. Garter
MD. Ave
William Jackson
Masa
Ave
Arthur Cottrell
St. Elizabeth Hosital
Pridith Talshof
6Th St. Nw
Marisa Ayer
Cochran
18Th St. Nw
Julia Mathews
Nannie Green
Canal St
Garfield Wooden
Garfield Hospital
Charity Colbert
Washington Asylum Hopital
Graduate Fund Canvass Aims for $100000 in Eight Days
Graduation exercises in the school to train workers began Friday to collect $100,000 for a new parochial and high school for girls in St. Aloysius parish. About 300 workers, formed from a student body, will canvass parishioners, nonmembers, and business men. Campaign officials urged full-time effort as they pursue a February 17 close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Aloysius’ Parish
Gonzaga Hall
Charles Jerome Sheffield
Francis T. Hurley
St. Aloysius
Love of Wife Valued at Ten Thousand Dollars in Court
Warren Sanford sues Minnie and H Robinette Perry in District Supreme Court claiming they alienated his wife Eleanor and obstructed access to their two children. He alleges elopement to Baltimore, a Washington state divorce, and seeks permanent custody, noting prior attempts to gain access and failed parental support from his in laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Sanford
Eleanor Sanford
District Supreme Court
Minnie Perry
H. Robinette Perry
Sanford
Perrys
Baltimore
Weather and Tide Table for DC Virginia Maryland February 6 1917
Provides sunrise and high low tide times, followed by a Weather Bureau forecast for DC Virginia Maryland districts. Forecasts fair and warmer in DC and VA, unsettled with rain possible in MD and parts of the mid-Atlantic. Notes a regional storm passing off the coast and general temp rises and rain chances through Thursday. Includes local weather report data such as temperatures, humidity, sunshine hours, and previous year figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
Enon
North Atlantic
New England
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
East Gulf States
South Atlantic
Maxioum
Doctor Promises 50 Percent Eye Strength Gain In One Week
Philadelphia reader letter touts a free prescription claim to strengthen eyesight by 50 percent in many cases. The advice centers on Bon-Opto tablets dissolved in water used as an eye bath two to four times daily with positive personal testimonials and a money back guarantee. Public notice cites drugstore availability and endorsements from physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O’donnell’s
Ligrgett
Births Reported With Nine Families Welcoming Babies
Birth notices list new arrivals for George Wheeler and Elizabeth Wheeler a boy. William Thies and Jessica Thies a boy. Max Sherman and Aupa Sherman a girl. Archibald Meitzler and Irene Meitzler a girl. Joseph Mazingo and Annie Mazingo a boy. Charley Lipphard and Dana Lipphard a boy. Cliffe Crandall and Theresa Crandall a girl. Morris Becker and Bertha Becker a boy. William Andrews and Annie Andrews a boy. Mick Proctor and Lena Proctor a boy. Alphonsa Jones and Francesa Jones a girl. Joseph Durbin and Ette Durbin a boy. George Dougherty and Lily Dougherty a girl. William Brown and Maggie Brown a boy. James Baylor and Cailia Baylor a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Elizabeth B. Wheeler
Willam H
Jessica Thies
Max
Aupa Sherman
Archibald A
Irene B. Meitzler
Joseph A
Annie H. Mazingo
Charley
Dana Lipphard
Clyffe D
Theresa A. Crandall
Morris L
Wiliam T
Annie Andrews
Mick
Lena Proctor
Alphonsa
Licensed to Marry Pairs Listed in Notices
License notices reveal multiple marriage intentions with names ages and clerical witnesses. Entries include Robert H Zoberano 48 and Bertha Dabler 88 at Rev J Harvey Ducham and other couples such as Frank W Chaffee 48 with Louise Barriet Neal 1 at Rev Samuel P Long and Chase Isaacs 48 with Martha Killen Glascoe 40 at Rev James M McCauley. George W Jones 26 of Alps Va with Fanny Morton 26 of Brandywine Va unite under Rev Will iam Harris and Leonard H Roberta 22 with Gertrude A Thompson 21 under Rev Douglas P Birnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Zoberano
Bertha Dabler
J. Harvey Ducham
Frank W. Chaffee
Warren
Louise Barriet Neal
Union City
Samuel P. Long
Jesse Louis Heiskelt
Elaine Fitsbugh Powell
Charles M. Bart
Chase Isaacs
Martha Killen Glascoe
James M. McC
City Bulletins Table Dinner and Services Ad
City bulletin itemized offerings include tabled hotel dinner at 75 cents served 6 30 to 3 p m Sterling Hotel with music and dancing nightly floral valentines delivered anywhere florist telegraph delivery association Shaffer 909 14th suits steam pressed French cleaned wash tailoring Co 716 9th St M 1187
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Florist Telegraph Delivery Association
Shaffer
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Autocar Company
Ardmore, PA
Munyon
O’donnell’s Drug Stores
Home Building Association
E. Claughton
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James M. Woodward
Edward 3
Naver Waaypond
Byron S. Adams
Tharp
Berkeley
St. Xs
Gude
Adv
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Topographic Survey
Jessups, Md
Tomorr
City Briefs
New Hampshire State Association
Public Library
Col. Harts
City of
Department of the Potomac
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army Hall
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jennia T. Thomson
Hig
France
Georg B. A. Andre
Western Battle
Seventh Brigade
Canadian Field Artillery
Edward A
Ida Egiofe Andre
Toronto
Chevy Chase Seminary
Chevy Chase School
Frederick B. Farrington
Samuel M. Barker
District Prisoners’ Aid Association
Church of the Epiphany
C. M. Johnson
New York State Board of Charities
W. H. Whittaker
District Reformatory
J. W. Price
Bishop Harding
Elizabeth V. Brown School and Home Association
Congress
Real Estate Merchants’ Association
M. A. Lesse
E. C. Graham
Ralph W. Lee
J. C. McLaughlin
George W. Harris
J. Philip Herman
Charles F. Crane
Joseph FE. Stoddard
F. W. MacKenzie
Colonial Beach Society
Colonial Beach Va
Bertha Yoder
D. J. Kaufman, Inc
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Bride
Asheville
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Mich
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Shoes and Hosiery
Jos. Strasburger Co
Seventh St. N. W
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Baker Importing Co
Hudson Street
Philadelphia
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Washington Post
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Pa. Ave
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St. N. W
Hudson
Dodge Wilcox & "&Vim Semmes Motor
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H. van Buren
Ben Hur
Ant
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WHHL
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Paul M. Potter
Legeon
Lton
Elasco
G& Sat
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Willard Mack
Mr. Belasco
Rol Cooper Megrue
N. Y
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Nat C. Goodwin
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Vernon Castle
Patria
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Nina
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LOEW
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Rose
Melvtliely
Sis Hop
Gayety
Fred Irwin
Majestics
Florence Bennett
Frank Deant
Mattie Williame
Old Point _Comfort, Norfolk
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City Ticket Office
Norfolk
Washington Steamboat Co
Ddiman
Army Munson Shoe
Ideal Printing Service
Judd & Detweiler, Inc
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