Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 18

18 TEXANS T0 HOLD BALL THORSDAY Celebration of Independence and Battle of San Jacinto Is Planned. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. When the p Texas w nized in finul chupter of at least four first political and then h have be i sent State Society of as the other orzanization iutained ed the club aspect and its :s each Winter are in a Texans and the they have made in the Fed- The last assembly, on which will be an annual| i 0 is planned to be the tmbitious ent rinment in its and will probably equal that barhecue ziven by OFFICERS OF TEXAS Leit to right: Repre Conugily, president, and . Iudspeth soon 15 first president of the p 1t will be a reunion to commemuorate the inde- | r 3 their Fourth | actual date. | had been preempted by the i the University of Texas uwil banquet, March selected. It will he and will and chivalry as don large - dating from fl the century until #1919, Witen owing to the stress ¢ war, sickness and bereavemen many similar organizations not support the burden 4 were particularly active ich the 0l tate, Austin, had three of citizens in President Wilson's net, an unprecedented situation + the nath These wer for and Burleson, ister Treasury gory, who became when Justice M » the Supreme Court then Indian commissioner iWdent of the society W presided over picines giv exans in the cabi Brooke wnd Thems Attorney tevnolds Cato correspond . was secre ' and len 1d now of Nenator ¢ 15 New York, was an s member whoe directed the board o governors Texans in the wembers and through 1 U was impossible to transact busi- | o association quietly dis- | nm March 2, Mrs. Violet A | Fia e called thy fexans together. | and the meeting wis held in the red | rooni of the Ebbitt House. Mrs Havnes wished to celehrate Tndepen eighty-sixth anniver corresponding and tinancial but such that th that ni rousing response was made R litions ever : fve Huspeth of El ed president, Represent- arrett vice president. lin Branch Stone, of ntative Clay S honorary vice preside broved one of the 1nost L most intere 1 pres membered - and all | the bat- st vear, having mfss- | < Club after from -, the Te Chevy Cha Barbecue Held. 1 vhecues are the principal me- | oviment at home, so that nergy was bent toward making | announced by Representative 1 peth exactly as if it were given during campaizn times in Texas. The | president sent to his home State for the finest ef on the hoof. There nimals killed | Wl dressed by ngton's most | and then barbecued i form and | e universally fol- and best were lowed t were pickles s aked bread | nd it was people en itire N sident Texans wis given on n and the pienic pro- | ed for two years 1 by Represent who has al the i loyal friends of the e has served on comm the revrzunizition and s always counted on to rally the forces when something like the coming ball and veception are impending. In Mareh, | 192: Representative Tom Connally | elected president. The present board of o s hesides the President Repre- | Luther A. Johnson. first spresentative Morgan officers in- | | THE CHASTLETON THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, SOCIETY I Beautifu —are made possible by care and cultivation at this time of the year.” We car pendable requisites for the Mann’s Evergreen Lawn Grass Seed, pint, 20c; pound, 50c. Bone Meal, 5c per po Wizard Brand Sheep 100 pounds, $2.50." Hydrated Lime for Garden and Lawn, 10-lb. bag, 30c; 50-lb. bag, 75c. Buch’s Water Ballast Lawn Rollers, $17.00 to $26.00. Ball-Bearing Lawn Mowers, $9.00 to $22.00. Spray Pumps and Spraying Materials. A full line of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. Garden Tools and Farm Implements. P. Mann & Company 207 7th St. N.W. (Opposite Center Market) Phone Main 1121 (Formerly Hotel Chatham) Sixteenth at R .Street N. W. NOW UNDER WARDMAN Pend of April was fir i four meetings of the club within No- ’ responding secretary and also looks after the finances of the association. The executive committee has always been a tower of strength to the club and of its members. Mrs. Morris Sheppard has been an indefatigable worker and an inspiration to others. Mrs Theodore T. Kdminston is the present chairman of this committee and is being aided in the preparations for the last mecting of the year, that of March 25, by Mrs. Sheppard, Mrs Luther A. Johnson, ) and the secretary, ball and reception will he given in the Hall of Nations in Washington Hotel, and there is a long and dis- tinguished list of patronesses, which includes all the ladles of the con- gressional delegation. Alumni Strong Allies. The local alumni of the University of Texas are strong allies of the Texas club and it includes several of the membe . which the nde had proc government, to was not fought until April 21, 1836, w the forces of Santa Ana were wiped out and Alamo avenged. But the club At ¥ ily with the univer banquets are at 0 or 300 members. In return the evening functions of the club are attwactive to the alumni and many are members of both bodies. San Jacinto day falling toward the considered as sembly . but for many the great was deemed to keep the reasons it vember and March, and at the recep- tion an_ March both memorable days in Texas history will be fittingly celebrated. It was in 1845 that Texas s the lLone Star State, a then sov- i, wi itted into the I Lawns ry a complete line of de- awn. und; 100 pounds, $3.00. Ménure, 5 pounds, 30c; D. 0, Union, and this date is commemorated by the resident citizens and usually by A special day set apart among the four meetings which the soclety holds each season. BUS REROUTING URGED. Rapid Transit Co. Would Improve Service North of Lincoln Memorial. Rerouting of the Washington Rapid Transit Co.'s busses servihg the terri- tory north of the Lincoln Memorial was considered at a conference yester- day between E. D. Merrill, president and officfals of the Jtilities ‘Commission, including E. R. Covell, assistant en- Commissione: 3 utilities enginee Fisher, executive sect ission, Merrill told the commission that is Cafritz has requested his com to operate its busses nearer to Twenty-third and D streets for the accommodation of tenants of an apart- ment at that corner. The proposed change, he said, will allow in that vicinity to reach the district, and will result in incre service on the cross-town route. s = Henry Doel of Panama and Mis; Hirle of Richfield, N. J 000 miles each to be m: sngland, recently 5. Har man, the best man, journeyed 4,000 miles from Edmonton, Alberta, for the ceremony. . and Earl V. v of the com- FARCH 2f, *|and Harry Stare and r _1926—TART T. ILLINOIS STATE SOCIETY RE-ELECTS V. V. MARTIN Message From' Gov. Bmall Praises Group Here—Mrs. Tucker Presents Shield. V. V. Martin wa dent of the Hlinols State Society at a meeting Wednesday night at the Washington Canoe Club, Other officers re-elected were Judge Jesse Tuil, first vice president, and A. R. Bailey, sec- ond vice ident. Representative Carl R. Chindblom of Illinc elected honorary vice pres| I. James, .secretary; Mrs Bailey, treasurer, and Mrs. Rainey, histori; re-elected presi- ulation from Gov. Sm and growth of the Illinois Society of V was read at the meeting. 3 Logan Tucker presented to the society a shield of the State of 1llinols, which {had hung in the Washington home of Gen. John A. Logan, as a greeting to Illinoisians visiting the Logan home. The shield was made for a reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic vears The ety passed a resolution re for Gen National Soldiers’ Home Cemetery. ‘The entertainment program included a piano duet hy N Mae McClure adings by Miss Alma A. Bertholf. Special _tramcars for ‘women sup. porters of foot ball are being run in London. Logun's tomb in the | REARRANGE CAR STOPS. | Rail Officials and Board Take Up ' 14th St. and Chevy Chase Lines. | Officials of the Capital Traction Co. | and the Public Utilities Commission began consideration yesterd: of plans to rearrange all car stops on Fourteenth street south of Park road and on Connecticut avenue hetween Calvert street and Chev. A change in the car stops on Four teenth street, the officials are inclined to believe, may expedite the move. ment of the street cars. New locations for the stops on Connecticut avenue, it was said, will have to bhe made on account of the removal of the center | trolley poles. mission do not think it would be wise to place the car “stop” signs on the new side po It the propused car stop changes are made on Fourteenth street, it was said, the commission probably will follow a suggestion by J. Clinton Hiatt of the Columbia Heights Citi- zeny’ Association, who has pointed out hew potential collisfons between the cars and fire apparatus might bhe lessened. Chase Circle. | Members of the Com- | At the recent inauguration of the the Sudan, the speech by Lord Lloyd, the British high commissioner in Igypt, was translated into Arabic and | sent out over the radlo. 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