Falls Church, Va., Notes. pg. 4
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Falls Church, Va., Notes. pg. 4
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“The Misses Fannie and Kate Simmons gave a very nice party at their residence at which many of their friends from West Virginia, Washington D.C., and Falls Church, Va., were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips of Providence Heights entertained quite a large crowd of their children and grandchildren, some twenty-eight in number; from the city on July 4th. Mrs. Phillips enjoyed the first automobile ride of her life to see friends at Merrifield, in a car driven by one of her sons. She was delighted with the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Nickens, Mr. and Mrs. Notie B. Jones, and all of West End are working hard to have their popular captain, Miss Estrella Collins, get that banner, Sunday. Look out East End!
Rev. Dr. Powell, choir and congregation went to Mt. Pleasant on the fourth Sunday in June, and to the Seminary on the first Sunday in July to assist those churches in their rallies. At the Seminary Church, they gave that congregation seven dollars and some cents to aid their rally.
Messrs. Chester and Ollie Tinner left Monday July 10, for New York to spend the summer.
Mrs. G. W. Simmons with her daughters, Misses Katie and Fannie Simmons recently returned home from Martinsburg W. Va., where they spent their vacation.
Mrs. Geo Thomas has just returned from New York, on a flying trip with her little niece, Margueritte Thomas.
Miss Ethel Powell will spend some of her vacation days with relatives at York, Pa.
The numerous lawn parties, church picnics, concerts and evening entertainments come to a close this week, Sunday July twenty-third being a guest rally day for Second Baptist Church, pastor by the Rev. G. W. Powell, D.D.
Somebody’s got to win that banner. The question is, “Who will win the banner this year?”
The clubs have been working faithfully. The famous West End Club, with Miss Estrella Collins, has been carrying off this banner every year for the past three years. The hill, Sunday will be filled with crowds from surrounding Sister churches. From Theological Seminary Rev. Dr. Ford’s people say they are coming. From Mt. Pleasant Rev. Dr. Pinkett’s people say they are coming. From the city and afar will be visitors, some returning from a hastily made vacation trip, others coming after a year or mores absence from home. This is not only an annual rally, but an annual homecoming reunion of families and friends. The several visiting pastors will be accompanied by their choirs and congregations, and great will be the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stuart, Mr. Wm. Stuart and Miss Marle Johnson were Sunday, July 9, visitors with Mrs. Rosa Dixon of West End.
Mrs. Anderson and son of Hall’s Hill Va., spent Sunday July 9m with Mr. Isaac Fitzhugh and wife, Mrs. Kate Fitzhugh. They were royally entertained after which Mrs. Kate Fitzhugh and her family gave their guests a pleasant ride home in their carriage.
Mrs. F. E. Summerall has faithfully studied the art of manicuring and the “Harper System” of scientific scalp treatment under Mrs. Powell, wife of the pastor of Second Baptist Church, and now goes forth hoping for much success. She joins her husband in Pittsfield, Mass.
Mrs. C. D. Scott recently made a vacational trip to her old home at Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Georgia Taylor will take those who desire to spend the hot summer days in vacation in a nice rural home at the rate of $4.00 per week for board and lodging. Address her at Falls Church. Va."
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips of Providence Heights entertained quite a large crowd of their children and grandchildren, some twenty-eight in number; from the city on July 4th. Mrs. Phillips enjoyed the first automobile ride of her life to see friends at Merrifield, in a car driven by one of her sons. She was delighted with the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass Nickens, Mr. and Mrs. Notie B. Jones, and all of West End are working hard to have their popular captain, Miss Estrella Collins, get that banner, Sunday. Look out East End!
Rev. Dr. Powell, choir and congregation went to Mt. Pleasant on the fourth Sunday in June, and to the Seminary on the first Sunday in July to assist those churches in their rallies. At the Seminary Church, they gave that congregation seven dollars and some cents to aid their rally.
Messrs. Chester and Ollie Tinner left Monday July 10, for New York to spend the summer.
Mrs. G. W. Simmons with her daughters, Misses Katie and Fannie Simmons recently returned home from Martinsburg W. Va., where they spent their vacation.
Mrs. Geo Thomas has just returned from New York, on a flying trip with her little niece, Margueritte Thomas.
Miss Ethel Powell will spend some of her vacation days with relatives at York, Pa.
The numerous lawn parties, church picnics, concerts and evening entertainments come to a close this week, Sunday July twenty-third being a guest rally day for Second Baptist Church, pastor by the Rev. G. W. Powell, D.D.
Somebody’s got to win that banner. The question is, “Who will win the banner this year?”
The clubs have been working faithfully. The famous West End Club, with Miss Estrella Collins, has been carrying off this banner every year for the past three years. The hill, Sunday will be filled with crowds from surrounding Sister churches. From Theological Seminary Rev. Dr. Ford’s people say they are coming. From Mt. Pleasant Rev. Dr. Pinkett’s people say they are coming. From the city and afar will be visitors, some returning from a hastily made vacation trip, others coming after a year or mores absence from home. This is not only an annual rally, but an annual homecoming reunion of families and friends. The several visiting pastors will be accompanied by their choirs and congregations, and great will be the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Stuart, Mr. Wm. Stuart and Miss Marle Johnson were Sunday, July 9, visitors with Mrs. Rosa Dixon of West End.
Mrs. Anderson and son of Hall’s Hill Va., spent Sunday July 9m with Mr. Isaac Fitzhugh and wife, Mrs. Kate Fitzhugh. They were royally entertained after which Mrs. Kate Fitzhugh and her family gave their guests a pleasant ride home in their carriage.
Mrs. F. E. Summerall has faithfully studied the art of manicuring and the “Harper System” of scientific scalp treatment under Mrs. Powell, wife of the pastor of Second Baptist Church, and now goes forth hoping for much success. She joins her husband in Pittsfield, Mass.
Mrs. C. D. Scott recently made a vacational trip to her old home at Lynchburg, Va.
Mrs. Georgia Taylor will take those who desire to spend the hot summer days in vacation in a nice rural home at the rate of $4.00 per week for board and lodging. Address her at Falls Church. Va."
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Washington Bee
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1916-7-22
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N/A, “Falls Church, Va., Notes. pg. 4,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 25, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/471.