Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1927, Page 6

CITIZENS ARRANGE " CARNIVAL EVENTS Park View Aided by Columbia, Heights and Parant-Teach- | cr Officials. Plans are being « Tark View business men's carn to be held October 13 and 14, to mark the instaliation of new lights and the Georgia avenue, und the Park View Citl the Columbia He Citizens' Asso ciation and the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation. The carnival will open parade of decorated floats enter ) the business firms of Park View and other establishments in the District. This will proceed from Harvard cet on Georgia avenue to Rock Creek Church road, thence to Warder street and to the community playground, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DECLINE IN GRADING COSTS SHOWN BY BID 16th Street Work Is Sur- prise to Officials. The grading of Sixteenth street he. cuble vard, the lowest 1 in several years, if the Commission- ers accept a bid of Latimer & Ma- loney, contractors. The contract is expected to be awarded this week. When sealed proposals were opened District officlals were agreeably sur- prised when it was discovered that the lowest bidder had offered to re- move 4,600 cubic yards of earth, nec- essary to give the street the proper grade, for $12,500. Congress appro- priated $22,000 for the grading of this street, the estimate being based on the cost of grading prevailing when the itém was put in the ap- propriation bill, The average price paid by the Dis. trict for grading in the last several WILLIAM P. THOMSON, Nineteen years old, 1215 Jefferson | vears has been 40 cents a cubic yard. where the opening ceremonies Will be | S0t ™y June graduate of Central | Recently, however, the Commission- R High chool, who was selected as the best citizen soldier in the “Red” course Representative Frederick N. Zihiman | at Fort Monmouth, N. J. ot Maryland will be the princibal [son, who will enter speaker, while Commissioners Proctor | ton University this 1. Dougherty and Sidney L. Taliaferro | an expert pistol shot and was awarded and the Assistant kngineer Commis- |3 medal as welterweight champion of \. E. R. Covell, will have | the camp. _— | Va, yesterday flled suit for mainte- Mr. Zihlman to Speak. sioner, Maj. prominent places on the program. Other speakers will include John G. McGrath, president of the Park View Citizens’ Association; A. B. Carty, president of the Columbia Heigh! Citizens' Association; C. T. Denekas, chairman of the ci al committee. and Fred 8. Walker, member of thc Yark View association, who wil preside, The Queen of the Carnival, to be chosen from among the young women representatives of the participating business firms before the opening night of the carnival, will be crowned by Commissioner Dougherty at the exercises following the parade. The second night of the carnival will be devoted to exercises for chil- dren, with features designed for them. A costume parade, in the charge of Miss Maude Burklin, community sec- retary, will precede the special pro- gram at the playgrounds, where each group of youngsters entered as units in the paradb will compete for prizes in the “Dance of Nations.” The carnival queen will lead the parade. Following the program at the play- . grounds, street dancing will be staged in Otis street between Warder and Sixth. General Committee. The general committee includes C. T. Denekas, general chairman; J. Clinton Hiatt, vice chairman; M. R. Vollmer, secretary; W. T. Kenner, treasurer; G, E. Frederick, program; Charles O. Clark, manager of the York Theater, carnival queen; Fred 8. Walker, speakers; Walter D. Beller, « reception; Anthony P. Bovello, finance; + Lieut. J. A. Sullivan, marshal; J. W. Smith, decorations; J. W. Lambert, {:»_-nde: A. Thomas, music, and Capt. red Cornwell, public safety. FOOD SHOW HERE WILL OPEN NOV. 9 Half of Booths for Exhibition in Auditorium Already Sold. . ‘Washington’s annual food show will be held at the Washington Auditori- um from November 9 to 19, inclusive, it was announced last night by offi- clals of the Retall Grocers’ Protective Association. ““Half of the booths which will help make up the show already have been sold,” President John Brayshaw de- clares, “and we are looking forward 1o the most successful exhibit in our history. Some of the largest exhibi- tors in the United States are taking liberal space.” Members of the food show commit- tee of the grocers’ assoclation this year follow: F. B. McGivern, N. T. Chaconas, George Clagett, Charles George, Louis Altemus, W. B. Wen- der, David Abraham, W. M. Horn. stein, Emil Spahn, J. F. Ertter, J. Feldman, M. Lenkin, Charles Harbin, H. Schlesinger, George Scheele, P. Katz, Sol Gelfand, I. Relskin, Theo. Himmelberg, Harry Spund, ‘J. B. Harry, L. Burchell, 1. Freeman, n, I. Cohen, W. G. Wid- Dodge and J. Rienl, vho are assisting President Brayshaw include: Jacob Riehl, first vice president; Willlam Hannan, sec- ond vice president; B. B. Allison, treasurer, and F. A. Dodge, secretary. FIGHTING DATES CHOSEN FOR RAINBOW REUNIONS €24 Division Members Here Will Meet Saturday to Decide Year’s Calendar. A program of memorial lectures to #ignalize the important events, ac- tions and maneuvers of the Rainbow Division will be planned by the Wash- | ington Chapter of the Rainbow Divi- sion Veterans at a business meeting in the board room of the District Building next Saturday night. Meetings will be scheduled for the coming year to fall on the days made memorable by the acts and achievements of the 424 division, and lectures will be given by former rank- ing_officers. For many of the veterans this will | afford an opportunity to learn for the first time the relation of the part they | played to that played by other units.| Col. M. B. MacMillan, president of the chapter, will preside at the meeting Saturday night. | FIVE ALABAM'A FARMERS | HELD IN FLOGGING CAS'Ei TR | Incident of Several Months Ago| Made Public After Arrests Based on Indictment. Ty the Associated Press. HARTSELLE, Ala., September 17.| —Five men were arrested here late today, following their indictment by a | Morgan County grand jury, which in-| vestigated the flogging of John Fer-| guson several months ago. | Those in custody were Dave Whit- | ten, Charles Speegle, John terson 1 Speegle and John Livingston. All are farmers, | No report of the whipping had been | made public until the arrests were | made today. Several other indict-! ments were said to have been return- | ed and other arrests are expected. | Ferguson, who is a farmer living | east of Hartselle, was taken from his | bed by a party of men, carried to nearby woods and whipped. He was unable to give a reason for the flogging. 'i e Retired Officer i}l s, First Lieut. Leon M. Schneide Tnited States Army, retired, die the Letterman General Hospi Francisco, September v Department as from Michigan, entered the Army A ., 1904, and was retired for ability in the line of duty in No o ber 19, His widow, Mrs. Corsen | Schneider, is a resident of Oakland, Callt, Henry M. Reynolds, formerly of 600 Twenty-second street, is being [ whose custody sought by police to notify him of the death of his sister in Waterbury, Conn. Young Thom- |avenue and Kalmia street at a price orge Washing- | of 36 cents a cubic yard. = all, qualified as - Wife Sues for Maintenance. Mrs. Alice M. Meegan of Ballston, nance against her husband, James Francis Meegan, jr. They were mar- ried in 1918 and have two children, sought by the wi Attorney Rudolph H. 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