Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1928, Page 10

10 __THE_EVENING _STAR, WASTIINGTON. MEMORIAL SERVICE PLANNEDBYD.A.R. District Chapters Repbrt! $18,000 Has Been Raised for Year's Work. Reports of 60 chapters, made today at the annual assembly of the Daugh- ters of the can Revolution of the District of Columbia, meeting in Conti- nental Memorial Hall, showed that { $18,000 has been raised here for the or- £a tion's work this a: Memorial | fervices will be conducted late this aft- ernoon by Mrs. Constance n. past year. parted member will be placed in a | wreath, which will be laid on the er of Mrs. Lillian Roome. in Rock Creck Cemetery. She had charge of refur- nishing the D 3 room in_Continent For the firs members of th emorial Hall election as accept- vid D. Cald- e regent. to s ed unanimously well was elected Sta ceed Mrs. James M. Willey. at the an- ial State conference vesterday. Rep- tive Lehlbach of New Jersey was nentarian of the meeting. The other newly elected officers are: Miss Helen Harn Miss Nellie Ross J. Edgar Sm s. Geor, H B Puun Q-' ate (haphm Announcement was made that the conference will be resumed March 30. at which time Mrs. Alfred J. Brous- seau. President General of the D. will be entert ner in the Willard Hotel with the State conference. ¥ i pand to a municipality of more than a| | the fels R.. | when he CHIEF OF I C. C. DIVISION HAS SERVED FOR 4 DECADES Came to Capital When Horse; Cars Were Still Being | Used. ‘ Rcccnves Huge Basket of Flowers on Anniversary of | Starting on Job. ill a town of horse- | drawn street cars, Florida avenue was | the accepted northern boundary and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh street | were the business thoroughfares of the (I\\ when T Jackson came to the | K in the then newly rstate. Commerce Com- go. Since that time k. chief of the com- tarifT division for | ‘Washington C established 1 mmmn 40 v THOMAS JACKSON. v mission grow to a point where its staff now numbers considerably more than a which must go through the commission thousand persons. has seen the city ex- for approval. “The act to regulate commerce was hot off the press when “Tom' arrived around these parts.” says | the In-Com-Co, a publication ssued by ons. and has seen rail- |« move from the when he came on to the 3 6-10 per mile in force by edict of the | half million per road pas Jackson eelebrated M.:] ortieth year of service with the Gov- | ument. all with one bureau, receiving | tations of his fellow employes. | huge basket of flowers and numerous | other tokens. He is 67 vears old and will be eligible for retirement two years from nest’ May, when he reaches HWI : mr"iu- in Division Then, /| Money Loaned to Members on Easy Monthly Payments ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION ki & La. Ave. N.W. 59th Tsue of Stock Now Open for Subseription e men were employed in the pas- tariff division of the commission came to Washington from New 1888. Now the entffe division 1an 200 emploves, handling of passenger tarifls nmen F. Shea James E Connelly Prosidont Secretir Tk in nore t involved mas: Service | hat Counts The American Security and Trust Company has five well established offices, where every phase of banI(mg and trust business is carried on. Courteous No matter Central B 7th and Mass. Ave. Northeast Branch 8th and H Sts. N.E. The officers and personnel are thoroudhly trained and the departments are efficient. service WltI‘l a maximum Of CO~ operation characterizes all of our offices. what your needs, we can help you. Main Office 15th and Penna. Ave. Southwest Branch 7th and E Sts. S.W. ranch . Northwest Branch 1140 15th Street N.W, \MERICAN SECURIT AMD TRUST COMPANY Capital, $3,400,000—Surplus, $3,400,000 WASHINGTON'S LARGEST TRUST COMPANY For healthful hot cereal, try SHREDDED EAT PORRIDGE Cover the bottom of a saucepan with water, add the biscuits, broken up. Boil and stir until the mixture thickens. Salt and serve with milk or cream. Ready in two minutes. - MADE AT NIAGARA FALLS * I been assigned to Mr. Jackson. the In-Com-Co Club of the commisston. “Tom was picked as the best of the men gathered together to administer the new act and made head of the first passenger section. “No more important office could have ‘To him fell the responsibility for the safekeep- ing of thousands of volumes of pas aer fare tariffs and the training of a large number of men to assist him in conducting this very active branch of the commission's work. And to him goes the credit for the high state of efli- clency attained by the passenger sec- | tion.” Hobby Is Hunting. More than 6 feet tall, Mr. Jackson Istill keeps up his one hobby out | ame his home and his work—hunti I biids in the open season. Last Fall he ‘went down In King William County, va, and managed to bag his share of in competition with younger sporismen. He intends to keep up t MY ARCH 2, 1928 He lives at 6704 Fourth street, Ta- koma Park, and has three chiidren, Thomas 8., a student at George Wash- ington University; Jean Van Loan Jackson, also a student at the same in- stitution, and Robert A. Jackson. He is the oldest living employe of the com- mission and well remembers the days when he played base ball on vacant lots above Florida avenue in what is now one of the select sections of the city. “If 1'd known how the city was to ex- pand, I could have, bought a few lots for around $50 apicce ap in that se [tion and I ‘wouldn't have to be worl |ing tod: says. there were ly a few houses above | Florida avenue and land was cheap.” ey s Engines Melt Ice Off Rails. | Modern railway locomotives are | cquipped with plpes to melt snow and from the tracks with jets of live m. ice NEW YORK-WASHINGTON AIR SERVICE PLANNED| Daily Trips Will Start About May |, 1—Schedule An- nounced. . Dally airplane passenger and express service will ke inaugurated between New York and Washington about May 1, Robert E. Funkhouser of Washington announced today. 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