Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 20

r-se- - CORNTOBE SHONN FROM 23 STATES Leesburg, Va., Scene Next Month of 8th Annual Con- vention and Exposition. ARDMORE. ARDMORE, Md., December 22 (Spe- cial). —A meeting of the Citizens’ As- sociation is to be held Wednesday a the home of Mrs. A. C. McNeale. Sub- scriptions for graveling the Ardmore road are being received. This road runs from the Defense Highway to Ardmore, a distance of about 2 miles. A Christmas tree entertainment was held yesterday at the Ardmore School. | Sunday school pupils of the Evangelical {Union Church will have a Christmas | entertainment tomorrow. The Home and School Association is working hard to secure school improve- | ments. Final retgrns show that the carnival | held by St. Michael's Catholic Church to raise money toward the fund being | gathered to secure a resident pastor | netted $300. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va. December 22— Catalogs are out for the eighth annual convention and State corn and grain show, which will be held in the high school here January 24 and 25, under auspices of the Virginia Crop Improve- ment Association. Harvey S. Clapp, Accotink, is presi- | dent; F. B. Cale, Sparta, vice presi- | FIFTY MIDDIES FAIL S7saramesrez ON PHYSICAL TESTS burg, fleld agent, and A. Hazel Wimer. | Holiday Leave Denied Those Not Blacksburg. clerk. The directors are i H H Culpeper; F. B. Cale.} TUp to Requirements at Rope Climbing and Bar Chinning. Sparta; Harvey S. Clapp, Accotink: | J. C. Phillips, Tappahannock: Ge T. Omohundro, Scotsville: J. H. Quis- | enberry, Frederick Hall: John S. Ward. Leesburg; B. A. Rucker, Delaplane: |Special Dispatch to The Star. Roy P. Gordon, Bakerville. The board | ANNAPOLIS, Md. December 22— ;‘:;’;};:?fl‘\;‘ §°"<‘:‘I’$;““‘]“de}; BB "é:‘l":"’ | Fifty midshipmen lost thelr Christmas A corn-judging contest will be open | leave this year because of faflure to # all farm men and women and a | pass some of the physical tests at the junior contest to all Smith-Hughes and | Nayal Academy, and it was found that 4-H boys and girls. There Will be an |cortain of the requirements, notably rope interstate corn class for best 10 ears | climbing and chinning the bar. wers white or vellow corn, open to United | particularly hard on the big foot bi% | THE 'SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. DECEMBER 23, 1928—PART €. CLARENDON MAN HEAD |OF REAL ESTATE BODY !E. A. Brumback Elected at Arling- | ! ton-Fairfax and Alexandria Dinner and Dance. Special Dispatch to The Star. | FAIRFAX, Va, December 22.—More | than 60 members and guests attended | the annual banquet and Christmas en- tertainment of the Arlington-Fairfax | and Alexandria Real Estate Board held !last night at the Washington Golf and Country Club. | A. Brumback of Clarendon was | etected president to succeed Louis Kane of Alexandria. C. C. Batchelor of | Alexandria was elected vice president and Miss Ruby Lee Minar of Lee | Heights, secretary and treasurer | Addresses were made by Guy Church, president of the Virginia Realtors' As- | sociation, and the incoming and out- going presidents. John Graham of | Alexandria acted as Santa Claus, and |gifts to the members and guests. Dancing followed the dinner. | e | HALL TO BE DEDICATED. | Epworth Ceremony at M. E. Home, Gaithersburg, December 30. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. GAITHERSBURG, Md., December 22. ing and dedication of Epworth Hall, gift of the young people of the Balti- | directors of the organization distributed | —The program committee for the open- | States and Canada. i There are 23 State corn classes, with loving cups and prizes amounting to | $650. | Judges for the show are T. B.| Hutcheson, agronomist, Virginia Pel. technic Institute: Dr. T. ‘Wolfe, | agronomist, editor of the Southern | Planter, and G. W. Patteson, agron- | omist, Chilean Nitrate of Soda Edu(-a-" tional Bureau, Washington, D. C. Dur- ing the show the annual meeting of | the Virginia Crop Improvement Asso- ciation will be held. Some of the | speakers are W. H. Byrne, sccretary: | T. B. Hutcheson, head of agronom department, V. P. L: J. Mors senior agronomist, United States De. rtment of Agriculture: Dr. oods, director of scientific o United States Department of Agricul- ture, and Prof. J. E. Metzger, head of agronomy department, University of Maryland. ISLAND RAID BRINGS PENALTY FOR TRIO| Virginians Found Guilty at Rock- ville of Violating County Local Option Law. Bpecial Dispatch to The St ROCKVILLE. Md., December 22.— ac Willie, Harold Clark and Joe ter, young residents of the vicinity | of Vienna, Va., were found guilty in the Police Court here today of violating local option law. Willie was sentenced to the House of Correction for six months and each of the others Wwas fined $300 and costs and sentenced % the House of Correction for six months, but the imprisonment part of | tjo, the sentence was suspended. In de- fault of payment of the fines and costs, both Clark and Etter will have to go to prison for six months. The cases ‘were heard by Judge Samuel Riggs. ‘Willie was arrested when a squad of county officers,” headed by Chief of Police Alvie A. Moxley, visited an island in the Potomac River, near Seneca, this county, and found a still in operation, 3,000 gallons of mash and about 35 :a.;nx of the finished product. . All of the defendants took to the water when the officers appeared and Clark and Etter eluded arrest by wad- ing and swimming to the Virginia re. Chief Moxley and Policeman ld jumped in after Willle snd overtook him before he got very far. Clark and Etter were arrested in Vir- @inia the following day. LYNCHBURG AIRPORT | SURVEYS ARE MADE @ity Farm Property May Be Rec-' ommended by Committee in Report to City Council. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. | LYNCHBURG, Va. December 22— | Preliminary surveys of a section of the | city farm property to be used for es- | tablishment of a municipal airport have been made, and the joint Council | and Chamber of Commerce committee in charge is expected to make a report at an early meeting of the City Council relative to location of an airport there | instead of on the Timber Lake road, | as was originally suggested by the | Chamber of Commerce committee. | An investigation of the eastern end | of the city prison farm, located near | the intersection of route 14, the Ward | road, shows that a field can be se- | cured there sufficiently large for all present purposes, with opportunities for enlargement in the future, if this should be desired. City =Manager | R. W. B. Hart said the city farm field | will require more excavation than the one suggested on the Timber Lake road. but its location on a State highway and adjacent to the main line of the Southern Railway system is better. DEATH FOLLOWS FUNERAL OF WIFE Rdmund D. Beall, 71, Farmer and Lifelong Resident of Mont- | gomery County, Succumbs. | | | Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 22. Within a few hours after his i Mrs. Annie Beall, was buried, Edmund D. Beall, well known and life resident of the Lay Hill neighborhood. died at his home early lasi evening aged 71 years. He had been ill so eral months of a complication of di eases and because of his conditior was not informed of h's wife's death which was very sudden and due to heart disease. He= will b> buried b: his wife in Rockville Union Cemetery the funeral to take place from the home 2t 2 pm. tomo: Mr. Beall was & son Beall and lived all his life on the farm where he died. He is survived by a son and a daughter, Everett and Miss Anna Beall, both of Lay Hill; a brother, William P. Beall of Lay Hill and two sisters, Mrs. Henry O and Miss Marian Beall, of Washington TWO MONOX.IDE VICTIMS. Btate Chemist Reports Finding on o of the late Isaiah Henry County, Va., Victims. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star DANVILLE, Va. December 22.—J. B. Weems, State chemist, has filed a teport with W. R. Broaddus, Common- wealth attorney of He County stating that Jack Hammons, a blind man, and C. V. Warren, found dead tecently near Martinsville in an auto- mobile, the engine of which was run- g, died of monoxide gas poisoning. i1 day. There will be more_Conference. Epworth League, to the Methodist Home at Gaithersburg, Md., obtained Dr. Forest J. Prettyman, linemer, and oarsmen. Midshipman | Wreford Chapple, foet ball guard and | champion heavyweight boxer of the| Academy, just saved his leave by climb- | pastor of the Alpheus Wilson Memorial ing the tope in the required time late | Church, Baltimore, Md.. to make the yesterday afternoon after several fail-| dedicatory address. December 30. ures this Fall. The service will culminate a four- Midshipman Paul RusseH. 200-pound | day program. beginning Thursday. at crew man and foot ball tackle, made an | equally narrow chinning test. Leave be- | gan at noon today and will continue | until January 2. Alexandria, Roanoke and Moorefield AGA'N THROWN OPEN Baltimore, Winchester and Rocking- ham districts, Friday, and Washingtcn and Lewisburg, Saturday. Resumption of Traffic in Arlington | County to Be Followed by . Celebration. president of the board of trustees of the home, and M the door of Epworth Hall, and con- tinue each afternoon and evening dur- ing Christmas week. Chillum Grange Master Chosen. Svecial Dispatch to The Star. CHILLUM, Md.. December 22— ‘Thomas Joy has been elected master of Eureka Grange, No. 177, of Chillum. Other officers chosen are Raymond Ager, overseer; Mrs. Harry Nalley, lec- turer; Fred Eichman, steward: George Miller, assistant steward: Roy Mat- thews, chaplain; Charles Miller, treas- urer; Mrs. Ira K. Gruver, secreta Albert Miller, gatekeeper; Miss Ruth Miller, Ceres; Mrs. Marie Eichman, Pomona, and Mrs. Roy Matthews, Flora. I'I“)he officers will be installed January 10. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va. December 22.— Reconstruction work on the Lee High-| way, which included the laying of three- foot shoulders on each side and re- surfacing from Rosslyn to Cherrydsle, was completed late this afternoon and the roads will again be thrown open to traffic at daybreak tomorrow morning. To put the finishing touches on the project today Corson and Gruman, con- tractors, were required to work an extra force of men. The road has been par- tially closed for several months. The Arlington County Chamber of Commerce is going ahead with its plans for a formal celebration c@ the reopen- ing of the highway, to be held Satur- big parade and all merchants and organizations of the county will be asked to enter floats. An invitation has been sent to Gov. Harry F. Byrd to participate in the celebra- n. CLUB PLANS GAYETIES. e Three Teachers Resign. Special ‘Dispatch to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., December | 22—Nicholas Orem, Prince Georges County superintendent of schools, has announced the resignation of Miss Frances E. Stevenson, primary teacher in Berwyn School, effective January 2; Miss Lucretia Chamberlain, assistant at the Ritcl School, effective January 11, and Miss Mary Norris, principal of the Seat Pleasant School, effective January 1. Miss Stevenson and Miss Chamberlain will take positions in Baltimore. County Women Entertained. Special Dispatch to The Star. LANHAM, Md.. December 22.—Mrs. O. F. Cook, president of the Prince Georges County Federation of Women's Clubs, entertained members of the federation at her home here this after- noon. Christmas carols were sung, refreshments were served and there were other features. s . ‘The new Young Men's Christian As- sociation building in Philadelphia, the corperstone of which has just been laid, is to be the largest “Y” in the world The 26-story building will cost $2, 250.000. V Transportation Building 17th & H Sts. N.W. Most desirable office building in Washing- ton. Near the principal Government depart= ments and U. S. Chamber of Commerce. Rooms Single or En Suite Six elevators, 24-hour service. For further information apply Representative at Build- ing, Room 324, or Randall H. Hagner & Co. (Incorporated) 1321 Conn. Ave. Phone Decatur 3600 B v Donahue’s Pharmacy Wisconsin Avenue and O St. Is a Star Branch Office If you are seeking a situa- tion, make use of The Star Classified Section, stating the type of employment you want and the qualifications you possess and 'you will be plac- ing yourself before everybody in Washington who has need of such service. Copy for Star Classified Ads may be left at any of the Star Branch Offices—there’s one in practically every neigh- borhood in and around Wash- ington —rendering service without fee; only regular rates are charged. Two Dances on Holiday Program of Front Royal Members. Special Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va., December 22.— The Pine Hill Hunt Club is planning a big hunt Monday on the Benton G. Ray farm near Happy Creek. Christ- mas night a dance will be held at the Updykes Hall. Thursday there will be a turnout at the W. E. Lake farm, fol- lowed by a dinner at Sunset Lodge. Saturday afternoon a drag will be held on the Benton G. Ray farm at Happy Creek, and the Monday night following a dance will be held at the same place. 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