Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1929, Page 11

NEWS.' SUBURBAN CELEBRATE SIXTY-THIRD WEDDING DAY SCHOOL. OFFICIAL ASKS MORE AIDES Prince Georges Report Spows County Leads State in Gain in Trained Teachers. By ‘a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 28. ~—Need for ‘additional administrative pergonnel is seen as one of the out- standing _requirements of the Prince Georges County school system today, in the annual report of Nicholas Orem, superintendent of schools, just made publig, The report points out that there have | been 14 school house constru-tion proj- ects under way during the past year. Cites Numerous Duties. Citing this work, together with the fnancial disbursements attendant upon it, the superintendent of schools adds, “I ask the county if it is not too much to expect one man to look after the de- tails of this continual building exten- Yesterday at the home of their son-in-law, Mr. Walter E. Brown, in Ken- D. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTONX, CAPTAL WOMEN OPPOSE ABATTOR “May Find Other Products More Desirable,” Mrs. Chance Says of Plant. BY LESTER INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., March 28.—The | citizens’ protest committee of Arlington | County today was notified of an exten- | sive drive that is being inaugurated by | the Women's City Club of Washington | against the establishment of an abattoir im Arlington County by the N. Auth Provision Co. of Washington. The drive, which is under the per- sonal direction of Mrs. Merritt O. | Chance, president of the club and wife |of the former postmaster of Washing- ton, has already reached the point { where a conference is to be held at the ‘Women's City Club between the officers of all of the women’s organizations in the city as well as those of the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and sion program, to see to the repairs of 120 school houses, to secure properly qualified teachers for 350 classrooms, to look after the finances of Prince Georges County's biggest business, and to act_as superintendent of schools all at the same time?” At the present time the school popu- lation of Prince Georges County is the fourth largest in the State and enroll- ment- figures indicate it is growing faster’ than any other, with the excep- tion of Baltimore. “* Attendance Gain Shown. In Tegard to school attendance, Supt. Orem notes that the percentage of en. roliment in daily attendance has shown “a gratifying increase” to 90.9 per cent and that the enrollment increased 353. The Board of Education’s paramount objective of “a competent, well trained teacher in every classroom” has nearly been attained, the report states. By following a policy of filling vacan- cies only with normal school graduates, conducting extension courses in co- operation with _universities, requiring teachers rated second or third grade to attend Summer school and training teachers in service through supervis- ors Prince Georges has added more trained teachers to its corps than any othgr county in the State. D. C. TAXICAB DRIVER IS HELD IN SHOOTING Spéeding Charge Leads to Man's| Green Gables Arrest in = Case. By a Staff Gorrespondent of The Star. %:;A’ITS\HLLE, Md., March 28— Robert Bickford, Washington taxicab driver, was yes! arrested as a Government _witness in the Green Gables shooting case, when he ap- peared in the Hyattsville branch -of Prince Georges County Police Court to stand trial on a charge of speeding. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff A. W.. Hepburn of Prince Georges County and released in. custody of Elmer Pumphrey. bendsman. ; Bickford is said by police to have been the driver of the cab which last wegk brought Charles Wesley Poutra to Emergency Hospital after the man had fatally shot af the %‘5“ Gabl roddhouse near Suifland. sington, Mr. and Mrs. William Miles Fowler celebrated their sixty-third wedding anniversary. Mrs. Fowler before her marriage was Miss Sophia Barnett of Lon- don, England, having come to this country when a young girl. She met her hus- band in Milford, Conn., where they were married in 1866. Later they moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., where Mr. Fowler was in business for 50 years, during which time he was p! lent of the American Photo & Engraving Co. of New York, pres- :dené of the Fowlet Bottling Machine Co. and president of the Liquid Register- ing Co. Mr. Fowler is a veteran of the Civil War and with his wife moved to Ken- sington five years ago to make their home with their son-in-law and daughter, their daughter having since died. There are seven living children, twenty-two grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. —Star Staff Photo. other trade bodies. May Call on Purchasers. Failure of the provision company to heed the warning of the members of the Women's City Club, having a mem- bership of nearly 1,600, may bring about_some heretofore unforeseen re- sults. Mrs. Chance said. “While we would not attempt to boy. cott of the products of the compan: Mrs. Chance said, “it is more than pos sible that the members of my club as well as many of the other women's clubs in the may decide that there CHANBER PLANS | s 'W. E. Anglin, John W, Dcdman, J. B. IPBULDING DRV Prince Georges County Com- | merce Body Discusses Im- provement Campaign. Special Dispatch to The Star. APITOL HEIGHTS, Md, March 28.—Plans for a civic improvement campaign within its territory were dis- cussed at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the eighteenth election district of Prince Georges County in the Maryland Park High School last night. A suggestion to award prizes for the best kept premises in the Dis- trict was adopted. J. B. Morrison, proponent of the plan, also outlined a constructive program for the upbuilding of the community. As the eighteenth district lies directly east of the City. of Washington, the chamber, at the suggestion of L. S. Perkins, adopted “The Morning Side of the National Capital” as its slogan. T. Howard Duckett,. chairman of the ‘Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- mission, and Irvin Owings, chairman of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, were invited to the annual booster banquet of the chamber at Seat Pleasant Thursday. A nominating committee was ap- pointed by Thomas J. Luckett, .presi- dent. It comprises: J. W. Houchen, Morrison and W.-D. Himes. are other products more desirable to| us than those manufactured by the | Auth concern.” l Would Find Products Undesirable. “While the club has not gone on record on this question, although it has | most emphatically done so as regarding | the establishment of the plant at the | proposed location,” Mrs. Chance de clared, “I most certainly will find tI products of the Auth Co. undesiral if manufactured in a plant erected near the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Mount Vernon Boulevard and Arlington Cemetery.” | The club has already mailed letters to all of the civic organizations in the | ! city notifying them of the objection to ! the plant, but expects to work prin- cipally among the women's: organiza- | tions in an effort wffi"vem' the matter ever reaching the official notice of the | board of county supervisors of Arling- | won County. EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | PUSHES SESSION PLANS! | District H Organization to Meet | at Leesburg April 19 and 20. Speakers Named. Special Dispatch to The Star. | LEESBURG, Va, March 28—Plans are being carried forward by the pro- | gram committee of District H Educa- | tion Association for its next session to be held at Leesburg April 19 and 20. Among the speakers will be Harris Hart, State superintendent of public in- struction; Dr. W. R. Smithey, professor of education of the University of V. ginia, and R. W. House of Prospect, Va., president of the State Education Asso- ciation. This association is composed of the teachers of Prince William, Fairfax, | Fauquier, Arlington, Rappahannock, Culpeper and Loudoun Counties and Alexandria Cif o/Lee Opposition Aids BUS SUPPLEMENT MEASURE PASSED in Changing Bill to Give Lines Private Competition. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 28.—De-| claring that general authority for own- ers of private automoblles to take their friends to and from work along estab- lished bus lines would result in a break- down of an important and growing transportation system, Speaker attacked a proposal of the Allegany delegation to allow a bill legalizing this practtce in that seetion. |" This delegation wanted a general| privilege, without the necessity of the | eople obtaining a permit, and Delegate arris of that county opposed a bill then before the House which would grant to every one in the State the privilege by applying to the Public Service Commission of the State for & license, at a fee of $3, provided it was shown that there were no_ established | lines to handle the traffic. The bill with this provision was passed, however, by a vote of 98 to 9. Speaker Lee said that Montgomery trict of Columbia, had the same prob- | lem as Allegany County. | He said that busses were a new means | of transportation, and they paid heavy | taxes for the use of the roads, and | added that the Public Service Commis- sion had a responsibility to the traveling | public and in exercising it had been able APPLE BLOSSOMS o From_ the AVE NUE o« NINTH- MAY BLOOM EARLY Favorable Spring Weather| Expected to Change Win- chester Festival Date. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, March 28.—A continuation of warm weather and rain would cause apple orchards of the Shenandoah-Cumberland-Potomac fruit belt to blossom at least a week earlier than normal, necessitating a change in date of the sixth annual Shenandoah apple blossom festival here. Near May 1 is the date formerly given. Officials in charge of the festival are communicat- ing with authorities of the Weather Bureau in Washington, and are ad- vised of any change that may occur in the weather. The Virginia experiment station dis- closes that the temperature of the past week in Winchester district has been slightly above normal and that a con- tintation of warm weather would no doubt advance apple buds to such an extent that dates for the celebration would have to be set for the latter part of April. The dates will be an- nounced two weeks in advance. Miss Lucye Edwin Porter, daughter of Mrs. Ruth Willlams Porter, Nimrod Hall, has been appointed princess for Bath County and Miss Catherine Powers, Alexandria, was designated by State Senator Ball to represent the thirtieth senatorial district as princess. 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