Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1929, Page 19

PARK EXTENSION PLANS COMPLETED Rock Creek Development Wil Eventually Be Con- tinued to Near Rockville. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Stafl Correspondent of The Star. BILVER SPRING, Md., April 27— Development and beautification of the area on both sides of Rock Creek in | Maryland into an attraetive as well as useful park space for recreation pur-| poses is provided for in plans just com- | pleted by the Maryland-National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission, un- der the direction of Irving C. Root, chief enginecr. Generally, the plans provide for a continuation of the Fed- | eral park in the District of Columbia, with which the Maryland project will connect, end eventually be continued almost to the town of Rockville, county | seat of Montgomery County. While roads, bridle paths, lakes, sports areas and the like will be de- veloped in the area, the Maryland roject will be distinctive from that in he District because the Planning Com- | mission will exert sufficient control over the adjacent private land as to control the size of lots, the kind of buildings, together with a provision that the structures face the park, fronting on attractive drives to be provided. First Section Completed, ‘The first section of the plan, from the District of Columbia line to a point north of where the creek crosses Con- necticut avenue, has just bsen com- pleted by the Plnxmlnigl Commissien engineers, and efforts will be made to put 1t into effect as soon as possible. ‘While no estimate can he given at this time as to when the pro{eel. will be completed, the matter will be given impetus by the fact that a number of the owners of preperty within the proposed park area have indicated their willingness to give large blocks of land. The knowledge that these publie-spir- ited landowners were disposed te make such donations was responsible for the passage of the bill by the last Legis- lature, which autherized the use of 2 cents of the 7-cent tax for the main- tenance and improvement of the areas. Most of the owners based their offers on a provision that the land would be promptly improved as a park if they donated the ground. Mr. Root said that this was a gen- erous eoncession and would materially | assist the planning commission in ecar- rying forward the development, al- though it was indieated that it will be necessary to purchase some of the property. Not a small amount of it is in use for farming purposes, and as large plots of these farms would be needed, it was pointed out that the pecple could not afford to donate it. Recreation Center Proposed. A great recreation eenter is proj in the area immediately adjacent to the District of Columbia line. The plans as at present drawn there for two picnic groves, u rge playfield, a boys’ playfield, an ai un field, a music grove with bandstand, large space for parking of cars, tennis courts and wading pool. Horseback riding fields are provided throughout this area, and one of the distinctive features will be a large lake, about a mile long, with canoe channels spurring out into the woods at various places. On the shore | will be, according to the plans a boat- house and restaurant. The propesed like would -be not more than five feet deep, and would be made by the con- struction of a dam at the junction of the creek and Jones Mill road. In order to scqueint those interested with the details of the project, large scale plans of the first section now are being prepared, in color, by the engineers of the planning commission at their headquarters here, and copies | ¢ will be hung both-in the county build- ing here and in the one in Bethesda where they may be studied. ‘The proposed large recreation center close to the Disf readily accessible, from the Distriet of Columbia highways, and to the bullt-up sections in the metyopolitan district by the new Bethesda-Silver Spring direct highway, now ex| to be completed about September 1. This highway will be the northern boundary of the center. Mr. Root said that the plan just eompleted covers about half of the proposed develonment. Tentative nark studies, he said, have been completed to carry this development to Vier's Mill road and eventually the scheme will be carried to the vicinity of Rockville, Unique Method Employed. “The method of preparing the Rock Creek Park plan was unique,” Mr. Root continued, “as the layout was first studied ‘on an air map of the area. ‘Thus the drives and various park fea- tures could be accurately co-ordinated with existing features on the ground such as trees, buildings, roadways and the creek. “It is not the intention to develop the park as planned all at one time, but rather proceed with the development step by step as the need arises for ad- ditional park facilities. The first step will be the construction of the drives to make the new area available to the general psucy of the develo) menl {or this area is to conserve natural beauty of the stream valley and | make it readily accessible, with drlvesi carefully located to follow the contour of the ground. The drives will bound the park area, so in addition to provid- ing access to the park they will also provide very valuable frontage for build- ing sites. The land included in the | park scheme is low and unsuited mr: rts;gen!tlfl purposes, but for park use it | is idea line will be made | ical ATTRACTIVE THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D, C, APRIL 28, 1929—PART 1. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED FOR THE VALLEY OF ROCK CREEK I MARYLAN MUSICIANS CHOSEN | | | | > F » amiowsi Pamw land-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The lack disconnected line, sho the GENERAL DESIGN PLAN ROCK CREEK DPARK SECTION FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO CONNECTICUT AVENUE MONTGOMERY COUNTY -MARYLAND SCALE OF FEET bror e eve ise 1t TARYLAND-NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION CHIEF ENGINEER IRvING C ROOT ROLAND WROGERS ~ LAND. IN GROUP CONTEST Seven From Washington to Compete Saturday Baltrmore Event. Severd elected yes biennial conte: musicians were afternoon in the the auspices of ic Clubs, to repre- in competition at next Saturday, when the ians meet others from M: land, Virginia and West Virginia ‘The seven winners were chosen from a group of 2 epre ting both prac- ticing artists and s as follows: N | Mary Templin, ar | Baum, student kassky, artist | student violinist: | student soprano, and Mortimer Davenport, student ten Ten representative: been selected, bu seven were found | ta have sufficiently high qualifications to compete in Baltimore, it was amn- nounced. Under the chairmanship of Mrs. Edith Whitford Lovette, who presided, the centest's judging committee was compaosed of Miss Charlotte Klein, Mrs. James Shera Montgomery, Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl, Mrs. Charlotte Lippitt, Miss Julia Schelling, Mrs. Frank Byram, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, La Salle Spier, George F. Ross, Jo: Sidney Seidenman. | Vice President Curtis led the group of patrons for yesterday's contaet, which was held at the First Congregational Chureh. COURT ADVANCES AGE e teve rd ARCHT. orge, H were to have e 5 Toivneia ¥D1sTRICT Florida Miss Is Given Rights Ae- corded Persons of 21 by Legal Order. By the Associated Press MIAMI, Fla., April 27.—While many of her sex are resorting to polite fie- f Rock Creek Valley in Maryland, fram the District of Columbia line, where it connects with Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia, just promulgated by the Mary- Dossible, The abave plan shews the completed design for the imprayement of y ’"‘g‘ e i Rosk Creth o and abave the proposed canoe k. | | | tions in an effort to appear as young as Miss Catherine Zda Oupen- OF MIAMI GIRL A YEAR: and were Kaspar and * | born today had her legal 2ge advanced * ChiLd HEALTH DAY PROGRAM PLANNED Efforts Being Made for City- | Wide School Observance | on May 1. Plans are nearing completion for city-wige observance of Wednesday, May 1, a5 Child Health day. The gen- eral plars are in the hands of a vol- unteer eommittee, of which Dr. E. J.| Schwartz, assistant Distriet health of, ficer, is chairman, but several organi- zations interested in special aspects of | the child health problem are preparing individual programs. | ‘The activities will center largely in| school classrooms and playgrounds, with | exercises in both the public and paro- chial sehools. There will be classroom | talks by teachers and physicians m'lv health, felnts plays and health games on the playgrounds if the day | proves fair. Stress will be laid on phys- | and dental examinations. | The District of Columbia cmzrml of Parent-Teacher Associations has un- dertaken to bring children to the Health Department’s child clinics, as well as to the offices of physicians and dentists | who hnve volunteered their serviees in | chudren free. The dental | enmln will include free treat- | ment, vheu needed. One hundred and | ten dentists and many physicians have | already volunteered their services. | Efforts are being made to obtain wide publicity for the activities, The Wash- ington Mairy Council will distribute | health leaflets to all the elementary schools, and is distributing specially de- signed May day napkins to school cafeterias. Twenty-five moving picture houses are using “trailers” advertising | May Bpeeches will be made over the radio, and shop window and street car advertising will be used extensively. cial exhibit will be shown at lhel‘ Washington Child Research Center, 1825 Columbia road, from 1 to 3 p.m. each | day from May 1 to May 6, inclusive. | Under direction of Miss Cheistine | Heinig, director of the Nursery School | of the center, a program for a balanced 24-hour day for a child will be demon- strated. The program will contain the essentials reqiiired to deyelop a child | phyllcally, mentally, soclally and emo- tionalls ¥, The Washington Tuberculosis Asso- ciation will distribute to each norm school student a copy of the “Wash- ington Health Rules”; a copy of “The | Well Nourished School Child and the Undernourished School Child,” by Mrs. E. B. Grant, to each second grade | pupll: & copy of “Health Rhymes.” by | Emile Berliner, to each third grade | pupil, and a copy of “Washington | Health Rules” to each fifth grade pupil. “It i8 the intention of the Maryland- | National Capital Park and Planning Commissicn to exercise a certain control | of adjoining residential development to secure adequate set-back, large lots and | protection for the wooded areas.” Land to Be Acquired. The first section, Mr. Root indicated, | will involve the acquisition cf approxi- | mately 350 ‘acres from the following holdings: John Marshall Brown estate, 67.6 mcres; Hickey and Offutt subdi sion, 11.2 acres; George Dunlop estate, 406 acres; R. T. Ray estate, 42.2 acres Baltimore & Ohlo Railroad, 5.3 acres: Capt. Chester Wells, 28.1 acres: Herman Winkler, 2 acres; Otto and Ernest Thol- man, 5 acres: E. W. Birgfleld, 3.1 acres Marian Small, 24.4 acres; National Parl Seminary, 14.6 acres; H. B, Leary. 416 acres; B. H. Warner, jr., Mr. Root said thi (/lpl B. H. Warner, jr, had already indi. | cated their willingness to donate acre- for inclusion in the project The National Capital Park and Plan- | ning Commission, the Federal park de- | velopment agency in the District of mbia, has shown considerable in- st in the aryland project and plans, and yesterday requested Mr. Root 1o appear before it and explain the project. For more than an hour, Mr. oot detailed the plans to them, and indicated the proposed system for ac- quiring the land and improving it for park use. In addition to the r tures to be installed, and plans for the | preservation of the natural beauty of the area, it is planned to the section a number of for bloomi touch of c the shores reational fea. q | tion, COOPER MAKES PLEA | FOR U. S. EDUCATION * | Urges G. W U A!umm to Aid in Move for Intelligent Electorate. Finding a menace to democracy as an effeclive form of government in | the growing complexity of life, accom- panied by the urbanization of the pop- ulation, Dr. ! John Cooper, | United States commissioner of educa yesterday urged George Wash. ington University alumni to | hand in raising the e i vel | of the people to secure an intelligent | electorate. If we take the attitude that democ- | racy is bound to fail we shouid at once adopt a system of education such as | was in force in Prussia before the World | War, under which 8 per cent of the| people were trained for leadership and | the remaining 92 per cent were trained | | to be followers,” he declared. “If we | | adopt a more optimistic attitude to ward the futur he continued, “we { must continue to raise the educational | level of our people.” College and university alumnl assos clations should take the leadership the promotion of the individual members should be ex. | amples for the rest of the people the country, he pointed out gested the formation of Banana Prices Increased. NGSTON, Jamaica, April 27 (®) ‘The United Pruit Co. because of an alleged banana war with the newly formed Jamaica Producers’ Association was forcing prices up today. As & con- * sequence, the government was requested o set up A& fruit_price board, groups within the sssociations as a | measure to keep the minds of tne mem- | bers alert to the problem: of the day. Dean Anna L. Rose and Dean and Mrs, Willlam Carl Ruediger of Geo; Washinglon University were guests of honor at the luncheon, which was held at the Hotel Lafayette, It the closing alumni Juncheon of the aca- demic year, | bears his name, was found in his office CHILDREN UNDERGO EXAMINATIONS. This baby is one of the hundreds who will be examined at health elinics over the eity the week of May 1. GUN, POISON AND FIRE FAIL TO END MAN’S LlFEi New Orleans Mlnu(ucturer Found in Blazing Office After Suicide Attempt. | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., April J. 8. Otis, president of a mahegany importing company 27— large | that | here tonight with a bullet wound in his body and the office on fire, He also had taken poison. He told persons attracted by the flames he tried to end his life, but police were unable to find the pistol used to shoot him. The office was badly burned before the flames could be extinguished. A | nve—ullon ofl ean was found just inside | door and charred fragments of | p. were taken from a stove. g:sldenu of the vieinity told police of kicking in the door after they heard | five mou fired in rapid succession, of | finding the room in flames and the | man’s body on the floor with a bottle of poison beside him. | CITY NEWS IN BRIEP TODAY. ‘The Wanderlusters’ hike will be the same that was scheduled for last Sun- | |day and prevented by the weather. | | Start from Mount Rainfer at 3 o'clock. | ‘V!r Schwertner will lead. e Red Trmnglr‘ “Outin its opening contest hike, meeting at Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue railway station at 2:45 o'clock. Buy round-trip ticket to Wellington | Villa. Walk to dyke where a campfire party will be given. Bring lunch, cup and flashlight. Coffee will be served by | | the club. | The Naturalist Club will meet, 9:30 | o'clock, at the Virginia end of Chain Bridge, south side. The lnnl\'fmry of Columbia Lodge, No. 85, 1. B.P.O.E.of W, \Illlbtoh served, 8 o'clock, at Metrnmlltnn Ba) tist Church, Rev. E. C. Smith, pastor; | Charles Robinson, master of cer Club will | monies, and Edward Turner, chairman. | FUTURE. | The Loyal Knights of the Round Ta- | i ble will meet Tuesday, 12:30 p.m., at | University Club. Speaker and gues! urr honor, Alvin W. Hlll director, Bureau of Engraving and Public I"rlnllnl Sub- jeet, “Uncle Sam's New Paper Cur- rency.” Pianist, Mrs. N. K. Gardner, The last of & series of Spring con- certs will be given Thursday evening | May 16, at All States Hotel. The prc | gram will include vocal and instrume; tal music, assisted by a glee club and rhfldl’en n esthetic dances. Dancing | will follow. The Wheel of Progress will give a musical entertainment Tuesday ev ning, 8 pm. at the Washington Hotel, | sponsored by Miss Frances Gutelius, | O | planist. Miss Cornelia Harkness and | Miss Edna Moreland will sing and Miss | Violet Warren Plerson will give a patriotic reading. Members and friends invited The Wigs and Queues Dramatic Club will present two piays, “The Laughing | | Cure” and “Disposing of Fannie," May 8 p.m, at the First Baptist Church 1xle'~nth and O streets, Miss Lena Parks i directos, | |2 U. . OFFICERS LINKED "Y the Associated Press. 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