Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1929, Page 11

SCHOOL AWARDED HEALTH BANNER Bon Air Pupils Given Prize| for Toxin Antitoxin Treatments. BY. LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY .COURT HOUSE, Va, May 2.—Through the efforts of Miss Lottie Kay, principal, the -Andrew Jackson School, at Bon Alr, 'was the winner this year of the| Health Department banner for having the greatest number of school and pre- | school children to receive the toxin| antitoxin treatments for the prevention | of diphtheria, it was announced today by Dr. P. M. Chichester, county heaith officer. ! Miss Kay, Dr. Chichester revealed. not | only took the pupils in her own schools to the Health Department for these treatments, but has spent each Satur- day gathering up the small children in | the section in which her school is located and taking them in her own automobile to the points designated for that day for the treatments. Her school was followed in percentage by the Nellie Custis School at Virginia High- lands, with the Henry Clay School at Lyon Park as third. Three Health Contests. This is one of three health contests that have been carried out by the| public_sthools of the eounty during this | year, the winners of each being an- | neunced today. The celebraticns will | take place inthe various schools | throughout this month. The Nellie Custis School carried off the honors in two of the three con- tests, winning the State Health Depart- ment banner for the greatest number of “five-point” children and also. the | Monareh Club's banner for the greatest | fumber of healthy mouths. The Henry | | Clay School and the Hume School, the | latter being located on Arlington Ridge, | won second and third places, respec-| dively, in both of these contests. The Child Health day celebration in She Nellie Custis School will take place on May 20, when the entire member- ship of ‘the Monarch Club will visit it to present the banner. This award is to be held from year to year by the school having the greatest number of children | ‘with healthy mouths. Dr. Chichester has been assisted in the school health crusades by Mrs. N. R. Davies, county nurse, and Dr. C. R. Boyland, school dentist. “Five-Point” Students. Following are a list of the students who have recently passed the “five- point” health tests, contributing to the averages of their schools: i Stonewall Jackson School — Marie Bladen, Fred Bladen, Dick Mansfield, Ada Scrivner and Louise Morgan. Saegmueller — Elsie !.‘nan,' Goldie ‘Marcey and Mary Morris. James Monroe—Louise Alford, Her- mian ~ Bonney, Marcelene Mathusa, Jeanne Lankford, Catherine Blandy, Mary V. Hann, Maurice White, Fravies Birchell, Maddux Thompson, John Dunbar, Walker Smith, Lee Woodyard, Marjorie Stackett, Lucian Bowen, Her« bert Broderick, ~Carol Lewis, Mary, Carol Hayward, Mary Alice Fabre, Jun- jor Burnette, Bobby Brown, Bernice Sieber,” Aileen Brown, Ha Blandy, Barbara Hall, Marie Campbell, Russell McCormick, Kirke Sipher, Betty Chinn, Madeleine St. Jacques, Barbafa Bohan- non, Gladys Alford, Mildred Cave, Dor- othy Kemp, Biilie Atwood, Billy Harris, Neil Rauth, Ward Keys, Dorothy Lewis 1 ‘Brown. Nellie . Custis — Audrey _Alexander, Katherine Kidwell, Ruth Hollock, Alice Leigh Sudenga, Evelyn Cornwell, Nancy Raspberry;, Shirley Christign, hard Cornwel, Nellie Mar Kirk, Gri es~ tra, Emily Grimes, Marie King, Oscar Thorne, Clarence Willingham, Edna Wil- Jets, Herbert Brooks, Charlotte King, Dorothy Comwell, John Gannon, May- belle Defranceaux, Aubrey Wyatt, Junior La Croix, William Hall, Thelma Bell, ‘William Ross, Dwin Craig, Dorothy Mor- rison, Lauenn Timmons, Edith Cusen, Ralph ‘Turner Ida Balestra, Alvin Marl Joe Willett, Ruth Grey and Helen Bell. 4 Johry Marshall—Virginia Phelan, Robertson and Aurelia Hutch- feon. is Janson, Marjorie orner, Henry Donaldson, Howard e, Dorothy Havener, Edno suw;;a. Pol Wetzel,. Mary Lauos - Mly’ Thomas Nickerson, Mary Ann Donaldson, Don Nickelson, Thomas Bevens, Mary Louise Bird, Edna Unruh, Billie Wright, Kenneth Peck, Dolores Pye, Grace Robinson, James Dye, Audrey illiams, Mangum, Hugh Nickel- xn. Dickey Newman, Robert Kirkman, Harry Do , Katherine Round, Hay- wood Smith, Elizabeth Donaldson, Rich- ard Young, Ray.Wheeler, Louise Groot, George Caravas, Emily Allen, Charles Portzback, Raymond Smith, Lars Jan- son, Billy Pardoe, Ellen Hagarty, Isobel Spates, Russell Tierney, Odell Gantt, Bertie Readon, Edith Holmes, Dorothy Magee, Cleland Reid, Ruth Horner, Hazel Bunch, Alvin Rowe, Allen Bea!, Dorothy Rollins, Harry Hastings, Alvin Round and Mary Leach. SOCIAL SERV;CE LEAGUE BEGINS DRIVE FOR $6,000 Montgomery County Club Hears Campaign Plans From Robert E.“Bondy, Vice President, By » Staff Correspondent of The Btar. CABIN JOHN PARK, Md, May 2— Organization of the forces in this sec-| tion for the drive to assist in raising | $6,000 for the work of the Social Serv- | ice League of Montgomery County was effected last night at a meeting held in the home of W. B. Armstrong here. Mr. Armstrong s chairman of the Cabin John-Glen Echo-Potomac branch committee, and in addition to these/ laces includes in its territory Crop- ey, Great Falls, Brookmont and Glen | Echo Heights. BAN NEWS.' win for her school the H Miss Lottie Kay, principal of the Andrew Jackson School at Bon Air, Va., with a part of the children who helped to h Department award for having the greatest number of school and pre-school children to | receive the toxin-antitoxin treatments for the prevention of diptheria during this term. After supervising the adminis- | tration of the treatments to the children in her school, she made weekly trips to the Health Department with the pre- | school children in the vicinity of the school. | | STATESMEN ADDRESS CITY REPUBLICAN CLUB Representative Shaffer Raps Impo- sition of the Capitation Tax Be- fore Large Gathering. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 2.—Repre- sentatives Joseph Shaffer, Tazwell; Menalaus Lankford, Norfolk, and. Jacob | Garber, Harrisonburg, spoke here last night at the first annual dinner of the City Republican Club, held in the George Mason Hotel, with nearly 200 guests attending. Representative Shaffer rapped the | imposition of the capitation tax, declar- | ing it put a price or penalty on the rights of suffrage. Garber said that one thing Virginia needed more than any other was boosting, 8 spirit of optimism and continually telling others of the advantages and wonderful resources of | the State. Lankford spoke on the industrial situ- ation in Virginia and the need of co- operation between the political parties for the good of the State, stating that he considers politics a means and not an end. He asserted ‘that Hampton Roads was one of the State’s greatest assets, and he hoped to see it become one of the greatest harbors in the world. R. Samuel Luckett, president of the club, presided, while the toastmaster was John Barton Phillips, chairman of the city Republican eemmittee. In his introductory _remarks. Phillips stressed the idea that Virginia should be boosted by its citizens at all times and Alexandria should be boosted by its citizens, particularly those present. Phillips said that the Government should sell or lease the Naval Torpedo Station and Virginia Shipbuilding Co., | two inactive properties on the river | front, for the betterment of the city. Mrs. Evelyn Sheridan and Talbot Haslett sang several selections. $1,000 JUDGMENT GIVEN IN TREE-CUTTING CASE S. A. Ware Wins Suit for Damages Pone to Cedars on’ His Property. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va. May 2.— Damages in the sum of $1,000 were awarded Samuel A. Ware, “Mineral County, W. Va. land owner, Wednes- day in Mineral County Circuit Court at - Keyser when a compromise was reached in his suit for $5,000 damages done through execution of the cedar eradication law on his farm. The com- promise was reached before the case went to the jury. ‘Testimony indicated an estimated 40,- 000 cedars—ranging in size from seed- lings to 6-inch trunk trees—were cut on approximately 150 acres of his 526,- acre farm. The entire farm is assessed at $5,200. Under the 1925 cedar eradi- cation law, damages are allowed and must be paid by special assessment against fruit growers. Judge A. G. Valentine, presiding at the hearing, was allowing instructions to the jury cov- ering cost of cutting, haulage of good wood to station, damage to property and parties agreed to a compromise. Three other damage cases, similar eral Court. Veterans to Meet. WINCHESTER, Va., May 2 (Spe- clal) —The sixth _annual encampment of the Virginia Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held at Har- rison! June 13 to 15. Col. M. 8. Battle, oke, is ‘department com- mander, Several war veterans of na- tional prominence have been invited to address the encampment. The Ladies’ the State.will- be repre- other damages when the contending| in nature, are still pending in the Min- | Sets School Record MISS AILEEN ORRISON, ‘Who is believed to have established a record unexcelled for atiendance and punctuality at Herndon, Va. She is the daughter of Mrs. Annie Gresham Orrison Lyons of San Antonio, Tex., but makes her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Mooney, in Herndon. Miss Orrison entered Herndon Sem- inary and remained there until she reached the third grade, receiving from the seminary a medal for perfect at- tendance and punctuality. She then entered the Herndon High School, hav- ing also perfect attendance and punctu- ality through all the grades, and now, at the closing of her second year of high school, she has never missed a day from school or been tardy. She will be 14 years of age May 14. " HOME CLUB ORGANIZED. Leesburg Group Has Course of Study Outlined. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., May 2.—A meeting was held in the county office here to perfect the organization of tpe Lecs- burg Hbme Demonstration Clob, . Mrs: Harry Leslie is president, and Mrs. Frank Smoot is secretary of the or- ganization. Ten members have en- rolled. A membership committee, com- posed of Mrs. Harry Leslie, Mrs. Frank Smoot, Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Lloyd Slack and Mrs, Theodore Reid has been ap- pointed. The program committee con- sists of Mrs. Lloyd Slack, Mrs. Theo- dore Reid and Miss Harplet Cocke. A course of study was definitely de- cided on at the meeting. Work will begin with the food unit. Meal plan- ning and table service will be taken up first. The club will meet the fourtn Monday in every month. CHARGES DISMISSED AGAINST MINISTER | | | Rev. Harold F. Pellegrin Declared Not Guilty by Baltimore Court. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 2.—At a hearing | in the Central Police Court the charges of embezzlement against the Rev. Har- old F. Pellegrin, former director of the Near East Relief in the Washington- | Baltimore district, were dismissed by | Magistrate Cadden. Pellegrin was arrested in Washing- | ton last week on a warrant obtained | here by George Hagopian, an Armenian solicitor for the organization. The war- | | rant charged the Near East director with embezzling $750, which Hagoplan | said he gave him to bring his relatives | to this country from Armenia. | | At the hearing the prosecuting wit- | ness declined to press the charge and sald there was a mistake in the war- rant. Counsel for the minister declared the | $750 had been obtained by Hagopian by soliciting for the Near East and did not represent private funds. Cut Hole Through Brick Wall of Berkeley Springs Jail. Special Dispatch to The Star. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va., May 2.—Five train riders, jailed here Sat- urday after arrest on the main line of | the Baltimore & Ohio, cut a hole 2 feet square in the jail brick wall facing the main street in the downtown section | | here and escaped Tuesday night. | Bedclothes were tied together to make a rope by which they dropped them- selves 15 feet to the ground. All were strangers here and had heen put in jail | for short terms. WILL ATTEND MEETING. Two From Arlington Named Social v+ Work Delegates. By A Staft Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Va., May 2—Mrs. Mae E. Jacobs, superintendent of public wei- fare for Arlington County, and Mrs. Meliscent Willis of the county health department will attend the annual Vir- ginia Conference of Social Work in Norfolk, May 5, 6 and 7. Mrs, ‘Jacobs will be the official rep- resentative of the county at the con- ference, while Mrs. Wijllis will repre- sent the Arlington County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Efforts were being made today to select a delegate from the American Legion Auxiliary of Post No. 139 to accompany them. Tomorrow’s the day that Grosner friends get a real “break.” We've cut the price on these regular grades for the ONE DAY ONLY. KENSINGTON GRADE | county and town officials recently | a personal survey of the situation on | made its final decision on the matter. | 13 B0 THURSDAY. FIGHT T0 BE HEARD State Road Commission will| Take Up Elimination Issue Tomorrow. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. MAY 2, 1929 fSUBURBAN NEWS.” 'MAN RUNS 21 MILES FOR GUN TQ CAPTURE THREE BEAR CUBS AR L {Animals Are Taken After Exciting Tree~ Climbing Venture in Maryland, With Mother Threatening Attack. Special Dispafch to The Star. 1 CUMBERLAND, Md., May 2.—Frank Volitis, Jack Dempler and John Brad- ley of the mining town of Thomas, on | | the Western Maryland Railway, had an | scratched, six inches of the club the limb began to crack. He saved himself by wrapping his leg around another small limb and seized the cub, which clawed, bit and cried, but SILVER SPRING, Md., May 2.—The | exciting experience in capturing three | Bradley finally got it in the pocket of more and Ohio Railroad at Kensington, which will permit the elimination of the present dangerous crossing at grade. | will be the subject of & public hearing | tomorrow at Baltimore before the State Road Commission, it was announced | today by County Commissioner Lacy | | Shaw, governor of the northern metro- | politan " district. | held in the offices of the commission In | unarmed she would attack them should | | the Garrett Building, beginning at 10:30 they attempt to climb the tree. H The hearing will be | o'clock. | As the commission has drawn plans for the overhead crossing as the most desirable solution of the Kensington problem, together with plans for the construction of a pedestrian underpass west of the railroad station, it is im- | probable that any of the proponents o(} this project will be present at the hear- | ing. However, there is known to be some opposition to the location of the | crossing in the site proposed by the | roads commission and the county and | town officials. ‘ Hearing Requested. When the Road Commission and its engineers, together with the engineer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, | y mada the site, opponents appeared and ex- pressed a desire to have a public hear- ing where they could voice their senti- ments on the matter. Chairman Uhl at that time said a public hearing would be held before the commission ‘There appears to be little doubt that the crossing will be constructed as plan- ned by the commission, because the engineers believe that this is the log- | ical solution of the matter. At the same time the commission desires to get the viewpoints of all concerned. The | mayor and members of the council have expressed themselves as favoring the | overhead crossing at or near the pres-| ent terminus of Connecticut avenue in Kensington. Land Must Be Purchased. | The proposed location will involve the | | | purchase of parts of lots, and in onel case a house which stands in the way in the vicinity of .the headquarters of the Potomac, the nearest inhabitant being eight miles away. ‘The men were hunting ramps when they heard a noise like the cawing of young crows, which they found came from a cup bear in a large pine tree | about 80 feet tall. They realized the mother bear was near, and as they were | Mother Bear Appears. Later the mother bear and two other cubs were spied 80 feet from the tree. | It was decided that Dempler should go | to Thomas for a gun, and upon his| departure a fire was built under the tree to keep the old bear away. Dempler | left at 12:15 and returned at 5:30, making & round trip of 21 miles afoot in 5 hours and 15 minutes. After he| came back with the gun it was decided | not to shoot the mother bear unless necessary. Volitis stationed himself about 40 Bradley proceeded to climb and when; he reached the topmost limb within | | proposed overhead crossing of the Balti- | bear cubs, weighing 10 pounds each, |his hunting coat. Dog Intercepts Attack. ‘The mother bear frothed and raved at a distance, tearing the underbrush, but Volitis did not want to shoot, fear- ing he would hit one of the cubs. As Bradley was about to reach the ground with his prize the old bear made a rush toward the tree only to be intercepted by a little dog Dempler brought back with him when he went after the gun. In the meantime the other cubs were seen running up a small tree about 12 feet in height and Dempler climbed it and got both, one in each hand, the animals biting and clawing. while the mother raved within 40 feet of the tree. They started home with the three cubs, Volitis bringing up the rear to ward of the old bear. The cubs have been on exhibition at Thomas and over 500 people saw them in one day. The: have become very tame, taking to the nursing bottle. been Bears have causing much |feet from the tree with the gun and |trouble in the Buffalo Creek section and in & space of three weeks last Spring 53 sheep were killed. of the proposed eastern approach, but | the county commissioners have an op- | tion on this property. All of the land problems in connection with the project have virtually been settled. The cross- ing will be constructed this Summer | out of the gasoline tax money and will not be a charge against the county. it is probable that work will be completed | as soon after the public hearing as the bids can be obtainéd. Mother of 13 Wins Divorce. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 2 (Spe- | cial) —Mrs. Catherine Wolfe, mother of | 13 children, 11 living, was granted an | absolute divorce from Frederick Wolfe following desertion on the part of the | husband six years ago. The decree was signed by Judge D. Lindley Sloan. They were married in 1899. Mrs. Wolfe is given the custody of six infant children and $25 a month permanent alimony. MAKE HIGH GRADES. Four Seniors Have 95 Per Cent Average for Four Years, By a Staft Corresponden. of The Star. BALLSTON, Va., May 2.—Four mem- bers of the graduating class of tae ‘Washington-Lee High School have made averages of more than 95 per cent during the entire four-year course, it was announced today by S. P. Van- derslice, principal. They are, Harold Harbaugh, Jeane Rose, Anna Schull and Doris Beck. Those having the straight A record for one year are Vir- ginia Hagan and Ruth Bird. Among the school associations partic- ipating Saturday in the annual literary and athletic meet at Charlottesvills is the track team, under Capt. Paul Fisher. ~ Others on the team are How- ard Crouch, Gordon Crouch, Ernest Hagan and Stanley Mortimer. AVIATOR ATTACHES - EGION’S PLANE | J | Former Instructor Claims $1,181.50 ; Due Him—Craft Impounded in Hangar. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 2—An attachment against the Lincoln-Paige sight-seeing airplane cperated by the District of Columbia Air Legion from the airport here, has been obtained by Lieut. W. A. Brooke, United States Naval Reserve, former instructor of the | legion, and was yesterday served by Prince Georges County Deputy Sheriff A. W. Hepburn, Lieut. Brooke, who is now in Florida, { claims $1,181.50 is due him for instruc- tion service. He is represented by At- torneys Clarence Roberts and John H. Burnett. | After serving the attachment yestere | day Deputy Sheriff Hepburn im- | pounded the airplane in the hangar at College Park and left it in the custody |of R. A. White. John A. Shaw, secretary and man- | ager of the legion, declares that the | organization does not owe Lieut. Brooke | any money. He sees in the suit merely | an effort to embarrass the legion by | attempting to give the public the im- | pression it will not have any plane to fly until the suit is settled. Arrangements are being made, how- ever, Shaw says, to get a plane in the air by Sunday or Monday of the com- | ing week. it S S | HORSE SHOW MAY 11. Front Royal Remount Depot An- | nounces Annual Event. 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