Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1929, Page 10

THE EVENING STAR., ‘WASHINGTON. D.” C.” MONDAY, MAY 6, 1929. SUBURBAN NEWS." NEW ROAD DELAYED PLAN FIRE LASSIES BY COUNTRY CLUB FOR TAKOMA PARK ;County May Take Over Part 'Ultra Modernism of Border of Bethesda-Silver Spring Town Decrees Need for Project. Ladies’ Auxiliary. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Staff Correspondent of The Star. | SUBURBAN NEWS. 3 SIXNEARBY TONNS HOLDG ELECTION Local Officers, Taxation and Other Issues Being Voted Upon. s 1 EORGE PORTER. State’s Attorney Ushering in the Month of May With a Fine Array of Seasonable Foods! You will find your nearest ASCO Store a great aid in many of your | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md., May 6.—Ultra BY With a number of aspirants in the BETHESDA, Md., May 6—Possibility modernism is about to make its debut | household duties. For the Spring cleaning, th h i field for various offices, lively fight b o\r;:t rés:lrflnndn{ l{w ]r\lcw‘x;“go\ghe:li;;;skll; in this thriving border town of the Dis- everything you need you will;;'mdgh g “e lun:]: con, dinner, etc., | pring _direct highway. trict by the introduction of fire lassies A ere. Quality products of guaranteed e town elections to- satisfaction at prices extremely low. Visit your neighborhood ASCO Store today—learn from your own observation that— | course of construction between Georgia | | 'avenue, in Silver Spring. at the junc- | tion of the Colesville road, and the | Rockville road here might have to be are expected day being held in six nearby Maryland comm as an auxiliary to the male volunteer fire company here. For years the male residents of the town have answered ities. Cottage City Hyattsville, Mount aken 'Gveriata) iconhity s ¥ project looms Rainier, Riverdale, Takoma Park and { up, unless prompt action is taken by | the call for aid when smoke-eaters were Garrett Park are the municipalities in the Columbia Country Club in dedicat- | needed to suppress a conflagration, and IT PAYS TO TRADE IN THE STORES WHERE QUALITY COUNTS! which the ¢ ns are voting. In some | hi’lkh'.h ‘pcrtlon of lé.‘]prop?l’lj' for the | ’!hr;y"gnt :lungkve{y r‘PH. '!rhe fire hgz; of them townspeople, in addition to 2 . right of way. The delay of the country JOHN GALLEHER, ard has been kept at a minimum. ul cing their mavor, councilmen or clib in taking favorable action, accord- N GALLEHER, that was when it was a struggling com- : 3 choosing _their mavor. co \ e RN | j LISt mae T B MR o SPECIAL 1—Can Prime Tomatoes All for MISS ELL ing to Irving C. Root, chief engineer | of the Maryland-National Capital Park | and Planning Commission, is holding | up the construction of the road in the | Chevy Chase area. The road is being constructed by Son of the late W. Cary Galleher and Maude "E. Galleher of Leesburg, Va., who has been appointed common- wealth's attorney of Loudoun County by Judge J. R. H. Alexander to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of rs, are being called FOR THIS WEEK! | enough for the apparatus, with possibly a few inches to spare, so that the driv- | crs could reach their seats and get the | | machines out so that the volunteers, | could hop to their stations. But now that the volunteer fire-| town comm upon to deci matiers of local taxa- | tion or other qu community. stions affecting their | Three town commissioners will br‘; f chosen at Cottage City. V. A. Simmel, | 1—Can Farmdale Corn ) 5 1—Coaviifiie Dok Lim Boons . | 29(‘. Reg. 37¢ Value! You Save 8 Cents! chairman of the board of commission- ers there for the p: five years, is unopposed in the first ward, but R. D Kincheloe; incumbent is opposed by N P. Rasmussen. former commissioner, while W. A. Bobb, present commissioner representing ward three has George Babcock as a competitor. Hyattsville Contest r seats on the town council Contest from th ville are being fought at the ballot boxes. Former councilman Howard A. Harrison and J. Moses Edlavitch are the candidates for the vacancy in the n the second ward Coun- rst ward B " Harry A. Boswcll is being op- | posed by Charl Ketcham. Candi- dates in the ward are H. S. Cranford and Councilman E ¢"Gover is un-| pposed for re-clection for A two-year | Qmposed Je "third ward, while A. C. | Moon is the sole candidate to fill the| mexpired term of George N. Bowen, | the other man from that ward, who recentl cd upon removing to | another_commur Dr. Hillery T. W ye-election as me3 year term Mount Rainier Slate. | n Mount Rainier a fight is being ml;?m or the office of mayor between John H. Beall and Harry J. Miller | There is also a contest in the first ward, with Louis Rosenfield and Nor-| man A. Pruitt vieing for the seat now | occupied by Pruitt. ‘Rexford Worley 18| unopposed in ward four to succee Councilman B. E. Sager, who retired. In addition to voting on these can- didates, Mount Rainierans are ballot ing on a proposed 10-cent per $100 fire tax. The present mayor and council have indorsed the proposal, and a pre- Jiminary canvass made last week by | members of the volunteer fire com-| pany indicated that the measure would | ass by a large majority. Four candidates are battling for three | seats on the Takoma Park Town Coun- cil. They are H. E. Rogers, John R.| ‘Adams, Martin Iverson and Marion D Finch. The first three are candidates ! Tes! s is unopposed for for another two- * INESSAY CONTEST Elinor C. Broughton Victor the State Roads Commission, but it was | said that body will not take that part of the project near the club over for main- tenance as a State highway unless it | obtains a sufficiently large right of way | adjacent to he country club. Although it was said that the club officials pre- viously indicated that they were favor- able to the dedication. there has been some delay in taking the necessary ac- Mr. Alexander to accept the judgeship. Mr. Galleher is 31 years of age and was educated in the public schools of Loudoun County, the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Vir- ginia, graduating from the last-named institution in law in 1925. Since that time he has been practicing law in Loudoun County and is a leader in civie and political affairs in Northern Vir- fighters have been placed in commo- | dious quarters in one of the most mod- ern fire-fighting buildings in the met- ropolitan district, they found that there was something lacking—something that they didn't feel in the old uninviting quarters. The new home has almost every com- | fort that modernism provides, but after ginia. |a survey it didn’t seem complete, and Del Monte ASPARAGUS TIPS Mrs. Morrison’s Delicious PUDDINGS Del Monte Cooked SPINACH No. 2 Cans ce of the four wards in Hyatts- | | test was held and the best essay selected ! tion in deeding the land. Among Pupils of 10 Prince | Georges Schools. | Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, May 6—Miss Elinor C. Broughton, 13-year-old daugh- ter of Prof. and Mrs. L. B. Broughton | of the University of Maryland and & | seventh-grade pupil of the College Park elementary school of which Mrs McDonnell Holmes s principal, | awarded a gold medal for submiiting the best essay on “Our National Banner” in the second annual contest conducted by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of Snyder- Farmer Post. No. 3, American Legion, of Hyattsville, among seventh-grade pupils of Prince Georges County schools, at ceremonies held yesterday afternoon in Masonic Hall here. The College Park school was awarded a certificate in token of Miss Broughton's victory. Miss Ethel Fetty of the Laurel School was awarded a certificate for submitting the second best essay and Miss Anna | Mae Baines of the Riverdale School was presented a certificate for turning in the third best contribution. Representatives of ten Prince Georges | County schools submitted essays. 1In | each of the schools a preliminar; for entrance in the county competition. Schools represented besides the College Park, Laurel and Riverdale institutions were Beltsville, Oxon Hill, Hyattsville, Surrattsville, Edmonston, Fairy Spring | and Suitland. Last year the auxiliary | conducted a contest, but it was only local in character. William Knowles Cooper, general scc- for re-election. Salaries Tssue Up. Coincident with the balloting on these candidates, a referendum will be held on the question of payment of salaries o the mayor and council. . If appproved each councilman would receive $300 & year and the mayor $1200. John H. Schaefer, mayor of River- dale, is fighting for Te-election against Milton D. Campbell, president of the Riverdale Parent-Teacher Association. ‘A contest has developed in ward three, With Anton Kracke and Louise Gran- ados competing for the office vacated by J. T. Harrington._In the fifth ward Councilman Frank Westman is uncp- posed for re-election. Garrett Park Election. The annual town election is in prog- yess at Garrett Park this afternoon to choose two members of the town coun- cil to succeed R. L. Harrison and Alton L. Wells for terms of two vears. The polis opened at 2 o'clock and will close at 7 this evening. Mesars. Harrison and Wells are can- dldates to succeed themselves and the only other candidate is R. H. Hetzer. | Mrs. Lildan T. Oyster, Mrs. Smith L. Putnam and Mrs. Alton L. Wells are the judges and Mrs. Maynard Penn the clerk. The voters are also passing upon the question of a special tax rate of 25 cents for three years beginning July 1| retary of the Y. M. C. A., of Washing- ton, ‘was the principal speaker. +He praised the auxiliary for conducting the contest and gave it as his opinion that young people today were fully as pa- | | triotic as those of any past period and gave promise of making fine citizens. _Prof. Charles S. Richardson of the | University of Maryland, presented the | awards, and also lauded the auxiliary | for conducting the essay contest, whicn | he was sure would help the participants in their training for good citizenship. | Other features of the exercises, wnich were presided over by Miss Marion B. | Snyder, president of the auxiliary, who | gave the introductory remarks, werre | | the “Advance of Colors,” and the “Re- tirement of Colors,” by Edward Good- | rich and Harrison Costine of tlue | Hyattsville Troop of Boy Scouts, of | which Floyd W. Wooley is scoutmast-r; | | selections by the Hyattsville High | | School Orchestra, under direction of | | Mrs. Starr Preston Sprinkel: pledge of | allegiance to the flag and the singing | of “America, the Beautiful,” and “The | | Star Spangled Banner,” by the assem- | blage. | Following the announcement of the | {awards * by Prof. Richardson, Miss| Broughton read her essay. | Prof. Richardson, Mrs. Eleanor C. | Wagner and Warren W. Cole judged the | jessays, which were - uniformly good, | | Prof. Richardson announced. Mrs. Caesar L. Aiello of Hyattsviile He is the examiner of records for the twenty h judicial circuit, comprising the counties of Fauquier, Loudoun and 120-foot Wide Road. In the area adjacent to the club the highway will follow the present line of e street. _"The major part of the | Rappahannock, and is’ the attorney O P highway i5 to be 120 feet wide | member of the Virginia State Board of with & 50-foot paved surface. But in [Accountancy. R T B preas L Faet sectlon a_90-foot | He Is & mémber of the Virginia State | Bar and American Bar Associations, the American Legion, Acca Temple, Shrine, and the Phi Delta Phi and Phi Kappa Psi Fraternities. R. 0. T. C. Receives 26. STAUNTON, right of way is demanded by the State Roads Commission before it will pro- ceed. This will involve the acquisition of 40 feet of land of the country club for a distance of 600 feet, it was said. It was pointed out by Mr. Root that even after the land is dedicated, it | | | will not actually be used, but the club a., May 6 (Special).— has been promised that it may continue to use it for tennis courts which are | now there. But it is necessary to have | the formal dedication before the work can proceed under the State Roads Commission’s plan, despite the fact| that not one inch of the club’s property will be used. Condemnation Likely. As an_alternative, should the club fail to dedicate the property, and in order that the project may go forward, | it was said, the county plans to con- | demn the property. It was explained that the costs then would be assessed | against the abutting property owners, | who would thus be required to pay the cost of building this section of the | road. e It is expected now that the new road will be open for use about September 1. | Grading has been about completed all along the route. and the contractor on | the eastern end has started to lay the | concrete slab_between Silgo and the | Baltimore and Ohio_raflroad track, a | distance of about three city blocks. Work, however, has not yet been started on the underpass which will carry the | road under the Baltimore and "Ohio (P railroad tracks. Contract for this pro- | ject soon is to be advertised by the State Roads Commission. U. OF M. MAY DAY EVENT TO BE ELABORATE AFFAIR Festival Begins at 4 0'Clock To- | morrow Afternoon—Senior Girl to Be Crowned Queen. Special Dispatch to The Star. | COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 6.—The annual May day festival, the big event of the year for the coeds at the Uni- versity ‘of Maryland, will be held to- morrow on the lawn at Gerneux Hall, starting at 4 o'clock. | While the details for the affair, at | which one of the senior girls is crowned | queen and four maids selected, always are kept secret, it is known that there | P§ will be seven costume events and a number of novel dances, all to be put on in elaborate style. The affair will be the culmination of | months of work for the girls who will | take part. seniors, who will be eligible for appoint- ment as second lieutenants at gradu- ation in June, have been received into honorary membership of the Staunton Chapter of the Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Camp. THESE A “TEXAS” “GREEN” PEAS CRISP, BUNCHES “RED” RADISHES 4+ 10c Twenty-six Staunton Military Academy | a few of the firemen scratched their heads. It was a supporting reserve that is needed, something to give that real touch of home to the place. And then they discovered that it was a la- dies’ auxiliary they needed. not so much | to go out and fight the fires. No, they | didn’t really need any help for that. | But to do a few things around the new home place, such as preside over the kitchen and assist in the various func tions given from time to time to raise funds for the support of the depart- | ment and to reduce the debt on the building. So a ladies' auxiliary there is to be. | A meeting_has been called for to. morrow night at the firehouse—a meet- ing for the ladies. It has been called by Herman Heffner of the board of trustees of the fire department, at which | I RTICLES ARE REAL SPECIALS ONIONS 3 ~+15¢ THE FANCIEST QUALITY OBTAINABLE LARGE BUNCHES STRAWBERRY All produce in “ASCO” STORES is purchased daily— so that you can be positive of getting it fresh at all times. it is proposed to organize this much- needed ladies’ auxilia 3 = 29¢ A Delicious Salad Vegetable “SPRING” ONIONS 4 ean 10c 2 o 55¢ Goltd Seag ROLLED Jne20¢ | 2 o= 25¢ OATS | " {20 15¢ or Regular The real way to know the goodness, freshness and flavor of ASCO Blend Coffee is by the cup test. Try this delicious coffee today. You'll Taste the Difference! w. 39¢ 45C0 COFFEE MORTON’S SALT 5" . 2 me 17c Joan of Arc Libby’s De Luxe PEACHES Kidney Beans w 12¢ Big Can 2 1 c Miilions of pounds of this delicious, pure fresh Butter is consumed every year. Would it have such a large appeal and the approval of Homekeepers if it were not the finest butter in America? Plain MacLaren’s Salad Dressing w 25¢ Taste It! Oven-fresh Delicious Cake-like Bread As Fine As You Ever Ate. Try It Today! VICTOR BREAD = 5¢ Window STAR NAPHTHA Blue Swan SCRE TOILET ENS | SOAP POWDER | TOLET Pan Loaf for road improvements. A similar rate | was chairman of the committee of the has been in effect for the last seven |auxillary, which conducted the contest. Pkg. 19c Roll 100 years. ‘The terms of Mayor Richard H. Akers and Councilmen F. J. Rapee and J. F. Defandorf expire next year. EXCAVATOR UNCOVERS SKELETON OF INDIAN Luray Farmer Also Finds Kettles, | Ring and Pipes in Grave. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LURAY, Va,, May 6 —Excavating for & silo on his father's farm on the Shen- andoah River, five miles from here, Abram Brubaker unearthed the skeleton of an Indian buried three feet beneath the surface. The on, which crumbled when touched human hands after having lain, as indicated by several articles of Indian design found in the gr: ince the early days of the eighteenth cen- tury, is believed to be that of an Indian of the Massanutten tribe, which in early days descended from the mountains in this county by that name upon the set- tlers along the banks of the Shenan- bones will be turned over to ists for study, while two kettles of one, two pipes and other I dian articles are to be kept by Brubak CHILDfi KILLE[; BY AUTO. Salisbury Girl Dies at Doctor’s Of- fice—Skull Was Crushed. 1 Dispatch to The Siar. GRANTSVILLE. Md. May 6—The small daughter of Darius Broadwater ©f Salishury. near here, was fatally in- Er jured late Saturday night on Main street, Salisbury, when she ran out from by a parked car in front of en driven by Paul Dahl accompanied by Miss both being seniors of 'SUPERVISORS’ BOARD DIVIDES COUNTY TAX | SIS, 1$449.34 Provided to Each of the Six Fairfax Districts—Tele- phone Bill Discussed. Special Dispatch to The Star. | FAIRFAX, Va, May 6.—The super- | visors have divided the gas tax for the | month providing $449.34 to each of the six districts, and Supervisors Reid, | Larkin and Durrer were appoirted a | committee to buy a motor cycle for the | road police at a meeting held here. “The :munly engineer was instructed to in- vestigate whether installation of an | electric range at the jail would enable | the county to get reduced rates on its | current consumption. Commonwealth’s Attorney Farr called to the attention of the board the fact that telephone | and electric bills for the county offices promise to cost between $1,600 and $2,000 per year and called for retrench- ment and economy. The cost of gen- eral maintenance of the engineer's car | was ordered borne by the county until a_car is furnished for his official use. The engineer filed with the board an inventory of all county equipment. The supervisors established a wage schedule to govern wages and salaries paid em- ployes of the county highway depart- ment. A letter from W. A. Smoot, chair- | man of the District Home board, asked for the removal of two inmates from Fairfax County to State institutions, where they will be given special care | at State expense | sewer at the District Home will be constructed by Mr. White in co-opera- | tion with the Fairfax County health engineer. The operating expenses of the District Home show receipts for the month of $2,316.74 and a balance of $900.73, with $388.33 still due from Fauquier and Prince William Counties. The septic tank and | cocoanut. %ordenfs‘ makes the cream pie you dream_about the kind you ask for every day. <Z= Nutty- sweet Golden rich pumpkin. Scrumptious chocolate cream.. All deliciously _different A Suggestion List at Economy Prices! N. B. C. Cocoanut Delights. ... .I. 19¢c ASCO Grape Juice. . . . pt. bot. 23¢ Blue Label Karo.............can 10c Rumford’s Baking Powder. .big can 32¢ Gold Seal Flour. ........ .5 bag 25¢ Kellogg’s All-Bran ........big pks. 20c Ralston’s Whole Wheat Cereal, rks. 24¢c ASCO Cream Mints . Instant Tapioca ... e, Minute Tapioca ... P o ASCO Quick Tapioca......3 pkes. 20c ASCO Evap. Milk . ... tall can 10¢ MazolOMie .. .oeviin s ! pt. can 27¢ Mother’s or Quaker Oats. . .big pkg. 10c IVORY: SOAP”. .......... "= *1]c IN OUR MEAT MARKETS TO BEGIN THE WEEK sieinieis DI B0E May We Suggest for Dinner! Veal' Cutlet. .., , ..o cnranisisaioss 160 LlVER and BACON Lo'm Veal Chops. .. ceee55¢ | gliced Beef Liver b, 25¢ Slice of Ham...... +ev..®.50c lI Sliced Pork Liver 1b. 15¢ Rib Lamb Chops.............."" 65¢c || ASCO Sliced Bacon . eees 51 19c Loin Lamb Chops.............I. 65¢c || Fireside Bacon .. st oW IDIABE Porterhouse Steak . .e..Ib. 60c Sirloin Steak ..... .. 52¢ SELECT PORK CHOPS Hamburg Steak ... eeo.b. 30c Lb') 420 Whole or Half Pork Loin PORK LOIN ROAST Ib., 35¢ Mustard No action was taken in respect to a | Sweet chool Meversdale was_crushed and deemed unavoidable suggestion from the publicity committee | of the Chamber of Commerce that the | Fancy Pickled cooked with the “double richness” purity of Borden’s Evaporated Milk. Guaranteed by India Relish || Mixed Pickles || Chow Chow || White Onions Lb., 22¢ Lb,, 25¢ Lb., 22¢ Lb.;35¢ Longhorn Cheese. .1b., 29¢ I Colored Oleo. . ... .lb.,, 33¢c name “Fairfax” be lettered on tHe roof of the new clerk’s office building for guidance of airplanes. It Was sug- Gested that the matter be presented | instead to the Fairfax County Fair As- | sociation. The buildings at the fair| FEW CASES'ON DOCKET. ounds have flat roofs suitable for | Baltimore Federal Court Has but|ciiering direction signs for planes and the fair grounds have been used for plane landings and can be developed reaching a doctor’s the oldest and largest milk company in the U. S. A. (Paste this tested recipe in your cook book) s Pending. into an airport —The lowest | st e g Doctars to Meet. 5 e : i Sharp Cheese.. .. .lb., 45c || Compound .....2 lbs., 25¢ rding to District At-| MARTINSBURG, W. Va., May 6 (Spe- OId-FashtonedPum k"’ P,e 1% cups stewed strained pumpkin 1 cup brownsugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 5 % e \‘(l. ) 'F«.x' the nn.n “mja.:lll“il lh:v(d;} IA teaspoon "'"E" » l/, ”"‘Pm salt 2 eggs beaten 1 llblnpwu B peseA T with 281 ab «»':-';‘\x'“n‘"“'S,ifé'.f;,{“'AZJ.‘Z,M.A,.' e West| melted butter 13§ cups Borden’s Evaporated Milk Yy cup water Unbaked pastry. ; these Te | e S| ses- | 2, s " . . Of these o o1 were | vene in Martinsburg for its anbusl ¢t | Mixthoroughly sugar, spices and sl Sticinto the pumpkin. Add eggs and buter, blend in milk dillted with water. Pourintos 130 cases were disposed | day. Dr. Harry M. Hall of Wheeling | paste-lined pan. Placein rather hot oven tosetrim and bake sides and bottom of crust. Decrease the heatand cook atalow tem- alowtem r s ng April ough pleas of gulity, is president. The woman's auxiliary to i 2 acquittal and 13 bylthe assoclation will meet concurrently lle prosse proceedings, - Jnere, & 10 by perature until a silver knife blade inserted in centre comes out clean, It may be served with a garnish of whipped cream if desired.