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SUBURBAN NEWS. MT.VERNON PLAZA 'T0BE DISCUSSED Fairfax County Chamber Committee Will Confer on Project Nov. 15 and 20. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LORTON, Va, November 1ast night unanimously indorsed the ap- pointment of Mrs, Leon Manghum of Franklin-Park as a welfare worker in Fairfax County. A letter was read from A. C. Ritchie, judge of the Juvenile| Court, thanking the chamber for its assistance in securing the appointment | of ' Boara of Public Welfare. The chambey adopted a resolution, intro- | duced by George K. Pickett, approving the placing of this work on a salaried | basis as soon as possible. Capt. Thur- low White, George K. Pickett, Herbert Haar, Mrs. G. ey Money, J. B. Bar- rett and Rev. C. A. Langston were ap- pointed to appear before the supervisors in December to urge official recognition | of this work. ! L. L. Freeman of Vienns, recently elected member of the House of Dele- gates from Fairfax County, was ap- pointed chairman of the chamber's| committee on county-wide fire protec-! tion, in place of J. H. Beattle of Mc- | Lean, resigned. Mr. Freeman pledged | his best efforts to the service of Fairfax | County and thanked the chember for | the telegram of congratulation on his election. He believed, he said, that much of the advance made by Virginia of recent years was due to the activity of the State’'s Chamber of Commerce. Prizes Are Given. ©. C. Carr was appointed chairman of | the education committee, replacing F. 8. McCandlish. President Allen presented the Chamber of Commerce award won at the county fair to three members of | the 4-H Clubs of the county, John Beard | of Fiorls, Elizabeth Harrison of Hern- don and John Webb of Annandale, all | of whom responded with short speeches of'thanks, Elisabeth Harrison being rep- resented by Virginia Carr. Miss Sarah | ‘Thomas, home demonstration agent, pledged the co-operation of her organ- ization ‘to the chamber and extended her appreciation of assistance rendered. . C. Gibbs announced that a meeting of the subcommittee of the chamber's committee on the plaza at Mount Ver- non would be held Friday in the office of Senator Carter Glass. The full com- mittee will meet the supervisors and other officials next Wednesday morning | at Mount Vernon. E. H. Allen reported that the Spring- fleld crossing project was under way. | He stated that he had appointed J. W. | Brookfield and himself a committee to | interview the officlals of the Southern | Railway abcut a right of way. Con- siderable discussion developed among the members as to the change in the plans for this crossing and Mr. Larkin's abandonment of the original concrete bridge in favor of a fill with two lines of heavy pipe to carry off the ficod water. Supervisor C. H. Powell assured the members that a good crossing would | be constructed here and the action of Mr. Larkin was defended by E. H. Allen and Mrs. E. D. Vosbury, both of whoin explained that the completion of this rcad as a through route from the North to the South its traffic would so increase that it will only be a short time until an overhead crossing becomes a neces- sity. If $8,000 to $10,000 is used nmow in a concrete bridge to be replaced later there will be nothing to salvage. J. W. Bro-kfield stated that Vice President Miller of the Southern Railway said the company was ready to build that por- tion on its right of way and to erect the necessary crossing signs. E. C. Gibbs moved the con‘inuation of the chamber’s crcesing committee to work for the elimination of the crossing. Emergency Exists. Herbert Haar reported that Resident Engineer R. 1. Mount had reported be- tween $2,000 and $2,500 available for surfacing the Ox road and that work was A)roce!dsng as rapidly as possible. J. Sidney Wiley of Lorton reported that Mr. Mount had promised him to set back the fence at the junction of tha Lorton and Richmond highways, as re- quested by the chamber at ifs last meet- ing. but &y no mfihflm n taken. e secrel was write Mr. Mount that an" cy exists be started imediately. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of the penal institutions of the District of Columbia, emphasized the danger exist- ing at this point, and his name was added to the commif to assist Mr. Wiley and J. W. Cox in securing speedy | action from the State Highway Commis- sion. Mrs. G. Ashley Money and Mrs. E. D. Vosbury reported on the county loan library project. The supervisors have granted free use of a room in the old clerk's office building, and a conference been arranged between the committees of the different organi- zations Miss L Stevens of the extension | department of the State Library As- sociation. Mrs. Vosbury also reported that Dr. Mcllwaine, State libraiian, had pledged his assistance in eo‘mb-‘ lishment of & county lbrary at| Fairfax. ‘The committee appointed to investi- | gate H. T. Magarity’s claim for the second $28 award for apprehension of | poultry thieves reported in his favor, with the recommendation that if any future awards be made officers of the! county be excluded from participation. | Martin T. Webb moved that an | ditional $100 be appropriated for this purpose, to be expended by the agri- culéur ‘This committee at its discretion. as approved, but was referred back to the agricultural committee for study and report on the exact mo-‘ visions under which the new awards will be made. Members expressed the | opinion that the former awards had been productive of good resulis. ! E. H. Allen, registrar of Pohick Epis-| copal Church, extended an invitation | to the chamber, which was accepted to attend Thanksgiviag day services| in a body at 11 o'ciock. Thurlow White presented to the chamber, in behalf of C. H. Powell, a gavel made from an oak fence rail on the Bull Run Battlefield, the tree from which the rail was made having c:"wn on the battlefield during Civil War days. George Smith reported that the| Franconia telephone committee had| conferred with Mr, Roland, manager/ of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-| phone Co., and inspected the territory, and that eight telephones were to oe | added to the Alexandria exchange in this territory. E. C. Gibbs, Red Cross reil call chairman for Fairfax County, poke the co-operation of all mem- b-rs of the chamber of commerce in the drive for 2,000 members in Fair-| fax County, and the raising of the| $1.000 pledg d toward the expense of | ‘The chamber | the county health unit. accepted an invitation from H. M. Gas- ton to hold the next meeting at Pioneer | Grange Hall at Masonville. TREE PLANTING PLANS. Garden Clubs Asked to Join in Road Project. Bpectal Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., November 13 The Alta Vista Garden Club Monda adopted a resolution asking the thrc garden clubs here to join with it § the project of planting trees along rout 14 between here and Alta Vista, 2t miles. M. Sears, supervisor of the Na Bridge Federal Fore:t, and G, H. 3 mrnnm: nt of city parks, spoke before tWF club on the matter, Mr, Sears advised lombardy wl-u for Toute, except willows for places, H. tional 13.—The | Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce Sponsoring the movement and | p e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1929. RHODE ISLAND AVENUE WORK NEAR COMPLETION Only a few hundred feet of concrete remain to be Iaid before the long-sought extension of Rhode Island avenue from the District line to the Baltimore Boulevard is completed. This photo, taken yesterd: built across Thirty-fourth street, Mount Rainier, Md. Citizens of nearby Maryland towns ebration in connection with the official opening of the thoroughfare on December 7. hows the roadway being planning an elaborate cel- —Star Staff Photo. THREE HEARINGS SET FOR ZONING Arlington Courthouse Meet- ing of Commission Fri- day Night. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP, Staft Correspondence of The Suar. CLARENDON, Va., November 13.— But three more public hearings are scheduled by the Arlington County Zoning Commission before the tenta- tive zoning ordinance is turned over to the Board of County Supervisors, it was stated today by A. J. Webb, sec- retary of the former body. The next hearing wili be at the court- house Priday night and will take in the most thickly settled section of Arlington County and one of the largest areas yet to be heard. This hearing will include Clarendon pregincts Nos. 1 and 2; ton, Lyon Park, Lyon Village, Glen Carlyn and Aurora Heights. Residents of the sections will be made acquainted with the ideas of the commission with regard to the vari- ous types of development, the reasons for so designating them and the loca- tion of the commercial areas which, it is believed, will exceed in size and number those of any similar area in the county Final Hearing Dates. The last two public h s of_the commission will be held on nights, that fer.. n Not 2! and for mbeg J. C. lent. af " the Virginia a8 15"~ Associa- tion, and John C. Gall, president of the Aurora Hills Civic League, a special committee that was appointed Monday night for unnnn; & mass meeting for the Virginia Highlands precinct, vesterday wrote to the commission asking it to name a date for a second hearing for this section. ‘They pointed out that there is gen- eral dissatisfaction among the resi- dents of that community with respect to the designation of a portion of the South Washington section as “heavy industrial,” and that the citizens be- lieve they were not given sufficient op- portunity at the last meeting to present their views on the subject. Ask Opportunity for All It is stated in the letter that the Hume School was a most unusual ?hu to hold & public hearing and that the members of the two assoclations are anxious to have another on» in_the Jefferson District Community Hall, where all may be given an opportunity u‘) present their views to the commis- ston. ‘There is & general feeling among the owners of property in this section that a “heavy industrial” area is not needed and that to place it there would tend not only to create a nuisance to the nearby home owners, but wouid cause a decided decrease in the value of their roperty. If the commission takes favorable action on the request it will mean that there must be an®additional hearing before the ordinance is turnsd over to the supervisors, who are requived by law to hold one géneral public hearing before adopting the ordinance. Street Markers to Be Placed. Special Dispaich to The Star. VEITCH SUMMIT, Va., November 13. —The Veitch Summit Citizens’ Associ- ation, at its monthly meeting last night, |voted to place streéet markers at sev- eral of its intersections and the im- provement of streets was discussed. BYRD AND POLLARD - ADDRESS BAPTISTS [106th Virginia Association Session at Winchester Attended by 900. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., November 13.— An address of welcome by Gov. Harry F. Byrd and_response by Gov.-elect John Garland Pollard featured the opening today of the 106th annual session of the | Baptist General Association of Virginia | in Pirst Baptist Church. It was the first time in the assocla- tion's history, it was said, a State gov- ernor and governor-elect had addressed an annual convention at the same ses- sion. Nine hundred delegates were reg- istered. The annual sermon was preach- ed by Rev. Dr. W. F. Gibson, Richmond. The report of the treasurer, Frank T. Crump, Richmond, disclosed $3.429,- 159.39 raised for all purposes last year by the 1,166 churches in the assoclation served by 705 ordained ministers. Total value of church property in the asso- ciation is $11,044,437.11. Rev. Dr. J. Lawrence spoke on “Home Missions And Rev. Dr. John L. Rosser, Bristol, conducted morning devotions, ‘The association devoted this forenoon to hearing six speakers on church work, and reports of half a dozen standing | committees and boards. Ths day of mass evangelism, the old- time revival meeting, has passed, ac- cording to Rev. Dr. A, F. Kernaham, | Washington, D. C., speaking on “Per- sonal Visitation Evangelism,” his own investigation showed 96 per cent of the ?opk attending such m- ) re church members, and the onl son churches continue revivals is S they do not know sny other plan.” Rev. Dr. Rufus W. Weaver, Nash- ville, Tenn., discussing “The Outlook for Southern Baptists,"“gaid the revival of religion out of which Southern Baptists sprang began in New England, and was brought South by Shubael Stearns and Daniel Marshall, | who grnnched at Great Cacapon, near Winchester, and later penctrated the South. — 'AUTO KILLS WOMAN AT HIGHLAND, MD. | Confusion in Attempting to Cross Highway Believed Cause of Fatal Accident. -— By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, HIGHLAND, Md., November 13~ Confused in attempting to cross Colum= bia pike here, Mrs. Susie Parlett, 45 years old, was run down by an automo- bile and instantly killed yesterday after- noon. Karl wm\ho.flcl of Crescent Place, Washington, salé by Maryland State Policeman Haddaway to have been the driver of the ear, was exonerated of blame which a justice of peace of Elli- cot City held to be unavoidable. Complains of Telephone Service. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 13.—Claim- that he has to wait from 5 to 20 inutes before”gétting or recelving & telephone call, T. R. Cissel of Silver 8pring, Montgomery County, has asked the Public Service Commission to take the matter up with the Chesapeake & Potomac Tel:phone Co. A family doctor’s laxative is the senstble choice! YO'UR heslth is too important! You can’t afford experiments with your delicate bowels when & coated tongue, bad breath, gas, headaches, nausea, feverishness, biliousness, lack of appetite, and no energy, warn of constipation. This applies not only to grown people; it is particularly the case where young children are con- cerned. That's why a family doctor's laxative is always the safe choice! Only a doctor knows just what will cleanse the system of men, vomen or children without harm. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin 3 prepared today under strict upervision from freshest herbs and other pure ingredients, and exactly aceording to Dr. Caldwell’s original prescription, | He was a family doctor for more than forty-seven years. He specialized in the disorders of the digestive tract, He tested this prescription in thousands of cases. Men liked its quick and thorough action; the children liked its pleasant taste; old people praised it because it never gripes. Today, millions of families rely on Dr. Caldwell’s judgment in the selection of their laxative. Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is now sold in all drug stores. It is the world’s largest selling laxative. Dr. W. B. CALowELL'S SYRUP PEPSIN A Doctors Family Laxative POWER BID WITHDRAWN. '!.eesburg Council Elects E. L. Mc- Farland to Be Treasurer. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., Novémber 13.—The Leesburg town council held its monthly meeting Monday night, with all six members of the council, Mayor Charles PF. Harrison and George E. Ward, re- corder, present. A representative of the Virginia Pub- lic Service Co. appeared and asked to withdraw its bid for a franchise to x;mnunclure and sell electricity in Lees- urg. E‘ L. McFarland was elected treasurer | for the town, temporarily, to fill the va- cancy caused by the illness of D. G. Hourihane. | quest of influential political leaders, the HAT causes decay? Germs. Germs, with tartar, are held to be a chief cause of pyorrhea—and of virtually every other common tooth and gum dis- order known to modern science. Germs on the teeth—and there are mil- lions — are difficult to reach. A dingy, glue-like film envelops them and holds them in contact with the tooth’s enamel. Pepsodent The Special Film-Removing Dentifrice POLICY FOR SCHOOL BUSSES ANNOUNCED |Points of Economy Stressed! in Letter of Prince Georges Board. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. | UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November [13—A fixed policy in regard to the | transporation of school pupils, which has been worryina public officials of Prince Georges County for several months, was recommended by the Board of Education in a letter to the County Commissioners today. are: | 1. Establishment of bus lines for ele- mentary puplls only after a rural school has been closed, or to avoid the erec- tion of an addition to a present rural school building. |72, Limitation of transportation of primary pupils to those living more than 1 mile from the school building in- termediate pupils more than 114 miles, and high school puplls more than 2 miles. {3, Establishment of high school bus lines wherever there are at least 20 | puplls desiring such transporation who ve no access to public conveyances. 4. Discontinuance of any bus line it | the costs mount over $40 per annum |per pupil unless the puplls pay all | costs above that sum. Proposal of Funds. If the above recommendations are accepted by the County Commissioners the Board of Education further recom- mends appropriations as follows, or so | much as may be necessary, to cover | transportation requests listed in the | order in which they have been received: 1. From Lanham and Landover to the Hyattsville High School, $1,200. 2 Prom Mitehellville and vicinity to the Marlboro High School, $1,200. 3. From Collington and Bowle to Highland Park Colored High School, $1,200. . 4. From Young's store to the Marl- boro Colored High School, $1,200. The whole transportation problem was reopened last week when, upon re- county commissioners made an “infor- | mal unanimous offer” to furnish funds | for the transportation of approximately 40 puplls trom Aquasco and intermedi- Salient features | post | Special Dispatch to The Star. ate points to the Marlboro Colored High School, if the Board of Education would recommend it. From the board's letter it is apparent that such a recommendation is only | made after three other requests for transportation, received earlier, are granted. In regard to the commissioners’ re- quest the board points out in its letter chn"c the Marlboro Colored High School is “totally inadequate” for present en- rollment, and asks an immediate appro- priation of $30,000 for the purchase of | land and erection of a new elementary and high school to supplant it. The board also states that there has | been no settled county policy in the mnt‘ler of transportation, and after re- viewinig the present transportation afl\:l"![lon characterizes it as “inequita- ble” and expresses its disapproval of | conditions as they now exist. The letter has the effect of passing back to the commissioners the final de- cision in the matter, for the board, in S0 many words, recommends that high school p\iplls should be transported free of cost, “provided the same rule is ap- plied throughout the county, and pro- vided the commissioners are’ willing to upp:g’prfilw funds sufficient for this pur- In this connection, an answer is re- quested to two pertinent questions: Do the commissioners wish all high school pupils to be charged $20 a year for transportation, approximately one-half the cost, as is done at present in a few instances, and should the high school pupils be transported free of cost, which would necessitate the walving of the charges now imposed on three lines? ‘The board points out that its present transportation expenditure is $21,700 a year, $20,000 of which is provided in the budget appropriations, $1,500 derived from pupil payments and $200 through a special appropriation of the county commissioners, RAIL CONDUCTO;DIES. HAGERSTOWN, Md., November 13. —James M. Renner, 55 years old, Penn- sylvania and Reading_Rallroad con- ductor of Harrisburg, Pa. died in the Washington County Hospital, here to- day, from injuries received several hours earlier when he was struck by a freight car in the Western Maryland yards. Both legs were severed. Two other workers escaped by leaping. Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va., November 13.—The dance sponsored by Loudoun Post, No. 34, American Legion, which was held in the opera house here Monday night as the conclusion of Armistice day cele- bration, was a great success. More than 200 Legionnaires and their friends were in attendance, coming from Leesburg and nearby communities. — This film coat gets into crevices and stays. It clings so stubbornly that only a special film-removing tooth paste can re- move it satisfactorily. That tooth paste is the scientific formula called Pepsodent. Utterly different from every other, as you notice instantly when it touches your teeth. First Pepsodent curdles film, then re- moves it with complete safety to the SUBURBAN SCHOOL PROBLEMS STUDIED BY BOARD Prince Georges Educators Discuss Teacher Person- nel Questions. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER 13.—Disposition of two teacher person- nel questions and four matters affecting school buildings was made by the Prince Georges County Board of Education at its November meeting ay. A controversy over the retention of Miss Cecilia Alvater, primary teacher at the Glenn Dale School, was revealed when two delegations appeared before the poard. One of these, including Mrs. E. M. Woods, R. A. Sigler, trustees, and others, reported that the enrollment of the school had decreased because of the objection of certain parents to sending their children to Miss Alvater, . who, they claim, does not have the proper i temperament for teaching. ‘Will Remain for Term. ‘This delegation made no particular criticism of ‘the teacher's work, but recommended to the board that she be transfe Another delegation, how- ly indorsed Miss Alvater's le board ordered that she be continued at the Glenn Dale School for the remainder of the present school year unless there should be some un- exi)ecud development. n another order dealing with the teaching personnel, the board rescinded its decision of last week reinstating Elsie Young as teacher at the Accokeek Colored School and directed that she be transferred to the Danville Colored School. A delegation from the Silver Hill School, headed by Henry Witt, trustee, asked that a sanitary system be installed at the community's school. On motion, the sum of $1,000 was listed for this purpose in the 1930 budget estimates. Re-establishment of the sixth and seventh grades at the Tippett School was uested by a delegation of par- , who pointed out that such a step d _bring the total enrollment up to 40. This request was refused for the reason that a contract already had been made with a bus driver to transport | the children to the Surratsville School. New School Is Asked. Edward Gross, trustee, headed & delegation which petitioned for a new colored school building Ammendale. crude abrasive, 1104 S.- Wabash MARLBORO, Md., November | 11 J. Albert Miller, assistant suj tend. me ym ordered to invmg and} llliam Purdy, a trustee of the Pinel | Grove School, sought authority to build an addition to that 00l in the fcimi of a stage to be used as an auditorium by the Parent-Teacher Association. The project was discou by the board. which plans to a grade school nearby. A bid of $500 for the old Paint Branch School Building and lot was re- ! ceived from B. J. Gallant. The board decided, however, to offer the property for sale for 8750, subject to the ap= proval of the trustees. Sale of the old Woodyard School Building on De- cember 10 undér’sealed bids was au- thorized. Dates for the Christmas holidays were fixed to run from December 21 to Jan- uary 1, inclusive. June 18, 1930, was set as the date for the closing of the white ‘schools ‘and May 30:as the clos-- ing date for the ¢olored schools. € . PLAN FOR EXTENSION OF ELECTRIC SYSTEM | Potomac Company Authorized to Supply Light and Power to Mont gomery County Communities. NEWS. - Special Dispatth to The S A o D B 2 sion of an( service tof" Glarksburg, edar . Qrove, Cedar ° Lewisdale, lum Brh\rnl.ngvl e was au- thorized by the Public Service Commis- sion yesterday following a hearing on the application of the Potomac Edison Electric Co. to éxtend its lines into these Montgomery Courity communities. The service will be éxtended for a dis- fance of 34 milés instead of 22 miles. as originally planned, with a voltage ex- tension of 6,900 -volts, and under the order of the commission all extension: must be completed within six months. ‘The action of commission followed a conference between Joseph C. Cissell attorney for the Montgomery County Electric Light & Improvement - tion; .representatives of each of the communities and’ R. Paul Smith, vice president and eral manager of the electric company, at which the question of cost of the extensions'to the consum- ers was thrashed but, ‘and it was agree that each patron would pay a pro-rat amount if maxinitrf charges fell belo the minimum rafe set by the compar at the end of eight months. PFused quarts window panes transm | the ultra-violet rays of.the sun bette than known substance, accordins to research -engineers, 3 Most teeth decay unles. ou do this daily that breeds bacteria and turns white teeth dull and dingy enamel. 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