Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1929, Page 10

10 ® HOSPITAL NEARER INPRINCE GEORGE Library on Wheels and Nutri- tion Clinics Also Among Pro- posals Before Council. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staff Correspondence of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November 20.—A county hospital. a county library on wheels and a series of county nutri- tion clinics were yesterday outlined be- fore the Prince Georges County Com- ‘munity Council as projects of current interest which may in the not far dis- tant future become realities in this county. ‘Appointment of a committee to seek the co-operation of other organizations in the effort to secure a hospital for the county was authorized in a resolution adopted at the close of the all-day meeting in Trinity parish hall, after W. R. Beattle of Decatur Heights and oth- ers had stressed the immediate need for a hospital. Committee to Be Named. Dr. C. P. Close, president of the council, postponed appointment of the committee until a later date. It was suggested that its members include rep- resentatives of the County Federation of Women's Clubs, the county rescue squad, the Grange and Red Cross. In citing the need for the county hospital Beattie declared that since the organization of the fire department rescue squad, under Chief H. L. Leonard, an average of nearly three runs a day had been made, most of which involved transportation of persons to Washing- ton hospitals. Beattie also called at- tention to a recent offer of a site for the hospital, but Dr. Willlam S. Keister, county health officer, asked that the committee be not embarrassed by rec- ommendations concerning a location until the matter could be given more O rther study of the possibillty of er s of the the community council affliating with the interfederation council will be made, it was announced by Dr. Close, after W. F. Mulligan, chairman of a special committee appointed to investigate the matter, reported the interfederation council was of the opinion the county organization should hold more fre- quent_meetings to represent adequately its affliated societies on current civic questions. At present the council meets bi-annually. Nutrition Clinies. Plans for the inauguration of nutri- tion clinics in 12 communities in the county were outlined by Miss Frances MacKinnon, specialist in nutrition, American Red Cross. Students, teach- ers and mothers will be instructed in the clinics, which will start in January. ‘The advantages of “a county library on wheels” were recited by W. C. Nason, assistant agricultural economist, United States Department of Agriculture. The first library of this type was started in Maryland at Hagerstown, the said, but in spite of its per_cent of rural population no library facilities. Reporting on_county forestry demon- stration work, W. J. Quick, jr., district forester, told of forest planting and woodland thinning demonstration oper- ations, P. E. Clark, assistant county agent, told of methods used in treating lant diseases scientifically, while Miss el M. Regan, county demonstration agent, described a system of local leader- ship by which she is able to reach 22 federated clubs, 10 rural clubs and 12 SUBURBAN NEWS. DELAYED FEVER DATA BLAMED TO DOCTORS Prince Georges Health Officer Ex- plains Answer to Complaints of Parents. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., November 20.— Failure of physicians to recognize mild cases of scarlet fever and, in some instances, to report serious ones, was cited today by Dr. Willlam 8. Kelister, Prince Georges County health officer, as a reason for a number of cases in this vicinity. The University Park Parent-Teacher Association last night ado] sol tion aski immediate te! given the situation. Mrs. Ray Skelton, who presented a resolution at the meet- ing, presided over by President George C. Cook, expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of quarantine. Regords at the county health office show that scarlet fever led the list of contaglous diseases reported during Oc- tober. Twelve cases have been reported 50 far this month, about half of which are in Riverdale or Beltsville. “FATHER” 1S TOPIC OF P-T. CONGRESS How to Increase Male Attend- ance at Meetings Mary- land Problem. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, November 20.—How to get the men to come to parent-teacher meetings was one of the problems dis- convention of the Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers here yesterday. Suggestions for its solution ranged all the way from “offering Dad the presi- dency of the club” to “getting the chil- dren to work on Father.” A Douglas, assistant superintendent of public instruction, urged co-operation betweenhl?nems and teachers in training the child. Disciplinary Program. “The disciplinary changed radically in the last few years,” Dr. Douglas said, “Instead of impos- ing on the child an adult's viewpoint, as we used to do, we endeavor to get the child's own point of view to study his needs and abilities pat ly. If there is to be anyth anent in the training of children, it must be ut on the basis of lymrfiuflc under- gm 8 level with the . Get on child. Make social pressure felt. Let the opinion of the group—the child’s own cl tes—be brought to bear on his wrongdoing. “The home used to be a stable insti- tution,” Dr. Douglas declared, “but now it is mmli a garage institution. The fact that the family circle is no longer maintained makes it necessary for par- ents and teachers to get together an@ form some plan for character building both in and out of the home, Life More Complex. “Life today is more complex than it used to be and mental devel l't' were also which was nmndg‘:r by hundreds 4-H clubs in the county. Richard 8. Tennyson of the Wash- la; d department spoke on activities, and Dr. H. J. Pat- of Maryland talked on agriculture. Jo H. Shepherd re] on the county Police Court and ‘Washington market situ- ation. Representatives of nine county organizations presented reports. ‘The council re-elected its officers for the coming_year as follows: Dr. Close, president; Mrs. Joseph Blanford, vice lent, and Miss Regan, secretary- 8 urch g.nln'.l , cluding the Marlboro h School and the Melwood District Women's Club. PACT MADE WITH BANK ON COURTHOUSE LAN Building Committee at Rockville and Directors Agree on Price for Property. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 20.— The valuation group of the courthouse building committee, consisting of Berry E. Clark, Lacy Shaw, Preston B. Ray |of and Robert G. Hilton, and the directors of the Farmers' Banking & Trust Co. of Rockville yesterday afternoon reached an_ understanding regarding the price to be paid by the county commissioners for the bank’s rty at the south- west corner of Montgomery avenue and Court street, which is desired as part of the site for the proposed new Rock- ville County B\llld.ln,.. If the agreement is approved by the eounty commissioners and the stock- holders of the bank it will mean thal all obstacles in connection with acquir- ing the entire block immediately to the west of the present courthouse square, all of which block is deemed necessary for courthouse purposes, have been sur- mounted and the way cleared for the beginning of building operations just as soon as the plans are ready and the contract is awarded. Preceding the conference the county commissioners were apprised of the val- uation the bank directors had placed on their property—$50,000—and the com- missioners responded by passing a reso- lution offering the bank $38,000. The valuation committee was thereupon in vited to appear before the bank di yectors and following a rather pro- tracted parley a compromise price was sgreed upon, it was announced. The figures were withhel Boy Arrested After Chase. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. SLIGO, Md., November 20.—A 15- ien’-old lad, giving the name of Wil- Quintrill, and his address as Norristown, Pa., was taken into custody yesterday by Sergt. Guy Jones and Corp. D. L. Snyder of the Northern District police station here after a chase on Georgia avenue. According to the police, the car in whic' he was riding was taken in Norristown Sunday. Travelogue to Be Given. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va. November 20.— The Women’s Soclety of the Clarendon | more. Instead, the Presbyterian Church has arranged with | publishing the Ca: H. H. McKinney of the United States De] lecture on his trip to West Africa the church tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. ‘The travelogue 1l “be {llustrated. There will be music and an exhibit of | sumes an entirel, the native handiwork. Hit-and-Run Violation Alleged. Special Dispatch to The parents from all parts of the State. MERRIFIELD TO FIGHT - FOR COMMUNITY HALL Improvement Association Appoints Committee to Look Up Deed of 01d School. Charles R. Moran, decided to make & determined effort to retain the use of the former school building for & community hall. This school was closed by the County School Board last month, owing to the failure to main- tain attendance required. The school board also voted to ask the Circuit Court for permission to sell the bulld- ing and grounds. Miss Corita Seoane last night stated that she had talked with the heirs of the late Robert Porter, formerly of Me: , who gave the land for the S specica ‘thak the property couid 8 e property coul not be sold within five years from the last date when either school or church d in the building. A committee including Miss Seoane, H. H. Ankers, Isaac Vincent and Mrs. Lillie Shreve was appointed to look into this situation. Mr. Ankers was requested to consult F. S. McCandlish the County School Board and to look up with him the deed as filed in the old court records. A dele- gation from the association, headed by the dent, was requested to attend the next meeting of the County School Board to lay this matter before the county body. President Moran standing committees following: ‘Membership—Mrs. Shreve, chairman; Mrs. C. R. Moran, Mrs, Dana Miller and Mrs. H. H. ‘Ankers, Entertainment—Miss Corita Seoane, H. H. Ankers and Mrs. B. F. Salsbury. Finance—E. D. Vosbury and B. F. Salsbury. The membership com- mittee was instructed to call uj the new residents in the community and invite their co-operation, with the in- tention_of increasing the membership to 50 this Winter. BANQUET 1S PLANNED. N, Va., November 20.— completed for the annual banquet of the Arlington County Mon~ arch Club, to be held tomorrow night in the clubhouse of the Ashton Heights ‘Woman’s Club, embrace a program of speeches and entertainment features, which give promise of unusual interest. Walter U. Varney, president of the club, will serve as toastmaster. Heading the speakers' list are Lieut. Comdr. Walter S. Hinton of aeronauti- cal fame and Edward W. Wicker, coun- selor of the National Monarch Clubs. Entertainment features will include recitations by Mrs. Elsie L. vocal selections by Dorothy Moreland and Marion Moreland and a sketch by Yeomans and McClure. pr——— CAVALIER SUCCEEDS REEL. Specidl Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va, November 20— The Virginia Reel, the comic monthly of the_ University of Virginia, is no tudent editors are ler, & more sophis- but still humorous, periodical, CI Plans being ticated, rtment of Agriculture to give &|the first issue of which has just ap- peared. In casting aside the outworn cloak of . { the college comic, the new monthly as- different form. It is, perhaps, more like the New Yorker. There are more longer articles and fewer brief jokes and poems. The en- tire form has been changed, and the ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 20.— Charged with hit-and-run, Pete Brod kin, 24, of Cottage Park, Md., was ar- rested was turned over to State Motor Vehicle 'sition of the old one here yesterday afternoon and | magazine will continue to hold change at the masthead. as a member of Inspector Edward McDermott today for At.:?fmhn of College Comics of the tansfer to Triangle, Va, cussed at the opening of the Annuu[: ) ticularly to_the & Ohio Rallroa rogram has | terprises, CI he | be STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1929. SUBURBAN NEWS., INEW ROADS ASKE FOR ROCKVILLE Engineer Root Outlines to Chamber Plan to Relieve Traffic Congestion. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 20.—An address by Irving C. Root, engineer of the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, featured the monthly meeting of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce in the Rock- ville fire engine house last evening. At the request of the Rockville court- house building committee Engineer Root recently made a survey of Rock- ville and vicinity, with a view to mak- ing suggestions regarding street and road development in the county seat and its environs, with particular refer- ence to fitting in with the proposed courthouse building project and the street changes necessitated thereby and the plans of the commission for the de- velopment of the proposed park area of the Rock Creek and Cabin John Valleys and the driveways it is planned to con- struct in connection therewith. Explains Drawings. Mr. Root explained drawings made by him as a result of his survey which represented his ideas of street planning and the construction of roadways lead- ing into Rockville and directed prin- cipally at improving the serious traffic conditions now existing in the town and gradually wing worse as a result of ;)ut he characterized as a “one-street wn.” Engineer Root declared Rockville to be handicapped by & “very, very poor street system,” and stated that busi- ess establishments suffer greatly be- ause of the traffic situation. His rellef s tions included the ming of additional streets, two of em to parallel Montgomery avenue, the town's main thoroughfare, one on each side, and_construction of new channels of traffic from some of the mnln thoroughfares leading into the wn. He expressed the opinion that much of the land in and near Rockville, par- west of the Baltimore d and north of the town, is especially suitable for industrial en- , and declared that he looked forward to real industrial development in the community. Engineer Root also discussed the elimination of the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad grade crossing, advising the use of an und indred yards to the no as fitting in better with the su jons rega - provement of the trafic conditions, in nreteunee to the plans of the Mary- nd State Roads Commission to re- place the present overhead bridge some distance to the south of the grade crossing with an elaborate overhead structure. Follows President’s Plan. Mr. Root’s appearance before the chamber was in keeping with the an- nounced plan of President Leonard L. Nicholson, jr., to have the various meetings of the organization addressea by men of prominence, and it was stated that the s er at the Decem- ber meeting would be W. F. Ham of ‘Washington, who will talk on public utilities with reference to the Rock: ville community. Following Mr. Root's remarks, the usual business session of the chamber was conducted by President Nicholson. The matter of automobile parking Rockville'’s business section was given attention, several business men express- ing dissatisfaction with the regulations recently E:imulnhd by the mayor and couneil ting_parking to from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on portion of the town's main street, ana the president was authorized to name a special committee of business men to take the matter up with the town authorities. Postmaster Willis B. Burdette suggest- ed that :hh: chamber take ll:llol!'l {n‘- garding gwfl ting of e name of the town on roof of some prominent building as a guide to ai- plane pilots, and the matter was rv- ferred to the publicity committee. ‘Treasurer Wi F. Prettyman re- ported the paid-up members of the chamber to number 66 and stated that several membership applications are pending. Dr. George L. Edmonds gave a resume of the proceedings of the recent monthly meeting of the Montgomery County Civic Federation, which he attended as a delegate. U. OF V. HEAD GETS MEDAL FROM CLAUDEL Two Receive Legion of Honor Decoration From Ambassador at Salle-Lafayette Dedication. o] several hu By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., November 20.—Ambasasdor Paul Claudel of Pnnog of Virginia and Charlottesville Honor and participate in the dedication of the Salle Lafayette in the Romance Pavilion of the University of Virginia. Shortly after his arrival this morning the Ambassador placed a wreath on the grave of Thomas Jefferson. An inspec- tion of Monticello, the home of Jeffer- son, followed. Conferring of the decorations was to be made this afternoon on the portico of the rotunda of the university with the dedication of the Salle Lafayette, a room in the Romance Pavilion, following the decoration ceremony. Salle Lafayette, a gift of Ormond G. Smith of New York, president of the French Institute of America, tells in frescoes the story of the friendship of Prance for America and the contribution to that friendship of the Marquis de Lafayette, who counted Thomas Jeffer- son, founder of the university, among his friends. THREE BOYS FLEE JAIL. Alexandria Police Recapture Two Detention Room Fugitives. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., November 20.— Breaking a panel out of the door of th: detention room at police headquarters, between 9 and 10 o'clock-last night, three boys, sentenced to the State Board Reform School escaped. Two were captured later. ‘The boys are Everett Ensor, Marshall Patterson, jr., and Melvin Johnson. Patterson was captured at Union Sta- tion about 5 o'clock this morning by Motor Cycle Patrolman Mullen. It was not until he was brought to the sta- tion house that police knew of the escape. Ensor was apprehended shortly after 7 o'clock by Patrolmen McDonald and Jones, near Linconia. Clothing, tobacco, candy and other articles were taken in a robbery said to have been committed by the boys at Linconia. Police were questioning the boys this morning. — - Christmas Benefit Planned. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 20.— Edward Douglas White Council, Knights of Columbus, will give a benefit supper tomorrow between 5 and 8 in St.| harles’ schoolhouse, the proceeds to nKplled to the fund raised annually to Christmas baskets forthe needy of the county, = RIVERDALE WOMEN : TO HEAR SCHAEFER Mayor Speaks Tonight on Rhode Island Avenue Celebration Preparations. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALE, Md., November 20.— idress +io he OF- president, tonight, in regal or- l‘lnluth:::'u efl‘%pertflan and participa- tion in the celebration of the opening of Rhode Island avenue, December 7. E. C. Stewart, chief of the Riverdale Fire Department, had been named chairman of the local subcommittee on the parade, and William A. Rogers ap- pointed to direct a committee which will seek to have homes and business places in Riverdale decorated for the occa- sion. The appointments were made by the mayor at a special meeting of the town council last night, at which A. H, Seidenspinner reported the route of the parade, which will start at the Dis- trict line, has been extended to include Riverdale. Mayor Schaefer has also designated the councilmen to act as a finance committee in their own wards to help raise Riverdale’s quota of $250 for the o BYRDTO CONTR ON BRDCE ROAS Governor, in Accepting Bid to Lodge Gathering, Asks for Parley. BY LESTER N. INSKEEP. Staff Correspondence of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 20.—In accepting an invitation from Harry K. Green, commissioner of revenue for Arlington County, to attend & IECN meeting of Columbia Lodge, No. 285, A. F. and A. M, next Tuesday, Gov. Harry . Byrd last night requested a confer- ence with officials of the Chamber of that day. the of this meeting was not stated in the telegram, it is generally believed that it will be in con- nection with his recent promise to call & conference with respect to working out the detalls of definite plans for ;I;rfll’::chu to the Arlington Memorial Committee at Work. As a result of this request a special coml::: of '.h:uu’ Chamber olmoum merce today was - ring data that -mwmum.mc e governor with the situation as it now exists with respect to the bridge lp})rmhu‘ t is not believed that this conference is to take the place of the one that Gov. Byrd is expected to hold in his executive office, but that he will take advantage of his trip here to make definite arrangements for the more im- portant meeting. Since the visit of Gov. Byrd to Ar- lington County on October 26, when he Wwas a guest at & membership meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and li which time he expressed his interest in Arlington County’s problems with respect to the bridge approaches, county officials and officers of the trade have been awaiting a date for the Richmond conference at which it is Byrd will , and tional Capital Park and mission, Seek Highway Plan. Since the tentative allocations for highway construction during the com- ing year are to be made at Richmond on December 1 it is hoped that some- thing definite can be learned from the governor as to what the templates with res; tion of proposed with the new bridge. Spectal Dimatch to The Star. ANVILLE, Va., November 20.—Gov. Byrd and members of his "nyln: party” gwd‘gedu wmom:w g:nm. will be a banquet At loasst 100 Sitleas s pe e el DISCOVERED DEAD AT WHEEL OF AUTO Mount Savage Man, in Ditched Machine, Had Been Under Treat- ment for Heart Disease. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 20.— fim?sl:mde 61 y;lu old, m:s«. vage, was found dead sutomobile late yesterday. o g pparently driven machine into a ditch jlllyl before slumped over the wheel. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 20— Shirley Jackson, 38, unmarried, son of Andrew Jackson, who was struck by an automobile driven by W. M. True, this city, on the highway near Flint- stone early Monday night, died last night at Allegany Hospital. A to True and occupants of his car Jack- son stepped in the path of the machine, WOMEN ON PROGRAM. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., November 20— ‘There will be a distinct feminine note at the annual convention of the Public Utilitles’ Assoclation of Virginia Thurs. day and Friday, November 21 and 22, Old Point Comfort, according to a nouncement made at the organization's he;danqunfinf.rs here. re n 100 women are expected to take part in the&mgnm. sald A. B. ‘Tunis, secretary of the association. Sev- eral of :shg :mnum cupy outstan ns in fleld. Mrs. Mildred V. Martin, economist of the Virginia Electric Power Co., Richmond, is chairman of the tion's women'’s committee the he ak oc- tlt OLD 3 ways in a day! Don't broadeast a contagious cold. Don't let it undermine health. At the first eniffle or sneeze get quick, pleasant re- lief, Take Hill's because it stops cold in less time. Fights it 3 waysatonce... 1: Checks fever Opens bowels, ipi nes system. Gentle. d old. 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