Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1930, Page 10

. OF ALEXANDRIA Elected at Speclal Meeting, With Pierce to Occupy s Smoot’s Seat. : ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 12— @ouncilman Robert 8. Jones was elected chairman of city council, which carries With it the office of mayor of Alexan- dria, at a special meeting of council held here yesterday afternoon. I ~Carroll C. DTlerce was named by council to the seat on their body left | vacant by the resignation of Mayor Willlam Albert Smoot. Plerce will fill qut Smoot’s unexpired term, .which | Tuns until September 1, 1932 - Councilman Edmund F. Ticer was elected vice mayor of the city in the surprise election of the day. He suc- ceeds Jones in this office. Ticer has served on city council since its found- ing, in 1922, and is a candidate for re-election, subject to the Democratic primary to be held in April. His prel t term expires September 1, 1930, the term of Mayor Jones. peech recommending that the ahd sincere personal regret and '.hex'meuedm of council that business matters had forced him to resign his post. Smoot had been chairman of council and mayor of the city since the formation of council. It was directed that a letter be sent to Smoot expressing the regret of coun- cil on his resignation and the thanks of that body and the people of Alexan- dria for the work he had done. In his Jetter of resignation, received by coun- 1 & week ago, Smoot stated that had re-election two years ago primarily to serve until the annexation had been settled and the bankers, has me;luml:e;uy? local Chamber of Commerce and a member of its board of directors. This 18 his first venture into politics. —_— PHYSICIANS’ SESSION LARGELY ATTENDED, n'x John Gibson of Leesburg Prin. | cipal Speaker Before Loudoun Body at Herndon. I @becial Dispatch to The Star. mxmox. ., March lz—“fll‘e’ 40 prominent members the Mfll vmlednn of nquhr cm- uNn(hnDC ttended mui- . 8 Y held here yesterday Loudoun “wwmmn,-tmm of Dr. William Meyer. Newwcmnmmw and a round table included other sub- | ..;: . _John Gibson ef WAS 1 years old of Herndon. Dr. said to be the oldest practicing pmmmuusnu CADETS TO CAMP AT WINCHESTER Staunton Military Academy Organ- ization to Hold Annual Event at Town. suggest! Mveeko(my(orthepermol theenelln Demdd Rouss Spring Park ed by the city, will be used. dl Snd that the stte will be greatly im- by the time the youths arrive. will be approximately 700 cadets in camp and about 50 civilian em- United States Army. Nearly every State in the Union will be represented at the camp. The Staunton institu- tion has been holding the Spring en- campment at Winchester for a num- ber of years and citizens and local or- fln.\ntlnm provide many social features or the boys. —_— HAMILTON RITES HELD FOR ARTHUR E. WARNER | Former Virginian Who Died in Baltimore Was Head of Mary- land Rose ’Soei:}y. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. HAMILTON, Va., March 12.—Funeral services was held at 2:30 the home of Henry Hoge Warner, 67 years of age, who died of & heart stroke at his home, in Baltimore, Monday evening. Mr. Warner was a native of Loudoun County, son of the late Charles and Caroline Tavenner Warner. ‘Thirty years ago he went to n-m- more with a life insurance company had since been connected with its Bll'.l- more branch. He was an authority on ‘rose culture, being the president of the Maryland Rose Society. His own rose garden was vmua by hundreds of people every year. He was also & chicken fancier and acted as judge in tsheupouury department of numerous fairs. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Alice Hoge of Loudoun Gounty: & son, Dr. Howard Warner, and two grand- children, all of Baltimore. Burial was made in Lincoln Cemetery. FALL KILLS MAN, 70. By & Stait Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., March 12— While repairing the roof of his house, 919 Sligo avenue, here, Monday evening, Willilam E. 70 years old, a re- m-ea bullder. fell, mflhlfl& injuries several hnurl Ilter ll.r 'rurm was born in ‘Washington, D. C. Funeral services were held this aft- rrnml: at his hkkhmne and interment of hix widow, Mrs. Lula R. “muhh.cfln- sranddaughter, Mary Louise Blake, | Woman’s ci THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, CARROLL C. PIERCE, occupy the seat made vacant by the resignation of Muyor Smoot. ROCKVILLE ASKS FOR KINDERGARTEN Delegation Tells County Edu- cation Board Need of Special Building. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 12.—Need he!of a kindergarten for Rockville and an adequate building to house it and the first six grades of the public school was stressed by a delegation which appeared before the county board of education here yesterday. Comprising the delegation were Leon- .ard L. Nicholson, president of the Rockville Chamber of Commerce; W. Frank Ricketts, president of the Rock- ville Parent-Teacher Association; Har- old C. Smith of the Rockville Rotary Club and Mrs. Donald A. De Lashmutt, repreaentlnf the Rockville Inquiry and lubs. Attention was called to the inade- quacy of the accommodations for first and second grades, which nw use what was the Amdemy hool officials promhed to give the matter serious at A resolution ldnmed hy the Bethesda Associatios Sented wrging appolmiment of an sddl- appointment of an - tional teacher lgrm the first grade of the Bethesda School and favoring the early eArl!':u-‘;n of an elementary school at The board confirmed the appointment of Miss Senge Benson as a member of faculty of the high school at Gaithers- burg in phce of lu.u Butler, resigned. PLAY TO BE REPEATED. “When the Minister Comes to Tea” at Home for Incurables Tonight. GLARINDON Va., March 12 (Spe- ) —“When the Minister Comes to - tly with much . ’ru. lly’h!-:g;:nc;nly ‘Clarendon - -mchmh,vfllherepnmuum adm| at mmmnme w:‘ncunblee. wuhm. by 4rs. Conklin, Mrs. Hand, Mrs. Ellmlh . Hatcher, Mrs. Hutson, Mrs. , Mrs. Redwine, Mrs, lem Mrs. Taylor. addition several specialty numbers be offered as follows: “Betty at the Game,” by Mrs. Piggott: recitation Charles Tables, instrumental duet by and Hannah, Negro dialect by er and songs by a quartet Smith Rucker’s Bible class. page . . . stories you just can protection. Perhaps your literary tastes don’t run to detective s never read until 2 A. M. New councilman of Alexandria, who will | RA[N against the window panes, creaking in the wind. ken only by the crackle of burning logs, What a night to read! QFred Taylor was readirig the iatest mystery thriller, one of those ed and, along toward 2 A. M., had he glanced at the window he might have seen a swarthy countenance and two threatening eyes, which lwiflly disappeared. @ What could have caused this would was not the sight of the reader but the telephone in the corner . . . . symbol of safety to the householder . . . symbol of easily summoned CUTIS EXPECTED INSCHOOL BUDGET Prince Georges Board’s Re- quest for $471,500 to Be Reduced. BY GEORGE PORTER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md, March 12.—Indication that the $471,500 re- |quested from the county to meet the | financial needs of the Prince Georges | school system, as set forth in the annual school budget, would be reduced before the budget is approved by the county commissioners, was given yester- day following an executive session dur- ing which the estimates were explained to the commissioners by Nicholas Orem, | superintendent of schools. The probability of a reduction was | disclosed by members of the board of commissioners, who said that an “under- standing” had been reached with the school officials whereby certain new items of the budget would be eumm-ud Just which items these are will not be known until the commissioners sign the annual levy late this month. School Budget Presented. ‘The school budget, always the largest item in the county levy, was given the commissioners yesterday, and requests about $24,500 more than was received from the county last year. Items responsible for the increase are: $13,000 in teachers’ salaries and other operating costs to provide for an anticipated enrollment increase of 400 pupils; $8,000 for an addition to the Beltsville School, and $3,500 for four new high school bus lines, as recom- mended by the board of education. The total increase in operating costs for the schools of the county actually will be about $21,000, Supt. Orem told | the commissioners, but there will be an increase of about $8,000 in receipts from the State, so that the county will be re- quired to furnish only $13,000 of this sum. State’s Share $143,000. Altogether the State aid and receipts from other outside sources will amount to $143,000. The total estimated re- quirements for current ' expenses is| $596,680. In addition to this provision is made for a capital outlay of $12,000 and a debt service of $5.820, the grand total of the bu p to uusoo This, less the $143,000 re- ceived from outside sources, makes the total required from the emmty $471,500. By far the largest item in the is that for instruction service, being required from the county levy for this purpose. Other items are $10,680 for general control, $49,700 for opera- tion of school plant, $38,980 for main- tenance of school plant and $27,300 for auxiliary agencies. FOUR WILLS PROBATED. Prince Georges Orphans’ Court Ap- points Six to Administer Estates. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., March 12— Four wills were probl'kd and six ad- ministrators or executors appointed by the Prince Georges County Orphans’ Court at its weekly session yesterday. The wills recorded were: Walter T. ministrator, bond $2,000, and John W. Hart deceased, Flora De Beque Hart ex- ecutrix, bond $500. Frank M. Stephen was appointed :d- ministrator of the estate of Jules L. '1“3' g{fl:ohn ‘Walter Simpson, in favor o ministration on the estate of John W::;zr Simpson was accepted by the mu!l:k A still, °t put down. Hours * Kk k But, the menace of the 327,020 | .| the board of education . | resulted when the II:° h Ritchie for letters of ad-|*“ MONTGOMERY PARK GROUP AT WORK Sites to Be Acquired by Gift if Possible—Commission Confers. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md.,, March 124— Following a conference in the offi the Maryland-National Capital and Planning Commission here Monday, the three men employed to acquire land for the extensive public park develop- ment in Montgomery County were started on their task. They are ex- pected, it was said, to sell the idea of the public parks to the property owners and attempt to have them dedicate the land needed, or, failing in that, to seek to obtain a contract for the purchase of the necessary land at a reasonable figure. However, if these two methods fail, it was indicated that the commis- sion will not be stopped in its determi- nation to start construction of the parks Summer, but will institute con- demnation proceedings and throw the question of acquisition into the courts. Agents Are Instructed. The conference was attended by J. H. Gssel, member of the planning commis- sion; E. Brooke Lee, A Irving C. Root, chief engineer, and Roland W. Rogers, landscape architect of the commission; Lacy Shaw, county commissioner, and C. Y. Latimer, H. E. Rogers and R. D. Hl;fl'ner. who ‘will seek to acquire the Mr. Cissel, in addressing the three men who will seek to acquire the land, told them to sell the idea of the devel- | opment of the park and make every fort to get the owners to dedicate the llnd He pointed out that practically all of the land is unsuitable for develop- ment purposes, but that those who dedtq cate would profit by the increase in the value of their remaining land after the parks are improved and the mdl accessible to value of the land dedicated. Power of Commission. On_ the other hand, it was pointed out that, under the law, if the o'nm do not dedicate, commission, condemning, can assess the cost of mm improvements against the abutting property owner. Mr. Lee said that the company which he represented would aedlkm'c all of m ri promise cation of 80 per cent of the ll.nd needed ln_g‘z‘h v.uf will be required to employes re- port the result of their efforts once a week to the commission. Mr. Latimer and Mr. Rogers will work with the owners of property in Sligo Valley, vhllz Mr. er will seek the land in Rocl Creek Valley. LOCKED ON SCHOOL NAME. Citizens in Tie Vote on Bladens- ‘burg-Decatur Heights Structure. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. MARLBORO, Md., March l:i —Having co- obtain an ition for the erection of a new jor high school, nflm neighborhood are aj s‘lm on the mw:"?w m“" W. &ne-me.mqo(flum ing committee, lfi'm R.|of id be called mptd Mrs. Susie R. Shegogue, dent of the oounly board of education, instructed to study the situation. Along Toward 2 A. M. and sharp. Dead branches lighted room, its silence bro- and the rustle of a turning -be intruder to slink away . . . it tories, and you may unwanted intruder is ever present . . . and a telephone is a real protection. The Chesapeake & Potomae Telephone Company FIREMEN OF MARLBORO T0 BUY NEW ENGINE| Fred W. Wflnn Elected President and Department Votes to Af- filiate With County. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., March 12. | —Election of officers and decision to purchase a new apparatus and affiliate vnh the Prince ilson was chosen president of the deplmnent with State Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer Wuley Kerr, assistant_chief; Herben k | Pollock, engineer, and Dr. C. Frank Ma- guire, physician. Directors chosen were: l A Wyvill, Willlam F. McCormick, Posey, Joseph- A. Reinhart, Gem'le A Wyvfl], T. Van Clegett and Francis J. Wilson. ‘The directors were instructed to act | as a committee to a for the pur- | chase of a new engine. They will re- nvrt ;L the next meeting, to be held rel French housewives have a craze {oru household electric equipment. Travel Bureau Service . .. Colorful Western Folders 45 MARCH 12, 1930. BENNETT HEADS CLARENDON BODY | Association Honors Leader Who Served Years Ago. Others Are Elected. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, March 12—E. , | Lester Bennett was elected president of the Clarendon Citizens’ Association at the annual meeting of the organization B! Cpes I ere last nigl e new one to Mr. Bennett, he having served the body as its leader for sev- eral terms a number of years ago. Many important development projem initiated by the association under his leadership have since come to pass. He was re- | pi cently elected to the important post of secretary of the Arlington County Civic Federation. Other _elections resulted as follows: John T. Lipscomb, first vice president; J. B. Swecker, second vice president; J. mnt-n—um H. Porter and L. C. l(cNemr, legal eounle! John F. Bushong, W. F. Sunderman, Nolln D. Mitchell and )ln E. K. Taylor, mem- bers of the executive committee. H. F. Smith and L. C. McNemar were elemd del !u to the Arlington Dis- 1 of Citizens’ Associations. .Y B. awecker and W. P. Sunderman were chosen alternates. Messrs. Taylor and Lipscomb resigned as delegates to the Ar n County Civic Federation. President Bennett and Walter U. Varney was elected to succeed them. The county school building program as recommended in a report of a county school survey made by the United States Department of Education, under the direction of Dr. Frank M. Phillips and W. 8. Deffenbaugh, necessitating & bond issue of $580,000, was indorsed by the meeting. Decision to lend its aid to Repre- sentative R. 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