Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1930, Page 10

MERGED SCHOOLS VOTED IN FAIRFAX People of Southern Section Favor Improved Institu- tions of Learning. fpecial Dispatch to The Star. WOODLAWN, Va, May 12—Con- | solidation of schools in Mount Vernon | and Lee districts has been discussed | the past week in practically every com- | munity in the area affected. It is sel- | dom that any subject has awakened as widespread interest or received as cor- dial support as seems to be accorded the movement now on foot to modernize the | school plants of the southern section of | Fairfax_County. | ‘The people of the two districts have | sssembled to discuss the proposition at Lorton, Franconia, Groveton, Wood- lawn, Potters Hill, Snowden and Sher- wood Hall. It has been the chief topic under consideration at Grange meet- ' ings, fraternal organizations, school and church gatherings and the publicity which has been focused on the prob- lems of the south side has roused the people to contrast their school facilities with those of the northern sections of the county, where modern school plants bhave been erected by bond issue funds. 150 at Franconia. At least 150 people gathered at Franconia Tuesday night to discuss the problem as presented by the committee ‘which attended the joint meeting of school board and supervisors last week. Speeches were made by George Smith, John Martin, Mr. and Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. Bassett Simms and E. H. Allen.” The meeting voted unanimously in favor of consolidation of schools at four main centers in Mount Vernon district, selecting Woodlawn, Groveton and Franconia for new plants and leav- ing Potters Hill as it stands today. With one exception every man and woman in the audience voted in favor of a bond issue @s the best means of financing such construction and as the only means by which any immediate con- struction could be hoped for. At the Groveton meeting Tuesday A. D. Kirby, A. R. Harrison and Herbert Blunt were appointed a committee to po-operate with similar committees from other organizations in selecting proper sites for such consolidated schools. The Potters Hill community, according to E. H. Allen, is practically unanimous in favor of a bond issue and in favor of locating one of the new centers in Franconia, rather than transporting Franconia’s children to Potters Hill, as the school board originally suggested. Lorton Interested. At Lorton PFriday night the meeting arranged by Herbert Haar was attend- ed by an enormous crowd from Lee dis- trict. Here the vote taken was also | unanimous in favor of consolidation, with Burke and Lorton as the centers for Lee district'’s school population, and ‘unanimously in favor of a bond issue | @s the fairest means of meeting the cust. The favorable reaction to the question of a bond issue for new schools has been one of the most interesting and surprising features of the recent movement. Much oppostion has been expressed to the bond issue now under discussion for road building, ,and an attempt to bond Lee district several years ago to improve the Ox road met such overwhelming defeat that the Juges scarcely bothered to count the votes. A committee from Mount Vernon district, Rev. C. A. Langston, Mrs. Har- vey Clapp and Mrs. Lewis Finks, has been appointed to interview the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, now in ses- sion at Mount Vernon, to present to these women the problems confronting the Woodlawn and Mount Vernon neighborhoods and to ask the associa- tion to appropriate funds to help with the construction of a school to care for the children of the Mount Vernon neighborhood. It is also expected that financial aid will be forthcoming from the District and Federal Governments in constructing the Lorton school, which cares for the children of em- ployes of the Government institutions at and Occoquan. Supt. M. M. Barnard has pledged his co-operation in obtaining labor and materials at cost. The Government is now co-operating with the Fairfax County school board in the maintenance of the public school on the Fort Humphreys reservation, where the school building is furnished and one of the teachers is paid by the Government, the remaining costs of in- struction being met by the Fairfax County board. E. C. Gibbs of Mount Vernon, chair- man of the committee from the Cham- ber of Commerce appointed last month | to study the situation, and also chair- man of the committee appointed by the supervisors and school board to sound out public opinion, both as to consolida- | tion and means of financing any propo- sition, has called a meeting of the sev- eral committees at his home next week, at which time Supt. W T. Woodson, Supervisor W. F. P. Reld, Trustee John Halslip and other leaders, will confer | with citizens and map out a concrete | program for presentation to the voters. ‘ Kinnier to Discuss Sewer Bonds. | GLEBEWOOD, Va., May 12 (Special). | —C. L. Kinnier, the county’s d&ctmg engineer, will speak at the meeting of the Glebewood Citizens' Association to | be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Herbert Martin tonight on the proposed sanitary sewer system bond issue sched- uled for vote on June 9. The proposed school bond issue will be nnolger sub- Ject that will be considered by the asso- | elation. ! Armstrong’s Linoleum in interesting variety at MAYER & CO. Seventh St. Bet. D and E %IlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIlIIIIIIl IIllllIllHTI|IIII|III|III[I|I|IIIIJI'_'[! You Are Invited to the Spring Exhibit Armstrong Linoleum at 926 H Street N.W. Colors, designs and work- manship can be seen here on the floor for any room in your home, office, church and all in- stitutions. Courtesy extended to you by SUPERIOR LINOLEUM €O. Printcraft Building 926 H Street N.W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEARCHLIGHTS EMBROIDER SKIES MAY 12, 1930. Here is the nocturnal display of searchlights aboard Uncle Sam's battleships now riding at anchor in the Hudson River. Huge crowds of visitors throng the waterfront to enjoy this spectacle. THO YOUTHS HELD ONTRAFFC CHARGE Baltimore Pair Arrested in Alexandria on Drunk and Other Counts. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 12.—Fol- lowing & chase thr;lfih c late last night by a local ident, whose auto had been run into and who says he afterward observed the same car run through traffic signals, two Baltimore youths were arrested by local police and are being held under a series of charges here. ‘The charges which have been placed against the two, who gave their names as John Swain, 20, 19 East Center street, and Steve Rene, 22, 823 East Twentleth street, both of Baltimore, include driv- ing while drunk and reckless driving against Swain, who is alleged to have been operating the car, and theft of the automobile in which they were rid- ing against both. Charles Vickers of this city, a loco- motive engineer, told police that the car driven by the two youths ran into his, slightly damaging it, and that after he had found the damage slight and allowed them to continue he observed them narrowly to miss hitting two other autos, almost ditch their own car on two_occasions and entirely disregard trafic signals. He followed them to West and Duke streets and stopped them, took the auto keys away from the driver and sent his wife for police. Stationkeeper Fred Baker responded and arrested Swain, and finding Rene, who it is claimed had jumped from the auto, nearby, also arrested him. At headquarters, police say, the men ad- mitted taking the car, for which they had no permit, from a Baltimore street. J———— GROCERS IN PARLEY Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md.,, May 12—The Independent Retail Grocers' Association of Maryland convention opened here today, with several hundred delegates present. William H. Funk, Baltimore, is president of the association. The election will be held later in the day and a banquet tonight at Masonic ‘Temple. e e Revenue Office to Aid Taxpayers. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON, Va., May 12, — Tax- payers of the Arlington section will be assisted in making out their tax re- turns tomorrow night between the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock by Harry K. Green, commissioner of revenue, and his depu- tles. They will meet at the Columbia Light Lunch on Columbia pike. > i g.g\g 2 D —— This is one of the many distinctive patterns in our collection of . . . Armstrong’s Linoleum $3 sq. yd. (Sixth Floor, The Hecht Co.) THE HECHT CO. F STREET AT SEVENTH W, V. Moses & Soms Public Confidence Since 1861 F Street at Eleventh 9 AM. to 6 P.M. Armstrong’s Linoleums You are invited to visit the newly enlarged and decorated linoleum galley where we show the smartest Armstrong Linoleums cemented on De Luxe Embossed, Sun Room Breakfast Room Dinette LvoLruMs, Firre FLOOR. 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Republicans. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., May 12—Dr. F. M. Brooks of Fairfax Station Saturday night .was unanimously re-elected chairman of the Republican county committee of Fairfax County. On mo- tion of George W. Hauxhurst of Falls Church, the Republicans of Fairfax County, assembled in mass convention at the court house, also voted unani- mously to present Dr. Brooks' name to the district convention at Orange next Wednesday afternoon as a candi- date for Congress to fill the seat being | vacated by Representative R. Walton Moore. Seconding speeches were made by M. E. Church of Falls Church, R. R. Farr of Fairfax, J. Sidney Wiley of | Lorton end L. L. Freeman of Vienna, all of whom stressed the great debt which the Republican party in Fairfax County owes to Dr. Brooks. He has headed the G O. P. organization here for the past 30 years, and has worked hard for the success of the party. Meeting Organized. ‘The meeting was called to order by Dr. Brooks, and organized by electing J. Sidney Wiley as chairman and R. R. Farr as clerk. On motion of George W. Hauxhurst, Dr. Brooks was au- thorized to appoint one committeeman and one committeewoman from each of the 25 precincts in the county. This will be done at a meeting of the present committee to be called by Dr. Brooks immediately following the district con- vention next Wednesday. Mrs. Henry Hauxhurst of Oakton was elected vice chairman of the county committee, and a delegation of women, Mrs. E. Nell Berry of Accotink, Miss Ludema Bayre of Fairfax, Mrs, L. L. Freeman of Vienna, Mrs. George Haux- hurst of Falls Church and Mrs. H. A. Sager of Herndon, were appointed to notify her this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Three delegates and three alternates from each of the six districts were elected to represent the county at the district meeting Wednesday. The Cen- terville district delegates are S. H. Det- wiler and Anthony Hart of Clifton and Miss Ludema Sayre of Fairfax; alter- nates, H. F. Myers, H. C. Haight and Alec Haight. Dranesville district dele- gates are Edward C. Blanchard of Hern- don, L. B. Morris and O. K. Miller of Forestville; alternates, M. T. Mor- ris of Forestville, B. W. Middleton of Floris, George Bready of Herndon. Falls Church District. George Hauxhurst of Falls Church, Reason A. Farr of Annandale and W. T. Westcott of Falls Church will rep- resent Falls Church district, with Byron, Austin of Falls Church, Willie Sipes of Annandale and Isaac E. Vincent of Merrifield as alternates. Mrs. M. C. Kidwell of Fairfax Station, J. Sidney Wiley of Lorton and F. P. Curtis of Burke will represent Lee district, with H. H. Fitzhugh and Charles E. Cas- sidy of Burke and A. F. Kidwell of Fairfav_ Station as alternates, R. R. Farr of Fairfax, Lewis B. Oliver of Fairfax and L. L. Freeman of Vienna will represent Providence dis- trict as Republican delegates, with M. C. Bean and C. H. Speer of Oakton and Mrs. L. L. Freeman of Vienna as alternates. Mrs. Harvey Clapp of Wood- lawn, Ross Walker of Mount Vernon and Mrs. E. Nell Barry of Accotink will represent Mount Vernon district, with Mrs. Herbert W. Walker, A. Harmon Ro"b:l'ts and Maxwell Poerstel as alter- nates. Delegates at large include Dr. F. M. Brooks of Fairfax Station, Roy Hollis of Fairfax, Mrs. Henry Hauxhurst of Oakton, H. A. Sager of Herndon, D. Frank Hannah of Annandale, W. R. Gray of Oakton and Mrs. H. A. Sager of Herndon. The alternates at large include O. B. Livingston of Falls Church, Ira Robertson of Oakton, Charles E. Babcock of Vienna, Robert Stump of Fairfax, Kirk Wilkinson of Sherwood Hall, C. J. Mohler of Center- ville and William Airy of Herndon. Asks for Representation. The ~convention adjourned after adopting the following resolution, pre- sented by L. L. Freeman, Fairfax Coun- ty’s member of the House of Delegates, a copy to be sent to Judge Walter Mc- Carthy: “To the Honorable Judge of the Cir- cuit Court of Fairfax County: Whereas the Legislature of the State of Virginia at its 1930 session passed an act pro- viding for the reassessment of real estate in Fairfax County, and whereas the board of supervisors by majority vote has directed that a reassessment of real estate be made in 1930, and whereas the Republican party of Fair- fax County did in the last election poll a majority vote in the county, and is, therefore, entitled to consideration in appointing these assessors, now_there- fore be it resolved: That the Repub- lican party, in mass convention as- sembled on May 10, asks that it be given due and proper consideration and representation on this board.” peitereny CHILD HURT IN AUTO CRASH IN BOULEVARD Eileen Carr in Hospital With Con- cussion of Brain Following Ac- cident Near Beltsville. Special Dispatch to The Star. BELTSVILLE, Md, May 12.—Eileen Carr, 7 years old, of Hyattsville was se- riously injured when an automobile in which she was riding collided with an- other machine on the Baltimore boule- vard yesterday. She was treated at Casualty Hospital, ‘Washington, where her injuries were described as concussion of the brain, severe skull injuries and face lacer- ations. Police say she was an occupant of a %x; driven by John Crowley of Hyatts- e. Town Officials to Be Sworn In. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, May 12 (Special). —Selig Posin, who was chosen mayor of Capitol Heights at the recent election, will take the oath of office along with the six newly elected coun- cilmen and treasurer, Clinton G. Light, ‘Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Odd Fellows’ Hall here. BUSFERRY LINE ASKS FRANCHISE Bay Ridge Concern Plans Service to Connect Eastern Shore With Capital. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., May 12.—The Bay Bridge Ferry Corporation, which was recently incorporated under the State laws of Maryland, and of which Warner ‘Tufts of Washington is one of the in- corporators, has applied to the Public Service Commission for a franchise to establish a fast ferry and bus system which would connect virtually all parts of the Eastern Shore to Baltimore, Washington and Annlgolh. The petition stated the plans included the establishment of three new bus lines in conection with the ferry, which would operate from a point north of Stony Point to Stevensville, The bus service, the application sald, would include a line which would run from a point between Wilmington and Elkton, to Elkton, to Cheufil..le City, to Cecilton, to Galena, to Chestertown, to Churchill, to Centerville, to Stevens- ville and the ferry terminus. The second line would begin at the Delaware State line Burrsville and run to Denton, Queefi Annes, Wyemills and the Kent Island ferry terminus. 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