Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1930, Page 19

¢ -~ MT.VERNONFOLK | WANT NEW SCHOOL Fairfax Board ‘Named Com- mittee to Get Action in District. Bpecial Dispatch to The Ster. FAIRFAX, Va., December 6-—-'11’"!’ Fairfax County School Board has ap- pointed a committee of the board and eitizens of Mount Vernon Uistrict to consider the school situation in Mount Vernon District and to report recom- mendations for immediate acticn to the next meeting of the board. com- mittee includes Trustees J. T. Haislip, P. S. McCandlish and Herbert Williams, and E. H. Allen of Newington, John H. Martin of Franconia and E. C. Gibbs of Mount Vernon. A large delmuon from the District, including J. Martin, E. H. Allen, Mrs. Clthe'nne ‘M. White, Mrs. F. Lee Smith, Mrs. W. B. Shurtz, J. Walter ‘Talbott, J. W. Brookfield, Plerce Reid and Ewell Nevitt, stated that Mount Vernon District has not been receiving the benefit of the taxes it has paid for schools in the past two years. All felt that the need was most acute at Fran- conia. Presents Figures. E. H. Allen presented figures showing what Mount Vernon has been paid in taxes and what was expended on its schools, leaving a balnce of approximate- ly $6,000 due the district. In addition $5,000 was turned into the general fund when the county unit act went into op- eration. The delegation felt that with these two amounts and the proceeds of the sale of the present Franconia and Springfield Schools between $14,000 and $15.000 would be available toward the cost of & new buik at Franconia. A would cost .ppmx:m-tely $30,000, ne- :ui’nuu.nz a literary loan of about Mrs. Catherine White, formerly a member of the old Mount Vernon Dis- trict School Board, claimed the Fran- conia building is a disgrace to the county. Others stated the Mount Ver- non District schools would not compare favorably wi\‘.h the dairy barns of t.he district. board pointed out condition is due to the failure of the itizens in the past to tax themselves for new buildings. The delegation re- plied the people are now willing to be taxed but wish first to get 'hl'. is due them from taxes already pa All the money the y:hocl hol!d now has available for new building is $5.000 included in this year’s budget for build- mflp\mm, plus whatever can be ob- ed sale of the old buildings. A tel loan would have to be provis balance if & bundln. ls h be started next Spring. Committee in Session. phnz in uu district, whereas is the growing community. enrollment at Franconia is now 92, with 15 others who cannot be ac- commodated in the present two-room fi‘:fl Committee indicated that it would erected next year. All members of the conia’s need to bvm District and lower District. The board ordered that school can- not be dismissed early the day before the Christmas vacation, but that the afternoon session may be used for en- tertainments if classes are heard until noon. Sick Leave Request Denied. 'l'hl board refused the request of the County Teachers' Association that r.ho present five-day sick leave with v-y be made cumulative over a three- nui Wi support ;hm stating the teachers are BO' under some inducement to use the five days each year, but under the new | g:n would save to insure more lefiou.si A letter was read from Supt. Bow- || ton of Alexandria refusing any re- ciprocal arrangement with FPairfax | County in regard to pupil’s tuition. He stated of the 13 Alexandria pupils el had been re- hlrned to city schools. —— board granted community mlmmnumumm muu'.hlnhooluldlwflumlorumu under the supervision of the local fire department. _Similar . discussed tbe question of proper use o || length school buildings. A strong feeling | vailed that restrictions and dal!'el 'fll have to be adopted for use of the school | suditoriums. The board accepted the offer of l‘ delegation from Rockridge Colored Scnool recently burned, to use the Baptist Church for the balance of Lhz r instead of transporting puplls to | erndon. It is planned to enlarge Floris Colored School next year and consoli- date with Rockridge. The board authorized by the county and purchase of maps and other_equipment on a 50-50 bum 1 with the Potters Hill School League purchase of || ‘window shades for Pollem Hill School || Umbrella Mender Discovered Dead; Had Bank Accounts Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., December 6—John Higgins, 50, itinerant um- brella mender, whose body was found in the barn of James Coppersmith, near Littlestown, Pa., yesterday, had on deposit several thousand dollars in Thurmont and Westminster, Md., banks, books found in his pocket indicate. Higgins has been a familiar figure in the Cumberiand Valley for many years as he plied his trade. He came to Coppersmith the night be- fore and sald he was ill and asked for permission to sleep in the barn. A physician said heart trouble killed him. RELIEF PLANSLAID BY LEGION WOMEN Silver Spring Auxiliary to Aid Families of Ex-Service Men and Disabled. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. BILVER SPRING, Md., December 6. —Preliminary plans for the aid of needy families of ex-service men of the county and disabled World War veterans at the Perry Point Hospital were made at the December meeting of the local American Legion Auxiliary. ‘The organization is particularly anx- jous to get in contact with needy families of veterans to whom they are g:nmng to bring Christmas cheer with kets of food and clothing and to} Mothers’ Club to Meet. BRANDYWINE, Md., December 6 (Special).—A meeting of the Mothers’ C‘lub will be held Thursday at the home for the children. Mrs. ‘Joseph Clssel, chairman of the Rehabilitation Com- mittee, has charge of this work. ‘The following standing committees have been announced: Unit activities, Mrs. G. A. Hood; memorial, Mrs. J. H. Cssel; entertainment, Mrs. L. T. Fauld coner, Mrs. Howard Cutler, Mrs. H. L. Ludwig: poppy. Mrs. Joseph Cissel, Mrs. James Buffin, M!'! G. A. Hood; Amer- fcanism, Mrs. Lloyd Beers, Mrs. H. H. Howlett; chfld welfare, Mrs. Lester Kirschner, Mrs. Beryl English: mem- bership, Mrs. L. T. Faulconer, Mrs. Joseph Shadle, Mrs, Marcel Zimmer- man; Pidac, Mrs. H. §. Guista: Gold Star, Mrs. Mae Cissel; rehabilitation, Mrs. Joseph Cissel, Mrs. Lester Kirsch- Mrs. G. A. Hood; sick call and f, Mrs. Benjamin Hardesty, Mrs. L. T. Faulconer, and community serv- ice, Mrs. Howard Cutler, Mrs. James Richards, Mrs. Lloyd Beers and Mrs. H. H. Howlett. ‘The last named is a new committee and has been formed to carry out com- munity betterment projects in co-opera- tion with the Legion post and othen civic and patriotic organizations. — . “What Times and People Have Made Out of Leather,” a historical survey of the industry, was a feature of the In- mmnleuonnl Leather Show held recently rlin, FIREMEN THREATEN T0 REMOVE BELL " Alexandria Volunteers Take Action as Protest to Removing Street Siren. By s Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, December 6.— Protesting the proposed removal of the fire siren which is now located at King and St. Asaph streets, Columbia Engine Co., No. 4, of the local Volunteer Fire Department, at its meeting tonight, passed a resolution advising City Coun- cil that if the siren was removed the company would take down the fire bell which hangs in the tower over the en- gine house and which belongs to the firemen. Attention was also called in & letter written Fire Chief James M. Duncan, Jr., for his presentation to City Council, to the fact that the siren’s removal would jeopardize traffic at the inter- section, where several bad accidents oc- curred before it was put in place. ‘The volunteer firemen also called at- eomnny ipany is going out. c“.y Council plans to move the siren to Mount Vernon and Windsor avenues in Potomac. Proposal to move the siren was made by Mayor Carroll Pierce, Wwho is president of the Citizens' Na- tional Bank, which is located at the intersection whm it now hangs, accord- ing to information received here. HIGH SCHOOL CLOSED Special Dispatch to The Star, ASHBURN, Va, December 6.—The |J Ashburn High School was closed Tues- day due to a case of diphtheria being | tion discovered in the school. The ill child, Who lives near Daysville, aroused the suspicions of the teacher, and s culture of his throat was taken, which the Board of Health returned as positive Upon the closing of the school, Dr J. T. Jackson of Ashburn, Miss Helen Pittman, county nurse, Yoo{ uu;:.t .muk"mhw pupils, and meas- were taken eV l'prud of the disease. S School will be reopened next week. ) Gifts for Novelty Home Gifts 1 Scores of useful and attrac- sewing o lights, electric rooms and auto- tive articles, mcludlnfi dolls, work baskets, electric curling {irons, toasters, whisk mobile dusting sets. RAYON PILLOWS Of rich, heavy rayon in plain colors, trim- med with flowers and shirring. Round, square, oval and oblong styles. Street Floor Satisfaction Since 1859 810-818 Seventh St. NW. Attractive novelties in hts that make use- T-flored lnd lbld Nflonglue hvznder d'peach. bod bt mmmed EAST FALLS CHURCH COMMITTEES CHOSEN Mrs. Harry Moran, President of Citizens’ Association, Announces Standing List. Special Dispateh to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., December 6.— Mrs. Harry Moran, president of the East Falls Ohmh Citizens' Association, has announced her standing committees for ttee in- A. 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