Evening star., 1899-09-14
AFFAIRS IN sGEORGETOWN
Permits to Public School Pupils to Be Issued
Tomorrow.
Appointment of Committee of Citi-
Aens' Association tn Urge MIR. HI.
F. Blount fOH Commissioned.


open next Monday morning at o'clock.
Tickets will be issued to children for the
schools west of Rock creek at the Curtis
building, on o street between 32d and 33d
streets Friday, from 8 to 10 o'clock in the
morning and from to @ o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Tickets will also be issued during
the same hours Saturday at the same place.
For the Weightman, Grant and Toner
schools, located east of Rock creek, and in
the fifth division tickets will be issued at
each building named from to 10 o'clock
Friday and Saturday mornings and from
to o'clock on the afternoons of the same
days
A meeting of all of the teachers of the
fifth division will be held Saturday morn
ing at o'clock at the Curtis building. In
the division there are eighty-four teachers.
and, including the Manual Training School,
there are eighty different classes. The at
tendance of pupils for the coming year, 1t
is estimated, will be between 5000 and $500
All Of the buildings are now in condition
for the reception of the students, the class
rooms being renovated during the holiday
season.
Cftfzens' Committee Appointed.
Mr. B. T. Janney. the president Of the
Georgetown Citizens Association, this
morning announced the composition of the
committee which is to call upon Mr.. Henry
F. Blount in connection with his candi-
dacy for the position of District Commis-
stoner, to fill the vacancy which seems prob
able through the retirement of Mr.. John b.
Wight. The committee, in accordance with
resolution adopted at the last meeting of
the association, is limited to five of which
the president of the association was to be
chairman, consists of Messrs. B. T. Janney,
George G. Boteler, James H. Taylor ].
Hite Miller and J. w. Bogley. This com
mittee will shortly be called together and
hold a meeting, and later will call upon Mr..
Blount and urge him to permit the use of
his name in connection with the commits
sionership question. At the last meeting of
the Georgetown Citizens Association, Mr..
Blount was indorsed as the successor of
Commissioner Wight.
ChiId's Narrow Escape.
A grandchild of Patrick Finley, who lives
at the junction of the FoxhaIl road and the
Great Falls electric railroad. had a narrow
escape from death Wednesday afternoon
about 5 o'clock. Car 80 was coming into
Georgetown and when about twenty feet
east of the Foxhall road the motorman
suddenly applied the brakes and stopped
the car with a jar that was felt by all
aboard A passenger sitting in front step
ped off and picked from in front Of the
car, hardly two feet from the fender, the
little child mentioned The little one is
about three years of age, and was con-
seen just in the nick of time by the motor
man. The child was carried to it's grand
mother.
Charged With Forgery.
Henry Dixon. colored man, aged thirty
two. was arrested by Policeman Cornwell
on a warrant sworn out by G. w. Offutt.
the NJ street groceryman, charging him
with forgery. The prisoner is alleged to
have forged an order, and by means there
turned over to the detective office. and in
the Police Court, after a preliminary hear
ing, he was held to await the action of the
grand jury.
Successful Lawn Party.
A lawn party and supper given by
the Sunday school of Eldbrooke NJ. f.
Church of Tenleytown, last evening, in the
grove adjoining the church, in aid Of the
new church building. Supper was served
in large tent The committees in charge
Of the affair were composed as follows
Supper committee, Mrs. Eli Riley chair
man; Miss Hettie Walthers Mrs. Cora Hell
der, Mrs. Jessie Hawkins, Mrs. Burgha,
Miss Wescott. Mrs. Houser, Mrs. Rose
Huddleston, Misses Lucy and Alice Hous-
er Mrs. Ida Paxton. Ice cream committee,
Mrs Freddie Beach, Miss Elsie Paxton,
Miss Clara Chappell, Miss Eugenia Houser.
Herbert and Eddie Riley. Fruit and candy
committee. Golde Paxton, May Walker and
Molie Wendell. Soft drinks committee
Joseph A Paxton, George Huddleston and
Hermie Walthers. Until the completion of
the new church, the Sunday services of the
church will be held near by in a large tent.
Opening of VisitatiOn Academy.
The annual opening of the Academy of
Visitation, on 35th street north Of p street,
was held this morning, and services appro-
pirate to the occasion were held. A solemn
high mass was held in the chapel, which,
during the summer, was extensively re-
paired and remodeled. The services We're
attended by all of the students and nearly
all Of the sisters attached to the academy,
and tomorrow the class work for the term
will commence. The attendance this year
Is said to be larger than that of last year.