Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-08
TAkOMA PARK NEWS.
Local Association Moving for New
Club HOuse-General and Personal.

The new club house of the Takoma Club
and Library, which is to be erected In the
vicinity of the present club house within a
short time, promises to be a handsome
structure. At a recent meeting Of the board
appointed by President Louis P. Shoemak-
er. which will have charge of plans and at
tend to the construction of the new club
house. The committee in addition to Mr..
Shoemaker, consists of j. Vance Lewis, ].
s. Swormstedt, w. G. Plat, ]. H. Gray and
Homer Query. The committee has report
ed that the funds for commencing the work
will soon be available, and as soon as the
required amount is in hand the work Of
digging the foundation will be started.
The new club house is to be erected on the
north side of Carroll avenue, but a short
distance from the railroad station. Two
lots 100 by 200 feet have been secured
through Mr.. ]. Vance Lewis. The lots are
adjoining the residence of DR.. A. V. Par
sons. and the location is all that could lie
desired. The committee is now considering
plans for the new building, which is to cost
something over 81, 600.
1t will, in all probability, be three stories
in height, built of frame and brick with a
strong brick foundation and a tin roof The
basement will contain the bowling alleys
and smoking rooms, while on the floor
above will be located the billiard and pool
tables, reception room, dining room and
kitchen. The reading rooms and library
and parlor for the ladies will occupy the
third floor. 1t is also expected that a gy IN
nasium will be fitted up, but its location has
not as yet been decided upon by the COM
mittee.
The club has at the present time over
sixty members, including large number of
ladies' 1t is anticipated that by the time
the new club house is ready for occupancy
the membership will have reached the hum
dred mark.
At recent meeting of the club the res
ignation of Mr. Sidney f. Marshall was ac-
cepted. His position on the board Of gov
ernors was filled by the election of Mr..
Hervey s. Knight At the same meeting a
paper was read by Mr.. Louis P. Shoemaker,
president of the club, entitled Reflections
Upon Suburban Life
Rev. John Van Ness, pastor of the Te-
koma Presbyterian Church, has returned
after weeks visit to his mother in north
ern New Jersey.
Mr. Robert L. Lerch Of Chestnut avenue
is visiting in Rosslyn, N. j. While there he
is the guest of Mr.. Frank Colvin
Mr.. James X. Depue, a member Of the
town council, Is confined to his home with
the grip. He was unable to attend the
meeting Of the council last evening.
The citizens Of this suburb are awaiting
with great interest the opinion from the at
torney for the District relating to the
cent Communication of Town Clerk George
A. Warren for permission to string tele-
phone wires across certain streets for the
purpose or installing private telephones
If the necessary permit Is secured to string
the wires, the number of phones in pri-
vate residences will be increased and con-
nection with the city made complete.
The Brightwood electric road is making
extensive improvements to the roadbed on
Umatilla street and in the vicinity of the
Wildwood junction. The poles have been
removed from the center of the tracks and
new poles erected on either side to support
the overhead wires. The roadbed has been
filled in and the embankment graded along
the sides.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Favorite of Carroll
avenue, Takoma, received an interesting
letter from their son, Serst. Ward E. Fa-
vorite, United States Marine Corps, recent
ly. The letter was written at Cavite, p.
l., shortly after his arrival from China,
where he took part in the capture of the
walled city. He is in excellent health and
spoke of the existing conditions under
American rule in the Philippine Islands.
pecially Manila, where he has been on duty
at different times.