Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03
HERNDON AND VICINITY
GENERAL NEWS FROM NEARBY
-, VIRGINIA COUNTIES.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
HERNDON, Va, September 2. 1925.
Mr.. w. l.. Palmer, who has been con-
nected with the Herndon Milling Company
as manager since the incorporation or the
company. has purchased the Arlington
sales stables in Washington and will re-
move from Herndon in a few days.
The school board has selected Prof.
Frank Brawner of Loudoun to be principal
of the public schools of Herndon.
Surveyors are going over the Thornton
tract" a densely wooded parcel of land
of about three thousand acres, extending
from Hunters on the Bluemont branch OF
the Southern railway almost to Herndon,
a distance of six miles. This land is the
property of Gen. T. NJ Dunn, formerly
judge advocate general of the army, ana
now belongs to the Dunn estate. of which
Dunn-Loring, station on the Bluemont
branch. is part. 1t is said the Thornton
tract has been purchased by parties i'll
Washington and Alexandria.
Mrs. Patton, wife of Commander j. b.
Patton of the monitor Florida, will remain
in Herndon during the winter.
party of young people, consisting of
Mrs. hudson Broadway, Miss Leona Kid
well. Miss Mamie Crounse, Miss Eva Bar
rows of Berwin, Md, Miss Belva Dutton,
Miss Lottie Hough and Frank Robey, Amos
Crounse and Edwin Blanchard of Wash
tngton have just begun an outing. camp
Will be located near CaStlemanS Ferry.
The party will be Joined later by Mr. How
ard Blanchard of the pension office, WASH
ington.
Mr.. ]. J. Darlingtons daughters. Miss
Annie and Miss Lizzie will enter Holins
Institute, near Roanoke. Va, at the COM
Ing term. Charles Reed, jr., will attend the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, N. c.. and Conrad Choate will go to
Randolph-Macon Academy at Front Royal
Va. Vernon Wrenn goes to the University
of Virginia
Rev. j.. ]. Jefreries and Mr. G. F. Stock
ley, both of Alexandria are conducting re-
vival services in the Methodist Church
The meetings are largely attended.
Mr. r. c. Mahoney who has been at work
on bridge construction on the line of rail-
road from Washington to Great Falls. states
that the road is graded from Washing
ton to the Falls and that most substantial
bridges have been erected over all the large
streams crossed by the road. Right of way
to enable the road to cross the Potomac to
the towpath of the old canal is being Sc
cured. This railroad, 1t Is stated, will be
extended along the canal and be connected
with either the Metropolitan branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio or the Wabash. Rails
have been laid as far Langley, and it is
promised that the road will be in operation
by the end of October.
Teachers for the coming school term have
been appointed follows: Colvln Run.
Miss Sadie Detwiler: Sterling Sterling
Moran, principal, and Miss Lizzie Bridges,
assistant; Floris Miss Lula Fulton; Mon
ey's Corner, Miss Bertha oliver.
Maj. w. F. Middleton and others, who
maintain a fishing camp on the upper Po-
tomac, report that the sport this season
has been unusually poor. sixty game fish
only having been taken by the entire party.
Several Westinghouse. among them Maj.
sylvester, chief of police, have stocked a
branch of Colvin run with bass and have
fished the stream this summer with some
success, although the fish are yet small.
Owing to frequent rains, the streams of
this section have furnished little amuse-
ment to the lovers of fishing and no big
fish yarns are in circulation
Mrs. Fred Barton and Miss Garnet Irving
johnson, daughters of DR.. H. A. johnson of
the War Department. Washington. are here
from New York for a visit They formerly
lived In Washington city. DR.. and Mrs.
Johnson will not return to their Washing
ton home until the end of October.
Several owners of automobiles who are in
Herndon for the summer months seem
quite thoughtless of the injury they may do
by running their machines through the vii
1age at the rate of thirty more miles an
hour. The Good Roads Association has
made some very fine roads which permit of
fast running, and 1t is not objected to out
side the corporation. An ordinance will
be passed TO prevent. If possible, such dam
gerous speeding in the town limits.
Mr.. w. q. Collins entertained a number
OF friends at his home in Vienna on We'd
nesday evening with banjo recital, in
which he was assisted by Mr.. Ralph Day of
Cornell University, an accomplished per-
former.
Hc NIeHild tOWN council Will hold Its
regular monthly meeting Monday evening,
September f.
Mrs. Alma De Lano Hine entertained the
Village Improvement Society at her home
In Vienna on Thursday evening last
Mr.. Albert M. Hoge has sold his property
In Vienna to Mr.. Egbert w. Thomas of
Washington city. through John F. Jerrnan
real estate broker.
The following Westinghouse are stop
ping at the Aesculapian Wiehle): Fred.
Winnie and wife. Frank A. Kane Miss
Ellie Hoffman. Edward King and family
Charles Fittis and family, Prof c. w A.
Bidditz and family. c. N. Nyman and fam
ily Miss Mary Thornton, w w, Kablen-
ger and wife, and j. Van Herman, wife
and daughter
The recently elected town council of Hern-
don. consisting of DIR. F. l.. Detwier, T. E.
Reed. z. y. Fitzhugh DIR. G. H. Russell E
Il. Gillette, NJ. F. Wilkins, DIR. Z. l.. Robey
with Elsh Dyer, town sergeant, and Enos
Garrett. clerk, met Friday evening and
organized by the election of F. E Gillette
mayor, ana the appointment of the follow
Ing committees: Finance committee-Dr. F.
L. Robey. chairman: NJ. F. Wilkins. r f.
Reed. Road committee-Dr E L. Detwiler
sell. Board of health-Dr W. l. Robev. f.
Fitzhugh, NJ. F. wilkins
Mr.. w w. Crawley of the quartermas-
ters office, War Department, and Mrs
Crawley have returned TO Washington CITY
after residence at Dumb oring of sew
eral years.
Mrs. Shyrock of Loudoun county has mr.
chased the l. c. Bardway property at Hern-
don.
WINCHESTER. VA