Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-09

fair grounds here next Saturday afternoon
The county public school commissioners
nave decided to consolidate the schools at
sligo, Forest Glen, Woodside and Linden
ana establish a graded school In their
stead The friends and patrons of the four
schools mentioned have been at work on
the project, and offered liberal induce
ments to bring about the change At a
meeting of the school board yesterday a
committee composed OF Messrs Frank l.,
Hewitt Howard Boyd, Frank p. Clark and
Mesrs. ChanIer and Hayden appeared in
the interest or the movement. Mr.. Hewitt
as chairman of the committee, stated that
Mr.. Benjamin T. Leighton had offered to
donate site on the It'll street pike a few
said to be valued at $1,000. Mr. Hewitt
also informed the board that the citizens in
terested In the proposed school had sub
scribed 1880 in donations, and asked the
board to appropriate an equal amount and
erect $1,000 building, the title to the prop
erty to be in the school commissioner 1t
was found. however, that the board has no
authority to make an appropriation for the
purpose.
The committee then suggested that the
commissioners accept the lot and the 81, 500,
erect the building and mortgage 1t for the
other $500. This proposition was given
very careful consideration, and 1t was final
ly decided to construct a $1,000 building.
place deed of trust on 1t for half the
amount, and when the indebtedness is paid
on by the school commissioners the prop
erty Is to be decided to the commissioners.
the school board in the meantime paying a
nominal rent. 1t is understood that build
Ing operations will be started I'm the near
future, and it Is hoped to have the structure
completed by the first Of next January. 1t
Is thought that the proposed school will be
attended by two hundred or more pupils.
and that the cost of its maintenance will
not be more than the expense of running
the four schools it supersedes.
James Whitehouse, aged eighty-four
years. died at the home of his granddaugh-
ter, Mrs Amanda Atwell, near Seneca. OF
general debility. His funeral took place
Tuesday morning from his late home, Rev.
Walter H. Stone. pastor of the Darnes-
town Presbyterian Church. conducting the
services The interment was in the ceme-
terry at Jamestown. go y k's&
Miss Bette Howard Williams. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Williams of
the vicinity Of Poolesville. this county. and
locality, were married at o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon In st. Peters Episcopal
Church. Poolesville.
The thirty or more public school teachers
of Montgomery county whose certificates
to teach expire with the close OF the pres
ent school year have been notified by the
board of public school commissioners that
their certificates will be renewed for one
year.
The commissioners have adopted a new
schedule Of salaries. They will range from
$500 to $548 year. the teachers to be paid
according to the number Of pupils and
graded schools will be given more than
500 year. Special provision is made for
the remuneration Of principals of high
schools.
delightful operetta, entitled 1.-THE Moon
King" was given in the opera house last
evening for the benefit of st. Mary's Catho-
lie Church. 1t was participated in by a
large number Of the little folks Of the town
and was enjoyed by one Of the largest
gatherings ever seen in the hall. The
affair was under the direction Of Mrs.
Berry Clark, whose mother, Mrs. 8. M.
Hamilton of Washington, wrote the oper-
eta, George Hamilton, Catharine Mad
Theodore Ricketts,. Murray Hamilton,
Clements Offutt, Robert Peter. Edward
Windham, Estelle Ricketts,, Elizabeth Daw-
son, Marjorie Hall. Helen Riggs. Lena
Ricketts,, Mary Dawson. Helen Burnett.
Elizabeth Maddox. Dorothy Welt, Lillian
Poole, Ruby Robertson, Nellie Rolands.
Edna Poole, Mabel Hilton. Katharine Cla-
gett. IIilda Maddox, Lethia Edmunds.
Pauline Monday and Miss Lavinia Wagner
participated.
Miss Lavinia Wagner participated
Rev. Thomas ]. Packard, Asa M. Stabler
and Alfred Wilson, representing the Mont
gomery County Anti-Saioon League, ap-
peared before the county commissioners
here yesterday and presented the resolu-
ton passed at the recent meeting of the
league at Laytonsville asking the COM
missioners to appropriate $500 for the use
of the states attorney and Frank Higgins
attorney for the league, in gathering evil
dence against violators of the local option
law. 1t was asked that 500 Of the amount
be set aside as salary for five months for
Charles P. Collins, who would be employed
to do special work on the Conduit road.
The commissioners deferred action until
the meeting next week.