Evening star., 1909-05-02
SENATOR BLAIR LEE AMI
OTHERS MAKE SPEECHES.
Given to Montgomery County
Through Efforts of Women's
Home Interest Club.

The new eisht-room brick school build
ing at Woodside, Md, was dedicated Wltn
ceremony yesterday afternoon. Ihe eS-
ercises consisted mainly of speeches and
singing. Senator Blair Lee was one oi
those who addressed the audience
The school is the only one OF elghs
grades i'm Montgomery county. 1t is a
modern structure throughout. with es-
pecially good facilities for lighting and
heating.
The project for building the school orig
mated with the Home Interest Club, COM
posed entirely of women. The clun
raised $500 in various ways and the men
Of the community raised $4,000 more.
Land Given by B. F. Leighton.
The land on which the school stands
was given by 3. +. Leighton. Senator
Blair Lee secured the passage of bill
through the Maryland Legislature author
izing the board of county school commits
sioners to accept school building sub
ject to mortgage.
The program was opened by DIR. George
w. Wright, president of the board OF
trustees of the school. Addresses were
also made by Mrs Frances NJ. Gregory
president of the Home Interest Club;
George ii. Larner president or the board
of county school commissioners; B. +.
Leighton. president of the Woodside
School Association. and Mr.. Cassidy
president of the National Park Seminary
A history of the school was read by
Mrs. l.. B. Thomson. The list of sub
scribers was read by Edward Byrn, chair
man of the finance committee. The pupil
of the school sang 'America' and Mary
land, My Maryland.
Mrs. Thomson Reviews Movement
In reading a history of the school Mrs
| Thomson went into detail to show the
growth of the movement. She said in
part:
I'm the summer of the year 1915 pc
tition was circulated by Mrs. Barber of
Linden former teacher, asking for Il
graded school. to be comprised OF the
various schools of this District. About
seventy-five signatures were obtained and
it was sent to the county commissioners.
This was the first impulse toward that
which afterward developed into strong
local sentiment
The matter lay quiescent for a long
period and finally came up for discus
sion in the Home Interest Club. propo-
sition was made to this club by Mr.. Cas-
sedy, through Mrs. Cassidy. a member
of the club. to donate generous sum of
money, provided that suitable lots for a
new school building could be obtained and
an additional sum of money sufficient to
insure a desirable building.
This resulted in the appointment of a
committee which waited upon Mr. Leigh
ton of Woodside in regard to land. That
gentleman responded by a promise of
land, and more land than the committee
had dared to hope for.
1.-The committee. consisting of Mrs. Lit
tie. Mrs. Getty of Forest Glen and Mrs.
Burket of Linden. reported this to the
Home Interest Club. 1t was voted to
accept Mr. Cassedy's proposition.
The other clubs of the ne:ghborhood
having become interested through mem
bers belonging to the Home Interest Club
a joint committee was formed to wait
upon the county commissioners at Rock
Vile. The encouragement given by the
commissioners resulted in the formation
of an association to take charge of all
business connected with the school.
I'VE meet today to see the results of
the combined efforts of the association
and the Home Interest Club