The Washington bee., 1911-10-14
PARAMOUNT HEIGHTS NEWS.

The meeting called by c. H. Fon-
vile, the secretary of the rump citi-
zens association, to meet at the First
Presbyterian Church last week. was a
complete failure.
The Paramount Heights public
school opened October ?. with am en-
rollment of fftv-one pupils
Mrs. II. H. Cardoza has opened in
her home a kindergarten. She has a
half dozen or more interesting pupils
below school age under her supervis-
ion Judging from what he saw. the
renresentatIve Of The Bee places Mrs.
Cardoza into the class of natural
gifted teachers, and her services
will be beneficial to the community
The Republican Club met in the
public school house Monday night.
the public hall being previously en-
gagged The club was we'll attended
and many citizens made final prepara-
ton to vote in the fall election by
registering their names as legal vot-
.ers. Sample ballots and the names
.Ot the candidates were distributed.
Then the meeting elected the follow
ing gentlemen as delegates to appear
before the County Commissioners for
the purpose of having the assessed
valuation of property in Fairmount
Heights reduced: Messrs. James +.
Armstron~ J. S. Johnson, c. L. Mar
shall, ". ). PIttman, w H Addison.
Sergt. Frank Coalman being elected a
special -elegate. The club meets
again October IS.
Messrs. Jones, Brown. Alexander
and billiard, of the Treasury Depart
ment, Mr.. SnOwden. OF the Senate
Office. Builuing. Prof Catlett. OF the
cit schools, and Mr. w Sidney Pitt
man. the noted architect, called in to
see the representative of the Wash
ington Bee, October g. Mr.. Alexan-
der is building a nice residence in
DeanwOOd. Mr.. Huver |. Brown
has bought in Farmount Heights
Mr.. John 4. Silence is erecting a nice
dwelling in Bryn Mawr, West Fair
mount Heights.
The regular Fairmount Heights
Citizens Association issued special
invitations to male citizens to attend
the regular monthly meeting at the
Town Hall October 10. Quite a
number responded Mr.. Edward Dav
became a member
Mr.. w. ). Grouse, chairman of the
executive committee. read the recon-
mendatiOnS made to the association
by his committee, to the effect that
the Cinder walk on Fairmount Ave
nue. be repaired from the District
Boulevard north as far as possible
Also to have the same avenue cleared
to the NJ z Mission
The work on the NJ. Z. Church is
progressing nicely. Bricks for the
foundation Of the new school will be
placed on the ground before the next
issue OF The Bee
We are sorry to state that all hope
of consolidating the civic organiza-
tiOns of Fairmount Heights is lost.
The blame for not getting together is
upon the shoulders Of Messrs. c. Z.
Payne, c. H. Fonville, F. \. Brown.
and one or two others 1t IS rumOred
that they are of the opinion that if
union Is not effected the school and
school house PROPOSITIONS will fail
They believe by failing to come to-
gether the county authorities will re-
fuse to carry out the program out
lined by James F. Armstronr R. s.
Nichols, w. Sidney Pittman, w. S.
Grouse and Frank Coalman. They
never were so badly mistaken The
policy of building up a good school
in FairmOunt Heights will be carried
out. The Paramount Heights Citi-
zens' Association is giving its entire
support to the school trustees, and
the school building committee and
their plans to provide free public
schools for the community have been
and will be carried out to
the letter