Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-05
Petition Circulated at Meeting
Urging Establishment of
a Playground.
REV. HAGGERTY SPEAKS
ON LIBERTY'S BULWARK
William F. GUIDE Expresses His Sat-
isfaction at the Community
Spirit Shown.

That I'VE must keep as the. bulwark of
orr liberties not a document and not a
tradition. hut the living spirit of love.
service, duty. seIf-sacrifce" and kindred
virtues. was asserted by Rev William A
iIagSerty. principal speaker al the pa
triotic exercises held last evening by
citizens OF Fetworth and vicinity. under
-" direction or the Petworth Citizens
Association. The exercises were held at
libby Park. which place the citizens of
That vicinity are urging the government
70 buy as a playground. \ petition urg-
ing this was circulated yesterday. with
tre result that hundreds of names were
aHxed,
Rev Mr.. Hasgerty declared: IF this
land shall become lax; if it shall be-
come amusement mad. if it shall become
merely the dumping ground of a new
aristocracy. based entirely on wealth ac-
qlstreG by doubtful means. woe betide
This land
To he a citizen of this republic is no
small honor asserted the speaker at
another point. He also asserted that TO
sneak Of all the things that need a cure
is not profitable task. We should con-
sidcr not what diseases have been graft
Cd an the body political. but should ask
what power to resist them has been de-
veloped.-'
Urges Cooperation.
William F. Guide. president OF the
Chamber of Commerce and one of the
founders as Well as a former president
of the Petworth Citizens Association.
expressed concentrations upon the COM
munity spirit shown in the celebration.
and urged the citizens to cooperate. He
spoke OF the development in that part OF
the CitV since he moved to PetWorth-
- j. Randall announced the winners
in the ESSAY contest held by the general
committee Prizes had been offered 10 the
-hree pupils Of the Petworth School VINO
sbo!Ild write the best essays on the
meaning of Independence day. The win
-ers of the prizes were Francis Cotter'
,;enevfeve Walker and Dorothy Scheres-
Chewsky.
-roduced by Jesse c. Suter. chairman of
the general committee. Rev Owen Lloyd
read the Declaration of Independence
Miss Ida O'Neal sang The Recessionai
and led the audience in singing Amer
lea ana TIL. star Spangle6 Banner at
the opening and close of the exercises,
respectively Rev. Charles l.. Buck de-
Iivered the Invocation and Rev j. Alvin
Campbell pronounced the benediction.
Fireworks Set Off.
Following the exercises. fireworks were
set off in a grove just across from the
mark. During the display the Forest
Glen Band, stationed in a declivity which
forms natural auditorium. played. The
hand also furnished music for the exer-
cises and gave a concert earlier in the
afternoon.
Many families brought their suppers
VI Inn
of the historic Potomac and the Virginia
hills. Refreshments were sold by the
women of the Petworth Baptist Church
and the First United Presbyterian
Church, while Girl Scouts and Boy
Scouts served soft drinks.
hration proved of more general in
terest probably than did the children's
parade in the morning, when the
youngsters of that part of the city ap-
tons, colonial women, goddesses of
liberty and other notable characters.
The Prizes.
Prizes in the parade were awarded as
follows. first, second. third and so on
going to the children in the order as
given below:
Small boys-Ronald Calender and
John Cox. John Norcross. Arthur Van
Heuckeroth and Gerald Homilier.
Small girls-Gertrude Annadale,
Marion Brown, Alice Rose and Louise
Taylor.
Larger children-Margaret Parsons.
Eunice Haden, Edna Stackhouse. Vir-
GINA Rose and Willis Stose.
Floats-I c. Gleason. Finckel family,
GUIDE family. Preston Wire, Roberta
Stevenson ard John DAILY. William
Peake.
Decorated baby vehic1e-Hazel Suter.
Lucreua Hansen. Gladys Towsill.
julia Dennings and Doris Norkocker.
Unique IDEAS in costume and decora-
tons. etc.-Florence and William Test,
Wendell Gaskins and Raymond 5.
Ada
Raymond s. Adams was chairman Of
ths cn0mitte" IN charge of the parade.
Tho judges were l. e. Ellis. Mrs. Elliot
Mrs James. II. V. Bishee and Miss
Fowler.
Cubs Beat Married Men.
The base ball game between the Pet
worth Cubs ard the Married Men re-