The Washington herald., 1915-12-21
District HEADS
GIVEN SUPPORT
Georgetown Citizens Back
Recent Recommendations
of Commissioners.
NEW COMMITTEES NAMED
President John Hadly Doyle An
nounces Assignments for Year.
Prominent Men to Speak.
NEW COMMITTEES NAMED

Members OF Georgetown Citizens As
| sociation last night, at meeting In Poto-
| mac Savings Bank Hall. passed a rcsolu-
| ton pledging hearty support to the Dis
| trict Commissioners in their estimat tes
| The citizens pledged themselves to back"
| the Commissioners In obtaining appro-
| priations asked at Congress New COM
| mittees were announced by President
John Hadley Doyle and indorsed by the
| Association.
The improvements asked by the Com
| missioners. which affect Georgetown.
! were enumerated by the chairman OF the
| executive committee follows: Rock
| Creek Park about s25OoOO. contemplated
| improvement from Pennsylvania avenue
| to the park. an appropriation to run the
| old Washington aqueduct over to the
park commissions. and the improvements
| to the West High School and Addison
| School Playground increase.
| Letters from ". u. Callahan. cochrane
| Thorn. A. s. Worthington. Thomas Brad
| ley and others were read. thanking the
| association for its support of the com
| mittee that went before the joint inves-
| tigatinE body in favor of the half-and-
| half principle.
| President Doyle directed to send
| some representative person to the adver-
| tising vigilance committee hearing organ
l
! consented to go himself. The proposed
| law on fake advertising was referred to
| the legislative committee. Of which J.
| Hoidsworth Gordon is chairman. with
| instructions to report at the next meet
ing.
New Committee Named.
| Frank p. I.eetch. chairman or the cN-
| .cutive committee. announced that. be-
ginning with the next meeting. the GUS
| tom OF having speakers ~ promincnc"
| would he resumed.
The new committee selected and rati-
ned last night are:
Executive-Frank r I.eetch. chairman:
Albion h Paris. Henry :. Matthews.
John IIadley Doyle. George w. Offutt.
Thomas J. Stanton.
Legislative J. IIodsworth Gordon.
chairman: George \ King. q. Warren
iOnutt James Berrall. r. \. Rowl"s. Rob
ert l.. Middleton. f.: \ Boeger. Or. II. J.
Nichols.
Public HeaIth-Dr Howard f. ames.
chairman. In. George W. Wood. Or.
Michael J. Roady. pr F. Scott Avery.
Tn. W ". Morgan. Prof. Edgar Frisb"y.
Robert e. Trnney. Rev VI. J. Shand~nc.
f. Baker Weaver, J. r. fh'novan-
PubIir improvements J. I>"o Ko!h.
chairman: -; W Dfutt. Isaac Birch.
Louis IIopfonmaier. J. r. Jenkins. Wal
ter e. Petcrs John IL Hanna. Samuel
artz W X Reeves. J. W. Stohlman
W ". Anderson.
commercial Intercsts-II"nry W. 0ffutt.
|, chairman: George l.. Nicholson. W. !.
Weaver. benjamin Sinsh"im"r. =. :. Ken
nedy. r. F. Carr. n. W. Fisher. {. +.
Hancock. w n DougAl. 4. NJ. Baer.
Schools-AleXsnder s. Stewart. chair
, man: Albert Stabler, :. X. Radford
! LLOYD y. Wight. Rev. christopher Spar
ling. W. Hunter Haycock. y. X. Parris.
William a. L"etCh.
Parks aud RcseTvations-T Jann"y
Brown. chairman: Frank =. LcHtCh, W.
r Weaver. T.. NJ Talcott r. F.. Van Or
strand charles e. Warden. X. +. Beck
ham, Henry :. Matthews. George \.
King.
FInancc-Ge"rSc W. Ray. chairman.
! Thomas J. stanton. G"org" r. Tructt.
Reginald H. LOCKER. l.. =. Frey.
| Membcrship-Edward +. LOCKER. chair
man: Frank y. Kerr. Joseph Edward
Libby W. II. Houghton. Arthur Small.
! Emery II. BoGley. +. \. Carlson, Louis
| +. Heiston.
PublCity-Ralph 4. Collins. chairman:
| r \. Carlson. J. Mckenney Berry. Spen-
Ger Gordon. J. J. Waters. J. c. Huddles
! ton. F G. Wrenn.