Evening star., 1916-10-11
BUILDING DEVOTED
T0C0MMU|NTYUSE
Park View Citizens Associa-
tion Meets in New Sixteen
Room SchooIhouse.
BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED

| Park View residents last night dedicat-
| ed the new school building in that sec
| tion to community uses The Park View
| Citizens Association, whose efforts large
! ly were responsible for the appropriation
| of a sufficient fund for a sixteen-room
building in that section, held it's first
meeting in the auditorium of the school
+ house and will meet there in the future.
| Men, women and children from every
section of Park View turned out last night
for the first fall meeting of the associa-
| ton, the attendance being one Of the
! largest ever recorded at a session of that
| body. Miss F. S. Farley, principal of the
school, and all of the eighteen teachers
| who will work under her supervision also
| We're present. The entire teaching force
! was presented with active membership in
| the association. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes,
| member of the board of education and su-
pervisor of Fairgrounds. was presented
with honorary membership
| Community Celebration Planned.
| Most of the meeting was devoted to
a discussion of the plans for the Park
| View community celebration to be held
| five days next week, beginning Mon
day, in commemoration of the compile
ton of the school building and the
paving of Georgia avenue.
| Judging from the reports of the COM
mittee chairmen and the interest mani
| Tested by the members, the celebration
! will be one of the biggest community
| nations capital A feature of the
| opening night will be an automobile
| parade through the downtown section
| of the city and return.
There will be a community parade
| later in the week, which will be con-
fined to the limits of Park View There
Will be section for baby carriages
and the best decorated infant-convey-
ing vehicle will be awarded a hand
| some prize. 1t is expected that there
will be at least a hundred baby car
| riages in line.
Special Receptions in Program.
| On three Of the nights there will be
special receptions for members of the
poard OF education. the District Com
| mlssloners and civic organizations
Music will be provided on all soc-
caslons by the newly organized Park
View band Dancing in the school
| library will follow each evenings en-
! tertainment.
| Green and white Park View banners
are now sale in the PARK View
stores and residents were urged to dis.
play them from every home and place
OF business. large American flag
| in electric lights will be shown near
the school building, and special illumi-
natlVe enects installed extensively
throughout the section
President John q. McGrath announced
that the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany had donated $500 toward the fund
| for the celebration, and that dona-
! tions had been received from several
Washington firms.
| Miss Farley was introduced to the
| audience by President McGrath She
| spoke of the general plans for the Gel
| ebration and the part that the school
children will take in it, and expressed
| her pleasure at being selected for
essentially home community.
Eighth Grade Teacher Needed.
! Among the resolutions adopted was
! one offered by Charlton NJ. Clark call
! ing upon the board of education to
| furnish an eighth grade teacher for
the school. in order that Miss Farley
| may be relieved from teaching and
| have her entire time to devote to
supervision of the school and the mani
! fold duties of a principal Another
| motion offered by Mr.. Clark. which
| was adopted. directs that all school
| Fairgrounds shall be placed under the
| supervision of the Fairgrounds depart
| ment during the summer months, in
! order that these recreational centers
| may be kept open for the benefit of
| children in every section of the city.
| The association unanimously
| elected George Fl. Russell as its dele
| sociations and President McGrath as
| alternate.