The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Clarendon.

wanted to vent his spleen Tor resiuins
in "Yoteless Washington" for he GER
tainly did act mean on Tuesday night
when the Clarendon Citizens Associa-
tion held the most important meeting
in its existence. 1t is no exaggeration
to say IL rained some and then some
more, but at that over 100 members
gathered round the stove In the OLD
home town and did things.
Among the important matters dis
cussed was the authorization Of w. 5.
Sunderman. of the Federal Garden
Commission. to proceed with plans for
n public park, to embrace property ly-
ing between the "Y' formed by the
Twelfth street and Georgetown lines
Of the Washington-VirSini Railway
Company Mr.. Sherman. architectural
engineer, and Mr.. Hendley, sculptor.
offering their professional services to
make the same n monument for the
town. the cooperation of the railway
company having been promised. The
park is intended for recreation pur-
poses, and will contain a concrete
bandstand. a new railway station. and
il is hoped the new freight station Of
the railway.
At the next meeting to be held Tues
day. March il. a draft of new bylaws
will be submitted. calling for addi-
tional officers. notably two additional
vice presidents, and an additional sec
retary. as the organization now COM
prises over 300 members, and the work
is too onerous for the present officers.
Some lively wire pulling is in progress
by erstwhiie candidates, for while
there is no peCuniary advantage to be
derived by election, there Is an op-
pOrtunity for good hard work which is
recompensed by glory and will place
the officers in a position to get some
thing real good" when We annex
Washington. which VIII be taken up at
later date. when more important
business is disposed of.
4 very important meeting of the
school committee, of which Mr. Hend-
ley is chairman, has been called for
Monday at o'clock at the Clarendon
school. and a full attendance is re-
quested, not only of the committee but
every parent who has a child in school
should make It his business to be pres
ent. There are some things which he
should see personally and let us have
the advantage OF his suggestions to
make some very material changes for
the better in school conditions, not the
0
of suitable fire escapes. The money is
provided for it and it's up to US to get
IL.
The publicity committee called at
tention to The Herald's Salesman
ship Club and it was decided to enter
the president CT the association, Mr..
L. L. Bennett, as an individual to
go after and get the first prize, as
a mark of esteem from his fellow
citizens. An organized campaign will
/ be irlugurRted and hOuse-to-house
canvas will be made for subsCrip-
tions.
The railway committee reported an
interview with the railway officials
which placed an entirely different and
favorable light on the situation re-
garding transfers and the Rosslyn
or Georgetown branch of the road
and it was decided to Cooperate with
the other associations in the hearing
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to be held shortly.
Tho community dance held Friday
was a grand and glorious success
and far exceeded the fondest hopes
Of the committee. of which G. s.
Georgius was chairman. and netted
quite a tidy sum for road improve
ments. As to the band, the writer
has heard Sousa's Band. the Marine
Band. Creatore's Band and others of
equal prominence but they have a
new Richmond in the field in the
personnel of the Clarendon Band,
which while it numbers only twenty
five members is some band. They
did fine and We anticipate a number
of enjoyable evenings when the new
l. 1aN1 ,T-1,-
concerts are given.
Do you eat? If so you will overlook
the one best bet If for any purpose
you fail to attend the dinner to be
given at $50 Wednesday next. The
, chef and chefesses promise some gas
Economical creations which would
cause Oscar Of the Waldorf to rank
as an alsO-ran. The Clarendon bellies
will act as mattresses and this alone
is worth the price of admission, which
is a paltry half-dOllar with the sky
as a limit for the amount of food
| prOrated to each individual. The
| thanks of the association is rendered
/ the Arlington Electric Company for
/ the loan of a complete eIe- trio range
| for the occasion.
Mr.. Hendley. who is a noted sculp-
| tor connected with the Fedc-cl gov
/ ernment, has placed on exhibition in
| the association rooms the first Of a
series of scale models of sanitary
/ equipment for suburban or intorurban
| communities, this one being tn latest
ideas of a pump. to be followed by
! similar models on aseptic tanks and
other hygieniC accessories
: Well. we'll! well, It's an all wind
that blows no good. and Tuesday was
no exception. as Old Man Hawkins
blew into the hall-that old-young
| patriarch, the father of Clarendon. To
| be more specific, Uncle George Ruck-
er. county clerk, who was with Cla-
rendOn at her birth, nursed her while
| in ner swaddling clothes, and had
/ enough of an eye for the future to
gather up nearly all the real estate
comprised within her limits. which he
is now prepared to dole out at 30
much per dole (see ad. on this page).
I He gave u very interesting talk and
answered a number Of pertinent ques-
! tions regarding road funds and other
matters of inestimable value to the
community. and wound up by setting
a pace for the youngsters in pledging
himself for per cent of the cost OF a
new town hall which will be built
shortly. Come again. Lr. Rucker. Al
ways glad to see you.
Troop 53, Boy Scouts OF America, OF
/ Clarendon. were assigned to division
8, stationed at Ninth street to First
on Pennsylvania avenue, on the north
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