The Washington herald., 1919-06-10
CITY-WlDE PLAN
FOR COMMUNITY
BUYING At ISSUE
Park View Citizens to Vote
For Secretary to Push
Idea in District. :
LOWERS COST OF FLIVING
Scheme Inaugurated by Su-
burban Citizens Has
Worked Well.

Today Is election day in Park
New. This evening a ballot box
VIII be set up in the auditorium
OF the schoolhouse. Newton and War
der streets, and every american
citiZen-women as well as men-resid-
ing within the limits OF the Park
View community. will have an op-
portunity to vote for a community
secretary
Two years ago Park View citizens
elected John G. McGrath community
secretary. The board Of education
thereupon placed him in charge OF
the public school building for all its
uses as a community center and
netghborhood clubhouse.
During his administration the school
building has not only been used as
a center of neighborhood meetings
and recreational activities. but a
nationally important experiment has
been successfully carried out in the
coordination OF the postal service
with other community center activI-
ties. this being the first school house
In the United States to be estab-
hshed as postal station. The prac-
teal feasibility of this combination.
It's educational value to the school.
and especially it's convenience for
poultry and oysters. country dressed
meats and other farm products.
brought in by postal motortruck fresh
every day, with a lowering of cost 10
the consumer and a better return TO
the producer. have begun to be shown.
Service to Include District.
In this community-buying develop
nl"nt at Park View. Secretary Nc
Grath has had the cooperation of Miss
Frances Farley and the assistance of
Mr.. and Mrs W. T. Kenner and Mrs.
Helen Bardwell. while he. as presi-
dent of the Citizens Food Council has
been called on to help in extending this
service to all other organized commu-
mites throughout the District.
Secretary McGrath has announced
that he will not run again for office,
but the Park View folks hope this does
lot mean the end of his services to
the PEOPLE of the District. They have
voted in favor of the establishment of
a municipal food-distributing plant,
to be organized in connection with the
postal service, either as a part of the
community center system or under
the District Commissioners. And it is
their idea that Secretary McGrath.
with his practical experience, is the
man 10 take charge OF this central
marketing service. He would thus be
in a position to continue serving the
people of Park View as well as all
other residents OF the District
Representative to Speak.
Following the balloting. and while
the votes are being counted. the
Hon Dan Reed, who gained national
fame as football captain and coach
at Cornell University in the days Cf
that institutions grIdirOn leader
ship. and who has entered the new
Congress as Representative OF the
Forty-third Congressional District
of New York. will speak on the
Community Center movement as the
Yneans of realizing the ideals for
(which America fought in the war
Eugene Hartley, director Of manu-
facturing and Industrial statistics OF
Ethe Census Bureau. will give brief
account of the experience of other
|cities in administration Of street ear
lines and other public utilities with
especial reference to the street rail-
way problm as it appears in Wash
ingtOn-
Music will be furnished by the
Park View Orchestra and community
sOloist. The evening will close with
a dance in honor of the newly elect
ed community official.