The Washington herald., 1919-11-03
HOME, HIS ALL,
SOLD BY CITY
Georgetown Citizens Asso-
citation Hears Tale Of.
4 Aged Mans Loss.


tio8l according to a statement made by
Preshdent B. A Bowles to q Herald
repSrter last night The restoration
Of bis procedure by the organization
at Is last meeting brought forth the
statsment- Several years ago when
the. needs OF any locality demanded
street improvements Il was the Gus
TOM OF the association to request and
urgs the improvements. On the oc-
caston In point extensive grading and
other improvements were necessary
on q certain street. the cost TO be as
sesHkd half against the District and
hall. against the owners Of the abut-
ting property. The aged man referred
to By President Bowles owned q mod
estthome on the street In question
The citizens association brought
aboht the changes in the street. and
when the assessments for the Inn
proNements were levied it was found
thaG the venerable citizen was without
funds and his home was sold from
less and penniless-
e had reached an age when q
lonkly old man without family loves
buul'two things. his God and his
home Mr.. Bowles said Street i'm
profemenIs meant nothing to him. II
mattered little to him whether his
humble home was on a hill or IN .
valley. He loved and treasured his
homie and its sacred memories But
it was sold under the hammer and he
was, bereft. The sad story was re-
lated at a meeting OF the association
Of bis fellow citizens and appealed so
strongly to them they decided that
theEeafter a petition signed by the
owpers of abutting property must ac-
conppany all requests for street i'm
provements. This decision was re-
voked at a recent meeting, and the old
Order restored. Hereafter when pub
lie improvements are deemed neces-
sarS for the good of the community
they will be urged by the organization.
such venerable old gentlemen are
scafce now. Times have changed"
The residents Of the Conduit road
yicinfty complain that their public
school facilities are Inadequate, so
today a census of the locality Will be
taken in connection with the matter.
Thekmothcrs and fathers will be asked
how many of their children have to
face the wintry blasts in walking long
distances to and from school. The
statistics thus gathered will be en-
Dioytd as an argument for additional
facilities. The Conduit Road Citizens
association at its last meeting decided
to ask the commissioners to provide
achoolhouses on Fcxan HelGA:s and
Potomac Heights In the drive for
new members the organization will ce
lePresented by J. d. Smoot. Mrs, F. II.
FsVslnE. Mrs. NJ Roche. W. L. Per-
i.iEs and Mrs. J. 7. Cochran.
Tts numerous visitors who pass
Trough Iieorsetown daily en- route t.
the nations silent city Of the her .tc
head at Arlington and Fort Myer.
stop and chat with the workmen who
are constructing the Key bridge.
Especially interesting to them - the
site VI the Georgetown entrance of
the structure on VI street. AZ this
poiRt was the historic Key rnsnsion.
torn down to make room for the
Georgetown entrance, which Is design
ed to be Of magnificent proportions
WOTkInen a9e engaged in fillins IN the
space between VI street and the river.
.nclE5inE the foundation excavation of
the ancient home of the author o; the
star SpanCled Banner
The ahutments Of the bridge on the
Virginia side Of the Potomac at Koss-
lyn already have been built to the
height OF thirty feet This point,
where hundreds Of bustling workmen
are cngased. has become one OF the
show Tlaccs of the Georgetown vi
cinitS.
Speaking of the sugar shortage, ]. E.
Dyer, a leading wholesale merchant
of Old Georgetown. said that accord
ksra 20 -
was sold during the present year than
ever before. The same conditions are
reported from other places. To this
unusual demand for the article he at-
tributes in great measure the present
shortage.
The. need for additional and neces-
sary facilities for the night school
at the Western High School, of which
DR.. Elmer S Newton Is principal. is
one of the important matters that is
occuTing the attention Of the Citi-
zens Association. The night school is
ioc'sred to be lacking in several
essential equipments, one of which Is
typewriting. The matter will be pre-
sented 10 the Board OF Education and
relief requested by D. W. Murch,
superintendent Of the Georgetown
division of public schools.
Roadway improvements are to be
comnssncsd in a few days along
Water street from Rock Creek to
Wisconsin avenue between the an
cientewarehouses on the river front.
sons. Of which were constructed from
no to 1900. when Georgetown was an
inpouant shipping port. The busi-
ness +nen and manufacturers along
that street whose fronts win not be
coverrd by the new. paving will urge
that the work be extended to Acque-
duct bridge. Walter T Weaver,
chairtnan Of the committee on public
improvements of the Citizens Asso-
citation. with his fellow committee
men, will push the fight for the ex-
tension Of the new road surfacing.
Clifford r. Allen, who served In the
navy sin the world war, has been
honorabIy discharged and will return
tomotrow to the home of his uncle
Comphander William A. Hickey. OF
the GEORGETOWN Veterans Association
ComrDander Hickey served In the war
with Spain and the insurrection In the
PHILIPPINES. He has been a leader IN
patrietic movements in Georgetown
for several years.
The Feast of All Souls and All
Saints. was appropriately and SOL
emnlys celebrated yesterday at the
Holy Trinity Church and In the
chapel OF Georgetown University.
The funeral OF Albert F. johnson
was held Saturday afternoon from his
late home, ZS2s Pennsylvania avenue.
He was a son OF Mrs Annie z. Dun