Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-13
PROPOSAL TO RAE
HOUSES IS FOUGHT
Park View Citizens to Have
Hearing on Making Space
for School Addition.

| nearing to consider the protests
OF residents of a row of seventeen
| houses on 9Th above Newton street
| regarding their razing to erect an
| addition to the Park View School will
! of the Park View Citizens Assocja :
ton. 1t was decided last night at
meeting of the association in the
| Schoolhouse.
Inc decision was reached following
a discussion of the proposed destruc-
I'm VI ,he houses, during which II.
i.aue. representing the residents of
the row. asked that the project be
cropped, on the ground that the fami-
ileS would be forced to seek other
homes IN the city. although they were
cohtehted IN their present abodes. and
the housing situation made destruc-
tion OF residence property inadvisa BILE
at this time
He charged that the proposition for
the addition to the school was
packed" by realty men with a view
OF increasing the values of certain
hood. '''''
Ample Space for Addition,
My home is threatened" he de-
c1ared. I'VE are contented TO live
"nere We are. l ask you to place
yourselves In my position. There is
ample space for the construction OF
audltlonai wings to the school with
make the addition
He spoke as the head of a de1eea
ton OF ten who attended the meet
ing. The others were all OCCUPANTS
OF the houses f. J. Ward moved. at
the conclusion of this address, that a
nearing on the question be held be-
fore the executive committee of the
association. The motion was adopted
and the question was dropped for the
night by the association.
PRESIDENT George H. Russell of the
association answered ten questions
operation of the Park View com
munity. store. which. the latter
charged. was not handled efficiently.
Mr.. Russell said that the store had
not been operated for profit. and that
books We're kept and were now in
the Franklin School, with the check
stubs and bills.
Nominations for Office.
Nominations for office in the as
George H. Russell and Preston Shan
non. president; c. w. Gilmore and
R.. s. Williams. vice president; Miss
Ed1th shannon. secretary; A. B.
Clark and W. T. kenner. treasurer:
John S. Beach. Preston Shannon, Miss
Frances Farley. ]. G. McGrath, Alice
Williams and f. ]. Ward, executive
board.
Flowers were presented to Miss
Frances S. Farley, principal of the
school. Miss Farley delivered a
short address, in which she stated
that at present more than 1000 chill
dren are attending the school daily
and that all space in the main build
| ing and portable buildings is being
utilized. Two 2hundred and forty
children are in the portable buildings.
she declared, and seventy periods a
week are being held in the assembly
hall.
She declared she favored the plan
to erect an addition to the school
as proposed, as it was the logical
| manner of eliminating the conges-
ton.
Miss Katherine Flanagan of the
national women's party and DR.. Ball
of the Department of Agriculture de-
livered short addresses.
The association. before adjourn
ment. adopted a resolution condemn
ing the proposed raise in gas rates,
and two members of the association
will be appointed, according to the
resolution, to represent the associa-
! tion at the public hearing on the
gas rate before the utilities commits
| sion on October IS.