Evening star., 1920-02-26
ELECTION Of BOARD
BYPEOPLE IS urged
Rhode Island Avenue Citi-
zens Express Confidence in
Supt. Thurston.

Members Of the Rhode Island Ave-
nue. Citizens Association. at the
monthly meeting Of the organization
last night. adopted q resolution urg-
ing selection of members Of the
Washington board Of education by di-
rect vote of the people instead Of ap-
Court.
The resolution. which was intro
duced by S. S. Symons, former presi-
dent of the ASSOCIATION and chairman
OF the schools committee, also includ-
ed a vote of confidence in Supt. Thurs
ton. The Measure was unanimously
adopted.
According to the text of the reso-
luton, the organization, having in
mind the past unfortunate expert
ences of unsympathetic and unsatis-
factory administration of our public
schools by those unfamiliar with
school and other conditions in the
District of Columbia, opposes any
further experime ntation along this
line.
Car Service Improvement.
n. y. Armstrong. chairman of the
public utilities committee. introduced
81 resolution expressing the appre-
Ciation of the association to the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company for improvements in car
service on its Maryland line.
W. :. Torhert. president of the asso-
citation deplored the condition of
Queens Chapel road, on which is To-
Gated the Langdon Public School.
Il had occasion to visit Langdon
School the other day and I noticed
that the condition of Queens Chapel
road was in deplorable state" Mr..
Torbert said Mud and more mud
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dence. Now there are twelve or four
teen teachers in that school, the ma
Jority of whom live in the city and are
compelled to traverse this road There
should be a suitable sidewalk built,
for the teachers and pupils are at this
time of the year compelled to wade
through mud. The lighting Of this
road is also in bad shape. Many of
the teachers are compelled. through
stress of work at the school, to leave
around or $50. I tell you it is not
safe for any woman to walk up that
dark road alone"
1t was recalled that last summer.
within stones throw of Langdon
School, Langdon housewife was
accosted by a negro and robbed. The
organization will take UP the matter
of the sidewalk and adequate lighting
with the District Commissioners.
Assocfation's Name Changed.
The constitution was amended in
several places. The association also
changed it's name from the Rhode
Island Avenue Suburban Citizens Asso-
citation to the Rhode Island Avenue Citi-
zens' Association.
The committee on fire and police
urged that work be pushed on the
proposed station house at 18th street
and Rhode Island avenue. for which
$4,000 has been appropriated. This
sum. it was said. is not half enough
to complete the structure. Engine
be motorized. the committee recon-
mended. The horse-drawn apparatus
is compelled to serve a wide territory,
in which there are many steep hills.
Home Gardening Move.
ing by w. c. Hall of the District
Council of Agriculture. the association
voted to appropriate $40 for member
ship in the council and receive the
benefit of experts advice on all agri-
cultural subjects. Langdon and
Woodbridge. the communities repre-
sented in the association, are active
in home and community gardening,
and this year intensive gardening is
expected to be carried on on a larger
scale than ever before. A special
committee on gardening was appoint
ed, with c. r. Smith as chairman.
Mr.. Torbert, who, in addition to his
duties as president, finds time to edit
the Neighborhood News, a community
pu ublication, reported that after all
bills were paid the paper made $66
for the association during the past
year The March meeting will be the
annual one, and election of officers
will take place.