Evening star., 1921-05-18
=PETWORTH PLEADS
|. FOR PLAY SPACE
Citizens Notify House Com.
mittee of Pressing Need.
More Pupils in Fall.

With a new building nearing COM
pletion as an addition to the eight
room Petworth School. making six
teen rooms available, it still will be
necessary to maintain the portables
now occupying the school play
grounds. This inform alton was CIV
en- to the Petworth Citizens Asscia-
tion last night at it's regular meeting
in the Presbyterian Church. New
Hampshire avenue and Randolph
street.
j. g. Yaden. chairman of the school
committee of the association, said
that he had been called into confer
ence by the Petworth Woman's Club
and the Petworth Home and School
Association regarding dne prevailing
conditions in that section. After con-
ferences letters were sent to Senator
Cappcr and House District committee
members calling attentions, to the need
for more Fairgrounds.
1000 More Pupils in. Fall.
The present play Space. Senator
Capper was told in the letter, is in
adequate. and that census taken
would be more than 1 900 pupils to
be accommodated at the next Septem-
her session. There will be- twenty
six classes to be accommodated in the
SiAttcu-TOOH1 he SdIu. Inc
joint letter urged the purchase of the
grounds between the school and
Georgia avenue. improved by "a frame
house which row is being used as
school, and a building used as
church. If bought now. according to
Chairman Yaden. they could be pur-
chased for $4,000.
Mr.. Yaden read reply from Sepator
Capper. in which the latter said that
the information contained in the let
1r,e !, l. %rsl hot l.
had visited the school and was famil-
lar with the difficulties there. and
would be glad to bring the informa-
tion to the attention of the commit
tee. He told them that they were
right in demanding more adequate
playground space.
Oppose Fitzgerald Bill.
The recommendation of the COM
mittee on law and legislation that
the association oppose the Fitzgerald
employees insurance bill. presented
by H. J. Phelps. in the absence OF the
chairman. was adopted by the aSso-
citation after an extended debate.
The association indorsed the school
committees action in seeking to have
two rooms in the new school building
the small children, and to have a
door cut directly from the street to
the room in which it is proposed to
house the Petworth post Office.
The report of the special committee
which investigated the proposal to
build a poolroom on Georgia avenue.
north of Rock Creek Church road rec
commended that no action be taken
because the project had been changed
to provide only for a bowling alley.
The report was adopted.
Following debate later in the even
ing on the resolution of the Park
, View Citizens Association seeking
cooperation in opposing the erection
of this bowling alley and poolroom, a
motion was adopted to thank the
Park View Association for calling the
matter to the attention of this asso-.
citation, and including copy of the
associations committee report and
final action.
Mount Vernon Motion Tabled.
The association voted to lay on the
table a motion of w. c. Duvall that
the association favor the purchase of
the Mount Vernon estate and APPROVE
ing and expressing the appreciated
of the present management. j
The association filed without actio
the resolution Of the Park View At