Evening star., 1922-10-24
CLARENDON BUYS
COMMUNITY HOME
Building to House Towns
Public Activities Acquired
at Cost Of s14,0oo.

CLARENDON, Va, October 24-The
new community building and home
for the volunteer fire department.
! campaign for the erection of which
| the Clarendon Citizens Association
| months. is already built. This fact
| came to light when the association at
! its regular semi-monthly meeting last
night. at the old engine house, prac-
tically unanimously voted to purchase
| the Either property. which includes
two-story hollow tile and stucco
structure. known as Ives Hall. and
ground of a frontage of 220 feet on
both Wilson boulevard and Bellair
| avenue. The purchase price is given
at $4,000. payable $4,000 in cash.
$1,000 at the end of the first year and
SIS.
The purchase Of the property was
authorized on recommendation of the
community building committee, A. j.
Porter. chairman, and after general
discussion. which was favorable to
! the transaction. 1t was pointed out
bF President Taylor. who presided,
that the building, with some alter
auonS. will meet all requirements as
community meeting house and for
the spacious grounds attached will oe
IDEAL for lawn fetes and such other
festiXlties as the various civic or
Sanizations may care to give.
VIII Take Possession November Is.
1t is planned by the association to
take possession of the property be-
fore November Is, an option having
Seen secured which expires on that
date.
Consummation of the negotiations.
however. cannot be effected by the
association, as it is non-corporate
oooS, and must necessarily be delayed
until an incorporated company, which
| under the law must hold legal title.
S formed.
A committee. consisting of F. l..
sharp and H. II. Porter, attorneys.
nave been working on this phase of
the question and submitted a draft of
the charter application and bylaws
ot me proposed company. both of
Whlch received unanimous approval.
Cnder the charter the company will
be known as the Clarendon Citizens
Corporation
The lncorporators. or directors, as
| they Will be known named in the ap-
pllcation for charter of incorporation.
which is to be filed with the secretary
OF the commonwealth at once, are as
j follows:
c. r. Taylor. A J. Porter. Herbert
Il. oA tct r. L. sSiidTp y. D. lnO!naS Man
ming, 4. Frank Snyder w +. Sunder-
! man, X. P. Hough. Harry h Green. j.
I. Lipscomb, jr.; E L. Bennett G II.
MrCrillis, II. w. Beattie DR. Frank T
stone. Louis W. Metzser. Peter Lat
trrner. F.. B. Keefer. y. ID. Mitchell. ].
NJ. Walsh. A. B. Eaton and 4. d. Lang
ley. The question OF the length of
i the term of Office these directors will
! serve will be decided among them
selves at a special election
Campaign to Continue.
1t was pointed out that the acquisi-
ton OF the building did not mean that
the community building campaign
was at an end. On the other hand. il
was said. the drive has little more
than started. as d considerable sum of
money is to be raised if the property
is to be put into the condition planned
for it.
There is sufficient money in the
association treasury, it was said, to
make the initial payment on the
property. but $4,000 additional is
needed for remode!ing purposes. esti-
mated as necessary to have the build
, ing meet all the requirements of the
community for d good many years
Stating that IL was the purpose of
the finance committee to raise the
money needed for the improvements
at once and more if possible. DR.
Frank T. Stone. chairman. appealed
to members for donations and re-
ceived Il generous response Contri-
buttons of from $40 to 500 were made
for a grand total of $1,000.
j. Thomas Manning. a member of
the finance committee, stated that the
drive for funds would extend to every
home in Clarendon. He said that as
tniS is a proposition that will be ben
,ficial to every resident of the com
muEity. he felt confident that they
would want to assist in its establish
ment. They will want to feel that it
is their building. he said. and the best
way for them to octain that interest
is to put money into it.
Lots of the association. two that
were recently purchased as Il site for
the new community building on Law
ton avenue and others on Columbia
avenue. donated to the association by
Peter Latterner, were ordered by vote
to be sold and the proceeds turned
into the building fund. Sale of the
old engine house structure also was
authorized.
Short addresses were made by. G.
Carroll Wrenn, a former resident of
the town and member Of the citizens
association. and Capt. j. B. Lyon Of
No. 13 engine company of Washing
ton, d. c.. the former congTatulating
the association on its progressiveness
and accomplishments and the latter
giving some good advice relative to
the operation and maintenance Of the
fire denarfDoapt