The Washington herald., 1922-05-19
LITTLE RIVER PIKE
DELAYED PENDING
BOARDS SDECISION
to Fairfax
Courthouse Road Type
Not Yet Agreed Upon.
GOV. TRINKLE GUEST
Attends House Party at Home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Heftle. ,.s
THE HERALD BUREAU.
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THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. 8. Doniphan,
72T King Street
ALEXANDRIA,, Va, May ls.-
Pending a decision of the State
. highway commission as to what
type of road will be best suited fer
the Little River Turnpike, extend
ing from this city to Fairfax Court
house. awarding OF the contract has
been postponed fora few days.
3 BIDS for two types Of road were
submitted, one being for bituminous
macadam and the other for btu
minous macadam with concrete
base. The original plans provide
for a sixteen-foot roadway, but IL
is understood the supervisors Of
Fairfax County favor eighteen feet.
The work of constructing btu
minous macadam roadway between
the western limits of the city and
Donaldson's store soon will be
started by the board of supervisors
OF Arlington County. the material
already being on the ground. The
completed the three-mile stretch of
gravel roadway from Donaidson's
store to Bailey's Cross Roads. Fair
fax County.
The chamber of commerce of this
city has worked hard for these
rosdways. t--
Gov E. Lee Trinkle. Of virginia.
and Mrs. Trinkle were guests at a
house party at Gunston Hall. Fair
fax County. the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Hertle. tonight. Attend
ing we're a number of prominent
guests. among whom were former
Representative and Mrs. Charles c.
Carlin and Capt. and Mrs. c. Keith
Carlin.
Gov. Trinkle motored here this aft
ernoon from Richmond and went di-
rect to Gunston Hall.
Tomorrow, at IL o'clock the gov
ernor and party. accompanied by the
State board OF visitors. will make
the annual inspection OF Mount Ver-
non, where they will be entertained
at luncheon by the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association, now in session
there.
Robert South Barrett, of this city,
Is a member of the board of visitors.
Owing to unfavorable weather con-
ditions. the historical pageant to have
been given tomorrow afternoon on
the campus of the Alexandria High
School has been postponed tempo
rarily.
Mrs. T. C. Howard is endeavoring
To have a fountain erected for the
children's Fairgrounds. A plumber
- - - ha r1rAnaiaa1 to nlana tho
fountain free Of charge. Efforts soon
will be launched to procure the foun-
tam. which it is tentatively proposed
to place directly in front Of the
grounds.
Special services for veterans of
the various wars will be held sun
day night, June 4. at the Methodist
Protestant Church. Capt. Joseph
w. Jensen, formerly captain OF the
Canadian Black Watch. now a stu
dent at the Episcopal Theological
Seminary, will speak. Preceding
the services there viii be parade.
which will form on Cameron street
opposite the city hall. Those hav-
ing uniforms are requested to wear
them. Veterans of all wars and the
Red Cross are invited.
Mrs. Pearl Christian Allen. 30
~ears old. wife of Harry Allen. of
Del Ray. died this afternoon at the
Alexandra Hospital Her husband
md two. children survive her. The
boy was taken to Demaine's NOR
tuary chapel and prepared for
burial. Funeral arrangements have
not been made
The funeral of Albert Doyle
Brockett, who died las, night, will
be held at 3 p. m. Saturday at his
residence. 31S North Washington
street. Members of the. Masonic
fraternity and various business or
ganizations with which he was
Identified will attend. Burial will
be in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
Mr.. Brockett was for many years
engaged in merchandise brokerage.
Besides his wife he is survived by
two sisters and two brothers. He
was native of Edgefield. n. c., and
had lived here practically all of
| his life
Foreign Trade and Relations
was the subject of an address by
Robert s: Barrett before the XII
wants Club yesterday afternoon at
their weekly luncheon in the West
minister Building: Urban S. Lam
bert presided. A delegation OF $50
members Of the club were guests of
the Washington Kiwanians at a
dinner at the Hotel Washington
tonight. 9
The Third Battalion of field ar
tillery from Camp Meade. Nd, in
command of Mai. Proctor, enroute
to Camp Bragg, N. c.. Is campeds on
the Bayliss triangle on the Mount
Vernon road, Fairfax county.
Policeman Acouitted.