The Washington herald., 1922-01-11
T. J. KDERje0TT
;:kkMED FBf CHEF
HI:G MEXNVDREA
,,EstmciT Fails to- Elect
School Trustee IN
First Ward.
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>srJSE ioiIt session did not fare so
--well,.in selecting a school trustee
], spom- the first ward and a police
30 orriissioner from that ward, Be-
ing unable after several ballots to
eleetSefther. Charles r. Tennesson,
, ssessoss trustee from the first ward,
by CecH Hufty. and on
-sthe! first two ballots the vote stood
JoI2 Hs IL In favor OF Tennesson and
joint session then deferred the
; elAction and went INTO the election
or a. fre chief.
fot police commi ssioner from the
seSond ward the race was between
-Is. -E. Knight. incumbent and WILL
I. .iam.4Raader. On two ballots n was
hssnight IL and Basder IL and On
the last two ballots. four In all be-
= i5S, taken. 1t was Baader IL. Knight
This election was deferred and
tne tofnt session again made an eff
TO elect school trustee. the
7Vdte standing Tennesson IL. Hufty
- slA4IThe joint session then dissolved
4 -i,asSAdhe hoard of aldermen Robert
r Sreen was elected a member
rom. the third ward TO fill the va
cancy caused by the DEAN Of John
T. Harrison.
In order TO stimulate bpfIding Of
ANEuOhtfdI property IN Ihe Guy ~
derman C.. J. W. Summers offered q
resolution that all buildings erect
ed for n period of three years from
January I. 1922, be exempt from
city taxes. The resolution was re-.
ferrrd
The Trades Council asked for sd-
ditional school facilities for the chill
dren, setting forth that smother
building was needed. 1t was ex-
planned that plans are under way
for new building whcih probably
will be started within the next
month.
Resolution of Councilman Bag.
Sett to lower the price of city gas
after March l to 81 per 1000 cubic
feet with a discount of 20 cents of
each 1000 cubic feet for prompt
payment was referred. The salary
Of the civil and police Justice was
fixed at $4,000 per year.
An appeal to have Alexandria rep
resented in the State historical pag-
cant in Richmond during the week
of May % was made TO common
council by ]. s. oliver of Richmond.
The city council agreed to loan the
old oil painting of George Wash
ington. which adorns the south wall
Of that chamber, 20 a committee Of
women that will have an exhibi-
tion in Christ Church parish hall
for the purpose Of raising funds TO
have Alexandria represented by q
historical float in the State pag-
cant.
Other matters presented follow:
Petition of G. r. Smith for build
ings in rear OF ll9 and l21 South
Henry street, referred to committee
on streets; permission granted Z. L.
Allen for oriel window at third
floor of building on northwest cor
ner of King and Washington streets;
$3.50 appropriated for sewer on
Fairfax north OF Queen street; Pc
tition of General Realty Company
for improvement of Walnut street
referred: bill OF Graham and Ogden
for S1.Os5.1O for workmen's compen-
sation insurance referred: commits
sion named by the court reported
that they had agreed upon a sal
airy of $3.50 a year for the new
cOuncilmen and $500 a year for the
new mayor; petition of electoral
board for additional pay for elec-
tion officials referred.
The stockholders of the three ma
tIOnaI banks held annual meetings
today and elected these directors:
First Standardization L. Boothe,
NJ. b Harlow, George E. warfield,
Eenoit Baer. jr.. Harry Hammond.
William A Moore. jr.. and Thomas
W. Robinson.
Citizens National - Edward l..
paingerfeld. ]. Clinton Smoot,
worth Hulfish. Arthur n. Bryant,
John NJ. Johnson, Carroll Pierce and
Urban s Lambert
ierandria Natfonal-Judge c. z.
Ntcol. Judge Samuel G. Brent. John
.. NOrmoyle, William P. wool1s and
l.. II. Dudley.
The ladies' auxiliary Of the Y NJ.
A. will resume its courses for
women February I. These courses
VIII include cooking, gymnastics,
shakespeare, citizenship and Vir-
EInta government. An enrolment
%: at least ten is necessary for each
course. Registration may be made
1t the Y. VI. c. A. office or with
Mrs. Harry b. Cation.
Mary Custis Lee. Seventeenth
virginia Regiment Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confederacy. has
elected these officers to serve for
the year: Mrs. Louis N. Durey,
president: Mrs. william J. Morton
first vice president: Mrs ]. z. Alex
ander. second vice president: Mrs.
Frankie Howell, third vice presI-
dent: Mrs. T. Wellington Rose. re-
cording secretary: Mrs Kenneth
Ogden. treasurer: Mrs. d. r. STAINS
bury. corresponding secretary: Mrs.
George T. Klipstein. historian; Miss
Edna Alexander. registrar.
The Independent Mutual Fire In
surance Company of Fairfax County
at its ffty-third annual meeting
held at its offices in this city yes.
terday, elected these officers for tn.
year: ]. w. May. president; J. N.
Gibbs. vice president; s. z. Lindsey.
secretary
Prior to the election of offcers.
directors were chosen as follows
II. r. Gillingham. Alexandria: John
w. May. Alexandria; c. NJ. Money,
Vienna: NJ. d. Hall. Burke Station:
= II. Wilkinson, Mount Vernon. o.
7. Thomas. Round Hill J. p
Hatcher. Hamilton: A. Harmon
Roberts. Alexandria: ]. n. Gibbs,
Mount Vernon: J. p. II. Mason, Ac-
rOtink; q. NJ. PatcIfffe. Mauassa.