Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-13

at tho Parish Hall Tuesday even
ing at 1880. The question OF put
/ ting a new roof on the church
was discussed to some length, and
it was finally decided by vote to
put an entirely new ROOF on and not
patch the old one, as at trst pro
posed All money possible Will be
raised by private donations, and
the balance borrowed and paid back
/ by the guild this summer.
Mrs. Otis Brown, of Washington,
died at the home of her father last
Friday evening at o'clock. The
funeral took place in the church at
! Cbantillv on Sunday evening at one
( o'clock. A large number of reia--
tives and friends gathered to attend
the funeral. as she was well loved
bv all who knew her. Young Mrs.
Brown leaves an infant barely 3
weeks old to her mothers care.
Clifton residents have by private
subscription added $1,000 to the
road fund appropriated by the
County to connect Clifton with
Centerville on the Lee Highway.
They have perfected a plan where
by a II foot road can be built of
one half foot stone, crushed and
rlled at cost that will not exceed
the thousand dollars now in the
treasurers hands for that purpose.
Already one half mile of the road
has been built at the small sum OF
$500 and is really a fine piece OF
work
Mr. Wallace, son of the Postmas-
ter at Fairfax, who came near
drowning in the upper Potomac, is
: out again, but be has been quite i'll
/ for some days from the effects. He
went out by himself while on a
camping trip and was seized by
cramps. His cries brought his
brother Elmer to his rescue who
grabbed his hand as ne appeared
above the water the second time.
The Mclean baseball team de-
feated the Falls Church team 9 to
8 in the recent "Field Dav" con-
test, and the boys basketball team
from Oakton. defeated the Mclean
team "A to 18. The referees for both
games were Mr.. Wells Sherman. Of
Vienna. and Mr.. Wright. Of Hern-
don. The Mclean baseball team de-
I feated the Maryland Agricultural
/ College 6 to 0.
Before a large crowd of fans on
the baseball grounds at the Fair
/ lot at Fairfax, the Burke Nine
again defeated the Fairfax boys by
score of nine to three This makes
the second defeat Of the Fairfax
team by the team from Burke this
season. Official Score Keeper J.
w Whalen's score card shows four
scattered hits off Moon the Burke
hurler, and ne was ably handled by
our midget catcher Gaines having
ore passed ball being the first this
season. The remainder Of the team
put up an alright game behind
their battery and batted Hollis and
Adams for - safe hits.
, The Fairfax Electric Company
have several forces at work digging
holes for the poles for putting in
I electric NSHlS. tHSE are DeSIlHI!lS
at Chantilly and coming toward Alex
andria and complete about mile a
day. Arlington county will COM
plete the portion OF the Leesburg
pike between Donaldsons store and
the newly built road Fairfax
county west of Alexandra. The
gravel and sand are ready on the
road and the work will be finished
in two or three months. There are
only about two miles left to finish
Their was called meeting of the
Confederate States Chapter OF the
U. D. c Monday night at the home
of the President, Mrs. S. A. Moore
The meeting was held to take a vote
on the question of putting a new
addition to the Court House at Fair
fax. A great many are opposed to
the addition on the ground first;
that it would destroy the appear
ance of the old historic landmark
which "goes against the grain" Of
so many southern residents and
second the addition such as will ge
built will be adequate to the de-
demands only temporarily, as with
in the next four years a new court
house will be absolutely necessary
and the addition would be useless
expense.
MRS. R. 6. GAINES.