Evening star., 1923-06-17
MCLEAN

\ Casualty company TO appeal.
MCLEAN
MCLEAN, Va, June 16 (SpeciaD.-
day met at the home of Mrs. Bruno
Wittig Tuesday evening. President
! Knowles outlined the proposition sub
| mitted to him by Fire Chief Beattie
| that the fire department cooperate
/ with the School and Civic League to
| make this 1928 Mclean day a bigger
| success than ever before. The board
| OF governors decided to accept this
proposition, subject to the ratification
| OF the league at the July meeting. a
Joint meeting of the board of gov
ernors, the board of directors and a
delegation from the fire department
/ VIII be held at the home of T. NJ.
Corner as early as can be arranged.
| President Knowles outlined a tenta-
tive plan for a division of labor be-
| tween the two organizations which
was Endorsed by the board of gov
| ernors.
The commencement exercises of the
| nrst class to graduate from d four
| High School was held on Monday
evening in st. Johns Community Hall.
| The beautifully decorated stage was
! occupied by the six seniors. Alfred
Leigh, George Cornwell. Alyce Amole.
] Annie Cornwell, Florence Phillips
| and Dorothy Wickline, the girls in
white. carrying pink sweet peas and
| maldenhair ferns, and by the mem
bers of the high school faculty. Miss
/ Eunice Rohr, the big sister" of the
! class; Herbert Williams, Providence
! district representative on the couu-
ty school board and by Prof Homer
Z. House of the University of Mary
land, who delivered the address of
j he
| diplomas Miss Snead made a farewell
speech, reporting that in the three
| years of her principalship the school
had increased its membership one
| third had doubled the number of
classrooms and laboratories In use
and had raised more than $4,000
through the Junior League. which
had been spent on school improve
| ments and equipment.
Gratitude OF Community.
Herbert Williams expressed to Miss
snead the sincere gratitude of the
she has done and voiced the general
regret at her departure.
All OF the present members Of the
faculty of the Franklin Sherman
sehe seheoI 5tn IiII H. return su, to Mclean next
and Mrs. NJ. w. Blakey. Mrs. Blakey
Will teach in her home town, Tappa-
hammock Va, and Miss Snead. who
was forced by III health to give up the
ardous duties of a principalshfp. will
| teach French and Latin in the George
| Mason High School, at Del Ray, near
! Alexandria. She and her sister. Miss
Elizabeth, left Mclean on Friday for
| Del Ray. where they have rented
furnished house for a year. Miss Mo-
zelle Powell will go to Ballston as
| the teacher of Grade SB, and prin-
| cipal Of the eight-room school there
until Christmas or such time as the
I h,,1
| pleted. when she will enter Airing
ton County High School system.
| NJ D.. Hall, superintendent of
schools for Fairfax county. has been
school committee in regard to a sue
cessor to Miss Snead and il is ex-
pected that a decision will be reach
J ed soon.
The Forestvi1Ie teachers left for
Fleming going to Floris; Miss Henry
TO Falls Church; Mrs. Wamsley and
MISS Long. to tho Wamsley home at
wizard. Miss Long will later go to her
own home In Parsons, w. va.
Sharon Chapter, Order of the East
ern Star. Will hold it's annual meet
ing Tor the election of officers in the
| Masonic Hall on Monday evening.
The election was postponed from last
month.
WOmen's Guild Entertained.
The Women's Guild of Neighborhood
House was entertained on wednes-
day at the home of Mrs. Virginia
Sagemuller of Vanderwerken. On
Friday evening the members of the
81 Mrs. Frank Uprnan of Livfnsston
Heights. for tho benefit of the Con-
gregational Church Of Vanderwerken.
DR.. Franklin Winter. assistant pas
Church of Washington. has accepted
the pastorate of the Community Con-
| In conjunction with his Washington
duties. The hour Of morning church
| services has been changed to 1890
O'Clock.
The members of the Mclean Com
Tuesday afternoon. Types of archi-
lecture and building plans for the
anS the PRESIDENT Mrs weTs aenry Mss
kali, was commissioned to interview
and architect before the July meeting,
and to secure an estimate Of the cost
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist
Church will meet at the home Of Miss
Claude Grubb on Wednesday evening.
Group, three. with Mrs, Tom Car
Sunday evening services of the Bape
tist Young Peoples Union this week.
On Friday night Joint meeting Of
the officers re,on Of the ,na Baptist Young
teachers of the Sunday school. and the
church building committee was held
in Masonic Hall Preparations are
being made for the annual Children's
day services, under the direction of
Mrs. Dodge and Mrs. Cline.
The bi-monthly meeting of the
Great Falls Grange will be held in
the auditorium of the Forestville
High School on Wednesday evening.
Announces Candidacy.
S. NJ. Follin of Forestville, one of
the board of directors Of the Wash
Highway Company, Inc. has an
nounced his candidacy for supervisor
Of Dranesville district.
Preparations are being made for
the Children's day services at Salem
June "a at 1880 am. Special orches-
ira music will form one OF the fea-
lures of the program. This Sunday
school made its best record at the
District convention at Floris on June
| namely: classrooms and teachers
training.
The Mclean volunteer fire depart
ment received approximately IS as
its share of the net proceeds of the
| entertainment given last Wednesday
evening in st. Johns Community Hall
by the members Of the Idyllwood Cit
izen's Association.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Nelson and son
left Tuesday for their home in Berk-
| relatives in Mclean and Washington.
An operetta with a cast Of forty
person will be given by the Wom-
ems Guild Of the Falls Church Epis-
copal Church in st. Johns Parish Hall
on June 90.
Drinks Going Down.