The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-05
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!. EVANSVILLE
PREDICTED
Mayor Rushe and Three Coun.
cilmen Favored for Another
Municipal Term.

EVANSVILLE, Nd, April 81
According to present indications,
Mayor J. Frank Rushe and Council
men Lemuel L. Gray, George H.
Morley and Irwin Owings, of the
first, second and third wards, re-
spectively, all will be reelected in
; the municipal elections on May z,
II they decide to run.
Three members of the council
Ernest Gasch, first ward; Ben
: jamin N Brouner, second ward,
and G. Sherman James, third ward
will hold-over for another year.
Tuesday, April II, is the date for
z registration of all persons eligible
|. TO participate in the election. H.
J. Moffat and Mrs. Edward s. His
; lop, registration officers, will sit
from / to 8 p. m, in the council
: chamber in the municipal building.
They will also be in session to re-
:. wise the books only, on Friday,
April 90, from Ito 6 p. m.
Nomination candidates for, mayor
: and three councilmen viii be made
: on Wednesday, April 25, at p. M,
in the municipal and fire depart
ment building.
The Pierce Athletic Club and
Snyder FARMER Post No. g.. Ameri-
can Legion. will meet next Sunday
afternoon in the first local ball
game of the season The contest
: will be-. played on. the Pierce
more boulevard. =.
Vestrymen of st. Matthew'S par
ish, Prince Georges county, embrac.
! ing old st. Luke's Church, Rladens-
burg; st. Johns, Mt. Rainier, and
Pinkney Memorial, Hyattsville, have
been elected, as follows: DIR.
Charles A. Wells. ChaINes H. Welsh,
Franklin G.. Tingley, T. Howard
Duckett, George Sherman James,
DR.. Paul s. Herring, George H.
Lanhardt and Harry w. Dorsey.
Officials chosen by the vestry are:
James II. Hill. senior warden;
: Harry A. Boswell, junior warden;
Harry w. Dorsey, registrar, and T.
Hammond Welsh, treasurer. The
Easter offering in Pinkney Memo
rial Church exceeded $1,700, of
which $1,000 was contributed by the
Rector's Aid Society.
The second annual dance of the
volunteer fire department Of this
place. viii be held on April 81 in the
local State armory r. A. King is
chairman of the committee on ar
engagements, his associates being
John Fainter, Chief w. B. Harri-
son, Noble Rushe and r. j. King.
Work of improving Hyattsville's
streets and sidewalks has been re-
stunned with vigor now that favor
able weather has arrived. In Avon
avenue, between Spencer and
Franklin streets, concrete sidewalks
and a roadbed of the same construcS
ton is expected to be completed
within the next two weeks. A CON-
crete roadbed and. sidewalks on
Arundel avenue, from Maryland to
Wine avenue, is to be started soon.
Permanent improvements are
planned for Railroad Guy and Lit
tlefield avenues. Owners of prop
erty abutting on these thorough
fares will be given hearing at a 4
evening of April II, when the char
considered. Owens avenue has re-
of a macadam roadway and con-
crete sidewalks, and Carroll avenue
has been improved by the construc-
ton of concrete sidewalks and road
bed.
A deed to the mayor and common
council of lot in Ravenswood ave-
nue., between Johnson and Melrose
avenues, has just been authorized
by the same committee of thes local
fire department, which turned the
lot over to the town authorities in
1915, on condition that it be used
for town purposes only. The COM
mittee comprises John Fainter,
Mayor J. Frank Bushe, William T.
Casey, Robert A. King, William A.
Brooks, William A. Giachetti, Eli
Anderson, William P Magruder and
W. w. Rush. The property was
bought by the department with
funds raised through benefits.