Evening star., 1923-10-15
LYON PARK.

LYON PARK. Va, October 10 (Spe-
ciaD.-At the regular meeting OF the
Lyon Park Civic Association the
amendment to the constitution, which
was proposed at the previous meet
ing, providing that il any officer
member of the executive committee
absent himself from three successive
meetings of the association or of tho
executive committee his office should ba
declared vacant, was approved.
a proposition to elect a represent
ative of the electric light company 10
full membership in the name of the
Alexandria Light and Power Com
pany called forth considerable OBJ
! lection on the part of several, of the
members present on the ground that
| at some future time the company
might be under fire from the asso-
| citation. and on a divided vote would
| be able TO defeat the proposition.
Mr. Orr stated that in his opinion it
would not be q good policy TO elect
any public utility to full member
ship, but would agree TO making
them honorary members which would
| give them all the privileges OF the
association without vote. The mat
! ter was finally referred to the exec
utive committee.
Repairs Between Tracks.
President Moore reported that the
Washing ngton-VirgInia Railway Com
pany had agreed to fill in the worn
places between the tracks at the
Lyon Park station. The association
had asked that cinders be used for
this purpose, but the railway engi-
neer advises that the company was
using A new combination of gravel
and sand at its station crossings and
had found it satisfactory and he would
repair the Lyon Park crossing with
this new material. 1t was reported
also that the petition 10 be presented
to the board of supervisors request
ing the Improvement of Washington
avenue from Lyon Park station 10
Hatfield and Fort avenue from the
station to the Fort Myer reservation
would be completed shortly. In this
connection Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Ecor
of the Ashton Heights Citizens As
Sociation, who were present at the
meeting, requested that their asso
citation be allowed to cooperate
with the Lyoa Park citizens in the
attempt to improve these roads and
also to add -elurst for the i'm
provement -! 'dthcart road from
Virginia aVtuIs 10 Clarendon ave
nue. to comm. with the portion
which had been 4provcd at the eN-
pense of tn. e.ttZcns of Ashton
Heights Ar. l..t-arS stated that IT
the time tins 80 yInn of road WAS
improved II f,..s .tyrced with the
board of sup.rN.> ors that the board
would spend ~ equivalent amount
on the roads IL Ashton Heights, but
to date this had not been done.
An invitation WIS extended by Mr..
Rogers to ali the members of the
Lyon Park association to attend Il
meeting of the Ashton Heights as
sociation to be held at his house Mon
day evening. The Invitation was ar-
| oepted on behalf of the Lyon Park
| citizens by President Moore and =
committee will attend the meeting.
Program of Speakers.
On motion of Mr.. Orr, the executive
committee will act as q program
committee, and the question of hav-
! ing speakers for the various meetings
Of the association. together with any
other features or special meetings
will be decided upon. In the discus
| sion of this matter considerable op-
position developed 10 the proposal 10
| invite a speaker to each meetlug.
| 1t was contended that the meetings
were primarily to transact the busi
ness of the association. and talks by
the various speakers, unless upton
some particularly instructive subject.
would consume valuable time of the
association and obstruct the orderly
conduct of the business meetings.
Some of the members personally OBJ
, jected to listening TO speeches.
1t also was pointed out that It
would open the door TO political cam
paigning by the various candidates
for public office, especially at this
! time, when active campaigning Is i'll
progress. In favor of the proposal
it was stated that every one could
! learn something from hearing :, the
other fellows viewpoint, and the plan
which had been followed last year OF
: inviting some of the county officers
was to better acquaint the members
| of the association. many of whom
were new residents of Arlington
| county, with the methods in vogue
for transacting the peoples business
| in the various offices. 1t was be-
iieved that these talks had been In
structive, and that with the prolIer
control to be exercised by the eopl-
mittee in charge they could be made of
value to the community. .rss