Evening star., 1924-06-15
FAIRFAX.

FAIRFAX, Va, June IA Especially
Work preparatory to rebuilding the
two and three-tenths miles of road
Fairfax into Alexandria has been
started by contractors. The sides of
the ro4d are being torn up for two
foot concrete shoulders and the build
ing of sixteen-foot asphalt roadway
between the shoulders. This work
will be hurried to completion before
cold weather.
Harry V. Leigh, supervisor for
Providence district. has arranged
with the state road authorities for
the lease of a heavy gasoline motor
road roller for use on the Alexandria
Leesburg pike west of Tysons Cor
ner. Work on this piece of road will
be resumed at once, and IL VIII prob
ably be completed this summer.
When this is done there viii be
good road from Washington oy way
of the Chain Bridge and Tyson's Cor
forty-five miles.
The continued rains have so soft
ened the feeder roads of the county
that it is inadvisable for a heavy au-
tomob bile to attempt to go over them.
The $4,000 school building being
erected in Fairfax will be ready for
the children by the time the next
school session opens. The sheathing
for the roof is now in place, and IN
the coming week the placing OF the
metal on il will be started. The new
building is a two-story structure,
with enough class room accommoda-
tion to take care of the growth or
Fairfax for ten years.
AS there was practically no opposi-
tion to the ticket named III the incor-
pprated towns of the county, light
vote was polled in the election for
town officers held this week. c. l..
Zoll was elected mayor OF Fairfax,
and the council will consist OF John
w. Rust, Alfred Nicholson. e. NJ.
Wiley, \. r. Sherwood, Frederick d.
Richardson and George B. Robey.
George Hall, residing near Burke,
is suffering from injuries, the result
of an automobile collision near what
is known as the ShingIe House, on
the road to Burke Station. The col
| liding machines were driven by John
Hall and Cecil Ferguson, and though
there were eight persons in the two.
Mr.. Hall was the only one seriously
in jured.
Henry Lodge, No 81. A. +. and A.
NJ, of Fairfax, held called commu
nication Saturday night and com
pleted arrangements for Il fraternal
visit to Cherrydale Lodge next Thurs
day night.
The class which has just graduated
from the Clifton High School consists
of Misses Elizabeth Buckley, Helen
Quigg, Eleanor Ferguson and Effice
Brown and Walter Quigg, Louis En-
sor and Albert Wells. At the closing
exercises Miss Brown was the salu-
tatorian and Miss Ferguson the vale
dictorian. Col. NJ D. Hall handed the
diplomas to the graduates, and g. J.
Meetze of Manassas made the address
to the class.
Francis Carroll, eighteen years old,
son of Michael Carroll, residing near
Fairfax Station, is recovering from an
operation for appendicitis.
Farmers in this section of Fairfax
county have about given up hope of a
corn crop this wear. Those who got
say the continued rains and cold
weather have caused the seed to rot
in the ground. and unless replanting
can be done within the next ten days
there is little hope that Fairfax
county will grow corn this year
Plans for children's day services
have been completed, and the
churches at Vienna, Vale and Difficult
VIII have their services this Sunday
At Salem Church and elsewhere in the
sunday. June %. Interesting pro
grams by the children have been ar
ranged for these services.
The Ladies' Aid and Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Vale last week had a meet
ing at the home of Rev. Wallace
Brashears, at Clarks burg. Md. Those
attending made the trip in big truck
driven by E. l.. Myers.
The county pays a premium for the
killing of owls, hawks, crows, weas-
els and other varmints that damage
growing crops or kill chickens and
birds. Recently Joseph Money of
near Dranesville, brought the heads
of so many to T. w. Richardson
county clerk, that he was presented
with a county warrant for 1885
Rev. S. S. Blough of the Lanark
Church of the Brethren will open
evangelistic services in the Oakton
Church of the Brethren Sunday night,
June Is, and will continue them for
two weeks.
Mrs. V. r. Quick has been appointed
postmaster at Falls Church, and will
at once take up the duties of her
office. She succeeds Mrs. Ruth Hide
brand, who had held the office four
years.
The hauling of passengers for hire
in privately owned automobiles in
Virginia has got to stop, the state
authorities say. The regularly Ii
censed transportation lines are suf-
fering from the practice. and there
is law on the statute books of Vir-
ginia that provides d fine of $500 for
any one to haul passengers for hire
without being licensed.