Evening star., 1924-10-12
FAIRFAX.

FAIRFAX, Va, October II (Spe-
ciaD.-The Circuit Court has transacted
business as follows: A bond election on
Monday, November 3, was ordered in
Fails Church District to vote on the fol-
lowing proposed roads-No. I, from
Arlington County line on Columbia pike
ana thence with Columbia pike to Mount
FieaSant and extended on what is
known as gravel road to Annandale a
distance of about 4.6 miles. No 9, from
Lee highway. in town of Falls Church,
extending along the most pra ctical route,
party on the present road through
Masonville and partly on the Little
ielVer pike at or near Annandale. dis
tance of "A mics. This road is to be l6
teet wide of macadam for "A miles ard
gravel the rest of the way. II will prob
any cost Sl00.660. T.. p. Kirby quail
NED as land assessor for Fairfax Coun-
". A bond e'ectiol was ordered in Falls
church District on Monday November
8, TO vote on proposition to issue
10000 in school bonds, $4,000 for the
building of West End School and sl0,-
900 for building of Annandale School.
Pupls of the Centrevile School have
inausurated small school paper The
Centerville Fair Association has pur-
chased durlicator and presented it to
the school. The editor of the paper is
Roger Spindle of Clifton Station, and
The business manager Cecil Cross of
Fairfax
The Fairfax AMI Loudoun Light and
Power Co. is to be purchased by the
Municipal Service Corporation. directed
by Gray e. Zimmerman of Philadelphia
The proposition offered by the corpora
tion to the local company was agreed TO
At meeting of the stockholders he'd
saturday last. Under the agreement
the Municipal Service Corporation will
ray the stockholders Of the local com
pany, on or before October 90 60 per
cent of the face value Of their stock in
cash and the remainder in stock of the
purchasing company.
Thomas Randolph Keith has been
appointed chairman ard r. T.. Thorn
ton treasurer of the finance commit
tee of the Democratic party for Fair
fax County. Fairfax County is asked
to raise 5000
The monthly meeting of the Fair
fax County School Board was held
Monday last. with Dr. f. NJ. Brooks
presiding Mr.. Williams was author
lzed to purchase an automatic pump
Tor the Vienna School. In -rcsponSe
to petition Of the people Of Wiehle
for school, il was decided to carry
the children at the school boards ex-
pense to Herndon. The sale of the
LeWinsville School was approved. and
The chairman and clerk were author
iZed to execute d deed to the buyer
when the purchase price. $4,000. and
interest from date Of decree author
izinS sale is paid. Authority was
given for the opening Of Popes Head
and Elgin schools. and the clerk was
authorized to advertise for bids for
the Chesterorook School building.
All bids for the construction of the
Annandale School were rejected.
The new bus between Washington
and Middleburg. operated by the Vir-
gina Transit Company, began trips
Wednesday last
John Barrett, manager Of IVakota
Farm, has purchased from Miller S.
kielSgard the old Earp home on Main
street in Fairfax. This house was
built in 1865. 1t was the home of col
Earp, who III colonial days was a
large landowner and. entertained
Washington, Patrick Henry. Marshall
and other noted men. Fairfax itself
was formerly known as Earp's Cor
ner.
The Fairfax County fair was
success, considering bad weather i'm
nediately preceding the opening
Theodore Gates of Silesia. Md. won
first place in the tournament; George
Stewart of Washington, second:
Henry Hearst third. and J. f. Love.
fourth. Thursday was Alexandria day
and several hundred members Of the
Alexandria Boosters Club came to the
fair in gayly decorated automobiles
Children's day was observed Friday
parade was held. in which practi-
cally every school in the county was
represented. About 5000 persons wit
messed the parad-. Prizes were
awarded as follows: The Yates prize
of $50 for the most creditable showing
was awarded TO the Bailey's Cross
Roads School: the Moore prize of SIS
TO the Fairfax School for having in
the parade the highest percentage of
enrolled pupils; the Moore prize of
$40 to the Groveton School for hav-
ing the second largest percentage of
enrolment; the Hall prize for the
one-room school having the largest
percentage of enrolment was won
by the Legato School. The exhibits
included work by the F1oris Eoca-
tional School in carpentry, needle
work, cabinetmaking. etc. A feature
of the farm exhibit was the model
farm prepared by H. B. Derr.