The Washington times., 1924-06-28
WILL REPORT on
ARLINGTON
| ROADS
Thrifton Improvement League
Will Hear Engineer Adj
dress Meeting

The June meeting Of the Thrifton
Improvement League win be held
Monday night At o'clock In the
Grace Church Parish Hall. The
principal speaker Of the evening
superintendent Of roads and SAM
itary engineer Of Arlington county,
who win give an account Of the
work done in his department.
All members have been urged %
attend the meeting that they may
get first-hand information on the
road conditions in the county. It Ii
the intention Of the Thrifton Inn
provement League to have all
county officials address the meet
ing during the year that the people
may learn what Is going on and at
the same time become better acp
quainted with their officials.
The woman's committee, organs
lied some time ago TO assist the
Ballston fire department in raising
funds to purchase needed equip
ment. viii meet Monday at 9 a. n1
at the engine house.
DIR. William b. Owen. president
Of the Chicago Normal School, who
is attending the National Educae
tional Association In Washington,
win conduct the IL o'clock services
tomorrow at the Clarendon Meth
odist Church. The evening services
VIII be in charge Of the Epwortl1
League Of the church.
| The Rev. c. I. FIorey, pastor of
the Clarendon Methodist Church, IL
attending the ministerial confer
ence at Randolph Macon College.
Tonight the Balston Junior Atf
letic Association viii hold q dane
in the Junior Hall at Ballsto,
Dancing viii start at $50 o'cloc
to music furnished by the Arm
Orchestra. The proceeds viii he
used to purchase equipment for the
baseball team.
G. A. Candee. Of Thrifton Village.
accompanied by his sister, Miss
Mary Candee: his daughter, Miss
Constance, and son. Charles. have
gone on motor trip to Holland
Patent, N. z, where they viii visit
relatives.
The Arlington County Repub.
lican Club met last night at the
office OF the Chronicle. with John
H. Warner presiding. The meeting
was well attended, with a deIegas
!! ton from each voting precinct CIV
ing reports.
Converting Of special grand fury,
bringing in an indictment, trying
and sentencing to five years IN
the Richmond penitentiary, within
fifteen minutes. was the record
made in the case Of Flonzy Pelham,
who was charged with stealing an
automobile.
Saturday night Of last week Pei.
ham drove away a car from the
garage Of Patrick Burke. Late
Sunday afternoon the car was 10.
Gated by officers In washington.
but Pelham got away. Monday
afternoon Pelham was picked un
in Cherrydale.
An inspection Of all the stores
In the town Of Potomac was made
yesterday by Sanitary Inspector
Norbert Melnick, on special orders
received from Doctor p. NJ. Chiches-
ter, health officer of Arlington
county. Doctor Chichester said last
night that every drug store, meat
market, barber shop, and grocery
store in the town was inspected
and orders given that all insani-
tary conditions must be rectified
at once. The inspection resulted
in condemning q large quantity OF
meat which was found not fit for
sale.
| These inspections, Doctor Chi
chester says, will continue all over
the county and no dates Of the Inc
spections will be announced. He
said that conditions in the stores
must at all times be sanitary.
The bid Of Corson and Grumant
road contractors, for the concretin9
of Braddock road from the present
concrete to DonaldsoI1's station has
been approved by the Virginia State
Highway Commission. 1t is UNDER
stood work will start In q few
days.
Plans for the bridge over Pennitt
run, prepared by c. L. Kinner.
resident engineer, to replace the
one which caved in some time ago,
are in the hands Of the State
Highway Commission and as soon
as they are approved, construction
will begin.
Doctor F. A. Merrill, Of Washing.
ton, viii preach at both morning
and evening services at the Clarenp
don Baptist Church, tomorrow.