Evening star., 1924-08-10
FAIRFAX.

FAIRFAX, Va, August 9 (Spe-
ciaD A. F. Wooster of Fairfax was
stricken with paralysis last Tuesday
| morning at his home. His entire left
side is affected, and his condition is
said to be very serious.
A meeting of the Fairfax County
School Board was held Tuesday.
Opening of bids for the construction
of Annandale School was postponed
until August 1s. C. L. Smith was
awarded the contract for finishing a
room in the basement of the Oakton
School. Opening of bids for building
a new two-room school at Groverton,
in Mount Vernon district, was post
poned until August 19. A bus was
purchased to carry the children pc
tween Dranesville and Forestvlile
| School. Several Fairfax teachers at
| tending the Summer course at the
| University of Virginia have prepared
| a geography of Fairfax County. The
attention of the board was called to
this. and NJ. d. Hall and Messrs.
Brooks, Williams and Rohwer were
appointed to look into the cost of
| having 1t published for use in the
| county schools.
| The Board of Supervisors held it's
August meeting Wednesday. The
contract for the construction of a
| bridge over Giles Run, in Lee district.
was awarded to Nevette & Hawley.
The price is $S25. A number of ac-
counts were examined and ordered
paid.
Wilbur Patton, residing near Fair
/ fax, lost two cows about three weeks
ago, and, thinking they had strayed
/ away, advertised and made inquiries
! for them, without success. He re-
Gently found them dead. They dis
appeared about the time of a heavy
electrical storm. and it is supposed
they were struck by lightning.
Richard Z. Stewart, Alexandria
hacker, who was held in jail here,
preparatory to being taken to the
State penitentiary to serve sentence
of five years for highway robbery,
in having held up whisky-laden car
on the Fort Humphreys road more
| than a year ago, forcing the driver to
| leave it and then driving it off, has
| been taken to Alexandria for medical
! treatment. AS soon as the treatment
is finished he will be taken to Rich
mond, as Sheriff Allison has received
| an order to send him to the peniten-
tiary.
Lay Highway Concrete.
The State road forces are now lay
ing concrete on the section of the
| Lee highway in Falls Church from
| the corner of Washington and Broad
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| road between Merrifeld and Falls
| Church. The road at Campbells Cor
ner, in the town of Fairfax, has been
widened to SO feet, and the roadway
| on one side was cut down about 5
feet. The excavated material was
! dumped into the old railroad cut near
the home of James U. kincheloe and
on the street between the home of j.
w. Birkett and the Willard property
! The grading force is now working
| q n
Forestville day will be celebrated
| Saturday, August 80. Preparations
are being made with the assistance of
Great Falls Grange. L. B. Morris has
been selected to be manager of the
day. Mark Turner is secretary, and
the executive committee is composed
of Mesdames P. ]. Moffett, A. C.
| Speight, S. M. Follin. Marvin Sanders.
P. E. Goode and Annie Bazzle, and
| MeSsrS. E. w. Foilin, Ralph Powell
H. o. Cornwell and J. w. Preston. A
meeting of the manager and execu-
| tive committee was held Thursday
| night.
Four convicts escaped from the
| road camp near Leesburg Monday
last Three of them were recap
tured at once. and the fourth,
| whose name is Ernest Cpchurch,
was found by Sheriff Allison and
| posse in freight car near
Vienna. The road authorities were
camp Tuesday night. Upchurch has a
| four-year sentence to serve. This is
| the second time he has escaped. A
| colored convict who escaped from the
| road camp at Middfeburg was cap
| tured by Harvey Cross, deputy sheriff,
and others in Fairfax Wednesday
| morning.
Miss Lola Rebecca Barnes, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Barnes of Fair
| fax, became the bride of Ray Hoppin
l<f A.r
The ceremony was performed in the
Fairfax NJ. E. Church South by Rev.
Mr.. Thrasher, former pastor of the
church. Following the ceremony, Mr.
| and Mrs. Hoppin left for trip to the
Maine coast. They will make their
| Washington.
Miss Helen Keys. Is years old
daughter of David Keys of Fairfax
Station, and George Roeder, aged So,
also of Fairfax Station, were drowned
IN Wolf Run Shoals, Occoquan Creek,
Tuesday afternoon last. Miss Keys
and Mr.. Roeder had gone with pic
mic party from Fairfax Station, and
went bathing in Wolf Run Shoals.
Mr.. Roeder was attempting to teach
Miss Keys to swim when they went
| into a hole about 10 feet deep and
were drowned before help could reach
them. Mr.. Roeders body was found
standing upright, and that. of Miss
Keys was lodged against rock a
| short distance away. Mr.. Roeder's
| body was taken to Cumberland, Md,
for interment. The funeral of Miss
Keys took place at 2 pm. Friday, and
interment was in Fairfax Cemetery.
Marriage Licenses ISSUED.
F. W. Richardson, clerk of the
court, has issued marriage licenses as
| follows: Mildred C. Thompson and
Charles D. Gilley, Marion Hurley and
G. D. Sneak, Lola Barnes and Raw
Hoppin, Kate Agnes Anderson and
Edgar S. Tippett and Margaret will
liams and John Lober. The last
named couple were married at st.
PauPs Church, Alexandria, by Rev.
| Dr.. Wallis on Wednesday.
| A dance was given in the town hall
by parties said to have been from
Washington last Tuesday night About
midnight one of the men attending
the dance started a disturbance, and
when Messrs. Durrer and MILAN, spe-
cial officers, attempted to quiet him
he became abusive and resisted. He
was taken before Squire Zoll, who
made him give bond of $50 for his
appearance before the grand jury to
answer a charge of being drunk and
resisting the officers.
! Robert Allison, sheriff of Fairfax
/ county, has been appointed by the
! Governor as a delegate from Virginia
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