Evening star., 1925-10-17
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY CITIZEN BODY
BrightWood Association Re-
news Its Plea for High
School in That Section.

Election Of officers and proposals
for merger Of the local traction lines,
opposition to proposed increase in bus
fares undermining the charter or the
Washington Public Library, erection
of q high school in the vicinity OF
Brightwood and the election of mem
bers of the Board OF Education 1ea-
tured the Fall meeting of the Bright
wood Citizens Association, held last
night in Holy Comforter Parish Han,
5718 Georgia avenue. Charles w. Kay
presided, with w. d. Wilson as sec
retary of the meeting.
The result of the election of officers
was as follows: President, Charles w.
Ray (re-elected): first vice president,
John c. Proctor; second vice president,
George Francis Williams; third vice
president. Mrs. Henry S. Parsons;
fourth vice president, Alfred w. Eos
ter; secretary, w. D: Wilson Te-elect-
ed); financial secretary, Elmer r.
Johnson (re-elected); corresponding
secretary, II. E. King; treasurer, II.
B. Landgraf; delegates to Federation
of Citizens Associations, Wllllam
Mex. Clayton and John A. Saul ire
elected). Mrs. H. S. Parsons presided
during the election.
School Site Urged.
The association renewed It's pre-
vious recommendation that a high
school be located in the ,Brightwood
section and the Matthew G. Emory
estate, facing on Georgia avenue, be-
| tween Madison street and Concord
avenue, was urged as a suitable site.
| The tract contains several acres or
high ground at the crest of the
! Brightwood hill and was owned by
one Of the first mayors of Washing
| ton. The land IS at the present time
| owned by his heirs.
The association also went on rec
ord as opposing an increase in car
| fares on local street railway lines,
which it is felt would follbw If the
| Washington Railway and Electric
| Co. is granted an increase on the
Burleith bus line from s to 10 cents.
| or five tickets for As cents, transfers
| to intersecting car and bus lines to
be issued only upon the payment of
cash fares. The increase in fare is
| to be discussed at a public hearing
Friday, October %, at the District
Building at 10 o'clock dn connection
with a request for an extension of
the Burleith bus line from Tenth and
| f streets, eastward to Capitol Hill
| via Union Station and return.
More Modern Charter.
| William NICK. Clayton presented
resolution which was adopted, indors-
| ing the amendments to the act estab-
| fishing and providing for the main
! tenance of the Free Public Library as
proposed by the board of library
| trustees and requesting the District
| Commissioners to recommend to Con
! gress prompt enactment "in order that
the Public Library may have more
modern charter and thus enable 1t to
move more rapidly toward furnishing
| the people of the District adequate
| library service now denied them"
| A request will be made for the
| closing during school hours OF Ninth
street, between Hamilton and 1ngra-
! ham streets. pending the completion
| of the new Brightwood Park school,
which has deprived the school chill
dren of the use of their playground.
| The right of the people of the Dis
| trict to vote for and elect members
of the Board of Education was urged
| in a resolution unanimously adopted.
| DR.. Charles E. Ralph urged that
| trees be planted on both sides OF
| Georgia avenue from Military road to
Walter Reed Hospital. His suggestion
was approved.
| The association indorsed the pro-
posed national stadium as outlined by
| Col. c. O. Sheriff.. superintendent of
public buildings and grounds.
A special committee was appointed.
consisting of Elmer F. Johnson, chair
man: William NICK. Clayton and
George Francis Williams, to investi-
| gate the zoning of property west OF
Georgia avenue and north Of Military
road.
| A resolution of regret was adopted
| on the recent death of Mrs. c. Lee
| Osborn on motion of Capt. L. j. Stoll.
| Mrs. Thomas H. Millenberg was
elected a member of the association.