Evening star., 1925-08-23
ARLINGTON COUNTY NEWS

CLARENDON, Va, August % tSpe-
ciaD.-Civic leaders of Arlington
County, Alexandria City and Fairfax
County will meet Monday at 3 pm.
1 and endeavor TO come TO some con-
cluSion as TO whether the proposed
Washington-Loughb belt line
railway will be of sufficient advantage
to these three communities to warrant
its establishment or whether 1t will
the majority OF the citizens for the
future development of the territory
through which 1t would run.
The meeting has been called by j.
Cloyd Byars, chairman Of q special
committee of the greater Arlington
County committee, and will be held
in Mr.. Byars' office. room 6o2. South
ern Building, Washington. A COM
mittee from the Chamber of Commerce
of Alexandria and q committee from
Fairfax will attend.
Mr.. Byars stated today that the
committee was in hopes OF having
something definite to report on
the project to the next meeting
Of the Civic Federation TO be held the
first Tuesday in september. Mr.. By
arS extends an invitation to all in
terested, whether for or against, to be
present.
Arrangements nearing completion
for the annual convention Of the Ar
lington and Fairfax Volunteer Fire
mems Association to be held Septem-
Der 3-5. inclusive, indicate that the
event will be the largest of it's kind
| ever held in Arlington County.
The opening day will be known as
Parade day. The various organiza-
| tions represented in the firemens as
| sociation will form at Mclean at 10
o'clock and parade to the athletic field
in Lyon Village, where the conven-
ton is to be held.
Firemen to Parade.
In the procession will be all of the
ent volunteer bodies Of the two coun-
ties. followed by crowded automobiles,
| trucks and business machines.
Prizes will be offered for the best
| decorated fire engine in line, best dec
Grated automobile, best-decorated
| truck. best-decorated business auto
mobile and best comic decoration.
Each OF the three days there will
| be a change of program. Following
| the parade Of the opening day there
| will be served a chicken dinner at 2
o'clock. At 8 o'clock there will be a
! business meeting of the members of
J
nlents. At o'clock there will be a
fire drill by the pumping engine COM
panies and at o'clock a base ball
game between the Cherrydale Juniors
and the Ballston Juniors.
Supper will be served on the
grounds by the ladies of Arlington
and Fairfax Counties. following which
| there will be band concert and dane
| Ing in the evening. One of the ad-
| ditional features will be a guessing
| contest to determine the number OF
beans in a bottle.
Friday will be picnic day. All
friends of the firemen are invited to
attend with their families and spend
the day. There will be a business
session at 10 o'clock. In the after
noon there will be running reel races
| and egg races, open to all. Later the
bats with team made up of the Ar
lington and Fairfax firemen. At sup
per time the ladies of the two coun.
ties Will again serve supper. In the
evening there will be a beauty con.
test and a tug-of-war between repre-
sentatives Of the different fire com.
panies.
On Saturday, the final day of the
| convention, an automobile fully
capital prize of the convention. The
program of that day includes a baby
| contest, a tournament, base ball game
and a series Of racing contests.
The proceeds of the convention will
be devoted to the volunteer firemen s
relief fund of the two counties. The
firemen give their services free when
there is occasion, and the public at
the forthcoming convention will be
given the opportunity to show Its
appreciation.
The membership drive of the Ar
| lington County Business Mems AS
sociation. recently launched, prom.
| ises to be an overwhelming success
| At meeting of the organization
held Wednesday night at Clarendon
Citizens Hall, 45 members were
elected. President c. Eugene Doyle
presided.
Those elected are: Bank Of Del
Ray, Potomac; Frank l.. Ball, attor.
ney, Clarendon; n. E. Ryon & Co.,
realtors. Clarendon: DIR. S. ]. Simonds
druggist. Cherrydale; Mrs. Ruby Lee
Minar, realtor, Leo Heights; e. \.