The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-04
FALLS CHURCH.
F|REMEN WIN
PRIZE
Awards Announced in Parade,
of Departments for
Two Counties

was dWdTu60 IiS AtSI pAANC ~ e''S
opening parade of the Arlington
Fairfax Firemen's Convention yes.
terday; prize for second best deco
rated automobile, to Mrs. A. f..
Anderson. OF McLean third. com
mercial truck, to the Arlington
Motor Company; fourth. business
advertising automobile to the Ar
lington Dairy. and fifth. TO the
Arlington Fire Department for the
nosts comically decorated machine.
The prizes will be awarded Satur.
day night.
The Cherrydale Fire Department
won the fire drill with pumping
engine, the engine. in charge OF
Deputy Chief Frank Smith. laying
out 800 feet of hose. time ! minute
and 10 seconds. Potomac was sec.
ond, with time minute and TWEEN
ty seconds. Miss Helen Kidwelf.
OF Clarendon. was last night chosen
In the beauty contest. Another
beauty will be picked tonight, and
tomorrow night the final contest
will be held.
Governor E. Lee Trinkle Of Vir.
ginia. and Congressman r. Walton
Moore, will be the principal speak
ton today.
Tonight among the leading fea.
lures will be the baby contest
which will be in charge of the
Ballston Fire Department.
Chief Guy Rogers announces the
contest will be open to all babies
between the ages of one and two
years.
it'll the sirens of the county
blowing yesterday as the <firemen's
parade was winding it's way to
the convention grounds, consider
able excitement was created when.
the report flashed through the
county that the new central high
school at Ballston was afire.
Reserve engines from Cherrydale
and Clarendon, responding to the
call, found one of*the specially laid
floors afire and the building filled
with smoke. The damage was es-
tImated at 81 900
tendent of schools, said today that
gasoline, and it had just been laid.
He said it takes about twenty-f/lr
hours for the. gasoline to evap-
crate
II am at loss to know how the
fire started" he said, unless some
one accidentally dropped a olga.
rette.Y
According to Captain John T.
Talman, county superintendent of
roads. rapid progress is being made
in clearjng the new location of the
property yard.
With the completion Of the road
leading to the grounds, Captain
Talnlan says he hopes to start
moving equipment, now stored on
the, courthouse grounds. within
few days.
Considerable business was trans.
acted at the first fall meeting OF
ths Clarendon Woman's Civic Club
nelG yesterday at the community
hall with the president, Mrs. Kate
Detwiler, presiding.
Mrs. J. Frank Bushing was elect
ed first vice president to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of Mrs. E. r. lTierney, who has
moved TO Michigan.
The president announced the ap-
poir tment of the following com
mittee heads: Mrs. A. j. Webb,
town beautiful committee; Mrs.
Clyde Leighty, educational and
finance committee; Mrs. w. D. Mar
tin. friendship calls COMMITTEES; Mrs.
s. r. Noland. hospitality committee.
After considerable discussion the
secretary was instructed to request
thu. county board of supervisors Ia
convert block 81, of Fort Myer
Heights, recently purchased for a
property yard, into public park.
Charles A. Hall was elected presl.
den. at the annual election OF the
officers of the Progressive Club o.
Cherrydale.
Other officers elected are Sidney
Johnson. secretary, and James
Floria. business agent. The next
meeting of the club will be held
Sunday at 8 o'clock.
The condition Of Mrs. William
Bali, who was reported as seriously
i'll yesterday. was said to be greatly
improved today.
More than fifty members of the
Arlington Lodge, No. 1879, l. y.
o F., attended a special meeting
of the Falls Church Lodge, No. II.
LAST night at which time r. Il.
Hasey. grand master of the obi
Fellows in Virginia, was the honored
guest.