The Washington times., 1925-08-11
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To HEAR D. {.
PLANS
Citizens At Mass Meeting VIII
Discuss Regional
Development

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Aug. ii.
Plans for the regional development
Of washington In 70 tar az it Affects
Arlington county, viii be discussed
tonight at . mass meeting Of citi-
zens to be held hi the courthouse
at 8 o'clock. This meeting Il the
first opportunity residents Of Ar
Iington county will have had to
consider concerted action on the
beautlfiration plans.
Lieutenant Colonel G. o. She-rill.
direetnr Of public buildings and
parks and executive officer Of the
Arlington memorial bridge com
mission, win be the principal speak
or. He win discuss the bridge and
what 1t win mean to the county.
Other speakers will be Doctor sam
uel M. Johnson. managing director
OF the Lee Highway Association: G.
Fl. Brown. chairman OF the plan
ming committee of washington, and
Congressman r.. Walton Moore
In accordance with a resolution
passed ut the July meeting OF the
board Of supervisors that con-
tract be drawn between the Alex
andria Light and Power Company
and the county, r. A. Seiple, com
mercial manager for the company,
appeared at the meeting yesterday
with a contract for period of ten
years.
Members of the board declared
the citizens of the county are coT1-
planning of the service received, and
the rates. and the board refused 10
sign any contract for more than
one year. A new contract will be
prepared and submitted at the Sep
TENDER meeting.
Protesting the. proposed increase
In the telephone rates, az proposed
by the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, of Virginia, the
board Of supervisors have instructed
Commonwealth Attorney William c.
Cloth and state Senator Frank l..
Ball to attend the conference of
representatives from various cham
bers of commerce and supervisors
of the state to be held in Richmond
next Tuesday.
There will be q public hearing
on the question before the State
corporation September 10 in Rich
mond.
At a special meeting of the WON
ans Auxiliary of the Ballston fire
department. held at the fire house
today, plans for luncheon 20 be
served at the experimental FARM
September l were made.
Endorsement of the establishment
Of board for the examination of
plumbers. prescribing the duties of
the board and the conditions upon
which licenses may be issued in
Arlington county, was given ut the
monthly meeting Of the Clarendon
Citizens association held in the
community hall last night.
The creation of such a board has
been approved by Doctor r. Nj.
Chichester, county health officer,
and will be presented for approval
at the September meeting of the
board of Supervisors.
Charles Mccoy. OF Ballston, was
awarded the Ford touring car given
away at the firemen's carnival,
which closed Saturday night.
Permission has been granted to
the Clarendon fire department by
the supervisors to construct
3O.00O-gallon cistern, for fire pur.
poses. adjoining the, Clarendon com
munity hall
There will be two 80, 900 gallon
cisterns built in the business sec
tions Of Clarendon and five 10000.
gallon cister1s In the residential
section. Plans are in progress for two
cisterns to be built in Lyon Village.
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two. He didn't buy them on Fifth
avenue. He bought them in little
cheap shops.
He didn't buy me Rolls Royce
ear. He took me around In a cal
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