Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

Z cat1OTl, AT meeting itIe 1 hEouely
Will consider resolutions recently
adopted blythe county Pomona Grange
protesting the plan of the board to
charge high school pupils fare on
buses serving consolidated schools IN
rural sections. Decision to charge
pupils who heretofore have not been
! required to pay was made. Schooi
| official explained. in an effort TO pro
vide funds toward extending the Dus
! system to as many rural SchooiS az
possible, the county commissioners
appropriation not being large enough
TO provide buses for ell rural schools.
This year II was planned to put on
buses for the Surratts and Bowie
schools High school students are
charged IL cents day as bus fare,
and the policy of charging them. it
ia stated. is in line with that prevail
ing in other sections. Elementary
! school pupils are not charged. as the
/ State provides half the cost of trans
porting these pupils. the county max
ing up the balance. Fare charged
high school pupils. ii is pointed out
bv an official. is less than that charged
by buses operating. for instance. in
the District Of Columbia. because of
the aid gwen by the county.
The grange resolutions. however.
set forth the belief that by charging
the rural high school pupils bus fare
an additional tax is placed upon
/ class of people who already are pay
1 ing at least their full share of school
/ taxes. and placing IAN additional OBJ
! stacle in the way of those who desire
/ to educate their children" 1t is con
tended in the resolutions that the
farmers taxes in this county are
/ higher than those Of persons engaged
in other pursuits, though his income
! is less and his hours of labor longer
Prince Georges County commission
ers at their meeting here this week
/ appropriated 81 900 out of the dog
! license furd to match a contribution
by citizens for construction of mile
/ of gravel road from Glendale to
tie Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis Bridge to connect with the
stretch OF road now being built by
the State The commissioners voted
$500 also out of the dog license fund
to match a contribution by citizens
/ for construction of about 300 yards on
jefferson avenue. three quarters of
a mile on Auburn avenue and one
mile on Good Luck road, Riverdale
district The work is to he done
under supervision of the committee
Of that district
The Laurel district road committee
was ordered to construct concrete
bridge on the road from Wcottons
Corner 81 Beltsville at cost not eX-
ceeding $3.50.
| NJ. A. Smith was appointed special
| officer for collection of dog licenses
in Laurel district.
! It was ordered that a hearing be
given September 81 to the American
/ 1,,l, &c ~ hold
! boxing contests in the county.
| Miss NJ. Agnes Duvall was reap
pointed county social service worker
! for two years.
| Guy II. Trueman. Thomas >.
| Gwvnn and Thomas II. Lyons were
named examiners to determine Wheth-
! or the public convenience requires
the oDening of a road beginning at or
near Laws Hill in Spaldings district
and extending through the lands oil
Joseph Witt Theodore and Rosa
Garrett and j. L. AIilovitch to the
District of Columbia line to connect
with Branch avenue. District of Co
lunbia. extended, a distance OF about
| 200 yards.
II was announced that the commlS-
sioners of this county have agreed to
ioin the Anne Arundel County com
miSsioners in construction of bridge
over the Patuxent River at Lemons
in the Laurel vicinity. The old bridge
at Laurel on the Washington Baltl-
more boulevard will be used and the
! cost of the work. which will be borne
equally by the counties. is estimated
! at S. 1000.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage last Spring at Elkton,
Md. of Miss Ruth Esther Weed,
! fourth daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George f.. Weed of Seabrcok, to Theo-
dore Whitney Johnson. Mr.. Johnson,
an honor graduate of the University
of Maryland, College Park, is now a
fruit inspector for the United States
Department of Agriculture, at Ham
monitor. n. ].
j. Edward folsom. IS years old,
well known ci::-cn. died at his home
near Forestville, Sunday. Funeral
services were held Wednesday, from
Epiphany Episcopal Church at Forest
vile, Of which he was for many years
treasurer and a vestryman. Surviv-
ing. besides his widow. Mrs Alice
Tolson. are five children. Mrs. o. S.
Humphrey and Mrs. A. G: Bean of
Prince Georges County. and Miss Lii
| liam and John +. and Carl Tolson of
Washington. u. c.
T. A. Rhodes has been appointed
. administrator Of the. estate of Bar
bara A EbauEh by the Prince
Georges County Orphans Court. The
will of Christian Minninger has been
admitted to probate and letters Of adj
ministration ordered Issued to Lena
Minninger: the will of William Charles
kimpton has been admitted to pro
bate and letters testamentary ordered
issued to Edith Ford. eXecutriX, and
the will of Elizabeth Howard has
been admitted to probate and letters
testamentary ordered issued Annie
Louise Colbert
The September meeting of the
Civic Club of Upper Marlboro is to be
held Monday night at Z o'clock at the
home of the president, Mrs. c. F.
Mcguire.
Miss Mabel G.. Loveless, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs Owen Loveless of
Clinton. was among recent graduates
Of Stewards Business College, Wash
| ington She received a secretarial
diploma.
The Mellwood Club will strive for
the prize for the best exhibit at the
annual Southern Maryland Fair
opening here Monday. Many mem
bers of the club also will make indi
vtdual exhibits. Mrs. Elmer May
berry of Meadows and Washington
has charge of this feature of the fair.
Miss Helen Elizabeth Gray daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Gray OF
Oakland. near ForestVille, and Harold
CON Of Nj, aud