Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-25
FAIRFAX.

FAIRFAX. Va, July "a tSpeciaD~-
The following officers were elected at
the last meeting OF Andrew Chapel
Community League: Miss Sarah Day.
president; Mrs May Oliver. secretary:
Mrs. r. r. Berry. treasurer. Com
mittees were appointed as folloWs:
Educational-~Mrs. r.. VI. Berry, Mrs.
Dallas Berry and the principal Of the
school not yet named. Moral and
social-Miss Sarah Cockreli and the
teachers OF the school. Highway
Charles Saunders. Faust Day, Harry
Leigh, II. Hodges and A. j. Yates.
Home and civic--Mrs. Show, Mrs.
A. j. Yates and Mrs. Lawrence Leigh
Publicity and membership-Mrs. May
r.. Oliver, Mrs. r. r. Berry and Miss
Helen Yates.
]. !. Shugars has received the con-
tract for the improvement OF Pros
perity avenue in Merrifeld, and Will
begin work at once. The work will
extend to the Lovefess farm, and will
be paid for by the Merrifield Improve
ment Association and the district
road board.
The contract for the building of the
Richmond Washington highway be
tween Lorton to Occoquan Creek at
Woodbridge has been awarded to the
Baker Roger Co. of Richmond
on a bid of s45, sos. The newly con.
structed portion Of the Lee highway
between Centerville and Bull Run will
be opened to traffic the first week in
August. Work on the section just
west of the part recently completed
will be begun at once.
F. w. Richardson, clerk OF the court,
has issued marriage licenses as fol.
lows: Madeline Coe of Fairfax and
Lewis Clark Ball of New Jersey; Jane
f.. Van VOorhis and Russell L. Ed
wards OF Mount Rainier. Nd; Margaret
A, Faulkner and Georve V. Hall of
Chest erbrook: Mary j. Kenney and
Henry Tippett of Washington.
Sheriff Allison Stricken.
Robert w. Allison. sheriff OF Fairfax
County, was stricken with paralysis
Monday last. his entire right side
being affected. While hopes are en-
tertained for his ultimate recovery. il
will be several weeks before he will
be able to leave his home.
Work on construction OF the new
bridge over Hunting Creek between
Fairfax County and Alexandria was
begun this week. Travel has been
detoured by way of the Telegraph road
around the head of the creek while
the contractors build a runway at the
bridge to accommodate traffic during
vthe building operations.
The storeroom occupied by Clarke
| Brothers on Main street, opposite thu
county jail. has been moved back sew
| eral feet to the building line. and ;
| small building used as a garage viii
! be moved back.
| DIR. w. p. Cation. county health
| director. accompanied by Mr.. Wood
son. supervisor of the county schools
and John T. DeBell. trustee for Cen
| feryille district, visited the schoo
/ buildings in Centerville district Tues
| day last to ascertain what repairs arr
needed and to inspect the conditions
of sa nItary arrangements. secure sam
| pies OF drinking water for analysis
etc.
The children of the Fairfax NJ. e
| Sunday School held picnic at GleT
/ Echo Wednesday of this week.
r. 3. Long, State school architect
1 accompanied by NJ. ID. Hall. count!
| superintendent, last Tuesday visitet
the school buildings recently erecte'
at Mclean, Chesterbrook. West Emf
and Annandale and made a final in
spection preparatory to acceptance.
The committees representing tn
4 counties Oh fdlT1dN, ATuiStOil. du
quier, Prince William and Culpepe
and the city of Alexa ndria. have Sc
lected the Miller farm. near Manassas
as the location for the central aims
house The place has been purchased
for $4,000. Bids for erection OF thu
| first unit of the new plant will b
asked for in the coming month. Tn
| entire cost of the land and building
| will be about $4,000. which will b
apportioned among the counties ant
| city named in proportion to popula
ton. The building to be erected vii
be "H'' shaped. A nurse and docto
will visit IL regularly. One side vii
be for white and one for colored. TIL
committee in charge Of the work con
sists of Mayor William A. Smoot
Alexandria, chairman; Frank BaIer
ger, Fairfax. secretary; T. b. Glass
cock, Fauquier; J. l.. Dawson, Primo
| William, and j. F. Billingsley, Cul
pepper. On the conlSletion of the new
plant the old Ftserfax County aims
house, on the Little River pike, vii
be sold. Frank Ballenger, the membe
from Fairfax County. will report oil
| what has been done to the board o
supervisors at its August meeting.
II, B. Derr, county agent, will al
tend the State farmers institute a
Blacksburg July ~ to 20. He will b
accompanied by number of farmer
from the county.