Evening star., 1927-09-11
CROVETON.

GROVETON, Va, September 10
(Special.-The Labor day picnic held
on Groveton Field netted approximate.
ly 5000. L. A. Popkins, riding as
knight Of Groveton, won first place
in the tournament, E. L. Popkins fin
ishing second. j. A. Stonell, third, and
John Tyler, fourth. The charge to the
knights was delivered by E. H. Allen
of Newington, past master of the
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. At the
coronation ball in the evening. Fred
Birrell of Alexandria delivered the ad-
dress. Mr.. Popkins turned his honors
crowned Miss Irene Pullman as queen
of love and beauty. The other maids
of honor were Mrs. Earl Popkins,
Miss Theresa Boyd of Alexandria and
Miss Margaret Van Pelt of Mount
Vernon.
The farmers horse race was won by
Happy, owned by Miss Theresa Boyd
and ridden by Robert Woolf Of Alex.
andria. There were 20 entries in the
trap shooting contest managed by
Pierce Reid, and one Of the features
of the day was the winning of this
tournament by Paul Wease, a 12-year-
old boy. who made perfect score.
He won the first prize of $5. Second
prize Of So went to Charles Linton and
third Of So to Kenneth Blunt. There
were athletic events for the children
in the afternoon. Dancing in the eve.
ming lasted from 7:30 to midnight.
The regular meeting Of the Com.
munity Club was held Tuesday eve.
ming in the schoolhouse. Committees
| in charge Of the Groveton day and
Labor day picnic reported.
Monthly services will be held at the
Sacred Heart Catholic Chapel Sunday
at 9 am.
The home of A. e. AIbrect at Me.
| mortal Heights was destroyed by fire
| last Friday morning. The Alexandria
Fire Department responded. but owing
| to lack Of water was unable to check
the flames. The occupants were away
| at the time.
The hunting season for blackbirds
| and squirrels opened last week. but
there has been less cunning in the
local marshes than in many years.
| There is a closed season on reed birds
| this year.
Plans are being made for the annual
Mount Vernon District Fair to be held
| in October at the Woodlawn Com.
munity House. A. r. Harrison and
Miss Irene Pullman represent Grove.
ton community on the District Fair
| Board.
AT the meeting OF the school board
| Tuesday it was voted to continue pay
ment Of tuition in the Alexandria city
schools for elementary pupils from
| New Alexandria. in Mount Vernon dis
trict, providing the parents paid trans.
portation charges on the street car.
A delegation from Mount Vernon
District. including Messrs. Allen and
| Neyitt Of Accotink. Smith Of Fran
| coma, Pickett and Reid of Groveton
| and others, attended the school board
meeting to protest against the action
| Of the board in assessing Mount Yer
| non and Lee district, $3.50 per pupil
registered in Lee Jackson School at
West End, especially in view Of the
! fact that the school was not accredited
last year. The board explained that
| the school had been located at West
End in order that it might serve as a
| joint high school for both Mount Yer
non and Falls Church districts, that
Fall Church district had bonded and
taxed itself to the limit allowed by law
| to construct the building at cost of
| $47, 900, that the only charges assessed
| on Lee and Mount Vernon districts
were their proportionate share of the
cost of upkeep OF the building, exclu-
| sive of the cost of instruction, and
that the only thing required to make
the school an accredited high school
this coming year was the provision of
! science laboratory and equipment,
| for which there were no funds avail
able in Falls Church district. Upon
| motion of Mr.. Allen, Mr.. Haislip was
instructed to loan $500 from the Mount
| Vernon district school fund to Falls
| Church district. the money to be used
to outfit science laboratory and to
be paid back by Falls Church district
| in two years.
| The school board accepted the bid
| of A. w. Smith for the repair of
schools in Mount Vernon district.