Evening star., 1927-12-01
2245 NEW MEMBERS
Join ASSOCIATION
Rhode Island Avenue Citi-
zens' Group Has Successful
Two-Week Campaign.

AS a result of two-week member
ship drive. 245 persons were elected
to membership in the Rhode Island
Avenue Citizens Association at the
regular monthly meeting of that or.
ganization in the Sherwood Presbyte.
rian Sunday School Hall, Twenty-sec.
ond and Rhode Island avenue north.
east, last night.
Prizes were awarded eight members
Of the committee who had brought in
! the most new members during the
! drive. They were Thomas J. Llew.
elyn, f. l.. Mcdowell, Mrs. Louise
Notter. ]. b. Higdon. ]. o. Banton. F.
w. Goodman, w. E. Rabenhorst and
| James Silver.
George c. Havenner. acting president
of the Federation of Citizens Associa.
| tions, member of the Citizens Ad
visory Council, and president of the
| AnacoStia Citizens Association. Dr.
| Havenner also delivered a short ad.
, dress, tracing the history of the Citi.
zens' Associations in the District.
Committee Sharply Criticized.
A heated discussion arose over the
| question of school needs for the COM
mittee of the association was sharply
criticized by some of the members, and
Meredith c. Wilson. president of the
association, who presided at the meet
ing. charged that Supt. of Schools
Frank w. Ballou was trying to en-
broil the citizens of Woodbridge and
LanGdon in a school controversy r.
]. Llewelyn rose to the defense of DR..
Ballou. and an agreement was finally
reached on a motion by J. w. Byler
that 1.-THE Board of Education be
urged to expedite the building of the
replacement of the Langdon School
with the least possible delay"
A resolution signed by 80 parents
in the community that accommoda-
tions be made for the seventh and
eighth grades at the New Woodbridge
School. even if portable houses had
to be used, was unanimously adopted
The association also voiced its ap-
proval of the proposed $4,000. .00e
Treasury loan to the Park and Plan
ming Commission for parks and play
grounds.
Urges Airport Site.
The recommendation of the Bureau
of Efficiency that children now lodged
at the House of Detention be placed
in custody of the Bureau of Public
Welfare was indorsed
Mrs. j. j. Lerch was elected dele
gate to the Public School Association
The resignation of Morris Sabin.
former member, who has left the COM
munity. was accepted.
Col. j. Edward Cassidy. director
general of the Air Force Associate
urged the old Benning race track as
the most appropriate airport site.
A..
j. Louis Gelbnan, secretary of the
Congress Heights Citizens Associa.
ton and delegate TO the Federation
of Citizens Associations, and Presi-
dent Driggers of the Kenilworth as.
sociation, also a delegate to the fed
Grafton.
New Members Elected.
The following new members. Sc
cured in the drive, were elected to
membership:
w. H. Allen, Frank A. Amoroso.
f. B. Anderson, Charles A. Fl. Bailey,
John E. Bailey, F. r. Barnes, George
E. Barnholt, DIR. c. E. Barton, j. L.
Bateman. Mrs. NJ. w. Beard, Mr.. How
ard L. Bell, Mrs. Lillian Benedetts,
Blackburn. Aubrey r. Bodkin, Edward
A. Boteler. Ernest NJ. Boss, Richard
E. S. Boss. Mrs. F. L. Boynton. F.
L. Boynton, HI. w. Bradley, Oliver
Bright.
w. B. Burgess, H. G. Burrier, Ed.
ward l.. Carleton, Joseph r. Carrigan,
f. M. Charles, j. f. Chase. F. NJ.
Cheatwood. Fred Christ, H. j. Clark,
Harry e. Coleman. Mrs. Harry F.
Conover. Miss Anna Cooley. William
Cooper, Mrs. c. B. Cornelius. Mrs
Mary Daprato, w. f. Davis. j. d.
Defbaugh, George A. Degenhardt, c.:
II. De Long. Arthur III. Dey, A. j.
s. Dixon, jr.: E. B. Donaldson, Jo-
seph A. Downs, w. J. Duffy.
A. p. Dugan, E. c. Dunham, w. L.
w. F. Edmonds. J. Ehatt, III. r. Ell.
lott Mrs. James r. Farrell. NJ. E.
Farrell. Sam Fine, Mrs. A. X. Frank,
Robert "A. Fravel r. NJ. Furness,
Jarvis +. Gafhan. A. j. Cannon. J.
D. Garner. Mrs. NJ. E. Gates. Joseph
A. Gauges, Mrs. Ida M. Gauvrean,
r. L. Gilbert. Mrs. Edward A. Gold.
man, Henry Crane.
c. E. Haislip, w. FL. Hall, Carroll
Harding, A. B. Harris. ]. Arthur
Harris j. w. Harrison. Fred r. Har.
ter, Janet NJ. Harter. o. G. Hankins,
Mrs Carrie A. Hayes, Howard
f1aynes, y. r. Hazard. jr.: William
G. Heflin. j. He'll. A. r. Heinrich. c.
w. Henning. Anna r. Hewitt, DIR.
Louis w. Hoffman, C. K. Hoover.
G. I. Houck. Albert Hubka, James
\. Hughes. E. G. Hunter.
Alvin j. Jacobs. A. B. Jeffery, o. M.
Johnson. Mrs. S. NJ. Jolliffe, Frank p.
Jones. Ruth c. Jones, Urban Jones,
w. B. Jones, John kammerer, l.. A.
Kaufman, Maurice F. Keane, F. A.
keelan, Herman w. Kegebein. Arthur
D. Kelso, II. l.. Kennedy. Mrs. Joseph
klenast, James H. King, Edward Z.
Koblenz. Mrs. Kathrine krohi, Henry
w. Kuhn. E. A. M. Lawson, Mrs.
Grace NJ. Lay. Joseph A. Lee, Frank
Lerch.
G. r. Lewis. Miss Lille Lewis, A.
Linn. H. B. Mcclure, Earl A. Mac.
Donald, Mrs. M. A. Mcdonald, C. r,
w. McElroy, George Thomas Nc
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