Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
NEW GOLF COURSE
project STARTED
Construction in AnacoStia
Park HaStenS the Harvesting
of Public Garden Crops.

Construction started today on the
$4,000 nine-hole golf course in Ana
costa Park, just north of the Pennsyl-
vania avenue bridge, causing last
minute scurry Of persons having crops
in the public gardens there to salvage
their vegetables.
The program is being carried out
under the direction Of F. w. Hoover,
general manager of the Welfare and
Recreational Association of Public
Buildings and Grounds, Incorporated,
and it is expected that the work will be
completed by next May /. The con-
tractor, o. B. Fits of Cherrydale, Va,
had q tractor, truck and horses on the
ground early, but arranged to save vege-
tables, boxes and other equipment Of the
gardeners, as far as possible.
The land Is being ploughed over and
the bitches covered in so that the
ground may be leveled and seeded this
Fall, so that greens and fairwayS Will be
in shape for the golfers of eastern
Washington by next Summer.
Garden Club TO Seek New Site.
Lieut.. F. M. Dent Of the eleventh po-
lice precinct, president of the AnacoStia
Flats Garden Club, which has been gar
dening on the public domain on the
banks of the Anacostia River, said the
organization Is casting about for land
for next year. II it Is unable to obtain
this, the club would probably disband.
The clubs secretary Is r. L.. ScaggS and,
with Lieut.. Dent, has been holding the
organization intact.
Lieut.. Dent. estimated that. each gar
den produced about $125 worth Of pro-
duce annually. The gardens were about
$50 by so feet. While there are about
$50 gardens usually, this year there
were 1876 gardens in commission. De
spite the drought Lieut.. Dent said, the
gardeners did well. as water from the
Anacostia River seeps below the. gar
denS and provides moisture. Beans,
parsnips, corn and a variety of vege-
tables are raised, and the householders
believe that this represents quite saw
ing in the cost Of living.
Boys Gather Their Crops.
Charles r. Croyle, an employee of the
Government Printing ONCE, who works
at night, enjoys the exercise that work
as assistant to w. r. Battle, Depart
ment OF Agriculture agent, brings in
supervising the boys gardens. MT.
Croyle said today that rs boys were
out Saturday. harvesting the end of the
seasons crops. These gardens are
worked by the Boys Civitan Garden
Club.
John c. Curran, representative Of Mr..
Fits, who supervised the construction
OF the 18-hole golf course at Beaver
Dam and the Westwood course OF 81
holes at Westwood, Richmond, Va, and
in the Potomac Park area, gave the
word to 60 this morning and workmen
began the task of leveling the erstwhile
gardens.
J. Kammerer, assistant to Mr.. Hoo
yer, is supervising the construction
work on behalf of the Government.
The public gardens near Benning
Bridge will not be affected by the pres
ent construction work. The Potomac
Garden Club, as that group is known,
will be able to carry on its activities
there for a time longer, until Uncle Sam
needs the land for further park de-
The area where the new
golf course will be placed extends for
about 2.400 feet northeast OF the Penn
sylvania Avenue Bridge and extends
about 800 feet east of the Anacostia
River representing an area of about so
acres.