Evening star., 1932-02-14

Heffner Of the Washington police force. MIS-
Heffner was born on the northeast corner
of Howard place and Georgia avenue on Febru-
airy o. Is49 her fathers property being carved
out of the farm belonging to John A. Smith,
who sold to the Government. about 1882 an
acre of ground containing several springs from
which to pipe water to the Capitol Tor drink
ing water and for fire protection.
Cant Henner was also a member Of the As
sociation of Oldest Inhabitants and died Sep
tember a. 1913 Mrs Hefner. who resides
with her daughter, Mrs Lille Stull, has told
the writer that when she was child living
on the Seventh street pike, the family got
their drinking water from a spring in the bank
of the Garfield Hospital property. on the Sher-
man avenue side.
and slauehter house to the north OF the King
property and then came E. Lindsay, whose
house was painted yellow for many years
is probable that it was this property that
later became the Widmayer home and upon
which some Of the family still reside
Close by was also the home OF }. Major.
and back toward the Soldiers Home line lived
at later date q Mrs. Major. . dressmaker.
Charles G. Page and N. @. w. White either
were near neighbors or owned property mere.
Back toward the Soldiers Home was the prop
erty of Asa Whitney from whom whitney
avenue-now Park road-took its name. The
old whitney home At 3543 Warder street was
recently removed and An apartment house
erected m its place.
To the south of Park road was the country
residence of Henry H. Mcpherson, pharmacist,
who erected the building at the southwest
corner of Ninth and H streets northwest, Wnere
for some years he had his city residence and
drug store after moving from the corner OF
Seventh and H streets. just to the east He
also At one time had drug store at the corner
Of Ninth and N streets. In speaking OF THIS
gentleman, Frank L. Stickney, an early resi-
dent Of Georgia avenue, tells us that Mr.. Nc
Pherson was q valuable citizen Of the country
and took a genuine interest in sports, and
that the kites he made for his son were the
wonder Of the neighborhood: also that on the
west side of Georgia avenue, opposite his home.
the men Of the neighborhood played base ball
and their families often assembled to Watch
the game on a Summers evening.
He married a Miss Clark and had two daugh-
tiers, one of whom Augusta. married DR..
Danforth OF Chicago well known physician
The son also moved to Chicago and married
there
DJOINING the Mcpherson estate lived
~ Mr.. May, who kept grocery store ON D
street between Sixth and Seventh streets north
west His sons, Frank P. and Philip, estab-
lished the hardware business OF F. P. May d
Co., with which George, another son, was also
later associated. The latter married daugh-
ter Of John Saul the horticulturist and nursery
man. He was a graduate of Gonzaga College,
left . remarkably fine library. and was re-
garded as q highly cultured gentleman.
The property of Stuart Gass, to which the
writer referred upon another OCCASION extended
north from Park road. The old home Is still
standing on the south side of Newton street,
the main entrance having been changed from
the CSeorria avenue side to the Newton street