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Evening star., 1932-02-14

Among the names of these early settlers men
toned by Mr.. Aetcah are: Benjamin Sunny,
william C. Avery. William Little E. C. Hub
bard, Mr.. Long. William Horner, J. p. Dickn-
SON. J. n Taylor and Daniel Strickler.
4 lOTHING is more fascinating than geneal-
~ ogy Here we have William C. Avery, COM
ing from q part of New York not far from the
cradle of the Averys and Rockefellers. John
D. RockefeIler,s father was William Avery
Rockefeller, son of Godfrey Rockefeller who
married Lucy Avery. Just what became OF the
William c. Avery. who settled in the District
of Columbia at this time, the writer does not
know Indeed, he may have returned to New
York At least it is quite probable that there
is some connection between this pioneer and
the venerable oil baron
The Heine home still stands the south
side of Shepherd street, little east of Georgia
avenue.
The property now occupied by the new Busl-
ness High School and other school buildings
of John Rupert, butcher. Mr.. Ray moved to
his farm Ut Forest Glen. He was son OF
the original Enos Ray.
Then came the farm and nurseries of John
Saul. purchased by him in May 1854 from
Richard waIlach. The property contained in
all % acres and was known as Maple Grove
Farm. To the east of this was tract recorded
m the name OF the w. OSOofu ucuS WHICH eH-
tended to Piney Branch road The car barn
is on this farm, and not far of, in the ravine
to the southeast, was the Osborn home. Mr..
Saul had another farm of IS acres at Bright
wood, called Girls Portion, purchased from
John H. McChesney in 1872, and later In
creased to 10 acres.
Cant James Whites farm. originally con-
xistinG Of 600 acres, came next and the old
home still stands at the corner Of Longfeliow
and Thirteenth streets. James White, as has
been said was we'll known q gentleman OF
the Southern school, who was great lover
of sports and patron of the chase. good horses,
good vine and the old-ttme pastime Of watch
ing game cocks contest for the championship
Q h Sullivan.
He had three wives, and his will, following
three sets Of heirs divided the estate. The part
ut Brightwood, comprising 2S0 acres, was
owned up to his death, by the captains son
Archibald whose widow and children still hold
II. les - acres lately sold by them to the
Brentwood Park syndicate for 500 000"
since this item was published, IN 1892,
Archibald White his wife and three sons,
Robert E. L., George and James, have passed
to the great beyond, but the old homestead
y still occupied BY members Of the family,
whose fond recollections of the past makes
the place Of their birth very dear to them.
The James White spring. noted the
LEnfant map, was on this farm
Evening star., 1932-02-14

THROUGH the necessities OF the civil war,
| the brick church was torn down when It
was decided to erect Fort Stevens, and the old
log-frame building was used to ncarcerate
unruly soldiers, and some Of the bricks frcm
the church were used in building the fort
After the war, we are told, Samuel Grlmtn
preached at Emory and in 1867, William H. u.
Harper came as the preacher on the circuit.
Mr Harper was . great preacher and well
liked and in about a year after his arrival on
the work, Emory planned to build stone
chapel elegant in style The Building COM
mittee members were Alexander r. Shephefd,
Governor of the District of Columbia; Enos
Raw. John McChesney, M. G. Emery, Alfred
Raw. J. w. Barker and Archibald White. The
stone chapel was built by Charles Vance ana
was completed in 1870.
The corner stone Of the present beautiful
building was laid in June, 1922, and 1t vas
dedicated October IL, 1924 1t cost around
500 900. and the Building Committee included
Charles w. Ray, chairman; W. L. F. KING
Albert S. Galley, ]. Edward Fowler and J.
Enos Ray. For many years Prof. Joseph n.
Keene was superintendent Of the Sunday
school, and was succeeded by Benjamin c. King
and later Alfred G. Osborn, until his death
in 1907. The present pastor Is Rev. Harry ".
Wheeler.
West Of Emory Church, around 10 years ago.
was the McChesney farm, and north OF the
church was the toll gate; then came the prop
erty of W. B. Bell, J. Selden, T. Carbery. D.
Clagett heirs, and. at the District line, tne
estate Of r. p. Blair.
Evening star., 1932-02-14

Columbia Historical Society. Prank J. Metcalf
says:
MI Sunny put up. in 1853, q small house
on the site where the octagon house was later
built, and lived in it until 1855, when 1t was
burned. He then moved into . house across
the street on the Petworth farm. and proceeded
TO rebuild. This at a time when eight
sided houses were a popular form Of archi-
lecture There was one such house in Vr-
ginia, not far from Fort Myer, and as its ar
raneements suited Mr.. Sunny he adopted that
style for his new home.
This new building was the first concrete
house in Washington Its sides were each l6
feet long and the walls Is inches thick for
the first story. and about foot for the second.
Boards we're set up at the proper distance
apart and the space filled in with concrete,
consisting Of lime, sand and broken stone.
When this layer had sufficiently set the boards
were raised and another layer put in place.
The chmneys Of this house are three In num-
ber and the middle one is q little to one side
one at the back
UCOON after the colony had settled the ever
Essential question of a school arose, and
this being before the days of the public school,
Mr. Sunny built small room near the road,
and those whose children were to be benefited
rangement continued only for a short period;
then the school house was moved up to the
back of the octagon and became the kitchen
of the house The portion between the square
room and the slanting side of the main build
ing was rooted and the post which supported
one side of the piazza is now within this tri-
angular room There is piazza entirely around
the house, and above the roof is an octagonal
cupola, with windows on the four sides facing
the points of the compass and mock windows
on the four other sides.
After Mr.. Sunny moved from the house it
was purchased and occupied by Henry Con-
raids, . native Of Germany, but q resident
Of the District Of Columbia for over 50 years,
OF from 1850 till his death in 1901 He was q
prominent contractor. and superintended the
construction of the original buildings Of Ken
DAN Green. He was . member Of Stansbury
Lodge Of Masons at Brightwood and . mem-
ber Of the Grand Army Of the Republic. sev-
eral Of his children are still residents Of the
city, among whom may be mentioned william
Conradis, . plumber, and Mrs. Louis HaEtig.
The house is now owned and occupied by
william Miller, who has for more than 20 years
lived either IN or near this house His wife
s q daughter of william Heine, who lived on
the estate joining it on the north for over so
years. Mr.. Heine bought out Mr.. Little, one
of the original colonists. who returned to Buff
falo about 1863
Evening star., 1932-02-14

. the west OF tne Wnite property, ana west
] of Piney Branch road, lived B. Jost. Rev.
DR.. Finkel, w. King and . Mr.. Stewart, and
nearby was also the Piney Branch race track.
A. Shoemaker lived on the northwest corner
of Georgia avenue and Milkhouse Ford road
and TO the west of this house was the home OF
L. Brunett. Later the first Brightwood public
school was on the Military road west Of Georgia
avenue.
North of Shoemakers was the old Emory
Chapel, which stood just few yards to the
south of the present Emory M. E. Church
South. 1t was at first modest log and frame
building and was called a meeting house-a
popular name for a house of worship in the
early days-for this church had its beginning
just 100 years ago, when, in 1882, A G. Pierce
decided to the church half an acre OF ground
for the purpose of school room and church
for the convenience of the neighborhood."
Later, December IT, 1885, this land was con-
veyed to Enos Ray Levi M. Osborn, Charles
Davis, George T. McGlue Alfred Ray, Henry
Hoyle and Thomas N. Wilson, as trustees.
The original building a two-story affair,
located where is now the Brightwood Junior
High School, the first story being seml-base-
ment built of logs and it was here that school
was conducted for several years by John
Pickett. The second story of the building.
where worship was held WAS of frame entered
from the outside and gallery was here pro-
vided for colored worshipers.
It was named Emory" for John Emory, VINO
was born in Queen Anne County, Md, III 17S9,
of wealthy and influential parents, and VINO
was made bishop in 1882.
Among those who were organizers OF he
church, we are told were Levi M. Osborn,
class leader; Enos Ray. William B. Beall, Alfred
Ray, Anthony l.. Ray. Hamilton Cashell,
Octavius Cashell, Franklin Jones, Christopher
Brashears William Osbourn, John Thomas
Henry Hoyle, James and Thomas Lundon ana
r. S. Jones, and. of course, the faithful wives
Of these men played large part IN ne
organization"
In 1886 the record shows: " II vas
considered advisable and proper that the con-
Germs of the church and school should be
separate and distinct and each be managed by
separate boards of trustees. independent OF
each other The trustees of the school elected
by the church assembled were: Enos Ray,
chairman: Levi NJ Osborn. Enoch Moreland,
Thomas Brown and Henry Ould-
From time to time additional purchases OF
land were made and in 1856 red br1ck oullo-
ing was erected on the present site OF the
church which We are told was "a very neat
and coxnmodious building, splendldly equipped
and furnished for its day. Emory hao at tnls
time So white and I3 coiored members IL
should be said here that Hamilton CaShell, one
of the original members Of Emory, vas man
gifted in music He conducted q large singing
Class in the Iog-frane and brick churches. also
had charge of the music at the preaching se1S-
ices using the old-time tuning fork
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-23
Legal Notices
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johnson. HARRIET c. Pools sub, johnson
Heirs add ii 3, so i6-S44e5.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
OPPOSE
JOBLESS MARCHES
PetWorth Association Com
mendS Efforts to DiScour-
age Movements.

Efforts Of the District Commissioners
and Washington police to discourage
the hunger march" on the Capital
were commended by the Petworth
Citizens Association last night at q
meeting In the Petworth School, Eighth
and Shepherd streets.
Adopting a resolution presented by
Harvey G. Craver, the association ex-
pressed itself as recognizing the right
Of any citizen to petition Congress. but
placed itself ON record as unalterably
opposed to an influx Of people to Wash
ington who would be unable to support
themselves upon arrival here.
The civic group requested that the
Commissioners and the police continue
their efforts to discourage migration Of
jobless to the Capital.
A report on the status of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution which
would give national representation to
the citizens Of the District was present.
ed to the association by Max Tender,
chairman Of the Committee on National
representation. The bill, Mr.. Tender
said, is now pending before the House
Judiciary Committee.
Winners in the lawn and garden con-
test sponsored by the District Bicen-
tennial Commission in cooperation with
the Petworth Citizens Association were
announced. They are Julian P. Dodge,
4401 New Hampshire avenue, first prize
for corner lawn; Jonas F. Bitterman,
624 Farragut street, first prize for row
lawn; j. A. Holzer, 1888 Farragut street,
second prize for corner lawn, and Mrs.
Emily S. West, 322 Allison street, second
prize for row lawn.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
WOMAN AIDS CHEST
DESPITE OWN FATE
Pays SIS Pledged by Husband
Last Year Before He Suf-
fered Mental Collapse.

Life has been hard on the woman
who today sent a SIS check to the Com
munity Chest, but she found room amid
the sadness Of her heart to send the
money in addition to her regular pledge,
because her husband, mental patient
at st. Elizabeths Hospital, promised
the Chest the money last year and then
couldn't pay.
MY husband has been an invalid for
6 years" she wrote in note along with
the check. Nevertheless he felt he
should give to the Chest last year and
I agreed. He pledged S. and shortly
afterward was stricken mentally. He
was taken to Gallinger Hospital and
then to st. Elizabeth's, where he is
today. I am employed in a depart
ment store and have always pledged to
the Chest, and felt it my duty to pay
this pledge Of my husbands, though I
have been unable to do so before now.
I am proud to say that now am able
to pay 1t.
Il realize that you are doing a very
great work here in the city. We had
q speaker at our store few days ago
and after hearing him was convinced
that the organization Is handling the
situation in the most satisfactory man
ner possible. I, with all my trouble
and sorrow, expect to make a pledge
to the Chest again this year. Wishing
you success in this campaign, am"
The letter and name of the woman
are on file with the Chest.
IF every person in Washington would
display the same spirit shown by this
woman" said E. G. Graham, president
of the Chest, today, "the task Of raising
the quota for the Chest would be COM
paratiVly simple"
Evening star., 1932-11-16

ly because of the belief that they really
were insurance and therefore auto
matically sound, efficient and solvent"
Evening star., 1932-11-16
SOCIALISM IS SEEN
HEAVY TAX RESULT
Counsel for Casualty Executives
Hits "Confscation Threat"
to Business Profits.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 16.-Declar-
ing taxation has reached point where
profits and earnings are threatened
with conflscation in order to meet the
cost of government" Henry Swift Ives,
special counsel for the Association OF
Casualty and Surety Executives, said
last night that Socialism or some other
form Of paternalism sis the only alter
native" unless the situation is corrected.
Ives, addressing the New York Chap
ter Of the National Association Of Cost
Accountants, called the American tax
payer "the most forgotten of all for
gotten men"
Ives specifically expressed opposition
to government ownership and operation
of what has been considered essential
ly private business" and unemployment
and social insurance schemes.
THE truth Is" he said, there is
hardly a trace of insurance in any Of
these political devices They were mis-
branded from birth. They have grown
prodigiously, they have bred mountain
GUS deficits, they have developed power
full bureaucracies and they have become
veritable economic Franken3teins chief
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Bank System for the assistance of home
owners.
Opening the session yesterday, Gov
C. Douglass Buck urged quick action
OIL the two measures. The legislators
also heard a spokesman for "the unem-
ployed councils of Delaware" who
asked that speedy steps be taken to
provide relief.
Under the terms of the relief bill the
State will supply four-fifths and each
county one-fifth of unemployment aid
funds during the Winter, the funds to
be administered by q committee named
by the Governor, cooperating with
county and city committees.
Germany's 265 chewing tobacco
plants are operating at near -capacitv.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
SUBSIDY OF CARRIERS
BY u. S. DISAPPROVED
G. of c. Committee Told by Col.
Barber Effect of Waterway and
Road Improvements.
,y the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 16.-
Disapproval Of any form of Government
subsidy to common carriers was ex-
pressed yesterday by United States
Chamber Of Commerce committee study
ing competition among transportation
systems.
What he termed excessive expendi-
lures for waterway and highway i'm
provements were described by Col. A. B.
Barber, Washington manager of the
transportation and communications de-
partment of the chamber, as amounting
to a Government subsidy to barge and
truck lines.
Col. Barber said the committees dis
cussions yesterday centered around what
he called the excessive cost to taxpay-
ers Of assistance to experimental water
transportation such as the Mississippi
Warrior Federal barge linz.
A belief that a number of competition
difficulties would be overcome II subsi-
dies were eliminated was expressed by
committee members, according to David
F. Edward, Boston, chairman.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

employment, rest and reading rooms,
recreation programs and some classes
are given with no charge to unem-
ployed. Nominal fees or covering
charges are required for other activities.
Estimated expenses Of character
building organizations for 1888, $685.
90353.
Estimated income from earnings and
endowment In 1888, $500, 0,861.l6.
Estimated needs from Community
Chest In 1898, $278, ,122.37.
Percentage Of total Community Chest
budget, 11.49.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
ARMS FUNDS PARED
IN FRENCH BUDGET
Slash in Appropriations Asked for
1888 Is $57, 1876, ,0o0-Salary
Cuts Provided.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 16.--The govern
ment has pared national defense ap-
preparations requested for 1888 to H..
392, ,000, 900 francs (about $483 ,288, ,000), i,
it was revealed in the budget introduced
in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday.
This represents a reduction of ], ,485,-
100000 francs (about $57, $1,000 from
the 1882 appropriation Of 1877, ,000, 900
francs (about $541 ,203, ,000).
The anticipated reductions are $751;
10000 francs for the army, 375,000.000
for the navy. 252.0O0,000 for air forces
and 1000, 900 for colonial forces.
In the 1888 budget receipts are
estimated at 47,802, ,000, 900 francs ($1,-
e12,080, ,000) and expenditures at A..
10000, 900 francs ($1 ,911 ,200, ,000). The
present deficit is estimated at 6,000,.
10000 francs ($320, ,000, ,000).
Civil service salary cuts would run
from to 10 per cent, with exemptions
under $4,000 francs year.
Portugal's wheat crop this year broke
all records
Evening star., 1932-11-16
JOB AID BOND ISSUE
PLANNED IN DELAWARE
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DOVER, Del, November 16.-Sitting
as a committee Of the whole, the Del
aware Legislature, In special relief ses-
sion, today prepared to receive $2,-
100000 unemployment aid bond issue
measure.
Another bill, ready for submission,
would amend the building and loan law
so as to permit associations to become
Evening star., 1932-11-16
HOTEL LIEN is FIRST
ON WAL LKER PROPERTY
Decorating Firm Fails in Attempt
to Levy for $4s5 Judg-
ment.
Nv ths Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 16. The
Times says holder of $485 Judgment
against former Mayor James ]. Walker
attempted to levy upon his property at
the Ambassador Hotel yesterday and
found it already had been tied up by
the hotel under lien for rent and
other charges. The Judgment was won
by default by an interior decorating
firm.
The mayor moved TO the Ambassador,
home of his friend, A. G. Blumenthal.
from the Hotel Mayfair prior to his
return from q trip abroad October 10.
He lived there until he sailed again last
Thursday.
Evening star., 1932-11-16
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fourths per cent (194%) on the common
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from the close Of business on November IL,
1882 to the opening Of business on No
vember %. 1892
In accordance with action heretofore
taken, the books for the transfer OF the pre-
ferred stock of the Washington Railway &
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close OF business on November 49, 1882, to
the opening Of business on November %,
1882, for the payment on December /, 1882,
OF the balance Of the hfty-seventh semi
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Evening star., 1932-11-16

PortugaTs wheat crop this year broke
all records.
Evening star., 1932-11-16

Including Number of Subscribers, Amount
Subscribed and Per Cent of Quota Secured
to 1890 PM. November Is
Evening star., 1932-11-16
Summer Outings Group.

Summer outings Committee-Pro-
vides Summer outings for underpriv-
legged and undernourished children and
mothers of all races and creedS at Camp
Good Will and Camp Pleasant.
Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A.-Works
: to make the teachings OF Jesus Christ
real in the lives of colored men and
boys through personal counsel, social
life, fellowship. vocational guidance, free
employment service, sports, games,
health education, forums and discus
SION 1rouns. supervised dormitories,
campings and service In school, nusl-
ness, industry and community.
washington Animal Rescue League
A civic and humanitarian organization;
answers all calls to get sick, injured or
undesirable animals; receives those that
cannot be cared for by owners; places
many in good homes; restores lost ami
mails to owners; safeguards public
health; lessons danger from rabies;
teaches kindness and mercy.
washington Welfare Association
Southeast House)-Ain1s to encourage
colored children and adults to widen
their horizons by offering new and
constructive interests under trained
leadership; through varied and inter-
esting activities for every member OF
the family. including nursery school.
arts and crafts, choral society. children's
theater, health clubs, social and ath-
letic clubs, mothers clubs, Summer ac-
tivity school; gives personal advisory
! service on problems Of residents Of
neighborhood; trains elder children tc
/ be big brothers and sisters to little ones
"Y" Associations.
Young Mems Christian Association
Educational religious, recreational anc
, other activities for men and boys.
Young Women's Christian ASsocia-
3 tion-Develcp ps Christian character and
j service for Washington girls and women
, through recreation programs, socia
service opportunities, general and re-
hgious education. Rooms regt&ry, sona