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Evening star., 1935-03-24

The Southwest Civic Association
has its own names for the fire-fght-
ing antiques of its district which
cannot be bequeathed to q museum
until replacements arrive.
For instance, there's "Methuselah," !"
the senile pumping engine: Bar
tholomew," II years old. but still
wheeling out on alarms with No. 4
Engine Co.. and "Sparkplug" and
Fannie" the 22-mile-an-hour hose
wagons.
According to DR.. George L. john
son, chairman of the Civic Com
mittee, the association went before
Congress last Winter and helped to
obtain Q $23, $500 appropriation for the
purchase of new fire department
equipment.
still. no replaHments have been
made in the associations vicinity. DR..
johnson said. They tell US" he
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Mass Meeting Considered.

A huge mass meeting to be partici-
pated in by all civic groups of the
Northeast section to push improve
ments for the area was suggested by
A. D. Calvert at recent meeting Of
the Joint Conference of Northeast
Citizens Associations. Calvert, who
represents Lincoln Park, was named
to report on the plan at the next
meeting.
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FIRE HOUSE is SOUGHT
IN NORTHWEST SECTION
Sixteenth Street Heights Citizens
Point Out Nearest One Now
Is 2 Miles Away.

Agitation for q fire house in the
Sixteenth Street Heights area is
gathering momentum, according to
S. B. Loveless, president Of the Six
teenth Street Heights Citizens Asso-
citation.
Loveless points out the fact that
the nearest fire house TO the area Is
located at Georgia and Concord ave-
nueS, more than two miles away, and
the equipment at that station is not
suitable for use in the event of q big
fire.
Action will be taken by the associ-
alton at the next meeting.
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P.W.A. AID SOUGHT.
TO BUILD LIBRARY.
ON CONDUIT ROAD
CO. -Year-0id Building, Once
Used as School, Held
Utterly Inadequate.

The use of P. w. A. funds to re-
place the old wooden school now used
for a public library at 1854 Conduit
road is being advocated by the Con-
duit Road Citizens Association and
other civic groups in the vicinity.
This venerable structure has served
the public for more than so years. 1t
was built in the Fall of 1874 to re-
place q school that had burned the
previous Spring. Costing but $l,250,
il was used as a school by the chill
dren of Foxhall and Potomac Heights
for more than so years. At first 1t
was adequate for the needs of the
small community, but by 1928 the
section was sparsely populated no
longer and the building became out
moded. Accordingly it was aban-
doned by the school authorities and
the last of the one-room schools went
cut of existence.
Structure Becomes Library.
It's career had not ended, however.
The frame structure was taken over
by the Public Library, repaired and
refurnished. and became the Conduit
road branch of the Public Library.
The new branch was opened NO
vember ~. 1928, with Miss Mildred
A. Page in charge. 1t was painted
white with green blinds and con-
tanned about 5000 books. At present
the circulation is from $4,000 to 30
900 among the 1900 borrowers on
the rolls of the library.
The one-room building is becoming
so crowded during rush periods IN
the evening that the Conduit Road
Citizens Association has begun
campaign to have it replaced by
larger and more modern structure. A
resolution was passed at the last
meeting asking that part Of (Ae P. w.
A. grant to the District be used for
this purpose.
Cost Set at S25,en0.
In a report issued by the Public
Library, the cost Of a new branch
library for Conduit road is estimated
to be about S25,000. The National
Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion owns a plot Of ground at Ashby
street and Conduit road, one block
east of the present site, upon which
it is proposed to build the new library.
Tentative plans call for a large
brick building which would serve the
entire area west Of Wisconsin avenue.
AS the population of the section in
creases, the library plans to have
more books placed there and larger
staff added. At present there is but
one librarian, Edward M. Lohse, at
the Conduit road branch. Lohse has
an assistant several nights each week,
however.
When the new library is completed,
the old building will probably be torn
down and the site added to the Fort
Drive Park.
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PROJECTS LISTED
Citizens Seek r. I. Avenue and
N. Y. Avenue Link.

CltIzenS seek h. /. Avenue ana
N. Y. Avenue Link.
The Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Association will continue its fight to
secure o street running north and
south to connect Rhode Island avenue
and New York avenue, according to q
report made by Edward n. Alsop,
chairman Of the Streets and Side
walks Committee.
Other northeast improvements in
the report were the paving of South
Dakota avenue, from Randolph street
to Eighteenth street; paving and
curbing Of Irving street from Eight
zenith street to Rhode Island avenue;
paving and curbing Of jackson street
from Seventeenth street to Rhode
Island avenue; resurfacing Of Twenty
fourth street, from Mills avenue to
Charming street; resurfacing OF Chan
ming street. from Twenty-fourth to
Twenty-second and the surfacing OF
Eastern Avenue from Rhode Island
avenue tofthe bridge over the rail-
road,
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TRADE BOARD UNIT
HEALTH ACTIVITIES
TO Be DISCUSSED
DR.. Malcolm Gibbs Named
Chairman of NJ. and NJ.
Booster Outing.

Means by which the Washington
Board Of Trade may cooperate with
the District Health Department to
improve health and sanitary condi-
tons in the National Capital win be
outlined to the Public Health Com
mittee Of the board Wednesday at
4:3O pm. in the trade boards ofices
in The Star Building.
DR.. James G. Cumming, chairman
Of the Subcommittee on Cooperation
With Public Health Authorities. is
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Civic Association Calendar
Southeast Group to Make Plans for National Rep
resentdfion Debate-Sonthvest Unit to
Hear Talk BY DR.. Rutland.

report by K. p. Armstrong on selec-
ton of members for Board of Edu-
cation; report by H. M. Dixon on
proposed extension OF Eastern and
South Dakota avenues; report by A..
H. Gregory and Mable M Hubble on
character education and communistic
activities in schools; report by CAL
vert on proposed mass meeting in
northeast.
Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens As
sociation, 8 pm, 1920 Rhode Island
avenue. Program-Laws and Legisla-
ton Committee on proposed reorgan-
iZation Of District government: report
by Shrine Decoration Committee on
plans TO decorate the area during
mentS.
Southeast Citizens Association, 8
pm. Buchanan School. Program
Action on proposed old-age pension
bill; action to appear before Public
Utilities Commission in April; plans
for debate on national representation
for the District to be held on April g.;
action on Federation of Citizens As
sociations' preliminary report on reor-
ganiZation of the District government.
Wednesday, March q.
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation. pm, Woodbridge Sub-branch
Library. REORGANIZATION on years
program for group as drawn up by the
Executive Committee; discussion Of
proposed small loan bill and proposed
bill for establishing District airport.
Southwest Citizens Association, 8
pm. No. 4 precinct. 492 E street
southwest. Program--Address by
George c. Rutland, District health
officer; report by DR.. Leon Gordon on
health work in public schools; report
by Harry S. Wender on appearance be-
fore Senate Subcommittee on Appro-
priations last week on the following:
A proposed new Jefferson Junior High
School, an increased medical and
nursing staff in the public schools and
efforts to secure school dental clinic
action on resolution indorsing lunacy
bill with certain changes; action on
proposed removal of municipal SWIM
ming pool.
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Gets 80 New Members.

r. e. Berry and Gertrude L.
Walter were recently admitted to
membership in the Sixteenth Street
Heights Citizens Association. More
than 80 new members have been ad-
mitted to the group within the past
two months, according to s. B. Love-
less. president.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
BY JESSE c. SUTER.

~IVIC INTEREST in the do
ings at the Capitol during
" the past week has been
centered chiefly in the
inquiry Of the District
Crime Committee and the hearings
on the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill before the Senate
District Appropriations Subcom-
mittee. Proposals by the House
Committee on Rivers and Harbcrs
TO improve the Washington harbor
and water front on $3.50 basis has
also attracted considerable organi-
zation interest. There is, however,
a lack of enthusiasm over the equal
division Of cost, as the feeling is
rather general that the proposal of
the District Engineer that the Dis
trict be required to pay only for the
structures for its own use would be
better.
General approval is being given
to the plan for the District to par
ticipate on an equal basis with the
States in whatever allocations are
made, under the pending work re-
lief bill, for highway construction
and elimination of grade crossings.
Open bars versus closed bars and
the selection of an airport site are
matters with which House District
subcommittee are struggling. Civic
leaders have been pressing for ac-
ton by the House District Com
mittee on the anti-gambling and
lunacy commission bills.
At the District Building the Pub
lie Utilities Commission continues
to work on the re-routing problem,
and during the past week handed
down a decision fixing the valua-
ton OF gas light companies for
rate making purposes. The slash
of $l3,000,000 from the amount
claimed by the company will prob
ably result in an appeal which will
long oelay the accrual OF any Dene-
fits to the consumers.
The District Commissioners have
kept eyes on Congress and in a
probable spirit of optimism have
started the ball rolling for the
Fourth of July celebration. A COM
mittee Of citizens appointed for
that purpose by the Commissioners
met at the District Building We'd
nesday and selected c. Melvin
Sharpe as chairman.
Throughout the organizations ac-
tionS reflect a unanimity OF senti-
ment for more school buildings,
more policemen, and the building
Of the courts units Of the Municipal
Center on Judiciary Square with
funds advanced by the P. W. A.
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CHAIRMEN NAMED
Rhode Island Avenue Head Makes
Appointments.

Committee chairmen of the Rhode
Island Avenue Citizens Association
have been announced by its new
president Clayton C. Marsh. They
are:
Membership, William p. Thom-
as; Legislation. Charles o. Pierce;
Schools. N. M. Rowland: Streets
and Sidewalks. Edward H. Alsop;
Public Utilities, John L. Fowler;
Zoning. Z. G. Sievers; Parks, M. G.
Wilson; Fire and Police. Joseph A.
Mayhem; Lights and Mails, Chester
r. Smith: Sewers and Water, J. A.
Duerksen; Health and Sanitation.
Fred M. Grant: Meetings, Julian r.
Belfleld; Press, James W. Hardey.
and Special Use covenant, George
Gee.
Evening star., 1935-03-24

also an assistant
District h e alt h
omcer in charge
Of communicable
diseases. In this
double role he
has had an eX-
ceptional oppW-
tunity to study
the needs from
both viewpoints.
DR.. C u m m | n g
has recently been
busily engaged in
the departments S
war on scarlet
fever, which has
reached mild eni-
Evening star., 1935-03-24

aboard chartered steamer which will
visit various points of interest on the
Potomac River and Chesapeae Bay.
Other members of the committee
are r. P. Andrews, Frederick Buckholz,
P. M. DorSch, T. R. Fitzgerald,
Charles H. Frame. Franklin w. Harper,
Joseph r. Harris, Ringgold Hart,
Mark LanShurgh. Louis Levay, George
E. Mccain, William j. McNamara,
E. J. Mather, Bert L. Olmsted, Benja-
min OuriSman. William z. Russell,
L. S. Scott, George c. Shaffer, Ben
jamin Skinker, Arthur J. Sundlun,
Ford E Young and Dewey Zirkin.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Thursday, March 2S.

Conduit Road Citizens Association,
8 pm, Our Lady Of Victory Church.
Program-Discussion of proposed in
auguration Of night school classes:
plans for completing Palisades Play
ground; addresses by George H Shinn
Of Washington Board Of Trade and
Julius Peyser, attorney.
Evening star., 1935-03-24
PRAYER OPENS MEETINGS
Clergy of All Faiths Appear
Before Federation.

As q result Of a resolution recently
adopted by the Federation Of Citizens
Associations invocations are held at
the opening of all meetings Of the
body by members Of the clergy from
all faiths.
The first to open the meeting with
q prayer was the Rev. Canon Raymond
Walren, chaplain to Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, DID,, Protestant
Episcopal Bishop of washington. The
meeting of the Federation on March
16 was the first time the session had
been opened under this new resolu-
tiOY1
Evening star., 1935-03-24

fourth annual
rooster outing
of the Marchants
and Msuufactllr-
erS Association
to be held J1ne
81 to "a. Ap-
pointment of the
com m ittee was
announced yes
terday by James
z. Collih flower,
president.
The annual trip
of the association,
its only recrea-
tiona al activity,
Mill H. hNA
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Representative Is Member.

Representative Chauncey w Reed
Of Illinois is a member Of the Amer.
Ean University Park Citizens ASsocia- y
ton.
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NJ. and NJ. Prepares for Outing.

DR.. Malcolm G. Gibbs has been
appointed chairman and Lewis A.
Payne vice chairman of the twenty
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Monday, March Is.

Georgetown Citizens Association,
pm, st. Johns Church Parish Hall.
Program-Discussion of plans TO dis
continue street car service west Of
Dupont Circle and north on Wiscon-
sin avenue: action to convert old p
street car barn site into park area {;
discussion of recent coordination Of
recreational facilities between Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission and school system; ac-
ton on Executive Committees reso-
luton indorsing Inauguration of night
school classes in Western High
School; discussion of activities of the
Georgetown Recreational Council;
discussion of condition of Georgetown
Playground.
Midcity Citizens Association. 8
pm, Thomson Community Center.
Program-Address by Traffic Direc-
tor William A. Van Duzer on local
traffic situation, Capt. j. E. Bobo of
No. precinct, guest: report by DR..
Flora Taylor on arrangements for
annual banquet in April; plans to
reorganize No. 2 precinct.
North Capitol Citizens Association,
8 pm, Mckinley High School. Pro-
gram-Executive Committee report on
special meeting held March IA; re-
port and action on character educa-
tion: report and discussion of pro-
posed plans for reorganization of the
District government; discussion Of
plans for a card party and dance
April IS.
Trinidad Citizens Association, 8
pm, Wheatley School. Program-Ac-
ton to secure item for character edu-
cation in 1886 District budget; report
on needed repairs on K street north
east; action to secure a proposed re-
creational center; Playground Com
mittee report on recent activities Of
Playground Council.
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Civic Interest Quickened by

Civic Interest Quickened by
"Gentlemen's Agreement" Incident.
a T THE outset Of the inquiry by
"A the District Crime Committee
there seemed to be only a
passing interest shown in its work
by the civic bodies, the uniform
feeling being that It was "just an
other congressional investigation"
The ci}ic minded had followed the
testimony al daily reported In the
Evening star., 1935-03-24
Tuesday, March 26.

Joint conference of Northeast Citi-
zens' Associations, 8 pm, No. II pre-
cinct. Program-Discussion of en-
forced sterilization of restaurant
equipment; discussion of proposed
consolidation of police and traffic de-
partments; report by A. D. Calvert on
proposed extension of Seventeenth
street northeast from Bladensburg
road to Benning road; discussion of
the following: Plans for additional
ground for Fort Totten, District jobs
for District residents, staggered hours
Of Government employees and proposed
Inauguration of daylight saving time;
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Proposed Expansion
OF Education Center.

MYTH the completion of the
w tuberculosis sanitariums at
Glenn Dale, Md. it is now
proposed that the site of the pres
ent tuberculosis Hospital be used
for a new Wilson Teachers COL
lege and for a junior college.
School officials and several organ
izations have already expressed
themselves as favoring such use of
this property.
To many the site seems ideal as
it would round out the most COM
plete educational center in the
District. There is already located
in this area the Powell Elementary
School, on Upshur street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,
which is Immediately across the
street to the south. Immediately
to the north, at Thirteenth and
Allison streets, is the Fresh Air or
Health School. East of Thirteenth
street is the Roosevelt Senior High
School. the Mcfarland Junior
High School and the site for the
Petworth branch of the Public
Library. Ample Fairgrounds and
stadium adjoin the two high school
buildings.
The school plant located In this
center represents most every type
of instruction known to the local
schools and would afford most
convenient field of observation for
students in a teachers college.
This entire tract from Kansas
avenue to Fourteenth street and
from Upshur street to Allison street
was acquired many years ago as a
site for a municipal hospital. The
tuberculosis Hospital was the first
and only unit ever erected because
of the united and vigorous cam
paign of opposition by joint COM
mittee representing the citizens
associations of Piney Branch, Pet
worth, Brightwood, Columbia
Heights and Park View. A memoir
able fight was waged before the
Senate against the erection Of the
Gallinger Hospital group at this
location and a demand made for
a more ample site for the Tuber-
culosis Hospital. Gallinger Hospi-
tai was finally located in its present
site and the movement for a new
site for the tuberculosis hospital
finally resulted in the locations of
these institutions at Glenn Dale.
Civic Interest Quickened by
"Gentlemen's Agreement" Incident.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-26
FIRST METHODIST

Rev. Claude MoSer, pastor.
Sunday school, 9:45 q. M; l.. R.
Geiger, general superintendent;
H. C.. Ransom, teacher Mems Bible
class: Mrs. ]. F. Stokes, teacher
Susannah Wesley Bible class; Miss
Bessie Allen, teacher Philathea BIZ
bic class; Mrs. Mabel Baughman,
teacher Young Women's Bible
class; Bert Colt, teacher Young
Mems Bible class. Every member
of the church needs the Sunday
school and the Sunday school
needs every member of the church.
IL a. m.-Morning service. Ser
mon by pastor. Theme: The
Temptations of the Church.
3 p. m.-EYening service. Ser
mon by pastor. Theme SHOULD
We Have Confidence in Our Young
People"
wednesday evening at 1880
o'clock-Mid-week PRAYER service
will be held in the church hut.
The pastor will have charge OF
the service.
Thursday evening at 1880, the
Young Peoples meeting will be
held in the church hut.
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services. You are
a stranger here only once.
0rganist and ,direetress, Mrs
Paul English.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-26
CONE TO CHURCH SUNDAY
FIRST BAPTIST

Sunday school, 9:45 a. M; u.
! e. Sinclair, superintendent.
Morning worshi0. clock.
with sermon By the pastor OF
"Can We Believe in Miracles in
Light Of Scientific Progrcss?'
Evening service. 1880 p. M
sermon theme, "Thc Present State
of Those Who Have Passed Into
the Great Beyond"
B. Y. P. U. and story hour, 6:i5
p. m.
Monday. 3:2O-Sunbeam Band
viii meet n Ho!iowc!l Bible class
room.
Monday. 8 p. r1.-T. f, L. class
business and social mcct:H: with
Mrs. Geo-g2 JusSus, 1893 High
land avenue.
TucsIcy, 1850 p. rr-Businoss
and social meeting Of the Pnila-
thea class at the homo OF Mrs. W.
c. G,azener on T HID avenue
west.
wednesday, 1870 p. m.-Prayer
mcetiag-onc of the @!Tec5oSt ser
wees OF the week.
Friday. 1880 D. n. - Sunday
School Workers Council and
study course. Every teacher and
officer should attend.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-26
CORN AND HOG
CUT PROGRAM
HERE ASSURED
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
from 10 to 80 per cent on corn.
On this basis the government
will pay farmers on basis of 30
a bushel for the reduction in
stead of at the rate of 30 cents
paid last year.
The reduction on hogs IS III
per cent this year as compared
to % per cent last year. Farm,
ers will be paid at the rate OF
SIS per hog for the reduction.
1t was stated this morning that
farmers of Henderson county
were paid approximately SS7QU
last year for the reduction II
corn and hogs.
The matter of reduction Of
i hurley tobacco was discussed this
morning by G.. D. White: Al
arbitrary reduction of 40 pc
cent has been placed on this crol
for this year and $40 per acr'
will be paid for the reduction.
Growers are not eligible un
less they produced tobacco il
1881, 1882, or 1888. If las
year was the first in which to
bacco was produced, these grow
ers are not eligible for reduc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-26
NOTICE OF SALE

Under and by virtue of the au.
thority conferred in the deed OF
trust executed by J. NJ. Lynch, as
Trustee A School for the New
Age. Zolton Hecht and Rosa +.
Hecht. individually and as Dlrec-
tors of a School for the New age
dated the 3rd day of December,
1881, and recorded in BOOK ioo'
pag e 113, Henderson County Reg.
istry. the undersigned trustee Will
on Monday, March %, 1888, at
l12 o'clock Noon, in front of the
Courthouse door in Henderson
Vile, n. c., sell at public auction
for cash to the highest bidder, the
following described property: .
The certain tract or parcel OF
land lying and being in Hender-
son County, North Carolina, more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at stake, Mrs. Sy-
bill Jenkins corner and also c. NJ.
Gavin's corner and runs thence
with Gavin's line North GA deg.
w. iva. 21a deg.) 1915 poles to
a stump and chestnut pointers, his
corner; thence same course 10
poles to a chestnut oak; thence
South 6S deg. West 16 poles to a
stone or boulder in the edge OF
the field; thence North At deg,
! w. 10 poles to dead locust near
the top of the hill; thence South
! 63 deg. West II poles to a pile
Of stone; thence South 40 deg
West poles to stone with g
small locust pointer: thence S. Il
deg. East Is poles to a small To-
Gust on the North side of the
road; thence with said road South
A deg. East a poles; thence will
said road South So deg. East
poles to a stake in NJ. S. Pace
/ line; thence with the road anc
PAGES line South "a deg. East 2
poles to a stake, Jim PAGES cor
| ner; thence with jim PAGES lin'
North "A deg. E. IA poles to ;
stake; thence still with his line
North IS deg. E. 12 poles to ;
stake, his corner; thence with hi
line South &c deg. E. IA poles K
stake, said PAGES and Mrs
Jenkins corner; thence with Mrs
Jenkins line South 70 deg. Eas
!12.15 poles to, the beginning.
Excepting from the above de
scribed tract of land that land con
veyed by Zolton Hecht and hi
wife, Rosa Pringle Hecht, to Mrs
! Thomas Hancock by deed date
| November %, 1925, and recorded
in Book Is, at page 297 of tn,
public registry of Henderson
County, N. c., said transfer be
ing more particularly described a
! follows:
| Beginning at a stake in Gavin
and Jenkins corner and run
thence North Al deg. West 12'
feet to stake, Gavin's corner
thence North SO deg. West 38|
feet to a stake; thence South ;
deg. West 225 feet to a rock
thence North rs deg. East 49,
feet to a stake; thence S. &c deg
East 231 feet to stake, Pace 4
! jenkins corner; thence South Z