The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-06
SCHOOL DELAY
PR0TESTEDBY
CITIZENS
BY J. A. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

A vigorous protest was regis
tered by the Forest Hills Citizens
Association at is first meeting of
the season last night in the Ben
Murch School, at what was de
clared indifference on the part
of the Municipal Architects Of
flee to plan an addition to the
Alice Deal Junior High School,
Thitry-eighth Place and Daven-
port Street Northwest.
Mrs. Leslie Boudinot Wright
association secretary, anu chair
man of the Deal School building
committee, reported an appropria-
ton was made at the last SEES
sion Of Congress Of $169,000 for
an additional wing to the build
ing. Standard plans were to be
used to have improvements COM
pleted and the school ready for
occupancy at the beginning of
the present school year. Thus
far she said nothing has been
done.
Mrs. Wright explained, 800
children who should be attend
ing the school, are compelled to
60 to school some distance from
the neighborhood.
To ascertain why the plans are
being delayed, President L. A.
CarrutherS appointed Mrs. Viii
bur La Roe, jr., Edwin Potter, and
William MeggerS to a committee
to confer with Municipal Architect
Nathan C. Wyeth during the cur
rent week.
The association went on record
as opposing a proposed taxing OF
automobiles by weight or horse
power as a means of increasing
District revenues.
Captain Kelley, commander OF
the Eighth precinct, was requested
to make survey and report to the
organization on traffic hazards
around the Deal School and Park
Drive leading to the school.
The associations annual dinner
was put off from october to Janu-
airy last night.
N1aHOE EdEk NCCbS
The Manor Park Citizens AsSo-
citation, at its annual meeting last
night in the Whittier School, re-
elected Ernest H. Pullman preSi-
dent.
Other officers elected were
Charles S. Howard, first vice preSi-
dent; Miss Elsie Greene, second
vice president; George A. Corbin,
recording secretary; Ben c. Cruick-
ShankS, corresponding secretary;
William T. Buckley, treasurer, and
renamed Mr.. Corbin and Henry w.
Seaquist delegates to the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
The association opposed recon
ing of the property bounded by
Aspen, Whittier and Third Streets
Northwest.
Warren o. Berry was admitted
as a member during the meeting.
A Movietone picture of Virginia
furnished the entertainment.
TakOma Asks Buses
Abandonment of all Car service
and removal of tracks from Ken
needy, Third and Laurel streets, and
substitution of bus service, with a
transfer point at Fourteenth and
Colorado avenue, was urged by the
Takoma, D. c., Citizens ASSocia-
ton at a meeting held last night
at the Takoma Branch Library.
1t also requested the Takoma ex-
press route be increased to Is
minute Roadway, and that an eX-
press bus service be inaugurated
on Laurel and Third streets. along
the route of the existing car line,
south on Kansas avenue to Sher-
man Circle, then southeast on
Illinois avenue to New Hampshire
avenue and Thirteenth street.
The associations action last
night settles long dispute re-
garding double tracking and con-
tinuing service of the Kennedy
Street car line to Fourteenth
Street and Colorado Avenue.
Determined to keep Takoma
Park residential the association
went on record as opposing five
changes now before the coming
commission, requestiong changes
in present restricted areas.
Dupont Citizens
The Dupont Circle Citizens AS
ISOLATION, at its first fall meeting
yesterday in the Mayflower Hotel,
passed resolutions of Admiral Jo-
Seph Strauss, opposing an applica-
ton now before the coming COM
mission to rezone 2122 MaSsachu-
sets Ave. N. w., to permit the
erection of an apartment house.
Col. J. r. M. Taylor was
named to take appropriate action
to protect the statue of General
Dupont in Dupont Circle. It was
revealed that only recently one
of the hands of the statue had
been broken off, apparently by
children climbing over it.
In the absence of Demarest
Lloyd, second vice president, Will
liam Floyd Crosby presided.
Michigan Park
Resolutions were passed by the
Michigan Park Citizens Associa-
ton at last nights meeting in
the Bunker Hill School, cenSuring
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company for permitting engines
passing through Brookland to be
stocked, producing a black smoke
which imDairS nr0Dartv vo1uac