Evening star., 1936-11-29
NEW NORTHEAST
GROUP ORGANIZED
BIadensburg Road Body,
Formed in May, Already
Has 95 Members.

The BladenSburg Road Citizens
Association, newest addition to the
civic organizations of the District, re-
ports membership in good standing
of more than 95 members, after being
in existence only six months.
The group was started last May with
about 20 members, some withdrawn
from the Rhode Island Avenue Citi-
zens' Association and some previously
unassociated with civic work Early
meetings were devoted entirely to or
ganization under the following off,
GERS: William F. Ryan, president:
William P. Thomas. vice president:
Mrs. N. F. Morfesi secretary; p Nc
Cue, financial secretary, and S. H.
Miser, treasurer.
The territory of the associati ton is
bounded on the west by Franklin and
Vista streets, on the south by r street,
with the District line and Bladensburg
as the other two boundaries.
Joins Northeast Conference.
The group was granted membership
in the joint conference of Northeast
Citizens Associations November S,
and members are now considering ap-
plying for membership in the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations.
An association publication formed
under the auspices of the group. the
Civic News. is published monthly a
week before the meeting date. This
organ is published in collaboration
with the Brookland- Woodbridge Guide.
The editor is B. S. Elliot, who is also
chairman Of the Publicity Committee,
and the business manager is M. j.
Blanke.
Feeling themselves large enough
and properly organized, the group has
recently adopted a program setting
forth the civic Improvements it in
tends to seek for the area. Most
emphasis is placed on the condition
Of streets and street lighting, 10 dis
tinct improvement operations being
listed on the program:
/. The opening of an arterial high
way supplementary to Bladensburg
road to relieve the road of the heavy
Annapolis traffic.
2. The opening of South Dakota
avenue to meet Bladensburg road.
8. The opening of Adams street
from Thirty-flrst street to South Da-
kota avenue.
4. The opening of Twentieth street
between Evarts and Charming streets.
5. The opening Of Charming street
from Queens Chapel road to Twenty
first street and the widening and
grading Of Twenty first street between
Charming and Bryant streets.
6. The widening and surfacing Of
Lawrence avenue from Bryant street
to the Baltimore & Ohio underpass
Z. The improvement of Bryant
street from the Queens Chapel Road
Bridge to Seventeenth street.
8. The surfacing of Franklin street
from Twenty-second street to Vista
| street.
8. A traffic light at the corner Of
Thirtieth street and Bladensburg
road.
10. A pedestrian subway at Doug
las street and Bladensburg road, SINH
lar to the subway on Benning road.
Sidewalk Need Cited.
Next in Importance to the associa-
ton in improvements for their area
are sidewalks. They see q need for
the building of sidewalks in more than
seven of the streets of their territory.
The group feels that walks should be
placed on Bladensburg road from New
York avenue to Charming street on
the east side, on both sides Of Twenty
eighth street from Bladensburg road
to Franklin street, on both sides of
Franklin street between Twenty
eighth and Thirtieth streets and on
Douglas street, Evarts street, Thirtieth
and Thirty-flrsts streets, where there
are no walks now.
The group also intends to give its
attention to the need of schools in
the area, desiring the appropriation
Of funds for sites for an elementary
and q Junior high school in the
Bladensburg road territory.
The association meets the first
Monday Of the month in the Church
Of Christ, at Twenty eighth and
Douglas streets northeast.