The Washington times., 1938-07-01

q invited guests
Of State and
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un milton as we'll
"O ''SO" as members
Of the Chevy Chase Bethesda
and Rockville chapters in at
tendance. Dewitt Harry, presi-
dent of the local group, welded
the gavel in maSterful style and
the conclave of Sir Izaaks moved
along with preciseneSs and dis
patch.
The main purpose of the gath
ering, aside from good fellow
ship, was to lay plans to clean
up pollution from the Potomac
and it's nearby tributaries. that
these waters may be safe for
humans as well as fish life. The
slogan, if selected, should be
make the Potomac the purest
waters on earth"
Joe Cox, who turned over his
estate and colonial mansion to
the WaltonianS for the occasion,
greeted the gathering with a
most cordial welcome. Roy T.
Davis, president of the National
Park College for Women, was all
for clean water and told short
story about George Washington
breaking his flask when he tasted
Of the then clear and pure waters
Of Rock Creek.
StonewaH Tells 'Em
Jack F.. Stowell, legislation
chairman, stood the meeting on
It's toes when he loudly exclaimed
that Cumberland. Md. was now
dumping approximately 13,500,-
900 gallons of unclean water in
the Potomac daily and that a
portion of Prince Georges county
was a big offender in polluting
the Eastern Branch. Jack also
said that the $4,000,0 900 disposal
plant to be installed in the
Potomac would hardly handle
all the burden unless the offend
ing communities saddled a por-
ton of the task.
Stowell continued by saying
that nearby Virginia suburbs
were now taking good care OF
their raw sewage by a plant OF
modern design. AL Roe, who
supervised the making of the
massive blue prints, that showed
no roads or townships, but only
the waterways. pointed out the
various unhealthy localities that
were communicating the Po-
tomac.
j. Darby Bowman, secretary
treasurer of the Washington
Sanitary Commission, gave his
view, with clear vision on the
now muchly polluted Potomac.
E. F. Colliday, former president
of the Washington Board of
Trade, spoke on the human side
of life and said that the young
sters Of today were entitled to at
least a portion of what had gone
before-clean and pure water
for recreational and healthful
purposes.
Prominent Speakers
Other speakers of the evening
were DR.. Lewis Radcliffe,
regional contact chairman; Glen
C. Leach, Bureau of Fisheries:
DR.. William Holton, American
University; DR.. V. L. Ellicott and
Arthur B. Alley.
Why is pollution? That's the
question fired at all speakers
from every side and they came
from under the bombardment
with flying colors, with quick
and satisfying swerS. The
meeting as a whole will be SIM
mered down to few straight
from-the-Shoulder punches that
will give the master william, pol
luton, a sock from which he'll
never recover.
The facts and figures of the
meeting will be presented at a
regional gathering of the Dis
trict, Maryland and Virginia,
next october, in Rockville, Md,
when drastic action will be taken
to ric the Potomac and its off
springs of filth forever.
Fishing should be good over
the Fourth. All reports coming
from saltwater areas carry an
even tone of fine fishing. For
an accurate accounting of what's
what in a fishing way consult
yesterday up the Stream" map.
Charles Brumback, the cold
pac man. of 2240 Pennsylvania
Ave. (across the bridge), has
made up a big supply of frozen
shrimp for over-the-Fourth an
glers. This new method of car
ton-packed fishing bait, that re-
quires no icing or sailing, is
going over nicely.
The season for big blues, trout,
channel bass, bonitos, bass, and
rock is now in the making, so
don't let the opportunity of en-
terlng metal fish in the Field
and Stream contest slip by, for
Washington has its own repre-.
sentative, Milton Gordon, of the
Simon Atlas Co., 927 D st. N.
W., will give you full particulars.
Maryland's bass season in tide.