Evening star., 1939-09-24
Civic Associations
Hold First Meetings
OF Fall Season
Mideity and North Capitol
Gather Tomorrow:
Others Set Dates

Two civic associations will hold
their first fall meetings at 8 pm.
tomorrow.
The Midcity Citizens Association
will meet at Thomson Community
Center, Twelfth and L streets NV.
The Education Committee is to re-
port on new site for Wilson Teach
ers College on ground formerly
occupied by the Sixteenth street
reservoir. George A. Warren, char
man, said yesterday that this loca-
ton will be offered largely with the
view Of enlarging the institution
to the status of city college.
Further reports on CONSTRUCTING a
new Abbot Vocational School at
Fourteenth and Upshur streets NV.
also will be made. President A j.
Drlscoll plans to report plans for
new No. Is police precinct sta
tlon at Fifth street and New York
avenue NV, for which an appro-
priation of $4,000 was made last
year. He also will appoint Nolni-
mating Committee for the October
elections.
The North Capitol Citizens AS
sociation, meeting in Mckinley High
School at the came hour, will hear
addresses by Col. Lawrence C. Craw-
ford of the Traffic Advisory Council
and William A. Xanten, supervisor
OF the District Refuse Department.
New Southeast Meeting Place.
The following evening at the same
hour, the Southeast Citizens Asso-
ciation will hold its opening meet
Ing in new meeting place,
Friendship House, GIG D street Sc.
Community Chest and Girl Scout
representatives have been invited
to speak. William A. Maio, presi-
dent, announced that action would
probably be taken on recommended
tions submitted to the District Com
missioners relative to appropriations
in the 1941 budget for Southeast
section Improvements.
Next week, when all civic groups
resume regular meetings with the
advent of October, two newcomers
will be added to the growing list of
associations. now numbered over so.
The Knights of Pythias Civic
Association. organized last April by
the Grand Lodge of that order. will
continue its efforts of last year when
the group supported such endeavors
as erection of new National Guard
= Armory on East Capitol street, ad-
dition of 200 policemen and provi-
sion for civilian clerks in tho de-
partment to replace policemen now
doing clerical work and co-opera-
ton in enforcing the pedestrian
control law.
AT present study is being made
OF the existing laws regarding drunk
en- drivers of automobiles, who may
be involved in accidents. A COM
mlttee, headed by Arthur E. Lausen,
is expected to report its findings
at future meeting.
Flood Conditions Prominent Issue.
A more recently organized civic
group, composed of residents of the
Arkansas avenue-Delafeld place
NV. area, has set this Friday as a
meeting night to decide a course of
action against recurrence of flood
conditions. The meeting will be
held in Telfords Restaurant, Four
teenth and Decatur streets NV. At
present, a committee. now part of
the Piney Branch Citizens Associa-
ton. considers problems of it's own
particular area to be entirely dis
tinct from those of Piney Branch,
although it was emphasized that
the group wished to remain on
friendly terms with the Piney
Branch organization. A vote will
be taken Friday to determine Wheth-
er or not the committee will with
draw from Piney Branch and form
Its own association.
Last week two groups, Sixteenth
Street Heights and Anacostia re-
quested branch public libraries in
their respective communities. The
former group also elected officers,
headed by M. J. Cairns. Another
election was held by American Uni
versity Park, Elliot M. Clark being
chosen president. A report was
heard by this group on a petition
to secure a new elementary school