Evening star., 1944-05-28
Arlington Buys
Land for Site
OF New School
Boord Pays ST 500;
20 Room Building
Is Planned

The Arlington County Board yes
terday authorized purchase for
$500 from the Army Navy Coun-
try Club of five acres Of club prop
erty along the Shirley Memorial
highway for the site Of new junior
high school, The county also gave
the club one acre of ground from
the adjacent Hoffman Boston school
property. Execution OF the deed was
authorized.
The club also asked for relocation
of street right-of way, which now
interferes with the club golf course,
The board agreed that at any time
1t desires to use the right -of-way
for street purposes, it will permit its
relocation at the left of the present
site. The new junior high school
is to be 20-room, $274,500 struc-
ture. The Federal Works Agency
approved a grant to help build 1t
several weeks ago.
Board Member Edmund D. Camp
bell, referring to meeting of the
Arlington County tuberculosis AS
sociation week ago, said the dis
cussion considered the participation
OF Arlington, Alexandria and Fair
fax in the erection of sanatorium,
possible sites. probable cost and the
Administration. On his recommen.
dation, the board authorized DR..
Ralph c. Beachley, county health
of1cer, to represent Arlington in the
matter.
At the request of County Engi.
neer C. I. Kinnier, the board added
$4,000 to the road fund for surface
treatment.
Sees Serious Fire Hazard.
G. s. Cobbins of the Cherrydale
Citizens Association told the board
a serious fire hazard exists In the
Cherrydale School Auditorium.
where 81 window panes are broken
and paper and other infiammable
materials are piled high. County
Manager Frank c. Hanrahan said
that Fire Chief A. G. Sheffel and
Building Inspector Andrew Jensen
have been directed to see Superin-
tendent of Schools Fletcher Kemp
about correcting the condition.
Meanwhile, the board considered
f1ve rezoning requests, approving
three and continuing two.
w. s. Hoge, jr., requested the
rezoning of 81 acres in the Four
Mile-Run area from residential to
light industrial. Following the rec
commended denial of his request, Mr..
Hoge said he understood the county
wants approximately one-half of
the area for park purposes. On the
substitute motion of Basil M. De-
Lashmutt, the board voted, 80, that
the matter be postponed 28 days for
further study. The other continue
ations was on request of e. H. Jo-
hansen for the property at 1911 Lee
highway to be rezoned from apart
ment classification to light indus
trial.
Requests Approved.
n Those approved were, respectively.
NJ. H. Sharlin. lots to S at 2180
North Glebe road, from apartment
to local commercial; Buckley and
Linville, property in Douglas Park
and West Nauck, from one-family
residential to two-family senide-
tached, and H. Rozier Dulaney,
property in the 1900 block of Fort
Myer drive, from general CONNER
cial to light industrial.
The request of Lillian Rothery for
a use permit for a nursery to ac-
commodate go children, located in
Glen Carlyn was denied. Board
Member F. Freeland Chew said it
was not war emergency PROPOSE
ton and added he felt the property
is not large enough to accommodate
that many children.
Expenditures for the last two
weeks of $55,827.8 including a pay
roll of s32, 1892, were approved.