Evening star., 1946-03-27
|PrinceGeorges
Recreation Fund
Set at $21,940
Request Is $1,1S0
Higher Thon 1945
Figure for County
By ChorIes McAIeer

The Prince Georges County COM
missioners yesterday received q
budget request for $21 $40 for op-
GRAFTON of 80 recreation centers
within the county this summer.
c. Paul Barnhart, principal Of
Bladensburg High School and di-
rector of the county summer rec
reation program, who submitted the
request, said the amount was l,1s0
more than in 1945.
He explained that with the war
over, the program would be ex-
panded to promote tntercenter
competition. Additional money was
needed particularly for travelling
expenses, he added.
A delegation of Rogers Heights
citizens, led by Russell Cullen, presi-
dent of the Rogers Heights Citi-
zens' Association, told the commits
Sloners they had collected sl1,950
In the past four days toward their
share of $4,000 in the first years
payment of street and sewer drain
age construction in the community.
1O-Year Repayment.
William A. Carson, president Of
the board Of commissioners, de-
clared that the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission had
agreed to pay half the sewerage
cost Of $4,000, and that the county
would pay the remainder, all to be
repaid by the citizens during a
period of 10 years in accordance
with special improvement laws Of
Maryland.
Mr.. Carson said the contract Of
s193 ,804.40 for such construction had
been awarded the Contee Sand &
Gravel Co., Laurel, after Mr.. Cullen
explained contractors were ready to
begin work within 10 days.
The commissioners approved in
stalation of A electric lights in the
Green Meadows and Brookside
Manor areas at a cost of s1,070.80.
Day Nursery Approved.
Applications of Walter E. and
Minnie j. Clements for permission
to operate day nursery at 5l0l
Dent street, Boulevard Heights, and
Robert M. Wilson for permission to
use approximately 80 acres of prop
erty on Branch avenue, near the
District line, as a riding academy
also were approved.
The Maryland State Roads Com.
mission notified the commissioners
OF their approval of a county recon-
mended-work program calling for
improvements on secondary roads
within the county amounting to
S35O.OO0 in a three-year period.
Under the program, the commission
explained, the county would match
yearly Federal grant Of s57141.47
fpius engineering and right-of-way
costs, to finance the work.
The commissioners announced
acceptance of Haines road, Laurel
as county road and recommended
road examiner be appointed to
report on possibility of opening
Tuxedo road (Sixty-second avenue)
between Landover road and Defense
highway, Columbia Heights, and
DAVIS avenue from Belt avenue to
Porter avenue, Bradbury Park.
Health Menace" CHARGED.
Residents of Quintana street
Riverdale Heights, in a petition to
the commissioners, protested lack
OF water and plumbing facilities at
one house on the street as a
health menace" The matter was
referred to the Health Department
for investigation.
In a second petition, the same
residents asked for additional road
clearance at the intersection of
Fnty-eighth avenue and Quintana
street and that stop signs be placed
on Fifty-eighth avenue. The COM
mlssioners ordered the county
engineers office to survey the site.
The Suitland Citizens Associa-
tlon protested the lack of stop signs
along Suitland road between the
District line and Suitland, particu-
larly from streets coming from the
Suitland Manor subdivision,