Evening star., 1947-07-17
Fairfax 10 Seek
$165,000 Loan
For Schools
Supervisors Approve
Application to
Literary Fund

An application for a s165 900 loan
from the State Literary Fund for
school construction was authorized
yesterday by the Fairfax County
Board of Supervisors.
The School Board requested
authority to make the loan, asking
$4,000 for additional classrooms at
Woodlawn Elementary School and
$4,000 for additional classrooms and
other facilities at the Vienna Col.
ored School.
Supt. Wilbert T. Woodson has in
dicated that the School Board soon
will file an application for a loan
for the construction of two new
white elementary schools in Mount
Vernon district, one at Holm Hall
and another at Sims Corner.
The supervisors adopted a resolu-
tion approving the request of the
A., B. & w. Transit Co., filed with
the State Corporation Commission,
asking permission to establish a bus
line between Franconia and Alexan-
dria. A public hearing on the ap-
plication will be held in Richmond
on August 8.
Sewer Violations Reported.
Kenneth Gayer, president of the
Tyler Park Citizens Association,
told the supervisors that some base
ment drains in the community are
connected with the sewer lines. If
such condition exists, it Is VIOLA
ton of the county ordinance gov
erning sewer connections, the board
said.
The matter was referred to County
Sanitary Engineer Kobe Curtice
and Commonwealth's Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh for investigation.
The board appointed A. Slater
Lamond, Fort Hunt road, and Capt.
John F. Bethune, Falls Church, as
members of the newly created
County Hospital Commission, in the
place of A. Smith Bowman, sr., and
Burns N. Gibson, who declined to
serve
The board granted two rezoning
applications. denied one, and acted
on two appeals from decisions of the
County Board of zoning Appeals.
Rezoning applications granted
were those of William S. Hoge, jr..
Fort Ward Heights, suburban resi-
dental to general business. to build
hotel, and William E. Boyd.
Holmes Run. suburban residential
to rural business. Both applications
were opposed by residents living in
the adjacent areas.
Application Denied.
The application of wellington
Park Estates, Inc, Fort Hunt road,
to rezone a tract from rural resi-
dental to rural business for shop
ping center, was denied on recon-
mendation of the County Planning
Commission.
F Decisions of the Board of zoning
Appeal prohibiting the erection OF
buildings with less than the required
distance from the lot lines. rendered
against the A.. e. G. Construction
Co., Inc, and the Tyler Corp, were
reversed by the Board of Super
visors. Testimony before the SUI
pervisors showed that the buildings
had been erected without the re-
quired distance through error.
Plans for a proposed memorial to
World War II veterans of Fairfax
County, to be erected on the court
house green by the Blue and Gray
Post, VFW, we're presented by Karl
Speiss. The memorial would consist
of a tablet bearing the names OF
county citizens who were killed in
action during the war. The propo-
sal was referred to the County Fine
Arts Commission.
The board authorized the removal
of the county home demonstration
agents Office from the County
Building to the Ford Building.