Evening star., 1953-04-01

8 New Polls
Given Arlington
In Re-Districtinq
Two Old Precincts
Dropped; Area Now
Has 81 Vote Spots
By WiIIiom J. EIyin


voting precincts was approved
yesterday by Circuit Court Judge
Walter r. Mccarthy.
There are 10 new precinct
names on the map because the
names Of two former precincts;
Walkers Chapel and Carne, are
dropped.
Division of the former total Of
20 precincts was requested by
the County Electrical Board to
make voting easier in future
elections. The new total is 81.
In the November election,
there were long waiting lines at
many voting places. In each Of
the nine heaviest-voting pre-
cincts. more than 1,400 votes
were cast.
Registration in the county
rose from about $1,000 in 1851
to nearly $4,000 for the Novem-
ber election.
The new boundaries will 60
into effect for the July IA pri-
mary and will affect thousands
Of voters. ..
Changes Listed.
These are the principal changes
approved by Judge Mccarthy:
Part of East Falls Church pre-
cinct taken to form new Noting
ham.
Carne abolished and divided
into new Rock Spring and new
Yorktown, with a small part
placed in new Lexington.
Walkers Chapel abolished and
divided into new Madison and
new Marshall.
Part Of Woodlawn becomes
part Of new Lexington.
Part Of Cherrydale becomes
part Of Woodlawn.
Arlington Forest is reduced in
size by creation of new Bucking-
ham. Part Of Arlington Forest
becomes part OF, Glencarlyn.
Part of Claremont becomes
part Of new Abingdon.
Part Of darlington becomes
part Of new Abingdon.
Aurora Hills split to form new
Oak Ridge. ~
Part Of Arlington becomes part
of new Glebe. Part of Columbia
becomes part of new Glebe.
New Precincts.
Here is the new list of pre-
cincts as approved today by
Judge Mccarthy. Next to the
name Of the precinct is listed
the polling place.
Abingdon: Abingdon School,
S035 South Abingdon street.
Arlington: Randolph School,
South Quincy and Fourteenth
streets.
Arlington Forest: Recreation
Center. North Park drive and
North Third street.
Ashton Heights: Clay School.
3001 North Seventh street.
Aurora Hills: Custis School.
712 South Twenty-third street.
Ballston: Jackson School, 855
North Edison street.
Bancroft: Bancroft School, 62S
South Wakefield street.
Buckingham: Barrett School.
440 North Henderson road.
Cherrydale: Cherrydale School.
3710 Lee highway.
Columbia: Arlington Firehouse.
1041 South Edgewood street.
Clarendon: Maury School, $3.50
Wilson boulevard.
CORTLAND: Clarendon Fire
house. 1006 North Hudson street.
Claremont: Claremont school.
400 Chesterfield road.
Dominion Hills: Mckinley
School, 1890 North Mckinley
road.
East Falls Church: Stewart
School. 2400 North Underwood
street.
darlington: darlington School.
5000 South Stafford street.
Fillmore: Pickett Homes Ad-
ministration Building. Columbia
pike and Courthouses road.
Glebe; Dance studio, 110l
South Glebe road.
Glencarlyn; Glencarlyn School.
200 South Carlyn Springs road.
Jefferson: Henry School, TOO
South Walter Reed drive.
Lee; American Legion Hall.
3445 North Washington boule-
ward.
Lexington; Lee School, S722
Lee highway.
Lyon Park; Lyon Park Com
munity House, 414 North Fill
more street.
Lyon Village: Lyon Village
Community House, 1920 North
Highland street.
Madison; James Madison
School. 1929 North Stafford
street.
Marshall: Marshall School.
4751 North Twenty-fifth street.
Nottingham; Nottingh q m
School, $500 Little Falls road.
Oak Ridge: Oak Ridge School,
1914 South Twenty-fourth street.
Overlee Knolls; Reed School,
1874 North Mckinley road.
Park Lane: Monroe School,
1900 Key boulevard.
Rock Spring; Neighborhood
House, 1856 Little Falls road.
Rosslyn; Wilson School, 1901
Wilson boulevard.
Thrifton: Stratford Junior
High School, 400 North Vaca-
ton lane.
Virginia Highlands: jefferson
Firehouse. sol South Twenty
third street.
Westover; Swanson Junior
High School, $500 Washington
boulevard.
Woodlawn: Woodlawn School,
f720 North Sixteenth street.