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SCHOOL BOND ISSUE
BRINGS HIGH PRICE
Bids in Montgomery Equiva
lent to Par, Despite Un
settled Market.
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.
Stall Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 10.—When
the bids were opened by the Montgom
ery County commissioners yesterday
lor the sale of the $475,000 school re
funding bonds, the officials were agree
ably surprised at the price offered, par- i
ticulariy v in the face of a high call- !
money market. Although the county
officials believed that they would not
get more than $95 on the SIOO, on ac
count of the market conditions, the
price quoted by the successful bidder
was equivalent to par.
The National City Co. of New York
bid $93.8099 per SIOO, plus the accrued
interest to the date of delivery, which,
the bid stated, was equivalent to par
and accrued interest, less a discount of
$5,652.98. This company was awarded
the entire bond issue. There were only
two other bidders, Harris, Forbes & Co.
of New York, at $98,559 and Accrued
interest to date of delivery, and a joint
bid of Strother, Brogden & Co., Macku
bin, Goodrich Co. and the Continen
tal Co. of Baltimore, at $98.0606.
Regarded Emergency Measure.
This is the school bond issue, declared
an emergency measure by the Legisla
ture, to refinance 1924, 1927 and 1928
school construction and school site pur
chases. Had it not been that liquid
funds of the county were tied up in the
new construction, which was financed
on a promise from the legislators that
they would get through such an issue,
and that the proceeds were needed to
release these funds to carry on the or
dinary business of the county, includ
ing the payment of teachers’ salaries
for the remainder of the year, county
leaders say that they would not have
advertised the bonds at this time be
cause of the condition of the market.
While the price received was par, it
Is known that the county officials will
not advertise other bond issues approved
by the General Assembly until there
is some relief of the market conditions,
so that a premium may be obtained on
the bonds, as was done on those sold
last year. The bonds of this county, it
was said, have a very high standing in
the market, because of the rapid in
crease in the county wealth, and this
is indicated by the fact that even oar
was received for the bonds sold yester
day.
4.55 Per Cent Net Interest.
Berry E. Clark, clerk to the county
commissioners, said that he had been
Informal by a representative of one of
the unsuccessful bidders that the price
at which the school refunding issue
was sold would yield a net interest of
4.55 per cent. He said that the man
ager of the bond department of the
Baltimore firm stated that Montgomery
County received a particularly fine price
for the bonds, ana indicated that they
were higher than the Atlanta, Ga.. 5
per - cent bonds and the Buffalo, N. Y..
city bonds sales, during the previous
48 hours.
Mr. Clark further pointed out that
the act authorizing the issue made it
optional with the county commissioners
to fix the rate of interest at not to
exceed 5 per cent. They fixed the rate
at 4 1 * per cent, but the bids indicate
that they will yield 4.55 per cent. This,
he pointed out, was a saving to the
county of interest at the rate of forty
five one-hundredths of 1 per cent.
The proceeds of the bonds sold yes
terday are to be used either for re
financing the 1924. 1927 and 1928 con.
struction. or to pay some of the bills
still standing for this work, and on the
following projects:
Projects Included.
Construction, addition and repair of
the elementary school at Bethesda,
$17,487; construction of a high school
known as BetheSda-Chevy Chase High
School, $123,657.75; construction and
addition to Takoma-Silver Spring High
School, $58,255.47; construction and ad
dition to the East Silver Spring Ele
mentary School, $14,161.36; construction
and addition to the Takoma Park Ele
mentary School, 52,336.67; construction
and addition to Glen Echo-Cabin John
Junior High and Elementary School,
$13,286.20: construction and addition
to the Poolesville High and Elementary
School, $9,791.02; construction and ad
dition to Damascus High School, $3,-
263.59; construction of Germantown
High School, $1,735.05; construction and
addition to Chevy Chase Elementary
School, $6,425.68; construction and ad
dition to Laytonsville Elementary School.
$1,572.65; construction of Woodfleld
Elementary School, $2,47.57; construc
tion of the Somerset Elementary School,
$43,792.10; construction and addition
to Dickerson Elementary School, $2,-
155.92; construction and addition to
Rockville High School, $45,600.07; fees
paid for daily inspection and super
vision of work of construction, $2,-
231.81; electrical wiring and equipment
constructed for’ and installed in the
above schoolhouses, $3,347.76; comple
tion of work authorized in school bond
issue of 1924, $11,928.02; completion of
work authorized in school bond issue of
1927, $6,905.12; purchase'of furniture
and equipment for the above school
houses, $17,290.36; purchase of busses
for transportation of students. $5,200;
purchase of school site at Somerset,
$40,085; purchase of an addition to
school site at Gaithersburg, $40,085.
The remainder of the issue is to be
expended by the Board of Education of
the county, with the approval of the
county commissioners, for the better
ment of the county school system.
CONSTRUCTION DELAYED
ON RETAINING WALLS
Other Business Is Transacted at
Meeting of Council in
Brentwood.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BRENTWOOD, Md., April 10.—The
Town and Mayor’s Council of Brent
wood, voted at a meeting held last night
to postpone construction of retaining
walls around certain embankments and
streets here. The council indicated the
walls would eventually be built, but no
definite time was given when the work
would get under way.
The council reported that the first
street improvement bond had been paid
off on April 1, and the remaining ones
will be retired in their order out of the
bond retirement fund.
It also voted to order six new stop
signs to be placed at the busiest thor
oughfare intersections.
The council appointed Fred H.
Clough as supervisor of town elections
and a registration official. He succeeds
A. A. Vaughn, resigned. Stephen 'Mc-
Vay was appointed deputy marshal, suc
ceeding William M. Miller.
WINS SPEAKING CONTEST.
Miss Beta Williams Given High
School Championship.
Special Diipatch to The Star.
STAUNTON, Va„ April 10 —Speak
ing on the subject “Peace” Miss Reta
Williams of New Hope won the Au
gusta County high school champion
ship in public speaking for girls, in the
final contest held in Robert E- Lee
High School, Monday evening at 8
o’clock.
The boys’ county championship in
public speakiM was won by'Joseph
Cohron of Stuarts Draft, his subject
being ‘-The Development of Liberty.”
SUBURBAN NEWS/
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Queen of Festival
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MISS MARY JO MATTHEWS
Os Mannington, W. Va., who was chosen
yesterday as queen of the sixth Shenan
doah apple blossom festival, to be held
in Winchester, Va., April 18 and 19.
Miss Matthews was recently elected the
most beautiful girl at the University of
West Virginia and was chosen to be the
festival queen from a group of the most
beautiful daughters of Virginia.
ALEXANDRIA.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 10 (Spe
cial). —The entire staff of officers and
committee chairmen of Rost F, Trav
elers’ Protective Association, was re
elected here last night at the annual
meeting in the George Mason Hotel,
with the exception of F. Clinton
Knight, chairman of the hotel com
mittee, who is succeeded by O, Ashby
Reardon.
Those renamed are J. William May,
president; Mark L. Price, first vice
president; Harry D. Kirk, second vice j
president; F. Clinton Knight, third vice
president; David E. Robey, fourth vice
president; Alfred Thomson, secretary
treasurer, and Rev. Ernest M. Delaney,
| chaplain. The board of directors is
again composed of J. William May,
chairman: Alfred Thomson, secretary;
Clyde C. Lamond, Claude ,W. Fletcher,
John G. Graham and Martin E. Green.
The committee chairmen re-elected
are: C. W. King, transportation; R. E.
Knight, press; C. Fletcher Dyson,
Legislature; T. Anderson Sommers,
good roads; J. P. Merchant, member
ship, and Julius Wolf, employment.
State Convention Delegates.
Delegates elected to the State con
vention to be held at Roanoke on May
10 and 11 are J. Preston Merchant,
Harrv D. Kirk. Julius Wolf. Llewellyn
F. Dyson, T. A. Sommers, Charles W.
King. O. Ashby Reardon, Clyde C. La
mond, Mark L. Price, jr.; Martin E.
Green David E. Robey. Aubrey N. Shu- j
man, T. Harvey Henshaw, J. Dulaney
Hammond, F. Clinton Knight, J. Wil
liam May and Alfred Thomson. The
alternates are Robert E. Graham, O. H.
Kirk John G. Graham. Edgar Warfield,
jr.: J. A. Eggbom, U B. Alexander, C.
Fletcher Dyson. Emmett H. Henderson,
Richard Gibson. R. E. Knight, A. C.
Mass. H. Noel Garner, Benjamin Weil,
J. Frank Myers and John Murphy.
The monthly report of Dr. W. LewLs
Schafer, city health officer,-submitted
to City Manager Paul Morton today,
’ shows an increase in communicable
’ diseases, expected at this period of the
, vear. Eight cases of pneumonia, seven
, cases of mumps, four of measles, two
of scarlet fever, one of diphtheria and
and one of tuberculosis were reported
during March. Forty-two birth* and
twenty-seven deaths were recorded.
During March the new tuberculosa
clinic was opened and of the 28 pa
tients examined 6 were found to have
the disease or showed signs of being
! susceptible to the disease. The clinic
i Ls to be conducted each month .by local
doctors.
Infant Attendance Record.
On March 22 a new attendance record
was made at the infant welfare center,
when 33 babies were examined, 18 of
whom were admitted to the center for
the first time that day. During the
month 264 babies were examined, 33
new patients were admitted, - 106 visits
were made to the center, 132 visits were
made to the homes of 158 infants and
36 physical examinations were. made.
Forty-two people were vaccinated in,
March. 70 were treated for venereal dis
eases. 211 poor persons were treated at
the public clinic. The public health
nurse attended 34 hew patients and
made 175 visits to patients’ homes.
Four homes were placarded, 19 throat
cultures were made and the nurse at
tended 25 clinics. "
Twenty-five examinations of the city s
water supply were made. /Sanitary in
spections were made during March as.
follows; Sixty-four restaurants, 180
grocery stores, 30 meat markets, 10 fish
markets and wagons,, 12 bakeries and
ice cream parlors, 20 soft drink estab
lishments, 9 dairies, 15 barber shops,
12 yards and buildings and 9 com
plaints were rectified.
A burglar gaining entrance to the
store of Jones & Sims at Payne and
Queen street last night through a rear
door, took between $3 and $4 in money
from the cash register.
Automobiles Collide.
Two machines, driven by John T.
Woodson of 428 Wolfe street and H. J.
Stewart of Ballston, Va., were damaged
considerably yesterday afternoon when
they .collided at the * intersection of
Duke and Royal streets. An automo
bile operated by A. B. Gray of Rich
mond collided with a car driven by
Herman Ramey of 1609 Duke street at
Cameron and West streets yesterday
also. Neither car was damaged badly.
Mrs. Mary Troth was elected presi
dent of the Alexandria Business and
Professional Women's Club last night
at a meeting in the George Mason
Hotel. Other officers named are: Miss
Eleanor Watkins, vice president; Miss
Helen McDonald, treasurer; Miss Vera
Germond, corresponding secretary; Miss
Minnie Brock, recording secretary. The
officers will be installed at the May
meeting.
Delegates elected to attend the State
convention at Norfolk next month are
Miss Alice Whittoh, Mrs. Mary Troth,
Mrs. George E. Warfield, Miss Nellie
Michelbach, Miss Brock, Miss Helen
McDonald, Miss Corinne Reardon and
Mrs. Otis Hullings. The alternates are
Miss Beulah Pendergrass, Miss Vietta
Butler, Mrs. Mary E. Power, Miss Irma
Coleman, Miss Mary Moore, Miss Min
nie Herndon, Miss Florence Long, Miss
Dorothy Otley.
Mrs. George L. Cunningham and
Miss Alice Norford were elected to
membership in the clubi Constitution
and by-law amendments presented by
Miss Susan Fawcett were adopted.
Ladles* Night Celebration.
Alexandria Post, No. 24, American
Legion, will be host to the American
i Legion Auxiliary April 24 at a ladies’
i night celebration.
Rev. Richard G. Koontz, pastor of
the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
since April. 1928, wil soon be trans
ferred to Woodlawn* a Baltimore
suburb. He will be succeeded here by
, Rev. Emmette R. Spencer of Wood
lawn.
St. Mary’s Lyceum A. C. started
1 rehearsals last night for a minstrel
performance to be presented soon.
A committee of five members has
been appointed by the Merchants and
■ Manufacturers’ Bureau of the Alexan
t dria Chamber of Commerce to study
. fire Insurance rates 'in hopes that a
, better rate may be obtained in this city.
[ Lyon Park Meeting Tonight.
LYON PARK, Va., April 10 (Special).
—A meetipg of the Oarden Club will
be held in the Cdliftunity House to
‘ flight. A stereoptiCjn lecture will be
one of the features. )
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, • D. 'C./ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1929.
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Proposed Burial Site Near
Congressional Club De
clared Drawback.
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Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 10.— After
several hours of testimony, controversy
and speechmaking, the hearing which
! began at last week’s meeting of the
1 Montgomery County Commissioners on
the application of Edward H. Jones,
Harry M. Martin, L. E. Poteet and
James D. Woodroe for a permit to
establish and maintain a “burial park”
on a 200-acre tract on the Persimmon
Tree road, near the Congressional
Country Club, in Potomac district, was
concluded late yesterday, following
which Dr. Benjamin C. Perry, president,
announced that the decision of the
board would be made known next Tues
day.
The hearing yesterday was devoted
largely to consideration of the probable
effect the presence of the proposed cem
An Open Letter to the Women of
The District of Columbia... Nearby
Virginia and Maryland
The N. Auth Provision Company is a Washington institution, owned and operated by native Wash
ingtonians and loyal Americans.
Over a period of more than half a century, executives of the company (past and present) have
pridefully watched the development of our “city of magnificent distances,” assisting in every possible
way toward'the upbuilding and beautifying of the Capital which we all love so well.
The company’s present plant facing 6th, 7th, Virginia avenue and D streets S.W., is one of the
largest and most modern packing houses in America, and, in addition to rigid institutional require
ments, is under constant supervision of the United States Government.
Indeed, Auth’s exceptionally high plant standards have frequently been commended by officials,
physicians and sanitary experts—one of whom, after a recent exhaustive inspection, pointed out in a
t*. letter that “the residents of this community had yet to find the first cause of complaint.”
I ’ Washington is today one of the most rapidly growing cities in the world and an industry of such
importance to Washington homes as Auth’s must naturally expand with it. As a means of adequately
* serving tlus increasing population, plans for a new packing house and abattoir have long been con
‘ sidered by this company.
Such a plant would, of course, give employment to many people, and invitations from responsible
‘ business interests in nearby communities were received, pointing out the advantages of their respec
five localities for such an industry*
Due to strategic location, Arlington County, Virginia, was favorably considered for this new plant.
But notwithstanding the infinite care and consideration given our project and its approval by the
officials consulted, there have been many earnest men and women interested in “Beautiful Washing
ton” who did not think our plan a wise one.
These well grounded objections have, accordingly, received the careful consideration they deserve.
And at a recent meeting of the board of directors a resolution was unanimously adopted, definitely
abandoning the entire plan. Interesting excerpts from this resolution are published herewith:
( RESOLVED, That in deference to the request of the residents of Ar
lington County, Virginia, Civic Associations and other citizens of the
District of Columbia, the National Park Planning Commission, the
Fine Arts Commission, and other public officials, this company has
concluded to withdraw its application to the Board of Supervisors of Ar
lington County, Virginia, for a permit for the erection of an abattoir
upon its property located in Arlington County, Virginia . '
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AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copyr of this resolution
be forwarded to the attorneys having in charge the presentation of such
application to the Board of Supervisors, with the request that they with
draw such application. . .
(t You will, therefore, ha hind enough to advise the Supervisors of Arlington County,
Virginia, that the application of this company for the permit is withdrawn ”
The officials of N. Auth Provision Company also take this means of publicly expressing their
thanks to the many gracious women, officials and heads of civic organizations who have so generously
co-operated in making this decision.
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etery; would.have-on .value* of nearby
property, and a wide difference of
opinion developed. ( . ,
Depressing Effect Cited.
Such recognized real estate experts as
A. C. Houghton and Thomas P.’ Bones
told the commissioners that experience
had convinced them that burying
grounds have a depressing effect on
neighborhood property values and retard
development of communities where
located, and agreed that the cemetery
the petitioners propose to establish
would surely prove Injurious In the way
indicated to a section of the county that
promises development in the not very
distant future.
Messrs. Hpughton and Bones also ex
pressed the opinion that the funeral
processions which would be a necessary
result of a cemetery there would prove
a detriment to the communities through
which they would have to pass to reach
the burying ground.
Opposition was also voiced by a num
ber of men and women of prominence,
including President Coons of the Con
gressional Country Club, and letters
from leading Washington realtors—H.
L. Rust, Jr.: N. L. Saunders. John L.
Weaver, H. Latane Lewis and H. Clif
ford Bangs—all - strongly advising
against granting the permit, were pre
sented to the commissioners.
Letters in opposition from George E.
Hamilton, Karl W. Corby and others
also were read.
Harry M. Martin, Thomas E. Hamp
ton and Edward H. Jones, prominent
Washington and Montgomery County
real estate operators, strongly urged
that the permit be granted. They gave
;j,t a* their opinion that a cemetery such
as the petitioners plan to establish
would not only not adversely affect
property value# in the neighborhood,
but would prove, a valuable asset to the
county.'
Argument' by counsel brought the
hearing to an end, William F. Pretty
man of Rbckville speaking for the pe
titioners-; Stephen H. Colladay of
Washington for the Congressional Club,
and Steadman, Prescott of Rockville
for the Metropolitan Maryland Park
and Land Co., which has contracted
to sell the 200-acre tract to the ceme
tery promoters and which owns 600
acres adjoining. ■ ,
Mr..Pfettyman held that there is a
“crying •.need” in the county for a
burying gHffanC, such as It is proposed
to establish; that the proposed project
would in no . way be an eyesore, but
on the contrary, ,a place’ of beauty; that
the drainage system, it is planned to
install would preclude the possibility of
insanitary conditions developing, and
that there would be no undesirable
features of any kind. He also contend
ed that many of the protestants were
not properobjectors and denied that
depressed property values would re
sult.
Declared Drawback.
Mr Colladay argued that It has been
conclusively shown by the opinions of
experts that the proposed cemetery
would injure property values, retard
development of the community, Jeopar
dize the health of many and prove
generally undesirable. -He also ex
pressed fear that If the proposed proj
ect should not prove a commercial suc
cess it would to abandoned after the
preliminary expense.
Mr. Prescott confined his arguments
to the question of the legal right of
this commissioners to deny the permit.
He insisted that public order, security,
health and morals were the only things
to be considered by them in connection
with the application, holding that the
effect on property values or the "gen
eral welfare” ot tly community could
riot be legally considered under the
ordinance, which mak&s a permit nec
essary.
PNEUMONIA, INFLUENZA
DROP IN PRINCE GEORGES
By s Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Md.. April 10.
—A marked decrease in the number of
pneumonia and influenza cases is noted
in the monthly report of Dr. William
S. Keister, health officer of Prince
Georges County, for March.
Only 10 cases of pneumonia and 10
of influenza were registered during the
month according to the report made
public today.
Inauguration of a child hygiene clinic
at Lanham School, the examination of
514 pupils In the Cottage City, Takoma
Park, Springfield, Brookridge and Croom
Schools, and the vaccination of 210 per
sons at diphtheria toxin-antitoxin clinics
at Baden. Forestville and Aquasco are
mentioned in the report.
r STTBTTKBXN NEWS.
ROCKVILLE.
ROCKVILLE, Md., April 10 (Spe
cial) . —Rockville’s annual clean-up cam
paign will be held April 22-27, it has
been announced. It will be In charge of
a committee of the Chamber of Com-,
merce, of which Rev. Bertram M. Os
good is chairman. The mayor and
town council, and citizens generally are,
as formerly, expected to co-operate, and
the usual desirable results are predicted.
Lawrence H. McArdle and William
Van Horn, young Washingtonians, were
found not guilty by a Jury in the Cir
cuit Court here of the larceny of
plumbing fixtures valued at about SSO
from a house in course of construction
at Silver Spring. About the only tes
timony against the youths was that
they were seen in or near the house
about the time the robbery occurred,
but they gave a plausible explanation of
their presence there and the jury
promptly acquitted them. The defend
ants were represented by Attorney
Charles W. Woodward of Rockville.
In the Circuit Court here, Judge Rob
ert B. Peter has signed a decree grant
ing to Mrs. Florence A. Deming of this
county an absolute divorce from An
drew S. Deming of Washington, and
awarding her the custody of the couple's
only child, Andrew S. Deming, jr., aged
8 years. She was represented by At
torney Albert M. Bouic of Rockville.
The bill, which charged desertion, set
forth that the couple were married in
Washington November 26, 1919, and
separated more than three years ago.
Rev. Henry K. Pasma of the Presby
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terlan Church, officiated at the marriage
here of Mies SophronJa A. Oe Shazo and
Claude P. Ives, both of Clarendon. Va.. f
the ceremony faking place at the manse.
The directors of the Montgomery
County Farm Bureau Supply Co. met
here yesterday and re-elected Joslah W.,
Jones president;' G. Rust Canfcy vice
president, and Miss Katherine Benson
secretary and treasurer. The board
gave consideration to various matters
and planned activities for the next few
months.
Yesterday afternoon the directors ol
the Montgomery County Farm Bureau
held a meeting here and transacted
considerable business under the direc
tion of President Joslah W. Jones.
A license was Issued here yesterday
afternoon for the marriage of Robert
Lee Odom, 27, of Thomaston, Ga.,
and Miss Martha Helen Montgomery,
21, of Takoma Park, Md.
Herr Max Veller’s rocket sledge was
recently given a trial on the frozen
Lake Eibsee in the Bavarian Alps, his
wife being at the wheel and attaining
a speed of 60 miles an hour.