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; WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, 1935, PAGE B—T~
BY JACK ALLEN,
► Staff Correspondent of The Star.
i ROCKVILLE. Md„ April 20.—With
! voters apathetic in most of the Mont*
* gomery County communities involved
1 * in the special liquor law referendum
. next Tuesday, return to the dry
J ranks of at least six of the seven dis
£ tricts concerned was predicted tonight
' by veteran political observers.
* Aside from the Laytonsville area.
J so-called •’wet" forces admittedly hold
>■ little hope for victory over temperance
; workers who have waged a vigorous
campaign in an effort to bring the
» seven affected districts under dry
standards once more.
Small Vote Expected.
j A large vote, the wets feel, would
* swing the seven districts to their side.
* However, the only interest manifested
t thus far has been exhibited by dry
* proponents and it is expected that
* only a small portion of the electorate
J will turn out. with the drys scoring
r decisively. The referendum has been
I called to determine whether the
* county liquor law permitting the sale
$ of ltgnt wines and beer and the pos
j session of liquor in private residences
1 shall be extended permanently to in
t dude Clarksburg, Laytonsville, Pooles
\ ville. Colesville. Darnestown, Olney
» snd Gaithersburg districts.
i All seven districts were brought
» under the operations of the law tem
, porarilv when wet forces petitioned
* nearly a year ago for the referendum.
* Enacted at the 1933 special legislative
t session, the law was drafted to auto
* matically legalize beer, wine and
* whisky, pending the referendum when
J 30 per cent of the registered voters
petitioned for such elections in their
district.
j In direct contrast to the intensive
‘ efforts made by dry forces to thwart
‘ the wets, the latter apparently have
r failed to arouse the interest of the
f majority they need to overcome the
■ temperance drive.
* The lone district which political
‘observers feel may go wet is Laytons
; ville. It is said that 44 per cent of
* the voters who signed the Laytonsville
district petition were colored.
Application of Law.
j The county liquor law- at the pres
v ent time applies permanently only to
Rockville, Bethesda, Potomac dis
tricts and Wheaton district outside
. the incorporated towns of Kensing
ton and Takoma Park.
Residents of Bamesville and Da
■ mascus districts did not avail them
' selves of the opportunity to join the
wet districts. A petition was filed by
- Damascus voters, but it was with
* drawn by the sponsors before the
Election Board took any official ac- j
* tion to lift the ban on alcoholic bev- |
» erages imposed by the old local option
* laws.
*■ Each district will hold an Individ- j
* ual election and the vote cast in the
* various districts will apply only to
J that community. Separate ballots, the
smallest in county election annals,
* were distributed to the polling officials
* today by F. Byrne Austin, clerk to
l the Election Board.
* The polls will be open from 6 a m.
> to 7 p.m.
: CARROLL TO PICK
j HEAD FOR SCHOOLS
Program for Three New Struc
tures Awakens Interest in
County Contest.
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*
J Special Dispatch to The Star.
* WESTMINSTER. Md., April 20 —
■t With a building program involving
» $200,000 and construction of three new
J high schools pending in Carroll, who
• will be named county superintendent
; of schools to succeed the late Dr. M.
t S. H. Unger Is causing considerable
f «peculation.
. Because the County Board of Edu
J cation, as well as the State Board is
composed entirely of Democratic mem
bers, it has been conceded that the
i Republicans will have no voice in the
appointment of the late superintend
•• ent's successor.
‘ To the County Board, composed of
Harry R. De Vries, Harry R, Zepp. Dr.
; T. H. Legg. J. Howell Davis. James H.
Allender and Milton A. Koons, falls
t the duty of appointing a superintend
ent who must be satisfactory to Al
, bert S. Cook, State superintendent of
. schools. Dr. Cook Is executive officer
of the State Board of Education,
which, in addition to having general
, control of the State school system Is
charged with carrying out the policies
'f of the State Board. His approval is
necessary In the appointment of coun
ty superintendents.
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ROAD NEAR MOUNT AIRY
IS TO COST $27,655
Lime Kiln, Md., Concern Lowest
Bidder on 1.47-Mile Mac
\ adam Project.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MOUNT AIRY, Md, April 20—A
i bid of $27,655 submitted by the M. J.
i Grove Lime Co, Lime Kiln, Md, was
the lowest received by the State Roads
f Commission for construction of 1.47
miles of macadam road from the end
Of the hard-surface highway leading
from Marston to the Mount Airy
Westminster road, a short distance
north of Taylorsville.
Bids received: M. J. Grove Lime
Co, Lime Kiln, $27,655; Thomas,
Bennett & Hunter, Westminster, $31,
. 455; T. Edgie Russell. Frederick. $32,
002; Frank J. Byron. Baltimore,
$32,235, and Fred D. Carozza, Balti
more, $33,542. •*
New Prince Georges Officials
Upper left: Joseph S. Haas, new Republican member of the Hoard
of License Commissioners. Upper right: Samuel A. Wyvill, Democrat,
appointed to the Board of Election Supervisors.
Lower left: Charles L. Seeley. Republican election supervisor. Lower
right: Roland Ryon, Republican, cleric to the supervisors.
ABATTOIR PROTECT
Fine Arts Head Expresses
Objection to Proposed
Alexandria Plant.
Strong opposition to the proposed
establishment of an abbatoir near the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway in
Alexandria, Va., was expressed yester
day afternoon by H. P. Caemmerer,
chairman of the Commission of Fine
Arts.
Thomas S. Settle of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis
sion said a resolution was passed at
the commission's last meeting favor
ing the industrial and commercial
development of Alexandria, but oppos
ing the establishment of the abbatoir
near the Memorial Highway.
Mrs. Charles B. Moore, 207 Prince
street, Alexandria, announces that
petitions were being circulated in the
Virginia town for presentation to the
city council Tuesday night when the
subject of the abbatoir is scheduled
to be taken up for action. Mrs. Moore
said the council had given tentative
agreement to the plan at its last
meeting.
Naval Officer Signs Petition.
Among the signers on the petitions
is Admiral Percival Rossiter, surgeon
general of the Navy.
According to Information furnished
The Star last night by indignant resi
dents of Alexandria, led by Mrs.
Moore, a company plans to construct
a store house and abbatoir on a 40
acre tract of land facing on the river
and bounded by Pitts. Pendleton and
Madison streets, which would bring it
within two blocks of the Memorial
Highway. Mrs. Moore said.
Mrs Moore said she had talked to
an official of the company and that
he had told her that the company
plans to clear about 145 tons of meat
a day from the plant, which would
involve the slaughter of about 200
cattle, 1,200 sheep and 1.200 hogs.
She said she had been told that the
company plans to dump the refuse
into the Potomac River after it has
been treated with chemicals.
When told that the question of an
abbatoir in Alexandria had again
come up, Mr. Caemmerer said:
Held an Outrage.
"It is an outrage and a disgrace.
Tile Fine Arts Commission will oppose
such a venture in every way we pos
sibly can. It W'ould be a shame to
have such an unsightly, offensive
plant right on the main road to the
home of George Washington.”
Mr. Caemmerer called attention to
the fight which was brought about
during the construction of the Memo
rial Bridge when the Congress threat
ened to stop construction unless the
threat of an abbatoir was withdrawn.
He said conditions had not changed.
He said the whole water front along
the highway is being landscaped and
beautified and that the establishment
of the proposed abbatoir would defeat
the whole beautification program.
BIG F. HI PROJECT
Moffett Will Break Ground
for $1,128,600 “Village”
in Arlington.
By a Staff Correspondent or The Star.
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE. Va.,
April 20.—Construction of Arlington
County's first large apartment house
and the Nation's first housing project
insured under the national housing
act will begin Tuesday morning with
Federal Housing Administrator James
A. Moffett in the role of chief operator
of a big steam shovel. Moffett will don
a pair of overalls and pull the throttle
for the first ground breaking.
Preliminaries were completed today
with the issuance of the permit by the
county manager's office and the filing
of the deed of trust in the clerk's
office. Attaches in the clerk's office
pointed out that the trust, amounting
to $875,000. is the largest of its kind
on record here. The New York Life
Insurance Co. is beneficiary of the
trust, with H. Laurie Smith of Hanover
County and the Lawyers Title Insur
ance Co. trustees.
The site of the project is on Wilson
Boulevard, adjoining the Wnodrow
Wilson School, and just a stone's throw
from the court house. It is to be
known as Colonial Village. The entire
cost is estimated at $1,128,600.
Approved plans call for two main
units in six groups, with 45 buildings
in all, containing 1.032 rooms, or 276
apartments. Play rooms, laundries and
76 garages are included. It will be of
brick construction, two stories high
and of Colonial design. The site com
prises 11% acres.
Gustave Ring, president of the Ring
Construction Co., is president of Co
lonial Village, Inc., builders of the
project. Apartments are scheduled to
rent from $37.50 to $60 a month.
MOTHERS-DAUGHTERS’
BANQUET IS PLANNED
Event Will Be Held at Woodside
M. E. Church on Thursday
Evening, May 9.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WOODSIDE, Md., April 20—A
mothers-and-daughters’ banquet will
be held in the Woodside M. E. Church
on Thursday evening. May 9. at 6
o'clock. All women and girls in the
community who are Interested are
invited. The committee includes Mrs.
Howard Dozier, Miss Margaret Camp
bell, Mrs. Victor Grotlish, Mrs. Harry
Elkins and Mrs. James McCann.
Rector's Aid Plans Party.
OLNEY, Md., April 20 (Special).—
Sponsored by the Rector's Aid So
ciety of St. Bartholomew’s parish, a
bingo and card party will be held Sat
urday evening in the Sandy Spring j
High School. Mrs. L. C. Probert and 1
Mrs. Thomas Hyde will be in charge
of arrangements.
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Baughman Recalls “Peddling”
Tags in Early Days of Autos
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 20.—Two dec
ades of motor development in Mary
land, " from the “get-out-and-get
under” era to the present high me
chanical efficiency, were outlined by
E. Austin Baughman, retiring com
missioner of motor vehicles.
It was 19 years ago that Mr. Baugh
man became commissioner and on
May 6 he will end that long period
when he is supplanted by Walter R.
Rudy of Mount Airy, appointed to
the post by Gov. Nice.
When he took over the office, Mr.
Baughman said, there were only about
40.000 automobiles in the State and
$400,000 annual Income for his dn*
partment. Now, with 350.000 motor
vehicles registered, the income is
more than $3,100,000 annually.
Mr. Baughman said that when he
took over the office horseless car
riages were still a novelty. He added:
“In those days we used to tour the
State with the back end of our car
loaded with license plates, peddling
them to the people who owned cars.
“Back in those days all a driver or
prospective driver had to do to get an
operator's license was to hold up his
hand and swear that he knew how to
drive.
“Now the prospective driver must
undergo eye tests, examination on
colors and motor laws and give a
demonstration of driving ability.”
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NICE APPOINTEES
TO ASSUME REINS
Beall and Seeley, With Wy*
vill, Democrat, New Elec*
tion Supervisors.
HAAS, LIQUOR BOARD,
TO REPLACE LINDSEY
Several Republican Magistrates
Will Take Up Duties First
Monday in May.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md.. April 20.
—During the next few weeks Prince
Georges County Republicans will reap
the full benefit of the victory of their ;
gubernatorial candidate at the polls
last November when Gov. Harry W.
Nice’s appointees will assume control
of several county boards.
Republicans also will replace Demo
crats as magistrates in most of the
election districts, as the county wit
nesses the largest shake-up In the per
sonnel of appointive officers in two
decades. The magistrates will take
office the first Monday in May. Most
of the other appointees will be com- j
IMMllV/ltCU 11UIU U1C lot U1 UUIIC.
New Election Board.
The politically powerful Board of
Election Supervisors will consist en
tirely of new members when the pres
ent members are replaced by A. O.
Beall of Ritchie, Charles L. Seeley of
Hyattsville and Samuel A. Wyvill of
Upper Marlboro. Beall and Seeley
are Republicans and Wyvill a Demo
crat. who has served as clerk to the
board for several years.
He will be succeeded in that rapacity
by Roland Ryon of Marlboro, while
George T. D. Burroughs will become
attorney to the board in place of
Frank M. Hall.
Two members of the County Liquor
Board, William H. Brooke. Republican,
and Mrs. Mary W. Browning, Demo
crat. will be retained, while Joseph
S. Haas. Republican, of Mount Rainier,
will replace W. McDonald Lindsey,
Democrat, to give the G. O. P. con
trol of that body.
One woman. Mrs. Olivia Maddox of
Hyattsville, will be among the new
justices of the peace named by the
Republican Governor, while two Demo
cratic woman magistrates. Mrs. Retta
D. Morris and Mrs. Ruth Naecker,
will retire.
Other New Magistrates.
Other new magistrates scheduled to
take office in May include Chester B.
Morris. Mortimer E. Rian, William A.
Bobb, Donald Swanson, Harry if.
Owens. William T. Windel, Judson
Rea Creecy, C. Bowie McCeney. John
T. Lingrell. Gilbert Eugene Wilson,
Herbert J. Moffat. M. H. B. Hoffman. !
William J. Wade, Hiram L. Wohlfarth,
Gilbert Hughes, Robert R. Miller,
Ulysses Machall. Wallace W. Rawlings,
John M. Thorne, Fred C. Lutz, Wil
liam H. Chase, Henry Haden and
Wesley Beall.
Magistrates whom Gov. Nice re
appointed include Harry Anderson,
Henry H. O'Neill. Horace J. Taylor,
James W. Latimer, Griffith Oursler,
Jacob W. Wachter, James S. Vawter,
F. J. Billingslea, George M. Cox, Oscar
Poore, Louis Gundling. Louis Kutch,
George S. Phillips and John K. Keane.
George B. Merrick, named justice
of the peace at large, will succeed
Waldo Burnside on the Police Court
bench.
FAIRFAX SCHOOLS
TO MERGE EVENTS
May 3 Set Aside for Three Cele
brations—Health of Chil
dren Stressed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX. Va.. April 20 —Observ
ance of May day, Patron's day and
Child-Health day in all Fairfax
County public schools, white and col
ored. on May 3, has been asked of
local principals by Division Supt W.
T. Woodson.
Combining the three celebrations |
and observing all on the same day
follows a custom in the county. An- j
nually, the Governor of the State by '
proclamation asks all school systems
throughout Virginia to set aside a
day dedicated to child-health, and
with this the county has combined
the other two celebrations.
Suggested programs for the schools !
outlined by the superintendent include j
health songs, health playlets, health
recitations, May pole dance, demon
stration of a selected group of pupils
who have shown marked physical
improvement as a result of the cor
rection of physical defects during the
school year; award of 5-point certifi
cates. preceded by an explanation of
the 5-point program by a teacher,'
doctor or some child, and a parade
of 5-point children.
For this year Supt. Woodson par
ticularly urges that all schools em
phasize the correction of physical
defects In children made during the
year.
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WILL HOLD CARD PARTY
Hyattsvill# Church Group to
Stage Benefit May 17.
HYATTSVILLE, Md„ April 20.—
May 17 has been selected as the date
for an afternoon card party at the
Beaver Dam Country Club at Land
over by the Rector’s Aid of Pinkney
Memorial Protestant Episcopal Church
of this place. Mrs. F. S. Hinrlchs Is
chairman of the Arrangements Com
mittee, assisted by Mrs. Robert B.
Morse. Mrs. G. Edward Lanhardt,
Mrs. H. B. Mayhew, Mrs. Richard C.
Zantzinger. Mrs. Stanleigh Jenkins,
Mrs. T. Howard Duckett, Mrs. G.
Sherman James, Mrs. Harry S.
Roome. Mrs. Alfred Heir. Mrs. L. L.
Messersmlth. Mrs. Edgar F. Long, Mrs.
Harry R. Hall and Mrs. George V.
Earn.",haw.
Ladies’ Aid to Serve.
HYATTSVILLE, Md„ April 20 (Spe
cial).—A dinner will be served by
the Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian
Church next Friday evening from S:S0
to 7 o’clock la the church*
Registration Heavy in Prince
Georges, With New
Names on Lists.
MT. RAINIER, CHEVERLY
INTEREST IS KEEN
Seat Pleasant, Edmonston and
Cottage City Vote Perfunctory.
New Candidates Likely.
BY GEORGE PORTER.
Heavy registrations in several
Prince Georges County towns dur
ing the last few days point to her'ed
municipal campaigns between now and
May 6. when the voters of seven;
incorporated communities go to the
polls.
Present Indications are that there
will be keen rivalries for the posi
tions to be filled in Mount Rainier
and Cheverly, while the primary in
terest In the elections at Hvattsville
and Riverdale is expected to be fo
cused around referendums on new
taxes.
Perfunctory elections are in prospect
for Seat Pleasant, Edmonston and
Cottage City, although the balloting
in the latter two towns mav be en
livened if new candidates appear
within the next two weeks.
447 New Voters.
With the addition of 447 new names
to the registration books in Mount
Rainier, bringing the total on them
to a new record, the citizens are pre
putui^ iui WI iv ii iv, "oi iiiuiv VU"II
campaigns in history.
Chief Interest will center in the
contest between Norman A. Pruitt
and Floyd B. Mathias for mayor. Th°
two were rivals in a special election
last Winter, Pruitt being successful.
Both are veteran former members
of the council.
Due to recess appointments made
after resignations during th» last
year, all four of the council seats are
to be filled this Spring for the first
time since Mount Rainier was incor- |
porated 25 years ago Ordinarily only,
two councilmen are chosen each year.
In each of the four wards opposi
tion has developed to the Incumbents..
all of whom are attempting to suc
ceed themselves. First Ward Coun
cilman Arthur J. Bates probably will
haye Clarence S. Smart as his rival.
Councilman Roy T. Fowkes and for
mer Councilman John T. Duever are
expected to be the candidates in ward
two.
Third Ward Rivals.
In the third ward the rivals will
be Councilman John E. Parsell and
Karl Rottman. while Councilman Rex
ford Worley of the fourth ward will
run against Carl Herberger.
Although only 17 new voters regis- [
tered at Rlverdale this year, and no
rivalries for the three positions to be l
filled has developed, there is consid
erable interest in a general tax ref
erendum there.
This year's light registration also
is attributed to the fact that nearly
all available new voters were placed
on the books last year when there
was a hot contest between two town
factions. There are now 797 names
on the registration books.
Town officials who come up for re
jection this year and who. so far,
have no opposition, are Mayor W. A.
Carson. Third Ward Councilman A.
J. Kracke, jr„ and Councilman I. N.
Goodwin of the fifth ward.
The referendum, to be held In con
junction with the election, will be on
the question of increasing the general
town tax from 25 to 30 cents per $100.
At present the town levies a 25-rent
general tax, a 5-cent fire tax and a
10-cent tax for a new fire engine, or
a total of 40 rents.
Fire Engine Tax.
The 10-cent fire engine tax expires
next year, when the new general tax
will become effective if approved at
the referendum. Under those cir
cumstances the total town tax would
be 35 instead of 40 cents.
While Hyattsville will re-elect
Mayor H. T. Willis and cast compli
mentary ballots for five councilmanic
candidates who have no opposition, a
torrid fight will develop if Gov. Harry
W. Nice signs a bill calling for a
5 to 7 cent mandatory town library
tax in time to be placed on the bal
lots.
The Governor's decision on this
Issue was still uncertain yesterday.
At the request of town officials he
announced 10 days ago he would veto
the proposal, but later reversed him- j
self. The latest word from Annapolis
is that he will hold a joint hearing i
on the measure for both proponents I
and opponents some time this week
before making a final decision.
Candidates for the Council are:
Thomas E. Arnold and Arnon L.
Mehrlng, first ward; T. D. Jarrell,
second ward; E. Murray Gover. third 1
ward, and Robert C. Meredith, fourth
ward. All except Arnold are seeking
re-election. He is running as a re- j
suit of the retirement of Councilman
C. D. Anderson.
Uncertainty still reigns at Cottage
City, where three town commissioners
are to be chosen. There are rumors
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EASTERN AVENUE WORK
AWAITS RIGHT OF WAY
Takoma Park Council Hears From
Sultan on Proposal to
Open Street.
Bpecial Dispatch to The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Md.. April 20.—
The Town Council has been advised
by District Commissioner Sultan that
the opening and improvement of East
ern avenue, through Takoma Park to
Laurel avenue and the New Hamp
shire avenue viaduct, cannot be com
plied with at this time.
Commissioner Sultan says that a
large portion of Eastern avenue is not
yet in public ownership and until the
necessary right of way has been dedi
cated it will not be possible to grade
and open this street to travel. If and .
when abutting property owners sub
divide their property, he advises, and
dedicate the necessary land for street
purposes, consideration will be given
to the grading and Improvement of
this thoroughfare. „
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j DISTRICTS SEEK
| TURNING TO DRYS
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; Indifference Blamed by Wet
Spokesmen in Tuesday
i
Referendum.
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; LAYTONSVILLE AREA
MAY BE EXCEPTION
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. Light Wines and Beer and Posses
j lion in Home Involved in Ques
tion Before Voters.
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Fairfax Demonstration Work
Of Miss Thomas Rewarded
County Agent Trans
ferred to Shenandoah
Territory.
Accomplished Unifica
tion Through Asso
ciation of Leaders.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX. Va.. April 20.—Mias Sarah
E. Thomas, Fairfax County home dem
onstration agent for the last six years,
has been transferred to Shenandoah
County, effective as of June 1 or July
1, it was announced yesterday.
Since 1929 rapid strides in Home
Demonstration Club and 4-H Club
work have been accomplished under
Miss Thomas' leadership. Most notable
is the increase in Home Demonstra
tion Clubs from 4 in 1929 to 12 at
the present time, including a total
membership in excess of 300 women,
and a jump from 13 4-H Clubs the
same year to 20.
Work Has Been Unified.
Work in all Home Demonstration
and 4-H Clubs has been unified by
Miss Thomas through the creation of
a county leaders’ association for each
group that maps out their respective
program for long periods at a time.
Focusing attention on home demon
stration and 4-H accomplishments
during the year. Miss Thomas was
responsible for the annual achieve
ment days held by both groups, at
which time their work is placed on
exhibition at some county center, is
MISS SARAH E. THOMAS.
judged and awards made. The two
achievement days now attract hun
dreds
It was stated by members of the
County Home Demonstration Agents'
Advisory Council that Miss Thomas'
transfer to Shenandoah County was
requested by State officials because of
her wide experience and the fact that
that county is beginning home dem
onstration work for the first time.
When her transfer Is approved by
the Board of Supervisors, it is under
stood a successor will be named for
the county and sent here for prelimi
nary training prior to Miss Thomas’
| departure. Her home is at Culpeper.
KUMP TO CROWN
BLOSSOM QUEEN
West Virginia Governor In
vited —Mile. Veverka to
Be Feted.
Special Dispatch to The 8t»r.
WINCHESTER, Va.. April 20 —Gov.
H. G. Kump of West Virginia will
crown Mile. Nella Veverka, daughter
of the Czechoslovakian Minister, as
"Queen Shenandoah XII" of the apple
blossom festival here the afternoon of
May 2, Fred A. Read, jr., director gen
eral, announced today. The corona
tion ceremony will take place at 3
o’clock at the Handley High School
Stadium, followed immediately by a
pageant. In which 1,000 school children
will take part.
Festivities in honor of Mile. Veverka
will begin several days before she is
crowned.
Although the festival does not open
until the morning of May 2. Mile.
Veverka and a party of friends will
motor from Washington the afternoon
of Sunday, April 28, to Endless Cav
erns. near New Market, Va., where
they will be guests of the owners, Maj.
and Mrs. E. M. Brown, at a tea. She
is to be welcomed there by the
"Mountain King." a mystic character
surrounded by his gnomes and pages,
and presented with a golden bracelet.
A tour of the large caverns will com
plete the afternoon program.
The queen will be accompanied by
her parents. M. and Mme. Ferdinand
Veverka; her brother, Ferdinand Ve
verKa. jr.: Thomas B. Byrd, chairman
of the festival Executive Committee;
Mrs. B. B. Dutton, director of the de
partment of the queen and her court,
and several members of the legation
staff of Washington. Maj. and Mrs.
Brown have invited about 60 Win
chester people to the tea.
Washington members of the party
will return to the Capital Sunday
evening. Mile. Veverka will remain
there until the evening of May 1,
when she will come to Winchester as
the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Hunter H.
McGuire until after the blossom cele
bration.
A detachment of 22 Virginia motor
cycle officers will escort Mile. Veverka
when she comes from Washington the
evening preceding opening of the
celebration. They will be in command
of Sergt. McDermott, and will be here
during the festival. Some will assist
local and special police in handling
traffic, while others will act as personal
bodyguard to "her majesty."
EASTER SERVICES SET
AT MARLBORO CHURCH
Communion and Choral Celebra
tions Scheduled at Trinity by
Rev. J. C. M. Shrewsbury.
Special Dispatch to The Star. •
UPPER MARLBORO. Md.. April
20.—Easter services in Trinity Prot
estant Episcopal Chfirch here tomor
row will open with holy communion
at 6 a.m. At 11 a.m. there will be a
choral celebration of the holy com
munion with Rev. J. C. M. Shrews
bury, rector officiating. There will
be evening prayer and children’s serv
ice at 3 p.m. Miss Adelaide Traband
will be at the organ at the choral
celebration, with Mrs. William Brown,
Miss Cecil Traband and Thomas Bur
roughs as soloists. At St. Barnabas’
Church. Leeland, there will be a
celebration of holy communion and
sermon by Mr. Shrewsbury at 9:30
a.m.
Card Party at Berwyn Heights.
BERWYN HEIGHTS. Md., April 20
(Special).—The Ladles’ Auxiliary of
the Berwyn Heights Volunteer Fire
Department will give a bingo and
card party in the Berwyn Heights
School May 1.
CAUCUS 10 NAME
COUNCIL CHOICES
Takoma Park Pre-Election
Meeting Arranged for
Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The 8tar.
TAKOMA PARK. Md . April 20 —
The annual town caucus will be held
here Monday night at 8 o'clock, in
the fire house, on Carroll avenue, at
which time candidates will be nomi
nated for the office of councilmen for
the ensuing two years.
The meeting will be presided over
by Town Clerk J. Wilson Dodd. The
teims of Councilman John R. Adams,
A. L. Conger and Millward C. Taft
expire on June 3 next. Councilman
Adams has served 14 years on the
board, while Col. Conger and Coun
cilman Taft are completing their first
two-year terms on the council.
The terms for the three successful
candidates will be for two years each
from June 3. Although the present
councilmen declined to state today
whether they would be candidates for
re-election, it is understood that their
names will be presented at the caucus
Monday night. At the last election.
Conger led the ticket with the largest
number of votes received by the sev
eral candidates in the field, with Coun
cilman Adams second and Councilman
Taft third.
The registration days for those not
on the books of the town will be April
30 and May 1 at the fire house. The
registration officers will be Fred C.
Duehring and Mrs. Charles F. Ferry,
with Robert Lyon as clerk. The an
nual election will take place on Mon
day, May 6. with the polls open in the
fire hall from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. The
judges of election will be Mrs. Rose S.
Rutledge. John W. Coffman, jr.; N. C.
Nelson and Fred C. Duehring, with
Robert Lyon as clerk.
Persons who registered for the town
elections in the general registrations
in 1933, or who registered for town
voting In 1934. will not be required to
register this year. The two registra
tion days will be given over to those
not registered on the town books at
the present time.
BI-COUNTY GRANGES
TO EXCHANGE VISITS
Montgomery-Howard Groups Plan
Joint Meetings During Sum
mer Months.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md., April 20 —
Lawrence G. Tolson, master of the
Montgomery-Howard County Pomona
Grange, and Albert A. Ady, past master
of the Germantown Grange, who *ere
recently designated by the masters and
lecturers of the various groups com
prising the bi-county organization to
arrange a series of visits by the Granges
of Montgomery and Howard Counties,
have announced that in June Olney
will visit Liberty Grove and Woodfield
will visit Germantown: in August.
Liberty Grove will visit Patuxent and
Germantown will visit Olney; in
September, Shady Grove will visit
Woodfield. and in October, Patuxent
will visit Shady Grove.
The purpose of these visits will be
to exchange ideas, observe the work
and enjoy social activities. All of the
organizations mentioned compose the
Montgomery-Howard County Pomona.
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TOWN WILL ELECT
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LAYTONSVILLE, Md.. April 20 —
The annual election of town commis
sioners will be held In Woodman Hall
May 6 from 3 to 5 p.m.
The present incumbents are Louis
D. Bell, Greenberry G. Griffith and
Roy W. Barber. No other candidates
have been announced as yet.
Lambs Creek Church9 Erected
In 1769, Will Be Made Shrine
By i Staff Correspondent of The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. April 20.
—The old La in be Creek Church in
Brunswick parish. 14 miles east of
here on the Kings highway, will be
restored as a historical shrine, accord
,ng to plans announced by the Lambs
Dreek Restoration Association. The
rhurch was built in 1769 to take the
place of the Old Muddy Creek Church
which was erected in 1700.
During the 165 years of its exiat
snoe the church h« seen the War of
Independence and the Civil War
fought around it* broad courtyard.
During the latter war it was used as
a stable. A drive for funds is being
launched in the Easter season. The
funds will be used to preserve the an
cient edifice and to build a brick wall
around the property. A memorial
gateway is included in the plans.
The church is used now but once
a year as a gathering place for per
sons whose ancestors were connected
with its history. »
A
FOR ALEXANDRIA
DEMOCRATIC RULE
12 Members of City Com
mittee to Be Elected at
August Primary.
POSTMASTER FIGHT
CAUSE OF DIVISION
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Both Factions of Party Mapping
Contest for Settlement of Row
of Last January.
BY MARSH AM. W BAGGETT.
Staff Correspondent to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va.. April 20 —
Behind the scenes In this stanchlv
Democratic city, directors of two fac
j tions seeking control of the p^rty'3
: policies are preparing to present one
; of the best political shows Alexandria
; has seen in recent years as a prelude
! to the August primary.
The contest will be over control of
| the City Democratic Committee.
Terms of all 12 members of the com
j mittee expire this year, making the
i election of an entire new committee
( the principal issue of the Summer
primary.
Split in Last Year.
There have been rifts in the party
organization from time to time, but it
! was only within the lart year that
a definite split became apparent in its
governing body. Since the Democratic
Committee became divided on Its
recommendation for the postmaster
appointment in January, the opposing
members of the body have been look
I ing forward to the primary as the
battleground on which one side might
be defeated and the other gain con
trol of tne body.
Accordingly both factions arc map
ping the contests they will wage to
put over a winning ticket of com
mittee members at the August polling.
Elected for Two Years.
The committee members are
elected for terms of two years. The
present members are
First ward. Charles E Davis. Dr. J.
J. Garvey; second ward. Judge James
Reese Duncan. George H. Robinson;
third ward, C. C. Carlin, jr.. J. Owen
Lynch; fourth ward. Reginald Dyson.
Dr. O. A. Ryder; fifth ward. Harry
Kennedy, W. T. Wilkins: sixth word,
City Councilman Charles E. Burgess,
William E. Sellers.
Alexandria voters also will select
, a delegate to the Virginia Legislature,
and will vote for a State Senator from
this district at the August primary.
STREET EXTENSION
DELAY IS SCORED
North Woodside - Montgomery
Hills Citizens Ask Sixteenth
Improvement.
Special Di'patch to The S'ar.
NORTH WOODSIDE. Md.. April
20.—D-claring that the construction
of the extension of Sixteenth street
“can no longpr be delayed without
casting sericus reflection upon the
competence and integrity of the au
I thorities of Montgomery County and
i the State Roads Commission," the
North Woodside-Montgomery HilLs
Citizens’ Association last night adopted
a resolution urging that the project
be placed first on the State Roads
Commission’s list of construction
projects for 1935.
Ample funds for this project the
resolution states, are now available
from the State gasoline tax funds, and
recently obtained Federal relief funds.
Construction of the extension, it was
pointed out. has been indorsed by the
Montgomery County Civic Federation
and other civic groups, and because
of the prom inence of the highway as
an approach to the Nation's Capital,
is “a matter of interest to the entire
Nation."
The association also requested the
police to prevent motor cycles from
operating in the vicinity of North
Woodside and Montgomery Hills with
cutouts open, declaring that thp
practice was becoming prevalent and
a public nuisance.
UNION VETERANS’SONS
TO MEET IN ANNAPOLIS
Forty-Ninth Annual Encampment
Set May 13 and 14 by De
partment of Maryland.
The forty-ninth annual encampment
of the Department of Maryland. Sons of
Union Veterans of the Civil War. will
be held at Annapolis, Md . May 13 and
14. Sessions will meet in the assem
bly room of the State House.
During the afternoon of the first
day. the delegates will visit the Naval
Academy, and In the evening will
attend the annual banquet at Carvel
Hall.
Election of officers and legislation
for the ensuing year will be included
in the business of the second day.
Delegates will be present from the
District of Columbia. West Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware.
COUNTY BAND PLANS
WILL BE DISCUSSED
Arlington Legion Post to Sponsor
Organization—Meeting
Tomorrow.
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CLARENDON, Va„ April 20.—Plans
to organize a county band will be
discussed at a meeting in American
Legion Hall Monday night. The Ar
lington County post of the Legion
will sponsor the band.
Edgar W. Pumphrey. post com
mander, stated that Samuel P. Ford,
first assistant conductor of the Civic
Symphony Orchestra of Washington
and a World War band master, will
speak at the organization meeting.
Louis Colangelo, music director of
children's bands in Arlington County
schools, will also speak.
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