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Centennial Tuesday
(Another Centennial story on
Page B-3).
With Gov.<Tuck ^ Virginia and
his staff expected' as principal
guests, Arlington County will be
gin its 5-day centennial celebration
Tuesday night by presenting a pag
eant, “Cavalcade of Progress’’, in
the Washington-Lee High School
stadium.
The pageant will be •repeated
nightly during the celebration at
8:30 pm. and other features will
include fireworks displays, exhibits
and tours of historical places. A
34-mile parade Saturday, will cli
max the event.
Preceding the formal opening of
the celebration, the Army Air
Forces band will give a concert at
7:30 pm. tomorrow at the Water
gate. Ravel’s Bolero, and Ger
shwin's Rhapsody ia Blue will be
featured. ,
Two Soloists. Scheduled.
Appearing as soloists with the
band will be Phyllis Jones. 1805
Mount Vernon avefiue, Alexandria:
and Jody Miller. 4106 North Ninth
street. Arlingtori. The Colored
Choral Group of Arlington will give
a short program of spirituals.
Following tomorrow's concert
there will be a fireworks display
north of Memorial Bridge.
The “Cavalcade of Progress" will
include 26 scenes and has a cast of
100 Arlington residents.
Among the scenes to be portrayed
are the cornerstone laying for the
Capitol building. President Polk pre
senting the retrocession scroll to
Virginia, and a ball at Arlington
House.
Navy Band to Give Concert.
The Navy Band will give a 45
minute concert before Tuesday's
pageant. -
The parade Saturday will include
100 units and floats. Senator Byrd,
Democrat of Virginia, will be among
those in the reviewing stand at
Court House road and Wilson
boulevard.
George C. Dalbv is grand mar
shal of the parade, tentatively
scheduled to last three hours.
In the program at the reviewing
stand, at 4 p.m.. Federal, State and :
County officials will be presented by j
Charles R. Fenwick, general chair
man of the celebration. William
G. Watt, president of the County
Civic Federation, will be master of
ceremonies.
Former State Senator Frank L.
Ball, sr., also will present nine of
the oldest residents in the county, all
of whom have lived there at least
70 years.
They are: Mrs. Annie Morris. 79,
of 4464 North Glebe road: Miss Ida
B. Marcey. 81, of Dunn Loring, Va.:
Mrs. Martha Hatch, 96, of 2484
South Glebe road: John Marcey, 90.
of 2626 North Military road: Philip
Marcey. 86. same address: John Mar
cey: George Marcey. 80. of 2712
North Military road; William Mar-,
cey, 80. of 2551 North Military road;
Mrs. Ella Boldin, 94. of Dunn Loring
and Mrs. Cora McIntosh, 88, of 2811,
Columbia pike.
Silver Spring Group j
Planning New Bank
Plan* to establish a new bank in
Silver Spring were announced last,
night wit}i the disclosure that the
articles for its incorporation have!
been approved by John W. Downing, ]
Maryland State bank commissioner.,'
The Bank of Silver Spring, as it
will be known, will begin operation
with a capital of $200,000 and a
surplus of $100,000. The location of
the new bank and its officers and
directors will be announced soon, it,
was stated.
Named in the corporation's ar
ticles are 14 Silver Spring business
and professional men. The group
includes Cyrus Armigfcr. William
Srimgeour. Andrew- J. Kissinger.
James McCann. Stanley Pearson,
Maxwell Scrimgeour. Henry E. Wor
cester, jr„ Edward H. Libbey, Frank
B. Proctor, Hugh W. Arbaugh. Don
ald K. Staley, George T. Day. Dr.
Kermit F. Smith and Dr. James H.
Forsyth.
The community is now served by
the Suburban National Bank, which
has a branch in Takoma Park.
Food Sales Lists Offered
By Agriculture Department
Veterans who wish to start new
businesses or enlarge old ones with
food purchases from the Agriculture
Department can obtain bi-weekly
food sales listings from the Produc
tion and Marketing Administration
office at College Park. Joseph H.
Blandford, director of PMA's Mary
land field service branch, announced
yesterday.
Mr. Blandford said some of the
foods offered for sale are surplus
Government property and some are
sold by the Comodity Credit Corp.
Priorities for the purchase of Gov
ernment-owned surplus food stocks
are granted, he said, first to Govern
ment agencies for their own use.
then to veterans certified by the
War Assets Administration, and last
to the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
for resale and to States and local
governments for their own use.
Authorities Probing Blast
At Silver Spring Firehouse
A mysterious explosion and fire in
the Silver Spring firehouse yester
day afternoon was being investi
gated last night by State and county
authorities.
The explosion, which was of un
determined origin, is reported to
have blown several sections from the
ceiling, and caused a small fire in
the rear of the firehouse. The blast
was heard throughout the Silver
Spring business district.
Dana B. Johannes, president of
the fire company, said he would not
give out any information until a
report Is made by the investigators.
Roe to Revive Proposal
For Eastern Shore Link
Sy tfia Associated Press
Representative Roe Democrat of
Maryland announced yesterday that
when the 80th Congress meets next
January he will take, steps to re
vive the long pending proposal for
construction of a bridge or tunnel
connecting the Eastern and Western
8hores of Maryland.
Mr. Roe said he would introduce
a bill on the project in the House.
He suggested that the governor of
Maryland appoint a board of experts
to determine which would be more
. practical, a bridge or a tunnel.
FRUIT GROWERS PICNIC ON BYRD ESTATE—Many persons who attended the annual fruit
growers’ picnic on the estate of Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, near Berryville yesterday,
used apple crates for seats while eating box lunches provided by the Senator. ]
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Byrd Asks Early End
To 'Appeasement' of
Labor in Picnic Talk
By John W. Stepp
Star Staff Correspondent
BERRYVILLE, Va„ Aug. 31.—
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia
yesterday called for an end to the
“appeasement of ruthless labor lead
ers and their unions” before the
country, through lack of production,
“goes over the precipice of financial
disaster.”
He spoke before more than 2.000
fruit growers attending the first
picnic since the war given by the
Senator on his Rosemont estate,
near here.
The Senator declared that unless
strikes end, “this country cannot
hope to become solvent,” and denied
a charge made during the recent
primary campaign that he was a
"labor hater.”
Against ‘Special Privileges.’
“I am simply against special privi
leges such as the unions enjoy when
they are not made to stand by their
contracts.” he said.
He added that unions should be
incorporated and required to file
annual reports with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, “the
same as any business.”
“Why shouldn’t the salary of John
t. Lewis, or the expenditures of the
CIO Political Action Committee in
campaign funds be made public just
as my own were irj the recent rather
bitter contest?" the Senator asked.
Speaking strongly in favor of a
balanced National budget Senator
Byrd said “the people must demand
economy and fight against waste
and extravagance.”
“Must Take Stand.”
“The time has come,” he added,
“when everyone in and out of pub
lic life must take a stand for or
against in the issues of the day.”
.Resumption of the annual fruit
growers' picnic—which Senator
Byrd sponsored for nearly 20 years
before the war brought the largest
turnout to date. Among the guests
were Democratic Representatives
Smith and Robertson, State Sena
tor John Battle, State Conservation
and Development FCommissioner
William A. Wright and former
Mayer Fulmer Bright of Richmond.
Gov. Tuck, who w-as to have been
a guest, was unable to attend be
cause of a recent foot injury which
kept him confined to a Richmond
hospital.
Crops are Discussed.
Agricultural subjects were dis
cussed by John R. Hutcheson, presi
dent of Virginia Polytechnic Insti
tute; Dr. J. R. Magness, chief of the
fruit and vegetable crop division
of the United States Department of
Agriculture; Dr. Walter S. Hough,
entomologist in charge of the Win
chester Research Laboratory, and
E. Blackburn Moore, chairman of
the Virginia Apple Commission.
Senator Byrd, whose total orchard
holdings are among the largest in
the United States, provided ail his
guests with lunches which included
fried chicken, country-cured ham
sandwiches, a peach grown in the
Byrd orchard, potato chips, cake and
ice tea. Guests sat on apple crates.
On all sides apples strained the tree
limbs and on the ground were more
apples for all willing to nick them
up.
The Senator was assisted in greet
ing the guests by his wife, his
daughter and two sons, Harry, jr.,
and Thomas. The third son, Rich
ard, helped pass out the food.
Show Concessionaire Fined
On Charges of Gambling
Robert Paul. 41, operator of a
concession at the Endv Bros. Shows,
yesterday was fined $300 and given
a 90-day suspended sentence in Alex
andria Civil and Police Court on
charges of operating a gambling
concession offering prizes in cash.
Paul’s arrest Friday night by two
Alexandria policemen in plain
clothes, Pvts. Carl Nyberg and John
Shelton, followed action taken a
week ago by Alexandria police in
ordering gambling halted in 14 con
cessions at the carnival.
Nathaniel S. Turner. 43, of the
2100 block of thirty-seventh street
N.W., arrested on a charge of gam
bling at the concession, wa? given
a $10 suspended fine after the po
lice identified him as a player who
had placed a $3 bet on a number
for a $50 prize.
The carnival was brought to Alex
andria to raise funds for the St.
Mary's Boys Club, which receives
only the proceeds from tickets of
admission.
Meadowbrook School
Is Accepting Pupils
Enrollment applications are being
accepted at the Meadowbrook Co
operative Kindergarten and Nurs
ery School, Riggs and Ager roads,
Hyattsville. which will reopen Tues
day for its third year.
The school, under direction of
Mrs. Doris Harrington, provides ed
ucational and recreational programs
for children from 3 to 6. i
George Sager, of Timberville, Va.,* one of the guests, is
shown enjoying some fried chicken while talking things over
with Senator Byrd. —Star Staff Photos.
New Term to Start
Wednesday at Schools
In Orange County
ORANGE. Va„ Aug. 31.—Orange
County schools will open Wednes
day. D. N. Davidson, division super
intendent of schools, announced
today.
Miss Agnes Irwin is supervisor of
elementary * schools. J. Thomas
Walker is again principal of the
Orange High School. B. H. Hudson
at Unionville High School, and B.
B. Shotwell at James Barbour High
School. The list of teachers is not
complete, as there are several va
cancies to be filled in the county.
Nurse Resigns Post.
Mrs. Charles Duval, who has been
nurse for the Orange County health
department for four years, has re
signed her position, effective to
morrow. She will be succeeded by
Miss Ruth Lee Watts of Chapel
Hill, N. C.
Firemen Sponsor Fair.
Members of Company * 106, Vir
ginia State Guard, will lead the
parade at the annual Firemen’s Fair
to be held at. Gordonsville Labor
Day. Fire companies from neigh
boring towns also will participate.
The fair will continue each evening
through September 7. Parachute
jumps day and night on the grounds
wall be a feature of the event. .
Rites for Mrs. Smith.
Graveside services were held in
Maplewood Cemetery. Gordonsville.
yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Robert
A. Smith, wife of the postmaster of
Gordonsville. Mrs. Smith, the for
mer Cornelia Eudora Scott, died in
the Gordonsville hospital after an
illness of about 10 days. In addition
to her husband, she is survived by
a sister, Mrs. C. M. Crafton, of
Orange, and several nieces and
nephews.
| Only One Try |
Another in a series of jogs for
lagging memories regarding Dis
trict traffic laws.
Driver of Car A wishes to con
tinue straight ahead his wife tells
him to turn right, although his
automobile is in left hand lane.
Should he:
1. Obey wife in interest of family
peace?
2. Wait until car B passes and
then make right hand turn?
3. Have his wife put out her right
hand to stop Car B, then make
right turn in front of B?
4. Ignore wife's ultimatum and
continue on a block where he can
make the turn from the proper
j lane?
Answer 4 is correct. Section 26,
paragraph < a > of District traffic
and motor vehicle regulations,
states:
"Approach for a right turn shall
be made in the lane for traffic to
the right-hand side of the high
way, and the right turn shall be
made as closely as practicable to
the right-hand curb or edge of the,
highway.”
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Regional Conference!
On Welfare Slated at
Fairfax Wednesday
The Mitchell Public Welfare Com
mission will hold a regional meet
ing at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Fairfax
Courthouse to discuss welfare prob
lems with officials of Fairfax, Arling
ton, Loudoun, Prince William and
Fauquier Counties, and Alexandria
City.
Members of the General Assem
bly, boards of supervisors, welfare
boards, welfare superintendents and
Commonwealth's attorneys will at
tend the session to discuss the sit
uation resulting from recent allo
cations of State public assistance
funds. The meeting is closed to the
public.
Permit Fees Established.
A new town ordinance establish
ing building permit fees in Falls
Church becomes effective Tuesday.
The fees range from $1 to $10 on
construction up to $1,000. and an
additional $5 will be charged for
each additional $1,000 valuation or
fraction thereof.
Demolition of buildings also will
require a permit, in addition to
posting bond to cover possible dam
age to streets. Permit fees aje
from $1 to $2, and the bonds range
from $300 to $2,500.
Vienna Auxiliary Elects.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Vi
enna Fire Department has elected
the following officers:
Mrs. Myrtle Hurst, president;
Mrs. Jerry Phillips, first vice presi
dent; Mrs. Jean White, second vice
president; Miss Margaret Moore,
secretary, and Mrs. Beatrice Win
slow, treasurer.
Takes Welfare Post
Miss T. Mary Beacham, recently
appointed superintendent of public
welfare in Fairfax County, wiH*as
sume her duties tomorrow. Miss
Beacham formerly was superintend
ent of public welfare in Bristol.
McDonald Listed to Talk
At Independents' Rally
Arch McDonald, Democratic can
didate for the House from the 6th
Maryland district, will speak at a
public meeting sponsored by the In
dependent Voters' Organization of
Montgomery County at 8 p.m. Wed
nesday in the Chevy Chase Meth
odist Church.
Dr. Louis H. Bean, economic ana- i
lyst, will speak on "The Political J
Trend of 1946.'’ Mrs. Esther Peter
son, member of the organization,
will speak on individual effective
ness in politics. Dr. Le Roy A. Hal
bert will preside.
Home District Boosts
Goode for U.S. Senate;
Bland Backs Wright
By tho Asieclatod Pr»u
RICHMOND, Va., Aug, 31—Emer
gence of State Senator Morton G.
Goode as a potential favorite son
of the fourth congressional district
and a strong indorsement of State
Conservation Commissioner William
A. Wright by Representative Bland
of the first district wound up the
week's developments today in the
field of Democratic candidates for
the United States Senate.
Mr. Goode, resident of Dinwid
dle County and veteran in the State
Senate, was projected into the sen
atorial picture by friends in his
home district.
His appearance, coming five days
before the convention meets here
next Thursday to pick the party
nominee for the unexpired term of
the late Senator Glass, leaves only
the second and third districts with
out some show of support for a fa
vorite son.
It also served as another indica
tion that the organization wing of
the party is not yet behind any one
candidate, and that the convention
would open with at least seven pros
pective candidates up for considera
tion—and possibly eight, if former
Gov. Darden’s name is put forward.
He has made strong statements that
he will not be a candidate.
Bland Indorsement Unusual.
Mr. Bland’s declaration for Mr.
j Wright is the first public indorse
ment of a candidate bv any member
of Virginia's delegation in Congress
As of today. Mr. Wright still was
the only candidate openly aspiring
to the nomination as Senator Glass'
successor, but the other unan
nounced candidates were still very
much to be reckoned with.
Meanwhile. State Democratic
Chairman Horace H. Edwards re
leased an official program for next
Thursday’s state Democratic con
vention, charting the course from
pre-convention committee sessions
Wednesday night to the adjourn
ment at an unspecified hour and
day.
The convention proper will get un
der way in the Mosque Auditorium
here at noon Thursday, after a round
of district caucuses that morning
and a series of preparatory commit
tee sessions the previous night.
| Representative Gary of Richmond.
| will welcome the delegates and CaptJ
| G. Alvin Massenburg of Hampton,
j floor leader of the Virginia House of
I Delegates will respond.
committees To Be Named.
1 Initial business will be the election
of members of the Resolutions, Cre
dentials and Permanent Organiza
tion Committees. Each Congres
sional district is entitled to three
members on each committee, and
the election will be largely a mat
ter of confirming nominees chosen
earlier in district caucuses.
The convention then will hear an
address by Representative Almond
of Roanoke, who will present reso
lutions memorializing Senator Glass.
After receiving and acting upon
the report of the Pre-Convention
Rules Committee, -the delegates are
scheduled to recess until 3 p.m. to
• allow-time for meetings of the com
i mittees on Resolutions, Credentials
and Permanent Organization.
Former Gov. Darden has been in
dorsed by several delegations for the
•chairmanship. Thus far he is the
only candidate.
Some Disputes Expected.
Presentation of the report of the
Credentials Committee, which may
have some disputes to settle among
claims by different slates of' dele
gates in a few localities, will cleaT
the way for the convention's prin
cipal business, selection of a sena
torial nominee.
Nominating speeches will be
limited to five or 10 minutes.
The balloting process may take
considerable time, since there are
124 balloting groups to be heard
from—more than twice as many as
in a Democratic national conven
tion— and some of the delegations
are likely to be split among two
or more candidates.
The Rules Committee will de
termine the procedure should the
first ballot fail to give any candi
date the necessary majority for
nomination.
. With 1.128 votes at the conven
tion, at least 565, a simple majority,
I will be required for nomination.
Mrs. Virginia Smith Dies;
Native of Browningsville
Mrs. Virginia R. Smith, wife of
Anthony Smith. Browningsville
fMd.) farmer, died Friday at her
home.
A lifelong resident of Brownings
: ville, she was active in Methodist
Church work.
In addition to her husband she
is survived by three sons. Roy
Smith. Laurel; John E. Smith,
Philadelphia, and Norman Smith,
Washington; a daughter, Mrs.
Ethel Williams, Reiserstown, Md.;
four brothers, Samuel Shipley,
Lew'isdale, Md.; John Shipley, Ta
koma Park; Harry Shipley, Rock
; ville, and Gasway Shipley, Cedar
1 Grove. Thirteen grandchildren and
|six great grandchildren also survive.
! Funeral services will be held at
2 p.m. tomorrow in the Bethesda
Methodist Church, Browningsville.
Burial will be in the church ceme
j tery. _
jSilver Spring Trade Unit
To Hear Commentator
The Silver Spring Board of Trade
will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at
| the Incjian Spring Country Club,
I with Richard Eaton, radio commen
itator, as guest speaker. He is ex
pected to discuss his plans for es
tablishing a radio station in Silver!
Spring.
James McCann, president of the
board, announced that the club has
reached a membership of 302.
Montgomery Motorists Asked
To Take Patients to Clinics
Montgomery County Community
Chest and Council officials yesterday
appealed to county motorists to
share their cars with persons in
need of treatment at Washington
clinics and health stations.
Under the plan, drafted by Mrs.
Madge H. Longley, county health
fund director, motorists would drive
clinic patients into Washington on
their way to work. She explained
that most of the patients would be
able to obtain other means of trans
portation to return to their homes.
She emphasized that none of the
passengers would be suffering from
communicable diseases, adding that
most of them go to Washington for
routine treatments for orthopedic
conditions, eye trouble and similar
ailments.
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Those willing to participate in the
program have been asked to call
Mrs. Longley, Rockville 414.
Meanwhile Miss Mary E. Lucas,
Chest director, announced the ap
pointment of nine volunteers to
serve as team captains in the forth
coming fund drive under the lead
ership of Mrs. C. M. Tipton.
The volunteers and the areas in
which they will serve are:
C. J. Van Emon, Bamesville; Mrs.;
Creighton Jones, Dickerson; Mrs.
Calvin Burdette, Clarksburg; Miss
Julia Allnutt, Seneca; Sidney
Thompson, Poolesville; Mrs. Lewis
Allnutt, Jr., Dawsonville; Mrs. Matt
Kohlhoss. Martinsburg; Mrs. Lewis
Weller, Beallsville, and Mrs. George
Nicholson, Comus.
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Boy Sees First Baseball Game
After 20 Months in Iron Lung
Joe Justh, 10-year-old polio victim, has a personal visit from
Buck Newsom, Washington pitcher. —Star Staff Photo.
Ten-year-old Joe Justh experi
enced one of the big moments of
his life yesterday afternoon when
he watched his first major-league
baseball game at Griffith Stadium.
He could remember only two big
ger moments. One was on June 19,
when he was freed for the first time
in more than 20 months from the
confines of an iron lung at Chil
dren's Hospital. The other was last
Sunday, when he returned home for
the first time in nearly two years.
Joe was stricken with infantile
paralysis in October, 1944. and im
mediately was placed in the “lung”
to begin the fight for his life. After
two years, the youth is able to sit up
and can move his head and hands.
He still has no power of motion in
either arms or legs.
“He has made miraculous strides
in recent months.” said his phy
sician, Dr. Richard H. Todd. “No
one now can 6ay how much more
he will improve, but we certainly
aren't giving up any measure of
hope for him.”
Joe's appearance at the ball game
yesterday was no accident, he was
prompt to point out. Seated on a
large pillow- in a field box near
home plate, the youth said he be
came an avid fan of the Nationals
last fall, while still in the iron lung,
and seldom missed a radio broad
cast of games.
Joe could recognize nearly all the
players from their pictures. And
his knowledge of baseball was ex
tensive, but it was knowledge gained
through listening and not seeing.
At one moment, he would be the
expert, cautioning a batter with a
three-ball-no-strika .count to “take
the next one.” Then again he would
turn to his father, Elmer S. Justh,
| to ask where the bleachers were,
whether the huge field lights were
really bright enough for night
1 games, or whether “all these people
Sever are-quiet.” v ; _
During a lapse in the game, when
' spectators were taking the “seventh
■inning stretch,” Joe commented. “I
can almost hear that commercial
coming over the radio now.”
Loyal to the Nats to the bitter
end, the youth didn't have much to
cheer about, with the team collect
ing seven scattered hits and a total
of no runs in losing, 4-0, to New'
York. Joe had ample payment be
fore the game even started, though.
Just before the game, his favor
ites, Pitcher Buck Newsom and
First Baseman Mickey Vernon vis
ited him to present an autographed
baseball. The baseball was the third
in a collection, Joe said. While in
the hospital, he twice received balls
autographed by the entire team.
Later in the game, Joe also had
a visit from Clark Griffith.
Accompanying the boy to the
game was the nurse who was his
almost constant companion during
hospitalization—Mrs. Eloise Myers,
of 1910 Fourteenth street S.E. Com
menting on his recent improvement,
she said Joe has gained 38 pounds
in the last 15 months. He now
weighs 76 pounds.
The youth said he is in the fourth
grade, taking schooling from a
"visiting teacher” of the District
school system. In spare time he
likes to be read to. but not if a
baseball or football game is being
broadcast. Joe lives with his par
ents at 714 Decatur street N.W.
Entire medical expenses for the
boy during the last two years, total
ing more than $10,000. have been
I taken over by the District Chapter
of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis, according to Dis
i trict Juvenile Court Judge Fay
Bentley, chairman of toe chapter.
She told Joe s story on the "D. C.
Dateline" program over Station
WWDC yesterday afternoon.
The local chapter, which has
spent approximately £25,000 Tor hos
pital care and treatment of Wash
ington polio patients this year, is
also mapping plans to develop a
polio treatment and research center
for adults, similar to the facility at
Children's Hospital.
Changes Announced
In Fauquier Schools
And leaching Staff
Speciol Dispatch to The Star
WARRENTON, Va , Aug. 31
School Supt. C. M. Bradley an
nounced this week that the one
room white elementary schools at
Paris, Delaplane, Midland and Gold
vein will not operate this year, and
that the Bristersburg school will be
reduced to one teacher. .
Pupils who would attend Paris
and Delaplane will be transported
by bus to Upperville, while those
;from Midland and Goldvein will go
i to Bealeton. Upper elementary pu
jpils from Bristersburg will attend
'the Catlett school.
The superintendent also an
nounced the resignation of Mrs.
Eliza H, Trainham as home eco
nomics instructor at the Marshall
High School, and the appointment
of Miss Jane Wyatt Rudasill Of
Woodville, to fill the Vacancy. Mrs.
Trainham has been promoted to a
district supervisory position in the
State home economics department.
Fauquier to Back Smith.
The Fauquier County delegation
to the State Democratic convention
in Richmond will support Repre
sentative Smith for the nomination
to succeed the late Senator Glass, it
was decided at a mass meeting at
Uie Court House here.
The 18-man delegation will be
bound by the unit rule. Fauquier
has nine votes at the convention.
Delegates are; B. A. Rucker. W. H.
Gaines, H. L. Baxley, C. H. Bowen,
Eiwood Seal, Barney Harris, L. R.
Bartenstein, L. O. Gold, H. B.
Phipps, Charles G. Stone, L. L. Trip
lett, J. Ray Larcombe. R. A. McIn
tyre. L. W- Trenis, P. W. Anderson,
Edwin L. Bain, jr., H. Ashby Brown
and W. Herbert Burke.
Mr. Triplett was jiamed chairman
of the delegation.
Dairy Herd Honors Listed.
D. M. Gray, Catlett, won first
honors in the Fauquier County
Dairy Herd Improvement Associa
tion for July when his herd pro
duced an average of 1.005.2 pounds
of milk. Second place went to J. W.
Trumbo, Calverton, with 995.6
pounds, while third went to Mrs.
M. H. Rich, Remington, with 979.2
pounds.
In butterfat production Mrs.
Rich's herd was first with 40.2
pounds average; H. C. Skinker, sec
ond, 37.7, and Mr. Gray, third, 36.2.
Church Buys Parsonage.
The Warrenton Presbyterian
Church has purchased from E.
Brooke Parkinson his 8-room brick
house for a manse. The Rev. Wil
liam P. Burns, pastor, and his fam
ily will take possession about Sep
tember 15.
Mr. Burns was installed as pastor
of the local church by the Potomac
Presbytery at a service Sunday
night. The Rev. Cliff R. Johnson
of Westminster Presbyterian
Church, Alexandria, conducted the
service, and the Rev. Dr. Thomas
Budwesky May Ask
Further Increase in
Arlington Utility Tax
While the Virginia Corporation
Commission has authorized an in
. crease of $447,696 over the 1945
1 figure in the real estate and per
sonal property assessments of utility
properties in Alexandria. City Man
ager Carl Budwesky announced yes
terday he may rea.uest the commis
sion to order a further increase.
The commission’s action, accord
ing to Charles A. Callahan. Alexan
dria commissioner of revenue, sets
this year's utility assessment at
$6,406,244 as compared with $5,958,
548 in 1945. He added that the in
crease will result in an additional
$11,752.34 in taxes, which total
$171,815.05 for 1946 as compared
with $160,061.71 last year,
i An increase in the taxes based on
i 50 per cent of the market value of
I the properties has been anticipated
; bv Mr. Budw-esky. but the commis
sion's report setting the assess
ments has been issued in advance of
! a report by Col. Francis Drischler,
appointed last month to make
; recommendations for reassessments.
! Mr. Budwesky said he believes
| the new assessment by the State
| Corporation Commission represents
j only about 40 per cent of the market
! value of property held by the 13
companies.
Total assessments for the com
panies are as follows: Alexandria,
Barcroft & Washington Transit
Co.. $152.j}85, with taxes at $3,909.23;
Alexandria Water Co.. $503,905.
taxes $13,806.51; Braddock Light &
Power Co., $98,596, taxes $2,464.90;
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat
Co.. $5,000, taxes $125; Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Co., $1,103,
183, taxes at $30,453.72: Railway
Express Agency, $8,979, taxes
.$234.91; Richmond, Fredericksburg
& Potomac Railroad, $1,596,381,
taxes $41,028.71; Rosslyn Gas Co.,
$457,837, taxes $12,730.71; Southern
Railway System, $414,199, taxes
$10,566.75; Virginia Electric &
Power Co.. $2,031, 414, taxes $55,
583.52: Washington & Old Domin
ion Railway, $15,363, taxes $392.05;
Western Union Telegraph Co., $18,
503, taxes $518.04.
W. Hooper of Culpeper delivered the
sermon.
Mr. Burns succeeds the Rev. I
Thomas W. MacLean.
Crop Insurance Agents Named.
Five wheat crop insurance agents j
have been appointed by the Fau
quier AAA Committee. They are: |
W. W. Phillips, Rectortown: J.
Thompson Adams, Broad Run; J.
Lomax Covington, Bealston: M. L.
Daffan, Goldvein; G. O. Armstrong,
Midland.
Joint Carnival Planned.
The Warrenton Lions Club and
John D. Sudduth Post. No. 72,!
American Legion, are planning a
joint two-night carnival September
27 and 28. J. W. Rhodes and O. C.
Davis are co-chairmen of the event.
Proceeds will be equally divided be
tween the Lions Club charity fund
and the American Legion memorial.
4
'Arlington to Require
Bond on Licenses
For Real Estate Men
Arlington real estate brokers and
salesmen will be required to post a
bond after November 1 in order to
qualify for business licenses under
the terms of an ordinance adopted
yesterday by the county board.
Sponsored by the Arlington. Alex
andria, and Fairfax Real Estate
Board, the measure authorizing the
county to adopt the ordinance was
enacted at the last session of the
Virginia General Assembly. It pro
vides a $2,500 bond for brokers and
a $1,000 bond for salesmen.
Edmund D. Campbell, board
chairman, said adoption of the
regulation ‘marks a definite forward
step in Arlington for the protection
of the public.”
The board also named F. Freeland
Chew and Mr. Campbell as a com
mittee to confer with a school board
group on a proposed bond issue.
Two Referendum* Asked.
The county government several
weeks ago announced plans to seek
a referendum on a $6,000,000 bond
issue. Last Tuesday, the school
board received a petition signed by
5,225 taxpayers, asking for a $3,250.
000 school bond issue. The pos
sibility of having one referendum
for a single bond issue large enough
to cover both programs is being
studied.
Another sten toward completion
of the Pension and Retirement
Board membership also was taken
with the election of Leo C Lloyd.
! chairman of the board's Retirement
(Committee, and Edward F. Sher
wood accountant with the Arling
! ton Trust Co., as the board's rep
resentative on the administrative
(group for the county pension sys
| tern.
Griffin T. Garnett previously was
j elected by police and firemen as
; their representative and John
Locke Green, county treasurer, is
a member by virtue of his office.
The fifth member will be named
by general county employes at a
meeting this week.
A proposed amendment to the
county building code, under which
modern methods of constructing
prefabricated dwellings would be
allowed subject to control by the
building inspector, was deferred for
study.
Would Allow Prefab Use.
Andrew Jensen, county building
inspector, said that the present code
prohibits home construction with
any type of walls other than ma
sonry or lumber.
1 Public Service Director A. T.
Lundberg reported three park and
playground sites have been acquired.
;three are being negotiated for, one
is recommended for abandonment
and one is inactive. The county
board has authorized purchase of
eight sites.
Those acquired are at Old Do
minion drive and North Thomas
j street, to serve the Cherrydale area:
North Highland and Nineteenth
I streets, in the Lyon Village area,
and South Seminary road and
Twenty-seventh street, to serve
Green Valley.
Those being negotiated are at
North Greenbrier and Twenty
seventh streets, North Emerson and
Nineteenth streets, and South Hayes
and Twenty-eighth streets.
| The site at Rocky Run, adjacent
to Lee boulevard, Fairfax drive and
i North Tenth street was recom
mended > for abandonment because
of the cost.
County citizens several years ago
approved a $150,000 bond issue for
1 the program, but no bonds have
i been issued. Mr. Lundberg said
$42,919.94 has been spent out of
$50,000 advanced from general
; county funds. Present plans, he
'added, contemplate spending $39
800 during the present fiscal year
i for playground development.
Paving Contract Given.
A contract for the construction
of sidewalks, curbs and gutters at
seven locations within the Ashton
Heights area was awarded by the
board to Lyon, Inc., of Arlington,
on a lowr bid of $37,158.75.
Leslie Hail, county attorney, was
'appointed to the County Welfare.
Board to fill the unexpired term.
;of James H. Simmonds, who re
signed because of the demands of
j his business.
The board approved three and
denied four rezoning applications.
Those approved were:
Ralph H. Smith, Carl C. Cooper
and M. D. Wiseman, owners, from
one-family residential to local com
i mercial in the' 4900 block of Lee
highway.
Bertram J. Greenhouse, owner,
from residential semidetached to
local commercial in the 100 block
of South Oakland street.
B M. Smith, William D. and
Elizabeth H. Davis from residential
apartment to local commercial in
the 100 block of South Wayne
i street.
Applications denied involved a
tract in the 4200 block of South
Sixteenth street, one-family resi
dential to residential apartment; a
tract between North Edison, North
Frederick. Wilson boulevard and
North Eighth road, from one-family
residential to residential apartment*
and two requests in the 1000 block
of North Edgewood street, from
one-familv restricted two-family
residential to residential apartment.
Montgomery Farm's Collie
Wins U. S. Sheepdog Trials
Pete, the Border Collie owned by
John Lockwood, herdsman for the
A. G. Rolfe Hereford farm in Upper
Montgomery County, won the Na
tional Indoor Working Sheepdog
championship last week at the trials
held at the Ohio State lair at Co
lumbus.
Mr. Lockwood’s collie won from
20 dogs in the national trials, plac
ing first in the final event over Meg, -
owned by Arthur Allen of McLeans
boro, Ind. Meg won first place in
the trials held last spring at Staun
ton, Va., in which Pete took third
place.
Mr. Lockwood will show Pete In
Vermont next week, and will give
a demonstration at the Frederick
Fair during the week of September
30._
Beauty Contest Features
Program for Barbecue
A beauty contest will feature the
Prince Georges County Independent
Trade Association barbecue next
Sunday at Lewisdale on Riggs road,
west of Hyattsville.
The barbecue will start at 2 p.m.
and the beauty contest at 4 o’clock.
There also will be a tug of war,
horseshoe pitching and soft ball.
The Arrangements Committee
consists of Marvin S. Gallimore,
J. C. Lewis and Thomas U. Hoff
meister.
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