Text Box: AROUND TOWN Text Box: B. TRAVIS BUTLER Travis Butler, the proprietor of Trav’s Inn on Tulane Ave. from 1964 to the mid 1980s, died of a heart attack at his home on October 18, 2005. He was 80 years old. Travis Butler grew up in Potomac Heights, D.C. and served on a U.S. Army tank destroyer in World War II. He lived in Bethesda until he retired from Trav’s Inn; he then moved to Stevensville on the Eastern shore. He took over Trav’s Inn from Otto Kumfert, who called the establishment Otto’s Grill and owned it from 1944 to 1964. The building was constructed in 1931, when Prohibition ended, by Shorty Daley. It is now The Irish Inn at Glen Echo. Mr. Butler was preceded in death by his wife, Donna and his son, Jeffrey. He leaves a brother, Chris, of Silver Spring, Md., a sister, Barbara, of Ocean City, and a daughter, Cindy. He had three grandchildren. Text Box: SNOW FINALLY APPEARS It was way into mid-February before Glen Echo had a snow storm, and this one came at just the right time. Sunday, Feb. 12, residents woke up to a beautiful blanket of fluffy snow, nine inches of it in fact. Since it wasn’t a work day, most people weren’t troubled by the fact that the streets weren’t plowed until after noon. The power didn’t go out, it wasn’t very cold, and only late arrival of the Sunday papers marred the perfection of the day. January had been the warmest January on record, and children were pining for the chance to go sledding. In the northern suburbs, however, residents were stunned to find more than 20 inches of snow. Because those areas were still icy the next day, Montgomery County schools remained closed, so most children had an extra day to make snowmen. Text Box: TOWN COUNCIL NOTES February 13 The Irish Inn at Glen Echo will be getting a slight increase in their monthly license for the use of town property on Tulane Ave. for parking. Mayor Beers said Irish Inn owner Chris Hughes was not opposed to slight increase, but wished to have a longer license term. Currently, the monthly rate is $250/month. The town council decided to propose $300/month and an annual license to Hughes… There have been no bids to replace the furnace at the town hall. The council agreed to extend the deadline for application until Mar. 10. The council thinks it has received no bids because contractors wrongly believe it is a commercial job… Chapel Valley, which provides landscaping for the town, has increased its rates from $1,210 per month to $1,241 per month. The council approved the increase…