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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06
A CAMPBELL MAGYAR EGYLETEK
Is koR0k NAGYBizoTTsAcA
AlakuIt 1885 Januar len

Elnok Zboray Istvan. Titkar Mol
mar Wendell, $50 Penhale Ave, Camp
bell, O., akihez nagybizottsagot er-
dekl6 levelek kiildend6k. Penztarnok
Varga Jozsef Gyiileseit tartja
minden h6 negyedik vasarnapjan es-
te 7:30-tol a Kultur K0r helyiseg6-
ben, 264 Reed Ave, Campbell, Ohio.
Hivatalos lap "Amerikai Magyar
Hirlap."
Celia az osszmagyarsag erdekeit
szolgalni es megvedeni es Magyar
Haz fenntartasat el6mozditani.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06
vARosI (0REG) PoLGARl koR
AIakult 1924 Augustus 25-en

Tiszteletbeli eln0k Nemenyi Miklos
Ern6. Eln0k Balasko N. Gy0rgy. Al
eln0k Danish J6zsef. Titkar Mixich
Gaspar, 324 w. Chalmers Avenue,
Youngstown, o., akihez K0rt 6rdek.
l6 levelek kiildend6k. Penztarnok Go
ber Janos. Ellen6r0k: Kaluczky ia.
nos, Szluka Ferenc 6s Horvath vii
mos. Nagybizottsagi tagok: Mixich
laspar es Szluka Ferenc. Pottag Eber
Ferenc.
Gyuleseit minden h6 utols6 het6
ben a Scent Istvan Otthonban tart
ia. Hivatalos lap az Amerikai
Magyar Hirlap.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06
CAMPBELL MAGYAR N0k KORE
Alakult 1885 MAIus len

Eln6k Szalai Ferencne. Titkar Tt
szocki Janosne, sos Tenney Ave-,
Campbell, O., akihez a k0rt erdekl6
levelek ktildend6k. Penztarnok Mol
mar Vendelne. Nagybizottsagi kikil-
dottek: Fod6 Istvanne, Varga J6zsef-
ne 6s Timar Janosn6.
Gyiiles minden masodik csiit0rt6k
este fel nyolc 6rat6l Kultur K0r
helyiseg6ben.
Celia magyar n6k tArsadalmi 6sz-
szetartasat el6mozditani es az alta-
lanos magyar iigyek kivitel6t el6-
mozditani
Tagja lehet minden Campbell k6r.
uyeki magyar n6. Be&llani lehet min
den rendes gytil6sen.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06
(Folytatas.)

ACSyOiA dJIds ACAAyOS 0Oo0AOOA
a neve, csipkes a szemf0d6je
Sep ternetest akarok, nagyon
szep0t. Hisz0n els6 emb0r v6t
a pusztan! A meltosagaek is
mind oft lesznek a temetesen.
A kanasz d0rm0g0tt vala-
NIT, hegy kar a penzt kiadni,
mali eltemetik azok, hiszen
jol szolgalta 6ket.... Orbanne
azonban mem engedett.
Az en- uram vot. Ne
mondja senki, hogy sajnalom
t6le a koporsot....-
Az ejszaka zajosan telt Ell.
Az ajtot szuntelen csapkodtak.
Mosdatok, 0lt0ztet6k es vir-
rasztok leptek egymas labara.
Csak Rozika ALT csondesen,
szotlanul es csodalkozva. A la
dara huzodott es arcara szori-
tott kezzel szepegett.
Nagyon sokara, arnikor mar
gyertyak egtek a subladan, az
uvegharang alatt allo Maria
szobor el6tt es az apjat kinyuj-
toztattak a nagy talpas aszta-
lon, ahol maskor a leves meg
a pecsenye parolgott;; leszedte
SCENE elol ujjait es vibralo
pupillakkal meredt a feher lie
ped6vel letakart halotthoz.
Csak az area volt szabad es
ezt a meghalvanyodott barna
arcot nezte egyre Rozika.
Mintha varta volna, hogy egy-
szerre megint voros lesz a nya-
ka meg homloka, szettori
kemeny oklevel alacsungo,
hosszu, osz bajuszait es dor
m0go asitasba kezd mint reg
gelenkint szokta...... De hijaba!
orak orak utan futottak es
Orban Peter mem mozdult
meg tobbet. S0t, ahogy Rozika
nezte, mintha az area egyre
ismeretlenebb es idegenebb
lett volna: mintha nagyon,
nagyon messze lett volna to-
liik!
Ekkor j0ttek a sirato ASSOC
nyok es ahogy meghintettek
szenteltvizzel a halott arcat,
olvasot csavartak g0rbe barna
ujjaikra es reszketo, sz0rnyu
fejhangon sorolni kezdtek
Orban Peter dics6seges f0ldi
tetteit, erenyeit, kival6sagait.
EFT mar mem birta tovabb
Rozika. A mellet megfeszitet-
te valami rettent6 er6. AIT
hitte, ketteszakadnak bordai
a szive tajan. Kicsiny, forro
kialtas tort XII a szajan S XII
rohant a hazb6l. Jaj! F'utnia,
szaladnia kellett, inert tepte,
irgalmatlanul kinozta ez az
eddig ismeretlen, bels6 fajda-
lom. De csak a kis kertjeig
jutott el.
A meheshez k0zel, az ala
csony padon huz6dott meg.
TIT sirdogalt el egymagaban
egeszen hajnalig es csak ma
gyon ritkan emelte fel kezeit
az arcar6l. Akkor is az eg-
boltra nezett, a balkan hui
nyorg6 tomentelen 6szi csil-
lagokra, mintha 6ket akarta
volna megkerdezni, hogy mi
ert is t0rtent ICY minden? De
azok csak hallgattak Is mesz-
sze voltak mint Orban Peter
area. Pedig, hogy szeretett
volna f0ljajdulni es kerdezni:
Uristen csak ennyi az egesz?
Ennyi: az ember j6l eszik q
d0dolleb6l Is csak vege?! Ugy
hozzak haza, mint egy zsakot!
Azonban senki mem felelt Ro-
zikanak Is 8 belatta, hogy
mindennek ICY kellett lennie...
II.
A ket napra, ami most k6-
uofknzott hO1f6iu mann f1Ydoff
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06
4 MEZOK
LILIONA

paTaSzCl lelKe Olyan VOlC, aKar
az 6szi szantasra varo buza-
f0ldek. Kivancsi, varakoz6 es
meglehet6sen remiildoz6. Mem
ertett semmit abbol, ami ko-
rulotte tortent. Az agyaban
k0d0sen, athatolhatatlanul ter
jengett az a gondolat, hogy
hat az 8 apja? Az 8 apja
ilyen semmive valhatott! To-
vabb mem tudott gondolni. A
fakat nezte mindig, a cs0n-
desen bologat6 magos jege
nyefakat, melyek alatt any
nyiszor latta ballagni a kas-
tely fele... De most mines,
mines tobbe sehol az a vallas,
zom0k, sapkas Orban Peter.
Els EFT annyira mem tudta
f0lfogni, hogy sirni Sc tudott,
pedig ugyancsak markolta
szivet a szomorusag.
A temetesre fekete kend6t
k0t0ttek Rozika fejere. A fe-
nyes, selyemkent villogo, sz6-
kesbarna haja egeszen elbujt
alatta. Rossz, fejfajdito, regi
szaga volt ennek a kend6nek,
nyilvan a ladatol, melyben
anyja tartotta. Rozika t0bb-
szor megfujta az orrat. Ilyen-
kor a beresasszonyok meglok-
tex egymast mogotte.
Szegeny arva... La, hogy
sir egeszen arva...
EFT nagyon rossz volt hall
gatni. Fol is rantotta rea
nyomban a vallait. Nit sal
naljak ct ezek? Hat 8 azert
mar mem OrDan Peter lanya?
S szemei dacosan kerestek a
temeteSi menetben a nagy,
fekete koporsot, melynek OIL
dalan oft fenyesedett nagy,
aranylo betukkel: Orban Pc
ter. Ha a koporsoban van is,
ha halott is, de az 6 apja az
ert! Mem arva 6, inert a szive-
ben most is oft el a szeretet,
melyet apja irant erez... Et-
tol a kicsiny, makszemnyi
buszkesegt6l es naiv meggy6-
zodest6l egyszerre olyan ma
gos lett megint Rozika dere-
ka, mint egyebkor szokott
lenni. Olyan sugar es halle
kony, akar azok a fatal fax a
nagy, Greg, erdok szelein. Va
laki, amikor a bereshazbol XII
mentek, megl0kte.
- Meg az Greg Meltosaga is
lit van. Meg a legkisebb fla.
A Miklos baro ur...
Rozika area verszinu lett
ebben a pillanatban. Szive
nagyot dobbant. Akkorat,
hogy gyorsan raszoritotta a
kapcsos imak0nyvet meg a fe-
jerolvas6s ujjait, inert ait hit
te, menten kiugrik a melleb6l.
S6hajtott is egy nagyot. Az
tan a szemeit jarta at valami
nyugtalan, Zorro villogas. Oh
dalt, a kend6je sarkanak kis
takar6ja al6l kemlelt ARA fe-
le, amerre a csordasne muta-
tott.
Igen, az 0reg melt6saga,
0zvegy Szentivanyi Claiborne oft
ment a kopors6 mellett, mind
jart balr6l, kisse tavolabb a
beresek sorat6l. Fekete ruha-
ban volt, hosszu fekete IA
tyol lengett a kis kalapja k0-
riil es ezustnyeles fekete bot
ra tamaszkodva lepkedett.
Minden lepesenel finom, kony-
nyi illat szallott a nyomaban,
olyan edes es j6 illat, hogy
Rozika nyomban erezni kezd-
te a fekete kend6je nehez pc
neszszagat. Es ARA gondolt,
hogy miert nincs az 8 ruha-
janak is olyan j6 szaga?
De ez a gondolata a k0vet-
kez6 pillanatban mar olyan
nrvyNrcay n1v@6 6roIro%% oI~xr q
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06

AAetooA 0dAC AA06Oo, AdASoA, CA
gar alakjat, mely val6ban
hasonlitott a fatal jegenyek-
re. Scene, a keskenyvagasu,
nagyon uri fekete SCENE egy
pillanatra megallott a lanyon.
Csak egy r0vid pillanatra, de
ebben a pillanatban az is nez-
tie ct. Aztan Miklos baro ur
mintha mosolygott volna egy
csoppet. Mintha AIT mondta
volna: ne fell, ne sirj... De
mivel eppen a kis arkot kel-
lett atlepniDk, mely a ha-
zak el6tt melyult, mar a ba-
ronore, az edeanyjara, az Greg
meltosagara kellett vigyaznia.
Senki Sc vette eszre EFT a kis
pillanatot, csak a Rozika szi-
We. A sebes, korai fajdalomtol
f0lmart fatal szivnek ege-
szen a melyeig nyilalt ez a
keskeny, szep uri arc.
A csordasne 0ccse, a Ferko,
aki gepeszkovacs akart lenni,
oft jart eppen mellette es
anikor Rozika egy gor0ny0n
megbotlott, szeliden, de meg
lehetosen ugyetlenul megfog-
ta a karjat. Gyamolit6 szan-
dekkal tette EFT, de a lany
megis riadtan, kenyeskedve,
majdnem haragosan elhuzo-
dott t6le. Meg a fejet is elfor-
ditotta arrol az oldalrol, ahol
Ferko ALT. Milyen piros es
milyen szeles az area! Bizony,
mem olyan mint az a mask.
- A Miklos baro ur = SUI
sogta magaban es egyszerre
eszebe jutott egy koratavaszi
nap.
Ez a nap husvet heteben
volt. A flzfakon eppen sar-
gallott a barka. A leveg6ben
szaznyi fecske roppent es 6
kokenyviragot hozott a k0te
nyeben az Aranypohar -dul6
foldjerol. Unnepi disznek szan-
ia ezt a viragot es mem banta,
hogy veresre karcoltak a he
eyes tovisek a kezefejet... Icy
J0tt, feher viraggal a karja-
ban a kastely alatt, amikor
sep barna lovan eleje keriilt
a fatal baro ur. Miklos baro
ur! 8 k0sz0ntotte cs0ndesen
es tiszteletteljesen, inert apja
jokor lelkebe oltotta az ura-
sag iranti fel6 tiszteletet. To-
vabb is ment volna, de a baro
ur megrantotta a kantart es
lovaglo vessz6jevel rakoppin-
tott a fejere.
- Hogy n6ssz, te k6cos... =
mondta cs0ndeset fiittyentve
es nevetett hozza, ugy, hogy
a sep feher fogait mind meg
szamlalhatta Rozika...
Mem tudta miert, de neki
is nevethetnekje tamadt. A
SCENE kigyulladt, forro lett es
a szive maid szetvetette mel
let... Akkor este, anikor ha-
zaert es elosztotta a virago-
kat a kalazliknak nevezett
szines vazAkba, odasz6lt az
apjahoz.
- Hogy hivjak az urasag
legkisebb fiat?
Az anyja ramordult::
- Mi gondod vele? Hiszen
az ur!
De az apja a pipagyujtas
utan megsimogatta a hajat.
Aztat, lanyom, Mikl6s-
max hijjak... Mikl6s bar6 ur-
nak...
8 akkor sokaig hallgatott.
Kint maradt a haz el6tt, ta-
vaszi 'csillagokat n6zni, mig
len azon vette eszre magat,
hogy a szaja AIT a nevet pro-
balgatja magaban... De Sc
hogy Sc tudta eltalalni. o,
persze, hiszen csak Pistakat,
-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06


barna 10 hatan... Es most
egyre fogva tartja ez a nev...
A Miklos bar6 ur neve... Jaj,
mi lenne, ha odamenne es
megfogna a kezet es oft sirna
azon a keskeny kezen! Jaj,
italian az jobban megtudna vi
gasztalni, ITALIAN az mindenek-
re tudna tanacsot mondani,
hiszen 8 az urasag fia!...
Aztan a temetes is elmulott,
a meltosaga odaizent az any
jahoz, hogy masnap menjen
fol a kastelyba. Tor kovetke-
zett aztan es ujb6l rakerult a
leves meg a pecsenyehus a
talpas asztalra, melyen Orban
Peter fekidt. Daloltak es vi
gadtak a tort iil6k.
Reggel az anyja megkeverte
a moslekot, aztan megmosta
kezeit feketekend6t kot0tt a
fejere. Rozika tudta, hogy a
kastelyba indul. Este a kama
seek, a sogorek k0szontek hoz-
zajuk Is akkor keZdGdOtt a
nagy beszed.
Az anyja sokaig szepegett,
vegtil egyszerre megerositette
magat, vegigsimitott az arcan
es kemenyen szolott.
Felevi kommenciot ka-
punk. Aztan meg kulon szaz
forint jutalmat.
A kanasz rafektete sortes,
szogletes fejet az oklere. Lat
szott, hogy fontosnak tartja,
amt mondani akar. Es az is
latszott, hogy meg van ele-
gedve...
Akkor hat szlilem, kesz
mind0n! Nekiink is van szaz
forint takaritott penziink,
meg ami apankrol maradt..
Tiz hod f6d, sep kis haz, meg
szollokert. No, lit a kezem,
csapjunk 0ssze...
A kanaszne, Rozika testver-
nenje, aki tiz esztendovel volt
nala oregebb, laposan, maid
mem sunyin nezte a hugat.
= EFT meg maid kihazasi-
funk tisztesseggel. A Ferk6
biza, jol meg meg nezte mar,
Meg muhelyt is nyitunk ne
xix Gadanyban, ha listen meg
segit benninket...
Rozika ugy erezte, mintha
megut0ttek volna. Hat meg
amikor az anyja raemelte kis-
sc fako, hideg tekintetii, szi-
goru szemeit.
- Ugy biza... Ez j6 lesz
ICY. De addig, amig Ferkobol
emb0r, belole asszony lehet,
addig a Rozi mali szogani
megy... Az Greg meltosaga
mar mondta is, hogy az 6sz0n
vi lany kell neki a konyhara,
inert a Katica ferjh0z men. A
szobara fogjak csak. Semmi
nehezt mem kel vegeznie. Ugy
bizony, kisasszony lesz bel6le
a kastelba...
ROzika cSak hallgatOtt,
cs0ndesen, tiirelmesen. De ak
kor mintha kialtani akart vol
ma valamit, f0lugrott a kekre
festett ladarol, ahol tilt.
De en- mem menek! Mem
menek bizony!
Az anyja azonban keme-
nyen, majdnen ridegen, a.
hogy szokott is beszelni, ra-
nezett es megvonta a vallat.
Tizenhat esztend6s vagy
mar Rozi. Eros es egeszseges
is, hala Istennek. Bizon, most
hogy apad mines, magadnak
kell kenyeret keresni... Es te
megkeresheted a magadet be-
csiilettel... Meg takarithatsz
=
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1936-08-06

A ket napra, ami most k0-
vetkezett, holtaig nem tudott
visszaemlekezni. Tett-vett, ve-
gezte a dolgat mint maskor,
de q lelke? A Rozika tizenhat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-10-01
DOUBLE CREDITS

From October to October Is, inclusive,
all subscriptions turned in will count
for DOUBLE the regular schedule of
credits published.
Just multiply the figures shown in the
regular schedule by two and you will
have the correct amount of credits al
lowed on all subscriptions during these
"DOUBLE-'EM-UP-DAYS" October l
to October 18th.
Evening star., 1936-03-01
INCREASED TRAVEL
|SEXPECTED HERE
|. c. c. Order to Cut Rail
Fares Due to Boost
Tourist Trade.

A great increase In travel to Wash
tngton, particularly in the tourist
classification, will result from the In
terstate Commerce Commissions ac-
ton in cutting railroad coach and
Pullman rates.
This Is the unanimous opinion OF
ofiicials of the Greater National Cap
ital Committee, as well as business ex-
ecutives and managers Of Washing
tons leading hotels.
'The revision in rates undoubtedly
will result in greatly increased travel
to Washington" Curtis Hodges, execu-
tive director of the Greater National
Capital Committee, declared. 1.-THE
greatest increase probably will be in
the tourist classification. It is ex-
pected, however, that the new rates
also will increase other travel to the
Capital. The International Associa-
ton of Convention Bureaus has been
making a fight for the revision for a
long time"
Hodges emphasized Washington will
be able to take care of the increased
number of visitors.
washington, as everybody familiar
with the situation knows. has ample
facilities to take care of the increased
number of visitors. The city is not
crowded now, and certainly will not
be crowded during the remainder of
the year because. this being election
year, many persons will be away from
the city looking after campaign af-
fairs"
Evening star., 1936-03-01

those on relief and the underpriv-
ileged there always is to be music
free" -
Admissions, II they are put into
effect as matter Of policy" he added,
would be small. possibly no more
than 10 cents for the children's con-
certs, and IS cents to 81 for the major
programs Of the big symphony orches-
tras, chamber music ensembles and
for recitals Of distinction"
w. p. A. has nine full-size SYM
phony orchestras. including two In
New York, besides several others with
more than so members. Sokolo6 said
q small admission charge might mean
500 cities would have w. p. A. Or
chestras.
"Unless we develop our living
music" he added, there is little fu-
ture for our musicians, and this de-
velopment should come. not through
organizations under relief, but = In
such q manner that relief should not
be necessary"
sokoloff said 100000 attended free
w. p. A. concerts In January. II
the proportion of the population in
| terested in music were increased from
2 per cent to 10 per cent, he said
musicians would be in such demand
that we would have difficulty in find
ing them" for w. p. A. jobs.
Evening star., 1936-03-01

write joint tribute to his kindness,
gentlemanliness and spirituality.
Mrs. Edith E. Dillenback, in Apart
ment 204, wrote The Star:
He had a kind word for every one,
and. quite a few lonely souls were
cheered by his kindly philosophy"
Lest some person mistake his mo-
tive in asking that his brother (who
lived in Washington State) not be
notified of his death until after his
funeral, Mrs. Dillenback stated
His request was made out of the
kindness of his heart, in view of the
age and distant place of dwelling of
the brother. He was courteous gen.
tleman of the old Southern type and
always Immediately dressed. Instead
of counting his pennies, he was gen.
erous in his aid to the less fortu-
nate"
Yesterday morning a group of Rut-
land Courts residents met to discuss
the man who died Is minutes after
he gaZed at rose in his hand and
said: There's love and life in that" {"
"Oh, he was good" exclaimed Miss
Nelson. II was so drawn to him four
years ago, when my mother died. He
used to cheer me up by telling me
she was with me. He said: I know
your mothers in the bird gang; but
I don't know whether I'm good enough
to join it myself"
But Charles and Nancy and Mrs.
Dillenback and Miss Nelson, as we'll
as Mrs. McEnerney, Mrs. Henry H.
Clement, Mrs. Charles H. Schirmer
and others who live at Rutland Court
Apartments are sure he is good enough.
"He was talking about nature"
Miss Nelson recalled. 1.-THE trees and
the birds and the ocean really meant
something to him."
She visited him at the hospital FRI
day, the day before he died. She
brought him red tulip plant.
THAT tulip is red" she quoted
him. "You know, Robert Burns
wrote a poem about the red, red
rose. Well, I could write some verses
about that. But I don't know If I
could hold a pencil"
Evening star., 1936-03-01

Trust Co., Columbia National, Lin
coin National, Washington Loanl IN
Trust Co., and National Savin}jlH
Trust Co. HI
These auditors will be on duty dur.
ing the hours the banks are open.
At the office Of the deputy collector
Of internal revenue, 1902 Revenue
Building, Twelfth street and Consti-
tuition avenue, the doors will he open
another half hour longer beginning
tomorrow, from am. to pm, al
lowing half an hour after the Gov
ernment closes for Federal workers to
file their returns.
Because the last filing day falls on
Sunday, March Is. the period has
been extended until midnight, Mon
day, March 16. The Office of the dep
uty collector will be open until nlid-
night Monday. --.-
Evening star., 1936-03-01
Romance While Studying Lac
.~ End II, Man-npd-Wife Firm

The Districts first man-and-wife
law firm was announced yesterday by
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther e. Angle, 2679
Rhode Island avenue northeast, who
fell In love while studying for the bar.
Angle. who works at a gasoline sta
tion in the day time and studies law
at night. will graduate from National
University this June. His wife, a
graduate of the same school, already
ID a member Of the bar.
When the husband finishes his
studies, they plan to hang out their
shingle together.
Angle, who is 20, came here from
Chicago. His wife, formerly Virginia
A. Dulin. Is "A and q native Of Wash
1ngton.
They were married February 81 by
District Supreme Court Justice Jen-
nings Bailey. who taught them in con-
1lict Of laws.
Mrs. Angle practiced law for q while
after her graduation. but she has given
Evening star., 1936-03-01

"God. please take care of Mr.
Laughlin."
If William H. Laughlin, "a, dead a
week, was as kind and good as his
neighbors in the Rutland Court
Apartments think, the prayer of
Nancy and Charles McEnerney will
probably be answered.
Every week end the two children.
IL and IL, come from the home of
their father, DR.. Charles H McEner-
ney, at 2795 Twenty-eighth street. to
Rutland Courts, 1925 Seventeenth
street, to visit their grandmother,
Mrs. Nora McEnerney.
This is the first Saturday the boy
and girl can remember they haven't
seen Mr.. Laughlin at the apartment
house. He lived there 10 years and
many of the tenants who were
cheered every day by his smile and
his jocular pleasantries never real
lied, he owned 100000.
When Miss Gail Nelson, who lives
in the apartment, returned from
Emergency Hospital last Saturday,
she said to a friend in the lobby:
II don't think Mr.. Laughlin will
live much longer"
Young Charles heard her. He ran
toward his fathers car, crying.
"Oh, father, Mr.. Laughlin might
die"
And again, yesterday morning, he
said to his grandmother:
"Oh, I do miss Mr.. Laughlin so."
Some newspaper notices of Mr.
Laughlin's death referred to him as q
recluse. This SO outraged the tenants
of Rutland Courts they decided to
Evening star., 1936-03-01

Thelma M, lies anchored at the foot
of Eleventh street southwest-it means
considerably more.
Unless King Winter upsets the dope
and drops another blanket of ice on
the Potomac, Skipper" Banagan can
return next week to his family and
home in River Springs, Md, home
which he has not seen since his
boat was frozen fast to the water
front six weeks ago.
Obliged to live on his craft in order
to protect it, the white-halred river
boat captain found his ice prison
almost unbearable His wife relieved
the loneliness by leaving their River
Springs home two weeks ago to share
his lot on the river here. But even
her presence cannot wholly compen-
safe for curtailed liberty, according
to the captain, especially to one who
has sailed the river practically un-
hindered for As years.
Capt. Banagan recalls only one
Evening star., 1936-03-01

Winter as severe from his point of
view as these first two months Of
1896. That Winter was in 1918. So
sudden was the cold wave then that
it caught him unprepared. He and
two companions were locked in ice of
the coast of Fort Washington. and
were saved only when the fireboats
came to their rescue.
Although obviously irked by the
extended cold wave, the majority Of
oyster-boat captains took it philos-
ophically. "Oyster running is a
gamblers game any way you look at
it." remarked Capt. F. A. Lewis, sur
veying his Alta ", moored nearby,
"and February weather is the joker.
Sometimes you can ship back and
forth all season without single delay;
other times you get caught with a
handful of aces while Winter holds
the trumps."
Evening star., 1936-03-01
BY FRANK KELLER.

'REEDOM from the 1ce-l0ckeQ
- water front was the prospect
yesterday for a dozen oyster
Il boats which have been forced by
cold weather to suspend business on the
Potomac River for the last six weeks.
The old-time skippers gathered at
the wharves yesterday, admired their
craft, made things shipshape on deck,
tested their riggings and rejoiced in
unison over plans for oyster fishing
trips to Chesapeake Bay early next
week.
Icebound for the longest period
within memory of many of the vet-
Grams, the river sailors hailed with Joy
the warm breezes and thawing rain
which two days ago signified resump-
ton of navigation.
The frozen Potomac, when released
from its ice bonds, became a destruc-
tive torrent. threatened for two days
to flood the hinterlands and caused
continual worry to hundreds of prop
erty owners.
But to those men in the oyster busi-
ness-the captains, crews, boat load
ers and oyster shuckers, whose income
has been cut off for more than a
month-the release of ice brought only
gladness. 1t meant freedom-freedom
to return to the profitable trade which
was theirs before the severe cold set
in at the first of the year.
Arrival Of a steamer from Norfolk
at the Water Street Wharves was
awaited with eagerness today. Com
pletion of the trip will demonstrate
that channel through the congested
Hams Point section of the brimming
Potomac has been cleared.
To some of the old tars it means
simply money in their pockets again;
to others it means an outlet for the
restlessness created by thwarthed love
for the water; but to at least one
skipper-62-year-old Capt. H. Bana-
gan, whose one-masted schooner, the