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Evening star., 1937-10-15
District Officials
Attend Clubhouse
Opening.

DISTRICT officials and many promi-
nent in resident circles we're in
the large company attending the
housewarming of the Washington Coli
and Country Club last evening. The
party marked the opening of the new
club house built where the old build
ing burned last Winter. Quantities
of huge chrysanthemums. yellow,
white and bronze. were used to deco
rate the rooms, though the lovely oak
paneling in the reception and dining
rooms needs no decoration. The
arrangement of the various rooms in
the new house is an improvement on
that of the old, and the several small
card rooms and sitting rooms are each
attractively decorated and furnished
The president of the club, Col
Christopher Garnett, was assisted il,
receiving by Mrs. Garnett and the
other officers of the club and their
wives as we'll as DR.. Robert Scott
Lamb, chairman OF the Reception
Committee for the opening; Mrs,
Thomas N. De Lashmutt and Mr.,
Ralph Fowler.
The District Commissioner, Mr..
Melvin c. Hazen. and his niece, Mrs.
Milburn Colvin: the District attorney
and Mrs. Leslie Garnett and Mrs.
Ellen S. Woodward, assistant admin
istrator of public works were among
the officials at the party. Others who
were present at the formal opening
were Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Wiley, Mr..
and Mrs. Gorham Freer, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee Boatwright, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Maston White,
DR.. and Mrs James Hawkshaw, and
presidents of other clubs in and near
Washington included Mr.. Spencer
Gordon OF the University, Mr.. M. j.
Gormley of the Columbia, Mr.. Robert
p Smith Of the Congressional and Mr..
e. S. Kennedy, president, and Mr..
Donald Chamberlain, vice president,
Of Kenwood.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
Miss Sasscer and
Fiance Feted,

Mrs. Robert ]. Archibald, widow Of
Capt. Archibald, U. 8. M. c., enter
tanned at dinner at the shoreham
Blue Room last evening for Miy
Mary Sasscer, whose marriage to Mr.
Joseph George Of Atlanta, Ga, will
take place tomorrow at the home of ths
brides parents. DR.. and Mrs. Reverdy
Sasscer, at Upper Marlboro. Md.
The guests, most of whom are to
be members Of the bridal party, in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell w. Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert w. Cooksey of
Baltimore, Miss Helen Sasscer, Miss
Edith Merrill. Miss Charlotte Cough,
Mr.. Beale Sasscer, Mr.. Reverdy Sasscer,
jr., Mr.. Harold Sasscer, Mr. William
Prudden and Mr.. Edward Rothrock.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
Mrs. Smith Hostess
At Vanishing Tea.

Mrs. Arthur Clarendon Smith gave
a vanishing" tea party in her home
at 2949 Macomb street northwest to-
day to raise funds for the feeding of
hungry school children. The guests
were Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, Mrs.
James H. Doran, Mrs. Peggy Kirke-
bride, Mrs. Marie Morris, Mrs. E. c.
Morris. Mrs, S. A. Galhuly, Mrs. Rich
ard Petty and Mrs. William Whering.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
Mrs. Bayly Returns.

Mrs. William Hamilton Bayly has
returned TO her apartment at the
Roosevelt Hotel after an absence Of
four months. She spent June and
July motoring with friends through
the New England States and during
August and September she was the
house guest Of Mrs. John C. Let's
at her home, Ayrlawn.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
Mr.. Craner Host.

In honor Of Miss Clarissa Collier
and Mr.. Stephen Porter, who will be
married November /. Mr. Ford Cramer
entertained last night in the Metro
nome Room of the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Another honor guest was Mr.. John
Keener who is resigning his position.
after IL years, at Riggs National Bank
to become a bank examiner in the
Federal Reserve System.
Among the guests were Miss Roberts.
Miss Jacqueline Safell. Miss Nell
Childs, Miss Helen Verbrycke, Miss
Elizabeth Rice. Mr.. Rowland Carr,
Mr.. Edward Foreman. Mr.. Franklin
Gibbons and Mr.. Norman Morgan.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
w eddings S
Announced
Recently
Miss Ruth Hooper
Weds DR.. Canada
In Arlington.
wedding Of Miss Ruth Eliza.

TINE wedding Of Miss Ruth Eliza
beth Hooper, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. C. Hooper Of Ar
lington, Va, and DR.. Charles
Crawford Canada of East Falls Church,
Va, son of Dr. and Mrs Robert Owen
Canada Of Staunton, Va. took place
yesterday afternoon at 4:3O o'clock
in the home Of the bride on North
Kenmore street
The arrangements for the wedding
were informal and only the imme-
diate families of bride and bride
groom and a few intimate friends
witnessed the ceremony which was
performed by the Rev. E. C. Ma
kosky, pastor Of the Cherrydale Meth
odist Protestant Church.
Ferns and baskets of chrysanthe-
NUNS in the Fall colors formed the
improvised altar in the living room
Evening star., 1937-10-15
Mr.. Ayers Announces
Daughter Will Wed.

The chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission, Mr.. William A. Ayers,
announces the engagement of his
daughter Margaret to Mr.. William
Frederick Weigester of Washington,
formerly of Troy. Pa.
The wedding will take place in the
late Fall. Mr.. Weigester is the son
of Mr.. William Weigester and the late
Mrs. Weigester.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
British Novelist
Is Visitor.

Miss Susan Ertz. noted novelist from
England, will arrive sometime to-
morrow in Washington, where she
will be the guest of her brother and
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Coleridge
Ertz. In private life, Miss Ertz is
Mrs. j. Ronald McCrindle, wife OF
the manager and director of the Brit
ish airways. Monday she will be
the guest of honor at a small luncheon
given by Mrs c. l.. Miller in the Pail
Mall Room of the Hotel Raleigh.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
Miss Darby to Wed.

Mrs. Bertha Darby of Kensington
Md, announces the engagement OF
her daughter Vera Cosma to Dr.
William D. Fisher of Grafton, w. Va,
son of Mrs. Rhea A. Fisher.
The wedding will take place October
80. at the home Of the bride-elect.
Evening star., 1937-10-15
Social Notes
Nearby
Sections
Mr.. and Mrs. Amiss
Entertain Guests
AT Dinner.

AR; AND MRS. HARRY D.
M AN1ISS Of Chevy Chase Gar
VI dens. Md. entertained at
4 dinner party Thursday eve
ming, having Is guests, whom they in
vited to meet Mr.. Amiss' nephew. Mr..
Dudley Robertson, and Mrs. Robertson
Among those present at the dinner
were Mr.. and Mrs Dudley Robertson,
sr, Of Gaithersburg, parents of Mr..
Dudley Robertson, jr; Miss Martha
Robertson. Mr.. John Robertson, Mr..
Edmund Robertson. Mr.. Daniel Rob-
ertson, Mr.. and Mrs r. E. Amiss and
the hosts daughter, Miss Helen Amiss,
and their two sons. Mr.. John Amiss
and Mr. Edmund Amiss. and Mr.. H.
D. Amiss' mother, Mrs. Angeline Amiss.
Mr. and Mrs j. G. Glendenning of
North Leominster. Mass, are spend
ing a few days with Mrs. A. c. Tins
ley in Takoma Park and their son
and daughter-in-law, DR.. and Mrs.
Harold Machlan. in Washington. Mr..
and Mrs Glendenning are on their
way to Florida where they will spend
the Winter.
PDf and Mrs. C. L. Stone enter
tanned Mrs. Stones brother, DR.. John
A. Pines Of Orlando. Fla, during the
week. Accompanied by Mrs. Pines,
he visited their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spanos, in
st. Louis, Mo, and DR.. Pines brother
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
McKibben. at their home in Nevada,
Iowa, after which Mrs. Pines went
back to ST. Louis for a longer visit
while DR.. Pines came to Washington.
He will go to several cities for post
graduate study in clinics, including
New York and Philadelphia, before
his return to Florida.
Prof. and Mrs. Stone entertained at
dinner last evening for DR.. Pines. the
guests including DR.. and Mrs Read
Evening star., 1937-10-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Butterick
OF Duxbury, Mass. have returned to
Washington for the Winter and have
opened their apartment at the Roose-
volt
Evening star., 1937-10-15

(See SUBURBAN, Page B-4.)
Evening star., 1937-10-15

a KR. AND MRS. HARRY D.
M AMISS of Chevy Chase Gar
H dens, Md, entertained at
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Fiddlers' Contest a Feature
of Wilson Exposition
On August 1920

Wilson, Aug. 9.-Harold u.
Cooley, of Nashville, N. c., Unrc-
ed States Congressman from the
Fourth North Carolina District,
will be the principal speaker at
the First Annual North Carolina
Tobacco Exposition and Festival,
to be held here on August 1920.
This announcement has been
made by J. C. Eagles, Jr., Chair
man of the Executive Committee
Of the Festival.
Mr.. Cooley will speak on the
afternoon of August l9 at the
Wilson County Fair Grounds. The
exact time in the afternoon for
the sbeaking will be announced
later.
The Congressman is on the
powerful Agricultural Committee
in Congress and IS one Of its
most influential members. He has
done a great deal for the farm
ers of North Carolina, and the
nation. and especially the tobacco
farmers.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
INVENTOR RAN BICYCLE
REPAIR SHOP

The seed of success Is ambition,
and Orville Wright was ambitious
from early childhood. He was
born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1871, the
Youngest of five children, and as
they grew up Orville and one OF
his older brothers, Wilbur, became
inseparable. A highly respectable
mid western family, the father
was bishop of the United Breth-
rem church and later publisher OF
a religious newspaper; but the
family never had lot Of money
Orville Wright started to make
money early in life, going about
the neighborhood and collecting
old bones to sell to a fertilizing
plant. When he was fourteen. he
published a school paper with a
toy printing press. Later he made
4 press of his own and Wilbur i'm
proved it. Next he invented a
paper folding machine for his
fathers print shop. He quit school
in the third year of high school
and, with Wilbur, started week.
ly paper which lasted only three
months. They then turned to
lob printing and later started a
bicycle repair shop.
At about this time, they became
interested in aviation and pro-
ceeded to construct the first
heavier than air machine large
enough to carry a man. As in
heir previous activities, Orville
was the creative genius, Wilbur
he perfecter. Their first success
full flight was at Kitty Hawk, N.
c., in 1908, and the success of
aviation was assured when Oryille
made a flight lasting 81 minutes
md Is seconds, in 1908.
((Copyright-WNU Service)
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Cooley Speaker At First
Annual Tobacco Festival

The day will be a great one for
the tobacco farmers of the State
On The same afternoon the State
Department of Agriculture and
the Extension Bureau OF N. {.
State College will put on a tobac-
co exhibit which will show actual
samples Of tobacco diseases and
insects. A tobacco contest will al
so be held for the farmers at
which time a total Of $4,000 in
prizes will be awarded for the best
tobacco brought to the meet by
the farmers.
That night az old time fiddlers
contest will be held in front OF
the Wilson Courthouse here. while
a square dance will also be the
order of The day, in which anyone
who wishes to may dance to their
hearts content.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Missing Washington Girl
Member OfCircus Houpo
Admits Identity When n,
covered In Norfolk.
Will Remain

Norfolk. Va, Aug. 9 a.,
Blonde and shapcly "DaIo e.
gent" leaped from the back 's ''
prancing horse at the Hapenbs. ~
Wallace circus grounds bcro j
day and tearfully admitted ~
she is Doris Billy" Major cip..|
girl, who disappeared from wsS|
ington, D. c., eight days ago
Il wanted TO get away from
ALL" She confessed TO her fsn.
William Major, a Wayhir~
newspaper artist. PLEASE 6,.|
take me back"
Major returned TO the ran.
without his daughter who js i
mo her of two pretty children u
about whose strange dlssp,rj
ancc was written tales of lptr,|
and hi-jinks in high places.
The beautiful divorce pinnt
note on her apartment door \
dressed to a girl friend whom /,
was expecting saying that she n
| gone for a swim and would rr|
soon. She was an ardent horqv,l
man and had arranged with i
friend to go riding on the day j
vanished.
When his daughter did not NIL
her appearance, Major asked II
lice to make a search. Tie NIL
agement of the popular ShOyebs|
hotel where Doris worked en-,
not explain her absence. Hr
that the girl may have been h
victim of foul play coincided m
reports that she was writing
book on the drinking habits a
escapades of the great and nd
great in the capital as viewed fr|
her job.
Friends of the girl reported l..
before she disappeared she Cc|
planned she was in a rut and h
to do something sensational. S
rode about town in white an.
mobile.
Today, Washington police Il
ceived a tip that a pretty bGs|
resembling Miss Major and VI
the same gliding movement t.E|
fascinated Shoreham guests vi
an equestriennc with the Ci!g|
Captain Frank Noel Of the Sl@,-|
er Robert E. Lee who took the q
Gus folk on a cruise ycSlets|
questioned the girl but she mss.
cd she was Dale Sargent"
A Washington detective az
Miss Majors father arrived to1g|
and shortly afterward the q
admitted her identity.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
States Mineral
Resources Grow
More Important
Last Seven Years Most I'm.
portant In That Depart.
mcnt, Report Shows

Raleigh, Aug. 9.-WR-Maxi-
mum value Of minerals produced
in North Carolina was attained
in 1929 when the total was $14,-
688,817, a review Of the states
mining industry published by the
state department of conservation
and development disclosed today
The report, titled Economic
Paper No. 81, was complied by
State Geologist Herman j. Bry-
son. 1t covers the period from
1929 to 1886 and gives statistics
on the various minerals produced,
as well as new developments in
the industry.
BrySon, in his letter OF trans
initial, said he seven-year period
has been a most important one
in the history of the industry in
North Carolina"
The report states that as much
money was invested In gold min
ing, prospecting, development and
plan: construction during 1884
and 1885 as in any like period In
the states history.
It lists as the outstanding de-
velopment in North Carolina
mineral history The recently-ex-
plotted kaolin clap industry in
Yancey, Mitchell and Avery
counties.
The economic paper contains
short reports on "kyanite" by DR..
J. L. Stuckey, professor Of geology
at the North Carolina State Col
lege, and "spondumene" by Frank
L. Hess, United States Bureau OF
Mines,
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
CONGRESS YESTERDAY

CONGRESS YESTERDAY
Senate:
Passed bill liberalizing Iregula-
tiOns governing pension pay
ments to World War widows.
Passed substitute municipal
bankruptcy bill.
Received Copeland constitu-
tiOnal amendment resolution
forbidding third term for Pre-
Sident.
Passed bill for administration
of Bonneville Dam Project.
Finance committee opened
hearing on Sugar bill; Receiv-
ed secretary Hull letter opp0s-
ing refined quota provisions.
Agriculture committee con-
sidered possibility of granting
loans to farmers on 1897 crops;
Agreed to seek legislation at this
session.
Agriculture committee heard
Southern states agricultural
commissioners on farm legisla-
ton.
Rail financing investigating
committee opened hearing into
KOppers United Company in
estments in Virginian Railway.
HOUSE:
Adopted resolution on death
of Rep. Theodore A. Peyser.
Passed resolution appropriat-
ing S7,lO0 for winding up in
vestigatiOn of real estate bond
holders committees.
Sent bill for lower court re-
form to Congress.
Received committee report on
Wage-HSur bill.
Ways and Means committee
opened hearing on recommen-
dations for closing income tax
law lOOphOles; heard undersec-
retary MaGill.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Church Membership Figures
Misleading Says MIR. Babson
Contain Names of Millions Who Have hep"dla'eu 'ne
Church, Also Millions Dead and Buried; |hurch
and Supday School Attendance Falling Of

! They stated kindly and diploma
tically that we church-goers ap-
pear to them to be a group OF
hypocri,3! They cannot connect
our mode of living and methods. OF
doing business wfh the teachings
of Jesus whom we claim to fol-
low. They do not understand how
we can attend church, sing the
HYMNS, and make the prayers
which we do on Sundays, and then
act as we do the other six days
of the week. AS a result Of this in
consistency on our part, they ask
What use is the church?"
What Young People Say
The troubles from which our
churches are suffering are due to
the fact that Protestant young
people are getting their eyes op-
en-" and are beginning to think
for themselves. Furthermore, vhe
day is coming when Catholic
young people will reach the same
stage. In fact, the Catholic
Church probably has it's troubles
ahead so that they need do no
Dragging now. Young people in
sist that for the Church to inter-
est them, we laymen must be bet
ter men, better employers and
workmen, better parents and
neighborS than those who do not
60 10 church. In short, We lay
men must take our religion SER
iously and pay the price if the
Church is to continue to grow.
My answer to these criticisms
is that We laymen are living and
doing business in a competitive
world. We can be a little more
generous than the non-church-
man; brS if We really follow Jesus
we would be like the poor and
helpless disciples of His day. To
this these students almost un-
aminously retorted: Then why
not try to change the prevailing
economic system? If you cannot
worship both God and Mammon
under the present system Of in
dusSrialism. capitalism, and nat
ionalism, you can at least take
sides with those who are trying
to change the system"
Spiritual Revival Necessary
1t, of course, is true that our
churches must cease being only
social clubs and we laymen must
be known by a stronger char
acter and good works. Young peo-
pie and all 0Sher people must
realize, however. that men can
not be reformed by mere legisla-
ton or even education. The Amer
lean Magazine does not even
realize this. as shown by their
recent article on the subject.
We must be "born-again'. The
hearts of people must be changed
in order for any social or other
system 20 succeed. This is a spirit
ual problem. Here is where Amer
lea again needs the churches,
family prayers. Sunday observ-
ance. Biby study, and the Ten
Commandments. Therefore. when
We criticise the Church and note
how it is declining in behaviour
and Influence. we must not forget
that the world still needs it. The
Church continues to be the basic
agency through which civilization
will be saved. The world is still
ruled by feeling rather than by
figures.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10

Newton, N. H., Aug. 8. -U.R)-
Mrs. George Pettigrew said she
was stunned only slightly tonight
when a playful bolt of lightning
tore the paper from the parlor
wall, tipped into the barn and
knocked an automobile hub cap
she was painting from her hand
then Streaked across the street to
shatter a mirror in the home of
Calvin C. Cole. Anyway, it didn't
strike the same place twice" she
said.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10

The publicity men, who load
this desk hopefully with a mini
ature Mt. Whitney of mimeograph-
ed matter daily about the stars,
produced a Lulu today. 1t con-
Germs Joy Hoges, screen actress,
suffering from a disjoined should
ed-contracted (the P. M. said)
trying to squirm into a tight
dress for the film Merry Go
Round of 1885,"
1t must have been S o M E
tight! go
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Select Medical Building Site

Chapel Hill, Aug. 9. -U.P)-A
site for the proposed medical
building at the University Of North
Carolina has just been selected.
1t will be located on a knoll near
the junction of the Pittsboro and
Raleigh highways. across from the
New Chapel Hill high school.
Erection of the building, how
ever, awaits action on a request for
a S163,OO0 PWA grant to supple
ment 100000 voted by the 1887
General Assembly.
If the federal funds are not
forthcoming, plans call for mere
ly enlarging and improving the
present medical building.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Through School Together

Okolona. Miss. U.R)-Elizabeth
Elliott and Eleanor Easter, both
II, next door neighbors and COM
panies since primer class Of
school, were graduated from Oko-
Iona High School. Both were chos-
valedictorians of the graduating
class, having had the Same aver
age for four years in high school.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Wednesday, August IL
Four Rescued by Coast Guard


New York, Aug. 9.-U.H-The
U. S. Coast Guard reported today
that one of it's craft had picked
up four men who were thrown into
Long Island sound when their
sailing boat capSized.
The master of an excursion boat
proceeding to New York between
Manhasset bay and Little Neck
bay saw the sailing boat capsize,
the Coast Guard reported, and
sent up his distress signals to re-
port the accident.
When the distress signals were
first seen it was believed that the
excursion boat was in trouble.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10
Bv ROGER W. BABsON

Babson Park. MaSs.-Durlng re-
cent weeks l have read seVeral
editorials congratulatlng our
churches on their progress our
ing these perilous times. l am
loath to discourage those VINO
have accepted these Polly-Anna
reports: but 1 do believe many OF
nv regular readers will be inter-
ested in my conclusions;
l. The so-called church mem
bership" figures published annu-
ally by the Christian Herald and
broadcasted by the Press Assocla-
tions are incorrect. They contain
not only the names Of millions
who have repudiated the Church
which they Joined in their youth
but also millions who are dead
and buried physically.
=. Protestant Church attend
ance has been falling off for
many years. This may not show
bv recent statistics on Church at
tendance at the Sunday morning
service: but in many churches at
tendance at this Sunday service
has been kept only by omitSlng
the mid-week and evening SER
vices, and by closing down IN
summertime. A record OF the
number of ProteStants entering
the churches during year shows
a constant falling off. This de-
cline is taking place despite the
fact that our Protestant popula-
ton is increasing each year.
3. Sunday School attendance IS
also falling off. The Congrega-
tional Christian Churches OF
which am Moderator have had
a ne. loss of over 100000 Sunday
School scholars since 1925. At first
I assumed this to be due to a
serious drop in the birth rate
among us indiffereu. ProteStants;
but study shows that the decline
is primarily among those of high
schoo! age and adults. The young
children are still being sent to
SUNDAY Schoo, 10 give fathers a
chance 10 read the Sunday paper!
Reasons For The Decline
: have attempted TO ascertain
the reason for this collapse OF
Professionalism. Upon visiting the
national headquarters Of differ
ent denominations. the Secretar-
les dispute my conclusions. When
Interviewing parents, they blame
il onto the preachers, the latter
in turn blame it onto the young
people and the schools. The only
fact all groups seem agreed upon
is that young people are more
intelligent and enquiring today -
they do nc. accept as readily what
their grandparents did" Yet sta
tistics show that the liberal
ChurcheS-SuCh as the Unitarian
have even greater trouble in
holding their young people than
do the FundamentaliS.S. So
creed" is not the real reason.
Determined to find the cause.
I devoted the month of May,
1887 to visiting twenty promin-
ent Protestant Colleges. mos. of
which were started many years
ago by ministers and earnest
church people. To my great sur
prise. these colleges were having
their troubles also. Attendance at
chapel has fallen off tremendous
" and there is an indifference to-
ward religious instruction. Al
though the colleges Of the Mid
dle-WeSt have a more religious
atmosphere than most New Eng
land colleges. all educational in
st'tut.onS are losing control of
their young people.
Unlike the denominational Sec
retdries. and the preachers and
parents. .heSe young people gave
me a definite reason for their lack
OF interest in their churches.
The daily independent., 1937-08-10

New York, Aug. S.-tUP)-John
Abrams. As, Of Brooklyn, was
struck by a Long Island railroad
train today and suffered-a head
ache. Police said Abrams diSre-
garded the lowered ga.cs at a
crossing. He was treated at hos
pital for cuts on the head and
the headache.