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Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
WOODCUT.

+b is chastened white and
clea" ' in siIver-crusted sheen;
By sno" .;nr through the field there
tlows s+ 70 the brilliant SHOWS,
In CONT "a straight, wide, black-water-
ed ,'adows in a dazzling gleam.
Dark Sls,, ,,oed in line on either bank,
Black nor 10 has with skill portrayed
Here Wv" own colors, light and shade,
In ne' toned avenue of night
4 lo",t rt day of shining white.
Agallls' Henry Somers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Reception Follows
Junior Glass Plav

Immediately following the Junior
class play this evening, Mr. and Mrs.
Morton c. Miles and Miss Caroline
Miles will entertain at an informal re-
ception at their home On the Oxford
road, honoring the cast of the play,
the committees, and the faculty
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Townsville News

Mrs. Robert B. Taylor Mrs. Tom
Carroll, and Miss Belle Thomas mar
rowly escaped injury when their car
skidded on the wet paved road. Miss
Thomas was slightly hurt.
Miss Frances H. Tarry is at home
for two weeks, because of the measles
in Erwin school in Harnett county.
), Mrs. Whit Peoples, of Palmer
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Neighborhood Club
Organized Here

A Neighborhood Club" was organic
ed last night at the home of Mrs.
Robert Pirie on Breckenridge street
under the sponsorship of the Vance
County WPA recreational project.
Mrs A. ]. Jones was made president,
Mrs. G.. w. Dunkley, vice president,
and Mrs J. L. Burchette secretary
treasurer
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Jr. High PIT. A.
Sponsors Picture

The Junior high PIT. A. is sponsor
ing moving picture at the Steven
son theatre on Wednesday and Thurs
day. February "a and. 25, for the
benefit of the school library fund. The
picture is called "I'll Take Romance"
starring Grace Moore and Melvin
Douglas.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Girl Scout Troop
Meeting Is Held

Girl Scout troop met Thursday aft
ernoon at the American Legion hut,
with Mrs. ]. Randolph league, who
has Just returned from New York,
meeting with the group.
After tn eformal opening, a busi-
ness session was held, followed by a
social hour, which everyone enjoyed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
To Raleiph

Hooert 3. Green, Jr., left yesterday
1or Raleigh to become permanently
aifiliated with the Willoughby-Kinsey
lneatre Corporation to be located in
that city for the present.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
7:..,. SOCIETY NE WS I
MARRIAGES, PARTIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Visitor From Raleigh

Newton Mills, of Raleigh, was a Wis
ltor In Middlaburg and Henderson
last Sunday and Monday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Visit in Tennessee

Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Claiborne have
returned from a visit to relatives in
jackson, Dyersburg and Memphis.
Tenn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Henderson Garden Club

The Henderson Garden Club will
meet Saturday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock with Mrs. F. L. Toepleman, at
her apartment on South Garnett
street. Members are requested to
note the change of date.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Feb. 18-Decision of Gov
ernor Clyde R. Hoey not to interfere
with the execution of Milford Exum,
Wayne county man put to death this
morning for murder of a Negro, has
been received with widespread favor
able comment
'The governors decision was not
only right in the particular case but
was of real service to- the South in
that it proves that there is only one
kind of law in North Carolina, at
least, and not one kind for the white
people and another for the Negro"
said a prominent attorney, speaking
"off the record" and not for quotation
by name.
State Senator J. H. McDaniels, Con-
cord, was in Raleigh Tuesday and wed
nesday. He said he still hasn't def
nltely made up his mind whether or
not he will run for reelection; but on
the theory that every incumbent is pre-
sumed to want to come back it's fair
ly safe to list him as candidate from
Cabarrus.
Incidentally, the senator was here
for meeting of the legislative COM
mission appointed by Governor Hoey
to make a study of the States facili-
ties and program for Negro education
| A report will be made to the next Cen
eral Assembly.
Members of the COMMITTEE for the
Defense of Fred E. Beal" are said to
be- disappointed with the matter-of-
fact way in which North Carolina of
ficials took the surrender of their
client and martyr"
Speaking of Beal, there's no denying
that he has splendid chance to put
| Governor Hoey in rather a hot spot
about year from now. If Fred be-
haves himself and makes a model pris-
! oner for about twelve months, then
appeals to His Excellency on a
| straight out-and-out plea for mercy
rather than for "vindication," the gov
ernor is going to have to do lot of
thinking.
1t may be a bit late to comment on
it, but even then it hasn't taken this
correspondent as long to applaud
Judke Meekbns' decision that slot
machines are illegal as it took that
eminent jurist to reach the conclusion
everybody else held from the begin
ming.
Edgar Leroy Smoak, executed this
morning for poisoning his daughter,
was as cool customer as ever came
down the pike. On Thursday when
the governor flatly turned down his
last plea for delay, William L. Farmer
counsel for the condemned man, went
to the prison to tell Smoak of the re-
suit. Your correspondent went along.
Told that he was doomed beyond
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Be At
State Feb. 25-26

College Station, Raleigh, Feb. 19-
Mid-winter dances, always the high
light of the winter social season at
N. c. State College, will be7'held Fri
day and Saturday, February 25 and
26.
The mid-winters are held under the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Returns to City

3. Parham has returned from
Memphis, Tenn, where he has been
On business.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Improved Today

Mrs. H. H. Harper, who has been
ill at her home on Horner street, was
reported to be improved today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
ChOir Rehearsal

Choir h6ncdFSdl
Methodist Protestant choir rehear-
sal will be held at the church this
evening at 7:45 o'clock.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18
Leave HOsDitaI

Mrs ]. r. Carter, Jr., and small
son, John Riddick, III, have left Ma
ria Parham hospital and gone to their
home on William street.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-02-18

Members of the COMMITTEE for the
Defense of Fred E. Bear' are said to
be- disappointed with the matter-of-
fact way in which North Carolina of
ficials took the surrender of their
client and martyr"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11
Kdo mHHze "a TO.

Pan Lusk byl prosluly svoU
pTislovecnou zdvoTilostl k re.
nam. Nedavno tvrdil We spo.
lecnosti, re jeste nespatfil o.
sklivou zenu. / obratf Sc k ne.
mu jedna S placatym nosem q
pov1da:
"Pohledte ma mne, ia jsem
prece oskliva!"
"Ba me-" medal Sc pan Lusk,
"jste rovnez hezka, jste jeden
z andelG z nebe spadlych. Mi
zete "a to, re jste spadla zrov-
ma ma nOs?"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11

Cd te posvfcenske muziky
dochazel Brejcha Ike "korune'
kazdeho vecera. Neopomenul
pr tom zadne prilezitosti, ably
S Betuskou promluvil nekolik
SLOW a kde Sc to jen dalo, ucho-
pill il "a ruku, v1bec daval j
vsemoznym zpGsobem ma jevo,
re Sc mu lib. Betusce ty jeho
pozornosti byly velmi trapne
zvlaste byl-li pr1tomen Stor-
kan. Ten sede Sc svymi dve-
ma pfateli u prostredniho sto-
lu, pozoroval bystrym OXEN
poc1nan1 Brejchovo a jednou
Betusce nadhodil :''Ten pytlak
81 vas tue vs1ma."
"Je mi to dost neprijemne,
vefte mi, pane adjunkte," Cd
vetila Betuska zacervenavsi Sc.
Gale CO mohu delati? To vfte
devce z hospody must 81 leda-
cos nechati lfbit, echo by jine
devce netrpelo."
Toho dine odchazel Storkan
z Olsove zamyslen.
"Mohl bych tomu uciniti ko-
nee, kdybych Betusce rekl, re
il mann rad" povidal 81 v du-
chu. "Kdybych jen ved6l, je-
still take ona je mi naklonena.
Ovsem chova Sc Ike mne prfve-
tive, ale k Jenfkovi a Jirikovi
take. Snad je to jen pouha
zdvofilost, kterou projevuje k
host1m sveho otce. Musel bych
sc il vyznati primo.
(Pokracovani.)
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11

rada, re Sc toho Brejchy zba-
villa. Premyslela O tom, iaky
je to smelly clovek. Co Viva s
MIN nemluvila a on by il skoro
chtel porouceti, s kym ma tan
citi.
Ia chvfli Brejcha dopil a
kdyz mu Betuska prinesla ma
plnenou sklenici, tazal Sc il ne
%urvale: "Nebudete tedy sc
mnou tanciti?"
me, pane" odvetila mu s
lehkym vzdorem. Urazelo il.
re ten clovek skoro by il chtel
porouceti.
Gale S jinym take nebude-
te," zasycel zlostne a zaskri-
pal zuby.
Betuska Sc cd neho odvrati-
la S nevol1. Poznala, Re Brei-
cha chce vyvolati mrzutost. A
lie kdyz uz muzika pc celou
noe odbyla sc bez kriku a va
dy, bylo by Sc Betusky trapne
dotklo, kdyby k ranu mela BY
tt mrzutost k Will nj. Proto
kdyz il pc chvfli adjunkt stor-
kan pozadal o tanecek, rekla
mu S milounkym 1smevem :
"Uz mi dnes prominte, pane
adjunkte! Otec uz je unaven,
muslin ~zastati vsechno sama.
A nehnevejte sci"
Pod1vala Sc pTi tom ma neho
tax, re Sc odmftnuty ami hne-
vati nemohl.
Betuska byla moudre devce,
zamlcela tedy z opatrnosti, re
nechce tanciti k Will tomu Brej
chow. Znala Storkana, re lie
trochu prudky, re by ma Bret
chu Sci hned a zle by mu vyci-
nil a toho Sc bala. Byl prece
Brejcha rozkriceny rvac. stor-
kan tedy tancil Ease S jinymi
dlvkami a Brejcha sede ted u5
u stolu sam, rozhl1zel Sc pc
tancfrne zamracenym pohle-
dem, jake by Betusku hl1dal.
Toto jeho pocinani urazelo
il do nejhlubs1 duse. Byla by
81 Sc Storkanem tax rada "a.
tancila, tusila, re prisel k mu.
zice jen k Will nj a S druhym:
devcaty re tancil jen proto, a.
by pfltomnost jeho nestala sc
napadnou, celou noe Sc tesla
re k ranu Dude miti trochu vol.
neho casu pro Storkana, a ted
il to ten Brejcha svou drzostt
zkazil vsechno. ZanevTela na
neho a jakasi neurcita predtu.
cha il pravila, re ten clovel
zpusobf il jeste mnoho TRIP.
kych civil. Poznala, re sc mi
zalfbila, ale radosti z toho ne,
mela. Mnohem radeji byla by
sc libila Storkanovi. Toho by.
la by poslechla S radostf, kdy.
by il zakazal, ably netancila s
jinym nez S MIN. Ale Storkar
byl jenny a zdvorily a takovt
smelosti nikdy by Sc byl neod.
hodlal. Bavil Sc S nj rad a
kdyz il nekdy wal "a ruku, ci.
nil to pokazde s takovou ucti
vostf, ably il snad neurazil ne.
DO nerozhneval. A ona mu pre-.
&c rucku svou ponechala vzdy.
cky rada; nebyla by Sc hneva.
la, kdyby il byl treba wal ko.
lem pasu a pTitiskl k sobe, ale
toho Storkan neucinil nikdy
Jenom kdyz S nj tancil, tn il l
sobe pojednou nahle privinul
ale Ease jakoby Sc ulekl, jem.
ne il cd sebe oddalil. V tako.
vych okamzicfch byvalo Betus.
ce horko, ale byl to pocit mao
mlru pf1jemny a Betuska S
prala, ably Sc ty kamziky nez-
neho objet1 opakovaly castej:
proto Sc storkanem tax rada
tancila. A dnes je Brejcha
sVou neomalenou vyhrdzkou
zmafil vsechny. Vsak by mt
byla povedela, re niue tanciti
S kym chce, kdyby Sc nebala,
re by Storkanovi ubl1zil.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11
u TROJANO.
POvfDKA. Napsal BEDKICH MORAvEC


ri zalezitosti, a otec sc potion
podival ma dceru, razem v mem
olivia vzpomfnka ma nebozku
zenu a chut k cement presla no
hned.
"Ozenfm Sc, az Sc Betuska
vda," uminoval 81. "Dokud il
nam donna, neprivedu tenn ma
lynn detem mecechy." A Be
tuska tedy otci hospodarila ma
misto sve zvecnele maticky.
Obsluhovala hosty, varila, po-
klizela dobytek, kdyz bylo ire
ba, pracovala take ma poll a pri
tom vychovavala sve mladsf
sourozence jake vlastnf matka.
Ale ma vdavky pri tom nemy-
slila. Rada Sc zasmala a po-
bavila s kazdym hochem = a.
lie vice mic. Vazne znamosti
dosud nemela.
"Vsak to Dude take, jen al
pride ten pravy," myslival 81
otec a prozatfm byl spokojen,
re 81 Betuska nehledf nicho il
neho nez hospodaTstvf a XIV
nosti.
Cd nejakeho casu dochaze-
Ii Ike korune" adjunkti re tri
sousednfch revird a povfdalo
Sc, re pan adjunkt Storkan z
reviru Ousovskeho rad Sc S Be
tuskou pobavi. Ale to Sc jen
tax povfdalo jake zvlastnost,
ale dIlezitosti tomu nikdo ne
pfikladal. Kde pax myslivec.
Pivo, dymka a dfvka to jsou
tax ty veci, jimiz ST mladi my
slivci hledl zpr1jemniti tezkou
svoji sluzbu. Ale clovek musi
umet delati rozd1l mezi zertem
a pravdou. Vsichni tri adjunk-
tt byli pratele a schazeli Sc gu
koruny", protoze yes Olsova
lezela prave uprostred revfrd,
v nichz pGsobili a NELL sem te-
dy til stejne daleko.
Storkan Sc bavfval S BetuS-
kou a ona zas nejradeji hovo-
FILA S MIN, protoze byl mezi
svymi prateli nejsvarnejsi, nej-
heZc1 a take nejveselejsl.
Ma te posvfcenske muzice byl
Storkan take prftomen, tancil
uz odpoledne Sc vSemi devca-
ty, ale S Betuskou nemohl sko-
70 ami promluviti, kdyz byla
tolik zamestnana obsluhou.,
Kdyz sem vecer pTisel Brej-
cha a usadil Sc mezi sousedy,
Betuska postavila pred neho
sklenici S pivem.
"a to je Betuska," zvolal
Brejcha prekvapen. "Jak jste
vyrostla," dodaval pc chvfli.
"Kdyz jsem odchazel ma VOL
nu, byla jste jeste male devcat-
ko."-
"Nemohu prece stale byti
mala," zazertovalo devce be-
rouc cd neho penfze "a pivo.
ITO 81 spolu potion zatanci-
me-" usmal Sc Brejcha.
"Dekuji pekne," odvetila Be-
tuska, usmfvajic Sc slice stale,
ale mluvfc takovym tonem, re
v jeho vaznem vyznamu neby-
10 pochyby. "Jsem tolik "a
mestnana, re ma tanec nezbu-
de mi casu."
A uz Ease odbehla.
"BetuSka o muzice nikdy ne
tancl, must posluhovati." wy
svetlovali sousede Brejchovi.
Gale udelalo Sc z nj hezke
devce," rekl Brejcha.
"Hezke a hodne," dodal je-
den re sousedu.
Brejcha tedy potion bavil
sousedy, ale pc Betusce ohlf-
Eel Sc stale. Mihala Sc pc mist
nosti odnasejfc prazdne skleni-
ce a prinasej1c pine, ale netan-
ella a take il nikdo k tanci ne
vyzval.
Bylo uz k ranu, start souse-
I& 10 xkso4s1s l. Iono l.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11
ManzeI at to odnese.

"Poslouchej Adobe, ochut-
nej ty houby CO jsem vcera ma
sbfrala - jestli snad nahodou
nejsou jedovate."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11

SmnacC let, Zacal pyClaclt. NeJ-
prve l1cil Okla ma zaj1ce, poZde-
il opatTil 81 rucnici a odvazil
sc ma cekanf do lesa. Protoze
sc mu prvn1 pokus podafil, stall
Sc smelejsim a pytlacenf pro-
puklo u neho v naruzivost. u
lovenou EVER prodaval hoky-
mari a o~patroval 81 tim zpGso-
benz pen1ze ma pivo, kterych
mu matka prece jen nemohla
davati tolik, kolik domkafska
Utmost vynasela stale meme
hlavne Vaclavovou nedbalosti.
Nez sci ma vojnu, byl pri py-
tlacenf prist1zen hajnymi a do
stall "a to mesic vezenf. Ale ne
napravilo no to, pytlacil dial,
jenze byl ted chytrejsl a opa-
trnejsf. Kdyz sci k odvodu,
matka O neho reklamovala
.jsouc presvedcena, re jeff je-
dinacek, jake dedic zivnosti,
nebude zaraden k Gimme sluz-
be. Ale dopadlo to jinak. Get
mix vysetril Brejchovy pomery
v Olsove a oznamil ma Trad, re
mlady Brejcha matku svou WI
bee nepodporuje, v hospodar-
stv1 zamestnan nen1 a jenom
zabavy a pytlactvf 81 hledf.
Byl tedy Brejcha odveden ma
tri roxy a jeho matka naram-
ne narlkala ma tn domnelou
nespravedlnost. Pc trech le-
tech sc vratil, ale hosi z Olsove
kter1 S MIN byl slouzili, pow
dali, re ami ma vojne nedelal
dobrotu a re byl vice We we've
nj nez ma svobode.
Je tedy pochopitelno, re by
Ii v Olsove zvedavi, jak 81 Dude
Brejcha ted donna p~ocinati.
Nejaky cas- nebylo ma neho
mic slyset. Chopil Sc hospodar-
stvf a take lesu Sc vyhybal.
"Vojna mu napravila pfece
hlavu," T1kali sousede.
JIM, never1ce takovou MOI
most, tvrdili: "Vojna no ne
pTedelala, ale prisel do novych
pomerG. Az sc donna okouka,
Dude zas takovym, jakym BY
val"
Bylo pravdou, re Sc pomery
V Olsove "a til leta zmenily.
Stara Brejchova uz byla vet
cha, sama ma vsechnu praci ne
stacila a Vaclav tedy musel
pTitahnouti, chte-li z chalupy
sehnati zivobytf. Take pytla-
cent bylo spojeno S mnohymi
obtfzemi. u OlSove bylo Size
dosud lesG dost, stykaly Sc tn
tri velkostatky, ale lesy "a po-
slednich let znacne prorfdly,
take stav zvere sc ztencil, IA to
vsak zostril sc dozor mad lesy,
hlavne k Will kradezim drivi.
Start hajnf nahrazenymi MIA
dymi lidmi a kazdemu lesnfmu
pridelen lesnf adjunkt. A mia
df tito lesnici hledeli 81 sluzby
velmi svedomite, take v Olso-
We zanechali sveho remesla
vSichni pytlaci, jichz tn pred
lety byvalo nekolik.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11

Bylo V Olsove p~osvicenf a v
hostinci gu koruny" obvykla
posvfcenska muzika. Kdyz sem
Brejcha vessel, zraky vsech O.
bratily Sc k nemu zvedave, kaz-
dy chtel vedeti, jak Sc Dude
Brejcha chovati, ale on posadil
Sc klidne mezi sousedy, pow
dial S mimi a netancil.B ylo zrej-
mo, re Sc ma vojne zmenil.
Zdal Sc takovy vazny, povidal
o sve vojenske sluzbe takovym
zertovnym zpGsobem, jak to
cin1vaj1 vyslouzil1 vojini a SOU
sede no poslouchali a small Sc
jeho napaddm, &C 81 pri tom
mnohy vzpomnel, re to Brej-
chovo vojancenl nebylo ash
vzdycky tax vesele, jak je licil,
kdyz byl vice We vezeni nez ma
svobode, jak povidali ii, kterf
$ MIN byli slouzili. Ale cell
KEN to bylo dosti zabavne, CO
pov1dal.
Pivo roznasela dcera hostin-
skeho Betuska. To bylo devce,
jake by je malfr vymaloval.
Cernooke a cernovlase, S tako-
YOU milou tvarinkou, re Sc svo-
bodnym hochGm hlava zatoci-
la, kdyz Sc BetuSka ma nekte-
reho z mich podfvala. Pr tom
byla Betuska vesele povahy, $
kazdym 81 rada zazertovala.
ale zadny hoch z Olsove memo
hi Sc chlubiti, re by no Betus-
ka byla zvlaste vyznamenala.
Ovsem devce z hospody. Hos
tinsky "u koruny" byl cd neko-
lika let vdovcem, ale mel jeste
dive male deti a starsiho syna a
nezenil Sc nemoha sc nejak
vzpamatovati z te rany, kterou
mu zasadilo zenino ,1mrti. Ne
bozka byla tax tuze podobna
Betusce, a kdyz 81 nekdy hos
tinsky pomyslil, re by sc mel
pfece jen ozeniti, nebo kdyz
MT to poradil nektery takovy
soused, ktery Sc rad stara o CT
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11

Bylo uz k ranu, start souse-
de Sc vytratili k domovu a ia
Ike kolo uz Sc trochu uvolnilo.
Tanecnici NELL vice mista vol
neho a te dobe take Brejcha
vstal a rozhledl sc pc tancirne.
Mel snad v nj dmyslu 81 take
proskociti, kdyz spatril v kole
BetuSku. Tancila s adjunktem
storkanem. Brejcha Sc zamra-
Gil a Ease uedl. Potion stihal
tanc1ci parek tim zamracenym
pohledem, az hudba umlkla a
Betuska odskocila, ably neko-
mu donesla piva. Kdyz Sc mi
hla kolem Brejchy, uchopil il
"a ruku.
"Se mnou jste nechtela tan
Giti," rekl kousave. "Povidala
jste, re nemate kdy a pro toho
myslivce jste mela casu dost."
Betuska Sc zacervenala ne
wolf. Chtela Brejchovi odpove-
deti zprudka, ale rozmyslila Sc
hned. Nebylo radno popouze-
tt cloveka takoveho, jake byl
Brejcha.
"Prve jsem opravdu casu ne
mela," odvetila premahajfc Sc
k mirnosti.
V tom il zas otec volal k ma
levnimu stolu a Betuska byla
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1938-11-11

sorrow overwhelms one, there
is a world of comfort when a
neighbor comes and sits down
beside you and takes your
hand in his and presses it. He
says no word, but his hand
grasp, his understanding SYM
pathy, bring a comfort and
peace that passeth mans un-
derstanding. The path before
your Country is clouded, but
you face it with a calm courage
builded on the solid founda-
tions of truth, justice and an
unimpaired and unfaltering
courage. If this gathering in
this historic spot conveys to
you and your Country our SYM
pathy in your sorrow, our faith
in your heroic front as you
face the future, our confidence
that the flaming orch of liber-
t yand brotherhood that Masa-
ryk here grasped and in your
Country held aloft for 10 these
many years and at last flung
to you, if that torch still burns
on, and that Government of
Czechoslovakia, by Czechoslo-
vakia, and for Czechoslovakia,
does not perish from the face
of the earth = this gathering
will not have been in vain. And
when your Homeland's future
seems darkest, let it be assured
that God himself is in over to-
morrow and with the dawn
comes that bright Angel we
call Hope.
Evening star., 1938-05-22

United States. Mr.. CARRIER, as a boy
at the Force School. was tremendously
interested in the new science of fly
ing. Using the basement as a club
room, he gathered a group of other
youngsters and started operations.
Among his personal experiments, after
seeing an air meet at Atlantic City,
was to tie the family cat to a home
made parachute made from one of
his mothers's best sheets. and drop
it out of the second story window
The cat landed safely. if noisiiy, but
the sheet didn't fare so we'll.
A FTER the war. Mr.. CARRIER. re-
turned with an adult education
and experience. reorganized the group
and in 1925, working with Miss Baker,
then in charge of community centers,
started the District Model Aircraft
League in time to take part in the Ma
tional Recreation Association tourna-
ment. Three out of the six cups Of
fered were brought back by the
members. Sponsored by the Aero
Club of Washington. the National
Aeronautic Association and local busi-
ness men, a fund of $1,000 was raised.
1t had vigorous life until the depres-
sion. In recent years. not enough boys
have been active to get many results.
Talking of what she would like to do,
Miss Baker says:
Our major need now is to recog-
nize the league and finance 1t as an
important recreational activity. Powell
Junior High School has done some
excellent work under John H. Will
liams, but believe the best approach
is through the recreational side. There
is then more freedom for the individ-
ual. The appeal in such work is to the
individualistic, highly intelligent boys
who are going places. Unless they
are encouraged to work in groups. they
tend to draw off by themselves
Il wish We might do here what is
being done in cities like Chicago. Los
Angeles and San Francisco. where
good model aircraft teachers are en-
gagged to teach in recreation periods.
Chicago has a marvellous central work.
shop where boys may come from all
over the city. Each has his own
space. materials and tools provided.
That is what I should like to see here
Evening star., 1938-05-22

community programs. by encouraging
surveys of aviation opportunities and
by advising schools in the best methods
Of developing courses along vocational
lines.
Here in the District. in spite of ex-
ceptional opportunities for educational
contacts. little is being done at present.
Miss Sibyl Baker, director of play
grounds. told me recently that she
feels much more could and should be
done if funds were available. The
Capitol Model Aero Club. founded by
Paul Edward CARRIER Of the Smithson-
ian, was one of the earliest in the