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Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-08-03
by
Walter R. Vo1ckhaus sen

(E6itors Note: Bob Volckha,s eny known to all
Greenbelt for his work the COG. and in other
tivities, is vacation trip at the present time.
Cond tons viii h he observed while travelling seemed
important enough for him to merit mary hour Of note
taking and writ ing. a. few Of his observations
housing conditions in nearby areas reproduced
here because they well writ and Of special i'm
Portarce to residents of houd ng Froject.)
Framed in the verdant hills Of West Virginia is
Greepbrier, haven Of the hhaves", thousand-acre
tate where mansions bordered by towering
trees, unendirg lawns, fragrant shrubs and flowers,
bathed in the scent Of the luUriant foliage and
In the warmth Of the tree-filtered sunshine.
Framed, too in the verdant hills Of Vest Virginia
is Wilson Camp, hovel Of the "have-nots", sqaalid
Of sootst ained houses borderedy towering coal
Laden frei ht cars bathed in coal dust mine and
train, and in the heat of the unshaded sunshine.
In the wide halls Of the mansion at Greenbrier.,
soft vi tn heavy rugs and lined BY subded portraits
and landscapes-in the great parlors and porches
and drawing rooms-in the huge dining hall, where
orchestra p1ayS-are small groups Of ladies
animatedly talking of bridge and conventions and
fashions; are smaller groups Of men discus ing busi
condit ions and the Roosevelt rampage. On the
plaza recording thermometer marks even cor Sc
lowering about 78 degrees. placard reads "Eleva-
tion 1925 ft.".
The three golf courses, the rose-shrouded tennis
courts, the pool, the miles Of winding paths, the
crystal clear streams, dotted by heirs to our
ccuntry's properi es, seeking relaxation from the
erdcrs Of business. Swans glide gracefully in
larl-bordered pond.
truck squeezes through the narrow cinder street
Of "ilson Camp lifting cloud Of coal dust to des-
cend on mscreened porches, where a bare-footed
mother, somehow seeming radiant through all the SCOT
and metchedness, sings to wailing child, and tiny
youngsters play all to solennly; where two colored
idlers, content to live forever seven or eigt
dollar P.".A. wage, greet passing Wllagers with
bantering word ad tcothatudded grin ;were the
ard Of the miner IS life is attested by the one-ared
Pe1oner, and by frequent notes in the local paper
("strUcs by piece Of slate" is the usual story).
Behind each two tlree-room house for fam
LILY Of eight or nine, is tiny yard, wi tn cinder
for soil, with perhaps few dusty, dropping plants
WI tn outside ater faucet and privy. Bordering
the yards is the railroad, where hurdred-coal-car
freight trains rumble by through the day and through
the might. dusty thermometer the di rgy wall of
the "ccr4any store" reads 1860 the The only
is inSi he hrn1Se vhor &c bo+*
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-08-03

hundred feet away the Logan River, black wit
coal and top soil, the latter freed by wanton
destruction Of West forests winds between
the mountains, sanbre token Of mans despoilation
of natwe's rnlnificences
If one should seek the young of Wilson Camp,
he would look not golf course, but in the depths
of coal mine a hundred yards up the railro ad. A
boy streaked wi tn coal black, but strong and clean
cut stands the rim Of freight car, directing
with strokes Of shovel the flow Of "r7m Of the
mine" coal dropping through alute from the nipple"
above him. His age? Twenty-cne. How long has he
worked in a mine? Five six years. Pretty tough
work for boy of fifteen? Oh, you get used to it.
The last phrase, and the last phrase alone, seems
to explain the calm and stoicisn of the miners far
lily, ,arn the calm and Indifference Of the Greenbrier
ites-they used to their existence, they have
seen other, and tn ey expect no more (or less).
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-08-03

On Wednesday, July rs, the Singles Club held
beach party at Frd's Beach Chesapeake Bay.
About IS young people enjoyed an evening Of swim
ming, trampng along the shore, roasting weiners
campfire and Lis tening to conveniently located
radio.
Several members Of the party ended the evening
with dancing at Beverly Beach, while the remainder
of the group proceeded home, tired but we'll pleased
with pleasant outing.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
ORDINANCE NO. 1o7

AN ORDINANCE CREATING A
SEWER DISTRICT WITHIN THE
TOWN OF WRANGELL, SETTING
FORTH REQUIREMENTS AND
CONDITIONS IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH AND ALL OTHER
SEWER DISTRICTS AND PRO-
VIDING A PENALTY FOR ITS
VIOLATION
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF WRANGELL. ALASKA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
SECTION l. This ordinance shall
constitute the code within the Town
of Wrangell, Alaska creating a
sewer district to be known as the
Hospital Sewer District and proyid-
ing for the construction and use
thereof, and applying to all other
sewer districts heretofore establish
ed.
SECTION II. All properties stu
ated within Blocks 8, 16, Il, IS, 19
and 20, at Wrangell Alaska. shall be
within said sewer district and sub
ject to all the terms and conditions
of this ordinance, providing they be
within the reasonable or practicable
reach of the trunk lines of said dis
trict or any extension thereof. The
health officer of the Town of Wran-
gelI, or any other authorized deputy
shall have full power and authority
to declare any property as coming
within the provisions of this ordin-
ance or grant waivers where connee-
tions are found impractieable, and
other satisfactory means of sewage
disposal has been made
SECTION III. It shall be unlaw-
full for any property owner, agent,
or representative having control of
any properties within said district,
or any other sewer district within
the Town of Wrangell, Alaska, to
permit, after Sept. 1. 1899, any
vault or outdoor priyey within said
districts, or the discharge of any
sewage excepting as hereinafter
provided.
SECTION ". All buildings with
in said districts used for residence,
business or other purposes shall be
required to have a sewer connection
with the main trunk line sewers in
said districts, or an independent
sewer line diseharging not less than
at mean low tide or other approved
sewage disposal, said private sewer
or other sewage disposal to be of
such construction as may be ap-
proved by the Health officer or 9TH
er persons designated by the Com
mon Council as a deputy for such
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Russell F. Peterson. Pastor

1920 a. m. Morning Worship:
The Blessings of the Young Peo-
pies Conference"
Il noon Bible School: Paul
Solves Church Problems, study !
Corinthians 1:1-11 and 4:14-21
with I Thessalonians 5:12-15.
1880 p. m. Evening Worship:
Reasons for Christian Faith.
Mr.. George F. Fisher of Newton
Centre, Massachusetts, will bring
the message.
THE VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
June 5th to 16th, continues Mon
day morning at 9 o'clock. Everybody
will be welcomed to these classes
which are being enthusiastically at
tended. We expect Mr. Fisher to be
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
WAGES PAID TO MEN IN 1887
TWICE THOSE PAID TO WOMEN

Women working. during 1897. on
industrial and commercial jobs Gov
cred By the old age insurance pro-
visions OF the Social Security Act
received an annual average wage of
s525, as compared To an average of
.S1,O27 for men, according to Mr..
Wade Director of the Social Security
Boards Territorial office at Juneau
Mr.. Wade explained that this in
formation comes from a survey of
old age insurance wage accounts
made BY the Bureau of Old Age In
snranee
The number of women with earn
ings credited to their accounts was
S.251.036 or PA percent of the
total included in the study. The
number of men for whom wages
were reported was 21,906,65S. The
total wages paid TO women, as re-
ported by their employers, amounted
TO S4,335,445.432. while earnings
reported for men totaled S22,489,-
go, S09.
Taxable wages paid to 1921
women in Alaska amounted to ST.
323,S97; the wages paid to 28.275
men amounted to s25,9234S3. or an
average wage of 1897 for women in
Alaska compared to S917 as the ay-
erage wage for men. This difference
of $3.50 in the average yearly wage
of men and women in Alaska is ex-
plainable by the fact that women
as a rule are primarily engaged in
industry of a seasonal nature.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09

L. B. CHISHOLM, Clerk.
Publish June 9 and 16, 1899.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
purpose

purpose.
SECTION V. All property owners,
agents or representatives having
control Of properties within said
districts. or any other sewer dis
tricts within the Town of Wrangell,
Alaska. shall apply to the City
Clerk and obtain a permit to con
meet with the trunk line sewers. and
shall be required to deposit the sum
of $500. which said sum shall
cover all costs of labor and material
making said connection and laying
service line TO the nearest boun-
Diary line of the property served.
SECTION VI. Tire provi. ions of this
ordinance as TO making connections
or obtaining waivers shall extend
to and include any and all sewer
districts now established or to be
hereafter authorized and established
within the Town of Wrangel.
SECTION VII. Any person or per-
sons, who shall be the owners, agents
or representatives having control of
any property within the said sewer
district or within any other sewer
district within the Town of Wran-
gel. Alaska, and subject to the re-
quirements and conditions of this
ordinance, who shall, after Sept 30,
1883, fail or neglect to comply with
the requirements and conditions
herein, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined in a sum of
not less than $4,000. or more than
$4,000.
SECTION VII All ordinances or
parts of ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed to the ex-
tent of such conflict
SECTION X. This ordinance shall
be published in the Wrangell Sen
tinel, a weekly newspaper publish
ed within the Town of Wrangell,
for two conseeu tive publications, and
shall be in full force and effect af-
ter its passage and approval and
date of first publication.
Passed and approved this Sth day
of June, 1889.
VAN H. FISK. Mayor.
Attest:
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
ASSEMBLY OF GOD MISSION
Mrs. Berta VAUGHN. Pastor

The Lord knoweth days of the
upright. and their inheritance shall
be forever" Psa. 37:I8.
Sunday. II a. m. Sunday School,
Evening Service. 7;45. Subject
Gods Faithfulnessn
Tuesday, 100 p. m. Prayer Meet
ing and Bible Study.
Thursday, 7:45 p. M Regular
Mid-week Service.
Subject. The Living Waters.
Everybody is Welcome.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09

The Virgil Neyman family moved
yesterday into the Andy Johnson
bungalow on Church street. Mr..
Neyman. who is fifth and sixth
grade teacher in the Wrangell
school is leaving Monday for Seat
tie where he will enroll in summer
courses in education at the Univer-
sity of Washington.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
sEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST

Sabbath School at 10 a. m. satur-
day.
Sermon at Il.
Sunday night sermon at S o'clock.
At the S. D. A. Chapel
n. L. Miles.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the City Clerk until p.
m. June goth for furnishing all the
labor to build one log float in ac-
cordance with plans and specifica-
tions on file at the city hall. The
council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Wrangell City Council.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Rev. Arnold Krone
Deacon in Charge

The First Sunday after Trinity
Saint Barnabas Day.
1000 a. m No Church School.
1920 a. m. Morning Prayer.
HOO a m. Holy Communion with
The Rt. Rev. Peter Trimble Rowe
as the Celebrant.
Sermon by Bishop Rowe.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the city clerk until 3 p
m. June 18th for furnishing all the
labor to exeavate a ditch for water
main approximately 500 feet in
length. IS inches wide and two
feet deep, and to refill same after
new Waterman is laid For further
details apply to the city clerk. The
council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
Wrangell City Council.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09

with US for the week to assist with
the school.
Church Going Families Are Hap
pier Families &C. H Link.
Come And Worship God With Us.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1939-06-09
At the Churches
SALVATION ARMY
Brigadier 6 Ms. Carruthers

Sunday school, 2.30 p. N.
Evening Service, 7.3O p. m.
Sunday evening-Rev. Paul Math
er will deliver the address.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21
Welcome TidingS

The time is again at hand for
school and college ordinations and
an older generation is once more
wondering what it is going to say
to these youngsters being sent
forth to conquer life and living. 1t
has been a little difficult these
last few years for the makers Of
graduation exercise addresses.
1t has been harder for the grad
yates. They have come forth into
contact with an economic system
out of gear, a system in which
there was no place for many Of
them. The generation Of the I'M
wanted! Ready for jobs, but no
Jobs ready for them. No fulfill
ment Of the tacit pledge made to
those who we're urged to fit them
selves for life and for work.
The tragic situation seems to be
slowly righting itself. From i'm
portant colleges and universities
comes the news that positions for
graduates are likely to be more
numerous this year than for sew
eral years past. It is good news,
good news for all of us. For all
our hearts were heavy over that
untitled promise. All of us will
fly a little flag of Thanksgiving
and take new courage and hope
that the youngsters who find their
place and are wanted in their
place.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21
Amdteur Baseball

Baseball is still called the ma
tional game" the great democratic
firm OF athletics where rich and
lo0r sink all differences in their
lmhation OF home runs and
snappy fielding and where the
spectator gets his throat noarser
from hollering than in any other
form of pleasure.
But to make this game really
the national one it needs to be
llayed in other places than on big
League diamonds, or by the trained
tWirlers of the professional
Leagues. Every American boy
should inherit, as his right by ma
ture, a chance TO play on some
ball team. If every school boy
neighborhood could have a good
playground, and every boy be
given his chance to bat and run
bases, lot of tricky mischief
would never be heard of.
Competition between factory
and shop and store teams have
been a wonderful thing in thous-
ands of communities. The young
fellow who is running bases for
his shop team doesn't have TO run
the gasoline out OF the automobile
tank showing the girl friend all
the sporting life within 100 miles.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21

automotive transportation on land
and sea, the need for infallible
power plants has brought about
the use of machines for routine
inspection which were not long
ago employed soleby by scientists
and laboratory experts.
The adoption of the X-ray as a
standard piece of inspection equip
ment by manufacturers such as
Bohn marks a great advance in
the elimination Of costly and
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21

Hubert T. ParsOn. at the head
Of one Of the greatest retail mer-
chandising establishments in the
world, says: The sole economic
purpose Of business is 10 provide a
eerVice to the public. If it does
rot do that it is economic waste. .
The modern business spirit has
caught the significance of a word
which once was the property of
masters. slaves and preachers.
Service now is spelled in big let
ters by the best business institu-
tions in the country
The idea still needs to be res
cued fully from its association
with humiliation and raised to a
place of pride It is not enough
that the administrator should real
ize that the business organization
must stand for service in the com
munity The full benefit Of the
motive will not be realized until
every last man and woman on the
job catches the inspiration and
measures up to it.
There is a prevalent notion that
the pride and joy of creation died
out with the men who cleared the
forests and single-handed built
their homes in the wilderness
with the hand-craftsmen who shap.
ed their products into completion
by slow methods of the carpentry
bench; with the wagon maker who
steamed the wood and bent the
felloes and ironed off the wheel
in the primitive shop
The workman of today should be
able to catch, and often does catch
a farther vision of service. The
old wagon maker. working alone
turned out a wagon in the course
OF winter; the modern workman
cooperating with thousands of his
fellows and receiving the cooper.
alton of the capital savings OF
many others sees the work of his
hands daily eventuating in the
production of thousands of We
hicles of vastly greater usefulness.
The old time wagon was an in
ert thing, to be dragged about by
beasts of burden; the modern au-
.tomobile is instinct with life and
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21
Industrial X-RdV

The X-ray machine which has
proved a boon to the human race
through the aid it gives to sur
gerry is now serving humanity in
another way. BY the use of
powerful X-ray units Of 100000
volt capacity the Bohn Aluminium
and Brass Corporation inspects
aluminium castings. bearing ingot
and other vital parts for air.
planes and other engines to be GER
tain that nothing but flawless
parts are used. Thus, not only
are imperfections located before
extensive machining operations
are undertaken but failures in
service are prevented by the elm
ination of structural defects be-
meath the surface of the metal
which could not be located except
by the X-ray. eaa&oc.n
With increasing air travel and
rapidly growing dependence on
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21
energy.

energy.
1t is infinitely more inspiring, il
properly viewed, to have share
in a big achievement than to be
alone in an insignificant one.
There is not a man who works to
purpose i'll our great modern
system of production who may not
claim the priceful consciousness
and worthy service. And, as Mr..
Parson declares, that which is not
service is economic waste.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21

A Milwaukee woman stood for
repeated misdemeanors by her
two sons, but when they stole the
motor off her washing machine,
she rebelled and had them both
arrested.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21

sometimes fatal accidents, due to
defects which could not be de-
tected by any other means.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-04-21
FOR HEATING WkTER!'

RUTH: "But doesn't it cost lot?1
MARY: "Heavens no! And best of all - never
touch my Electric Heater, think
about it'll"
It's true! Electric rates lower than before
And women the country over have proved in their
own homes that Modern Electric Water Heater
will give you all the hot water you whenever
you want it - Without work, dirt worry at
amazingly low cost! Let your family enjoy the
comfort convenience cleanliness and safety mod
ern electric water heating. II costs SO ttIe
Evening star., 1939-10-02
DEPARTMENTS

Banking Department
of
Savings Department
Trust Department
Real Estate Department
Its
Of and Virginia
Insurance Department
for a nformso oinurance ceexcepi life
Safe Deposit Department
Storage slverwa bulky ~ ~
Foreign Department
tandF Foreign Exchag
Customers Securities Department
Evening star., 1939-10-02
DIRECTORS


HARRY G. MEEM ARTHUR PETER
WILLIAM H. BADEN
Vice President Trust Officer
HIRAM BINGHAM
Former United States Senator
FREDERICK M. BRADLEY
JOHN H. CLAPP
CHARLES H. DOING
President
L. WHITING ESTES
Mail Order House
GEORGE M. FISHER
Vice President and Treasurer
MELVILLE BELL GROSVENOR
National Geographic Society
GEORGE P. HOOVER
Attorney-at-1aw
JOHN A. JOHNSTON
Trustee, vandergrif Estate
S. H. KAUFFMANN
Evening Star Newspaper Company
CARL B. KEFERSTEIN
ALFRED H. LAWSON
Vice President Real Officer
JAMES ALEXANDER LYON
THEODORE w. MOVES
Editor, Evening
A. CHAMBERS OLIPHANT
Consulting Engineer
WILLIAM E: PEARSON
WALTER S. PRATT, JR.
Pres't Equitable Coop Building Association
TENNEY ROSS
Colonel U S. A, Retired
JOHN RUTHERFORD
Former Justice, Circuit Court of Virginia
CHARLES C. TREAT
Major General, U. S. A., Retired
THOMAS H. WELSH
President, Hyattvile Building Association
DONALD WOODWARD
President Woodward g. Lothrop, Inc
Evening star., 1939-10-02
OFFICERS

HARRY G. MEEM ARTHUR PETER
President Chairman Of the Board
General Counsel
CHARLES H. DOING
First Vice President
WILLIAM H. BADEN
Vice President and Trust Officer
ALFRED H. LAWSON
Vice President Officer
GEORGE M. FISHER
Vice President Treasurer
Assistant
- JAMES M. MASON
RALPH ENDICOTT
NORMAN E. TOWSON
GEORGE o. SCHWEINHAUT
HARRY L. SMITH, Jr
Assistant Officers
LEONARD MARBURY
HARRY W. GAUSS
BERNARD L. AMISS
VINCENT A. SHEEHY Jr
Assistant Officers
HERBERT w. PRIMM
EDWARD L. BRADY
Evening star., 1939-02-21

about your business? Is she fool
without brains enough to form an
intelligent opinion on any subject
or to understand simple business
proposition? Is she an indiscreet
talker who would blab your business
secrets? Is she spender whose
money burns in her pocket so that
she would rush into extravaganza
every time you were dollar ahead?
If your wife belongs to any one Of
these types, you are justified in
keeping from her all knowledge Of
your business. but not otherwise.
And. believe me, Mr.. D., you cut
yourself of from lot of help that
you could get from your wife If you
made her your confidential adviser
For most women, even when they
don't understand the technicalities
of a business, have a curious insight
into the very heart of matter that
often clarifies it for men, who have
got befuddled considering all the
different angles of it and weighing
one side against the other. Also,
women have lunches that are worth
their husbands playing. Their in
tuition about the characters of peo-
pie and their trustworthiness is
almost uncanny.
I know many big business men
who never make a move without
consulting their wives, and who
rely more on their wives judgment
than they do on that of their ex-
pert advisers.
And how, Mr.. D.. is a wife to man
age her part of the domestic fin
ances if she knows nothing of her
husbands affairs? How can she
gauge her expenditures If she does
not know whether he is making
money or losing it?
I don't wonder that your wife
looks troubled. If you refuse to
make a confidante of her and If she
knows that you talk over your af-
fairs with your parents and not with
her, she is bound to feel that you do
not trust her. Also that you are
utterly unjust to her. My wonder is
that she stands it at all. You
wouldn't If your partner treated you
that Way,
Evening star., 1939-02-21

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Helen Cookman suitable for the cocktail
ad ever formal by the addition Of dazzling ubte orchid pinned
the lapel The
mans evening are the skirt slim and This
models recently houn Ne York and Indicative of
Of uf frendsf for