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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-21

other states, having studied the
experiment exhaustively for a
year, reported:
Progressive pupils did just as
well in three Rs as traditional
ones, although in Progressive
schools teaching of the three Rs
was secondary.
"In character and personality
Progressive pupils surpassed
their fellows. They had a better
attitude toward their response
bilities as citizens, understood the
grown-up world better, excelled
in cooperativeness, poise, self
discipline, creative ability, scien-
tific outlook.
"They liked school better.
"Most surprising finding: al
though Progressive pupils are
generally supposed to be undis-
ciplined and bumptious, in this
experiment they actually turned
out to have more respect for
school authority than their con-
temporaries.
"The State Education Depart
ment recommended that the
whole New York City School sys-
tenn go Progressive, not by com
pulsion, but as rapidly as teach
ers showed themselves ready and
willing to try the new way. Pro-
gressives were elated. they had
won in the nations largest city
school system"
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-21
Defense Home Co-ops
Set For Low Income

A cooperative housing plan for
defense workers, designed to pro-
vide homes at moderate cost for
families with incomes between
$1,000 and $500 a year, was
announced by Charles F. Palmer,
Coordinator of Defense Housing.
Under the plan, groups of work
ers may organize cooperatives and
apply to the Federal Housing
Administration for mortgage in
surance under Defense Housing
Title vi, which permits insur-
ance up to 80 per cent of the
appraised value of the house.
The Coordinator emphasized
that the initiative must be taken
by the workers themselves in Or
der to obtain the advantages of
the economies of group housing
and FILA mortgage insurance.
Cooperatives will employ their
own architects to select sites and
prepare plans. Although built in
groups for the sake of economy
and for good community planning,
only individual homes are con-
templated under this plan. No
multiple-unit housing is included.
Information concerning meth
DDS of financing, organization, and
operation of the cooperative, may
be obtained from the Coordinator's
Office which has prepared a de-
scription of the plan for the
guidance of interested groups.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-21
A November Day

Poem by Class in Greenbelt
Elementary School.
Raking the leaves in a bed,
Brown and gold, yellow and red
Watching airplanes in the sky,
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-21

1t is well to make a good be-
ginning, and it is also well to re-
member that the end is what
determines everything.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-21
Arnold Sees Co-ops
As Important Force
For Lower Prices

N. Kansas City, Mo.-Thurman
Arnold, assistant attorney general
Of the United States, declared in
his speech before the 18th an
nual meeting of Consumers CO.
operative Association Thursday
evening, October 16, here, that
consumer cooperatives are the
only force at work in our econ
omy today that is interested in
lower prices. Fundamentally, con-
inner cooperatives and the Anti
trust Division are engaged in the
same sort of job in breaking up
economic toll bridges" Consumer
cooperatives, he said, "can become
a yardstick which we must have.
There never was a time when this
was more needed than now, in
this period of rising prices"
"This is the first time / have
addressed a cooperative associa-
tion," Mr.. Arnold said. 81 have
been looking forward to that OPP
portunity for a long time because,
fundamentally, consumer coopera-
tives and the Antitrust Division
are engaged in the same sort OF
iob-consumer cooperatives on the
positive side and Antitrust Di-
vision on the negative side.
"Dr. Warbasse president emer-
titus and founder of the Cooper
ative League, the other main
speaker of the evening" uttered
profound truth when he told you
in effect that when industrial
democracy disappears, when the
means of production and distrl.
button gravitates to the hands OF
a few firms, then political democ-
racy disappears, too.
"The large organizations don't
compete because they don't want
to compete" He referred to the
case of tetra ethyl lead, in which
he said the price had been main
tanned artifcially at two cents per
gallon of gasoline. "The Supreme
Court struck down the entire IL
censing system of tetra ethyl lead.
And nothing happened to the.
price!
"Now that is where the
sumner cooperatives haXa
step in. We can cra
ing into which " .
can move "A
the.reedor
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1941-11-21

sasaulE g1A spIng and
the consumers the sa
production, it woul9
good to create the op
is the function of the
Division to move in and IL
opportunity for the consumer
operatives to pass the eficiencIes'
of mass production On to the con-
sumers and to become a yardstick,
which we must have in an econ
omy of mass production. There
never was time when this was
more needed than now, in this
period of rising prices"
Evening star., 1941-04-20

matching the rest of the tea set, looks
very down-at-heel. But. for good
example, if you we're to put on three
plates of one pattern alternately with
three of another - they would look
quite all right.
And now l have been long time
getting to the disadvantages of "odd
dozens" dinner service. But, really.
the only thing to be said against them
is that they are very patched looking
with dissimilar bread and butter plates
and serving dishes. On the other hand,
they are lovely if these extra dishes
are of silver or of glass, or else of china
bought to go with the plates. Yellowish
and thick earthenware put next to
eggshell-hne white porcelain is OBJ
vously ruinous to the beauty of both.
ssrvies-Ptots Fright
AND now to answer the table setting
question, which outnumbers all the
others sent me- There is endless con-
fusion to nearly all brides in the terms
service plates" place plates" and
the plates you put around the table
to show where people are to sit" The
fact is these are three names for the
same thing. Occasional manufactures
label certain particularly handsome
dinner plates. which do not belong in
whole sets, service plates. That is all
right. Where the confusion starts is in
the belief of the bride that these plates
are never to be used except to look at,
and that no other ordinary plates may
be used in their place. This point Of
view is as lacking in common sense as
il would be, in ones otherwise simple
living room, to set an especially ornate
chair aside merely to be looked at"
The fact is merely this: If you have
plates that are particularly becoming
to your table, and that 60 with the
flowers or other decorative center
piece, it would be obvious to use these
plates as your service plates. But with
other flowers you perhaps use other
plates, and use these first ones for an
other course - for the so-called ser
vice plates may be heated and used as
well as any Others.
In a house of limited service - par
ticularly one in which the hostess does
her own work putting a service
plate at each place merely to take it up
again in exchange for another would
be waste effort. Therefore, it is i'm
portant that this plate be made useful
as well as ornamental. How a hostess
does this depends upon the menu. If
soup is the first course, the soup plate
is put down on it; or if soup is in
cream-soup cups and saucers, these
are put down on it; or if the first course
is a shellfsh cocktail in stemmed
glasses, these glasses will be put down
on it. Or if she is beginning her dinner
with meat or fish. then hot dinner
plates are put at the places as service
plates. The only time when it may be
not practical to set the table with a
plate at each place is when the meat
course comes first and the host is to
carve and hand the plates around the
table as he fills them. Then. of course.
the hot plates are placed before him.
Released by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Too Many Egg Cups

i HE disadvantages are that in many
of. the made-up sets - particularly
the very big ones - there are too
many items of one sort and too few of
Others. A dozen egg cups and cereal
dishes are more than bride needs;
but she could probably use more than
a single dozen of medium sized plates,
for these are needed for breakfast,
lunch (or supper and for every course,
except the roast. at dinner.
My personal experience with COM
plete sets goes back to day when l
became responsible for three houses
which were rented furnished. At sale
1 bought four identical sets of china.
Each included about $50 pieces and
the CLOSING out" cost was absurdly
small l put one set in each house and
stored the fourth in my attic to serve
asa replacement supply. And thought
1 was very clever. But in the end. all
four sets had the same broken pieces,
and l was left with four dozen side
dishes which had never been used by
anyone, four dozen egg cups, collec-
tion of dish covers, sauce boats, and
dozens of saucers, with scarcely cup
that had a handle on it, or plate that
wasn't clipped Since the pattern had
not been open stock, there was nothing
could do about it.
AS matter of fact, think it most
important before buying china to make
a careful list of what you are going to
need for every table you are likely to
set, beginning with breakfast, and
ending with dinner or supper for the
largest number you will ever serve.
The formal dinner table is laid with
cloth; soup is served in plates with a
rim, and eaten with a soup spoon
(tablespoon); there are no bread and
butter plates.
The formal lunch table may be laid
with cloth, but it is usually set with
place mats; soup is always served in
bouillon or cream soup cups, and eaten
with teaspoon or a dessert spoon or
bouillon spoon; bread and butter
plates are correct.
Evening star., 1941-04-20

The supper table is like a lunch
table and serve-yourself family table
combined. Its chief characteristic is
the tea service, on its tray and placed
in front of the hostess, who pours cof-
fee and chocolate (but very rarely
tea). The coffee or chocolate cups and
saucers stand at the right of the places
of those who drink these beverages
throughout the meal.
Let US consider the list of china for
the chief meal. Since dinner for six -
or even eight - is essentially informal,
why stumble over the formal aspect
of the word dinner? Supper is far
more friendly meal. The same cream
soup cups and saucers which are cor
rect at lunch and breakfast are also
correct at supper. For dinner. on the
other hand, you need soup plates and
soup (table) spoons. If you decide on
supper service, you can, therefore.
omit the soup plates from the china
list and the extra tablespoons.
In addition to what you choose for
soup. you will need bread and butter
plates Correct or not, all men like
butter at all mealsD; 6 ten-inch dinner
plates (l2, if you use half of these as
service plates; IL nine inch plates e
for fish or salad, 6 for dessert). You
should have 3 platters: one for big
roast, one for a small roast, and one
very small platter; sauce boat; two
vegetable dishes; and perhaps a bowl
for salad or for fruit; 6 after-dinner
coffee cups and saucers. If in your
community it is customary to drink
tea with lunch or large cups of coffee
with dinner. or if you invite people to
supper, then you must have full-sized
cups and saucers.
Chorm Is imporfunf
In MAKING your choice of color and
design, it is of course important to
keep in mind the decoration of the
room and the other objects that you
are going to use on your table If your
house is of the cottage type, the gay
free-hand decoration of bright pottery
is likely to be more pleasing than the
restrained fineness of porcelain. If
your room is Manor House or Colonial
in style and your dining-room furni-
ture Hepplewhite, or Duncan Phyfe.
or Sheraton design. then fine porcelain
will. of course, look best. If your house
is modern, then choose the newest of
new designs - geometrical or what
everi And yet - china almost more
than anything else is selected because
of its personal appeal. Therefore, the
most important question to ask is: Do
you think it lovely? Would you like to
look at it every day for years to come?
A word of encouragement can be
given to the bride who. instead of
choosing her silver and glass and china
herself, receives number of far-from-
matching appointments. Unmatching
furnishings can be as charming on a
table as in a living room, because relief
and contrast is much more interesting
than repetition. But they must look
thoughtfully arranged and not make
slipshod impression. An odd sixth
plate, for a bad example, among five
matching ones, or sugar bowl not
Evening star., 1941-04-20

HAD intended another subject for
today. but l find l must lay it
u aside in order to answer sudden
thrush of wedding-presen questions
about silver and glassware and. most
particularly. china. The principal ques-
ton is whether to buy a complete set
of matching china for dinner, lunch,
tea and breakfast, or whether to have
a dinner service of what used to be
known as "odd dozens" - meaning
plates of different pattern for each
course. The only practical answer, it
seems to me, is to give you the advan-
tages and disadvantages of both.
First, the advantage in buying a
made-up ''set" of china, which contains
complete service for breakfast, lunch
and dinner for 6 or 8 or IL, is that you
pay smaller price than you would
for the same number of pieces bought
separately. The second advantage is
that you need not worry whether
dishes and platters, bread and butter
plates and service plates 60 well
tOgether.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-21
democracy Talk
Monday Evening

Lloyd Dunnins, who arrived here
Saturday from wsnstebss. ~iii
speak st .. m Monday tn Eagles
hall under sponsorship ~ ths local
section u Tsehnoerscy. Inc. being
an authorized speaker for the es.
ganixstlon.
Much attention has been directed
toward reehnoersey by the press
In the past few days, IS 0 result ~
their Aid To Canada" proposals.
IL 10 said the propossl 10 accept
Canadian money Of par. and re-
move trade barriers between that
country and the United State
opginstsd with Tschnocrsey. and
10 being seriously considered st the
present time. ss news reports IN.
diests DunninS will deal with
this proposal and other phases ~
Continental operation In his tall
on Monday night. which 10 Titled
The Scenes Change"
NO Dsft u this continent Il
adequately defended until every
part 10 safe. Dpnnlns said nstnr.
day "csnsdss safety 10 yitsliy
tied up with our own. We have .
J workable plan to prsssnt. and ~
adoption 10 ~ pimos, impofisno.
10 our own welfare. as well 81 tina,
u Canada
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-21
Humane Teaching
" eek Programs
will Be Offered

In observance ~ National Hb-
name rau<sti>n wssh nEz1ay
through saturday. insiusfv<. rn<e-
ma Humane srrsstv he's arranged
the following srrsde<slss
We~xss - kMo. 3'W , n.
what !. fIansne Edu<sfiea = ~
urs Edward nvrns. sdscsttcuni
ehslrmsn Il I><si sccs~ty.
Tuesday XVI. ais , -. Play.
I'm Never Hsft Aesia.~ ~ 30
pile cf Mckinley srh~ci. irelu1fno
Rrcsu sels~xu. Riensvd rrsw-
nrstfs N<nnsth Carlson. ter<a
Andersen 80 rscssu>s Ssa.
rNsrseay. esssp1sy khfu. stme
h ~ announced. ~vcu srd ycsw
rcs~ program. ~ssN Mrs. kawsrH
nsrns giving fsv>- msruts tan.
ssswsasv kMo. II . -. ploy.
And . little child shsli Led
Thew ~ students ~ tfriveru1sy
place ~hcri. Including rrsesssrs
rrsrsar. Shirley wilscs. Asey
Leland. Shirley witIkctss. Allea
kr.dssr srd CHESTER Nstneeee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-21

PTYALLUP - In setting OF
Easter lilies and rhododendrons
Miss Lillian Margaret Marcoe,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Isadore
NJ. Marcoe Of 3l6 9Th st, NV,
and Raymond W. Gogan of Ia
coma. son of Mr.. and Mrs l..
Crowley of Astoria. Long Island.
n. Y. were married at S O'Clock
Saturday morning at All Saints
Catholic church Rev. Father
John Power officiated and assist
ing at the mass were Jack and
Leonard Marcoe, cousins Of the
bride.
Accompanied at the organ by
Mrs. NJ Bezich, quartet from
Holy Rosary church. Tacoma, sang
Ave Maria" while the wedding
party approached the altar The
group, comprised of Mrs. Anna
Bezich. Miss Dorothy Eltrich,
Francis Eltrich and Leonard l.
Marco, also sang for the ceremony,
The bride wore a white MORE
taffeta princess gown with finger
tip veil and her flowers were pink
and white carnations tied with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-21
War in Europe
A Year Ago
April Is. l940
Nv United Freas

British forces landed Of Nam.
soe. Rodcs and No. gaining three
footholds on tho Norwegian coast
Premier Paul Reynsud ~cn .
sweeping vote a confidence, hs
to o
Yugosiav authorities an
naunced the discovery Of . plot
To overthrow the government and
turn the country over to the Nasis.
Arne schsel. Norwegian minister
10 Germany for the past 10 yesrs.
WAS asked to leave.
Netherlands Premier prh Jan
dc Geer. In . broadcast announced
the entire country VAS In = state
Of siege.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-21
To Hold 7 esis
For Children
Must Be Examined
II Entering School

Mental and physical readiness
test. for children Who plan 10 en-
ter The II grade Tor the first time
IN September srv heinz conducted
IN the various city schools chi
drea who expect u attend the
following schools remain 10 -
tested Herr are the DATES
Arlington. Nav :. Bryant. April
Il: Central. April = Dash Point,
Nav IL. fern TN Nav Is.
Franklin. April 20. Grant. Nav =
Hs~thorur. Nav Is. jefferson,
Nav s lowell Nav &. Lyon. May
L: Madison. Nss IL Msnitea.
MAY Is: MeCsrver. Nav 10 y y.
Tacoma. MAY IL. Oakland. MAY ;.
Park Avenue. MAY /. Point Def
anes. Nav 10 Regents Park. May
;. Rogers. April 20: sheridan,
Nav 8 sherman. Nav .. stanley,
April %: Washington. April Is,
whitman. April 22-2s: willard.
May Is
Children who remain untrsted At
the close Of the regular essmins.
tions. MAY 10. should report for
examination at the Central school.
May 20. vt "a m.
Pupils may enter the III grade
at the opening OF school In svp-
TENDER who become sin years OF
age on or beforv Dec. 81 No pa.
Pill will be permitted To enroll un-
less he has passed q satisfactory
readiness test
Mental and physical tests will he
conducted by Or Jsnnw N Reed.
school psychologist. and Dr George
". Smith, director of health for
TIM Tacoma schools.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-21

.Ccen5es

Acessestians fcs assvaoo ~
esnsss ~sss made Saturday Win
sks county sadsser ~ narct1 -
frsd. -. ssl Catherine Weenops
lee. 10. N~sA ~ Autuvw: rrea =.
nscwn. -. sn1 trs~s feetma
crsseA. -. hrsh ~ Rvvvsts. rrsuo
can Nsssn~. ~. sasi -. Aissaas
ara Nsii,e hussss. -. 1919 NJ
AiAss. rtaya Erwin Hscdriehsnn.
~. isss -. s<sh. srA Gsnsvse~s
Heisa esvsxh. ~ Aliys Md:
FRANK usrela Merriam. ~. AIS
ne. rhsmpsrn. ss~ nsssssrs vbvssa
vuIsan. -. seia - Asstla;
ssarss Hsnry vsnsmss. ~. nnoo
No, sesh -. ssd vvaaees uprtna
Mart. -. 3soA ryiss -. Survive
w,nisss1 Lyon. y, era virginia
Mas ksnt. -. Evsrssts James ?.
pousnsssy. -. 10i cemmsrts.
Dorothy nmma kuns ~. poost
rswcsst ave-. Charles Amhsuso
Nlekelscr. a.. sata No. tfaioa
ave. and Margaret vvsnees Meat-
gomssss. -. iitt No. AiAss Lea
Mansfield nmiih. ~. osbana. ORE.
psims irene nlisss. 10. psndissen.
Ore. Morrill, Raym~~1 rarhte.
~. ", . =. wess visutsia. 80
isabella Mine cennss. ~. Nestslsi
Roy oswaia rsssrssa. 81. Mas -.
q ss.. and Margaret G. Wilsns. -
so7 tzsh 81 .. W. ruyaiiap. otts
~. Moe. ~. ito7 ~. 1esh a.. ae1
NsIsa kaians. ~. ia3e ~. nersnn.
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Lillian Margaret Marcoe
Bride OF Raymond Gogan

white streamers. Mr.. Msrcoe gave
his daughter In marriage. Mrs.
Stephen 6. Wehmsyer OF Tacoma,
as matron OF honor. was her
sisters only attendant. She wore
a gown OF blue taffeta and carried
colonial bouquet Of pink sweet
peas with a wreath of the same
flowers banding her hair. John p.
Velenak Of Tacoma WAS best man
and Francis Marcoe. brother Of
the bride, was usher.
Following the ceremony q we'd
ding breakfast for 90 relatives
and friends WAS served in the
parish hall. Assisting Mrs. Mar
coe in receiving the guests was
Mrs. c. Rsmbsldini of Tacoma.
Mrs MsrCoe wore a costume OF
brown sheer print with a eorssgs
of rust colored rosebuds.
centsring the brides table was
a large TERED wedding cake which
was cut, following the brides ira
ditionsl first slice. by Mrs. Joseph
LAWYERS OF Tacoma. Wearing .
blue taffeta dress and carrying q
white floral basket. Edna Marcos
passed out the grooms cake
wrapped in dainty pastel packages
Those assisting were the bride''
cousins. the Misses Irene Mae and
Waunita Msrcoe and Beatrice and
Lorraine Groeper. all Of Tacoma
and Madeline LaPoms and Name
Fisher Of Puysllup. Miss Luell,
Hayes was IN charge Of the guest
book.
Mrs Gogsn ~ graduate oi
Puysllup high school and the Ia
coma Secretsrisl school and \
with the Todd Advertising cor
Doration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-04-21
Divorce Mill
Here Is Busy

Business VAS brisk In divorces
saturday. rour,ssn in,sricea,ery
DEGREES we're granted along With
Two final DEGREES and one annui-
m.nt Eleven ne~ divorce actions
wsr. filed with the county clerk.
New actions we're filed nv Ernest
W against Helsn W. sondkvsst
On grounds a. cruelty. Alice q.
against Charles A Smith. IN
grounds ~ hursiensoms homellfs .
ksthsrins asalns, Gordon Hardy.
on grounds II cruelty, Gthsl
sxslnr Lawrence uistsd. IN
grounds Of cruelty. Anne y.
against Harold y Msdsen. on
grounds q eurdensoms hcmelife
Mary against Lee kirkpatrick IN
grounds a. drunkenness Opal
against Joe W. stevens. on grounds
Of non-support. Margaret against
Harry Johnson. On grounds Of
cruelty, Helen Z. against Marvin
n. Mccartney. on grounds of bur
densoms homsiife. Geofsins ~.
sgsinst Marvin G. Hsrnsss. on
grounds ~ burdensoms homelife.
Intsriocutory DEGREES we're
granted Ia Thomas 1. from Bertha
Hoemer. l.sota from Arthur l.
Doyle. Margaret from Jack Pres
colt. Louis from Mary osowies.
Alta A. from Thomas y. G. nss.
song. violet from Lloyd Kenyon.
Dolly from George Blake. Nstsha
from Jerome Mocsbs. chsflotts
Irene from Donald zatkovic,
Charles from Margaret Y Foil
Ethel from Claude Julian. Dorothy
from Albert . Phiiiips. Sylvia
from Robert Macdonald. sllaa
Donald Lee Robbins. Lois l.. from
Roy v. whitney.
Final DEGREES were granted "a
George W. from Flora l. hottIsy,
Robert N from BETTY N. Bsnnett
A decree Of snnulmsnt vas grant.
cd Bert from MaDsi csftsflsh nj
Roberts.
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Townsend Meetings

hondsy-Tscoms No. ]. ? p. m.
sormsnns hall 10. 18Th and n
sta. business meeting and dane
ing
Jv~~d~s - Ali-city No. ~. ..
m. dinner. followed BY meeting,
TO. Emsrson hail. 1i0sis Broad
wy. card party. Mckinley No. 3.
9 .. m. sh.riesn school s+th and
Mckinley ave Gir bsrDor No. J.
place not listed. and Oakland No.
IT. -. m. s7s7 No. Tyler st.
wedsesdzy--Hsw thofn. No. 20,
& ,. m. 2siO IA z St. Psrs Az
enue No. 10. . ,. m. PARK Avenue
school annex: Ruston No. J. p.
n. Rus;on school. and sumner No.
4, sp. m. J. o. .. y. hall