Evening star., 1941-03-02
Hobbies and
Lobbyists
Bv Edmond Henderer.

The Washington Hobby Show will
oDen its doors to the public Tuesday
at the Wardman Park Hotel. 1t will
be open to 1890 pm. daily, through
next Sunday. To date, the list Of
exhibitors includes the American
Association of Railroads, B. & O..
Railroad, Capitol Model Aeroneers,
Corr's Sport Shop Electric Rail-
readers Association, Fries, Bean &
Sharp, K. g. w. Manufacturing Co.,
Lionel. Mantua Models, Model
Craftsman Publishing Co., Model
Railroader Publishing Co, Spot
Hobby Shop, Superior Lock & Elec-
trio Co.. William K. Walthers, Wash
ington Miniature Race Car AsSocia-
ton, Washington Model Yacht Club,
Washington Ship Model Society and
Westbrook Manufacturing Co.
The better known model building
hobbies are all represented. and this
should result in a well-halanced
show.
Certificates of merit are to be
awarded to distinctive models entered
DIV 1llC JuAAESS WA ~
DR.. Frank Taylor, Fred c. Reed and
Paul CARRIER. all of the National
Museum staff. The awards will be
made the night before the show
opens. and will be on display with
the models.
Is is planned to have three model
railroad layouts in continuous op-
Grafton. and all exhibitors will have
attendants present to answer ques-
tons.
Membership in the National Model
Railroad Association is not pre-
requisite to attendance at events on
the program for the regional asso-
cation meeting. Starting Saturday,
this program is: m. to 1890 pm.
trip through Washington railroad
facilities by special train; lz'4o-
buffet luncheon at a we'll known
restaurant: 2 to 4 pm.-vlsltS to
local model railroad layouts; to 6
pm.-committee meetings: 7:45 pm.
dinner. entertainment and dance
in the Continental room. Wardman
Park Hotel: Sunday, 10 AMBUSH
ness meeting at Lne IlOItI.
The dinner-dance is the only part
of the program for which advance
reservations are required. For those
women not interested in seeing the
model layouts Saturday afternoon, a
tour of public buildings is being
arranged.
I,al1Nyy ChnuC nave
entertained Washington recently.
The first was a display in the lobby
of the Commerce Department Build
inc of avocationS of local employees
of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Il was a nice display, although snow
on The morning the show was to open
prevented many entrants from tax
inc in their exhibits. Prevalence OF
hobbies among Government workers
vss indicated by the fact that ap-
nroyima tely one out Of every five
persons in this unit entered the
show.
Outstanding displays entered were:
Shoe making, George B. Grlmms;
paintings, Raymond Ross and John
B, Codron; Autographs, Grant
Arnold: color photos, Ray Elliott;
Army corps insignia, Victor Wegard;
cocoanut shell carvings, j. G. Mathis
SON, miniature horses, Marguerite
Norman; Eskimo ivory carvings, H.
B. Campbell; wood block Christmas
cards. H. E. McEWen; shell collec-
tions. H. A. Rothamel: bedspreads,
Betty Paige; minerals, Richard
Lemke; boiling display, G. G. Dunn;
"sculptured" photo, John j. Brand,
Albert E. Kenny.
The second show was that held by
the Kensington PIT. A, at Ken
sington Elementary School. A large
and varied list of entries made this
exhibit very interesting. In addi-
ton to the senior display, held in
the school cafeteria, there was a
Junior show by the pupils in one OF
the classrooms, which almost out
shined that of the adults.
A distinctive feature of their show
was the hobby lobby program,
held on the opening night. Short
talks on their favorite subjects were
given by the following: Stamps, B.
w. Kumler; woodworking and plant
growing, William R. Hall; rabbits,
Charles johnson and William MiZel;
pigeons, Clyde De Binder; model
planes, Louis Hesse. Russell Nichols,
Stephen Richter, Robert Hubbard
and Frederic Regeimbal.
Unfortunately this very interesting
program was not as well attended as
it might have been, probably due in
part to the fact that the date was
changed at the last moment in order
not to conflict with the holiday on
February %.