Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01

duties-except that of presiding at
Harry N. stull, when the latter be-
came assistant chief AFRAID warden
Of the District last March. Al
though only 81, Mr.. Wender has
been active in civic work some years
and is chairman Of the District
Recreation Board.
b.. Aided Many Projects.
, A man of tremendous energy. Mr..
Wender has waged long battle IN
the recreation field. Although at
one time a resident Of the North
west section of the city, he joined
the Southwest Citizens Association
to aid underprivileged children. He
worked for the Southwest Recrea-
ton Center, Improvement OF the
Randall Recreation Center, extern
sion and improvement OF the Hoover
PLAYGROUND, the Southwest Health
Center, Police Boys Club No. 4
(southwest), alley dwelling improve
ments and private low-cost housing
developments.
There's a story behind the Hoover
PLAYGROUND. A boy and girl went
to the playground one hot summer
day In 1895 to ask the supervisor II
they could turn on the spray to cool
themselves. They were told to come
back in the afternoon. but they
didn't. They had drowned IN the
Potomac River along with colored
man who tried to save them.
Through donation Of a phllan-
thropic friend of Mr.. Wender,
wading pool was built and the
Hoover playground extension fol-
lowed.
During his first year with the
Southwest Association Mr.. Wender
was elected as delegate to the Fed
Grafton. Twenty-Five years old, ne
was it's youngest delegate. He has
been active on the Law and Legls-
lation Committee Of the Federation
for 10 years and has served as It's
chairman since 1885, He has served
as president Of the Southwest Asso-
citation for several terms.
Mr.. Wender, born in Knoxville,
Tenn, came to Washington IN lSO9.
He graduated from the SmallWood-
Bowen Manual Training School and
Central High School, where he took
mart in dramatics, athletics, orches-
ira, the weekly paper and debating
In 1925 he directed THE Pot
Boiler" a play which won the city's
first one-act play tournament. A
wear later Mr.. Wender had COM
pleted a two-year pre-legal course
at George Washington University
and from there embarked on a
theatrical career in musical comedy,
vaudeville and stock companies.
Graduate Of Georgetown.
In 1929 he left the show business
and returned to Washington, en-
tered Georgetown University law
school and attended afternoon
classes while employed by the Gov
eminent. One year before he re-
ceived his IL. B. degree in 1888 he
passed the District bar examination
and has been engaged in active prac-
tice since his admission to the bar
in October, 1882.
Mr.. Wender was one of the found
ers of the District Suffrage Asso-
citation and has been member OF
its Executive Committee since 1887
and a vice president since 1899.
Mr.. WATSON is chairman of the
Education Committee Of the Fed
Grafton and a former president OF
the West End Citizens Association
He has campaigned for a S3o,oo'
item in the budget for plans for
new Wilson Teachers College ane
has strenuously objected to non
resident pupils from Virginia ane
Maryland getting into our schools
tuition free" Mr.. WATSON is captain
OF the auxiliary police of the Yves
End area.
Other Nominees.
In the contest for second vlc'
president the four candidates are
Mrs. Olive G. Faircloth-Delegat'
from Cathedral Heights levelan.
Park Citizens Association, Of which
she is president; graduate Of Georg
Washington University law schoo
worker in the Board Of Public Wei
fare, member Of the Women
District and American Bar Assocla
tions and the American Association
Of Social Workers
Mrs. Marie Cuthbertson Mold
Secretary of the National GateWa
Association, which she has repre-
sented in the Federation for abou
Ave years: chairman of the Leg
islative Committee of the assocla
ton, secretary of the Create
Woodbridge Covenant Alliance, Il
charge of emergency feeding an
housing unit of civilian defense II
Greater Woodbridge. president OF tn
Womens Barristers Association
member of Eastern Star and Asso
citation of Matrons and Patron!
member of Judges Citizens Counc1
for Juvenile Court, and active Il
War bond drives and fuel ration
ing activities.
Mrs. Carrie G.. Smith-Delegat
from Anacostia Association, G
which she is vice president; secon
vice president of the Southeas
Council of Citizens Association!
member of the Federation of Wom
ems Clubs and Of the Eastern Sta
and chairman of the Home Boar
Committee of Garden Memoirs
Church.
Fred S. Walker-Labor represent
alive on District Minimum Wae
Board, member of Columbia Typo
graphical Union No. 101, of whic
he was secretary-treasurer for
years: now with the Central Labe
Union: has served as manager
1.-THE Trades Unionist." as pres
dent of the Park View Citizen
Association and as member of tn
Citizens Advisory Council.
Engineer Is Candidate.
Mr.. Armstrong, sole nominee II
treasurer, came here from New Emf
land about Is years ago. A civil er
gineer. he is a graduate of the Mas!
achusetts Institute of Technolos
and is with the Public Buildings AZ
ministration of the Federal Worl
Agency. He has served as presioel
OF the local chapter of the Amer
can Association of Engineers and
a member of the Burroughs Citizen
ond district SUFFRAGE Association