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Evening star., 1943-04-18
Georgetown Raises $183,O56
In Bond Sales Campaign

Georgetown University has sue
ceeded in raising $1S3,o5e.e5 for the
war effort to date through the sales
of bonds and Victory stamps to its
student body, faculty and alumni, it
was announced yesterday, and the
university now Is engaged in sup
porting the Second War Loan drive.
Cooperating under the general
Craftsmanship Of the Rev. John j.
Keho, S. j., committees are can
vassing all departments at George
town with the expectation that
considerable amount will be collect
ed to add to the sum accounted for
as Of April 10. Alumni chapters in
many of the large. cities are con-
tributing Victory stamp books pur-
chased for the university.
Georgetown originated this novel
idea Of selling books Of stamps to
its alumni soon after they were first
Issued, and now . great many uni
verstties have taken It up. DR.. James
8. Ruby, executive secretary, re-
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Y. W. G. A. News

The Sligo Music Club and the
Evangeline Choral Group of Silver
Spring will present the program
for the music hour today from S
to pm. The public is invited to
the musical and tea from 4 to 5 pm.
The USO Club offers hospitality to
servicemen and Governments en-
ployed girls on Sunday from 3 to II
pm. Supper is served at pm.
Square dances, which are open
to the public, are held on Mon
day and Wednesday from $50 to
1890 pm.
Young men and women who are
newcomers to Washington are in
vited by the business girls depart
ment to a party Tuesday from 8 to
10 pm.
The Young Married Womens Club
will meet for its weekly noon
luncheon on April 81. The annual
meeting of the YMCA will be
held Wednesday at pm. AS men,
bers Of the Xenos and Blue Triangle
Clubs will lattend the annual meet
ing of the YWCA there will be no
regular club gatherings during the
week.
The weekly Saturday night dance
for servicemen and Government
employed girls will take place as
usual from to IL o'clock.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Memorial Service Tonight
By KNIGHTS Of Columbus

: The knights of Columbus OF
Washington will hold their annual
commemorative service for the
members who died during the past
year at the K. Of G. Club, 918 Tenth
street NV. tonight at 8:15 o'clock.
The service is being sponsored by
the District Of Columbia Chapter,
Of which Roy M. Perry is chairman.
The service will be conducted by
Frank B. Myers, grand knight of
Washington Council, who will be
assisted by Grand Knights Maurice
v. O'Connell, James C. Naughten,
Stafford Jones and Seymour B.
Woolls of Keane, Spalding, Carroll
and Potomac Councils, respectively,
and the Rev. Joseph Denges, chap
lain Of the chapter.
The principal address will be made
by Past State Deputy Walter I.
Plant. Special music is being ar
ranged by Alfred Llufrio Of Keane
Council. Decorations are being pre-
pared by Joseph McCann. The
service is open only to members Of
the Knights of Columbus. Former
District Deputy Thomas j. Myers
is in charge Of arrangements. Mem
bers of the Fourth Degree will form
a guard of honor.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

ceived the Treasury Departments
hearty Endorsement of the plan.
Through this plan the alumni has
contributed q considerable part of
the $183,065 raised to date and the
universitys endowment fund will
benefit from the maturity value of
the stamp books.
The National Federation of Cath
olic College Students has designated
Richard F. Maloney, president Of the
Georgetown Student Council, as ma
tional chairman of its Victory Com
mission. The schools in Washing
ton cooperating in the movement
are Georgetown Visitation Convent,
Trinity College, Dunbarton Junior
College, Catholic University and
Immaculate College.
Chairman Maloney Is contracting
the heads of student councils in all
Catholic colleges of the country to
stimulate the sale Of bonds and
Victory stamps. Headquarters Of
the National Federation are In
Washington.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
YMCA News

Today-Java Club 9:15 am, with
servicemen as guests for breakfast.
At home at pm.
Tomorrow-Staff conference, $50
am.
Wednesday-"Boy and gal" COM
munity sing at 8 pm, led by the
YMCA Glee Club; Checker Club.
Friday-Meeting Of the Board Of
Managers, 4 pm. Good Friday
service for employees, noon.
Saturday-Games for servicemen,
$3.50 pm; dance, 9 pm. The YMCA
Sunday School Hour will be on
WINK at 1905 pm. with DR..
Charles E. Resser as speaker.
Boys Department.
MISUNDERSTANDING Club, 4 pm;
Leaders Corps, $50 pm: Town
Council, 7:45 pm.
Tuesday, PM, Fencing Club:
6:45 pm, Girls Auxiliary; 1880 pm,
Junior Hi-Y Council.
Wednesday, pm. Fencing Club;
6:15 pm, Boys Cabinet: 7::3O pm,
George Williams Hi-Y Club.
Thursday-Washington-Lee Hi-Y
Club, 8 am; Bethesda Chevy Hi-Y
Club, 4 pm.
Friday-4:30 pm, Junior Hi-Y
Club; $50 pm, movies; 7:3O pm,
Town Meeting; Central, Eastern,
Western, Wilson and Tech Hi-Y
Clubs, 8 pm; Boys Council, $50
pm.
Saturday - Movies, $50 am;
Junior Club, $50 am; intermediate
Club, 10:30 am; Stamp and Prep
Clubs, II am; workshop, music
appreciation program and Cub
Scouts, 11:30 am: movies, 1890
pm; Art Club, photography, cork
craft, Future Businessmen's Club
and John Eaton Gray Club, 1:30
pm; YMCA Basket Ball League, 2
pm; Announcers' Club. 2:3O pm;
movies, $3.50 pm: basket ball man.
ayers, pm.
The Cleveland Park Branch will
have club meeting Monday at $3.50
pm; Tuesday. pm, games
tournament; family night, 7:30 pm.
Thursday, with motion pictures and
program; Saturday. $50 I'M, games.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Admiral Citizens Wife Farms
2OO-Acre MARYLAND Estate
Three Tenant Families
Help Operate Place
Near Annapolis
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

While her distinguished husband
is helping to guard distant sea lanes
against marauding Axis foes, Mrs.
Robert Carlisle Giffen is operating a
full program, farming for victory.
On their 20O-acre farm, Masque,
on the Spa road, about 2 miles from
Annapolis, Md, the reso'lrceful wife
of Admiral Giffen really works at
the business of making their land
holdings yield a 100 per cent contri-
button to the war effort.
Masque, the name the Citizens
have given their all-out agricultural
effort, is a Chinese expression Of
Portuguese derivation which me ans,
"it doesn't make any difference" or,
1T doesn't matter" Mrs. Giffen feels
they couldn't have chosen better
name under present circumstances,
for no matter what the problems of
the world or the setbacks of wind
and weather. the answer to good
crops must lie in honest, unremit-
ting labor and the best judgment in
planting and harvesting them.
She had never spent a day on a
farm in her life before she came to
live here. But she had always
wanted to from the time when she
was little girl. One fine spring day
about five years ago, her sea-going
husband drove her out to the Spa
road farm. This is all ours" he said
proudly.
Sorry Sight at First.
The general picture then, she
now admits, might have daunted
some one who didn't have a farm
dream to make true. The land
hadn't been cultivated for 10 Years.
The house looked delapidated and
the barns and other buildings were
an even sorrier sight.
Today, the trim, almost nautical
spic and spanness of the place cap
lures the eye, even before hundreds
of yellow jonquils nod gay greet
ing as they swing in the springtime
breezes. Mrs. Giffen does all of the
f1ower-gardening herself, and even
the clipping of the hedges and
shrubbery which frame the house.
Three tenant families help with
the farming and the care of the
stock under her direction. In the
planting and harvesting seasons
Mrs. Giffen is often up and in the
fields by sunrise, and it is not un-
common for her day to end at sun
down.
Now, proud barns are almos
swollen with tobacco waiting fol
the May auction. Last year, Mrs
Giffln raised literally tons of SOY
beans as food for the stock on the
place, and goodly number of acres
OF corn and oats besides. She sell.
the wool from her sheep in nearby
markets and her lambs for food.
Chickens, guineas, ducks anc
Evening star., 1943-04-18

geese dot the landscape. There is
always an eager market for ner eggs
and fowl in Annapolis.
Under glass sets, awaiting a later
transfer to open garden space are
lettuce, radishes, tomato riants and
onions. already are well cn their way
toward their ultimate table
fate later in the season.
Iris Draw Visitors.
About the middle of May more
than an acre of iris grown from
many different varieties and species,
all planted by Mrs. Giffen, has some
thing Of the breath taking loveliness
Of a Holland tulip field. The fame
Of its beauty in the past few years
has drawn visitors from miles away.
Mrs. Citizens constant companions
on her walks of inspection over the
farm are several pure-bred Lhasa
terriers from the famous Chinese
temples which Admiral Giffen
brought with him from one of his
tours of duty.
No less interesting is the trans
formation which Mrs. Giffen has
made in the old farmhouse. A spe-
cious living room has been achieved
by combining two small rooms. It
gloWs with the beauty of rugs and
other rare treasures collected In
many lands, when Mrs. Giffen was
following her husband all over the
world. Set apart from many signed
autographs of world personages, in a
special place Of honor, is one of
England's King. 1t was presented to
Admiral Giffen in recognition and
appreciation of outstanding service
Mrs. Giffen has more than 300
copies of various Department OF
Agriculture bulletins. These range
from instructions on improving soil
and growing better crops, to the
curing OF pork, canning and pre-
serving, and every conceivable sort
OF aid a farm woman new to her
job might need.
Mrs. Giffen carefully keeps books
on farm outgo and income.
Il have to-" she says. TT would
be unbusiness-like not to, and be.
sides, there Is nothing like the
check-fein of red and black in g
farm ledger to temper ones enthu-
siasm and balance ones Judgment.
Despite her lack of experience she
is keeping the farm out of the rec
financially and making it help work
for victory.
Mrs. Giffen's mother, Mrs. Mary
A. Hodgman, makes her home at
Masque with her daughter. The
family Is an all-Navy one. Admiral
and Mrs. Citizens son, Robert Car
Isle Giffen, jr., is a lieutenant in
the Navy, and their daughter, Mrs
S. S. Miller, who lives at 2710 S. Joyce
street, Arlington, Va, is the wife OF
Comdr. Miller, U. S. N.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
American U. to Offer
Summer Courses

To meet the needs Of students
pursuing war college programs on
accelerated schedules as well as
those employed persons who desire
to continue "in-service" training,
summer courses will be offered by
both divisions of the American Uni
versity.
Sessions are planned to serve those
working for associate degrees (63
academic hours and bachelors de-
grees 126 academic hours as well
as those who wish to equip them
selves for more efficient employment
or who seek increased knowledge
through academic associations.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

conferred by Scribe Enoch w. Skart-
vedt at meeting Of Eureka Chapter,
R. A. NJ. on Friday evening.
High Priest Kenneth G. Markward
has Joined the campaign to promote
the distribution of The Royal Arch
Mason, national publication, and
appointed Raymond E. Rapp as
chairman of the Chapter Committee.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Jobs Daughters

Bethel No will meet April % for
election of officers.
At the meeting on April 8 grand
visitation was held. The following
were initiated: Margaret Esperanza,
Frederica Manglier, Gloria Robins,
Catherine Thayer and Mary Frances
Weber.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Will Speak on Alien Control

Alien Enemy Control" will be the
subject Of an address by Edward j.
Ennis, director of the Alien Enemy
Control unit of the Justice Depart
ment, to the Institute OF Interna-
tional Law OF the National University
Law School at $50 pm. Wednesday
in the lower hall of the school. The
public is invited.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Invitations Are Issued
To Knights Temp|ar
Sunrise Service
Grand Commondery
Is Arranging Rites
At Arlington Cemetery

The annual Easter sunrise serv-
Ices, under the auspices of the
Grand Commandery, Knights Tenn
plar, will be held April Is in the
ampitheater at Arlington Cemetery.
Grand Comdr. Fred E. Blood has
issued an invitation to all Masons
and their families to attend.
Orie L. Beardsley, wise master
of Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose
Croix, Scottish Rite Masons, an
nounces services Easter week at the
temple, 2800 Sixteenth street NV,
as follows: pm. April %, ceremony
of extinguishing the lights, the mys-
tic banquet and the feast of the
Passover; at 3 pm. on Easter Sum-
day, relighting the lights and the
celebration of the mystic banquet
will be observed. Carl H. Claudy,
grand master of Masons in the Dis
trict, will give the principal address.
On April 18, preceding the Easter
services, the 18th degree will be
conferred on members of the Ar
thur Badley Hayes class.
Rodger R. Kaufman, commander
Of Brightwood Commandery, K. T,
announced the commandery will re-
ceive an official visit from Fred E.
Blood, grand commander, on Tues
day. Following the visitation the
newly elected officers will be in
stalled by Samuel T. Farmer, deputy
grand commander.
Blue lodge sessions this week are:
Monday-Mount Pleasant, busi-
ness and moving pictures on South
America; Sojourners, F. c.
Tuesday-National, Carl Claudy
play, ITO Entertain Strangers" by
the Chevy Chase Lodge Players;
King David, business.
dnesday-Barristers special E.
A; Osiris, F. c.; East Gate, E. A.
Thursday-Naval, E. A.
Friday-St. Johns, business; Hope,
M. M.
The Mark Masters degree will be
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Donor Unit to Visit School

The Red Cross mobile blood donor
unit will visit the Olive Street School,
Hyattsville, from am. to 2 pm.
Wednesday. Appointments by donors
may be made by calling Mrs. Glen
wood w. Rouse, Hyattsville SAIL, or
the Red Cross at Warfeld 8720.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

Bethel No. will hold election Of
officers on May l..
The Hiking Club and newly formed
Reporters Club met this week.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

The sooner you get that War Saw
ings stamp in your book the sooner
you will get victory in the bag.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

A program of exercises and games
was presented by children of the
upper grades of the Randle High
lands School at the meeting last
Monday afternoon.
Evening star., 1943-04-18
Randle Hirhlands-Beer

Espey; historian, Mrs. Stephen B.
Jones. Election will be held at the
May association meeting.
Evening star., 1943-04-18

A meeting will be held tomorrow
at pm. A program will be pre-
sented describing the work of the
home economics and art depart
ments under the direction of Miss
Mildred Merrill and Miss Ruth Nc
Rae, home economics teachers, and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24
Thousands of New Cars
BOUGHT bv Big Railroads

Class railroads put 5000 new
freight cars and 712 new locomotives
In service in 1912. This was the
smallest number Of new cars to be
installed since 1889. but the greatest
number Of locomotives since 1880.
In 194l the railroads put &c, 502
new freight cars and 633 new loco
motives In service.
OF the new freight cars installed
in the past calendar year there were
34,713 box. 23,1A coal. 1883 fiat. 63l
refrigerator. 100 stock, and l.4s3
miscellaneous cars.
The new locomotives installed In
1912 included 308 steam and 404 cleo
trio and Diesel compared with 161
steam and 472 electric and Diesel in
1941.
Class railroads on January /,
1943, had 27,061 new freight cars on
order compared with 1887 cars on
the same date a year ago. New
freight cars on order at the begin
ming of this year included 1901 box,
1886 coal, 1,444 fiat. 200 stock. and
10 miscellaneous cars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24
College Develops Control
For Measuring Water

A new type of stream control
which will aid in predicting floods
on small and large drainage basins
has been developed at the Pennsyl-
vania State college.
The new device also aids in deter
mining surface water supplies for
both power and human use, and
gives measurements from which the
size and type Of highway and rail-
way drainage structures can be de-
termined.
Until now accurate measurements
of stream flow in small drainage
areas Of less than Is square miles
have been difficult to obtain because
of clogging of the system with
debris, leaves. and silt. The new
device is self-cleansing, is simple
In design and construction, and can
be adapted to any relatively small
watershed. %.
The new control is installed In .
highway culvert and measures the
stream dow from 3iz square mile
watershed In Pennsylvania. It does
not reduce the ability Of the culvert
to carry food flows. It will meas.
ure, with good accuracy. q dow Of
water ranging from one-hak to 700
cubic feet per second. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24

That - Horse Heaven farmers
were ordering sacks for their grain
crop. They would begin cutting
wheat next month.
That-W. A. Morain had re-
ceived a fine stock of candies and
stationery and expected the re-
mainder of his stock within 10
days for his new store, which was
expected to be, a credit to the
town.
That-The Columbia has fallen
two feet and is gradually receding
The high water stage was past
and no damage from this source
was expected in the future. Many
years were expected to elapse be-
fore the river would again reach
the stage of the week before.
That-A number of carpenter:
had arrived that week to begin
work on the new N. P. depot.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24
Plan Gardens Carefully
To Assure Seed Supply

During wartime, America needs
all the garden seeds it has to enable
new gardeners as well as the ex-
perienced ones to grow all the vege-
tables they want. If the, seed is
not wasted, there will be enough for
everyone. This means that each
gardener should plan his garden,
and should order only the quantity OF
seed he needs. and save money while
he does 1t. (
Expert gardeners usually list the
crops they plan to grow. for they
know how much space they have
and how much of each crop to plant.
But beginners, particularly. will find
it wise to make complete plan, to
show just how much seed they will
need for the crops they will grow
later. This gives them an accurate
guide for ordering seed from the
seed catalogue or in purchasing seed
from local dealer.
The plan made before the seed Is
purchased should be an actual draw
ing to scale of the garden area. Il
the rows of different crops are
marked on the plan, they will furnish
an excellent guide at planting time.
so the work will be done quickly and
well.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24
1913

The Kennewick Courier for June
20, 1913, says that-The dates had
been set for the third annual grape
carnival to be held in September.
That-The Twin City Ice and
Cold Storage Co. was to commence
work the next week on the 40x60
two-story addition to the factory
which was to be built to house the
grape juice plant. The present
north wing of the factory will also
be raised to two story height, pro-
viding two floors GA feet square.
The company is just completing
a two-story stable and storage
house on its property just east of
the creamery.
That-The cherry crop of the
valley EXPERIENCED much the same
treatment in the markets that the
IKennewick Strawberries received,
the local houses reporting that the
demand exceeded the supply in
nearly all instances. Good prices
were received from the out set.
While the crop in general was
below what was expected never
theless, the orchards that had
crops Jared well. The standard
brands brought prices as high as
l12k cents per pound-declinine
to eight or 10 cents.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24
Better victory Gardens

We need more victory gardens to
produce food In 1913. but these gar
dens must also be better gardens.
Public concern over the food situa-
ton and desire to do everything pos
sible to win the war must not result
In the waste Of time, resources, and
energy on ill-advised undertakings.
Yet city, town, and suburban fami-
lies are the ones who can greatly
Increase food production in gardens.
since rural people are already pro-
ducing much Of their own garden
food.
Centralized garden projects are
useful for city or town residents;
but to be successful they must fill
three requirements. First. the land
musts be fertile. supplied with wa
ter, and in good condition to grow
plants.
Also, any group garden must be
set UP so that the gardeners will be
apt to stick to the gardening through
the season. First choice for any
garden location is close to the home.
so that gardeners will find the time
to do the work, and vegetables
can be harvested easily by the
housewife. ...
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24
Recently we've heard complaints

Recently we've heard complaints
about the length of time required
to have mail delivered in the near
by cities. Sometimes it will take
three or four days for deliveries in
Seattle or Portland. This is no
doubt due, in the main, to the very
greatly increased amount of mail
now being handled, and largely by
inexperienced clerks. The same
thing applies, apparently, to most
of the large cities in the country
and was the justification for the
new division system now being
introduced. If you want to speed
up deliveries, be sure to put the
proper numeral on mail addressed
to metropolitan centers. And by
the same token, it would facilitate
matters considerably if you would
instruct your correspondents to be
sure to put the proper street adj
dress upon your own mail. It would
save considerable delay and con-
fusion in the local office. There
are several instances of two or
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24
No Army Waste

Any soldier who has served MS
turn on KIP duty will tell you that
the only thing that is wasted in the
mess halls at the Enid army flying
school is good strong, soap an6 lot
of old fashioned elbow grease on the
KPs part. It seems to the KIP
waste of time and soap to scrub the
floor three times day.
The motto of the cooks and KIP
pushers is Don't throw that away"
Every piece of excess fat trimmed
from the meat before cooking is
put into a big vat to boil out the
grease for cooking purposes. All
meat left over from meals is used
again in meatloaf, swiss steak or
stew.
A reasonable amount OF meat is
placed on each soldiers tray along
with several kinds of vegetables. II
a soldier is hungry enough to eat all
of that, he can get back into the line
for more.
Rationing has hit the soldier too.
He is allowed a small square OF
butter with each meal. no more.
Coffee is served 40 times a month.
Each soldier is allowed haf-pint
of milk a day. which is usually
served at breakfast.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-06-24

What a funny world! We sit
around a town like Kennewick for
20 or 80 years wistfully yearning
for new industries, new buildings,
new businesses. Along comes the
war with its attendant demands
for almost everything. We find
ourselves with the new industries,
the additional population, the adj
ditional payrolls, additional de-
mands. And we find ourselves UNI
able to do anything much about it.
We can't get supplies enough to
meet the demands, we can't get
materials to build the many houses
and business establishments which
are not only wanted, but actually
necessary. Launderies, eating
places, sleeping places, amusement
places-almost an unlimited de-
mand and no way of satisfying
them. BUT-we aren't being shot
lat!