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Evening star., 1944-09-05
ny LARRY LAWRENCE.

WARRENTON, Va, Sept. 5.--As
was expected. Mai. and Mrs. w.
HAggin Perry's sensational Cornish
Hills won the conformation hunter
championship ct the 45th holding
OF the Warrenton Horse Show here
yesterday. It was the 10Th consecu-
tive tricolor for the handsome 10
year-old son Of John P. Greer. This
amazing record, which no other
thoroughbred has ever approached
stamps Cornish Hills as one Of the
greatest conformation hunters OF al
time.
Maj. Perry, just returned from
North Africa, along with 5000
others saw Mrs. Perry In her usual
expert fashion ride Cornish Hills tc
faultless rounds to take six blue
ribbons. In only the Corinthian
class did he fail to take q ribbon
and that event went to DR.. and Mrs
Wesley Edel's statuesque Grey
Simon.
Reserve honors were won by c
Archer Smiths Richmond entry
Hydrodex. Mrs. Alex Calvert rode
the fine chestnut gelding.
The coveted Virginia 3-year
old championship was taken by an
extremely promising youngster. Mrs
Edward Lasker's Tana's Bill, q chest
nut gelding by Bad Bill out Of Tana
Reserve went to another up-and-
coming horse, Fred Chamblin' s
Dhuaway. Both took ribbons ever
much more experienced hunters.
Three other hunters were con-
sistently in the ribbons: Mrs. Perrys
Magic Luck, DR.. L. M Allen s
Clifton's Glory and Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Vogel's Hylo-Ladd.
Clarence c. Criser's Mosby, with
Tom Criser up. took the jumper
trtcolor, over 1t. and Mrs. Verser
Todd's Huntsman's Pride.
Biggest winners in the breeding
classes were the Peach brothers.
Yearlings-Woh by z. Redmon's One
NOT. MoIe Psnnant' sn,1a SECOND; entry oi Peach
fourth. entry Of Col eamUn dussas. Rins RHa ra'r
Two-year-o r-olds-Won by entry Of Peach
Bros; second. Paul Toreks Sir Pennard
third. Oliver Islen's Meadow Mist; fourth
Daneen AuEustus' Trigger.
>, Three-year-olds-Won BY Fred Chamb.
Eers Tanas Bin third third, Peaeh @ wio srosi Ann', f
Grey; fourth. Mrs- Alex calvert's Sand
son.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Doerr Gone, Two Pal,
Fight 10 Gust Hin
From Stick Lead
III the Associated Prsss.


NEW YORK, Sept. 5.--Bobby
Docrr turned In his Boston uniform
and headed home to Join the Army,
leaving the American League hitting
race to teammates Pete FOX and
Bob johnson during the past week,
as Dixie Walker OF Brooklyn moved
out nine points in front OF Stan
Musial Of st. Louis In the National
derby.
Doerr, although no longer with
the Sox and scheduled for Army In
duction September 10. could win
the title on his .325 mark as he had
been at bat the required 400 times
with plenty to spare. Fox was only
q point back at .324 in averages In
cluding the Labor Day double
headers and johnson was third at
1872. Lou Boudreau Of Cleveland at
.3l9, and George Stirnweiss OF the
Yankees at .3l8, were the other
leading contenders.
Walker clipped out 13 hits in 20
at bats to move past Musial and
post q robust 800 mark to .351 by
the 1943 champ. Joe Medwick OF
New York held third without a gain
or loss 1T .343 followed by Johnny
Hopp OF the Cards at 1884 and Phil
Weintraub Of the Giants at .32l.
Both Medwick and Weintrauh were
sidelined by injuries. The 10 lead
ing batsmen:
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y the AsscciAted Preas.

u - s4AV 4AVAesssSAs.seNAA = = -
|. NASHVILLE, Tenn. Sept. 81.
Toledo's Byron Nelson added $2.4oo
to his record years War Bond win
nings today while PGA Tourna-
ment Manager Eyed Corcoran
counted another house and con-
cluded golf definitely has arrived
as q spectator sport"
Nelson fattened his purse by cap
turing first honors in the $4,000
Nashville inyitational at Richland
Club, firing l5-under-par 260 to
beat out his perennial rival, Harold
(Jug) McSpAden OF Philadelphia, by
. single stroke.
From here Nelson, McSpaden and
the boys move to Texas for the
Dallas open, starting Thursday, and
for the final lap Of what Corcoran
says Is by far the most successful
year In the history of professional
golf.
Half Million Total Likely.
"We will play to a million
people before the year Is out" he
asserted, ''and purses will total
around $500 900 in bonds.
Golf now has emerged as q major
spectator sport to be compared with
baseball, football and basket ball.
Tell me, how many major league
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Golf Gains as Spectator Sport
As Nelson Wins Another | est

ball clubs will draw 5oo.ooo this
|year7"
Corcoran said Nelson's War Bond
winnings, now $36,667 In maturity
value, probably will hit 5000 this
season, "and the other boys are
profiting from bigger crowds and
bigger purses" he added.
After q scoring spree during the
FIRST two days that left him in 4
position to crack Craig Woods ~
hole scoring record Of 264, Lord
Byron's game cooled q bit yesterday,
and he wound up with = SO and 10
for his last two rounds. Par Is II.
At that, he Is So strokes under par
for his last three tournaments.
McSpaden picked up four strokes
on the pace-setter by firing S.
68 on the final SO holes.
Hamilton Sick, Finishes Third.
Bob Hamilton OF Evansville, Ind,
the PGA champion, who was only
three strokes back going into the
last day, suffered an overnight ap-
pendicitis attack and, playing un-
der doctors care, came in with IL
68 for total Of 273 and third place.
Gene Kunes Of Philadeiphia I'm
ished fast to gain fourth place with
274.
Other high fnishers, in order,
were 6ergt. E. j.. Dutch Har-
rison of Wright Field, Ohio, 275:
Sammy Byrd Of Detroit, 275: Denny
Shute Of Huntington, w. Va, 280;
Ky>Laffoon Of Chicago. 281: Jimmy
johnson Of Detroit. 2S2, and George
Schneiter Of Salt Lake City, Utah,
2S2.
Ed Furgol Of Birmingham, Mich,
the all-American amateur cham
pion, won amateur simon pure with
282.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Cocker Spaniel Best in Show
Among 300 at Allentown

w. A. McIlwaine improved his good
record Of the two preceding days
stepping his chow up from second
place in the group to winner of the
transporting group, and his old Eng.
lish sheepdog from fourth to second
in the working group. The chow Is
home-bred dog, years old, called
Far Land Red Star and the sheep
dog is Ch. Cartref Wise Council. An
other exhibitor who did better on
the third day was Comdr. Keith
Merrill, whose Boxer, Southdowns
Enrol, was winners dog.
Elizabeth Lemons Boxer, Evio-
vim Clarrissa, headed a good open
class. The collie Beech Tree Iris
again topped the breed, which leaves
her just a point or so short of the
title. Jody of Blue Gorse, English
setter, owned by Kenneth Joy, was
best Of winners, which should put
her within reach of the champion
ship.
Two other winners of the purple
and gold ribbons, and engraved
chunks of coal, were the Irish wolf
hound. Erin II. owned by Mrs. Peter
Van Brunt, and the greyhound
Montpelier Kitty Foyle, owned by
Mrs. Du Pont Scott.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
BY r. r. TAYNTON.

ALLENTOWN, Pa, Sept. 5.-The
second annual dog show of the An
thracite Kennel Club was small
affair but much enjoyed by exhibi-
tors. The best in the show of almost
300 dogs was the Cocker Spaniel,
Oh. Nonquit Nola's Candidate, owned
by Mrs. Ken Cobb and Florence
Brister. This was the second win in
three days for this dog. Chief COM
petition came from the Boxer Oh.
Beacon of Out of Bounds, owned by
Hollenbach and Heindel. Beacon is
one Of the handsomest male Boxers
that has appeared in years. The
Welsh terrier Ch. Strathglass' Bingo
Venture, represented the terrier
group, and the miniature Pinscher
Oh. Skipper of Geddesburg, repre-
sented the toys, while the hound
group saw new whippet at the top,
White Iris of Mardormere.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Bears, Orioles Remain
Just ! Game Apart
: BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
II the recent drop in temperature
has you worried, just hold out your
hand to the current International
League pennant race and get some
reflected warmth. The cool breezes
have had no effect on the flag chase
still as hot as in July.
With the end of the season five
days away, just half game sepa-
rates Newark and the second place
Baltimore Orioles. The Bears have
only seven games left while Balti-
more plays nine. Should Newark
win four, the Orioles would have
to cop six to annex the flag.
Both contenders split their Labor
Day twin bills. Newark won the first
from Jersey City, 20, and lost the
second by the same score. Baltimore
whipped Syracuse in the opener
GA, lost the second, 3D..
Montreal defeated Buffalo in both
ends of their bargain bill, 1916 and
6-3,
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Cornish Hills, With Worrenton
Win, Gets 10Th Title il Row

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ssas.: s'ss cisss's ss:: Cod dEs'n0s fourth. x. N
nsGs ces:s a ..eoss Il NJ. NJ: Dsa.. VI
s49s: sn;: n:sss' ns:sH' Iass sId ,os1ss Ms isa 81
x.rn's suSstitassion: second & Tans's 'iSh Siii: y
THIRD, a. Archer .I smith: Hydrodsx; fourth.i
H,iisp iHpen ,.sanHs .o.aHins bantsrswon BY cornish
wsd: ssra Ma .r.n sna 1osss Mss se1I, Es
Lightwesht hunters-Won BY Cornish
s :s:0es Saun! M.s asaIss hss. ,aS Sssa
Middle .nd heavyweight hun.ers-won ;,
fourth: Ms p y. Lees Proap. Pas Rsymsnt. Z
BIZ sseona spdia M.sis sddlswoa Luck sbra
Glfton's Glory; fourth, Fred Chambiin'si'
Punch Is ;s;,s second giliy Prime. BOBBY sh.tss
Selling class-Won BY Peach Bros-.,,s
ts,2s Rr1Sn c31. t sscUnd s1n.d MEs Xnmiis oal.1
touTth. Morton W. Smiths Silver Kins'
Local workins hunters-Won By Pesgy9b
spooae woosis third ar ssSSna ASsrs ~
Tops; fourth. Mrs. Amor1 Carhart's Larn-yo
Hunter haeks-Won by Clittons Glory: ,
fourth, Dr. and Mrs. Eders Grey Simon.
Open hunters-Won by Marbert Farms
third, Dhuaway: fourth. Tana's Bill. ia
Ladies working hunters-Won by Hylo,
Ladd; second. Jackie .Warrens Yankes'N
Doodle: third, Squire: fourth, Royalwood.
Thoroushbred hunters-won BY, Cornish
Blu: fourth, 1t. Col. Frederick Warburss
Smooth Bid. oT
Three-year-old hunters-won by TanaAslI
Bill: second. Mesnder Farms Forward
Pssser; third, Smooth Bid: fourth,,n
Jumper stake-won by Mosby; second. +
Royalwood; third, Huntsmans Prideaq
5000 Hunter stakez-won by Cornish
Bid; fourth. Hydrodex. M
Junior Corinthian hunters-Won BIC
Gloria Galban's Trophy; second. Gloria
Woogie; fourth. Patsy.
Ladies, hunters~Won b. Cornish Hills:
Modified Olympic-won by Marberta.
Farms Red Water; second. Mosby; third
Rose Gold; fourth, Mrs. Alex Calvert's
corinthian hunters-won by Grey ST. q
mon: SECOND. Relkonian; third, Squire:
fourth, Mrs. Robert A. Kobzina's o. Doc 'A
By Mrs. Edward Lasker's Tanas Bill; re.
serve, Dhuawsy. sd
Conformation hunter championshp-
Won by Cornish Hills; reserve, Hydrodex sd.
Jumper championship-Won By Mosby1
reserve, Huntsman's Pride. Nj
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Bobanet, S62.60, Lone
lonq Price Winner

By the Associated Press.
Dade Park, which closed Its %.
day meeting yesterday, set a pari.
mutuel record Of 1885, ,05s for tn.
session. The final days handle Of
1854 ,586 also was a new high for the
track.
Some OF yesterdays feature race
winners:
Garden State-Bobanet, $62.6
Washington Park-Equifox, $7.40
Observation-Disclosures, $3.50.
Laurel-Mrs. Ames, $3.50.
Aqueduct-Alex Barth, 1910.
Dade Park-Namur, $500, and
Alca Eve, 5000 dead heat.
The sprint department on Long
Island tracks, which suffered a
severe loss when Apache and Bos-
suet were retired last month, should
gain new attractiveness through the
presence Of Three Dots and Occu-
patton, top-weight carriers In the
most important sprint races run In
the Chicago area during the sum-
mer.
Three Dots recently set a track
record at Washington Park when
he shouldered 1l8 pounds and ran
furlongs in Ito. Three Dots and
Occupation are likely starters in the
$4,000 added, 7-furlong Bay Shore
Handicap at Aqueduct September 13.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Minor BusebuII
Ey the Associated Press,

Ey the Associated Press.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
w. l.. Pet. w L. aPct
Lynchb'g - 81 .565 Richm'd 63 50 Al;
Ports'h 80 80 1927 Roanoke 81 10 .46f
Norfolk 6S 83 .519 New. N 80 10 Al
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Newark. 20; Jersey City. O-2.
Syracuse, As: Baltimore, go.
Toronto, A.; Rochester, 81.
Montreal, 1916; Buffalo. 8-3.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
st. Paul, 12-11; Minneapolis, lilo.
Milwaukee. 8-S: Kansas City. 5-6.
Louisville At Indianapo rain.
Toledo, 1878; Columbus, S-4.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
Los Angeles, 3-3; Oakland, IA.
San Diego, A.; Portland, 3-2. g.
Seattle. 81; Sacramento. 90
San Francisco, rs; Hollywood, ala.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Chattanoosa, 6-1: Birmingham, 40.
Atlanta, SO: New Orleans, 3-4.
Memphis, 6-2; Mobile, 0-3
Nashville, 3; Little Rock, 2.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Parker Becomes Only
nefman 10 Gain AIT
Major Crowns
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
FOREST MILLS, N. Y, Sept. 81
1t took Frankie Parker Is years tc
win the most important OF al
american tennis championships
but now that he has captured the
mems singles title frankie can boast
that he's the only player who ever
won all the major events.
Starting In 1881 when he won the
national boys title, Parker, now an
Army sergeant stationed at Muroc
Field In the California desert, be-
came Junior champion, outdoors
and indoors, clay courts champion,
national indoor champion and mems
doubles champion, title won last
year with Jack Kramer. He never
tried for the mixed doubles crown.
. Parker figured this was his year
to win and he came through accord
ing to his expectations, sweeping
past Billy Talbert, the Indianapolis
electronics expert, Ga, 3-6, 6-3,
6-3, in yesterdays final after he
had disposed of the 1910 champion,
1t. Don McNeill Of the Navy, in the
semi-final round.
Felt Sure From Start.
II felt better about this tourna-
ment than I ever did before"
Frankie explained. II never have
lost to Talbert or McNeill and 1
had won three out of four from
Pancho Segura.
Il didn't enter the doubles this
year because I wanted to concen-
trate on singles, and I think it paid
or"
The doubles title went to 1t. Don
McNeill and Aviation Cadet Bob
Falkenburg. All the other crowns
remained in the hands OF the l943
winners. Pauline Betz of Los An
geles took the womens title for the
third time Sunday. Margaret Os-
borne of San Francisco, singles run
ner-up, teamed with Louise Brough
Of Santa Monica, Calf, to retain
the women's doubles title, and with
Talbert, to keep the mixed doubles
crown yesterday.
Toll on Desert Helps.
The Osborne Brough team de-
feated Miss Betz and Doris Hart of
Miami. Fla, 4-6, 64, 6-3, and Miss
Osborne and Talbert whipped Dor
othy Bundy Of Santa Monica, Calf,
and Mcneil, So, 6-3.
Explaining his good condition and
the steadiness that enabled him to
take points in the long rallies, al
though he earned only 28 on place
ments. Parker said he had worked
out under a 120-deeree sun at his
desert camp and topped off his
preparations with five sessions
against Don Bulge in Los Angeles.
They all thought I was crazy at
camp" he said. But now maybe I'll
get a lower bunk when I get back"
Evening star., 1944-09-05
20 Taken at Shibe Park
In Attack on Combine
' the Associated Press.

BY tne ASsoclatec Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. Sat the
request of Baseball Commissioner
Kenesaw M. Lands, vice squad de-
tectives arrested 20 men at Shibe
Park yesterday as common gam
blers
The raid, largest ever staged at a
baseball park here, followed letter
from Judge Lands to Public Safety
Director James H. Malone in which
the baseball czar said Shibe Park
gambling was "the worst in the
country" and must "be stamped
0yIt -
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Gomez to Bottle Flynn
In New York Debut
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-Tommy
Gomez, Florida heavyweight, boast
ing 3 Knockout victories in SO bouts,
makes his first New York appear
ance Friday night when he meets
Johnny Flynn of Rochester, N. Y,
in q six-round preliminary to the
Jimmy Mcdaniel Ripper Ralph
Zannelli 10-rounder in Madison
Square Garden.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
National Ieague.
Mobile Ten Region Victor

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Sept. 5
R.-Defeating the Painted Post Of
Spartanburg, s. c., so, In the re-
gional softball tournament. Mobile
Delchamps were headed for the ma
tional competition at Cleveland,
Ohio, September 11-2O.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Fights Last Niqht
By the Associates Press.

BY the Associates Press
BALTIMORE.-Buddy Walker.
1874, Columbus, Ohio, knocked out
Harry Bobo, 210. Pittsburgh, /.
Make Starr, 1891, Philadel-
phia, outpointed Frankie Gillem,
140, Baltimore, 6.
SYRACUSE, N. Y-Joey Cur
clio. IA, Newark,N. j., outpointed
Johnny Greene, 146, Buffalo, 8.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
Richardson Shares Net
Win With Mrs. Root
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OSTERVILLE, Mass, Sept. S.
Mrs. Louise D. Root Of New York
City and H. C. Richardson. jr., OF
Washington won the Oyster Har-
bor's Club Red Cross open mixed
doubles tennis tournament.
They defeated Richard Kobusch
and Mrs. John L. Gardner, both OF
st. Louis. IS. Is.
Evening star., 1944-09-05
OverIin to Fiqht Lobou

SAN JOSE, Calf, Sept. S R.-
Matchmaker Mason Grimm has
signed Ken Overlin, former world
middleweight champion, to meet Al
Loboa, Santa Clara, Calf, in q TO-
round bout September IL.
Evening star., 1944-10-11
Presbyterian Merger
viii Be Sought in
Four Year Campaign
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1.-THE
Presbyterian Church in the United
States Of America is opening four
year campaign in which 1t will
work for organic union with the
Presbyterian Church in the United
States (Southern), the United Pres
byterian Church and the Reformed
Church "as first step toward
Protestant unity" 1t was announced
today.
The Rev. DR.. Roy Ewing Vale Of
Indianapolis, moderator of the 1914
General Assembly of the Presby-
terian Church in the United States,
made public today the four-point
campaign program which will be
undertaken by newly-appointed
laymen's committee on the better
ment Of the Church.
Set Forth Program.
The program, as set forth by the
stated clerk of the Church, the
Rev. DR.. William Barrow Pugh,
also calls for educating the 2,100, 900
members of the Church in It's spirit
ual and material needs; increasing
Sunday School enrolment to l.
100000 from the persent 1,25O, 900,
and increasing benevolence giving
to $4,000, 900 a year.
The committee includes: DR..
Charles j. Turck, st. Paul, president
OF Manchester College. chairman;
Jasper E. Crane. Wilmington, Del:
Edwin A. Buthmann, Lawrence.
Mass; Roger H. Williams, New
York; John w. Pontius, Buffalo:
Vice Chancellor John o. Bigelow,
Newark, N. j.; Lewis M. Stevens,
Philadelphia: John G. Buchanan,
Pittsburgh: former Gov. WILDER M.
Brucker, Detroit: G. M. Wiley, La
crosse. Wis; Henry G. Hafner
Chicago: Barney Maticka, Macomb,
Ill; DR.. Charles E. Friley. Ames.
Iowa; Lester Reinke, Oak Hill, Mo-;
William Houston Barclay, Wichita,
Kans.; w. C. Calwell, Estes Park,
Colo. Clarence E. Phillips, Portland,
Oreg.; Raymond Belknap, Pasadena,
Calf; George L. Hamilton, Sher-
man, Tex; H. H. Weir, Meridian,
Miss: and John B. Keena, Miami,
Fla.
Appointed as advisory members
were Mrs. Arthur C. Manning,
Edgewood, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Perry
McCallen. Knoxville, Tenn; the
Rev. Jesse B. Barker, Lincoln Uni
versity, Pa, and the Rev. w. Clyde
Smith, San Francisco.
Relocation Group Named.
Also announced were the names
Of the following eight members of
a committee on pastoral relocation:
the Rev. DR.. Vale, chairman (by di-
rection Of the General Assembly,
the Rev. DR.. John Sutherland Bon
nell, New York; the Rev. William
Wood Duff, Sidney, Ohio; the Rev.
Dr. Ward F. Boyd, Fargo, N. Oak;
the Rev. DR.. Glenn w. Moore, Los
Angeles; Fred B. Wachs, Lexington,
KY; Wilson M. Compton, Washing
ton, D. c., and Robert Irving Stout,
Tekamah. Nebr.
AS advisory members, DR.. Yale
Evening star., 1944-10-11

the Rev. Dr.. Arthur Northwood,
Newark, N. J.; the Rev. DR.. Roy
Calvin Dobson, st. Louis, and Fred
A. Palmer, Cincinnati. Named to
serve as advisory members were
Evening star., 1944-10-11

appointed Mrs. Arthur 8. Risser,
Blackwell, Okla, and DR.. Isabelle
Wallace, Rochester, N. Y.
Added to the special committee
on national religious radio were: !:
Evening star., 1944-10-01
Bethesda Volunteer Firemen Won't Quit

previously. Members OF the board
are elected by the various citizens
associations In the Bethesda area.
The action climaxed three
months controversy between the
board and a dissenting group Of VOL
unteers over the appointment of A.
j. Bargagni as fire chief.
Some Of the volunteers sided with
the board, while an opposition group
demanded the ousting OF Chief Bar
gagni and the naming of Hiram
Musgroye, former volunteer chief,
as his successor.
During the course of the dispute,
three of the volunteers, including
Mr.. Musgrove, were arrested on a
charge Of trespassing when they
held volunteer meeting In the
f1rehouse, against orders Of the Fire
Board. They were later acquitted
in Bethesda Police Court. Damage
suits filed by the three men against
the Fire Board, each asking 5000
for false arrest, were settled out
Of court.
The dissenting volunteers con-
tinued to respond to fires but took
orders only from Mr.. Musgrove,
while the paid firemen obeyed Chief
Bargagni.
Finally, in August, 1910, the vol
unteers built their own firehouse on
Fairmont avenue, thus giving Be-
thesda residents the choice Of two
separate fire forces.
Friction between the two groups
continued until an agreement was
Evening star., 1944-10-01

Volunteer hremen, like old-time
fire horses. like the sound Of the bell,
That is why the Bethesda Volun-
teer Fire Department refuses to dis
band, although the community has
had salaried fire department for
i've years.
The volunteers have answered
only about five calls In two years
and none in the past two months.
They have sold two Of their three
trucks and contracted Friday to sell
their firehouse.
But as William j. Hartley, assis-
tant chief OF the volunteers, puts it,
You can't get firefighting out Of
your heart" so members are RETAIN
ing their charter and intend to seek
another firehouse and to resume
full operation after the war.
Meanwhile, they exercise" the re-
naming engine several times a week
by running 1t around the block. /"
They maintain that they are still
in business" with approximately Is
men ready to go, even though they
can't even blow the siren atop their
own firehouse, and all fire calls come
lin to the paid department.
The first move to put the voIun-
teers "out to pasture was made in
October, 1899, when the Bethesda
Fire Board dissolved" the volun-
teer group, which had been in exis-
tence for more than 10 years, and
voted to rely entirely on a paid staff
of flremen organized three months