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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20
BY MURRAY sINcLAIR
APP Newsfeatures

Tucson, Ariz. An Indian
school, dream for generations of
he Franciscan priests of San
Xavier del Bac, historic Spanish
mission in the desert, is to be-
ONE c reality in September
Combining a school and a
,linic, the new building recalls
.he colorful story of San Xavier
lei BAG and its struggle to spread
Christianity in the earliest days
)f the west.
Since il was founded GAG years
lgo, tris fabulous church in the
leart of the desert has been plum
Tered by Pimas; served as a look
nut for raiding Apaches; used By
dexican soldiers as barracks, sta
)les and barns; withstocd earth
makes and housed Jesuits and
5ranciscans who came to Chris
.ianize the Indians of the New
World.
Now, within days of the ami
lersary of the arrival of its
ounder, Father Eusebio Francis
O Kino, the school building
loped for by the men who fol-
owed him will be opened.
Founder a Cattleman-Priest
Records show it was late in Au-
gust of 1892 when Father Kino
cached Bac, 9 miles sonth of
lere. The energetic Jesuit, cattle
IAN and farmer named the place
an Xavier and preached his first
armon to the Indians by unroll-
1g a map of the world and tell
lg them of the great distance
lie had come to tell them of
Christianity.
On April %, 100, he began the
ask Of bu ding his mission, the
white dove o ire desert" He
lso held council with the In
ians 20 see If iheV could tel hun
yhether Ca1ifoFna was an IS
and or peninsula. Eleven years
tier Fathe1 Kino died on a bed
{ sheepskins.
Half a century afteg work was
.arted The In lians fevolJed, kill
,g some Of the priests. chasing
theirs southwark and p%lunaering
IN Xavier and Other missions.
Again TIE priests returned,
liy To abandon The mission in
767 when word came from Spain
E the expulsion Of he Jesuits.
As the priests departed, some
elieve. theV buried or hid tre-
lendous wealth in gold collected
rom the Indians over many
ears. With TIE coming Of civil
alton, men spent tremendous ef-
ort IN digging fer this lost
parish gold. It IS still being
ought
Ten wears later Apaches swoop-
4 down from the north, killing
nd plundering and taking over
an Xavier rs a lookout. Then,
long with other abandoned mis-
ions, it was taken over by the
'ranciscans.
The foundation Of the mission
a bed Of stone, six feet o.
lore deep.
To the Indian women was as
gned the task of bringing the
ocks TO the mission from noun
aims MANY miles away.
No Rests Countenanced
Patiently the women trudged
across the desert. where surface
temperatures reach 155 degrees in
the summertime, perched a boul-
der on their head, and walked
back again. These were sacred
stone., which could not be al
lowed to touch the ground from
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Indian School, Dream OF Priests
For Generations. Reality In Fall

the time they left the mountains
until they reached their destina-
ton. When n was dropped, the
women believed the spell had
been broken, left it where it lay,
and returned to the mountains for
another.
The Indians knowledge of
building was confined to the con-
struction of rude adobe huts, but
the priests were artists and ar
chitects as well as builders. I'm
der their guidance the structure
took form.
In order to build the huge
dome, legends recount, the priests
filled the body of the church with
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earth, rounded it into shape and
covered it with present adobe
brick.
Gold Bait In Doubt
Then the Indians were tol6
many gold coins were TO be found
in the dirt in the church. Seek
ing wealth, they labored to re-
move the earth-leaving the
dome where il now stands.
Anthropologists point out that
even if the dirt had been pure
gold, the Indians wouldn't have
taken the trouble TO remove it,
since gold had no value to them.
One of the towers at the front
of the mission will always re-
main unfinished. Legend says al
the church was finished with the
exception of the dome over one
tower. Chief Architect Father Ig-
nacio Gaona climbed 10 the top
TO finish the building himself.
Losing his balance, he is sup
posed to have crashed to his
aeath. In his memory the tower
has been left the way he last
saw i, according TO folklore
Another report SAYS the King
Of SPAN had ruled that a tax
must be paid upon the compile
ton Of each church. To avoid this
payment, it IS claimed, the priests
eft off one tower dome so that
it would never be finished.
They built well. and strongly
The original doors and pulpit,
among other things, are still in
use.
The bel clappers, it is said, are
MADE from 2 meteorile which
flashed out of tire skies and land
ed close TO the mission.
The F aneiseans were also driv-
en- from the church during Mex
ico's fight Tor Independence from
Spain. The Indians took many of
the sacred articles of the altar
from the church, keeping them in
heir mud hu.s until the priests
~eturned.
Signs of Stable Usage
The walls of the church still
show the signs left behind by the
troops and animals housed in the
buildings.
When the Gadsen purchase
brought the area into the United
States, the priests did return to
San Xavier del BAG. the only mis-
sion not completely in ruins
For years a section of one wing
of the mission has been devoted
to school rooms. Now the chill
dren, between 10 and 80 of them,
will move into a $4,000 school
and clinic. The priests will move
into the old school rooms and the
space they vaeate towards the
front of the building will be
given over to a museum and
waiting rooms for visitors.
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painter ne said the trade vas
nothing new to him. But he
high work IS When he first slid
out of a. l10-foot-high window in
a hos ms chair, he felt "a little
scared, But now sits a good
spot to view the city from"
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STILL up THERE"

Manchester, N. n. tAP)-Aeter
three years in Urcle SAINTS para
troops, Jimmy Bowman is pant
ing a cathedral steeple. Formerly
an assistant TO his father, a boss
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NEPHEW OF NH. AND MRS.
OFLYEN DIES

Mr.. and Mrs. VIII O'Fiynn AMI
daughter, Miss Ruth, have re-
ceived news Of tie death Of their
nephew, and cousin, Delwin Thig-
pen, IN a hospital IN Meridian,
Sept. II.
Mr.. Thigpen was prominent in
church and educational work in
Meridian where he taught in one
Of the city schools for % years.
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There are an Indiana" in
Pennsylvania, an Arizona in
Louisiana and a Montana" in
Administrations, not states.
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Kentucky has a Zag, North Da-
kota a Zap and West Virginia a
Nat among their towns.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20

California turns out 80 percent
of the wine produced in the
United States.
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A school for winegrowers was
established at the University of
California rs years ago.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Miss He1Vey Bride
OF Mr.. Smith

In All Souls Memorial Church at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon Miss
Beverly Ann HeWey, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. G.. Austin Hewey of
Washington. became the bride of
Mr.. Manson Parker Smith, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Manson B. Smith of
East Hebron, N H. The Rev. H. H. D.
Sterrett officiated.
The bride wore a powder blue
street-length dress, pink flower hat
and carried white roses on a satin
covered prayer book with lily of the
valley streamers. Her sister, Mrs
John E. Kreager, was matron of
honor, and Mr.. Manson B. Smith
served as best man for his SON.
The bride is a graduate of the
University of New Hampshire and
recently completed a year of work in
the Occupational Therapy Depart
ment at Walter Reed Hospital. Her
husband was recently discharged
from the Army after serving 40
months. "a of which were spent in
the European theater. He is a
member of Alpha Gamma Rho
Fraternity at the University of New
Hampshire. They will make their
home at Wentworth Acres, Ports
mouth, N. H.
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and had a slight train. Maj. Bruce
Howe. tall and youthful-looking son
of the hosts, was there, asking his
mother, Am I expected here?'
Which he certainly was. and when
1 left he was in the dining room
chatting rather earnestly with a
group of orchestra devotees.
Maj. and Mrs. David S. Barry
the latter having taken her turn at
the coffee urn, were telling of few
problems of getting out the invita-
tions for their daughters wedding
The date is June Is, and they plan
to have the invitations in the mail
tomorrow. Mrs. Emory Scott Land
arrived to pour tea. Mrs. Dunlap
after doing her part at the tea table
early, was seeing to it that each
one was relieved at the proper time
Mrs. D. Buchanan Merryman sal
in the garden for a short time anc
Mrs. Millard F. Tydings, dressed
in black and white print with q
white hat, stopped at the door as
she came in from the garden to
talk with Mr.. Howe. She also wore
white shoes yesterday, probably one
OF the first of the summer shoes
seen this season.
Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton
Goodwin came in and Mr.. and Mrs
H. Russell Bishop were among the
early arrivals. Mrs. Ollie James
and Mrs. Charles w. Fairfax held
small courts of their own, while Mr.
and Mrs. Finkenstaedt and Col. and
Mrs. Curt c. Schiffeler arrived mod
erately early and remained some
time
Mrs. Robert Lefevre, who is chair
man of the Social Committee for
the Woman's Committee, was among
those assisting and took Mrs. Howe's
place for time while the latter
secured refreshment.
Mrs. Howe, after helping to Or
ganize the Woman's Committee and
serving as its chairman for five
years, has turned over those duties
to Mrs. Glover but Mrs. Glover In
turn appointed Mrs. Howe to serve
as chairman of the Governing
Council of the committee. Thus she
has kept Mrs. Howes active inter-
est and her wise counsel in the
work for the expansion of the or
chestra and its activities.
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In the Date Book

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert KnoWlton
will entertain at cocktails on Fri
day in honor of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Adams. The Adamses re-
turned last week from Palm Beach
where they were stationed during
the war and are now back in their
apartment at 2029 Connecticut ave-
nue..
Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven
Moore, head of the British Admir-
atty Delegation, will be host at a
party Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon has issued
invitations for a reception on Tues
day, May %, in honor of His Holi-
ness Mar Eshai Shimun XIII
Catholics Patriarch of the East
and Of the Assyrians CXIX.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Bryson will
give a reception in honor OF Prof
Ramon Ramos on Saturday, June /
in the South American Room of the
Statler Hotel.
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Women Democrats
Elect Mrs. Spencer

Mrs. Chico Spencer was elected
president of the Democratic Wom-
ems National Council last night
succeeding Mrs. Arthur Clarendon
Smith
Others elected at the councils an
nual meeting, held at the Mayf1ower
Hotel, were: DR.. NJ Virginia ONeil
first vice president; Mrs. Esterline
Bell, second vice president; Miss
Bernice Jay, recording secretary
Mrs. Arthur Clarendon Smith, jr.
corresponding secretary; Mrs. R. F.
Haggerty, treasurer; Mrs. Florence
Knowlan, parliamentarian and Mrs
Estelle Fleming, historian.
The program included annual re-
ports and a memorial service fol
members who died during the year
The new officers and council mem
bers will be guests at a garden party
to be given by the retiring president
and Mr.. Smith at their home, 294e
Macomb street NV, from $50 tc
7::30 pm. June 9.
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Speaker Raybnrn
To Be HOnOred
1T Mastiba

Novel red and blue invitations to
an annual affair that Is always a
tremendous success are turning up
in mail boxes all over town. The
party will be a Mastiha Greek
translation-an unregimented social
gathering) in honor of Speaker Sam
Rayburn on Sunday, June and the
hosts will be Mr.. and Mrs. George
c. Vournas.
To the uninitiated this will be a
combination picnic, barbecue and
cocktail party that will start at
o'clock and last we'll into the eve-
ming. 1t will be given at the YOUR
mas place, Callithea Farm, neal
Seneca. Md, and just so guests
won't get lost en- route: directions
have been sent with the invitations
Even the directions are unique
There are careful instructions or
two ways of getting there, "the easy
way" and "the hard way" and
there's a red cross drawn through
the latter to remove all doubt.
If guests insist on taking the hard
way because it's 10 minutes shorter
they are told to expect a rough
road, which, according to residents
of this territory, is kept in this con-
dition as vivid and realistic re-
minder of the early Colonial days
in Maryland. Stay on this road
forget the car, sing or think of the
glorious days of yore or war devas-
tated Europe. Some people find
whistling helpful" it goes on to ex-
plain. However, people who get
there are sure of a good time.
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The Clarendon Methodist Church
in Arlington was the scene of the
wedding Saturday afternoon OF
Miss Marjorie Virginia Berry
daughter OF Mrs. Dorothy Stoy
Berry of Arlington and Mr.. John
K. Berry of this city, to Mr.. Gill
bert Cornwell McCutchan. The
bridegroom is the son of Mr.. Lacy
w. McCutchan and the late Mr.
McCutchan of Herndon.
The church was decorated with
white gladioluses and carnations
and the Rev. DR.. Norwood P. Myers
offciated at o'clock. Mr.. John
Wigent was the organist.
Escorted and given in marriage
by her uncle, Mr.. John NJ. Stoy
the bride wore white satin gown
with flngertip veil held in place
by gardenias Her bouquet was of
white roses, gardenias and lilies OF
the valley.
Miss Mary Josephine Berry
younger sister of the bride, was
the junior maid Of honor and the
bridesmaids were the Misses Elaine
C. Rauth, Evelyn L. Underwood
Audrey E. Hughes of Arlington and
Dorothy L. Sanders of Mclean
The attendants wore pink net
dresses and carried old-fashioned
nosegays.
Mr.. Gibson c. Turner of Ar
lington was the best man and the
ushers were the Rev. C. Cecil Gum
the Messrs. Martin E. Brown, Mer-
ritt G. Van Patten and Sergt. Will
liam H. Tavenner.
After a reception at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stoy. the couple left
for Canada. They will make their
home at Buckingham apartments.
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Film Premier
aids Italians

The Luxembourg Minister ano
Nine. LeGallais are among those
taking tickets for the first showing
of THE Open City," May %, in the
little Theater. The premier pres.
entation of this motion picture
which depicts the activities of the
Italian underground anti-Fascist
organization during the recent war
! will add to the funds of the Ameri.
can Friends for Italian Aid.
. Signora Brambilla, who was be.
I fore her marriage to the late Signol
Brambilla, Miss Julia Meyer, daugh.
ter of the late former Secretary o1
the Navy and Mrs. George Won L
Meyer, is president of the organ.
ization sponsoring the showing
Additional subscribers for ticket.
! for the motion picture are Counties!
Szechenyi, wife of the former Hun.
garian Minister; Nine. Poulieff, Witt
. of the former Bulgarian Minister
Mrs. Irwin B. Laughlin, widow O.
former United States Ambassador
to Italy; Contessa de MARITIME anc
Signora Brambilla.
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Benefit Garden
Fete Planned at
MRS. DapieS Home

Such well-known artists as Evalyn
Tyner, the pianist, and Martha Til
ton, radio singer, will provide music
for the benefit garden party to be
given Saturday at the home of Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies, at 1929 Klingle
road NV. under auspices of the
Woman's National Democratic Club.
Mrs. Truman will be guest of
honor at the fete which will raise
funds for renovations being planned
at the clubs headquarters at 1926
New Hampshire avenue NV.
Music by Barnee's Orchestra also
will be high light of the entertain
ment being arranged under the di-
rection of Miss Meredith Howard.
Miss Tilton will fly down from New
York especially for the occasion.
Additional features will include
fortune telling by Mrs. James Hamil-
ton Lewis and Miss Ellis Meredith:
silhouettes by Mrs. Howard Strong,
and an exhibition of dolls from the
collection of Mrs. Rene Jones Taylor
The benefit, which is under the
Craftsmanship of Mrs. Will Clayton,
is open TO the public. Tickets are
available at the headquarters of the
American Automobile Association
the Democratic National Committee
in the Mayf1oWer Hotel and at the
Woman's National Democratic Club.
They also will be sold at the gate.
The renovation program includes
the redecoration of three bedrooms
to be known as the Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, the Mrs Franklin D. Roose-
welt and the First Lady Rooms. The
latter will have plaque for Mrs.
Truman's name and the name of all
her Democratic successors in the
White House. Mrs. Wilson, Mrs.
Roosevelt and Mrs. Truman have
each promised a personal gift to be
placed in the rooms.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Pnrdue-Han1iltOn
Ceremony Held

Miss Mary Ruth Hamilton ano
Mr.. Troy Dale Purdue were mar
ried Saturday evening in the Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church. The
Rev. John w. Rustin officiated ane
the reception was held in the home
Of the brides parents, Mr.. ane
Mrs. Zeb Thomas Hamilton.
Mr.. Hamilton gave his daughter
in marriage and she wore white
satin and net with a flngertip-
length veil and carried white gladi.
oluses.
Miss Dorothy Finn was maid O.
honor, wearing yellow and carrying
pink gladioluses. Mr.. Joe Tinsley
was best man and ushers were Mr.
Melvin Wright and Mr.. Harry
Hughes.
Mr.. Purdue, who is the son O
Mr.. and Mrs. C. v. Purdue o.
Decatur. Ill, and his bride will
make their home in Suitland Manor
at ALSO Homer avenue, in Suitland.
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GabrieIa MistraL
To Be Honor Guest

Gabriela Mistral, the Chilean poet,
winner of the Nobel Prize for Liter
ature, will be the guest of honor and
speaker at a luncheon of the Peo.
Piles Mandate Committee at l pm.
Thursday at the Carlton Hotel
Miss Mistral has been a member
of the Mandate Committee since
it was formed in 1886 She will speak
on Thursday on the part of the
Americas in winning a just anG
lasting peace.
Mrs. Thomas Burke, chairman Of
the Latin American Division of the
Mandate Committee, will preside.
Among the special guests will be
Sonora Elena W. de Mora. wife o.
the Ambassador of Chile, and
Sonora de Signoret. recently ap-
pointed Cultural Attache of the EN-
bassy.
Leaders of women's organizations
interested in inter-American rela-
tions will attend the luncheon.
Miss Mistral will be the guest OF
Mrs. Burke while she is in Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1946-05-21
Engagements announced

Mr.. and Mrs Charles Francis
Harper of Arlington and Washing.
ton announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Kathryn Eliz-
abeth Harper, to Mr.. John Thomas
Moffatt, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Philip Moffatt of Washington. The
wedding will take place June 8.
Miss Jean Elizabeth Rumble
daughter of Capt. Cyril A. Rumble
U. S. N, and Mrs. Rumble, has had
her engagement to Mr.. Joseph Clio
vannetti Walsh, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Gleason Walsh, announced
by her parents. Both families are
from Washington.
Miss Rumble attended art schools
in Los Angeles and in Washington
and is a member of the Tau Omicron
Phi Sorority. Mr.. Walsh attended
the University of Maryland and now
is attending Catholic University
The wedding will take place in
September.
June % has been picked as the
date of the wedding of Miss Leona
Maxine Knouf to Mr.. George Lester
Shankle, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
C. Shankle of Washington. Their
engagement has been announced by
the bride elects mother, Mrs. Dexter
w. Andersen of Atlantic, Iowa.
Miss Knouf is employed by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
Mr.. Shankle is national service Off
Ger for Disabled American Veterans
for the State of South Carolina. He
is a graduate of the career course
for veterans at American University
He also is DAV adjutant for South
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-Four Members
|OfU. N. Group
Guests OfCub

Publicity. education and legisla-
tion will be needed to achieve OBJ
jectives of the subcommission on
the status of women of the United
Nations Economic and Social Coun-
Gil, four of its members agreed
yesterday.
The quartet were guests of the
American Newspaper Womens Club
at an informal tea and discussed
the subcommission report which
will be put before the council when
it convenes Saturday. The program
calls for equal rights in political.
civil, social, economic and educa-
tional fields.
Now is a good time to improve
the status of women in the opinion
of the groups chairman, Mrs. Bodil
Begtrup of Denmark. She cited
the changed attitude" toward
women resulting from their efforts
during the war, especially in coun-
tries where they worked side by
side with men in the underground
movement.
Others at the tea were Miss
Minerva Bernardino of the Domin -
ican Republic, the subcommission' s
vice chairman; Miss Angela Jurdak
of Lebanon, official reporter, and
Miss Fryderyka KalinoWska of Po-
land. AS chairman of the Inter-
American Commission of Women.
Miss Bernardino makes her head
quarters in Washington. Miss Jur-
dak is an attache of her country 8
Legation here and Miss Kalinowska
is connected with the Polish EN-
bassy here. Mrs. Begtrup has been
visiting in Washington.
Although the subcommission Is
now under the Commission on HUI
man Rights, its members feel it
should enjoy an independent status
in order to work effectively, Mrs.
ReptrllD said Yesterday
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Scouts Delegate
.HOnOred ut Tea

Chosen to represent the United
States Girls Scouts at the Juliette
Low encampment at Adelboden
Switzerland. this summer Miss
Helen Chaplin will leave New York
tomorrow for the first lap of her
trip. The invitation to the encamp-
ment was extended by the Juliette
Low World Friendship Committee
of the National Girl Scouts.
On the eve of her departure from
Washington Miss Chaplin was hon.
ored at tea yesterday, given by
Mrs. Reeve Hoover, international
friendship chairman for the Wash
ington Scouts. Guests were group
of Girl Scouts from the nearby
county councils
The encampment this summer
will be the first, held since 1899. II
is expected to bring together girls
from Greece. Italy, France, Czecho-
slovakia. the Netherlands, Finland
Great Britain, Belgium. Norway
Sweden and Denmark. Those at
tending must be f1rst-class scouts
between II and 10 years of age, who
have record of at least four years
Of membership in the Girl Scouts.
Miss Chaplin, who is the daugh.
ter of Mr.. Selden Chaplin, director
Of the Office of the Foreign Service
State Department. and Mrs. Chaplin
has been active in Girl Scouts since
1889, with the exception of a year
she spent with her parents al
Montevideo, Uruguay While ir
Montevideo she joined a girl guide
company, and incidentally perfected
her Spanish She also speaks Ger.
man and French
A niece of the United States Am.
bassador to Belgium and Mrs. Alar
Kirk, she will visit them before
joining the encampment at Switzer
| land