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Evening star., 1946-03-10
BY John Clagett Proctor

and the faith of a Christian never for
sock her. Shortly before her death she
had several conferences with the Rev.
Mr.. Sayre of the Episcopal church in
Georgetown, who confirmed and in
creased her hopes of an ultimate recep-
ton amongst the spirits of the blessed. !"
Another tract of land not far from
the Catholic University which was
early owned by one of Washington's
foremost families, was later converted
into Glenwood Cemetery.
This property was purchased in 1909
by DR.. Phines Bradley from John Dixon
1t was then known as 'Powell's Divi-
dend, but its name was changed to
Glover Hill by DR.. Bradley, who lived
there until 1889, when he sold it. After
several transfers, so we are told. it be-
came in 1854 the property of the Glen
wood Cemetery Association.
Clay Entertained
In Old Farm House
The house was a quaint old farm
house and here Henry Clay and other
prominent Americans are recorded as
having been entertained. 1t stood in
the northeast corner of the grounds
until about 38 years ago and was oc-
cupled for some years, prior to 1873 by
the superintendent of the cemetery,
Alexander McKerichar, and his family
after he came here from Virginia to
accept this position. Later Mr. McKeri-
char built a larger and more modern
home short distance to the north of
the old home on the cemetery property,
but which is now owned by one of the
Catholic bodies associated with the uni
verSity. He resided there until his
death, July 26, 1914
Phineas Bradley and Abraham Brad
ley were brothers, the latter being the
elder and the first to come to Washing
ton, he having been ordered here in
1880 to superintend the removal of the
Post Office Department from Philadel-
phia to this city. The Postmaster Gen
eral at that time was Joseph Haber-
sham, who also had the distinction of
serving as such under President Wash
ington during his second administration.
The Postmaster General was a Geor-
gian, and thought so much of the abil-
ity of his assistant that he hied him
self to his native State and left Mr.
Bradley to do all the moving, and Of
course, likewise all the worrying, for
moving to Washington in those days
was considerable of a problem.
Only one of the buildings for the
executive department was ready for
occupancy, and the White House and
Capitol were far from being completed
With those coming here in an official
or unofficial capacity, it was not ques-
ton of what they wanted or needed
but rather what they would have to take
and put up with.
Evening star., 1946-03-10

letter referring to one of the most
famous of the cowboy songs, The Dying
Cowboy The familiar lines of this,
as recorded by J. A. and Alan Lomax
for the archiVe are:
"Oh bury me not on the lone prairie.
These words came low and mournfully
From the pallid lips of the youth who lay
On his dying bed at the close of day"
And the homely details:
He had walled in pain till oer his brow
Deaths shadows fast were gathering
now;
He thought of his home and his loved
ones nigh
AS the cowboys gathered to see him die"
But, pointed out the Falls Church cor
respondent. these weren't the original
words at all. Il am nearly 80 years old"
he wrote. but in my boyhood I often
heard my mother born in 1872 sing
the following:
0 bury me not in the deep. deep sea;
These words came low and mournfully
From the pallid lips of youth who lay
On his cain couch and who day by day,
Had wasted and pined till DER his brow
The dark, cold shadow had passed, and
now
When the home of his kindred and
friends was nigh.
They had gathered around to see him
die"
ballad of the British Navy had
made its way across the Appalachians
to the COW country of the New World.
Not so easily traced is the origin of a
line in the most famous Western song.
Examine these verses of Home on the
Range
oh give me a land where the bright
diamond sand
Flows leisurely down the stream.
And the graceful white swan goes
gliding along
Like maid in a heavenly dream"
Where is such a romantic spectacle
In the wild WeSt?' Dr. Enrich asks
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Old Ballads Are Lost
If Miners Forget Words

Mr.. Korson tells of one disappoint-
ment in the last surviving miner at
Tucker Hill near extinct patch in the
Skuylkill Valley, on whom he was count
ing for the Muff Lawler ballad. But 78-
year-old Tom Hill even failed to recog-
nize him, and could not remember the
words. That's why we had to make
this trip now said Mr. Korson. In
few years. they'll all be gone"
Not all the archive song recording ex-
petitions have such urgency but all re-
fleet the same enthusiasm to preserve
the ballads in their natural form as
sung by those who know them. Collec-
tors working in cooperation with the
archive, using recording apparatus, have
built the list up to the imposing figure
of over 10000 songs, representing many
types of folk music in many sections of
the country.
DR.. Duncan Enrich, curator of the
Archive, considers that simply a good
beginning He declares there is no
limit to the total that can be accumu-
lated, Infinite variety is problem Of
Barbara Allen" which was the basis of
the recent Broadway play, Dark of the
Moon,' the archive already has recorded
more than 80 versions. The Arkansas
Traveller" Casey JONES' She'll Be
Comm Round the Mountai in,' Short
enin' Bread" and countless others have
been found in remote spots all over the
country. The Capital itself has been
the source of two-score recordings, al
though no songs are known to have
originated here.
Cowboy ballads, the most popular
type of folk song as result of exploita-
ton by radio and Hollywood, often are
viewed with suspicious of plagiarism
Where authorship is unknown, this is
misnomer, according to Dr. Enrich.
Telling basically the same story, the
words pass from mouth to ear and un-
consciously are changed. "It is like
telling joke. How many parodies are
there on oh, Susanna for example?"
he asks. Every singer adds few
words of his own"
Ballads Cross the Sea
For Dry Land Adoption
Illustration of this transitional process
came to DR.. Emrich's attention re-
Gently. From Falls Church, Va, came
Evening star., 1946-03-10

Down, Down, Down" sings Bill Keat-
ing, at Pottsville, who started singing
at the ripe age of g. He first learned
to write in the Army during the World
War-age 80, and waited 20 years to
write the ballads he composed. "Octo-
Der on Mount Laffees Hills" he offers,
and The Driver Boys of Wadesville
Shaft and, plaintiVely or perhaps af-
fectlonately. My Wee Coal Hole" Bill,
now so, is the only bard among the
singers found by Mr.. Korson
In tunnel deep in Newkirk Mountain
Albert Morgan seems less content.
Down in a Deep Hole" he chants,
We're the Boys Who Get Out the Coal;
Union Man" and Damn the Mines!"
Good reason for this attitude is sug-
gested by Dan Walsh, telling of The
Miners Doom: Andrew Rada, singing
The Sugar Notch Entombment," and
Mrs. Myrtle Kubishin, recalling how
many died in The Jeanesville Mine
Disaster as first told by her father.
Domestic concerns take first place
with Jerry Byrne in "A Miners Home,
Sweet Home At 81 he is retired from
inspecting mines for the presence of
gas But some affections linger below
My Sweethearts the Mule in the Mine"
declares Tom Butch" O'Brien of the
Miners Mnstrels Association, Shenan-
doah. Shenandoah is the home town
of the Dorsey brothers of modern mu-
Sical fame.
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Singers Appropriate
Romantic Spectacles

There IS nothing remarkable in this.
he assures or even in the seemingly
incredible transformation of a medieval
felglouS tune into an English hanging
ballad and eventually. a modern Amer
lean Jail song, My Name 1t Is Sam
Hall Sam, about to be hanged and
appropriately profane has been intro
duced to the public by Carl Sandburg.
Miners songs collected by Mr.. Korson
stem mostly from folk influences in the
British Isles. Songs of the Anglo
American tradition according to DR..
Enrich, are still very much alive in the
rural areas of the Appalachians.
Springlng from the lives of ordinary
people, folk song transcends social lines
and political boundaries. No better
evidence of its appeal could be found
than the flood of inquiries and orders
for records which have come to the
archive
DR.. Enrich estimates the letters total
$4,000 so far. They come from Latin
America, the Philippines and Alaska,
as well as every State in the Union.
RECORD collectors write only a few of
them. They are mostly from people
who simply want to hear songs of the
frst settlers, of their pioneer forbears
IN the West, or of the original Ameri-
cans before the pioneers, or of the
musical laborers of the South. School
children as close to WASHINGTON as
Bethesda, Md, and as distant as Pitts
burgh are listening to the archives
records. They are learning to sing the
songs themselves and to make record
ingS.
This growing popular interest presages
continuing expansion of the archives
work. An indefatigable collector him.
self-while historian for Gen. Eisen-
hover at SHAEF he gathered 200 Nazi
propaganda posters which recently were
exhibited in New York-Dr. Enrich en-
visions future expeditions under the
archives auspices. to bring in music
not only for preservation but to make
it available.
For 10000 recordings. or even more
than that, cannot exhaust the resources
OF an art that is still creating, DR..
Enrich asserts. He is not DISCOURAGED
by the apparent paucity of songs COM
ing out of this war as compared with
the last He still is looking for some
genuine folk songs, vintage, 1939-1945.
Evening star., 1946-03-10

Bradley, who followed his brother here
in 1901, later himself became Assistant
Postmaster General OF his two children
VINO survived him, his daughter mar
ried Rev. Levin I. Gillis, for many years
rector Of Ascension Church. The son
William A. Bradley, born in 1894, came
heer with his father in 1901 and later
when of sufficient age, entered the Bank
OF Washington as runner, and SO de-
meaned himself as to be rewarded by
being made president of the bank, and
later of the Patriotic Bank. He held
other important positions. including
that OF city postmaster, and served as
mayor of Washington from 1884 to
1885.
According to the minutes of the first
regular meeting of the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants, held in the council
chamber of the City Hall, December
7, 1855 William A. Bradley was elected
first vice president, the other officers
elected at that time being Benjamin
Ogle Tayloe, president; Peter Force,
second vice president; John Carroll
Brent, corresponding secretary, and
Alexander Med. Davis recording sec
retary.
Mr.. Bradley proved an ardent men,
ber of the association and on Septem-
Der 5, 1866, we find the association ac-
cepting his invitation to the members
ito meet at Analostan Island as his
guests" and the minutes OF the next
meeting are written from "Analostan
Island" and dated October g. 1866.
with the following report signed by A.
Med. Davis, recording secretary:
Analostan Island
Purchased in 1885
The association assembled in full
force at this beautiful retreat by invi-
tation of its owner, our vice president,
w. A. Bradley, and was organized with
him in the chair. After a most cordial
welcome by our host, the ordinary busi-
ness was transacted. The proceedings
of the previous meeting were read and
passed and the following named gentle
men were proposed and elected to men,
berShip: John F. Webb, LOUIS Baker,
William H. Prentiss, Jessie Lipscomb
David A. Hall, Charles HUNT, David E
Irving, Robert M. Harrison, Evans
Lyons, James A TAFT, John D. Clarke
Thomas c. Wells, Charles Dean, George
H. Phillips, Robert White, James M
Towers, John Tretler, Richard H. Stew
art, George Harvey, William H. Stan
ford, James Ruckley, Walter Pomeroy.
Lewis Thomas, Eben G. Bower, Fielder
Magruder, John McClelland and John
P. Hilton. On motion of DR.. Blake it
was determined that the future meet
ings be at pm and on the motion of
Jenkin Thomas the next regular meet
ing was ordered at Georgetown, Market
Hall, on Wednesday, November 7.
Whereupon the association adjourned
and partook of a bounteouS feast and
was most Hospitality entertained by our
honored host w. A. Bradley"
Mr.. Bradley bought Analostan Island
in 1885 from Gen. and Mrs. Mason.
Subsequently he built the double house
on Maryland avenue S.W., near Eighth
street, which in after years was occupied
by the Sisters of Charity of st. Domi-
MICS Church
Evening star., 1946-03-10

n
~ associated with chronic labor
n strife this month are the source
of a distinctive contribution to
the Nations folklore
From the heart of Pennsylvania S
anthracite region, half hundred songs
and ballads of the coal miners, full
favored and rich in tradition, have
been deposited in the Archive of Amer
lean Folk Song at the Library of Con-
gress. They represent the fruits of the
archives first postwar song recording
expedition.
George Korson, former newspaper
man now in Washington, who spent
miners. collected the ballads. AS re-
porter in Wilkes Barre, Pottsville Allen
town and Scranton, he had covered the
whole anthracite region and had come
to count many miners among his
friends.
Mr.. Korson, 20 years ago knew moth
ing of the existence of these folk songs.
After working at Pottsville for a year,
travelling from mining patch to mining
patch to gather news, l still hadn't
heard single mining song,' he recalls.
Pottsville is in the Schuylkill Valley,
then at the height of its prosperity.
Convinced that the songs existed
although he could find no trace of
them, he finally was directed by re-
tired mine inspector to an elderly
school teacher who gave him his first
three ballads. In another year he had
found enough to fill his first published
volume. Recordings now have made
possible the preservation of the music
as we'll as the words.
Seeking out these songs was not an
easy task. often had to walk Some
times l spent the night in a miners
home" Mr.. Korson said, 1T was a
very primitive region"
Songs Handed Down
From Father to Son
Chief difficulty however. was that
mining ballads never had been written
down. Composed by the village bard,
sung by the minStreS-sOmetimes the
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Songs Handed Down
From Father to Son

Chief difficulty. however, was that
mining ballads never had been written
down. Composed by the village bard,
sung by the minstrelS-sometim the
Evening star., 1946-03-10
ary Of Congress Collects Miners Ballads
Folk Songs Dug
From Memory
Now Recorded
BY James G. Deane

A MERICA'S coal fields, popularly
~ associated with chronic labor
n strife, this month are the source
of a distinctive contribution to
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Ballads Cross the Sea
For Dry Land Adoption

~ A"HH1 ASOPtfOH
Illustration of this transitional process
came to DR.. Emrich's attention re-
Gently. From Falls Church, Va, came
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Washington Developed Suburbs Early

~ HAT Washingtonians exhibited
an urge to establish suburban
homes at an early date, is in
Evening star., 1946-03-10
Old Letter Reveals
1900 Housing Jam

and put up wi
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-10
Aged Sister-In-Law
Of 3. F. Lamb Passes

Funeral services were held in Big
Timber for Mrs. Mary o. Lamb,
76, d sister-in-law of B. F. Lamb,
who until late years had frequently
visited here at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lamb. She died in a hospital
in Tacoma, Wash, after an illness
of several months. Mrs. Lamb had
moved from Big Timber with her
son, Alva Lamb and her daughter,
Nellie o. Lamb, to Tacoma to make
their home.
Services were conducted at st.
Marks Episcopal church by Rev. w.
E. Bristor of Billings and burial
was in the Mountview cemetery at
Big Timber.
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-10
Shower Is Given In
Honor Miss BraswelI

Miss Billielou Braswell, a bride
elect, was honor guest at a shower
last Wednesday evening when Mrs.
NJ. J.. Wilcox and Miss Nan Wilcox
were hostesses at their home. Miss
Braswell is to be married July 81
to Stanley Lance of Columbus.
Games were entertainment. A
shower theme was carried out with
the gift table centered with a
Shower umbrella and the dessert
trays containing tiny umbrella
favors.
Guests were Mrs. F. M. Braswell,
Miss Bonnie Barr, Miss Trevie
Barr, Miss Barbee Anderson, Mrs.
Gaylord Easton, Miss Marilyn AL
bertus, Miss o Charlene Gass, Miss
Jackie Renner, Miss. Pat Johnston,
Miss Gwen Dyer, Miss Shirley Will
son, Miss Armelda Phillips and the
guest of honor, Miss Braswell.
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-10
GR|FFEY SELLS TRUCK
TERMINAL TO MOTOR CO..

The Motor Power Equipment COM
pany of Billings last week purchas-
ed the building at sos East Main
street that had been headquarters
terminal for Fred R. Griffey, petrol
cum trucker. The Billings COM
pany will use its Laurel property
as headquarters for service and
storage, with sales headquarters
continuing in Billings. Motor Power
Equipment sells and services big
transport units, with Northern Pac-
fife, petroleum truckers and freight
ers among its customers.
Griffey had occupied the building
about two years which replaced one
destroyed by fire. Griffey con-
tinues to reside here, and is oper-
ating trucks in Wyoming.
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-10
HAPPENINGS


The navy personnel separation
center at Washington, D. c., report
ed July 8 that Anita Cathleen Orn-
dorf, CY, had been discharged that
day from the Waves. Her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Orndorff, re-
side at 512 First avenue, Laurel.
She reported for active duty in the
navy July Is, 1913, and was last
on duty at the bureau of ships in
Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Allen had
as guests for the week end Mrs.
Aliens father and brother, John
Nelson and Martin Nelson of Clyde
Park.
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-10
Nutritious Food

The sweet potato long valued as
an energy food, may also be impor-
tant for two vitamins-A and c. To
get the most in vitamin A, choose
the deep-colored varieties that are
rich in carotene (pro-vitamin Az.
Recent tests show that the red or
yellow-feshed varieties are remark
ably good sources Of vitamin A, but
that the p~ale-1eshed kinds provide
less. Sweet potato varieties differ
much less in vitamin C than in vi
tamin A.
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-10
The Outlook Says:

Mrs. Louis w. Price and son
Louis Jr., arrived here Wednesday
morning from Boston and are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Price,
parents of Mrs. Prices husband who
is expected to arrive this week on
a 15-day leave after completing a
six-month cruise in the Pacific.
The navy's public relations office
at Great Lakes, ILL.,, announced July
1 that WILDER d. George, GIN 3-r,
of Laurel was discharged June 80.
Laurel outlook., 1946-07-10

DEGNAN MURDER SUSPECT.
william Heirens, 17-year old Uni
versity of Chicago sophomore,
shown as he was taken by police
of6cers from his room at Bride
well hospital to detective head
quarters for a lie-detector test in
Connection with the Suzanne Deg
nan kidnap-murder.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-02

Gut of S4,0O0,0oo, 900 spent annu- ally ca sports in the Unitel States, anglers spend about one-fourth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-02
HOLY LAND QUIET DURING SABBATH
 STRIKE, MEETINGS

JERUSALEM, Nov. 2 The Holy Land was in a virtual state of paralysis today as Jews paused for their sabbath and Arabs en- gagged in their traditional general strike on the 29th anniversary of Britains Balour Declaration favor ing a National Home" in Pales- tine for Jews
 Streets of Jerusalem were almost deserted. Shops were all closed, taXicabs were out of sight and traffic was scarce. The only pc des.rians were strollers in the balmy weather A troublesome undercurrent was apparent in both the Jewish and Arab quarters.
 Thousands of Arabs were ex- pected in the old City today for a possible mass meeting in the Mosque areas. Police were taking extra precautions to prevent any procession's developing.
 Palestine Jews have been called to strike from noon to 6 pm. to- morrow and to hold mass meet ings in protest against yesterdays to Cyprus of 1279 Jew ish refugees taken off the ship San Dimitrio as they were trying to enter the country without per mits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-02
COMMUNICATION

NOME, Alaska, October 19- To the Editor of the Daily Alaska En- pire.
 The Associated Press release quoting Governor Gruening's state ment regarding the general election is unquestionably the "epitome of assininity" While Republicans have made substantial gains in the Legislature, some of these gains may be attributed to the prolonged paralysis brought about by almost continual steamship strikes, which have deprived virtually every Alas kan community of essential con- mcdities. The strikes have severe ly injured Alaska's economy and have affected every man, woman and child"
 Here in the Second Division WE HAVE FELT NO EFFECTS OF ANY STRIKES have definitely felt the pressure of the past few years of BUREAUCRATIC DIG TATORSHIP and our campaign was one of enlightenment to every voter the reason for the 1O09o Republican victory in the 2nd Div lSion is because the entire Division is fed up on such tools as the continued Territorial Guard and the unnecessary existence of the Alaska Planning & Development Board. We all knew (every tax payer why the Governor and var ious heads of departments covered this division prior to the elections, but TT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
 Even the Democrats held over in the Senate from this Division are now Republicans - WATCH OUR SMOKE.
 (Signed)
 -C. D. ANDERSON,
 Republican Campaign Manager.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-02

arovik. Bobby Lawrence, Rachel Lillian, Beatrice Bennett, Jessie Annisket and Magdalene Thomas.
 From Juneau to Ketchikan, A. T.. Walker. Dorothy Whitney Ruth Pridedn and Howard Solloway to Petersburg. D. Pettigrew, Don Foster andd Geneva Jankiwiez; from Ketchikan to Wrangell, Han ley Stubblefield, Helen Williamson and R. E. Halverson.
 From Ketchikan to Juneau, Cor don Macdonald and Frank Don alson, from Petersburg to Ketchi- kan Anna Olson from Wrangell 10 Juneau, E. Whitehead and c. Fratter; rom Petersburg, Elef Hen ming and Beverly Teague; from Tulsequah. B G. E. Preston from Sitka. L. O. Alrick, H w. Jensen, Jimmy Laahso, B. Nelson, N. A McEachran Donald Bresster, M.' and Mrs. E. T Morrow and L. S. Alrick.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-11-02
DISASTER AHEAD F STRIKE GOE5
 ON JMA CLAIMS

In an effort to get immediate action on settlement of the mari time strike, the Juneau Merchants Association today sent the follow ing telegram appeal to A. L. Gam son, Manager Alaska Department, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and to all parties who eooperated in having relief ships sent to Alaska:
 Thank you for tireless efforts in effecting release of relief ships to Alaska Also extend thanks to CIO, AFL, and others instrumental in helping alleviate desperate plight of Alaskans. Situation remains des- perate. Ending maritime strike now would avert gloomy Christmas holi-