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Arlington School Board Questions

To the Editor of The Star:
You are to be congratulated upon your ex-
cellent editorial on the test of the legality of
the statute which made possible the eec-
ton OF nonpartisan school board in Arling-
ton County. 1t is dficult>-to believe though
that the present suit has been motivated
by any sense of true public interest on the
part of the old school board. Had that
oeen the case, why would they have waited
until this late date to raise the issue?
Why, moreover, would four members of the
board choose to run for Office under statute
they believed was unconstitutional? Why does
Mr.. Porter permit himself to be quoted in The
Star as unable to discuss who is M1nancing
the old school boards present legal action?
Was not the suit instituted on behalf of selfish
interests whose concern is not the welfare
Of the children of Arlington, but rather the
sabotaging of the er-approved issue of
school improvement bonds?
The voters of Arlington who expressed their
overwhelming approval of the recently elected
school board propose to get the answers to
these questions and expose the ulterior motive
back of the action of the old school board.
E. EVERETT ASHLEY III.
Appreciation From Venezuelan Envoy
To the Editor Of The Star:
It is with deep satisfaction that I have read
the extensive and impartial information, as
well as the editorial published in your impor-
tant daily, about the Venezuelan elections of
December IA.
At time when a noble majority of the
American Republics-yours and mine among
them-are endeavoring to cement with the
strongest ties of understanding a real, pam
American solidarity, it is gratifying and en-
couraging to note that an enlightened sector Of
the United States press is now lending its
valuable contribution towards better knowl-
edge of each other between the countries Of
this continent.
BY publishing truthful information on our
countries, giving fair treatment to their posi-
tive sides but also pointing out the evils wher-
ever they may be, the free press Of the con-
tinent will surely gain deserved credit in the
noble task OF making the Western Hemisphere
q common fatherland tn the hearts of all the
citizens OF the Americas
Again, my sincere congratulations and
thanks. GONZALO CARNEVALI,
Ambassador Of Venezuela.
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Stur Over Bethlehem
Star oUer Bethlehem,

Star oUer Bethlehem,
Why ,Dere you there?
,Das proclatmtng
The long promised Heir.
Star over Bethlehem,
Where did you shine?
Into naanger
Whose light ecltpsed mine.
Star oper Bethlehem,
What did you hear?
Angel-sung paeuns,
Jubilant, clear.
Star ouer Bethlehem,
When did you set?
! am the pole-stdr
OF Christendon yet.
ELOISE WADE HACKETT.
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Peace Throush Christ Alone
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Querulous, in reply to my letter to The Star
of December Is, claims that said nothing new
when 1 said war was costly and created more
problems than it settled that everybody knew
all about the cost of war and the futility of
war and its utter foolishness. Querulous said
his complaint was that I offered no remedy.
AL right, shall offer . remedy and q sure
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Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,oriter, although it is permissible for q
1Driter kno1Dn to The Star to. use
nom de plume Please be briet.
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For the late shopper for Christmas
tree there is the old mathematical formula
to bear in mind: The living room ceiling
is lower than you think.
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plan far-reaching alternatives for the
defense of one of the worlds most crucial
waterways-vital alike to our own and
the hemisphere's safety.
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A Federal planning commission thinks
everybody should 60 to college, as it is
suspected some Al material for the left
guard position never gets out of the mines.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

Modern surgery having failed to cure a
Western burglar of his criminal ways,
nothing remains but the primitive, crude
procedure of amputating his liberty.
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Questions and Answers

A reader get the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 3l6 street E.. washington 2. D. c.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

For once the prophets called the turn,
on the London Big Four meet. Upheld
in every particular was their confidence
that full disagreement could be worked
Evening star., 1947-10-05

THIS WEEKS COVER. Little Village Church." was
painted by Aldro T. Hibbard who almost became pro-
fessiona baseball player instead of artist He was
fine athlete in his youth and had to down tempt
ing pro- offers He's given up the game entirely
Today he Rockport. Mass. and manages the
Rockport Baseball Club. a tough amateur team.
Little Village Church. which hangs in the Grand Gen.
tal Art Galleries New York view of South Windham
tiny Vermont town where MIR. Hibbard winters
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the evening with sense of dread.
That ominous tapping would surely
come again. The motive for it, he
decided, might even be blackmail.
The Taper possibly meant to fright
en- him first, then demand a hush
payment.
Whatever the motive, the Taper
must be caught and confronted. So
in the last hour of twilight Howard
Ross made careful preparations. In
his garage he found sacks of white,
powdery substance, sulphur and
calcium compound used to tighten
garden soil. Bucket by bucket he
carried this to the front of his prem
ises. Lightly he sprinkled it back of
every bush within thirty yards of his
door. He also sifted film of it on
the street walk in front of his house,
on the tagged walk leading to his
porch steps, and on the porch itself.
Even a sparrow, now. would leave
clear track.
lHEN Ross went inside He lighted
his living room to show that he
was at home. There was front VIM
dow just to the left of the door. He
drew down its blind, then folded an
edge of the blind back and pulled
chair to the crack. Gluing his eye
there, he was in a position to observe
anyone who approached along the
street walk.
For a tedious hour he waited, his
ear cooked for sounds, his eye alert
at the curtain crack. Darkness deep
ened outside. An occasional car
passed. but no pedestrians were
abroad on this quiet street. Nine
o'clock passed without any raps at
his door.
The tension of his vigil wearied
Ross; and doubts plagued him.
Could it be that he'd merely mag
ined those taps last night? For
months he'd been used to hearing
them, made by the soft, gentle
knuckles of Eve herself. Did they
now merely resound in his mind?
No - because he could actually
hear them. For at exactly nine-ffteen
the rapping came. On the solid oak
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of his door, although his eye, glued
to the window, could see no one on
the porch.
Tap-Tap :. Tap.
The same perfect cadence! Flash
light in hand, Ross dashed to the
door. opened it and flashed the light
in an arc across his front yard. No
human was in sight. The film of
white powder on his porch was
trackless.
Trackless too we're his steps, his
tagged lawn walk and the concrete
street walk in front of his lot. Ross
covered every square inch of possible
approach. Nowhere had the film of
powder been touched. He moved
from bush to bush, examined every
area in his yard which might con-
ceal lurker. There was no sign any
where. Nothing but that echo still
sounding in his brain: Tap-Tap .
Tap!
1t happened once more before bed
time. But the most devastating
strain on Ross came after he retired.
Not because there were raps on his
door, but because there weren't.
From midnight to dawn he lay sleep
less, listening for sounds which
never came.
Really, Professor Ross" Miss
Marcum exclaimed the next morn
ing, you should take a vacation.
You've been working too hard"
In the classroom. Ross caught
more than few puzzled stares from
his students. They could see he was
haggard, disheveled, and that he
was botching his lectures. One of
his colleagues, old Parsons of Chem
istry, gave him a dig in the ribs:
whats the matter, Howard? Been
out on bat?"
AND that night, at his cottage,
came terrifying succession of rap
pings. A set came about every hour
from dark till midnight. Always in
the cadence used by Eve Langdon.
Then came three nights when
there were no visits at all 1t didn't
help, however, because Ross always
expected them. 1t was nerve-racking
to crouch hour after hour at a crack
in his window blind, waiting for
sounds which never came. He was
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TAP-TAP TAP
Continued from page seren

Hideously, now, he recalled the
last night she'd come here. They
must run away together, she plead
ed. They must burn every bridge.
But Ross, of course, wouldn't. 1t
would wreck his career. He was pro-
fessionally ambitious. He stood high
with the Board of Regents - had in
fact been talked of to succeed to
States presidency whenever old DR..
Langdon should retire. How could
he trade prospect like that for the
fate of a renegade outcast?
No, had been his firm answer to
Eve.
But she couldn't live without him,
she'd pleaded tearfully. She'd kill
herself, she said, if he didn't go away
with her.
He hadn't thought she would. .
But that same night, ten minutes
after leaving him, she'd thrown her
self under the wheels of speeding
truck.
To her husband, to the police, to
the ivied college world, it was just
traffic accident. Only Howard Ross
knew better or at least he'd been
sure that only he knew the truth -
until tonight.
But how could he be sure any
longer?
The cadence of those taps! They
mean, Eve used to say, Love
You. And although her own reason
for the code had been strictly ro-
mantle. Ross himself had seen a
practical need for it. If she came
while he had another visitor. it
would warn him. He would know it
was she who knocked, and so could
delay answering until she'd had time
to retreat. Remembering all that,
Professor Howard Ross tossed rest
lessly on-his bed.
And suddenly, at two in the morn
ing. the tapping came again:
Tap-Tap E. Tap! Ross jumped
up, threw on a robe and dashed to
the door. He opened it. saw no one.
heard no further sound. The dark
void of night Knocked him.
AREN'T you feeling we'll. Professor
Ross?" 1t was little Miss Marcum,
the assistant registrar, inquiring So
licitously as Ross reported for his
duties next day.
Quite all right" Ross said curtly.
But he didn't. He hadn't slept a
wink. Anyone could see. of course,
that he looked and felt like the devil.
All day he kept nervous watch
for some furtive, derisive look, or
some challenging word from whom
ever was responsible for his night of
torment. But everyone seemed quite
sincere. At noon there was faculty
luncheon, over which DR.. Langdon
presided, and all present treated
Ross quite as usual. 1t was the same
with students in the class rooms, and
with everyone he exchanged mods
with on the campus.
Still, Howard Ross went home in
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Seven dietary essentials-including
three B vitamins, minerals, protein,
Evening star., 1947-10-05

food-energy. Famous training dish.
Second helping good, too with
milk and fruit Had your Wheafies
today? breakfast of Champions.
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Congress Heights
Presbyterian Church.
To Open Tomorrow

The new Congress Heights Pres
byterian Church, South Capitol and
Chesapeake streets s.W, will be
formally opened at 3 pm. tonnor-
row. The church is Colonial in style
and the first unit has seating
capacity of around 400.
The cornerstone will be put IN
place, containing the names OF lSo
charter members.
Participating in the service Will
be the Rev. John Bailey Kelly, the
Rev. irving w. Ketchum, the Rev.
Alfred E. Barrows, the Rev. Ralph
K. Merker and other ministers from
the Presbytery of Washington City
under whose sponsorship this pro-
gram of church extension was In
augurated.
Remarks will be made by Charles
Clayton, chairman of the Building
Committe of Washington City
Presbytery, and by John Martin OF
Martin Bros, builders of the church.
Greetings will be brought by the
Rev. j. M. McCauley of the Con-
gress Heights Methodist Church,
and the congregation will be rep
resented by George j. Albert, pres
ident of the board of trustees, and
Clay B. Morrison, clerk Of session.
Oficiating at the placing of the
cornerstone will be the Rev. Horace
Lukens of Vienna, Va, moderator
of Washington City Presbytery.
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ty-f1rst street Rev. M. M. Perkins.
and Wisconsin avenue. The hill on
which the church stands was once
known as "Brickyard HILL" and the
church was called "the Church on
the Hill"
Initial efforts to start an Epis-
copal mission in Georgetown was
made about 1850 by three vestry-
men of st. Johns Church, George
town. They were Messrs. Ritten-
house, Ridgely and Thomas, who
began holding services in private
homes. About year later a small
frame chapel was erected on the
present church property where to-
day a granite cross, placed there
in memory of the World War I
heroes, now stands. The chapel
served as a place of worship and
as a day school during the week.
About 1857 the Rev. Henderson
Suter took charge of the mission
and organized Sunday school. He
was assisted by several students
at the Alexandria Theological Sem
mary serving as lay readers.
The present English Gothic
church, set well back from the street
at the end of well-kept lawn hav-
ing clipped shrubs and beautiful
flowers, was a gift of Gov. Henry
d. Cooke, first governor of the
District and brother of the f1nan-
cia1 wizard, Jay Cooke. The cor
nerstone was laid in 1866. The first
service was held Easter Sunday
1867. The Rev. j. Eastburn Brown,
rector from 1863-70, officiated.
With the coming of the Rev
Thomas o. Tongue as rector in jan
uary, 1899, the parish of 300 COM
municants became independent.
The work was increased during the
pastorate of the Rev. George Howell,
who came in 1892. The present rec
tory was built during the rectorship
of the Rev. Obre r. Bourne.
The parish has changed radically
in the years since the turn OF the
century. Today factories and busi-
ness places occupy situations once
studded with spacious lawns and
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French Services Sunday
AT St. Johns Church

The Rev. Andre Poulain, pastor OF
the Protestant church at Dieppe,
France, will be the guest preacher
at the French service at st. Johns
Episcopal Church at 4 pm. ton1or-
row. Mr.. Poulain Is already known
to the local French congregation,
having supplied the pulpit several
times in the early part of 1910. He
will speak tomorrow Of his wartime
experiences. He will also preach at
II am.
This service will be the last before
the summer suspension. It will be
followed at 5 pm. by the annual
meeting of the congregation, at
which some announcements affecting
the future of the French church
will be made by the Rev. DR.. Florian
Vurpillot, honorary pastor.
There will be holy communion with
sermon by the Rev. Oscar de Wolf
Randolph at 8 pm. He will also
preach at a memorial service for
the Daughters Of 1872 at 2:30 pm.
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comfortable old houses. Many OF
the families have moved away, but
large numbers still retain their
membership in Grace Church.
Many of the communicates today,
members of the church from more
than SO years, link the past and
the present. Mrs. Mary Baker at
86 years of age records IA OF them
as part of the Grace Church family.
Others are Charles T. Baker, hus-
band of Mrs. Baker; Mrs. Lula
Balinger, Mrs. Lillian Benton, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles F. Hungtington,
Mrs. Lula King, William A. E.
McShea, Mrs. Emory Nicholson, MIR.
and Mrs. Frank Rabbit, Mrs. Neva
Scheer, Mrs. Virginia Schutt, Mrs.
Mary Swami and Mrs. Nohre Wehn.
Mr., McShea, former commits
sioner for Arlington County, served
many years as vestryman. In the
Sunday school Miss Ruth Turner
and Miss Gladys Turner have been
scholars and teachers for more than
80 years.
Rectors following Mr.. Bourne were
the Revs. Kemper Bocock, Edward
D. johnson, w. M. Pettis, Walter
Williams, George Atkinson, Henry
L. Durrant and William T. Rey-
nolds.
The Rev. M. Mills Perkins will OBJ
serve his Goth anniversary as rector
of the church tomorrow. He came
here upon graduation from the
Episcopal Theological Seminary at
Alexandria, Va. He originally came
in 1919, to work in the Internal
Revenue Bureau, leaving later to
enter the ministry. During the
early years of his pastorate, 1927
81, he served as private secretary
to the late Bishop James E. Free
man.
He Is member of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches and of
the Masons. He has a daughter,
Mrs. Benjamin Jock of Plattsburg,
m. Y, and two sons, Raymond D.
Perkins of Clintonville, N. Y, and
Richard E. Perkins, with the United
States Army in the Aleutian Is
lands. His wife died some years
ago. Mr.. Perkins lives at the rec
tory, 1041 Wisconsin avenue NV.
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By Cospor Names

Grace Episcopal Church, George
town, is constant reminder to
passersby of a period long since
gone.
The church at 1899 Wisconsin
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liam o. Carruthers, secretary-treas-
urer, and Senator John j. Spark
man, teacher.
The Vaughn Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church will hold a memo
rial service tomorrow. Mrs. Brooks
Hayes will teach the Burial Glass.
The Douglass Glass of Epworth
Methodist Church elected Mrs.
Katherine Bodmer as president. The
Hummer Memorial Glass elected
Mrs. Mary Fudge, president; Mrs.
Thelma McConkey, Mrs. Ruth Nida,
vice presidents; Miss Millicent
Karslake, recording secretary; Mrs.
Mamie Sennewald, Miss Nora
Shenk, assistants; Miss Minnie Up
dixie, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Bessie Peverill, treasurer; Mrs. Nys-
sic Jarvis, assistant; Mrs. Marie
Kagey, teacher; Mrs. Ora H. Lusby
and Mrs. Ethel Daley, assistants.
The Cove G. johnson Couples
Glass will hold its annual banquet
I at National Baptist Memorial
Church on Wednesday. The Rev.
DR.. James H. Miers, pastor, Fourth
Presbyterian Church, will speak.
Stanton Pitcher will be the guest
speaker at the Harrison Bible Glass
of st. Luke's Methodist Church.
The Soper Mems Bible Glass OF
Lewis Memorial Methodist Church
elected r. c. Lawrenson, president;
Harold H. Kirk, vice president;
William D. Gross, secretary; Walter
r. Bauguess, treasurer, and the Rev.
G. Custer Cromwell, teacher.
DR.. Howard Dawson will speak
to the Clyde Kelly Class of Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church.
The Potomac Ladies Bible Glass
of Potomac Methodist Church
elected Mrs. William Lynch. presi-
dent; Mrs. James Burkhardt, vice
president; Mrs. A. M. Worsham, sec
retary, and Mrs. Francis Collins,
treasurer. The Rev. Gloyd Allls is
teacher.
The Trinity Mems Class of Trinity
Methodist Church will have Frank
Mimmel as guest speaker.
| Norman Sandridge will teach the
Templemen's Bible Glass OF Temple
Baptist Church.
The Rev. F. Paul Harris, pastor
of Eldhrooke Methodist Church, Will
install the following officers OF the
Friendship Class: Mrs. George Delhi,
president; Mrs. Mary Baum, Mrs.
I'D. S. Southworth, vice presidents;
Mrs. Arthur L. Evans, jr., recording
secretary: Mrs. D. E. Wisecarver,
membership secretary; Mrs. Carl
Hofmann, treasurer; Mrs. Paul
Sanders, pianist, and Mrs. A. w.
Oliphant, assistant.
The Box Glass of Emory Metho-
dist Church elected George w. Good
win, .jr., president; H. A. Parsons
vice president: Lee B. Wilson, regis
trar: w. Reid Brande. secretary;
Victor B. Bonney, treasurer; Harper
l.. Garrett, teacher; William B.
Mauger and Edwin F. Dick, assist
ants.
The Calvary Mems Bible Glass will
be taught tomorrow by Edwin Dice.
Willis C. Brown, office of educa-
ton, will speak to the Fellowship
Glass of Chevy Chase Methodist
Church.
Senator Clyde Hoey of North
Carolina will be the guest teacher
for the Vaughan Glass OF Calvary
Baptist Church tomorrow morning.
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Groce Lutheran Church

Grace Lutheran Church will honor
Whit Sunday, or Pentecost. Mathis
at $50 am. will be resumed and
the II am. morning worship service
continued as always. Beginning to-
morrow the evening service will be
omitted. DR.. Gerhard Lenski will
preach at both $50 and II am. on
What Kind Of Church?"
At I pm. the young people will
be addressed by former Senator
Gerald p. Nye of North Dakota on
THE Chaos Called Europe"
The Brotherhood will meet Mon
day at 8 pm. when Joseph T.
Fiekne, in charge of Alaskan affairs
in the Department of Interior, will
speak ON Young Man, Go to
Alaska"
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Plon Victory Sunday
AT NutionuI Christiol,

s Victory Sunday viii be held at the
National City Christian Church
where the congregation will seek to
raise $25, 600 for It's building fund.
DR.. J. Warren Hastings will speak
on Entrusted With Power
From 1 to s pm. there viii be
victory tea in honor OF all new
members who have united with the
church since January !, 1916. AL
the members Of the congregation
are invited. II viii be served in the
social hall, 1903 Vermont avenue
NV. Mrs. Marjorie Keim is gen.
era1 chairman.
At Z pm. in the social hall the
Young Adult Fellowship will present
q special program for contributions
for the building fund. Speakers
will be Dr.. Hastings. the Rev.
Leslie Bowers, jr., and Miss Bernece
MoEer.
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Methodist omen
|Of Christian Service
VIII Meet W Wednesday

Mrs. Franklin Reed. world presi-
dent OF Methodist Women, will be
the principal speaker on Presidents
Day Of the Woman's Society OF
Christian Service Of the Methodist
Church, which opens at 1880 am.
Wednesday at the River Road Meth
odist Church. She will speak at
the afternoon session.
The Rev. r. Paul Harris, pastor,
will conduct the devotions, followed
by greetings by Mrs. George w.
Bichng, jr, the president. Presi-
dents Of the various societies Will
speak.
The afternoon session viii open at
q O'Clock. Mrs. Thomas r. Law will
give the closing prayer.
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Organized
Bible Classes
By Dr. Pooe Mex. Etchison

The Graham Couples Glass OF
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church will have Ralph L. Lewis,
program secretary, YMCA, as
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He had sent His
prophet . ts to
them. But still
they d
Him and houted
His clear moral
laws.
With q clear
co m mission to
be His peculiar
people, Jehovah
had established
the sons of
Abraham in the
Land OF Prom
ise. The condi-
ton was that
fhav should be
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Church Officers Seated

At the organization meeting OF
the mems group Of the Chevy Chase
Methodist Church the following ofii-
GERS were elected: President, Francis
q. Cole; lst vice president, William
e. Gilmore: second vice president,
Freeman N. Stricklin: secretary,
Raymond L. Suppes, and treasurer,
Harry A. Jager.
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A Lesson
For the Week
By WiIlion I. Ellis

with infinite patience and for
giyeness, God had borne with the
backslidings Of Israel. He had Tor
given them times without number.
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ALBRIGHT Memorial

Memorial Sunday will be observed
at Albright Memorial Church to-
morrow. At II am. the new altar
vases will be dedicated. The vases
are presented by the Altar Circle.
It will also be Son and Daughter
Day at Albright Church as part of
the family month program.
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avenue NV. Is
situated on a
small hill over
looking the Po-
tonac River In
what was once
k n o W n ! a S
Peters Square. J"
Th e SOU a r e,
named after the
Peter family of
Ge org e t o W n,
consisted of six
large city lots
b e t W e en- the
canal and the
river and Thir-
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Sucot SCoSaiSA .
DR.. Kermit Eby /,
educational re-
search director.
CLIO, will be the
guest speaker at
the Forum.
The S p a r k
man Bible Glass
of H a Min e
M e ho d / S t
Church elected
George M. Jack
son. president;
Cedric O. Reyn-
olds, George n.
Helmers, vi c e
presidents; VIII