Evening star., 1947-03-23

campus, she was one of his fellow
students in history and politics.
Married the fall after their grad
uation, their partnership all along
( the way of his advancing political
career has continued to be sig
/ nificant one. Each shares the others
major interests and those OF their
family of five children-one daugh-
ter and four sons. "HoranS regl-
ment" is the nickname which the
boys early acquired from their
father.
Society, in the usual conception
of the term as it exists in the Ma
tional Capitals tast-moving Whlrl.
interests the Horans only upon the
rare occasions when it brings to the
foreground some long range view
point of mutual interest. But as
the poised helpmate who campaigns
with her husband and is greatly
sought after as a speaker by wom-
ems farm and professional groups
and high school gatherings of young
people, popular Sally Horan is genu-
inely interested in every human re-
! lations angle which affects her hus-
bands district.
In fact, she is the avid reader of
all of their home papers and lets
no vital item of local or Statewide
interest escape her busy husbands
attention. In addition to his chair
manship of the District Appropria-
tions Committee, he is also a men,
ber of the important House Sub
committee on Agricultural Appro-
priations and also of the subcom-
mittee' that makes appropriations
for the Departments of State, JUS
tice, Commerce and for the Judici-
ary.
Reflected in all the facets of their
varied home life at 2729 Daniels
road, Chevy Chase, Md, is Mrs.
Horan's inner serenity of spirit. 1t
should qualify her for a special cita-
ton in the American mother class.
Competent Youngsters.
Beloved and looked up to by her
own family group and adopted by
all of the regiments" neighborhood
pals, is youthful looking "Gammie,"
Mrs. Horans mother, who is Mrs.
William Scott Campbell She is
one of the most important members
in this exceedingly vigorous and
stimulating household.
In this big family unexpected
guests do not complicate the gen.
eral picture. They are simply ab-
sorbed in already established rou-
tines, which they find pleasant and
agreeable.
The Horan youngsters are COM
pletely self-sustaining family unit.
Kathleen, or Kaye, the daughter
of the family and Junior at Rad
cliffe, who always makes the deans
list, has been an experienced cook
and homemaker since she was 9.
She holds her own with the regi-
ment' in basket ball and it's other
athletic adventures.
Every single one of the Horan
boys, from Michael and Scott on
down the line, qualities on his own,
too, as a good camp cook. With
teamwork from the others, each can
take over and run the household
when necessity requires. The two
younger boys, Harold and Walt, his
fathers namesake, do efficient jobs
of policing their rooms before they
start for school.
In the good old American traoi-
ton of big families, the regiment
studies its lessons around the dining
room table. Mrs. Horan, "Gammie, :"
or father, occasionally, "proctors'
for the necessary zone of silence.
Time out is always granted for spe-
cific information requests. Lately,
father has been bringing home busy
work" of his own on which he makes
headway during ''the study hall
period"
The rule of seniority usually holds
in "the regiments" ranks as to who
has first CO. at the sports and
comic sections of the newspaper.
Walt, jr., has found his own, un-
challenged way around this. He
simply gets up 30 minutes earlier
than his brothers on weekdays and
Sundays, which gives him undis-
turbed possession of the field. Could
it be there is something in a name
after all?
Many Club Interests.
The Horans make their home in
Washington State on 220-acre
fruit farm. which Representative
Horan's father pioneered in bring
ing back from sage brush domina-
ton at the confluence of the Wena-
| tchee and the Columbia Rivers.
In transplanting their family to