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Evening star., 1948-05-10
Sacred Music Concert SET
Friday at Constitution Hall

A concert OF sacred music by the
Bridgewater (Va.) College Glee
Clubs will be held at $3.50 pm. Fri
day at Constitution Hall under the
sponsorship of the Homebuilders'
Bible Glass Of the Washington City
Church of the Brethren, Fourth
street and North Carolina avenue
Sc.
The program will be for the bene-
fit of World Wide Relief through
Church World Service, combined
agency Of Protestant churches in
America for relief abroad.
The clubs have sung at banquets
and in church programs throughout
Virginia, West Virginia, North Car
olina and Florida. They are directed
by Prof. Nelson D. Huffman.
Tickets may be obtained at Ever
hart's Jewelry Store, 1917 H street
NV; at the church Office, 337 North
Carolina avenue Sc, or by mail
from Mrs. Louise Smith, 405 E.
Mason avenue, Alexandria, Va.
Evening star., 1948-05-10

said. This roof has leaked since 1t
was built and keep the plaster in
three classrooms soggy and dirty.
Playground Is Small.
The school has O small play
ground which allows less than Is
square feet per child. DR.. Warner
said that even 20 years ago the
recommended area for a playground
was so square feet per child.
In several respects, Hine is better
off than its counterpart for colored
children, Terrell. Enrolment is
about $50, slightly under capacity.
AS a result classes are not crowded.
Hine also is getting q new inside
paint job at present.
But it is still an ancient build
ing and we need new one in order
to give the children the education
they deserve" DR.. Warner said.
Congress has appropriated $29 400
for plans. But the new building,
which probably will run close to $2,-
100000, is not in sight yet, mainly
because the replacement OF present
schools is not being pushed, vigor-
ously at least, by school officials in
face of more urgent problems.
Washington has danger spots" as
far as the school officials are con-
Evening star., 1948-05-10

day will be the Rhythm Twisters,
and demonstration groups will In.
clude the Thomson Center Square
Dance Group, Potomac Appalachian
Trail Club, Polish Folk Dance
Group, Foundry Group, Kentucky
Running Set, Southern Appalachian
Group, Baltimore Square Dance
Group, Washington Folk Dance
Group and the Allemande Letters.
On Saturday the Arlington Home
steaders will be the Introductory
orchestra, and the following organ
izations will perform: Balance and
Swingers, Wesley Heights Promen-
aders, Bethesda Square Dance
Group, Ukranian Choral Group,
Washington Highlands Square
Dance Group, the Sixth Promen-
aders and the Swedish Folk Dance
Group. Miss Maureen T. McCor.
mack will perform an Irish dance.
At the end of each evenings per-
formance all present will be invited
to join in square dancing.
Evening star., 1948-05-10

asphalt in another and wood in the
remainder.
Railways crisscross in every d.
rection. Classrooms are used as
thoroughfares to get from one Sec
ton of the building to another.
Over the old portions is "barnlike'
attic. unused but a definite fire
hazard, DR.. Warner said.
Fire Escapes Outside.
Fire escapes are the old outside
type. Most of them must be reached
through windows. Cardboard signs
in red lettering and with arrows
are scattered over the welter of cor
ridors to point out the windows
where fire escapes are handy.
The girls gymnasium is in the
basement of one old section. 1t is
small and dark, having small win
doWs on only one side. The plaster
is falling in number of places.
The boys gymnasium is in the new
section joining the elementary
school to the other buildings. Al
though fairly modern. the acoustics
are so bad that a constant din is
created by the boys.
This particular section started out
to be three stories high, but some
how was stopped at two with Stag
roof thrown across it, DR.. Warner
Evening star., 1948-05-10
1S Groups Will Participate
In D. {. Folk Dance Festival

Eighteen folk dancing and musi-
cal groups will participate in the
District Recreation Departments
Washington Folk Festival at BIS
pm. Friday and Saturday, the de-
partment has announced.
The two-day festival will be held
in the Roosevelt High School gym
nasium. Miss Cynthia Moore and
Bernard Frank will be mistress and
master of ceremonies.
The Introductory orchestra Fri
Evening star., 1948-05-10
Colombian Will Study
District VitoI Statistics

Jaime Vergara, for the past nine
years secretary to the Veneral Dis
ease Division. Ministry Of Public
Health, Bogota, Colombia, has been
assigned for a month to study with
the Bureau of Vital Statistics of
the District Health Department, it
was announced today.
The program under which Mr..
Vergara is studying is under the di-
rection of the Once of International
Vital Statistics Cooperation Pro-
gram OF the Federal Security
Agency. He has been in this country
since October, 1947 and has visited
several other large city departments
throughout the United States.
Evening star., 1948-05-10

cerned and they present startling
problems to DR.. Corning and the
Board of Education.
Just how startling was revealed
last week by q population study COM
pleted by Dr.. Carl E. Hansen and
A. Kiger Savoy, associate school
superintendents. This study showed
that by 1852 an additional 27.000
elementary children will be in the
District schools and 1t will take an
additional 750 teachers to handle
them.
The House Appropriations Sub
committee found it bad enough dur
ing testimony on the school budget
to throw In two new 24-room ele-
mentary schools for Southeast
Washington. It is out in Southeast
that the problem Is becoming acute
more rapidly because of the boom
in housing.
One requirement found was for a
new Stanton Elementary School at
Naylor road and Alabama avenue
Sc. The present school now houses
more than 500 pupils. But in the
immediate area of the school are
/ .292 children under s years of age
who will be enrolling at that school.
And nearly 800 new dwelling units
are going up right now in that
area.
Plans for Oxon Run.
The second was for a new ele-
mentary school in the vicinity OF
Oxon Run Sc. to avoid swamping
the two in that area now. The
Congress Heights and the Patter-
son Elementary Schools can &C
commodate . total Of 1,4O0 chill
dren. When the Oxon Run school
is built, it will add accommodations
for another $50 children to total
1880.
But. because of new construction
in the area, the enrolment by 1852
will be $500, leaving the three
schools still unable to handle all
the children except on q part-time
basis.
DR.. Hansen said three further
surveys were under way on other
danger spots.
The areas, which have expanded
rapidly, are those covered by
the Randle Highlands Elementary
School in Southeast Washington,
the Keene and Rudolph Elementary
Schools in the northern section OF
the city near North Capitol street,
and the Lafayette and Janney Ele-
mentary Schools in Northwest
Washington.
Dwelling Construction Rapid.
There are others, particularly In
the northeast and southeast sec
tions, where construction OF dwell
ing units has been rapid.
And where does that leave Hine
and Terrell Junior High School as
far as getting new and adequate
buildings is concerned?
DIR. Corning summed the situation
by saying that he considered the
schools should be replaced-def1-
nitely-but they couldn't be replaced
very well while these danger spots
were growing. A school official
could not, in good faith, urge too
strongly that the two schools be re-
placed when there are some Sec
tions of town without schools at
all-or with overcrowded schools.
The conclusion is that as bad as
the situation may be at Hine ana
Terrell, it just isn't bad enough.
Evening star., 1948-05-10
Hodge -Podge Structure OF Hine Junior High -
Shows Why School Officials Want to Rebuild
Auditorium Closed
At 61-Yeor-OId Unit
By Fire Standards
By Colt HendIey, Jr..

. The 61-year- -old Hine Junior
High School, which school officials
want to replace with modern
huilding, is a hodge-podge structure
composed of an old high school and
An old elementary school joined by
two comparatively new sections.
: Like Terrell Junior High School,
which was discussed yesterday,
Hine also had its third-f1oor audi
forum closed down because 1t did
hot come up to the new fire safety
standards.
( This auditorium has four doors
but the way to an outside fire es-
cape is through a classroom and
out Of q window on one side and
through several claSsrooms and
halls on the other. Until major
construction changes-new exits,
dreproofing of walls and ceilings
and inclosing of Stairways-are
made, the auditorium will stay
closed. Two other old schools.
Sumner Elementary School and the
Bell Vocational High School. have
their auditoriums padlocked for the
same reasons.
spirit Pretty Well Wrecked"
: School spirit Is pretty well
wrecked when you have to operate
without assemblies and all the other
activities which need an auditorium, !"
Or. Harold E. Warner, principal,
says.
: The schools annual spring show
was put on this year, but in another
school. Normally a success, attend
ance this year was OFF 30 per cent,
pr Warner said.
/. School officials are anxious to re-
place Hine-as they are anxious to
have a new building for Terrell
but because of danger spots in
the city where new dwelling units
are mushrooming, the Hine and
Terrell requirements have low pri-
ority. School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing has repeated many times that
the problem Of providing schools
Tor sections where the expanding
population Is finding no schools or
few schools must be met first.
:. Just how much of problem Is
facing DR.. Warner and his teaching
staff at Hine?
Custodial Job Magnified.
: The school was built in 1887 at
Seventh and c streets Sc. and
served as the old Eastern High
School until 1923. A wing was add
Cd in 1923 to give more classrooms.
In 1882 another section was added
which joined the original buildings
with the old Towers Elementary
School, on the same plot of land.
. Thus, DR.. Warner has under his
jurisdiction building that rambles
IN an l. shape and has four sec
lions of varying construction and
age. The custodial staff's work is
tnagnified by the age of the school.
Tiled floors are in one section,
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Businessmen S Group
Asks CIarification Of
Personal Property Tax

The Federation Of Businessmen s
Associations today placed before the
Commissioners request that regu-
lations for the personal property
tax form be clarified and printed
copies distributed, after public
hearings.
In a resolution offered at a meet
ing last night in the American Sc
curity g. Trust Co., by Louis Frick,
secretary, the federation declared
the present few paragraphs OF in
struction on the forms insufficient
for the businessman. The group
asked that regulations be announced
by the Commissioners after public
hearings and then printed in full,
either on the blanks or in pamphlet
form.
Special Meeting Authorized.
The federation also authorized
Jack Blank, president, to call a
special meeting of the Board of Di-
rectors, with power to act for the
entire group, should the Capital
Transit Co. apply for a fare in
crease during the summer recess of
federation general meetings and of
other business and civic groups.
Max Schwartz was named to the
Chest Agency Research Committee
of the United Community Serv-
ices, which was to meet at 4 pm.
today at Community Chest Fedora
ton headquarters, 1101 M street
NV. Delegates named to the gen.
eral assembly of the UCS we're Mr..
Frick and Jerome Mckee.
In other actions, the federation
requested that parking be allowed
on the east side of Wisconsin ave-
nue. during morning rush hours and
on the west side in the evening,
and recommended installation of
parking meters on M street NV,
from Twenty ninth street to Key
Bridge.
Schwartz to Head Outing.
Mr.. Schwartz, John L. c. Sullivan
and G.. Leslie Schafer were ap-
pointed to nominate officers at the
September meeting. 81 Seibert was
named chairman of the federation's
annual dinner to be held in October,
when elections will be held. Mr..
Schwartz also will be in charge Of
Evening star., 1948-06-17

University Law School, last night.
At a dinner given in his honor
at the Dodge Hotel by the Inter-
American Bar Association, Dean
Horack pointed out that up until
the present time most schools here
did not know what to do with a
student from Latin America or how
to evaluate his scholastic credits.
He said that it was only recently
learned that the Pan American
Union and the United States Bu-
reau Of Education can tell what
credits are worth from the stand
point of requirements for admis-
sion
Dean Horack will leave June "a
for a tour of South America to
visit schools.
Evening star., 1948-06-17

the annual August 20 outing on the
S. S. Potomac, when Miss Fedora
ton" will be chosen.
In a brief talk, Paul Strachan,
president of the Committee on the
Physically Handicapped, urged en-
ployers to give the physically
handicapped a break" and hire
them on their own merits.
Evening star., 1948-06-17

lying in the 400 block Of H street
NV. He was described as 5 feet 10
inches tall and weighing $50 pounds.
The man was wearing . blue shirt.
red sweater, white sweatshirt and
brown shoes. said police. He is
about IS years old and has gray
hair
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Dean Horuck Outlines
Student Exchange Plan

A plan for the exchange of law
students from Latin American coun-
tries was outlined by Prof. Claude
Horack. former dean of the Duke
Evening star., 1948-06-17
Identity Of Man Found
Lyinq in Street SOUGHT

Police today were seeking to
identify an elderly man admitted to
Gallinger Hospital early today with
head injuries.
They said the patient was found
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-06
WILMINGTON DOLLAR
DAY FEBRUARY II
tcOntinued from nrst page)

Contrary to the idea held in some
quarters that Dollar DAYS" are
confined to the offering of articles
OF wearing apparel and adorn-
ment, the sale extends through the
entire range of retail merchandise.
covering articles for home, garden
or car as we'll as clothing for the
entire household. The range ex-
tends from handkerchiefs to hoes
and hose; from shoes to shovels:
from pans to pants; from kitchen.
equipment to kiddies clothing. and
so on through the whole range.
For weeks cooperating mer-
chants have been planning drastic
reductions in the prices of their
regular stocks and securing the
wholesale markets for seasonal
bargains in preparation for the
event. Cooperating stores will be
designated by show cards bearing
the copyrighted emblem Of the
Chamber, and the legend Official
Dollar Day. Auspices Retail Mer-
chan,s' Section, Chamber of Com
merce," with smaller cards, SINH
larly imprinted, as price cards in
side the stores.
John r. LambsOn, chairman.
stresses the fact that the DOLLAR
Day will be held on that date,
rain or shine, and under no cir
cumstances will Dollar Day mer-
chandise be available at any other
time. The committee includes. in
addition to Mr. Lambson, E. T. AL
len, David Bfaunstein, Manuel Co
hen, E. B. Dulmage, A. ]. Fisher,
Ebert D. Griffenberg, Francis A.
Harvey, George C. Kaehn, Jr., c.
Frank LattOmus, Joseph Lazarus,
F. Ray Phillips, George w. Powell,
Arthur Tuckerman, William w.
Storm and Section Chairman How
ard r. Collins.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-06

AS these babies grow up. there
will be a further demand for cloth
ing, bicycles, children's publica-
tons, musical instruments and
toys. Therefore, when a baby is
born into the world, it not only
causes a demand for baby supplies
but through the years it Should
develop a demand for things used
by young people, adults and so on.
throughout life.
WHO ARE HAVING CHILDREN?
Children per Sc need not be an
asset to a nation: it all depends
upon whose children these are and
into what they are to develop.
China, India, and other nations do
not need more children at the pres
ent time. Probably one of the best
things that the United States could
export to China today would be
cOntraceptives accompanied by
nurses showing how they could be
used. This might also apply to
social work amongst the poorest
groups even in the United States
The children of middle class fam
lies are great asset to the ma
ton. This will especially become
true as the nation becomes more
interested in decentralization Ger
tain states Ia the Central West with
tremendous production possibili-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-06
Change Reported
In Death Causes
COOntlnuea from nrsu Daasl

Based on recent records, an av-
erage of one person dies every 16
minutes as a result of home ac-
cident. In addition, one person is
permanently disabled every seven
seconds.
According to the Vital Statistics
Division of the State Board Of
Health, there we're 1877 accidental
deaths in Delaware during the past
IS months excluding motor vehicle
accidents. Occupational deaths
numbered 20, public deaths such as
drowning, freezing, and sunstroke
resulted in 81 fatalities, and home
accidents due mainly to falls.
burns and explosions, firearms,
pOisOnings, and suffOcatiOn were
the cause of 81 deaths in Delaware
last year.
A survey conducted by the Home
Demonstration Clubs throughout
the state during 1947 reveals that
falls are the major cause of injur-
les on the farm. The Sc Delaware
farm families who participated in
the project found that steps were
the cause of the largest number of
falls-broken steps, uneven steps,
poor lighting, lack of a hand rail,
and carrying too heavy load while
descending the steps,
The other chief causes of falls
reported were falling over objects
around the house, slipping on wax
ed floors or wet linoleum, falling
off ladders around the house, and
tripping over the door strip in a
poorly lighted closet.
Ten women we're injured by
falling into holes around the back
yard, sand several slipped on icy
pavements. The highest percent
age of falls around the barn were
from the hay loft and tractor.
The time to prevent an accident
is NOW-befOre it happens, warns
the State Board of Health. Nearly
all home accidents can be prevent
ed. Parents and adults in every
home have the responsibility to
see that safe conditions are pro-
vided and maintained and that
safe practices are followed.
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ties are in especial need of more
marriages and more babies at the
present time.
LIFE EXPECTANCY INCREASING
The value of education depends
largely upon the length of life of
the individual. When people lived
on an average of only fOrty-fve
years, 1t was much more expensive
to spend money on education than
1t is today when they live an aver
age of sixty-five years. Hence. a
baby is worth more today than it
ever was, and it is much more
profitable today for parents to in
vest money in the education and
good health of children.
A longer life expectancy should
cause a greater demand for goods
of quality, that is, longer lasting
goods. Services for older people
should increase, and new indus
tries develop in connection with
homes for aged people, better hous-
ing, balanced food diets. increas-
ed recreatiOnal facilities, greater
travel, adult education, and the
warmer sections of the country
which older people will seek. With
continued newspaper advertising
these new babies will demand the
latest in houses, appliances, and
entertainment. Children are ma
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-06

lures insurance policies. Gods
plan was that we should put our
savings into children and land. de-
pending upon these to take care of
us in our old age. Those who are
interested in a further study of
this question should write Donald
B. Woodward, Vice President of
the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, Of New York City.
PUTTING CHILDREN TO WORK
I wish these new babies could he
trained under the apprentice svs-
TEN of years ago. Even compuls0rv
and organized sports tend to de-
crease individual self employment
Parents truly interested in their
children should work to have the
State and Federal laws revised nerS
hitting children to go to work
younger.
The children who have chores To
do at home are the best in tbeiT
studies at school. All children
should have employment during the
summer and to do work about tbe
home or the farm or the. Office even
while attending school II also
helps young people to select their
life work if they have had actual
experience with farming maniac
turing, selling, etc. So much for
marriage and babies!
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1948-02-06
Old-Time Basketeers
Will Play Monday
continued from mrs, page,

Prettyman, Newell Isaacs, Chuck
Wright, Horace Wiley, Jake RoOsa,
Ken Lambert, Skeet Thistlewood,
Walt HOyt, and Frank Sapp, among
others. Competing against these
stars of yesteryear will be a more
youthful array comprising Bruce
Alden, Bill Watson, Irv Bowls, Bud
dy Belts Chuck Hammond, Jack
Allen and Stan Carter.
The "Old Timers Reserve game
will be one part of triple-header,
which also includes games between
the Milford Blue Hens and the Eel
ton girls team, and the Milford
Vets and the FELTON, Vets. The Mil
ford Vets will be endeavoring to
better their position in the Mar
Del League standings at the expen-
Sc of the visiting FELTON, club; in a
previous game between these two
'. F. W.-spOnsOred rivals, Milford
eked out a 1888 win. Monday eve
ning's girls game will also be a
repeat performance. the Blue Hens
having beaten their FELTON, rivals
on two previous occasions this sea-
son.
Next Thursday evening, Feb. II,
the Vets will go to Chestertown,
Md, to meet the league-leading
Chestertown Legionnaires. In ear
ly January, the Vets defeated
ChestertOwn, 40-37, in an upset"
here on the local court and the Le-
gionnaires will be out for revenge
on their larger home court; quite a
few Milford fans are believed to be
planning to make the trip to Ches-
tertown for the return meeting Of
these bitter rivals.
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Vets Training School
Opens Here Tonight

state Department adjUtant and SER
vice officer, will meet with the
adjUtants and service officers of
the various posts, and Dave Able
man, State Department quarter
master, will instruct post quar-
termasters. Other Department of
Delaware and district officers will
be present and take an active role
The state commander has urged
all Delaware posts to be repre-
sented at Friday evenings school
session" as session of this ma
ture is much needed due to the
rapid growth of the V. F. d. dur
ing the past two years.
Milford was selected as the To-
Gale for Fridays school due to
the fact that this community is ac-
cessible from all parts of the state
and also because cOmmunity-sup-
port of V. F. W.-spOnsOred activi
ties has gained for Milford trecog-
milton as being a Veteran Consci-
Gus Community" Arrangements
for Fridays meeting were made BY
Lloyd w, Ricards for the Depart
ment of Delaware; DR.. James R.
West for the host Blue Hen Post.
and David S. Hugg for the special
events committee of the V. F. w.
Blue Hen Post will hold its reg
ular meeting next Tuesday evening.
February 10, at the Hotel Windsor
at p. m. More spacious post quar-
ters have been made available by
the hotel management and the post
membership is currently engaged
In remOdeling and decorating the
new larger meeting quarters. Mat
tiers of vital interest to all mem
bers will be discussed at Tuesday
evenings meeting and all members
are being urged to attend.
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NOTICE!

Notice is hereby given that Let
tiers Testamentary were in due
form of law granted unto the un-
dersigned, on the End day of Feb
ruary, A. d. 1948, and that all per-
sons having claims against the es-
tate of the deceased must present
the same, duly attested, to the said
Freeman ]. Bennett and The Mil
ford Trust Company, Executors of
the estate of Horace E. Bennett. de-
ceased, on or before the End day of
February, 1949, or abide the Act
of Assembly in such case made and
provided.
FREEMAN ]. BENNETT
THE MILFORD TRUST
COMPANY, Milford. Del.
George T. Reed, Jr., Treas.
Executors
Milford, Delaware. f6-st