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Evening star., 1948-03-06

Mrs. Chester A. Pryor, wife Of
the Special Assistant to the Attor.
ney General. and Mrs. Marshall
johnson were among the guests.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15

Mrs. F. o. Hartley was hos
tess and Mrs. Raleigh Easton,
Jr., cohostess when the Firemen's
auxiliary met Thursday at Mrs.
Hartley's home. The event mark
ed the annual Christmas party
and gift exchange of the auxil-
iary. At cards which occupied
the evening, prizes were won by
Mrs. C. A. Duncan and Mrs. John
Brohaugh. Lunch was served af-
ter the meeting. The February
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. C. G. Scott, with Mrs. H.
r. Russell as cohostess.
The past presidents parley of
the American Legion Auxiliary
meet Tuesday at the home of
Mrs. Almeda Paisley. Follow
ing an exchange of gifts, mem
bers packed a box of toys for
the orthopedic hospital in Bill
lings. A box is also to be made
up for some needy family in the
community. During the evenings
program, a Christmas story ap-
pearing in a current magazine
was reviewed by Mrs. Harriet
Bliss. The next meeting is to
be at Mrs. Bliss home Jan. II.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Nc
Cracken left Friday morning en-
route to Cowley, Louisiana, TO
spend the holidays with Mrs. Nc
Cracken's sister, Mrs. Prejean
Corsetta.
The Christmas party for men,
bers of Chapter B, P. E. o. was
held at the home of Mrs. Fred |
Graft Wednesday night, with |
Mrs. J. w. Long, Mrs. Leon
Foote, Mrs. B. A. Sherrow and
Mrs. Graft as the host commit.
tee. The regular meeting was
preceded by dinner at 6:30. Fol-
owing the regular business meet
ng Mrs. o. K. Chapman read a
Christmas story, Christmas car
ols were sung with Mrs. Florence
Conrad as accompanist and the
exchange of gifts. Mrs. Conrad,
Mrs. C. B. Sande and Mrs. C. T.
rharalson of Billings, all former
of Chapter B, were
suests for the evening. Miss
Mildred Hageman, whose mar
iage to Roger Briggs of Great
falls will take place during the
loliday season, was honored with
. miscellaneous shower by the
hapter.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Some Safety Rules
For Holiday Season

1t only takes a small amount Of
carelessness to turn the joyful
Christmas holiday into a tragic
event. The Christmas tree is the
danger spot. There are a few
simple precautions that will assure
a safe and merry Christmas.
Never burn real candles on your
tree.
Don't risk using trayed cords and
broken plugs.
Avoid placing powerful lamp
bulbs near fancy ornaments, syn
thetic materials, paper or cotton.
Don't 60 away and leave your
tree lighted.
Be very careful when smoking
around Christmas package wrap
ping material.
Secure the tree by wires to the
wall so that tiny tots will not be
able to bump or pull it over.
Place your tree so that, standing
or fallen, it cannot block a doorway
which might be needed to escape
from the room.
If you 60 in for elaborate decora- |
tions, better make sure they're all |
made of incombustible material.
Flameproofed materials can be pur-
chased at many stores. Insist on
them.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
KEEPING
Christ IN CHRISTMAS

How are you planning to spend this
Christmas? If ever there was season when
people are tempted to put first things last
and last things first, it is the season of
Christmas.
Unless we determine right now that for
us this is going to be Christian Christmas,
we shall be unable to withstand the pagan
izing pressure of the world about us. We
shall suocumb to the triple x of a pagan
X-mas-the modern excesses of excitement,
extravaganza, and exhaustion!
But how can we keep Christmas Chris
hdn? First of all, by acknowledging the
Christ of Christmas as the eternal Son of
God and the Savior of the world. Our high
est joy during the present days must find it,
roots in the conviction of the Prophet:
Unto us Child is born; unto us Son
is given and His name shall be called
:. the MIGHTY GOD, the Prince of
Peace" Isaiah o:6
No gift, be it ever so great or ever so
grand, dare overshadow the Gift of God
in Bethlehem's manger. No gladness, be it
ever so high or ever so deep, dare match the
gladness of our heart over the thrilling an
gel message:
Unto you is born this day in the city of
David Savior, which is Christ the Lord"
Luke 2:1l.
Christmas is the birthday of our King.
Let us keep it that. Let us bring our gifts
of sacrifice, of worship, and of praise. Let
us crowd our Christian churches with fes-
tival throngs. Let us make the welkin ring
with the jubilant strains of
SOY to the world, the Lord is come! Let
earth receive her King"
In that way, and in no other, will we be
able to rescue Christmas from the influences
which would make it a pagan holiday. In
that way, and in no other, will we be able
to keep CHRIST in our Christmas!
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
KIondike Kate,
AT 68, Is Happy
On Oregon Farm

SALEM, ORE. - Klondike Kate
at GO, has settled down near busy
Pacific highway, IL miles south o.
here, to think back on the wild day:
when she dazzled bearded prospec
tors and earned lasting reputation
as the Belle of the Yukon.
Kate Rockwell, the daughter Of q
Spokane (Wash.) judge, has moved
to a IL acre farm with her third
husband, w. L. Van Buren, a re.
tired accountant. She came here
from Bend, Ore, where she had
operated nursing home since she
came down from the northland.
Kate and her new husband plan
to build a home on their little tract,
a house Of simulated logs ''for at
mosphere only"
I'VE will be just as comfortable
as any of these chechacos," said the
lady sourdough, who once made as
much as $3.50 a night dancing for
and with eager miners, trappers
and hunters in the Alaskan gold
rush days.
Kate went north in 1900 in boys
clothing when she was 20 years old.
She joined vaudeville troupe and
in a short while she was undis-
puted queen of the Yukon.
Sourdoughs paid a dollar a dance
in those days and the girls received
25 cents of the dollar and got a cut
on the drinks. The girls drank iced
tea, wore high necked shirtwaists
and skirts to the ground.
"They were very decorous," Kate
explained.
The Yukon proved to be bo-
nanza for the little Spokane girl
with golden hair and an Irish smile.
She financed Alexander Pantages'
first theater venture and performed
in his first vaudeville show. Pan
tages became a successful west
coast theater owner and producer.
It was in 1900 that the queen of
the Yukon met bashful Johnny
Mattson, on Christmas eve. Johnny
a trapper and miner, fell in love
with Kate, but it took him SO years
to propose. When he did, Kate &C.
cepted.
But meantime she had met, mar
ried and divorced Floyd Warren, a
handsome cowboy, after a courtship
by correspondence.
Johnny and Kate were married in
Vancouver, B. c., on July IA, 1888.
After the wedding Johnny went
back to his claim, 100 miles from
Dawson, Yukon territory. Kate re-
urned to Bend, where friends
changed her name from Klondike
Kate to Aunt Kate.
Johnny and Kate met in Dawson
'nce a year and twice a year he
yrote to her. In October, 1916, Kate
'ecame worried because Johnny's
lsual letter failed to arrive. She
nstigated search and a trapper
ound the 83 year old sourdough
ead on frozen trail seven miles
rom his lonely cabin.
Kate had flown to Dawson and
yas there when the news arrived.
he returned to Bend, sad and lone
'. She had known Van Buren for
everal years and when she was 68
ne two were married in Vancouver,
1ash.
They moved to their home here
nd settled down for quiet life.
The call Of the wild has died to a
hisper as far as Kate is concerned. ]
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15

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Evening star., 1948-10-10

A NOT-sO-NEW car with Florida license
IA tags drew up to the tol! gate on the
Maryland side of the Potomac River
Bridge. and the thoroughly unhappy driver
explained that he was fiat broke.
Amt got but dime in my pocket" he
told the toll collector. who listened patiently.
having heard this same story before.
what am I gonna do?" asked the non-
plused autoiSt
WELL" said the attendant, since you
haven't got any money you can do one Of
two things You can turn around and 60
back, or you can let US have something of
value as collateral. The State of Maryland
says 1t has to be paid for each crossing.
and there's nothing we can do about 1t
except collect one way or another"
The motorist reached into his pockets
came away empty-handed He glanced
Evening star., 1948-10-10

around his car, saw nothing that suited his
fancy. Then his face shone with the light
of an idea being born.
How about my auto jack?" he asked.
will that do?"
'sure-if it works"
And 50 the jack changed hands. The COL
lector wrote out tag with the motorists
name and address and fixed it to the jack.
The traveller went happily on his way.
This sort of thing goes on with surprising
frequency at the bridge which crosses the
river from Newburg. Md to Dahlgren Va
Indeed. the storage room Of Bridge Supt.
Elwood Schafer Is beginning to take on the
general appearance of a country store.
containing as it does the past years ac-
cunious motorists.
The shelves are stocked with jacks, hand
pumps. flashlights spare tires. binder chains
and other motor vehicle appurtenances. One
desperate motorist who said he didn't have
anything else to offer and was going South
anyway, even took out the heater of his
car and left it. One man left a pair of ice
skates.
In Mr.. Schafers Office safe is a goodly
assemblage of fountain pens. rings and
other bits of jewelry left by motorists who
apparently priced their auto accessories even
more. One woman even left her wedding
ring.
Any of the motorists can redeem their
articles by sending their toll charges to Mr..
Schafer. He then ships the collateral piece
back to the claimant II the motorist hasn't
claimed the article within year it Is offered
for sale either privately or at public auction.
I'VE manage to get our money out Of the
collateral all right" says Mr.. Schafer. It
sometimes happens that q driver will proffer
a bill higher than $40 or offer to write a
check. Since the collectors can neither
change any bill higher than $40 nor cash
any checks the motorist must run to the
nearest store or inn, but in order TO assure
his return he may leave his wife at the toll
station. It Is on record that such collateral
has never gone unredeemed. s. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Transport Workers Notify
Tuck of Vote 10 Strike

RICHMOND, Va, Dec 29.-Union
officials notified Gov. Tuck officially
yesterday that "a vast majority of
transportation workers in Richmond,
Norfolk and Portsmouth had voted
to go on strike February 8.
Vice President w. Gabbard OF the
Tri-City Council which includes the
three locals of the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION of Street, Electric Railway
and Motor Coach Employees Of
America, made formal what was in
dicated at Mondays voting.
However, Mr. Gabbard said he
wished to reiterate the position of
the A. F. of L afiliates that they
stod ready to submit their differ
ences with the Virginia Transit
Co. and the Portsmouth Transit
Co. to any fair and impartial board
of arbitration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Six Men Held in Theft
OF Stickers for Cars

An Alexandria policemans sus-
picion that car he stopped did
not merit its inspection sticker led
today to tn earnest of six men in
the theft of 20 stickers from an
Alexandria garage.
Pvt. Robert Evans halted car
driven by Raymond Hooks, At, COL
ored, 1000 block Madison street, on
Monday for reckless driving. Pvt.
Evans said he did not believe the
dilapidated car merited its sticker.
Investigation showed the sticker on
the car was among those issued to
an Alexandria garage, where 20 of
the stickers were missing.
Police today arrested Benjamin
Peterson. colored. %, of Manassas,
Va, an employe at the garage, and
charged him with theft and sale
of the missing stickers.
Hooks yesterday was sentenced to
five days in Jail and fined s25 for
possession of a stolen inspection
sticker. He also was fined $40 and
given 30-day suspended sentence
for reckless driving and was fined
an additional $40 for disorderly con-
duct.
Others arrested for possessing
stolen auto stickers are George
Witherstone, SO, colored, of the 600
block North Patrick street; John
Brown, Is, colored, of the 500 block
North Alfred street; George Ran
dali, 80, colored, of the 900 block
North Patrick street, and Layton
Yancy, Is, colored, of the 600 block
of South St. Asaph street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
.WeIIes' Condition
Silt Improving

Sumner Welles' condition was re-
ported as steadily improving and
satisfactory in a Casualty Hospital
bulletin today. Earlier, the former
Undersecretary of State was said te
have spent a very good night.
Physicians had not yet determined
whether amputations will be neces-
sary because of frozen hands and
feet suffered by Mr.. Welles.
The 56-year-old former diplomat
was found unconscious in a field
nearly miles from his Oxon Hill
Md home early Sunday morning
He apparently had fallen into q
creek and then stumbled on a few
feet to the point where he must
have lain for hours in subfreezine
! temperatures.
1t was presumed Mr. Welles hao
gone for one of the after midnight
walks he often took to combat in
somnia and that he possibly sui.
fered heart attack.
A physician expressed doubt to.
day whether Mr.. Welles could evel
tell just what happened to him
since, he said, that is often thu
case with persons who have passec
through similar experiences.
Although Mr.. Welles has rallied
sufficiently to talk a bit, he ha!
not been questioned about his &C.
cident, he physician said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29

neither work nor play to interfere
with other activities. He has taken
time to teach and lecture at various
institutions of higher learning, in
Guiding the University Of Chicago.
During World War he was pro-
duction manager of the Division of
Planning and Statistics of the
United States Shipping Board. He
has served as technical aide to the
North Carolina Salary and Wage
Commission and has been mem
Der of the Presidents Committee for
Employmnt.
During World War II he was con-
sultant to the Secretary of War
concerning the Army Specialist
Corps and consultant to the Civil
Service Commission. He formerly
was a member of the Montgomery
County Welfare Board and is di-
rector Of the, Montgomery Mutual
Building & Loan Association, Ken
sington.
Mr.. Merriam is a native of Mas
sachusetts and was graduated from
Harvard University. He received
law degrees from two schools but
never has practiced. He belongs to
the Cosmos Club, the Harvard Clubs
of Washington and New York, and
is registered as Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
School Desk Contract
Awarded in Arlington

Faced with an increased enroll
ment in the school term beginning
in February, the Arlington County
School Board last night awarded an
$4,000 contract for elementary class
room desks.
DR.. E. J. Braun. board consultant
said the number of pupils is ex-
pected to increase by about 1000 to
a total of 1920.
The contract was for TOO desks
and chairs of the modern movable
type and was awarded to the Wal
lace Equipment g. Supply Co. Of
Washington.
The board announced closing of
negotiations for an 118-acre site at
North Greenbriar and Twenty
eighth streets for a nine-room ele-
mentary school. The purchase price
was S32.159. The land is from the
old Saebmuller estate.
A $1,780 contract for reroofing
work at the Henry Clay and Stone
wall Jackson Elementary Schools
was awarded the Oxford Roofing Co.,
Falls Church. The work at Henry
Clay will cost $3.50 and at the Jack
son School, 1920.
Purchase of 81 200 worth of teach
ing aids for use in elementary in
structlon was authorized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
|SuffrogeFIoo
| May Be Lost for
Lack of Dollars

The old rhyme may have to DO
redone something like this:
For lack of some dollars the float
was lost, for lack Of the float, SUI.
frage was lost ~
That's the view of those trying to
raise the $1,000 plus needed for a
District float with a suffrage motif
for the inaugural parade. A large
part of that sum already has been
raised, according to officials of the
District Democratic Central Com
mittee. but more money is needed if
the float is to tell the hundreds Of
thousands of out-of-town guest next
month that District residents have
no vote
The Central Suffrage Conference
has agreed to help finance the float,
Wilbur Finch, its head, reported last
night. Others who are chipping in
include the Washington Home Rule
Committee and the Truman-Bark-
ley Club. The Democratic group Is
to meet this week to take official
action.
The float probably will be entered
in the parade by a joint group Of
suffrage proponents, now that the
District Commissioners have pulled
out their proposed Washington
Monument-Capitol entry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Fairfax Leads
State in Years

By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Dec. 29.-Fairfax
County led all localities in Virginia
this year in the number of infantile
paralysis cases reported, according
to records of the State Health De-
partment.
OF the total of $50 cases reported
thus far, SO have been in Fairfax.
Arlington recorded % cases, the city
of Richmond, 80; Norfolk County,
20, and the city of Norfolk, 26.
Only once in 10 years has the
number of polio cases surpassed that
of 1948 That was in 1914, when 1855
cases were listed.
Polio reached into all but II of
the 100 counties of Virginia this
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
This Is one OF series OF
sketches OF candidates for the
Montgomery County Counctl.)
By John V. Homer

When he directed an exhaustive
study of the Montgomery County
government 10 years ago, it did not
occur to Lewis Merriam that he was
laying the groundwork for a system
in which he was to take a later role.
Today, however, the vice presi-
dent of the Bookings Institution
finds himself about to be elected to
the first County Council. which will
put into effect basic recommended
lions contained in his report on, the
governmental structure.
Mr.. Merriam is charter organi-
zation nominee for one of the two
seats at large on the new council.
The other is Frederic P. Lee OF
Bethesda, an attorney. Opposing
them for one of the two places is
Mrs. Alma T. Opal of Takoma Park,
housewife, running independently
with a Republican designation.
Mr.. Merriam is an earnest, slightly
nervous man of IS who has spent
many years in research for Federal
and State governments. He re-
Gently completed a report on Fed
eral functions in the field of welfare
for the Hoover Commission. Cur
rently he is engaged in a reorgan-
ization study for the State OF Vir-
ginia.
For 80 years he has spent long
hours in the preparation of similar
reports for Brookings-from which
he will retire July /. Once he was
with the New York Bureau of Mu-
nicipal Research, and prior to that
was in Federal service as assistant
chief of the Children's Bureau.
To offset the strain of such exact
ing duties, Mr.. Merriam turned to
gardening and carpentry around his
home at % West Washington street,
Kensington. More recently he
adopted a new hobby: Cabinet max
ing with power tools.
He likes to get away each sum-
mer for a vacation at his "shack"
on the Chesapeake Bay where his
wife, their daughter, son-in-law and
grandchildren also enjoy the ease
Of beach life.
But Mr.. Merriam has allowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Three A|exandrians Report
Thefts From Their Homes

Alexandria police today were In
vestigating three housebreakings In
the Rosemont section of the city
which they believe may have beeH'
committed by the same thief @or
thieves.
All occurred early last night. Mrs.
j. B. Amorky said she discovered
the bedrooms in her home at 300
West Masonic View avenue had been
ransacked when she returned home
at 8:15 pm. Police said she re-
ported a diamond and ruby ring,
valued at $3.50, and a ring and
earring set, valued at $40, were
missing.
DR.. r. F. Benthall. 312 Rucker
place, reported that when he re-
turned home at II pm, his bedroom
had been ransacked Two ladies'
wrist watches valued at $55 each
and a mans watch valued at $50
were reported stolen.
A miniature camera valued at SIC
was reported stolen from the home
of Col. Frank C. Alfred of 300 Junior
street, whose bedrooms had been
ransacked when he returned at $40
pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Baltimore Expresswoy
Intersection Bids Asked

BALTIMORE, Dec. 29.-The State
Roads Commission asked for bids
yesterday for construction of a
cloverleaf intersection of the pro-
jected Baltimore Washington ex-
pressway and the road to the
Friendship International Airport in
Anne Arundel County.
The bids will be opened January
Is. Specifications call for IS miles
of dual expressway, and LAT miles
of connecting roadways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Main Breaks Cut Off Water
In 7 Takoma Park Areas

Residents of two sections of
Takoma Park, Md, were without
water this morning because of
broken mains.
Breaks were reported on Carroll
avenue between Lincoln and Flower
avenues and at Ray road and GUIDE
avenue.
The water was turned off by
emergency crews from the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Commission.
The Carroll avenue break occurred
about 6:1o am. yesterday while the
second break occurred about S
O'clock this morning, the sanitary
commission said.
A spokesman for the utility agency
said water was expected to be re-
stored in the Carroll avenue area
by noon and in the Ray road area
later this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Outdoor Lighting Award
Won by Armstrong Home

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart
M Armstrong, 8117 Park Crest
drive. Silver Spring, last night was
awarded first prize for the most
outstanding outdoor lighting in the
Sligo Park Hills area.
Second place went to Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon r. Nichols, 100 Sunny
side road, who were winners of last
years contest, and third place to
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl F. Hutchinson,
1905 Park Crest drive.
James A. Little, president of the
Sligo Park Hills Garden Club, which
sponsors the annual contest, said
the Armstrong; will be given Gus
tody of a silver loving cup. The cup
must be won three years in sue
cession to become o permanent pos
session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-29
Virginia Clerical Workers
To Get Raises Saturday
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 29.-About
5000 clerks, clerk-typists and clerk
stenographers employed by the State
will get pay raises Saturday.
Gov. Tuck announced the in
creases yesterday, adding that the
total cost to the State would be
shout $4,000 for the next 10 months
of the fiscal biennium.
The clerk group did not benefit
from general wage increases granted
last July / to other State employees
The increases will range from $103
to 1919 annually. Entrance or be-
ginning rates generally were stepped
up $108 to 1886 a year.