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Evening star., 1949-12-15

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Evening star., 1949-07-24
Cartooning Future
For Teen.Age Artist.
Prize Contribution
By Mot SiIbermon, II
Th.oder. Roosevelt Hioh School

Although everybody can't be a
Durer, a Winslow Homer. or a
Rembrandt. there are many people
now in high school who could
profit by taking art instruction.
They may not have outstanding
talent; maybe they're even color
blind, but lots of hidden car
tooning ability has been unearthed
in teen-agers, who just knew how
to draw.
There are many factors in the
making of a good cartoonist, as
we'll as technical skill. He has
to have a keen imagination in
thinking up his ideas and visu-
alizing his characters. Besides
that. he needs a good sense of
humor and ability TO dig up plenty
of gags" Cartooning takes pa
tience, knowledge and wit. An
artist who works hard and has
clever ideas will make good.
Many opportunities are open to
the cartoonist. because there are
SO many fields in which this
branch of art can be used. Take
advertising, for instance. Com
panies use humorous drawings to
popularize and sell their product.
In the newspaper field. every syn
dicate has its daily strips and
its staff of political cartoonists.
Comic books, due to their great
popularity with the young, are a
profitable field to take up.
So, from many angles. the pro-
fession of cartoonist can have
great success. Some. like AL Capp
or Milton Canif. Thomas Mast or
the Berrymans. have become ma
tionally famous. More often, an
artist will get his start on a high
school or college publication, will
become interested in professional
and will stick to it
until he succeeds. It's a great
profession, for those who are will
ing to try it.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Soap Box Derby
.Runnerup Tells
How He Made Car
Prize Contribution
By Bob Rogers, II
Leland Junior High School

Soap Box races sure are swell
Two years ago I went to see them
for the first time. Too young to
race, I decided would build car
the next year. I got a lot OF
pointers on how to make a car
from some of the boys who raced
that year. Photographs of the
fastest cars were taken to see how
to design a fast car of my own.
Right after the races I went to
work, drawing plans for my car.
Referring to the notes and photo
graphs, I drew the plans, with
some advice from my father.
decided to make scale model,
so that I could see if I had made
any mistakes. After doing this,
I did find some mistakes which
were quickly corrected. My car
that year was the class B run
nerup.
This year I started early in Feb
ruary. Knowing some of the
things I needed to do to make
my car faster. put them to a
test in a new set of plans and
another model.
1t was not necessary to make
everything new. Some parts of
my old car were used. I was ex-
perienced with the tools and
worked slowly, making every piece
as perfect as I could. With some
help from my brother and friends,
1 put the car together in the lat
ter part of June. When the car
was finished the wheels were oiled
to make them faster.
My father and I took the COM
pleted racer to the Chevrolet
dealer, where it was put on dis
play until it was transported to
the National Guard Armory for
inspection.
Two weeks later I was ready for
one Of the biggest days Of my
life, the eighth annual Soap Box
Races. That day I was class B
champion and runnerup in the
city finals.
Alfred Ashton. who won the city
championship, had a fast car and
deserved to win. I hope he will
become the new national cham
pion at Akron. Ohio. I'm sure the
other Washington drivers wish
him the same.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Cash Prizes offered
For " Work of Young
WriterS and Artists

Cash prizes of 81 are awarded
for original stories. articles. poems
and cartoons published in The
Junior Star. Contributors of ma
terial which the editor considers
of sufficient merit also are issued
reporters cards.
The contest is open to boys and
girls of high school age and un-
der. Write on one side Of paper
double space If you type) and
put your name, age, address. tele-
phone number and school in the
upper left-hand corner. Draw
with black India ink on white
paper and do not roll or fold.
The editor reserves the right to
publish any contribution in what
ever form he thinks best, regard
less of whether 1t is awarded a
prize. He also may withhold prizes
awarded for contributions found
not to be original.
Checks for prizes are mailed
during the week following publi-
cation. Address: The Junior Star,
727 Star Building, Washington 4,
d. G.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Da Vinci Had Plans
For Flying Machine

1t is known clearly that
Leonardo da Vinci of Italy had
ideas for inventions. Among these
were plans for a flying machine
back in the 18th century.
He studied the flight Of birds
and took careful note of their
soaring. 1t seemed to him that
q machine could be built which
would make it possible for man
to fly.
He prepared drawings Of a ma
chine with two wings and a tail.
A man was to flap the wings and
they were to fold on the upstroke
and to open on the downstroke.
A model has been built in modS
err times according to the draw
tngs made more than four CEN
turies ago. The model was pre-
pared for display at the Smith
sonian Institution in Washington.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

really artful. finished product. This
romantic allure and their natural
aptitude were enough to overcome
the complexities of buying the
material, and designing and sew
ing a dolls handmade bridal dress
and complete trousSeau.
Working together in their spare
time, the project took just about
a week of the girls time.
With no pattern or design to
work by, the size of the various
parts of the outfit had to be cut
in very fine scale. Satin, lace and
were the three types
of material used. They didn't use
a sewing machine but did all the
stitching by hand.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
lust Between
Ourselves .
BY Philip H. Love
WAKEFIELD, M

have no desire to compete
with Walter w. Hubbard Of the
American Automobile Associa-
tion, whose travel articles are an
interesting feature of The Star
Pictorial Magazine, but can't re-
sist the temptation to write about
this beautiful and friendly little
community in the hills of Carroll
County. Mr. Hubbard isn't likely
to cover it, anyway, because the
narrow, winding road on which it
is located doesn't 60 to any place
of special interest or Importance.
Across the road from where II
am visiting Is large dairy farm.
love to sit on the front porch
ana watch the cattle grazing along
the stream that meanders through
the meadow. AS write, two little
girls in bathing suits are playing
in the water, obviously having
just as much fun as if they were
at a beach. If I were sure the
COWS wouldn't chase me (cows
have an unerring instinct for rec
ognizing city people, it seems, I'd
be tempted to join them.
Up the road a piece, two boys
with rifles are hunting pigeons.
They're obviously having a lot Of
fun, too, but I wouldn't want to
join them because I couldn't bring
myself to shoot bird. Down the
road some other people are pick
ing blackberries, but I'm not
tempted in that direction, either.
because I'm even more leery of
chiggers than I am of cows. Given
a fair start. I can outrun 4 COW,
but I've yet to get the better. Of
q chigger.
The Wakefield road winds into
the hills from route 81, between
New Windsor and Westminster.
At the corner are two churches,
one old, the other new. The old
one Is used as a dwelling.
The new church, the Church of
God, as 1t is called, has a remark
able woman's organization known
as the Willing Workers. Last year,
q resident of the community-not
a member of the church-lay dy-
ing Of cancer. The Willing Work.
erS helped his wife to nurse him:
did much of her cooking and
cleaning. even worked his garden.
When he finally died. they not
only comforted his widow, but
drove her to the funeral in Tow
son, suburb Of Baltimore. For !
weeks afterward. they took turns
staying with her. to make sure
she was never alone, and they still
visit her nearly every day, taking
her to the stores in New Windsor
or Westminster, doing everything
they can to keep her from feeling
lonely.
You get to Wakefield via Rock
vile. Gaithersburg. Henderson
Corner. Damascus. Ridgeville,
Mount Airy. Taylorsville, Marston
and New Windsor. The country
side is beautiful, and although the
road is neither wide, straight nor
smooth. you have it pretty much
to yourself. For miles along route
27. you can see Sugarloaf Noun
tain in the hazy distance.
Mount Airy, one of the most at
tractive towns along the route,
is odd IN that hardly any Of its
homes have walks from the front
entrance to the street. You just
walk across the lawn.
Sign on route 240, near Rock
vile: Hamburger Under New
Management"
Evening star., 1949-07-24
The Skunk Cabbage
By Potricio Ann Mortin, 8

Wesihrook School
See the skunk cabbage in the
marsh growing,
Little dabs of brown and purple
showing,
Inside his hood are flowers yellow;
Some people think he's a hand
some fellow,
They turn away from his skunkish
smell,
But insects like his nectar we'll.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
About Petroleum

Petroleum Is a complex mix
ture of hydrocarbons and their
sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen de-
rivatives.
Petroleum has been found on
every continent.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
By Som Eostmon

Carolyn Kmba II. Of s73 Randolph street NV and Ellen
1857 Pakwood place NV hnd that they have the
problems creating doll clothes well in hand
their initial attempt Of sewing
decided that making
bridal would their inspiration for
Evening star., 1949-12-18
GRAN'MA SHARP SPEAKS UP

first hundred years of your life.
Gran'ma is just listenin' turn
in her beady eyes on one talker
after another an sneakin' in a
little dunk on her doughnut when
she thinks nobody's lookin'.
There's one side of humanity
where we are just as backward as
the Hottentots,' says Bushy
Barnes, the newsman.
II am referrin' to behavior" he
goes on. Poor ol' Homer Sapiens
has the same battered an beat-up
conscience to guide him. Tempta-
tons get bigger an better, but
your conscience amt got no radar
control"
L NOTICE Gran'ma Sharp reachin'
for napkin. She slides out of her
seat an comes over to Bushy, eye
in him as if he were a neighbor
boy come to play with me in the
back yard.
''Bushy.' she says, "you
heard what Horseneck said
about relayin' messages from
tower to tower?"
"Yes'm," Bushy answers her.
"Well now, young man, if you
think your conscience needs sharp
enin' an tunin' so it can tell right
from wrong, III tell you how to
get it repaired, free an oftenw
"Yes'm," Bushy says. obedient
like.
There amt no miracle drugs"
she goes on, "or radar or man
made knickknacks half as Won
derful as how fast a black soul can
turn white 49, just by askin' for a
little divine light from kneelin'
position!' wALLY bOREN
Evening star., 1949-12-18

RAN'MA SHARP has been visit
" in us. Or maybe should say
inspectin'.
Ever since I was five, Gran ma
has first looked behind my ears to
see if | needed washin', next asked
about my health an behavior, an
only after satisfactory reports on
all counts, was she ready to say
she was glad to see me.
On her last visit Gran'ma Sharp
comes down to the Wagon to give
it little of her attention. We in
stall her comfortable in
booth, bring her a cup of tea
an some cookies.
"Wally," she says, you know
how l feel about tea an cakes.
Haven't you got some coffee an
T. some pie or good, soggy dough-
nuts?" Gran'ma relaxes an starts
listenin' to the discussion.
Horseneck Sholtz, the phone
company's wire-stringer, is tellin'
about a way they got of relayin'
your phone call from tower to
tower by wireless. He thinks pole
climbin' irons are goin' the way
of the buggy whip.
Mister DAWSON, who used to
shovel coal into a railroad loco
motive, holds forth on the stream
line Diesels which are replacin' the
steam engines.
Doc Musselman has it all fig
ured out that the progress in medi-
cine is such that in a couple of
generations each newborn baby
will be dunked in one big vat of
miracle. drugs. This will protect
you entirely against disease, dis
temper an edisintegration for the
, 1949-04-13
Notice To Power
Authority Consumers
Carlyle

AC customers using DC appli-
ances from the corner Of King
and Church Street up Church
Street to the corner Of Church
Street and East Street and
from the corner Of King Cross
Street and Company Street
down Company Street to
Church Street in Christian
sted are hereby. advised that
after April %, 1949, DC SER
vices will be discontinued in
those areas. Consumers own
ing electric pumps, refrigera-
tors ETC., who are covered by
Power Authority DC electric
survey are requested to call
at the Office of the st. Croix
Power Authority to sign their
motor exchange receipts.
ST. Croix Power Authority
q. Office of the Chairman.
Christiansted, v. /.
, 1949-04-13
s U B scRIB {

tunity. This kind of thing kept
up will mean, as it has already
started to mean, that St. Croix
will not be owned by Cruz
ianS. But that is beside the
point at the moment. What
concerns us is the sudden dis
ruption of the economic bal
ance with its resultant hike in
taxes brought about by a re-
assessment.
ERHAP this is the time
to stop, review. the situation,
and attempt some check of the
situation before we go off in
thin air, with the sky being
the limit. Such a thing, getting
out Of control can easily see
erceSsioe taxes because pro-
perty has scared far beyond
its reasonable oaLae.
, 1949-04-13


BeuYside Discussion
~ MaSsa Joe
Sic CARTE: How yu dint tel
ME dat dey run de ware wolf
av landau rite tout all Stint
tammas sum time larse weak.
Tantu Bee: Dab wey ee doh
now?
Sic CARTE: Yu meen yu amt
heer bout dab disgraiceful poo
farmance wey ee had ovah dey
lima Sin Tammas streat-use
all chaimba plate rite lima de
middle ah de streat, and wet
dung e shoze. stacking an cloze
rite dung to ee very diaper.
Tantu Bee: To ME help mic
jumbie jack, ah amt heer a
ting.
Sic CARTE: Den yu amt heer
nutten media bout how ee bin
nah pay ommidge to Bak-kus
SO much dat ee went up in de
harl cussin ebbry BADLY, in
kludin de spektaiter dem
anarl. Dey had tn use brute
force tn put hee out. l gat all
heep moor tn tel yu, but all
gwine do it peece meel. Weayt
til tumarra, ah gun meet yuh
rite yah, an wey guhn discus
ct fudda by de beayside.
, 1949-04-13

ARTIFICIAL INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES

ARTIFICIAL INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES
MUCH DISSATISFACTION is being expressed about
ne increase in real property. taxes. The reason for this, while
'e apparent on the surface, is nevertheless, sound. We are
2t concerned with any unfounded criticism of increase in
Aes, TOR we know that in order for any organized govern
flent to function it must do SO on taxes, The government has
no other legitimate means of keeping itself alive in a free
country. 1t is the peoples own way of saying by their deeds,
that they themselves submit to an overall government for the
welfare of all This should be enough to tell the reader that
we are not to be counted among those who object to paving
taxes just for the sake of objecting, 1t is a responsibility which
most people dislike, yet is one which has to be met, and
should be met willingly when the reason is fully understood.
WHAT IS HAPPENING with respect to taxes here is
about to develop an artificial lacking up of assessment en-
t1rely out OF proportion with real values. Such a condition
can be brought about when money begins to flow, and peo-
pie, especially from off the island, are willing to pay fabu-
ieuS prices TOR property. To those who sell such properties
high prices sound like music in their ears, but there is some
thing deeper and more significant. 1t is a matter of a few
helping to bring about a situation tphich is hkeIv to pet out
Of control and plague the rest of the community for gears and
gears to come. When a particular house or lot is sold at a
price far in excess of what it is really worth not only the as
sessed value of that house or lot goes up, but the property
according to the present law all aronud it, and probably for
blocks and blocks. The effect is that people who own their
homes and have decided to keep them find themselves paying
higher taxes. In the end this dsturbs the balance, and sud-
denly overall expenses climb over income, with the inevitable
collapse
CONTINENTAL Americans, anxious to find a haven
where they may live at peace have attempted to buy every
thing in sight, and on the other hand, many of our people,
forgetting that once they have disposed of their property
they are ont In the cold, jump. at sohat seems a golden oppor-
, 1949-04-13
THOUGHT

Make yourself an honest man
and then you may be sure that
there is but one rascal less in the
world.
, 1949-04-13
HITLER PARROT
MISSING IN MUNICH

Munich's famous pro-Nazi
parrot, which shouts Hell
Hitler on the slightest provo
cation, has disappeared from
the Munich Zoo.
Caretakers fear that the
bird, known as Laura, was
kidnapped.
Laura attracted considerable
attention recently with dis
closure that zoo officials were
trying to "denazify" her
speech.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:--Refrigerator. Phone
O227W. 52-2c
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale;-Majestic range. Reason
able Box 366. Libby, SIX
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-Brood Sows. viii far
row in weeks. Ken Bernhard,
Eureka, Mont. 52-2x
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale.-Bus. Comfortable home
on wheels. Ready for travel or sta
tionary use. See at Johnie's Wreck
mig Shop. Tx
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-l000 A. Christmas Tree
Farm. Will cut 10000 Trees per
year. 200 A. pruned. Estimated
lh million it. saw timber. Roads
built throughout acreage. Camps
with yard space. Close to Raj
road siding. Cali or write for par
ticUlars.-We have several splendid
buys of City property in Troy
STROUT REALTY, John F. Bowen,
Local Strout Agent, Phone $50, Box
295; residence GYM Libby, Mont.
1c
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-'47 Olds 4-door sedan.
2-tone; hydramatic; radio; heater;
spotlight; Air-ride tires; many ex-
tras. Phone 136-M, Elmer Ander-
son, AIS Montana Ave. TX
MAKE US AN OFFER:-The many
disable items listed here are out of
use at our school and will be sold
as soon as possible. One garbage
can with cover; one wash basin
with faucets-excellent for bath
room; One so gal. electric hot water
tank; Three single unit hot plates;
Three small electric ovens; Fifty
gallons floor oil; Five gallons ma
chine oil; Five gallons disinfectant.
Grade School, Eureka,
Mont 1c
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-Man's Gray Wool Elan
mel suit; double-breasted; no vest.
Size: jacket SO; trousers 81. Excel
lent condition. $500. Phone 81,
Troy.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:- Slightly used Wisconsin
air-cooled b. D. gasoline motor;
nigh speed; suitable for boats or
other use. First class condition.
See it at Geringer's. 1-tf
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sales second hand slot ma
chimes: two scent; two 25-cent:
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For. Sale:-Country home, 61a acres
with two houses, garage, chicken
house, good spring water, fenced.
Eight miles south on highway 2
on Getner Greek. Electricity avail
able. Price $4,000. Also Interna-
tienal panel, cheap. Contact own
er, r. J. Morrison at Oak and Cali
fornia Streets, Libby. Tx
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-Childs' steel bed with
coil springs and mattress. Fits up
to 6 years old. $40. Large roll top
desk, $40. Mrs. Alton Vinje, Eur
eka, Mont. 1-2c
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-Sacrifice- Small upright
Gable piano newly rebuilt. Ha-
waiian Electric Guitar with ampli-
fier, Microphone. Phone 235-M.-
See Nellie thinner, 713 Michigan
Ave, Libby. TX
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-152 acres of land, 100
farming, SO irrignation. 8 miles
northwest Eureka. Highway 81.
School bus, mail route. $4,000.
Con Sol Well Drill, 100 feet 4 inch
casing. $500. cash; Arc Welder. s27O
amperes. Yields to X inch. Good
as new, VA motor. Cash $780,
Joseph Young, Eureka. TX
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-Fordson tractor in Al
condition and double bottom plow.
$500. Mrs. F. Daggett. Tx
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-1 small white enamel
monarch kitchen range with water
front; Hot Water Heater and Tank.
See L. S. Dalton. Libby l-tf
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-1948 Jeep. Can sell on
terms or will trade for property out
of city limits. John Rody, Box 654.
Tx
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-1947 Ford Convertible
in Clowers garage. Address offers
to Donald Kringel, 7275 CreveIing,
st. Louis 60 Missouri. 1c
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-05-19

For Sale:-House on Highway No.
q. Corner lot on West Troy, 2 bed
rooms and bath. Sell furnished or
unfinished. Robert Jenkins, Troy
Mont. Tx
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Alexandra Hospital
Named in Will Fiqht

A suit was filed in Alexandria
District Court yesterday to break a
will under which the Alexandria
Hospital is said to have received
SGT 500.
Mrs. Paulette Louise B. Dickson
of Philadelphia names as de-
PENDANTS the Alexandria Hospital
and the First National Bank Of
Alexandria, which the suit says ad-
ministered the will.
Mrs. Dickson claims in the action
that when George L. Simpson Of
Alexandria died in 1907, he left
$4,000 to each of two sons and the
residue of the estate to his wife
for as long as she remained his
widow. Otherwise, the suit states,
the rest of the money would be di-
vided between the sons.
Mrs. Simpson died several years
ago without remarrying, according
to the suit, and left $67,500 to the
hospital Mrs. Dickson claims that
as widow of one Of Mrs. Simpsons
sons, she is entitled to half the
estate, because when Mrs Simpson
died, she ceased to be her husbands S
widow. Therefore, it is charged, her
estate should be divided equally be-
tween her sons or their heirs. Both
sons are dead, according to the suit.
Mrs. Dickson asks s33,750 from
the bank or $33,750 from the hos
pital.
Evening star., 1949-01-25
Mayor Sees County Delegates
.On Tokomo Park MANAGER Plan

Mayor John c. Post of Takoma
Park was comforting today with
Montgomery County members of
the General Assembly to determine
If a proposed city manager form of
government can be provided in
State wide legislation.
At a City Council meeting last
night, Councilman Walter H. Nc
Clenon expressed doubt that the
plan. originally prepared by former
Corporation Counsel Douglas Brad
shaw specifically for Takoma Park,
could be ironed out in time for ac-
ton by the present session of the
General Assembly. He estimated it
might be as late as May before the
proposed charter could be prepared.
The Legislature adjourns April /.
AS an alternative, Mr.. McClenon
who headed a special advisory COM
mittee studying the matter, sug-
gested that a Statewide measure
by State Senator Edward Storm
Democrat, of Frederick, be revised to
include features sought by Takoma
Park.
The Maryland League of Munich
palities of which Mayor Post re-
Gently was elected president. has
indorsed the Storm bill and Mayor
Post said he would confer with
legislators today at Annapolis. The
council decided to defer action
pending a report by Mayor Post.