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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-26
REGINAS HERE
PICK LEADERS:
PLAN SOCIAL

Margaret Senda is president of
the recently organized Reginas, ac-
cording to an announcement made
today.
The club, open to all girls between
Is and l6 years of age, holds its
meetings every Friday afternoon in
the japanese Methodist church.
Formed last November, the group
has helped several local organizs-
tons, namely, the Jackson st. Com
munity Council.
Besides Miss Senda, other cabinet
members are Airline Full, secretary
historian; Betty Arase, treasurer;
Alice Fukeda, business manager.
Helen Mae Smith is the groups
adviser.
The Reginas, according to Miss
Fukeda, is planning a social for all
Nisei teen-agers sometime in May.
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ers (Spauldinge) used to make clubs especially for
the Oriental trade-a little shorter and slightly
lighter IN the shaft to retain club head feel. also
understand that the big name brands have special
club sets of standard weight but shorter shaft d
available on special order for the standard price
Do you think these shorter clubs are more dcsir-
able? Is there any club set of any brand name that
Nisei i'm general seem to prefer?
In the couple months I've played with golf clubs
at the L, | We found that wood clubs have whip and
feel but the cheaper mems irons feel like solid
shafts of steel and have no club head feel what
ever. The womcn's irons, however, seem to have
lighter shafts and better touch than the mems
irons. Would YOU recommend using womens irons?
Very truly yours,
S. Tamada
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-26

. CATHOLIC WEDDING d.
Miss Jayne Fujii, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Tametaro Fujii of Fife
Wash, was married to Mr.. Ben
Patrick Ninomiya of Seattle on Sat-
urday, Feb. 10, in the Maryknoll
Catholic church.
The bride wore a traditional white
satin gown and carried bouquet
of baby orchids centered with a
lavendar orchid.
Maid of honor, Miss Esther Mizu-
kami, wore yellow satin off-the-
shoulder gown and carried white
chrysanthemums
Bridesmaids the Misses Amy va
mamoto and Mary Ueda, wore ice
blue satin gowns and carried a
bouquet of yellow chryssnthemums
and had matching head bands.
The flower girl was little Carolyn
Yamamoto. Her gown was of white
and blue satin and she carried a
basket of violets. Her head band
was of white chrysanthemums.
Mr.. TAX Shimizu was the best
man and the Messrs. Toru Matsu-
Okla and Tommy Kobayashi were
the ushers.
The reception was held in the
Gyokko-Ken Cafe.
The couple will make their home
in Seattle.
Q ENGAGEMENT TOLD :.
The engagement of Miss Rose Osa-
wa, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Y. Osaws, to Mr.. Harry Kataoka,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kataoka, was
announced at get-together in the
Osawa residence on Sunday, Feb
90
Upon arrival, each guest received
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-26

Our gofing friend, Ed Natori, tells us that
many Nse use fl 70" length clubs, that most
Nisei use irons and woods put out by McGegor
byron Nelson, Tommy Armour), Wilson Sammy
Snead, Gene Sarazen). Spauding Bobby Jones.
Jim Thomson), and that some Nse use womens
irons, too. But before YOU launch about buying
spree to purchase set Of clubs, Henry why not
consult pro on public links course and ask his
advice He should be able to advise YOU on the pro-
per equipment. The kind of equipment, Natori says,
depends very much on the persons physical make
up and his style of play.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-26
Dayton Nisei Eye
JACL Chapter

DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. ga petit
ton to organize a JACL chapter
was received by national headquar-
tiers from Nisei group in Dayton,
Ohio, reported the Midwest Region
al office.
Upon completion of the necessary
steps to affiliate with the national
JACL. the Dayton chapter will be-
come the 10th chapter in the nation
wide organization, and the eighth in
the Midwest District Council.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-26

RIO GRAEDE OHIO Thousands Of farmers attending Ohio
walked
Utopia of hanical agriculture They 800
workers and hundreds echanzed farm equipment 90
dng the sodepleted S00acre Rio
Grande College farm.
Jeeps doing tasks "stoe
The show Shown above equipped with Newgrn field
pasture cuvaor following with bush and bog harrow
lille rejuvenating hillside Both eeps equipped with
hydraulic lifts which make possible and lowering
implements as well fngertp control working weight Of
ements through hydraulic pressure
Evening star., 1949-11-19

Almost 5000 persons, young and
old, kept a date with Christi
anity last night. +t
The Rev. Bryan Green, Eng
lish evangelist who is currently
conducting the Washington Dio-
cesar Mission at the Washington
Cathedral, had suggested young
people bring dates" to last nights
services, and many couples re-
sponded.
I'VE had planned to go to a
school dance" said one teen-ager
in red corduroy jacket. But
Ruth wanted to come here instead.
I'm not sorry" s
Mr.. Green's services are almost
as informal as the dance this
young couple bypassed. The nave
of the Cathedral was filled with
seats, overf1owing behind the
giant columns, and many youth
full Washingtonians even perched
on the rail of the pulpit. less than
a dozen yards from where the
evangelist was speaking from the
lectern.
In his sermon, Mr.. Green made
but scant reference to date
night" but he did suggest. in
answering question on fasting,
that some of you high school
students can do without smoking
on Friday"
In fact, he said, it might not
be a bad idea to continue the
cigarette fast on other days of the
week. too, "but on Fridays, any
way"
Evening star., 1949-11-19

Rutherford M. Whitehorn today
rejected an offer of a Washington
finance company to return the
car repossessed from him last
Tuesday near his Lorton (Vao
home under circumstances which
led to highway robbery charges
against the two men who took
the car.
The company yesterday said 1t
made the offer as a charitable
gesture" because of Mr.. White
horns financial plight"
Mr.. Whitehorn said he and his
wife 'are not looking for charity
and we don't want any"
If I were looking for charity" !"
he said. Il would contact the
Community Chest"
He added that all he wanted
were the groceries and personal
belongings which he said were in
the car when it was taken.
z He also took issue with . claim
by W. J. Nolan. Of. the Nolan
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Ex-EnyoY'to4akeP Post
In ARLINGTON Forum Sunday

n. F. Arthur Schoenfeld. for
mer Minister of Finland and Hun
gary, will, take part in a forum
discussion on What is Happen
ing in Germany at $3.50 pm.
Sunday at the Arlington Jewish
Center, Lee Boulevard and Fen
wick street.
Other speakers scheduled to
participate in the forum, which
is sponsored by the BENJAMIN
Cardoza Lodge of B'nai Birth
are: Miss A. Magdalena Schoch;
consultant with the Office of Alien
Property Custodian: Col. Stanley
Andrews, former chief of the
Food and Agricultural Division of
the Military Government in Ger
many. and Arthur Gaeth, radio
news commentator.
The meeting will be open to
the public.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Date Night at c cathedral Draws
5000 toHeor British Evangelist

Other advice to youth from Mr..
Green:
/" Don't do your counting in the
business offlce-or during school
hours. Courting is a business in
itself, and when you're in the
Office, do only the business you're
paid to do"
Tonight's program is also
sIanted toward the population
under 35." when Mr.. Green will
discuss What Is the Christian
Marriage?" An 8 pm. Thanks
giving" service Monday will con-
clude the mission, following which
Mr.. Green will leave for New
York City to sail for England.
One young couple attended last
night on a sort Of reverse date
basis. Margaret Ann Fletcher,
17-year-old sophomore at Roose-
velt High School and secretary
for the Sunday school at Holy
Comforter Church. had attended
Mr.. Green's services since last
Sunday. Last night she brought
along a date.
He was Ray De Ment, 10. Of
413 Randolph street NV, former
student at Bell Vocational High
School. Although Ray Is a Meth
odist himself, he pronounced the
informal sermon of the Episco-
palian evangelist impressive. .
Taking the date night" invi-
tation at face value, young De
Ment solemnly held hands with
Miss Fletcher during most Of the
service,
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Sales Tax 10 Finance
Schools Wins Support
AT Charlottesville
sy the Assoeio,ed te,,

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va Nov
19.-About 200 persons present at
a State Board of Education public
hearing here yesterday favored
overwhelmingly a State sales tax
as means OF financing improve
ments in public education.
This was indicated when for
mer State Senator. William N. Neff
of Abingdon, board member,
asked for a show of hands OF those
favoring and those opposing a
sales tax. Fifteen votes were
counted in opposition, with the
remainder of the audience voting
heavily in favor of such a tax.
Mr.. Nef called for the express
sion on a sales tax shortly before
the State board wound up a 31a-
hour hearing at Lane High School.
Final Hearing Held.
The hearing, the ninth and last
in the series held throughout the
State, gave opportunity to dele
cations from Charlottesville and
the counties of Albemarle. Buck
ingham. Fluvanna. Goochland,
Green, Louisa, Madison and Or
ange to give their views on public
education needs.
A Buckingham spokesman,
Harry E.. Griffin, urged greater
State aid for the Commonwealth s
poorer counties. He said there
never can be an adequate State
wide school system without better
equalization than now exists.
Additional Aid Asked.
B. H. France, Fluvanna County
called for more aid to vocational
educational in the county schools
| At the outset of the hearing
E. j. Oglesby, a University Of Vir-
ginia professor and member OF
the Albemarle School Board, said
local school boards have job OF
awakening the people of the State
| to the need for educational i'm
provements.
Mr.. Oglesby said members o1
the State Education Board should
have taken a stand and fought
back every time a Richmond
newspaper attacked a school pro-
gram.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Suit in County Poses Question
Of Dentistry Business Status

on the Office and to prohibit DR..
Cuvillier from using any part of
his property for the practice OF
dentistry.
Judge Stedman Prescott yester-
day signed an order giving the
Cuvilliers until December 8 to
show cause why the injunction
should not be issued.
DR.. Cuvillier, when informed of
the suit, said he did not believe
the provision in the covenant
covers professions.
Declaring that he had obtained
a building permit for the work. he
said he had mo idea any one
would oppose it." He added the
work is practically finished.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown and Mr..
and Mrs. Harman are represented
by Attorneys William B. Wheeler
and Edward L. Foster.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
| Dog Tag Rush
In Silver Spring
| Swonps Station

Montgomery County residents
swamped Silver Spring police sta
ton today in an effort to buy
license tags for their dogs.
Police said they were under the
impression the tags were needed
before the dogs could be inocu-
lated against rabies at clinics
being held throughout the eastern
suburban area.
Since county employees are of
today, the tl1rong was turned away
after being told the dogs need
not be licensed to receive the
shots They were advised to
return Monday. A county ordi-
nance requires that all dogs be
licensed.
The inoculations are part Of
the drive which followed reports
OF nine children in the Four Corr
|ners are being bitten by rabid
dogs.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Two Arlington Churches
To Broadcast Services

Two Arlington churches will
broadcast their II am. services
tomorrow. The Rock Spring Con-
gregational Church. the Rev. Paul
r. Hunter in charge. will be
heard over Station WARL and
the Evangelical United Brethren
Church, the Rev. George B. Riley
in charge, over Station WEAM.
The Rev. Charles c. CoWSert,
pastor of darlington Presbyterian
Church. will broadcast deyotions
at S:45 am. Monday through
Friday over Station WARL, and
the Rev. Gilbert Phillips, pastor
Of the Unitarian Church, will be
heard at 10.15 am. Monday
through Friday over Station
WEAM.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Invitation Issued B
For Second Concert /
In keighborhood Series

Tickets for the second II
the Neighborhood Concerfe
by the National Symphont
Orchestra, under the spor
sorship of The Evening Stat,
which will be held MondsR
night, November 81, In Arr
strong High School, are uo3
being distributed.
Invitations, which are 4
sued without charge by Til
Star, have been turned oy&
for distribution to the Mus&
Department, Divisions 10-1
at Park View School, Ward
and Newton streets NV.
A supply also has bes
placed at the busine
counter in the lobby OF T
Star Building, where ths
may be obtained upon s.
quest.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Is the. practice of dent

Is the. practice of dentistry a
business?
That is the question posed in a
suit filed in Montgomery County
Circuit Court by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles c. Brown, 800 Dale drive,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph D. Har-
man. 802 Dale drive, Silver Spring
They claim in their suit against
DR.. and Mrs. Louis M. Cuvillier
720 Dale drive, that dentistry is
a business.
DR.. Cuvillier now practices dem
tistry at an Office at 1929 Vermont
avenue NV. According to the
plaintiffs, he is converting his
garage into a two-room dental
Office. They contend this violates
q property covenant which pro-
hibits the operation of any busi-
ness in the area.
They ask the court to stop work
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Whitehorn Spurns Nolan Offer
Of Car in ReDossession Case

Finance Co., that Mr.. Whitehorn
had been delinquent In his pay
ments on the car since September
Is and that the company had
been unable to reach him by mail.
Mr.. Whitehorn said he has a
receipt for a payment which he
sent to the company by registered
mail November 8.
The two men against whom
warrants were issued are Irving
c. Thomas, "a, Of the 1900 block
Of D street Me-, and Leslie L.
Cortyriendt. 18, Of the 1900 block
of Twenty ninth street Sc.
Their hearing for extradition to
Virginia was postponed in Munic-
ipal Court yesterday to December
20. Each Is under $500 bond.
I'm contradicting Mr.. Nolan in
his statement to the newspapers
that was allowed to drive home. !"
Mr.. Whitehorn said. II have wit
nesses to prove that was forced
from under the wheel at the time
the road was blockaded.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
By jones J. CuIIinone

oy JomeS ). Sui1DonS
An old clock with wooden
wheels loudly licked off the pass
ing of time today as French S.
Hufty. Ct. prepared to leave the
room in the Columbia Polytechnic
Institute for the Blind where he
has lived for ,35 years.
"They want to get me out and
I'm going" said Mr.. Hufty, presi-
dent emeritus of the institute.
whose eviction was ordered by
District Court Judge Jennings
Bailey after the institutes Board
of Trustees declared his living
quarters were needed to expand
the school.
In 35 years blind man becomes
attached to his living quarters in
a way a sighted person might
find difficult to understand.
He knows exactly how many
steps it is from the door to the
rocking chair which always sits
in the same spot with a tray of
pipes and a pouch of tobacco
close by He knows exactly where
to put his hands on his clean
shirts and socks, and he does not
have to grope to find the bed.
To Get Pension for Life.
"Of course. I'll get used to a
new place after a time" Mr.. Huf-
ty said. "I'n take all my things
with me and I'll get to know
where they are. but it won't be
the same as this. I'd always
thought I'd be here for the rest
of my life, and naturally it's going
to be hard when I leave, but I'll
get along.a
Under an agreement reached at
an informal conference in Judge
Bailey's chambers after he reluc-
tantly ordered Mr.. Hufty to move,
the institute agreed to pay the
blind man a monthly pension OF
$3.50 for the rest of his life.
Without rancor Mr.. Hufty. who
lost bis eyesight when he was
struck by an icy SNOWFALL So years
ago, discussed events that led up
to the court order ousting him
from the Institutes building.
Il wanted to do what I could to
help other blind persons" Mr..
Hufty related. land so became
active in the institute. When I
first moved in here. in October,
1914, I paid rent Tor this room.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Drainage 10 Begin Monday
On Silver Spring Ditch

The State Roads Commission
will begin draining and installing
pipes Monday along a ditch in the
200 block of East Franklin avenue,
Silver Spring. which residents
of the area have claimed is a
%breeder Of polio.
This was announced yesterday
by George T. Papageorge, director
of the Montgomery County De-
partment of Public Works.
A 30-year-old mother and her
three children who live near the
ditch have been stricken with in
fantile paralysis during the last
month.
Although Dr.. v. L. Ellicott,
county health officer, has said
that medical science has failed
to show that stagnant water plays
q part in transmitting the disease,
county officials said earlier this
week that they would drain and
I'LL the ditch Immediately II the
State Roads Commission failed
to do so.
The three children are in Chill
dren,s Hospital and the mother Is
recovering es her home.
Evening star., 1949-11-19

after a few years was instru-
mental in getting the District to
grant tax exemption to the insti-
tute and I persuaded Congress to
give us an annual appropriation
of $4,000 to help us carry on our
work for the blind.
1.-THE Board of Trustees, in rec
ognition of my efforts, voted to
let me have this room rent free
with the clear understanding that
was to be permitted to remain
here until I saw fit to move.
I'm 1882 I became secretary and
manager of the institute and in
1914 I was the sole surviving trus-
tee. The institute had about
100000 in becHests to administer
Il didn't want to have full re-
sponsibility for administering this
fund SO I asked my nephew Page
Hufty. who is in the insurance
business to come in and help me.
Tells of Troubles.
'He got some of his friends, all
sighted people to serve on the
board. Then Page wanted to
transfer our building and assets
to the Washington Society for the
Blind. I opposed this idea and
that's what started the trouble.
About a year ago the board ap-
pointed MI. John J. Corplin as
manager and after about six
months he began agitating to get
me out of here. ... ~
i've held this institution to-
gether and strived to help the
blind and I never took one cent
as salary. But now they want
me to 60, SO I'll CO.
Mr.. Corplin said Mr.. Hufty wa.
like an octupus reaching his ten.
tacles into every nook and Granny
Of the, Institutes business II
the interest of orderly administra.
ton. Mr.. Corplin said, he re-
quested the board to have a show
down with Mr.. Hufty.
Judge Bailey. placed response
bility for finding new living quar-
ters for MI. Hufty on the blind
mans attorneys. Julius Aronoff
and Jack N. Steinberg, and Fred
Ballard, attorney for the institute.
Mr.. Hufty, who derives modest
income by giving piano lessons,
said he wanted two-room,
kitchen bath apartment in
the vicinity .cf the institute.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Early VoteLight
In Referendum
AtFa|Is Church
BoIIotirg on School
Bonds May Exceed
General Election

A light vote this morning
in the Falls Church school bond
referendum was expected to pick
up later in the day to a total ex-
ceeding the 1850 cast in the gen.
eral election.
The usual furry of before
work" balloting had not been ex-
pected with Government employees
at home for the week end. Tenn
peratures in the 30s also helped
to keep down the early vote.
In the first ward, only IS had
voted in the first five hours. This
is about equal to the general
election turnout, an election Judge
said.
Approximately $500 property
owners are eligible to cast ballots
on the 100000 proposal which
would give the city new junior
senior high school and a new pri-
mary school and would remodel
the present Madison Elementary
School.
Voting List Posted.
Payment of poll tax and regis
tration are not required in order
to vote. The list of property
owners entitled to participate is
posted at City Hall. Office Of the
School Board at 1857 West Broad
street and at the police station.
Polls, which opened at 6 am,
will close at s pm. Ballotting
places are first ward, City Hall:
second ward, Madison School;
third ward. Broad Street Motors.
The school board has estimated
that approval of the plan will
raise the present tax rate of $4.55
by Is cents per 500 of real estate
valuation.
City and county school officials
have agreed that If the proposal
is defeated 1t is certain that
schools will be overcrowded and
many children will have to at
tend school in rooms not suited
for classrooms. They also said
children will have to attend only
half f-day sessions.
Robert M. Cullum, president of
the combined Falls Church par
ent-teacher associa tions. has pre-
.dicted school crisis of Shock
ing proportions" unless the bond
issue Is approved.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Democrats in Fairfax
Elect 81 Members
To County Committee /!

Fairfax County Democrats rep
resenting % precincts have
elected IS members of the Fairfax
County Democratic Committee to
serve for two-year terms.
Party members. who met at a
Fairfax Courthouse mass meeting,
postponed election of commit
tee chairman until the next meet
ing.
Candidates filed from every pre-
cinct except Pleasant Valley,
which is entitled to one member
The committee will appoint a
member from Pleasant Valley.
Each precinct is authorized to
elect one committee member for
each 100 votes cast in the precinct
in the most recent Democratic
primary.
The following were elected to
the committee:
Centreville precinct, John j.
Mclaughlin: Clifton, James Buck
ley: Pender, James M. King; !;
Swetnam's, Miss Eleanor L. Ches-
ley: Wells. M. c. Wells; Dranes-
vile. Charles Edward Gardner;
Forestville, William T. Mooreland
Herndon, Guy r., McGlincy
Homer R. Stutsman, E. c. Shull;
Thompson's, J. B. Armf1eld, jr.;;
Thornton's, Mrs. Jean s. White;
.Annandale, John c. Webb, Joe
Mettauer, Edward X. Uhler. John
w. Brookf1eld,. Eleanor S. Justus-
son; Bailey's, w. w. Oliver. c. B.
O'Shaughnessy, Wilson Row.
| West End, Fred A. Moss, Robert
E. Latham; Burke, E. c. Sheads
Joseph e. Staub. jr.; Lorton, Mrs
Maizie M. Fleming, T. T. Grims-
ley; Woodyards, j. Milton Garner
Accotink, George s. Landman;
Franconia, william j. Barber
Hugo Mater.
Groveton, Andrew w. Clarke
Roscoe c. O'Flaherty. George C.
Landrith, Frank A. Morris; Gum
Springs, j. F. Wellemeyer, Lau-
renee L. Kiefer, r. C. Pitt; Pull
mans, Oscar Conner, Gladstone
E. Butler; Fairfax, Hugh B
Marsh, Grafton L. Wells. Walter
L. Buckley. Joseph C. Bennett
James Keith.
Langley. Henry T. Magarity
John c. Mackall. James Byrnes
Guy M. Bayes, Mrs. Katherine s
Shands. Manning Gasch, Paul Lee
Sweeney; The Lick, William T
Finley, j. Francis Jones; Vienna
Jack J. Nichols, w. Franklin
Gooding, Robert F. Lenhart, John
G.. Corboy, w. Alvord Sherman
Hubert j. Gerken.
Falls Church No. l, Mrs. Mar
|garet Walker, o. Kenneth Byerly
ljr., Marshall e. Pusey, Mrs. Lucy
is. Johnston; Falls Church No. 2
Mrs. Myrtle C. Sealock.
Evening star., 1949-11-19
Bethesda Real Estate Office
DESTROYED in $4,000 Fire

Fire early today wrecked the in
terror of a real estate field Office
in the $500 block of Bradley
boulevard, Bethesda.
Bethesda flremen, who esti-
mated the damage at approx
mately $4,000, said the blaze ap-
parently started in the 18-inch
space between the ground and
the floor. Cause Of the fire was
undetermined.
The Office Is owend by r. Bates
Warren, according to f1remen.
Also responding to the alarm were
Chevy Chase and Glen Echo Fire
Departments.