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Evening star., 1949-12-15
1904 TrafficAccidents
In District Reported
During November

The District experienced a total
Of 1904 traffic accidents last
month, injuring 435 persons and
killing four. the Police Depart
ment Statistical Monthly report
revealed yesterday.
The total represents a drop OF
76 from the Ito figure Of No
vember, 1948, but brings this
years toll of traffic mishaps to
SOC.
The report listed 686 of Mo-
vember's accidents as involving
traffic violations. and 1875 pedes-
trians were struck last month.
Leading causes for pedestrian
mishaps were crossing not at an
intersection and coming from be-
hind parked vehicles.
The police traffic divisions
weekly traffic report last week
listed a total Of 251 accidents, a
decerase of % from the previous
week. Thirty-four pedestrians
were involved last week, Is OF
those mishaps being caused by
pedestrian negligence.
Police listed Independence ave-
nue., Florida avenue and Four
teenth street NV. as the city's
most dangerous streets last week.
Evening star., 1949-12-15
Numbers Suspect Freed
After Non-Payment Charge

A hotel clerk who complained to
police that he had not been paid
of on q winning numbers bet he
allegedly had made, failed to show
up yesterday at a preliminary
hearing before United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence.
AS a result. Commissioner Law
renee dismissed a charge of op-
Grating a lottery, which had been
placed against Roland Taylor, "a.
colored, Of the 1900 block Of En-
erson street NE.
Taylor was arrested last month.
after the clerk told the vice squad
he had placed q bet with Taylor
on q number that won. The clerk
said he received nothing and had
been told by Taylor that he forgot
to turn In the bet.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-11
The elheOCrat

District. Under this rate the
Board is limited to approx
mately $45,746.46. Your Board
of Education proposes to give
you the opportunity to in
crease the rate from Csc per
500 of assessed valuation to
40 cent per 500 of assessed
valuation, an increase of 12c
per 500. Under the new rate
$66,299.22 would be available
for educational purposes. This
means that for each 500
worth of property your taxes
would be increased IL cents,
for each 81, 900 of property the
increase would be $1.2O, and
on property valued at $4,000
the increase would be $500.
A number of your teachers
have indicated their intention
to leave Zion next year unless
there is reasonable salary in
crease. The shortage of teach
ers is still very acute. There are
not enough good teachers to
supply all of the schools. Your
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-11

Baker, Marty Barton, Dewitt
Inman, Herbert Clay, Lloyd
Hall and Floyd Morrison.
After the services the fam
lily and friends gathered at he
DePew home at 1347 East
Monterosa Avenue, where Mrs.
Marty Barton, Mrs. Leland
Barton and Mrs. Ted Lawrence
looked after refreshments, etc.
Mrs. DePew was a past Pres
ident of the Zion Dunesland
Garden Club of Zion, Illinois,
her former home. And has
been a very active worker in
the Dorcas work both at Zion
and Sunnyslope.
Their children from Zion,
Mrs. Ivan (Lucille) Bird; from
Kalamazoo, Michigan, Daniel;
and from Rock Island, John
had been at Mrs. DePew's bed
side during her illness; and as
they left for their respective
homes their mother asked them
not to come back, if she should
pass on. Her daughter Ruth,
Mrs. r. T. Currant of Celia
Bend, Arizona, and Naomi,
Mrs. H. T. Grow of Phoenix,
were with their mother as she
went home. His son Daniel of
Kalamazoo, Michigan, flew to
Phoenix for the last service.
Mrs. Caroline Baker, sister of
Mr.. S. H. DePew, came from
Oakland, California.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-11
YOUR SCHOOL AND ITS
PROBLEMS

Continued from Page u
their future lives. A teacher
who is worried over finances,
and either mentally or emot-
tionally disturbed will not
make school as pleasant an ex-
perience for your child as pos
sible. The quality of your
school is measured by the quail
ity of the teachers you employ.
If your Board of Education is
to secure and keep we'll train
ed, efficient, and happy teach
ers it must have the funds with
which to employ and pay them.
In order to give the minimum
salary increases last year so
that School District No. 6 might
be able to retain it's present
teaching staff your Board of
Education was compelled to
use almost half of next years
tax income. This cannot be
done again. Salaries will have
to be maintained at the same
level, and it may be necessary
to shorten the school term to
the minimum length permitted
by law unless there is relief
from some source.
The so-called Butler Bills
limit your Board of Education
to an educational operating
rate of CSC per 500 of assessed
valuation. No additional a.
mount may be levied without
the consent of the voters of the
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-11
Wednesday, May 18th, 1919

Board of Education is placing
the matter in your hands for
YOUR decision. The children
are your children and you have
the opportunity on May 18th to
determine the kind of school
and kind of teachers you want
for your children. Do you want
good teachers? Vote eyes" on
May 28th.
Board of Education,
School District No. 6
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-11
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
WELL ATTENDED

The High School Play lit
tie Honey" presented last Fri
day and Saturday evening in
the High School auditorium,
was greatly enjoyed by the
drama lovers.
The leading role was taken
by Valerie Ball, who portray
ed Diana, and she was sup
ported by Ed Mehaffey. 9th
ers in the cast included Irene
McFarrell, Betty Studebaker,
Earl Hieber, Nancy Turppa,
and Dolores Naffziger.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-11
CONSIDERATION OF CHILD

At the service in Zion Taber-
nacle, Richmond, Victoria, Aus
tralia, on April 10, 1949, Ell
der A. J. Smith consecrated to
God, Gail Margaret Page.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-11
AT REST
To Our Dear Friends in the
Home Land
Zion Mountain View Chapel
Sunny Slope,

Sunny Slope,
Phoenix, Arizona
1t was with sorrowing hearts
that on Monday last (May
2nd), we laid to rest the NOR
tai remains of our beloved
Friend and Companion of over
SO years. After a few brief
weeks of illness, following
heart attack on April 4th, her
weary heart gave out and on
April 30th her Spirit took it's
flight to the realms of Glory,
there to be reunited with loved
ones gone on before, but leav-
ing our Southern home empty
and desolate.
She had acquired a host of
friends in this our new home
here, indeed to know her was
to love her. A sweeter spirit
than hers never graced a home
or the Church.
We wish hereby to acknow-
ledge the receipt of scores of
beautiful messages, we'll wish
ing cards during her weeks of
illness, expressions of prayer
full hope of her recovery and
the messages of coincidence re-
ceived by myself and family
are all highly appreciated and
comforting.
It is hard to part with her,
but we know where she is and
one can but press on until the
time of the Great Resurrection
in the air with our Lord, lit
tie way ahead. She was ready
to go and unafraid; indeed was
SO weary, she asked to go, but
mindful to the very last of
those she was leaving behind
and concerned for our welfare.
Now we have but a host of pre-
cious memories.
At the final service Elder
Leland Barton read the 31st
chapter of Proverbs, the des-
cription of the thrifty, virtuous
woman, so peculiarly fitting to
her case and she was every
thing to us as described there
in. A host of friends attend
ed. M. P. Barton and Mrs. In
man sang "There'll Be No
, Dark Valley When Jesus
Comes" a hymn that had had
an important part heretofore
in our lives. They also sang
Near to the Heart of God"
We laid her to rest under a
great Palm tree in Greenwood
Memorial Park, Phoenix, in the
Western part of the city; she
having directed that we go to
no extra expense or trouble,
else we might have taken her
back to the scenes of most of
our life time in the City of Zion
for which we labored and low
ed.
Mrs. S. H. DePew was born
Hetty Maiden at Hartville,
Ohio, October list, 1873, of
sturdy Pennsylvania Dutch
stock. She gave her heart to
God in her early young woman
hood and was a constant Chris
tian until the end. We came
to Zion in Chicago in the fall
of 1897, were received into the
Christian Catholic Church and
baptized by DR.. Dowie, both
later ordained to be Diaconate.
Truly now we can rise and
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-27

ley) i So many new things have recent
ly been delivered to the tiny shop
that this seems the only way left
to display some of them.
Another new service station bulle-
tin is now being sponsored in the
town. This one, Herbert Fender
gratis Texaco Town Talk" is sup
piled to customers of the Village
Service Station.
The K & M beer company recently
moved its headquarters from North
Columbia street to the basement of
Milton's Clothing Cupboard, next door
to Johnson-Strowd- Ward. The mer-
chants in that end of town are won
dering if perhaps the beer cellar isn't
a little too close to the church across
the street to suit the law.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-27
The Death of Mrs. Robert B. Lawson

as some people do, with expressing
compassion and making contributions.
She bestirred herself to find out what
families were in need. She visited
them, and procured food and cloth
ing for them. She helped men and
women who had suffered accidents or
who had lost their homes by fire; she
arranged for them to get medical and
hospital service; and she represented
them in appeals for assistance from
public welfare agencies. Always she
was watchful for opportunities to
give help where help was most needed.
Much of this work she carried on
through the medium of the organiza-
ton of which she was an officer for
80 years, the Kings Daughters.
She received in 1886 the award
given to the citizen of Chapel Hill
adjudged most useful to the commune
ty; she was twice president Of the
Womens Auxiliary of the Episcopal
church; and she was a leading mem
ber of the Davie Poplar chapter Of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton
Mrs. Lawson is survived by her
husband, Dr.. Robert B. Lawson Of
the faculty of the University, and a
daughter, Mrs. Julius A. Page, Jr.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-27

Every seat was taken, and many
people were standing, at the funeral
Of Mrs. Robert B. Lawson in the
Episcopal church Sunday afternoon.
Attendance at a funeral IS not to be
taken as a measure Of worth, but the
throng on this occasion had a real
meaning. Made up of all sorts Of
people-old and young, white and
black, the high-placed and the hum
ble-it was symbolic of Mrs. Law
sons wide-ranging interests and
sympathies, Of the regard and graft
tude which she had won from the
community by her never-failing
solicitude for the unfortunate.
Mrs. Lawson died Saturday after
noon in Watts Hospital after a long
illness, in her 10th year.
Born Estelle Adelaide Ward in
Orange, N. j., she came to Chapel
Hill when she was married to DR..
Lawson in 1906. From that time on,
during the 43 years until her death,
she took leading part in the life of
the community.
Her special interest was in chari-
ties, and her activity in IT, field
was characterized by inte, Sc prac-
ticality. She did not content herself,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-27

carpet, which will be placed in the
master bedroom. Pictures will be
taken of the carpet, after it is laid,
and will be used by the rug company
20 DegIH It's natTUnat advertising
campaign This is the first delivery
the company has made anywhere.
Baby clothes, wrapped in cellophane,
may soon be hanging on line out
side the Baby Shop ton Amber al
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-27

Ogburn, the furniture company
supplying the furnishings for the
new Lustron (aIl-steel) house on
Stevens street, received rush order
from the Alexander Smith company's
Baltimore factory Tuesday for new
two-color, two-texture wall-to-wall
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-27
Franklin Street Notes
By Betsy Brank

To my way of thinking, that go
Navy" poster in front of the post Office
should keep men out of the Navy
rather than encourage them to join
up. The The sailor pictured has on the
usual dark blue suit and white cap.
However, his face has been painted
what would term "sea-sick" yell
low, and, to make matters worse, he
is leaning forward to an alarming
degree.
The latest change in business phone
numbers is for the Johnson -Strowd-
Ward furniture company. That num-
bers is now F-443. Other new things
at that store include a supply Of
Simmons gliders. This is the first
year the Simmons people, bed-makers,
have ever turned out anything in the
way of porch furniture.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10
Hecker & Company
Opens Branch Here

With Bayard w. Goslin as resident
manager, a branch Office of Hecker
& Company, one of the Oldest mem
bers of the New York and Phila-
delphia stock exchanges, has been
opened in room 507 of the Profess
sional Arts Building
Mr.. Goslin, who has had IA years
experience in the investment secur-
tiles business, was with Buckley
Brothers for a number of years, the
last five in Hagerstown He is well
known in civic circles and is mem
Der of the Lions and the Alsatia
Clubs.
Mr. Goslin announced today that
his office here has a private wire
with Hecker & Company's main Of
fees, and that complete statistical
service is available to investment
accounts
Hecker & Company is a promin-
ent Philadelphia firm, established in
1916.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10

Cadwallader Ringgold, reached the
rank of rear-admiral in the Navy.
Like the once cherished, or per-
haps we should say the once cen
joyed," wealth of many people, the
great flower of wealth for this man
finally faded. The expense of the
upkeep of his mansion, together with
his lavish entertaining, eventually
exhausted the till, and the General,
in his older days, found it necessary
to sell part of his great estate. But
apparently no heed was taken of the
wasting away, for farm after farm
was sold, and in his last days, the
General was poor. At the close of
an illustrious life, he was laid to
rest in an enclosure on his once
famous Fountain Rock, along with
his wife and several sons and bro
Tiers
During his life at Fountain Rock,
General Ringgold entertained many
of the prominent people from Wash
ington, including President Monroe
and Henry Clay. 1t was the Cen
erals practice to drive to Washing
ton in his coach and four with out
riders, to bring his political asso-
ciates home with him.
Many years later, when the fam
Gus home had been sold and con-
verted into st. James College, there
arose a sort of superstition, attested
to by many observers, that each
night ,as the clock strikes twelve,
the rattle of wheels, the sound of
horses 'hoofs, and the rustling of
silk dresses may be heard at the
imposing front entrance of Fountain
Rock. Those who have heard these
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10

ward in his activities in this area,
more than once being able to present
to the President force of we'll train
ed men,
On one occasion, an act that should
have been acclaimed because it
sprang from real patriotism, was
used to oppose him in an election.
1t was at the time the British were
threatening the Capital City of
Washington, and General Ringgold
quickly called his men, assembled
them at Boonsboro, and prepared to
march to the defense of Washing
ton. But word came that the threat
had subsidized to the extent that the
force would not be needed, and so
the General disbanded his men. But
when in 1896 General Ringgold en-
tered the race for the Congress,
charges were broadcast by his op
ponent that he had unlaWfully or
dered the Militia into service. At
this election, the charges drew away
from General Ringgold enough sup
porting votes that he did not win.
But at the next election the same
charges failed to keep him from be-
ing elected.
Although General Ringgold was
one of the wealthiest and the most
aristocratic gentlemen of the State,
he favored and supported meas
ure for universal suffrage, entered
into the State Legislature in 1877 by
Edward Lloyd.
He represented the district in
Congress for five terms and one of
the things he took prominent part
in, was the reforming of the Ju-
dietary. He also favored the deClar-
alton of war with Great Britain in
| 1912.
When the growing city of Hagers-
town needed a new Court House
and a commission was appointed to
buy the lot and build the new
structure, General Ringgold was
named on the commission. He also
served as vestryman in the Episco-
pal Church.
General Ringgold was first mar
ried to the daughter of General
Caldwallader, and after her death he
married the granddaughter of Pres
ident Madison, Maria Antionette
Hays. This second wedding was
performed in the White House.
From these two marriages there
came many children to the General.
One of these, at least, was distln-
guished for military service, Major
Samuel Ringgold, who died on the
field of Palo Alto in Mexico. An
other son, George H. Ringgold, be-
came deputy paymaster general OF
the U. S. Army, and died in that
office in California, and third
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10
Acts To Cut Accident Toll

Governor Lane has launched a
Statewide campaign to cut Mary
lands traffic accident rate in half.
He has placed the blame for the
States 1913 highway toll of 401 dead
and $500 injured on ga small, Feck-
less and careless group (that) can
turn superhighways into battle
fields" His newly organized "citi-
zens' Highway Safety Committee" is
the driving force behind the cam
paign.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10
HORSE AND
BUGGY DAYS
by
Ida 10 Martin

Long before the sound of the first
Ford; even long before the sound OF
the first buggy wheel; back when
only the cry of the wild cat and the
Indian were heard, plus the whls-
pering of the tall trees throughout
our valley, there was a conference
at a spot near the center of what IS
now Washington County. 1t was
held near large spring, where a
volume of water gushed out from
between huge rocks, making it a
favorite spot for the Indians.
There was present at this con-
ference a stately and respected In
dian Chief, and the conference it
self was of serious nature. An
important matter was being con-
sidered and the assembled Indians
were MISUNDERSTANDING ahead for
the future, and thinking about the
good and welfare of many peoples,
other than themselves.
In many ways this long ago con-
ference was foretelling events that
were to take place many years later
and affecting men and women OF a
different color, the white man. In
the chiefs place was to come an
early settler of vast wealth, and one
of this country's best early educa-
tional leaders. The settler was
Samuel Ringgold, and the educator
DR.. Kerfoot, of st. James College.
Samuel Ringgold came to this sec
ton about the year 1892, after hav-
ing married the daughter of Gen
eral Cadwallader, and settled or
an estate of seventeen thousand
acres. He named this tract Con
ococheague Manor" and proceeded
to build home on it, at the ole
site of many Indian meetings anc
.campings, by the famous old spring
He hired an emminent architect tt
design the house, Benjamin H. La
trobe, who also designed the Caplto
building at Washington, D. c. Many
years later a granddaughter of the
designer, Mars. Henry Onderdonk
ruled over the home, after it had be
come the college of st. James. Ring
gold named his spacious and beautl
full mansion home Fountain Rock,
for the huge spring and its rock!
setting, near by.
At his fine home, in the heart o.
a prospecting County in growing
young Country, General Rlnggol'
lived in luxury and entertained hi
friends in royal manner. At Foun
tain Rock he entertained the mos
distinguished persons and soon be
came a leader in this County. Fo
many years he served as Justice o
the Levy Court. He was mad
Brigadier General of the State Ma
litia. and was quite active and for
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10
Remedy For Radiation Sickness
MAY Soon BECOME A Reality

Early development of a medical
defense against radiation sickness,
one of the most devastating effects
of an atom bomb explosion to hum
an beings, has been declared likely
by five University of Rochester
scientists. Of vital importance in the
development of the treatment, the
scientists disclosed, is aureomycin,
a drug isolated from mold in 1916
and now having a variety of uses.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10
81 Percent Have Autos

Fifty-one percent of the 100000
American families own at least one
automobile, according to sample
survey conducted this year by the
Federal Reserve Board. One family
out of II owns two cars or more.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10

sounds believe that they are pro-
ducd by the Spirit of Ringgold, driv-
ing phantom coach to the door of
his old home.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-11-10

Scalloped cape collar of brown mouton lamb
panel front coat of beige black or wine
broadcloth. Sizes 10 to Is and to IS
1895 -
The suede lining zips out to make light
weight casual coat of gabardine in black, wine
green. grey, brown. Sizes 10 to TO-
1895
Mink dyed marmot lines the short coat of
black. green mestre or navy. The seasons
newest coat fashion--so hattering to every
one Sizes 5 to 10. 1895
LETTER BRoTHERS-TH1RD FLOOR
Evening star., 1949-07-13
johnson Maps Checks
To Ana|yze Arms Aid
II PACT Plan Passes
By John A. Giles

The defense establishment is
mapping a system of checks and
double checks on foreign military
aid programs, in the event Con-
gress passes the arms program as
an adjunct to the Atlantic Pact, 1t
was learned today.
The system was described as de-
signed to bring about a more eff
Gent analysis of what is done
with any military aid granted the
foreign governments so that the
establishment will be in position
to report promptly and accurately
when called on.
If the arms program meets de-
feat in Congress, the system would
be applied to the aid programs al
ready underway in Greece, Turkey
and elsewhere on smaller scales.
The ultimate goal is an overall
military budget which will give &C
curate cost comparisons between
the Army. Navy and Air Force.
Thus, for instance, Defense Secre-
tary johnson will be able to de-
termine what it costs to main
tain an Air Force fighter group
based in the continental United
States as against a Navy carrier
based group. From these figures
the Joint Chiefs of Staff may more
accurately decide whether the
higher cost of one or the other is
worthwhile in the Nations stra-
tegic defense.
Preliminary secret estimates Of
Evening star., 1949-07-13
1.-THE 1e5o-51 budget already have

the 1e5o-51 budget already have
been furnished Mr.. johnson on the
basis of the current strength OF
the military organization while
the Joint Chiefs are considering
today at White Sulphur Springs,
w. Va, just what its size probably
should be in the light of interna-
tional and domestic conditions.
Mr.. johnson recently told the
Senate Appropriations military
subcommittee that the 1950-51
budget would bessmaller and that,
by July /, 1850, the military estab-
lishment will be operating at a
81 900 100000 rate Of saving" He
did not say how this would be
brought about but said that there
would be no cut in armed forces
strength.
Evening star., 1949-07-13

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