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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Underground Beauty
Seen at Lurav
Prize Contribution
BY Potricio Elliott, II
Leland Junior High School

Leland Junior High School
This summer our family went
to the Caverns of Luray outside
OF Luray, Va.
I found the history of the cave
very interesting. The story tells
that two men were hunting for a
supposedly vast cave near the
location of the cavern. Some time
later they noticed a crevice where
cold air was escaping. The crevice
was enlarged to an extent where
a man could pass through it..
After it was explored, they built
In lights and walkways, so the
cavern was opened to the public.
The guide told the party. about
different formations. Formations
hanging from the ceiling are
called stalactites and those FORM
ing from the floor of the cave are
stalagmites. Those connected to-
gether are simply called columns.
1t is said that the entire cavern
was formed from an underground
river that left these formations.
One is called Capitol Hill. It
Is a natural replica of the Capitol
on a hill. Another is the ballroom
Each year they hold dances in
this room. It is very large.
There were many pools and
lakes. The reflection Of the CELL
ing and walls of the cave are
beautiful. The pools are from 8
inches to 6 feet deep. The deeper
the water, the more shallow it
looks.
The cave is miles long and
took about two and one-half hours
to complete the entire tour. In
one room the guide turned the
lights off so we could see the
natural amount of light in the
nora II xr,oc y~;fo1, %o1ooJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip H. Love.

Yes, there ARE some chinqua-
pins in these parts, even though
! can't find them.
Sunday before last, you'll re-
call, this column told of my I'M
successful hunt for chinquapins
in the woods near my home.
Well, a reader in Fairfax, Va,
assures me that there really are
such things-and that, with a
bit of luck. he'll get me some.
II read your article relative to
your craving for chinquapins,"
writes Morris Katz of Woodland
farm. Nov, if you had written
your article a week or two sooner,
could have gathered plenty of
them for you. AS it is, the squir-
rels have gotten all, or nearly
all. of them.
my father in-law comes out
on week ends and two weeks
ago I told him it was time for
chinquapins, as the burrs were
opening. He loves chinquapins,
but somehow he forgot what I
had told him and left without
gathering any.
When he returned this past
week end, reminded him again.
This time he went out and re-
turned with but a handful. It
seems that the squirrels got there
first.
"I'n go out into the woods
within the next few days and
see if there are any that Br'er
Squirrels missed. If so, I'll put
them in a cloth sack and mail
them to you"
So far. no sack has come from
MIR. Katz, but I'm grateful to him,
anyway, for his willingness to
share his chinquapins with me.
And hope that his woods stay
full of them year after year.
n X
But Mr.. Katz isn't the only
reader whose luck with chin
quapins has been better than
mine. My cousin, Edgar M. Love,
Michigan Park Hills, Md, phoned
to say:
"If only I'd read your column
sooner, you'd be eating chinqua-
pins right now. Bobby (his
5-year-old SOM and I found some
this afternoon. We roasted them
and ate them-and boy, were
they good!
WED no sooner eaten them
than I read your column. II I'd
known you liked chinquapins so
well, I'd have saved some and
brought them to you. But I'm
sure We got every last one in those
woods. Now all I can do is to
promise to get you some next
year-if there are any"
Give Worsley. Mckinley High
School, is the non-professional ac-
Gordon champion Of the United
States. He won the title In Chi
cago this past SUMMER by out
playing so other finalists in a
Nation-W contest.
Give, a senior, has been playing
the accordion since he was S years
old. He has played many times
for Tech assemblies, and last
June he gave a concert at Ran
dolph-Macon College. The day
he won the championship he also
played for an audience estimated
at 100000 in Chicago's huge Sol
dier Field.
Boys and girls with talent as
entertainers are invited to try out
for the floor show to be given in
connection with the District Ma
tional Guards dance in the Ar
mory at $3.50 pm. Friday. October
%. Additions may be arranged
by calling Columbia Obs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

UIICIHI opening VIII De 1uesuay, OCCUUer 20, 70
continue to Wednesday, November %. The goal
is set for So 991 49, and is half million dollars
smaller than the 1949 goal but is $455.000 greater
than the amount which last years drive actually
raised.
Responsibility for raising the necessary funds
for carrying on during the coming year of the &C
tivities Of the Chest agencies rests squarely upon
each individual citizen within the area of Alex
andria, Arlington. Fairfax. Montgomery Prince
Georges and Washington, D. C. The extent of this
individual responsibility is measured only by good
citizenship, public spirit and ability to pay.
It is absolutely impossible for any good Ameri-
can to sidestep this opportunity and privilege.
The challenge cannot be dismissed with a shrug
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Clouds
Prize Contribution
Efeonor Momm, Is

Efeonor Momm, Is
Leland Junior High School
In endless procession
Across the sky,
All day white clouds
Come drifting by;
Their shadows spreading
Ger the ground,
The clouds drift by
Without a sound.
Red and gold at sunrise,
White as fleece at noon,
While family above them
Shines the moon;
Above the horizon d!
Black clouds rise,
Darkening the
Once-sunny skies.
The light fades,
Leaving clouds Of gold,
For the sun is setting
And the day is old;
A last little cloud
Upon the earth peeps;
Then the darkness of night
Ger the world creeps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

Sheriff. Ann Stalker, tai
ented student of the Holton-
Arms School, is songWriter and
pianist at the age of 9.
Junior Star Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Sheriff. Ann Stalker Writes
Dozen Songs at 9 Years Of Age
By Edword A. Greene

vivid imagination and natural talent for music make Sheriff.
Ann Stalker 9yearold fifth Holton
poser of over dozen songs in the past
The idea for may Sheriff. any
place When the melody title
it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Positive Proof of Good Citizenship;
No Closed Meetings of School Board
By Jesse G. Suffer

by Jesse e. SuteT
Our Civic and Welfare Job-We Can't Let George Do 1t
Once there privilege and opportunity
being good Americans and good negbors through liberal
ipation the annual fund 1850 Community
Chest Federation While the campaign really under the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16
Kitten

Kitten
Prize Contribution
By Eileen Ederen, Is
Blodensburs Junior High School
Little bundle of cuddly fur,
So round and soft and fat.
How can you ever hope to turn
Into a grown-up cat?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16


No occasion exists for citizens being over the desire for
closed meetings recently the Board
Education The President
be closed meetings would have reassurng
mentioned that public meetings the
The law the subject to be found
Code of 1941 at 857 and is follows
"An meetings whatsoever of the board
public committee meetings dealing appointment
teachers little 81 Chapter Education Section 10
practice Of the Board of Education ago
vented this requirement. Preliminary closed
in the office of the prior the public
of the business the board considered
in the conference The conference
rehearsal"
Upon the board members their
secretary superintendent boardroom and took
their accustomed places The business then
fashion and without much Illuminating
how the members stood the issues decided.
unsatisfactory
particularly who earnestly striving
roundly
clear Congressional
supplemenng protests of brought
that since to all ntents and
has been compliance with the law
There of the local in people
interested than the public schools The code pov
sion requiring business
open prevailing opinion to be that board
thin skinned to act in the they should
give to those who can.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

Bloomingdale Civic Association
Tabor Presbyterian Church,
Second and s streets NV, s pm,
tomorrow.
Capitol View Civic Association
I-Richardson Elementary School,
Fifty third and Blaine streets NE,
8 pm, tomorrow.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11

tana political lfe-or destroy him politically For,
Mr. Olsen unlike his predecessor has in his grasp by
legislative appropriation, $4,000 with which to
force the gambling laws of Montana and to invest-
gate the entire operations of the state liquor monop
oly-and if need be, prepare indictments and pros
any malefactors to the full extent of the law.
This two-fold responsibility gambling
violations and alleged liquor monopoly malpractice
would be heavy enough even if the appropriation had
been made by both house and senate of his own
political party But in this instance, it is, for the
sake of his future, something of extreme gravity
Let one kid themseves-approval of that $4,000
by the Republican senate made with grace
whatsoever The COP senate leaders in their wisdom
realized that refusal to go along with the house would
be political suicide for the party-that next
campaign, their party would be damned from end
of the state to the other, of attempting to "cover up
for the late Republican state administration.
So, for the sake of the party a whole though
individual members may be cast into political
oblivion the COP leadership did go along-and-at
the time placed the burden of enforcement upon
the opposition in the person of the attorney general
1t gamble and they were in tight place, but
they took the smartest course-and be unto the
less than 1914 per cent perfect in carrying the
mandate of the legislature.
But, the credit sde far Mr.. Olsen and
his party concerned should he be able to effec-
lively carry out that mandate he will make for HIM
self name which may well bestow upon him all the
honors grateful Montana citzenry has to offer.
1t will be interesting to watch what destiny has
in store for him these next couple of years.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11

exploitation the legislature chose the "easy
way out-by increasing the SALES TAX on cigar
cites so per cent.
Too, the legislature had opportunity to do some
thing about overlapping and duplication of activities
by the various divisions of state government had the
senate gone along with the house lib 319. But,
though such study, supplemented by effective legis
lative action in 1851, could untold thousands
annually, the senate shrugged it off by saying that
such studies had been made in the past with no
Suits For lack of results the legislature has only
itself to blame.
Looking at the lack of industrial development in
Montana, and bearing in mind the enormous natural
wealth of Colonial empire, it seems to me the
''board of directors of that empire showed little
business foresight in not providing the industrial de-
velopment board they set up with appropriation to
carry its work. How going to keep Mon
tana's young people in Montana, and bring about
other than haphazard industrial development, unless
know what we have to offer, are in position to
effectively work for development of cheap power for
industry, explore markets, freight rate reductions,
ETC.?
For the record let it be said that the 31st Legs-
lative Assembly better than most not because it
good but because most past legislatures have
been so impossibly bad!
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11
Reflections On the Recent Legislature

Looking back the first 1949 when the 31st
Legislative Assembly held the spotlight the minds of most
Monanans I'd like to that this assembly really
pshed much for the people of the state But to make such
report I'd definitely have to have my tongue in cheek
1t true that worthwhile accomplishments must be
chalked the positive side of the ledger 1t further
that that than could be said for that aRepubcan
circus otherwise known the 1947 Legislative Assembly
But the shame of all lies comparison of what
accomplished, and what COULD HAVE BEEN accomplished
had both houses been closer their thinking in their
conception of legislation hasten the of
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11
On the Spot

Attorney General Arnold Olsen, by action of the
legislature its final day. has had heavy respon-
sibility placed upon his shoulders responsibility
that well build him into leading figure in Mon
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-11

Represents eI Gyi H Speaker he
pJmnsMc Kenaa fH Lqur gc bet tfu rlala
nB commandment Wahn
lay record Tor an
Rep ey o
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-08
fife TheOCraf
USE CARE IN
DISPOSINC OF
FLUORESCENT BULBS

If you accidentally break a
fluorescent lighting tube, be
very careful you dispose of it.
This warning was given ILL
nois farmers and others by F.
w. Andrew, farm electrical en-
gineer, Illinois College of Ag-
riculture. The danger lies in
the poisonous beryllium salts
which have been used in the
manufacture of the bulbs, An
drew said.
Cuts caused by the sharp
edge Of a broken fluorescent
light are likely to be hard to-
heal and are open to infection.
There is also much danger in
breathing any of the beryllium
dust which may be in the air
after the bulb is broken, he
pointed out.
In case one of the bulbs
breaks when you are near,
quickly leave the room or area
until any dust has had chance
to settle. Then wear heavy
gloves if you pick up the piec-
es, or carefully sweep the
broken glass into a container
which may be covered and dis
posed of.
Worn out tubes may be safe
ly taken care of by crushing
them in a wet burlap sack by
using a hammer. Then bury
the entire contents. Take par
ticular pains to see that chill
dren do not use discarded
fluorescent lamps for play
things, since they may be acct
dentally broken.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-08

make up the final graduating
class" They have completed
two years of freshman and
sophomore work at Galesburg.
Members of this years "grad-
uating class will not receive
diplomas but will move on for
advanced instruction.
Established as an emergency
facility because of the great
demand for college training,
the Galesburg division opened
it's doors on October Fl, 1916.
A total of 7,119 students re-
gistered during the three years
of operation. With the drop in
the Veteran enrolment, the
top attendance figure of LOO
reached in 1947 decreased to
819 this semester.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-08
GREAT LAKES
SHIPPING RECORD

Picking up the same record
breaking pace where they left
off last December, Great Lakes
ore-carriers smashed all pre-
vious April marks for move
ment Of iron ore, set a new
peacetime April record in btu
minunous coal, and a new post
war record movement of grain.
Combined April shipments of
the three commodities have
never been equalled in the his
tory Of Great Lakes shipping.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-08
GALESBURG DIVISION OF
u. OF ILL. BEING CLOSED
w. E. Holland Transfers
to Urbana.

GALESBURG, ILL. = War
rem E. Holland, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiram w. Holland of
3244 Emmaus Avenue, is
among the more than 500 STU
dents at the Galesburg Division
of the University of Illinois who
are transferring to the Univer-
sity's main campus at Urbana-
Champaign, Illinois, at the end
of the current semester, June
3rd.
The remainder of the pres
ent total of 819 students are
expected to enroll at other col
leges and universities since the
undergraduate division is be-
ing closed and will be taken
over by the state department
of public welfare to care for
aged and infirm patients.
Included among the transfer
students will be 268 who will
Manufacturers of fluorescent
tubes have agreed to stop u.s.
ing beryllium prosphor salts in
their lamps in the future, but
that will not reduce the haz-
ard of infectious cuts until the
lamps in use at present are
gone.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-08
SPRAY HOUSE, SAY
"SHOO" TO FLIES

Spraying is one of the best
ways to say ''shoo" to flies and
rid your house of this summer
nuisance.
And spraying is a real pro-
lection for your family because
flies are more than nuisance.
They are a health hazard. They
carry at least 20 human dis
eases including diphtheria,
smallpox, typhoid fever and
possibly infantile paralysis.
The best time to start spray
ing is in early June. And a good
chemical solution to use for
spraying against flies is DOT
Ga 2 per cent emulsifiable con-
centrate diluted to 5 per cent
strength).
H. B. Petty, insect specialist
in the University of Illinois
College of Agriculture outlines
the following program:
First paint the screen and
frames, window screens and
frames with the DOT solution.
And spray the porch ceilings
with it. Then repeat the rou-
tine once every month. This
will contaminate the roosting
places of flies.
Many of the above items and
materials can be obtained at
Zion Hardware.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-08
PERMANENT CAR
TAGS PROPOSED

Permanent license plates,
with registration periods stag
gered throughout the year, are
proposed in a bill recently in
troduced in the state legisla-
ture, reports the legislative bu-
reau of the Illinois Automobile
club.
The present Illinois registra-
ton law, requiring all motor
vehicles to be registered by or
before January LIST of each
year, has long been unwork-
able.
Present Plan of Issuing 2
Million Plates Unworkable.
To issue close to 2 million
sets of plates within one month,
as the present law requires, is
a physical impossibility and
has led to non-enforcement of
the law for several months af-
ter the legal deadline.
Most states which formerly
had a registration law similar
to Illinois is based on the Wis
consin act and provides that
on and after Jan. 1, 1850, per-
manent license plates shall be
issued for all motor vehicles
which shall be registered for
a period of IL consecutive cal
endar months; IL registration
periods are established, each
starting on the first day of a
calendar month and shall end
on the last day of the follow
ing 18th month; with each IL
cense plate issued for any per-
iod narrow metal tag will be
issued, which would designate
the year the registration ex-
pires, would carry the name of
the county in which the vehicle
was registered and would be
affixed to the license plate;
would also contain in the low
err left hand corner, a number
indicating the month in which
the registration expires.
It is intended that such IL
cense plates shall be good for
the life of the vehicle, so long
as the owner remains the same.
When registration of the We
hicle is renewed by the owner,
a new metal tag will be issued
for each license plate, but the
owner will retain the same Ii
cense plates and registration
number.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-08
MRS. WALLACE HONORED

A luncheon was given at Gar
ner's cafe last Wednesday at one
o'clock in honor of Mrs. Gertrude
wallace, operator for the South
ern Bells Tchula office who re-
tired ON December l, 1949, after
twenty years continuous service.
Luncheon was erved in a priv
/ ate dining room. The long linen
covered table was centered with
an arrangement of red berries and
Christmas greenery topped with
the numeral 40" in silver. Red
tapers in crystal candelabra were
placed on either side. The hon
oree's place was marked with a
beautiful lavender corsage. A
menu of tomato juice cocktail,
baked, turkey with dressing, gravy
celery, vegetables, cranberry jelly,
hot rolls, a salad course and des-
sert of fruit jello with whipped
cream, coconut cake and coffee
was served.
Mr.. H.. P. Folwell, Mississippi
traffic superintendent, Jackson,
presented Mrs. Wallace with a
gold, jeweled service emblem and
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-08
MRS HUDDLESToN HoNoRS
ON BIRTHDAY

on Saturday afternoon, De-
cember 3, at 8, Mrs, Huddleston
entertained twenty-four girls and
boys in honor of the ninth birth
day of her daughter, Martha Ann.
Interesting games were played
with Carl Somerville winning the
prize in Poison Penny game"
Ann Smith of Sardis made the
most words out of birthday" to
win a prize. All blew up balloons
and joined in a grand march to
the r~efreshment table which was
covered with white crepe paper
and ferns with the birthday cake
in the center and with pink.
white and green minis, sand
witches, cookies on each side. CO.
ca-Colas were served and the
gifts were opened by Martha Ann.
Miss Estelle Jones and Miss
Mildred Duncan assisted Mrs.
Huddleston in entertaining the
guests.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-08

Miss Greer in a few well chosen
words presented her with two
beautiful Godet prints in matched
mahogany frames, gift of the
Tchula office force.
Mrs. Wallace, becomingly attir-
ed in a black crepe dress and
wearing a pin carnation corsage,
gift of her daughters, Mrs. Jones
and Mrs. Duncan, responded in a
most gracious manner.
The guest list included Mrs.
Wallace, Mr.. Folwell, Mr.. Ulmer,
MI. j. E. Cakes, traffic depart
ment, Greenwood, Miss Greer,
chief operator, Tchula, Mrs. Min
ME Walt and Mrs. Christine Nc
Phail, operators, Mrs. j. E. Dun
can, Yazoo City, and Claude
Jones, Kern.
Pictures were made of the
group while seated at the table
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-08

Mr., and Mrs. Bernard Flowers
went to Yazoo City Wednesday
to see c. B. Wilson at the Kings
Daughters hospital. Mr.. Wilson
has returned home but is still
confined to his bed.
Mrs. Herman Watkins and son,
James Terry of Belzoni spent
Saturday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Terry Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Barwick
shopped in Jackson Saturday.
DR.. David Minter attended q
committee meeting in Greenville
Sunday. Mrs. Minter and chill
dren visited friends in Indianola
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-08
BENEFIT BRIDGE PARTY
GIVEN BY GARDEN CLUB

The Tchula Garden club mem
bers were hostess to a lovely
party Tuesday afternoon at the
Legion hut. The large room was
decorated with cedar, red berries
and red candles in artistic arran-
cement and floor baskets of the
same completing the Christmas
motif. Rock, six hundred and
bridge were played at ten tables.
winners we're Mrs. H. B. MCGEE,
Jr., at bridge, Mrs. Ned Parrish
at six hundred, and Mrs. Moses,
rock. Lucky at bingo were Mrs.
Salley, Mrs. Walter Curle, Mrs. j.
j. Kazar, Mrs. w. w. Woody and
Mrs. Mcclellan.
Games were played again in the
evening at 8 o'clock with men
playing dominoes. Eleven tables
of congenial guests enjoyed the
games. Winners were: for
bridge, Mrs. Pauline Casteele;
rock, c. w. Smith, six hundred,
Mrs. Parrish and dominoes, B. B.
Brannon. Bingo, Mrs. E. N. Nc
Kibben, D. E. Rickles, Jack Bar
wick, Mrs. H. j. Baine, Mrs.
George Buck, Jr., and Miss Sara
Ellen Jones.
All prizes were donated by the
Tchula merchants.
Assorted sandwiches, pickles,
cookies and coffee were served in
the afternoon and evening.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-12-08

Sunday dinner guests in the
Frank Darnell home were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Darnell and sons,
David Richard, Charles and Will
liam of Leland. In the afternoon
they visited Judge and Mrs. G. D.
McCaleb in Lexington.
Mrs. V. Reinhard returned last
week from an extended visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Curtis
Jones and family in Laurel.
Mrs. A. c, Conger and Mrs. C.
R.. Hamlin visited c. B. Wilson
and Mrs. Fred Holmes in the va
zoo City hospital Thursday after
noon.