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Evening star., 1949-03-20
Boy Tells About
Being Target for
Expert Rifle Shot
Prize Contribution
BY Jimmy Chokeres. Is
Roosevelt High School

It all started one Saturday after
we had finished a game Of basket
ball. We had played to hundred
points and were nearly out on our
feet as we crawled toward our
porch. Suddenly a sharp whistle
interrupted our toiling. Sitting on
his porch across the street and
smiling at us was Mr.. Nick Kale-
venturpo-G forget how it ends .
He beckoned to us to come over
and since he was our newest
neighbor, we obliged.
We got to talking and he quite
boastfully asserted that he was
q pig-time game hunter. Accord
ing to him, the bears up North
had been laid out all over the
forest floor in piles by his sharp
shooting. To prove it he invited
us to come down and watch him
shoot. He would also teach us to
handle a gun, he said.
We had never fingered a gun,
except for our nickle-plated
water machine guns, of course.
But we were game 1--WE thought
and agreed to 60 with him.
He led the way down the base
ment steps, and into his shooting
range which was nothing more
than a thick piece of wood against
4 feet Of sand. papers, magazines
and books. The range stretched
from the garage into the main
part of the basement. A box was
provided to sit on and another
for the resting of the gun. Then he
showed us his beautiful % rifle.
He pointed out where he had
made his initials with bullets on
a block of wood and where his
pater-in-law had wrecked the
place with a stray bullet that
Clipped the cement off the wall
next to the garage door.
He potted around for about
IS minutes (nothing sensationaD, ,
and then gave us a chance.
Cotton safely in our ears, we
grasped the rifle and boldly took
aim through the who-jinky that
guides the flight of the missile.
Then we fired. When the smoke
had risen, we rushed to examine
the target. Sorrow reigned. boo
hoo, because the entire circle had
been missed by two inches. AS
time waned. our shooting perked
UP. Soon we were blasting col
(whup, better not say 1t or the
Mint will investigate for the
charge Of defacing you-knoW-
what's to pieces.
Then Nick requested that we
hold a wooden stick, some inches
long, in front of the target for him
to Dot at. We gasped out, "You
think we're nuts?" (don't answer
that. "We're getting out of here
That's the last thing we'll do. No
Never. Me-" The barrel OF the
gun looked menacing, pointing to
our heads. We held up the stick
We sweated. We shook. And old
Nick 1--WE knew he could do it.
whewD promptly plucked the stick
out of our trembling fingers with
hardly an aim. Never again. The
bullet had passed a scant inch and
a half from our hand and that
was close enough for us. We got
out of there.
Happy to be alive, we hippity-
hoped into our own house for a
tall, cool one (not what you think
and then settled down for that
popular game that requires skill
Drawn co, and strong thumbs
Yes stree, that's our game; that's
tiddley- winks.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Color Meeting

Color photography Will be the
subject of discussion at the Thurs
day evening meeting of the Foto-
Craft Club of the Twelfth Street
YMCA. DR.. George Adams and
Fred Harris will demonstrate and
lecture on the use of .Ansco ma
terial for color film development
and color printing. Club members
will meet in the auditorium of the
Y, 1916 Twelfth street NV. at 8
O'Clock.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
That Rainy Day
Prise Contribution j..
By Joy R. Boxer, 10
Rudolph School

Maybe you wanted to go riding,
Maybe you wanted to play,
But how could you do all those
things,
When it rains on that certain
day?
Perhaps you wanted to picnic.
Or play golf till the 18th tee,
But how could you do all those
things,
With puddles as big as the sea?
Then finally, the sun will shine,
And the doorbell Immediately
rings,
You open the door and some COM
pany's there,
And you can't do any Of those
things.
Evening star., 1949-03-20

at me, and tries to nip at my heelS.
One day when it was raining
I went up to a house that had a
barrier on the doorstep. At first
I thought it meant there was wet
paint on the door. But when I
got up closer I noticed a red box
on the door. red truck in the
driveway. and a sign that had
been tackled on the barrier, but
had probably blown down so that
it couldn't be seen from the street.
There was a lot Of printing on
the sign, but the thing I saw first
was Danger - Keep Away -
Deadly Poison. I didn't bother
to read the rest. I was so scared
just dropped the paper and ran.
After I had thought it over. I
came to the conclusion that the
people recently living in the house
had gone for a vacation or moved
Evening star., 1949-03-20

In making this photograph Mr..
Werner used . Goertz Dagor
lens, set at fill, q metered ex-
posure. one No. 2 floodlight on
the left and a tinfoil reflector on
the right. Moss was spread on a
table top to represent the wood
land foreground. A branch OF q
tree was set on either side and
the wrapping paper background
was sketched with chalk to give
the cloud effect.
Analysis and criticism by Harry
B. Shaw. The print quality of
this tabletop study is quite good
with the long range Of tones be-
Evening star., 1949-03-20

out and the Health Department
or some other agency was cleaning
out the place with poison that
would disinfect it. Well, I'm still
alive so I guess I wasn't near it
long enough for it to do any harm.
Of course, I see a lot of dogs
and cats because there are a lot
of people who like animals in my
neighborhood. Once I was bitten
by a big brown dog. My brother
was bitten by the same dog a few
days later.
One time on a rainy day I had
cat follow me to three houses
because it was so wet. I guess it
thought I would let it in.
If you want an eventful job. I
advise you to serve papers. At
least it sure has been eventful
for me. =
Evening star., 1949-03-20

from harshness and chalky
whites. The models are sufficient
ly remote from the background
to produce an almost stereoscopic
effect.
BY way Of criticism it would
appear that the lens was focused
a little too far back, the sharp
focus falling on the staghound
and in the same narrow plane
across the picture, the focus on
the other three figures being
rather diffuse. A focus on those
figures at f:16 instead of fill
perhaps would have been more
effective.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
3 Meetings Set
For Society

The National Photographic So
ciety will engage in three major
activities during the coming week.
Tomorrow evening at 8 O'Clock,
the basic portrait class will meet
at 212 Whittier street NV. for
a talk on color processing by
Thomas A. BeckWorth.
On Wednesday, the advanced
portrait class will meet in the
home studio of DR.. Sidney S.
Jaffe, 407 Dorset avenue, Somer-
set, Md, to hear retiring Pres
ident P. F.. Lambert discuss the
exposure and development of film
Evening star., 1949-03-20

hing kept within the capacity Of
the paper. Mr.. Werner used the
title, 1.-TWO Worlds" representing
two sides of the social scale by
the aristocratic lines of the sylph
and her slim. graceful staghound
as contrasted with the ill-clad
lassie and her mongrel.
Mr.. Werner has succeeded in
producing a well-def1ned pyram-
idal composition. The white
plaster f1gurine of the maid and
the staChound is not an easy SUBJ
ject to photograph satisfactorily.
He has used his light skillfully,
creating soft modelling. free
Evening star., 1949-03-20
lust Between
Ourselves
BY Philip H. Love

he has a dog. The truth is, OF
course. that the dog has him.
It's the dog, not his self-styled
owner, that decides when he
wants to eat, drink, 60 out, come
in, bark. growl. play and be petted.
Take the matter of barking, for
example,
"Our dog was so quiet when we
first got him." my friend said,
"that we thought there was some
thing wrong with him. He just
wouldn't bark. no matter what
was done or said. Even when
strangers came to the house he
remained silent.
"Then, one night when he was
gnawing a bone in the kitchen,
my daughter stepped close to him.
He looked up and, very expert
mentally. it seemed. barked twice.
We were very happy"
X II y s.
But my friend and his family
are something less than happy
about their 8-month-old cocker
spaniel's refusal to leave the house
lnescorted.
when we put him on the front
steps, he just sits there" my
friend explained. HE won't
bulge an inch until We pick him
up and carry him down the steps.
Then he sits again until we get
the leash and practically drag
him off for a walk.
There's a little park near us
where people take their dogs, un-
leash them and let them run. The
other evening, after dinner. took
our dog there. I put him down,
took off the leash and-well. what
do you suppose? He took out for
home as fast as he could go. and
didn't stop until he was seated
safely on the front steps"
Pretty soon. suspect. my friend
will catch on to what owns whom.
All winter, we've been feeding
the squirrels in our back yard. A
few weeks ago. a flock Of small
birds appeared. and we started
feeding them. too. Then two big
crows moved in.
For the squirrels. we put out
nuts. But. almost invariably. one
squirrel bigger and more import
ant-looking than the others-evi-
IDENTIFY the boss squirrel-frightens
his neighbors away and takes all
the food for himself. Then we put
out some bread for the squirrels
that have missed out on the nuts.
After they've had their fill. we
put out more bread for the birds.
This system worked satisfactor-
lily until the crows came. Now the
crows chase away the smaller
squirrels and the other birds and
eat all the bread. We chase them
away, of course. but they keep
coming back. And standing in the
yard and shooing them off isn't
the answer because the squirrels
and other birds stay in hiding un-
til we go back indoors. Only the
big. tough boss squirrel is eating
regularly. but he'll be out Of luck,
too, If those crows ever learn to
crack nuts.
Junior jottings: The Orr PTA
will hold a bazaar April 2 to raise
funds for the school. Marie Da-
vanzo. 2147 Young street Sc,
wants every one to know. Fan
Nell Daniels, Dunbar High School
Junior, plays the piano. is a bal
lerina and speaks Russian.
The Woodrow Wilson High School
speech class was asked by its
teacher for a sentence using the
word humorous. One student.
according to the Wilson Beacon,
popped up with this: The story
was humorous because the author
used many antidOteS."
Evening star., 1949-03-20


Heights area, and a sophomore in
Anacostia, High School. Sheila
writes for her school paper and,
works in neighborhood activities
of this nature. She hopes to Join
one of the Little Theater groups
shortly after graduation.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Services Contest
Judging March Is

The all-services photograph con-
test, originally set up for March 4,
with entries numbering close to
500 prints, has been rescheduled
for judging March 25. Some of
the prints made in the Orient
were misdirected and only recently
turned up,
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Old Dominion Club

The Old Dominion Camera Club
of Arlington will meet Wednes-
day at 8 pm. at the Buckingham
Community Building 313 North
Glebe road, for a black-and- white
exhibit and competition by the
members.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
About Timber

About 81 100000 cords of wood
are used annually for fuel in the
United States.
The United States has 161 ma
tional forests with a total area Of
181 ,000, 900 acres.
The United States uses about
half the timber harvested in the
world.
United States mining operations
use about $50. .000.0 900 cubic feet
Of timber annually.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Carrier Tells His Experiences
While Serving Paper Route
Prise co4se'b"''o*
BY Tim Jeeko, II +
Bethesda Elementary School

good months and during
interesting things happen to I'll tell
some of them.
lot of children playing around
block there dog that quite friendly
about houses big dog usually starts barking
Evening star., 1949-03-20

Council to Rotute
MONTHLY Meetinqs

The Interfederation Council,
which formerly held its monthly
meetings in the Board of Trade
rooms of The Star building, plans
to rotate future meetings among
the District and nearby counties.
An official of the Highway De-
partment will address the Hamp-
shire Heights Citizens Associa-
ton at a meeting Tuesday night,
This weeks schedule follows:
Monday.
Chevy Chase-Chevy Chase
Community Center, Connecticut
avenue and Mckinley street NV,
8 pm.
Chillum HeightS-Luther Rice
Memorial Church. 1914 North
Capitol street, 8 pm.
Fort Davis-Ryland Methodist
Church. Branch avenue and S
street Sc. 8 pm.
Interfederation Council-lS25
E street NV, 8 pm.
Lincoln Park-EpWorth Metho-
dist Church. Thirteenth street
and North Carolina avenue NE,
8 pm.
Shepherd Park-Shepherd Park
School, Fourteenth street and
Kalmia road NV, Sis pm.
Tuesday.
Hampshire Heights-Barnard
School, Fourth and Decatur
streets NV. 8 pm.
Wednesday.
Sixteenth Street Highlands
BrightWod School. Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV. 8 pm.
Bloomingdale Civic Association
DIR. Paul F. Cook of Miner
Teachers College will talk on
Strayer Report at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the Tabor Presbyterian
Church, Second and S streets
Evening star., 1949-03-20


included factors in determining the Federal
sunday this column from the Organic Act o, -
So per- cent
National Capital Fifty cent may or may
factors gathered and toaed the
result might not be far below that percentage,
9@p Fifty Per Cent Federal Payment No Burden
budget submitted by the District Commissioners exceeded
and cut BY the to .5o oo b.
the Federal payment under $3.50 plan S han
St. staes aaioS'' '4 Vic ',''''''''' '' ,.
be at the rate Of s5 This
nsgneant per capita amount with other
The afternoon Of Thursday last carried story that
the the District Of Columbia
budget in i'm addition ad to the he tos 10Y
600 which would represent
States nclSdng those from the Of
be the owners Of the Federal Government.
Easy Method to Provide for Long Unmet Capital Needs
The needs for school buildings completion the Central
have been long situations which
Han only oS soud at the possible
Of ongem loan from the Federal Government without
While this appears to be perfectly reasonable ana SOUND @
far more one would be or @ IS m
meet heavy costs.
Committee showed interesting radio interview that
% en T sa
During period the Federal payments amounted to
$10e according statute 900 should have
according SENATOR
Columbia failed to receive under the Federal
agreement, provided by the law ,
Now appear only fair and equitable for the
70 from sn I this fast plans
quidae completely this case OF snort
changing
Home Rule Not Indicated in Daylight Saving Action
Cauged the House District Committee on
BILL the Congress would not appear
inclined its to the local WINE
complained since 1903 they have been
very reluctant their responsibility Tor minor
matters Many in Congress have long talked OF ne
relieved but this desire has usually oeen expended
joy of feeling sorry for ITSELF -. .,
always been Senators
responsibility Tor governing e
constructive work. On the other hano
there those apparently indifferent
interest in District OF Columbia affairs only wnen
possible threatened TO their
designing residents OF the District
attitude Congress toward the District
prevailing students and the people in college
Columbia situation prevails In the coege
through their duly constituted government hod
District of Columbia the Congress
body full and authority the
ownspeople and local government
The students ample ground for
complaint against local which
impose restrictions on student activities The
as other hand has such legitimate
complaint they the law and the government
part elnquh governing powers
quarters decided fear exists nat
members the Congress would nd
subject to certain authority Of the local community ano It's
government. ::
thought applies with greater force to locally
would the OF grant to the VoteeS
and unrepresented people the District OF their
participate the National Government through nauona
representation.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Government Obligation to It's Capital;
Capital Projects by Funds Due District
By Jesse c. Suter

Financing the District a Federal Primary Obligation
District OF Columbia bill in the House
Representatives Monday the and this voeess
unrepresented community facing dilemma The worry over ns
this happens to be- However,
local unable to dves themselves OF
large what the threatened outcome
local residents naturally vtay interested the
municipal activities Through neglect by the Congress meet urgent
what they should be- Attempts to remedy
conditions carried in the pending annual
fiscal ending June 80 1850 That b as passed
by Representatives after cut amounts to
$98 w $2300 the apparent deficit
and permit balancing Of the budget. go
this deficiency there to be inclination TO saooe
the local community and unrepreented people with
at the time relieve to an enormous
oce-holder who voters In the States
retroactive District raise to meet the pay
Federal last would increase this oenc oy ~
least $l0,000000. ., ..
additional made available the probable nrst
sahng Of the budget and postponng protS
improved which should be made Immediately aVaaOe
Ownership Carries Obligation to Pay
Columbia the Nations Capital belongs 10
the ownership by the people
exacted by the Congress 1or
and those residents who have vote IN the
Usually pocamng this dea the fact is entrey
looked that the voteess and esoens OF e
Of Columbia also owners. -,
granting special privileges exemption OF these
State taxation obligation
Americans fellow part-oWnes OF
Capital who allegiance the United States
should voeess and unreprsented people nave 10 pear
Of tax through tax
elected by the people OF the States OF the
Union? .
unrepreSened be required TO
bear that officers Of the United States
Federal employees generally may be
they have vote in the States ana
Congress possesses the power to do it?
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Shows Comma
Here During /
Holidays

There'll be a family reunion al
the Reno road residence Of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Jack Snow al
Christmas time. They're expect
ing their son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harry Miles
jr., with their two small boys, to
come from Indianapolis. Mrs
Miles is the former Barbara Snow
and her sister, Ruth, now Mrs
Walter H. Mckinney, jr.. with her
husband will be here from East
Ann Arbor, Mich. Receiving a
special welcome will be Andy,
jr., and his bride. the former
Barbara Moody, who were mar
ried on September "a in Boston
where Andy is a senior at Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
The brides mother, who is Mrs.
Ross Moody of Chicago. attend
ed the Girls Latin School in that
city and was graduated last year
from Bennett Junior College in
Millbrook. She made her debut
in Chicago in June, 1948.
Andy was graduated from Sid
we'll Friends School in Washing
ton before entering NJ. I. T. The
young couple, who have an apart
ment on Beacon street, met four
were spending the summer at
Sea Girt, N. j.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Junior College
Plans Bazaar

The various departments OF
Marjorie Webster Junior College
are competing with each other
in plans for novel booths to be
featured at the annual Christmas
bazaar Of the college on Thurs
day evening. The event will take
place at the college gym.
Proceeds from the bazaar will
go toward equipping a new build
ing now under construction on
the campus. The building will be
known as the Jessie Fraser Web
ster Memorial Hall and will house
a modern theater, radio and tele-
vision units and science labora-
tories.
Brooke Johns will auction off
many prizes donated to the college.
Miss Ruby Neal, faculty men,
ber, is the bazaar chairman and
is being assisted by Mrs. Bruce
Clark, alumnae chairman.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Full Program
'AtLuncheon
Tuesday

Mrs. Gordon Gray. wife of the
Secretary of the Army, will be
guest of honor at "a luncheon
for Washington area and Fort
Belvoir wives Of active. retired
and deceased officers of the Corps
of Engineers on Tuesday at 1890
o'clock in the Fort McNair Officers
Club.
Mrs. Lewis A. Pick, wife Of the
chief Of engineers, will preside.
and Mrs. Howard G. Hill, a concert
artist, accompanied by Mrs. Sam
s. Williams, will entertain the
guests with vocal selections.
Mrs. William r. Smith, busi-
ness manager Of the Margaret
Carr Thomas Decorating Shop
in Alexandria, is in charge Of a
hobby show of handsome gifts,
toys, Christmas cards. art, leather
work and other interesting items
which will be contributed by the
engineer wives.
The ballroom of the club will
be decorated with a colorfully
trimmed Christmas tree, holly and
evergreens.
Reservations for the party may
be made by contracting Mrs. E. E.
fitzpatrick, Emerson 5887.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
|Anne Mcguire
lis Married to
|John Keller

Capital society attended the
wedding yesterday of Miss Anne
Droop Mcguire and Mr.. John
Greenway Keller at 4:30 o'clock in
st. Adams Church.
The Rev. DR.. Felix Kloman
officiated at the ceremony which
united in marriage the daughter
of Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Hamilton
Ewing Mcguire of Washington
and Bluemont, Va, and the son
of Col. and Mrs. William Lordon
Keller. A reception was held i'm
mediately following at the Wash
ington Club.
Gen. Mcguire gave his daughter
/ in marriage. She wore an ivory
satin gown with a veil Of tulle
held by orange blossoms. Her
sister, Mrs. Marcus Beebe. jr.. was
matron of honor, having come
from Salonika, Greece. for the
occasion.
Mrs. Richard Nash Of Tuxedo
Park, N. Y, and the Misses Mary
Mcguire, another sister: Joan
Beauregard, Louise Hamilton.
Mary Mccormick Of Highland
Park. ILL.,, and Joan Smith OF
Philadelphia were the other at
tendants.
Best man for the groom was
Mr.. Robert L. Ireland III Of New
York and the ushers were the
Messrs. E. Taylor Chewing, jr.,
John Nevius, Hamilton Mcguire,
jr., Charles Bartlett, Edwin j.
OBrien III of Louisville, KY: H.
Virgil Sheriff. and John Ward
Leggett of New York and Henry
Wheeler and Donald Lamont OF
Lake Forest, Ill,
After a honeymoon in the West
Indies the couple will make their
home in Washington. Mrs. Keller,
| a provisional member of the Junior
League of Washington. is a grad
uate of Madeira School and Pine
Manor College. Her husband
graduated from Phillips Academy,
Yale University and the Univer-
tsity of Virginia Law School. He
was a member of the Fence Club
and VOLTS Head at Yale, is a
member of the Chevy Chase Club
here. He served as a major of
field artillery in the Pacific theater
during the war.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Gronoth-Johnson
Enquqen1ent old

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Granath
of Jonkoping. Sweden, have an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Gull Britt, to Mr.. Harry
E. johnson OF Washington. son
of MIR. and Mrs. Alfred johnson
of Randolph, Mass.
Miss Cranath, who has been q
resident of Washington since Oc-
tober, 1947, now is visiting her
parents in Sweden but will re-
turn in time for the wedding.
which is planned for March. 1850.
Mr.. johnson received his edu-
cation in Massachusetts, and is a
member of the Massachusetts, Bar.
He is employed as an attorney in
the legal division of the Recon-
struction Finance Corp.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Engaged to Marry

Mr.. and Mrs. Enrique Petro-
witch announce the engagement
Of their daughter, Astrid Mila-
gros. to Mr.. Theus Joseph She'll,
son Of Mrs. Carolyn T. Shell of
Washington and Brooklyn, N. Y,
and the late Mr.. Theus j. She'll.
The bride-elect is a graduate
of Georgetown Visitation Acad-
emy and is employed as med
ical secretary and translator at
the Pan American Sanitary Bu-
reau. Mr.. Shell attended George
town University and is a student
at GEORGETOWN Law School.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Mothers 'MemoryCIub

Miss Kate Lenoir of the Story
Tellers' League will present pro-
gram of Christmas stories at the
meeting of the National Mothers
Memory Club, to be held Thursday
at the parish hall of st. Margaret's S
Church, Connecticut avenue and
Bancroft place NV. The program
will follow 2 pm. business meet
ing.
The club will have a Christmas
party on December Is at the Aged
Women's Home in Georgetown.
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Enquqed to Wed

MIR. and Mrs. Meyer Hoffman
announce the engagement of their
daughter Ruby to Mr.. Herbert
Halperin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Halperin.