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Evening star., 1950-11-27

vember 20. 1890, their venture
was almost completely destroyed
by fire. 1t was then that they sold
out to the Chautauqua Associa-
ton, that movement to give cul-
ture and wholesome entertainment
to the Nation. The name came
from the original Methodist
sponsored assembly grounds, still
in the operation, on the banks of
Lake Chautauqua in Western
New York.
The amusement park still con-
tains much of the heavy stone
masonry of the Chautauqua
which was built for the ages. The
great circular amphitheater still
stands. 1t is 800 feet in diameter
and used to seat 5000. It had a
pipe organ with air pumped by
water power by the brook that
still flows beneath it.
For years it was the Fun House
of the Glen Echo amusement
park. But after the 1948 season
the slap-stick fun paraphernalia
was torn out. Any decision as to
what to do with it has been post
poned by the recent restriction
limiting recreation construction
expenditures to $4,000. 1t would
cost well over 100000 to make it
useable again.
Huge Drainage System.
Near it is a ruins of field stone
masonry. with broken arches
through which the Potomac can
be seen, that would delight one
of the sentimental 18th century
landscapists. 1t was the Hall of
Philosophy in the Chautauqua
days. It's demolition was begun
by workmen in 1914 and furthered
by fire in 1924.
Huge concrete drainage pipes
line the banks of the old canal
today. They are part of a huge
drainage system. now under con-
struction. to prevent the pollu-
tion of the Potomac. Mr.. Proctor
remembers going to Great Falls
for a days outing at the turn of
the century on one of the steam
canal boats that still piled their
way to Cumberland. Howard Fisk,
The Stars veteran Takoma Park
correspondent, who was quite a
cyclist in those days. remembers
when the most delightful run be-
yond the city was the Conduit
road over Cabin John bridge to
Great Falls with views of the
Potomac over the handle bars.
And there are younger persons
who remember World War I days
when that road seemed to be the
ideal one to take a young lady
riding in a Stutz Bearcat or q
Mercer roadster and thrill her
on the curves.
In the old days the street rail-
way route to Glen Echo was from
Chevy Chase Circle. But after
Evening star., 1950-11-27
BoiIeys Crossroads
Firemen to Give Blood

Members of the Baileys Cross
roads Fire Department. in appre-
citation of blood recently given to
save the life of a fellow fireman,
today were to give a pint Of blood
each during the Red Gross Blood
mobiles visit to Falls Church.
The Bloodmobile will be at the
Falls Church Presbyterian Church
until s pm.
Evening star., 1950-11-27
Alexandria Driver Held
On Hit-ond-Run Choroe

A hit-and-run charge has been
placed against an Alexandria mo-
torist who police said was thrown
from his automobile when it hit
a parked car.
Uninjured in his fall to the
street, the motorist got back into
his automobile and drove away.
according to police.
Arrested short time after the
accident yesterday was William E.
Taylor, 27, of 70 John Roberts
Homes. Police said he ran into
the parked car in the 100 block
of King street. Damage to the
two automobiles was estimated at
$500.
Evening star., 1950-11-27
Glen Echo Called Greatest Little Maryland Population of 40OV
Amusement Center
Acquired 3 Houses
In Postwar Boom
By George Kennedy

"Clang, Clang, clang goes the
trolley-ding, ding. ding goes the
bell'' and we're off to Glen Echo
on the old open cars, with boys
standing on the running board
and grabbing leaves from the
trees as the car speeds through
the woods; with gimpses of the
canal and the Potomac flashing
by on the left.
Memory recalls that the lunch
in the basket with hinged covers
was sufficient for all, but every
one wanted to try that novelty
to the American palate, the
frankfurter, which inexplicably
came to be known as the hot deg;
that great bargain offered by the
barkerS as:
"a loaf of bread and a pound
of meat-and all the mustard you
can eat, for a nickel. the Goth
part of a dollar"
There were probably a couple of
quartered pies in the lunch basket
but everyone wanted that novelty
in sweets, ice cream in cone
with the cone baked and rolled
into shape before ones very eyes.
And there was spun sugar in
all colors and apples dipped in
red glaze and fun at every turn
for a nickel or dime.
Renewed Every Summer.
Mothers long skirts swept pea
nut shells along the asphalt as she
walked along the midway, getting
vicarious enjoyment from her
children's yelps of glee. Not even
that distant pleasure dome called
Coney Island had anything on
this. This was it.
Glen Echo is one of those mem
ories which can be renewed
every summer, for the old amuse-
ment park is still in business, as
every Washingtonian knows, and
the merry -go-round which played
"Madelon" during World War and
"Lili Marlene" during World War
II probably will be wheeling some
reminder of the Korean incident
by the time the park reopens in
the spring.
The park was started by Edwin
and Edward Baltzley, who came
here from Philadelphia in 1889
and bought 20 acres of land, az
cording to the researches of John
Clagett Proctor, The Stars local
historian. To them we owe its
splendid name. They called their
holding Glen Echo-on-the-Po-
tomac" and they called the river
the washington Rhine"
Apparently they had in mind
high-class real estate develop
ment. The brothers, who were
twins, tried to set the pace by
building large stone homes with
round towers and conical roofs
reminiscent of the castles of the
Rhine. But in this they were
even less successful than the late
Charles Schwab, who tried to give
a Rhineland touch. to the Hudson
with his castle on Riverside Drive,
New York. only to find that the
Wealthy and socially elite would
not follow his leadership.
e- Never Populous.
While the Glen Echo area was
one of the early suburban ones
to have the benefit of electric
street railway transportation, it
never acquired large population.
Perhaps it was because the wooded
was too difficult for
builders in the days before diesel
shovels and bulldozers. The prop
erty along the Glen Echo-Cabin
John carline and the old Conduit
road, now Macarthur boulevard,
affords magnificent vista of the
Potomac, but to this day it is only
sparsely built up, and the houses
are no match for the mansions of
the Baltzley brothers.
The Baltzleys decided to build
an amusement park, but on No
Evening star., 1950-11-27
Mrs. Seeqer to Speak

Mrs. Ruth Crawford Seeger,
writer and lecturer on music, will
talk on "Pre-school Children and
American Folk Songs" at 9 pm.
tomorrow at the Haywood Gar
dens Cooperative Nursery and
Kindergarten, Inc, Twenty ninth
and Webster. streets, Mount
Rainier, Md.
Evening star., 1950-11-27

Club members
throughout the
country. {.
T h e A n
nou n c e m e mt
was made at
Chicago, where
the youths are
attending the
29th annual
National All
Club Congress.
Mary | a n d. s
National win
ners are Gary
r. Br a u n in g,
81 FiOkShI1rp
Evening star., 1950-11-27
White Elephant Sale
Planned in Alexandria

A white elephant" and rum
mage sale will be held for the
benefit of the Animal Welfare
League of Alexandria from 9:3O
am. to $3.50 pm. Thursday at the
Odd Fellows Hall, 218 North Co.
lumbuS street.
The league. which hopes to take
over the new Alexandria Animal
Shelter soon, is asking Alexandria
residents to donate odds and ends
for the sale.
Evening star., 1950-11-27
Swanson PTA to Meet

The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Claude A. Swanson Junior
High School in Arlington will hold
a "back to school" night at 8
pm. tomorrow. Parents will fol-
low their children's daily schedule
after short business meeting.
Evening star., 1950-11-27
Women's Club to Meet

The Prince Georges County
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Hyattsville County
Service Building.
Evening star., 1950-11-27
Six Youths From Nearby States
Win National 4-HSchoIorship

Six youths from Maryland and
Virginia were named today as
National winners of scholarships
given to outstanding Al
Evening star., 1950-01-24
Head Of Lustron Says
RFCWouId Be Luckyto.
Get So in Foreclosure
by the Assoeiefsd Press

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Jan. "a
The Government would be lucky
to get five cents on the dollar"
If the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. foreclosed It's $37,500, 900
loan, Carl G. Strandlund. presi-
dent Of Lustron Corp, said today.
I'm foreclosure you'd have one
per cent chance of success. Yet, I
can show you how the Govern
ment would have a SO per cent
chance for success without fore
closure" he said.
This is the proposal for salvag-
ing the Governments giant VEN
ture into mass production of
housing laid down by Mr.. Strand
lund in an interview:
/. An eighth RFC loan of S.
100000 to expand the sales force
and to pay other expenses of a
proposed production increase in
1850.
2. A ninth RFC loan of $4,000
900 to be held as a cash reserve.
8. Contracts to furnish some OF
the 250,000 housing units needed
by the military services.
Calls for Public Support.
I'm mad" said Mr.. Strandlund,
the former filling station operator
who parlayed an idea and $1,000
of his own capital into the
sprawling Lustron plant in East
Columbus. For the first time !
want to tell you what really is on
my mind.
Every one in Washington from
President Truman on down was
for us when we started two years
and two months ago. With this
much public money at stake, isn't
1t about time they started being
for us again?
"The biggest barrier to success
we have is the doubt and sus-
picion cast upon Lustron by state
ments In our newspapers quoting
RFC."
Leak" i'm RFC Charged.
Mr.. Strandlund said many of
the stories came from leaks" in
RFC Offices. High RFC officials
consistently said the stories should
not be released, he added.
1--WE aren't bankrupt" Mr..
Strandlund continued. I'VE have
q million in accounts receivable,
q million half in cash, three
million in inventories.
But, the 1850 building season
is approaching. This thing ought
to be settled one way or the other
before the season opens. And, it |
would be sheer folly to foreclose
Lustron."
Evening star., 1950-01-24
Plane Seen PIunging
Afire Into Arabian SEQ
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

bT HHs NsSotIo'eo TfesS
BOMBAY, India, Jan. 24.--An
American tanker reported by ra-
dio that an unidentified airplaie
plunged in flames into the Arabian
Sea 300 miles northeast of Alden
today.
The message was received at the
Santa Cruz airport from the
American Marine Corp. tanker
Battle Rock.
Evening star., 1950-01-24
Perhaps you saw

this Nelly Don coot-dress Of
butcher royon touched off with
white broid embroidery, odver-
tised in January Ladies' Home
Journal. Only s1oe5! Only one
Of the gala orroy Of new styles
making their spring debut this
week in our
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-09-21

Church. The nuptial rites were per-
formed at II o'clock. The brides
veil of illusion had a crown of
illusion and lace and she carried
white roses.
Esther is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. P. L. Carney of 1746
Bryn Mawr rd., East Cleveland and
the groom, who was attended by A.
]. DiCicco, is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. Recchi, 1926 West Ander-
son rd., South Euclid.
Miss Sally Pietro, who attended
the bride as maid of honor wore
peach faille and carried pink roses.
A wedding dinner was held at
the Pointers Club for the bridal
party and immediate families and
the couple were off for Ogelsby
Park, w. Va. Temporarily they
will reside with the groom's par
ents.
The bride is a graduate of Shaw
High School and Mr.. Recchi from
Cathedral Latin High.
GOncher- Hartman
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in the First Presbyterian Church
in jamestown, N. D.
The bride was graduated from
her home high school and the Fran
ces Bolton School of Nursing of
Western Reserve University. She
has a position as a public health
nurse with The Instructive Nurses
Association in Columbus.
Mr.. Thompson, after Shaw High,
was graduated from Case Institute
Of Technology, attended Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology and
at present is a student in the grad
uate school of Education at Ohio
State University. He served with
the United States Army for three
years, seeing action in the Euro
pean theatre Of operations.
White-Renaud
The marriage of Marian Isa-
belle Renaud to Harold Hayes
White, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Lyle White, $50 Nela View rd.,
took place Friday, September l in
Heights Christian church at 8 pm.
Rev. Theodore E. Frank of Ur-
bana, ILL.,, was the officiant.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Raymond C. Renaud,
Bill East Overlook rd. She has
from Allegheny Col
lege to Northwestern University,
Chicago, where her husband is
student.
Gerald Sanderson of Zion, ILL.,,
was Mr.. Whites best man and his
cousin, Allan NJ. Bond, a former
East Clevelander was an usher.
The bride was attended by Ruth
Cohen of New York and Doris
Carly of Rockfield Center, Long
Island.
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MedGMg1 and
engagements

and Mrs. Andrew N. 10th and her
marriage to James j. Millen, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Millen of
Hudson Rural Route 2, took place
in Philomena's Church Saturday,
September 9th at ten o'clock. Her
father gave her in marriage and
Rev. FIR. Ira Still performed the
ceremony.
The brides gown had a sweet
heart neckline and a long train.
She carried Bible and an orchid.
The gowns of the attendants
were of faille taffeta with square
necklines, close fitting waists and
full skirts. Miss Mary Louise 10th,
maid of honor, was in hyacinth
blue; Miss Ruth Simonski, the
bridesmaid in blue-gray, and the
junior bridesmaids, Judy Millen
and Lucille 10th in light blue. Pink
net was worn by the flower girl,
Thomasine 10th.
Mr.. Eugene Prista was Mr.. Mil
lens best man. Anthony Simonski
ushered.
The reception was held at the
home of the brides parents, 1906
Sixth ave. The couple spent their
honeymoon in New York City, and
will reside for the time being with
the brides parents.
Mr.. Millen is a student at Case
Institute of Technology where he
is member of Tau Omega.
Among the guests were the
brides uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. c. Kriner and family of
Arcadia, CAL, and the groom's
brother-in-law and sister, Lieut..
John o. Wolcott U.S.M. and Mrs.
Wolcott, of Quantico, Va.
&*
Recchi-Carney
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Doris Marie Hartman, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl ]. Hartman
of Lancaster, Ohio was married
Saturday, August 10Th in the Lam
caster Emanuel Lutheran Church
to James M. Goncher, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Goncher,
141O9 Orinoco ave-, East Cleveland.
The Rev. W. F. Docter officiated.
Preceding the ceremony Mary
Lee Davis of Troy, Ohio, accom-
MED by Lowell Enoch at the organ,
presented a half hour program of
nuptial music. Included in the Sc
lections were "Calm as the night"
II Love Thee" Through The
Years." Indian Love CALL" "Be-
cause" zone Alone" and "Lieber-
traum." "The Lords Prayer" was
sung during the ceremony.
The bride, escorted to the altar
by her father, chose a gown of
embroidered white organdy over
taffeta. She carried a bouquet of
white FIJI NUNS.
Myra Hartman was maid of
honor for her sister and wore a
ballerina length gown of white or
CANDY over yellow taffeta. She
carried a bouquet of chartreuse
FIJI NUNS.
A similar gown, with green was
worn by Mrs. Gene Bookman,
bridesmaid, and her bouquet was
of yellow FIJI NUNS.
The best man for Mr.. Goncher
was Jack Krebbs of Columbus for
merly of East Cleveland. The
ushers were Robert Hartman.
brother of the bride, Frank Bond,
jr. of Medina, and Frank Stall
smith of West Milton~
The reception was held in the
church social room, after which the
couple left for Lake Charlevoix,
Michigan.
The bride is a graduate of Ohio
State University, where she was a
member of Delta Phi Delta, fine
art honorary.
Mr.. Goncher is a senior in Ar
chitectual Engineering at Ohio
State University and is a member
of Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity.
ThOmpson-Muir
Honoring Mr.. and Mrs. Kingsley
Prentiss Thompson whose marriage
took place September 7th, the
groom's m III er, Mrs. Charles
Henry Thompson is receiving at
an open house at her home, 1880
belmont rd., Friday, September
22nd. The hours will be from eight
to ten o'clock and friends of the
are welcome.
The former Betty Jean Muir,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Fair
Muir of jamestown, North Dakota,
and Mr.. Thompson, son of Mrs.
Charles Henry Thompson and the
late Mr.. Thompson, were married
Evening star., 1950-03-24
School Vacation Date
Moved Up in Fairfax

Fairfax County school children
will begin their summer vacations
several days earlier than they ex-
pected this year.
The School Board CAST night
moved up the school closing date
from June IA to June 8.
A board spokesman explained
that in setting up the school year
three extra days had been sched-
uled beyond the required 180
school days to allow for any
emergency closings. It has been
necessary to close schools only one
day. This was last week when
roads were slippery.
The School Board decided that
future contracts for construction
of school buildings will allow
bonuses for work completed ahead
of schedule, in addition to penal
ties for late work. Both will be
limited to $500.
Formal approval was given a
new teachers pay scale for next
year. The new scale of $4,000 to
$500 tentatively had been ap-
proved when it was announced as
part of the 1901 school budget.
The old scale was $2,100 to $3,400.
School Board members reported
no way has been worked out to
allow sale of school construction
bonds while Falls Church annexa-
ton proceedings are pending
against the county. A bond issue
referendum has been postponed
indefinitely.
Evening star., 1950-03-24
Maryland Bartender Fined
$500 for Se|Iinq on Sunday

A bartender in a nearby Mary
land tavern was fined $500 in
Hyattsville Police Court yesterday
for selling whisky on Sunday.
Trial Magistrate Alan Bowie
imposed the fine on Harold P.
Kelly. jr., 20, of 4108 Fifty-third
avenue. Hyattsville, an employe of
the Tick Took Tavern, Riggs road
and University lane.
At the same time. Judge Bowie
cleared Mrs. Bessie E. Gibson, As,
owner of the tavern, on q charge
Of permitting such a sale.
Judge Bowie said he imposed
q bigger fine than usual because it
was the second time in about a
year that an employe of the place
has been fined for the same Of
fense.
He said he acquitted Mrs. Glib
son because the State failed to
show that she was present at the
time OF the sale. A similar charge
against Mrs. Gibson was dis
missed in the Hyattsville court In
March. 1949.
Evening star., 1950-03-24
indictment Accuses
-l
Houseboat Occupant
0fKeepine Nuisance

The occupant of a houseboat
on Alexandria waterfront yes
terday was indicted on a charge
of maintaining a public nui-
sance."
He is James T. Sillex, who police
say has failed to move from the
jhouseboat despite warnings from
the city.
City Attorney v. Floyd Will
liams, meanwhile, is preparing to
bring into court occupants of
other waterfront houseboats and
shacks which he says are on CITY,
owned property. It will not be
necessary to handle cases of per-
sons on city property through
grand jury proceedings, Mr.. Will
llianls said.
Murder Indictments.
The grand jury returned mur-
der indictments against two for
mer ice plant workers charged
with the robbery staying OF Ray
mond Dodson, 49-year-old Alex
andria refrigeration engineer, last
November.
Mr.. Dodson was found uncon-
scious beside his car parked near
the Mutual Ice Co. where he was
employed. He died of fractured
skull several days later without
regaining consciousness.
Charged with his murder are
Abe Lawson, At, of the TOO block
of North Henry street, and Rowlee
Browley, At, Of the 1000 block OF
Oronoco street, both colored.
=, Other Indictments.
Other persons named in the 48
indictments returned by the grand
jury included:
James Boyd, 26, colored, of the
400 block of Princess street, who
was indicted on charges of mur-
der of Walter Underwood, also
colored, shot to death after an
argument at a drinking party
January IA.
John Drisch1er, 10, of the 600
block of North View terrace, was
indicted on a charge of felonious
assault for striking a 16-year-old
girl with bag of pennies.
Police say he struck the girl last
summer at a relatives. home as
they were preparing to go on pic
mic. The pennies belonged to a
relative who was saving them. The
case had been under study in
Juvenile Court. Drischler pleaded
guilty. and his case was referred
to the probation officer.
Evening star., 1950-03-24
|237 Gifts Reported
In Party. Dollar Drive

Contributions have been re-
ceived fromr 237 persons in the
Dollars for Democrats" campaign
of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee for Montgomery
County.
Describing the response as "ex-
cellent," Committee Treasurer j.
Ingram Medley said the money
will be used to carry on the or
ganization's work throughout the
county. "
One of the committees princi-
pal activities. he said, is prepar-
ing for the election of party lead
ers in each of the county's So
precincts on April IL.
The plan is a sharp departure
from the previous procedure of
having precinct leaders appointed
by the State Central Committee.
Evening star., 1950-03-24
Laurel Tayern's S License
Suspended for I Days

The alcoholic beverage license
of the Turfmen's Tavern, Laurel,
was ordered suspended for seven
days yesterday by the Prince
Georges County Board of License
Commissioners.
The suspension followed COM
plants that the tavern remained
opened after hours one Saturday
night.
Sergt. Boyd A. Hamilton and
Pvt. Emmett F. G. Gray of the
county police reported the tavern
open when they went there at l
am: February 26, an hour after
the closing deadline.
In other business during its
March meeting at Upper Marl-
boro, the liquor board approved
three license transfers. These in
volved the Haywood Liquors, Inc,
2205 Varnun street, Mount
Rainier; Fyffe Service Center,
Laurel, and Collington Tavern.
Evening star., 1950-03-24
6 Listed as Nominees
For School Board Posts
|nMontgomeryCounty

Six candidates had qualified for
the Montgomery County School
Board nominating convention by
last nights deadline for getting
names on the ballot.
Additional nominations for
write-in candidates will be re-
ceived by Russell I. Whyte,
chairman of the Committee on
Nominations, until Sunday.
The convention, first of its kind
in the county, will begin at 7:3O
pm. Monday at the Leland Jun
ior High School, Chevy Chase.
One position on the School Board
is to be filled this year.
+ Nominations received by Mr..
Whyte to date include the fol-
lowing:
/. Mrs. Ben B. Baylor, jr.. 6705
Glenbrook road, Edgemoor, spon-
sored by the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Branch, American Associa-
ton of University Women. State
AAUW education chairman, Mrs.
Baylor also is a trustee of the
Bethesda Elementary School,, ac-
tive in PTA affairs and recently
was appointed to the Maryland
Youth Advisory Committee.
2. Nathan R. Gilbert, 4611
Davidson drive, Chevy Chase
sponsored by the Somerset ele-
mentary school PTA. A past presi-
dent of the County PTA Council,
Mr.. Gilbert has been a delegate to
the Montgomery County Civic
Federation. YMCA vice president
for Bethesda-Chevy Chase, a
member of the county safety
board andl is now president of the
Chevy Chase Terrace Citizens AS
sociation.
3. George E. Muth, 5407 Allan
road, Westgate, sponsored by the
Westbrook elementary school PTA.
Mr.. Muth is a trustee of the West
brook school and has been active
in youth affairs in the District of
Columbia and Montgomery Coun-
ty.
4. DR.. Webster Sewell, Norbeck,
sponsored by the Colored PTA
Council, a practicing physician,
DR.. Sewell has directed Red Cross
work in the colored schools of the
county.
5. Frank A. Tyler, jr., 149 South
Adams street, Rockville, sponsored
lby the Rockville Elementary
School PTA. Mr.. Adams is an at
torney who served as the first
president of his sponsoring organ
ization.
6. Earl l.. Williams. Gathers
Evening star., 1950-03-24
Montgomery to Sell
Auto Tags Tomorrow

The treasurer's Office in the
Montgomery County Courthouse,
Rockville, will be open from m.
to noon tomorrow and April /
to motorists who want to buy
1851 automobile tags.
The Office is open on weekdays
from 8:15 am. to pm. Officials
said about $500 tags have been
sold since March l..