davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Presbyterian Women
Will Meet This Week

A women's presbyterial meeting
for the Washington Area, Presby-
terian Church in the United
States, will be held Tuesday and
Wednesday in Westminster Pres
byterian Church, 27O1 Cameron
Mills road. Alexandria, Va.
Sessions will be held at 9 am.
and 2 pm. each day.
Miss Martha Biehle, American
representative on the Intergov-
ernmental Committee for Refu-
gees. will speak at the fellowship
dinner for business women at $50
pm. Tuesday.
Speakers Tuesday will include
DR.. James E. Bear. world traveller
and the Rev. Elwin H. Roberts
president of Sunnyside Home.
DR.. S. Brooks McLane, presi-
dent of the Texas-Mexican Indus
trial Institute, Kingsville, Tex.
will speak at an 8 pm. service
Tuesday and also on Wednesday
Other speakers will include DR.
Howard Tillman Kuist, professor
at Princeton Theological Semin-
ary; the Rev. Bernard E. Balm
superintendent of the Presby-
terian Home. Lynchburg, Va, and
the Rev. Philip A. Roberts, youth
leader.
Mrs, Paul B. Thomas, president
of the area women's presbyterial
group, will preside.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Apartment Preaching
Brings Fine for Couple

A man and his wife who con-
tended they sought only to
preach the word of God" to
tenants of an Alexandria apart
ment house were found guilty of
disorderly conduct yesterday.
Howard John, As, and Mrs.
Marguerite John, 81, of Baileys
Crossroads, were fined $50 by
Substitute Judge Harry Kennedy
in Civil and Police Court. They
were arrested on the complaint
of Mrs. Rita Carter, manager of
the Commonwealth Apartments.
Mrs. Carter said the Johns en-
tered the building to preach and
sell religious magazines. They re-
fused to leave despite requests
by Mrs. Carter and policemen she
had summoned, according to testi-
mony.
Court attaches said the Johns
are members of Jehovah's Wit
nesses.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
$1,000 View Parade
Of Rescue Apparatus
At Bethesda Carnival

An estimated $4,000 spectators
lined Wisconsin avenue in Bethes-
da yesterday for a parade of fire
and rescue squad equipment held
in conjunction with the annual
carnival of the Bethesda-C Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad.
Volunteer firemen from Mary
land and Virginia joined COM
mercial concerns and special units
in competing for 16 trophies and
three cash prizes.
The awards were presented last
night on the carnival grounds.
Wisconsin avenue and Old George
town road. Chief Don Dunning-
ton, organizer of the rescue squad.
and Leslie Thompson. program
chairman, made the presentations.
Cash prizes were won by the
following units: Montgomery Blair
High School Band of Silver Spring,
500, best appearing band in line
of march; Elks Bank of Silver
Spring. $50. second best appearing
band, and the Hagerstown Moose
lodge, $75, best appearing senior
drum and bugle corps.
Other awards, all of which were
trophies, were as follows:
Best appearing pumper from Montgom-
cry County-Glen Echo Volunteer Fire
Department; best appearing pumper from
outside Of county, Arlington; best equipped
--Hyattstown Volunteer Fire De-
Glenn Dale, first, and Humphreys funeral
home, Bethesda. second; best appearing
rescue truck-Alexandria, first; Rockville.
second; best appearing rescue unit, truck
or ambulance-Fredericksb Va: best
appearing ladder truck-Takoma Park;
company coming longest distance-Fred-
ericksburg; best appearing fire company
in line OF march: Glen Echo: oldest piece
Of fire or rescue appartus. woodland
Beach; best appearing marching unit, ex-
elusive of drum and bugle corps-a Ma
rine Corps detachment: best appearing
of Commerce; best comic unit-Byrne
School of Dance. and best decorated truck
or trailer for commercial delivery units
Chevy Chase Motors. p
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Byrd Keeps Smudge Pot Vigil to Save Apples

start their year with the Florida
orange blossom season and cart
their hives north for the cherry
and peach blossoms before they
get to the apple orchards. They
keep the honey.
Harry. jr., drives the reporter to
the other orchards II miles down
the valley across the West Vir-
ginia line and answers questions.
The orchards near the house are
called the Rosemont orchards.
about $1,000 trees on 1,100 acres.
The ones ahead are the Jefferson
orchards, also about $4,000 trees
on 1900 acres. The Senator has
other orchards up the valley be-
yond Harrisonburg owned jointly
with his brother Tom, which
brings the number of Byrd apple
trees to more than 100000.
According to the Agriculture
Department, the Senator is the
biggest apple producer in the
country. Washington States
production is about two and one
half times that of Virginia's, but
none of the holdings out there
is as large.
The normal crop of the Byrd
orchards is about 100000 bushels
of apples, for which the Byrds
get we'll over 81 million.
Planted in West Virginia.
The orchards ahead in West
Virginia are the Senator's pride
and joy. He planted them in
1879 and most of the trees are
sports biological variations from
type) in the exceptional color of
the fruit.
The nurseries sell yearling
apple trees for about 81 each,
Harry, jr., explains. After eight
years of care and cultivation they
will begin to bear-a process that
can be forced bit by fertiliza-
tion. At Is years they reach op-
timum production and will con-
tinue to be good bearers until
they are IS years old.
There is an advantage to the
long wait" he says. "A good price
doesn't mean overproduction the
following year as it used to in
potatoes. We don't have Federal
price support and we don't want
it. We used to sell 10 per cent of
our productions to Great Britain:
now it is only about per cent. Do
mestic consumption has made up
for that, plus the fact that there
are less apples produced today
than 10 years ago."
The arrival at the Jefferson
orchards is after 4 am. and most
of the thermometers show lows of
26 degrees, while there have been
reports of % in low places. 1t is
cold that slowly penetrates wool
en- garments. The pots have been
opened six inches or more now
and the smoke is billowing through
the orchards, borne by a faint
breeze.
Temperature Raised.
The Senator comes up, his face
all sooty as it every one else's, but
he is beaming.
We've raised the temperature
II degrees at the other end Of the
orchard where all that smoke is
going he says cheerfully. sand
it's up three and four degrees or
the other thermometers.
"A lot Of people complain about
Evening star., 1950-04-23

the smoke, but I believe we've
saved the blossoms. And we all
hope this is the only time we'll
have to light the smudges this
spring. The forecast is for warmer
weather for the next few days"
Goodbyes are said and the re-
porter and the photographer start
back. AS The Star automobile
climbs slope in the orchards,
there is surprising discovery. It's
broad daylight and the sun has
been up for an hour. We had
been in artificial night caused by
the smoke.
Little Berryville, which hardly
boasts factory chimney. had a
Pittsburgh atmosphere when we
got there.
That's from the Byrd or
chards." said the waitress who
served us bacon and eggs. 1T
won't clear up until noon"
Evening star., 1950-04-23
BarkIey's Growing
Of Apple Queen Set
For Next Thursday
By the Assoeio.ed Press

br me AStoCfuteu FTet&
WINCHESTER, Va, April 22.-
1t was about this time last year
that Vice President Barkley said
he might soon be crowning a
queen Of his own.
The laughing remark came as
he placed a crown on the head of
Miss Margret Thors Of Iceland.
designating her as Queen Shenan-
doah xxi of the annual Apple
Blossom Festival here.
About seven months later. the
Vice President was married to
Mrs. Carleton Hadley in ST. Louis.
Apparently. however. that only
got him started in the coronation
business.
For Mr.. Barkley will be here
again this year-at 8 pm. Thurs
day-to do the crowning, and this
time it will be his 18-year- old
stepdaughter, Miss Anne Carleton
Hadley. student at Newcomb
College, New Orleans, who will
reign over the festival.
Few Blossoms Predicted.
Plant pathologists at the re-
search laboratory here reluctantly
conceded today that the bulk ol
the apple trees probably will no.
be in bloom until after the festival
There will be some blossoms, or
the earlier varieties, they said.
The dates selected for the an.
nual festival are the ones on which
experience has shown the bios.
SONS are most likely to be at theil
peak.
With the coronation. Winches.
ter will be all set for another
Trail of the Pink Petals" the
traditional parade which climaxes
the second day of the apple bios
som festival. Another record
throng of visitors is expected in
this Northern Virginia city on
Thursday and Friday.
Van johnson to Head Parade.
Giving the parade in this apple
| capital its third movie motif in
three successive years will be the
appearance Of Screen Actor Van
johnson as the grand marshal.
The movie star Is taking up
where two illustrious predecessors
left off-Bob Hope in 1949> and
Bing Crosby in 1948.
Festivities officially open Thurs
day with the appearance Of the
queen and her court at a num-
ber Of functions. climaxed by her
coronation and the presentation
of the annual pageant, In
Springtime."
A f1reman's parade will be held
at 7 pm, and the princesses' ball
will follow at 10 pm. with music
by Tony Pastor and his orches-
ira.
Friday at 10 am. will see a re-
peat performance of the pageant,
and the Trial of the Pink Petals"
parade will be staged at 2 pm.
Winding up the activities will be
the Queens Ball at 10 pm, with
Tommy Tucker and his orchestra
providing the music.
In between times, there will be
numerous exhibits, band con
certs, military drills. contests and
| trips to see the annie hlossnnns
Evening star., 1950-04-23
By George Kennedy


Senator Byrd, Democrat. OF
Virginia keeps a strange vigil
during those nights when frost
threatens the apple blossoms.
No matter what the. legislative
situation is. he gets cut to his
extensive orchards in Clarke
County. He sits around playing
setback with his sons, mapping
occasionally on couch, but
listens to every telephone report
Of falling temperatures from men
patrolling the orchards.
AS the danger point approaches
he goes out to supervise the
lighting of thousands of smudge
pots to bring the temperature up
and save his crop.
Frost was forecast for early
yesterday and this reporter, who
had asked for an opportunity to
watch the operation. was noti-
fed to be on hand about 1880 am
Sons Are With Senator.
The road to the Harry Flood
Byrd place is Route Z past Lees
burg, over the crest of the Blue
Ridge near Bluemont and through
Berryville on the floor of the
Shenandoah Valley. There is a
stone wall on the left just out
side the village and a gate marked
"Rosemont."
A white rambling house stands
well back from the road. The
Senator is with Harry F. Byrd
jr.. a Virginia State Senator who
publishes the Winchester Evening
Star, and Beverly Byrd, who runs
the orchards. His third son. Dick
who runs the apple canneries, is
away.
Inside the house is a large pic
ture, remarkable example of the
portrait photographers art. It is
a picture of a child with bare
torso. but for lack of wings a
cherub ready to peer out of the
corner of a Raphael painting
There is something familiar about
the face. Inquiry reveals that il
is the Senator at the age of two.
$4,000 Pots of OIL Used.
"The men are gathered in the
machine shop ready to light up
says Beverly and out we go into
the chilly night. This reporter is
with Harry, jr. The Senator and
Beverly follow in another car.
Harry, jr., explains the opera
tion. About $4,000 pots filled with
fuel oil have been spotted about
the orchards, about one for every
six trees. AS it is not expected to
60 below Is before sun up, only
about 10000 of them will be
lighted, They will let the trees or
the high ground weather the SNAP
without fires. It is in the low
places that it gets coldest. Colo
air is heavy and settles in the
hollows.
He points to one of the pots. q
metal container about a foot anc
a half square and more than q
foot deep with sliding cover
The fire is controlled by sliding
the cover open and closed. They
will be left open about two inches
to start with and wider in spots
where the temperature is going
down. And he points out one OF
the mercury thermometers fas-
tened horizontally inside a wood.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Major Is Groduoted

Maj. Earl L. Hammack, 1904
Old Bladensburg road, Silver
Spring. has been graduated from
the Air University's controller
course conducted by the Air
Force Special Staff School at
Craig Air Force Base, Ala.
Maj Hammack is assigned to
Langley Air Force Base, Va, as
director of program analysis and
cost control.
Evening star., 1950-04-23

en- box to protect 1t from wind,
which registers the low for the
night.
The temperature went below 80
at 1890 am. but the pots will not
be lit until about 2::30, Mr.. Byrd
explains. The really dangerous low
is not expected until 4 am.
Burn a Gallon An Hour.
Each pot holds 10 gallons of oil
and they burn about a gallon an
hour. This operation will burn
about 10000 gallons by the time
the pots are Snuffed an hour after
dawn. At 10 cents a gallon this
brings the expenditure in oil to
$4,000. About 110 of the $50 men
regularly employed by the Or
chards were told to report at II
pm. They get SIS cents an hour
and a 81 bonus for the night work,
bringing the overtime labor cost
of the operation to about $700.
Harry. jr., is bit more econom-
ical than his father. He has
10000 trees, but after trying the
smudge pots for two years, he con-
cluded that the results are not
worth the expenditure. He lets
his trees weather the frosts.
But I'm afraid my trees are
going to get it tonight" he says.
The Byrd orchards have been
using smudge pots only since the
end of the war. The practice
started in the orange groves and
then spread to the apple orchards
of the west, where good results
have been reported.
Men Garry Torches.
About so men are gathered in
the barn-like building, its walls
hung with pruning hooks, pruning
saws and a collection Of litho-
graphed girl art. The men, all clad
in blue dungarees, look more like
railroad workers than farm hands,
a resemblance that is heightened
by the copper cans they carry,
cans with long. slender tops like
the oilers used on locomotives.
These are the torches filled with
mixture of gasoline and kero-
sene.
1t is now 2::30 am. and out the
men 60 to light up. Soon as far
as the eye can see fires are glow
ing across the landscape. It's a
bit eerie, and brings to mind
the camp fires of armies which
bivouacked in the valley during
the Civil War.
The big tank trucks used for
spraying the trees are on hand
filled with water in case of fire.
But the grass underfoot is fresh
and only one small fire occurs,
which is quickly extinguished.
What appears to be a concrete
swimming pool in the orchard has
a more utilitarian purpose. 1t is
a reservoir for the spraying tanks
which use tremendous amounts of
water. The trees are sprayed again
and again from spring until har-
vest.
Orchards Rent Bees.
Every year. during the blossom
ing. the Byrd orchards rent l,25C
hives of bees at $3.75 a hive fol
a six-day period. While most tree
pollenation is by wind, the bees
help tremendously. The renting OF
bee hives to orchard men is a
business In itself. The bee men
Evening star., 1950-04-23
DR.. Stouffer to Speak

The Rev. DR.. Milton T. Stauffer
will speak on a recent trip to the
Orient and Near East at 8 pm.
Tuesday at the Lewinsville (Va.)
Presbyterian Church. DR.. Stauffer
is general secretary of the John
Milton Society of New York, a
non-sectarian agency Of Protes-
tant churches to help the blind.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Woynesboro Mon Named
Rotory District Head
BY the Associated Press

KINGSPORT. Tenn, April %.
Felix Edmunds Of Waynesboro,
Va. today was nominated at the
annual conference here as Cover
nor of the 275th District of Rotary
International.
He defeated A. B. Hants OF
Front Royal, Va. for the post az
the Rotarians wound up their
three day meeting.
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Orchards Rent Bees.

Every year. during the blossom
ing. the Byrd orchards rent 1850
hives of bees at $3.75 a hive for
a six-day period. While most tree
pollenation is by wind, the bees
help tremendously. The renting of
bee hives to orchard men is a
business In itself. The bee men
Evening star., 1950-04-23
Paul E. West Resigns
Post in Woynesboro
BY the Associoted Pres,

WAYNESBORO, Va, April 90
The board Of directors of the
Waynesboro Chamber of Com
merce today announced that
Executive Secretary Paul E. West
has submitted his resignation, eff
fective June /.
Mr.. West. a well-known basket
ball and football official in this
area, coached athletics at Fish
burne Military School for two
years before taking the Chamber
OF Commerce post four years ago.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH
Cor. Second and Adams
Rev. l.. G. Miller. Pastor

Sunday, April Sunday school
at 9:30 a. m. Attendance Sunday.
Morning worship at 1890 a. m.
Sermon, "A Triumphal Entry
Baptisms and reception of mem
bers, M. Y. F. at 700 p. m.
pictures Tell the Story of
Christ"
Evening Lenten service at 500
Life Everlasting" A Cantata by
H. w. Petrie will be presented by
the choir under the direction of
Carl Whitacre.
Monday-Escalator S. S. class
with Mrs. Florence Kirk, State
Route 2, east. Potluck supper at
6:30.
Tuesday-Official Board at 500.
Wednesday-Circle l., with Mrs.
Dan Gepfert, 623 East Second
street.
Friday - Individual Communion
from 1900 to 300 o'clock. Wor-
shippers may come and go during
this period.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
PILGRIM HOLINESS
CHURCH
517 East Fifth st.
L. l.. Stewart, Pastor

Sunday school at $50 a. M;
Gordon Dixon, Supt.
Morning service at 1890 a. m.
Know Your Bible Service at Gas
p. m.
Evangelistic service at 1880 p.
m.
Tuesday cottage prayer meet
ing at 500 p. m.
Wednesday Religious Training
class at HOO a. m.
Wednesday Unmarried Young
Peoples meeting at 1880 p. m. at
the church parsonage.
Wednesday Visitation Evangel-
ism at 1880 p. m.
Listen to the Pilgram Sunrise
Program every Wednesday morn
ing, 7:15 to 1880, over Sandusky
Station WLEC, 1450 on your dial.
Thursday prayer meeting at the
church at 1880 p. m.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
u Church News m
ST. JOHN LUTHERAN
Corner of Adams and Second
John e. Braun, Pastor

Sunday-9:15 a. M, Sunday
school; 1920 a. m., Church serv-
ce-Confrmation of Adult Glass.
Sermon subject, "Christ Is Every
thing; 10:30 a. M, Nursery.
Monday-2:00 p. M, Hospital
Guild; TOO p. M, Anniversary
Fund Collectors report.
Tuesday-8:00 p. M, Brother
hood.
Wednesday-11:00 a. M, Relig-
ious Education class; 200 p. NJ,
Women's Mission meeting.
Thursday-7:45 p. m., Lenten
service with Holy Communion.
Good Friday-7:45 p. m., Lenten
service.
Saturday-9:O0 a. M, Catechet-
ical classes; 1000 a. M, Junior
choir.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Harvey Battrell, Port Clinton,
Civilian chief of Supply Division
of Erie Ordnance Depot, recently
spent five days at Rock Island
Arsenal on official business.
-:-:-
Edward Stuckey, Oak Harbor;
Harry Ascher, Port Clinton, and
Capt. John Kurkar, all of Erie
Ordnance Depot, were official Wis
itors at Lima Ordnance Depot
recently.
New address for Mr.. and Mrs.
Stan Stepnitz, of the U. S. Gyp-
sum and Erie Ordnance Depot, re-
spectively, will be 314 East Fourth
street after April l.
BAKE SALE, April 8, at Ohio
Fuel Gas Office, sponsored by Wo-
men of the Reorganized Church
of Latter Day Saints. Tit
Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Martin have
returned to their Harbor View
home after spending three months
in Sarasota, Florida.
-
Captain Harold Sperber and Sgt.
Howard Behlmer, of the Air Force
Reserve, spent the weekend in
training at the Cleveland Airport
and on flights.
:-,:
Paul Cory, Port Clinton, chem
list at Erie ORDNANCE Depot, at
tended the recent Water and Sew
age Conference held at Fort
Gorge G. Meade, Maryland.
-.:-:-
Mrs. Leslie Meyer has been con-
fined to her home the past week
with the flu.
-
Call THE CLINTON CLEAN
ERS for all your household clean
ing and laundry, rugs, drapes, cur
tains, furniture, hats cleaned and
blocked. Five-year guarantee
moth proofing service on all gar
ments. PICK UP and DELIV-
ERY. Phone 1924. eff
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

Services Sunday, 10:30 a. M
Sunday school at 9:15 a. M, We'd
nesday at 500 p. m.
"Unreality" is the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon which will be read
in all Churches of Christ, Scien-
tist, on Sunday, April 2, 1850. 1t
will have for the Golden Text:
Surely God will not hear vanity,
neither will the Almighty regard
it" (Job 35:13).
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
EVANGELICAL UNITED
BRETHREN
jackson and Fifth Sts.
Rev. J. v. BigeloW, Minister
Sunday school at 9:3O a. m.

Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Worship at 10:40 a. m. Sermon,
"Christ's Dying Word For His
Church" Baptismal service and
reception of members. Cantata of
sacred music, featuring the Eas-
ter Story at 3 p. m. Quarterly
conference at 4:30 p. m.
Youth Fellowship at 6:30 p. m.
Lenten Evangelistic service at
1880 p. m. Rev. j. H. Patterson,
evangelist.
Services nightly at 7:30 during
Holy Week. The public is invited.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL
Rev. William A. Thomas, Rector

Thursday (tonight) Lenten pot
luck supper at 6:15. Evening
prayer and sermon at 1880.
Palm Sunday, 9:30 a. m.,
Church school; 10:45 a. M, Holy
Communion and sermon.
Monday at 1880 p. m. - Choir
rehearsal; $3.50 to 11:30 p. m.,
Badminton play.
Wednesday at 8 p. m.-Regular
meeting of the Vestry.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Petersen
Sally and Jack, spent the week
end in Peru, Indiana, as guests
of their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gill.
David and Frederick Wood are
expected to arrive at the home of
their parents, DR.. and Mrs. c. r.
Wood, Friday, for a Today Eas-
ter vacation from the Ohio Mill
tary Institute, Cincinnati, which
they attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Matthews
flew to Columbus Saturday where
they spent the weekend as guests
of DR.. and Mrs. G. o. Kress.
-
st. Thomas church school group
will take orders for colored Easter
Eggs until April 6. Phone 1861 or
4311. On sale Sat-, April 8, Soren-
sens Meat Market. 7-2t
DIR. and Mrs. Paul Heinsen and
children, kawanna, Indiana, were
weekend guests of her mother,
Mrs. Edith Gill, and other local
relatives.
-: - -
Mrs. Allen Foster returned
home Sunday after having spent
two weeks with her relatives in
New Philadelphia. Her brother
drove here and spent the day with
Fosters.
-: -
BAKE SALE, April 8, at Ohio
Fuel Gas office, sponsored by Wo-
men of the Reorganized Church
of Latter Day Saints. tit
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hatch, To-
lido, were weekend guests of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Soren-
sen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fralicl1
were Sandusky callers Monday.
This years fryers from Myers.
7-tf
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the Port Clinton Fire
Dept. any everyone else who in
any way helped us during the fire
on Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Witt.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31


Joseph Abraham, Pastor
Sunday, April 2-The Holy Com
munion in English at 900 a. M;
Sunday school at 1000 a. M; Di-
vine worship with reading Pas
sion history of our Lord and Holy
Communion at 1890 a. m.
Wednesday - High School Stu
dent Religious Education at HOO
a. m.
Thursday Lenten service at
7:30 d. m.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1950-03-31
LACARNE METHODIST
CHURCH
Rev. Bradrick, Pastor
Holy Week Services

Holy Week Services:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday evenings at 8 o'clock.
Candlelight Communion on Fri
day evening GOOD friday.