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Evening star., 1950-10-30

In laying out his subdivision,
Mr.. Gilbert ignored political boun-
daries. AS a result Takoma Park
lies partly in the District and in
both Montgomery and Prince
Georges counties. The town on
the Maryland side of the District
line was chartered in 1890.
The biggest increase in Takoma
Parks population followed the
purchase in 1904 by the Seventh
day Adventist Church of 46 acres
on the other side of the Sligo at
the Carroll avenue bridge, which
used to be the terminus of a little
trolley line whose tracks have long
since been removed Today they
comprise 5000 of "the parks" 49,
600 population.
At first the Seventh-Day Ad-
ventistS seemed a strange sort of
people to the residents of "the
park" The Adventists started
building right away and the ring
Of the hammer on the nail and
the sight of washing out on the
line on Sundays did not seem
fright to Sunday Sabbatarians.
The Adventists observed their
Sabbath on Saturdays and OBJ
served it strictly. Takoma Park
merchants found the Adventists
would trade with them on Satur-
days if they kept open until after
sundown. And they all were i'm
pressed with the promptness with
which the Adventists paid their
bills.
Today every one in "the park
agrees that the Adventists have
been good neighbors. They have
served on the town council and
they have been whole-heartedly
in favor of anything that would
benefit the community.
Came From Battle Creek.
The Adventists came to Wash
ington from Battle Creek, Mich,
because they had lost control of
their sanitarium there. The story
of their church is one of the more
interesting ones among the sew
eral 10Th century American re-
ligious movements.
The church was founded by
Elder James White and his wife,
Ellen G. White, both natives of
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Sherley Ewing Named
Deputy 10 MaryIand's
Civil Defense Director
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 80. -
Sherley Ewing, former Navy air
intelligence officer, is Maryland's
new deputy director of civil de-
tense.
The Baltimore County attorney
was appointed yesterday by Gov.
Lane to aid 1t. Col. David G. Nc
Intosh III, State director of civil
defense.
Mr.. Ewing is a graduate of the
air combat intelligence school and
served in the South Pacific dur
ing World II, leaving the service
as a lieutenant commander.
He graduated from the Gilman
Country School in Baltimore, Yale
University and the University of
Maryland law school.
Before entering private practice
in 1916 Mr.. Ewing had served as
"a law clerk of the Federal Court
in Baltimore and was attached as
counsel to the Securities and Ex-
change Commission and the tax
division of the Department of
Justice.
The Governor also announced
he will confer Thursday with his
civil defense advisory council to
give it some restricted" infor-
nation.
He said because of restrictions
placed on the information by the
Department of Defense, the
meeting will be limited to men,
bers of the council and other civil
defense officials, Mayor D'Alesan-
dro of Baltimore and Mai. Gen.
Milton A. Reckord. adjutant gen.
eral OF Maryland.
The Defense Departments in
formation should strengthen
Maryland's organization for de-
fense in the event of enemy at
tack. Mr.. Lane indicated.
He added the council also will
discuss the role to be played by
industry in such an emergency
and plans to protect the civilian
population.
Another item will be defense of
Baltimore's port facilities from
foreign raiders.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
PoIiceto Triple
Night Force on Halloween

The Montgomery County Police
Department will triple it's night
patrol force tomorrow to thVart
possible Halloween vandalism.
In all three of the county police
areas, day-shift men will be called
back to duty and midnight shift
men summoned early to make up
a force of more than 30.
The Bethesda substation will
increase its scout car beats from
3 to II and several deputies will
be on duty. Last year there were
85 trouble calls in the Bethesda
area.
Silver Spring will have II
cruisers out during the night as
well as eight foot-patrolmen for
the shopping area.
Rockville will send out a 13-car
patrol through the upper county.
Evening star., 1950-10-30

A 6-year-old Falls Church boy
suffered second degree burns of
the chest and left arm yesterday
when he tried to prove to a
younger brother that he knew how
to light a match.
James Kirby, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Kirby, 100 Ellen ave-
nue., was saved from more serious
injury by his father and mother,
who beat out flames on his pa
jamas and tore the clothing off
him.
Mr.. Kirby was treated for 8
burned right hand.
The burned boy was taken by
his parents to Arlington Hospital.
where he is in fair condition today.
James is a first grade student at
Oak Street School.
Mr.. Kirby, who is research
analyst with the Defense Depart
ment, said James went into the
kitchen while the parei&s were
dressing about 8 am. yesterday.
Evening star., 1950-10-30

with porches and leaf-covered
lawns is a bit of the America
which so many Washingtonians
from the hinterlands remember as
the scenes of their childhood.
I'm the old days" says Howard
S. Fisk, who has been Takoma
Park correspondent for The Star
for more than 40 years, there
used to be two suburbs open for
Washingtonians who wanted
houses with lawns and porches.
The first was Chevy Chase; the
other was Takoma Park. A lot of
people. especially employees of the
Department of Agriculture. who
looked them both over decided
that Takoma Park was just as nice
and it was lot cheaper"
Although most of their children
have moved away, those early set
tiers from Agriculture have left
their mark in nursery trees. wis
taria vines and trim gardens. And
Takoma Park is still popular with
men from the extension services
in the corn belt newly arrived at
Agriculture.
Takoma Park was started by
Benjamin Franklin Gilbert, who
bought 80 acres there for subdi-
vision in 1888. He kept adding
to it. Mr.. Gilbert had made and
lost fortunes in real estate, and
while Takoma Park. his last ven-
ture, was a successful one, it did
not make him rich. One of his
early ventures was the construc-
ton of the houses on G place. the
interesting downtown block be-
tween Ninth and Tenth and G and
H streets NV.
Boundaries Ignored.
Mr.. Gilbert lived in the old Hill
man House which stood on North
Capitol street in the now open
space between the Capitol and
Union Station. He asked some of
his friends there to suggest a
name for his new subdivision.
Mrs. Orlando d. Sunny. one Of
the guests. suggested that Indian
word for High Up-Near Heav-
en-" She suggested that it be
spelled with a "k" to avoid con-
fusion with Tacoma, Wash. That's
how Takoma Park got It's name.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
the tables Of Seventh-Day Ad-
ventists institutions.
Headed by Kellogg.


Headed by kellogg.
The sanitarium was headed by
an Adventists who was one of
Americas remarkable physicians,
DR.. John Harvey Kellogg. He and
his brother, w. K. Kellogg, a nom
Adventist. who manufactured
breakfast foods, made Battle
Creek famous. Vegetarianism was
part of the Kellogg cure. William
Childs. head of the restaurant
chain, believed DR.. Kellogg had
saved his life. He tried to save the
lives Of his customers by cutting
down on meat in the menus but
the stockholders took control of
the company away from him.
The Adventists were against the
use of coffee or tea. Charles Will
liam Post came to Battle Creek
and started making the coffee
substitute and patented foods that
made his great fortune.
It was when DR.. Kellogg left
the church that it's headquarters
were moved to Takoma Park. The
church has prospered. It's men,
bers pay the "tithe"-give one
tenth of their income to it. Last
year its total revenues were S44
million dollars. 1t claims 473,000
members on other continents;
243, 900 on this one.
American forces found Advent
ist missionaries on Guadalcanal
and Adventist natives on most OF
the Pacific islands during World
War II. They are credited with
helping more than 300 American
flyers who made forced landings.
With the closing of the Bliss
Electrical College, Takoma Park
lis losing one interesting institu-
ton but gaining another in the
Montgomery County Junior Col
llege.
Was Edison's Associate.
Prof. Louis Denton Bliss, who
lives opposite the school on Ia
koma avenue, is 79. He was an
early associate of Thomas Alva
Edison, coming to Washington in
1890 as a sales engineer for the
Edison company of that day.
The start of the school was un-
der unusual circumstances. A
group of younger employees of the
Census Bureau wanted to learn
about electricity. Their interest
was very practical. Jobs were open
to those who knew anything about
the new mystery power that re-
placed oil or gas for illumination,
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Mahoney and Lane
Chat, but 6. O. P. Sees
Republican Victory
BY the Associated Press

The first really friendly appear
ing meeting of Gov. Lane and his
primary opponent. George P. Ma
honey, frightened the Demo-
cratic Party picture today. but a
Republican candidate still FORE
cast that Theodore r. McKeldin
would win the governorship by at
least 10000 votes.
Gov. Lane and Mr.. Mahoney
smiled and chatted together as
they consumed oysters at a party
rally and oyster roast in Balti-
more yesterday. 1t was the first
instance of real friendliness be-
tween the two since the guber-
material primary, which Gov. Lane
won on the basis Of the unit sys-
tenn. although Mr.. Mahoney polled
the most votes.
But at a Republican rally at
La Plata, William A. Gunter,
the COP candidate for Attorney
General, predicted that Mr.. Nc
Keldin would get a majority of at
least 10000 votes in next weeks
general election and take Gov.
Lanes job away.
Mr.. Gunter said Mr.. Nickel
din's margin should come from
Baltimore City, Carroll County
and the 9Th Congressional District
(Western Maryland). On the
Eastern Shore, Mr.. Gunter figured
MIR. McKeldin should hold his own.
THAT Baltimore City squabble
as to which of the city bosses
Curran, D'Alesandro or Pollack-
is to run Gov. Lane from now on
hasn't hurt McKeldin or John
Marshall Butler" Mr.. Gunter de-
clared. Mr.. Butler is the Repub-
lican candidate for the seat now
held by Senator Tydings, Demo-
crat, of Maryland, who's seeking
a fifth term.
Mr.. Gunter figured that the
9Th Congressional District and
Carroll County will come in with
majority of at least $4,000" votes
and Baltimore City should match
that"
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Paper Boy, II, Struck
By Car While on Bike

William Rose, 12-year-old news
paper boy, suffered broken right
leg yesterday when he was struck
by a car while riding his bike in
the 1000 block of Columbia pike.
Arlington.
He was admitted to Arlington
Hospital where his condition was
reported as good today.
Police listed the driver of the
car as Mary Draper. 26, of the
2100 block of South Oakland
street, Arlington. She was not
charged.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
ran streetcars, and killed mur-
ders in the electric chair.

ran streetcars. and killed mur-
ders in the electric chair.
Mr.. Bliss was only % when he
was asked if he would give a night
course in electricity. He said he
would, if 20 men would pay $50
each. He was asked to meet with
them one evening in a rubber
goods store on Ninth street near
the Gayety Theater and across
from a building used by the Gen.
sus. Twenty young men paid him
$40 each as an earnest Of their
intention of going through with
the course. That $400 started the
school.
In 1908 he bought the 160-room
North Takoma Hotel at Takoma
avenue near the B. g. O. tracks for
his growing school. Before the
year was out it burned down in the
most spectacular fire "the park
has ever known. 1t was then he
began constructing the buildings
recently purchased, with seven
acres of land, for the Montgomery
Junior College for $350,000.
Prof. Bliss had something
unique in electrical education.
His school gave a one-year course
no degrees-that provided the
student with all Prof. Bliss
thought necessary to begin a
career in the electrical industries.
Young men came from all over
the country to attend. A vice
president of Westinghouse Electric
is a graduate. and there are more
than 300 employees in the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Telephone Co. who
were trained at the Bliss school.
In all 10000 have graduated from
his institution.
Trained 1000 for Navy.
In World War I the school
trained a searchlight company
which was sent to France and 70C
enlisted men in basic electricity
for Various activities. In Worlc
War II the school trained 4,00(
men for the Navy. Some were
trained for radio work and Others
trained in electronics, short-wave
vacuum tube basis of radar. They
were given secret radar training
at a Navy school later.
The Montgomery Junior Col
lege has $40 students. Many OF
them are taking transfer courses
which will enable them to enter
four-year colleges as juniors. The
Bliss electric laboratories are be-
ing kept intact. several Bliss in
structors are being retained, and
electrical education will be an i'm
portant elective.
Evening star., 1950-10-30

Maine. The Whites. who were
Methodists, were followers of Will
liam Miller. a Baptist preacher,
Of Hampton. N. Y, on the Ver-
mont border. who was convinced
that the prophecy in the eighth
chapter of Daniel meant that the
second coming of Christ and the
end of the world would occur in
1874.
Computation of Daniels pro-
phecy had been going on for a
long time. More than a century
before Sir Isaac Newton contrib
uted to it. That the end would
occur in 1843 or 1874 was believed
by many in Europe and the belief
had spread to the Moslem world.
There was excitement in Persia
as the date approached.
More than half a million Amer
leans heard Miller address camp
meetings. A final date of October
%, 1874. was set for the second
coming. Crops were left unhar-
vested. stores closed and men quit
their jobs.
The Adventists were sincerely
disappointed. The Whites in the
following years moved to Middle
town. Conn. to Oswego. N. Y,
to Paris, Me-, to Saratoga Springs,
N. Y, to Rochester, N. Y, and in
1855 to Battle Greek, Mich.
Mrs. White. a gifted writer of
inspirational prose based on the
Scriptures, came to the conclusion
that the phrase in the prophecy
Then shall the sanctuary be
cleansed." meant that the world
had entered a period in which the
mission of the church was to pre-
pare it for the second coming
Health was important, for the
body should be ready. That was
how the Battle Creek Sanitarium
was started. Mrs. White also ad-
vocated vegetarianism and since
1892 there has been no meat on
Evening star., 1950-10-30
By George Kennedy

Takoma Park was built in an
oak forest. Great trees still stand
in most front and back yards,
dwarfing sizable dwellings. The
leaves are russet now and a good
ly portion of the population is
busy each morning raking lawns.
The piles of burning leaves give
tang to the chill night air and
increase the haze of the warm In
dian Summer days.
Drive out Georgia avenue to
the entrance of Walter Reed Hos
pital. Turn right on Butternut
street - that's the old streetcar
route to Takoma Park. Turn to
the left at the streetcar loop and
you are in "the parks" old busi-
ness center. Drive further and
you're going to be lost.
There will be nothing serious
about your predicement. The only
catch is that the twisting streets
of the old suburb will turn you
out of town when you have seen
but little of it. Be guided by
Polonius-"wit assays of bias. by
indirections find directions out. "
Turn back and criss-cross the
town.
Be sure, before you abandon
Takoma Park. that you have driv-
en- along the parkway in the
wooded Sligo Creek valley, more
convincingly rustic than Rock
Greek Park. Be sure to turn
into the Seyenth-Day Adventists'
Washington Sanitarium and Mis-
sionary College Beyond the creek
and see their new Sligo Church,
which seats 5000.
Also make sure you cross the
high and narrow bridge over the
Baltimore g. Ohio tracks from
Blair road to Takoma avenue
which will take you past the
campus of Montgomery Junior
College. The buildings are those
of the old Bliss Electrical School
which graduated its last class on
Friday.
A Bit of America.
You will be well rewarded, for
Takoma Park with its wooded
ravines and old-fashioned houses
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Mental Hygiene Is Topic
OF Adult Health Forum

Mental hygiene will be the sub
ject of discussion at the Adult
Health Forum at 8 o'clock tonight
in the Dunbar Center, $500 South
Kemper drive, Arlington.
Guest speaker will be DR.. Paul
Phillips, a psychiatric social work.
er connected with the Arlington
Child Guidance Center. A 1ilm.
Preface to a Life" will be shown.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Arthur HonsoE Elected
Alumni Group Officer

New officers of the Old Boys
Association of Episcopal High
School, Alexandria, include Ar
thur B. Hanson, of 5519 Worth
ington drive. Westhaven, Md, first
vice president.
The election was held at the
46th meeting of the alumni group
at the school Saturday. John
Dorsey Brown, Richmond attor-
ney, was named president and DR..
James w. Jervey. jr., of Green
vile, S. c., was chosen second
vice president. Alexander Hamil-
ton. jr., of Petersburg, was elected
to a three-year term on the ex-
ecutive committee.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Suitlond PTA to Meet

The Parent-Teacher Association
of the Suitland MD Elemen-
tary School will hear an address
by George Hammond, director OF
safety and education Of the
American Automobile Association,
ut Q pm. Wednesday in the schoA.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Daymude Backs
Victory Group
In Montgomery
Charter Committee
Replies to Democratic
Criticism of Council

The Montgomery County Vic
tory Committee today announced
that its candidates had the sup
port of G. Leonard Daymude, who
during the primary campaign was
aligned with the Free Democrats
as treasurer Of the county's Ma
honey-for- Governor Committee.
Democratic criticism of the
Montgomery County Councils rec
ord meanwhile was answered IN a
statement by the County Char
ter Committee.
In announcing his support Of
the Democratic nominees, Mr..
Daymude declared:
II wish to make it clear that
this is personal decision, and
that no one has made any kind
of proposition for my support.
Every one of the nominated
Democratic candidates is a
qualified. responsible person. They
are pledged to work for legisla-
ton to have the Sanitary Com
mission, the Park and Planning
Commission, and the Liquor Board
Of Control all elected by the peo-
pie.
Sees Course as Best.
"My conclusion is that it will
be best for me to help elect the
candidates so pledged and to
work with them for the Important
home rule legislation needed"
Mr.. Daymude, who is Mayor Of
Kensington and past president
of the Washington Suburban
Master Plumbers Association, has
been active in working for county
control of the Sanitary Commits
sion. which at present is appoint
ed by the Governor.
The Charter Committees reply
to Democratic criticism was issued
through Allen H. Gardner, a
member of its board of directors.
He defended accomplishments Of
the Charter Council during its
two years IN Office in answer to
charges made during a Demo-
cratic rally Saturday at Damascus.
THE Democratic machine is
now out in the open," the COM
mittee declared. 1T intends to
scuttle the major accomplish
ments of the present County
Council If its candidates are
elected"
| Warfield Called Misled.
| One of the speakers at the rally.
H. Deets Warfield, a member of
the original County Charter
Board. attacked the council for
have tried to cram too much
reform into too short time"
j The committee termed Mr..
Warfleld's remark as an "excoria-
ton" and said his connection
with it is Simply an incident
the statement of a man who has
been misled as to his facts"
The committee added the criti-
cism "also shows that the machine
is simply using the high principles
OF Mrs, (Stella Werner, Demo-
cratic Council candidate for the
fourth district, to convince voters
in areas friendly to council policies
that these hungry machine poll
ticians mean no HARM
The statement declared: THE
Charter Committee makes no
apology for supporting the candi-
dates which it believes best, ire
spective of party affiliations. The
so-called Democratic" machine
shows that, as always, it is prin-
cipally interested in county af-
fairs, which in wrong hands yield
gravy, and pays little attention
to the national interests of its
party"
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Falls Church Boy Badly Burned
Proving Ability to Light Match

The boy started to scream as he
rushed into the parents bedroom
with his pajama-top ablaze.
Later, James told his father that
his brother, David, 4, had asked
if he knew how to light a match.
James said he had never done it
before. but he thought he knew
how.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Gurden Club to Meet

| Mrs. James Strayer will speak
on herbs and edible plants before
the Garden Club Of Chevy Chase
at 2::30 pm. Wednesday in the
home of Mrs. Christopher Granger,
River road.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Church Rummuqe Sole

The Guild of st. Johns Episco-
pal Church, Mount Rainier, Md,
will hold a rummage sale at
10 am. Tuesday in the parish
hall. Thirty-fourth and Rainier
avenue. Mrs. Hilds Lynch is
chairman.
Evening star., 1950-10-30
Rudford Glass Elects

RADFORD, Va, Oct. 80 P.-
Mary Jane Haycraft of Falls
Church, has been elected president
of the senior class at ,Radford
College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-09-24
%>,r AZ

Festive note in the recreation room,
eorhenwore with merry eorN automobile or
circus design. 8-inoh plate, $z.z5; lo-inch
pIote, $3.50; ash troy, Sis; popcorn bowl.
$3.50.
Ps.: The pIotes ore fun os wall Plaques
: Strawberries grow on q pitcher
nice for the chdrens milk d.. $3.50.
g ). A jam pot appropriately uses berries for
its decoration, too $l.Z5.
Lovely Move ware with its traditional
pink and blue flowers is here again in q complete
line Of dinnewore and accessory pieces. From
the collection: Sugar bowl, $3.50; cream pitcher,
$3.50; compete, $3.50; divided vegetable bowl
Ia sort Of honeymoon specially. $3.50.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1950-09-15
KOREA TODAY

This 372-page book, only recently
released, is the first comprehensive
study of the little country of Korea
since its liberation and division. The
author is DR.. George M. McCune, an
outstanding American authority with
a long personal knowledge of the
country which is now the focal point
of world conflict. This book is a
scholarly analysis of Korea and the
American and Russian occupation
periods.
Reading the book, we learn Korea,
shaped somewhat like Florida, has an
area Of $4,000 square miles, a little
more than half as large as Montana.
Population is 29,000,000 or more than
forty times larger than the popula-
tion of Montana. 1t is a country with
many tiny plains among predominant
ing mountains. 1t has fast flowing
streams and 5,400 miles of coast
line with many good harbors, the
latter chiefly on the south and west
coasts. Korea lies in the north temp
erat zone and has an annual, though
dSiiti oPoNbJ, iellildl iHQCH Ike
that of eastern USA. Mineral deposits
in variable quantities include coal,
iron, graphite, tungsten, zinc, lead,
mercury, magnasite, molybdenum,
aluminium bearing ores and gold. Ko-
req has no oil. Forests are found in
the north. North and East Korea is
largely industrialized with consider
able development of water power.
Deep sea fishing is also an important
occupation of that region. The South
and West is mainly agricultural.
Origin of the Korean people is iii
the dim Neolithic past. Oriental tribes
became unified group centuries
ago with some Chinese infiltratation
before the modern era Recorded his
tory begins about 81 B. C. to 668 A.
ID. The only form of government Ko
reans have known until very recent
times has been the monarchy. Des-
pite periods of invasion by Mongols
and Japanese, Korea has had few
peaks of brilliant government and cul
tural achievement. The people never
had much opportunity for democratic
reforms. When America and Europe
were being industralized, Korean !
economy remained medieval and stag
nant.