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The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-05-05
News From FORT BAYOU
Mrs. George Cole
Represents HDC
AT District Meet
BY Mrs. w. E. Monroe

The Fort Bayou Home Dem
onstration Club was represented
at the Southern district conven-
ton, Poplarville, by Mrs. George
Cole, vice president, who accom-
panied Mrs. Fay Strouther Brit
tain, Pascagoula, Mrs. Jack
Fletcher, Mt. Pleasant and Mrs.
Rouse, Gautier, to the meeting.
Mrs. Edward c. Lowery and
Mrs. Ferrell, Pascagoula. visited
the r M. Spaulding home.
Recent guests of the Andrew
Campbells were Mrs. Ina Rush
ing, Woolmarket, Clarence Camp
bell, Jackson, Lewis Campbell
and family from up in the state
and Miss Winona Rushing, Per
kinston.
Mrs. r. M. Spaulding attended
the meeting of the WSCS at the
Cliff Rouse home, Vancleave,
Tuesday.
Miss Claudine Curtis, Biloxi,
spent the weekend with the V.
B. Taylors and has since been
visiting in Jackson.
A large crowd attended the
sing at Antioch Baptist church
Sunday. Among features were
qusrtettes from Keesler. Among
those from out of the county at
tending were Mrs. Charles Bess.
Pensacola. who spent the week
end with the Jim Martins. Mr..
and Mrs. James Ellzey. Ocean
Springs. Mrs. Walker. Gulfport.
who visited her son. w. o. Walk
er. and the Rev. c. o. Hardy and
family of Hurley.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Campbell
attended homecoming day at
White Plains church Sunday. Din
ner on the grounds was a high
light and they enjoyed meeting
friends of 40 years ago They also
visited the Edgar Campbell fam
lily, Woolmarket.
v. B. Taylor visited Jackson the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Cicoria Wis
tied Mobile Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wardrop,
with friends from Biloxi. Mr.. and
Mrs. Prentiss Yeager, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jimmy Holder and Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. Gabrich, visited Mobile
Thursday.
Mrs. Clara Cicora and Mrs. A.
B. Campbell attended the flower
show in Ocean Springs Thursday.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-05-05

rie Mccormick, Juanita Koskela,
Stanley Bragg, Kenneth Brown,
all in Mrs. Louise Lynd's room.
Woodrow Pettis, Clydean De-
mouey. K. c. Jones, Burton Bragg,
Edna Lambert, Louise Demouey,
pupils in Mrs. Ora Nelson's room.
Carl Demouey, Betty Mallette,
Adelaide Hurd, Annie Elizabeth
Hill, J. w. Jones, J. r. McCor-
mick, Carolyn Bosarge, Ira T.
Havens' room.
Commencement Programs
Commencement programs were
given Tuesday and Wednesday
evening at the school with large
crowd attending. Tuesday eve
ming the eighth grade presented
a play, This Night Beware" and
Wednesday evening comedy,
miss Westerfield High" was
given by students from the sixth
and seventh grades. A one-aet
comedy, Elmer, the Love Bug,
completed the program.
Report cards were given out
Friday and chapel program was
held with singing led by Mrs. Ora
Nelson.
Ira T. Havens entertained the
basketball teams at a picnic at
Jackson Creek Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Beggerly,
Jackson, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Beggerly.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-05-05

crate the stage.
Those graduating were Fl. T.
Maxwell, Martin Young, Royce
Miller, Mary Young, Vera Jean
Roberts, Adelaide Hurd, Carl De-
mouey, J. w. Jones. Betty NAL
lette. Carolyn Bosarge, Janice
Taylor. John Ed Patterson, Annie
Elizabeth Hill, Margaret Hamil-
ton, J. r. Mccormick, Julia Nc
Cormick, and Tommy Necaise.
Memphis Trip
Mrs. Bill Howard left Monday
for Memphis to attend gradua-
ton of her niece, Miss Myrna
Bennett, who is finishing nurses
training.
Mrs. Charles Garner and baby
have been spending while with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ.
Beggerly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alphonse Le-
Maitre drove to Mobile Sunday
to visit Mrs. LeMaitre's brother
and family. They were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Stuart in Grand Bay.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Blackwell
visited Mrs. Robert Bragg Sun
day.
John O'Donnell spent a few
days on Goodies Lake at his sum-
mer camp.
Mrs. Joe Strasser, Mobile. spent
a few days visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lambert,
and sisters, Mesdames Zell Lam
bert and J. w. Garner.
Recuperafing
Mrs. Hope Lambert is recup-
Grating following an operation at
the county hospital. Mesdames
Zell Lambert and J. w. Garner
visited Mrs. Lambert and Mrs.
Mary Poole at the hospital.
Attendance Records
Perfect attendance certificates
were presented frankie Culpep-
per, Jackie Culpepper. James
Stork. Bobby Jones, pupils in
Mrs. Ira Havens room; Earline
White, Ann Hurd, Billie Ruth
Davis, Denise Havens, Earline
Carter, Maud Taylor, Donnel Ma
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-05-05
Gulf Coast Sing
Sets Sunday Meet
At South School

The Gulf Coast Singing Asso-
citation will hold a sing Sunday
in the auditorium of Pascagoula's
South school, Lincoln avenue, c.
T. Bolding, chairman, announced
today.
Several out-of-town singers are
expected to attend, with trios and
quartets coming from Mobile,
Laurel, Lumberton and Bogalusa,
Mr.. Bolding said.
The all-day sing will start at
1920 am.
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-05-05
News From Franklin Creek -.
Commencement Exercises Mark Close
OF Orange Lake School; Is Graduates

benediction.
H. P. Heidelberg, Pascagoula,
gave the address and Ira 7. Hav-
ems presented promotion and at
tendance certificates. Mrs. Louise
Lynd played the professional as
the class entered.
The seventh grade sang the
farewell song with the girls wear
ing evening dresses. Easter lilies,
amarylis and Queen Anne's Lace
were used with greenery to dec
The Chronicle star the Moss Point advertiser., 1950-05-05
BY Mrs. Robert Bragg

Commencement exercises were
held at Orange Lake school last
Thursday with is students fin
ishing the eighth grade. Valedic-
torian was Janice Taylor and sa-
lutatorian, Vera jean Roberts,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Nolle
Roberts, Orange Grove. The class
history was given by J. w. Jones
and the class prophesy by Annis
Elizabeth Hill. Lee Hill gave the
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Bills Filed 10 EnIarqe
Bethesda Play Center

The Bethesda Chevy Chase rec
reation center will be enlarged by
80 adjoining acres, If Congress
approves bills sponsored yesterday
by Senator Tydings. Democrat,
and Representative Beall, Repub-
lican, both Of Maryland.
The area involved is the re-
naming portion Of the old Animal
Disease Station. The companion
measures offered by the two
Marylanders would transfer the
title from the United States to
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
It would be used for public
park. parkway or playground pur-
poses. Title would revert to the
Government if it were used for
anything else.
The proposed legislation was
offered after negotiations between
the planning body and the Agri-
culture Department.
The area involved is bounded
by Kenwood. Somerset. Chevy
Chase Terrace and Chevy Chase
Gardens and by Bradley Boule-
ward Apartments.
The bills were referred to the
House and Senate Agriculture
Committees.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
One Of Three Charges
Against Lusk Dropped

One of three embezzlement
charges against Richard S. Lusk,
former Fairfax County real estate
man, was ordered dismissed yes
terday by County Circuit Court
Judge Paul E. Brown.
Mr.. Lusk did not testify. He
had pleaded not guilty.
The charges were brought by
Charming L. Pace. 3100 South
Hill street, Arlington. In the case
heard yesterday. Mr.. Pace accused
Mr.. Lusk. head of Veterans Hous-
ing Corp, of embezzling $1,660
paid to the developer in connec-
ton with construction of a house
in Woodlawn Manor subdivision.
Mr.. Lusk, who is represented by
Thomas w. Phillips and Edward
Gasson. attorneys, now lives at
Great Bend, Pa.
Commemorative Attorney Hugh
B. Marsh said no date has been
set for hearing the two other
charges.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Arlington Group Told
OF Child Aid Needs

Seventy thousand children In
Virginia next year will be in need
Of some sort of State aid, the
Arlington Council on Health and
Medical Care was told last night.
E. P. Boyden. superintendent of
public welfare in Henrico County,
Va. gave the figure at the Coun-
ellis fifth annual dinner meeting
at Washington National Airport.
Mr.. Boyden broke down the
total into 10000 who would be
involved in domestic relations
cases, $4,000 who would receive
aid under the aid-to-dependent-
children program. 5000 who
would come into juvenile courts
and 5000 who will be placed in
foster homes by the State.
The $50 members attending the
dinner also heard a talk by DR..
L. J. Roper, Virginia State Com
missioner of Health, who asserted
that Arlington County has been
health conscious for many years. I"
Other speakers included DR..
Robert Hood, president of the
Arlington County Medical Society;
Daniel A. Dugan, County Board
chairman, and A. T. Lundberg,
County manager. State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick. Council
chairman, was toastmaSter.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
By Robert G. RoIIinas

You can't hope to make a Ca
ruso out of every boy who can
carry a tune. Nor develop a Lily
Pons from every sweet-throated
coed.
Chances are you won't find an
other Fritz Kreisler among the
fifth grade fiddlers' class. Or a
successor to Oscar Levant in the
group of would-be pianists.
But you can teach one and all
a little something about music.
That's the hope of the music
department of the Arlington
school system.
Completes Education.
"One cannot imagine a COM
plete education of man without
music" says Department Super
visor Raymond r. Reed. quoting
Jean Paul Richter.
There are some $4,000 children
enrolled in the Arlington public
schools and it's a safe bet that
everyone is touched to greater or
lesser degree by the ever-expand-
ing program of the music depart
ment.
Many never touch an instru-
ment. But they hear about mu-
sic in a concerted effort to give
everyone at least a measure of
knowledge of the art.
Mr.. Reed, who came to Airing
ton schools from Pittsburgh at the
start of the 1948-49 year, says
Arlington has the biggest music
program of any Virginia or Mary
land school system around Wash
ington. In some ways, he de-
clares, the Arlington program is
ahead of Washington.
Annual Spring Festival.
And as far as one event is con-
cerned. at least, there is no ques-
tion it is the biggest of it's kind
in the area.
This is the annual Spring Mu-
sical Festival. This year it will be
held in four parts, with 2,100 chill
dren-an increase Of 600 over last
year-participating.
The festival will be divided into
two elementary music nights
MAY 5 and 12): a junior senior
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Gov. Lane Addresses
ather- Son Banquet

It Is up to the younger genera
ton to clear away the present fear
hanging over the world, Gov. Lane
of Maryland told a father and son
group last night.
The Governor was principal
speaker at a father son banquet Of
the Woodside Methodist Mems
Club held at the Silver Spring
church. More than 200 persons
were present.
1--WE are living under cloud of
constant fear of an theology that
seeks to tear down the very thing
you exhibit tonight-the recipro-
eating love Of father and son, 4"
Gov. Lane said.
The banquet, served by the
Women's Society for Christian
Service. also heard Max Earring
ton. director of athletics at George
Washington University. and Joe
Tereshinski and Ed Berrang, Red
skins football team veterans. Arm
old D. Johansen presented trib-
ute to the sons at the gathering,
while Stew Blomgren. is. a Mont
gomery County Junior High School
Student Council member, honored
the fathers.
Other guests at the meeting in
cluded State Senator L. Harold
Southern, Chairman Perry Wilkin-
son of the Prince Georges County
delegation to the State House of
Delegates; Thomas Jones, former
Maryland Secretary of State. and
E. Brooke Lee. publisher Of the
Maryland News.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Contracts Awarded
For 7 Road Projects
In Northern Virginia

The State Highway Commission
today recommended award of two
oad-building contracts in the
Northern Virginia area.
The projects will convert a sec
ton Of the Leesburg pike in Fair
fax County to four-lane divided
standards and will construct a
special design ramp for right turns
from the Lee boulevard into N.
Tenth street in Arlington County
Federal funds are included in
the financing of both projects and
contract awards will not be final
until the Bureau of Public Roads
concurs.
Both contracts will go to w. H,
Armstrong g. Co.. Washington
road-builder, on the basis of low
bids submitted to the commission
April 18. The bid on the Leesbure
pike project was $66, ,259 and on
the Tenth street project. $52,887.
The Leesburg pike work will
convert the last two-lane gap be-
tween Alexandria and the Shirley
Highway into a four-lane divided
highway. For a distance Of 0.43
mile. the road will be constructed
as a dual highway with two 23-
foot concrete traffic lanes sepa-
rated by depressed grass median
strip. A paralleling service road
will channel traffic into the new
highway
The ramp at the intersection of
Tenth street and the Lee boule-
ward will be the first phase of q
future grade separation structure.
Engineers said that funds are not
available at this time for the en-
tire structure. but the ramp will
ease congestion. Some 300 right
turns are daily made at the cor
ner, studies have indicated.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Holmes D. Baker Estate
Estimated at S1,25O,OOO
BY fha Associated Press

FREDERICK. Md, April 26.-
The estate left by Holmes D.
Baker, Frederick financier who
died April Is, has been estimated
at between $1.25o,0OO and $780,
000.
His will. filed for probate in
Orphans Court here, left the prop
erty to the widow, a son-Joseph
D. Baker II-and other members
of the immediate family.
Waverly Farm. the big home
place on U. S. 40 west of Fred
erick, was left in trust for the
benefit of the widow as long as
she lives. A codicil dated March
Is gives the son an opportunity to
buy 20 acres of the farm and a
new house being built there.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Arlington School Music Program
Expected to Reach Every Pupil

music night (May 49,, and a
countrywide piano-class demon
stration (afternoon. June 81 All
programs will be at Washington
Lee High school.
The elementary programs will
include rhythXp bands, tonette
groups. folk dances, violin groups
and mixed choruses.
Group Instruction.
From the Junior and senior high
schools will come orchestras,
bands, mixed choruses, boys
choruses and girls choruses, and
the Washington-Lee Choir.
The piano-class demonstration
will show the results of group in
struction, in which six or seven
students use dummy keyboards
and take turns on a real piano.
This type of instruction is an in
novation in the Washington area,
according to Mr.. Reed.
AS evidence of the aggressive
ness and size of the music pro-
gram, Mr.. Reed cites the follow
ing developments since Septem-
ber, 1913:
One hundred and eighty-five
school-owned violin outfits placed
in Is elementary schools; small
cellos in five elementary schools:
217 fifth and sixth grade pupils
taking violin-class lessons.
Wind instrument classes in
seven elementary schools.
Learn to Read Music.
A total of 1850 children in
fourth. fifth and sixth grades have
learned quickly to read music
through playing tonettes or melo-
dy flutes.
Special text provided for music
reading program in third grades.
Piano classes are conducted in
10 per cent of the elementary
schools with 493 students in the
second through fifth grades en-
tered. Ten specially-trained teach
ers employed.
The music teaching staff tripled
in the elementary grades with a
system total of IA full-tihe and
II part time instructors. The part
time teachers are for the piano
classes exclusively.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Student Engineers TO MeeI
AT Charlottesville Friday
BY the Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April
26.-Engineering and foreign af-
fairs will be among the subjects
discussed at the annual State STU
dent chapter conference of the
American Society of Civil Engi-
neers here Friday.
More than $50 civil engineering
students at Virginia Tech. Vir-
ginia Military Institute and the
University of Virginia will attend
the conference.
John F. Gange, director of the
University of Virginia's Woodrow
Wilson School of Foreign Affairs.
will discuss the part engineers are
playing in advancing the Marshall
Plan and will outline some of the
engineering opportunities in other
lands.
c. S. Mullen, chief engineer of
the State Highway Department will
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Potomac Presbytery Women
To Install Officers Today

The women of the Potomac
Presbytery. Presbyterian Church
of the United States, were to in
stall officers this afternoon in the
second day of their 38th annual
meeting in the Westminster Pres
byterian Church, Alexandria.
Five new officers of the area
women's group we're elected last
night. They were Mrs. c. H.
Clemens, Leesburg, Va. second vice
president; Miss Virginia Dyer,
Washington. recording secretary;
Mrs. Olga Bannister. Alexandria.
assistant treasurer. and Miss Mary
Kunsman. Washington, historian.
Continuing In Office for another
year are Mrs. Paul B. Thomas, as
president. Mrs. Graham G.. Lacy,
Evening star., 1950-04-26

first vice president. and Mrs. Fred
Boland. corresponding secretary.
Speakers before the Washing
ton. Maryland and Northern
Virginia church women yesterday
included DR.. James E. Bear, pro-
fessor of missions, Union Theolo-
gical Seminary; Mrs. Donald w.
Richardson. president of the
Virginia Council of Churc h
Women; Miss Martha Biehle,
International Refugee Organiza-
ton, and DR.. s. Brooks MsLane.
president. Texas-Mexican Indus
trial Institute. DR.. Brooks and DR..
Howard T. Kuist, professor Of
Biblical theology. Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary. was to address
final sessions today.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Falls Church Schools
Ask 25-Cent Tax Boost
In Proposed Budget

A 25-cent increase in the Falls
Church tax rate will be asked by
the School Board when it presents
it's proposed budget for 1901 to
the City Council Monday.
The increase, If granted, would
raise to $4.80 the present tax rate
of $4.55 per 500 Of assessed val
uation.
City Manager Roy F. Dunn will
not request a rise in the $1.9o
portion of the tax rate allotted to
the city's general fund.
The proposed school budget is
roughly estimated" at $295 900,
an increase of more than $50. 900
over the current year.
Joseph w. seay. vice chairman
Of the school board, said approx
mately $62. 500 will be needed next
year for debt service on a $700, 900
bond issue approved by the voters
last year. The funds will build
a new high school and a new
primary ScnOOl.
Sites have been purchased for
the two proposed schools. Prelim-
mary plans for the Junior senior
high school. to be built at Lees
burg pike and Haycock road, now
are being revised by the State
Board Of Education.
Preliminary plans for the pri-
mary school, which also would be
In the West end Of the city near
Oak street. were approved by the
School Board last Saturday. Mrs.
Helen Regan. chairman, said today
that the board hopes to award q
contract for construction Of the
primary school by June /.
City Manager Dunn predicted
that $275.000 will be needed for
general city expenses. He said
the fiscal year beginning July /
will be lean" with municipal serv-
ices at a minimum.
The city manager expects a
property reassessment now under
way to yield substantially greater
revenue" in future years.
Total assessed valuation is es-
timated at approximately SIS mil
lion, an increase Of less than $780,
900 over the tax base for the cur
rent year.
Separate budgets are set up for
the self-supporting water and
sewer departments.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
; Judges Named to Heor
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Suit
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, April 26.-Chief
Justice Edward Hudgins Of the
Virginia Supreme Court today
designated three judges to hear
the City of Alexandria's annexa-
ton suit against Fairfax County.
Judges Walter T. Mccarthy of
Arlington, and JEFF F. Walter of
the 31st Circuit, were named to
sit with Fairfax Circuit Court
Judge Paul E. Brown.
The case Is scheduled to begin
May 26 or on some other date
which may be set by the court.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
Maryland U. to Hold
Interfruternity Sing

An interfraternity sing will be
held at 1880 pm. tomorrow at the
Ritchie Coliseum at the University
of Maryland.
A gold cup will be awarded to
the sorority or fraternity judged
the best in the singing competi-
ton. Thirty-six organizations will
participate.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
W. 81. Students to Hear
Toylor on MorshuII PIon
Special oispoieh 70 III. ste

Special Dispatch 10 The Stcf
LEXINGTON. Va. April 26.-
Commerce School students at
Washington and Lee University
will hear a report on Marshall
Plan aid tomorrow night from
Wayne c. Taylor. assistant to the
ECA administrator.
His appearance is sponsored by
Alpha Kappa Psi. honorary COM
merce fraternity.
Evening star., 1950-04-26
.2-Cent Cigarette Levy
Passes First READING
By Alexandra Council

A cigarette tax of 2 cents pei
package was indorsed last night
by the Alexandria City Council or
the first Of two readings Of a
proposed ordinance.
Before taking final action or
the measure. the council will con-
duct public hearing at its meet
ing May 8.
The cigarette tax proposal was
presented by Councilman Mar
shall J. Beverley for the second
time. Last December it was re-
jected in a stormy budget debate
which also involved a proposal for
a special levy on utility service
bills.
The council vote for the ciga-
rette proposal was s to 2, with
r. Samuel Luckett and James M.
Duncan, jr., dissenting. Mayor
Franklin P. Backus and Council
man Albert A. Smoot said they
do not consider it a substitute for
the utility bill levy, although they
voted with the majority. The
Mayor described the cigarette tas
ss a step in the right direction
but declared it would not pro-
vide enough revenue to balance
the Alexandria budget.
$4,000 Income Estimated.
City Manager w. Guy Ancell
estimated the cigarette tax woulc
produce about $4,000 Of revenue
the remainder Of this year il
enacted Immediately. He said
that while anticipated State
school funds may balance the
books this year. the cigarette tax
would help keep the city out of
debt in the future, when expenses
are expected to exceed present
revenues.
Councilman Leroy S. Bendheim
urged Alexandria to avoid eco
nomic decadence by providing ade-
quate commercial zones. traffic
routes and up-to- date parking
systems, lest flourishing nearby
communities "stif1e and drain
away the life's blood from King
street"
Traffic Study Approved.
Warning that Alexandrians may
awake some day to find them
selves living in a dead CITY," Mr..
Bendheim asked specifically for a
three council committee
to study downtown parking prob
lens and the feasibility Of one
way traffic routings and off-street
parking.
The Council passed the motion
and the committee will work with
the Chamber Of Commerce. Retail
Association and the
Traffic Board. City Attorney v.
Floyd Williams was asked to pre-
pare an ordinance raising parking
meter rates to and 10 cents,
part Of which revenue would
finance the parking study.
Also passed was another Bend
helm request that the whole coun-
ell work on new zoning plans to
create expanded commercial zones
In the heart of town.
Military Leave Plan Passed.
A resolution proposed by Roy c.
Bragg, affecting city workers who
are military reserve members, also
was passed last night. City en-
ployes in reserve units who take
not over Is days for. military
training. will not have that period
counted against their annual
leave, and the city will pay the
difference between regular salary
and military pay during that time.
A delegation from the Potomac
Truck and Engine Co. No Q and
from the Alexandria Rescue Squad
protested the "deplorable condi-
ton" of their fire house and asked
that a new one be built immedi-
ately.