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Evening star., 1950-11-19

NTOr long ago, something happened which shook me
Y more than any incident in four decades of living
I emerged from it little wiser, little more humble
A child led me, and the child was my own.
At that time we were living in New York. in the East
Eighties. returned to my Office from lunch day to
be informed by fearful secretary that while gone
my wife had called four times The substance of her
frantic teephonng that little girl age three had
been lost. didn't wait to hear any more. few minutes
later, was in a cab and on my way uptown.
During the cab ride, did little thinking; it was like
those times during the war when was in plane over
enemy territory You held your thoughts in abeyance
the only thing that attered to get to where you
were going and it was better not to think.
When got home my wife told me what had happened
1t was only much later that able to admire her
comparative cal She explained how she had been out
shopping and had gone into big grocery store, taking
Ellen with her. She had done her shopping while the
child wandered around the store. For two three
minutes certainly no longer her back had been
turned During that time child had walked to
the store entrance, stepped out into the street,
and utterly vanished.
When my wife realized that Ellen gone she dashed
out of the store and up and down the street. The
storekeeper and his two assistants joined her. did some
bystanders so did the local policeman the beat That
was an hour and half ago. and still there word
of the little girl.
Selfish Reaction
ANYONE who has been through this experience some
variation of it, will understand the agony my wife and
endured. My first reaction was purely selfish; my
child was lost and my wife was to blame. Before real
lied it drove her to the tears that her good
had so far enabled her to avoid asked endless repet
tive questions Had she informed the police? Had she
communicated with the Department of Justice? Had
she done this and had she done that? Over and
again, wanted to know how it could have happened.
1t couldn't have been only moment that her back
was turned 1t must have been longer
This was cruel and somewhat hystercal behavior
Evening star., 1950-11-19

my part, and my own thoughts ran somewhat in this
fashion. My child kidnapped, and superimposed
the situation the gruesome details of every of
kidnapping could recall My child lay on the street
somewhere, her body crushed by the wheels of truck
My child being tortured and mistreated by all sorts
of people And the least evil of possibilities little
girl wandering somewhere, alone, terrified, beyond
assistance.
~HAppens Every Hour"
HERE appropriate amount of selfpity involved
in all this. Presently returned partially to sanity
begged my wife to forget what had just said to her.
decided that any action preferable to naction, and
proceeded with fairly senseless piece of action My wife
and went outside hailed two taxis and began to
cruise up and down the streets. We found trace of
Ellen An hour later we met at the apartment There
spent 20 80 more agonizing minutes until the tele-
phone rang
remember very we'll my wifes face as picked up
the receiver and spoke series of less senseess
responses. Then replaced the receiver turned to my
wife and said, They have her at the police station.
Ten minutes later, my wife was holding very dirty
and not terribly unhappy little girl in her arms, and
trying to thank bored uresponsive desk sergeant
1T happens every hour, he said "and they always
turn up"
Then and there began to do some thinking. asked
myself simple and obvious question: What is your
OUTLOOK toward tne WOrlo you live ln you CONSIDER tdt
lost child in that world is doomed to destruction?"
This question answered in number of ways, none
of them satisfactory. told myself that had lost my
head, that had become panicstricken But the fact
remained that my outlook toward the world
the outlook of a civilized man toward unex-
plored jungle If that were the case, what hope
there for any of us? That became suddenly,
very important question and that had to
The answer to that question is the point of this small
tale Starting with the desk sergeant and the and
address of the person who had brought Ellen to the sta
ton, I managed to retrace the path of my daughter
during the few hours she had been lost My own nqur
Evening star., 1950-11-19

ssEllen has disappearedr' the frantic message
this writer got from his wife day at his office
downtown. Here is his true report of what happened
from then vivid story you'll want talk about
Evening star., 1950-11-19

TW- ll-I9-5O
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-09-01
Baptist Circle Meetings

Circle meetings of the Bap-
tist Women's Missionary Society
will be held Monday, September
A. as follows: Blanche Barrus
Circle at 3 pm. with Mrs. Hugh
Cole on Pittsboro road; Cor
nelia Robertson Circle at $3.50
pm. with Mrs. J. H. Giles at Alb
Cameron avenue; Fannie Heck
Circle at 8 pm. with Mrs. w. o.
Sparrow on Chase avenue; Lot
tie Moon Circle at 8 pm. with
Mrs. Bruce Williams at 400 Pat
terson place; Maddry Circle at
8 pm. with Mrs. w. F. Poyth-
ress and Mrs. G. E. Harrington
at 1876 East Rosemary street;
Ann Judson Circle at 8 pm. with
Mrs. Nadene Koon on Strowd
hill. The Business Women's
Circle will meet at 8 pm. Tues
day with Miss Winnie Cheek at
LOG Kenan street.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-09-01
Chapel Hill Chaf

(Contin,ed from fret page)
need not be long, 50 ! think III
print some now and then.
published in the first issue Of
the Weekly, March !, 1923, an
article about the Chapel Hi Of
thirty years ago = that IS. 1893.
Here are a few sentences in that
article: "Huntsmen used to come
to the door and beg you to buy
partridges at 5 cents each"
Wild Strawberries, capped, sold
for 3 cents a quart" Rock
wal y all Is were built tbH strong and
straight without the aid Of ce-
ment." Those were items on the
credit side for 1893. On the debit
side it was related that there
were no bathrooms or other
sanitary facilities, no telephones,
no electric lights. and that houses
were so cold that on real
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-09-01

winter day your first act upon
arising was to smash the ice in
the bucket on the washstand.
In this column recently l quot
ed from a letter written by Mrs.
Cornelia Phillips Spencer in
1891, in which she exclaimed up
on what d JOY modern lighting
was. Modern lighting, for her,
was the kerosene oil lamp, and
she was comparing il with the
candles upon which she had de-
pended during most her life.
/ have just been reading in
Things l Remember" the rem
iniscences Of Mrs. SaIlie Sadler
Cleveland (the mother of Mrs.
F. H. Edmister), the passage in
which she tells of how, when tai
low became scare in her Virginia
home in the Reconstruction per-
iod after the Civil War, they
used beesWax instead.
The process was crude but
clever. Cotton threads Of four or
FIVE strands were twisted into
cords about twelve yards long
for a wick. An iron pot with a
SLOW fire under it in the yard con-
tained the melting beeswax. a
person held a long-handled, fork
ed stick over the wick to keep it
evenly ii the wax, which clung
to and covered it completely and
smoothly. Then d good runner
took the end Of the wick from
the pot and ran fieetly across
the yard. the length Of the wick,
to harden it in the air. 1t was
then ready for wrapping around
the candlestick which a skilled
carver in the family had made
Of wood} and tin. This had a
round bottom, plate size, to
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-09-01
Bob Brooks to Join Staff of ''Boys' Life"
BIZ Wink Lockldir

the campus newspaper, and for
the newspapers in Honolulu. 1t
was during Scout Week in the
Islands that he made his first
contacts with Boys Life" Sew
-eral Important Scout officials
came from the West Coast, in
.cluding Boys Life" editor.
The editor. saw some of Bob's
pictures and asked if he could
take back a few TO the United
States. Later the magazine asked
Bob to prepare some how-to-do-
it picture features. He did three,
and they were published. They
were about Hawaiian games,
surfing, and swimming.
A story about. Bob's career in
photography will be feature in
one Of the forthcoming issues of
Boys Life In it he gives sew
eral tips to his teen-age readers,
such as these: Sometimes peo-
pie ask if there isn't some sort Of
formula for taking successful
news pictures \ don't believe
there is anything that can go
down on paper. Instead, It's more
a matter Of getting the feel of
what goes into an acceptable
news shot and then building up
experience to give calm, cool con-
fidence while picture taking. One
watchword in newspaper photog-
raphy i. unusual. a picture
almost always has more chance
Of selling if it shows different
or unusual angle, and tells a
story. Picture subjects look much
happier giving the story Of the
photo than gazing vacantly into
the camera lens
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-09-01

which a tin loop was tackled for
a handle. A small round rod
about eight inches long fitted in
to the bottom of the plate and
had at the TOP a small tin circle.
Through a hole in this the wick
was pushed to be lighted. A wom-
an draped the wick in loops
around the stick in ornamental
style. The candle was lighted
with much PRIDE
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-09-01

Bob Brooks received a better
than-average graduation present
when he was awarded his degree
in journalism from the Univer-
sity this week. He was given a
lob on the staff Of BOYS Life
magazine, the official publication
OF the Boy Scouts of America,
and he will leave for New York
City on the 18th Of September to
begin work.
II is the kind Of job Bob should
do very well. His stories and pic
lures have appeared in the State
papers for many months. He has
been connected with Scouting
since 194l and is the Assistant
Scoutmaster Of Chapel Hill
Troop SO.
! asked him recently how he
got started in photography The
crash Of two Marine Corsairs
near the village during the war
provided subject matter for my
first news pictures" he said,
When ! heard about it, ! jumped
on my bike and headed toward
the area where the planes. fell.
After criss-crossing the woods
for nearly an hour ! came right
out on Z small clearing which
had completely swallowed UP a
badly-mangled airplane Marines
from the Universitv's VIZ Unit
stood guard over the wreckage
but they allowed me TO take a
couple Of pictures. ! hurried
back home where ! had d dark
room in the basement, printed
enlargements Of the pictures,
and sent them out TO newspapers
in nearby cities the next morn
ing. The following day the pic
lures were used on page one Of
two Of the larger papers in the
State and on the inside pages Of
the others .
Following the success Of these
first photos, Bob began sending
out other, though less dramatic,
news pictures, such as newly
elected officers in the high school,
pictures Of the swimming team,
and the senior class honor win
ners. In 1914 he became photog-
rapher for the weekly newspaper
in the high school, and two years
later Ae ss student Is chose hin edii-
tor Of the yearbook.
Ia the fall of 1916 Bob entered
the University. There was ample
opportunity to take all kinds Of
pictures and since he was living
at home (hiS father is d profes-
sor Of sociology in the Univer-
sity) he was able to keep on US
ing his darkroom there. "The
basketball games were the most
fun to cover" he recalls. Il
would take pictures during the
first half, develop them while
the second half was being played,
and send them off to be used in
the afternoon papers the next
day"
Bob took his sophomore year
in the University of Hawaii
where his father was visiting
professor for IL months. He be-
came immersed in picture-tak-
ing again, getting photos for the
University of Hawaii's annual,
Evening star., 1950-09-01
Historic Ramsay House Faces
|Rozinq as RestoroI Funds Fail

The historical society and a Sec
ond group. the Alexandria Asso-
citation, have been trying to raise
money to restore 1t.
But. according to Mr.. Hellmuth,
there hasn't been enough.
I'VE talked it over the other
night and decided we can do
nothing about it," he said.
Cost Put at $4,000.
Those fighting for the houses
restoration have been given two
one-year extensions for improv-
ing the ramshackle place. Mid
night was the end of the second
year. Estimates for restoring 1t
were fixed at $4,000.
F. Hamilton Seeley, chairman
of a joint committee of the two
organizations said that less than
$4,000 had been raised. He said
the money may revert to the
donors.
Mr.. Hellmuth said the Historical
Society had been chartered Spe-
cif1cally to restore the house.
IF it is torn down." he said
1--WE might as well turn our charter
in and quit"
The house, named for William
Ramsay. wealthy Scotch merchant
who was one of the first settlers
in Alexandria. has been put to
a variety of uses. The Ramsay
family lived there for about 100
years. 1t once was a cigar fac
tory and was being used as a
tavern when fire burned out part
Of it's interior in 1943.
The house was about to be de-
molished when the City Council
stepped in and bought it. The
job of turning it into a land
mark then was placed in the
hands Of the historical society.
Fire and building inspectors
long have urged that the build
ing be torn down. They say it
is a fire hazard. This is the
question which the council must
decide.
Evening star., 1950-09-01
Maryland Man Is Beaten
And Robbed at Motor Couri

John c. Shymansky, 48, of Cobb
Island, Md, brother of the chief
deputy sheriff of Charles County,
reported he was beaten uncon-
scious and robbed of $40 early to-
day at La Plata motor court by
two men and a woman he had be-
friended in Washington yesterday
State police at Waldorf broad
cast a lookout for the three who
were reported to have fled in a
1916 model car with North Caro-
lima tags.
Mr.. Shymansky. brother of
Deputy Sheriff Bruce Shymansky
did not require medical treatment.
He told police he met the three
people in a Washington tavern
yesterday. He said they visited
taverns in Southern Maryland
through the evening. Mr.. Shy
mansky said the group apparently
checked in at the motor court and
he was beaten and robbed before
they left, about $50 am.
Evening star., 1950-09-01
First Draft Send-0ff
Set Here Wednesday

The first group of District men
called up in the new draft will
be inducted in ceremonies on the
E street steps of the District
Building at 3 pm. Wednesday.
The send-off program, spon-
sored by the Commissioners and
District selective service, will in
clude a tribute also to reservists
being called back to duty, volun-
teers and National Guardsmen
returning to active service.
Speakers will include Maj. Gen
Lewis B. Hershey. director of Sc
lective service; Brig. Gen. Will
liam H. Abendroth, commander
of the District National Guard
William E. Leahy, District selec-
tive service director, and Com
missioner John Russell Young.
Bill Coyle, promotion manager
of The Star, will be master OF
ceremonies. Mr.. Leahy Is chair
man of the event. He is being
assisted by Waldron E. Leonard
District director of veterans serv-
ices, and Charles Stofberg, spe-
cial assistant to Mr.. Young.
The Metropolitan Police Band
will furnish music and veterans
groups will participate.
Families and friends of the men
going into service are invited to
attend. Seating arrangements
are being made.
Evening star., 1950-09-01
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Proqrom for Tonight

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District
of Columbia and Montgomery
County Recreation Departments
and "The" Film Center of Wash
ington.
Washington, $3.50 PM.
Janney, Wisconsin avenue and
Albemarle street NV. Bright
wood, Thirteenth and Nicholson
streets NV. Kalorama, Nine
teenth street and Columbia road
NV. Sousa, Thirty seventh
street and Ely place Sc. Thom-
son, Twelfth and L streets NV.
Fort Davis, Alabama and Penn
sylvania avenues Sc. Douglass
Simmons, First and Pierce streets
NV. Briggs-Montgomery, Twen-
ty-seventh and K streets NV.
Watts Branch, Sixty-second and
Banks streets NE. Randall, First
and I streets S.W.
Montgomery County, $3.50 PM.
Pinecrest, st. Lawrence drive,
-Four Corners.
Evening star., 1950-09-01
Women 'sCIubs 10 GET
Film on Breast Cancer

The District Cancer Society is
employing movie-lecture combi-
nation to educate women in the
discovery Of breast cancer.
The society announced yester-
day it will provide a color film
Breast Self-Examination" to
women's organizations here. In
addition, physician will speak on
cancer and answer questions
about the film. These services
are free. the society said, and a
film protector and operator will
be provided.
A preview of the breast cancer
film was held last night at the
District Medical Society audi
torjum, 1718 M street NV, for
cancer society members and
guests.
Produced by the American
Cancer Society and the National
Cancel Institute of the United
States Public Health Service, the
color film explains that $4,000
women develop breast cancer
each year. Half of this number
die within the first five years, but
80 to 80 per cent could be cured by
surgery if cancer were discovered
in an early stage.
interested organizations may
ootain information on the film by
calling District Cancer Society
headquarters, 1900 Fifteenth street
NV. The number Is Executive
$500
Evening star., 1950-09-01
New York Ave. Church
To Get u. 5. Land for 81

The New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church is going to get
about 600 square feet of Federal
property for 81.
President Truman today signed
a bill authorizing the transfer of
the plot, in front of the entrance
to the new church being built in
the 1900 block of New York ave-
nue. NV. The old church has
been razed.
The land previously was park
land, under the control of the
Interior Department. Now it will
be church land, but dedicated to
the memory of Abraham Lincoln,
a one-time pew holder.
A marker will be erected on the
plot signifying the land was do
mated to the church by Congress
in memory Of President Lincoln.
Evening star., 1950-09-01
'43 Collins Paraded
Down Avenue as Note
OF Holiday Warning

Grim reminders Of Washing
toms 1850 traffic toll rolled dole
fully through the downtown area
today timely warning to Labor
Day holiday motorists.
Autos smashed to such an ex-
tent that their make was hardly
discernible. amhulances and
rescue vehicles, tow trucks and ar
open coffin designated for "the
next victim" followed trucks
carrying 43 black boxes.
Each of the man-sized boxes
carried the traffic victims num-
ber, the date of his death and
his ages of them-and the
age ranged as high as 80 and
down to pre-school children.
AS the last vehicle-the truck
carrying the open coffin and q
figure of a black-clad mourner-
rounded into Pennsylvania avenue
at Fourth street NV, the police
man on duty whistled west-bound
traffic back into motion.
Six abreast, the waiting auto
mobiles lunged into action, fight
ing for position moving dowr
Pennsylvania avenue.
The plans and placards, the
black boxes and the trucks
were ready yesterday afternoon -
equipped to tell of AZ traffic
victims.
Late yesterday, an elderly
woman stepped off a streetcal
and was crushed by a heavy
concrete-mixing truck. She be.
came the 43d victim and plans
for the mournful parade were
altered accordingly.
The parade was sponsored by
the Commissioners Traffic Ad.
visory Board. Preceded by motor.
cycle policemen, it threaded
through the business area or
Pennsylvania avenue, and Sew.
enth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six.
teenth, F, I and H streets.
Evening star., 1950-09-01

September 6 and 7 from 9 am.
to noon and from l pm. to 4::30
pm. The children must be at
least years old by January Is,
1851, to be eligible for kinder
garter and at least 6 by that date
for the first grade.
Schools in nearby counties will
open as follows: Alexandria, Sep
tember 6; Arlington, September S;
Fairfax. September 5; Prince
Georges, September IL, and Mont
Egomery. September II.
New Stanton School.
In the District. one new school
will be ready for occupancy when
classes begin. Members of the
Board Of Education yesterday in
spected the new Stanton Ele-
mentary School in order to ap-
prove Its acceptance.
Lockers that do not slam and
bang were among the many mod
ern features of the new building.
Evening star., 1950-09-01

A lot of little boys and girls got
their first look at the inside of a
school today as registration
opened for new pupils planning to
attend the Districts public grade
schools this fall.
New pupils also registered to-
day in Alexandria and Prince
Georges County public schools.
The scene at the Bunker Hill
Elementary School was repeated
many times. Mothers sat stiffly in
chairs in the corridors with their
5-and-6-year-old youngsters wide
eyed at their side.
Meet Principal.
One by one they were called
into the Office by Mrs. Helen B
Lyman, the principal.
With that knack Of putting q
child at ease which is so essential
to a good teacher, Mrs. Lyman
soon made friends with her new
charges. The parents filed out
Evening star., 1950-09-01
THIS SUNDA Y'S BEST READING
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With Dolly evening edition.

Win Dolly Evening EdMon
Editorial Feature Secton-Joseph A. Fox The Stars White
House Correspondent what the President
do4n support Democratic candidates congressional
election campaigns enter the home stretch
Extent of u psychological warfare in Korea and plans
for fuscale propaganda offensive against the Communist
by reporter L. Edgar Prina
Pictorial pilots
Patuxent Naval Air Center in the photo
"Landlocked Carrier" Also The Banus and Point
Four by James Foster chief Food Division of the Com
Departments Office of Industry and Commerce. and
Pears the Menu by Violet Faulkner Star food editor
Magazine-20 pages of exciting fact and fiction
Don't miss Hollywoods Secret Weapon" by Louis Berg
This Week movie editor Every driver will read
CrashProof Your Car" the inexpensive safety device
that can save hundreds of lives
For best reading Of the order Evening
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Evening star., 1950-09-01
Winchester Expects 300
For Presbyterian Meet
Special Dispatch to The Sfor

WINCHESTER, Va. Sept. L.
The 163d annual conference OF
the Presbyterian Synod of Vir.
ginia at the First Presbyterian
Church here Tuesday ano
Wednesday is expected to draw
more than 800 delegates.
The two-day conference eli.
makes the observance of the 150th
anniversary of the Presbyterian
Church in Winchester. Part OF
the observance is the resurrec-
ton of the Old Stone Church or
East Piccadilly street and pub
licatlon of the history of the local
church in book form.
The synod comprises 457
churches in Virginia, West Vir.
ginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
and the District of Columbia.
Evening star., 1950-09-01

necessary papers and presented
birth certificates and proof of
smallpox vaccination.
Mrs. Lyman has developed a
QUESTIONABLE that goes into quite
bit Of the child's history.
The questionable. when par
ents are asked to fill out, covers
wide range of subjects such as
What are your child's eating
habits? Sleeping habits? What
books or stories does your child
enjoy most? What are your
child's radio and television habits?
Movie habits? What does youl
child do in his leisure time?
Glasses Begin Sept. IL.
After the brief registration ses.
sion, the new pupil is ready tt
report to class on opening day ol
school. September II in the Dis
trict.
Registration also will be helc
in the District grade schools or
Evening star., 1950-09-01
Talking Crow Gives Bird to Neiohbor

teen-age son took to teaching the
crow new lines.
Its got now so that every time
either my wife or I go into our
front yard we hear this bird croak
my name and go 'Ha, ha, ha, %
the complainant related. II real
ize its nothing serious, but it's
getting pretty tiresome."
Mr.. Lowther sympathized but,
he added, because Of the way
police regulations are worded his
Office cannot prosecute any one
unless more than one person has
been disturbed by any fowl sar-
casmS.
Section Five of Article 18 in the
regulations specifies that no one
in the District shall keep any fowl,