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Evening star., 1950-11-20
By George Kennedy

The newcomer to Washington
that is anyone who has arrived
here during the last 20 years
finds it hard to believe how fast
the city has grown. This District
which is now approaching a mil
lion population. had less than half
that many inhabitants in 1890
and only a little over 250,000 in
1900.
Although these statistics explain
it in part, 1t is hard to believe
that an area, so built around and
beyond as Mount Pleasant, was
a separate village in the memory
of the living.
Mount Pleasant to the new
conner is sign on street cars, a
loop of the tracks in the open
triangle between Lamont street
and Park road off Mount Pleasant
street.
1t is an area where residents
enjoy their proximity to Rock
Creek Park despite occasional
strange noises in the night air
noises from the Zoo.
1t is a crowded area where late
10Th century suburban homes
with plenty of surrounding lawn
are still to be seen. such as the
home of Mrs. Phoebe Life at
3410 Seventeenth street just
north of Newton street NV.
It is an area which many think
has seen its best days but which
is being revitalized by huge
apartment houses such as the one
overlooking Piney Branch Valley
on the site of the old Martha
Washington Seminary.
Mount Pleasant, a village
started just after the Civil War,
lies just north of that cluster of
churches at Harvard street so
familiar to north-south COM
muters on Sixteenth street.-the
beautiful Church Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (Mormon) ,
the First Unitarian Church and
the National Memorial Baptist
Church.
West of Sixteenth.
Mount Pleasant lay on both
sides of Sixteenth street which was
cut through long after the viii
lage was started. In fact the start
of Mount Pleasant street Is the
original Sixteenth street road, a
deviation apparently started with
out benefit Of the surveyors who
have always tried to keep Wash
ington's numbered streets on a
true north-south line. But the
Mount Pleasant Citizens Associa-
ton today claims jurisdiction only
to the area west of Sixteenth
street.
The cross streets, Lamont, Park
road and Newton, are not at right
angles With Sixteenth street. They
tilt considerably on a north
west-Southeast angle. It is by
these Irregularities, and occasional
frame houses built before the
building code banned more such
structures in the District, that
the area of the suburban village
can be traced.
Mount Pleasant has the most
completely recorded history of any
area of Washington. This is due
to the centenary proclamation of
Evening star., 1950-11-20

ant Opera House" and the shows
were under the auspices of the
Mount Pleasant Lyceum."
The religious services in the hall
led to the foundation of a Congre-
gational Church. The Rev.
Charles H. Small, direct from Yale
Divinity School, was the first
minister. The church purchased
Union Hall, or the Opera House. -
and installed peWs. It was the
forerunner of the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church on Column
bia Road near Fourteenth street
which children of the old residents
attend coming back from Chevy
Chase and other newer suburbs.
The New England Congrega-
tionalists, who also started How.
ard University, saw to it that
there were Sunday School classes
for the Negro children from the
vine covered cottages in the fields
about the village and colored and
white children used to attend the
old Mount Pleasant school to-
gether.
The horse-drawn bus that made
one trip day was owned by Ly-
man S. Emery. a native of New
Hampshire who lived on Park
road. His brother, George, owned
the general store at Park road
and Fourteenth street where the
Riggs Bank branch stands
Georges son. Fred Emery, a vice
president of the Association OF
Oldest Inhabitants of the Dis
trict, Is one of those who remem-
bers the village life.
Vine Covered Cottage.
When the streetcar line was ex-
tended up Fourteenth street to
Park road the Mount Pleasant
residents used to ride out to the
terminal and walk home. Later
the Connecticut avenue carline
was extended up Columbia road
and Mount Pleasant street to
Park road. The car starters
shelter was little house covered
with morning glory vines.
The population of the area is
increasing not only through the
construction of new apartment
houses but by the changeover o1
many Of the old row houses of
Fourteenth street into light house.
keeping apartments and roomins
houses. The portion of Four.
teenth street that passes the ole
Mount Pleasant village streets is
a thriving retail section in which
the biggest recent change has been
the razing of the old Arcade Mar
ket for modern store.
No account of Mount Pleasant
would be complete without men
ton Of the man with house in a
tree in the woods south of Piney
Branch. He was Allen B. Hay
wood, one ne-armed veteran of the
Civil War. His house was a large
one. built on timbers fastened to
four large trees at a height of
about 20 feet. He lived there for
his health, John Clagett Proctor,
the Stars antiquarian recalls. He
apparently feared tuberculosis
People paid admission to inspect
the house and provided him with
enough money to build a much
larger house north of the city-on
the ground. The health idea was
a sound one in his case. He lived
to be more than 80.
Evening star., 1950-11-20

President Grant in 1876 and to a
New England sense of duty on the
part of Mount Peasants founders,
almost of whom came here from
that section of the Nation.
On May Is, President Grant
issued a proclamation in anticipa-
ton of the centenary of the sign
ing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence. 1t reads in part:
That it be, and is hereby, re-
commended by the Senate and
the House of Representatives to
the people of the several States
that they assemble in their several
counties or towns on the ap-
preaching centennial anniversary
of our national independence, and
that they cause to have delivered
on such day an historical sketch
of said county or town from its
formation time and that a copy of
said sketch may be filed, in print
or manuscript. in the clerks
office of said county, and an addi-
tional copy in print or manuscript,
be filed in the Office of the
Librarian of Congress.
Met to Write History.
In response to this proclama-
ton. the citizens of Mount Pleas
ant. a village which was only 10
years old and probably did not
have 100 houses, held a meeting
on May 80. They decided to pre-
pare history of their village and
have it printed.
There was a subsequent procla-
nation from the President which
read:
Il therefore invite the good peo-
pie Of the United States on the
approaching Fourth day of July,
in addition to the usual observ-
ances with which they are ac-
customed to greet the return of
the day, further, in such man
ner and at such time as in their
respective localities and religious
associations may be most con-
venient, to mark its recurrence by
some public religious and devout
Thanksgiving to Almighty God for
the blessings which have been
bestowed upon us as a nation
during the century of our exist
ence, and humbly to invoke a con-
tinuance Of His favor and of His
protection"
In response to this, the citi-
zens Of Mount Pleasant met at
$50 am. on the Fourth of July
in the village hall and Edward
S. Peck read the Psalm of Thanks
giving from the 18th chapter of
lst Chronicles, including:
Therefore now, Lord, let the
thing that Thou has spoken con-
corning Thy servant and concern
ing his house be established for
ever"
At 10 am. the people assembled
in a grove adjoining the village
for an extensive program at which
Miss Belle Harmon read a CEN
tennial poem entitled, "One Hun
dred Years" Its first lines were:
"One hundred busy years! How
much they mean!
What mighty revolutions have
they seen!
What progress of the arts! What
progress Of the pen!
What breaking down of wrong!
What lifting up of men!"
The history which was pub
Evening star., 1950-11-20

now being built on the Martha
Washington Seminary site. Mrs
Stuart lent this reporter her copy
of the 1876 history of the COM
munity which Is q rare bit Of
Washingtoniana If there ever
was one.
Mrs. Stuart remembers when
Sixteenth street rambled up Me-
ridian Hill through scrub woods
and squatter's shacks where the
walls of Meridian Hill Park and
Henderson Castle now stand. The
castle has been torn down and
the property is returning to the
oak. locust and honeysuckle growth
that used to separate Mount
Pleasant from the city.
Her father used to commute
to town in a horse-drawn bus that
went to the Willard Hotel cor
ner and then to Market Place and
back in the evening-one trip
each way each day.
Mostly Open Fields.
She attended the old Mount
Pleasant school on School street
now Hiatt place. Once a week
she went to a school on Georgia
avenue and she remembers be-
tween Fourteenth street and that
thoroughfare it was mostly open
fields.
There was the Mattingly farm
and above that the Holmead farm
She went to school with William
Holmead's children. William Hol-
mead was a great-grandson OF
Anthony Holmead who owned the
whole area then known as Pleas
ant Plains. That's where Mount
Pleasant gets it's name.
There was a mile race track
on Pleasant Plains that used to
block the northward advance OF
Fourteenth street. It was started
about 1902 and was used until
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Arlington Forest Meetino

The Arlington Forest Citizens
Association will meet at 8 o'clock
tonight in the social hall of
the Arlington Forest Methodist
Church. Lee boulevard and North
Henderson road. Mrs. H. H. Glib
son OF the Arlington League of
Women Voters. will discuss how
The tax dollar Is spent.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Revoked-Permit Choroe
Juils Man for IS Duys

A West Point (Va.) man was
sentenced to Is days in Arlington
County Jail today on a charge of
driving on a revoked permit.
Judge Hugh Reid also fined
Horace Calvert Carlton, SO, $25
and costs and added $40 and
costs on a reckless driving charge.
Carlton was arrested Saturday
on Lee highway at Rhodes street
by Motorcycle Policeman John
Kadel.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Baltimore Woman Dies.
In Virginia Auto Crash
BY the Assoeiofed Press

HARRISONBURG, Va, Nov. 90
Mrs. Katie Tromiller, 81, of Route
l6, Baltimore, died in a hospital
here yesterday an hour after she
was injured in a head-on auto
mobile collision a mile south of
New Market.
Six other persons were injured
in the crash.
Evening star., 1950-11-20

at CnrlSJ Con-
G r e g a ion a |
Church, 9525
Colesville Road,
Silver Spring.
The service
will be the final
session of the
Washington As
S oc / a tion of
c congregational
c h r i S t / q n
c h u r c h e S,
which will be
moving through
the day.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
PTA to Meet in Clinton

The Surrattsville CMd.) Parent.
Teacher Association will meet in
the school auditorium at Clinton,
Md, at 8 pm. tomorrow. Leroy
Pumphrey, a delegate from Prince
George County to the State Legis-
lature, will speak on Maryland
history.
Evening star., 1950-11-20

whose most recent book, "If This
Be Religion" was published in
October, will speak on "Some
Things That Disturb Me-" His
most recent pastorate was at the
First Congregational Church of
Chicago.
During the past summer, DR.
Stamm conducted a Sunday morn
ing network radio program en-
titled, "Highhghts of the Bible"
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Montgomery PTA to Meet

A round-table discussion of high
school guidance will be presented
at 8 pm. tomorrow in Montgom-
cry Blair High School before the
school Parent Teacher Associa-
ton. The panel will be under
direction Of Miss Lucille Appleby,
guidance director at the school.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Seal Drive Under WAY
In Arlington County

More than $4,000 letters con-
tanning Christmas seals in the an
nual drive Of the, Arlington Tu-
berculosis Association were to be
delivered today to county resi-.
dents.
Goal of the drive-the 44th an.
nual-iS $38, 900.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Richmond Campus Fire

RICHMOND, Nov. 20 R.-A
four-alarm fire swept through the
playhouse on the University of
Richmond campus early yesterday
as thousands of onlookers watched
pump water from the
university lake in an attempt to
quell the flames.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
2AreasAppear
Ready toStudy
SewageDisposa|
Fairfax, Falls Church
Willing to Cooperate
On Regional Setup

At least two nearby Virginis
communities appeared ready to.
day to join Arlington County ir
considering creation of a North.
ern Virginia regional water ane
sewer authority.
Spokesman for both Fairfax
County and Falls Church in.
dicated their communities woule
be willing to name representative.
on a committee which the Ar.
1ington County Board proposed
Saturday to study the regiona.
plan.
A Fairfax official said the plan
sounded like a good idea, but
added that the county did not
plan to let any study delay its
immediate plans for construction
of a disposal plant south of Alex
andria. Bids for construction OF
the plant are due to be asked
soon after the first of the year.
Falls Church Interested.
= Falls Church officials indicated
they wanted to be represented on
the committee. particularly be-
cause of that city's interest in a
regional sewage disposal system.
Neither community has received
copies OF the proposal from Ar
1lngton, however, and there was
no indication when their govern
ing bodies would consider the
matter.
Alexandria officials were less en-
thusiastic about the plan. Coun-
Gilman Albert A. Smoot, who rep
resents the city on the Northern
Virginia Regional Planning Com
mission which suggested regional
survey in 1949, commented that
the proposal may be another de-
laying action. He said he wanted
to know more about the plan be-
fore deciding whether it would be
q good idea to join in the study.
He thought the matter first should
be discussed at a meeting Of the
regional planning commission.
Smoot Hits Delay.
1--WE didn't muff the ball the
first time-others did," said Mr..
Smoot.
He referred to the fact that
Arlington in 1949 refused to par
ticipate in study to determine
If one big sewage disposal plant
could serve Northern Virginia.
Arlington declined because it was
asked to put up nearly $4,000 for
the study and the county's con-
sulting engineers advised that a
Joint disposal plant would be more
costly for Arlington than enlarge
ment of its facilities.
In making the new proposal for
a survey, Arlington explained that
1t still plans to go ahead with
enlargement of its present facili-
ties for which a $2,617,0 900 bond
issue was approved November 7.
Seek Financing Method.
Although Arlington's primary
interest in proposing the commit
tee study is in determining the
best way of financing water and
sewer facilities, it has proposed to
give the committee full authority
to study all phases of the Virginia
Water and Sewer Authority Act of
1850.
Provisions of this act allow
communities to join in the opera
ton Of sewage disposal systems,
and also permit contractual ar
rangements with the Federal Gov
eminent or its agencies for dis
posing of sewage. This would al
low nearby Virginia communities
to pipe sewage under the Potomac
River for disposal at the District
plant.
Evening star., 1950-11-20
Dr.. Stamm TO Speak
AT Silver Spring Church

DR.. Frederick K. Stamm, Con-
gregational minister who has
written several religious books, will
speak tomorrow night at 8 o'clock
Evening star., 1950-11-20

The history which was pub.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, July %. R.-soybeans put
on fast start at the Board OF Trade,
up around cents in the first Is min
Htes: and carried grains inward with
Traders said adverse news from Korea
was the dominating factor in the advance.
This. combined with higher cottonseed
oil prices to give beans q strong tone,
March wheat and corn were in active
aSnraIn asmand ian and j., advanced about cent
in the present harvest area. The rains
are said to be delaying harvesting and
reducing Re the amount of wheat coming
evidence. but the amount was not con- n.
sidered large. There was no word OF
new export business. -
Many traders said that corn was in
ar.se0t q so0a pos position advance, although the
During the irst hour wheat R WAS %sin
cents higher, September, 2.32; corn was
IA to higher, September, 1.63, and oats
were 9s-1A higher, September, 77X, Soy
oeans were 1A-5h higher, November, 2,58,
ana lard was 33 to 40 q hundredweighi
higher, September. 1895.
-oai All qenveriss h;n Of lard reached new sea
and the advance was supported by higher
cottonseed oil prices. Demand for edible
olis always increases during wartime and
tne adverse Korean news was q dominat-
ing factor in the trading
There was little attention paid in the
wheat pit to the Commodity Corporation's
sale Of surplus stocks in the domestic
knocked on cash wheat prices about
cents, the impression here is that instead
OF going into selling program the Gov
eminent will continue stockpiling.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Produce Markets
Baltimore quotations furnished By u

Baltimore quotations furnished by tn,
-, ApIles1Market Al barely steady; few sales
Ssnia S6 peassxre !sx 2SiH Williams PsnRRsSi RsSs
no eFaas miTk Sinch shom up 2oo26
dins. unwashed. q. s. is, S.f5-a.S5; Mary Mary.
5nd lnHudns is sFas Esstira e. sho5s
! 1;bO-s5; unsTsded. mostly ti;'1i sro1nd 90 %
sSopu1 SSopGund SACKS &C Eashed, U. s. Is size
baskets. Jerseys, U. S. is, l15-35.
,o,,,. Poultry Quotations.
Pouitry--,Market about steady on fry.
slow; Eeceipts moderate. few a' Carried; dry: Try.
ers' 3Ns.3h pounds and up. 38-40; broil.
Ssn. sfs; 5hs Sss typs t2Nspoypd ayeTaes 30
iishtvsishts. $S.$;$; ::;S M Misx s.sheS. '' ''-'''
Flour - Receipts, 11,906 1OO-pound
nsnt nons sesses sef 1885, bushels bushels:
reg En:s5 SSa5fSS ~ SPOT y fsd s'%isis %asi
corn-Reeeipts, 1s.434 bushels; ship
Oats n0ne Reeepts ssSfks bushas ngshs ship
ments none; stocks. s9,96s bushels. No
noR: BsFlss Stock; fsssSts ssS sasss nSns shipments
msnss none stoeks lgS sS755 ISasahssIi SashaIs ship
ssoeks DusSsis n4ni; shipments
Eggs-marfet Sas'sr abo%s saa Esss; Steady; demand
moderate; receipts moderate. Wholesale
4e; B large, z1-4s' lew low 5;' as 20; cur ua
142 cases.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Stock Market Stages
Gradual Recovery
After Early Drop
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 25.-A rally
slowly took shape in the stock
market today after prices had de-
clined a few cents to as much as
So a share.
The decline was not only in
terrupted but a wide variety of
issues crept up from their lows for
the day. In few cases-notably
in the rail group-losses were re-
placed with gains.
The morning drop affected rail,
steel and auto stocks in particu-
lar. The setback in the carriers
broke an 8-day winning streak
which carried the group on aver
age to the highest level in nearly
two years.
Aircrafts were little affected by
President Truman's request, made
late yesterday, for $10,516,976, 900
to expand the armed forces, more
than half Of which would go to
the Air Forces.
Prices movements were surpris-
ingly small in view of heavy trad
ing. At one time business was so
active that the ticker tape dropped
behind.
Managing to make little prog
ress were Baltimore & Ohio. Illi-
nois Central, Union Pacific, Nickel
Plate, Caterpillar Tractor, and
Air Reduction.
Hanging back were United
States Steel, Jones g. Laughlin
Republic Steel, General Motors
Studebaker, Goodyear, Boeing
Douglas Aaircraft, Lockheed
Philco, American Telephone, Ken
necott Copper, Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical, Du Pont, American
Can. General Electric, American
Woolen, New York Central, Chesa-
peake & Ohio, Texas Co., Certain
Teed, and United States Gypsum.
Strong demand appeared for
partially tax-exempt issues in the
United States Government bond
market. Railway bonds tended
higher in corporate bond trade.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, July 25 Up CUsDA) Sal.
butchers and 25- SO higher on sows; mod.
erately active, but closed slow; top, "a. so
most good and choice 1S0-230 pounds
24O0-24.50; 24O-260 pounds, 2325-24. 90;
26O-2so pounds, 2S. 0,23.5o: few iosd'
15o-l7O pounds. 2l.OO.23. so; .sood anc
shotce sows under $50 pounds. 1875.
21.26; few choice 800 pounds and under
up 70 21.75: 360-400 pounds, 1900.
1875; 4O0-500 pounds, 16.75-1S.25; 500.
600 pounds. 15.75-17.00.
Salable cattle-6,000; salable calves
400: slaughter steers and heifers stead,
to rs higher; advance largely on year.
lingS and fed steers around 1,16O pound.
down; COWS slow: Gamers and cutter!
steady to weak; beef cows steady to al
lower; bulls weake to so lower; Vealer,
steady: most good and choice fed steers
3o.oo-Si BIZ 56; few leeds choice S.oo Ioas
Eood slaughtsr steers. 26.6o-29; ;75; bun
three loads mostly choice around 800
pound xoag aggefSassS SeS insludes at latter price
1srs and cutters, Ie:5o-i9 10: most most me me
ODD ,ss,. head tSsoo;, Ses SSesssleTs, 500 down
lambs lamb. and ,yy yea5gltnss 81 SS $Si50 hiE6sr @
top .i,sar iy,ssrlinssss "A S6i bulk good to ehoie
slaughter ewes active at s.0O-11 90.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
New York Produce

NEW YORK. July 25 Up. - Butter,
944, ,OS0; firm. Wholesale prices on bulk
esaFtt90n@acTeamery 40 higher than g s3, score
go score (Bl,- 3s4; SO score (c). 57l.
Cheese, s73,717; steady; prices un-
Egg prices in the wholesale market were
cases. Spot quotations follow:
Midwestern, mixed colors, fancy heavy
|heavyWeiEhts. rsfrigerators, 41.42is;. ex-
ira large. 43-431a; extra medium,
g; .processed,, 43; current receipts, 37-38;
dirties, So; checks. 1898.
Whites, fancy heavyweights, 4S; proc
Iessed, 4S-4Sh: fancy heavyVeights, re-
frigerators, 43-47; extra / large, 46:
processed. 46; extra l medium, 46.
Browns. fancy heavyweightS, 47-47;
processed. 47-475; fancy heavyweights,
refrigerators, 41-44!; extra / large, 44-45
Nearby-tExtra fancy heavyweight and
largely on exchange trading.)
White, extra fancy heavyweights, SO;
refrigerators, 46-49; fancy heavyweights
53-55; others, large, 1881; mediums
45-47; pullets. "a; peewees. %,
Browns, extra fancy heavyweights, 54
fancy heavyweishts. 52-53; others, large
1901; mediums, 45-46; pullets, "a; pee
wees, 2l.
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Market Averages
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, July 25 GP.-Foreisn ex.
dollars, others in cents): Canadian dol
lar in New York open market 9H per
cent discount, or 90.S7h U. S. cents, up
Is OF cent.
UNCHANGED; Great Britain 3O-day futures.
z S01s, unchanged; Great Britain 6O-day
futures, 2.80h, unchanged; Great Britain
gium (franc), 1855. unchanged; france
efranc(. .2SlS Of Q cent, unchanged; Hol-
land (sutlder),. 1927. UNCHANGED; Italy
(liral, .16l5 Of cent, UNCHANGED; Por-
tugal (escudo). 3.45h. unchanged; swe.
den, (krona), 1897, unchanged; Switzer-
land dranc) (free), 23.05, unchanged.
Latin America: Argentina dree), 1l.20,
unchanged; Brazil 0ree), $50, un.
changed; Mexico, 1857, unchanged; Vene.
zueia (boltvar). 30.1O, unchanged
Far East: Hong Kong dollar, 1888,
UNCHANGED.
Evening star., 1950-07-25

HOufIy Sales on the Exchange To-day:
Il 200 m. $50 900 200 noon ! olo ooo
100 o.m.- 42o 600 900 p.m. 900 ooo
tUnit Of trading 10 shares. s1n bank
under the Bankruptcy Act or Gecurities
assumed by such companies, Rates Of divi-
dsnds In the foregoins table are annual
or semiannual declaration. unless other
wise noted. special or extra dividends are
not included. CID Called. q Ex dividend
stock dividend. Cash or stock. De
Slared or paid 50 far this year 4ayAble
y stock, estimated cash value on -s.vi-
oend GATE Paid last year DECLARED
Or paid after stock. dividend or spiit-up
t,L DECLARED or paid this year. an accumula.. !.
this year. dividend omitted. deferred or no no
action taken at last dividend meeting.
Declared 1949 payable in 1850. , rAqui-
cash value undetermined On 7Ssclsration