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Evening star., 1950-04-21
Geographical Society
To Meet at CentreviIIe

The Virginia Geographical So
ciety will open its semiannual
meeting at 10 am. tomorrow at
Centreville Elementary School in
Fairfax County.
The groups president, Raus
Hanson. professor of geography
at Madison College, Harrisonburg.
will speak on How to Use and
Interpret a Map" Prof. Wayne
Wallace of the University of Vir-
ginia will preside.
Exhibits assembled from schools
all over the State by Miss Virginia
Harris, principal of the Lincolnia
School. will be displayed.
John Webner, principal of
Bailey's Cross Roads Elementary
School. and Mrs. Margaret Par
rott, teacher at Lee-Jackson
School. also will speak. Enter
tainment will be furnished by the
Fairfax High School Band and
the Centreville Glee Club.
Two field trips are scheduled.
one to Great Falls and the other
to the Manassas bsttlefields.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Historic Houses Will Be Open
In Loudoun for Garden Week

and Belgrove. home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Fletcher-will be in
cluded in the tour.
| Another interesting estate-on
route Is. 4 miles north of Lees
burg-is Rockland. built in 1922
by Gen. George Rust. 1t is owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley N.
Brown.
Swinging south from LeeSburg
on route Is, Oatlands and Little
Oatlands are the next estates to
be open. Oatlands was built in
1900 by George Carter. Its walled
garden. terraces and boxwood
walks are among the most spec
tacular in Virginia. Oatlands is
owned by Mrs. William Corcoran
EuStiS.
Next door, and using the same
entrance gate, stands Little Oat-
lands, owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
David E. Finley. Mrs. Finley is
Mrs. Eustis daughter. This home
also was built in 1900.
Farther along Route Is is Oak
Hill. now being restored by Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas N. De Lashmutt
of Arlington. Construction of Oak
Hill was started in 1921 by Presi-
dent James Monroe from plans
drawn by Thomas Jefferson.
In the Middleburg area, Catesby
estate of Mr.. and Mrs. Houghtor
P. Metcalf, will be included in the
tour. Here are fine lockwood gar.
dens and collections of hollies and
roses. The greenhouses and the
conservatory will be open.
The last of the Loudoun estates
to be open is Gordondale, home Of
DR.. and Mrs. R. j. Vickers, near
The Plains. The house was built
more than 100 years ago.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
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Evening star., 1950-04-21
.FairfaxA Asked
Again TO Vote
On School Bonds
Board Acts on Advice
Of Special Counsel
After Court RULING

The Fairfax County School
Board has decided to seek again a
referendum on sos million bond
issue for school construction.
The board acted last night upon
advice of its special counsel, At
torney John Alexander.
Mr.. Alexander reported that a
three Judge annexation court
named to hear the suit of Falls
Church against the county, had
refused to hear a petition to stay
the annexation proceedings until
county sewer bonds are sold. Sewer
bonds already have been voted but
their sale was halted when bond
ing attorneys ruled the validity
might be questioned because of the
Falls Church suit.
Attorneys Say 1t Is Cleared.
Mr.. Alexander told the board
that Mitchell & Pershing, New
York bonding attorneys, are of the
opinion the court ruling has the
effect of clearing the bond issue
from any litigation.
In instructing Mr.. Alexander to
take steps to have a referendum
the board decided to use an alter
native method to that employed
recently when the Circuit Court
was petitioned to set a date for
the election. Before the court
acted, the school board withdrew
the petition.
Instead of petitioning the court
directly, the board now will pre-
sent its request to the County
Board of Supervisors, which, in
turn. has the power to petition
the court. Under this procedure,
the board was told, the court is
not required to call the referen-
dunn unless it sees fit. Under the
other procedure, the court has no
alternative but to set an election.
Careful Study Made.
Mr.. Alexander said the recon-
mendation to rout the referen-
dunn request through the super
visors was made only after care
full study. The proposed bond
issue, backed by several thousand
county residents in the earlier
petition, would finance more than
so projects in all sections of the
county to relieve overcrowding.
The board also voted to sponsor
a summer school for the fourth
through twelfth grades, plus "se-
lected" students from third grades,
at the Fairfax High School from
June Is to August 9. The school
would be the first summer session
in the county under exclusive
School Board control.
A summer workshop for county
teachers, sponsored by the Uni
versity of Virginia, also was ap-
proved by the board. The work.
shop will be held at Fairfax High
from June 19 through June 80 and
teachers can earn two semester
hours credit by taking the course.
Past workshops have been held at
Madison College. Harrisonburg.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Parade 10 Mark 49th Year
OF First Clarendon Store

The 49th anniversary of estab-
lishment of the first store in the
Clarendon area of Arlington will
be marked by parade at 7 o'clock
tonight.
The Clarendon Business Associ-
alton Is sponsoring a Today pro-
gram.
The route of march will be
along Wilson boulevard from
Court House road to Clarendon
Circle. Among units participating
in the all-mobile parade will be
volunteer firemen. police and
Coast Guard personnel.
Stanley Mayer. president of the
association. said the group hopes
to make the observance an annual
affair. The first store was opened
on Irving street at Clarendon Cir
| Gle.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Slippery Road Blamed
In Virginia Accident
Fatal 10 D. T.. Woman

A slippery road was blamed for
an accident last night which
proved fatal to Miss Margaret
Coyne. 81. of 1000 Thirteenth
street Sc.
Miss Coyne died of injuries
received in the collision of an
automobile and truck three miles
west of Leesburg, Va. at the in
tersection of Routes 9 and 7.
In a collision near Patuxent,
Md. fatal injuries were received
by Navy Radioman 1/c Maynard
H. Campbell. 26. of Terre Haute,
Ind.
Skids on Wet Pavement.
The sailor was killed, the Po-
tomac River Naval Command said,
when the car he was driving COL
lided with dump truck. He was
dead on arrival at the Patuxent
Naval Air Station Dispensary
His wife, Mrs. Valerie Jean Camp
bell, survives. She lives in Holly
wood, Md.
The Virginia crash resulted
when a truck skidded on the wet
pavement. State Trooper Roy
Smith said.
Miss Coyne was returning to
Washington with her brother-in-
law. Joseph Uriah Hobbs. from
Charles Town, w. Va. She was
pronounced dead at the Loudoun
Hospital. Leesburg.
Shifted to Hospital Here.
Mr.. Hobbs was taken to the
Loudoun Hospital for examina-
ton and then transferred to
George Washington University
Hospital here. He suffered knee
and head injuries and lacerations,
the hospital reported today.
Robert j. Furbash, 81, Kensing-
ton, suffered a broken left knee
yesterday when his car Skidded
and crashed into a guard rail on
Route 240 near Georgetown Pre-
paratory School.
Mr.. Furbash was taken to
Suburban Hospital. Bethesda.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
BY q s.off Correspondent. Of The stor


LEESBURG. Va, April 21.-
Many of Loudoun County's ole
houses will be open to the public
during Virginia Garden Week. be-
ginning tomorrow.
The Colonial LeeSburg tour will
include several homes in the town
and a number of estates on the
outskirts. Waterford. the Quaker
town settled in 1885. will be in
cluded.
The Friends Meeting House,
built of stone in ITS and made
into a dwelling by Mr.. A. B. Nc
Daniel, and Talbot Farm, 200
year-old restored home of DR.. and
Mrs. William Burch. will be open
at Waterford.
In Leesburg. Miss Rebecca Har-
rison's home on King street will
be open. This Georgian house
was built between l766 and 1893
and was purchased in 1919 by
John Gray, great-grandfather OF
MISS harrison.
Another Leesburg home to be
open is the former Osburn's Tav-
ern at 100 Loudoun street. Here
La Fayette was given a banquet
The tavern. built about 1915
later became a residence and nov
is owned by Mrs. Thomas M
Fendall.
Among the Leesburg garden!
on display will be the Armisteac
Melbourne garden at Cornwall
and Witt streets, built by DR.
Melbourne among the ruins OF
the oldest Methodist church ir
the Baltimore Conference.
In the Leesburg area, two in
teresting estates-Morven Park
the Westmoreland Davis home
Evening star., 1950-04-21
$1,000 and Bonds Stolen
From Safe in Alexandria

More than $1,000 in cash and
$500 in War Bonds was taken
last night from a safe in ar
Alexandria insurance office.
Inspector Russell Halves, Alex
andria detective chief. reported
the lock box in the Office of the
Union Life Insurance Co. on the
third floor at 815 King street was
pried open.
Other Offices and a store on the
first floor wexe entered, but moth
ing was taken, Inspector Hawes
said.
The War Bonds belong 10 S. o
Turner. manager of the insurance
Office, Mr.. Halves said.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
CornivuI to Be Given
BY Falls Church Lions

A carnival and show will be
presented by. the Falls Church
Lions Club at Falls Church High
School at o'clock tonight.
The affair. sponsored by the
Parent-Teacher Association, is to
raise funds to purchase bleacher
seats for the high school athletic
field.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Planning Group Win
Test Case on zoninq
In Prince GEORGES

The Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
has won it's test case concerning
enforcement of Prince Georges
County zoning laws.
In an opinion handed down
yesterday Judge J. Dudley Digges
of the county's Circuit Court said
he would sign a decree enjoining
Mrs. Nancy Muratori of 90l Ray
road, Hampshire Knolls, from US
ing her house for multiple-family
dwelling purposes. The property
is zoned for single-family use.
The Injunction suit was filed
last October 20 by the planning
agency in an attempt to prevent
Mrs. Muratori from violating the
zoning code. She previously had
been acquitted in criminal pro-
ceedings involving a charge that
she violated zoning laws.
Judge Digges said he personally
had inspected Mrs. Muratori's
house and found that an Air
Force officer, Capt. John F. Muir
ray. and his family of three were
living in a basement apartment.
Mrs. Muratori, the judge noted,
lives on the first floor and the
second floor was in the process of
being remodeled as an apartment.
He said such use was in violation
of the zoning laws, both of the
ordinance in effect from Septem-
ber. 1880. until last November 90,
and the revised one adopted at
that time.
The judge ruled that either
Capt. Murray or Mrs. Muratori
will have to move.
Admitting that the decision
may seem harsh and cause the
defendant some inconvenience, +"
Judge Digges said Mrs. Muratori
"entered into a lease agreement
with her tenant with either
actual or constructive knowledge
that such was a violation of the
zoning law"
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Rodford Woman Named
Virginia Mother of Year
By the Assoejoted Pres,

BY The AsSocIoted PTesS
RICHMOND. Va. April 21.-
The Virginia State Mother of 1850
is Mrs. June Mcconnell GRAPHICAL,
So, of Radford. mother of six.
The Virginia mother is chosen
annually by the Golden Rule
Foundation on the basis of her
interest in world and community
affairs, spiritual and moral quail
tiles. personality, and the achieve
ments and character of her chill
dren.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
BIudensbure PTA Bozuor

The Bladensburg Senior-Junior
High School Parent Teacher AS
sociation will hold it's annual
bazaar and teachers variety show
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the school
on Defense highway in Bladens-
burg.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Fauquier Board Approves
Tax Rate Drop Of 5 Cents
SpecioI Dispotch TO The Stur

WARRENTON, Va. April 21.-
The Fauquier County board of
supervisors yesterday approved a
tax rate of $135 per $1O0 valua-
ton for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1851. The rate is five
cents lower than the current year.
The board approved a budget of
$743, ,456 for the coming year. It
included $590,580 for schools:
$78,966 for welfare. and $73,9l0
for general expenses.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Churches to Show Film

'The Life of Jesus Christ" a
Technicolor film, will be shown
at 8 pm. tomorrow at the Trinity
Lutheran Church. Hyattsville, and
at 8 pm. Sunday at the Trinity
Lutheran Church in Mount Rain
ier. The public is invited.
, 1950-06-01
NOTICE

Re REAL PROPERTY TAXES
and NIGHTSOIL REMOVAL
SERVICE FOR THE GALEN-
OAR YEAR 1949.
Public notice is hereby Civ
en-, as required by section 80
of the Ordinance of Septem-
Der 5, 1886 providing for the
assessment, levy and collect
ton Of taxes upon real proper
ty, that the taxes assessed I'M
der said ordinance for the year
1949, together with the night
soil removal service fees for
said year, as prescribed by Or
dinance of September Is, 1943
concerning fees for nightsoil
removal service, as amended
by Ordinance Of July |, 1916,
are now due and payable.
Payment should be made at
the Finance OOffices in Chris
tiansted and Frederiksted, for
the respective districts, on all
business days, from 900 to
o'clock a. m, and from
1:3O to 300 o'clock p. m.
Office of the Administrator
for St. Croix, Christiansted, st.
Croix, v. I, May Is, 1850.
HARRY E. TAYLOR
Administrator for ST. Croix
SA&
, 1950-06-01
ADORE SS
by Atty. Almeric l.. Christian
on DAY"

We are gathered here this
morning, as millions through
out the United States are
gathered, to observe a truly
great American Holiday
Memorial Day. Unlike most
holidays, this one is not charac
terized by jubilance, joyous
celebrations and similar feel
ings. It is not a day of happy
memories, as is the Fourth of
July, Christmas, or Washing
tons Birthday. By direction of
our Governor, His Excellency,
Morris F. de Castro, we COM
bine our Memorial Day obser-
vances with the Il Am An
American Day. celebrations.
These two holidays share some
common ground; nonetheless,
the difference in the control
ling spirit is vast. The true
spirit Of Il Am An American
Day" is an unbounded feeling
of JOY, joy in the proud know
ledge that we are Americans,
and a feeling of pride in that
realization. On the other hand,
Memorial Day is a day of pray
er and meditation-it is a day
of sad "Reminiscences. Espe-
cially is this true for those
whose relatives are numbered
among the fallen in the field,
and for those Of us who were
privileged to serve our Coun-
try in the first and second
phases of the World War.
Memorial Day is also a day of
resolution, a day when we as
a nation should renew our de-
termination to so live with our
neighbors, that we may never
again be visited by further globalI
violence and the accompanying
human carnage. The true spirit of
Memorial Day is artfully express
ed in the simple verse Of one Of
our relatively obscure poets when
he says:
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From out our crowded calendar
One day we pluck TO give:
i IS the Day the Dying Pause
To honor those who live.
The significance Of Memorial
Day is to be found in its history.
known also as Decoration Day.
the holiday is observed in North
ern United States and in most of
the other States, save the South.
on May 30th. Originally this day
was consecrated to the honor of
soldiers who had lost their lives in
the American Civil War. 1t seems
that the day was first observed in
the South while the Civil War was
yet in progress. The women Of the
South went out to decorate the
graves of the fallen, without re-
gard to whether the bloodstained
uniform in which the warrior
had died had been blue or grey.
After the war, Memorial Day as
stunned National proportion when
John A. Logan, Commander in
Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic issued a general order
designating May 30th, 1868, as a
day for the purpose Of strewing
with flowers or otherwise decorat-
ing the graves Of comrades who
died in defense of their country
during the late rebellion. Com
mander in Chief Logan made it
clear that he issued the order with
the hope that it would be kept up
from year to year. Years later the
Grand Army of the Republic urg-
ed that the proper designation of
May 30th be Memorial Day, not
Decoration Day. Since the general
order, the Grand Army Of the Re
public faithfully fulfilled its duty
until the end Of World War I
when the American Legion as
sumed this obligation. Today we
observe Memorial Day not only to
honor our Civil War dead, but also
to honor the memory of the fall
en- in all subsequent wars.
AS we observe this Memorial
Day Of 1850 two thoughts should
monopolize our minds: we should
think Of the sacrifice made for us
by the fallen and offer a prayer Of
grateful thanks to them for the
part they have played in making
us the free men and women of a
free Nation that we are today. We
should also think of our obligation
to them, how best we in turn may
, 1950-06-01

serve them. And how may we best
serve our benefactors? We can and
must serve them by our efforts to
keep the peace for which they
have SO dearly paid. This then is
our obligation to our honored dead
who Salute us on this day. In adj
dition to our prayers for the re-
pose of the souls, of our dead, we
should pray Gods guidance for
our Leaders; guidance that they
may lead us surely along the way
Of peace and away from the by
path of War and destruction. In
these troublous time we are hest
tating pr%ecariously at the cross
roads of Peace and war. True, it is
not all of our choosing, but we are
not blameless. This then is the
challenge to our Nation, to find
the road to peace and to follow it
and to recognize the Dead End",
sign at the entrance of the road
which has inevitably lead to war
and ruin. It is our duty as the liv-
ing, to be consecrateds to the task
of peace as Lincoln exhorted the
nation of his day, that our myriad
dead may not have died in vain.
One of our War dead of World
War l. Lieut.. Col. John Nc Crae
of the first Canadian contingent,
who saw four years service on the
Western Front, wrote the immor-
tai poem "In Flanders Field. Per-
haps he wrote with a presentment
Of death for shortly before the
Armistice, he was numbered
among the dead. No speech bet
ter lays bare the duty, no speech
can. Writing as the voice of a sol
der speaking from the grave he
said:
In Flanders fields the peoples
blow
Between The crosses. row on row,
That mark our place; and infhe
sky
The larks. still bravelY singing. fly
Scarce heard amid the guns be-
low.
We are the Dead. Short days 100.
We lived. felt dawn. saw sunset
glow.
Loved and were loved. and now
we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from falling hands we
throw
The Torch; be yours to hold il
high.
# Ye break faith with US who die
We shall not sleep. though peoples
grow
In Flanders fields.
That is our duty as comrades of
the fallen, the fallen of Gettys-l
burg and Bull Run, the fallen Of
the Marine Tho fn1Inn nf G,,ndn1
, 1950-06-01

L~AKEHURST, N. D. Roberta
Clevenger, second WAVE to grad
uate from the parachute Triggers
school at Lakehurst Naval Air Sta
ton, on the ground just after her
graduation jump. Students must
bring back their ripcord or treat the
class. Roberta waves hers in iris
umph.
, 1950-06-01

From out our crowded calendar
One day we pluck to give:
Il is the Day the Dying Pause
To honor those who live.
, 1950-06-01

That is our duty as comrades of
the fallen, the fallen of Gettys-
burg and Bull Run, the fallen of
the Marine, the fallen Of GuadaI-
Canal, Normandy, Tunis and Sal
emo, to keep faith with them. On
this Memorial Day, as never be-
fore, let us strongly resolve to
keep that faith, that our countless
dead may not have died in vain,
but may be blessed with everlast-
ing sleep of peace which they so
Justly deserve.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-25
BEGIN MAILING
c. | DIVIDENDS
Some of the 16 Million Vets
Have Already Receiv-
ed Their Checks

The veterans administration re-
Gently started mailing out CT. in
surance dividend checks to World
war II veterans, following one Of
the greatest business machine OPP
erations in history. Many veter-
ans of the 16 million eligibles have
already received their share of the
$4,000 100000 dividend fund.
Checks began going out Jan.
16, at the rate of 100000 a day,
but even so it will be some time
before all veterans receive their
money. Payments may be COM
pleted by the end of June.
Veterans who have not received
their dividend checks are advised
to not become anxious. If they
have received a C knowle dgment
cards, which show their dividend
applications have been received in
good order, their checks will fol-
low Dor
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-25
Tea Raises Money
For ChOir's Robes

A silver tea sponsored by the
Women's Society of Christian Ser
vice at the home Of Mrs. C. H.
Barney, Wednesday afternoon, was
attended by about 70. Mrs. Edward
Coombs and Mrs. j. f. Galusha
planned the event, which vas for
raising money to buy robes for
the junior choir of the Methodist
church.
Tea was served from a table
accenting pink and aqua in its
theme and centered by an aqua
bowl Of white NUNS and pink
carnations. Mrs. G. N. Virgins,
Mrs. J. w. Long, Mrs. r. w. Bates,
Mrs. Vinton Shay, Mrs. C. A.
Cromwell and Mrs. Gordon Allan
poured during the afternoon.
Enough money was raised to
buy all of the material needed for
the robes and the women of the
church will make them. The COM
expressed a desire to thank
all Of those who made the project
success.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-25
O. E. S. Studies Its
Basic Structure

Renewal of the obligation was
the theme in a candlelight cere-
mony presented by the officers OF
Zidonian chapter No. SO, o.. E. s.,
at a meeting in the Masonic tenn
pie Thursday evening. Vocal num-
bers by a trio composed of Mrs.
Mildred Woodland, Mrs. Eleanor
Crawford and Miss Marjorie Rob-
erts yer accompanied by Mrs.
Dorothy Bundy.
Herman Schessler was installed
as worthy patron by the worthy
matron, Mrs. Lois Schessler. She
was assisted by Mrs. Florence
Marvin, marshal.
At the social hour, Mrs. Ina An
derson, Mrs. Geneva Jolley, Mrs.
Winifred Macdonald and Mrs.
Ruth Bailey we're hostesses. They
served lunch from a table covered
i'll dark blue crepe paper and high
lighted with sparkling snow flakes.
In the center was a snow-covered
hill with miniature skiers sliding
and falling down the incline. The
of Mrs. Eleanor Green
ing and l.. D. Scribner were noted.
The next meeting will be Feb.
2 at the Masonic temple.
Laurel outlook., 1950-01-25

which snow water flowed over the
ice surface. Then another cold
wave would strike and a new
layer of ice would be formed
AS a total consequence the level
Of the river is higher than it was
water that should have gone on
down stream is staying here as
ice.
The cold has interferred with
rail traffic. Northern Pacific's
Nos. l and 8 westbound passenger
trains, delayed by billiards in
North Dakota, came through Lau-
rel Wednesday as one train. 1t
carrying the mail and stopping
at all stations.
Crews of the Montana Power
company have found that the frost
level here is now about four feet
beneath the surface, not far from
water lines.
The sub-zero temperature of
about 20 degrees below Tuesday
and early Wednesday morn
ing rose to a high of about zero
Wednesday noon and then started
again. Forecasts for the
area indicate no immediate change.