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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
Hume House, on
School Grounds,
Is Being Moved

The Hume house, one of the
few dwellings left in Chapel Hill
that were built before the Civil
War, is being moved to another
site on the school grounds. 1t
will continue to be used as a
school building.
Before proceeding further, |
should explain, for the benefit
of people who have come to live
in the village in the last thirty
FIVE years or so, that the Hume
house is the same as the Hogan
house and the Cone house. What
name. you call it by depends upon
how long a time has passed
since you first knew it. Nobody
now living remembers when Rev.
Needham Cobb, grandfather of
our present Collier Cobb, Jr.,
lived in it as a renter from Mrs.
Dell Tankersley. In my boyhood
and student days it was the home
of Thomas Hume, professor of
English in the University, and
his family, and many a time I
was in it as a caller upon the
two charming Hume daughters.
The Humes had bought it from
Mrs. Tankersley after the house
in which they lived, on the lot
where the Presidents House is
Ayw, was destroyed by fire. That
happened on Christmas Day in
1886.
For Q while the BransOns lived
in the house that is now being
moved. The Milton Hogans
bought it In December 1916.
They sold it to the Chi Tau fra
ternity. Then 1t passed into the
hands Of the Zeta Beta Tau fra
ternity. and soma time In the
1905 Caesar Cone Of Greens
boro, who held o mortgage on it,
became the owner. He sold 1t to
the school a few years ago.
As in many an old-time house,
the wood in 1t has a solidity
rarely seen In frame buildings
erected In these days. It's timbers
were put together with wooden
pegs instead of nails. Mrs.
Hogan, talking to me about 1t
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
Piano Recital Tonight

Mrs. William 8. Connor will
present her piano pupils in . re-
cital At . pm. today (Friday)
in Mrs. n. H. Wettach's kinder
garten building back Of the
Archer house. The following
pupils win perform: Martha
Adams. Jane Shearin, Bill Ellis,
Mirvine Kyker, Bobby Madry'
Ellen Abernathy, Mary Ccwell
Shepard, Eugene Lane, Kay Nc
Gayran. Barbara Bright, and
Carolyn Ellis.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
The Oldest Alumnus Ii Coming

The University's oldest alum
nus, 92-year-old George Nc
Corkle, a graduate of the class
OF 1878, Ia coming to Commence
ment. He and his daughter, Mrs.
Moody, with whom he lives In
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. will be at
the Carolina Inn. Repose is not
prominent In Mr.. McCorkle's
program for his 3-day visit here.
He plans 10 attend all the cere-
monies and to be on the Inn
lawn and the campus for as
many pow-wows as possible with
his friends.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
Chapel Hill Chaf

Johan Andersen of Oslo, Nor
way, was a freshman in the Uni
versity this last year. The rea-
son | happened to know him was
that a friend of his fathers in
New York, who is also q friend
of mine, wrote me about him. He
is tall and blond the short of
person you think of as a typical
Scandinavian, When / asked him
why ne came here he said it was
because of the recommendation
that a friend of his fathers in
Rocky Mount had given the Uni
versity. The boy didn't know a
soul when he arrived, but he soon
made friends and he says he
likes the institution so well that
he is going to stay on through
to graduation.
But there has to be an inter-
ruption, so that he can do his
term of military service in Nor
way. He will leave Chapel Hill
today will board a plane at New
York tomorrow at IL 80 pm. !;
and will arrive in Oslo on Sunday
at about noon (or, 5 pm. East
ern Standard Time). 4 will sleep
at home Sunday night" he told
me, land will enter the Army
next day. The period of service
is 8 months. will be discharged
next March and will fly back to
the United States and will get to
Chapel Hill in time to enter the
University for the spring term.
After that there won't be any
more interruptions except the
regular vacations"
=
am fond of birds in an un-
fanatical kind Of way. ! like to
look at them fitting to and fro,
assembling for their meals out
side the window, and engaging
III courtships and presently IN
ministering TO their young. All
this il mildly amusing, but | had
Q real thrill, and felt as IL ! were
almost approaching membership
in the company Of bird cronies,
when q summer tanager and o
catbird lit upon my knees, both at
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
The County CommiasIOnsrs

The three places on the Or
ange county board Of commits
sioners were won In the election
last Saturday by Collier Cobb,
II. (S,BS0 yotes), Sim EHand
(2.0ol), and H. q. Laws (2.9i2>.
The other three candidates were
Ben r. Wilson (2eS1 votes),
Henry 8. Walker (2,7l0), and
Coy w; Long (l.sO7y.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
Durham Wins BY Biz Margin

In tho election last Saturday
Carl i. Durham cf Chapel Eli
won over n. r. williamson cf
Durham, gor Representative iAI
Congress from the 9Th district.
by 0A.l92 u ii, ,AA2. Of the four
counties in tho district Durham
carried Gwilford. Alamanca and
Orange Williamson ~
Durham.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
sslaIrin 10 Ride BattIsship

Albert Eushln win leave to-
morrow fog Norfolk, Va, where
No win 10 aboard the battieship
Missouri for i months cruise
as . GMesk og tic Navy.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1950-06-02
Graham Leads Smith
By Margin of $1,000

In the contest for U. s. Sena-
tor, in the primary election last
Saturday, Frank P. Graham led
Willis Smith by $4,000 votes. The
votes for the four candidates
were: Graham, 10000; Smith,
245,5OO; Reynolds 56,25O; Boyd,
$3.50. Total vote, 6O3,50O.
These are approximate figures.
The reason exact figures are not
given is that the returns from all
the States 1890 precincts are
not in. However, the missing pre-
cincts are small ones. and the fig
ures given here are not far from
the actual result. They show that
Graham fell short by only 6,751
of getting . majority Of the total
vote for all Candidates.
Graham home
county. Orange, by 1878 over
Smith Is, 212 to I,2S4), Graham
also carried Smiths home coun-
ty, Wake. His margin there was
SO (1O,405 to 10.346l.
y
Graham carried Harnett, the
home county Of Hoover Adams,
Smiths campaign manager, by
1896. The vote was Graham
3,52S, Smith 2,432, about 3 to 2
for Graham.
Graham carried most Of the
counties which contain the
States largest cities. A notable
exception was Mecklenburg,
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Evening star., 1950-01-23
Geological Survey Reports
u. 5. Has Plenty Of Wafer
By the Assoeioted Press

The Geological Survey said Sat-
urday the United States has plenty
OF waterfall it has to do is find it.
The Interior Department agency
called for an expanded study of
the Nations water resources to
avoid future shortages like those
now occurring in some areas.
Certainly underground water
levels are falling at a dangerous
rate in some localities" survey
spokesman said.
I'm parts of California and Ari-
zona, and in the New York City
area. for example, water is being
taken from the ground much fas-
ter than nature can replenish it.
But in great many other areas
there are vast untapped reserves
of water underground, and great
volumes of water above ground
rushing unused into the sea-"
The survey is charged with find
ing and measuring the nations
ground-water resources - those
found below the earth's surface,
Evening star., 1950-01-23

ter Matyas Rakosi last Thursday
after two months of futile efforts
Rakosi fatty rejected Mr.. Davis
request to see Mr.. Vogeler and in
dicated Mr.. Vogeler will be held
incommunicado up to the time
the trial opens.
Mr.. Davis said he understood
RakoSi's remarks to indicate that
American news correspondents
will be granted visas to cover the
trial.
The charges against Mr.. Vogeler
grew out of his alleged activities
as European representative of the
International Telephone and Tele-
graph Co. He was arrested
November 18 after he left his
Budapest hotel to return to his
home in Vienna.
Evening star., 1950-01-23
Hungary Soon 10 Try
VogeIer as Spy,
u. 5. Minister Says
By The Assoeicted Press

VIENNA. Jan. 23.-Robert A
Vogeler. the American business.
man who has been held incom-
municado in Communist Hungary
for more than two months, viii,
go on trial within the next few
weeks ON charges of espionage
and sabotage.
This information came yester-
day from the American Minister
to Hungary, Nathaniel P. Davis,
who said he has been assured "the
proceedings will be open to the
public so the world can see that
the trial is a fair one" Mr.. Vo-
geler, however, probably will be
defended by a Hungarian attorney
appointed by the Hungarian gov
eminent.
Reached by telephone in Buda-
pest, Mr.. Davis said he finally saw
Deputy Hungarian Prime Minis
Evening star., 1950-01-23
NEA Session Planned
On School Standards

The National Education Asso-
citation has announced that a ma
tional conference on standards for
teacher education institutions will
be held at Indiana University
June 28 to July l, Immediately
Evening star., 1950-01-23

preceding the 88th annual meet
ing Of the NEA in st. Louis July
2 to July 7.
The University of Indiana con-
ference. will be sponsored by the
MEAS National Commission on
Teacher Education and Profess
sional Standards. More than 700
educators are expected to attend.
Evening star., 1950-01-23
Notre Dame Students
To Tour U. S. BUILDINGS

A group Of University of Notre
Dame students will arrive here
Thursday for a closeup view of
the Government in action.
During a f1ve-day visit, spon-
sored by DR.. Paul c. Bartholomew,
professor of political science at
the university, the students will
tour Government buildings and
meet high Government officials.
Evening star., 1950-01-23

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sbso,,,1e dSs vteks vapoRub Wdys Wits
reIjef nIJetute sss confidence. So, "ter for
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msss neysr xsspoRub Va , today 's,as sad
never be without Il a
Evening star., 1950-01-23
''"eTs: SD. Don't Experiment.
WIS.,. ;, With Untried M.S:"..

Vicks VapoRub has 49,
home-proved, time~nro,ezeeaa oeea
don,. Unions INC OF mothers. So
don't waste precious 1sioes tines
experimenting saa,e. with ,r,e uns
nlomn. wbsn a.a untried indications
"''en your child has a cold.
Evening star., 1950-09-25

met there with the commissioners
charged with the construction of
the Federal City.
That house, unchanged in ex-
terror appearance, still stands on
II acres of rolling greensward bor-
dered by ancient trees and box
wood bushes. The entrance is 1901
Newark street. Mourning doves
take to the air as visitors cars
come up the driveway. For the
past 80 years it has been the home
of Mrs. Coonley. The farm appear
ance has been preserved by reten-
ton of the outbuildings, especially
the old barn with IT'S llayloft.
The original 900-acre farm in
cluded all Of Cleveland Park
which was subdivided in 1904
when it looked as if the Taft
Bridge was finally going to be
completed. The bridge was started
in 1897. Due to appropriation
rather than engineering difficult
ties, it was not completed until
1907. The area was already the
terminus Of a streetcar line across
the old Calvert street steel truss
bridge, which was built in 1891.
Had to Spend $500.
Here is one of the advertise
ments in The Star for the original
Offering, resurrected by John
Clagett Proctor. The Stars Wash
ington historian:
Although among the properties
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Cleveland Park and Its Environs.

pool. 'No alcoholic beverages" is
an unbroken rule of the place.
The members pride themselves on
having a good time without drink
ing and entertaining themselves
without help of movies or televi-
sion.
Tuesday night Is club night.
The entire family attends. Mem
bers take turns at arranging an
entertainment program of dra-
matte skitS or musical talent.
Then parents and grown children
finish the evening with a dance.
Part Of Pretty Prospect"
Purchasers Of Cleveland Park
property are fascinated to note In
their deeds that their property
was once part of tract known as
Pretty Prospect" That was the
name given to one of the early
Maryland land grants acquired In
1870 by George Beall. son Of Ninian
Beall. In the last decade of the
century. Gen. Uriah Forrest, one
Of Washington's officers, acquired
900 acres of this tract lying be-
tween the Georgetown Frederick
road wisconsin avenue) and Rock
Creek.
About 1874. the general, whose
residence was in Georgetown, built
country home on the property
and called it RoSedale. Washing
ton mentions it several times in
his journals. On one occasion he
Evening star., 1950-09-25

was in the Agriculture Depart
ment in the Henry Wallace days. !:
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Stein. Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Sifton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Levy (the husbands
all were in the Wage and Hour
Division) Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
w. Straus Che is the head of
Reclamation in 1nterior) and Mr..
and Mrs. James w. McNally (she
Is a sister in law of Harold
Ickes).
A resolution upholding the
Civil Rights report was carried
by q few votes. After that the
New Dealers took over the Cleve-
land Park Citizens Association.
It's president Is Ganson Purcell,
former chairman of the SEC who
is Washington partner of the old
Elihu Roc. law firm. now Root,
Ballantine. Harlan, Bushby &
Palmer.
The well-to-do have found
Cleveland Park with its large
houses and large yards ideal for
their growing families. The area
Is alive with children at play.
Prosperous Playground.
The Macomb street playground
is a demonstration that under
the American system prosperous
neighborhoods can have public
Fairgrounds If an organized ef-
fort is made. However, the Par
ent-Teacher Association of the
Eaton school consider it now in
adequate.
Tommy" Miller, as everyone
calls the wife of Joseph L. Mil
Ter. the former Agriculturite al
ready mentioned. is chairman Of
recreation for the PTA. She has
made many calls upon the Chi
nese Embassy, which has 10 acres
south of Macomb street, to get
1AAAAboco10OA - W OOOI1S W pre-
sent eight acres to the neighbor-
hood for a playground. It was
presented as potential gesture
that would do much for Chang
Kai-shek in American public
opinion. After her last call, Mrs.
Miller has been able to report,
in the technical language of di-
plomacy, an achievement Of prog
ress. A secretary told her he
would be glad to give her the
eight acres If he could only get
the generalissimo to authorize it..
The Cleveland Park Club on
Newark street is a unique neigh
borhood club. Families have to
be elected to membership and
their number Is kept at about so.
The club, which is about Is years
old, has remodeled one Of the old
residences and added swimming
Evening star., 1950-09-25
County Government Survey
To Be Discussed in Forum

The need for a survey of gov
ernment In Prince Georges Coun-
ty will be discussed at a forum at
8 pm. Wednesday at the County
Service Building, Hyattsville.
The forum. on the subject: "a
Survey-the Road to Better Gov
ernment." will be another in a
series of programs sponsored by
the Citizens Committee for Good
Government.
Mrs. Zella P. Saylor, president
Of the Adelphi Citizens Associa-
ton and a member of the good
government committees execu-
tive board, will preside. A county
government survey is one of the
principal objectives of the good
government group.
Principal speaker viii be How
ard Ferguson, of the Washing
ton office of Griffenhagen g. AS
sociates. He will review the part
played by professional study
groups in improving local and
State governments in the past Is
years.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
County li'anagers 10 Meet
With kcNaYr on Defense

Approximately Is county man
ayers from nearby Virginia and
several Eastern seaboard States
and California will meet with
Montgomery County Manager
Irving G. McNayr Wednesday to
discuss civilian defense.
Also invited to the session,
which will begin at 10 am. in
the Rockville Courthouse, is Ed
ward L. Foster, Silver Spring at
torney and civil defense director
for the county.
The group will exchange infor-
nation about civil defense prob
lens which have come up in their
home areas. The meeting was
called by Mr.. McNayr, who is Sec
retary Of the County Managers
Association of the International
City Managers Association.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
City Manager Braden
OF Falls Church 10 Quit
Effective Saturday

Falls Church City Manager Roy
S. Braden will submit his resig-
nation to the City Council tonight,
effective Saturday.
The council is expected to name
a successor at the meeting.
When he accepted the position
last August, Mr.. Braden said he
could stay only short time.
The council has interviewed five
of approximately 80 applicants
for the post. 1t was learned that
a leading candidate to succeed Mr.
Braden, c. L. Barnhardt, city
manager at Salisbury, N. c., has
told the council the salary would
be insufficient to warrant leaving
his present job.
Mr.. Braden's salary is $4,000,
but the council is believed to be
seeking man who will accept be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000.
Mr.. Braden has accepted an
appointment with the Atomic
Energy Commission in Washing
ton.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Collision Shot al House
He Is Charged With
Trying 10 Burn in June

A 37-year-old Mayo (Md0 mar
was shot yesterday after being in
volved in his second scuffle in less
than four months at $500 An
napolis road, Bladensburg.
Malcolm D. Collision was ad-
mitted to Leland Memorial Hos.
pital. Riverdale. with gunshot
wounds in his thigh.
Police said he was shot while
attempting to see Mrs. Thelma
Hackenberg, 46, of the Annapolis
road address.
Last June Is, while a roomer al
Mrs. Hackenberg's house, Collision
was charged with arson and as
sault and battery after Mrs. Hack
enberg complained he hit her on
the head with jack handle and
set fire to her house. He still is
awaiting Prince Georges County
grand jury action on these
charges.
Mrs. Hackenberg yesterday
placed a charge of breaking and
entering against Collision. She
told police Collision tried to gain
entry to her house by breaking
through a door.
Mrs. Hackenberg's father, Harry
L. Norris, "a, Of the same address,
was charged with the shooting
Police placed a technical assault
charge against him and released
him under 5000 bond.
Hearings on the latest charges
were set for Hyattsville Police
Court December 4.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Too Many Lost
ByMenta| Tests,
Hershey Feels
Number of Druftees
Rejected Over los
Declining, However

Despite 10 per cent reduction
in draft rejection rates last month.
Selective Service Director Lewis
B. Hershey is still convinced too
many men are being turned down
by the Army's new mental tests.
Gen. Hershey disclosed the Au-
gust reduction and made his views
clear on the mental tests during
an interview yesterday on the
National BroadcaSting Co.'S Meet
the Press" television show.
The draft chief said a nearly
completed State by State study of
rejection rates, being made for
Chairman Vinson of the House
Armed Services Committee, bears
out his feelings about the mental
tests. About 58.2 per cent of pro-
spective recruits examined in July
were rejected for all causes. Au-
gust figures, Gen. Hershey said,
were about 10 per cent lower.
Motivation Developed.
The general explained that the
mental tests involve motivation"
leaving results at least partially
up to how well men want to do
the tests. AS IAN old school
teacher" he added, ''I believe that
a test which depends on motiva-
ton is not very good when mo-
tivation can be either dulled or
absent"
Asked about the military doc
tor shortage, Gen. Hershey laid
part of the blame on the Govern
ment for failing to put into the
Reserves young doctors trained
during the war at Government ex-
pense. He said he did not think
it particularly 'unpatriotic" now
that such doctors were waiting for
the new doctor draft law to go
into effect instead of volunteer
ing for active duty. Officials do
not expect to get the doctor draft
machinery into full operation for
about go dayS-or near the first
part Of December.
Many Addresses Wrong.
The draft chief also made clear
he is not concerned about draft
"delinquents" who have failed to
comply with draft board orders
because of the large number of
wrong addresses compiled during
the two years Selective Service was
almost out of business"
Gen. Hershey also said the next
group of draft-eligibles would
come from married men without
children. But he added he hadn't
yet asked the President to change
regulations which4now defer mar
ried men. -
when are you going to ask
him?" the general was asked.
"That would be telling" he re-
sponded.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Planners Urge Denial
fzoning for Property
Used as Apartment

Denial of petition for apart
ment zoning of a Silver Spring
lot which has been used for such
a purpose since 1892 has been rec
commended by the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
The recommendation was among
10 made by the commission to
the Montgomery County Council
OF the 10, the planning agency
opposed six and supported four.
The application involving the
use Of residential A property was
filed by Mrs. Clara Voneiff, owner
She asked that a portion of the
lot at 9023 Flower avenue, which
contains a large house divided
into four apartments, be rezoned
to residential c ito permit present
use of improvements thereon as
existent since construction in
1882"
Operated as Apartment House.
According to the commission,
Mrs. Voneiff apparently has been
operating the building as an
apartment house in violation OF
the county's Zoning ordinance
since she bought it in 1941.
In its opinion. the planning
group pointed out the property
is in the midst of a single-family
home development and the COM
mission has not adopted any plan
which would indicate any differ
ent or modified use" in the neigh
borhood.
Other petitions recommended
for denial are:
Chester H. Keller, residential A
to commercial D of land at Coles
vile road and Underwood drive,
Woodmoor.
D. j. Pitcherello, M. j. Klingen-
smith and L. E. Cowl, residential
A to c or commercial D of nearly
2 acres on the Rockville pike near
Edison lane.
Silver Spring Application.
Louis E. and Betty Grossman,
residential A to commercial D of
627 Sligo avenue, Silver Spring.
Mrs. Lena Marie Clifford, resi-
Dental A to commercial D of
property at Silver Spring avenue
and Piney Branch road.
Roy r. Hunt, residential A to
c of land at Barren and Gilbert
streets. Silver Spring.
Those recommended for ap-
proval are:
Mr.. Hunt, residential A to c Of
735 Sligo avenue.
c. w. and Eff1e M. COMBS. resi-
Evening star., 1950-09-25
jousting Tourney Draws
5000 at ST. karys Fair
Special Dispofeh TO The Stor

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Sept.
25.-A crowd of 5000 shrugged
off a chilling wind at the Aims
House grounds yesterday to watch
a jousting tournament which
ended the three-day st. Marys
County Fair.
Joseph Brady of Baltimore
County won in the professional
class, while Howard Gates and
mis- brother Lawrence of Prince
Georges County took second and
third places.
Bernard Clark of Hollywood,
Md, speared out a win in the
amateur class over Henry j.
Fowler, president of the fair
board. when the two rode the
course for the seventh time to
break a tie. George Ditman of
Westminster was third.