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Evening star., 1950-02-11
Maryland Seeks Bids
For Road Construction
Ry the Assoeiafed Prass

b BALTIMORE, Feb. II. The
State Roads Commission is asking
for bids on improvements to high
ways and bridges and construction
of an overpass and underpass.
q Te@be built irFrederick County
are. a steel bridge to carry a county
road over the Washington Ma
tional pike and an underpass to
carry the pike over another county
road. . .....
The first county road involved
now intersectS Route 240 about
2l2 miles east of Monocacy River
The other is known as the Araby
Church road. Bids on both struc-
lures will be opened February 28
Bridges to be repaired include
one over the Potomac on U. S.
Route 301. An air navigation bea-
con is to be installed, sidewalks
replaced, two new toll booths to be
built and new traffic lanes added
A new recording toll collection sys-
tenn also will be set up. Bids are to
be opened March Z.
Road improvements include paw
ing 5.4 miles of Grain Highway
beginning at Severn Run Hill in
Anne Arundel County and resur-
facing Z miles of State Route 337
from Camp Springs toward An
drews Field in Prince Georges
County.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Buckingham Baby Sitting Coop Winds Up Its Fourth Successful Year

Buckingham, the Arlington
apartment community, believes it
has the perfect arrangement for
baby sitting.
After a four-year test, a group
of parents there pronounced their
baby sitting cooperative a highly
successful venture.
Buckingham got the idea for a
cooperative from other COM
munities. 1t was proposed by a
mother with young children and
neighbors agreed to try it.
For one thing. the parents fig
ured a cooperative would save
the expense of paying sitters-
which sometimes cost So an eve
ming. It also would assure sitters
who had experience tending their
own children.
There were only about 10 of
us at first" explained Mrs. George
Narensky or 312 North Thomas
street. But the idea caught on
fast"
The mothers take turns being
secretary for a month. Armed
with a complete membership list,
the secretary makes assignments.
"And it can get plenty rugged
on week ends when everybody
seems to want sitters," said Mrs.
Narensky. She was secretary last
month.
But there always seems to be
some one on the list who can ar
range to sit with another mem
ber'S children.
Credited for Hours.
The plan is simple. If Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Wool want to go out
one evening, they notify the Sec
retary. (Members are asked to
call her early each week, stating
which nights they need sitters, or
when they will be available to
Sit.l
The secretary either supplies
the Woods with names of people
available or she personally makes
arrangements.
The sitter informs the secretary
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Would BE JaiIbreakel
Gets 3-year Term

Paul j. Sheppard, s28, of Cord
onSville, Va, who tried to escape
from the Fairfax Jail with saw
Smuggled in by his wife, was SEN
fenced to three years in, prison
yesterday on housebreaking
charges.
Sheppard pleaded guilty to two
charges of housebreaking before
Fairfax Circuit Judge Paul Brown.
Warren Eugene Mobley. %, of
the 1400 block of N street NV,
who was arrested with Sheppard
last month on the same charges,
was placed on probation for three
years.
Judge Brown said he usually
did not grant probation for one
man and sentence another in
Ivolved in the same crime, But he
Explained records of the two men
indicated such a procedure should
be followed in this case.
/ Sheppard received a 6-month
sentence last Monday for attempt
ing to saw his way out of the
Fairfax jail. His wife was placed
on probation. The saw was hidden
in their 6-year-old daughter's
clothes.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Liquor Permit Fees
To Rise in County

Holders of the approximately
$40 alcoholic beverage licenses in
Prince Georges County will pay
more for their liquor permits dur
ing the coming year.
Linden Briscoe. clerk of the
county's Board of License Com
missioners. said renewal applica-
tions will be mailed within the
next few days. He reminded IL
cenSe owners that an increase was
authorized by the Maryland Gen
eral Assembly, effective last
June /. The renewal date is May
/, he said.
The license increases are as
follows:
Beer, wine and liquor: Glass A,
off sale. $3.50 to $500, and class B.
on sale, for hotels and restau-
rants, $500 to $3.50.
Beer and light wine: Glass A
off sale. $35 to 500: class B, on
sale, hotels and restaurants, $50
to $120; class c. on sale, clubs
$35 to 500. and class D, on sale
generally, $50 to $120.
Beer only: Class A. of sale. $2s
to $100; class B, on sale. hotels
land restaurants, $50 to 500; class
C, on sale, clubs. $25 to $l00. ant
class D, on sale generally, $50 tc
$100.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
BoYkin Speaks tomorrow
In Lincoln Program

Edward Boykin. director of the
Sesquicentennial Commission, will
be the principal speaker at the
Lincoln anniversary program to
be held at 2:30 pm. tomorrow in
the Lincoln Museum, Sill Tenth
street NV.
Mr.. Boykin will portray the
Washington scene during the Civil
War.
Program chairman, will be Rep
resentative Doyle, Democrat of
California. The program will in
clude a concert of Civil War
songs by the Army Band.
A bust of Abraham Lincoln will
be presented to the museum by the
Eloy Alfaro International Founda-
ton of Havana, Cuba. 1t will be
presented by Mrs. Karna Wilgus
wife of Prof. Curtis Wiigus of
George Washington University
Mrs. Wilgus is member of the
foundation.
DR.. Frederick Brown Harris.
Chaplain of the Senate, will give
the bendiction. The Lincoln Mu-
scum occupies the old Ford Thea
ter Building where Lincoln was
assassinated on April IA. 1865.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
speeiaI Dispatch 10 The sirr

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 11.-Stiff op-
position to bill which would les
sen authority of county and
Baltimore Welfare Boards is ex-
pected when the measure comes
UP in the House for final passage
next week.
Perry o. Wilkinson, Democrat,
leader of the Prince Georges dele
cation. said so many OF his COL
leagues have protested that he is
almost certain" it will be de-
feated.
Members of the Legislative
Council who approved the bill said
its purpose was to achieve State
wide uniformity in welfare board
activities. But Mr.. Wilkinson said
he understood the proposal
stemsned from failure of an at
tempt to dislodge from Office Miss
E. Susan Hendricks, director of
the Prince George Welfare Board.
1t. is an. out-and-olit-eff fort
Ii1e declared, Ito usurp the powers
of local boards"
The bill provides that applicants
for assistance may appeal to the
Evening star., 1950-02-11

after each assignment about the
lengths of duty. That member
then is credited with the number
of hours reported. Each time a
member uses the service, the num-
ber of hours required also is re-
corded. Bylaws prohibit men,
bers from owing" more than IL
hours, or from accumulating more
than IL.
The bylaws have other strict
provisions. Members must use
the service once a month, except
in emergencies, when leave of
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Arlington Radio Church
Announces Program

The Arlington Church of the
Air has announced the following
programs for the week beginning
tomorrow:
Daily services on Station WARL
at 8:45 am. conducted by Rev
Elmer Lucas Of the United Baptist
Church. and on Station. WEANd
at 1915 am. conducted by Rev.
Charles A. Watkins Of the Glebe
Baptist Church.
The Rev. Hedley j. Williams, of
st. Georges Episcopal Church,
will conduct services at IL am.
tomorrow on Station WARL and
at the same time Rev. Robert w,
Long, of Faith Lutheran Church,
will hold services on Station
WEAM.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

Board Member F. Freeland
Chew said mot day goes by that
I don't see some one go through
a stop sign"
II don't want police ever again
to warn stop-sign violator. Just
bring them"
Board Member Robert w. Cox
said county officials and police
should be particularly careful to
observe the law.
Mr.. Chew said he would turn
over to police the tag numbers of
any stop-sign violators he OBJ
serves. He said he did not expect
the violators to be arrested on his
report but that if they ever are
charged with other violations, he
will be glad to come in and testify
about the one he saw.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

8 Architects are the firm
Sclareier Patterson g. MnrIaslfI
and the contractor Is the dartell
Construction Co.. both of Wash
ington. Completion is expected
early next year, the silver jubilee
year Of tile parish.
The building will be of prick.
trimmed in Indiana limestone. and
will be of contemporary design.
Large windows, operated mechan-
ically, will provide an unusually
large amount of light.
Acoustical tile will make up the
interior finish and radiant heating
will be used in the floors. which
will slope toward the front.
One of two transepts will pro-
vide space for a Chapel of the
Sacred Heart.
Father Fisher has been pastor
of the church since 1945. A native
of Washington. he studied fol the
priesthood at st. Charles and st.
Mary's Seminaries in Baltimore
and at the Sulpician Seminary at
Catholic University.
His assistants at Our Lady of
Lourdes Church are the Rev. John
T. Sweeney and the Rev. Gerard
A. McWilliams.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Crockdownph, T heVioIotors
Demanded by Arlington Board

A wholesale breakdown on traf-
flc violators was called for today
by the Arlington County Board.
Board Chairman Daniel A. Du-
gan declared sit is the under
standing of the board that we
want the police to bear down on
traffic violators."
The matter came before the
board during a discussion on pro-
lection for children at school
crossings.
County Manager A. T. Lundberg
declared the time has come when
we are going to have to bear down
on speed violators."
I'VE are going to have to bring
them in here wholesale" he as
serted at the meeting in the
courthouse.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Virginia Lutherans
Quit Church Council
by the AssoeiGted Press

ROANOKE, Va, Feb. 1.-THE
Lutheran Synod of Virginia has
Withdrawn its consultative rela-
tionship from the Virginia Coun-
Gil of Churches.
The action, taken yesterday at
the concluding session of the 121st
session of the synod, will stay in
effect until. such time as the
policies of the council on certain
issues be in line with our Luth-
eran position"
The synod approved a recon-
mendation which said:
THAT we instruct the Execu-
tive Council of the synod to ap-
point a committee to confer with
representatives of the Virginia
Council of Churches as to the
conditions under which we might
resume a relationship and that
the council be instructed to re-
port with recommendations at
the next convention Of the synod
in February, 1851"
The action was prompted by
DR.. j. J. Scherer's comments on
past action taken by the Virginia
Council of Churches without au-
thority." He said the council had
absolutely no right to speak foI
all the churches represented in
matters of politics. Christian,
churches, he noted, have not as
yet been given the duty Of adj
vising citizens to vote for a GER
tain man for Governor.
The Rev. DR.. Minor G. Miller
executive secretary Of the council
said at Bridgewater last night:
1.-THE council does not, cannot
and has no desire to represent OF
speak for any of its constituent
denominations, and the councils
constitution so states"
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Maryland Editors Hear.
5maI|Conege| endorsed
For Journalism School.
BY The Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 11.-Mary-
land newspaper editors waited to
hear today what DR.. H. C. Byrd,
president of the University of
Maryland, would have to say about
a suggestion that proposed
school of journalism be set up at
one of the States smaller colleges
instead of at Maryland.
DR.. Byrd was scheduled to ad-
dress the concluding luncheon o1
the Maryland Press Association
41st annual convention.
Eugene T. Cunning, city editor
of the Cumberland Times, recon-
mended at yesterdays session that
the group consider "indorsing a
school of journalism at one OF
Maryland's smaller colleges such
as Washington College and. West
ern Maryland College"
Mr.. Cunning is chairman of a
committee appointed. IS months
ago at the request OF Dr.. Byrd to
study the possibility of establish
ing journalism school at Mary
land. The Cumberland news
said his committee
hadn't heard anything from DR..
Byrd since he asked that the
group be formed.
Nearby Weeklies Honored.
At the annual banquet last
night, the MPA gave it's better
newspaper awards" for weeklles
to the Takoma Journal of Takoma
Park Cup to eight pages, the
Montgomery Sentinel of Rockville
Cup to IL pages and the Maryland
News of Silver Spring (more than
IL pages.
Certificates also were presented
to the following newspapers for
excellence in various categories:
The Maryland News, editorial
page and promotion campaign;
the Easton Star-Democrat, edi-
torial; the Hartford Gazette of Bel
Air, by-line column. use of photo
graphs and feature story; the
Maryland Gazette of Annapolis,
front page, and the Centreville
Record Observer, editorial cam
paign and news story.
A. p. Association Elects.
The Chesapeake Association of
the Associated Press, which held
Its annual meeting for the first
time simultaneously with MPA.
elected Arnold Dame, publisher
OF the Cambridge Banner, as State
chairman.
The group voted to conduct a
news-writing contest among staff
reporters and writer's of member
papers in Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Speakers at yesterdays MPA
sessions included Hal Boyle, A. P.
columnist and former war cor
respondent; Relman Pat) NORM,
A. P. general executive, and Bel
mont FAIRIES, copy editor of The
Washington Evening Star.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Judge Gets Cigar
With Sentiment of
conference.-the
By the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 1.-THE
gentleman bandit" graciously
gave Judge Michael j. Manley a
cigar after being arraigned on six
robbery charges.
The judge put aside the stogie
handed him by Joseph Kohnen.
%, who got his nickname for his
extreme politeneSs to victims.
When he got around the unwrap-
ping it, luckily he looked it over
before lighting up.
1t was loaded with an explosive
match in the tip.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Prince Georges Heads
To Consider 3 zoninq
Requests Wednesday

Eight new applications for prop.
erty reclassifications and re.
hearing on one approved in De.
cember will be considered Wednes-
day by the Prince Georges County
commissioners.
The hearings will start at 10
am. in the County Service Build
ing, Hyattsville.
The rehearing involves a FIVE
acre tract in the $500 block OF
Edmonston road. East Riverdale
The tract was rezoned for heavy
commercial use to permit con-
struction of a new theater and
recreation center, including bowl
ing alleys.
The commissioners approved
thezpetition December
tirne the only opposition came
from the Maryland-Na Capt.
tai Park and. Planning. Commits
sio1ls ~
Beaver Hsfshts Actian ska
Wednesdays reheariIig was
ordered last month after a group
of residents headed by Mrs. Mar
garet Mattingly, asked for an op-
portunity to register their. pro-
tests. They contend the zoning
was an "encroachment" on the
residential nature of the area.
Among new petitions is one ask
ing for redistribution of a large
tract in the Beaver Heights area
for .one-family triple attached
homes and light commercial use
Joseph Deckelbaum, the petition
er, asked that property between
Fiftieth and Fifty-second avenues
and Addison road and the Chapel
Oaks subdivision be rezoned.
Another large tract on Univer-
sity lane just west of the North
west Branch, near Lewisdale, il
involved in petition to permit
construction of semidetachec
houses. The applicants are David
Finkelstein and Herman D. Paul
Takoma Rezoning Sought.
Beatrice F. Levin and Ida S
Asher have asked for apartment
and light commercial zoning OF
property at New Hampshire and
Circle avenues, Takoma Park
Archie and Henrietta Rosenblatt
have requested apartment coming
for portion of one lot on Edmon-
ston road, opposite Patterson road
East Riverdale.
Commercial zoning is sought by
the following:
Benny Bass, two lots at Thirty
seventh street and Rhode island
avenues, Mount Rainier; Ralph H
Wagner. two lots at Thirty-fourth
and Webster streets, Brentwood
William c. Ferguson, three e-fourths
Of an acre at the northeast corner
OF University lane and Riggs road
near Lewisdale, and B. O. Lown.
des Wells, one lot on Gallstir
street, west of the Baltimore bou-
levard, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

celebration of
F a irlin g ton
CVa.) Presby-
terian Church.
The observance, ,
at IL am. to-
morrow, will be
held in Centre
Theatre, 1911
Seminary road,
Alexandria, Va.
r a l 7 llQgL0n
Church, organ
lied in 1947
with 46 men,
bers, now has
Cn0 manahprS
Evening star., 1950-02-11

absence can be granted. Sitters
are not allowed to leave their
duty at any time during an eve
ming.
Complaints are filed with the
secretary. If she considers one
serious, she may call meeting
of the organization. Members
may be dropped if 10 or more
parents indicate they do not want
that member to sit for them. This
has not happened, however.
Husbands Take Most Jobs.
Although the plan was organ
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Holy Name Society
To InstuII Officers

New officers of the Holy Name
Society at ST. Michael's Catholic
Church. Silver Spring, will be in
stalled Wednesday. They are: T.
A. Kunz. president; DR.. Peter N.
Lombard, vice president; John B.
Mealy, secretary; John. N. Four
nier. treasurer, and William v.
Jouvenal, marshal.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Bill to Cut Welfare Board Power
Faces Fight in MARYLAND House

State Welfare Board if their re-
quest is not acted on within a
reasonable time" or is denied in
whole or in part. They also would
have the right of appeal when
local boards reduce or cancel
awards which have been allowed.
In addition. the State board
would be empowered to review de-
cisions of local boards or to con-
slider applications not acted on
locally within a time limit the
State board regards as reason
able" It also could make it's own
investigations and decide whether
or how much assistance would be
allowed.
The bill specifies that "all de-
cisions of the State department
shall be final and shall be binding
upon the local welfare department
involved and shall be complied
witheby the local department. At
present decisions of local boards
are nnaAz e sass =:,ss:s::: -
Another provision would require
county Commissioners afld4 HHe
Evening star., 1950-02-11
St. Johns to Hear U. S. Aide

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. II (Spe-
ciaD Kenneth P. Landon, deputy
director of the Office of Philippine
and Southeast Asian Affairs of the
State Department, will be guest
speaker at 8 pm. tomorrow at st.
Johns College. He will discuss
Communism In Southeast Asia. :"
Evening star., 1950-02-11

Tennessee. he served as Navy
chaplain during the war.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sparks now live at
9002 Manchester road, Silver
Spring. They have a son, David.
Mr.. Sparks will serve as liturgist
at both the $3.50 and II am. SER
vices at st. Luke tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

Ropert Il. Lee,
p a S t or, an
nounced today.
A graduate of
Roanoke Col
lege and of the
Southern Luth-
eran Theologj-
cal Seminary,
Mr.. Sparks, 80
came here from
his post as pas
tor of the Good
Shepherd Lu-
theran Church.
Front r oy a !,
We A natiyn of
Evening star., 1950-02-11

lied by mothers, their husbands
do much of the sitting.
I'VE mothers usually have to
stay home with our own children,
so we send our husbands" ex-
planned Mrs. Bernard Mandel, 318
North Thomas street.
Some husbands even look for
ward to sitting with. neighbors'
children, Mrs. Narensky added.
They say it gives them a chance
to do Office work-or just take an
uninterrupted snooze.
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the children than anyone" she
added. They know the sitters
who stay with them"
Originally, it was planned to
limit membership to 80. The
number of member families now
is 81, however. Recurring waiting
lists for membership give promise
of boosting the rolls even higher.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
City Schools in Virginia
Exempt From Lease Ban
Ry fhe A.sociatsd Pre,s

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. 11.-At-
torney General ]. Lindsay Al
mond's recent ruling that school
boards have no authority to lease
school property for non-school
purposes excludes city-owned
schools ;.
Assistant Attorney General Wal
ter E. Rogers announced that Mr..
Almonds ruling was directed only
at the powers of the county
boards.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

Parents may request either a
man or woman sitter, but most of
them express no preference. Chill
dren usually hope for a man, Mrs.
Narensky said, because fathers
are inclined to let them stay up
longer and also play with them
more.
II think the plan does more for
Evening star., 1950-02-11
ForestviIIe Dinner Planned

The woman's organization Of
Smiths Chapel Methodist Church,
Forestville. Va. is to hold fried
oyster and baked ham dinner at
2::30 pm. today in the Grange
Hall.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Lincoln U. Bouquet Tonight

A Founders Day Banquet,
sponsored by the Washington
chapter of Lincoln University.
Chester County. Pa, will be held
at $3.50 o'clock tonight in the
Dunbar Hotel
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Church History Teacher
To Speak in FuirIinqton

DR.. Ernest T. Thompson, pro-
fessor of church history at Union
Theological Seminary, will be the
speaker at third anniversary
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Rev.l.C. Sparks, L., Begins
Duties at Silver Sprina

The Rev. l.. c. Sparks. jr., began
his duties this week as associate
pastor Of st. Luke Lutheran
Church, Silver Spring, the Rev.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

It is now sponsoring a drive for
$85, 1000 for an educational build
ing, to be built at Leesburg pike
and Shirley highway, Fairfax, Va.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Ground 10 Be Broken
For Catholic Church in
Bethesda Tomorrow

Ground breaking ceremonies for
a new $685.. 900 Our Lady of
Lourdes Church and rectory will
be held at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
4517 East-West highway. Be-
thesda.
The Rev. Neil Gargan. Sd, pas
tor of st. Aloysius Church. will
preach at services preceding the
ceremonies.
The Rev. Elmer T. Fisher, pastor
of Our Lady of Lourdes Church,
will turn the first shovelful of
earth.
Designed to seat nearly 1000
persons. the new church will ad-
join the present parish school and
will be located on the site of the
old rectory, which has been torn
down.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

Another provision would require
county Commissioners I add tre
Baltimore city Council to match
State disbursements.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-05
Inter-Church Rites

Plans for an inter church outdoor
worship service, followed by a picnic
on Sunday. Aug. 10. at Lincoln park
were tentatively set at the monthly
meeting of the Inter Church Coun-
Gil last June 26 in the japanese Con-
gregational church.
The Methodist and Baptist choirs
will offer music for the service ac-
eorGing to present plans
Mrs. Nobu Naito of Congregational
presided as chairman. and Norma
Tada served as secretary at the
meeting Besides them, others pre-
7ent were the Rev. Emery Andrews,
Hideo Hoshide and Bob Koba, Bap-
fist; John Ikeda. Methodist; the
Rev. Andrew Otani. st. Peters; the
Rev. Tetsuo Saito, Presbyterian; and
the Rev Al Chin TSai and Ben Flu
iita. Congregational
"Udon", made by Mrs. Saku ST.
yama. was served by co-hosts, Fujita
and Mrs. Naito
The Japanese Presbyterian church
will be in charge of the next council
meeting set for Monday, july 3
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-07-05
JAPANESE AMERICAN GIRLS
TO DANCE AT YWCA AFFAIR

Two japanese Americans-Janice
Oda of 1912 Weller st. and Jane Ia
kizawa of 2O6 25th Ave. S.-will
present two acrobatic dances during
the intermission floor show of the
"Firecracker Hop, a post-holiday
celebration which will be held this
Saturday night, July 8, in the Cen
trail YWCA. The dance, sponsored
by former Cosmopolitan club mem
bers, is open to men and women in
this district.
The japanese dancers are students
of the Helen Chase Dance studio.
Music will be by the Oscar Holden
Trio, and dancing will be from $50
to 1l:30 pm.
Admission will be fifty cents.