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Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14
EPWORTH

Mr. and Mrs, Leon Smith entel
tanned Nt turkey dinner IN honor
of their daughter. Virginia Ice. who
celebrated her birthday on SUNDAY
The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Ge-
erge ChNftiNch, Mr., and Mrs, Lew
IN Smith and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard ChNflnch and family MIR.
ana MrS, William Baldwin and sOa
and Miss Mildred Chalfinch Of Edge
moor Gardens, MIR and Mrs Walter
Calder OF Baltimore, and Mr.. and
Mrs, Carlton Harris and family OF
C0rdOvN, Md, Other guests were
Mary Ellen Warner and Jack and
Charlea Nelson,
MI and Mira, Lewis Smith enter
tanned Mr. and Mrs, William Bald
win ana sOn Of Edgomoor Gardens
over tho weekend and were callers
Of Mr. and Mira, Leonard Chaffinch
on saturday,
Mr. and Mira, Donald Nelson and
children were Sunday dinner guests
9t hta parenta, MIR, and Mrs. Roland
MelaOn,
Mr., and Mira, Frank Smith were
eallera Of Mr. and Mira, Harold Con
away and MIR, and Mrs, Frank An.
thony ON Saturday evening
Mr. and Mrs, George Lowe and
Mira Mary Ann Lord 0f Denton.
were Sunday callers of MIR aud Mrs.
Alfonso stuart,
Mr. and Mira, Kenneth West were
Nlait0ra OF Mr. and Mira Elmer Tuu
ON Saturday nlght and Sunday af.
terh0On were callOra Of MIR. and
Mira, Lee Carey,
Mr. Lewis Richards who colehrn.
ted hia birthday Sunday, wishes 10
thank hla friends and lot them
know he Ia feeling better
Vallera Of Mr. and Mira. !. e. I,o.
0ekermaN and daughter have bOen
Mr. and Mira, Robert Graham and
daughter Of Baltimore. Mr.. and
Mira Elmer TWll, Mrs. JOseph Dai.
lev Mr. AXel HOnengrln. Mir Lew.
Ia r. l0OcRermaN and ThOmaa I.o-
OCkerman,
Mr. and Mira Loon Adams ana
Hon ot SeNt0rd, were Sunday dinner
guepte OF hls parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Thurman Adams.
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14
SLAUGHTER NECK

Church services SUNDAY, Amll Ia
at D m Sunuay school apaAion
hlth Ninal carey. Supt An are wei
come 3 y m Worship service and
sermon by Rev VIM. a. ReVelle, 81.
AN are invited
hi we're Ia attendance for the
sunday school session Easter Sun.
day morning During the WOrHhlp
service the cholra rendered "rho
Lord q Risen Indeed" Walter Mum
az sang "'fho Holy City" accom-
panied hy Nelson bennett Rev, Re-
Nelle baptized charlotte Ann In.
sfam and Lena Mary Ingram, dAu.
ghtets at Nh and Mrs pHynter lns
gram and Wilma Jeanne Dallas,
daughter OF Nh aud Mrs, James
Dallas.
The W y G.. S met Ia the S0cial
Han Of the church on Tuesday oven
ing last Mrs Carlton CLIFTON Wda
the hostess Mrs Thomas LOGAN
gave the group very fine report Ot
the Dover District spring meeting
~ the W = G. S held Ia Calvary
Methodist Church Milford, laht
month Mrs Norton Leverage and
Mrs Helen Collins were leadura Of
the recreation ported
sunday evening guests at Mr and
I Mrs Riley Bennett were Nh and
Mrs Kari Seeger and family ot Oes
loteetoWn and MI and Mira Henry
Ninyard and son Ice at Milford.
william Warrington. grandson Of
Mrs Annie Reynolds h alill reoely
ihE treatment in the Milford Mem
oflal Hospital whore he viii remain
until saturday
Nh and Mrs Reese Stevenson
and son nnyio Visited Mr. and Mira.
william Reynolds Ia MarVua Hook
on SUNDAY
Mis Norman Workman, Mira Au
hie Green and Mrs ElWNod Steven
ION are under the care ~ their phy
stefan A speedy recovery h wished
fof them
sunday guests with Mr. aud Mira.
Norman workman ANA family were
iief and Airs Richard Green
~ Dover Nj and Mira carlton
Afeo and children Mr aud Mira.
Clarence Reed aud aon Norman.
Airs Rohort workman aud Mira.
winfield Walls 0r Milton and Mr..
and Mrs William Reed
ST. aud Mrs Harry h. prettyman
were dinner guests of their daught
~ Mrs Paul Willlmn aud family IN
Dover on Sunday
Mrs Alex shepard WAS the gueat
81 her daughter Mira John Mcbride
and husband 10 dinner on SUNDAY
ih Frederick
sunday evening guesta nf MI and
Nfa Elwo0d Stevenson a' WAnlpa
Pond were Mr. and Mira. plalold
Russell of Milton and Mr. and Mrs,
finhl Carey
M and Mrs Russell nenneu
we're dinner guests of Nlr aud Mira.
Francis Hazard near lnwea, Fri.
au1 evening
Mf aud Mrs Walter Muncy nnent
saturday afternoon IN Wllm
a Nelson BENNETT returned tn hia
studies ai Drew Seminary. Madtaon
= J on Monday after spending hla
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14
Short Course Dates
Announced For 80
la0nMnNaa lMm nlM naasl

lectNreH, recreation, t0Wra and
other eventa now being Tined up BY
the eXtenRl0n home economics
atafI For three daya, the women
viii live IN dOrmltOMea, eat "a tho
dining hall and attend meetlnga IN
UampuH bulldngH
FOLLOWING the hOmemakera'
C0urae, three day Himllar appalOn
for Delaware an CMh memherp
VIII be held June gbsgS. Mlap Jean
hee state an club anpOlAllaL re.
Velp that plaNH for the 100 hOya
and girlH include olaHRpH Ia eXhlba
itlNR, iudgNg aud gNng demon.
HtrAiiOnp IN the VarlONR an pro-
ieCt zelda Recreation, l0Nrn and
other HpeclNl pr0grNmn viii alpO
he included IA tho three day event.
Two 0f the hlghighla Ot thlh
yeNrA an Short COurap will he
the State an Tractor Operators
C0ntept and the hoyR aNl ghla'
a0fthall tournaments.
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

basis of need scholastic ranne
and all-around exlra-currcnlar ae-
uvity Men only were els=bie AS
in The past four years. Che Harfar
Scholarship holder viii receive 81
600, divided equally among bis sanr
years at the university. - lane -
ne continues CD meet elieIblrv ra-
qairements there The Hulnhen
Mitchell and Sypherd scholarship
were awarded for one wear aniv
Dut may De- rewarded to the ar-
isinal holders for each of rhe three
succeeding years. after a review 81
the scholastic record. activities. ana
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

hEfatnlafinnr are in order
ia N and Mfs fonelas Fry
Haaat aau aas bofn m the Naf.
shall hosnitai on saturday Apul
BE- has beeH named Halpb
fatdhln Prs
MfHr Catherine uoanine and
~ fheima Reed ~ Porte Rles
lahiaff af Western Maryland Cal.
iff peH fheIF sprlne taeatIap
sara Nf ana Mf A B Down
nE
huilam smith senior at
isaFinaoufh has been Tie euesi of
and Mfs AZ smifh of
afnk hIsanafr
hiiilam Supple student ~
ttstefiHf1 failese ls spending
aeafiah sIfh his parent
aha nfs William s spple
~ az fhs fannef sfaand
.toaif ere PURCHASING new
faaiH N ka ouf iaeal deal
tffs butB ~ the pres
t fhht INSTALLING fhem what 4
aHtaffini insentlaH Toe radio n.
s helfy Rafhet aeeamnap
- ~ fr.fnds ffom buillna ral
@ e spending hsf apflue ~
- aifb 90 ahd Mfa C A
aFHsf
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

fhs Vineyard shlubulidine am
aanb az Mlfurd nas fhe lowest
hieaHf sua probably nIll eet the
raHifhe f0f Befs construction
aha fefatfe hi Ihe mouth uf the
taliiaf Nifef near Milford
hle aefs upehed az fhe United
atataf EHeiheef uhre IA tho
feaefa halidinF last Monday
asHfNIHE
1oaH 81 3aflt son ~ heY
fhaaHas q fiatIs haze been made
eaHatH af the baseball team al
haaiHHiaH COLLEGE Chester
HN $50
fHfHsnut 50 EHkson. uho Is
sHflHfee H Lehea af tfaYes hnd
aHaeftuf nahfHf piaulr has puf
NHaafd fhf arofer M r8yufsf
prosperity lh pilai Tonu noa 49,
.atee ~ hahef : Walton o.
feHllf aff having sains am
H sffuuk resd futainee
lHs fafif plaHuhf a. thr demand
O. e. greater thah thr
saHHt
hahaat evening MIar Pearl
f.alnef naf ~ Ffedeflea napp
iaf tfHhf iadies and ihs young
80 Daughter ~ captain and Mfs
A i'almef aas united in
marriage fn hlefs NaaiH ~ LIN
f M eco Mfs Huaiu uill ~.
iat a Llueain and have the best
aHbre m fht community
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

t tatlnsIaf statement made
t aeea ~ uss milford Trust
fnfaHt SERVING a trustee
W IaHaef IS Heafn Edsfs
f.Hta faan Is aeif.eaplanatofy
heaisea Thaf fhf Milford Trasf
HaHs - ffHatee ~ fhe iieaFH
faafafHHaa fHne eaiahliahad
~ fae aiI ~ Louder n
aeaf aafhofItes fhe failohlnf
IataHHsffafHf Ihe hIH af ouf
Iit fe'lah fehHeman Louder A
tlfft provided ffnsf fnnd 80
Hafh faf Ntif0fd Hfnsl Company
fa#sa a. a. kaaaH - 49,
ilf taafaflaaai FHHd af ahieh
Hf IS a. 81 uasd ~ hais
aHa alaiinf fat noffhe and
aa hhftf hif aHd klfle
t FeHs h atfufns ~
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14
S69,22S,OOO State POultrv
Income Last Year
Sets Record
toonnnnea Inm nr., n.an

Nationally tho lOtN groaa IN,
como from tho Same prodNola ao,
cuNod two per cont from the roc.
ord high ot @,Naf6Ol 900 IN lNAS,
Cash receipta from aNlea t0tanod
@,00halh,0OO, on SO per cent Of the
RrOaa Income,
Egg production nationally IN
iNaO totNned h0,AN9 mllnOn egga,
two per cent moro than tho N6,ihS
mlllion total IN lNiS,
The nWmher 0f ohiuka hAtchad
BY commercial hNtohnrea IN the
nation during lNa0 Waa eatmatOd
by the bureau an l,NOt ,AiO, 900, a
considerable increase over tho 1913
total Of lg0i 100000
Delaware led an the atatea
with production 0f 10 Ner cent az
the nati0nA hrotlera IN l040 fol-
lowed by Maryland with 10 Per
cent OeorRM with nine per cent,
and Virginia and ArkAnaaa with
etght per cent each,
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14
The Past In Review
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Forty Years Ago.

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Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

Mien Aida Mae Short. ~ Hart
a aad Arlington Price uefe
ahiitd ln maiflmaHy un Mednes
aat of lass neek After a wed
afna ifip fhe young couple will
reside at q farm near narrng
fuf
Ciafehee Taylor aho has been
SPENDING Ensief in Harrington
elfh hls parents Mf and Mrs.
thafles Taylor has returned a.
ltelahafe College
aa
fhs hamofua family. Nho
tate showed a. &taytonsYille
ffun the hnfth have made q very
hhe and attractive hooking farm
naf 81 their property
o. Lincoln fht nlfes tor the
felfthfthes afe noa up and the
phones afe being installed
iiaffy ffniti bought tive acres
~ laho situated az The edge ~
Lincoln ifom william Tfuitt fof
faH1 fhia aeek
Mn Al % Chamber ~ Lents
tlHitsd hef mofhef Mfs Caf0line
taHhaH fhIs heeh
iHlH = haaa obe ~ delaware
titfsf tfuEfesrife farmers has
fnsi Installed aomefhHE neh in
tha atftsd iihes plped hot water
hea
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

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tHanff haHaue ~ fhe
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HHe Ihfff HaH hn entNf
- HhlN lasted f1f Hn
a afaafe Hhaff ana lfsnf
te NrfH0 Htf ataafdian
flaftf hfaef anhk Smiling
- t.fhNt and shannon
~ HHf Performance ainR
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Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

EAHtcr vacation AT hla home here,
Mira, Riley Bennett was given
a dellghtrNl aUrpriae party Monday
evening by her ulHteE Mira Henry
NmyHrd IN honor Of her birthday
Anniversary 0ueatp came bringing
three frpesem 0t home made Ice
cream and three home made cakea
henldpa very nice gltta Th0ae that
enjoyed the evening together were
Mr. and Mira Henry Nlnyard and
hon lsee, Mr. and Mira, George
Adams, Mr. and Mira Roy loaenh
OF Milford, Mr. and Mira, fh0man
lonea aud hoyH and Mr.. and Mira.
Roy loHonh of Milford, Mr. and Mru.
FhomNH lOneR and bOya and MIR
and Mira Hubbard Argo,
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14
Twenty Years Ago.


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Thirty Years Ago.

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Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

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globe ln enc eaurse 81 8 las
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

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islands m Loeh L
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14

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lsaa a AnaHH
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na4 aeennr
1urrnf Vincent
Milford chronicle., 1950-04-14
Ten Years AGO.

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Evening star., 1950-09-11
DR.. Roman Rites 10 Be Held
In Philadelphia Today
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11.-Fu-
neral services will be held today
for DR.. Desiderio Roman, widely
known Philadelphia surgeon.
DIR. Roman, 80, died Thursday
at st. Luke's and Children's Med
ical Center, where he had been
surgeon in chief since 1906. He
also was senior surgeon at Hahne-
mann Hospital.
He came to this country from
Nicaragua in 1889.
DR.. Roman was brother o1
President Victor Manuel Roman
Iy Reyes Of Nicaragua, who diet
here last May, and an uncle Of
the South American Republics
new President. AnaStasio Somoza
DR.. Rene Shick, charge deaf.
faires Of the Nicaraguan Embassy
at Washington, and Mai. j. j
Rodriguez, military attache, came
here for the funeral.
DR.. Roman is survived by his
widow. and q nephew. DR.. Desi-
derio A. Roman Of Philadelphia,
"a son Of the late Nicaraguan
President. He lived in suburban
Merton.
Evening star., 1950-09-11
Services Tomorrow
For Mrs. Sarah Collins

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Elizabeth Collins, a resident OF
the Washington area since 1888
will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow
in the Chambers funeral home
1400 Chaplin street NV. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs. Collins died Thursday at
her home, 1923 Kilbourne place
NV, after six months illness
She would have been 80 on Octo-
ber Z.
The former Sarah Elizabeth
Talbot, she was a member of ar
old Maryland family. Her father
Jonathan Talbot, was a magis-
trate of Point of Rocks, Md.
She was the wife of Edgar A
Collins. a retired Navy Yard EN-.
ploye and a Spanish-Americar
War veteran, who died in 1929.
Surviving are a daughter. Mrs
Nellie c. Handiboe of the Xii.
bourne place address; two sisters
Miss Gertrude Talbot Of Doubs
Md, and Mrs. Louis Young o.
Martinsburg. w. Va; two grand.
daughters, Mrs. Bernadine Hav.
erty, a teacher at the Powell Ele.
|mentary School, of the New Am.
|sterdam Apartments, 2701 Four.
teenth street NV, and Mrs. Kath.
crime Clagett, a Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. employe
of the Kilbourne place address
and two great grandchildren.
Evening star., 1950-09-11
Civil Defense
Continued From First Page. }

any further action under the
authorization.
The plans at that time called
for the reserves to receive train
ing in the use of weapons and
other police duties and wear a
uniform. The duty would have
been on a volunteer basis with no
pay.
AS the reserve police force
neared reality, it also was revealed
that the nearly 1000 men on the
police force had embarked on re-
freSher courses in first aid under
the auspices Of the American Red
Cross.
During the war. an auxiliary
police force was set up and en-
listed citizens on a volunteer
basis. They were used mainly in
trial blackouts.
The auxiliary force reached q
peak of about $500 men but 1t
is estimated that more than 5000
citizens volunteered for the duty
and served at various times dur
ing the war.
Evening star., 1950-09-11
James ]. Bell Dies;
Master PIasferer

James j. Bell. rs. retired master
plasterer. who began his career by
working on the Library Of Con-
gress building in 1892. died Of q
heart attack Saturday at his
home, 218 Vernum street NV.
A lifelong resident Of Washing
ton, Mr.. Bell was educated in the
public schools. In a career that
spanned more than half a cen
tury of this city's construction
Mr.. Bell worked on the White
House, Washington Monument
st. Martins Catholic Church and
the Internal Revenue and Chesa-
peake g. Potomac Telephone Co
buildings.
Mr.. Bell, who retired two years
ago, was a life member of the
International Association of Plas-
terers and Cement Finishers' Loca
96. He belonged to st. Gabriel's
Church at Grant Circle.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Mamie Bell, whom he married In
1902: three daughters, Mrs. Helen
Hunley, % Buchanan street NE;
Mrs. Alma Hart, 5 Mcdonald
place NE. and Miss Gertrude M
Bell Of the Varnum street address;
a son, James M. Bell, lit Hilltop
road, Silver Spring; seven grand.
children and a great-grandchild.
Prayers will be offered from Mr.
Bells home at $3.50 am. tomor-
row. Funeral services will be helc
at 9 am. at st. Gabriel's Church
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-09-11
Mrs. Howard Berger Dies; Memorial Services
Wife Of Falls Church Dentist For Mrs. Bell 10 Be FRIDAY

Mrs. Howard s. Berger. 45, wife
of a Falls Church dentist, died
yesterday at Garfield Hospital
after a long illness. She lived at
708 East Broad street, Falls
Church.
The former Janet Williams, she
was born In Baltimore but moved
with her parents to Arlington
County as a child. She received
her education at SidWell Friends
School and at Penn Hall In Cham
bersburg, Pa.
Mrs. Berger was q member Of
The Falls Church.
Besides her husband. DR.. Berger,
she leaves two sons. Howard s.
Berger, jr., 18. and William H.
Berger, Is; her parents, Mr.. and
MRS. Edgar D. Williams. 1904
North Roosevelt street, Arlington;
a sister, Miss Adele w. Williams
Of the North Roosevelt street ad-
dress, and a brother, Air Force
Mai. e. D. Williams, jr.. $500
North Roosevelt street, Arlington.
Funeral services will be held
at 8 pm. Wednesday at The Falls
Church. Burial will be in Ma
tional Memorial Park Cemetery,
Falls Church. 2&
Evening star., 1950-09-11
Thomas Davidson Dies;
Former Real Estate Man

Thomas II. Davidson, 81, a re-
tired real estate man, died yester-
day at the Cedar Haven Rest
Home, Takoma Park, after a long
illness.
A native of London, Ohio, Mr.
Davidson lived many years in
Okmulgee, Okla. On the death
Of his wife a year and one-f1alt
ago, he came here to live with a
niece, Miss Dorothy Jackson, 121
Webster street NV, a General
Accounting Office employe.
He also leaves another niece
Mrs. Charles M. Brown of 636 K
street NE, a Woodward g. 10th
rop Department Store employe
and two nephews, Kenneth c.
Robbins of 1921 Kalerama road
NV. who works for the Repub-
lican National Committee, and
Orland E. Robbins of 1914 Fifti-
eth avenue. Hillside, claims ex-
aminer with the Internal Revenue
Bureau. A brother, Samuel Day-
idson, lives in Sandusky, Ohio.
Funeral services will be held al
6 pm. today in the Hines Funeral
Home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV: Burial will be in Kirkwood
Cemetery, London. Ohio.
Evening star., 1950-09-11

1918 and with relatives opeeno
the Republic Restaurant at 91(
F street NV. For many years he
acted as manager of the restau-
rant, which became favorite eat
ing place for some of the city's
notables. He was forced to retire
because of illness several years
ago.
Mr.. Fong was past secretary
and president of the On Leone
Association, a Chinese business
organization, and was the first tc
be given the honorary title OF
Mayor of Chinatown"
A native of Canton, China, Mr.
Fong came to the: United States
with his family in 1908. In his
youth he lived in San Francisco
where he worked for a time on
the newspaper Chung Sal Vat Pao
owned by his family. This was
the first Chinese newspaper in
this country, relatives recalled.
Mr.. Fong leaves his wife. Mrs
Ii Gen Fong; three sons, Frank
Everett and Ming Fong. and q
daughter, Miss Ruby Fong, all
Of the home address,
Funeral services will be held al
II am. Wednesday in st. Mary's
Catholic Church, Fifth street be-
tween G. and H streets NV
Burial will be in George Wash
ington Memorial Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-09-11

expected to be opposed'ip Noven-
Der by Representative. John A.
Carroll, Denver Democrat.
Colorado's Democratic Govern
or, Walter H. johnson, will be
opposed either by former Gov.
Ralph L. Carr or Ray H. Bran
naman, former national COM
mander of the Veterans Of For
eign Wars, who are battling for
the Republican nomination.
Five Seek Magnuson's Seat.
Senator Magnuson's November
opponent in Washington will
come from among five Repub-
licans seeking their party's sena-
torial nomination.. They are w.
Walter williams, Seattle business
man; Mrs. Janet Tourtellotte,
national committeewoman; George
Kinnear of Seattle, Albert F..
Canwell of Spokane and Carl v.
Holman, a political unknown.
The II House seats at stake IN
Michigan have attracted 81 Re-
publican and 68 Democratic
primary candidates. Democratic
Gov. G. Mennen Williams is as
sured denomination. Representa-
tive Albert j. Engel and four
others are seeking the Republican
nomination. for Governor.
In Minnesota Gov. Luther w.
Youngdahl has four opponents in
the Republican primary Eight
Democrats are seeking their
party's nomination for Governor.
Evening star., 1950-09-11
Aubrey |. Wills III Dies; ]
GAO Claims Examiner
CONTINUED From First Page

Aubrey Lewis Mills, IS. a claims
examiner in the General Account
ing Office, died Saturday at Doc
tors Hospital after a months ILL
ness. He lived at 2316 North
Glebe road, Arlington, Va.
Born in Cartersville, Va, Mr.
Wills had been with the GAO
for the last 9 years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Margaret A. Wills; a sister and
a brother. &w s
Funeral services will be held
at 1915 am. tomorrow in the
Fitzgerald funeral home. 3245
Wilson boulevard, Arlington. Pri-
vate burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-09-11
Bride Walks Out

The case Of the missing bride
recently had sParis police guess
ing, when Francoise left her new
husband, Charles Depres, at the
wedding breakfast. She went to
make a telephone call and failed
to return. Missing, too. was a Al
year-old racing cyclist who had
written to her that he would get
a divorce and marry her. The
cyclist was described as "tem-
pestuous character who likes to
go in for stunts" The bridegroom
was so upset that he Cancelled
the reception and went home to
his mother.
Evening star., 1950-09-11
Rosh hHashonah Begins
|At Sundown as Jews
Here Attend Services

Jewish residents Of the Metro
politan Area will usher in Rosh
Hashonah, opening Of the Jewish
New Year Sill, at sundown today
with solemn services in temples
and synagogueS.
Rosh Hashonah, known as the
day of Judgment because the Jews
believe God on this day passes
Judgment on the actions Of each
person during the last year. is
observed by orthodox and con-
servative Jews for two days and
by reformed Jews for one day. 1t
ushers in a To-day penitential
period that ends with Yom kippurs
the day Of atonement. Z
Tomorrow the sound Of the
shofar, or rams horn, will be
heard. 1t is interpreted by Jews
as a warning that the destiny Of
the world is being settled for the
coming year. The shofar also Is
sounded at the end of services on
Yom Kippur. which is a day of
fasting and prayer. On Yom
Kippur, which starts this year at
sundown September 20 and con-
tinues until sundown September
81, the Jews believe books con-
tanning the fate of each person
for the coming year are closed.
Rosh HaShonah is set aside par
ticularly for prayers for peace
and prosperity for all men. and
for health and happiness for in
dividuals. Et*
All the temples and synagogues
of the District area are expected
to be filled with worShiperS to-
night and tomorrow. Most Of the
services will start at Z O'Clock to-
night and 9 am. tomorrow. Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation will
open its services in Constitution
Hall at 8 o'clock tonight and at
10:30 am. tomorrow.