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Evening star., 1950-03-18
$4,000 Permit Tops
Total Of S488,565
Issued in District

Building permits issued during
the last week by the Central Per-
NIT Office, Room 108, District
Building. had a total valua ton
Of $488,565. Largest permit was
for $4,000.
Among permits were the fol-
lowing:
uasl. washington lnIststa Terminal Co., owner, 80
architect; to erect steel addition to rail-
Toad station, 80 Massachusetts avenue
N Eusene sG s0is B ScSeSo' casey owner and builder
tsst s.or2 2sOs srik street SM f greet soqr
land avenue Ne. to cost $50, 900. 0d' '''
seee NK kofs E gaFe bgser 4$S lnE5fham Ts
Park; to erect one s-story brick ana An- ma
sonrg rgst dyeIins ss6 6So 1908 Spruce drive NV
ss wc0u14as S"ase gfes4ss sssfb buldsF HdE
9iol Twenty;ninth street NV; Donald H.
to erect one 2-story brick dwelling. $3.50
orsgEp H{}aon aVeRus @arh.N NV to cost sa9093
road NV; c. j. saxer Construction n Co. @.
Smith, architect, s1o Eighteenth Street
e units. 1910 S sS street N.W sOnt9 to cost cost
": c. & A. N. Miller Development Co..
avenue NV, Edward R. Spano architect;
TO erect one 1-Story brick and stone dwell
Ing, 1925 Glenbrook road NV, to cost
W. c. g. A N Miller Development Co.,
owner and builder, 1880 Massachusetts,
avenue NV: Edward R. spano, architect;
block dwelling. 504l Loughborough road
NV. to cost 100000.
Paulo De Castro, owner, 4420 Connecti- |
cut avenue NV; Marvin J. Duncan Co.,
builder, 4420 Connecticut avenue; Quentin
Ruiter, architect. 4420 Connecticut avenue
NV; to erect one STORY brick dwelling.
$4,000.
MI and Mrs, Theodor Taxin, owner and
builder. 212 Adams street NE; Frank G;
sinssr-slSsf sSslliRss @
s64s % Aibemarie ae street 9st NV. oIS Louis Pefna
SON Iac bqldsr WS'as 5Ge Eye siyet stse
St stone dwelling, 5112 d3o Thirty-third street
selected; z T. Wilcox architect North
AanshSa ana d~n one s'GEs SIfs
NJ. B, Swanson owner and builder,
1926 Chestnut street NV: Louis R.
Moss, architect, Alexandria, Virginia; toI
erect one I-story brick and cider-b block
dwelling, 5000 Thirty-third street NV;
to cost $4,000.
Delano District Corpora ton, owner
1929 Vermont avenue NV; Aldon Con-
struction Co, builder, 1923 Vermont
fsa aen aSenue fchtss a6 4ea
eight 2-story brick and cinder-btock
DWELLINGS,, 1901 through 20 whittier place
NV; to cost $4,000 each.
Charlotte Corbin. owner, 1854 Third
street NV; Jordan Construction Co.
builder, S25 r street NV; r. c. Archer,
n architect, 215 Florida avenue NV;
to erect one 2-story brick and cinder-
block DWELLING AIS Anacostia avenue
NE; to cost $1,000.
Evening star., 1950-03-18
GerhoIz and Nelson
To Visit Europe

Robert P. Gerholz, president of
the National Association of Real
Estate Boards. and Herbert U.
Nelson, executive vice president,
will leave Thursday for two
week visit to Great Britain, Bel
GUM and France.
They will arrive in London Fri
day by plane, remain in England
for week. spend two days in Bel
gium, and then stay five days in
France. They are scheduled to
return to New York April g..
Evening star., 1950-03-18
District Rental
Housing Center

Rental housing applications re-
ceived by the District Housing
Center. 1400 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. during the last week totaled
270. of which 234 were new and
SO were re-applications.
OF the total, 251 sought rental
dwellings and 19 wanted rooms.
In the same period, 56 dwellings
were listed for rent, plus 10 rooms.
Evening star., 1950-03-18
$4,000 Given to Foster
ModuIur Coordination

The sum Of SIS, 1000 is being con-
tributed by manufacturers of
building materials and equipment
to encourage adoption of modular
coordination to cut construction
costs, Charles M. Mortensen, man
aging director of the Producers
Council, said today.
The American Institute of
Architects is co-sponsor of the
modular coordination drive.
Evening star., 1950-03-18
Realty Sales Conference
To Be Held Tuesduy

The second sales conference to
be sponsored by the Washington
Real Estate Board will be, held at
8 pm. Tuesday in the Washington
Gas Light Co. auditorium with G.
Calvert Bowie and Robert O.
Clouser as speakers. D
Mr.. Bowie's subject will be real
estate financing, while Mr.. Clouser,
director of planning for the Dis
trict zoning Commission, will dis
cuss zoning laws.
Evening star., 1950-03-18
Architects Slate Party

The Association of Federal
Architects will hold a spring party
at 6 pm. Friday in the Carlton
Hotel. Roy E. Guard is new presi-
dent of the group. Other officers
are A. A. Gustafson, vice presi-
dent; q. E. Corey, treasurer, and
Edward F. Janke, jr., secretary.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

of wood floors. has recently be-
come widely popular with house
holders as a preservative for floor
coverings. A thin layer applied to
linoleum will, in addition to add
ing life and beauty to linoleum,
also make a perfect surface for
waxing if waxing is desired.
Wallpaper preservatives and
cleaners always get a certain
amount of play" but. shellac,
properly used. will achieve good
results more economically. Orange
shellac will antique the wallpaper
on a screen or on rooms walls,
to rich glowing brown of age.
White shellac, similarly applied,
will leave the colors almost un-
changed, but will render the paper
spot proof and washable with a
damp cloth.
If one of the backed hooked
rugs or carpets in the home is
losing it's body, a number of coats
of shellac applied to the back of
the carpet will add life and dur
ability and will also assist in keep
ing the rug fiat.
Because shellac is one of the
least expensive of all good fin
ishes and hence an economy item
much in demand, it has increased
its popularity consistently as a
floor, wall and furniture finish
during the recent years of rising
prices. -
A group of manufacturers in
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Godgets
News About
Developments
In Equipment
By D. M. Derwin

In finishing furniture at home
preparation of the wood is as vital
as the careful application of the
finish.
A better finished product will
be the natural result, where old
paint and enamel finishes are re-
moved down to the raw wooc
and the bare surface is carefully
rubbed with No. 90 steel wool
followed by No. 90 sandpaper tc
obtain a smooth surface before
reworking.
AS a sealer' and undercoat fol-
varnish, Shellac is time-tested
Home-owners and handy mer
about the house, often find shell.
lac cheaper and better: than other
products with which they have ex.
perimented. A good undercoat
for lacquer must resist lacquer
solvents; must bond firmly with
the wood and the lacquer tor
coat; must have similar coeffici-
ents of expansion and contraction;
must be an effective sealer for al
spots and stains in the woods. Ir
all these requirements, shellac has
proved itself an ideal sealer anc
undercoater.
Shellac, long known and useo
as an excellent finish for all types
Evening star., 1950-02-11

1t. Col. Thomas j. Hayes, as
sistant engineer commissioner of
the District, will speak at a meet
ing of the Washington Building
Congress at 1890 pm. Monday
in the Mayf1ower Hotel. Owing
to illness, w. E. Reynolds, COM
missioner of public buildings, who
previously was scheduled to speak,
was unable to appear. His ad-
dress will be delivered at a later
date.
Col. Hayes will discuss the eff
fact of atomic explosions on struc-
lures. He has been assistant en-
gineer commissioner since March
last year. For three years prior
to that, he was military attache
in London.
During the war, Col. Hayes sup
ervised construction operations
north of the Arctic Circle. in
Greenland, and was also associ-
ated with the Alaska highway
and the Canal project.
Evening star., 1950-02-11
DC. Building Permits
Total S477,9OO in
Value for Week

Building permits were issued by
the Central Permit Bureau, Room
8. District Building. during the
last week, having a total value of
$477, 900.
Among permits were the follow
ing:
Ornstein Construction Co., own
er. builder and architect, Be-
thesda; to erect % 2-story brick
and cinder-block dwellings, 500
% and 501-27 Oneida street and
5916 and 20 Sizth street NE, to
cost $161 900.
B. L. Munitz g. Son, owner and
builder, 403 Sixth street S.W.; to
erect one 3-story brick and cinder-
block apartment 90 units, 2901
Wilson Circle Sc; to cost $50,-
900.
B. L. Munitz & Son, owner and
builder; George T. Santmyers, ar
chitect; to erect one 3-story brick
and cinder-bl apartment C
units, 463 Newcomb street Sc;
to cost $4,000.
Elmer B. Young, owner, 833 L
street NE; Cory Construction Co.,
builder. 927 Eighteenth street
NV; George T. Santmyers, archi-
tect. 2209 L street NV; to erect
five 2-story brick and cinder- block
flats q units, 1101-3-5-7-9 Six
teenth street NE; to cost $3.50, ,000
GIenbrook Road Home.
Karl j. Albrecht, Bethesda, Md,
owner; Charles G. Hobbs, builder,
Silver Spring Md; Elmer Cappel-
mann, architect, Alexandria; to
erect one 2-story brick and cinder-
block dwelling, 5035 Glenbrook
road NV; to cost $4,000.
Harry Sperling, owner, 1920 Sew
enth street NV: builder not Sc
lected; Abraham Waronoff, archi-
tect, lilo Thirteenth street NV;
to erect two 1-story brick and
stone stores (retaiD, 601-605 Di-
vision street NE; to cost $25, 900.
Grace G. Goodman, owner. 612o
Oregon avenue NV; Robert
Goodman, builder, 6120 Oregon
avenue NV; H. Clay Ashby, ar
chitect. Silver Spring, Md: to
erect one 1/2-story brick, cinder-
block and stone dwelling, 5000
Llnnean avenue NV: to cost $20,-
600.
Douglas L. Lewis, owner, 1904
Fourteenth street NV; builder
not selected; Howard H. Mackey,
architect. 1880 U street NV; to
erect one 2-story brick and cinder-
block and frame dwelling, 50O6
East Capitol street, to cost SIS, 900.
Two $4,000 Houses.
Lamon g. Henderson, owner and
builder, 1920 Wisconsin avenue
NV; Warren Shoemaker, archi-
tect, 5000 Wisconsin avenue NV:
to erect two 1-story brick and
frame dwellings, 2718 and 2724
Stephenson lane NV, to cost
$4,000 each.
Maurice D. and Evelyn B. Holtz-
man, owners, 5105 Second street
NV; w. H. Bacon, jr., builder
and architect, Annandale, Va; to
erect one 2-story brick and Gin
DER block dwelling, 1913 Roxanna
road NV, to cost $4,000.
Harry Milzman, owner, 1928
Fourteenth street NV; builder
not selected: Edmund w. Drey-
fuss, architect, 1919 Fifteenth
street NV; to erect one 2-story
and basement brick and cinder-
block dwelling, 1914 Northgate
road NV, to cost $4,000.
c. E. Keller, owner, 1246 TAYLOR
street NV: builder not selected:
w. H. Melton, architect, 1916 Tay-
lor street NV; to erect one l.
story brick, cinder-b block and
stone dwelling, 7O49 Thirty first
street NV. to cost $40 o0n
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THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C. = B-3


terested in bringing detailed in
formation on how to use shellac
for best results has prepared an
18-page handbook of information
Evening star., 1950-02-11
Building Congress to Hear
Col. Hayes; Reynolds iii

P. Y. K. Howat. president of
the Building Congress, will pre-
side at the meeting.
Evening star., 1950-02-11

which they offer free to readers
of this column who write them
requesting a copy. ..S
Evening star., 1950-02-11
OPEN SUNDAY, l TO 5

TO REACH: Oaf Wilson Boaievard
past Glebe Road approximately 10 blocks
to N. Kensinetos. Right one block to
home.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-10
Birthday Surprise

Nancy, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Swank was happily surprised
last Saturday afternoon when sc
little friends gathered at her home
in honor of her sixth birthday ami
versary. Many beautiful gifts were
received.
The afternoon was spent in play
ing games and listening to phono-
graph records, after which dainty
refreshments were served by Mrs
Swank assisted by Mrs. Paul Augs-
burger, Mrs. Denver Augsburger and
Mrs. Charles Emans.
Present were Sandra Kay and
Larry Dillman, Sue and Shirley
Swank, Jimmy Lynn Mumma, Sandy
Edie, Patricia Ann Guider, Carol
Jean Triplehorn, Janice and Jeanie
Oberly.
Jimmy Irwin, Raejean and Ron
ME Zimmerly, Sherry Lynn Oberly,
Mike and Gregg Emans, David Mont
gomery, Arol and Jim Augsburger,
Roger Benroth, Ray Rugby, Linda
and Billy Swank and the little
hostess, Nancy Swank.
Regrets and gifts were sent by
Sherrie Ann Basinger and Julie Ann
Klingler.
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Pleasant Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Jennings
were Sunday evening guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Bowers and family.
Past week callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Jennings and son were, Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Watt, Thomas
Fleming, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Watt,
Ronald Watt, Mr.. and Mrs. Karl
Huber, Mrs. Donna Barnes, Mrs.
Sarah Oates, Mrs. Ruth Jennings
and sons, Misses Marlene Gleason,
jeanne Barnes, Betty Blosser and
Deloris Hauenstein.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Huber and
Darrell Lee and Mr.. and Mrs. K. X.
Huber spent Monday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Vandemark and
family of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berdell Huber and
Mr.. and Mrs. Garnette FoltZ attend
ed the Department of Ohio, American
Legion Convention at Cleveland over
the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Vandemark and
family were Sunday evening dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. X. K. Huber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Basinger at
tended the Golden Wedding of Mr..
and Mrs. David Steiner, Pandora,
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Cora Huber and granddaugh-
ter Sondra spent several days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes and
jeanne.
The Win One Glass of Beaverdam
Methodist church will sponsor an
ice cream social on the church lawn
Saturday night beginning at $50
p. m. Sandwiches, cake, pie, coffee
will also be served.
August meeting of the w. S. c. S.
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Nellie Huber this Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaylord Ballinger of
Lima and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Plekard,
Toledo called on Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Blosser and family, Sunday after
noon. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Blosser
and Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Jones call
ed in the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Jennings
and sons We're Friday evening visit
ors of Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt and
family.
Sunday afternoon callers at the
Guy Younkman home were Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Younkman and Bernard
Gratz. Evening callers were Mr..
and Mrs. Virgil FARRELL and Mr.. and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-10

Six Bluffton boys are representing
Scout Troop 56 at the Explorer En-
compment at Wright-Patterson All
Force Base in Dayton this week.
They are: David Bixel, Ronald Con-
away, James Green, James Hender-
son, Richard Patterson and Mari
Watkins.
Each year the Boy Scouts of
America in Ohio in cooperation with
the United States Air Force spon-
sor this camp for boys IA years of
age or older, which is held on the
Air Force Base.
The boys live in the air force bar
racks, eat in the mess hall, and are
permitted to participate in all OF
the privileges enjoyed by the per-
sonnel assigned to the base, such as
swimming, movies, gymnasium and
athletic fields.
While there they are given in
struction in all of the various activi-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Cole and
family have returned after spending
their vacation with relatives in
Michigan.
Mrs. Cynthia Elliott entertained at
a family dinner on Monday evening.
Roasting ears were served as a
family custom once annually in the
old home. Attending were: Mrs.
Ralph Sneary and children Karen
and Judy of Bradentown, Fla, Mr..
and Mrs. /. w. Byerly, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Byerly and son Greg of
Lima, Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell Ceffin,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Van Meter and
family, Mrs. Kate Bassitt and Mrs.
| Cynthia Elliott.
Mrs. Helen Bassitt and grand
daughter of Palmetto, Fla, are visit
ing Mrs. Kate Bassitt and other
relatives here.
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Meter, Mrs
Wava Amstutz and Mrs. Cynthia
Elliott are attending the women's
camp at Camp Palmer this week.
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Bluffton's Softball Teams Show
Up Well In County Tournament

Bluffton's two softball teams have
been giving a good account of them
selves in the Allen county softball
tournament at Lima, with the Trip
lett nine remaining in the running
for the title and the Koontz-Hauter
team winning two games before
dropping out in play to determine
the quarter-fnalists.
Victors in their first three starts,
the Triplett crew will continue their
bid for tourney honors in a quarter
final contest with Lima Loan at
7:3O p. m. this Thursday on the
Faurot park diamond.
Lima Loan eliminated the Koontz-
Hauter outfit from Bluffton Mon
day, 3 to 0, and will face their Sec
ond Bluffton competition in success
sion in the quarter-fnal contest
Wednesday.
While Koontz-Hauter was losing
Monday night, the Triplett crew de-
feated Lima Ordnance No. 2 by a
score of 8 to 3, behind Gene Beach's
six-hit pitching.
In other games of the last week,
Triplett topped Grace S. s., IL to 0,
with John Stonehill giving up only
four hits to gain the shutout victory.
Koontz- Hauter on the same night
bested Lima Packing, IL to 2, and
Russell gave up only two hits for
the victors.
The box scores:
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|OrientatiOn For
College Freshmen

Orientation of incoming freshmen
for the routine of college life, a
pragram which has proved it's work
at Bluffton college in recent years,
will be continued this fall with
conditioning program for first-year
students, scheduled from September
s through IL.
First event fthe fall term on
the college calendar, the orientation
program will mark the opening of
the 1950-51 school year on the
campus, with the start of regular
classroom work set for Thursday
morning, Sept. Ia.
In the orientation of freshmen,
first-year students arriving four days
before upper-classmen, will take
tests, receive counselling on courses
of study and enjoy social program
in the weekend setup extending from
Friday, Sept. 8, until the following
Tuesday.
Popular Practice
Orientation programs have been
widely adopted in the nations col
leges and universities, thereby pro-
viding an opportunity for freshmen
to become familiar with college life
before they are engulfed in the busy
schedule of the fall term.
Following the four-day schedule
for freshmen orientation, Bluffton
college sophomores and upper class
students will arrive on the campus
Tuesday, Sept. IL, for registration.
Freshman registration will be on the
following day.
Physical examinations will be held
on both days: For freshmen and
sophomores on Sept. II and for
juniors and seniors on Sept. 13.
Early indications point to good
registration of both freshmen and
upper class students for the opening
of the regular fal lterm of instruc-
tion on Sept. Ia.
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Mrs. Nolan Younkman.

Mrs. Nolan Younkman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nolan Younkman
left Monday morning for Anderson,
Ind, where Nolan is enrolled at col
lege.
Danny and Charles Lee Younkman
are spending several days with Nor
man and Richard Yeunkman at the
Phillips home.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. L. Huber and son Dale were
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lanto, Defiance;
Mr.. and Mrs. A. V. Osborne, Circle
vile and Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. May
nard and daughters Eta 10 and
Sally of Columbus.
Miss Nellie Huber and Mrs. Lille
Fett spent Friday with Mrs. Hazel
Hess and family of Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hess and
family were Sunday evening guests
of Mrs. Lille Fett and Miss Nellie
Huber.
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Bluffton Scouts Are Spending Week
At Wright Field, Army's Big Air Base

ties involved in the operation OF
this great base.
They are oriented in all opera
tions involved in the preparation OF
the flight from briefing, weather
planning, plane inspection, and ac-
tual flying. They are taken Tor a
flight of one hour over the city OF
Dayton to acquaint them with its
myriad activities of keeping plane
aloft and on its course.
The boys were taken to the base
last Sunday by the local Explorer
Advisor, Ralph K. 9TH, who will
escort them on a tour of inspection
of some of the points of interest in
the city of Dayton, on Saturday
afternoon. They will return to
Bluffton on Saturday evening.
A few drops of kerosene in a
solution of soapy water will remove
rust from porcelain.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-08-10
Wedding Ceremony
In Mt. Cory Church

Miss Judith Montgomery, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mont
gomery of Bluffton and Roy Singer,
Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Sing
er, Sr., of Bloomdale, were married
in a double ring ceremony at the
Mt. Cory E. u. B. church, July 26
at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Earl Leist
officiated.
The couple was attended by Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Hall of Ada. The
bride was attired in white and her
flowers were white rosebuds. The
groom was in navy dress uniform.
They left on a honeymoon through
the eastern states.
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Receives College
Business Degree

Dean Ferguson of Riverside, Calf,
a former Bluffton student and grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Rauen-
buhler of North Main street will re-
ceive the degree of Bachelor in Busi-
ness Administration with a major
in foreign trade accounting from
Woodbury. college, Los Angeles, Fri
day.
He has already accepted a posi-
tion in that capacity in the Los
Angeles office of the Weyerhauser
Steamship lines. Weyerhauser is
is one of the principal companies
handling intercoastal shipping in
that area.
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Gets Certificate
As Pharmacist

Karl Denison of Findlay has been
granted a pharmacy certificate by
the State Board of Pharmacy, it
was announced the first of the week.
He is the son of Mrs. Bessie Deni-
son formerly of Bluffton. His
grandfather was the late Rev. M. e.
Todd, pastor of the Bluffton and
Rockport Presbyterian churches.
Denison was graduated from Ohio
Northern university, Ada, la t
spring. He previously served one
year with the Navy before entering
upon his pharmacy studies. He is
now assistant manager of the Mar
ion store of the Gallagher drug
chain.