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Evening star., 1950-09-25
Pollution Of Streams
Reduced in Virginia,
Council Report Says
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. u.s.
Pollution of Virginia streams,
constantly increasing up to 1946.
now is on sharp downgrade, the
Advisory Council on the Virginia
Economy said today. :.
The statement came in one Of q
series of six study reports made to
the councils Water Resources
Committee and prepared by A. H.
Paessler, executive secretary of
the State Water Control Board.
Describing the activities Of the
board since it was established by
the General Assembly in 1916, the
study cites figures showing sharp
reductions in raw sewage and un-
treated wastes entering Virginia
streams,
Since 1946, industrial wastes en-
tering streams have been reduced
from an amount equal to the raw
sewage from a city Of 807 900 in
habitants to an equivalent of
351 900.
The report explains that the
Water Control Board functions as
an investigative agency which re-
ports the locations and types of
pollution and as a certif1cation
agency without whose approval no
sewage or industrial wastes can be
discharged into any stream.
Where sources of pollution ex-
listed before 1916. they can be con-
tinued temporarily until the owner
can develop industrial process
changes or treatments to purify
the discharges.
There is still a long road ahead
before all the pollution problems
of Virginia are solved" MIR. Paess-
ler says in the report. ''The
progress that has been made is en-
couraging. but we must not re-
lax our efforts If we are to &C
complish our objectives."
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Silver Spring Meeting Set
On Plans for Y Cottuqe

Plans for the establishment of
a "Y" cottage to offer recreation
for teerl-agers and young adults
in the Silver Spring area will be
discussed at a meeting at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the Service Aid
building in Jesup Blair Park.
The program will be jointly
sponsored by the County YWCA
and the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commis-
sion.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Curly Byrd Day Planned
October 6 at CrisfieId
Special Dispaieh 10 The Stor

CRISFIELD. Md, Sept. 25.-
One of Crisf1eld's most distin-
guished native sons, DR.. H. c.
Byrd. president of the University
of Maryland. will be honored by
residents october 6.
The day will be known as Curly
Byrd Day" and will be climaxed
with a reception at $3.50 pm. in
the armory. A bronze plaque
bearing DR.. Byrd's likeness will be
presented to him at that time.
Other events planned for the
celebration include a talk by DR..
Byrd before an assembly of all
elementary and high school stu
dents during the afternoon at
Crisfield High School and a ain
ner at 6 pm. in the Masonic
Temple. .
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Fredericksburg Picks
Council Committee Heads
SpeeiaI Dispatch TO The stzr

Special Dispatch TO The Stzr
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Sept.
25.-President Francis B. Could
man has announced appointment
of IL City Council committee
chairmen. They are:
Finance. M. Percy Embrey: pub
lie property, Arthur R. Smith;
streets, Herman L. Sullivan;
water, c. Cephas Freeman; ordi-
nances. John B. Young; public
interest. DR.. Charles K. Martin,
jr.; lights. Edward H. Cam, jr.;
health and welfare, Mrs. Gladys
Cooke; police, DR.. Richard Lanier;
school, Walter N. Chinn, jr.; fire,
8. E. Perry. and claims, Mr..
Gouldman.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Wythe All Team Wins
AT Livestock judging
BY the Associoted Press

BLACKSBURG, Va, Sept. 25.
-Wythe County's All Club live
stock judging team won State
honors and the right to COM
pete at the International Live
stock Exposition in Chicago at
the State finals here.
The Shenandoah team placed
second in the contest Saturday.
Team members are:
Bobby Neff, who placed second
in individual competition; Cor
don Bowman, who tied for third
in individual competition with
Buddy Burner of Page; and
David Beaver.
Evening star., 1950-09-25

christmas Seal
sale in Mont
gomery County.
His appoint
ment was an
nounced by DR..
j. w. Bird, ,
president of the
M o n t G omery
County Tuber-
culoSiS ASSocia-
ton. Inc an
nual seal sale
opens Novem-
ber 20 and con-
tinues through
Christmas.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Cleveland Charm Lies 18th Century Merqed With 10th

for sale in Cleveland Park are
some running in price as high as
$25 900, it is possible to own a
pretty home there costing not
more than $4,000 for both house
and lot. Lots can be had for as
low as 81, ,000-$100 cash and $40
a month. Lots in one Of the most
desirable sections of the park
50x100 feet-with 15-foot alley.
with ample room for stable, can be
purhased for about $2.40o. Good
lots, so feet wide. near Connecti-
cut avenue, can be had for about
$4,000"
Purchasers were to build a
house costing at least $500. It
is quite evident that even at 1910
prices almost all of them went
far beyond that minimum.
An attraction not mentioned in
the advertisement. was the op-
portunity to build near the great
esates that had long given the
area an aura of fashion, Twin
Oaks and Woodley.
Thousands have driven by them
IN Macomb street and Cathedral
street, noticed the big gates. the
wooded expanse and wondered
what lay beyond.
Both Twin Oaks and Woodley
were 36-acre estates. Both were
split in two before World War I
Twin Oaks, built in the 80s, was
the country home of Gardner
Green Hubbard, wealthy Wash
ington lawyer whose town house
was at Dupont Circle. One Of hi.
daughters married Alexander
Graham Bell, inventor of the tele.
phone. Another, who inherited the
place, married his cousin, Charlie.
Bell, who was president Of the
American Security and Trust Co
She sold it to the Chinese Govern.
ment for an embassy about II
years ago. It reminds one of the
Currier & Ives prints of the Hud-
son River mansions.
Tregaron Covers 18 Acres.
Tregaron, next door, which alst
occupies 18 acres is like the show
places on the north shore of Lont
Island before they were sold fol
Soviet missions, schools and mon
asteries. It is perfectly mani
cured. The greens Of its nine
hole golf course are f1awless emer.
aid. A staff of about 80 keep j
up for the owners, the former Am,
bassador to Russia and Mrs. 10.
Iseph E. Davies. They are no
there now. A sign on the dool
says: Send all kilograms to Pau
Smiths, N. Y" (an Adirondack
resort). Woodley's newer half i.
Single Oak, the Swiss legation
Its lawns are close-clipped anc
green. It was there that Henry
Agard Wallace. whose sister i.
the Minister'S wife. spaded his vic.
tory garden during the war.
But Woodley itself has lost it.
glory. The big house, built II
1900 by Philip Barton Key, al
uncle Of Francis Scott Key, i
empty. It has been bought for &
school but zoning regulation
stand in the way of it's use fo
such purpose. It was the Wash
ington home Of Henry l.. Stimson
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretar.
of War. The grass is high in thu
croquet court where Cordeu Hui
played.
MIR. Stimson always was a bi
scornful about his Junior playing
la ladies game. He tried to keer
his weight down batting the bal
around the squash courts. Boys
have broken the windows in the
stables. Fallen trees block the
paths through the woods. Hawks
fit about the treetops and the
bark Of the fox is heard at night
But that will not be for long
A real estate syndicate has bought
IA of its 18 acres and they soor
will be subdivided for luxury
homes.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
D. c. Democratic Club
Indorses Advisory Unit

The District Democratic Club
yesterday indorsed the establish
ment of Citizens Advisory Coun-
Gil to assist the Commissioners.
The club, meeting at the Dupont
Plaza Hotel. voted Endorsement
after a discussion of the proposal
by Herbert P. Leeman, president
of the Federation of Citizens AS
sociations. The federation began
the movement for council.
Evening star., 1950-09-25

dental A to B (two-family) of GIG
Sligo avenue.
Leland M. Hedgcock, residential
A to G. of 10 Maple avenue, Ia
koma Park.
Stewart Bainum, residential A
to B of property at Carroll and
Garland avenues. Takopa Park.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Fairfax Expects u. S. TO Seek
Sites Farther Out in DISPERSION

care Of its schools now" There
would also be disqualification. po-
licing and other services to be
provided.
Water Supply Problem.
AS MIR. Brookf1eld sees it, the
real problem Of locating In Fair.
fax County is water and sewage
disposal. He said the water.
supply problem, while expensive
could be worked out. He saw
the sewage-disposal problem az
more serious.
Aside from the Potomac the
chief water sources are these:
Bull Run. It is already the
source for Manassas.
Occoquan Greek. There are now
reservoirs on the creek to sup
ply Alexandria and the District
Reformatory.
Accotink Greek. It is the water
source for Fort Belvoir.
A town of $4,000 near a Gov.
ernment building. however, would
offer a serious sewage problem
and the danger of polluting the
streams used by others as a water
source. he said.
Well Served by Highways.
The county is well served by
highways although the congestion
on some Of them as they neal
Washington is serious.
The chief route is the Shirley
Highway, a divided lane, limited
access highway to Colchester
where it joins U. S. Highway
No. / 1t provides quick access
to the southern end of the county
in about 40 minutes-and places
the motorist in Prince William
County in less than an hour.
U. s. Highway No. so cuts across
Fairfax County to the southern
end Of Loudoun County.
Virginia Highway No. z serves
the north end Of Fairfax County
and continues on through Lees
burg in Loudoun County. Heavier
traffic would necessitate widen
ing it. but it has a broad right
of way.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
DonviIIe Editor Gets Post

RICHMOND, Sept. Is (P).-
Charles w. Crowder, former man.
aging editor of the Danville Com
mercial Appeal. yesterday took
over the editorship of the tabloid
newspaper published monthly by
the Virginia American Legion. He
succeeds Russell B. Devine Of
Richmond, who resigned.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
By George Kennedy

When you Qr1Ve OUT ConnectlcuC
avenue you cross the Taft Bridge
over Rock Greek valley. The
Shoreham and the Wardman Park
hotels are on the left. Then
you cross another bridge over the
Klingle Greek valley and the Up
town Theater is on the left in
a space cut out of hill. The
larger and older houses of Cleve-
land Park are on that hill.
The passing motoriSt might well
turn to the left in Newark street
and drive around in Cleveland
Park. It is one of the most in
teresting parts of the city-and
full of surprises.
It is named after Grover Cleve-
land who built a summer house
IN the neighborhood of Newark
and Thirty-fourth streets in 1885
just after he married Frances
Folsom, the daughter of his law
partner. It was called Red Top.
Fortunately for Cleveland's
name, the house was pulled down
years ago. It was an amazing
looking affair almost surrounded
by a double-deck masonry porch
with multiple arches. It seemed
to call for a pennant flying from
every pinnacle. Just as Presi-
dent Grants name has been as
sociated with the manSard roof,
the gay summer hotel architec-
ture of the COS might become
known as the Cleveland style.
7 Neighborhood Has Charm.
Cleveland Park has charm. Most
of the old houses were built dur
ing the William Howard Taft ad-
ministration (1909-1913. Some
of them have 100-foot porches with
porte-cocheres and carriage houses
in tn rear. The trees are mag
nificent. Some OF them are old
oaks from the woods that used
to cover the. hill.
In the Franklin D. Roosevelt
administration. Cleveland Park
found favor with well-to-do Gov
ernment people, especially those
from the Middle West. With its
shaded lawns and well-spaced
houses, it was the kind of choice
residential section they knew
Maple avenue all over again.
Despite it's relative recentness
Git was all built up in this CEN
tury), there are Washingtonians
under the impression that Cleve-
land Park is entirely old-fash-
ioned. But not the leadership
of the Federation Of Citizens AS
sociationS.
A realization that Cleveland
Park is different came when the
validity of racial covenants was
being debated in the courts. There
are no such covenants in the
Cleveland Park deeds and move
ment was started to get property
owners to sign agreements not
to sell to Negroes. Many re-
fused. Mrs. Avery Coonley Of
Rosedale. a VaSsar graduate Of
the late 90s who inherited for
tune from the Ferry seed busi-
ness in Michigan, was one Of
them. Mrs. Coonley is one of the
largest property owners in Cleve-
land Park.
Citizens Debate Issue.
This difference among the
Cleveland Parkers came to a head
at a meeting of the Cleveland
Park Citizens Association. A de-
bate on the report of the Presi-
dents Committee on Civil Rights
had been arranged between Cliff
ford H. Newell, then president of
the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations. and James B. Carey of
the CIO.
The veteran New Dealers mar
shaled their forces. Among those
in attendance that night were
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Miller Che
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Two Extension Courses
To Meet-in ArIinqton
Special Dispatch to The Stor

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept.
25.-The first meeting of Arling-
tons two graduate extension
courses in education, part of the
University of Virginia's new CO.
operative extension program, is
scheduled for tonight at the Wash
ington-Lee High School.
Ullin w. Leavell, professor Of
education and director of the
McGuffey Reading Clinic at the
university, will teach the course
in elementary curriculum, and
Edward Alvey. dean and professor
of education at Mary Washington
College, will teach the course in
school and community relations.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Plane Falls Through Roof
OF Farm Home Near LuraY
By the Assocjoted Press

LURAY, Va. Sept. 25.-A light
plane crashed through the roof
of a farm home miles south of
here yesterday, injuring the
planes three occupants.
Albert Black, about 35, of Lu-
ray, the pilot, his daughter Sue,
II. and a neighbor's child. Eddie
Lillard. 10, were taken to the Page
Memorial Hospital here. None
was in serious condition.
. Witnesses said the plane ap-
parently ran into a down draft
before hitting the roof. The plane
was partially demolished and its
gasoline spilled out but did not
burn.
The house is owned by Irwin
Foltz, president of the Page Coun-
ty Farm Bureau.
Mr.. Black, an experienced pilot,
formerly operated an airport here.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Virginia High School
Sturts Spelling Glasses
Special Dispatch TO The stur

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
25.-Spelling classes are being in
troduced for the first time in the
James Monroe High School here.
The classes were started partly
as the result Of a complaint by
college professors that the aver
age freshman cannot spell simple
words and partly as the result
of plea for a return to funda-
mentalS voiced at a Statewide
conference on public schools held
here this summer.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
The Expanding CopitoI

s''hile Fairfax County planners
expect that the county may be-
come the site Of one or more of
the dispersed Federal offices, they
believe that the Government will
go farther into Virginia for sites.
They point to Loudoun and
Prince William Counties as prob
ably Offering more advantageous
locations. And beyond those two
counties there are the possibilities
Of locations in Prince William and
Stafford Counties.
John w. Brookfield, chairman of
the North Virginia Regional Plan
ming Commission. said that the
Government may place Office
buildings in the outer reaches of
Fairfax County. But he believes
the Federal planners will 60
farther.
He is also convinced that outly-
ing Office buildings will mean satel-
lite towns despite the insistence
by those making the plans that no
Government towns" are intended.
The satellite towns would not be
Government towns as such and it
will be the responsibility of local
planning and coming officials to see
that the communities Of Federal
workers and their families are
properly developed.
Loss in Taxes.
Mr.. Brookf1eld believes the Gov
,ernment will want to get farther
from Washington than the con-
fines Of Fairfax County. He also
cited the number of Federal and
other public installations now in
the county. He listed Fort Belvoir,
the District Of Columbia Reforma-
tory at Lorton, the Coast Guard
station on Telegraph road, Mt.
Vernon with its 500 acres, and
Gunston Hall, with 555 acres.
Additional Government reserva-
tions would mean additional
targets in one area. It would mean
the additional loss of taxes. Mr..
Brookfeld, who lives at Spring.
field, in Fairfax County. said he
believes the projected new Wash
ington airport will be placed in
the county.
Mt. Brookfield said the loss in
taxes from the Government taking
land for a building would be off,
set to some extent by increased
values Of the surrounding area.
But if you break even you do
very WELL" he added.
He mentioned, as others have
done. the necessity Of providing
schools and remarked, Fairfax
County Is not adequately taking
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Auto Accidents
Fatal 10 Three
From DC. Area
Mon Burned in Crush
East Of AnnonduIe
Dies in Alexandria

Three District area residents
were fatally injured in automobile
accidents in Maryland and Vir-
ginia yesterday.
The dead are Willie E. Burns,
81, Of the 400 block of North
Henry street, Alexandria; Mrs.
Jency Wright. Sc, Of 1884 Whit
tingham place Sc. and Mrs. Elo-
ise Proctor, 81. Of 1854 South Capi-
tol street. All were colored.
Mr.. Burns died today in Alex
andria Hospital from severe burns
received in an accident on Route
236 about three miles east Of An
nandale, Va. Injured in the acci-
dent yesterday was Edward Lee.
35, of the 1900 block of Madison
street, Alexandria, who is in seri-
GUS condition at Alexandria Hos
pital with burns on his face and
cuts and bruises.
Car Hits Abutment.
Fairfax County police said an
automobile driven by Mr.. Burns
crashed into a small bridge abut-
ment at Turkey Cock Run,
bounced into the abutment on the
opposite side and burst into flames.
Mrs. Wright died yesterday at
Gallinger Hospital after an acci-
dent on Route SIS at Front Royal,
Va. ...- -.-..--.t
Relatives here said Mrs. Wright
and Mrs. Clara Wilcher. $500 block
.of Addison road, Kenilworth, Md,
were riding in car driven by
Walter Lee, A, Mrs. Wright'S
nephew They said a wheel Of
the car locked, causing it to run
off the road and overturn' three
times down the side of a bank.
Mr.. Lee and Mrs. Wilcher es--
capped injury. i
Two Women Hurt.
Mrs. Proctor was killed and two
other Washington women were
injured in an accident shortly
after am. yesterday on Route
S about 2 miles north of T.B., Md.
It was the fourth fatal accident
recorded in as many days in the
Waldorf area.
The two injured women, Ola
Brown, 26, of the 400 block of
Eighth street Sc. and Myrtle Nell
son. IS. of the 100 block of @
street S.W.. were taken to Provi-
dence Hospital. Both are colored.
Maryland State police said the
women were riding in a car driven
by Adolphus K. Henry, also coll
ored. Of 1913 South Capitol street,
when the vehicle ran off the road,
struck telephone pole and over
turned. Police said Henry. who
was unhurt, was charged with
manslaughter.
Three Cars Collide.
One person was slightly injured
in a spectacular collision of three
cars on Mount Vernon boulevard
at Bashford lane in Alexandria
yesterday.
Park police gave this account Of
the accident: an automobile driven
by George P. Wagner, jr., 20, Of
2608 South Twenty-Seventh road,
Arlington. travelling south on
Mount Vernon boulevard, ran
through a red light and struck a
car operated by John r. Dunn. II,
of II West Herbert street, Alex.
andria. Mr.. Wagner's car then
overturned five times, slid nearly
200 feet on its top and crashed
into a car driven by George Nash,
81. of 1400 South Barton street.
Arlington. which was northbound
on the boulevard.
Charles 'Pavone, 20, of 917 Oro-
noco street, Alexandria. the only
injured person, was treated at
Alexandria Hospital for minor
bruises. Police said he was a
passenger IN one of the cars. Mr..
Wagner was charged with reck-
less driving.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Virginia Snake Handler
To Appeal Fine of $50
BY the Assoeiated Press

BLAND, Va, Sept. 25.-A 35-
year-old Giles County man has
been fined $50 and given a 30
day suspended jail sentence on a
charge of handling snakes at a
tent meeting.
Joe Deaton said he would ap-
peal Saturdays ruling by Trial
Justice Pierce G.. Kegley.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
LincoInio League to Meet

The Greater Lincolnia (Va.)
Civic League will meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow in Lincolnia School.
Guest speaker will be Mrs. Ed
ward A. Macy. president of the
League of Women Voters of Fair
fax County.
Evening star., 1950-09-25
William CurI to Direct
County TB Seal Sale

William F. Carl, manager of
Call Carl Motors in Bethesda. has
been named chairman of the
Campaign Committee for the 1850
Evening star., 1950-09-25
Jefferson PTA to Meet

The Thomas Jefferson Junior
High School Parent Teachers AS
sociation will hold its first fall
Injecting at 8 pm. Tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-09-25

OH ISUIIIdS.
Mr.. Carl is a member of the
Bethesda Civitan Club, has been
active in the Young Democratic
Club of Montgomery County and
is honorary whip of the Redland
Hunt.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-09

Robert Daum, Marysville, is a
patient in Jane M. Case hospital
at Delaware. He was operated
on for appendicitis. His room
number is SAD.
q q q
MORE SOCIETY
ON PAGE FOUR
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-09
Missionary Society
Meets with Mrs. Scott

Mrs. Hubert Scott was hostess
to the Congregational Mission
ary Society Wednesday after
noon, for the annual Thank-of-
fering m e tin G. Mrs. William
Porter presided and the program
included: devotions, Mrs. Pearl
Roley; report of the Annua /
Meeting of Ohio Women's Fell
lowship, held last week in Troy,
by Mrs. Homer Thrall; explana-
ton of the Missionary Project,
Miss Elizabeth Green. Slid e S
were shown depicting the work
of the Home Mission Schools
and Hospitals.
Mrs. Scott was assisted by Mrs.
L. G.. Thrall in serving refresh
ments during the social hour.
Additional m m b ers present
were Mrs. Henrietta Baker, Mrs.
Gordon Beightler, Mrs. Leo Cole
man, Mrs. Dana Evans, Mrs.
Henry Gordon, Mrs. Earl Gray,
Mrs. Morey Liggett, Mrs. R. w.
Titus, and Mrs. George Snyder,
and two guests, Mrs. Lee Elsom
and Mrs. Anna Mason.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-09
Redwood Couple Marks.
Their Golden Wedding

On Nov. / the eve of their
golden wedding anniversary,
John Taylor was brought from
University hospital to his home
on E. Bomford ST., Redwood. He
was accompanied by his wife, the
former Florence Bowers, to
whom he was united in marriage
Nov. !, 1900 in Washington c. H.
in the Presbyterian parsonage.
They have three sons, Robert,
of Los Angeles, Russell and Roll
and, of Marysville, and six grand
children.
Owing to Mr.. Taylor's illness,
there was no celebration. They
received number of nice pres
ents and cards from relatives
and friends.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-11-09

Mrs. Anna Mason, formerly of
Columbus Grove, is here to spend
the winter with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Viii
liam Porter, of S. Maple st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Hare, Of
Maryland, will be the guests
Monday of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Snodgrass and Mrs. Edith
Schwenke, on w. Sevents st. Mr..
Hare who is a former resident
of this city, and a graduate of
Marysville high school, was for
many years a lawyer in Paris,
France. His father, A. j. Hare,
was at one time editor of the
Union County Journal. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hare will be pleased to see
any of their Marysville friends
who care to call at the Snod-
grass home Monday afternoon
or evening.
DR.. and Mrs. John h. Craig
returned Monday evening from
the state convention of the Ohio
Aptometric association held in
Columbus at the Deshler- Wallick
Hotel. DR.. Carl Shepard, of Chi
cago, and DR.. Louis Jaques, of
Los Angeles, were the principal
speakers. DIR. Shepard is an out
standing authority on research
in television pertaining to the
visual problems.
PIT. A. Board to Meet
Executive Board of the Parent
Teachers Association will meet at
3:45 p. m. Monday in the high
school building.