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Evening star., 1951-12-27
Mother Of 10 Children
Dies From Injuries
In BeaIIsviIIe Fire

Mrs. Charles G. Fowler, 43-year-
old mother of 10 children. died in
Suburban Hospital last night of
rd-degree burns suffered when
her home near Beallsville, Md,
burned Sunday.
Mrs. Fowler was burned over
her entire body when kerosense
she was using to light her kitchen
stove exploded. Her husband, a
44-year-old Montgomery County
roads employe. was burned about
the hands and face, but was not
hospitalized.
The seven Fowler children liv-
ing at home escaped without in
jury. A son Bill, IA, broke a bed
room window and instructed his
sister Martha, IL, to pass the
smaller children out to him.
The other children are Robert
Henry. 9; James Edward, 4;
Franklin, 7, and Harry and How
ard, 3-year-old twins. Mrs. Fowl
er also is survived by two mar
ried daughters and a 17-year- -old
son, who were not living at home.
After the fire Mr.. Fowler and
the children moved in with his
|son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hosely Gravely, jr., dairy
man at the G. Lee Walden farm
lat Poolesville.
Montgomery County police and
the Upper Montgomery Volunteer
Fire Department collected more
than six truckloads Of food, toys.
clothing and furniture, besides
several hundred dollars in cash,
to help the family get a new start.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Pugh Backs Publisher
For MARYLAND House

w. Prescott Allen. weekly news
paper publisher of Bethesda, today
had the Endorsement of former
Montgomery County States Attor-
ney James H. Pugh for the Demo-
cratic nomination to the House
from Maryland's 9Th district.
Mr.. Pugh. who served as .
of Steering COMMITTEES
which sponsored Democratic cam
didates in Montgomery County
last year. called on party members
to support Mr.. Allen to avoid a
primary fight.
"Mr. Allen for many years has
contributed to the civic growth
and betterment of our community
and our county" Mr.. Pugh said.
"He is man of unquestioned hon.
esty and integrity. In 1850 he Of
fered himself as a candidate for
the. same post he seeks now. {.
Although he did not obtain the
nomination, he did make an ex-
cellent showing, carrying three of
the five counties in the district.
1T must be remembered, too,
that he was running at that time
without organization support.
After the primary he showed him.
self to be a real sport and loyal
Democrat by coming out in sup
port of his primary opponent. e.
If all Democrats would do likewise,
the Republicans would never get
elected in this county and State"
Evening star., 1951-12-27

States Supreme Court when that
body refused to hear an appeal HI
brought from a lower court de-
cision upholding the poll tax.
Hits Handout Pleas.
AS to ethics in government, Mr.
Green declared:
How in the world are you
going to have ethics in government
when everyone in the country j.
running to Washington for q
|handout. AS far as my own con.
duct is concerned, I've never done
anything outside the law. and I've
never done anything I fee
ashamed Of since I took this
office"
Mr.. Green, who will return tt
to the law firm of Green anc
Trueax, with offices a block away
from the county treasurer's Of
flee. says he is proud Of his rec.
ord Of service. Particularly he /.
proud Of the fact that, in his Il
years as treasurer. during which
time his Office handled over $5(
million in county funds. he ha.
only had to make up about ar
average Of $40 q year because oi
|errors.
The treasurer's Office closed yes.
terday until January to permit
o. complete audit by the arm of r
Coleman Andrews b Co. Of Rich.
lmond.
Evening star., 1951-12-27

shot all OF the members of a gun
club on Vancouver Island, British
Columbia.
Joe also started riding when
he was almost IL. He took les
sons at the Meadowbrook riding
stables, and soon his father bought
him his first horse. a thorough
bred mare which he named Flick.
Joe and Flick made many OF
the shows together, and hunted
with the Potomac Hunt Club,
until Joe's legs got little too
long for Flick's small size. Flick
was retired and is now ON a farm
in Faquier County, Va.
Then came Country Girl, an
other thoroughbred mare. Joe
schooled her and got her ready
for the shows, but she didn't quite
come up to his weight, and has
been taken over by his sister Pat.
Gets Third Horse.
Recently. Joe got his third
horse. A grey thoroughbred mare
called Witch d'Sprit, she was
purchased in Pennsylvania. Her
sire is Cog d'Sprit. stallion man
aged by Norman Haymaker at
Berryville, Va, and the sire of
Clifton's Champ. one of the top
winning show horses last year
| Joe is just beginning her school,
I ing, and expects to have her in
top condition for the coming show
season.
When you talk to the boys
father you get an idea of why
Joe and Bob have done so well al
their chosen sports.
! An out-of-doors man himself
} Mr.. Smith has seen to it that his
] family got out in the open at ar
early age.
i He doesn't try to influence the
children in the choice of theil
! hobbies. The only thing is-theJ
have to do thier jobs we'll.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Ia Million Entered
u. S. From 1862-1900

One Of the greatest migrations
in human history occurred during
the period between 1862 and 1900.
More than IA million persons
came to the United States from
other countries.
Free land, and the pressure of
rising populations In the Eastern
States sent q wave Of humanity
westward to people the Great
Plains area.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Heurich Tract Sold
In Prince Georges for
Housing Development

The Christian Heurich tract in
Prince Georges County has been
sold for slightly over million
dollars in cash to be developed
into a residential community.
The 376-acre tract, at Queens
Chapel and Colesville roads, near
University Park, was sold to the
Contee Sand & Gravel Co., Inc.
of Laurel, by the three heirs of
Christian Heurich, long time
Washington brewer who died in
1945 at the age of 102.
Believed to Be Record Deal.
Fancis Key of Philip B. Key
Realty Co.. 8644 Colesville road.
Silver Spring. who handled the
transaction, said he believed the
sale is one of the biggest cash
land deals made in the Washing
ton area in recent years.
Mr.. Key said the Laurel firm
plans to subdivide the tract into
building lots and resell them to
builders. He said the owners en-
vision a planned community" of
commercial, semidetached and
apartment development.
The land-planning firm of
Pierre Ghent & Associates, 1886
Jefferson place NV, has been
retained to drew up plans for
the community. That company
planned nearby Langley Park,
where about 10000 persons live.
Planners Must Approve.
Next step is submission of plans
to the Maryland-National Capital
Park and Planning Commission,
Mr.. Key said. Then zoning ap-
proval will have to be sought from
the Prince Georges County COM
miSsionerS.
The Heurich tract, which is now
zoned residential and is COM
pletely surrounded by residential
developments, was used as a sum-
mer estate by the Heurich family
and as pasture land for the brew
er's prize dairy herd.
Evening star., 1951-12-27


route to Solonfens, a total Of about
40 miles and Is miles more than
the run would be to st. Marys
County.
The trip to Solomons, he pointed
out, would take about four hours
each way. and he questioned
whether the ferries would stand
up in the more rugged water.
Another consideration is the sale
of the boats.
I'VE have had several offers" !"
Mr.. Mccain said, 'tand the prices
are very favorable. We've been
offered more for the boats than We
paid for them"
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Clarence Yeotmon
Named Tie-Breoker
For Fairfax Board

Clarence M. Yeatman, hardware
merchant, today was named Off
cial tie-breaker for the Fairfax
County Board of Supervisors.
Mr.. Yeatman, who lives in
Sleepy Hollow, Fairfax County
subdivision, is a member of the
George M. Yeatman & Sons hard
ware firm in Arlington. He sue
ceeds L. A. Popkins, who has held
the post longer than most county
officials can remember.
Mr.. Popkins submitted his
resignation to Circuit Court Judge
Paul Brown.
There are six members of the
Board of Supervisors and the tie
breaker votes only when there is
an even division of votes on a
question.
A redistricting commission will
resume it's studies shortly after
the first of the year and indiea-
tions are that the present six
districts will be revised
to an odd number. A tie-breaker
then would no longer be necessary.
Evening star., 1951-12-27

swing. fire and follow through"
While Bob now seldom misses a
clay pigeon, he admits he isn't too
sure when it comes to shooting
quail. Most skeet shooters have
the same trouble.
On Quail Hunting Trip.
Bob, who is off to Georgia now
with his father for two weeks of
quail hunting. says he gets con-
fused when a covey Of quail rise
|off the ground.
1.-THE first two or three days
we hunt" Bob said, II never can
hit a thing. Then I settle down
and get my share Of game"
In perfecting his shooting tech
nique, Bob has had the help OF
his father, an excellent shot him
self. He has backed the boys
in their sports activities. and
while he admits knowing little OF
nothing about riding. has seen to
| ii that his son and daughter are
well mounted.
In shooting skeet, the shooter
works from eight stations around
the perimeter of a semicircle. with
a traphouse at either end. The
shooter calls for the release OF
each target, and must shoot with
in about two seconds of the COM
mand, pull" if he is going tc
break the clay pigeon. It requires
fast shooting.
Has a $1,000 Gun.
Bob does most of his shooting
on the Glen Burnie range. He has
a $1,000 gun consisting of ont
stock and four matched barrels
liz, 20, % and 410 gauge, and ht
won his National championship
with the IL bore barrel.
Bob started shooting when hi
was IL years old. and the follow
ing year, while on trip with hi!
family to the West Coast. he out.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Fairfax Groups Submit
School Board Names
To New Supervisors

Members of the Fairfax County
Board Of Supervisors who will
take Office Tuesday are receiving
recommendations of citizens
groups and parent teacher as
sociations for school board ap-
pointments.
Under the new county executive
form of government which also
takes effect Tuesday, the school
board will be appointed for the
first time by the Supervisors.
Previously, school board members
have been appointed by a school
trustee electoral board which was
appointed by the circuit court.
Among the names recon-
mended so far are:
Mrs. Malcolm Morrow, presi-
dent of the Fairfax Federation of
Parent Teacher Association: Mrs
Elizabeth Strauss, active PTA
worker: Harold Ward, former
president of the Fairfax Fedora
ton OF Citizens Association and
active PTA worker; Mrs. Almorine
Crowther. present member of the
board from Mount Vernon
district; Newell Blair, active in
civic and PTA work; Mrs. Jane
Wellemeyer, PTA anad civic work.
er; Mrs. Eleanor Justusson, active
in PTA's; Robert S. Davis of the
Lincolnia PTA; Mrs. Louis Lud-
low. jr. Of the Oak Street PTA;
Mrs. Frances Martell, active in
civic work; Mrs. Jacqueline
Groves of the Vienna PTA, and
Mrs. Ilah Osborne, teacher and
county recreation director.
The Supervisors are not expect
ed to announce the school board
appointments until their organ
national meeting Tuesday.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Virginia Soldier Reported
Badly Wounded In Korea

A Vienna (Va.) soldier who was
wounded on December 6 was listed
by the Defense Department today
on its 468th casualty report for
the Korean war.
He is Pfc. Hugh D. Wilkerson, a
former employe of a sheet metal
firm in Vienna and son of Mrs.
Cassie Wilkerson. Box SO, Vienna.
His wife, Mrs. Sylvia w. Wilker-
son, said he was seriously wounded
in the left arm, chest and side by
artillery shell fragments.
Pfc. Wilkerson, "a, has been
transferred to a hospital in Japan,
his wife said. He had been in
Korea since last July with the 2lst
Infantry Regiment. He entered
the Army in September, 1850.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Span Goes
Adrift in Bay, 10 Be
Hauled Back Today
BY the Assoeioied Press

MATAPEAKE, Md, Dec. 81
Engineers planned today to haul
back huge section of the Ches-
apeake Bay Bridge archway,
which broke away as it was being
hauled into place and went
aground near here.
An official of the ]. E. Greiner
Co.. construction engineers, said
damage caused when the 480-foot
span hit the bridge trusses may
amount to 100000.
The 1,500-ton span broke loose
yesterday as it was being towed
toward the main centerpiece of
the big bridge.
After banging into the trusses,
the span, sprawled out across four
barges. drifted to the Eastern
Shore. Engineers opened petcocks
to sink the barges in shallow wa
ter and prevent the section from
dumping overheard.
II the weather is right they plan
to pump out the water and haul
the section back today.
Officials of the Greiner Co. also
planned a thorough check OF
damages to the trusses today.
During a storm a year ago last
month, a barge of steel pilings
valued at $4,000 was cast adrift
It was several weeks before they
were found and recovered. DAM
age to the bridge in that storm
was estimated at $243,000.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Greer, Returning to Law Office,
RIumesO OwnIdeuIism for Defeat
Arlington Treasurer
Says Economy Policy
Aroused 'Do-Gooders'
By Tom Burke

John Locke Green, Arlington
County treasurer for the last IL
years. will return to private law
practice next week, convinced
that his idealism caused his de-
feat in a bid for reelection.
The veteran officeholder. only
Republican to hold Office during
a period when the Democratic
Party held an overwhelming bal
ance of power in the county,
believes his conservatism beat him
at the polls.
If I had just shut my eyes and
gone blindly along with what was
popular at the moment and let
others take up the fight against
waste in our local government,
I would have had no opposition
for reelection" he declared.
Because I fought for IL years
for economy in government and
bitterly opposed che expansion of
local bureaus, I was assailed by
all the do-gooders and people with
axes to grind"
Republican Successor.
Mr.. Green will be succeeded by
another Republican, Colin C
MACPHERSON, now a member OF
the County School Board.
The last of Mr.. Green's three
terms as treasurer was highlighted
by bitter court battles, in which
he contested actions of the county
board and the school board. A de-
|cision still is pending tom the
State Supreme Court ON his suit
to have the County Department o1
Real Estate Assessments declared
unconstitutional.
Earlier he had contested, un-
successfully. the purchase of a
warehouse by the Arlington School
Board. In another suit against the
school board. he forced a change
in the method used in issuing
vouchers for payment Of school
funds.
One of Treasurer Green's pei
projects is his legal fight to have
the Virginia poll tax law declared
Illegal. Recently he resigned as q
member Of the bar of the United
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Mccain Sees Objections
To Ferry in Lower Boy

BALTIMORE, Dec. ~. R.--
Russell H. Mccain, chairman of
the State Roads Commission, says
there are definite disadvantages
to running a ferry on the lower
Chesapeake Bay.
The 3-mile-long bridge to span
the bay near Annapolis is due to
be completed this summer. Many
persons on the lower shore have
advocated moving the ferry sys-
tenn to run from Crisfield on the
East to either Solomons in CAL
vert County or to st. Mary's
County.
Mr.. Mccain said yesterday that
the commission had studied the
Evening star., 1951-12-27

seriously, and vows she will give
her younger brother some real
competition. y
Follow Tough Schedule.
Bob and Joe have become
prominent in sports while follow
ing a schedule that would wear
out most boys. With their sister,
they attend Seventh Day Ad-
ventist schools at Takoma Park
half a day. The boys have been
working as carpenters during the
Evening star., 1951-12-27

Remington. Va. set his second
record of the $50 run without q
miss.
Joe, 18, the horseman OF the
family has taken many a ribbon
at local horse shows, and last year
won two Of reserve champions in
the junior hunter divisions.
Pat, their older sister, has tried
skeet shooting. but found it a
little to tough, and has decided
to follow Joe to the horse shows.
She is lust taking up riding
Evening star., 1951-12-27

afternoon for their father, a con-
tractor.
Bob practices shooting about
once a week, while Joe. who al
ready has schooled two horses and
is starting on his third, often goes
over to the Meadowbrook stable
at night to ride under the lights.
Bob's advice to the budding
skeet shooter is:
Don't aim. II you aim you
are sure to miss. You just point.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Two Plants Start
FIuoridation
Service Today
Move Affects 300, 900
People in Montgomery
And Prince Georges

Fluoride was to be added to the
water supply of more than 100000
nearby Maryland residents at
ceremonies at 2:30 pm. today.
The Washington Suburban San
itary Commission announced that
the f1uoride feeders will be set in
operation at both the Patuxent
Filtration Plant near Laurel and
the Burnt. Mills plant near Four
Corners.
The chemical solution, known
as sodium silicofuoride. is expect
ed to help prevent tooth decay
among children. The water supply
is used by residents of the urban
areas of Prince Georges and
Montgomery counties.
Drive to Burnt Mills.
j. Norman Ager, a member Of
the Sanitary Commission from
Prince Georges County, was to
turn on the chemical feeding
equipment at the Patuxent plant
at 2:30 pm.
Following this ceremony those
present were to drive to the
Burnt Mills plant. in Montgomery.
where L. S. Ray, Montgomery
commission member, was to set
duplicate machinery in motion.
Installation of the fuoridation
equipment cost $12,500. Cost of
the chemical per year is estimated
at $500.
First Mechanical System.
The sanitary district will have
the first mechanically fluoridated
water supply in the Washington
area. The consumer will receive
fluoride at the rate of one part
Iper million at his household water
tap. At present the natural fuorine
content is between 0.2 and 0.3
parts per million.
Organizations which urged the
commission to adopt fluoridation
include the Southern Maryland
Dental Society, the Prince Georges
County Medical Society and the
Montgomery Medical Society.
Many business and civic groups
also Endorsed the plan.
Other Jurisdictions in the
Washington area have authorized
fluoridation bu t have not yet
started the process.
Evening star., 1951-12-27
By Jones Birchfield

Championships are no novelty
to the Smith boySBob and Joe
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Smith Of 9210 Wildwood road,
Silver Spring.
Bob, at Is, not only is National
junior skeet champion, but holds
a worlds record for breaking $50
targets without single miss. He
won his National title a few
months ago in Texas, and later, at
Evening star., 1951-12-27
Prince Georges G. O. p.

The Northwest Branch OF the
Prince Georges County Republican
Club viii meet at 5 o'clock tonight
lin the Riverdale (Md.) Firehouse.
Evening star., 1951-10-23
BE ARTHUR GODFREY'S
NETGEpOp
LOTS 6 ACREAGE FOR SALE

CORNER 18th ST. (79OO blk, and
Northgate rd. n.w.-100x100. MR.
HAsSIN. MA. 17aS. -23
sites in this desirable location; s4.-
ON BURNS ST, nr. Alabama ave.
s.e.-185 It. frontage: S4.S00. After
6 p.m., LU. 4-3065. -23
CHEVY CHASE MANOR. rs IT. 'front.'
age. all improvements in: 1900
oasikeccREhs92, ossikecc 81 1856 lot 5d7 sec. 3, Airing
ton, by estate. Call M. 1. Baldinger,
200 Woodward Building. Republic
BEAUTIFUL It' COR. LOT in wheaton,
approx. 10ox1O; an utils.; 81 200.
81 BE.621fUE t9 AU1Ss9cREs ACRES, hear. of mo- Mont
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BURNT MILLS vILLAGE-Beautiful
lots. in restricted development Of
distinctive homes. Out Colesville
pike. about I mi: beyond Four Cor
siys agent. sH. oo21. once on
Lux Li5Sp'isio MANOR. MD.-very unusual.
2 beautiful corner lots, consisting
of practically l acre level around,
$4,000 for both. Call Mr.. Gibson,
ME. 400; ewes. VI. 1886. with
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thoroughfare; all util. available;
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MODERN REALTY CO.. JU. 7-60sOi
ewes. 81. 1921. IA
Evening star., 1951-10-23
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

OLDSMOBILE '48 2-dr. model re-;
beautiful jet-black finish; r. and h.,
seat covers, Hydra-Matic drive: A
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sen 81 lennsr sYns5 sosrE sTuA E
MOTOR CO. tNA. 3000D. 9Th and
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Purchased June; 1000 mi; cost
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$2'395. Liberty 5-6700. Ext. $500,
PACKARD 80 Ultramatic; equipped;
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at AUTO WHOLESALERS. 1871
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