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The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
Cub Scouts To Meet With Parents Tomorrow

Nome's Cub Scout Pack 363 will meet this Thursday at 7 pm. at the Social Room of the Communi- ty Church. Each of the three denS will present brief program, and there will be a period set apart to help parents understand the achievement program.
 Announcement of two exciting programs for the first of the year will be made, and there will be a bit of a progress report on Dec ember'S theme 'fGifts for Our Parents. Cubmaster Ray Hawk says two boys will get their Bob cat pins.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
Committees In Charge Of Pioneer Roof Garden

The following are committee members chosen for the Roof Garden:
 General Chairman - Fred M. Bockman.
 Assistant Chairmen - Robert Scott, Dan Jones, Mary Roell.
 Executive - Fred Bockman, Robert Scott, Dan Jones, Mary Roell, Ellen Waldhelm, Karen Baldwin, Robert Baldwin, James Walsh, Gus Bjornstad, Tolbert Scott, Rube Cremer, Charles D. Jones, M. J. Walsh, and w. H. Ullrich.
 Refreshments - Robert and Karen Baldwin.
 Concessions-Robert Scott and Dan Jones.
 Entertainment Mary Roell, Jane Scott, Phyllis Roell and ClICIl w dluIlt11Il.
 Floor-James Walsh and Gus Bjornstad.
 Raffle-Tolbert Scott and Rube Cremer.
 Finance-Charles Jones and M. J. Walsh.
 Publicity-W. H. Ullrich.
 The foregoing committees for the 43rd Annual Roof Garden have completed all the necessary arrangements for a successful evening of diversified entertain ment for the young and for the old. They hope that everyone in the community can come and help make it a grand and joyous oc casion.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
Nome ANG Members Attend Governors Day Review At Juneau

A Governors Day Review of the troops of the 208th Infantry Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is scheduled to be held in Juneau on December at the Ma tional Guard Armory.
 A group of the local unit left Monday by Alaska Airlines to participate in this event. The local group is headed by It. Gordon Hurlbert. Some of those in the group were Sgt. John McLuke, Sgt. Bernard Katexac, Romeo Katexac, Frederic Kingik, Law renee Okpealuk and Clarence Willoya.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28

Oscar Lay, well-knoWn mining man of this area who went out side for medical treatment, has written his friends that he is en- toying his stay at the Ball Clinic at Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
 The clinic, he states, is beau tiful place with many people from all over the world receiving treat ments. At his table in the dining room is a man from Porto Rico and another from Canada. He en- joys hearing about his friends in Nome and is looking forward to receiving copies of the Nugget.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving yesterday were Boyd Harwood, Joe Attatauk, and John White.
 Departing were Grace Edman, Clara Reed and two children, Al Doyle, MT. and Mrs. Tom Beltz, Jim Baldwin, Morten Anderson, MT. and Mrs. John Kanari, Verne Dempsey, MT. and Mrs. P e e Reader and family, Christ Tot land, and Ed Wagoner.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
N o T I C E.

A Democratic meeting is here with called for the night of Dec ember l3 at City Hall. Purpose of this caucus is 10 elect delegates from the Nome Voting Precinct 10 the Second Division Democratic convention which is set for Dec. 28. 1851. and for other purposes.
 Paul Dryden. Chairman
 End Div. Democratic Committee
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
BABY BORN TO VAN OSDOLS

MT. and Mrs. Don Van Osdol are the parents of a daughter, who has been named Carol, born this morning at the hospital. MT. Van Osdol is in charge of the US. Weather Bureau here.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
N o T I C E

All those interested in plans for the annual Community Christ mas Tree celebration. please meet at the City Hall Sunday. Dec. 2. al pm. A full attendance is de- sired.
 Nels Swanberg. Jr. wi Pres. Arctic Club
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
N o T I C E

Executive Board meeting of the Red Cross will be held al the City Hall Thursday afternoon al 4:30 pm.
 Rev. Robert Treat.
 Chairman
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28

Tuesday Basketball Scores AACS 44-COm. Church 40. 32nd Det. 57-Blue Devils 38.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28
NM M HOSPITAL

Admitted: Irene Oman and Ce- celia Van OSdOl.
The Nome nugget., 1951-11-28

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Evening star., 1951-05-14
Maryland to Award Contracts
For 80 Million in Road Work

for extension north to Hereford
and south to Timonium road.
Baltimore National pike-Com-
pleted to West Friendship and
under construction from there to
Morgan road. Scheduled for ex-
tension as q divided highway to
Ridgeville, where it will be tied
into the existing Route 20.
The highway being built across
the Eastern Shore to connect with
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at one
END and at the other with the
road proposed by Delaware to link
the Delaware Memorial Bridge
with the New Jersey turnpike
now under construction.
To Go To Centreville.
In the 1851 program, the
Eastern Shore road will be ex-
tended northeast to Centreville.
The Jessup road, MARYLAND
Route ITS. will be improved to
provide an adequate link between
the Baltimore Washington Ex-
lpressway and the present Wash
Iington boulevard.
Mr.. Mccain said the project
will be completed this year.
In addition to these major
projects the 1851 schedule will
include construction of some new
ltwo-way roads without a center
parkway. This phase of the pro-
gram. as well as selection of the
road mileage to be widened and
resurfaced this year, is still in
the final discussion stage.
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Prince Georges Women Protest
Commissioners Closed Sessions

The Prince Georges County
Commissioners are under fire from
the League Of Women Voters for
holding closed sessions. i;
The meeting last Friday was
open to the public and the press
for only an hour and half. The
Commissioners met behind closed
doors about four hours.
The women voters statement
today said they "deplore the at
-titude of the County Commits
sioners in their practice of the
past few months of holding closed
sessions at their bi-weekly meet
ings. We feel they are obligated
to the citizens to hold open meet
Iings in view Of the published
Republican platform circulated be-
fore the November election Of
1885,"
The women voters quoted zone
OF the articles In this plataB Bfm
Evening star., 1951-05-14

School in 1947, he plans to study
medicine after his discharge, Mrs.
Harper said. His three-year en-
listment in the Army was up last
December /, she said, and he hopes
to be out soon.
Pvt. Burnette Wounded.
Pvt. Burnette, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James McAllister of 1923
Sixth street NV, has been Sc
riously wounded in Korea, but his
family does not know the extent
|of his injuries.
Born in Richmond. Va, Septem-
ber 8, 1888, Pvt. Burnette volun-
teered for Army service at II, en-
listing last September. He trained
at Camp jackson. Ga, and at Ft
|Belvoir. Va, before going to Korea
in March. He is with an outfit OF
Engineers.
In Washington. he was gradu-
ated in January, 1850, from Terrell
Junior High School and then went
to Phelps Vocational High School
for a time until he entered the
Army. He worked as a porter al
Peoples Drug Stores here.
Pfc. James M. Jenkins, son of
Mrs. George a., Jenkins, of Char
lottesville, Va, was listed as
wounded in action in the Defense
Departments 301st casualty list OF
the Korean war.
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Historic Documents
And Art on Exhibition
'At Williamsburg Fete
BY the Assoeiatsd Press
wrI,rAMsprrRc va M.v

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May IA.
An exhibit of 66 works of art
and historical documents valued at
more than million dollars opened
at the Wren Building of the Col
lege of William and Mary here
today.
The exhibit is the first of a Sc
ries Of Prelude of independence"
celebrations to befeatured here for
the next 40 days.
The paintings include portraits
of Washington. jefferson, Madi-
son and Edmund Pendleton, who
|authored the Virginia Resolutions
|of 1776.
A research director said last
night that Virginians have ac-
cepted the dictum too long that
the colonies of New England,
Pennsylvania and Maryland were
founded for religious motives
while Virginia was purely a COM
mercial enterprise.
almost every promotional bro
chure issued by the Virginia Com
pany of London in the early days
of the jamestown settlement set
forth among its objectiyes the
conversion Of the Indians to
christianity" declared the Rev. "A.
Pierce Middleton, Phi. D.
His address climaxed day of
activity, which started with lunch
con for all members of the Asso-
citation for the Preservation of Vir-
ginia Antiquities. The jamestown
Day ceremonies opened the pre-
lude to independence" activities.
The series will commemorate
the days Of 1776 that led to the
Declaration of Independence and
the 175th anniversary of the Vir-
ginia Resolution call for American
independence.
Tomorrow. ceremonies at the
Colonial capitol will feature an
address by DR.. Samuel Eliot Mori-
son. historian.
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Soop Box Derby
Guide

Washington area youth
who plan to enter the 1851
Soap Box Derby are urged
to register now at their near
est Chevrolet agency. The
event is q coaster race for
boys II to Is, in which con-
testants drive cars of their
own building. The city cham
pion gets a free four-day trip
to Akron. Ohio. to compete In
the All-American finals on
August IL.
Time-June 80.
Sp0ns0rs-The Star and
Metropolitan Area Chevrolet
dealers. in cooperation with
the District Department Of
the American Legion.
Prizes-Hundreds Of gifts
given locally. Top national
prizes are a $1,000 college
scholarship and o new Chev-
rolet sedan.
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Droit Park Abounds With Examples of Reconstruction Arch
By George Kennedy

LIE Droit Park is a puzzler to
newcomers in Washington. The
name used to be on streetcars.
Now it is on buses going cross
town on P street from George
town. You can live In Washing
ton for years without locating
that particular park.
The chances are that newcom-
ers have been in it every time
they tried to find parking space
before a ball game. LIE Droit
Park is the area southeast of
Griffith Stadium.
There is no time to take note
Iof comparative architecture be-
fore a ball game. It is unlikely
that many of the customers have
realized they entered very in
teresting part Of the Capital.
From the Days Of Grant.
Many of the LIE Droit Park
houses are examples Of the archi-
lecture of the Ulysses S. Grant
and Rutherford B. Hayes admin
|istrations. The period is wonder
fully preserved there. lie Droit
Park has been occupied by Ne
groes for most of this century
Occupants of the interesting
houses have seen no reason to
modernize them by eliminating
gingerbread gables, spiral pillars,
stained glass windows and other
romantic designs. Queen Victoria
still reigns there.
A generation ago lie Droit Park
was the best Negro residential
area Of Washington. The better
houses were for the most part oc-
cupied by the professional class.
They were physicians on the staff
of nearby Freedmen's Hospital,
professors at Howard University
teachers in the public school sys-
tenn, lawyers and dentists. They
used the relatively large houses as
one-family dwellings.
Many of them remain but the
recent expansion of the area of
Negro residence, due in part to
the outlawing of racial covenants.
has caused change. It is the same
change that has occurred in the
erstwhile fashionable white areas.
Big houses have been converted
into apartments and rooming
houses.
House for Sale: $45,000.
The change could not be ig-
nored when LIE Droit Parks lead
ing citizen, DR.. Simeon Carson, al
surgeon, moved. DR.. Carson was so
fond of his LIE Droit Park house
that he had it lacked up on trail
ers and towed all the way out to
Brookland.
This reporter and a photogra-
pher looked over LIE Droit Park last
week. When the photographer TO-
cussed his lens on the house
at 1882 Third street NV. (pic-
tured above), the owner. James S.
Thompson, came out with a can
of automobile polish in his hand.
Mr.. Thompson is plus 60. He
asked with amused tolerance:
do you want to buy that
house? You can have it for $45.-
000."
The reporter glanced at the
house. A magnificent magnolia
tree stood on the left, The original
slatesshingles, some of them col
ored to form a pattern. still kept
the n1ansard roof watertight.
There were fire escapes on each
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Maryland Farms
Average More Acres
Than 5 Years Ago

The average Maryland farm is
bigger today than it was five years
ago, according to figures released
today on the 1850 Census Of
Agriculture.
The latest statistics show that
the average Maryland farm is one
of 1923 acres, compared with
1913 in 1945.
Fewer Farms Revealed.
Because Of consolidation of
separate farms and mainly be-
cause Of the growth of city areas,
there were also fewer farms last
year than in 1945. Census
|enumerators listed 36.101 in the
State. last year. compared to
Il PTS in the previous count.
Like most things, the value OF
land throughout Maryland showed
a significant increase. although
lower than might have been ex-
pected compared to the rise of
other costs. The report shows that
the average price per acre last
year was $3.50 per cent higher
than the $85 average in 1945.
The Census Bureau found that
fewer farms were being worked
by tenant farmers than in pre-
vious years. Farm tenancy was
down from % per cent in 1945
to 1876 per cent last year.
There were also indications that
many Maryland farmers are not
putting all their eggs in one
basket. Almost 1900 of them, or
almost one out Of three, work some
place other than their farms more
than 100 days each year. And
more than $4,000 of them reported
that the bulk of their income did
not come of the farm.
Three Glasses of Farms.
The census report divides farms
into three classes. The first is the
commercial farms, where opera
tors get most of their income from
the sale of farm products and
work less than 100 days of the
farm. Census takers counted
$4,000 of these in Maryland.
In the second class are part
time farms, numbering 1880.
These include places where the
value Of products sold is between
$3.50 and $1,000 and where the
operator works elsewhere for
more than 100 days or has income
exceeding the value Of farm
products sold.
Finally, there are the residential
type farms where the value of
products sold is less than $3.50.
Census takers found 1907 of these
in Maryland.
Evening star., 1951-05-14

inal were T street to Elm street:
Second street to Sixth street. The
original streets had other names.
r street was Maple street; Second
street, lie Droit avenue. How the
original promoters chose the name
seems to be lost in antiquity. lie
Droit, which is French for "the
right" has a political meaning
which America is becoming aware
of today. 1t means conservative,
as opposed to the radical left.
The park was a project Of A. L.
Barber, who purchased farm land
for the purpose and enlisted as a
partner a man who had not only
a farm but a fine house in the
neighborhood. That man was
David McClelland and his house
is still standing. 1t is the Negro
Elks Club on the north side of
Rhode Island avenue at Third
street.
The house with its square tower
and extensive grounds is a famil-
lar sight to every one who has
driven out Rhode Island avenue
on the way to Baltimore. The box
wood in the garden has been care
fully tended by the Elks. They
should be credited with the pres
Of an interesting bit of
old Washington.
Many Overcrowded Dwellings.
LIE Droit Park is not all houses
built in the '70s and '80s. It con-
tains row houses of the turn of
the century. the brick buildings
with the rectangular bay windows
which are all too familiar in the
older parts of the city. It also
Evening star., 1951-05-14

(which states, The Republican
Party deplores the past policy of
the present administration in con-
ductilag its hearings in closed
meeting. It believes that the people
are entitled to be fully informed,
consequently it pledges: The public
shall be accorded access to all
business sessions Of the governing
body Of the County
The meaning Of this" the lea
que statement continued, seems
to us to be perfectly clear and we
do not understand the Board of
Commissioners denying the exist
ence of such a statement or
deviating from it. even If there
were no such avowed policy"
AT Fridays session, Commis-
sioner Daniel A. Abbott, speaking
for the board. denied that the
platform made any such asslir-
ance.
Evening star., 1951-05-14

contains recent Government built
low rental housing and many
overcrowded dwellings that give
older residents like Zeph Moore,
an attorney, concern about the
slum conditions the Negroes
moved away from resurring in
this recently preferred residential
section.
Like other representative groups,
the LIE Droit Park Civic Associa-
ton is concerned about play
ground space for the children OF
the area. The children are now
able to play on property owned
by Freedmen's Hospital but when
the hospital gets around to build
on 1t there will be nothing for
them.
One of the most picturesque OF
the old houses is occupied by the
Frelinghuysen Group of Schools
offering adult education to EN-
ployed colored persons. It was
founded in 1906 by DR.. Jesse and
Mrs. Rosetta E. Lawson and its
president emeritus is 92-year-old
DR.. Anna J. Cooper, a former
principal in the public school
system. Its schools are religion
law. academy and opportunity.
{. It is a humble institution in the
shadow of>Howard University and
an instance Of the Negro's interest
in education. Informal and un-
accredited, 1t compares with the
mutual improvement organization
started in Philadelphia before the
Revolution by Benjamin Franklin
one of the roots of the University
of PENNSYLVANIA.
Evening star., 1951-05-14

tor, The Stars antiquarian, $4, 900
was spent on planting trees when
LIE Droit was subdivided from farm
land in 1873. The elm probably is
a survivor. .
The circle itself is shaded by
splendid trees, although somewhat
younger-merely middle-aged viii
low oaks.
t The old trees and the old houses
combine to give you a picture of
the place-from the books you
have read.
People were living in these
houses in January and February
of 1877 when the citizens of WASH
ington were faced with the dis
turbing possibility that there
would be no inaugural parade on
March because there would be
no President to inaugurate-no
marching of the local cadet corps,
no opportunity for leading citi-
zeRS TO paSK IN the reIuigence OF
the national spotlight.
Whether Samuel Tilden or
Rutherford B. Hayes had been
elected had been thrown in the
laps of Congress. An alliance of
Northern Republicans and con-
Servative Southern Democrats
managed to elect the latter "a
Republican, in time for the in
augural.
People in these houses took pride
in the rosewood square pianos
that were replacing the spinets.
On the piano daughter hammered
the keys instead Of causing them
to be plucked like q harp. And
in the corner stood the $50 music
Evening star., 1951-05-14
|123 Pass Examination
For Bar in Maryland,
IS From Counties
By the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, May IA. - The
names of 1913 candidates who
passed the Maryland bar examina-
tions were announced today by the
State Board of Law Examiners.
Lightweight, of those who quail
fed were from Baltimore and IS
from the counties.
The five highest grades were
made by Richard j. Moyland, Mar
win P. Sklar, Joel Margolis and
James E. Bendall, jr., all of Balti-
more, and Alderle C. Sturtevant of
Landover.
Others who passed:
Joseph P. Bloecher. Austin w. Brizen-
qoW n1e AapsIton AlPeTs F. T. sunfe' William Oar
Carlos L. Gartrell, oscar s. Gray. claudius
+. Hal, jr;, William E. Hammond, James
j. ahal Hhoilsy: John W. Kotqn.
|Mcculloueh, Charles 8. Magnetti. s Chester M
r ma NaaumoTicz q r.. James F. offutt: jr..
Louis p. Uoulton, James NJ. Rea. = Pauiina
S5u; Shn tevant' Jonas v. Summers, James =.
'n4.aSsSni 8sn;s@in + T Tobin. william o. rreaey
Morris Turk. Henry P. Turner, Harry r.
venables. William D. Wells, Harris ].
Arthur Z Aist, Jr.: Sylvan B. Aronson
Myron Hsroan j w Asnman aaIth William A; Barnes
senasl, Z Bauer ir, Stanley ley l. Beck James T.
Edward r. Borgerdine Robert lh J. Calianan'' I'
Louis p carliner Randall C. Coleman,
Gerald H. Cooper. Salvatore A. Culotta,
lanes Davenport, Harry J. Devlin.
James 2: Dolan. Doris Dushane, William
EHans adTals aaIh E Gsv EskIte nss yamsss
W, Fox, Herbert s. Aarten; "'' AfneS'
John G. Gianakos, Bernard F. Goldberg.
5oS coward J. Goren, Richard NJ, Hambleton,
HopeT5 HapeId T. EHaIrison AmbTose T. Hartman,
r.. John w. Hessian, III; John J. Hirsch,
nee y. Holmes, Eugene E. Hunt, Joseph
Je4ams James z x,o5S Jones, .,,, Q. Daniel Kadan,
Laudeman. Murray D. Lehman, Harold E.
Leo. Joseph Levin. Joel Margolis, Sam W.
Mason. Mason. George F. Mattox, Charles F.
% M Rcsard arY5 g. Moyah Msr HsaSart saS = MSS5s %Sr
Wilbert T. Patterson. jr.
Calvin Petit, joseph V. Riena, Eu-
Rogers Ncks cba1et cnssst & schsisr hRnsud1 John
sciascia, Frank v. segiinski John john E.
Seifert Harry Shapiro.
Msivn Gsf pos shyfs sfsr Dsss .r.E p gDsEssEs s,s
Thomas W. Tarmon, Philip o. Tilghnan'
paui Wartzman: Charles r. Watson, James
DSae g " ysdnsE WHmsE ehs1y eansEsy
Zaid.
Evening star., 1951-05-14
BY the Asseeioied Pres,

BALTIMORE. May 14.-Con-
tracts for $50 million in work
on Maryland highways are ex-
pected to be awarded. or at least
advertised. by the end of the year,
State Roads Commission Chair
man Russell H. Mccain announced
today.
The funds to be expended will
build about go miles of new roads
and l30 miles of road recondi-
tioning.
Included in the program is the
extension of each o fthe five
control-access divided highways
which have been under construc-
ton for Several years.
Five Highways Included.
These highways, with their
present status and 1851 proposed
extensions are:
Washington National pike
Under construction from U. s.
Route Is. near Frederick. to
Hyattstown. Scheduled for ex-
tension as a divided highway to
the eastern limits of Clarksburg,
where it will tie into existing Route
240 at grade. The latter road will
be improved from there south to
Hendersons Corner, where it joins
Maryland Route 81. The re-
Imainder of the road from Hender-
sons Corner to the District of
Columbia line has been improved
within the last few years..
Expressway Extension.
Annapolis Washington express
way-Under construction from
Parole to U. S. Route 301. Sched-
uled for extension as a divided
easternly from Parole to
connect, via a new bridge now
under construction across the
Severn River, with the Revell and
Ritchie highways where they in
tersect, with grade separation
structures at that intersection and
at the intersection with Route 301.
Baltimore Harrisburg express
way - Completed from a point
slightly north of Timonium road
to Marble Hill road. Scheduled
Evening star., 1951-05-14
Pageant to Celebrate
IsroeI's Anniversary

The Arlington Jewish Center
will observe Israel's third ami
versary as an independent nation
tomorrow with a pageant depict
ing the events leading up to
that country's independence.
The pageant. written by Rabbi
Noah Golinkin, will be staged at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow. in the center,
1920 Lee boulevard, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1951-05-14

side balanced by CONFERENCE.-The
to keep them relatively burglar
proof. The windows of the stable
were broken. There was nothing
that looked like $45,OO0 and the
reporter said as much.
THAT house brings in lot of
income" said Mr.. Thompson. BY
this time he was at the curb and
rubbing the polish on his shiny
Cadillac. 1T has IA apartments,
some of them with parlor, bed
room and bath"
He went on talking.
when I was a boy they wouldn' I
let us up here-except we were
working here" he said. IT used to
deliver papers. The gardens were
wonderful. You could smell the
flowers the minute you crossed
Sixth street.
Many Of the gardens are still
kept up. They are old fashioned
gardens, rambler roses, sweet Will
liam, bleeding hearts, lilacs and
bridal wreath.
Splendid Trees Around.
Some of the trees are magnifi-
cent. There is an elm on LIE Droit
Circle (Third and T streets where
the trolley cars used to turn
around) that is unlike the elms
OF the Ellipse and New York ave-
nue.. It is a tall elm. It is like
those splendid trees one sees on
vacation tours in New York or
New England &pastufesAIt is one
OF those trees that made Joyce
Kilmer SO sentimental. 1t lifts its
leafy arms to pray"
According to John Clagett Proc