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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11

to VA. Dependency of a minor
child is not a factor in determin.
ing entitlement to increased CT
Bill subsistence.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11

ed Forces Information and Edu-
cation Schools.
His wife, is the former Earline
Fowler, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edgar Fowler of TABOR city
North Carolina.
M-Sgt. Duggan left the U. S
on his current overseas tour OF
duty in the European Command
in September 1949.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
OZZIE TODD
GIVEN ROAD
SENTENCE

Ozzie Todd of the Cool Springs
section of Horny county was Civ
en- 80 days on the road Monday
for deliberately disobeying the
law that requires parents to send
children to school.
Todd had been tried for the
same offense a year ago anc
placed on probation but his three
children had still remained out
of school.
A jury trial Monday proved TO
Todd that there is something to
the school law which it has been
said he completely disregarded.
Todd's three children have at
tended school less than one
fourth of the present school term.
He can not read or write himself
and his IA year old daughter VINO
hasn't been allowed to go tc
school still can not read or write.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11

In 1850, 9,400 pedestrians were
killed in the United States.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
pepco 10 Raise Rates
In Maryland Suburbs
|By4Pct. on April 70
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 29.-The
State Public Service Commission
yesterday authorized the Potomac
Electric Power Co. Of Washington
to increase its rates in the Mary
land suburbs of Washington by
about 4 per cent.
The new rates are effective or
meter readings after April 20, the
same date set by the District o1
Columbia Utilities Commission
when it recently granted the COM
pany an increase for service within
the District.
The new schedule also includes
an increase in the rate the COM
pany may charge the Southern
Maryland Electric Cooperative
which buys power wholesale ano
distributes it among customers ir
the lower counties of the State.
The higher rates are expected te
produce about $412,000 in addi-
tional revenue for the company
on a yearly basis.
This increase includes $174,0Ot
from higher residential rates
$85, 900 from low voltage CONNER.
cial service, $4,000 from high
voltage commercial service, $4,000
from street railway power, anc
$25, 900 from the Southern Mary
land Cooperative.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

because the Savannah has less OF
the elements which have long ra-
dioactivity than other streams in
the South and Southwest.
Ellenton people had a feeling
that their town was just about to
go places when it got the unex-
Ipected death sentence last Novem-
ber %.
Ellenton. like other Southern
towns more than q century old,
has suffered the Civil War, the
reconstruction and the great de-
lpression of the sos. Some resi-
dents were of the opinion that the
last was the worst of them all.
But in 1888 the town began to
pick up. Federal funds were OBJ
tanned, and the high school was
built. Then came the war and
the postwar peak prices for cot
ton. There were other crops. The
farm owners were willing to try
anything. For a time there was
prosperous truck gardening in as
Iparagus for which the sandy soil
was ideally suited. Later New
Jersey improved its asparagus and
had the advantage of proximity
to the New York market. A lot
of peach orchards were raised tc
the bearing stage in the Ellenton
Iarea
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Tickets Ready for Last
Neighborhood Concert

Invitations for the 49th and final
Neishborhood Concert by the No
tionoI Symphony Orchestra which will
be held at Woodrow Wilson High
School, Monday, now ore reody for
distribution.
Admission cords, issued free Of
charge by The Evening Stor. sponsor
Of the series, moy be obtained at
Woodrow Wilson High School, Alice
Deal Junior High School. Lafayette.
Jonney. Horee Mann. Mureh. Eoton
ond Hearst Elementary Schools;
Friends School, the Recreation De-
portment at Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV. ond at the business
counter Of The Star Building.
The concert, which will be brood
cost by stotion WMAL. The Evening
Stor Stotion, will begin ot 9 pm.
The orchestra is under the direction
Of Dr.. howoFd Mitchell.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

With improved roads the land
owners were able to live in the
village and drive out each day to
supervise the Negro share-crop-
pers' work on the farm. The
writer saw orchards of peach trees
which apparently were tended as
carefully as Senator Harry F
Byrd's apple orchards in the
Shenandoah Valley.
In addition the one sizeable in
dustrial plant of the area began
to boom. That industry is the
Leigh Banana Case Co., about S
miles outside the town, which
makes fruit and vegetable baskets
and crates from the plant gum
wood that grows in the Savannah
River sWamps. 1t began employ.
ing from 300 to 500 workers anc
its executives built attractive
houses in Ellenton. The tax roll.
went up and it was decided tt
pave more streets. There was ever
talk of organizing an Ellentor
Chamber of Commerce.
Just before Thanksgiving last
fall the town began to buzz with
rumors that something big wa.
coming to Ellenton. The Army.
Corps of Engineers had been al
over the countryside sinking test
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Maryland Will Get
Buses for Schools,
Sosscer Indicates

Areas in need of school buses
should be able to obtain them in
time for opening of schools next
fall, Representative Sasscer, Dem
ocrat, of Maryland, indicated to-
day.
Mr.. Sasscer said he had been
working on the problem for several
weeks following an expression OF
concern over a possible shortage
of materials from school super
Iintendents and parent-teacher as
sociations.
Recently, Mr.. Sasscer sent to the
Defense Transport Administration
la letter from School Supt. Will
liam S. Schmidt of Prince Georges
County, in regard to buses. In
reply, James K. Knudson, admin
istrator Of the Federal agency
said: .t
II forwarded to the National
Production Authority a recon-
mendation to allocate materials
for the manufacture of school
buses to meet known nation wide
requirements. I have been advised
that these buses will be available
for use In time for the fall open
ing of school,"
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Arlington School Buses Save
Parents 81 ,OOODoiIy, EorIySoys

Operation of county owned
school buses in Arlington is saving
parents from $500 to $1,000 a day
School Supt. William A. Early
said today.
Each day, he said, an average
of 1900 children are carried tc
and from school at an average
cost of 51a cents per child. More
than four-f1fths Of the operation
cost will be refunded from the
State, he said.
Mr.. Early recalled that the
Public Utilities Commission last
year permitted one bus company
to increase round trip school fares
from 10 to 20 cents a day. If all
1900 students used this line, the
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Prince Georges 10 Hold
Tests for Scholarships

Examinations for college schol-
arships will be given by the Prince
Georges Board of Education at
am. Saturday in the Bladensburg
Senior High School.
Scholarships are available tc
Washington College, Western
Maryland College, st. Johns Col
Ilege and Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, according to County Schools
lSupt. William A. Schmidt.
In addition the County Teach
ers' Association is offering two
$3.50 scholarships. One will be
awarded a student preparing for
elementary school teaching and
the other to a prospective Sec
ondary school teacher. Recipients
must agree to teach at least two
years in Prince Georges County,
Evening star., 1951-03-29

shafts into the sandy soil. They
said they were making a test re-
Igarding the Savannah River. on
which a program ofs dam con-
Istruction was underway. But they
were making their tests a long
way away from the river.
AS usual, the exchange of in
formation was around the coal
stove in the middle of H. M. Cas-
seis' big store. Ellenton has no
newspaper.
Mike Cassells. the towns big
businessman {the Cassels family
owns the store, the bank. the tele-
phone company and the under
taking establishment. told every
one to hold onto their land. He
warned them not to give options
mo matter how attractive an offer
might seem. An Atlanta law firm
had sounded him out on the pos
sibility of optioning land near
Ellenton and he had told them
there wasn't chance.
Mr.. Cassels' son Louis is q
newspaperman. He is employed
by the United Press in Washing
ton where he covers the Atomic
Energy Commission. The biggest
story in the offlng at the ACC
was the location of the proposed
H-bomb plant. Congress had au-
thorized $500 million for the H
bomb and it was known that engi-
neers were out travelling much
of the United States in checking
possible locations. The Acc said
later that 1,400 sites were con-
sidered.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Alexandra to Speed
Tourists on Way
BY Traffic Liqhts

1t soon will be possible to drive
right through Alexandria without
stopping. ..-.-
Although desirous of encourag-
ing tourist stopovers, the city
council has agreed to spend $8,450
for a synchronized traffic light
system so motorists won't have
to stop.
Kenneth Smith, the city's traf-
fic engineer. said the new system
had been advocated by the Traffic
Board. He added that lights along
Washington, King and Henry
streets-the city's main thorough
fares-would be timed so motor
lists could drive along them at
about 20 miles an hour without
stopping. ..-..
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Auxiliary Police School
For Montgomery Planned

A training school for Montgom-
|ery County Civil Defense auxiliary
police will be held in Leland Jun
ior High School, Chevy Chase
from 7::30 to $50 o'clock nightly
May IA through 18, Police Chief
Charles M. Orme has announced
The program. under the super
vision of Inspector James S. Nc
Auliffe, will include first aid train
ling, laws of arrest, general duties
during air raids, atom bomb anc
radiation instruction, and traffic
direction and control.
The county government is seek
ling 200 men between 80 and &C
years of age as volunteers for the
auxiliary police force, but to date
less than Is acceptable applica-
tions have been received.
In addition to the age require
|ment. volunteers must be of good
moral character, in good physical
condition and at least 5 feet
inches tall. Application may be
made at any of the county police
stations or by telephoning them
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Ray C.Hopkins Elected
Head Of Alexandra
Community Chest

Ray c. Hopkins, manager OF tht
Alexandria Office of the Virginia
Electric Power Co., last night wa!
elected president of the Alexandra
Community Chest at the annua
meeting at Carter Hall.
Mr.. Hopkins, who lives at 350'
Old Dominion boulevard, wa.
chairman of the city's 1850 ches
campaign.
Col. Allen B. Hicklin, USA ret.
of 623 Beverly drive was choser
vice president. He served as chair.
man of the Ward II Residential
unit in the last drive. E. Gu,
|Ridgely, cashier at the Alexandra
National Bank was named treas.
urer.
The Board of Trustees of tn,
Chest, resolved that the 1852 Com.
Imunity Chest Campaign would bt
a memorial to the late Maurice D
Rosenberg, attorney and presiden
of the chest at the time of hi!
death last November II.
Mr.. Rosenberg, who was Al, LEI
the chest workers for nearly twt
years. The resolution declared
that Mr.. Rosenberg "had servee
the Chest and it's agencies with
devotion and untiring effort ever
when physically unable to do so
and greatly enriched the lives o
all who were fortunate enough tt
have him as a friend and worl
with him on Chest matters"
| The board ordered a copy O
the resolution to be presented tt
Mrs. Rosenberg.
Members of the board of direc
tors in addition to the officers are
Mrs. Edith Allen, Mrs. Donals
Campbell, D. w. Duke, Mrs. Henr.
H. Fowler, T. j. Gary, Randall j
Hicks, Irwin M. Hufford, Mrs. A
Remigius Lash, Frank Ludlow
Harry Madden, c. H. Mason, Mrs
Albert Miller, John r. Schafe
Albert A. Smoot, w. Selden Wash
ington, Albert Woolf and Mrs
William Zimmerman III.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Prince Georges Police
Jail a Poker Players

Prince Georges County police
early today broke up a poker game
and arrested four colored men on
charges of unlawfully wagering
and setting up a gaming table.
Unable to put up $500 bond
apiece, the four men were jailed
for a hearing Monday. They are
Frederick E. Ellis, 80, of the 1000
block Ames street NE; Raymond
Parker, %, of the 5000 block OF
Sheriff road NE; Roose j. Ruth
ledge, 20, of the 500 block OF
Maple road. Deanwood. and Noah
s. Slaughter, jr., 46, of the 5000
block of Clay street NE.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Prince Georges Calls
Hearing Tomorrow
On Record Budqet

A record-breaking $40 million
Prince Georges County budget
will be given a public hearing by
the county commissioners at 10
am. tomorrow in the courthouse,
Upper Marlboro.
A number of citizens delega-
tions have indicated they will be
present. Many are expected to
protest the elimination of recrea-
tion funds.
Actually the proposed budget
for the fiscal year beginning July
l is only 81 million higher than
the current budget. A change in
accounting procedure, however,
makes the difference appear
Igreater.
The 81 million difference will be
taken care of by a 10 cents in
crease in the $1.90 tax rate, under
the commissioners proposal.
The all-Republican board, which
took Office last December, indi-
Gated it would try to avoid a tax
rate rise. Declaring they were
economy minded" the commits
Esioners pared many department
heads proposals and eliminated
the $63,730 requested by the Rec
reation Board. This item was
termed the "least essential -
Funds for civil defense also were
omitted.
Included in the $40 million fig
ure is more than 81 million for
schools. OF the funds for edu-
Icational purposes, an estimated
|$3.5 million would come from the
State.
An indication of the tenor OF
tomorrow's hearing was seen Tues
day, when more than IS persons
crowded the commissioners meet
ing to protest the loss of recrea-
ltion funds,
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Reporter Cassels was putting out
an occasional story saying thai
from "the best information OBJ.
tainable" that a site in Texas
would be chosen. Later, the best
information seemed to be swing.
ing in favor of Arkansas.
All the time he was getting let
ters from his father saying: "Son
it looks as if a big, defense plant is
coming to Ellenton. The Corps o1
Engineers is still testing earth
structure all around here. See il
you can get any information or
this in Washington"
Louis Cassels never put two ano
two together. Every one thought
that the H-bomb plant would be
located in those vast open spaces
that used to be known as the Great
American Desert. It was known
that the Army was seeking loca.
tions for a dozen defense plants
That this greatest of the nationa
ventures should be located only II
miles from the Atlantic seaboarc
was incredible.
On November % a press releas,
was given reporters at the Acc
announcing the location of thu
H-bomb plant accompanied by 6
map showing the area from which
the population was Ito be evac.
|uated." Reporter Cassels looked
at his copy and let out a yell.
"Yipe!" he shouted, there goes
my home town and my father,
store"
Tomorrow: HoU Ellenton took
II,
Evening star., 1951-03-29

The territory is just what one
would expect from the bird's-eye
view from the plane, patches of
dried cotton stalks, stretches OF
pine with some grazing space for
beef cattle between the trees and
occasional peach orchards and
groves of pecan trees. There are
only a few tenant shacks in
stretches of several miles.
The Charleston q Western Car
olina Railroad, an Atlantic Coast
Line subsidiary, parallels the road
Seven miles farther on is Ellenton
population 1922 the largest of the
towns which are going to be wiped
out by the Government. The resi-
dents have until June, 1852. Then
they have to be out.
A town of TOO persons on rail-
road track doesn't suggest much
to any one who has made the long
drive from Washington to Florida.
But this traveller was not long in
discovering that Ellenton is some
thing.
Ellenton has paved streets, q
$3.50, 900 high school, many attrac-
tive homes. three churches and a
bank. Three physicians live in
Ellenton and there are two restau-
rants and one of the largest coun-
try stores in the South.
There is nothing new about the
Government exercising its right
of eminent domain in clearing
large tracts of land. Hundreds of
mountaineers were moved to make
Shenandoah National Park and
the Sky Line Drive possible on the
Blue Ridge and the same thing
happened in the Great Smokes
and Cumberland Mountains of
Tennessee when the iva dams
were built.
What is unprecedented Is the
razing Of a prosperous town. FL
lenton is to be wiped off the map.
It brings to mind the classic in
stance Of the killing of a town,
'The Deserted Village" about
which Oliver Goldsmith waxed so
indignant in the 18th century. The
situation was not quite the same.
Sweet Auburn, loveliest village
Iof the plain" was depopulated to
give a wealthy aristocrat more
room for hunting. Ellenton is be-
ing done away with In the ma
tional interest.
Ellenton must go because it is
between the plots selected for con-
struction of the big bomb manu-
featuring buildings and the Sa-
vannah River. The plant will use
the river. The site was selected
Evening star., 1951-03-29

saving would be $1,044 a day. he
estimated.
Another bus company, which
last year carried 80 per cent OF
the pupils, now charges rs cents
for 10 tickets or Is cents for each
round trip. Mr.. Early estimates
that parents of pupils formerly
using this line would save 1894 q
day on school buses.
Next years school budget car
ries an item of $4,000 for bus op-
erations. Mr.. Early said most OF
this will be covered by payments
from the State for this years
transportation and depreciation. II
is estimated the State will refund
about $4,000 to the county fol
this purpose, he said.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
First Of series Of ortieIes on effect Of
bomb pIont project in South CoroIino.

1t is in the open cuts where
kaolin, the white clay used in
ceramics and the synthetic rub
ber industry, has been removed
by power shovels. Clay suspended
in the rain water caught in these
quarries reflects one of the most
beautiful blues in nature.
There's where the H-bomb
plant is going to be-" says the
flight attendant. "See the paved
four-lane highway ahead there
running crosswise to our course?
That's U. S. No. / from Aiken
is. c.. to Augusta. You can see
Augusta now out of our windows
on the right. See that wide scar
cutting south across it at the II
O'Clock angle from our course?
That's a new four-lane highway
under construction. 1t will &C
right into the plant"
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion is constructing a $3.50 mil
lion plant in this South Carolina
area for the manufacture OF
hydrogen bombs. It has mapped
out 21,000 acres which it will
take over and has notified the
5000 or 1000 people living there
that they will have to move.
A minute later the snaky twists
of the Savannah River were be-
low us and we put down at the
Augusta Airport, a former Air
Force base, 10 miles down river
from the city.
The present road from Augusta
to the area is Highway No. 90
About 20 miles from Augusta
a huge sign on the right reads:
Caution, you are entering the
area of the Savannah River Plant
Watch for construction personne
and equipment. Drive carefully
Evening star., 1951-03-29
By George Kennedy
Sfor Siaff Correspondent

ELLENTON, S. c., Mar. 20
After the Eastern Airlines plane
takes off from Columbia. s. c..
for Augusta. Ca, the country be-
low becomes vast areas of pine
dotted wasteland, with only an
occasional plowed field. In some
places the green of winter grains
is cropping out of the reddish
soil, producing color effects that
would not be believed should an
artist succeed in catching them
on canvas.
And this country has still more
unusual color for the air traveller
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Arlington Junior Chamber
To Honor Scout Leaders

In what is planned to be an
annual affair. the Arlington Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce will
honor the cub masters, scout
masters and post advisers of Ar
lington District Boy Scouts with
"a testimonial dinner at $50 pm
tomorrow at the Lyon Village
Community Center, Nineteenth
and North Highland street.
The dinner is in acknowledge
|ment of the contribution by the
Boy Scout organization to COM
|munity life.
Everett N. Palmer, 220 North
Galveston street, Is chairman OF
the Boy Scout banquet commit
tee
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Berwyn Boys Club Program

The North College Park (Md.)
Boys Club will sponsor a Sports
mans Night at 1880 pm. tomrrow
in the Berwyn Elementary School
The program, for boys and their
fathers from the area, will IN
clude movies of the Maryland Uni
versity football team.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

other Woshing-
ton newspapers
combined during
the some period.
People turn to
The Stor's tre-
mendous clossi-
fled showcase
when they hove
goods or services
to buy and sell.
Classified q d S
for the big Sun
r.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
EmmunueI Church Minstrel

The Mems Club of Emmanuel
Episcopal Church, Alexandria,
will sponsor benefit minstrel
show with blackface and musi-
cal acts. at 8 o'clock tonight and
tomorrow night in the parish hall
on Russell road.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

- uuT SIuI Gun DC
pIoeed until 1p.m. Saturday. But you
con help avoid q flood Of phone coils
OF The stor on Friday and Saturday by
placing your Sunday I'd today.
Coll Sterling 5000. Advertise in
Woshinston's Number I classified me-
dunn.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Church Guild Plans Dance

The Mary and Martha Guild of
the Church of st. Clement will
hold a square dance at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow In the church, 1701
Seminary road, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Democratic Club Dance

The Mount Rainier Democratic
Club will hold its annual fund
raising dance from 10 pm. to
am. tomorrow at the Cottage City
firehouse.
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Call The Star Today
For Sunday Want Ads

The Stor lost month carried more
thon u, 900 individual classified odver-
tisements. This is more thon the total
classified DDS carried by the three
Evening star., 1951-03-29
Foirfox Seniors PIoy

The senior class of Fairfax High
School will present the play. "You
Can't Take It With YOU" at $50
pm. tomorrow in the school.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Tomorrow: How Ellenton took
the neDs.
Evening star., 1951-03-29

Hyde Lashes Tawes.
Earlier. in the Senate debate
on the bill, Montgomery Senator
Dewitt s. Hyde told the members
they should be ashamed of them
selves for even considering such
a measure.
In what was believed the most
severe tongue lashing delivered
on the Senate floor during the
present session, Senator Hyde at
tackled Mr.. Tawes' sponsorship of
the bill as disgraceful.
HE left the Judiciary Commit.
tee hearing last week like a whip
ped puppy with his tail between
his legs" Senator Hyde shouted.
He acted as if he was ashamed of
himself, and well he should have
been. He could give no valid rea-
son for proposing this BILL"
Evening star., 1951-08-15

T~Hrs shining emblem "GN1C" is the sparkling sign
of the fastest growing line of trucks in the land =
scith sales groah unmatched this year by any other
manufacturer The reasons for this are sound ones.
For in the chassis of GC you find longtime stay
with stamina truck building that dares comparison
with anything on the roads today.
Under the GN1C hood you find real powerthe kind of
trmckbut power it takes to keep goods moving year
after year. Whether it's ninble " to 2-tonner with
horsepower unsurpassed in its Glass; the fabulous two
Evening star., 1951-08-15
Alexandra May Force Planes
To Ely at ! 900 Feet Over City

Beverley said the city could bor-
row four airplanes from Virginia
State Police to patrol the skies
above Alexandria.
He suggested employment OF
airborne policemen a week ago,
but only yesterday discovered that
the State has four planes avail
able.
Mr.. Beverley said Maj. w. H.
Reed, jr., in charge of the four
State-owned planes, had assui ed
him they could be used If the
city had an ordinance against
low-f1ying planes.
Mr.. Beverley said ne knew of
no other city in Virginia that had
such an ordinance.
But there can always be a
first" he added.
Mr.. Beverley has been appointed
to a Civil Aeronautics Authority
committee studying the flying
plane problem.