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Evening star., 1952-11-13
Club Near Wheaton
Turned Down Again
On zoning Appeal
A zoning exception that would

A zoning exception that would
have enabled a private club to
operate on a 23-acre tract near
Wheaton, Md, has been turned
down by the Montgomery Board
of Appeals for the third time.
The exception was sought by
Merlands Club, Inc, through its
president, Victor r. Messall. Mr..
Messan is owner of the tract and
originally requested the exception
in his own name last May.
The appeals board ruled yester-
day that granting of the exception
would not be in harmony with
the purposes and intent of the
zoning plan. It also held that.
once the special exception is
granted, the board could exercise
no control over the activities of
the club.
Offers Large Membership.
The tract is at 1901 Georgia
avenue. The request for an ex-
ception to permit private club
operation on land zoned for one
family houses pointed out that
$50 family and 500 individual
memberships would be allowed in
the club. This would serve a
recreational need in the area, the
applicant said.
The board ruled, however, that
it could find no justification for
granting the exception on this
basis. It said the neighborhood
will be served adequately by re-
cent acquisition of the Glenmont
Community Center by the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.
The board also declared traffic
congestion and a serious santa
ton problem would result from
such an operation. Although
water service is supplied in the
area by Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission, there are
no sewer facilities available.
Rejected May 4 Plea.
On May 4, the board rejected
the same proposal when Mr.. Mes
sail requested the exception as
owner Of the land. On June q,
the bid again was turned down
when application was made in the
name of the corporation.
An appeal was filed in the
Montgomery Circuit Court, but
Judge Stedman Prescott referred
the case back to the appeals
board for a rehearing. Mean
while. the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, which had opposed the
plan originally, recommended that
it be approved with restrictions as
to use of the facilities.
The appeals board said it was
powerless to impose the recon-
restrictions.
The Circuit Court appeal, which
was held in allegiance pending the
rehearing. will be taken up by the
court. if the Merlands corporation
revives its appeal.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

to relatives or transferred to other
institutions or boarding homes.
Some will return to their par
ents. st. AIMS has children whose
mothers have been i'll for a long
time. When the mothers recover
the youngsters go back to their
own homes
The nome can care for 80 chill
dren at occe and yesterday it ap-
peared to have a full house.
Besides the semi-circle at the
piano, there were groups engaged
in other purSuits-babieS testing
their thumbs or registering pro-
tests ovel something or other,
older children outside in the play
yard and toddlers busy learning
how to make contact between floor
and sole, rather than floor and
stern. ..
Most Of them operate by court
esy of your billfold. Volunteer
workers help the nuns and nurses
give them a substitute for moth
ers, put most Of the money that
keeps the project going is your
Community Chest money.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Mrs. Truman 10 Attend
Community Chest Unit
Today

, Mrs. Truman was to be guest
of honor at the second and final
report meeting of the Special So
licitation Unit of the 1853 Com
munity Chest-USO Campaign at
1890 pm. today in the Willard
Hotel.
Special guests include repre-
sentatives of IL Red Feather
agencies which have been enter
tanned at the White House or have
been hosts to Mrs. Truman on
special occasions. A second table
was to feature Chest benef1ciaries
from the agencies. ,t...
Mrs. Michael j. Calvin, wife of
the undersecretary of labor and
chairman of the program COM
mittee. was to preside and in
troduce the guests.
The latter include Mrs. Philip
Sidney Smith, president of the
board of Barney Neighborhood
House: Joseph Kaemmerer, presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of
the Boys Club of Washington;
r. R. Rubottom, president of the
board of the Camp Fire Girls:
Mrs. George Y. Wheeler, presi-
dent of the board of the Children's
Convalescent Home; Mrs. william
r. Knobloch, vice president of the
board and chairman of the Farm
Committee of Christ Child Con-
valescent Farm for Children; Mrs.
Warren Lockwood, member Of the
board and chairman Of the World
Friendship Committee, Girl Scouts.
Also, Mrs. Julia West Hamilton,
president Of Phyllis Wheatley
Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation; Mrs. Harry Bernton,
member Of the board of Recrea-
ton Services. Inc; Mrs. William
r. Range, director of women's
activity in the national Capital
area. Salvation Army: Mrs. Harold
Hitz Burton, public relations
chairman Of the USO-Travelers'
Aid Lounge, and Mrs. Waldron
Faulkner, president of the Young
Women's Christian Association of
the District.
Other guests were to include
Hugh K. Duffield, president of the
Community Chest Federation and
the four servicewomen who repre-
|sented the women in the armed
forces on the recently issued s.
cent commemorative stamp. They
were invited as the units special
guests in observance of USO-Pal
Day.
Ten service men and women
were to receiev the key to the city
from Commissioner F. Joseph
Donohue during Pal Day ceremo-
nies at 1890 pm. in the District
Building. They were scheduled
to be guests of the Government
Unit at its report meeting in the
Washington Hotel.
"GI Pals" at the Business Unit
meeting were to be four veterans
wounded in Korea. Drew Pearson
was the scheduled speaker at this
meeting in the Washington Hotel.
The Red Feather USO campaign
has reached 1886 per cent of the
$4,150.000 goal.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Arlington Promotes -Four
Firemen and Policemen

Four promotions in the Arling-
ton Department of Public Safety
have been announced by County
Manager A. T. Lundberg.
In the Fire Division, James E..
Fought. 1926 South Fifth street,
has been promoted to captain.
In the Police Division, Walter
E. Bell, jr., 1880 North Adams
street, has been promoted to cap
tain: Andrew E. Bayliss, 114O
North Illinois street. to lieutenant,
and Ernest A. Summers, 6549
North Thirty-Sixth street, to SER
geant.
The members of the vice squad
of the Police Division, Detectives
Russell L. Runyon and Russell Pet
tie. have been transferred from
the Detective Bureau to work
under the direct supervision of the
chief of police. Major William G..
Fawver.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
New Road Patching Unit
Tried Out in Takoma Park

A new type mobile road patch
ing machine was demonstrated
yesterday in Takoma Park, Nd,
before representatives of the
armed forces, Federal bureaus and
area governments.
The machine, called a "Mixall,"
operated from 10 am. to 4 pm. on
Linden Circle. Earl w. Thomas.
Takoma Park superintendent of
public works. was in charge of the
demonstration.
H. H. Thompson. president Of
the Paving Supply and Equip
ment Co.. explained the operation
Of the machine. It has a capacity
Of spreading 3 to S tons Of hot
mix per hour or 10 tons of colo
mix. It is used chiefly for black
top patching and maintenance.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

ber. 1851. Three times previously
he had been runnerup. a feat
which merited him the title OF
mayor pro TEN during those years
In 1889 and 1910, Mr.. Lastner
was president of the Greenbelt
Citizens Association. He is the
city's eighth Mayor.
A native of Baltimore, MIR. Last
ner moved to Greenbelt in Janu-
ary. 1888. He has been a salesman
in the dental supply business in
Washington for % years. In World
War II, he served in the Army
Medical Corps for two years, in
IL months as a sergeant
with a general hospital unit in
Europe.
He is active in the knights of
Columbus. Moose and American
Legion and for eight years was a
member and chairman of the
board of directors of the Greenbelt
Consumer Services. the community
business cooperative. He Is mar
ried and has two daughters. He
lives at 19-P Ridge road.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
S2.3 Million in Bonds
Sought for Building
Alexandra Schools

A bond issue of $2.3 million to
construct a new high school and
two elementary schools has been
asked by the Alexandria School
Board.
The request is being studied by
the school committee of the Alex
andria City Council, School Supt.
T. c. Williams reported last night.
Cites Desperate Need.
Mr.. Williams told school board
members the proposed new high
school is desperately needed in the
area recently annexed from Fair
fax County. He explained that
the George Washington High
School will be overcrowded in the
next school term with an enroll
ment Of more than 1000 pupils.
The new elementary schools
would be a 20-room school on
the Brookings track at Seminary
road and King street extended,
and a 20-room school on North
Mount Vernon avenue.
The school board approved pre-
liminary plans to name the
Brookings tract school for Minnie
Howard. the founder of the city
Parent-Teacher Association.
Mrs. Howard was a rsative Alex
andrian who died in April. 1850.
at the age of 50. Her husband,
the late T. Liston Howard, was a
member of the city school board
during the 1920s. Her son, Rob-
ert c. Howard, Is a member of
the present city school board.
PTA to Help in Cost.
The board voted to share the
cost of blackout curtains for the
George Mason School with the
school PTA. Twenty-Five rooms
in the building will be equipped
with the curtains used in the
visual aid program.
TIL eboard approved the name
Patrick Henry for new school to
be built in the Shirley-Duke
housing development.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Baltimore Court Denies
Plea for FIuoridation Ban
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.-1njunc-
ton proceedings aimed at prevent
ing the city of Baltimore from
going through with its water
fuoridation program were thrown
out of court yesterday.
Judge Michael j. Manley held
that treating the city water sup
ply with fluoride as a tooth decay
preventive was legal under the
city charter.
The suit had been brought by
two citizens, Ian Ross MacFarlane
and Harry C. Hoffman. Mr.. Moff-
man argued that the. water
treatment was a medication in
violation Of his religious beliefs as
a Christian Scientist.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Silver Spring Church
Plans Fair Saturday

A church fair will be held at the
Woodside Methodist Church from
10 am. through 8 pm. Saturday
at the church. $500 Georgia ave-
nue., Silver Spring. Md.
A puppet show and a Christmas
decorations booth will be featured
In addition to q bake sale and an
exhibition Of dolls from many
countries.
A turkey dinner will be served
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Evening star., 1952-11-13
Festival Set at Church

A harvest festival will be held
from 3 to 9 pm. Saturday in
Pershing Drive Christian Church.
419 North Highland street. Ar
lington, Va. Dinner will be served
from $50 to 1880 pm. The fes-
tiyal is sponsored by the church's
Christian Women's Fellowship.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

volved in negotiations for street
and utility dedication whereby the
Government will turn them over to
the city administration. And it's
a complicated procedure for a city
having some 5000 residents and
l 800 living units.
Mayor Lastner, 43, has been part
of the community's governing body
since 1941 when he was elected to
the council. He's been Mayor since
June, 1850. when he was appointed
to replace Mrs. Elizabeth Harring-
ton, who moved from the area. In
Evening star., 1952-11-13

ing d e v p
m e n t S started
by the Govern
ment during the
early 1930s, has
been sold by the
Public Housing
Administration.
The sale has
c a u S e d n e W
pr o b ] e m S for
Mayor Lastner
and other MEM
b ers of tn e
Greenbelt City
Council. Right
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Boy Dies of Burns

PULASKI, Va, Nov. 1S (R.-A
2-year-old child, Linday Waddell.
died yesterday of burns received
when q flaming plastic curtain
ignited her clothes and hair. In
flicting first to third-degree burns
c-er three -fourths of her body.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
The 81 Campaign
In Star Cartoons

Eighty-nine cartoons by The
Stars two great cartoonists,
Jim Bergman and Glib Crockett,
selected from the scores which
appeared on the first page of
The Star telling the story of
the 1852 political campaign have
been reprinted in book form and
are now on sale at The Stars
Business Counter in the f1rst-fioor
lobby Of The Star Building.
Accompanied by a brief narra-
tive in caption form. the cartoons
tell the story of the past cam
paign.
Like the book issued in 1948,
which was so well received by Was
book as a keepsake Of the polit
quite yet forgotten.
The price Of the book is so Gel
to cover postage and handling, tt
who write for it. Address orders t,
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Voting
SET for Fairfax
And Alexandra
Council Names 5 to
Recommend Changes:
Bourd Hears Plans

Fairfax County and the city of
Alexandria are preparing to make
major changes in their voting sys-
TENS. because of many delays that
occurred in last weeks presiden-
tial election.
Alexandria's Mayor Marshall j.
Beverley last night appointed a
|flve-member committee to recon-
mend what changes should be
made in the city's wards, registra-
ton system, or anything else af-
fecting the speed of voting.
Mr.. Beverley said the commit
tee might even consider use of
voting machines. He said some
wards certainly should be divided
because of the large numbers of
voters, and polling places should
be relocated in some areas to be
more convenient.
Members of the committee
named by Mr.. Beverley are Coun-
cilmen David S. Haddock and
Leroy S. Bendheim, Albert ".
Bryan, jr.. who is chairman of the
electoral board; City Registrar
Fred Petit and Democratic Chair
man Thomas Moncure.
Fairfax Changes Suggested.
In Fairfax County the Board of
Supervisors yesterday heard sew
eral changes in the voting system
suggested by Elmer Duncan,
chairman of the electoral board.
Mr.. Duncan said it is planned
to set up a new card index regis
tration system. There would be
triplicate copies of each registra-
ton. The central registrar would
keep one in a loose-leaf registra-
ton book, the second copy would
go to the precinct registration
book-also loose leaf-and the
third would 60 to the voter.
BY having the registrations kept
in loose-leaf books, Mr.. DuncanI
said it would be easy to keep the
names in alphabetical order. He
said names are grouped accord
ing to first three letters at present
but are not completely alphabetic
This slowed down many voters
during last weeks balloting.
Providing voters with triplicate
copies of their registration will
make it necessary only to check
their names on the poll tax list,
said Mr.. Duncan. 81. 20 4
Would Divide Books.
Another change under consider
alton is division of registrationl
books in some big precincts into
three or more sets of books. ForI
instance, voters from A through ri
would be on one set of books and
would stand in one line; voters
from K through T would be on an
other set of books and would
stand in a second line and so on.
Mr.. Duncan said the Electoral
Board was not asking the super
visorS' action on the proposed
changes right away, but wanted
them to give it consideration. The
supervisors granted his request for
a full-time assistant to the CEN
trail registrar.
Mr.. Duncan said many of the
precincts would have to be divided,
but he thinks that will have to
wait until completion of the cur
rent redistricting. He said a num-
ber of precincts will be affected by
the redistricting and that it would
be useless to change any precinct
boundaries until the new redis-
tricting plan is known.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Festival at Montrose

The MontroSe Elementary
School Parent Teacher Associa-
tion will sponsor a fall festival
from $3.50 to 10 pm. tomorrow at
the school on Rockville pike.
Games. movies, entertainment and
food will be featured.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Festival at Wheaton School

A festival will be held at Pleas
ant View Elementary School,
Wheaton .(Md). from 4 to $3.50
pm. Saturday. It is sponsored by
the Pleasant View Parent-Teacher
Association.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Meet the Mayors
Frank L0stner of GreenbeIt
Faces Problem of City's)SoIe

. Not many mayors have had their
communities sold while in Office,
but such is the case with Mayor
Frank j. Lastner of Greenbelt, Md.
The city, one of the model hous-
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Girl Scout Council to Meet

The board of directors of the
Girl Scout Association Council of
Alexandria will meet at 10 am.
tomorrow at the home of Mrs.
John c. Borton. 403 West Masonic
View avenue, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

This is another in a series
couering municipalities OF the
WASHINGTON area.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

Greenbelt, the Mayors post, by
precedent, goes to the council can
didate getting the biggest vote.
This Mr.. Lastner did when he
came UP for reelection in Septem-
Evening star., 1952-02-13
William A. NuffalI, Owner
Of Bethesda Cleaning Firm

William Alfred INITIAL, 81, pro.
prietor of the Bel-Air Cleaners ir
Bethesda, died Sunday in his
home, 1922 Green place NV.
after a brief illness.
Mr.. INITIAL. native of Ithaca
N. Y. and a former resident Of
Alliance, Ohio, had lived here TO,
the past Is years. He was a Nayal
Gun Factory employee in World
War II and. with his wife. oper-
|ated the Swiss Chalet Restaurant
In the 2100 block of Pennsylyanis
avenue NV. Five years ago. Mr.
and Mrs. INITIAL became proprie.
tors of the cleaning establishment
IN the 7o00 block Of Wisconsin
avenue.
Mr.. Nuttall was a member of the
Palisades Citizens Association.
Besides his widow, the forme,
Anna Simcox, he is survived by !
Istep-spn, Robert Glatfelter of the
Green place address. Funera,
services were to be held at 2 pm
today in the Gawler funeral home
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-02-13
Mrs. Jennie 0. Middleton,
Sister Of Retired Consul

Mrs. Jennie Osborne Middleton,
n. sister of Miss Frances S. Os-
borne, former head of the Mount
Pleasant Public Library, died yes
terday at her home, 2022 Colum-
bia road NV.
Mrs. Middleton, q former resi-.
dent of Germantown, Philadel-
phia, Pa. and widow Of Howard
Ware Middleton of Philadelphia,
came here in 1949 to make her
home with Miss Osborne. A
brother, John Ball Osborne, who
lives at the Westchester Apart
ments, is retired foreign service
officer and former United States
consul-general at Budapest, Hum
gary.
Mrs. Middleton also IS survived
by two sons and daughter and
another brother. Funeral services
will be held at 2, pm. tomorrow
in Gawler's funeral home. Burial
will be private.
Evening star., 1952-02-13
D. Charles G. Hyde,
Professor Emeritus
OF International Law

Dr. Charles Cheney Hyde. rs
distinguished authority on inter
national law and former solicitor
for the State Department, died lasi
might at his New York City home
DR.. Hyde. professor emeritus Of
international law and diplomacy
lat Columbia University, was ap-
pointed in 1921 as American mem
|ber Of the Permanent Commission
for the Advancement of Peace un-
der the United States-Venezuela
treaty. He was counsel for Guate-
|mala in that country's boundary
dispute with Honduras in 1881 and
1882, and he was a lecturer on in
|ternational law for the Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace.
A Yale graduate Of the class Of
1895 who received his law degree
from Harvard in 1898 and his law
|doctorate from Northwestern Uni
Iyersity in 1924. DR.. Hyde practiced
law here from 1920 to 1928. He
taught at Columbia from 1925 to
|l945.
He was named solicitor of the
State Department. by President
Harding in February, 1928, anc
served until June, 1925.
Evening star., 1952-02-13
|Conldr Riker Rites
Held al Arlington

Arlington burial services were
held yesterday afternoon for
IComdr. George A. Riker. q. re-
tired Naval medical oficer who
died February ] In the Newport
tR. I. Naval hospital.
Condr. Riker who was admit
tied to the hospital more than q
year ago for q heart ailment, was
burned to death when his chair
apparently was ignited BY q box
Iof matches.
A native Of Philadelphia, he
received his medical training at
Jefferson College there. Comdr.
Riker joined the Navy In 1908,
served in Haiti and was senior
medical officer at the Norfolk.
Va, Navy Yard for q time during
World War I.
He was stationed in Washing
ton in the Surgeon Generals
Office from 1912 to 1914.
Surviving Is his widow, the
former Beatrice Gardiner of Win.
lnipeg, Canada, who lives In New.
lport.
Evening star., 1952-02-13
Mrs. James N. White, 80,
Wife Of Retired Accountant

Mrs. James Malcolm White, 80
"a lifelong resident of Washing
ton, who lived at $500 Irvine
street NE, collapsed and dice
apparently of a heart attack yes
terday at Seventh street and
Florida avenue NV.
Mrs. White, the former Maude
Ross Emerson, was the wife OF
la retired Internal Revenue
Bureau accountant. Mrs. White
was an expert seamstress who hao
once operated her own sewing
business here, and she was a past
noble grand of Esther Rebecca
Oddfellows Lodge.
Beside her husband, Mrs. White
is survived by a daughter, Mrs
Robert B. Harris, formerly OF
Alexandria and now living in
Vienna, Va; a sister, Mrs. Jennie
.T. Lindsey of Jacksonville, Fla.
and two grandsons.
Funeral services will be held
at $3.50 pm. Friday in the Lee
funeral home. Cremation will
follow. &
Evening star., 1952-02-13
Mrs. Frederick W. GARNER
IA Years in Montgomery

Mrs. Frederick w. Gartner, II
of Potomac, Md. a Montgomery
County resident A years, died
Monday in Montgomery County
General Hospital.
Mrs. Gartner, the former Cath
crime Norris, was born in Han
cock, Md.
Her husband formerly operated
a farm near Germantown, Md.
and now is employed at the Ma
tional Institutes of Health, Be-
theSda. 80.
She also is survived by three
brothers and tive sisters and by
an adopted daughter, Mrs. John
O. Henderson, of Potomac.
Requiem mass viii be at 9 am
tomorrow in st. Rose Catholic
Church, Choppers, Md. Burial will
be in st. Rose Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-02-13
Charles W. Brawner, 81,
Real Estate Broker

Charles w. BraWner, 81, Arling-
ton real estate broker who died
Monday at his home, 1884 Wilson
boulevard, was to be buried at his
native Minnieville. Va, today
after services in the Minnieville
Baptist Church.
MIR. Brawner, an Arlington resi-
dent since 1929, is survived by his
widow, Phyllis Perrott Brawner;
a son and daughter, Lloyd F..
Brawner and Mrs. Harry Pippert,
both OF Arlington: three sisters,
Mrs. Julian W.sCooper and Mrs.
Harry Cline of Arlington ana Mrs.
Michael Stanley of Silver Spring
and five grandchildren.
Evening star., 1952-02-13
Montgomery H. Johnson
Aide of Thomas A. Edison

Montgomery Hunt johnson, 10
father of DR.. Montgomery John.
son OF Alexandria and a winter.
time resident of the Brighton
Hotel here the last five years
died February / in Provincetown
Mass. it was reported today.
Mr.. Johnson. a retired electrica
contractor and engineer from
Utica, N. Y. was once an as.
sociate of@Thomas Edison.
He was buried at Truro, Mass.
last Friday. Besides his son her,
ne Is survived by his widow
Frances Munger johnson. ano
two other sons.