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Evening star., 1952-08-16
News of Music
By Elena de Soyn


The National Negro Opera Com
pany Foundation did not exag-
gerate when it announced an
all-star cast for it's production OF
Gounod's Faust" Given at the
Griffith Stadium last night, it was
an interracial production with the
leading parts taken by noted sing
ers, we'll matched in the excellence
of their voices. They and the
chorus, trained by the founder
director of the organization. Mary
Cardwell Dawson, made up for
whatever deficiencies existed in
stage props, settings and lighting
The opera began so minutes
after the scheduled hour. During
the long wait, the stagehands were
putting up the scenery for the first
act. Not only was it very shaky
but there was not enough of it to
cover the improvised stage, so that
workmen were seen walking to and
fro. Also, it could not hide the
sign across the bleacherS about the
finest glass of beer you ever
tasted"
But the performance, which got
under way without the overture
showed it's good points early in
the first aria sung by Vladimir
Salna, tenor. in the title role. He
took the first of several high "C'S''
of the evening with the greatest
ease and beauty. Where other
tenors, more often than not, have
recourse to falsetto, his voice
rings pure and true. AS yet in
experienced in stage department
and acting, he makes up for it by
singing with feeling.
Jan Rubes. in the role of
Mephistopheles, disclosed a mag
nificent bass voice and gave fine
impersonation of the character.
His was the most finished per-
formance in strength of personal
ity and finess of detail. Tall and
slender, a champion skier in his
native Czechoslovakia, he dis
played an agility and freedom of
movement rarely duplicated. He
sang the role for the first time in
English with an excellent diction
The impersonation of Margue-
rite by Camilla Williams was in
competent hands. Looking the
part, because of her graceful ap-
pearance, she sang and acted with
the distinction of an experienced
prima donna. Deprived of the
traditional spinning wheel in the
third act, she disguised its lack
by the naturalness Of her bearing
and by giving an excellent per-
formance to the quaint king o1
Thule" and later to the "Jewe
Song"
Robert McFerrin, baritone, a!
Valentine. was a looking sol.
dier and made his aria, Before
Leaving This Place." one of the
outstanding numbers in the per-
formance. How it happened thai
Evening star., 1952-08-16
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time Of Showing
Stage.

Arena-"The Hasty Heart:
$3.50 pm. Matinee today.
Carter Barron Amphitheater-
The Ballet Russo de Monte Carlo:
$3.50 pm.
National-"Porgy and Bess";;
$3.50 pm. Matinee. 2::30 today
Screen.
Observation-Disclosures Jacks:
1:25. 1925, $50. 7:30 and 9:35 pm
Capitol When in Rome:
10:30 am, los, 3:45, 6:25, 9:05
HAS pm. Stage: 1910. $50
$50, $40, 10:45 pm.
COlumbia-"Lovely to Look At;
1890 am, 1885, 2:40. 4:50, 6:55
9:05, 11:10 pm.
Dupont-'Iatuko"; 1, ESQ, 4:45
6:35, 8:35. 10:30 pm. and 1925
am.
Keith's-"The Wild Heart;
11:15 am, 1:20, 1925, $50, 1895
$40 and 11:45 pm.
Little-"Black Narcissus":: lis
3:05, 4:55, GAS. 8:35, 1925 pm
Metropolitan The Jungle:
11:40 am, 1:20, sos. 4:45, 6:25,
$40 and $50 pm.
Ontari0-"Affair in Trinidad;
los. 3:05. sos, 7:05. 9:10 and
11:15 pm.
Palace-"The World in His
Arms; II am. 1:05, 3:15. 5:25
7:35, 9:40 and 1850 pm.
Pix-'Forbidden Jungle; 1:10
$40, 6:10, $40 and II. "Prehis-
toric Women; 2:15. 4:45. 7:15
9:45 pm, 1905 am.
Playhouse "Outcast of the
Islands: 11:10, ITO, 3:15, $40
7:30, $40 and HAS pm.
Plaza-"The Man in the White
Suit; 11:1S am, 1:10, 3:05, S
6:55, $50. 10:45 pm, and 12:45
am.
Trans-Lux-"Walk East on Bea-
con-; II am, 1880, 2:40, 4:35
$3.50, 8:25, 1915 and IL.
7 Jumping Jacks;
11:40 am, lao, $40, $40, 7:45
$50 and 1850 pm.
Evening star., 1952-08-16
Phyllis Thoxter, Film Actress,
is HospitoIized With Polio
Condition Described
By Her Physician
As Satisfactory
By the Assoeiated Press

PORTLAND. Me-, Aug. TO-
Film Star Phyllis Thaxter. 80. was
hospitalized here yesterday and
her physician said today she is
suffering from infantile paralysis,
thus far non-paralytic.
DR.. William c. Burrage de-
scribed her condition as satisfac-
tory.
The authenticated actress re-
turned to her native Portland from
Hollywood last month to spend
the summer with her parents
Maine Supreme Court Justice and
Mrs. Sidney st. Felix Thaxter.
Miss Thaxter has a daughter
Susan, 6, and expects a second
child next winter.
Her husband, James T. Aubrey
|ir.. of Van Nuys, Calf, a tele-
vision advertising executive for the
Columbia Broadcasting System
was reported on the West Coast
She Is co-starred with Gary
Evening star., 1952-08-16

England-bound drama adventurel
concerns "Porgy and Bess."
1t is that unforgettable. This
Blevins Davis-Robert Breen pro-
duction. We asked William
Warfield how difficult it was to
sing in the constantly kneeling
posture of the crippled Porgy
.. "Not difficult at ALL" he said
+. What a singer needs is a
good base, normally two feet
planted firmly on a stage.
He has just as good a base kneel-
ing and if the diaphragm is nor
NAL, SOS the vocal production .
-. Any other questions?
X \ X
The Gayety. undergoing $780,.
600 worth of remodeling, should
be ready by the time a man re-
turns 4! Or maybe not The
last time this passerby looked, il
was faceless building With
great orange beams (why are all
beams orange, if they are) stick
ing through the scaffolding.
This will make the New Gayety
a really new Gayety. It is
the summers most dramatic piece
OF plastic surgery. And will
give Washington a handsomer,
more serviceable version of a
house that has won a lot of COM
affection.
If a vacation eve could have a
regret, and this one does, it is
that the leavetaker will miss
Comm Thro' the Rye" at Olney
next week. This is the play
that Warren Munsell, jr. was
casting when he died suddenly
after a holiday dip in the Olney
theater swimming pool. This
was the summers most tragic
loss in the theater. Everyone
is hoping that the musical drama,
starring David Brooks, will be the
Warren, himself, yearned
that it would. Jane Munsell,
Warren'S widow, and his father,
Warren, ST., will be on hand for
nights world premiere
of the musical drama based on
the life of Scotland's Robert
Burns. May it fare we'll and
this melancholy absentee see it
as a Broadway success later in
the season.
Oh yes, Thoreau. One al
ways intends to re-read Walden" 2"
. Why not in New England?
. Perhaps it reads differently,
more deeply, in its native atmos-
phere in Massachusetts,.
Few things are more engrossing
than the spectacle of a great man
searching his soul. It is a
practice that seems to have lost
currency. Except for reformed
Communists. Speaking of
these. Actor Gene Lockhart is
searching his soul these days,
trying to decide whether to play
Whitaker Chambers in the film
version of Witness" That
should be quite a question for an
actor. Wonder how Thoreau
would answer it?
Evening star., 1952-08-16

for the next few weeks. =.
Especially in New England.
The woodsy. salty charm has not
entirely vanished with Thoreau
Emerson and the great like OF
them.
The thing about New England
in late summer, from the drama
critic viewpoint, is that it is SO
full of theater which one can
see or not see, as one prefers
just like any other theatergoer
-. It was non-working theater-
goer that this one went back, for
the third time, to 'Porgy and
Bess" the other night and
heard Urylee LeonardoS sing the
BeSS role. Like Leontyne
Prices, another magnificent voice
-. quite a different shaping of
the role, the two do which is
the better? Say a tossur
-. both are wonderful. The
slight reservation in Miss Leonar-
dos case Is that she occasionally
becomes more the singer than
the actress pays a bit too
much attention now and then to
Alexander Smallens, the conduc-
tor it is singers habit, and
Smallens is a magnificent man to
watch. 1t shades Bess, how
ever, slightly to her dramatic dis
advantage now and then.
A return to "Porgy and Bess''
makes one more sharply aware
of the work Of an unsung, but
not unsingable, member of the
directoral staff. This is Miss
Ella Gerber who is acting coach.
And has done such brilliant
work of making performers out
of the brilliant Negro vocalists
who sing the Dubose Hayward,
George and Ira Gershwin opera.
1t has been a long time be-
tween visits for Miss Gerber. .
She left her bright and lasting
mark on Washingtonians IL
years ago when she was the top
talent in "Pins and Nedles."
Few people in theater have grown
more in a similar interval. .
And grown more quietly. An
other backstage personality with
the company is Zelda Dorfman,
its manager. She began, as
a child mark you, with the old
Provincetown Players, which later
evolved into the Theater Guild.
One of her most memorable
chores was helping the shy giant
of Goth century American theater
over the pitfalls of his social
Shyness. The giant?
Eugene O'Neill. He remains
Miss Dorfman's greatest hero.
And the runnerup heroes
have no ground for injured van
ity.
Miss Dorfman. of course, will
accompany the "Porgy and Bess"
company to Europe. And,
, even if she is too busy otherwise,
she should return with enough
notes for a book.
One other thought of a New
Evening star., 1952-08-16

Cooper in Springfield Rife" a
Aim not yet released.
Her first starring picture was
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
ENIWETOK WILL BE SITE
OF ATOMIC EXPERIMENTS

When the new atomic tests are
conducted this autumn on Eniwetok
atoll in the Pacific, will a hydrogen
bomb be included in the expert
ments?
No answer to this question was
given by the Atomic Energy Com
mission when it announced the tests.
1t said simply that these experiments,
to be conducted jointly by the Acc
and the Defense Department, were
being staged looking toward the de-
velopment of atomic weapons"
The Eniwetok proving grounds in
the Marshall Islands have been used
in the past for experiments with the
largest type of atom bombs.
For years the Acc has been work.
ing on the H-bomb, which if finally
developed will be vastly more po-
tent than conventional atomic bombs
possibly 1000 times more power
full. It was more than two and
half years ago that President Tru-
man gave out statement saying he
had directed the Acc to continue
work on the H-bomb.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
Pangborn Night At
Fair On Tuesday
All Employees And Their Fam
lilies Are Guests Of Pangbon
Corporation.

More than LOO adults and close
to 1000 children were guests of the
Pangborn Corporation on Tuesday at
a special 'Pangborn Night" at the
Great Hagerstown Fair. The big
event was handled by the Advisory
Council of the Corporation and the
tickets for the employees of the To-
cal industrial concern, their families
and guests, were provided from the
Pangborn Athletic Association fund
Night shift workers, who were I'M
able to be present, will visit the
Fair as the guests of the Pangborn
Corporation on Saturday evening.
Arrangements for the big night
were made by a special committee
composed of, Lloyd L. Stouffer, A. l..
Gardner, Helen R. Fisher and Harold
C. Trovinger.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18

Democratic Women's Clubs of Mary
land, and past president of the Wash
ington County Club. Mrs. Irene
Cunningham presided.
The stage was beautifully decorat-
ed with a profusion of lovely flow
ers, and surrounding the three-layer
birthday cake, presented by Huyett's
Bakery, was magnificent array of
lovely birthday gifts that literally
overwhelmed the recipient.
There were over 300 guests at the
party, including a number of the
"sterner' sex, prominent among
whom were three members of the
Board of County Commissioners:
president Winslow F. Burhans, hus-
band of the honor guest; Clarence
V. Eldridge, and E. Lester Mobley.
In addition to the local guests,
there were large groups from the
Sharpsburg, Clear Spring, Frederick,
and Thurmont Clubs.
Following the party an enthusiast
tic Democratic rally was held, at
which the main speaker was Mrs.
Stella Werner, Democratic candidate
for the Sixth Congressional District
seat in the House of Representatives.
The rally was presided over by Mrs.
Mary Brugh, president of the Wash
ington County Democratic Women's
Club
During the rally brief talks were
made by: Mrs. Hazel Lewis, of Fred
erick, who was delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in
Chicago; Mrs. Alice Candles, Demo-
cratic National Committeewoman;
and Mrs. Mary Duvall, chairman of
the United Women's Democrat Clubs
of Maryland.
Mrs. Werner, who was enthusiast
tically received, outlined the cam
paign as it has progressed to the
present time and followed this with
an interesting and informative talk
on her PHILOSOPHY of Government. :"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18

Gov. Theodore r. McKeldin of
Maryland has. endorsed the nation
wide self-help and AmericaniSm pro-
gram sponsored by the Booker T.
Washington Birthplace Memorial for
American Negroes, S. J. Phillips,
founder-president, announced today.
Writing Mr.. Phillips at Booker
Washington Birthplace, Va, where
the Memorial organization is de-
veloping a service program to per-
petuate the teachings of that famed
educator, Governor McKeldin re-
ferred to the Carver Washington
commemorative half dollar and said:
E'The coins of this special issue
would be worthy keepsakes if only
for the tribute they pay to those in
whose memories they are issued. The
fact that the gain from the premium
sale of the pieces is to be used in
promoting program of sound Amer
icanism and to oppose communist
infltration greatly enhances the
worthiness of their purpose"
The governors endorsement fol-
lows congressional action in voting
the minting of 100000 commemora-
tive half dollars (pictured above)
honoring George Washington Carver
and Booker T. Washington, two
great Negro leaders now dead, and
giving the Memorial organization
exclusive right to sell them at
premium.
Banks in many Maryland cities as
well as in every state of the Union
are selling the coins for So each as a
public service. All proceeds are
turned over to the Booker T. Wash
ington Birthplace Memorial.
The new coins, on which are
shown profiles of Carver Washing
ton, and the slogan Freedom and
Opportunity for All-Americanism,"
also are sold by mail in collector
sets of three for $40 set, each of
these coins representing one of the
u. S. minis at Philadelphia, San
Francisco, and Denver. They may
be obtained by writing the Memorial
at Booker Washington Birthplace,
Va.
The organizations primary objec-
tive, says Mr. Phillips, is to enlarge
the opportunities for Negro work
training so the underprivileged can
improve their living standards, there
by demonstrating the sharp con-
trasts between Americas advantages
and communist propaganda.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
School Of Missions
Will Be Held Here
Sponsored By County Council
Of United Church Women,
School To Be Held Wednesday
At St. Paul's cub. Church.

The thirty-fifth Interdenomina-
tional School of Missions of the
Washington County Council of Unit
ed Church Women will be held on
Wednesday, September "a, at ST.
Paurs cub. Church, corner of
Franklin and Locust Streets. Mrs.
Albert Snyder is Registrar for the
school.
The morning session will begin at
1000 o'clock and the afternoon ses-
sion at 1:30 o'clock, and there will
be two studies-The Home Mission
Study and the Foreign Mission
Study.
The Home Mission Study, Home
Missions and Human Rights will be
reviewed by Mrs. Edward A. Atkin-
son, Secretary of the Department of
Christian Social Relations and Chris
tan Education of the Maryland-Del-
aware Council of Churches.
Africa" the Foreign Mission
Study, will be given by Miss Flor
ence Hooper, a former missionary in
the Methodist Church, who has re-
Gently returned from a visit to
Africa.
Luncheon will be served at noon
at the host church. Reservations
may be made with Mrs. Mae Clop-
per, 1901 Hamilton Boulevard, not
later than Sunday. Mrs. Chopper
may also be reached by telephoning
2014-R.
At the School there will be well
stocked Literature Table in charge
of Mrs. William Huyett
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18

DR.. Willis r. Ford, Secretary of
the Observation-Disclosures Council of
Churches, was the guest speaker at
the regular weekly luncheon meet
ing of the Kiwanis Club, held in the
newly decorated ballroom of the
Hotel Alexander on Thursday
The meeting was presided over by
the president Albert M. Long, and
Francis H. Howard was introduced
as a new member. Among the
guests was the Rev. Frederick d.
Eyster, pastor of Christ's Evangeli-
cal and Reformed Church, and pres
ident of the Washington County
Council of Churches.
During the brief business session,
President Long, vice-president Os-
car Hartsock, and secretary Bruce
c. Lightner were elected as dele
gates for the Baltimore Convention,
with Walter Daniels, Charles Strole
and Robert Carder as alternates.
IL Il OIO, VIII WdS It'll OuuCCu ny
D. Fred Neikirk, chairman of the
Support of Churches Committee,
spoke on "What The United Churches
Are Doing Together Both At Home
And Abroad"
Emphasizing that the church,
through unity, is vital, not only to
America, but to the entire world, he
then went on to say that this unity
between the Catholic and Protestant
Churches and the Jewish Syna-
gogues is being brought about
through cooperation, in spite Of
diversity and differences of opinion
Among the illustrations DR.. Forc
presented of the work that has been
and is being, accomplished by the
efforts of the churches of all denomi
nations and the synagogues, was the
ministry to thousands of agricul
tural migrants who come to the are;
served by the Maryland-Delawart
Council of Churches each year dur
ing the harvest season.
On the Eastern Shore, the speake
stated, through the cooperation o
| the churches, farmers and the bust
ness and professional men and WON
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
Harry L. Yeats, Jr.
Is Now In Germany

With the 18th Infantry Div. in Ger
many - Pvt Harry L. Yeats Jr.,
whose wife, Patsy Ann, lives on
Route l, Boonsboro, is now serving
with the 18th Infantry Division in,
Germany.
The division a Pennsylvania
National Guard unit = is currently
conducting training exercises in the
rolling hills of Bavaria in Southern
Germany.
Private Yeats entered the Army
in February 1852 and joined the 18th
early last month as a rifeman.
In civilian life, he was employed
as a cabinet maker by the Brant
Cabinet Works, Hagerstown. His
parents live at 953 Mulberry avenue,
Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
Old Mexico Theme
.Homernakers Club
Mrs. Grace Downin Is Guest
Speaker At Meeting Of Home
makers Club OF Halfway.

A delightful program on Old Mex
leo was given at the first fall meet
ing of the Homemakers Club of
Halfway last week, in the Commun-
ity Hall, with Mrs. Grace B. Downin
as guest speaker.
Mrs. Downin gave an informative
talk on her travels in Mexico. Also
featured were foods and crafts of
the same country.
Mrs. Hubert Mullen, art chairman,
exhibited a large collection of bas-
kets, wearing apparel, mats, blown
glass, jewelry and other crafts of
Mexico, and Mexican dish was
prepared and served by Mrs. Roy
Beard, Mrs. Clara Mcdowell and
Mrs. R F. Smith.
Mrs. J. B. Rambo and Mrs. Leroy
Jones were welcomed into the club
as new members by Mrs. P. H. Priest,
club president. Visiting members
from other clubs were: Mrs. Ralph
McClelland and Mrs. Hubert Toms
of the Bridgeport Club, and Mrs.
Wade Evan and Mrs. Amos Baer of
the Maugansville Club.
A study of the humming bird was
presented by Mrs. P. H. Fryer. Dur
ing the meeting members registered
for classes at which lamp shades,
nylon flowers, and textile painting
will be made These classes will be
taught by Mrs. Hubert Mullen.
Of interest to all Homemakers of
the county was the announcement
of Mrs. ]. E. Bearinger, County Gar
den Tour chairman, of a bus trip to
Washington, D. C. on September 80.
All members are requested to turn
in their reading and community
service reports at the October meet
ing, which will be held, in conjunc-
ton with tea, on October IA at the
Community Hall in Halfway
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
DR.. Willis Ford Tells Kiwanis Club
Members OF Council Of Churches Work
Secretary OF Maryland Council Examples
OF Results Of Catholic And Protestant Churches And Jewish
Synagogues Working Together

en-, program has been worked out
that has literally revolutionized the
life of these people.
During the past summer, under
the leadership of DR.. Ford, the Coun-
Gil of Churches has provided child
nurseries and child care centers for
the families of some fourteen thou
sand migrant negro farm workers on
the Shore. These facilities take care
of the children from 800 o'clock in
the morning till 900 o'clock at
night, while their parents are out
working. In addition, church serv-
ices for the various denominations
are held regularly.
Touching on the overseas aspect
of the work of the Council of
Churches, the speaker told his audi
ence that fifty-five thousand dis
placed persons have been brought to
the United States under the direct
sponsorship of the Council of
Churches, with three thousand of
them finding a new life and a new
home in Maryland.
In addition to this, eight million
pounds of food, clothing and medi-
cine have been shipped to Germany
and Korea which, DR.. Ford added, is
very definite proof that when
people work together through
churches and other groups, tremen-
dous things can be accomplished"
Giving further illustrations of the
work of the Council, DR.. Ford stated
that last Christmas eight hundred
children in Maryland institutions,
who otherwise would have spent
dreary Christmas, were provided
with gifts. Not only we're these
eight hundred gifts purchased with
money raised through the churches,
but volunteer workers of the Coun-
Gil actually gift wrapped everyone
of the packages and wrote an indi-
vidual note to each child.
$50 you see," said DR.. Ford, where
people have a mind to cooperate
and work together, we can do won
ders for our fellowman, for our
country and for God"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
Secret To Higher Profits

Since feed costs make up more
than so percent of the cost of produc-
ing eggs and IS to 70 percent of the
cost of producing broilers, improving
poultry feeding methods is the most
fertile field to work on in cutting
costs, which means increasing profits,
according to Perry F. Twining, of
the University of Maryland poultry
department.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
GEORGE ]. BURGER, USN
is ABOARD USS ENGLISH

George ]. Burger, fireman, U. S.
Navy, 70 West Franklin Street, Ha-
gerstown, is serving aboard the de-
stroyer USS English, in the North
Atlantic with the U. S. Naval forces
taking part in NATO Exercise MAIN
BRACE.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-09-18
Please Be Careful
School Has Started
Conservation Program

Conservation Program
Participation in the 1852 Agricul-
tural Conservation Program in Mary
land has reached At percent of the
States farms, says James A. Cott-
man, Acting Chairman of the State
Production and Marketing Admins
tration. Approximately 10000 of
Maryland's 33,908 farms are enrolled
in the program. Participation under
the 1851 program was So percent.