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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1952-11-27
We Saved Between
5 to 8 Thousand by
Building Our Home ="

81 saved between five and eight thous-
and dollars by building my own house"
says Nelson Osborne of Hambden whose
new home is pictured above, land figure
got better job than l could have hired
done," he adds.
MIR. Osborne ought to know. He shop
ped long while. When he decided to
build for himself he made out list of his
probable lumber and supply requirements
and submitted it to five different lumber
companies for estimates.
"GeaugaL Lumber's price was by far the
best - and the quality of material was bet
ter" says MIR. Osborne.
The attractive young lady in the center
picture is Mrs. Osborne and the young man
in the bottom picture is five year-old Bob
by. They are Mr.. Osborne's two principal
reasons for wanting home of his own.
He purchased lot near the house he
rents in Hambden and started work the
middle of last May. Today the exterior is
completely finished and he will finish the
interior this winter.
He hired the hole for the basement dug
and started in building foundation. He
has small cement mixer and his wife ran it
and brought him concrete. He has had
furnace man install the hot air furnace and
ducts and well digger drilled for water.
All the rest of the work has been done by
their own hands.
MIR. Osborne has had no previous exper-
fence at building He works as an assenb-
Ter at machinery plant in Euclid. He has
missed no time from his job by building the
home-it has all been done in spare time.
A neighbor, Calvin Lewis, has given him
some advice as he went along All of his
supplies, except plumbing and wiring, have
been purchased from Geauga Lumber and
Millwork.
In the top strip picture MIR. Osborne is
pictured unloading blocks he intends using
for partitions in his basement. He ordered
the blocks about eight thirty in the morning
the picture was taken at ten.
''One of the things have appreciated
about buying from Geauga Lumber" says
MIR. Osborne, "was that Ed could usually
figure out just what needed. Lots of times
would have to tell my wife the night be-
fore what would need for the next day.
She wouldn't understand too well-but Ed
was always able to figure it out. He didn't
load us up either. Some stores will sell you
the most expensive items they have when
you buy this way. But the stuff from Ge-
auga Lumber was always plenty good
enough for the job yet reasonably priced"
What MIR. Osborne has done - you
can do. If you want home and the high
prices are bothering you come in and
see us. You can save thousands of dollars
by using your own spare time.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1952-11-27
More TV

Television a problem? Do the
children want to watch cowboys and
cartoons while you're entertaining
guests in the living room? Your set
can't be in every room at once,
but you can fix it to serve you in
two rooms, at least. II it's prac.
tical in your home, open up small
section of wall, and place it on a
turntable between the rooms. This
Is particularly adaptable where the
TV set occupies section of large
bookcase.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Cars Beach Officer
Wounds District Man

A Washington man was shot
and critically wounded by a spe-
cial policeman at Cars Beach
near Annapolis yesterday.
Victim of the shooting was
Ralph w. Cooper, 80, colored, Of
1887 Fifth street NV. who is a
maintenance employe OF the Stat
Ter Hotel.
Anne Arundel County police
said John Chase. 80, eolored, OF
Baltimore told them ile fired the
shot when Mr.. Cooper pulled a
knife on him. Mr.. Chase is en-
ployed as a special officer at the
beach. Mr.. Chase said he was
attempting to break up q fight
when the trouble occurred.
Mrs. Katherine Branson, 1925
T street NV, sister of the wound
ed man, gave a different version
Of the shooting. She said her
brother had not been involved in
any fight and was talking with
a friend when the bullet struck
him in the back of the shoulder
and lodged in his spine.
Doctors told her the wound had
paralyzed her brother from the
waist down. She said her brother
first was treated at Anne Arundel
County Hospital in Annapolis and
transferred to Casualty Hospital
here.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Defeat of Joe Bates to Bring
Change in &C. Funds Control
Choirmun of Group
In House Loses to
Spence in Kentucky

The defeat of Representative
Joe B. Bates, Democrat, of Ken
lucky, removes from control of the
District purse strings a man who
was reluctant to let the city gov
eminent dip into its own purse.
Mr.. Bates was defeated yester-
day in the Kentucky primaries.
He lost out to Representative
Spence, 77-year-old dean of the
Kentucky House delegation.
Redistricting of Kentucky threw
Mr.. Bates in competition with
Mr.. Spence.
Old 8th District Out. @
Mr.. Bates represented the old
9th Congressional District, but it
was abolished by the redistricting
which cut Kentucky's delegation
from nine to eight. Mr.. Bates
district was put in Mr.. Spence's
bailiwick by the move.
His defeat probably will bring
no grief to District government
officials. He was known unofficially
as "Meat-Ax Bates" because of his
vigorous slashing of District budg-
ct requests.
Mr.. Bates is chairman of the
District Subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee
In that position he has been the
biggest obstacle faced by the Dis
trict in getting its budgets ap-
proved.
Possible Chairman.
If a. Democratic administration
remains in power this fall. the
Craftsmanship will go to Repre-
sentative Yates, Democrat, of Illi-
nois. If the country goes Re-
publican, the post will go to Rep
reSentative Stockman, Republican
of Oregon.
Both are considered friends of
the District.
A former school teacher and
Evening star., 1952-08-04

high school principal in Kentucky,
Mr.. Bates has served in the House
for IL years. He was on the House
District Committee for a number
of years. resigning in 1889 after
a bitter struggle over creation of
a milk commission for the Dis
trict.
At that time, he commented
that District affairs simply took
too much of his time. He said as
far as he was concerned. the Dis
trict could be given back to Mary
land or Virginia.
Hit Civil Defense Funds.
Mr.. Bates opposed large ex-
penditureS for civil defense in the
District. The budget for that
item was slashed from $725, 900 to
500, 600 this year.
He also caused a furor earlier
this year when he suggested that
the Chevy Chase Recreation Cen
ter be sold by the District to put
it back on the tax rolls. Citizens
'of the area had fought for years
to get the center, once the E. v.
Brown School. They managed to
convince the Commissioners only
last month not to follow the sug-
|geStion.
Mr.. Bates also was a leader in
the opposition to the appropria-
tion of funds to allow the District
Recreation Department to take
over the operation Of the public
golf courses here.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Francis, Twenty fourth and N
streets NV.
Blow, Nineteenth street and
Benning road NE.
Douglas s-Dwellings. 1000 Ala
bama avenue Sc.
Arlington County, $3.50 PM.
Walter Reed School, Washing
ton boulevard and Mckinley road.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 PM.
North Brentwood Elementary
School. Wallace road and Banner
street.
Montgomery County, at Dusk.
Jesup Blair Community Center,
Georgia avenue and District Line
Silver Spring.
Nolte Recreation Center. Dale
drive and Mansfield, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Drought Losses
In South SET
AT $500 Million.
Weekend Roins Fail
To Break Dry Spell;
New England Helped

| A blazing sun today dried up
weekend rain that tell over
parts Of drought-stricken New
England and the South.
Farmers gloom deepened. No
general rain was in sight in the
South. Some rain was predicted
for New England late tonight or
tomorrow-but it apparently won't
be enough to make up for two
months Of hot, arid weather.
Drought damage to crops in the
South was estimated at $500 mil
lion. Perhaps New England will
lose as much.
Some parts Of New England
got good soaking on the week
end. Quonset Point, R. l., got
2:15 inches of rain; Providence,
r. l., liza inches. But down.
pour that was expected to give
the Boston area a half inch of
moisture drizzled out after de-
livering barely half that amount.
No Clouds to Seed.
Other parts of New England
got similar rains, but farmers were
not satisfied. A rainmaker in
Connecticut had to abandon his
task temporarily because he could
not find clouds to seed.
In the South, showers hardly
did more than dampen the top
soil. In Tennessee, where farmers
were trucking water from cities
to their livestock, one man
summed up his plight:
"Corn's gone, cotton's going;
and if anybody throws cigarette
on the lawn, my house will be
gone, too"
Some Virginians foresaw pos
sibly higher milk prices because
production Is falling as the re-
suit Of parched pastures. The
State, however, was better off than
areas farther South, and still
weighed whether it needed Gov
ternment aid.
Virginia Banker SkepticaI.
The Government grants low
interest, long-term loans to far
mers in regions that the Agricul-
Evening star., 1952-08-04

about $1,000 cars passed over the
bridge between am. and mid
night yesterday. The bridge de-
Isigners had claimed it would
transport $4,000 cars in an eight
hour period without difficulty.
But Mr.. ODonnell was optimis-
tic about the future. He blamed
much of yesterdays difficulty on
slow-driving tourists who were
more interested in admiring the
view than getting anywhere in a
hurry. He felt the four toll booths
handling westbound traffic were
adequate for the cars coming
through.
Mr.. O'Donnell said some motor
lists even stopped to take pictures
from the bridge. Some State po-
lice and bridge workers had to be
sent out on the bridge to hurry
the motorists.
Mr.. O'Donnell believes the tie+
ups will disappear when the nov
city Of the new bridge wears of
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Free Star Movies

Programs presented through the
lington County, Prince Georges
County and Montgomery County
cooperation Of the District, Ar
Recreation Departments and the
Film Center of Washington:
Washington, at Dusk.
Chevy Chase, Forty first and
Livington streets NV.
Rudolph, Second and Hamilton
streets NV.
Langdon Park. Twenty-second
and Franklin streets NE.
Kenilworth, Kenilworth avenue
and Ord street NE.
Virginia avenue, Ninth street
and Virginia avenue Sc.
Bald Eagle, Nichols avenue and
Joliet street S.W.
Monroe, Georgia avenue and
Columbia road NV.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Sunday Traffic on Bay Bridge
lis SnorIed by $1,000 Autos

The ferrymen who said Mary
lands new Chesapeake Bay Bridge
wouldn't eliminate Sunday traffic
jams should have been there yes
terday.
From midafternoon until almost
midnight motorists found it took
almost as long to cross on the new
$45 million span as it did on the
old ferries.
Drivers waited to get on the
bridge as they had waited for the
ferries every Sunday. Traffic on
the Eastern Shore was lined up
for nearly five miles at one time.
Once motorists got on the bridge
they found it took Is minutes to
make the Seven-mile crossing.
Most of the difficulty was on the
Eastern Shore, where traffic was
heavy with the homeWard bound
seashore crowd.
Louis ]. O'Donnell, State direc-
tor of toll bridges. estimated
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Arthur Clarendon Smith
Fefed by D. {. Democrats

Arthur Clarendon Smith, vet
eran Democratic leader here. was
acclaimed yesterday at a meeting
of the District Democratic Club,
which he founded.
Postmaster General Donaldson
presented Mr.. Smith a gavel In
recognition of his service and read
congratuiatory kilograms from
Vice President Barkley. Mrs. Perle
Mesta, Minister to Luxembourg,
and Commissioner Renah F. Cam
aliff.
Az the meeting in the Dupont
Plaza Hotel. Mr.. Donaldson said
he hoped some day to see the Dis
trict win the right to vote and
have representation in Congress.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
$50,0O0A||offed
For Flood Study
AT Peace Cross
Army Engineers Hope
To Have Construction
Plan by Next June 80
By John A. Giles

The Army Engineers today al-
located $50,000 for the continue
ton Of studies of the Peace Cross
flood control project and esti-
mated an actual plan for con-
struction work may be completed
next year.
Col. Alan j. McCutcheon, Dis
trict Engineer. said the alloca-
tion was sufficient to carry de-
sign and commercial studies Of
the flood project and connected
navigation work in the Anacostia
River through this fiscal year.
by next June 80 we should
have progressed to the point where
we can submit plan for con-
struction work to Congress-" he
said. However, a lot depends on
where our studies lead to since
parts of the original report. made
in February, 1949, were based ON
data obtained much earlier.
Complicated by Construction.
There has been a great deal Of
dwelling and apartment house
construction work in the area
since then, which is bound to
complicate things. Too, the Bal
timore Parkway will influence the
traffic pattern and must be taken
into consideration.
"But the finalsword and actual
construction will depend on Con-
gressional action"
It has been estimated that the
project would cost SIP million.
About 80 per cent of the work
would be on controlling the
waters which flood the Peace
Cross area.
Navigation work in the Ana
costa, both within the District
and in Maryland, would include
the construction of basins to re-
tain the water.
Road on Levee.
Col. McCutcheon said the Mary
land State Roads Commission had
submitted preliminary plan to
the Engineers. It includes the
construction of a road on leyee.
The present bridge at the Peace
Cross would be replaced since it
would be both too small and too
low.
The ALLEGATION will now allow
the Engineers to continue their
canvassing Of local interests and
commercial firms in the Peace
Cross area with reference to the
project construction plan.
It also will allow the Engineers
to get a later reading" as to
costs. Col. McCutcheon pointed
out.
Previously $4,000 was allotted
to the study. The latest ALLEGATION
was announced by 1t. Gen. Lewis
A. Pick, Chief Of Engineers. Il
was among several civil works
program projects throughout the
country.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Lowe to Rely on Advisory Body
AS NeWD.C Administrator

save money and improve service
to the taxpayers.
Mr.. Lowe said the reorganiza-
ton process necessarily will be
slow and tedious in some aspects.
Some things, he said, will be 'just
plain hard work. and will drag
over a number of months"
But he expects that possibly
after two months he can advise
a number Of important changes.
The others. he predicted, will fol-
low one or two at a time over sue
ceeding months.
Lauded by Gen. Robinson.
The new District official said he
was approached about the job
"some time ago" by Engineer
Commissioner Bernard L. Robin
son. designer Of the reorganization
plan.
Mr.. Lowe, who is AZ, was chief
civilian aide to the general when
the latter was in the Army En-
gineer Division centering on At
lanta. Gen. Robinson considers
him one Of the, top men in the
field.
He plans to buy a home in
Washington. His family, he said,
is pleased at the idea Of moving
here. Besides his wife, he has
a daughter, ABetty. 13. The latter
is ready for the ninth grade and
will enter public school here, he
said.
Born in Colorado.
Mr.. Lowe was born at Rocky
Ford. Colo. His parents were
Parker Lee Lowe. a civil engineer.
and Lorena Jones Lowe, who were
natives Of Jackson County, Mo.
His parents moved away early in
their married life, he said, but he
still has several aunts and unclesI
in Independence, Mo. Mr.. Lowe
claims no personal acquaintance
ship with President sTruman's
family, however.
He was one Of six children, four
OF whom survive. They are, be-
sides himself, Mrs. M. c. Black
man, whose husband is a rewriteI
man on the New York Herald
Tribune; another sister who is the
wife Of DR.. II. E. Leming at Fay
etteville. Ark. and brother. Lu-
ther Lee Lowe, superintendent Of
q division on the Missouri Pacific
Railroad at Wynne, Ark.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Mother Of 7 Indicted
In Forgery Of Name
On Federal Checks

A 29-year-old mother Of two
young children was indicted today
on charges of forging and uttering
the signatures on two Govern
ment checks totaling $5,116.
She is Mrs. Saradean Snyder,
= wife of an Army lieutenant Of
Route 4, Vienna, Va.
The United States Attorneys
Office said the checks were to pay
the Davidson Corp. of Chicago
for machinery. The indictment
charges Mrs. Snyder with forging
the name of the Washington
branch manager of the corpora
ton. Mrs. Snyder was employed
at the time as secretary.
The indictment charges Mrs.
Snyder with committing the for
geries in November, 1851, and in
May, 1852.
Accused Of Dope Theft.
In another indictment, James
M. Ellison, %, of the $500 block
of Window place NV, was
charged with breaking into a
Peoples drug store in the 4400
block of Wisconsin avenue NV.
last month and stealing a guam
tity Of narcotics.
Matte G. Fewell, Is, colored,
was indicted on a charge of second
degree murder in the stabbing of
Devoe Lawrence, %, colored, last
month. The Stabbing took place
in a house where the two lived
in the 1900 block of Kent street
NV.
Two men were indicted on
charges of breaking into a store
at 401 East Capitol street last
April and stealing $1,100 in cash,
jewelry and cigarettes. The two
accused are George C. Burns. "a,
and Daniel A. Wright, %.
Indicted on Girls Charge.
George L. Jackson, 25, colored,
of the 1700 block of independence
avenue Sc, was indicted on a
charge of carnal knowledge in
volving 15-year-old colored girl.
The indictments were among Is
returned by grand jury before
District Judge Charles F. Nc
Laughlin.
The grand jury ignored homi-
eide charge against Sarah p. Boze,
IS, colored, of the 200 block of T
street NV. The grand jury's ac-
tion exonerates her of charge of
fatally stabbing Andrew O. II.
johnson. IS. colored. July 5.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Visiting Nurse Group
Urges $4,000 for
Services Next Year

The Instructive Visiting Nurse
Society today asked the Commits
sioners to include at least $50, 900
in the District budget next fiscal
year to pay for its services to
patients on public assistance.
Appropriations in this years
Health Department budget of $685.
600 for the Visiting Nurses-about
half the amount sought-drew a
protest from Health Director
Daniel L. Seckinger, who said his
department. needed the money.
District budget officials took the
position, however, that the $25, 900
item was intended specifically for
the IVNS and could not be used
for public health nurses. The
IVNS is Community Chest-sup-
ported agency.
Cut Brought Drop in Calls.
Nevertheless, the appropriation
was followed by an unexplained
cutdown in the health depart
ment's calls on the society for
bedside visits to patients released
from Gallinger Hospital.
Until early this month. the So
|ciety was receiving about 80 calls
a week from Gallinger to visit
maternity cases at home. Now it
receives almost none of these, al
though other general nursing re-
quests continue.
It's statement at the Commits
sioners' budget hearings in the
District Building was signed by
Mrs. Neville Miller. acting presi-
dent, and presented by Mrs. Will
liam Blair, a member of the So
|ciety's board.
"On the strength Of the expert
|ence of other communities COM
parable to Washington, the In
|structive Visiting Nurse Society is
of the firm and sincere opinion
that the best service for the least
cost to this community as a whole
can be provided by continuing
home nursing service in
the hands of an adequately A.
nanced and supported voluntary
Organization" the statement said.
Sees Increase in Costs.
It added that "the substitution
|of, or duplication by, the Munich
pal Health Department in this
field will do little more than in
Grease costs and confusion.
Furthermore, it will inevitably
tend to lower the quality of serv-
ice available to the citizens of
this community, unless the mu-
lnicipal authorities are in a posi-
Ition to pour a great deal more
money into this work than the
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society
is now asking"
The cutdown of requests to the
society from Gallinger Hospital
has raised a question about the
availability of enough public
health nurses to take over the
work. in view of previous state
ments of a nurse shortage in the
Health Department.
Because Of rising costs and sue
lcessive failures Of the Community
Chest to meet fund goals, the
lIVNS was forced to call on the
District for financial assistance
lin maintaining services to the in
ldigent which until this year it had
provided free.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

Schuyler Lowe, newly-named di-
rector of the District governments e
new general administration de-
partment, expects to rely strongly
on the Citizens Advisory Commit
tee in learning about District prob
lens, he said today.
In a telephone interview from
Atlanta, where he is a civilian Of
fetal with the Army Engineers,
Mr.. Lowe hailed establishment of
the committee as an excellent
idea"
Expects Help from Group.
He said he felt certain the
group could help him in a number
of ways in the post he will take
over on September 2.
"As understand the selection,
the members represent a good
cross section of the city," he said.
"And certainly the people who live
in the city. make their living there
and pay taxes have a good concept
of some of the things that are
troubling it the most"
Mr.. Lowe plans to be in Wash
ington tomorrow, and will visit the
District Building.
He said he had studied the
Presidents message on reorganiza-
ton and the Commissioners re-
leases about 1t, but that he comes
to the job with no preconceived
notions as to what he will do.
To Avoid Hasty Moves.
"I haven't even attempted to
reach any conclusions" he said
until I have had an opportunity
to go over a great many things.
You can do much more harm than
good by hasty and poorly con-
ceived actions"
He said that in his work with
management problems, he has al
ways gone into them thoroughly
and measured the pros and cons
against the objectives.
One of his first tasks here is
to pull 13 separate agencies into
one department of eight offices
This must be done to get the rest
of the agency reorganization un-
der way.
Second Most Vital Job.
His position is considered Sec
ond in Importance only to the
Commissioners. Major purpose oi
the Office is to increase efficiency
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Second Most vital Job.

His position is considered sec
ond in Importance only to the
Commissioners. Major purpose of
the Office is to increase efficiency.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

ture Department designates as
disaster areas"
w. M. Early of Orange, Va,
president of the Virginia Bankers
Association, said he could not COM
NIT individual Virginia banks to
take care of all loans that far
mers might request.
"This thing has been used tre-
mendously for political purposes, "
Mr.. Early said. I'm terribly
afraid, personally, that some of
this hullabaloo is political rather
than fundamental"
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Committee Chuirmen Named

The Arlington Fairfax Heart
Association has appointed new
committee chairmen. They are
Anna c. Van Sickler, program;
Joel T. Broyhill, finance: DR.. Rob.
ert c. Hood, medical advisory;
DR.. Robert H. Detwiler, speakers
bureau, and H. j. Smith. publicity.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Solem PIuns Pageant

SALEM, Va, Aug. 4 R.-An
historical pageant will highlight
Salem's 150th birthday celebration
which will take place August 1915.