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Evening star., 1953-04-21
Realty Tax Rate
|Isto25Cents
AtChevyChase
Assessment Rise
To Offset Decline:
Budget Approved

Chevy Chase Village has set
a tax rate of IS cents for the
current year, the lowest rate
since 1884.
Property owners in the Mont
gomery County community will
pay more in village real estate
taxes this year than they did
last year, however, because Of
the controversial reassessment.
In approving the $685. bud
get without objection, the group
OF about $50 citizens meeting at
Village Hall served notice that
their approval of the town bud
get based on the reassessment
was not to be construed as in
dorsement of the new valuations.
Gents Under Last Year.
The 25-cent levy is five cents
below last years rate and five
cents above the statutory mini
mum.
OF the $66,1OO budget. which
is about $4,000 more than last
year, $3.50 will be met through
real estate taxes. The same
source last year paid about
$22,50O.
Arthur Lambert, chairman of
the Board of Managers of the
village, said the total assessment
IN Chevy Chase had been in
creased from about $7.5 million
to about $40 million. He said
in some instances individual as
sessments were raised 125 per
cent and numerous property
owners have asked for a review
OF their assessments.
Budget Delay Suggested.
Aloysius I. Sheehan, an ac-
countant, said adoption of the
buoeet should be delayed until
the reassessment figures were
final. Village Attorney Edward
Northrop said he did not believe
that adoption of the budget
would be an admission that we
want our assessments that high"
A. w. Defenderfer, a former
chairman of the Board Of Man.
ayers, recommended that tax
payers attend hearings on the
Montgomery County budget and
oppose "the groups that want
to spend money
Mr.. Defenderfer nominated
for reelection the four members
OF the Board of Managers whose
terms expired last night.
Reelected were Mr.. Lam
bert, George Ferris, P. A. Davis
and E. A. Pessagno.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Cancer Drive Gets
$14,75o at ArIinqton

Contributions of $14,759 for
the Arlington cancer fund were
received in the lights on
drive night.
This is about IS per cent more
than was collected on the cor
responding day last year, Cam
paign Chairman William j. Has
san reported. Reports from six
precincts still are to come in.
About 1000 solicitors are taking
part in the door-to- door cam
paign which ends about April
80.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
CoNegions to Study
PinboH Machines
Confiscoted in Raid
By the Associated Press

DANVILLE, April 21.- Uni
versity of Virginia physics and
electronicS students will soon be
conducting experiments using
parts of So pinball machines
confiscated in an anti-gambling
raid here in February.
Court officials yesterday gave
the school permission to take
what inner workings of the ma
chimes they need for classroom
use.
Trial Justice Calvin Berry
granted the request after he had
previously ordered the machines
destroyed under State law.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Area Midshipmun Is Editor

Editor in chief of the Naval
Academy LOG" and LOG Splin-
ter" for the coming year will be
MidShipman &c James L. owens
of 704 Gilbert street, Takoma
Park, Md, according to an an
nouncement by the commandant
of midShipmen.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
S. Schools 70 Compete
In Maryland Band Festival
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Fifty-six senior and junior
high schools will be represented
at the second All-Maryland Band
Festival expected to attract some
1900 musicians to the University
of Maryland campus next Friday.
Guest musicians will include
the Air Force Band and it's
Singing Sergeants," also the
Field Artillery Band. Schools to
be represented include:
Leland Junior High, Gathers
burg, Bladensburg, Northwestern,
Hyattsville, Oxon Hill, Eastern,
Damascus, Bannecker. Arundel,
Bethesda Chevy Chase, Carver,
Annapolis, Suitland, Hagerstown,
Frederick, Frederick Sasscer,
Sherwood, Surattsville, Takoma,
Montgomery-Blair and Richard
Montgomery.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
A. B. & w. Hearing Put Off

The Interstate Commerce
Commission yesterday postponed
a public hearing on proposed
higher fares by the Alexandria,
Bancroft & Washington Transit
Co. from May 5 to May IL. The
A. B. & w., which serves the
Alexandria-South Arlington area.
is proposing higher zone rates
beyond the Pentagon are3.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Warm Weather Due
To Rout Cold Snap:
App|e Orchards Hurt

The Weather Bureau today
predicted warmer weather for
the District area, ending the
rain. snow, cold and high winds
that have prevailed for several
days.
Fruit growers in the area still
were trying to estimate the dam
age to budding trees by Mon
days freeze. Temperatures last
night failed to go as low as ex-
pected.
DR.. A. B. Groves, plant pathol-
ogist at the Winchester CVaO
Research Laboratory, said the
cold had eliminated prospects
for a bumper crop of apples. He
said the damage was not as Sc
we're as feared and that the out
look now was for a reasonable
crop.
Some Losses Reported.
Certain apple orchards in low
lying areas were hard hit, how
ever, he added. with some grow
ers reporting damage as high as
so per cent.
The forecast for the WASH
ington area was for mostly sunny
weather today and temperatures
in the low SOS. Tonight will be
fair with a low temperature of
36. Tomorrow will be sunny
and warmer.
The Weather Bureaus five day
forecast called for a rapidly
warming trend" beginning to-
morrow.
The temperature dropped only
to 81 degrees in the District
area last night. Through the
fruit belt temperatures were
around "a degrees, we'll above
the danger point.
Sudden Storm Hits Area.
Washington yesterday was hit
by snow furries and a windstorm
in the afternoon that caused
more than a dozen trees to crash
and damaged half a dozen cars.
The wind reached 46 miles an
hour during the quick storm.
Mrs. Patricia Caulfield, "a, of
2114 Leroy place NV. narrowly
escaped injury when a tree
crashed into her car as she was
driving in the 270O block of P
street NV. One limb smashed
the windshield and other speared
through the radiator grill.
A parked car, owned by Owen
B. Howard, 2700 @ street NV,
was also damaged by this tree
as it fell also.
Large Tree Topples.
Another large tree fell in the
1400 block of Florida avenue
NV. taking four smaller trees
down with 1t. A truck and three
parked cars were damaged.
Mrs. Elsie c. Reid, SO, of Nc
Lean, Va, escaped injury when a
tree fell on her car as she was
driving around Logan Circle
NV. The windshield was
smashed and the hood crumpled.
The wind storm centered in
the Georgetown area but trees
scattered parts of Northwest
Washington.
Western Maryland had about
2 inches of snow yesterday but
most orchard men said the fruit
crops had suffered no further
damage. A cold snap last week
had caused some damage.
The 2-inch snow belt extended
from FroStburg west through
Garrett County. Maintenance
crews were called out to plow
in some spots and spread cinders
on icy spots.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Mrs. Werner Is Speaker

Mrs. Stella Werner, member Of
the Montgomery County Council,
will discuss What Montgomery
County Does for Your Tax Dol
lar" at meeting of the county's
Americans for Democratic Action
at 8:15 pm. tomorrow at the
Glenbrook Golf Club, Bethesda.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Newsboy Is Injured
in BicycIe-Truck Crash

A newspaper boy was injured
this morning when his bicycle
and truck collided at Phila-
delphia avenue and Piney
Branch road, Takoma Park. The
boy. Alvin A. Sara, jr., IL, of
300 Philadelphia avenue, was ad-
mitted to Washington SAM
tarium with head cuts and leg
injuries.
A technical charge of reckless
driving was placed against the
truck driver, Robert Lee Rich
mond, SO. of 2009 Amhurst road,
Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Dance at -Four Corners

A dance will be held at 10 pm.
tomorrow at Indian Spring
Country Club, Four Corners.
Md, for the benefit Of the
Montgomery County muscular
dystrophy drive.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Road Accidents
AreFataI To-
In Maryland
Auto Carrier Falls
On Driver as Truck
Rolls Down Bunk

Walter F. Creter, 80. of Eng
lishtown, N. j., was killed last
night when his truck ran off
Route 301, the Grain highway,
near Upper Marlboro and rolled
down a steep bank. He was one
of three men killed in separate
accidents in Maryland yesterday.
Prince Georges County police
said Mr.. Creter apparently fell
asleep while driving. He was
operating an empty automobile
carrier. The trailer of the We
hicle toppled over onto the cab.
pinning Mr.. Creter inside. He
died of a fractured skull and
crushed chest, police said.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
La Plata Resident Dies
Of Accident Injuries

Robert Campbell, SO. colored,
Of La Plata. died in Freedmen's s
Hospital yesterday of injuries
received Sunday when his car
ran off the road and overturned
on route 6 near Newtown, Md.
Critically injured in the same
crash was Mrs. Julia Wells, 36,
colored, whotwas riding with Mr..
Campbell. Freedmen's Hospital
reported she was in poor condi-
ton today. &
Evening star., 1953-04-21
Man Struck by Truck
On Road at BeLfsYiLLe

Garland Fred Wyant, 40. Of
the 900 block of New York ave-
nue. NV, was killed at 8 pm.
when struck by a truck on Balti-
more boulevard at Beltsville.
The truck driver, Willie B.
Coleman, A, colored of Jessups,
Md, was placed under $1,000
bond on a technical charge of
manslaughter. A hearing was
scheduled for Monday at Hyatts-
vile.
Evening star., 1953-04-21
MoryIonder to Ask Legal Curb
On Secret Police Detentions

ton Is against all concepts Of
democratic principles and con-
stitutional rights"
Evening star., 1953-11-15

in the spring of 1906, and that William
Shakespeare and a friend from his
Globe theater staff are bent on a swim
at a British beach resort. They're wear
ing last years regalia, of course, and Shake
speare suddenly suspects that moths have
been feeding on the back of his bathing
trunks "Wouldst investigated" he asks his
friend.
The friend makes a thorough, if
unObtrusive, inspection, then reports
cheerfully, mo holes, Bard.''
AFTER A START like that, anything can
happen. Jack O'Brien, of Buffalo, for in
stance, ran through red light and was sub
jected to such tongue lashing from the cop
at the post that he finally lost his temper
completely. and interrupted, ''I'll trouble you
to keep civil service tongue in your head"
The cop was deeply impressed. He gave him
ticket
Libby Noble, of Los Angeles. has an uncle
who loves wandering to the far corners of the
earth. He is known as the roamin' test Noble
of them all. Henry Allen, also OF Los
Angeles, is going to confine his travelling this
year to trip to Kansas City, believing that
Missouri loves company.
Then there's the case of the Indian chiefs
of ID different tribes who travelled to attend
last rites for their old associate. Chief Short
cake ''We've come to take over the fiI-
neral arrangements" they announced,
but the widow of the deceased replied,
''Nothing doing. Squaw bury Short
cake
STOUT SEA CAPTAIN Peter Swanstrum
(he says the crew is always having fun at his
expanse) lost sailor overheard in storm
and saw him swallowed by whale. The re-
sourceful captain took after the whale in
row boat, and by judicious handling of an
Evening star., 1953-11-15

a carnival and was promptly gobbled up by
the second of three hungry, sheep grazing
nearby. Sheep always Craze in threes in
those parts, it seems.)
The owner of the carnival, angry at losing
a cash customer in this distressing fashion,
seized the offending animal and exclaimed.
Middle lamb, you've had dizzy Bey."
Not too far away. in Casablanca, Clarence
Underwood, of Duluth, is my authority two
con men fleeced the richest banker in town,
and as they made off with the swag, NUT
tered happily, I'VE must do this Moor often"
The con men, l understand, sought
refuge in Istanbul. The son Of one of
them demurred at the move but his
mother told him sternly, ''Daddy knows
what's BOsphOrus!''
DOROTHY H0VERT0N, of Evart, Mich,
numbers among her intimates an Indian who
set fire to his toupee just to keep his wig
Continued on next page
Evening star., 1953-11-15
PUN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
AUTUMN Session
AUTUMN Session

As a courtesy to fell
IA low pun-dit F. X.
Paxton, of Huntington,
N. v, the members of
this convention, duly
assembled. will kindly
imagine that it's an
-rsoorn-a hot AaV
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-16

Foster, James Finn, William Co.
forth, John S. Gano, Joseph Gross,
Daniel Griffin, Cornelius Hurley. John
Hardin, David Jennings, Levi Jen-
nings, Ezekiel Larned, John McCul-
lough, John Manning, Aaron Mercer,
James Matthews, Ichabod Miller, Eli
jah Mills, William Moore, John Nor
ris, John Phillips, Patrick Moore,
Benjamin p. Randolph, Jonathan
Pittman, James Seward, Benjamin
Sites, Thomas C. Wade, Jacob White,
John Riley, James Newell, William
Newell, John Webb and the Wicker
shams, "who had a mill"
Thus are perpetuated the names of
those who gave their bit towards put
ting up the first church west of the
Alleghenies. In explanation of their
contributions, skins, pelts, corn and
whiskey all were legal tender in the
backwoods and had their standards
of value in a dearth of money. Even
otherwise, the whiskey would not
have been amiss in the old days
everybody tippled and even the pio-
neer preachers "had their nip" in the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-16

ter one put up. 1t was on a two
acre lot "in the north part of town, y
donated by Benjamin Sites, founder
of Columbia.
The church was organized January
20, 1870, by Rev. Stephen Gano in
the log cabin of Benjamin Davis.
There were nine charter members
Benjamin and Mary Davis; Jonal and
Amy Reynolds; John, Isaac and Eliz-
abeth Ferris; Thomas C. Wade and
John Sites Gano, son-in-law of the
founder of the town. His father was
the organizer and first minister.
At the organization Elizabeth and
Rhoda Sites and Sarah Ferris ''were
received on experience"-whatever
that means.
There was little money in the set
tlement when the church was built.
The pioneers were poor and the few
Baptist families there could not have
paid for even lean-to. So the
church was put up by popular sub
|scriptions-everyone gave something.
Their donations were little enough,
but they paid for the church build
ing. Dimes, quarters, dollars; skins
and pelts; corn and even whiskey
were contributed. Skins, pelts, corn
and whiskey all were legal tender in
the moneyless backwoods and had
their standards of value.
Names make dry reading. But the
settlers at Columbia famed out into
all parts of Ohio and became ances-
tors of many families living in many
parts of the state. Those contribut-
ing dimes, quarters, a dollar; skins
or pelts and even whiskey to the
church building fund were:
James H. Bailey, Zepu Ball, James
Bowman, Edmund Buston, William
Coleman, Benjamin Davis, Francis
Dunlavy, Hugh Dunn, Isaac Ferris,
John Ferris, Gabriel Foster, Luke
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-16
First Church In Ohio

The old church is gone but the
graveyard still is there, its few re-
naming slabs broken or toppled and
most of the sunken mounds unmark-
ed. That is because their head
stones have been carted away one by
one during a century and a half to
make someone's doorsteps.
Off and on during the passing dec
AIDES the old burying-ground reverts
to bramble patch. Then the decay
is discovered by someone who re-
veres the place and the thorns and
briars are grubbed out.
1t is the old Columbia Baptist
churchyard and in its middle was
built in 1893 the first church-not on
ly in Ohio but in the entire North
west Territory. The little frame
building, 80 by SO feet, with a gal
lery and hip roof" stood until 1885
when it was pulled down and a bet
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-16

early era.
Somehow today the old burying-
ground has shrunk to an acre and
one-half, but the bones of the pio-
neers, still molder there. Broken,
leaning and ready to topple are the
markers of Benjamin Sites; his broth
er, Hezekiah; Benjamin's son, Ma
thaniel and Benjamin's and Heze-
kiah's first and second wives.
Benjamin Sites founded Columbia,
five miles from Fountain Square,
Cincinnati, November Is, 1888. 1t
was the second settlement in the
Northwest Territory, being antedated
by Marietta only six months. 1t was
month older and for years was
larger than Cincinnati, of which it
now is a part.
Despite Marietta's half-year great
er age, no church was formed nor
built there until after the one at Col
umbia.
Wednesday, July %, is building
safety day. Loose floor boards may
be safe for birds-they have wings.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-16
Large Doorway Meets Farmers Needs

through doorway smna
matter IN the new Butler steel farm building ~ - = "pe
What do farmers want fa
AFTER survey Butler
developed
greatest
sectons which have
Gc @ as corn Pckers and ow Implements expen
rigid
10Y b 1 n @ dn Tor easy maneuverng and storing equipment
IN 10 49, 60 AND 81 - foot lengths and sections can be
length
ana foa doors and windows be wherever
feed storage easily achieved Covera5 wifi; i9r stok or
dependable service with little or no upken va iot years u
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-16

in the soil to produce food for 20 so
one could go to town. Now one and
one half to two persons can produce
enough for 10. The city is product
of the agriculture machines.
National Farm Safety Week is Ju-
ly 1925.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-07-16

NATURE requires, roughly 500 to
800 years to build up one inch of top
soil, according to scientists. If field
has lost four inches of topsoil it has
lost more than 1000 years of natures
work.
IN 100 it took 19 people working
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-11
AIl-Anerican
Team Selected
Bv Extension

CHICAGO, Ilf.--Extension Maga.
zine revealed its pick for its an
nual Catholic All-America to be
as follows.
Ends-Don Penza, University OF
Notre Dame; Jack Rocky" Ryan,
University of Illinois.
TACKLES-Jack Shanafelt, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Charles
Doud, University OF California al
Los Angeles
GUARDS-Art Hunter. UniVer.
sity OF Notre Dame; Eldre d
Kraemer, University of Pittsburgh
CENTER-Dick O'Shaughnessy
University OF Michigan,
QUARTERBACK - Bob Garrett
Stanford University.
LEFT HALFBACK-Paul Giel
University of Minnesota.
RIGHT HALFBACK-John Latt
ner. University of Notre Dame,
FULLBACK - Alan Ameche
University of Wisconsin.
Repeaters on the team from EX
tension Magazines 1853 All Amerl
ca are OShaughnessy, Lattner
and Giel,
The All-America will be publish
ed in the January issue of Exten
sion Magazine, leading Catholi,
4 publication.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-11
Dayton Announces
Tough Ten Game
Football Schedule

DAYTON, O.-The University of
Dayton, temporarily school with
out a football coach, has come up
with one of the most ambitious
schedules in history:
Harry c. Bauisn, athletic, diree-
tor, has announced a l0-gsme
schedule that includes such south
ern powers as Tennessee and up
snd-eoming Mississippi Southern,
the team that defeated Alabama
and Georgia this season.
Another newcomer to the sched-
uie is Bowling Green. The Flyers
defeated the Falcons 20-l3 in the
last meeting of the two teams in
football in l947 The schools have
met in basketball each year since
then. Dayton lost to Tennessee
34-6 in 1912, the last time they
met in football
Dayton has never met Mississip-
pi Southern in football but holds
two basketball victories over the
strong Hattiesburg team.
Baujan reported that an Oct. 30
open date may still be filled. The
Flyers are in the process of ac-
quiring new coach as Joe Gavin,
Dayton mentor for seven seasons,
had announced back in October
that this would be his last year
with the Flyers. A green, sopho-
more-laden Flyer team finished
with a 3-won; 5 lost; one-tie record.
The schedule:
Sept. 18-Bowling Green at Day
ton.
Sept. 25-Cincinnati at Cincin-
natl,
Oct. John Carroll at Dayton.
Oct. 9-Louisyille at Dayton.
Oct. 27-Xavier at Cincinnati
Oct. % - Tennessee at Knox
vile.
Oct. 30-0pen.
Nov. 6-Mississippi Southern at
DAYTON.
Nov. i3-Miami u. at Oxford, O..
Nov. 21-Xavier at Dayton.
Nov. 25-Chattanooga at Chatta-
Looga.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-11
.Guglielmi, Shoup
Placed On Catholic
Honor Team

Two diocesan athletes, Ralph Gu
glielmi of Notre Dame and Phil
Shoup. of Dayton we're named this
week to the 1853 Catholic College
Football team, as selected by sports
writer's Of Catholic newspapers
throughout the country. Gugliel-
mi paced Notre Dame TO an unbeat-
en- season He played his high
school football at Grandview
Shoup. playing his third year of
tackle for the Flyers, halls from
Columbus South.
In addition to Guglielmi four
other Notre Dame players were
named TO the first team. Other
colleges mentioned in the voting
we're Holy Cross, Boston College,
Detroit, Fordham, Marquette and
Villanova.
The first team is as follows: left
end Hank Lemire, Holv Cross; left
tackle, Frank Morze, Boston Coll
ege; left guard, Denny McCotter,
Detroit; center. Charlie Danielc-
zuk, Fordham; right guard, Edward
Frank, Marquette; right tackle, Art
Hunter, Notre Dame; right end,
Don Penza, Notre Dame; quarter
back, Ralph GugiieImi, Notre Dame;
left halfbaek, Gene Filipski, Will
anova; right halfback, Johnny Latt-
ner, Notre Dame, fullback. Neil
Worden, Notre Dame.
The second team: lie, Andy Nae
relh, Fordham, II, Cas- krol, De-
troit; lg, Menil Mavraides, Notre
Dame; c, Jim Schrader, Notre
Dame, re, Tom Fitzpatrick, viii
anova; ri, Phil Shoup, Dayton: re,
Bob Gilbert, Loras Dubuque); OBJ,
Roger Franz, Fordham; lib, Joe
Heap, Notre Dame: RIB, Ron Drze-
wiecki, Marquette; fb, Richard Zot-
Ii. Boston College,
Engraved plaques will be pre-
sented to all IL men on the first
team Johnny Lattner was the only
UNANIMOUS choice among the sports
writer's.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-12-11

minds will admit that Jack Ryan
seems to have a way of bringing
young athletes over the read of
progress. Holy Family has so far
this season been unable to hit any
kind of a stride.
The inter-parish leagues for
elementary, high and other teams
doesn't get under way until after
Christmas. Indications are that
there will be a record number of
entries in the parish leagues this
year. Most of the parishes enter
the grade division league. Prob
ably more OF them will make the
upper classes this season. The Cath
olic Recreation Association is on
the lookout for officials for the
high school division games played
mostly on Sunday afternoon, The
grade school section is handled by
young men from the college de-
partment of ST. Charles. Interest
ed parties may call the Catholic
Youth Bureau at MA. 5891.