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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-24

There are many interesting spots,
including the scenes of old ship
wrecks, civil war sites, and many
other historical things if they are
properly marked and made easy
to reach, all of which would con-
sumo new hours of tourist time,
and make for more overnight
BUSINESS. Something needs to be
done in development of more wa
ter sports, boat rides, the winding
roads through the Cape woods
might be opened up, etc. A little
bordering will reveal countless
attractions that may be dressed
up and better advertised to de-
light the tourist and prolong his
visit.
Speaking of trash-piles and
unattractive roadsides reminds
us that more consciousness must
be developed in this respect.
People should have more pride
than to clutter the roads with old
paper, empty bottles and beer
cans. The tourists themselves are
great offenders in this respect.
i Many of them however will CO.
operate in keeping the roads
cleaner if containers are proVl-
ded for this disposal of trash.
It's going to be the business
men of the island, whose livli-
hood depends on the tourist dol
lar, who must take the lead, and
supply the initiative and energy
in bringing about the needed i'm
provements. Citizens on the
whole will assist out of commun-
ity pride. However there are
many people who have indepen-
dent incomes and who are con-
tented with things as they are.
They are not acutely conscious OF
the economic need for cleaning
up and catering to tourists. For
this reason it will require a
strong campaign to achieve the
utmost in this direction.
One thing that is particularly
impressive to visitors is the spirit
and pride of the local people in
rallying to the opportunity to
provide accommodations for
tourists, by investing heavily in
various enterprises, and laboring
nightly with money and hard
work. 1t is doubtful that any
tourist area in the country, has
| so high a percentage of locally
owned businesses In many local
tiles the citizens have waited for
outsiders to come in, provide
the DEVELOPMENTS, and at the
same time take away the profits.
No so the people of Hatteras Is
land. They are doing good job
of it, and many of them have
staked all they have in new
places of business. Very few are
the newcomers who have done
the developing, and most of them
are old friends and visitors of
many years standing who have
always been interested in the
area.
A few tourists have mentioned
in only a few instances that here
| and there a business on the is
land has taken advantage of
them by hiking prices during
rush season. This is something
that deserves the attention of all
persons who realize it is to the
best interests of all to jealousy
maintain fair business practices,
for disgruntled tourist bel
liaching wherever he goes is the
] worst advertising in the world.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-24

w. Johnston, T. H. Noe and Ay-
cock Brown $40 each; R. E. Jor-
dan, Bessie Draper and Mr.. and
Mrs. I. S. Meekins, $40 each; Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Greet, Mrs. Lorena
Daniels, Mrs. Glenn Bonner, Miss
Elizabeth Sawyer, Miss Helen
Farrow, MIR. and Mrs. George
Station, SIS each; Miss Marjorie
Lamb So.
Names of contributors il lie
fund, and the weekly progress of
the drive will be published
weekly, Swain stated.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-24

'The nut that holds the steer
ing Wheel" said, a wag back in
the gay '20's, sis the part of a car
that causes most accidents.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
Montgomery 0kaYs
Construction Of
More Dwellings

Recent building permits issued
by Montgomery County follow:
Edmund and Wilda r. Ben
nett, 10006 Cedar lane, Kensing-
ton. owner; dwelling at 621z
Wiscassett road. Glen Echo
Heights: cost, $4,000; archi.
tects, Keyes. Smith, Satterlee
and Lethbridge.
r. s. Johnson. 620S Sligo Mil
road NE, Washington. owner;
dwelling at 1920 Cresthaver
drive. Silver Spring; cost, ST..
1000.
Belrod Devel. Co, 4242 Fourth
street Sc. Washington, owner,
i've dwellings at Kramer street
and Lafayette drive, Silvel
Spring; cost, $4,000 each: arch
itect, John d'Epagnier.
| Hawthorne Homes, 424s
Fourth street Sc, Washington
owner: 13 dwellings at Kramer
street and Lafayette drive, Sill
yer Spring; cost, $4,000 each;
architect. John d'Epagnier.
! &c. w. Snider. jr., Mcneil lane
Rockville, owner: dwelling al
712 Snider lane, Rockville: cost
80. 500.
Clarence L. Parker, 5S06 Jar
Wis lane, Bethesda. owner;
dwelling at 5905s Ipswich road
Bethesda; cost $4,000.
4. B. Conner, 8O27 Glendale
road. Chevy Chase, owner:
dwelling at 1926 Kerry road
Chevy Chase: cost. $4,000;
architect. M. L. Bagley.
Northwood Park Devel., 1060s
Lockridge drive, Silver Spring,
owner: two dwellings at 10610-
IL Lockridge drive, Silver
Spring: cost, $4,000 each: arch
itect, Jack C. Cohen.
r. E. Backus. 1918 Cathedral
avenue. Washington. owner;
dwelling at 1909 Marbury road,
Bethesda: cost. $4,000.
Woodside Const. Co., Inc. 919
Highland drive, Silver Spring,
owner: dwelling at 170l Donald
place. Silver Spring: cost, $l4.-
500; architect. j. p. Stadler.
William o. Cooley and Son,
837 Investment Building. WASH
ington. owner; dwelling at 5402
Christy drive. Bethesda: cost.
$4,000: architect, Edmund w.
Dreyfuss.
F. Meade Bell, 5522 Parkston
drive, washington. owner: i've
dwellings at Ogden road and
Springfield drive. Bethesda; cost
$4,000: architect. Benjamin
Elliott.
William II. Donovan, 4716 Fall
stone avenue, Bethesda, owner;
two dwellings at 4802-48O4 Fall
stone avenue. Bethesda; cost,
$17.500 architect, r. Leonard
Slagle.
L. B. Trunnell, 9201 Aldershot
drive, Bethesda, owner: CONNER
Evening star., 1954-11-20

cial building at 4871, 1873 Cordell
avenue and 1899 Norfolk avenue.
Bethesda; cost, $4,000; archi-
tect, E. j. Muth.
George L. Haines, jr., 1919
Centerhill road, Silver Spring,
owner; dwelling at 3104 Regina
road, Wheaton; cost. $4,000;
architect. Lyle N. Lamb.
Stanley and Edith Gaub, 3018
Plyers Mill road, Kensington,
owner; dwelling at 11426 Maple
view drive. Wheaton; cost. $16,-
500.
D. Lentini & Son, 651 K street
NE, Washington, owner; dwell
ing at 6012 Cairn terrace. Glen
Echo: cost, $17,500; architect,
II. G. Lewis.
Fig Devel. Corp, 8641 Coles
Evening star., 1954-11-20

vile road. Silver Spring. owner:
80 dwellings at Flora way. Flora
court and Landsdowne way. Sill
yer Spring; IS to cost $4,000. 10
to cost $1,000 and two to cost
$500; architect. John d'Epag-
nier.
Ernest Cook, 1915 Ogden
street NV, Washington, owner;
dwelling at 6501 Halbert road,
Evening star., 1954-11-20
star staR Photo.

Bethesda: cost, $4,000. Stanley
McGaughan.
Charles Howard, 1923 Twen-
ty-eighth street. Washington,
owner: dwelling at 1909 Glennon
road. Bethesda; cost, $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-11-20
RAMBLER DE LUKE ON a COMMANDING KNOLL

Open Soturdoy, 4-6; Sunday, l2-Dork
Gracious 85 rambling brick home-Lorge reception hoSpacous
r. 25x5hFumiy R-De luxe kitchen with breakfast
huge screened porch plus puo3 Bedrooms bc ground
Out Eastwest
e.. Berhu ri.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
Draft Call Of $1,000
IsAsked for March,
Lowest in Il Months
By John A. Giles

The Army has recommended
to the Defense Department that
it draft $4,000 men in March
the lowest call since June. 1852.
OfacialS said today that o
prospective 10 per cent reduc-
ton in personnel In the fiscal
year beginning next July / and
q showdown in the number Of
men being shipped to Korea in
anticipation of withdrawal of
two divisions made possible the
reduction.
A total of $4,000 men are being
drafted this month, the same
as during the past seven months.
The February call is for $4,000.
Meanwhile. officials also dis
closed that the first of the two
Army divisions to be returned
from Korea should start the
homeward voyage. within the
next three months.
One of the divisions will be
sent to Hawaii to become a ready
reserve for any emergency in
the Pacific under present plans.
The other will be returned to
this country.
Neither of the divisions, to be
withdrawn in accordance with
President Eisenhower's Deem
ber 26 announcement. has been
designated. The Joint Chiefs Of
Staff have the matter under con-
sideration. Gen. Eisenhower will
make the final decision.
However. neither of the di-
visions will be returned intact.
Personnel in Korea who have
been there longest or whose en-
liStmentS are near expiration
will be moved into the outfits
before movements They will re-
place those whose terms of serv-
ice are shorter. In effect. the di-
Evening star., 1954-01-08

The 40th and 45th are former
National Guard divisions from
Oklahoma and California.
There has been some specula-
tion that these two divisions
might be selected for return, es-
Evening star., 1954-01-08

peeially in view of the political
significance Of such a selection
and the fact that virtually all
Of their original personnel al
ready have been rotated home
anyway.
Evening star., 1954-01-08

visions in Korea will swap men
back and forth.
There now are six divisions in
Korea-the I'd. Sd, 7th. 25th.
40th and Ashland elements of
the oath.
Evening star., 1954-01-08
BEDDING

Modern Lounge Chair,
red or green cover, foom
cushion
2-Pc. kroehIer Suites,
green or brown boucle,
cushionized construction
Pine Cope Cod Love Scot.
green print -------
Kodiak mirror., 1954-10-23
Uncle rrEYS
 " ~Epi8rins"

The editor of the Ridge Corner Chronicle had to apol- ogize for headlining the police farce,
 Some things that are cov- cred with whitewash turn out pretty black
 A pat on the back develops character If delivered often enough. low enough and hard enough.
 Nothin' kin give a woman confidence like gittin' a new hat.
 Some fellers believe in dreams until they marry one. As Nation if we don't get down on our knees we'll fall flat on our faces.
 When some folks pay compliment they expect to make a profit.
 
 It never pays to lay for your enemies nor to lie, for your 'frieiids.sf x s.i'. i.s
 
 Folks who wake up famous ain't ever been asleep. The boy tkat's sfnart these days don't want tel grpw, up to be President: " IMss.Dif..
 REV. CHARLEY GRANT !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
The Ordeal Of George Meredith
BY Lionel Stevenson. fChdrles Scribner's Sons So
Reviewed BY Edwin TribbI.

The ordeal of George Mere
dith was his struggle for rec
ignition as o writer. His
greatest book, THE Ordeal of
Richard Feverel." was pub
lished when he was 80, it was
more than 80 years later that
he received the public acclaim
that was his due.
"Feverel' and 1.-THE Egoists"
and Diana OF the Crossways"
are the only books of his
which are widely read today,
although he himself is unques-
tionably one of the great
novelistS. This is not hard
to understand. Meredith's
heavily embroidered style, his
lack of dramatic compulsion,
make him hard to read. "Who
can define him?" wrote Oscar
Wilde; His style is chaos
. illunlined by flashes of light
ming. AS a writer he has
mastered everything except
language: as q novelist he can
do everything except tell a
story: as an artist he is every
thing except articulate :. he
has planted round his garden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Fuirfux Exhibit

Plans for exhibiting paint
ings in the newly enlarged
Fairfax County Courthouse
call for a continuous but
changing exhibit. Paintings
will be selected three times d
year, in October, February and
June.
Richard Lahey, principal OF
the Corcoran School Of Art;
Robert Gates, head Of the art
department at American Uni
versity, and Joe Summerford,
art instructor at American,
each has consented to Judge
one show yearly.
The County Board OF Super
visors has appointed Mrs.
Florence Fiore. Mrs. Doris
Robinson and Mrs. Esther
Stewart to work out the ar
rangements for the exhibitions.
Paintings based on Fairfax
County will be particularly &C
ceptable.
A preliminary show by a few
Fairfax County artists is at
the Courthouse this summer
including paintings by the.
judges and the committee
members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Show Ne Hero
BY Melvin Voorhees,. fSinuon & Schnster;; $780,
Reviewed by Jerry O'Leory, Jr.

When 1t. Col. Voorhees,
wrote his earlier book, "Ko-
rean Tales" it sold far beyond
its literary value simply be-
cause the author became a
cause celebre through his
Army court martial for fail
ing to obtain clearance from
the. Pentagon by submitting a
manuscript to the brass.
: He was subsequently con-
victed of violating security
regulations although perhaps
his true crime was in criticiz-
ing Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
other high-ranking officers and
some members of the press.
Recently, a new trial was or
dered. although he is now out
of the Army, and that rather
inferior bit of writing, "Ko-
rean Tales" sold on and on
because of the publicity.
Now, ex-newsman voorhees,
has come up with a much bet
ter novel in Show Me a Hero"
and strangely enough he sub
mitted this one to the Army
for clearance and got it--al-
though with some deletions
not otherwise described.
This is the story of the Ko-
rean war, of the depressing
Panmunjon days, the inter-
locking experiences of
three star general, a hard
boiled war correspondent and
a drafteeand the people
who affect their lives. AS the
author puts it, these subsid-
larry characters include: "A
nun who was great amid her
fears; a sergeant who was
great in his silence; a chap
lain great in his faith; o girl
great in her error; q major
great In grief"
Star of this cast Is Gen.
Lark Logan. commander Of
the 9Th Army In Korea, who
does not seem to parallel any
of the actual commanders but
faces all the ruinous problems
Of restricted action and po-
Iitical interference that made
Korea the only war America
did not try to win. Having
postulated the unbelievable
premise that the generals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01

on Army business, the author
explains. The Denver mis-
understanding was the result
Of an act Of 'impulsive kind
ness" toward her family's old
Negro cook, who had invited
her to the one meeting
Mamie Eisenhower has no
great intellectual attainments,
the author admits. She had
less than two years of high
school. and never worked very
hard at her books.
But, he maintains, ''it is a
question whether studious APP
plication would have fitted her
any better for the unforseeable
role she was to play in the
spotlight of the world. =. AS
the wife of a politician and a
President--her function was to
make people feel welcome and
happy. To this end the knowl-
edge Of people and the tact
and kindness which come
from within are infinitely more
important than intellectual
attainment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01

a hedge full Of thorns, and red
with wonderful roses"
Meredith was one Of the most
persistent writer's who ever
lived. Nothing stopped the flow
Of novels and poems. His per-
sonal life was beset by TRACE
dies, his professional career by
setbacks. but he kept writing
and finally. over 80, he died.
one of the most widely revered
men Of his time. His influence
on other writer's was great.
Mr.. Stevenson. professor Of
English at the University Of
Southern California, has writ
ten q full and extremely we'll
balanced biography. 1t is SYM
pathetic without being wor-
shipful and it contains much
sensible criticism Of individ-
ual books. Meredith's is the
kind Of literary reputation that
will continue to grow. for here
was a man who truly had
something original to say. If
he chose to say it obliquely,
and he did, it is none the less
rewarding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Keys to Aventure
For Boys and Girls
By Borboro NoIen

A cynical bookseller once
told me he thought the only
way to persuade children to
read books was to hide them
the books-under mattress.
But such drastic measures are
unnecessary. Let me, instead.
name a few of the new books
which make q direct appeal to
modern boys and girls. These
books combine good writing
with plausible plots based on
today's sports and hobbies.
For instance, an Indian
cave in the Alabama country
is the scene for Dayy's sum-
mer. adventure. skeleton
Cave" by Cora Cheney (Holt.
$2). 1t is a natural choice for
boys of eight OF. nine who have
just begun their own collec-
tons of rocks or Indian relics.
The best of the little league
stories is Larry Leads Off,"
by Curtis Bishop (Steck; $2.
Eager beaver baseball players
who are still chasing balls
for older brothers will devour
this. They will disregard. or
swallow whole, the persistent
halo around the managers
head.
Tomboy Rowena. whose
pranks have upset half Of
Rockport, continue to fasci-
nate other girls who are also
trying to grow up gracefully.
Rowena's idea that sailing
lessons will be the magic pass
port to teenage pleasures
proves a boomerang. The old
Gloucester characters are as
salty and satisfying as bowl
Of New England chowder on a
cold day. "Rowena the Sailor"
is by Ruth Holberg (Double-
day; $275).
A typical New England
"prep" school is the unex-
pected backdrop for a red
haired cowboys first taste Of
formal education. There's
plenty of informal education,
too, in "Stand by for Danger,
by E. D. Mygatt Oongmans:
$2.5O). The key to adventure
is short-wave radio and the
magic lure of secret messages
among radio hams all over the
free world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Montgomery Art

Gustav Trois will judge the
first exhibition announced by
the Montgomery County Art
Association. to be held at the
Wheaton Public Library.
Montgomery artists are invited
to submit pictures in any me-
dunn.
Entry blanks may be found
at the public Libraries at Be-
tllesda, Four Corners, Cal
thersburg, Garrett Park. Noyes.
Sherwood and Silver Spring.
as well as Wheaton, and at
Rockville Library, Dels Gallery
in Bethesda and Wick Byrons
In Silver Spring.
The works may be delivered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01

Mamie Eisenhower's rise
from the obscurity of an Army
wife to that Of practically a
national institution is one OF
the minor miracles Of Amer
lean politics.
Even after her husband re-
turned from Europe in 1945,
a national hero. she was large
ly unknown-so much so, re-
ports Mr.. Hatch. that the
politicians who were trying to
run her husband for Presi-
dent in 1852 came around
nervously to see how Mamie
would measure up.
In two short years all that
has changed.
Her bangs, her spangly
bracelets, but most of all her
natural, down-to-earth friend
illness, have made an imprint
on the American scene.
One theory of her excep-
tional popularity is that she
is Everywoman in the White
House. She is enough like the
greats majority of American
women in background, tenn
permanent and interests. to
permit them to identify them
selves with her.
Even many who are not too
enchanted with Dwight D.
Eisenhower in the White
House have nothing but the
warmest feelings Of affection
for Mamie.t
Life Once Drob
Those who are so disposed
will find nothing to disabuse
them in Mr.. Hatch's book. His
account of the life and times
of Marie Eisenhower is COM
pletely uncritical.
Except for a cautious adj
mission that her life was
''drab" while Ike was in Eu-
rope during World War II,
that she was somewhat less
than a smashing success at
Columbia, and that she once
lrritated Republican women in
Denver by attending one meet
ing and skipping others. the
book is one long hymn Of
praise. One almost yearns fol-
a questioning phrase.
(The Columbia misfire was
caused by Ike's TACK of sue.
cess" which in turn wa.
caused by his frequent absence.
q q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Books IN Review
New Faulkner Novel Is Poroble
Against Futile Waste Of War
A Fable
BY william Faulkner lRandom HouseS sz75J
Reviewed 81 Garter Brooke Jones
Reyiewed 81 cartef brooke Jones

The vast and complex story
which william Faulkner calls
simply "a Fable" must be ac-
counted his greatest novel.
It demands this rating be-
cause its symbolic theme has
an earth-wide scope, . mean
ing for every one; because Its
words evoke q power and even
a beauty never equalled by the
author and matched by few
others in recent years.
Here Mr.. Faulkner Is not
writing OF Mississippi, but Of
the world, Of its evil and its
virtues.
"a Fable" is an imaged epi-
sode of the first world war. OF
its final year. q few months
before the Armistice. The like
ness of the week described to
Passion Week is clear, though.
beyond that, the symbolism
flares and fades with Faux
merriam subtlety. I leave 1t to
others to argue over who or
what each character repre-
sents. It is impossible, in any
event, in b brief review to
weigh the significance OF all
these people and what they do.
What Caused Mutiny
The story starts with the
mutiny of a French regiment
in the spring Of 1913. This
outfit refuses to go over the
top-at least, the prIvates stay
In their trenches while the
bewildered officers and nom
CONS, already jumped OF into
no-man's land, await them In
vain. The regiment. It's whole
division. was to have been
sacrificed in q feint; the real
attack was to be launched
elsewhere.
It develops that q corporal
and "a men have been using
their free time, their rest
periods back Of the lines, to
visit other outfits. They have
been talking of peace. The
men have been suspected, in
telligence has watched them,
but could get nothing on them
The corporal is far from
Christ-like in his everyday
det1eanor. He is an illiterate
farmer. who was born in some
obscure Balkan country and
grew up in France. He has
been a good soldier-he has
the medallle militaire, the
most coveted award for valor
Perhaps he is merely initiating
Christ, though there is his
fate-to be shot between two
Partisan thieves. There is, too
something supernatural about
him. An American officer in.
sists he is an enlisted man who