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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
District Bayou Boys
Win Country Music
Honors in Virginia
BY a star s,off Correspondent

WARRENTON, Va, Aug. o.
The Bayou Boys. a five-piece
hillbilly band from Washington,
cleaned up the -prizes at the
fourth annual national cham
pionship country music contest
here Saturday and Sunday.
The talented quintet, a dark
horse group competing for the
first time. won first place in the
band category.
Two of its members went on
to capture individual prizes. Don
Bryant placed second in the
banjo class and Buzz Busby was
Second-place prize winner in
the vocal category. Johnny Hall
placed second in the fiddle play
ing contest.
Scott Stoneman, of Carmody
Hills, Md, successfully defended
the fiddle title he won last year.
Other Winners Listed.
Other winners were: Roy Clark
of Alexandria, first place banjo
winner; Chick Hall of Washing
ton. first place in the miscel-
laneous category with his hot
lead guitar; the Cavalier Quar-
tet Of Norfolk, Va, second place
miscellaneous; Slim Morrison of
Silver Spring. first place vocal
ist, and Toby Stroud's Band of
Richmond, Va, second place
band.
The first prize winners re-
ceived $3.50 cash, and $40 went
to each of the second place con-
testantS.
Luke Gordon. Norfolk, Va, vo-
calist, won a special prize for the
best Saturday night perform
ance.
Despite the predominance of
Washington area winners, this
years contest attracted contest
ants from New England. the deep
South. and as far west as Ken
9
lucky.
Just Want to Play.
Many didn't even seem to care
if they won. They were just
eager to play.
One band came from North
Carolina Saturday night, but ar
rived after the deadline for en-
tries. They pleaded to play. as
they had to be back in North
Carolina on Sunday. Connie B.
Gay, promoter of the show,
asked them what good it would
do to compete Saturday night if
they couldn't remain Sunday for
the semif1nals.
But the North Carolinians just
wanted to play-and they did.
An estimated 10000 spectators
packed the Warrenton horse
show grounds Saturday and Sum
day to hear the hillbilly must
clans compete. It was the largest
attendance since the contest be-
gan four years ago. The event
is sponsored by the Association
for Greater Warrenton and the
local Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09

teacher at Clear Spring High
School in Washington County.
He took pictures and recorded
details along the hiking route
for use in future class sessions.
The hiking party was met by
several other family members in
autos and returned to Big Pool
last night. The campers had
lost an average of 10 pounds
each and spent about $50 apiece
on supplies.
Accompanying Mr.. Murray
were his sons. Stanley. 80. Dow
ell. 80. William. 26, Edgar. "a.
James 81, and Ben 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Minister Gets New Hiker Title
After Trek Along Gao Canal

Minister. teacher and now
hiker are the assorted titles to
which the Rev. w. F. Murray,
Of Big Pool, Md. can lay claim
after having completed the 180-
mile trek along the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal yesterday.
MIR. Murray. who is nearing
so. hiked the path from Cum
berland to Washington with his
six sons. The party arrived at
Key Bridge about 6 pm. after
an 8-day walk.
A minister OF the Church of
God with q parish at Hancock,
Mr.. Murray also is . history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Sentry at Fort Meade
Is Grim Reminder Of
1853 Bank Ho|dups
By the Associated Press

FORT MEADE. Md. Aug. g.
An armed guard stands silently
in front of the. branch bank at
Fort Meade these days, a grim
reminder of two 1853 holdups in
which the little institution lost
about 100000.
q Sentries have been on duty at
the branch of the Citizens Ma
tional Bank of Laurel since last
December. They've seen nothing
unusual.
It was March 20, 1858, when
the bank suffered its first holdup
by a man armed only with a
mason jar full Of a bubbling
liquid he said was acid.
A later investigation showed
that the bubbling liquid was
such a weak solution of sulphuric
acid it was virtually harmless.
But the man got away with
$40, 900. The FBI still is looking
for him.
For several months after the
unusual holdup. military police
man was on guard at the bank.
Then the bank put in an alarm
system and the Army decided
to remove the guard.
Not long after they took the
sentry away, the bank was robbed
again.
This time the thief used a gun.
On December %. at almost the
same hour as the first holdup,
small man in an Army uniform
herded the tellers into a vault
and began collecting about
$4,000. In the vault, the tellers
punched the alarm bell to bring
MPs swarrming into the place.
Somehow. No. 2 made his
escape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Hillside Mon Struck
BY Auto at Bus Stop

Walter B, Lettau, -52-year-old
Naval Gun Factory employee, was
in serious condition at Casualty
Hospital today after being struck
by a car at a bus stop in Hill
side, Md. police reported.
Prince Georges County police
said Mr.. Lettau of 1910 Fifty
second place, Hillside, was
thrown about 80 feet through
the air by the impact of a car
which skidded of the road near
the Hillside Drive-In Theater on
Marlboro pike.
Mr.. Lettau suffered fractured
ribs. a possible fractured spine
and extensive internal injuries,
aNhoSpital spokesman said.
Police said he was on his way
to work when he was hit about
z am.
The driver of the car. Harry
j. Huber, Al. of 1877 Fifty-third
avenue. Hillside, also was adj
mitted to the hospital after suf-
fering fractured ribs anCa con-
cussion when his car smashed
into light pole 800 feet beyond
the bus stop, police said. Mr..
Huber told police he "blacked
out" and could recall no details
Of the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Alexandra Boy Dies
Of Bicycle Injuries

A 15-year-old Alexandria boy
died in the University of Virginia
Hospital at Charlottesville yes
terday from injuries received
Friday when he was struck by a
car while riding his bicycle in
Rappahannock County, Va.
Virginia State police identified
him as Franklin Madison Dun
can, jr., of 9 Chinquapin drive.
They said the boy had been
visiting at the home of his
grandfather when the accident
occurred about Ass pm. Friday
on Route 522. IL miles west of
Culpeper. He died at Z am. yes
terday after suffering head ana
internal injuries and several
broken ribs.
Police said the boy had just
come out of a driveway from his
grandfather's home when he ran
into the path of a car driven by
Steven j. Lane of Culpeper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09

Montana State College. and be-
fore joining the bureau was en-
ployed by smelling company in
Selby, Calf.
DR.. Wells is survived by his
widow, the former Mrs. Marian
Elizabeth Ravens, whom he mar
ried in 1947; a stepson, George
Ravens, a photographer for The
Star, and a sister. Mrs. Caroline
w. Hall of 2106 M street NV.
The body was taken to the
Mattingly funeral home in Leon
ardtown after DR.. P. j. Bean of
Great Mills pronounced him
dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Hearings Open
On Challenged.
Talbot Ballots
Lee Sits on SideIines
After Quitting as
Manager for Byrd .
BY the A.soeioisd Press


This was the situation today
in the Maryland Democratic
Party's post-primary round Of
dog fights:
/. Circuit Judge william r.
Horney had begun hearing ar
guments in Easton in George p.
Mahoney's stand or fall" at
tempt to take the gubernatorial
nomination away from H. C.
Byrd.
2. Without saying why, e.
Brooke Lee was sitting on the
sidelines after quitting as man
ager of DR.. Byrd's Baltimore
campaign headquarters and
withdrawing as q candidate for
chairman of the State Central
Committee.
3. And in Baltimore, Philip H.
Dorsey, jr. said he probably
would file court suit in a few
days contesting election results
in a 4th District precinct in his
effort to gain the attorney gen.
eral nomination from C. Ferdin-
and Sybert.
245 Ballots at Stake.
The case before Judge Horney
dates back several weeks. DUR
ing a vote recount. in Talbot
County, in which DR.. Byrd's win
ming margin was trimmed from
60 to 81 popular votes, Mr.. Ma
honey forces challenged 245 bal
lots.
They said the ballots should be
thrown out because they were
improperly marked or defaced.
But the board of election super
visors refused.
MI. Mahoney filed suit in Cir.
cult Court. However, Judge Hor-
ney ruled that the election super
visors had the discretionary
power to count the challenged
ballots and that he had no juris-
diction.
Mr.. Mahoney went to the.
Maryland Court of Appeals,
which reversed Judge Horney
and directed him to hear argu-
ments. He began doing that to.
day.
Needs Vote of 2 Counties.
If Mr.. Mahoney were success
full in having the 245 ballots
thrown out, he would get Talbot
County's four nominating votes.
Then Judge Horney would begin
hearing arguments in Queen
Annes County in exactly the
same kind of court suit, with
$50 challenged votes in dispute.
Mr.. Mahoney needs the
nominating votes of both coun-
ties to get the nomination. ~
But DR.. Byrd's lawyers have
said they will challenge some
ballots on their own in Talbot
if the judge seems inclined to
throw out the 245 in question.
And no matter how Judge
Horney rules, the case prob
ably will go back to the Court
of Appeals.
The withdrawal of Mr.. Lee
from an active role in the Byrd
fight for survival is q mystery.
His announcement came Satur-
day shortly after he said he was
giving up his attempt 20 win the
State Craftsmanship.
New Riffs Were Feared.
His entry into that race on the
eve of the first meeting of the
State convention July rs in OPP
position to c. William Hetzer Of
Hagerstown and Willismsport, a
neutral in the Byrd-Mahoney
fuss. had been regarded as biog
to party unity.
Many party leaders had telt 1t
would further disrupt the badly
split Democratic organization.
MIR. Dorsey. who missed NOM
nation by even a narrower
margin than Mr.. Mahoney, his
running mate. said the suit he
might file would be based on q
| contention of fraud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Man Hurt in Toss
From Motorcycle Seat

Roy Cochrane, Is, of Oxon
Hill. Md, was admitted to Cas-
ualty Hospital last night after
he was thrown from the rear
seat of motorcycle in a COL
lision with an automobile on
Route 210 near Accokeek, Md
Prince Georges County police
said Mr.. Cochrane, who suffered
multiple cuts and abrasions, was
riding on a motorcycle driven by
Robert S. Davis, "a, an egg
grader, of Oxon Hill, when the
cycle collided with a car driven
by Amos Henry, "a. colored, of
1872 Fourth street S.W. Mr.. Davis
was unhurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Girl, 3, Critically Hurt
In Fall From Auto

A 3-year-old Bethesda (Md.)
girl was reported in critical con-
dition at Childrens Hospital from
injuries received yesterday in a
fall from an automobile at Bow
ling Green, Va.
She is Rebecca Rogers, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Rogers
of 49l8 st. Elmo avenue, Be-
thesda.
A police report here said the
girl fell from her fathers car
when the door opened on Re-
301 at Bowling Green. She was
taken first to Mary Washington
Hotl,ital, Frederick, and reported
to have q possible fractured skull.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
ForestviIIe Church Supper

The Forest Memorial Meth
odist Church Of Forestville, Md,
will serve a home cooked supper
at 4 pm. Saturday. Proceeds will
be turned over to the church
building fund.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11
Annapolis, States Capital
For 200 Years, to Hold Open
House for Visitors March 25

lis, tour visitors holding Historic
Annapolis tickets will be given
windshield stickers PERMITTING
them to park free of charge, as
long as desired, at any parking
meter
Many citizens of the city will
serve as hosts and hpstesses,
greeting visitors at the do0rwaYs
of houses opened for the tours.
which will be directed but not
guided. Special exhibits and shop
window displays are being plan
ned by merchants and civic
groups for the Open House
Weeks.
A particularly interesting pre-
lude to the Marylaid Day opening
will be provided by an Illustrated
talk to be given by a nationally
known authority on antiques, Joe
Kindig, 3rd, of York, Pennsyl-
vania. He will discuss Baltimore
and Annapolis Furniture of the
Hepplewhite Period, at $3.50 pm.
on Wednesday, March "a Tickets
for this, at $1.00 each, should be
reserved in advance.
The Hammond.Harwood House;
the Brice House; the Chase-Lloyd
House; Ogle Hall (once the home
of several Maryland governors);
and Reynolds Tavern all may be
seen on any of the tour days. In
cluded among many other places
to be opened on certain days only
are:
Thursday, March 25 = The
RidOut House; the Forensic
Club
Friday, March 26-The Rid
out House; the Jonas Green
House
Saturday, March 81 - The
Peggy Stewart House
Sunday, March 28-HOuses
of the COrnhill Street RestO-
ration !
Monday, March 20 Other
houses of the COrnhill Street
Restoration
Tuesday, March 30-UptOn
Scott House, Aunt Lucy's
Bake Shop.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11

brandt Peale portrait in the en-
trance hallway. One doesn't often
find lockwood trunks, but
Gross Manor" has many of them.
Early Maryland churches, too,
are always highlights; in Kent
County on the Eastern Shore, old
"St. Paurs will be open as the
oldest church in the State hav-
ing held continuous services
(1713). Its pews were sold in per-
petuity and the 10th generation
is occupying one today. Massive
oaks and lockwood vie with water
view and ancient brickwork in
visitors interest; by any meas
urement, you will like "St.
Pauls" a great deal. Near Wash
ington, DC, "All Hallows" still
stands in Anne Arundel, restored
after a disastrous fire in the
1940s. Despite ancient grave
markers with Latin inscriptions
of Englishmen of the 1600's, per-
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11

RaSkob, after an absence of sew
eral years. Wye Plantation"
home and burial place of William
Paca, Signer of the Declaration,
will probably again prove high
light. In addition to its consider
able historic interest, the terraced
gardens here rank with the fin
est in Maryland and include the
two largest English yew trees in
the United States. Toward the
coast, in Talbot, the Program
again features wye House, the
ancestral home of the Lloyd's
where ten generations lie buried
behind its unique orangery.
Among the graves are those of
Admiral Franklin Buchanan and
General Charles S. Winder. "Wye
House" is one of Maryland S
dWindling number of complete
plantations with all dependencies.
Another is "Sotterley' in st.
Marys County, always open
whenever the County is included
on the Program. Governor
George Platter built this great z
shaped frame mansion in 1730 on
a high bank above the Patuxent
at its widest point and twentieth
century visitors are thankful that
he built for the ages.
Gross. Manor, on the southern
tip of st. Mary's is often cited
as Maryland's oldest building
(1640). Whether supported by
architectural evidence or not,
there is immense fascination here
in the mahogany cross-arch in
the hall and mahogany stairway,
ancient furnishings and Rem
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11

Citizens of 305-year-old Annapo-
lis, which has been the capital of
Maryland since 1894, will hold
their first Annapolis Openn House
Week beginning at 10 am, on
Maryland Day, Thursday, March
Is, and continuing through Tues
day, March 80.
A second Open House Week
has already been arranged, and
will begin at 10 am, Saturday,
May Is. Both weeks are being
sponsored by Historic Annapolis,
Inc, a non.profit educational and
historic preservation society hav-
ing membership of 450 individ-
uaIs, merchants, bankers, civic
groups, and government officials
of Annapolis and Anne Arundel
County.
A free international folder,
and reservations for tickets at
$3.50 for each tour day, may be
obtained by writing or telephon-
ing Historic Annapolis, Inc, Ga
State Circle, Annapolis, Mary
land. Telephone: Colonial 3-7619.
Other especially notable 18th
century dwellings to be seen, on
various days, will include the
Peggy Stewart House (from
which Mrs. Anthony Stewart
watched, in tears, as embattled
citizens burned her husbands tea
laden brig, the Peggy StewarD.
the Forensic Club, a favorite re.
treat of George Washington and
other Colonial notables; the Jonas
Green House, once the home of
the wellknown 1Sth-century
newspaper publisher and poet,
Jonas Green; three other build
ings which weer the homes of
Signers of the Declaration of In
dependence; the Hammond-Har-
wood House, generally considered
to be one of Americas finest spe-
cimens of domestic Georgian ar
chitecture; the Chase Lloyd
House, where Francis Scott Key
was married; and a number of
smaller but unusually interesting
old dwellings.
BY special arrangement with
the Police Department of Annapo-
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11

haps the most provocative is one
undated which reads simply, my
Louisa.
Since 1880 when a group of
enterprising Marylanders con-
ceived the idea of inviting the
public in to witness her consid-
cradle cultural wonders, attend
ance has grown by leaps and
bounds. AS in the past, the Pro
gram is under the joint sponsor
ship of the Maryland Federated
Garden Clubs and the Society for
the Preservation of Maryland
Antiquities. When Spring rolls
around again it might be pleasant
to look in on an unfamiliar Coun-
ty. There's great deal of his
tory right here at home, but not
quite all of it. Details concern
ing the tours can be obtained
from the House and Garden Pill
grimage Headquarters, Sheraton
Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11

Kenneth Donaldson, Campaign
Chairman. This is $4,000 ahead of
last years returns at the same
point in the campaign.
The response SO far has been
most gratifying, Mrs. Donaldson
points out, and the solicitors have
never been more enthusiastic. She
predicts that the campaign will
attain its goal of $4,000 in record
time. Solicitation will continue
until all areas have been covered.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11
By James c. Wilfong, Jr.

By James C. WilfOng, Jr.
If you've ever visited Maryland
on one of her organized Garden
Pilgrimages you're probably al
!, ready looking forward to 1954's
Program. On the other hand, if
you haven't been a participant,
you have a distinct new pleasure
awaiting you.
The dates this year have been
established as April Both through
May 10th, inclusive, and the
Counties to be on display range
from Anne Arundel with Annap-
oils, south to st. Mary's and
Charles, northward into Calvert
and concludes with Hartford,
north of Baltimore. The Eastern
Shore has always ranked high in
attendance and visitors will not
be disappointed, what with Kent,
Queen Anne's and Talbot all in
cluded.
The program this year features
the inclusion of Calvert after an
absence of ten years, and it is
an especially appropriate schedul-
ing, since this Chesapeake Bay
area observes it's Booth annivers-
ary in 1854. Here, such legendary
properties as Parrots Cage,
a"Old Spout Farm, Preston" and
Charles Gift" will be open.
Preston" was the capital of
Maryland for a short time and
Charles Gift" enjoys additional
fame through Hubert Footner's
book of the same name.
Queen Anne's presents "Pion-
eer Point" and its fabulous gard
ems developed by Mrs. John j.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-03-11
Partial Returns in
Hospital Funds
Drive Reported

Partial returns in Suburban
Hospitals annual fund campaign
totaled $46,67f.69 from 1852 con-
tributors at closing time Friday.
February 19, according to Mrs.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03

administration of. 4 Bowling Lea
que and dos" and don't" for
bowiers on the alleys.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
Midwest And
Coast Have
Best Backs
BY BOB hooBINc
The Associated Pres,

The bountiful Midwest and Pa
cific Coast offer the majority of
AL, America backfield candidates
this year-like Ralph Guglielmi.
Alan Ameche. Howard Cassady.
Paul Larson, Bob Davenport and
George Shaw.
In fact, the Midwest AL America
Board has come up with more
players in their own area than
there's room for in any one back
field.
Quarterbacks Guglielmi of Notre
Dame and Len Dawson of Purdue.
halfbackS Howard Casady of
Ohio State and Bob Mcnamara of
Minnesota and fullbacks Amecae
of Wisconsin and Hubert Bobo Of
Ohio State all received strong sup
port from their area.
Oregon's George Shaw and Cal
ifornia's Paul Larson, a pair of
field generals who rank IL nation
ally in total offense, wound up on
the first all Pee team together
and are among the leading NOM
inees. Reports from the Pacific
slopes indicate that Davenport, Of
UCLA's unbeaten, united Bruins.
is as fine fullback as there is in
the land.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
frankie RyffI In
Line For Title
BY MURRAY ROSE

NEW YORK K-Young frankie
Ryff has come up so fast this
year that he's a candidate for fight
rookie of the year as well as being
in line for shot at the lightweight
title.
The 22-year-old New Yorker will
get the second big test of his bud
ding career tonight when he faces
26-year-0ld Orlando Zulueta IN
Madison Square Garden.
frankie is the 8-5 choice al
though the clever Cuban is ranked
higher in the division. Zully is
ranked as the fourth contender and
Ryff No. 5.
Tonight'S 10-rounder figures 70
be a duel of left hands. Both are
fine boxers lacking power.
In winning Is out of Is, frankie
has stopped only three rivals. Zu-
lueta's record is 51-21-9 with six
kayos. Neither has been stopped.
Despite his inexperience, several
Yorker is ready right now for
champion Jimmy Carter.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-03
LEGAL NOTICES
Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee, Florida
November II, 1854
NO TIC E
NOTICE is hereby given that the
Trustees of Internal Improvement
Fund of the State of Florida. Pur-
suant to Law, will offer for sale.
for Objections Only, in Tallahassee.
Florida, at 11:00 o'clock A. nj.
December 2sth, 1854, the land in
MONROE COUNTY, Florida, de-
scribed AZ follows:
Two parcels of bay bottom land
Government Lot in Section 8,
Township Sc South, Range 50
East, at Key Vaca, Monroe Coun-
ty, Fla. PARCEL 1: From the
Intersection of the Northeriy
RfW line of the Overseas High
way GU. s. No. - and the West
line Of said Section 9. run North
on the said West line of Sec
Ito the point OF beginning of
Parcel 1. Thence continue North
o distance of 365 feet: thence
North SO dgs 49, 20" East a dis
tance of $40 feet to the Vest
erly side of an existing chan
mel; thence Southeasterly along
the Westerly side of said chan
mel, distance of 500 feet; thence
westerly. Southerly, Southwest
erly, and Northwesterly mean
dering the existing shore line
to point which is 80 feet East
OF the point of beginning; thence
West 80 feet to the point of be-
ginning. Containing 3.1S acres,
more or less.
Parcel 3: From the intersection
- II frry =
the Overseas Highway (U. S.
y No. y and the West line Of
Section 8. run North S5 dgs Is
East along the said My R/W
line of the Overseas Highway q
distance OF 626.6 feet; thence
North and parallel to the said
West line of Section 3, dis
tance of 304 feet to point on
the existing shore lire, and the
thence continue North a dis
tance OF go feet: thence South
90 dgs 46' %" West, a distance
of $40 feet to the Easterly side
of an existing channel; thence
Southeasterly along the E1v side
of said channel distance of
40 feet to the existing shore
line; thence Southeasterly mean
dering said shore line. dis
beginning. Containing 1.S5 acres,
more or less.
The Purchaser IL required to pay
the advertising cost and documen-
tary stamps.
The Sale, IL and when made, shall
be subject to the Trustees reserv-
ing unto themselves 1876 of the
phosphate, minerals and metals and
50% Of the petroleum thereon or
Hereunder.
The Trustees OF Internal Improve
ment Fund reserve the right to
reject the sale.
BY ORDER--of the Trustees OF
the Internal Improvement Fund OF
'h' s'Ats CHARLEY 3. JOHNS,
Acting Governor
Attest: r. c. ELLIOT, Sec.
Trustees /. I. Fund
nov. Is; dec. 3-10-17-24, 1854