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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Appointments Made {
In DC. Department,
American Legion

At a meeting of the Depart
fnent Of the District of Column
bia, American Legion, Executive
Committee the following depart
ment appointments were rati-
fed:
Department finance officer.
Frank Britton: chaplain. Nelson
Blake: aide to commander,
James Holt; sergeant at arms.
Stewart Parker; historian, How
ard Fisk; membership officer,
Myron Francis: medical advisor,
DR.. LYMAN Shapiro; publicity,
Mrs. Ola D. Lee; oratorical con-
test. Clair Spidel; blood bank.
John O'Meara; bond drive,
Frank Norton; Boy Scouts. Ell
wood Jarnagin: ceremonial off,
Ger, James Clark; citizenship
and naturalization, Lee Jarvis;
employment. Fred Hetzel; graves
registration, B. c. MCGEE; labor
relations. Wade Taylor, vice
chairman; civil defense, Gilbert
Cole; law and order, Tom Slo-
minski: rehabilitation. William
B. Sinnott:: service officer, Wal
dron Leonard; uniforms. Louis
Goldberg: welfare officer. Har-
Ian Wood.
Renah F. Camalier, District OF
Columbia Commissioner, pre-
sented to Department Comdr.
Byron E. Dunn a silk flag of the
District of Columbia which was
carried in the national conven-
ton parade.
The department commander
and staff installed officers of
Sergt. Jasper Post.
They are: Commander, Owen
s. Heriot:; vice commanders,
Frank S. Brown, Carl j. Butkus
and Sidney J. Mintz; chaplain,
julius. Cerulla: finance officer,
Elmer j. Smith; adjutant,
Franklin H. Britton, and SER
geant at arms, Andrew Kott.
Past Comdr. John Lester pre-
sented to retiring Comdr. Glenn
Seitzinger his past commanders
pin.
Miss Marian c. Swaboda, 1850
Harvard street NV, registrar
for the first class of the Post
Leadership Training Course an
nounces a meeting on September
IA at the American Legion Club,
433 Third street NV, at 8 pm.
Past Department Commander
Howard Fisk will speak.
Newly elected officers of Henry
C. Spengler Post installed by the
department commander are:
Commander. William E. Gray;
vice commanders, William Van
devender. Earl G. Waters and
Verne I. Stoddard; adjutant, Gail
T. Judd; finance officer, leonard
F. Schenkel; surgeon, DR.. Isadore
Schulman: chaplain, Daniel C.
Spitz and sergeant-at arms.
Louis G. Moran.
At the last meeting Of G. A. o.
Post the following new members
were accepted: Dan Malley. VIII
liam Brashears, T. E. Downes
and r. S. Kuss.
The following members were
presented with citations for out
standing service to the post dur
ing the preceding year: William
Slattery. Lorenzo Smith. Sam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Glasses Announced
In Auditory Truininu

Auditory training classes will
open at the Washington Hearing
Society for the fall on Septem-
Der Is.
Afternoon classes win meet
each Wednesday and Friday at
2 pm, starting Wednesday,
September Is. Night classes
will meet on Wednesdays ct
$3.50 pm.
The hearing society Is at 1884
Calvert street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05

Iona will make you welcome
in the booming eleetronics
industry. Defense orders, TV
growth and other develop
n1ent put a high price on the
trained men. To qualify, en-
roll now. Day classes start
septic m Der IS. Evening
classes start twice monthly.
Inspect our facilities tomor-
row, or phone Hobart 2-1520
for complete information.
Approved for Veterans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Oriental Shrine to Meet

SUI Zu Court No. 81 of the
Ladies' Oriental Shrine of North
America will hold its first
monthly meeting at 8 pm. Tues
day in Stansbury Hall. Georgia
and Missouri avenues NV.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Norval Hall and
daughter. HOnOra, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry CoWell
near Wilmington.
Mrs. Lille Moore Of Showell is
visiting her brother. Mr.. Charles r.
Godfrey, and Mrs. Godfrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Collins
spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs.
Brooks Reynolds in Wilmington
Manor. Mrs. Emma Collins of Hat
borO, Pa, accompanied them home
on an extended visit.
Mrs. Matte Shockley returned
Saturday from Narberth. Pa, where
she has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur ShOckley.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Reese White, Sr.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Car
ter are attending a convention in
New York this week.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

Mrs. Whitmore from Nebraska is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. William
Carter and family.
Mrs. Mae West fell last week at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George DonaWay, and is receiving
treatment in Beebe Hospital.
The first meeting of an Adult
Farm Glass will be held at Mills
boro School this Thursday evening,
Nov. is in the Agriculture Building
at.8:OO p. m. The class is being held
for all farmers not now in school
who have "a desire to improve their
present methods.
Mrs. HudsOn's Fourth Grade had
the pleasure Of having Mrs, ]. A.
Burton and Mrs. Bessie Carey visit
them Friday afternoon, Nov. II
Both these ladies spent the after
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

Mrs, ". ]. P. White is spending
several days this week in Philadel-
phia
Mrs. Robert Seymour is spending
this week in Washington with her
husband, who is employed there.
Messrs. Harold Gardner. Gran
willie Messick, Harley Moore. Her
man Mumford, Edgar Timmons, and
Harry Williams, with Robert john
son Of RehObOth, returned Sunday
morning from a deer hunting trip
in Maine.
Miss Kathleen DObson spent
Tuesday night with Mrs. Paul Quill
len in Berlin, Md.
A large number Of local and out
Of-tOwn friends attended the fun
eral Of Mrs Della Daisey, wife Of
Lois Daisey at the Watson and Gray
Funeral Home, Friday afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

dred club members, their parents.
and friends. Four All Clubs i'm
Sussex County were accorded spe-
cial hOnors for having attained one
hundred per cent project compile
ton. Indian River Club Of Mills
bOro, was one of the All Clubs
having this honor. Claude Adkins
and Sam Quinn presented medals
and awards. Phillip and Joshua
Messick were presented with medals
for the Champion Meat Animals
of Sussex County. These boys have
been in All Club work for two
years, and are in the Sixth grade Of
the Millsboro School, District No.
23 They are the twin sons of Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Messick Of Mills
bOrO, Del
Mr. Ernest Daisey is confined to
his home with illness.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

noon telling the class of their
memories Of MillsbOrO as they first
knew it. The Glass learned a great
deal about earlier Millsboro and
its changes
The Indian River All Club re-
Gently met and organized the fol-
lowing officers. President, Hilda
Jane Messick, vice president, Or
lene Adams; secretary, Elaine Birl;
treasurer, Judy wilkins; reporter,
Phillip E. Messick, Recreation
leader, Diane Shugard; safety
chairman, James Mitchell: health
chairman. John Bril-. Leaders are
Mrs. Jack Bril- and Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Messick.
The Annual Sussex County All
Achievement banquet, held in Grace
Church Hall, Wednesday night had
an attendance Of over three hun
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19
NILLSBORO
BY Mrs.
u Is care
Phone
6241
MMIsbOrO

The Ladies' Auxiliary Of the
Alillsb0rO Fire Company met at the
home Of Mrs Charles Davis, We'd
nesday. November 10. when the
following officers were elected:
president, Mrs Ruth TimmOns: vice
president. Mrs. Beatrice Shockley;
secretary, Mrs. Barbara Shuttle;
treasurer. Nrs. Belle Bachelor;
flower girls Mrs Bertha Mae
Vickers and Mrs Maxine Britting-
ham: publicity chairman, Mrs Es-
tella Mitchell
The AuXiliary was glad to well
come a new member. Mrs. Norman
Bachelor.
Members Of the Auxiliary will be
attending the county meeting in
Seaford, Wednesday, November IL.
Mesdames John Cannon, III. b..
Mitchell, A. Wayne Burton, Wesley
Bullock. and Egil Garthe attended
the fall meeting Of the Dover Dis
trict WSCS at EwelPs ST. Paul
Church, Clayton, Wednesday, Nov.
10.
WSCS OF Grace Methodist Church
is having covered dish luncheon
Wednesday, December /, At 70
O'Clock, in the church dining room
followed by the regular meeting.
Every woman is welcome.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Hastings and
Mr. and Mrs Frank Harrison and
son, Gerald, spent Sunday in
SWarthmore Pa. with Mr. and
Mrs Dale Harrison.
Mrs Hugh Davis and her mother
Mrs Henry Hall have moved to
Orlando, Fla, where Mrs. Davis
has purchased a home
Mrs j. A. Burton spent Saturday
with her granddaughter Mrs. Frank
BrOuiOs and family at Pleasant
Hills, near Newport
Mrs Walden WOOtten and daugh-
ter Of Salisbury visited her mother
Mrs. Ida Wheatley, and her aunt
Mrs Elsie Lingo, a few days last
week
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Belts and son
Jimmy, Of Wilmington are spending
ten days with Mr. and Mrs. Walter
NJ. Belts.
The Bi-Weekly Bridge Club met
with Mrs. Robert Layfeld on Tues
day night.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19
WEIeHTY ORGANIZATION

RICHMOND, Va. - lP) One
of the biggest clubs here is the
Four Ton Club. You get out by re-
ducing your weight. Graduation
exercises are held every few
months. The ladies who funk the
weight test remain as members.
Others get their diplomas.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19
CIGAR BAND ExHIBIT

SAN SEBASTIAN. spajn-tF)
Thousands Of dollars worth Of
bands we're displayed IN the first
international cigar band exhibition
just opened here. More than $4,000
bands we're shown from collectors
in Cuba, Spain, the United States,
France, Germany and Belgium
Collectors say history, arts, sei-
ence, sports and many other activi-
ties can be followed through cigar
band collection. Many Of the ex-
hibitoFs do not smoke.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19
MEsTEee RESCUED

HOPKINsVILLE. Ky. = (P =
Mrs. Bud Tatum killed a snake with
a bulge in her henhouse and per-
formed an autopsy. The bulge was
an egg-sized gourd, complete with
la curving neck which she used as
a nest egg.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

with new, jeweke grille and frOnt-end assembly with
dramatic and graceful scuptured side styling and with
added dignity and bearing in every detail.
They are magnificent, too in performance. There great
Cadillac engine the most dynamic and powerful ever
offered in production motor car an improved Hydra
Matte Drive advanced Cadillac Power Steering and
option at extra COST refined Cadillac Power Brakng
And they are magnificent in luxury to degree unusual
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19


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Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

The spectacular ELdorado, Interpretation
styling offers many unique atves including 27oh Cadillac
for Cadillac Their interiors almost unbesvaby
beautiful and they offered in remarkably wide
selection Of gorgeous new fabrics and feathers.
Beyond any question, these Cadillac creations repre-
sent Standard Of the Word-and urge you to
and inspect them today in our showroom.
You will be most welcome at any tme-and we know you
win find your visit of the most interesting and educational
experiences of your motoring lifeI
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19
Wrana eHnlea

Soups and salads win have extra
flavor Il you serve poppy-seed-
cheese bread sticks.
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

Ibis one of the most significant necar announcements in
Cadillac history.
For it introduces the most magnificent creations in
Cadilac's hfty-thee years Of motor car production.
Three new Cadillac series are offered for your consideration
in 1955the famous Series Sixty Special the beautiful Series
SxtyTwo and the distinguished Series Seventy-Five in
addition to the spectacular new Edorado.
They are as you can readily see magnificent in beauty
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

Here's the ideal heaeing
plant for small homea This
He Little Oil-burnine 6oor
furnace gives real furnace
hear" -. and plenty of T.
Provides abundant warm
aie circulation. Makes every
room q Ivable room. Yet
is Inexpensive % buy and
eSsJ 90 maintain. You
should zee ir yourself for
90 other unit offers you
such comfort cleanlinesa,
convenience and economy,
e % low . price.
This amazingly simple uair
i Installed d'rsfsly IL t5s
soog. needs 90 bassmeng
...no ducts...no sheet meal
Nothing is visible as Aoor
level except an attractive
grill No messy oil tank.
90 unsightly aue.., conserves
anor e~e-1
Milford chronicle., 1954-11-19

Fisher appliances Inc
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Phone 80AA Milford, Del
Evening star., 1954-08-30
Auxiliary Continues Fight

mittee: Pledged to contribute
$4,000 to the Legion for direct
assistance to the children Of
World War I and II and Korean
war veterans; urged the promo
ton of active religious training
for children, and urged greater
emphasis on the prevention and
cure Of juvenile delinquency.
The auxiliary's Legislative
committee heard addresses from
Jerome F. Duggan of st. Louis.
national chairman Of legislation
for the Legion; Miles d. Ken
nedy, director Of the Legion's
National Legislative Commission.
and C. H. Olson. assistant di-
rector.
Evening star., 1954-08-30
Feted

There was no temperature TAX
ing at yesterdays 5 pm. re-
ception given by members Of the
Jane A. Delano Post No. 8 Of
The American Legion.
There was. however, consider
able smiling, interesting CONVEX
sation, and q lot Of reminiscing
that is produced when nurses Of
two world wars get together at
an operation termed party"
Present at the Walter Reed
party were Capt. Leona Jack
son, director of the Navy Nurse
Corps: Col. Ruby Bryant. chief
Of the Army Nurse Corps. and
Col. Verena zeller. director Of the
Air Force Nurse Corps.
Heading the receiving line was
Col. Florence Blanchfield, head Of
the Army Nurse Corps during the
years 1ez3 and iS4T.
Evening star., 1954-08-30
Mrs. Hobart Here
For Convention
First Auxiliary President Recalls
Past, Comments on Current Topics

"She hopes to get the inde-
pendent vote. doesn't she, 2" the
reporter pursued.
II don't know much about it."
Mrs. Hobart said dryly. ending
the exchange.
In addition to being past presi-
dent Of the Legion Auxiliary,
Mrs. Hobart also is q past pres
ident general Of both the Daugi-
ters Of the American Revolution
and the National Society Of New
England Women.
She said she doesn't like to tell
about these top Offices, however.
1T makes people think you won't
play unless you can be it," she
explained.
She won the national presi-
dency Of the Legion Auxiliary
over seven opponents at its first
convention, held in Kansas City
in 1920.
| She has attended every con-
vention since, with one excep-
ton.
1--WE honor the dead by serv-
ing the living" was the slogan
the auxiliary used for many
years. II just happened to say
that, and they took it up" she
recalled.
With the boys coming home
from the war and the need for
looking after the children and
widows Of veterans, the organ.
ization's whole program has
''been pretty well cut out. for US
from the beginning" she said.
AS soon as she was elected
Auxiliary president, Mrs. Hobart
recalled, she went home and
bought typewriter and learned
to use it.
Now, tipping out answers to
the many letters she receives in
connection with her various or
ganization Affiliations is still q
regular part Of her daily sched-
ule.
She lives alone In an apart
ment in Cincinnati.
Asked If she does any cooking,
she replied. Three meals q day"
"And ! never cooked an egg
until I was 80 years DID," she re-
called.
Her brother and some other
men relatives were her guests
at q summer place near Cincin-
natl when she discovered that
the only servant around was the
| gardner.
80 told them, You can all
60 home or we can get out the
cook books and learn to cook
"Well. they decided to stay,
and we all learned to cook to-
! gether." she laughed.
Evening star., 1954-08-30
Continued From Page BIS

(COnGluueQ cTom rage Dbl
parley was presided over by Mrs.
Lee w. Hutton, who asked the
women to continue their work
assisting hospitalized ex-service
women Of both world wars.
Mrs. B. D. Ward, chairman
of the auxiliary's Child Welfare
Committee, announced that the
Child Welfare Committees Of
both her group and the Legion
will place their emphasis on the
retarded child during the ensuing
year.
The committee heard an ad-
dress by DR.. Salvatore g. Di-
Michael of New York. executive
director Of the National Associ-
alton for Retarded Children, who
praised the auxiliary's decision
as another great step forward
in bringing the problem Of the
retarded child out Of the closet.
where it has been hidden for
generations"
DR.. DiMichael said that an
authoritative survey has shown
that 8 per cent Of the popu-
lation Of the United States is
mentally retarded to some de-
gree.
.tYet 1t is only in the last i've
years that parents have been
willing to come out openly and
say Il am the parent of q re-
tarded child" he declared. 1--WE
are on the Threshold, believe.
Of considerable advances in this
field"
The Child Welfare Committee
adopted q resolution accepting
all the child welfare resolutions
and recommendations which will
come out Of the American
Legion convention.
IN other resolutions the com.
Evening star., 1954-08-30
BY Frances Lide

"I guess when you are over 80
you begin Dragging about your
age" chuckled Mrs. Lowell Flet-
cher Hobart, grand dame of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
First national president of the
organization. she met the press
shortly after her arrival from
Cincinnati yesterday for its 34th
national convention.
"Are you really 86?" queried a
reporter who had been given her
age in advance.
"Well. I won't be 86 until
March," the auxiliary leader
confessed. "But I found that
there were two members who
said they were older than I so ]
had to push it up!"
Witty and outspoken in an
sweri1g questions, Mrs. Hobart
touched briefly on current top
les. skirted around political quer-
les and recalled the early days
Of the Legion Auxiliary.
She expressed the opinion that
President Eisenhower is doing
"the very best he can, but ]
think there are times when he's
ill-advised and doesn't know it. !"
After he returned from Europe
to run. for the presidency, she
said Gen. Eisenhower told her
he had been misinformed about
the popular desire Of the Repub-
lican Party to have him as q
candidate.
"He said when he came home,
he thought all the Republicans
were begging him to run and he
found that wasn't true" she re-
ported. But he's a good sport
and he stayed in the campaign.
The Bricker Amendmen. is one
issue on which she thinks the
President was ill-advised.
"And I think be was ill-advised
about Mccarthy" she said. -
think Mr.. Mccarthy did a good
job, but he and Martin Dies and
the others lose their heads
but let's not go into that" she
added hastily.
On more personal political
front. she was asked about the
campaign Of her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Warwick Hobart. who
Is running for Congress in Ohio
"Your daughter-in-law is q
Democrat. isn't she?" q reporter
inquired.
Eyes, man," said Mrs. Hobart
"A Roosevelt Democrat!"
"Are you going to vote fol-
her?"
''You shouldn't ask personal
/ questions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Popular Tox-ReIief Proposal

Virginia's taxpayers may be expected to give
their enthusiastic support to constitutional
amendment proposed by two legislators at the
current session of the General Assembly. The
amendment would abolish the me-honored but
much-abused tax on household goods and per-
Sonal effects
Delegates Griffith Purcell Of Richmond and
Joseph ]. Williams, jr, of Henrico County have
sponsored popular cause. Taxes on personal
goods are as disliked in Virginia as they are in
many other MISUNDERSTANDING the District
of Columbia-and for the same reasons. Such
taxes, it has been found universally are unen-
forceabe, easily evaded and source of irrita-
ton both to taxpayers and tax collectors 1t is
physically impossible for tax assessors and their
limited stats to check on the furnishings in
every house and apartment, so they have been
forced to accept the estimates of the house
holders The estimates vary according to the
attitudes and consciences of the taxpayers, with
the result that ridiculous inequities prevail.
The Richmond-area delegates are sponsor
ing a resolution calling for amendment of the
State constitution to limit the personal property
tax to automobiles and similar possessions
whose fair market value can be readily deter
mined. Their plan makes sense. If there must
be tax on all personal belongings, the more
practicable and realistic way to impose 1t is at
the time of purchase-through a sales tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Disappointed in Eisenhower

One year ago I voted for man who
I thought would attempt to make the
United States better place in which
to live; a man who, I realized had
never faced the problems of a civilian
livelihood, but had depended on the
American taxpayer to support him. I
admit that am thoroughly disap-
pointed with his foresight and judg-
ment as civilian.
In the past year innumerable people
who have supported families of three
and four on three and four thousand
dollars year nave found their Jobs
eliminated by this military economist.
The taxpayer must be relieved of these
financial burdens. The taxpayers could
not afford to support these middle class
and lower class groups: the Government
had to economic. Taxes had to be re-
duced!
My greatest shock came when I saw
his approval of the raise for high Gov
eminent officials. am sure these men
find it very difficult to survive on the
meager salaries they have received in
the past. would venture to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
ARLINGTON, Va.

ARLINGTON, Va.
Dear Sir:
II have read in your column from
time to time of how many pet para
keets slip out window and disappear
in the trees, leaving their owners
mourning their imminent demise.
II am happy to inform one owner
that his budgie is living in the woods
Of the Potomac valley and looking very
fat and sassy.
1.-The trails along the river, Virginia
side, from Key to Chain Bridges, are
so easy Of access and lead into such
wild and grand territory that can
never understand why they are so
little frequented.
MY children and make several
tours of exploration each year. even
though we have to go all the way
across Arlington Countyto do it.
X
1.-THE cliffs, or palisades. are very
exciting to eyes that normally see only
our local slightly rolling terrain well
clothed with grass and trees. We have
caught glimpses of various small
animals. including raccoon and others
which were only shadowy movement
among the rocks.
1.-THE creeks are very beautiful as
they rush down to the river, each
having cut its own gorge or dropping
of the bluff like any lovely mountain
stream.
"Neaf one. on this week end. we were
picking out the prettiest feathers from
q small heap that apparently marked
the end Of o wild duck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-26
Comeback of the Dress Sword

Some people may deplore it as a rather
foppish conceit but still there is lot to be said
for the Nays new regulation requiring all reg
ular officers to get back to wearing dress swords
on ceremonial and social occasions. The regu-
lation-which will take effect next June, begin
ming with admirals and captains-restore q
tradition that was dropped at the start of the
Second World War. Good for the restorers We
need such action in an age when all too many
Of U.s. in and out of the military services, have
mistaken drabneSs for common sense and
drained color from our lives by abandoning
numerous fine old customs and things, incud-
ing walking sticks.
The officers sword in our Navy dates back
to the days of John Paul Jones. Although orig
inally designed for combat 1t soon became an
integral part of the dress uniform, and it served
with distinction in that capacity from genera
ton to generation until some efficiency expert
In the late 193Os got the bright idea that it was
-utilitarian that it was useless for war at
sea. and that therefore ii ought to be done away
with. Happily however, as events have turned
out, that was not really the end Of It, It is
coming back now-coming back to lend little
extra dash. q little extra handsomeness to lite
Three cheers for it! And may every one who
has the privilege Of wearing 1t Eat personal
cost Of 500 wear 1t well and In good health
and with verve making clear that nuclear and
thermonuclear weapons have failed to triumph
over 1t by rendering 1t obsolete.