Evening star., 1954-05-23
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The CoIorfuI AIonsitu
Washington Socio|ite
Running for Congress
Mrs. Harold Walker Seeks to Represent
Eastern Shore District of Maryland
By IsobeIle Shelton

A longtime Washington socale, Mrs Harold Walker
will attempt to to the Capital in status next
January-as Congresswoman from Marylands 1st district
The coorful 72-year old Aonsita widow of successful
attorney, has for many years divided her time between
Washington and her historic home Webey in Talbot County
Marylands Eastern Shore
Talbot is of the nine counties which comprise the
district historically Democratic section which, however,
has been for the past eight years
Representative Edward T. Miller.
Mrs Walker will oppose Mr. Miller in the Republican
primary to be held June 25
Tony Comes to the Porty
Washington society knows Mrs Walker amusing.
opinionated with drol tongue and talent for
unusual parties the most memorable of which featured
Shetland pony wandering around the dining
The occasion for the ponys appearance birthday
party Mrs Walker for her granddaughter Brney the
daughter of Mrs Walkers daughter Eve and Lawrence Chp
Robert jr But Mrs Walker modestly discamS credit
the pony, which she "al Ewes idea"
In the animal did appear and gave each child
turn around the dining The crisis when the
party Although he had mounted the steps to the
second floor dining with perfect equanimty pony
fatty refused to climb back down.
It took half hour and the combined pushing power
all the adults at the party to get him back solid ground
again.
easy to believe that Mrs. Robert had the
presence of the pony since she party full
sized horse, name of John the Baptist
Boo Constructor. Too
The rrepressibe admits that at various times
during her childhood she inflicted her mothers household
"coons cats, foxes, white MICE monkey and 4-oot
boa constructor named Jimmy"
Her mother did little unenthuSiaSic about jimmy
Eve recalls and she taxed her with this saying Mother
tell the truth, you just don't like Jimmy do you?"
Her mother responded: "Well look at him, dear,
think he would be much preer his tail weren't blunt"
IT took another look, and you know, mother right"
says Mrs Robert THAT turned completely against the
snake and took him down and threw him in waterfall
That in Caracas where waterfalls are handy"
Mrs Walker born in Marietta, Gar two months after
death of father Aonzo White Her unusual
Spanish feminine dmnuve of Aonzo. Twelve years
later her mother married Theodore Weld Birney and the
family moved to Kirk street, of the first houses in the
then-new Chevy Chase section.
Mother Founded PTA
Brney fathered two daughters then died when they
were but and S. After that Mrs. Brney plunged
deeply than into work she had already started with Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst the grandmother of the Hearst generation
running the publishing chain.
The two organized the National ParentTeacher Assoca
ton with Alice Mcclellan Birney supplying the driving force
organizaona ability while Mrs Hearst supplied the
money
Aonsta educated in schools than she
remember she went around the country with her mother
while the latter organized PTA chapters
"They first called it the National Congress of Mothers"
recalls remember used to get mad reporters
calling them the little mothers They finally fixed that
by changing the name"
After Washington debut young Aonsita went to visit
with friends. There she fell in love with young
American Harold Walker attorney representing American
oil interests in Mexico They married in Washington
several months later and lived for in Mexico City,
Mrs Walker had to leave the country at times when the