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Evening star., 1954-05-14
Nearby Units Invite Public
To Armed Forces Day Events

an unusual attraction in under
water television. This will give
viewers of a monitor television
screen a picture of what they
look like to a fish swimming in
a tank. The Basin also will fea-
ture a display of the pilot model
of the large circulating water
channel located at Carderock,
Md. Research Center. A model
of a "guppy" submarine will be
mounted in the model channel
and water will be continuously
circulated around it.
Also to be shown at the
Basin will be three different
types of models built there. Cen
terpieice will be a 22-foot ma
hogany model of the atomic pow
cred submarine U. S. S. Nautilus
To Demonstrate Tape.
The Naval Ordnance Labora-
tory at White Oaks, Md. will
show the strength of their plastic
adhesive tape developed to patch
metal surfaces. Having a hold
ing power of 5000 pounds pei
square inch, a small adhesive
patch will suspend a jeep from
a length of chain. Another dis
play features a model submarine
which activates a magnetic mine
as it maneuvers near it. The ex-
hibit is demonstrative Of the lab
oratory's research in magnetism
and mine warfare.
The 601st AAA Battalion, with
headquarters at Andrews Air
Force Base. Md. will observe
Armed Forces Day by holding ar
open house between / and 4 pm
Each battery will present 6
County Fair" display Of equip
ment, living quarters and IA
cilitieS.
The addresses of these unit.
are as follows: Battery A. $780,
Landover road; Battery B. 575'
Ritchie road: Battery c. Tenn
pie Hill road, and Battery D
$3.50 Oxon Hill road.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Guard Plane Center
AT Be|tsvi||e Airport
Proposed byDr. Byrd
By the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, May 14.-Dr.
H. c. Byrd. former president of
the University of Maryland and
now running for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, sug-
gested yesterday an all but aban-
doned airport at Beltsville. Md,
should be turned into an operat-
ing base for military airplanes.
He conceived it as a center for
the Maryland Air National
Guards 104th Fighter Squadron,
indoctrination of Midshipmen at
the Naval Academy and cadets
in the university's Air Force
ROTC. and Air Force and Navy
operations now based at Boiling
Field and Anacostia in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The field is in the middle of
the 11.000-acre research farm
operated at Beltsville by the
Agriculture Department. It now
has two 4,000-foot runways. in
poor shape.
DR.. Byrd suggested the field
could be expanded with State
and Federal money from the
National Guard, the armed forces
and the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration.
He acknowledged the CAA
might object. since it generally
opposes the expansion Of mill
tary air facilities so close to
routes heavily used by civilian
transport lines.
/ Dr.. Byrd also foresaw objec.
tions by the Agriculture Depart
ment.
Balanced against this, how.
ever, is the critical situation o1
the Maryland Air National
Guard, which stands to lose its
fighter squadron unless it car
find a new base with runways
long enough for jet operations
It's present base at Baltimore's
Harbor Field. doesn't meet the
requirements.
The Naval Academy in recent
years has often sought funds for
new air base close to the acad-
emy for the indoctrination OF
Midshipmen.
DR.. Byrd frequently has sought
a similar facility for the univer-
sity's ROTC.
Evening star., 1954-05-14

at the George Mason Hotel.
Mr.. Hope and Mr.. Rowley are
regarded as members of the lib
eral wing of the Republican
party in Alexandria. MIR. Row.
ley organized the Alexandria
G. o. P. Committee of 100 which
contributed to the gubernatorial
race of Ted Dalton. He also was
an active Republican worker in
the Eisenhower campaign.
Mr.. Rowley is a member Of the
Washington staff Of the public
relations firm, Carl Byoir & As
sociateS. He has lived in Alex
andria since 1949. He is mar
ried and lives at 205 Wilkes
street.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Stanley UphOIds Firing
OF Liquor Board EmploYe
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, May 14.-Gov.
Stanley yesterday unheld the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Boards firing of it's Harrison
burg investigator, K. P. Shenk.
| Gov. Stanley concurred with a
report made to him by State
Personnel Director Harris Hart
on the dismissal of Mr.. Shenk,
Agent John E. Duff of McGaheys-
vile and Staunton ABC Store
Clerk George w. Smiley. Mr.
Shenk was the only one to ap-
peal his dismissal.
Mr.. Hart's report said 1.-The
board acted within its authority
and there is no ground for inter-
fering with it's decision"
The three men were dis
missed in February after the ar
rest of Mrs. G. M. SchwarZchild,
jr., of Staunton on charges of
illegally transporting whisky.
The board suspended the three
and recommended to Staunton
Police Court that Mrs. Schwarz-
child not be prosecuted. She
was fined $25 and the case was
appealed.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Officers Are Installed
By Langley Park PTA

Robert Aymar was installed as
president of the Langley Park
Elementary School PTA. Hyatts-
vile, Md, at recent meeting.
Other officers are Mrs. Jerry
Roth, Ralph Riggs, and Mrs.
Leota Tyler. vice presidents;
Mrs. Sylvia Stuppler, recording
secretary. and Clifford Lawson.
treasurer.
The officers were installed by
Mrs. r. o. Stelzer, newly
appointed member of the Prince
Georges County School Board.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Alexandra Eiremen
Fear Budget Threat
10 Volunteer System

Alexandria volunteer firemen
will meet in No. 3 firehouse at
1880 o'clock tonight to fight
city budget proposals which they
fear threaten the volunteer sys-
tenn.
- Funds for employment of IL
additional firemen and omission
Of $8,400 for volunteer uniforms
and convention expenses are two
items that have volunteers wor-
ried about 1954-55 budget pro-
posalS.
Alternative Budgets Offered.
The additional flremen are au-
thorized in the $7.5 million
budget recommended by City
Manager Ira willard. A second
budget of 500 million offered by
Mr.. Willard in accordance with
city council instructions does not
provide for any new f1remen.
Fire Chief Bernard Padgett
said he was not requesting a
full, paid fire department. He
said his request for IL additional
men was still below the number
Of paid men recommended by
the National Board of Fire Un-
derwriters in 1851 for a paid
volunteer system like Alex
andria's.
200 Active Volunteers.
The city has about 500 volun-
teer flremen. approximately 20(
Of them active. There are five
paid f1reinen assigned to each o1
the city's five firehouses on each
shift-which usually means foul
men on duty to a shift because
of days off. Paid men operate
the two pieces of equipment ir
each house. Other paid person
mel include the four dispatchers
the chief and his assistants, one
man in charge of maintaining
fire hydrants, and six men as
signed to the rescue squad.
In addition, the city has a fire
prevention bureau with five paic
employees.
Mayor Marshall j. Beverley, Q
volunteer f1remen, was the first
to criticize the proposal for. Il
additional paid f1remen.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Arts Fair Opens Today
At Hecht's in Arlington

The Arlington County Depart
ment of Recreation and Parks
is holding an arts fair today
and tomorrow in the Hecht Co,
store, Wilson boulevard and
Randolph street.
Hours today will be to 9 pm,
and tomorrow, / to 6 pm. A
program presented by children's
dance classes will be given at 2
pm. both days. An adult dance
program is scheduled for 1880
o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1954-05-14

Additional participation by
Maryland and Virginia organi-
cations in Armed Forces Day,
to be celebrated tomorrow, has
been announced.
The National Naval Medical
Center at Bethesda. Md. is hold
ing open house today. The
grounds of the Center were to
be open to the public until S
pm, and so are all the build
ingS.
The program has been espe-
cially designed for the entertain
ment of the public and to DEM
onstrate the part played by the
Navy Medical Department in the
support of the services world
wide operations.
Guided tours of component
activities of the Medical Center
were to include the Naval Hos
pital, Naval Medical School,
Naval Dental School, the Medi-
cal Research Institute and the
Naval School of Hospital Ad-
ministration. A continuous show
ing of movies in the main audi
torium from l to 5 pm. was
scheduled, depicting military
medicine in action and including
such subjects as medical aid in
combat and outlining the theme
of Armed Forces Day Power fol
Peace"
Public Invited.
Music appropriate to the theme
was to be provided over the Gen.
ter's public address system anc
radio broadcasting facilities
Rear Admiral L. O. Stone, Navy
Medical Corps, who command:
the National Naval Medica
Corps, has extended an invita-
ton to the public to see the ex.
hibits and demonstrations o1
military medicine.
The David Taylor Model Basin
which comes under the Potomac
River Naval Command, will have
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Northwestern PTA Elects

The Northwestern High School
Parent Teachers Association has
elected the following officers
George Hammond. president;
John E. Foster. vice president;
Lloyd McKeown, treasurer; Mrs
Paul Nystrom. recording secre-
tary, and Miss Clara Bricker,
corresponding secretary.
Evening star., 1954-05-14

tee in favor OF
j. r o b e r t
Rowley, tn e
current vice.
chairman.
A m q S s.
m e etin g to
elect new Of
hcers. m
mittee men,
berS and dele
gates to the
10th District
and State G..
o. P. conven-
tionS is to be
held May 26
Evening star., 1954-05-14
81 Million Hotel
In Alexandra Gets
Final Approval

Plans for a new 81 million,
seven-story hotel at Washing
ton and Church streets in Alex
andria were given final appro-
val last night by the City's Board
of Architectural Review.
The same plans had been dis
approved by the board on March
II because it was felt the OUT
ward appearance was too modern
for Alexandria's colonial sur
roundingS.
A majority of the architectural
board memebrs agreed last night
after viewing substitute plans,
however, that the original plans
were better.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
MoryIond's Famed
Wye Oak Gets
Lightning Rods
BY the Assoeiosed Press

WYE MILLS. Md. May 14.-A
tree repair crew today began in
stalling lightning rods in the
old Wye Oak. Maryland's most
famous tree.
The 400-year-old tree, which
is IS feet tall and has a spread
Of 165 feet, was severely dam
aged last October when a double
branch fell during a wind and
rain storm. Bracing cables were
installed in March.
Maryland bought an acre and
a half around the tree in 1889
and designated it Wye Oak State
Forest.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Arlington Board
Weighs Penalties in
Wafer Ordinance

A proposed ordinance that will
put teeth into emergency regu-
lations governing water con-
sumption will be considered to-
morrow by the Arlington County
Board.
Under the plan,- county resi-
dents who violate water use
rules in an emergency would be
subject to fines ranging from
SIS to $50. The water rules, ac-
cording to the proposed law.
would be promulgated by the
county manager to be effective
"a hours after public notice.
During last summers drought
induced water shortage, County
Manager A. T. Lundberg asked
Arlingtonians to discontinue
non-essential water use, includ-
ing lawn watering and car
washing. Although police chided
water-wasters. the ban had no
penalty provision.
Calls For Restrictions.
The new ordinance, however
calls for water economy restric-
tionS when water pressure drops
below Is pounds per square inch
at key measuring points.
A water emergency also will be
considered to exist if water in
the county reservoir drops below
the 10-foot level-indicating less
than 3 million gallons reserve.
w. I. Jeffries. chief engineer
OF the Arlington water division
yesterday said the recent sale
OF $1.3 million in water bonds
will enable the county to begin
construction next month of i'm
provements in the supply sys-
TEN.
Mr.. Jeffries said vital part
Of the construction will be the
36-inch supply main from near
Chain Bridge to North Monroe
street and Lorcom lane. Also
adjoining the county's 6-million
gallon reservoir at Minor Hill, a
new reservoir of similar capacity
will be built.
Consider Use Permits.
At it's meeting tomorrow, the
board also will weigh the merits
of five requests for use permits
The permit applicants are:
James A. Hayes. owner Of the
Columbia Pre-School, asking
permission to operate a day nurs.
cry for 40 children at 1922 South
Fourteenth street. The County
Zoning and Land Use Commit
tee has recommended postpone
ment of action until its next
meeting.
Mrs. Mary E. Duffin. asking
permission to operate public
parking area at 1888 North Syca-
more street-indorsed by the
zoning committee.
The Board of Trustees of An
derson Clinic, asking a permit
for an addition to the hospital al
2455 Army Navy drive.
Mrs. Lucille Jones Kuykendall
asking permission to operat q
pre-school for IA children al
1888 North Twenty fifth road
indorsed by the zoning commit
tee on condition the school is
properly licensed and fenced.
st. Charles Church. asking
permission to build and operate
"a parochial school at 1914 Wash
ington boulevard-the request to
be reviewed at a special meeting
of the zoning committee today
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Aged Ohio Couple
Hurt in Car Crash
Wed in Hospital
speeioI Dispoteh TO The s'or

WINCHESTER, May 14.-In-
juries received in an automobile
accident Is miles west of VIM
chester did not deter Mrs. Effie
Meister, II. of Paris. Ohio. and
Claude Jarrett, 78, Of Canton,
Ohio, from being married last
night in the Winchester Me-
mortal Hospital where they are
both patients.
They had planned to be mar
ried in Winchester and were en-
route to the home of the Rev.
S. L. Flickinger of the Centenary
Reformed Church when the ac-
cident occurred Wednesday.
Their injuries were minor, ac-
cording to the hospital.
Both previously had been mar
ried. When released from the
hospital the couple will continue
to Norfolk to visit Mr.. Jarrette
son, who Is in the Navy.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Suspect Held in Theft

James <. Graham, 26, OF
Shady Side. Md, was identified
in q police story in The Star on
Wednesday as an employe of the
Gichner Iron Works, Inc. of
Washington. The firm he works
for is Gichner. INC. sheet metal
and roofing contractors, Of 1900
Kendall street NE. He was Or
dered held for a Prince Georges
grand jury on a grand larceny
charge in connection with dis
appearance Of metal storage cab
inetS from q school construc-
ton project at Beltsville. Md.
Evening star., 1954-05-14
Hope Quits 6. 0. P.
Contest in Alexandra

Robert s. Hope today an
nounced his withdrawal as a
candidate for chairman of the
Alexandria Republican commit
Evening star., 1954-10-03

The first inroads into the
farmland were made when
the Torreysons donated acre.
age to the county on the
southern side for the con-
struction of Arlington boule-
ward, Mr.. Reeves recalls.
Later the family began to
sell land on the other side
of the boulevard until today
it is built up into q settled
community of city streets.
About three years ago. MIR.
Reeves sold land on the near
side of the boulevard where
First street north in that
area was put in. Today Sec
ond street north is rapidly
becoming q settled street with
workmen busily hammering,
saving and mixing mortar
within sight and sound of the
Reeves house and barns.
Eorly Memories
Mr.. Reeves is nostalgia
about his bottom lands. where
a railroad spur and For-mile
Run cut through. Arlington
County recently acquired
about 20 acres in this section,
blueprinted for a park. play
ground and scenic highway.
MY first train ride was on
that line" Mr.. Reeves says of
his boyhood. "and some Of
my earliest memories are OF
playing along that stream"
Today, his children find
time to play in the same
meadow before a neighbor in
a station wagon drives them
off to school at nearby Stone
wall jackson.
Farm children in a city
atmosphere, they stay through
the lunch period and buy their
lunches, unless their mother
packs one for them that day.
The school is within walking
distance of the farm, but in
wolves crossing busy Wilson
boulevard.
Life on the Reeves farm will
change after January /. But
until then, 1t will begin as it
has for three generations. at
Evening star., 1954-10-03
Fall on the Farm
Only Yesterday
Their Address
Read RID.
By Mary [. Vuuahun

City sights and sounds are
creeping almost to the door,
step OF Arlington's last dairy
farmer and his wife.
The slow encirclement OF
streets and homes is being met
with a philosophical air by Mr..
and Mrs. Norman Reeves.
whose mailing address at 303
North Montague road only q
short time ago read RID.
Mrs. Reeves, q slim, blue
eyed brunette is all for keeping
the farmhouse intact. Her
every day schedule, which in
cludes looking after their two
children. Marcia. 10, and Rom
ME, 8, is little different from
that Of the average suburban
lite.
Her husband. whose family
has farmed the land for three
generations. will sell his dairy
herd around the first Of Janu-
ary. But he intends to keep
the house and q few acres for
as long as they can.
what it's going to come
to--We'll get out Of q country
style in to q city STYLE" he be-
lieves.
That's just the sort Of
change Mrs. Reeves would
welcome.
A farmers daughter from
the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia, she attended school
In Waynesboro and lived
there winters away from the
farm.
She early vowed she would
never marry q farmer.
"But my husband doesn't
believe in a woman doing
farm work." she said. MY
father had other ideas"
Although Mrs. Reeves
learned as q child to milk a
COW and pitch hay, she con-
fines herself to her children,
housework and local civic In
terestS.
Mrs. Reeves buys her butter
Evening star., 1954-10-03

at the corner grocery. Last
year she put up 80 pints Of
frozen food and SO pints Of
canned goods. and "ail the
pies we can eat. especially
cherry.
Her freezer Is stocked with
fresh killed chicken. beef and
veal from their own stock.
Also, from their garden the
Reeves have put in q supply
Of both frozen and canned
fruits and vegetables including
corn. limas, peaches, raspber-
ries and blackberries.
In addition to making her
own clothes Mrs. Reeves en-
cages in local Arlington activi-
ties. Last year she was a
room mother in Ronnie's home
room at Stonewall jackson
School and served on the
schools parent teacher Fine
Arts Committee.
She also acted as one of the
leaders of the Bon Air All
Club, Of which her daughter
Marcia is a member.
This year, she was named
secretary of Circle No. 4, of
the Dulin Methodist Church
in Falls Church. Marcia, who
joined the church last year.
became the fourth generation
, of her fathers family to be-
long there.
City Creeps Up
Mr.. Reeves predicts in an
other 10 years the entire coun-
tryside around them will be
city.
The original farm of 100
acres was owned by Mr.. VIII
liam Fl. Torreyson. his mater
nal grandfather. Half Of this
was inherited by Mr.. and Mrs.
George r. Reeves, his parents,
both of whom died five years
ago.
At that time Mr.. Reeves in
herited about SO acres of the
old farm between Arlington
and Wilson boulevards, while
his sister, Mrs. Ruth r. Lane,
received a similar portion
where she resides nearby.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
FoILon the Farm
City Surrounds Lost Arlington Dairy Farm

4 am. when MI. Reeves arises.
like his father and grandfather
before him, to milk his herd Of
20 cows.
Mr.. Reeves is an advocate
of today's improved mechani-
cal mixer which makes milking
the herd possible despite the
lack Of help.
Surrounded by a city. the
farm labor situation Is bad, Mr..
Reeves asserts. So he does all
the work himself except for the
sporadic appearance Of q long
time hired hand.
Modern Milk House
BY the time the sun begins
to peep over the horizon, Mr..
Reeves is in his modern milk
(See VAUGHAN on Page D-21.
Evening star., 1954-10-03
Old Club
: Teahouse

Once George washington's Club Heuss
GREATER WASHlNGToN'S
. FAMOUS FAMILY RESTAURANT
Delicious Chicken, Steak, Ham,
: Turkey, Roast Beef, Seafood
Dinners and Lunches
A Trip to Woshinston's Old Club
o Is q Must" for Copitol Visitors.
Open Daily and Sunday. II to $50
Ciesed en- Mondays
Receptions, Bsnauets, Family Parties
y SIS S. Washington ST., Alexondrio
On me-. Vernon Boulevard M. 9-4S6S
Evening star., 1954-10-03

(see VAUGHAN on Page DBL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-30
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