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Evening star., 1954-12-31
Planners Oppose Zoning to Cut
Lot Sizes in Wheaton Area

The Maryland National Cap
ital Park and Planning Com
mission yesterday opposed re-
ported moves to seek more in
tensif1ed zoning for 1,300-acre
tract in the Wheaton area.
The action. believed unprece-
dented in the commissions his
tory, was taken without a re-
zoning application first being
filed with the county. The COM
mission usually withholds rec
concentrations until applications
are filed.
The tract lies north of the
Wheaton shopping area and to
the east of Georgia avenue. It
is bounded on the north by Ar
cola avenue.
The commission said the land
is now zoned for lot sizes with
a minimum of 5000 square feet
and IS feet of frontage. Be-
cause of sewer line extensions
into the area, the commission
said, a move is afoot to decrease
the minimum lot size to 5000
square feet.
The less-intense use was pro-
posed by the commission two
years ago when it drafted the
Montgomery County Zoning
ordinance and it was accepted
by the County Council.
Any reduction in lot size would
tend to overcrowd the area and
make increasingly difficult the
commissions task of guiding
orderly growth of the area and
providing suitable space for
schools and recreation sites, the
planners said.
In another action yesterday,
the commission laid plans for a
meeting with it's 40-member ad-
visory council comprising civic
leaders in the Montgomery and
Prince Georges area.
The meeting was set for 8
pm. January IL at Calvert Man
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Bandit Hides in Car,
Robs Woman Of SIS

A bandit who hid in the back
seat of her car robbed a Chevy
Chase, Md, woman Of her purse
containing SIS last night as she
and her daughter drove home
from a movie.
Mrs. Martha c. Dickinson, SO.
of 6120 Western avenue. Chevy
Chase, was driving In the 1900
block of Forty-ninth street NV.
with her daughter. Mary Lee. IL.
when colored man rose from
the rear floor, police reported.
The man grabbed at Mrs. Dick
inson's neck and ordered her to
keep driving. Both the mother
and daughter screamed and the
man struck the daughter in the
eye and scratched the mother on
the forehead.
The bandit then grabbed the
purse and jumped out of the car.
Evening star., 1954-12-31

mer Mayor, who is making his
first bid for elected office, and
Frank E. Mann. who currently
is completing his first term on
the council.
All seven council seats are to
be filled in the June general elec-
ton, for which the April pri-
mary is held.
De Sales Engineer.
Mr.. Ticer, 81, is native Alex
andrian. He was graduated from
George Washington High School
in 1910 and attended the Univer-
sity of Virginia for two years be-
fore entering the Army. He re-
turned to the university after
three years service with the
combat engineers and received
his degree in mechanical engi-
neering in June, 194S.
Mr.. Ticer has been with the
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
since 1948. and currently is a
sales engineer for the firms avi-
alton gas turbine division.
A bachelor, Mr.. Ticer lives
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edmund F. Ticer, at 226 South
Fairfax street. The elder Mr..
Ticer was mayor Of Alexandria
IA years ago.
Is Head of Company.
Mr.. Mann, 34-year-old gen.
eral manager of a potato chip
firm that bears his name, lives
at 211 Cameron street. He is
the second incumbent council
man to file. Earlier this week,
Daniel F. O'Flaherty announced
he was seeking reelection.
Married and the father OF
one child. Mr.. Mann was grad
uated from George Washington
University in l941 and served
with the Navy Seabees in the
Pacific during World War II.
Mr.. Mann is member of the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Alexandria Business Club. the
Old Town Civic Association, the
Alexandria Hospital Corps and
Christ Episcopal Church.
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sion, the commissions head
quarters in Riverdale.
Each of four committees COM
prising the council will meet
with staff members to discuss
their particular problems. The
committees include planning
and zoning, parks and recrea-
ton. highways and land devel-
opment and finance and budget
The newly appointed advisory
groups will meet monthly to dis
cuss problems and future pro-
grams of the planning agency,
The commission also am
nounced that it will meet with
members of the Montgomery
County Council and the Prince
Georges County commissioners
at $50 pm. January 20 to re-
ceive formally the economic sur
vey of the bi-county area made
by Homer Hoyt.
DR.. Hoyt will describe the re-
port in detail after the dinner
meeting, William c. Burrage, di-
rector Of planning, said. The
meeting will be at Calvert Man
sim
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Rest Home Operator
Given Two Weeks 10
Meet Standards

January Is is the deadline set
for a Potomac (Md) rest home
operator to meet standards set
up by the State and Montgomery
County if she is to continue op-
Grafton.
The date was set yesterday. as
Mrs. Doris Mae HisSey, operator
of the Pine View Rest Home on
River road, appeared before 3.
Morton Thomas. jr.. director Of
the county department Of in
spectionS and licenses.
Mrs. Hissey had been ordered
to appear to show cause why her
application for a license renewal
should not be denied because of
eight deficiencies found at the
the home.
Enforcement Warming.
The hearing brought forth
another warning from Mr..
Thomas that his department was
going to enforce rigidly maxi
mum regulations governing nurs-
ing home operations in the
county as result of a nursing
home fire that resulted in the
deaths of seven elderly women
M ,l1, fhic month
Mr.. Thomas said the county
and State had been most tol-
Grant in trying to bring Mrs.
Hissey into compliance for near
ly two years.
Mrs. Hissey, the hearing dis
closed, has had no State license
since June 10. 1858.
Her 1953-54 county license due
September /. 1858. was not
granted until July 20. 1854 when
the County Health Department
cleared the home for license.
It theoretically expired last
September but remains in ef-
feet until action is taken on the
application for renewal.
Closing Action Threatened.
Herbert G. Fritz, director OF
the division of hospital services
in the State Health Department,
said Mrs. HiSsey would have to
meet requirements by January
Is. If not action will be taken
to close her home. he said.
Mrs. Eissey also operates a
nursing home in Bethesda and a
restaurant in Colmar Manor. a
health department official said.
She told officials yesterday she
was now in the process of nego-
tiating for a sprinkler system and
would soon know whether it was
to be installed. If not, she said,
she will dispose of the home.
She objected to keeping
records required by the county
but said that the records now are
up to date for the period since
December Is.
The operator told the officials
she had moved out of the Poto-
mac home last September but
said she was on call at her apart
ment Is minutes away at all
times. Health Department off,
cials contended she has had no
qualified nurse supervising the
home. which is licensed for 10
patients.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Carpenter Loses Finger
Operating Power Saw

Charles w. Stang, 80. a car
penter for the Montgomery
County government, yesterday
lost the index finger of his right
hand in an accident with a
power driven hand saw.
Mr.. Stang, a county employe
for seven years and a former
justice of the peace. was injured
while installing doors on the first
floor of the County Courthouse
in Rockville.
The Rockville Rescue Squad
took the injured man to Mont
gomery General Hospital near
Sandy Spring. where he was re-
ported in satisfactory condition.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Son Of Former Mayor
OF Alexandria Files;
Mann Seeks Return

A political newcomer and an
incumbent councilman have been
added to the list of candidates
seeking election to the Alexan-
dria City Council, subject to the
April 5 Democratic primary.
The latest candidates to file
are John T. Ticer, son of a for
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Shop Todoy's Star
For Auto Bargains

II your present cor locks set-up-
and 90 on these cold winter mornings
Q trode-in might solve your problem.
For the best voIue check the quito
motive columns Of The Stor's big
classified section todoy! chonees ore
you'll find just the borsoin you won't
at price thot fits your pocket
book.
In oddition to eorryins more used
cor eds. The Stor pubEshe. more toto
classified DDS than the other Wosh-
inston newspapers combined, ond
for Q very good reosoa-it produces
the best results.
II you hove something to buy, trods
or sell. tell it to the long established
audience Of The Stor readers. Phone
Sterling 5000 and osk for an od-
tokeF.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Sales Continue
To SET Records
In Area Stores
Post-Christmus Week
Reported Best in
Retailers History

Washington still is riding the
crest of the biggest Christmas
spending spree in this areas
history.
Indications are that down.
town retail sales went as much
as 5 per cent above last years
record and that some stores in
the suburban areas will chalk
I'D gains of up to % per cent
over last years Christmas peak.
But the buying spree isn't
over yet.
Still Setting Record.
Philip M. Talbot, chairman
of the large stores group of the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association and first vice presi-
dent of Woodward & Lothrop's,
said retail stores are now expert
encing the "best post Christmas
week sales in their history"
Mr.. Talbot said three factors
are primarily responsible for the
new high record in Christmas
sales. He listed them as:
l. Better inventory practices
on the part of merchants who did
not sell out of items early in the
season.
2. Ideal weather conditions.
3. A greater feeling of conf
dence in our economy on the part
of area residents.
Reports indicate the big re-
tail stores were not alone in ex-
periencing a better Christmas
season than last years. Special
ty shops and small merchandis-
ing stores generally did business
above the 1853 levels.
Silver Spring Report.
In the big, busting Silver
Spring shopping center one mer-
chant reported his Christmas
sales went % per cent above last
years mark.
Charles Kopeland, executive
secretary of the Silver Spring
Board of Trade. said preliminary
reports indicate that the average
for the community would be
about 10 per cent above 1858
figures.
Arlington County's business
men Jared equally as well, Rob-
ert j. johnson, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce there re-
ported.
Mr.. johnson said the average
jump over last years figures will
be about 10 per cent, with some
merchants going as high as l6
per cent.
Letters, Wires Increase.
Records were set in the Dis
trict's post offices also. .
Roy M. North, postmaster.
said 142 million letters. incoming
and outgoing, were handled here
in the first "a days of this
month. He said this volume
amounted to an eight to 10 per
cent increase over last years
record. Similar increases were
noted in the number of parcel
post packages handled here this
year.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Co.. reported that it
handled 100000 long distance
calls on Christmas Day to and
from this area. A spokesman
for Western Union Telegraph
Co., said he feels certain that
telegram business this year
topped last years by at least 80
per cent although no figures
have been compiled,
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Virginia Spends
ST Million on
Road Projects
us Miles Of Highway
And As Bridges
Completed in "a

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. 31.--A
$27 million program on the
States 8,800-mile primary high
way network was completed dur.
ing 1854. the State Highway De.
partment has reported.
Construction included ITS
miles of roads and IS special
design bridges. In addition.
there were 100 miles of road
under construction at the end Of
the year. as well as 80 bridges.
Final steps were taken during
1854 toward the construction of
the $50 million bridge-tunnel
across Hampton Roads and q
SIS million bridge across the
Rappahannock River between
Greys Point and White Stone.
Bonds were issued for con-
struction of the two toll facilities
and preliminary work was
started. with three years allotted
to both projects.
Three Bridges in Arlington.
Some SIS miles of new four
lane highways were included in
the primary construction COM
pleted, and traffic congestion in
urban areas was relieved by
other major construction.
Among major jobs completed
were the U. S. 250-A Charlottes-
vile bypass, the U. S. 220-A
Martinsville distribution route,
three miles of u. S. / in Rich
mond widened to six lanes, and
the interchange and railroad
grade separation on U. S. 60 near
Richmond.
In Arlington County three
bridges separated traffic on U. s.
so, and in Danville an inter-
change. a bridge and divided
highway provided a new location
for U. S. So west of the city. In
Norfolk a 81 million underpass
replaced a railroad grade cros-
sing on Brambleton avenue.
In Norfolk the widening of
Brambleton avenue and OF
Hampton boulevard neared COM
pletion, and at the Newport
News Hampton city line the con-
struction of Electric avenue was
completed. In Warwick the
dividing of U. S. go was ex-
tended.
In Lynchburg the Carter Glass
Memorial Bridge on the u. s.
29-A distribution route was An
ished. with road work expected
to be wound up next spring.
Luray Project.
Al # Shaped overpass of eight
railroad tracks on alternate
u. S. So at Norton and a 647-
foot concrete structure across
the Shenandoah River on u. s.
$40 between Elkton and Luray
were among other bridges COM
pleted.
Among four-lane construction
jobs completed were sections OF
U. S. II west Of Marion. west Of
Wytheville and between Dublin
and Pulaski. u. S. 20 north OF
Charlottesville. U. S. 460 west Of
Bedford, u. S. 2l1 west of Gen.
treville, u. S. 522 north Of Front
Royal. Route 100 (Glebe road)
and Route 7 in Arlington Coun-
ty, U. S. So east of Danville, U. s.
$50 west of Richmond and u. S.
301 south of Petersburg and
north of Emporia.
Major construction was well
along on relocation of U. S. 220
between Rocky Mount and
Bonnes Mill. grading and bridge
work for the u. S. liza bypass
at Lexington, relocation Of U. 8.
go west of Clifton Forge and
reconstruction of U. S. 10 west
of Tazewell and U. S. 20 north
of Gretna.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
$500 Marines Suiiinq

SAN DIEGO. Calf, Dec. 81
R.-The Navy transport Gen.
Nelson Walker embarked $500
Marines from Camp Pendleton
here yesterday for Japan and
Korea. They are requirements
for the 1St and Sd Marine Divi-
SionS and the 1st Marine Air
Wing. The transport is sched-
uled to arrive in Kobe in 13
days.
Evening star., 1954-12-31

jr, as attor-
ney for the
company, ef-
fective tomor-
row.
At the same
time, Mr.. Vo-
gel announced
at Hug h
MCGOWAN. di-
vision traffic
m a n a ger at
B a ! tim ore
City, will be-
come the local
utility's gen.
eral ira mc
MANAGER here
Evening star., 1954-12-31

He will succeed John NJ. How
ard, who has been named assist
ant vice president in charge
of merchandising for the four
c. & p. companies In Washing
ton, Maryland. Virginia and
West Virginia.
Evening star., 1954-12-31
Two Appointments Made
By Telephone Company

Vice President H. H. Vogel Of
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. today announced ap-
pointment of James r. Crook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07

Lincolns and the Gollahers lived only three
miles apart in the Muldraugh hills, and the
boys were able to see each other almost daily.
Me, was squat and tough and always
ready for fight" Austin Gollaher recalled.
land Abe was long, skinny lad who hated
fightin' He was always tryin' to get me to
study readin' and was always tryin' to get
him to 60 huntin'. But we got along fine.
After Miss Sarah Hodgen started teachin'
him how to spell and write, he carve words
into trees SOS could get to know them, too.
Words like dog cat hen and such. One
thing he never could get right, though.
That was turkey He used to spell it
'tirkee.' Never did get it straight"
Gollaher remembered Abe Lincoln as the
quietest. gentlest boy he'd ever known.
only time ever saw him lose his temper
was when a stranger kicked his dog. The
dogs name was Honey and Abe sure loved
that critter But the stranger who kicked
Honey was grown man and pretty drunk.
and Abe was barely nine. So he couldn't
fight He just jumped up and down, like
girl in a tantrum, and tears ran down his
face. Then he got Honey into his arms and
carried him home"
End Of . EEiendship
WHEN the Lincolns moved away from
Knob Creek, Austin Gollaher lost his best
friend. To the end of his days he recalled how
he walked with Abe behind the wagon filled
with the Lincoln family's possessions; walked
for miles until at last he stopped and stood
still till Abe reached the top of distant hill.
They waved to each other - and historic
boyhood association came to its end.
The only memento Gollaher ever received
of the life-saving incident was presented to
him in the 1905; gold-headed cedar walk
ing stick which the citizens of Hodgenville
gave the old man in public tribute. The
cane now in the possession of Austin's great
grandson, Owen Gollaher. of Louisville, was
cut from tree on the old Lincoln farm.
What kind of life did Lincoln's boyhood
friend have? He spent all of his 80 years on
Knob Creek, six miles east of Hodgenville.
A hard-fighting hard4iving Irishman, he
finally taught himself to read and write.
IF I'd listened to Abe and studied" he
used to say in his later years, I'D most likely
have wound up As his 0sastner.
And you know what ~suld've happened
when he got tobe President, He'd have made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-07
The MAN WHO SAVED LINCOLN'S LIFE
Continued from page screen


me Chief Justice of the Supreme Court"
Instead, while Lincoln went into law and
politics, Austin Gollaher continued his farm
ing He married Polly Price, a local girl. and
they had six children, three boys and three
girls. Sure beat Abe out on that" he said
again and again
Wrought Up On Bird Music"
liz LIVED with his brood in a one-room
cabin which ''frolickers" helped him build
- frolickers being group of neighbors who
regarded it as lark to take day off and
help erect cabin He owned a mule and
few cows, and his grandchildren still remem-
Der how he used to ride the mule over the
countryside. loudly singing Irish melodies
Sang with the biggest choir man ever
had" Austin used to say. ''There'd be mil
lion birds singin' with mel" And he would
add, ABE and me. we sometimes got to hear
fiddler when we were youngsters But
mostly we were brought up on bird music. l
can still see Abe sittin' on log, his chin in
his hand. just listenin' to the birds around
him."
1t was strange thing for big. brawny
man to recall "a streak of sensitivity in
two-fisted fighter. When Austin Gollaher
was in his sos the citizens of Hodgenville
decided to put his muscles to public use. He
was made constable. His primary problem
concerned those kentuckians who drank too
freely. and these he usually quoted with his
enormous fist lie did il SO efficiently that
he won promotion. He became Justice
Of the Peace.
BY that time Abe Lincoln was in the
Illinois State Legislature and the two men
exchanged several letters.
"As Justice Of the Peace" Gollaher wrote
Lincoln, Il don't hold much with sentencing
men to jail. Instead sentence them to 60 to
church regular for six months or a year. 1t
works fine
Bible Glass Teacher
ACCORDING to family legend. Lincoln wrote
back, II like your idea. but wonder if God
enjoys being used as punishment.
Austin expressed his religious feelings in
several ways. With six children to help tend
his acres, he taught Bible Classes at the
nearby Pleasant Road Church. The church
recognized his zeal by making him deacon,
a position he held for more than 80 years.
Continued on page rs
Evening star., 1954-04-25

question, the National Opinion
Research Center surveyed a rep
resentative cross-section of Ameri-
can men and women, asked each
the following question:
Would you say you belonged
to the middle class, the lower class,
the working class. or the upper
class?"
Less than one out of three felt
they belonged to the middle class.
The great majority almost two
thirds identified themselves with
the Working class. Only three out
of a hundred regarded themselves
as belonging to the upper class.
And a scant two per cent bracketed
themselves in the lower class.
Q: HO.c do most people deter
mine ,Chether a person be-
longs to their social class or
not?
A: The same survey showed that
most Americans employ one of five
different yardsticks:
ID The persons beliefs and feel
ings. ~ The sort of work he does.
90 How much money he has.
az His education. (5) His family
background. The End
Evening star., 1954-04-25

ing majority (far better than nine
out of 10) believe in God.
All evidence indicates that wom-
en- are more devout believers than
men; and that successful people
tend to be more religious minded
than the non-successful.
Q: Ho,c trusting Of their feltO'r
men are most americans?
4: Studies show that the better
education a person has, the more
trusting he is likely to be of Others.
In a coast-to-coast survey con-
Quoted by the National Opinion
Research Center, Americans were
asked the following question:
DO you think most people can
be trusted?" Sixty-six per cent
said yes: 80 per cent said no; the
rest couldn't t make up their minds.
College graduates expressed the
greatest faith in the integrity of
their fellow men 1T per cent
believing that most people were
trustworthy. Only 20 per cent of
the high-school graduates ex-
pressed this view. But most suspi-
cious of all were those who had not
gone past grammar school. Only
So per cent of them gave their
Evening star., 1954-04-25

nEEDS Esery year since
- their founding in 1910, the Boy
Scouts of America hare increased
their membership. How many Boy
Scouts are there today?
Latest count 1853 3,395,884.
J.H., Boise, Ida.
LONG-HAIRED The United
States is now in the midst Of the big
gest classical n,usic craze Of all time.
Hon. mach did Americans spend in
1853 for classical records?
$lOO million to $3.50 million or
roughly one-third of the industry's
income for the year.
-IL.R., Indianapolis
KIT .. What new ''dO-it- yourself"
W0S introduced at the International
Motor Shoe recently?
A car-kit, which costs $575, and
holds a one-cylinder, 8l2 horse
power midget car. You can assem-
bic it yourself.
H.B., WeStbOrt, Conn.
CHATTERB0XES, Which
nation leads in the number of teIe-
phone calls PEI person in year?
Canada, with 389 calls. The
US. is second, with 382 calls.
- Mrs. HER., Camden, N. J.
PLEDGE Senator Ferguson
(R.. Mich.) has introduced a bill TO
add t,rO m0rds to Ot7 pledge of
allegiance to the flag. What are they?
Under God" He would make
Evening star., 1954-04-25

was a plastic envelope promising
the finder 35 cents reward if re-
turned to the National Institute OF
Oceanography with time and place
of recovery filled in.
-J.I., Detroit
IMPERIAL Why did the
japanese imperial household re-
Gently stop plan to issue q stamp
bearing the likeness Of Cro,cn Prince
AkihitO?
Because it would be dehled by
postal cancellation.
-R.G.J. StOnghton, Wis.
TREE CENSUS How many
different species of trees grOw in the
United States and Alaska?
One thousand and twenty-seven,
according to a recent report by the
US. Forest Service.
Mrs. d. ILL.,, Pasadena, Md.
ABOUT TINE >. What neW aid
for m0ilmen is being tested in q
number Of cities?
The golfers caddy cart. 1t takes
a load off the mailmen's feet.
- P.K.B., WellSetlle. N. Y.
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Address: Tom Henry. THIS WEEK.
420 Lexington Avenue. New York II.
N. Y. Unaccepted contributions cannot
be acknowledged or returned.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
ARE YOU AN "AVERAGE" AMERICAN?
Continued from page i,VeIre

fellow citizens similar vote of
confidence, while AZ per cent of
this group felt that most people
could not be trusted at all.
Q: Is it true that the majority
Of americans regard them
Selres as belonging to the
great middle class?
n: To find out the answer to this