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Evening star., 1954-09-09
HyattsviIIe Company
Bids Low on Sewer

The Intercounty Construction
Co. of Hyattsville yesterday sub
mitted the lowest of seven bids
on construction of the first trunk
sewer line under the recent
agreement by which the District
contracted to dispose Of the
major part of suburban Mary
lands sewage.
Intercounty's bid was $274, ,539,
about $4,000 lower than en-
gineers for the Washington Subj
urban Sanitary Commission had
estimated when they advertised
the bids. The contract has not
yet been awarded
The project involves construc-
ton of a mile-long main outfall
sewer line between the commits
sion's present disposal plant at
Bladensburg to a propose d
Beaver Dam branch pumping
station near Kenilworth avenue.
Intercounty also submitted the
lowest Of five bids on construc-
ton of a new Cattail branch
trunk sewer to service the SOON
to-be opened Palmer Park sub
division at Landover road and
George Palmer highway in
Prince Georges County. The low
bid was $37,529.
On another major project, the
Taylor Construction Co. of
Bethesda made the best offer on
extending the Sligo Greek trunk
sewer line to serve the Arcola
subdivision of Wheaton. Taylor's
bid was $43, ,280.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Death Of Mclean Girl, 4,
Is Second Due 10 Polio

The Washington area recorded
its second polio death yesterday.
Health officials of Fairfax
County announced the death of
Mildred Lansdale, 4, colored, of
Mclean. Va, who was admitted
to Children'S Hospital with polio
last Friday. The child's brother,
CletuS, 2, has also been hos
pitalized at Children's with polio.
It was the first death from
polio in Fairfax County since
1852. This year, the county has
counted 10 cases, compared to
~ at this time last year.
Children's Hospital officials
said an autopsy had been sched-
uled in the case.
Meanwhile, Prince Georges
County listed an 8-year-old boy
as its 17th case of polio. He was
said to live in the 5000 block of
Eighteenth avenue in Hyattsville
and has been admitted to Chill
dren's Hospital. At this time last
year, Prince Georges had re-
ported 81 cases of polio.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Fate Of Fort Reynolds
Remains Undecided

Representatives of the Arling-
ton County Board and of real
estate developers of an 18-acre
tract on Shirley highway failed
to agree after comforting last
night on plans to preserve the
Fort Reynolds area as a park.
The Civil War bastion, erected
by Union forces to protect
Washington, occupies slightly
more than three acres in the
center of the tract.
E. S. Holland. Alexandria civil
engineer representing the de-
velopers. who were not named,
conferred with members of the
board.
Citizens of the Fairlington
area have proposed that the
county acquire the fort for
recreational purposes.
The Historical Arts Commit
tee recommended to the County
Board Saturday that the fort
area be preserved with tax ex-
emption given the owners. The
entire property is zoned for
apartments and 287 garden
type units are proposed there.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
2-Year-0Id Girl Injured,
Hit by UncIe's Auto

A 2-year-old child, struck by
an auto driven by her uncle, was
in fair condition today at Leland
Memorial Hospital with bruises
and possible internal injuries.
Prince Georges County police
said the child was accidentally
hit at z pm. when her uncle,
John N. Jones, "a. drove up to
park in front of his house at
2003 Rittenhouse street, Green
Meadows.
The child, Robin Lynn Ford,
is the daughter of Mrs. Gloria
Ford, Mr.. Jones Sister-in-law,
who lives at the same address.
Mr.. Jones told police several
children were playing near the
street as he approached the
house but that he did not see
the girl. She was struck by the
cars right front tire.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Upper County 10 Get
More Chest x-Rays

Upper Montgomery County
residents will have a greater op-
portunity for chest X-rays dur
ing the following year, according
to Warren Haley. vice president
of the County tuberculosis Asso-
citation and chairman of it's case
finding committee.
The association will continue
to offer the chest X-ray service
one week out of every month,
but three days of the week will
be spent up-county. The schedule
change was made in response to
requests from civic groups and
residents of the area.
$50 far this year." Mr.. Haley
said. I'VE have had an increase
of over 5000 persons X-rayed,
compared to the total taken the
same time last year. and we are
hoping that there will be an
even greater increase in the fol-
lowing year."
Following is the schedule of
the X-ray truck next week:
Monday.-Sunshine, Mt. Car
mel Methodist Church.
Tuesday.-Brookeville, Metho-
dist Church.
Wednesday.-Mt. Zion, Rose
dale Grocery.
Observation-Disclosures, Safe
way.
Friday. - Bethesda, Bradley
Boulevard shopping center. !.
Saturday.-Silver Spring, Ellis
worth drive. Hecht's.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Missing Viers Mill Boy
Found in North CuroIinu

A Montgomery County boy
who left home and was believed
headed for a snake farm in
Florida was found last night at
Hoffman, N. c.. police reported.
He is Richard B. Lamb, Is,
Of 11700 lakewood road, Viers
Mill Village.
The boys mother expressed
the belief Richard was heading
for the snake farm because he
has been interested in reptiles
for a long time. Last summer,
Mrs. Lamb said, he tried unsuc-
cessfully to get a job at Florida
reptile institute. He was turned
down because he was too young.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Apartment Builder
1oBuyParkingS Space
To Resume Rentals

A 81 million luxury apartment
house, for which occupancy per-
mits were denied, should soon
have enough parking space to
meet the laws requirements, the
owner said yesterday.
Jacob Boone Shapiro, president
of the Sixteenth Street Woods
Development Corp, said the firm
is negotiating for $4,000 square
feet of property. Earlier, the
Montgomery County Department
of Inspections and Licenses de-
MED occupancy permits for the
five story apartment because
parking space was lacking.
AZ Tenants to Remain.
A. Morton Thomas, county Ii
cense chief, said AZ tenants al
ready in the Winchester -Takoma
Apartments at 1000 Maple ave-
nue., will be permitted to remain,
since there is ample parking
space for them.
Mr.. Shapiro plans to buy the
extra land from Takoma Park.
Earl w. Thomas, Takoma Parks
public works superintendent. said
the town will ask for re-zoning
of the $4,000 square feet to per-
NIT apartment parking. One
parking space for each dwelling
unit is required by county law.
Permit for 165 Units.
Last fall, Mr.. Shapiro received
a building permit for building
containing 165 dwelling units.
The nearly completed structure
now has 1876 units.
The Washington builder, who
says the project will give the
town "a shot in the arm," de-
clared there is already enough
acreage for parking. Neverthe-
less, he said he prefers to acquire
more land so he can preserve the
landscaping.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Girl, ), Seriously Hurt
By Car, Reported Gaining

A 3-year-old Montgomery
County girl, seriously hurt yes
terday when she was struck by
a car, was reported improved
today at Suburban Hospital.
County police said the child,
Linda Ransom, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. F. A. Ransom, 1927
Kincaid terrace, Kensington, ap-
parently ran in front of the
auto in the street near her home
MIR. Ransom is a physicist for
the American Car g. Foundry
Co., Alexandria.
The Kensington Rescue Squad
took Linda to the hospital, where
she was admitted about 3 pm.
with head injuries.
Driver of the car. police said,
was Miss Elizabeth Fisher, 63,
of the 4500 block of Nebraska
avenue NV Miss Fisher was
identified as an employe of the
Potomac Electric Power Co.'S
home service department.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
{. Champion Bow|es
Named 10 Judqeship

RICHMOND, Va. Sept. o.
Gov. Stanley today appointed
c. Champion Bowles of Gooch-
land to the judgeship of the
9th Judicial Circuit.
Mr.. Bowles. assistant attorney
general of Virginia. succeeds
the late Judge Burnett Miller.
jr., of Culpeper.
The appointment is effective
Immediately and continued in
effect until 30 days, after the
convening Of the next session
of the General Assembly.
The Governors Office said Mr.
Bowles may assume the judge
ship as soon as he takes the
oath of Office. The circuit en-
braces the Counties of Gooch-
land, Louisa, Orange and Cul-
peper.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
'UmbreIIol Ferry's Skipper Widens His Horizon
By Chorles J. Yorbrough

The only ferry boat in these
parts with an umbrella for
superstructure is getting am
bilious for a voyage.
Plying the ee-tenths Of a
mile across the Washington
channel from the foot of
Seventh street S.W., to Hains
Point some IS times a day can,
conceivably. get monotonous.
Thus. Owner Operator w. w.
Brown is planning to turn the
S. S. Umbrella, if a name might
be applied hastily, into the
wider, more lucrative role of
sightseeing vessel in the OFF,
season.
"Say a 25-minute ride around
Hams Point, up to the railroad
bridge and back for a quarter"
he unused. Does that sound
about right?"
Currently the s. s. Umbrella
is in the doldrums of what has
been a very dull season. an
economic victim of the auto
mobile, Mr.. Brown sagely an
nounceS. Business was off so
per cent this summer" he said.
BY business" he means only
$1,000 customers. a lot of them
free, rode the little ferry across
the Channel to swim in the
East Potomac Park pool, play
golf, fish or sight-see. To
handle this transient trade, the
ferry began running the sum-
mer schedule at $3.50 am. Chill
dren heading for free SWIM
ming instruction were carried
free. The 10-cent-each-way
fare went into effect at l pm,
to catch the moneyed golfers.
The seasonal doldrums finds
the s. S. Umbrella operating
from 5 pm, to $3.50 pm, and
, everybody pays.
There has been q ferry serv-
ice in that general direction
"56 years." the present skip
per says. ever since Hains
Point was a marshy woodland.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Custer Of 7 Pastors
And PTA al School
Session 10 Bring Fight
Speeiol Dispatch 10 The Sior

WOODSTOCK. Va, Sept. o.
A showdown battle over educa-
ton needs in Shenandoah Coun-
ty loomed today after two min
listers and two PTA presidents
were ordered out of a special
school committee session by
the chairman of the county
board.
Chairman Durus Hottie Of the
Shenandoah County board of
supervisors turned the court
house meeting into a closed ses-
sion and cleared the room of all
spectators, declaring:
This is a private meeting
and it is none of the public's
affair. These people cannot
attend"
The special eight-man COM
mittee, holding its first session
yesterday was named by the
Board of Supervisors to survey
school building needs. 1t planned
to begin round of visits to
rural schools in the county to-
day.
Woman Defies Board.
Mr.. Hottie. of slight stature,
made his statement in response
to petite Mrs. Phelps Payne of
Mount Jackson, one of several
women on hand when the meet
ing opened, who declared, You
can't put me out. I don't think
you are big enough"
Mrs. E. L. Hynes, another
member of a delegation from
Mt. Jackson, protested that Il
am the mother of a child who
has to go to a class in which
there are 80 pupils. We mothers
are desperate. The supervisors
have never given the school
board funds to- meet the needs
for school,"
Another person banned from
the meeting was William CARRIER
Of Mt. Jackson. who had been
asked by the County School
Board to make a tape recording
of the session.
He'll Preach On 1t.
The ouSted ministers were the
Rev. Kenneth Bishop, pastor of
st. Paul's Evangelical and Re-
formed Church of Woodstock,
and the Rev. Stanton Blaine,
pastor of the Woodstock Pres
byterian Church.
Told to get out, the Rev. Mr..
Bishop declared, II only came
here to listen and did not want
to speak, but I certainly can
preach a sermon on what has
transpired here today"
The PTA leaders. were John
Hoppe. jr.. president of the
Woodstock PTA and Robert
Rea. of the Mt. Jackson PTA.
| MIR. Rea warned that unless
Mr.. Hottie was within his
rights" he will have to pay for
it," and declared, Il am consult
ing legal counsel"
After clearing the room, the
committee met for two hours
and-a-half and elected Capt.
Robert Benchoff, assistant head
master Of a private military
school in Woodstock, as chair
man. w. T. Brundick, a retired
Army officer who is quartermas-
ter at the same school, was
named secretary. D. r. w. Stone
burner of Edinburg was elected
vice chairman.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Regional Office
Here 10 Direct
Postal Service
Maryland, Virginia
And West Virginia
Embraced in Plan

A regional operations Office
here. to direct postal activities
in Maryland. Virginia and West
Virginia, will be opened next
Wednesday, it was announced
today by Postmaster General
Summerfield.
It will be located in the main
Washington Post Office, North
Capitol and Massachusetts ave-
nue. NV. and will be managed
by Tobias r. Talbert. He is now
general superintendent of A.
nance in the Washington Post
Office and has been in the de-
partment since 1908.
Decentralization Move.
This is another major step in
the Nationwide decentralization
program of the Department, Mr..
Summerf1eld said. It is the sew
enth regional operations Office
to be opened in less than a year,
he explained. The new Office here
will supervise 3,511 post Offices
in an area serving nearly 9 mil
lion people.
At the same time, six district
offices, to function under the
Washington regional Office, will
be opened. They will be located
in Baltimore, Richmond, Roa-
noke, Va; Clarksburg, w. Va,
and Charleston. w. Va. as well
as in Washington.
Forecasts Big Savings.
"This constructive program
improves mail service, betters the
morale of postal workers and will
ultimately be reflected in sizable
savings for taxpayers" Mr.. Sum-
merfleld contended.
He said this basic recommen-
dation of the first Hoover Com
mission was ignored by prior
administrations. Under the new
program, he said, postmasters
will have direct contact with top
management in their own local
ity and "a more accessible ladder
of advancement"
A native Washingtonian, Mr..
Talbert was one of three postal
experts sent in 1949 to Turkey
to aid in undermining its postal
service. He and his wife live at
3815 Rodman street NV.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Bride Of Doy Killed
As Old Rifle Fires
By the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md. Sept. 9.
"A 17-year-old bride of one day
was shot and killed yesterday.
police said. when an old rifle
her husband was showing her
went of.
Dead was Evelyn Irene
Stevens, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Smith. DR.. E. w.
Ditto, jr., acting medical ex-
aminer, ruled the death acci-
dental.
Evening star., 1954-09-09
II Trained in Alexandra
Get Nurses Cans Toniqht

Eleven nurses who have COM
pleted three-year course at
Alexandria Hospital will be
capped in graduation exercises
at 8 o'clock tonight in Alexan-
dria's Christ Church.
Robert G. Whitton, Alexan-
dria businessman and the hos
pital's administrator from 1941
to 1947, is to make the COM
mencement address.
The graduating nurses are:
Elizabeth L. Carpenter, Mary L.
Jenkins. Alice E. Lloyd, Mar
garet A. Malpass, Joan M. Nor.
ton, Dorothy j. Roland, Corinne
E. Ryan. Agatha I. Schneider.
Ann e. Sheridan. Margaret z.
Wilding and Joan A. Wines.
Evening star., 1954-09-09

A tug used to take 'em over to
hunt and fish,"
He has been operating the
line about 10 years. He also
operates the ferry service be-
tween the foot of Wisconsin
avenue NV. to Roosevelt
Island on week ends and holi-
days and handles both through
a concession held by Govern
ment Services, Inc.
The S. S. Umbrella, grand
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Fairfax Orders
Anti-Rabies
Shots for Dogs
Ordinance Effective
October a Provides
$5 to $500 Penalty

Compulsory incubation Of all
dogs in Fairfax County. Va, has
been ordered by the Board Of
Supervisors, effective October 4.
A penalty of from IS to $500
is provided.
9 Opposition at a public hearing
several weeks ago stemmed prin-
cipally from operators of COM
mercial kennels, who contended
they would have to give the anti
rabies treatment to animals they
were boarding for other persons.
The board defeated, 4 to 3, an
amendment by Supervisor Anne
Wilkins. who would have ex-
empted the kennel operators.
Commonwea1th's Attorney Hugh
Marsh had advised the board the
exemption would have been il
legal.
Another amendment by Mrs.
wilkins was approved. however.
1t exemptS new residents of the
county for the first two weeks.
Cats Not Included.
Supervisor Morris Fox wanted
to include cats in the ordinance,
but was told by Dr.. Harold Ken
nedy. health officer. enforcement
would be impractical inasmuch
as these animals are not licensed.
The ordinance requires dog
owners to present certificates Of
incubation when they apply
for dog tags.
The board ignored the legal
opinion of Mr.. Marsh that the
two-week exemption amend
ment made it necessary to re-
advertise the ordinance for
hearing, because. he said. the
amendment made a substantial
change in the law.
Carleton C. Massey, county
executive. disagreed, saying the
amendment eased, rather than
strengthened, the measure.
Another Rabid Fox.
The action came after the
22d rabid animal was reported
this year. DR.. Kennedy told
of a man near Herndon who
was bitten by a fox on Tuesday.
DR.. Kennedy estimated there
are from 500 to 1000 foxes in
the county. The supervisors
authorized Game Warden Fred
Brown to hire two men to trap
foxes from October l to No
vember Is and from February
to November 20 next year.
The men will be paid SITS a
month each, plus a bounty of
$3.50 for each fox over 20 bagged
in any one month. Trapping
will end in November to pre-
vent harm to hunting dogs.
Dance Hall Hearing.
In other business, the board
set a public hearing for October
6 on a revised dance hall ordin-
ance. which requires the estab-
lishmentS to close at midnight.
There are nine dance halls in the
county.
An application by the Pimmit
Development Corp. to rezone a
half-acre tract from suburban
residence to general business for
a parking lot next to a shopping
center was granted, except for
a 140-foot setback from Leesburg
pike.
Appointed to the new plumbing
board were Justus Ange, repre-
senting plumbers; Richard Ha-
ven. home owners; Allan Chanel,
county plumbing inspector, and
John w. Clayton, health depart
Copies of the plumbing code
were placed on sale at ST. each.
Open house for the new health
center in the town of Fairfax was
set for 2 m Octoher Q
Evening star., 1954-09-09
Church School Meets

The first fall meeting Of the
Resurrection Church School, Ar
lington. will be held at 8 o'clock
tonight in the chapel of the Re-
surrection Lutheran Church, 620l
North Washington boulevard.
Evening star., 1954-09-09

father of the three-boat fleet,
is "a feet long, has nine-foot
beam and seats Avery few
of them under the umbrella.
Sixty-five trips is considered a
good days operation, but to
Mr.. Browns way of thinking,
it isn't the trip-count that
counts, it's the customers per
trip.
why we'll take 40 kids over
there and if we bring back five
Evening star., 1954-09-09

of 'em we're lucky. What's
that mean?
1T means that they get over
there and find friends with
cars and drive home, that's
what it means. They can buy
q car for $40 on the lots"
AS though making a dire
announcement, Mr.. Brown
opined:
There are just too many
cars for my business"
Evening star., 1954-09-09
6. 0. P. Starts
Broyhi|| Drive
With Boat Ride
Democratic Send-Off
For Webb Slated at
Barbecue Saturday

The fall political campaigns in
the nearby Virginia 10th Dis
trict got under way last night
when some 1,100 Republicans
. staged a boat ride to launch the
reelection drive of Represen.
tative Broyhill.
Democrats will give their con-
gressional candidate, John c.
Webb, a send-off with a bar
becue from 2 to z pm. Saturday,
at the Arnold Estate near Falls
Church.
The four candidates for the
Arlington County Board also
met for the first time on the
same platform last night. They
are scheduled for a joint ap-
pearance again Monday night
before the Stonewall Jackson
Parent-Teacher Association.
No Formal Speeches.
The Republican get-together
last night was devoted entirely
to good fellowship with no for
NAL speech-making. Mr.. Broy-
hill, however, was very much in
evidence on all decks of the
steamship Mount Vernon, per-
sonally greeting his supporters.
The boat ride was sponsored
by the Fairfax County Republi-
can Committee. There was sub
stantial representation from the
rest of the congressional dis
trict.
At the Columbia Pike Citizens
Association meeting for Arling-
ton County Board candidates
last night, Daniel A. Dugan, a
former board member, again
criticized the record of Carlisle |
Johnstone. county director of
public safety.
He also criticized County Man.
ager A. T. Lundberg. AS long as
Mr.. Lundberg "condones" Mr..
Johnstone's continuing in Office,
Mr.. Dugan said. the county man
ager is equally responsible for
what Mr.. Dugan described as
lack of performance. i
Mr.. Dugan said Mr.. Johnstone,
In charge of the county police
and fire departments. works
approximately three hours a day
in the courthouse and spends a
great deal Of his time sitting in
his back yard taking pot shots
at squirrels"
Bell Asks Divided Powers.
Brian Bell. Democrat, empha-
sized the Importance of separat-
ing the powers of the County
Board and the School Board.
He said the governing body
had exceeded it's authority by
debating" to the school board
q program for pre-primary in
struction of children. He said
the County Board had dangled
some $4,000 in funds in front
OF the School Board to be used
for this specific purpose and de-
clared the education agency
should be left free to set its own
policy.
DR.. Ivan Booker, nominee of
Town Meeting, outlined an
eight-point plan which he said
is a positive program for better
board services" Among the
points was one stressing the i'm
portance of the boards business
being conducted in open meet
ings and with courtesy to the
public.
The fourth candidate. Mrs.
Leone Buchholz. nominee of the
Arlington Independent Move
ment and present board chair
man. said she is running on her
record. She listed the expendi-
ture Of bond issue revenue and a
program for Fairgrounds as
among achievements OF the
board.