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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-20
NORTHEAST
WAUGH METHODIST

Sd and A SITS. NE.
Hirl A, Kester,
Minister
REV. ROBERT W.
SCHUMM Of
Wheadon Metho.
odist Church.
Evanston, ILL.,.
Guest Minister.
August 81 and 20
9:45 am, Church
IL am. Aug. 81.
Sermon by
Rev. Schumm,
CHRISTIANITY
r AeS HS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-20
MARRIAGE
LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

Under D. C. ldp couples must
apply for q marriage license on
one day. ,Udit three fun days
and Yeceipe the license on the
nth day. Sundays and holt
days are counted the same as
other days.
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brought forth a big array Of win
ter delights, chief among them be-
ing shedding and snow balling.
Others found fun in making a
snowman, also fastening their
sleds to be towed by the cars
that moved from place to place.
1t has been the first scenes of
winter observed here in a long
time.
Perhaps the grounding was the
worst fooled creature on earth on
Wednesday, Approaching the op-
ening to his ears on that day he
had to hurry back and escape it
all. Outside a real snowstorm was
raging and the sight didn't look
good to him. Failing to come out
to make a shadow, a lot of people
think there will be six weeks more
of good weather. But, let's seel
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Wilson
spent two weeks in Wilmington.
Last week Mrs. Wilson spent the
week with her sister, Mrs. Earl
Layman, who had returned from
the hospital several weeks ago.
Mrs. Layman is now much inn
proved.
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LeipSic

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sipple and
daughter, Nancy, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. James Sapp and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Roe at Magnolia Sum
day afternoon.
Mr.. William Thomas is visiting
friends in Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Connell
of Landonburg, Pa, Mr.. Lake of
Philadelphia, Mr.. and Mrs. Fletch-
er Hurd of Dover, Mr.. Charles
Archer and family of MiddIetown,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Bethard of
Newark, and Mr.. John Mcbride of
Leipsic were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Mitchell
and family.
The Fourth Quarterly Confer
ence will be held at Little Creek
Methodist Church on Friday even
ing, Feb. IL at 7:30 pm. This
quarterly conference is for Leip-
sic and Little Creek. ]. E. Parker
is the pastor.
The W.S.C.S. will meet on Feb.
16 at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Wilson.
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ATTENDANCE AT
PUBLIC SCHOOL
CONTINUED From Page Three)

meth Haley, Donald Jones, Rodney
Lowman, Dale McBrine, Fred
Shaw, William Spence, Barbara
Dietert, Pamela Lurty, Karen N.Y.
ers.
Grade IL, Mrs. Powell, teacher
John Fearon, Bruce Foraker,
Nancy Hurd, Vivian Jarman, Mar
ijane Mills, Roy Reed, Jacquelyn
Ryan, JEANNE Schaffer, Randy
Scott, Sharon Still, Kathryn Ur-
ian, John Wicks, Janet Wilson.
Grade IL, Miss Staats, teacher
Calvin Boyd, Hugh Davis, Kathy
Kruchen, Connie Lee Mitchell,
Karen Nichols, Linda Pleasanton.
Grade 1-3, Mrs. Robinson,
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MARYDEL

The Ladies Auxiliary of Mary
del Fire Company held their reg
ular meeting on Thursday even
ing, Feb. 3 at s o'clock with the
sew president, Mrs. H. r. Butts
presiding. After the business ses-
sion Mrs. Butts appointed the fol-
lowing committees for the ensu-
ing year: ways and means, Myrtle
Harman, Clara Smith, Lucy Ur-
ban, Gladys Phillips and Betty
Luton; membership, Mary Ruth
Miller, Mary Frances Shuts, Es-
ther Dixon and Dorothy Merkle;
publicity, May Shewbrook, Ruth
Dixon and Helen Cameron; sun
shine, Bertha Logan, Helen Ford
and Mary Leslie; recreation,
Grace Bezeric, Virginia Heather,
Mary Leslie and Thelma Heather;
chaplain, Olevia Wyatt and Mary
F. Shuts; executive committee,
Elizabeth Covell, 2 years; F. p.
Scotten, / year; Myrtle Harman,
1 year. To report at Kent County,
Delaware meetings, May Shew-
brook for sunshine and Clara
Smith on activities.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Butts and
Mrs. Mary B. Smith were guests
on Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Her
bert Ryan and family of Stevens
vile, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. T.. III. Collision and
Andy enjoyed Saturday evening
with DR.. and Mrs. r. G. Miller,
near town.
Mrs. John Stafford is i'll at her
home. We wish her speedy re-
covery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler, of Crum
Lynn, Pa, are spending sometime
with their daughter and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Luton, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Covell re-
turned home last Tuesday from a
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delightful trip to Florida and
Cuba. While in Miami, they were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. Olin
Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan
have returned to their home here
after spending sometime with
their daughter and family near
Wilmington.
The Rev. and Mrs. Charles Cow
ington entertained the Henderson
W.SyC.S. members at the parson-
age last Wednesday evening.
Mr.. Desc Link is still quite ill
at this writing in Memorial Hos
pital at Easton.
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18th CENTURY INVENTION STILL POPULAR

cheese. FISH. jeilies, peanut butter
TO name a few - but the basic
item has always remained the
same bread
In recent years the bread too
has varied white, rye. whole
wheat, and soy. Many school
lunch programs which feature
sandwiches have their bread
baked to specification which in
cludes 6 per cent soy -four.
This is done, according to
school nutritionists, to increase
the amount of protein eaten in a
sandwich lunch. Soy -four con-
tains 40 to so per cent protein IN
line with standards set by the
Soya Food Research Council of
Washington. D. C. Protein is vi
tai to children and adults. since
it provides the building blocks
for muscle and other eomponents
of the human body.
It was with this thought in
mind that DIR. Give meCay de-
veloped the soy loaf known as
Cornell Bread" which has had
such ready acceptance from
housewives and mothers as well
rs nutritionists-
Major manufacturers Of soy
-four, such as Archer Daniels
Midland Co., Spencer Kellogg and
Sons, Inc. and The Clidden Com
pany MAINTAIN research labora-
tories and work with experimen.
tai kitchens, setting highest
product standards for all SOY
going into bread and the many
other bakery products.
Like any other 18th Century
invention" says the Soya Coun.
Gil. -the sandwich has under
gone q lot of refining in order
TO be popular with moderr
tastes"
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The hotel of the future is now
being pioneered in historic Hart
ford, Conn, where the Hotels
Statler Company recently opened
a new 455-room hostelry which
many hotel men consider the first
of an entirely new type of smaller
city hotels.
This prototype of tomorrow's
downtown inns has been carefully
designed and engineered to serve
as test model, Incorporating lit
orally thousands of improvements
In hotel operation developed by the
efficient Statler organization dur
ing its Dc years of hotel keeping.
The new Hartford hotel is diff
ferent from any other in the world
In several important respects. One
of its architectural innovations is
the use of glass-and-metal ex-
terror panel walls only TX inches
thick. These walls weigh quar-
ter as much as those of any other
downtown tower building, and
one-tenth as much as conventional
masonry walls.
While other buildings have been
built with exterior walls of glass
and metal, such walls heretofore
have been backed by conventional
masonry to produce an overall
thickness more than four times
that of the Statler walls.
The new walls consist of only
a glass-fiber insulating core, sand
wiched between an exterior sur
face of 20-gauge metal, with a
porcelain finish. and an interior
surface of asbestos board which
Is merely painted to match the
OTHER walls of the room.
Architect William B. Tabler of
New York City, who designed the
Hartford hotel. won approval of
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this revolutionary exterior wall
only after he had convinced city
building authorities that, in addi-
tion to saving weight and space.
it provided better insulation than
old-fashioned masonry walls and
at least an equal measure of fire
protection.
The hotel stands directly across
the street from century-oid park
which surrounds the state Capitol.
Architect Tabler took advantage
of this by using lavish paintings
of trees and shrubbery, both out
side and inside the building, to
create the impression that the
park extends into the lobby of the
Statler.
This impression, which not only
senhances the beauty of the hotel
but also augments the spacious
ness of its lobby and other public
areas, was considered so impor-
tant that the architect was al
lowed to set aside one of the most
desirable and valuable portions of
the street level area, next to the
main entrance, for use as a gar
den court.
Another of the new hotels in
novations is a new type of guest
room - the Convertible single"
Its design is keyed to the philos-
.ophy that the traveller who oc-
cupies a room by himself prefers
not to have an extra bed in the
room.
BY furnishing these rooms with
a studio bed plus sofa bed, the
new hotel mmodates. this
guest preference but in addition
has a room suitable for double
occupancy when the hotel is
crowded.
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The next Lions Club dinner
meeting will be held next Monday,
Feb. IA at 7:01 pm. in the Han.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Meyer were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Quinton of Dover.
Mrs. E. w. Lapham entertained
the B & P Club of Denton, Md. at
her home mere last Wednesday
evening.
Miss Ray Markley has been ill
the past week with the virus.
Mr.. Jack Dahlinger, of Dover,
was a visitor at the Markley
home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Pinder of
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Townsend

Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Wilson have
returned from a two-week visit
with their daughter, Mrs. Louis
Hurd, and Mr.. Hurd; also to Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Layman of Will
mington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Mullen
of Summit Bridge have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Kathryn Marie, to Mr.. Woodrow
w. Mcdonald, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Mcdonald of Town
send. The bride-to-be is a gradu-
ate of Middletown High School
and is associated with the State
Tax Department in Dover. Mr..
Mcdonald is a veteran of World
War II, having served four years
in the Air Force, and is employed
by the Phillips Packing Company
of Townsend.
Miss Joan Baker of Philadelphia
is spending several days with her
niece, Miss Gloria Frank, in
Townsend.
Two stout men, both wearing
fur coats and fur caps made a lot
of people think more keenly of
winter and its rigors. Even as the
wind blows hardest there is a
secret softening in the heart of
winter. We country dwellers muf-
ie up and fare forth with light
hearts.
Many a man thinks he's being
cultivated when he's only being
trimmed.
We find that car drivers are
becoming tired and discusted in
putting cars over the roads. Now
they are out in favor of one-car
passenger train to go to Winning
ton every weekday morning to
take business men and college stu
dents to the city. 1t does seem a
good idea.
The Townsend Fire Company
made a very creditable record in
responding to fire calls during
1854, according to a report made
this week by Woodrow Mcdonald,
fire recorder. Property loss of
S33,S75 resulted from 81 grass
fires, IL house fires, three trucks,
two cars, a tree, and two chicken
house fires. In all $50 men were
in service and travelled $50 miles.
Children as usual like the win
ter days and go out for all kinds
of sports, shedding on the Fenne-
more Hill has been extremely
pleasant and many have indulged
in the past time. Also good
place was the hill on the road
from Townsend to the site of the
old Harman Mill.
The Rev. Frank G.. Buckley, the
local pastor of Emmanuel Metho-
dist Church, delivered a very in
teresting and instructive sermon
at the church on Sunday morning.
fIis timely messages are much ap-
preciated, and accomplish much
good for the spiritual advance
ment of mankind.
The snowfall a few days ago
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teacher Gerry Brown. James
Pletsch, Gary Reynolds. James
Ryan. Larry Slaughter, Sadie Lee
Fraley, Charlotte Potter, Meredith
Wilder.
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Today's variety Of food did not
exist in the 18th Century when
John Montagu, ath Earl Of Sand
wich. invented the popular form
Of luncheon which was named
for him.
History tells US that the gay.
card playing nobelmsn was so
reluctant 70 leave his gaming
table that he poked a slab Of
meat between two pieces of
bread and considered il a subst-
tute for dinner.
In the interve ening years there
have been hundreds Of spreads
used as So sndwich siller meats.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-10
You're Never Too Old

An Episcopal missionary in
Kotzebue. Alaska recently bap-
tized an Eskimo woman los years
old.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-10

Henderson have moved into the
Alice Seward property in town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-11

The Buxton Convertible; mode Of baby buf-
folio coIfskin, lone-weorine ond rugged. re-
movable poss cose, new fIickbor window
changer Holds your check or memo pod.
$1,000
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900

rayon crepes. Wanted colors. Misses sizes.
Is Dresses including one+Pieee silk tweeds, blends of
silk and worsted propery lobeIed for fobrc content)
dressy royon toffetos and crepes Broken eoors and
sizes. Were $500 Now $500
Dresses including prnoess-style silk and Worsted
polka dots, wool ensembles and peou de sole cocktail
dresses. Broken coors and sizes Were 1926 to
1926. Nov 5000
WGL-Misses' Dresses, 3rd Floor
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Save More Than ~ on High-fashion Dresses

80 one-piece woods, long.torso wool jerseys a
80 Dresses including blends Of silk and worsted prop-
ery lobeled for fobrc content) cocktail dresses in
royon brocode, two-piece peou de soes, lono-torso
royon crepes royon toffeos and royon tofeto ense-
bles. News-moking colors Misses sizes. Were SIS
TO 1905 Nov 1900
16 Dresses including washable, piece orIons and
Wools properly labeled for fobric eontentl dressy
dresses in royon sotn and brocode Broken colors and
sizes Were $500. Now 22OO
Evening star., 1955-01-20
Women's Dresses, Were 1875 to 1906

IS toilored and dressy styles in one and
two-piece flotterers. Royon and ocetote
crepes, wool jerseys and wool blends
(properIy labeled for fobric content).
Black, blue, eroy, beige and red Regular
and half sizes.
IS Dresses and Suits in royon and ocetote crepe.
and silk and worsted. Handsomely detoiled with
bead and rhinestone trims. One and two-piece.
Black, plum, eroy and blue. Regular and half
sizes Were $500 to 1895. Now 23OO
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400

Is Dresses in peou de sole, royon and ocetote
and combinations Of silk and worsted tproperly
lobeIed for fobrc content Street and afternoon
foshions Wanted winter eoors Regular and hoif
sizes Were 500 to 1895. Now $500
Is Dresses for street and afternoon weor. Wools,
blends of silk and worsted tproperly lobeed for
fabric content), royon and ocetote erepes and
royon toffetos. Regular and half sizes. Were
1895 to 6e.o5. Now $500
WGl-Women's Dresses 5rd Floor
Evening star., 1955-01-20

sequin.embroidered pink nylon tulle. Size TO-
Wos 235oo Nov 1920
| embroidered silk brocade, cream color. Size Ia.
Wos $1,000 Now $500
/ silk embroidered lace sheath pink with oroy Size
IL. Was co. Now 5000
English lace, silk stole white with turquoise Size a.
Was l35 90 Now 5000
| rayon brocade lame, ereom color. Size H.
Was l25.oo Now 600
| Chatnilly lace on silk sheer, black Size L.
Was 500 Now $500
bead embroidered lace, white with pink. Size TO-
Wos l75.oo Now $500
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MRS. JACK M. MANGHAM
The former 4
Miss Bobbie Anne SchoW.
SchoW-Monehom
Ceremony Held
Miss Bobbie Anne Schow,
daughter of Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Robert A. Schow of Fort
Myer. Va, was married Janu-
ary Is to Mr.. Jack M. Man
CHAM, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter l.. Mongham of Cou-
shatta, La.
Canon Luther Miller per-
formed the ceremony in the
Post Chapel at Fort Myer. A
reception was held following
the ceremony at the Oficers'
Club.
Mrs. Mangham attended the
University of Georgia. Mr..
Mangham is a graduate of
Louisiana State University.
After q wedding trip to Cam
ada the couple will make their
home here.
Evening star., 1955-01-20
End shopping trip drudgery! SaUe money!
Eat better! O,on your o,Un freezer ,Uith the
AmGna Freezer-F OOd Plan!

Momthly payments for a family
scsth Q total food budget Of $6S q
month, ssing sw 3 esI. Il. trsessr
and q tossr-ssowth irossn food order
Of 800. tor both food snd trssssr
are as Ios0 as-------------Se.SO
MontAly payments tOr q family
sOsth Q total tood budget Of SIS a
month, using o II os, n. trssser
oad tosr-month frosss food order
Of s12o. tov both tood and tyseser
ore a. loss = - -E----s2.SO
Res ssssAss iasesnssiea sems 70 Ths NssAe
c.. M n. WssAlasesa, 4sA n, savss
spssas sad PARluassea. o. pAeas IA. Q.
Sieo. Hza. ssis - "a s-a7ss. Uss shs
ssssshsd ssspsa, va - ~ -
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Chandelier Room Clearance. ;. Y

two-tone silk peau de soie rnouve with purple Size
H. Was $500. Nov 200
rayon cut velvet and silk chiffon, blue Size TO-
Wos 1880. Now 72.00
| ChantilIy lace over silk sotin, red Size Il.
Was l25oO Nov 72OO
silk faille, block, Size a. Was Us co. Now 72.O0
silk peau de sole, red Size Ia. Was l25.0o Nov
72OO
red silk satin, Size IL Wos. 1000 Now 64O0
l royal blue silk satin Size 10. Wos 1000 64.0O
W6L-ChondeIer Room Bird Floor
Evening star., 1955-01-20

rs Cotton Corduroy Toreador Pants
with locino on legs. Black, red and purple. a!
10 to l6. Were 5.o8 and 7.oo. Now
IS Cotton Corduroy Bermuda Shorts
and Skirts in green, brandy and brown. ~
10 to a. Were 5.oo. Nov
n Wool Bermuda Shorts in oroy, brown. Al
charcoal 10 TO l6 Were 6.55. Now r.
W5L-sporsweor 3rd Floor
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-06-11
MRs:7 LEILA AUSTIN HILL

The many friends of Mrs. Leila
Austin Hill, age 81, VINO lived at
6l0 NV 154th ST., Opa Locka, will
regret to learn of her death which
occurred in Jackson Memorial
Hospital after short illness. Mrs.
Hill was a native of Lyman, Ca,
having moved to Miami in 1923.
She has been a resident of Opa
Locka for the past five years.
She has been an employee of the
Deluxe Laundry for the past IL
years. Mrs. HILL is survived by her
husband, Gene Hill, other rela-
tives and many friends. Funeral
services viii take place in the
chapel of Peek's Funeral Home
Wednesday, June 8. Rev. VIII
liams, pastor of the ANlE church
in Perrine will officiate. The in
terment viii be in tie family plot
in City Cemetery under the direc-
ton of Percy S. Peek.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-06-11

of New York City; Lois Edwards,
Mrs. Ferguria Clarke, who is in
this city'S graduating class at
Booker T. Washington High; Miss
Augustus Mae CeaSor and Miss
Gwendolyn Ceasor of Miami; two
nieces, one nephew, one grand
mother, Mrs. Mae Price Boyd,
also of Miami, other relatives and
many friends. Funeral services
will take place in ST Johns Bap-
fist Church, Friday afternoon at
$50 o'clock. Rev. Thedford John
son, pastor, will officiate assist
ed by other ministers of the cler-
gy. Interment will be in City
Cemetery, Miami ave. and NV
18th st. in the family plot under
the direction of Percy S. Peek
of Peek's Opa Locka Funeral
Home.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-06-11

The remains of Cpl. James
Ceasor, who died a prisoner of
war in North Korean Camp, ar
rived in Opa Locka Thursday,
June 9 from Camp Kokura Kyu-
shu, Japan accompanied by SIC
Alfred Moorehead of the United
States Army. Corporal Ceasor is
the only son of Augustus Ceasor
who resides at 2235 NV 5lst st
BrownSub. He is native of Bir-
mingham, Ala His parents moved
to Kignbal, w. Va. in his early
childhood where he attended
school. At the age of Is he en-
listed in the u. S. Army. Shortly
after his basic training he was
shipped to the Korean battle
front where he was captured by
the enemy and died in a North
Korean Prison Camp. He was
missing in action three years
before he was officially pronounc-
ed dead. Besides his father he
leaves to mourn his death, step
mother, Mrs. Willie Mae Ceasor
prominent member of ST Johns
Baptist Church and also a promi-
nent and well known beautician
of this city. Five sisters: Miss
Lucille Ceasor, registered nurse
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-06-11
Local Shriners To Present Big
Fourth Of July Celebration

Arrangements have been COM
pleted by the officers of the Kazah
Shrine Temple of Miami to spon-
Sor and present tremendo is
Fourth of July celebration at the
Miami baseball stadium. Contracts
for the event were signed May 80
by Zeke Brady, Rudolph Bradley
and Booker T. Dunn with repre-
sentativeS of the Burton E. Van
DeuSen Show Productions. The
celebration will begin July third
andn last until midnite July 4th,
with the most impressive line NO
of events to be staged in this area
solely for colored people.
The main attraction is TO be a
variety show in which several
stars of movies, night clubs and
television will appear. This va
riety show will be presented
twice daily to accommodate the
large crowds expected at the Mi
ami Stadium. Each performance
will last more than two hours
and promises TO be the big
geSt presentation of its kind TO
be shown in this area.
In addition to the Variety show
a Beauty Contest will be held,
open to any and all contestants, to
pick the bronze queen of Florida.
This event in itself will be one
of great interest as it will enable
all organizations, as well as the
Masonic and Shrine clubs, to en-
ter their candidates in this con-
test 10 choose Miss Bronze of
1855. To the winner of this con-
test VIII go many prizes and
awards with the grand prize of
a trip to the Bahamas, all ex-
penses paid, for the winner. and
her guest. The first contest nor
Miss Bronze win be held Sunday
afternoon, July 3 with the second
to be held Sunday evening, July
3. Seanifinals will be started
Monday, July fourth at the after
noon show, and the finals, preSen-
tation of gifts and GROWING of
the queen to be held after the
evening show, July 4. Miss Bronze
will be crowned by Miss Miami
and Miss Hialeah who viii be
present at the finals
Judges for this event have yet
to be appointed but there have
been many applicants for the
jobs.
According TO Jon Deveanx, pro-
motioDal director for the Kazah
event, tickets have been made and
will be available at several loca-
tons. At the present time the
tickets may be purchased at the
Shrine TEMPLE, the North Travel
Agency and the main ticket booth
a4 the Stadium.
OF course, they can also be pur-
chased from any Shrine member
or their wives. Ticket sales will
start Monday, June 8 and viii
continue until q the final day OF
the celebration.
In addition to the show and
contest, there will be rides and
games for all who attend and will
have booths at the stadium at
which free gifts will be given
away. Arrangements are also be-
ing made TO have several bands
and other local units join in a
grand fourth of July parade, the
details of which will be released
later.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1955-06-11
jackson Toddle Inn
Graduation June 10

The 1855 graduating class OF
Jackson's Toddle Inn invites the
public TO attend the graduation
exercises on Friday evening, June
10 at 8 o'clock in the Bethune
Elementary School cafetorium,
1900 NV 43rd terrace. J10
Evening star., 1955-09-11

KHAKI-CLAD soldiers now practice
IN bridging the Potomac River at
site where almost 100 years ago men
In blue poured across to fight q his
tory-making battle.
Late in June, 1863, Mai. Gen. George
@. Meade. leading the Army of the Po-
tomac. travelled northward to intercept
Gen. Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg.
Contact with the Confederate forces
had been lost, but the F'ederals knew
they were moving to invade the North.
Keeping between Lees army and
Washington, Meade moved to the Po-
tomac and made his major crossing
at Edwards Ferry, five miles south OF
Poolesville, Md. He reached Gettys-
burg ahead Of the Confederates, de-
feated Lee and crushed the hopes Of
the South for eventual victory.
Now the 18th Engineer Combat
Battalion, stationed appropriately at
Fort George @. Meade, Md, uses
abandoned Edwards Ferry to practice
bridging the Potomac. It is the same
site Gen. Meade used, but the methods
and equipment employed by the mod
ern engineers are quite different.
Gen. Meade, who once served as
captain in the Engineers and had
made survey of the Mississippi, was
familiar with rivers The crossing he
and his troops made was accom-
plished by men and horses swimming
over while boats and pontoon