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Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08
Roadside Picnics

This family lived for three
days on this picnic system. eat.
ing their breakfast in restaurants
When they stopped for gas, they
also refilled the picnic hamper.
Only bread, butter and milk had
to be replenished; the spreads
and fruit lasted the full three
days.
If you use this system, you can
stop at the roadside picnic areas
provided in most states. MANY
OF these are scenic and we'll
kept, providing water, toilet IA
cilities and fireplaces.
Plan for mid-morning and
afternoon stops. Let the Children
get out and stretch their legs.
You might try to locate a state
park on the way, or a historical
monument, or even a little brook
where they can go wading.
The children will like these
ideas and because they are busy
and happy, you will be able to
relax and enjoy your trip, too.
(FGskiOn 1Vriter, artist, and nv
personality, Miss Chapman Is a
native of Detroit and has sDent
the last several gears aOorkia0
with automobile stylists, design |
eTs and engineers at Ckrysler
COrpOrGtiOa.)
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-08

area" and a nap space as we'll.
If you have a suburban, this
arrangement can be made on the
floor to the rear of the car.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
.Spunish War Units
Activities Listed

Mrs. Cecilia M. johnson, ma
tional auxiliary president of thu
Spanish War Veterans, has an
nouheed the following nationa
committee appointments:
Gertrude E. Miles, credentials
Margaret E. Burns, resolutions
and Pauline A. Thompson
greetings to Sons of Spanish.
American War Veterans.
The new representative of tn,
Department on the Veteran!
Administration Volunteer Serv.
ice Committee is Mrs. Laura A
Sabins.
Certificates for 100 hours o1
voluntary service at Mt. Alto
Hospital have been awarded te
Mary E. Chaplin and Laura A
Sabins.
The department president an.
nounced the appointment of Mrs
Lucretia Eicholtz as co-chair-
man of disqualification.
At Z pm, Monday, Gen. Henry
w. Lawton Auxiliary will make
a ward visit at Mount Alto Hos
pital.
jolly CATERS Swamp, Military
Order of Lizards, will meet Tues
Evening star., 1955-06-26

The other cars in Chevolet's field just
don't have that clean, fresh look that
comes from beauty that's built m-not
bolted on! In fact, there are very few cars
that do have it-no matter what they cost.
And the other low-priced cars, Of course,
don't offer any Of these advantages of Fisher
Body. Not that strong, solid Fisher Unisteel
construction. Not those fine quality fabrics
and materials. Not the High.Level venti-
lation system that provides cleaner, fresher
air-or such considerate touches as separate
little cranks for the ventipanes.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
SONG SLEUTH
ANSWER
See QUIZ, Page E.

See QUIZ, Page E-l
First clue-The fabulous
song-writing team Of De
sylvia, Brown and Henderson
produced, either singly or as
a team. many million-copy
songs, then went on to con-
quer Broadway t"Good News" /"
Follow Through" Flying
High" Hold Everything" ."
George Whites Scandais'')
and finally Hollywood when
pictures found their voice
t"The Singing Fool" Sunny
Side Up"1.
Second clue-Ray Hender-
son. former director Of the
American Society Of Compos-
ers, Authors and Publishers
Q942-195D.
Third clue--Lew Brown
tASCAP. 1920.
Fourth clue-Buddy De Syl-
va (ASCAP director, 1922.
193O: died 1850. The two
surviving members are still
active In the publishing Arm
Of Brown & Henderson.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
the Legion Club. 433 Third street
NV, at 10 am.

the Legion Club. 433 Third street
INV, at 10 am.
Army and Air Force Post In
dorsed Louis G. Zindel for the
department commander for the
year 1955-1956.
National Commander Seaborn
p. Collins has appointed Pas!
Department Commander David
e. Kisliuk as national vice chair
man of the Americanism Com
mission. -
Newly elected officers of Lin
coin Post are: Commander, VIII
liam A. Hoffman; vice command
ders, George A. Lawrey, Glenn
T. Harrell and Godfrey j. Nc
Ginniss; finance officer. John D.
Pope; sergeant-at-arms, Clar-
ence M. Bridges, and chaplain,
Charles A. Main. sr. The install
lation will be in September.
Evening star., 1955-06-26

day at 8 pm. at e21 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. with Helen
Rice, gila monster. presiding.
At 8 pm, Thursday. Col. John
Jacob Astor Auxiliary win hold
an evening of games at 327 East
Capitol street.
Luzon Swamp. Military Order
OF Lizards, will meet at 8 pm,
Saturday, at 1o12 Ninth street
NV.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
Fort Stevens Post Grants
Awards to Graduates

Fort Stevens Post Of the De-
partment Of the District Of Co
lumbia American Legion pre-
sented the Junior American
Legion School Awards Is part
Of their Americanism program
to the following students at the
graduating exercise.
Roosevelt Senior High School,
June Chung and Martin Hem;
Calvin Coolidge Senior High
School. David Frann and Betty
Lou Hornstein; MacFarland Ju-
nior High School. Susan Pew
and Kenneth Trupp; Paul Junior
High School, Sue Ellen Block
and Norman r. Goldblatt; Ma
tivity Catholic School. Donald
Worch, Josephine Maschetta,
Paul Frendach and Marguerite
Caponiti; st. Gabriels Catholic
School, Patrick Frazier and Jo-
sephine zagami: Whittier Ele-
mentary School. Susan Singer.
Arthur Sober. Myra Roth. Jo-
seph Weiss and Lynda Robinson;
West Elementary, Carolyn Sny-
der and Edward Wittner; Tako-
Evening star., 1955-06-26
Mrs. Corey Heads
World Wur Widows

Mrs. Agnes M. Carey has beer
elected president Of the D. c.
Chapter No. 2, Widows World
War I, Inc.
Others serving with her are
vice president. Mrs. Alice Wilson:
secretary, Mrs. Agnes Thompson;
treasurer, Mrs. Norma MacDon-
aid: chaplain, Mrs. Lillian Chap
man; sergeant : at : arms, Mrs,
Mary Alden: historian, Mrs. Mar
garet Giles and color bearers,
Mrs. Ethel Glading and Mrs.
Nancy Perry.
A meeting viii be held tomor-
row at 1880 pm. in the Ameri-
can Legion Home. 30th and East
ern avenue. Mt. Rainier. Md.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
Chevrolet The only owpced car with beautiful Body by Fisher D

It's like famous designers label ON a
lady's favorite party dress.
It's like sterling on silver, IA carat on
gold, or like those little silk threads in an
honest-to-gosh dollar bill that no counter.
feiter can ever quite copy.
It's the Fisher coach world famous
emblem Of Body by Fisher. You'll see it
on the sill of Motoramic Chevrolet when
you open the door. You'll see it on some
of Americas most popular high priced
cars, too. But that's all. Not on any other
low.priced car.
Evening star., 1955-06-26

ma Elementary. Betty Bruen
Edward Goldman. Betty Brown
and Michael Kraemer.
Shepherd Elementary, Bar.
bara Ellen Burtofi, Michael j
Friedman. Valerie M. Rowley
and Robert N. Cohen; Bright.
wood Elementary, Margie Divel.
bliss, Boyd Finkel, Patricia Paul
Kenneth Bichtloff, Pauls
Schwartz and Elliott Hinkes;
Kenne Elementary. Doris E. Va
and Allen B. Askin: Barnard
Elementary, Sharon Lee Berger
IGolria Tyree, Allen B. Goldberg
and Mark Nash; Petworth Ele-
mentary Leila T. Gaines and
Murray r. Welsh; Rudolph Ele-
mentary June Pumphrey, Irma
Deborah Segal and George F,
Towery.
These presentations were made
made by the Americanism chair
man, Aaron T. Chapman. The
awards are based on honor,
character. courage, leadership,
Evening star., 1955-06-26
Eastern Star Units
Schedule Sessions

Activities in Eastern Sta
chapters include:
Martha-Recessed until Sep.
tember is.
Acacia pm. Thursday, en-
ltertain Campbell-Loeffler Sew
ling Club at Masonic and Eastern
Star Home.
Bethlehem-Tuesd initia'
ltion. July 8. picnic at Wabans
Beach. For details call Frances
Roberds. co. 5-5918.
Federal-July IL, boat trip
Call Mrs. Carrie Bryant fol
tickets.
st. John's-Thursday, Endow.
ment. Recess during July, Au.
gust and first meeting in Sep
tember.
MiZpah - Tuesday, HOME
Board with Mae Durfee.
'Miriam-Monday. 3sth ami
Iversary.
Electa-Tuesday, 6lst ami.
Iversary and endowment.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
'SumIu Temple Teu

Samla Temple, Daughters o.
the Nile, will hold a silver tes
from 3 to s pm. today at ths
nome Of Mrs. Louise Umhau,
1924 M place Sc.
The monthly party will bt
held at 8 pm. Tuesday al
Joppa Lodge hall, 4209 Ninth
street NV.
Evening star., 1955-06-26
companionship. scholarship ant
service.
omcers Elected

Icompanionship, scholarship ant
service.
Officers Elected
Newly elected officers of Hous.
ing Post are: Commander, james
M. Schroer; vice commanders
Ralph White. Estus S. Arnold
and w. Patrick o'Rourke; adju-
tant, Robert Relihan: finance
officer, Thomas H. Hooker: ex-
ecutive committee, Estus s. Arm
old, Edmund v. Connolly, c.
Russell Cravens. Leo Donnelly.
James Kee, John Kennedy, An
drew j. Lyle, Stephen Maar, w.
Patrick O'Rourke, Robert Reli-
han, James M. Schroer and Fred
w. Wolfes.
The following new, reinstate-
ment and transfer members were
accepted into Kenneth H. Nash
Post: Ellis Clark. William A.
Davis, William H. Parker, Con-
way Russell and John A. Schri-
yer, and by transfer from Miami
Post, Florida. Irving Schupack.
Vincent B. Costello Post and
it's auxiliary will hold a party for
the Rainbow Club at the VA hos
pital In Martinsburg. w. Va,
today. The motorcade will leave
Evening star., 1955-06-26

You can choose your own new Chevrolet
with Body by Fisher from 100 different
combinations of models and colors. That's
like having it custom built just for you
without the custom-built price! Come on
in and get all the good news on the model
you like best.
Evening star., 1955-06-26


.sa F4aa.sr-sts * ass9sasassee
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
World Assembly
Meets For MIRA

Labor and management /,
father and son, black and
white, Communist and cap
italist brought the World
Assembly for Moral Re-
Armament to it's feet again
and again recently as they
told how they had "found
something greater to fight
for than their own self in
terest."
Germany and France were
there, demonstrating what
Germany's Heinrich Hell
wege, Cabinet Minister for
Upper House Affairs, in a
message Of gratitude to DR.
Frank Buchanan, called
"MRA's destiny in 1955--to
make practical for the world
the idea of real unity.
ITO win the theological
struggle against Commu-
nism demands that we be
trained in the four absolute
moral standards" Hellwege
declared. "Otherwise w e
8 h a IL ourselves be swept
away by the materialism Of
our age"
The audience of more than
500 from 40 nations heard
two former Communist min
ers, Max Bladeck, who was
26 years in the German
Communist Party, and Fran
Continued to page y
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22

on these pledges DO paid or that
satisfactory arran 9 ements be
made Tor their payment, % that
the hospitals will DO able to meet
their obligations.
The Board Of Trustees of the
Hospital Development Fund has
used every possible means, by In
dfvidual letters. by newspaper ar
ttcle5, by radio and by personal
contact. to complete the coilec-
ton Of these pledges. In fairness
to those pledgors who have paid
their respective pledges, In fair
ness to the two hospitals, and in
fairness TO the Board Of Trustees
who accepted the responsibility of
the campaign and the collection of
the pledges, we feel that every
possible effort should be made to
collect the pledges. II we fail in
this we will fell in trust which
we have assumed.
"The Board Of Trustees have
authorized us to notify you that
unless your pledge Is paid q.
satisfactory arrangements rcd,
to complete the payments there
on, your pledge, together with
all other delinquent unpair
pledges, will be placed In the
hands of local attorney for
collection on March 1, 1855.
I'VE are making this last an.
peal to collect these unpaid
pledges and we hope that it will
be your pleasure to make payment
on your pledge by March l, 1855,
or satisfactory ARRANGEMENTS Tor
its payment at the Fund Office
Room 101, Appalachian Electric
Power Co. Building"
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22

OVER 5000 subscribers owe the
fund $425,78 During the cam
paign to raise money to build the
new Burrell Memorial Hospital
and the addition to Memorial and
Crippled Children's Hospital some
10000 subscribers pledged 1884,
1l4.
Letters to be sent the COCO de-
inquentS are now being printed
and win be mailed the latter part
OF this week and the first Of next
week.
ABOUT A THIRD OF the de-
ltnquent subscribers have made
arrangements to pay their pledges
which are satisfactory to the trus.
tees Of the fund raising organize
ton. The others will get the fol-
lowing letter:
Dear Pledgor:
Please read this letter through.
1t affects you personally.
In the spring of 1850 the Hos
pttai Development Fund received
pledges totaling 1884 Ala from
$4,000 subscribers. OF this amount
$1,958,634 has been paid. This
leaves a balance due Of $425, 780
by 9,124 pledgors.
upon the faith Of these pledges
and the amounts to be received
under the Halliburton Act. the
Memorial and Crippled Children's
Hospital and the Burre1i Memoir
ial Hospital entered into contracts
for the construction of their re-
spective hospitals. The Memorial
and Crippled Children's Hospital
is well under way to completion
and the Burrell Memorial Hospital
is practically completed. It is
essential that the balances due
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
DR.. PENN ANNOUNCES
POSPONEMENT OF
MASS MEETING

Due to unforeseen diff
culties, DR.. H. T. Penn an
nounces that the Citizen.
Mass Meeting scheduled fo
Sunday, January %, viii.
be postponed. Congressman
Dawson is unable to be pres
emit. However the committee
on arrangements has Sc
cured the Honorable VIM.
n. Elastic. The Judge is
scheduled to be here on Sum
day afternoon, February 8,
$3.50 pm. at the American
Legion Auditorium. Judge
HASTE was formerly gov
ernor of the Virgin Isles
and presently presides as
federal Judge of the Third
Circuit Court of Appeals of
America. He is reputedly q
dynamic speaker and has
been known to hold his au-
diences spellbound with his
oratory.
Remember the date now
is February 6, $3.50 p. m. at
the American Legion Audi
forum.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22

Secretary Charles Thomas
decided to ignore the Jim
Grow assignments. The Sec
rotary announced that Of
ficials of the Naval Acade-
my would honor all ticket
holders.
Clarence Mitchell, Wash
ington, d. C.'s NAACP d.
rector, who touched off the
national protest, had this to
say:
Apparently this means
that the Navy will start the
New Year right by spurning
segregation and upholdine
the dignity of man without
regard to race. If this in
depreciation is correct, no
matter what the final score
is, the Navy has already
won the most inportan,
part of the game"
The Sugar Bowl officials
had reserved a 700 seat sec
ton for Negroes.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22

ces, the homicide was justi-
fable or excusable. 1t was
an accidental killing in de-
Tense of self and habita,
ton"
The petition said the 10.
cation of the wound in the
stomach substansiated the
fact that Broadwell's death
resulted from an accident.
"The verdict of the jury
finding the defendant gull
ty of murder in the second
degree and fixing punish
ment at Is years instead OF
the maximum, clearly dem
onstrates that in the minds
of the jury there was grave
and serious doubt as to the
defendants guilt"
The Roanoke Branch o.
the NAACP, churches anc
friends who helped in the
raising of ST. 100000 to fl.
nance the appeal of this case
tc the State, Suprame Court
h We the satisfaction OF
knowing their efforts made
to insure a fair and impair
tial trial were not in vain.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
Chaplain Smith Admitted To White Clergical Group

Chaplain Robert Johnson
Smith of the Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital was
formerly accepted into the
Roanoke Ministers Confer
ence (white) on Monday.
This group is composed Of
churchmen of all denomi-
nations and Mr.. Smith is
the first Negro to become
a member of that organiza-
ton.
In spite of the unanimous
acceptance of the member
ship of Chaplain Smith, the
conference emphasized the
fact that it planned no merg-
ing of the two groups of
churchmen. 1t was also stat
ed that future memberships
would be voted upon indi-|
vidual qualification.
Rev. j. E. Stockman, the
president Of the organiza-|
ton, commended it for it's,
emulation of the spirit of
Christ in unanimously ac-|
cepting the Negro minister.
Chaplain Smith, who lives
on Staunton Ave-, N. w., isl
one of our most popular
of this city. For
the pastor of High
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
St. Augustine
College Prexy
Under Fire

DR.. Harold L. Trigg, pres
ident of ST. Augustine Col
lege, is reputed to have re-
signed. Reporters have been
unable to make proper con-
facts but it is rumored that
DIR. Trigg either resigned
under pressure or that he
was fired.
Rumors have it that the
College has steadily gone
from bad to worse and that
the faculty roster is infil-
trated with practically every
member of the Trigg fam
lily. Report also has it that
the president has a. peculiar
resentment of any faculty
members who make an eff
fort to think or act indie
pendently. The current story
is that such teachers are
quickly put into their plac-
es
Members of the Board
would not commit them
selves but it has been adj
mitted that there is some
thing to the rumor. DIR.
Trigg stated that he would
"give" with the news the
last of this week.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
Chaplain r. Johnson Smith

Chaplain r. Johnson Smith
Street Baptist Church, ne is
much in demand and finds
himself in varied sections,
serving in the capacity of
que t speaker, lecturer,
evangelist or counsellor. A
few weeks ago he served as
counsellor in religion at a
series of meetings at Vir-
ginia Union University in
Richmond.
Mrs. Smith is the former
Miss Jennie Smith of Ever
EFT, Mass. They are the par
ents of two children, Estelle
and Everett Smith.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
Marian Anderson
Makes Debut

New YOrk--Marlan Ander-
son, the reknowned central.
to of her time, reached the
pinnacle of attainment last
Friday night when she made
her debut with the Metro
politan Opera Company.
For those who have some
concept of the struggles
through which she has come
1T was an almost unbeliev.
able accomplishment. For
those of us who know from
experience Of prejudice, ra-
cial discrimination and the
pathos accompanying it and
resiliency which is a must.
TO make any dream of ours
a reality, it was a Herculian
task surmounted.
Miss Anderson was cast
in the role of Ulrica, the
gypsy, in Verdi's opera "The
Masked Bal" rr'hen the
curtain went up on Scene
II, Act /, there was ~ mo-
ment of hushed expectancy
and then, as they viewed
Marian Anderson in her.
casted role, stirring her caui-j
dron of magic portions, al
thunderous applause broke
forth which lasted for many
minutes. The caste simply
stood through it and finally
Conductor Dimitri Mitrop-1
oulos raised his baton. Att
that moment Miss Ander-
sons voice poured out and
it seemed as If q thousand
years of hope and joy and
pride were embodied there.
She was not the star of the
opera but she was the star
of the evening for she rep
resented the dreams of dark
America come true.
Many were turned away
and following the close of
the opera there was curtain
call after curtain call until
finally Zinka Milanov came
out with Miss Anderson
alone. She impulsively threw
her arms around Marian and
kissed her on the cheek.
Critics everywhere ac-,
claimed her. Robert Cole
man Of the Mirror said, "Tt
was Miss Anderson's night
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
at the Met.

at the Met.
You can rest assured that
no one there was more proud
than Miss Anderson's moth
er who could only clasp her
hands and smile and say
over and over, ''happy, oh
so happy" She knew. per-
haps even better than her
daughter, what a long, long
way we have come.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22

clans of the city--has served
the Hunton Y since it's Or
ganization, II years ago, as
a member of the Committee
OF Management and has con-
tinued in that capacity ever
since;
Continued TO page y
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
HuntOn Branch YMCA'S
Iwenty-Seventh Birthday
Celebration Huge Success

The William A. Hunton
Branch Y.M.C.A. celebrated
its 9th anniversary on Sun
day, January 16, at the High
Street Baptist Church to an
Overlooking audience.
Atty. Leigh B. Hanes, Jr.,
the Vice Mayor of Roanoke,
extended greetings on be-
half of the city. Mayor
Woody sent regrets due to
his present illness.
Lawrence H. Hamlar gave
the purpose of the meeting,
James Bumbry, a senior at
Lucy Addison High School
and president of the Tri-Hi
Y Club of Addison, gave the
devotional scriptures ano
prayer. David A Traynham
presided at the organ.
The Lucy Addison High
School choir, under the di.
rection of Thomas R. Har.
ris. sang the following Sc
lections: "Bless The Lord
Oh MY Soul" arrangement
by Ivanoff; palm in Gill
ead," traditional spiritual ;
"Let Us Break Bread To-
gether," arrangement by
Lawrence; and GLORY to
Cod" arrangement by Bach.
Mr.. William C. Keen rem
dered a very fine vocal Sc
lection.
The guest speaker was in
PRODUCED by a former Fisk
University student, the Rev.
Stanford j. Harris, pastor of
st. Paul Methodist Church
of this city. DIR. Charles S.
Johnson, president of Fisk
University, Nashville, Ten
nessee, delivered the main
address from the subject
The Maturing of American
Democracy" alluded to the|
changes which are takingl
place in the world, and that !
as a nation, we can see our-l
selves becoming more unit
ed by abolishing segrega-
ton.
Chaplain Robert JohnsonI
chairman Board of
Managers, outlined for those
assembled, the progress oil
the VIM. A. Hunton Branch
YMCA, as we'll as the goals|
for 1855. He thanked thel
Board of Managers, tn Ell
membership, the staff and
friends of the YMCA forl
their support and asked for|
greater participation by the
He remarked that
it was his pleasure to be al
mart of an organization that
in this day and time, was
able to get out Of debt, and
even though the balance at,
the end of the year was
small, yet it was a balance
(15.70).
Chaplain Smith presented
awards for 1866 to the fo'
lowing persons for years Of
service in the YMCA and
community:
DR.. j. II. Roberts, the old
est doctor of our group andl
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22

fifth oldest in the city, was
one of the organizers of the
local YMCA and for many
years a member of the
Board of Management and
Medical Advisor;
Second, Mr.. c. C. Williams
lone of the oldest morti-
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1955-01-22
NAAcP Protests

AS a result of protest by
the NAACP officials, that
the Navy accepted a batch
of $4,000 tickets for the
Sugar Bowl game which
were stamped white only"