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Evening star., 1955-06-28
Thrifty Boy Earns His Way
But Hardly Enough for Camp
Jimmy is allergic to home.

Jimmy is allergic to home.
He likes the outdoors and
spends as much time as he can
in 1t.
He needs room to stretch. He's
IA now and wears a mans size
10 shoe.
His grandmother understands.
"Jimmy's always off with his
friends" she said. "de doesn't
want to be in the house at all,
unless his friends are here. We
hardly eat meal that one OF
them isn't here"
His grandmother has raised
Jimmy since he was a baby and
Z has tried to teach him values.
"I've always taught him to
save his money" she said. "You
have to learn to do that"
Every penny has counted in
their home since Jimmy's grand
father died several years ago.
Three cents saved on meat
can be put toward milk.
Jimmy supports himself out
of his little paper route" his
grandmother explained.
His clothes. his haircuts, his
spending money -- everything
comes from that. He's had the
route 31a years now"
Jimmy sings in the choir and
goes to Sunday school every
week, mo matter what the
weather" His grandmother
hasn't been feeling well enough
to 60, but he never misses.
He went to camp last year and
won the prize as the best camper
in his group.
"It was a T-shirt with the
name of the camp on it. and he
wears it a lot." his grandmother
said.
"He did everything a good
camper was supposed to do. He
did his share of cleaning up
And he told me he must have
washed more dishes while he was
there than ! have in my whole
life."
Jimmy's pastor, who has taken
special interest in him, tries
to create opportunities for him
1t was through his efforts that
Jimmy went TO camp last year,
Your contribution to The Eve
ming Star Camp Fund can give
him that opportunity this year
Even q thrifty boy who has
Evening star., 1955-06-28
income Tex Case
PIeo Is Changed

! Joseph T. Sherman. former
Washington public relations
man, today pleaded guilty in
Alexandria Federal Court to
charges Of failing to file income
tax returns.
Sherman, who now lives in
Wadesboro, N. c., had entered a
not guilty plea last March, but
changed it today as his trial was
to open. Judge Albert v. Bryan
agreed to hear testimony later
today from an Internal Revenue
investigator before passing SEN
tence.
The Government charges that
Sherman failed to file returns
for 1851 and 1852.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
D. {. Budget
Bill Blocked
Conferees Deadlock
On U. S. Poymenh
By DON S. WARREN

i House and Senate conferee!
on the Districts budget bill fol
1.-THE year beginning Friday were
ldeadlocked over the size of tht
Federal payment after nearly
flour hours of argument yester-
Iday but have promised to try
again. perhaps today, to reach
an agreement.
I Repeatedly, they have agreed
Tentatively to keep In the bill
THE Senate provision of $1.s
million for a start on a new
downtown bridge over the Po-
itomac River in line with Con-
lstitution avenue.
/ Also, there were indications
THAT the group had about agreed
ion the rest of the AZ differences
between the House and Senate
versions OF the budget bill, but
there was no announcement be-
yond the terse statement:
we didn't finish. We are in
disagreement. There was nc
final agreement on anything. We
will meet again"
Retain Problem
This seemed to indicate that
the issue over the Federal share
has not yet become so serious
that House and Senate managers
lon the bill would, go back tt
their houses at this time to ash
for formal new instructions az
to what they should accept OF
reject
! The District will be withou
funds beginning on Friday, Il
the budget is not passed by then
Senate spokesman are fighting
for a full $40 million Fedora
Ilayment as authorized in the
Public Works Revenue Act o.
last yeal, when heavy additiona
tax loads were placed on thu
District as its share of financing
la 10-year $305 million develop.
1ment program. The Federal pay,
Iments was increased from 81
million to $40 million last. year
! The House, by margin o.
lone vote, last month moved tt
lieut. the Federal payment by s.
million. The Senate, by unani'
Imous vote, restored this cut.
i Bridge Fund Accord Seen
On the bridge issue, the un.
Iofficial report was that the
House conferees had agreed te
fgo along with the Senate or
restoring the SIS million to gel
the plans and preliminary work
|started. This would be for the
bridge authorized last year by
congress to place the span be.
tween Arlington Memorial Bridge
land Roosevelt Island.
There was some doubt, how
ever, as to what final action
might be recommended to the
House and Senate on tive
amendments affecting this ar.
rangement. One is the amend
Fment of Senator Case, Republi-
Icar, of South Dakota, adopted
by the Senate, to permit moving
the site of the span somewhat
upstream so it would cross
South Island. just south oi
Theodore Roosevelt Memoria
IIsland-if the Roosevelt Memo
rial Association agrees to it By
August I.
The other is the Gore amend
lment, adopted by the Senate
ibanning any use of the appro.
priated funds for provision OF
Iuse of a drawspan on the new
bridge.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
Lunch ToIks Open

HARRISONBURG, Va, June
% (R.-The seventh annual Vir-
ginia School Lunch Conference
opened yesterday at Madison
College under the joint spon-
sorship OF the school and the
State Department of Education
Evening star., 1955-06-28
Assessors Get Pep Talk
On New Maryland System

your assessments up to par" he
told the assessors.
The amount of education
funds the counties and Balti-
more City receive from the State
is based on property sevaluations
the lower the evaluation, the
more the grants.
AS a result. Mr.. Mundy said
several counties have kept Their
assessments low to cash in or
the State aid formula.
"Tax laws must be admins
tered fairly or the whole system
will break down." he said.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
County Defers Decision
On School at Andrews

The Prince Georges County
School Board has delayed a de-
cision on whether to continue
Operation of an elementary schoo
at Andrews Air Force Base be-
cause it will have to be an in
tegrated school next fall.
Board members failed to reach
agreement on the question last
night. although Supt. William
S. Schmidt recommended that
the county continue to operate
the school, which is open only
to children of Andrews person.
mel.
Mr.. Schmidt said Secretary OF
Defense Wilson had demanded
that all schools on military bases
be integrated this coming fall.
Maryland this month declared
its school segregation laws in
valid and ordered county boards
of education to desegregate "at
the earliest practicable date" In
view of this, Mr.. Schmidt told
the board, the county would have
no choice except to operate the
Andrews school on an integrated
basis.
U. S. Funds Available
If the county is hesitant about
continued operation of the
school, it might lose it entirely
the superintendent said. He
pointed out that the Air Force
already has allocated funds to
run the school itself Unnecessary
The school had about 200 pu-
pills during the last school year
There was only one Negro ele-
mentary pupils on the base a
that time and the county trans.
ported him to colored elemen'
tary school off the base, MIR
Schmidt said.
Evening star., 1955-06-28

The issue OF continuing the
school under county control came
Iup in q discussion on renewing
Its fire insurance contract.
Two Absent
Board Chairman James H
Harrison said the full board
should be present If such major
action was to be voted. j. Frank
Dent and Raymond Steele were
absent.
In other business. the School
Board:
/. Accepted a $145.665 bio
from Young and Crary, Inc, fol
| an eight-room addition to the
Lewisdale School. to be ready in
February, 1856.
Plans Approved
2. Approved plans for a 12-
room addition to Bladensburg
Senior High School. and a six
room addition to North Forest
Hills School. both to be ready
Iafter January /; and plans for
a six-roonn addition at Univer-
Isity Park School, and eight
room addition at the o. w. Phai1
School. both to be ready next
spring.
8. Agreed not to spend more
than SIS. $50 for land at Addison
Chapel road and Fifty-flrsi
street. Beaver Heights, for 9
new school.
4. Affirmed the appointments
| of Miss Margaret Coleman, for.
merly a teacher at District
Heights School. as principal al
Greendale School, and Of Cyril
Kovalchik, formerly a teacher
at the Greenbelt School, as prin-
cipal at Columbia Park School.
Evening star., 1955-06-28

bilities Of Office without detri-
ment to the organization. We
are confident that President
Markwood and Secretary Treas
urer Nolda will receive the COM
plete cooperation of the dedi-
Gated mer and women who have
been responsible for past ac-
complishments and that, under
their lea adership, the National
Federation Of Federal Employees
will move onward to new and
greater triumphs."
Evening star., 1955-06-28

retary- y-treasurer. is SIS years old
and has been active in the NFFE
since 1919.
Both Mr.. Markwood and Mr.,
Nolda were recommended by the
outgoing NFFE officers to be
their successors.
In a joint statement Mr.. Stew
-ard and Miss McNally declared
1--WE have served the NFFE for
more than 81 years. We feel
that the time has arrived when
we can relinquish the RESPONSE
Evening star., 1955-06-28
IcAMP FUND FACTS

How to send . kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
to The Evening Star, Wash
ington 4. D. c.
Or bring cash to The Star
cashier.
The cost: $17.86 for six
days. $35.72 for 10 days.
Any size contributions, how
ever. are acceptable.
Evening star., 1955-06-28
Roturions to Install

The Rotary Club Of Washing
ton win install new officers at
its luncheon meeting at 12:15
p m. tomorrow at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-06-28

lbeen earning his ewn way for
three years can't save enough
for camp, too.
The following contributions to
the camp fund are acknowledged
today:
| Previously
Evening star., 1955-06-28

bows stand beside the bikes they'll be trying to win
in subscription contest starting today. In all 80
bikes will be given away Left to right are Billy
Parker, 13, of 48l9 North Twenty-fourth road, Ar
lington; Tito Nieves, IL, 2212 F street NV; Jan
Evening star., 1955-05-29
Backyard VacationIand
Architect Shows How to Have One at Small Cost

it is again-doing it yourself.
Of to one side of the yard
is what Mr.. Peaslee calls a
"houSe that junk built"
"A playhouse need not be
made of expensive materials"
he says. You can find usable
odds and ends in junk as we'll
as lumber yards. Discarded
windows, doors, cabinets and
mantels can be turned into
attractive decorations for a
playhouse.
Children are interested in
building. They enjoy seeing
things built as much as they
enjoy the finished object.
Doing it yourself is not only
cheaper-it's double fun for
the children"
Youngsters may be more
hindrance than help on most
projects. But chances are
they'd be delighted to put
their hands to some task. On
construction of something like
a simple outdoor barbecue pit,
the architect says, they might
do better than you'd guess.
Adults as well as children
enjoy eating outdoors, and a
brick barbecue pit lis a very
simple thing to build" the
architect says. Bricks enough
for the pit wouldn't cost
much, and you don't have to
use mortar. Fitted together,
brick on brick, they make a
solid support for an impro-
vised grill"
The barbecue pit is placed
against a masonry wall in the
model yard because that's
the safest place for it. Safety
ought to be the first conSid-
Evening star., 1955-05-29
BY Doris Kanier

example, could be built for
under $40" he says-"if you
build it yourself"
1T wouldn't have to be
more than a foot deep-just
enough for a child to paddle
in safely. You could decide
on the other dimensions. 1t
needn't be elaborate or in
volve plumbing. One that you
fill with a hose and that emp
ties into the ground would be
pleasant for children and not
too difficult a feat for father"
Pool building involves dig
ging, laying a concrete floor,
putting in brick or concrete
sides and coating all with pool
paint. Explicit, detailed in
structions are given in books
you can get at any public
library" Mr.. Peaslee says.
A jungle gym. like the one
the architect puts in the CEN
ter of the model yard, can be
made with galvanized pipe or
heavy wood. Bamboo makes
excellent removable cross
bars" be says. ITS sturdy
and not expensive"
The gym should be 7 to 9
feet tall. Under poles, cross
bars, trapeze rings, etc, the
architect suggests a real sand
pile-"not just little bit Of
sand in a box"
He leaves the area around
the gym free for romping.
Mr.. Peaslee says packed pea
gravel makes an ideal floor
for a playyard. You can
keep the cost down by-here
Evening star., 1955-05-29

Grafton in its location" the
architect says.
The child who takes to gar
dening would get pleasure
and the pride of ownership
from his own little garden.
This" the architect points
out, only involves giving him
a little plot of ground and the
seeds to SOW"
A backyard setup for chill
dren can be more than a
short term investment. when
Evening star., 1955-05-29

the children are grown, you
can still use the equipment"
Mr.. PeaSlee says. He speaks
from personal experience. He
turned the backyard of his
home, 1884 Nineteenth street
NV. into a playground for
his son more than 20 years
ago. The pool he once waded
in now is a fountain. His
playhouseS are storage rooms
for paints and household
tools.
Evening star., 1955-05-29

VOU DON'T have to spend
IL a lot of money to give
your youngsters a summer of
fun.
Your own backyard is a
potential vacation spot. It
doesn't take a large lot-or
bank account-to turn yard
into a child's garden of de-
light. A playground-com-
plete with wading pool, sand
dune, jungle gym, playhouse
and barbecue pit-can be set
up even in a small area.
Local Architect Horace w.
Peaslee includes all these
outdoor fun features in a
model low-cost backyard he's
designed especially to show
what can be done for the
children. Mr.. PeaSlee. one
time architect of the Districts
public buildings. and grounds
and long advocate of i'm
aginatiye" children's play
grounds, divides his model
yard into three parts. The
space closest to the house is
reserved for adult outdoor
living. The children'S play
area-Mr. PeaSlee calls it a
'rumpus campus"-is at the
far end of the yard. Between
the two is a buffer" area.
What you put into the chill
dren's area, the architect
points out, depends on you,
your child and your pocket
book" The play equipment
he puts in the model yard is
an example of what can be
done with simple materials"
and the "do-lt-yourself"
spirit.
A small wading pool, for
Evening star., 1955-05-29
HOUSE

ldeo yod sketched by Mr. Peosee includes oudoooom 70
odu buffer stote separating from wodne pool ploy
yord including sondple gymnasium. barbecue pit umpu
compus and poe flower ond vegetable eodens for children
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Miss Isaac, 80,
Ex-PostuI Clerk

Miss Mary Emma Isaac. 80, .
City Post Office clerk from 1906
to 1910, died in her sleep Mon
day at her home. "a Farragui
place NV.
Miss Isaac was born in Eli
colt City, Md, the daughter oil
the Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Charles O
Isaac. Her father was secretary
of the Methodist Ministerial
Union in Washington ano
protestant chaplain at st. Eliza
beth's Hospital.
Miss Isaac was graduated from
Baltimore Women's College, now
Goucher College. and also at
tended the Baltimore Medical
School for Women, now part OF
Johns Hopkins University.
She received a presidential
appointment from President
Theodore Roosevelt to a clerk
ship in the City Post Office, re-
naming there 40 years.
Survivors are brother, Frank
M. Isaac, 38 Farragut place
NV. and a sister, Miss Gladys
H. Isaac, West Lafayette, Ind
Survives will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow at the Hines funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
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S. Curtis Fisher,
Bond Salesman

S. Curtis Fisher, 56. a bone
salesman with a New York in.
ve-tment firm who was a native
of Washington, died Friday q
New York Hospital.
MIR. Fisher attended Western
High School here and was
graduate of Harvard. He hat
been in the investment bushes:
in New York since 1923. For.
merly he was with Mellon Secu.
rites Corp. Since 1916, he hae
been with Francis I. DUPONT Co
on Wall street.
His brother, Martin T. Fisher
4943 Quebec street NV, is 9
patent lawyer.
Mr.. Fisher was a director oil
the Wilson Carbon Co. Of New
YORK lily.
Besides his brother. he is sur.
vived by his widow. Mrs. Aline
Stump Fisher: a daughter, Mis-.
Margaret S. Fisher; a son. S
Curtis Fisher. jr., Hollywood
Calf: a daughter, Miss Anne
Weeks Fisher, by a former mar.
riage. and a sister, Miss Marie
E. Fisher, also OF the Quebec
street address.
Funeral services were to be
held today in New York. Grave
side services will be held at II
am. tomorrow at Rock Creel
Cemetery here.
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II. Leroy Brink, ~.
Retired Engineer

H. Leroy Brink, 70, retired
mechanical engineer and a for
mer Washington resident. died
Saturday at his home in West
Palm Beach, Fla. J.
Mr.. Brink came to Washing
ton in 1882 from st. Paul. Mimi,
and was affiliated with the
American Hoist g. Dairy Co. Mr..
Brink had lived in Florida since
1913. He was a Mason and a
member of the American Associa-
ton of Mechanical Engineers.
Survivors are his widow,
Helen; two daughters. Mrs
Dorothy Ingemann, st. Paul:
Mrs. Barbara Onslow, 4706 Hunt
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. 3
brother, Drake Brink. Los Ange-
les, and five grandchildren.
Services were held last might
lin West Palm Beach.
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Mother O'Huro, 73.
Assistant Superior

Mother Elizabeth Mary
O'Hara, 70, who had been at the
Convent of the Religious of Per-
petual Alteration, l419 v street
NV. since 1919, died there
Monday after several months ill
ness.
Mother Elizabeth Mary was
born October "a, 1880, at West
Point, N. Y. She entered the
Convent Of Perpetual Alteration
lat the Mother House in Bel
GUM In 1914 and came to Wash
Iington FIVE years later.
Mother Elizabeth Mary was
assistant superior of the con-
vent and treasurer Of the Associ-
alton Of Perpetual Alteration
and the Work for Poor Churches.
Her work included making vest
ments for poor churches as well
AS clerical work for the convent
and the association.
Survivors are two brothers
and a sister. Joseph O'Hara
New York; Col. Edward O'Hara
and Mrs. Catherine Hunt, both
OF California.
A solemn requiem mass was
TO be offered this morning al
the convent with burial In
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-07
Austin J. LESTER "a, OfficioI
With Scottish Rite Bodies

was vice president Of Almas I'M
mediate Benefit Association.
Mr.. Lester had been q mem.
Der of Esther Chapter No. s Of
the Order Of the Eastern Star
for more than IS years and
served many years on its audit
committee,
In Agriculture Department
A native Of New Hanover, Pa,
Mr.. Lester went to college in
Pennsylvania. He came to
Washington in 1902 and worked
% short time for the City Pest
once. Afterwards he spent 80
years in the Bureau Of En-
tomology in the Agriculture De-
Ipartment and was stationed in
Hawaii for several years. He was
administrative assistant in the
Bureau when: he left in 1912 to
become secretary of the Scottish
Rite Bodies in Washington at the
Temple, $500 Sixteenth street
NV.
Mr.. Lester also was a member
of the Royal Order Of Scotland.
Survivors are his widow, Edna
K; a son, Richard A.. 1905 Bris-
bane street. Silver Spring, Nd,
and two grandchildren.
Funeral services, followed by
Scottish Rite services. will be
held at 2 pm. tomorrow at the
Scottish Rite Temple, $500 Six
lteenth street NV. Entombment
win be In Fort Lincoln Mau-
Isoieum,
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Edwin Stern, II, Planned
To Enter College This Month

Edwin stern, 17-year-old
Coolidge High School graduate,
who was to have entered college
this month, died last Sunday Of
la rare blood disease.
Stricken suddenly on August
I28 at his home In the Riggs
Manor Apartments. 680l Riggs
road. West Hyattsville, he was
rushed unconscious to Washing
ton Sanitarium.
He remained in q coma the
entire week and died shortly
after emergency surgery. The
disease, of which rupturing Of
the small blood vessels is a mani
festation, was diagnosed as acute
ideopathic thrombocytic purpura.
Edwin was buried Monday in
Beth Sholem Cemetery after
services at the Danzansky Flu
Neral x4Ukkl6.
A husky boy who had never
before been seriously Ill in his
life, Edwin was fond Of working
on automobiles and motors Of
any kind. according to his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Stern.
Having graduated from high
school last June, he was plan
ming to take an industrial en-
cheering course at the Uniyer-
lsity of Maryland this semester,
His university admission pa
Ipers reached his home during his
last illness.
He was in the high school
cadets for three years at Cool
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-07

Austin j. Lester, "a, secretary
'of the Scottish Rite Bodies in
Washington. died yesterday at
Garfield Hospital. He lived at
100 Sheridan street NE.
Mr.. Lester had received his So
year button this year from the
grand master of the Masons in
the District.
Mr.. Lester became a master
Mason in 1905 in Potomac Lodge
No. 5. He transferred and be-
came q charter member Of Alfred
Pike Lodge No. SO in 1920. He
was master of the lodge in 1882
and secretary from 1910 until
1854.
Mr.. Lester became a 32d de-
gree Mason in 1910 and nine
years later received the degree
of Knight Commander Of the
Court of Honor. He received the
33d degree in 1885.
Almas Temple Member
During 1941-42, Mr.. Lester
was venerable master of the
Lodge of Perfection in Albert
Pike Consistory.
Since 1916, he had been a
member of Almas Temple and
formerly was secretary of Arab
Patrol of the Shrine and of the
Uniformed Bodies. He was on
the audit committee of the
Shrine for 20 years and formerly
was custodian of the Candidates
Committee. When he died, he
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DR.. Gray, Surgeon
AT Mayo Clinic

LAKE CITY, Mimi, Sept.
|R.--Dr. Howard K. Gray, 81
widely known abdominal surgeon
at the Mayo Clinic at Rochester
Mimi, drowned late yesterday
while trying to retrieve a dinghy
which broke loose from his
cruiser in Lake Pepin near here
DR.. Gray. a member of the
Board Of Governors at the Mayo
Clinic, tried to swim for the
small boat. but failed in the
attempt and went down.
A native Of St. Louis, Mo-, Dr.
Gray was graduated from
Princeton University and the
Harvard University Medical
School. He went to Rochester
las a fellow in surgery with the
Mayo Foundation in 1928.
He became a member Of the
Mayo Clinic staff in 1882. AT
the time Of his death he was a
head of a surgery section at the
clinic and. a professor of surgery
in the graduate school of the
University of Minnesota. He
served as q surgeon in the Navy
Medical Corps during World
War II.
DR.. Gray was a brother of
Carl r. Gray, former head OF
the Veterans Administration.
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J. R. Lumsden, ST.,
EXT ronsit Mon

John Richard Lumsden, sr.
n. a Capital Transit streetca,
operator for Al years before he
retired 10 years ago, died yes
terday in a hospital here. He
lived at 1926 M street NV.
Mr.. Lumsden was born in
|Spotsylvania County, Va. and
came to Washington so years
ago. He was a member of the
Junior Order of the Daughters
|of America, D. C. Chapter.
Survivors are his widow. Grace
M: two sons, John, r., 1925
North Ode street. Arlington;
Graham H.. 59l5 Eighth street
NE. and a half brother, Julian
Wheeler, McHenry. Va.
Services will be held at 10
am. Saturday at the Chambers
Georgetown funeral home. Burial
will be in McHenry, Va.