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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-27

Some Of Templeton Jones
most vivid memories Of old
time Washington are wound
UP with light opera perform
ances at the old National and
Poll Theaters.
In those days, it cost all OF
so cents. we recall. to get q
seat in the peanut gallery. as
the top loft Of seats was
/ called.
Usually the gallery was filled
with high school students, but
not the sort of students we
| think of today. If the young
sters of today attended such a
performance. they would
create a mild riot before the
| curtain went up. We hope We
do not "scandalize" their
names: we judge after watch
ing how they act in public
vehicles.
The boys of older Washing
ton took their music very
seriously. Most Of them had
taken piano lessons, or played
the mandolin or maybe the
guitar. They found light
operas Of the German and
French masters a kind of
music new and exciting to
them.
So they waited patiently.
and with never a push. as
they stood on the sidewalk for
the door to the gallery to
open.
No pushing, no showing? Not
q single push or shove. They
were there to hear music, and
music in those days did not
mean athletic performances.
Those who wanted physical
action had the track meets:
not so much baseball or foot
ball; these only for certain
performers.
Music was music, and was
held in high regard by these
boys.
After all, so cents was SO
cents, in a day when money
meant something.
$50
What were some of the old
light operas?
They were by Strauss and
others. called light opera to
distinguish them from regular
or heavy opera. we presume.
The stories were gay, and
the music tuneful and easily
caught. It was possible to
buy mandolin folios which con-
tanned the main airs from
most of them. One of the
perennial delights was "Ermi-
ME-" with its cradle song.
Auber's FRA Diavolo" was a
perpetual favorite. ION Yonder
Rock Reclining" the chief air
OF the bandit hero, sent UP a
humming in Washington par
lors for weeks afterward.
In those days land even to-
day it seems a very good thing
the boys who went to these
operas afterward bought the
sheet music of the best airs.
There was always someone
who could play, maybe sister
or even mother.
Victor Herbert, Of course,
was an American favorite, but
represented by operas seldom
heard over the radio. We think
radio did no service to this
real musician by playing, ad
nauseum, the same old tunes
over and over again.
Herbert had q gold mine Of
| melody In him, and he put It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-27
TordyOne

All creatures know a path to
Jollo,o
To water' deer and opossum
take
The route. seQuestered, to the
lake.
Tiger TO ,0ater hole, while
StDGlloD
Dips doiOntD1rd to the rtver's
brink.
Only man, ioho Is assured
indeed
That Hving mater Daits his
need,
Sometimes goes long without
a drink.
EIoins v. Emons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-27
The Roaring Road

read that there may DE
congressional investigation OF
the causes Of recent trailer
tractor crashes, II one more Of
those can give impetus to put
ting order into the chaotic
conditions created on our high
ways by the mixing Of freight
and passenger traffic, ! am all
for it.
I do not own railroad stock.
! am merely a motorist to
whom driving Is often a wax
ing nightmare caused by the
lawless behavior Of tractor
trailer vehicles.
The current wave of acci-
dents is reported to have been
caused by faulty brakes-ve-
hicles out OF control. Out Of my
own experience / have a ques-
ton:
Are the ctor-trailers which
pass and repass me many times
on the long hills Of Route 40
between Wilmington and Bal
timore at over 10 miles per
hour doing 1t because they are
"out of control" or just be-
cause State police are winking
at them? Neither answer is
very comforting. The law
abiding motorist proceeding at
the legal IS has no defense
against the unruly monsters,
any one Of which may demol-
ish him and q dozen other
cars in these terrific downhill
rushes. as they honk the law
abiding driver out Of the way
and create acute traffic haz-
ards by cutting in and out.
The story in The Star Of Oc-
tober 81 revealing the token
degree Of inspection of motor
carriers by the ICC will give
the average citizen a severe
jolt. Twenty-one inspectors to
cover this Nation Is a grim
joke-or even ~. 1t appears
most urgent that the ICC be
enabled and required to per-
form its rightful Job of in
spection. That the motor
haulers should not only be
made a present Of their road
beds, and give the most dam
aging wear to our costly high
ways. but also be exempted
from Inspections for safety i'm
posed on the passenger car, is
truly incredible.
In the interest of the public
safety, I make the following
minimum suggestions:
Motor carriers should be re-
quired to install q second set Of
brakes andfor at least the
safety equipment required on
buses.
Necessary periodic inspec-
tons should be given or the
vehicles banned from the roads
as is the case with passenger
cars.
Impose such heavy penalties
on carrier companies for viola
tons and for failures that
drivers will not be pushed by
stepped-up schedules to become
q public menace in order to
hold their jobs. and force the
owner to maintain his equip
ment in top condition.
Granted that motor freight
interests are very powerful,
including I suppose the auto
mobile manufacturers, the
teamsters' union. the gasoline
industry and the bodybuilding
interests. not to mention the
thousands Of producers whose
products are transported and
the millions of us who benefit
from this quick transportation
Of commodities. still there is a
tide In the affairs Of men," and
in the not too distant future
we may look back on this pc
Rod as a fantastic one as to
lack of regulation of motor
freight movement in this
Lydia Lake Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-27

simply leaving bullying articles out of
ones pockets including the wife's COM
pact, purse and related paraphernalia.
Or it could mean something more basic
In terms of the waistline-a requirement
that is more easily defined than achieved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-27

@ What words in the Eng
fish language are most fire.
quently used?-J. J..
A. Among two-letter words:
Of. to. in, it, is, be; among
three-letter words: the, and.
for. are. but. not. you: among
four-letter words: that. with.
have, this. will. your. from.
There are numerous others In
each group which are used
almost 40 frequently.
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should be given to Offset their
reduced incomes. What hap
pened to all the honor 1t was
supposed to be?
II relatives want to ride,
then let them pay. Why
should the taxpayer suffer? II
there is going to be q gravy
train then let everyone on,
not just the few. Let them
lower our taxes and cease
sending so much abroad. Let
them think Of the vast major
ity of small wage earners in
this country.
Margaret T. Bein.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Medical Society of the
District Of Columbia goes
into its third of a four-day
meeting at the Statler Hotel
today. with $500 expected.
(Stories on Page one and
this page).
National Association of
Referees In Bankruptcy
today continues its sessions
at the Willard Hotel. More
than 125 members are In at
tendance for the affair.
which ends tomorrow.
Navy Wives Club Of Amer.
lea Is in its third day Of q
meeting at the willard
Hotel, where approximately
100 are gathered for the
six-day session.
American Drug Manufac-
turers' Associations Com
bined Contact Committee
closes q two-day meeting
today at the Sheraton-Par
Hotel, with more than $50
expected to sit in on the
sessions.
Association Of American
Railroad Dining Car Offlcers
continues q three-day con-
vention ct the Shorehana
Hotel today.
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|RiverdaIe Votes
10 Keep Brown

The police chief Of Riyerdale
Nd, voted out of his job last
week by the town council as
IAN economy measure, has been
voted in again.
Three councilmen reversed
themselves last night before irate
residents, casting a 6-te-0 vote
Ito have 1t. l.. E. Brown con-
|tinue as the comTnunity's only
|full-time officer. Others in the
department include four part
time officers and three women
crossing guards.
Alfred H. Smith, president OF
the Citizens Bank OF Maryland,
which has a branch in Riverdale,
was one of those urging REIN
statement of 1t. Brown by re-
minding the council of hoidup
attempt once made at his bank.
He added that if the town
was short of funds, he was sure
the bank could underwrite an
amount to insure efficient oper-
alton. Mayor Warren replied
that things weren't that bad.
Last week. against the wishes
of Mayor Claude Warren. the
Council in a 3-to-2 vote abol-
ished 1t. Browns job and his
S3.400 salary in an attempt to
stay within a budget close to
$4,000. Advocates of 1t.
Browns dismissal said a $500
deficit on the town books made
the action necessary.
1T was just ridiculous to think
we could run this town without
a full-time police officer" Mayor
Warren declared.
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renal service and laboratory at
the hospital, explained that the
blood is circulated through q
Topped Cellophane tube around
ia drum that passes it through a
solution that takes out the
poisons.
Space Given TO Hospital
A corner Of the second floor Of
the hospital was taken over for
the program. AL Powley, chief
engineer of WMAL-TV, was in
charge Of a nine-rnan crew that
began setting UP the electronic
facilities at 3 am. for the $3.50
pm. broadcast.
Equipment. including q moni-
tor for each Of the three cameras
used In the show. the cameras
themselves. and sound devices,
was set UP in the office Of the
chief medical resident Of the hos
|pital. The gear was taken out
|of WMAL's regular remote
truck. A microwave relay on the
roof sent the program to the net
work.
After the program, the dean Of
Georgetown University's medical
school, DR.. Francis M. Forster.
was presented with a certificate
of merit for outstanding work in
television pioneering by DR.. w.
Ross Morris, president Of the
Medical Society Of the District
|of Columbia.
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Artificial Kidney on "
Shows How to Save Life

A Washington hospital last
night showed the Nation q rela-
lively new technique in saving
lives.
The Medical Horizons" pro-
gram, broadcast by the American
Broadcasting Co.. tseen here on
WMAL-TV), demonstrated use
Of the artificial kidney from
Georgetown University Hospital
The machine purifies blood
while 1t is being circulated
through the patient--as the nor
NAL kidney would do.
DR.. George e. Schreiner said,
the broadcast did not show an
actual patient being operated on.
Instead, the doctors wife took
her first television role, enactine
the patient. Mrs. Schreiner die
q good acting Job, seeming coma
tose most Of the time; occasion
ally rolling her head on the pill
low as If very sick.
Blood Being Poisoned
Mrs. Schreiner was Mrs
Barbara Smith" suffering from
post-natal complications that
had stopped her kidneys from
functioning. Poison was build
ing up In her blood, slowly
killing her, the doctor said.
In truth. Mrs. Schreiner Is the
healthy mother Of six children
Albumin dyed red was pumped
through the artificial kidney.
Her husband, director OF the
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Grand jury Hears
Plea to Enforce
Sunday Blue Law

A campaign by the Washing.
ton area Autonotive Salesmen'l
union to stop Sunday car salei
in nearby Maryland has reached
the Prince Georges County grand
jury.
Roderick o. Clay, business rep.
resentative Of the union, said
today he has appeared before
the grand jury in Upper Marlboro
to argue for enforcement Of
Maryland's old blue laws.
Mr.. Clay previously swore Out
q warrant against Philip Justine
Hyattsville automobile dealer
charging him with the sale Of an
automobile on Sunday. August
81. This warrant still Is pending
The case has been continued
three times and now is set fol
hearing in Upper Marlboro Police
Court on October 81.
The blue laws, which date
back to 18th century Maryland
prohibit sale on Sunday Of all
but a few special products, such
as drugs, tobacco. ice cream
gasoline and newspapers.
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|Fire-Prevention Tolks
Begin at Andrews Base

A series Of lectures and dem.
constructions on FIRE fighting and
fire prevention at Andrews Ali
Force Base viii start at 6:3t
ppm. today with the first clas'
being held for dependents o.
base personnel. A class for non.
commissioned officers and theil
families is scheduled for 6:3t
pm. tomorrow and one for ON.
GERS and their families to be held
lat the same time on Friday.
The program will be presented
by the base fire department,
personnel.
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.Purukeet' S Screams
Save Two in Fire

The screams Of a dying para
keet today were credited with
saving the lives of two persons
whose home caught fire in near
by Deanwood Park, Md.
The fire, caused by an over
heated oil burner. destroyed two
rooms and the porch Of the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Adair of
Sill Nye street.
Chief Raymond Weaver of the
Tuxedo heverly Volunteer Fire
Department said Mr.. and Mrs.
Adair were awakened by screams
from the bird, which was
dying from the intense heat
and smoke. The woman, Chief
Weaver said. took the cage and
bird to the porch and left 1t
there In hopes the parakeet,
named "Tweet," would revive.
She became hysterical, he said,
when IRE spread to the porch
and killed her pet.
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zens need time to prepare an
adequate opposition"
Meanwhile. the group already
had enrolled over so families in
the subdivision. At Saturdays
meeting, besides Mr.. Hawkins.
they named the following to an
executive committee: Albert VAL
entine, DR., Harold NJ. Fullner,
William Newhauser and Mrs.
Robert ]. Serling.
Residents Plea
The residents state they did
not expect to have q complete
shopping center adjoining their
homes.
Dr.. Fullner said he and other
Wildwood home owners were
promised the trees would stay
when they bought their homes.
The appeals board granted an
indefinite postponement after
Warren Browning, attorney for
the parking petitioner, said his
Client was ready to meet with the
newly organized group to seek a
compromise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-11
IBucknelI School
Dedication Set

Fairfax county's new Bucknell
Elementary School win be dedi-
Gated at $50 o'clock tonight.
The 23-classroom building,
largest elementary school in the
county, was occupied near the
end of the last school term. but
no formal dedication was held.
The program has been arranged
Iby the schools PTA.. Al number
LOT county school officials plan to
participate.
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branch Of the American Associa-
ton of University Women and Of
the Chevy Chase Woman's Club.
Also. that she was executive
director Of the Washington Self
Help Exchange, rehabilitating
the unemployed; served as chief
of employees relations in the per-
sonnet division Of the United
States Treasury: served on
the Civil Service Commissions
Fourth Regional Loyalty Board
and on the National Loyalty Re-
view Board: and is now a MEM
Der Of the White House Confer
ence on Education. which will
meet here next month.
He didn't have time to go on
listing other organizations which
Mrs. Doyle has served as an Of
ficer. such as the Armed Forces
Hospitality Committee, the Chevy
Chase Civilian Defense Com
mittee. the Chevy Chase Com
munity Council. the District
Conference Of Christians and
Jews, the Federal City Council
and--lest 1t be forgotten-the
Tailwaggers' Club.
DR.. Morris mentioned q few
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MRS. Henry Gfa6tan DOYLE mas
another first honor today to
add to Q collection already
among the city's biggest.
Mrs. Doyle-who has been
mother, grandmother and dutch
uncle to q large family Of her
own and at times to all Wash
ington as well yesterday was
honored as the first person ever
to receive the District Medical
Society's Nichols Award for dds
tinguished service to the people
Of the District Of Columbia"
The doctors presented the
smiling little 61-year-old wom-
an with the citation and Q bronze
plaque at their annual conven-
ton. They also gave her an inn
promptu standing ovation to 60
with it.
For Mrs. Doyle. It was one
more FIRST" In . long line. But
she could only say, I'm over
whelmed.a
Youth and Health
Mrs. Doyle was chosen for her
outstanding contributions In the
health heid'' especially as chair
man Of the Advisory Committee
of the Juvenile Court and later
as chairman Of the Commission
ers' Youth Council. The award.
named for John Benjamin Mich
OILS. the late president Of the
society, has in the past been
given only to organizations.
Where viii you md room to
hang the plaQue?" she was
asked.
"oh. III put it UP in the
study. she said. and denied she
would have difiiculty finding
place among the other honors
that have descended upon her in
increasing profusion since she
first came to Washington in 1917
as q young bride and honle-
maker.
Two Of the other notable
''firsts" Mrs. Doyle has achieved
are seemingly far apart. In 1895
she became the first woman ever
elected president Of the District
Board Of Education. Eleven
years later. she became the FIRST
educator ever chosen as q Judge
Of the annual Miss America.
contest at Atlantic City.
In presenting the doctors
award. Or. e. Ross Morris. presi-
dent Of the society, listed some
Of the medical organizations in
which Mrs. Doyle has neld an
official position. Among them
are the Visiting Nurse Society,
the Society for the Prevention
Of Blindness, the District Society
for the Hard Of Hearing, the
Social Hygiene Society, the Grip
Piled Children's Society, the In
stitute OF Mental Hygiene and
the tuberculosis Association.
Other Posts
Except that he was speaking
to a group Of doctors. he might
also have noted that she worked
on the Hoover food conservation
program during World War !;
has been both secretary and
president OF the District League
Of Woman Voters, as well as
travelling regional director and
executive vice president of the
national organization; has served
as secretary of the Washington
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OF the citations Mrs. Doyle has
received for community service
from the Army. Department Of
the Navy. the Washington Board
of Trade, the American Legion
and the Daughters Of the Amer
lean Revolution.
District Citation
A few he didn't mention were
q citation last year from the
District Commissioners for her
Invaluable contribution OF time,
exceptional talent and extensive
experience that have endearded
her to the hearts Of her fellow
workers. the citizens of Wash
ington and the Commissioner
of the ulSfrict Of Columbia
How could he have phrased q
tribute tH8re eloquent than the
one paid i,sr " American UNI
versity when It bestowed on i1el
an honorary degree of doctor ui
humane letters last June:
There ID probably no woman
who has made q greater contri.
button to the life of the Wash.
ington community than you
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Wildwood Group Fights
Threat to Oak Grove

Fears that a commercial con-
Germ win destroy q grove Of
towering trees have motivatee
the formation of q new citizens
association In the Bethesda
area.
The trees, red and white oal
that rise to heights Of rs to 100
feet, stand northeast Of Ole
Georgetown road and Grosvenol
lane, at the entrance to the
wildwood Manor subdivision
wildwood residents are con.
cerned over a commercial plan
to put parking spaces where the
trees now stand.
The group, to be named the
wildwood Manor Citizens Asso-
citation, held its first meeting
Saturday and elected Robert j
Hawkins OF 10205 Tyburn ter
race. temporary chairman.
Yesterday the new group ap'
peared at a Montgomery Count,
Board Of Appeals prepared Il
protest a request for an off-streeI
parking special exception.
Adjoins Business Tract
The proposed parking ares
consists Of 60 acres. It adjoini
on two sides a tract already
zoned for commercial use. Tit
parking was requested by Wild.
wood Investment Corp.
The citizens attorney, Milton
A. Smith. q former chairman Of
the appeals board, asked the
board for q postponement Of thu
hearing. He said the citizens
''were suddenly confronted will
a technical procedure vital II
their interests"
Mr.. Smith declared the citi'
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Fire Trucks to Help
Wakefield School Drill

Arlington County flre-fighting
equipment viii roar up to Wake
field Junior-Senior High School
lat II am. Thursday and the
schools 2.40o pupils will be evac-
Iuated in a special fire drill.
Walter Irwin. assistant princi-
Ipal. and Fire Inspector Leslie
shelton said the drill was SEIZED.
luled to bring out any need for
changes in present evacuation
plans.
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Fink soys City
Needs Room,
For Expansion

Falls Church Mayor Herman
II. Fink has proposed annexas
ton Of adjoining Fairfax County
territory and sale of city water
to Fairfax County for resale to
CONSUMERS.
The Mayor made the pro-
lposaIs, which he said are mot
new" as part Of q program he
outlined to the City Council last
might for the cityS futuxs
growth.
In recommending annexation
LOT new territory, Mr.. Fink
POINTED out that within the city
there now remain very few
suitable locations for better type
residential developments with.
which our city abounds."
He said that the city has
REACHED the point In Its popula-
ltion growth where many Of our
outstanding citizens are find
ling it necessary to move from
Falls Church to other areas" In
addition. he said, the two city
schools built on county land
should be included In the city
limits.
Encourage Petitions.
He suggested that residents Of
Subdivisions bordering on the
lefty should be encouraged to
petition for annexation ..to allow
us to expand in a normal way"
As for providing water to the
county. Mr.. Fink noted that Falls
Church already has extended It's
water lines to serve many county
Developments. But he proposed
THAT the city should extend its
lines further and sen water at
reduced rates to the county itself,
enabling the county to sell water
to its own residents at rates az
low as those paid by Falls
Church residents.
Other Proposals.
The Mayor also proposed:
l. A bond issue be considered
to build q new city hall. He OBJ
SERVED that the city now pays
1877 200 year in rent for city and
School Board Offices, which II
"a great deal for what we get"
| 2. That Maple avenue be ex-
tended from the city limits on
North Washington street to.
South Washington street near
Trips Run. Mr.. Fink said the
extension would relieve the traffic,
bottleneck at Washington and.
Broad streets. the intersection of
the city's main thoroughfares.
| 3. That the city should issue
bonds to build a permanent lie,
Ibrary on the site given to the
city two years ago by the Styles
family on condition that q build
ing be erected within five years.
| 4. That recreational facilities
be expanded. with consideration
of special tax to purchase new
isites.
| 5. That open forums. in addi-
ton to Council meetings. be es-
tabliShed tor the oppression OF
public opinion on city affairs.
Mr.. Fink called his program.
together with the development
Of master plan now in progress,
necessary steps toward making
Falls Church "a city Of the first
class"