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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-05

To foster international good will,
Cleveland maintains a series of
gardens in Rockefeller Park, each
honoring a different national cul-
ture, says the National Geographic
Society. The project was begun in
1926. Thus far, is of the Cultural
Gardens are finished.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1955-07-05

Robert A Odds, 81, machine OPP
orator, Columbus, and Opal G.
Knisley, 27, inspector, West JEFF
ielson. Granted.
Evening star., 1955-06-12
BY HARRIET FRENCH

"Trade. not aid" is the slo-
gan of Ronda Robins as she
embarks on her personal Point
Four program.
About three years ago Miss
Robins lin private life Mrs.
Morris V. Rosenb.oom) was
intrigued by a collection of
Kenya wood carvings. She was
fired by a desire to obtain
some Of the East African art
objects herself and now. after
much trial and error and de-
lays caused by Mau Mau des-
truction, she has a collection
of her own. her Wonders in
Woods" which she is exhibit
ing during this month at the
Fantasy Gallery at 1865 Con-
necticut avenue NV.
Miss Robins big eyes grow
bigger as she tells of her in
terest in foreign trade, field
in which she has worked for
several years. Il have taken
courses in foreign trade" says
she, because 1 feel it is ex-
tremely important to help the
economic condition of the
under-privileged. 1 feel in
tensely about trading and aid
ing in order to give self re
spect to people of the world
who have not been as fortu-
nate as We"
Carved With Pen Knife
She tells of an African SER
geant of World War l who.
with his pen knife, carved a
Evening star., 1955-06-12
Clubs toSee
PriYute Film

A group Of Republican wom-
ems clubs Of the Metropolitan
area will present a showing OF
the "Katyn Forest Massacre
films from the private collec-
|tion Of Representative Alvin E
|O'Konski of Wisconsin on Tues
day at 8 O'Clock.
Clubs participating in the pre-
sentation are the morning study
group of hte League of Repub-
Evening star., 1955-06-12

experience that women fire.
quently find themselves bur-
dened with handbags, gloves,
and sometimes small packages
at public gatherings. It is
often possible to place the
purse. gloves, etc., on a table
or chair. If not, they should
be held inconspicuously in the
left hand extended down at
the side.
The right hand also should
be placed over the heart" she
added. whenever the pledge
of allegiance to the Flag is
said.
again I will refer to the
Code. Here is Section Z: That
the pledge of allegiance to
the Flag. I pledge allegiance
to the Flag of the United
States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands.
one Nation under God, indi-
visible. with liberty and JUS
tice for ALL be rendered by
standing with the right hand
over the heart. However, civil
ians will always show full re-
spect to the Flag when the
pledge is given by merely
standing at attention, men
removing the headdress. Per-
sons in uniform shall render
the military salute
How to Display Flag
"On a speakers platform.
the United States Flag must
either be displayed fiat be-
Evening star., 1955-06-12

harness causes permanent in
dentation.
Many Of the articles on dis
play are useful as well as dec
orative. There are salad bowls
and salad sets, cheese and cake
knives, letter openers, buttons
and book-ends.
Drums made of zebra hide
and one of buffalo hide and a
shield of buffalo skin are in
the collection. "A young
Nasal boy does not attain
manhood" says Miss Robins,
until, armed only with a
spear and a shield, he can go
out and kill a lion. Warrior
girls of the Meru tribe fight
along with their men. They
too, carry spears and shields.
War Masks
There are several war masks
made of ebony. The natives
select the wood they think
suitable for their design. One
mask of dark ebony has a
lighter streak highlighting the
forehead, tip of the nose and
lips. Ebony" says Miss Rob-
ms, sis becoming more and
more of a rarity since it is
present in areas now out of
bounds because of Mau Mau
activity"
Whole carving centers in
Kenya have been destroyed by
the Mau Mau terrorists, caus-
ing the carverS to disperse to
other areas; carvers of the
Kikuyu tribe who were not
members of the Mau Mau
were murdered and a ship
ment enroute to the shipping
port was Waylald ana burned,
Miss Robins said.
II am of the opinion" Miss
Robins declared, that inter-
national tensions and distrust
can be lessened and even over
come through the development
of an expanded, reciprocal
world trade. I have devoted my
own efforts toward the goal of
an honorable and lasting
peace. I hope that my efforts
in importing handicrafts may
in some small measure help to
further the cause of world
peace by serving as a symbol
of Americas Point Four Pro-
gram in action"
Evening star., 1955-06-12
OAR Leader Discusses
Correct Use of the Flaq

What is the correct way to
display respect to the United
States flag?
That is the subject Of many
inquiries addressed to the
Daughters of the American
Revolution.
With Flag Day to be OBJ
served on Tuesday, the OAR
president general, Miss Ger
trude Carraway, said she could
think of no better time to call
attention to the Flag Code in
answering questions that come
to the patriotic society.
In a statement issued yes
terday, Miss Carraway began
by quoting Section 6 from the
Flag Code: THAT when the
national anthem is played. and
the flag il not displayed, all
present should stand and face
toward the music. Those in
uniform should salute at the
first note of the anthem, re-
tanning this position until the
last note. All others should
stand at attention. men remov-
ing the headdress. When the
flag is displayed, all present
should face the flag and Sa-
Lutte"
Reminder for Women
women should remember
that for them the correct sa-
Lutte is the right hand over
the heart, with the left hand
down at the side" Miss Cara
way stated. TT has been our
Evening star., 1955-06-12
FROM AFRICA
RondQ Robins Shows
Wonders in Wood

few figures of wood and took
them to the one hotel in Mai
robi to see if he could sell
them. They were quickly
snapped up by tourists. Upon
returning to his home in the
jungle, he carved more fig
ures; these, too. were quickly
sold. Next the sergeant began
teaching other natives his art,
Now children are apprenticed
and large segments of the
Nasal, Turkana, Meru and XII
kuyu tribes are busily carving
wood.
Miss Robins has an agent
in Kenya who ships articles
up under her direction. A ship
ment was expected last March
but due to a docker's strike at
the port of Mombasa the
articles arrived only last week,
just in time for the scheduled
exhibition. On display in adj
dition to the Wonders in
Wood" are two interesting oil
paintings by Kenya natives.
The natives depict their own
people as they see them. There
are carved figures of old men.
showing their bone land
boney) structure. There are
women's heads showing in
dentations on their foreheadS
identical to those Of native
women who, by the way, do all
the hard work. They carry
wood and other loads by means
of a harness which is fastened
around their forehead. This
Evening star., 1955-06-12

hind the speaker or flown
from . stan at the speakers
right. II the Flag is placed on
the floor Of an auditorium, it
should be at the right of the
audience. The Flag must never
be used as a cover for a desk
or pedestal. nor be draped over
the front of the platform. Red.
white and blue bunting should
be used for festoons, rosettes
or draping, never the Flag"
During the past year, Miss
Carraway pointed out. the
OAR has distributed 54.402
copies of the Flag Code, and
given 22.037 Flags to various
youth groups, schools, Or
phanages, and the like.
Evening star., 1955-06-12

lican Women Of the District; the
Women's Republican Club Of
Silver Spring, the Rock Greek
Women's Republican Club study
group and the Young Republican
club of Montgomery County.
These are captured films, com.
Iplete with the original sound
track in two languages, Russian
and Polish.
The Flag Day film presenta.
tion will be held at st. Luke's
Parish Hall at Colesyille road
and Highland drive in Silver
Spring,
Evening star., 1955-06-12
JCRS Organizes
Suburban

The Town and Country
Chapter of the Jewish Con-
sumptives' Relief Society Of
Denver, a new suburban chap
ter, will hold a meeting and
social evening at the home of
the president, Mrs. Ida Bar
nett, on Thursday at $3.50 pm.
Anyone wishing to join the
chapter is invited. Mrs. Bar
nett lives at 1858 Legate road
NV.
Evening star., 1955-05-20

plans yesterday made 1t official.
and If you've been suspiciously
maintaining a tight grip on
your SKINNER awaiting the word.
you can letter sail now.
I'm not sure. by the way. that
CHS intended to tip its mitt
this early, but there were at
least three excellent reasons for
so doing.
1. Singing criticism Of its
stand-pat programming this
season.
2. High ratings Of MICS
spectaculars.
3. The ominous threat OF fee
TV.
So far as the viewer is con-
cerned, however, the important
news concerns the programs
themselves. Here's summary OF
CBS's plans.
Jack Benny. in addition to his
Sunday series, will star in six
full-hour Shower Of Stars" pro-
grams on Thursday nights. Three
of these will be original comedies,
one of them by F. Hugh (The
Moon Is Blue) Herbert: the other
two, musicals.
Beginning in September. there
will be a series of once-a-month
"spectaculars" on Saturdays, to
be kicked of by Noel Coward and
Mary Martin. Coward's two other
shows will consist Of his plays.
"Blithe Spirit" and Peace in
Our Time"
Bing Crosby iDill headline
t,uo of the Saturday nighters.
Under consideration for Bing
are musical uersions of Wilder's
"Our ToDn" and Anderso1's
"Hiqh Tor" (One-ard pos
sibly botE-aUiH be on flHs0
Three of the Saturday shows
will be produced by Paul Gregory.
whose hits include Don Juan in
He'll" and John Browns Body"
His current Broadway hit. Three
for Tonight, with the Cham
pions and Harry Belafonte. will
be presented next month (June
22) as sort Of ''preview" Of the
things to come.
Gregory's first project in the
$3.50 series will be 1.-THE Big
Banjo" the story of Americas
minstrels, and if anyone can
make a lively show out Of this
material, I suspect Gregory is
the guy.
+ X X
What are some of the new
half-hour shows? Tuesday gets
q handful, starting with Phil
Evening star., 1955-05-20

Part-time classes were ended
yesterday for 526 Washington
school children with the opening
Of the new Marian p. Shadd Ele-
mentary School. Fifty-sixth and
East Capitol streets.
More than TOO pupils moved
into the new 26-room school,
one Of the city's largest, from
nearby Richardson School to-
day. Richardson. at Fifty third
and Blaine streets NE. had
been operating with IL part time
classes, and all Of It's classes
had been oversize. Richardson
has had the city's only double
shifts this year.
The transferring pupils. whose
teachers went with them. filled
all but two Of the classrooms In
the new school. Those two are
expected to be occupied next
September by newly enrolling
pupils, many Of whom registered
today and yesterday.
Among the classes set up to-
day are two kindergartens and
Evening star., 1955-05-20

Silvers at 8, followed by Marie
Wilson'S Miss Pepperdine" at
$3.50 and "Joe and Mabel" the
saga of a guy and his doll, at g.
Red Shelton will remain at $3.50
with q new" new formal and at
10 there1l be the super give
away show, ''The $4,000 Ques-
ton" Ed Murrow remains at
10:30, with "See 1t Now"
Other new shows: wanted, "
. documentary melodrama series
concerning a search for GRIM
inals at large, at 8 p.m., Thurs
days; the Johnny Carson Show
at 10, same night, and the Alfred
Hitchcock series at $3.50 on Sum
days.
The new 7::30 to 8 pm. strip.
Monday through Friday. win
present "The Adventures Of
Robin Hood" Name That
Tune" Brave Eagle" Ser
geant Preston Of the Yukon"
and MY Friend Flicka." ("Name
Evening star., 1955-05-20

That Tune" Is the only oldie IN
the bunch.o
U. s. Steel, Of course, moves
into the Wednesday 10 to IL pm.
spot on July 6, alternating with
General Electric. Boxing moves
to WMAL-7.)
&*A
Many shows viii fold, to be
sure, but we don't know exactly
which 60 of and which viii be
shifted as yet. Thereu be more
later.
I've Got -t0-See- This Dep t.:
From Du Mont comes an invita-
tion (to attend a demonstration
Sunday at the NARTB conven-
ton at the Shoreham) that opens
with his fascinating sentence:
Du Mont has developed q
completely different technique
for liDe color telepision pickup,
in Which teleDision cameras
are not used.
\ y \ 4
You Asked for 1T: Emcee Art
Baker reports that the most freL
quent requests to his show (ABC-
2, Sundays) are for pictures OF
the girls in the dancing cigarette
packs and the Lone Ranger.
\ X + 4
Say 1t isn't So: CHS hasn't set
a definite kickoff period for Its
Spectaculars next fall, which
means that the web may place
them in direct competition with
Max Liebman's shows.
\ i \ \
Radio Scoop: Credit WGMS
with another smart booking
the first local radio performance
of the Broadway musical, Damn
Evening star., 1955-05-20
SIG Part Time Pupils
Enter New Shodd School

one class for slow-learners. A
number of children who were on
q waiting list for kindergartens
at Richardson were enrolled In
those groups. Shadd's teachers
are being borrowed. since funds
for hiring q new staff haven't
been provided yet.
DESPITE the opening, three
overflow Richardson classes were
left operating in rooms being lent
to the school system by . public
housing development. Next fall.
Richardson is scheduled to get q
temporary annex to meet an
Evening star., 1955-05-20
Benefit Dance Revue

The Skeeter Reams School Of
Dancing in Arlington Village on
Columbia pike will present .
dance revue at pm. tomorrow
in the auditorium Of the Thomas
Jefferson Junior High School for
the benefit Of the childrens
ward Of the Arlington Hospital.
Evening star., 1955-05-20

other expected enrolment surge.
Assistant Supt. Edith A. Lyons
and Mrs. Josephine c. Smith,
elementary director. visited
Shadd at opening time today.
The new schools principal is
Mrs. Lillian s. Glascoe, formerly
principal ut Hayes and Ludlow
Schools.
Ehadd is named for Q one-time
supervising principal in the Dis
trict school system.
Evening star., 1955-05-20

Yankees" tomorrow afternoon.
Clark Grifith and Douglas Wal
lop. author Of the book on which
the musical was based. viii be
interviewed by narrator Robert
L. Green between acts.
Evening star., 1955-05-20
ON THE AIR
Next Season.. War
Of the Spectoculors
ON THE AIR
BY BERNIE HARRISON

It's no bombsher that CHS has decided to go in for
Specacuar" type You've been hearing
rbes about months especially the networks feversh
negotiations with Coward Mary Martin Bng Crosby
Jack Benny and Paul Gregory
But Hhhel Rohnsons announcement Of the networks fa
Evening star., 1955-05-20
Yoried Exhibits

Exhibits scheduled at the 1855
Vienna, Austria, Trade Fair will
range from flower bulbs to heavy
machinery.
Evening star., 1955-05-20

For years. Ford has sold more station wagons than
any other manufacturer. And now, for IS Ford offers
all-new, a-stee beauties. There sixpassenger
and eight-passenger models to choose from All give
you Ford's Trigger Torque Performance from
your choice of three compression engines the
162-hp Yblock V-8-the 182-hp. Y block Special VS,
with Fordomatic Drive*-or the 12O-h.p I-bock Six.
pioua at rucosL
The guardian., 1955-02-05
.Wha+ Did Lou Do
Higgins Won't Do !?

story such to write could cost scribe
his press ticket to Fenway Park this coming summer
juStifably the Red end of the line
Manager Michael Pinky Higgins has hardly had time to
try on his uniform At press conference the day he
had trouble calling of the strange players by their
first names.
manager should get couple of games under his belt
before the critics in start asking questions
demanding answers.
Yet judging Higgins strictly what he has voluntarily
told the can't where there's going
improvement 1854.
We're a Boudreau man from way back, and intend
staying in his until they up with facts on paper
to confirm all the condemnation hurled at him when got
the heave no.
Well state for Lou by asking this question.
"What did Boudreau 1854 that Higgins getting
ready to do in 1852"
And if the to this question is YES. then wen
ask another
"What did Casey stengel in winning champion
ships that any different than what Boudreau did
shing fourth last year?"
sport scribes covering Sox front Office tel
straight Boudreau fired for creating confusion by
juggling his lineup from day to day.
And his other sn so told was in benching the
rockies and playing the oldtimers
Continued Page Six
The guardian., 1955-02-05
Judge DeIany Blasts
Ct. Hotel Jim Crow

HARTFORD, Conn. = New
York's Judge Hubert T. De-
lany has charged the Statler
Hotel in Hartford for refusing
him a room because of his
color.
Judge Delany's complaint
said that a room had been
reserved for him at the famous
hotel for the night of January
18th when he was making an
address ir nearby Manchester,
But when he arrived at the
hotel, he was told someone
else was occupying it and was
offered a cot in a conference
room which he denied.
The Statler's manager, Franl
P. Morse claims he wrot
Judge Delanv to apologize an
to also cite that rooms ar
reserved only up to a certain
hour unless the hotel has {
written guarantee they will bt
paid for. To this Delany cites
that the hotel had been mott
fed in advance that he would
be late. The Connecticut Civil
Rights Commission is inyesti-
eating the whole affair.
The guardian., 1955-02-05
Religious Series

A group of outstanding re-
preSentatives of their respec-
tive religious groups will par
ticipate in a series of lectures
and discussion during the
months of February and March
on successive Monday evenings
at 8 P. M. under the auspices
of the Community Church of
Boston at the Church Center,
sos Boylston st. The opening
panel will be on Feb. 7th, and
DR.. Theodore Parker Ferris of
Trinity Church will speak on
"Why I am a Christian, and
Rabbi Albert I. Gordon of
Temple Emanuel, Newton, will
speak on 'Why I am a Jew.
Other subjects will include,
why I am a Unitarian, "Neo-
Orthodoxy and its InSights",
why I Believe in Islam, "Why
I am a Humanist, Bahaf,
Catholic, Buddhist, Greek Or
thodox, Hindoo, and Spiritual
iSt." The program provides
an opportunity for the public
to hear a witness of each
faith and TO approach the
contributions made by each to
the common store of spiritual
wisdom. The series will close
with a motion picture, "The
Major Religions, and Rev.
Donald G. Lothrop, minister of
the Community Church, will
speak on "IS a Universal Re
ligion PoSSible?" The series of
panels on Religions and De-
nominations" is the fourth
one which the Community
Church has presented in the
last successive four years.
The guardian., 1955-02-05
Spring Flower Show

With the theme Gardens
the World Over, the 84th New
England Spring Flower Show,
sponsored by the Massachu-
Setts Horticultural Society, will
launch the 1855 spring season
in the Northeast at Mechanics
Building, March 1919. Land
scape designers, garden club
members and professional
growers in various parts of
New England are giving their
time in planning this years
show with it's unique global ap-
peal. Grand Hall in venerable
old Mechanics Building will
present a Cooks tour of gar
denS the world over. The stage
will feature glimpse of Mt. Ev-
crest complete with a water
fall, mountain peaks, a stream
and an abundance of colorful
alpine flowers blooming against
rocky ledges. At the opposite
Continued on Page Six
The guardian., 1955-02-05
Haitian President.
Arrives Sunday

Uncle Sans first 1855 visit
ing Chief of State, General
Paul Eugene Magloire, Presid-
ent of Haiti, arrives in BoS-
ton tomorrow for three days
visit after a gala reception led
by President and Mrs. EiSen-
hover in the Nations Capitol.
Symbolic of the proud heri-
tage of Colored Peoples and
their loyalty to the principles
of democracy, the Haitian
President and accompanying
delegates will receive a formal
and informal welcome by the
Hubs white and colored citi-
zenS. xiE
Mayor Hynes, who lately has
become an advocate of inter
national travel himself, will
proudly present President Ma
gloire the Keys to the City on
Monday. The leader of the
worlds oldest and most fa-
nous Colored Republic will
thus by coincidence usher In
the annual observance of the
birthdays of both Lincoln and
Douglass. Early Monday the
City of Boston will be host to
the leader of Haiti at a break
fast at the Sheraton Plaza
Hotel where the famous coffee
of Haiti is expected to be q
part of the menu. Other Huk
festivities are planned includ.
ing a tour of the historic sites
If possible, plans may be ar
ranged to have the Haitian
President visit the Attuck
memorial. Harvard University
Bunker Hill, Old North Church
leading churches.
These latter possibilities Al
The guardian., 1955-02-05
Junior Republic
HonOrs Marshall

NEW YORK - Thurgood
Marshall, Director Counsel of
NAACP Lega. Defense and Edu-
cational Fund, shared honors
with Chief Justice Earl War
rem and Vice-President Rich
ard Nixon, in receiving the an
nual Honorary Citizenship :
Distinguished Service Awards
from the George "Junior Re-
public, Monday, Jan. "a.
Chief Justice Warren, Vice
President Nixon and Atty
Marshall were honored fol
having dome the most to helr
preserve democracy for Ameri-
cas- youth"
Marshall was cited by the
George Junior Republic" for
his outstanding work in civil
rights az a dinner at the West
bury Hotel.
The George Junior Repub-
lic' is a youth community
where young people below vot-
ing age are entrusted with
the responsibilities and pri-
vilegeS of citizenship. Teen
age citizens learn the basic
of democracy by ac-
tualy running their own
government In its executive,
legislative and judicial func-
tons through their own elec-
ted and appointed officials.
Others who have received
Distinguished Citizenship
awards in past years are: The
Honorable Thomas E Dewey,
Henry Ford II, Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby, Honorable Her
bert Hoover, Judge David Pine,
Ambassador Warren r. Aus
tin, Judge Harold R. Medina
and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt.
The guardian., 1955-02-05
KIViE KAPLAN
HUMANITY LEADER

IN each generation, there are
| pioneers and missionaries; pro-
phetS ard teachers and phil
antIropiS6S. PhilanthropiSts
are often pioneers, nissionar-
les, prophets and teachers.
Having known truth, they be-
ccme the bubbling springs
which overflow, and so refresh
the others.
There was Carnegie, Rookie
feller, George Robert White,
Godfrey HyamS, Marshall
Field, Rosenwald, Hayden, ct
al. Today, there is Kivie Kap-
Ian. Kaplan, with his brother
Joseph, is a captain of indus
try, defender of the truth and
men.
Among his vast interests,
there :tands out like a bea-
ccnlight his devoted concern
for the National Association
for the Advancement of Col |
ored People of which he is
a national and local officer. |
AS National Co-chairman of
the ife Membership Committee
with d.. Benjamin E. Mays, |
president of MorehouS Col
lege, he has increased Life
Membership from 221 for the
past q years TO an all-time
high of 465 for 1854 and as
reported by John T. Lane the
local Life Membership Chair
man, increasing rapidly every
week Added to this, Mr..
Kaplan cooperates fully with
Branch president, Col. Lark
land F. Hewitt in his regular
membership drives of which
George Skelly is chairman.
Continued on Page Four
The guardian., 1955-02-05
Ellington Speaks
Out On Jazz

People have come to recog-
nize Jazz as the folk music of
America" sapS Duke Ellington.
America stands for freedom
and jazz depends on freedom
of expression"
A guest on CHS Radios ed
gar Bergen Show with Charlie
Mccarthy" Ellington gave Gre
dit for the popular acceptance
of jazz to Paul Whiteman, who
made a lady of jazz, and
started people talking jazz in
Continued on Page Four