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The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-06
MARRIED so YEARS;
HAVE PARTY MAY 1
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Turner Of Manfeo
Honored on Wedding An
niversary

Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Turner of
Manteo were honored Sunday
afternoon, May 1, with an infor-
NAL party at the home of their
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hal Ward, with whom they
make their home. The occasion
was the celebration of their Goth
wedding anniversary. A three
TERED wedding cake was cut
and served with sherbert by
Mrs. Ward and Mr.. Wards
sister, Mrs. Bertha Baum, to
the friends who called. Mr.. and
Mrs. Turner were married in Nova
Scotia, where they lived for many
years. They have made their home
in Manteo for about 10 years.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-06

Iceland has more than 100
known volcanoes.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-05-06

LOOK AT THESE EXCITING 1855 FEATURES.
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Anew customtype with no corner noodnos
giving cleaner, more spacious look.
Large stepsavmg kitchen with abundant Youngstown base
and wall cabinets. ~
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Desgned by the wordamous architect Charles NJ Good
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Dramatic color styling and in created bv Beatrice
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Wide overhang on roof for that rambling" effect
Latest aluminium windows and opening from side 70
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X No. kiln dried lumber used throughout
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Lowest COST utmost dependabity assured by National
Homes tremendous buying and precision methods
Air conditioning optional at amazingly low extra cost
Nuonu homes advertised in leading magazines Including:
LIFE SATURDAY EVENING POST
BETTER HOMES and GARDENS GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Evening star., 1955-08-31
Maryland Tx Program
TO Increase Stote's Take

lin Calvert or 2,700 In Charles.
Somerset or Worcester Counties?
But there were cries of indig-
nation from these counties, too.
The most charitable word they
used to describe the assessors re-
port was inaccurate
At stake in the arguments
which followed was an estimated
I$ls.5 million In State aid to edu-
cation.
The amount of aid to each
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county depends greatly on the
lcounty's assessable basis-or total
Iof all assessments. Lower as
lsesmentS generally mean more
money from the State.
There is also a State property
tax. Whereas Baltimore City
and the counties levy property
taxes as major sources of money
to run their governments, the
State slaps on another property
tax for just one purpose--to A.
nance the construction Of build
ings at State hospitals. teachers
colleges and similar institutions.
Unlike county and city prop
Ierty tax rates, which vary from
Ione subdivision to the next, the
lState property tax rate is the
Evening star., 1955-08-31

BALTIMORE, Aug. 81 R).-
If you live anyplace in Mary
land except a mountain cave or
hobo jungle. chances are your
bankroll is about to shrink be-
cause of the States new annual
property assessment program.
Albert w. Ward. secretary to
the State Tax Commission. says
the program has been progress
sing pretty well.
Next month q picked team Of
specialists will begin making the
rounds Of the States % counties
and Baltimore City to see how
well.
81 Billion on Books
BY the time they begin their
tour, the total value of all prop
erty on the tax books is expected
to have scared over the 81 billion
mark. At last check 1t stood
at $6.96l, ,470. 900. and this did
not even reflect the start of the
new program.
Real estate development in the
Baltimore and Washington SUI
burban areas has continued at q
oreak-neck pace, and assessments
on thousands Of older homes
have been lacked up since then.
The team which will make the
Statewide swing In September Is
the same one which took a SIM
liar trip in 1853 and came up
with reporter which led to the
new assessment program.
The head of this unit is Wilton
T. Allen, supervisor of assess
ments in Montgomery County
since 1887. Serving with him
were Supervisors Somerville
Nicholson of Allegany County,
since 1926; Stephen NJ. Kahoe of
Hartford County. since 1927, and
Louis w. Kutsch of Prince
Georges County, since 1941.
AS an alternate, Mr.. Kutsch
replaced one of the three reg
ular members when the survy
team went into their counties.
Low Assessments
In the end they reported that.
although the law says real estate
must be assessed for tax purposes
at full cash value. assessments
averaged considerably less.
And their figures, hotly dis
puted by ofiicials of some coun-
ties. showed a startling range of
averages among the various sub
divisions.
These were the figures: Alle-
gany County-53 per cent; Anne
Arundel-45; Baltimore County
As; Calvert-25; Caroline-39;
Carroll-40: Cecil-38; Charles
-27; Dorchester-36: Frederick
--38; Garrett-35: Harford-55;
Howard-29; Kent-34: Mont
gomery-50: Prince Georges-47:
Queen Annes-42: st. Marys-
80; Somerset-27: Talbot-50:
WESTINGHOUSE: Wicomico-38;
Worcester-2T; Baltimore City
so.
As expected. there were cries
Of indignation from Baltimore
City and counties with relatively
high averages.
Why, they asked. should a
$4,000 home be assessed at more
than half the cash value II it
happens to be built in their areas
but only at $4,000 If 1t is built
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same for everyone. This year II
lis 10.9 cents per 500 Of assessed
value.
Action Under New Law
AS a step toward giving every
one an equal break in assess.
plents, the Legislature earlier
this year passed House Bill l3l
calling for reassessing real estate
every year.
Until then each county was
divided into three districts, q dif.
ferent district was reassessec
every year, and the new assess.
ments became effective at the
end OF the three-year cycle.
Many property owners already
have received notices that their
Evening star., 1955-08-31

homes have been reassessed
under the new once-a-year plan.
Because the first step planned by
the State Tax Commission ap-
|parently is to bring the rest Of
the State I'D to the Baltimore
level Of so per cent, most Of the
new notices carry increases in
assessments
Evening star., 1955-08-31
Women Buy Most Ties

NEW YORK.-Four out Of I'VE
Of the men's neckties sold dur
ing q typical year are bought
by women. who also purchase
ljust about all of the mems era
watts sold during the Christmas
shopping season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
The Factors of Destiny
BY REV. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
Minister Foundry Methodist Church,
Chaplain, United States Senate

read that paper on heredity
said of the other man: with
many a tendency to base living
he walks the earth everywhere
useful and deservedly honored."
A widely read commentator
has called attention to the
fact that Julius Rosenberg and
DR.. Jonas Salk were raised in
identical early surroundings in
congested sections of New York
City. Both came from Jewish
families, and both went to the
same college. Each made SCI
ence his life work. Julius Ro-
senberg died in the electric
chair a traitor to his country,
as despised in American his
tory as Benedict Arnold. But
the name of Jonas Salk prob
ably is destined, because of
his indefatigable research, to
take its place with the
few, the immortal names,
who have saved mankind from
the fatalities of a dreaded
scourge. Both of these men,
coming from the same sur
roundings, had to reckon with
self.
But the factors of destiny
are not three, but four: Hered-
ity. environment, self and God.
The prophet Ezekiel, more
than 500 years before Christ,
gave to mankind the charter
of liberty for which we are
fighting today. He determined
to stop the mouths of men
who were pleading the sins of
their fathers to explain their
own wrongdoing. The prophet
met the. excuse of heredity and
environment with a great and
universal truth. Here are the
momentous words: Behold all
souls are mine" That is to
say. every individual soul is
related to God. We do draw
from the past. but that which
we derive from the past is not
the whole of it. We derive also
from God. Every individual
soul is linked directly with the
Creator. We are rooted in God.
Robert Louis Stevenson
wrestled with heredity. He had
a weak body. He faced the
problem of environment,
changing from the chill hills of
his Scottish home to SUM- kissed
southern islands. But he in
sisted on being master of his
fate, with his dauntless self
always in the saddle. However,
there was one other thing. He
tells it thus: II came about
like a well-handled ship. There
stood at the wheel that I'M
known steersman whom we call
God" In Him came to their
fruition the other factors of
destiny.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08

centuries the so-called Pillar
Saints spent their days perched
far up above the ground where
they would be exposed to evil
enticements. But no Pillar
Saint could be lifted above
himself. Always a vital factor
In destiny is the self.
Heredity may determine the
form in which temptations
shall come to a man. whether
lust or duplicity or greed; but
the issue of the temptation
rests with the man himself.
Heredity may fix the place of a
battle, but not the outcome.
Years ago, at a certain
gathering a well-known man
read a paper on heredity.
Present on that occasion was
one who later attained en-
inence in his profession. That
one, then a young man listen
ing to the paper, was called
out of the room before the
message ended. After he had
gone out there was found on
the table by which he had been
sitting a scrap Of paper on
which he had scrubbed these
words: What he is saying
about heredity is true. And
mine is all pure devil" But the
young man who left that COM
ment determined that his foot
should be set upon the DEVILS
neck, and remain there. Long
years after, the very man who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
School Fare Realism

The prospect for a more realistic
school fare in Washington is brighter as
result Of the approval by House District
subcommittee of bill to authorize the
Public Utilities Commission to Ak such
rates. Congress deprived the commission
of this power in 1881, when it set the fare
for school children at three cents-about
half the then prevailing adult fare. Since
then school fares everywhere else in the
Nation have been rising to keep relative
pace with the rise in regular fares, but the
same old three-cent rate has remained In
effect here.
If Congress still believes that local
school children should be required to pay
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
Remedial Reodinq

Stan Stanton's School
Views" are food for thought.
Well-adjusted children are not
the ones who need help; it is
the maladjusted child. When
my son, now a teen-ager. went
to elementary school he could
not learn to read. Why, I do
not know. The teachers did
not force him because his
physical health was more i'm
portant. and they felt in time
he would adjust. There were
no facilities for remedial read
ing classes in the lower grades
Of the school he attended. He
had an excellent memory,
which helped him, but contin-
ued to be a slew reader ard
speller. His 10 was high when
tested. and in arithmetic he
was outstanding.
When he went to Junior
high he was fortunate to at
tend a school with a remedial
reading teacher. He was as
signed TO the class. The fol-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
SPIRES OF THE SPIRIT

Years ago a noted speaker
delivered a lecture in a college
chapel. He was a famous and
brilliant orator. Most that
was uttered on that occasion
has long ago faded from mem
DRY, but the opening sentences
were destined to be written
indelibly on the mind of a
sophomore student who heard
them. The ripening and re-
vealing experiences of life have
but FURNISHED the truth they
proclaim.
One sentence flames in
letters of light. The man with
the message, after being in
troduced, paused dramatically,
and then began: THE other
day I met a man who said to
me, I suppose you will agree
that the factors Of destiny are
two. heredity and environ
ment.' I replied, I will agree
to nothing of the kind" Now
comes the deathless sentence:
1.-The factors of destiny are
not two, but four: Heredity,
environment, self and God"
One cannot ignore the first
factor of this quartet. AS we
start on the adventure of keep
ing the date with destiny we
have to acknowledge, as Oliver
Wendell Holmes put it: 1--WE
are not private carriages. We
are omnibuSes, and the passen-
gers we carry are our own an
cestors." Through the whole
realm of living things runs the
great law Of inheritance. Men
do not gather grapes from
thorns. nor figs from thistles.
BY some subtle, mysterious
process one life is able to in
carnate itself in the tenden-
cies of its offspring. For in
stance, the wanderlust OF the
gypsy is in his blood; he just
cannot help himself.
-
Along all the lines of his
personality, physical, mental.
moral, man derives from his
past. A biographer of Charles
Darwin says: "a great man
springs from an ancestry COM
petent to produce him" Yes,
without question, one Of the
factors of destiny is heredity. =
And who can doubt that not
just what we are, but where we
are colors the. picture? En-
vironment does count. We do
not strive in a vacuum. John
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress"
a book of the centuries, belongs
with the classics and its spirit
ual insights are as valid today
as when, in jail, the Bedford
tinker wrote his graphic por-
trayal. We might assume that
such man. who has spoken
to the ages about spiritual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08

A special feature article
about Joel Barlow (1754-
1879, the poet, politician and
diplomat, appeared in The
Star on April %. 1905. His
home about 1910 had been at
Twenty-second and @ streets,
Georgetown, and he had en-
tertained Robert Fulton in his
house while the inventor was
experimenting with "a jump
ing boat" or submarine in
Rock Creek. Barlow himself
was a genius, comparable with
the best He in turn served
as a Congregational minister
and as a chaplain in the
Revolutionary Army, was the
agent of the Scioto Land
Co. in Europe, held the
position of Consul to Algiers
and was American Minister in
Paris. Napoleon Bonaparte,
desiring his talents in negoti-
ating with Russia, asked him
to go to wilma for a private
meeting. Barlow fell i'll and
died near Cracow. The Star
article referred to his George
town residence as "a great
center of the elite and
fashionable people of the Ma
tional Capital"
Excavating Started
The Star for May /, 1905,
reported: THE excavation for
the foundation of the Senate
Office Building on the site
bounded by Delaware avenue,
B and c streets NE, has
been begun and the $4,000 or
10000 cubic yards of earth will
be transferred to fill in at the
Union Station Plaza within
the next six weeks. The first
wagonload of dirt was taken
off the square at $3.50 Satur-
day afternoon and eight
wagons are now at work carry
ing away what is dug up by the
big steam shovel. At pres
ent the earth is being used
to build up the foundation for
a trestle along Delaware ave-
nue., upon which will be con-
Structed a 'dinkie' railroad to
transfer the earth to the
plaza" Charles McDermott was
the contractor in charge of
the digging. He worked under
the direction Of Elliott Woods,
Superintendent of the Capitol.
Half a century later John Nc
Shain. Inc, Of Philadelphia is
excavating on an adjacent To-
cation for an additional Senate
ONCE Building. The project
director this time is Ira A. st.
John and j. George Stewart is
the Capitol Architect.
Taft's Candidacy Shaping Up
Next to President Theo-
d0re Roosevelt, 1.-The man most
prominent In the public eye at
this time" said The Star of
May =. 1905. sis william
Howard Taft. officially desig-
mated as Secretary Of War,
but whose duties and respon-
sibilities are far in excess. OF
those that appertain to that
Office" During some weeks,
he has been the acting execu-
tive Of this Government, In
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rhy grace to every mother,

Thy grace to every mother,
And oh. Thy special grace
To mothers of the children
Whose feet do not keep pace
With the running OF their
playmateS.
Who do not hear, or see
Thy grace to all the mothers
Whose tDounded hearts must
be
The source of reinsurance,
Encouragement and poDer
For children Who are dit
Jerent.
Lord. glue them, hour BY
hour,
Good cheer and faith and
tutsdom
And steddfdst selt-control
To help their helpless children
GroD strong In mind and
soul.
Jone Merehont
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08

no more than three cents for a ride that
costs much more than that, the subsidy
should be furnished not by other streetcar
and bus riders, as now is the case, but by
appropriations. However, school fares in
most other cities are about half the adult
rates. The measure approved by the sub
committee would empower the commission
to raise the local charge to not more than
half the regular cash fare. A similar pro-
vision is contained In an omnibus PUG bill
reported by the Senate District Committee.
Such legislation is long overdue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
Wrong From Any Angle

Any way one looks at 1t, the proposed
$3.5-to-$4 million cut in the $20-million
Federal payment toward District expenses
is wrong. It is wrong because it would
amount to an unconScionable reputation
by Congress of its recent agreement to
bear a Just share of the extra costs Of the
public works program. And 1t Is wrong
because it would do violence to the prin-
ciple that the controlling Federal Gov
eminent has an obligation to assist local
taxpayers in meeting new burdens-such
as increased pay-imposed by Congress
in which they have no voice.
It seems presumptuous Of a House
Appropriations subcommittee to attempt
summary to undermine the work done
by other committees which made careful
study of Federal-District fiscal relations
and which recommend the $20-million
payment approved by Congress last year.
That figure, $9million increase from the
unfair and unrealistic sum previously
appropriated, was designed to aid in A.
nancing Capital public works program in
which the Federal Government properly
has vital interest. District taxes were
IdlSGu w supply
mainder Of the money.
/ Now, with multimillion dollar pay
raise for District employees in prospect, 1t
will be necessary to tap new sources Of
revenue or enlarge the flow from old ones.
The Commissioners, little dreaming Of
move to reduce the Federal payment, had
proposed sharing Of the extra pay cost
by the Federal Government and local
taxpayers. The Rabaut subcommittee
report plan would impose the entire pay
cost on the voteless and unrepresented
citizens of Washington. The whole idea
Is so palpably unjust that it deserves the
same treatment given last years similar
House committee move to cut the Federal
payment, namely, fiat rejection by both
houses Of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08

An interesting development
in presidential politics which
is being played all over the
place here is the situation In
which the Democrats opposed
to Mr.. Eisenhower (Which is by
no means all of them flnd
themselves. Here within less
than IS months before their
national convention they are
not only without a real issue
calculated to appeal to the
people, but face the possibility
that they may supply the other
side with one of the most ap-
pealing possible-to wit, HE
kept US out of war"
In every speech he makes.
the President emphasizes that
to do that, with honor and
without appeasement. is the
thing closest to his mind and
heart. While he has oppose
ton to his foreign policy. both
in his own party and in the
other, and while he undoubt-
edly has made some mistakes
and contradictions, no one in
either group has yet suggested
that his policy is inspired by
political ambition or lacks
complete sincerity. Neverthe-
less, his bitterest political OPP
ponents concede that if he
succeeds he will be literally in
vulnerable as a candidate. Add
to his already great popular
strength the asset of keeping
us out of war, and the last
chance of defeating him would
vanish. At least that is the
way most Of the better-grade
Democratic leaders look at it
now. This seems to account
for the fact that most Of them
are uncritical Of the President
on both foreign and domestic
notwithstanding the criticism to
a few of the more voluble left
wing Senators. such as Hum
phrey Of Minnesota, Nicely Of
West Virginia. Morse Of Ore
gon, the Democratic National
Committee paid publicists and
the violent CLIO attacks, which
are a mere repetition of what
they were in 1852.
Trades on Trivialities
AS a result Of all this, the
Democratic attack upon the
President is reduced to violent
assaults by a few third-rate
Senators and to the TRADE
from the National Committee
upon trivial matters such as
his golf-playing exercise and
the normal internal difficulties
in the State and other depart
ments Some of these come di-
rect from the committee pub
licity agents but others are in
the form of rumors and re-
ports. One of these has been
the rumor that Mrs. Eisen-
hnwer's health WAS Sllch that
the President could not run
again That was abandoned
after specific evidence that
Mrs. Eisenhower, after a short
bout with flu and a rest at the
Gettysburg farm. had returned
in good health and spirits. The
latest rumor is that the in
fluence of Mrs. Doud,, the Pres
ident's mother-in-law. would
prevent him from running
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
$500 Years of Buddhism

Millions of people in India, China,
Tibet, Japan, Burma, Ceylon, Thailand,
Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia and other
countries and territories have Just begun
observance of the 2,500th anniversary
of the founding of their religion. 1t was
at the full moon of May, 544 BE-, that
Siddartha Gautama, prince Of the royal
house Of Maghada, was "enlightened" and
became "the Illumined One," affirming
"the Four Noble Truths" about human
selfishness and its correction by obedient
following Of "the Eightfold Path" OF
righteous living.
There must have been great need for
such teaching Is centuries ago, and there
is need for it now. Buddhism always has
been philosophy Of gentleness and COM
passion, but it is an error to suppose that
1t is doctrine of rigid pacifism. Spe-
cif1cally, it is not true that the followers
Of Buddha are nonreSiStant to material
ism and its political aspect, communism.
Aside from nationaliSm, Buddhism cur
rently is "the sole important positive
force" opposing Red imperialism in Asia.
It's mystical implications are hostile to the
nomic mechanism. The spiritual message
OF Siddartha Gautama historically stands
with those of Moses and Jesus, Mohammed
and Confucius and Lao-Tse, all Of whom
affirmed the integrity Of the human SOUL
A World Buddhist Fellowship has accepted
the challenge of the Kremlin, and an in
ternational Buddhist Council, meeting in
Rangoon this month, is sponsoring a series
OF similar assemblies over two-year
period Of commemoration of Buddha in
the face of the world crisis created by
Soviet aggressions.
These are constructive enterprises and
activities of interest and value to people
Of good will everywhere. Washingtonians,
to their Buddhist neighborS near and far,
say: "Mitta!"-fraternal greetings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-08
LETTERS TO THE STAR

lowing year the teacher was
surprised when I explained
that he was a slow reader,
therefore his reluctance to
read aloud. The one year Of
remedial class enabled him to
understand what he read for
his assignments. This year he
will graduate from junior high
without a reading problem
A child is born with a brain
but it must be nourished and
developed along the years. 1t
is necessary to have a balanced
learning as we'll as a balanced
diet. Lack of this is the reason
children grow up to be insists,
intellectually and socially.
Subscriber.