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Mr.. CRAIG
Is Married

DR.. and Mrs. Melville Owens
williams Of Leonia, N. j., an
nounce the marriage June l8
of their daughter Ann to Mr..
Norman Castleman Craig, son
Of DR.. and Mrs. David Norman
Craig Of Chevy Chase.
The Rev. James K. Ault
performed the ceremony in
Leonia.
Miss Patricia Sommardahl
Of Winston-Salem. N. c., q
cousin Of the bride. was maid
Of honor. The other attend
ants were Miss Frances Elisa
beth Craig of Chevy Chase, sis
ter Of the bridegroom; Miss
Elma Matthias of Fort Wayne.
Ind; Miss Marianne Waelder
Of Bethesda, Miss Kathleen
Which of Leonia, and Mrs.
Lee Logan Williams of Boston,
Mass, sister-in-law of the
bride.
1t. Donald Robertson,
USNRF, of Chevy Chase. was
best man and the ushers were
Mr.. Fred Talbot of Upper
Darby, Pa, Mr.. Kenneth Sauer
of Cleveland, Ohio, Mr.. Will
liam Agosta of Dallas, Tex,
Mr.. Carl Tyler of Chevy Chase
and Mr.. George Melville Will
liams Of Boston, brother of the
bride.
Mrs. Craig was graduated
in June from Oberlin College.
Mr.. Craig received his bache-
lor's degree from Oberlin and
his masters degree from Har-
ward.
Evening star., 1955-07-12
BY RUTH DEAN

It was like alumni week at
any State university m early
June at the Marine Barracks
yesterday afternoon. In this
case, the "old grads" who were
doing the handshaking in the
humid July heat were retired
Marine Corps generals who'd
learned their credits" on the
battlefields of two world wars.
The generals and their wives
were guests Of Marine Corps
Commandant Gen. Lemuel c.
Shepherd, jr.. at a colorful
sunset parade and reception
given in honor Of Marine Corps
general officers here for their
annual three-day conference.
Auld Acquaintance
= The reunions started early
before the parade-as the offi-
GERS and their wives, many Of
whom had come from distant
Marine posts. arrived to take
their seats in time for the
ceremonies. For many Of them.
it was the first time they'd
met in years.
Early arrivals were retired
Marine Generals Thomas lHol-
comb and Clifton B. Gates
and their wives. General Hol-
comb, who was Marine Corps
Commandant during World
War II, and General Gates,
who retired last year as COM
manding general Of Quantico
Marine Base, took the parade
review with General Shep-
herd and later stood in the re-
ceiving line with him at the
reception in the cool garden
of the commandments quar-
ters.
Very much missed at the af-
ternoon's festivities was the
sweet and gracious comman-
dant's wife who is still i'll
in Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Precision Wins Applause
AS always, the snappy pre-
cision Of the barracks drill
team and a special perform
ance by the drum and bugle
corps drew applause and ad-
niring compliments after
wards. One admiral COM
mented: These fellows really
know how to put on a show"
Among the first down the
receiving line were the AS
sistant Commandant for Air,
1t. Gen. and Mrs. w. o. Brice;
Vice Admiral and Mrs. Rob-
ert P. Briscoe; the head of
the Women Marines, Col. Julia
E. Hamblet; 1t. Gen. and Mrs.
G. C. Thomas, Maj. Gen. L. B.
Puller and retired Mai. Gen.
Edward A. Ostermann and his
daughter, Peggy.
Seen around the buffet table
we're the Assistant Comman-
dant and Mrs. r. McC Pate,
1t. Gen. and Mrs. o. P. Smith,
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. H. L.
Litzenberg, Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
". E. Mcgee, just in from Ha-
wall; Col. and Mrs. ]. D. Hittle
and 1t. Col. and Mrs. John
w. Bowman.
Brices Entertain
The Megees were dinner
guests later of Gen. and Mrs.
Brice at a small buffet sup
per which was also attended
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Murine Officers Meet
Again dt Reception

by Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Vernon
]. McCaul, Brig. Gen. A. F.
Binney, Brig. Gen. William G.
Manley and the Brice's daugh-
ter and son-in-law. Mr.. and
and Mrs. C. A. Brown of Bryn
Mawr, Pa.
Attending the garden party
from the Department of the
Navy were Assistant Secretary
Of the Navy and Mrs. Fogler,
Assistant Navy Secretary and
Mrs. FRANKIE and Assistant
Navy Secretary Pratt.
A popular guest was the
former Chief of Naval Opera
tions, Admiral William M.
Fechteler, who had Just ar
rived here for a few days con-
ference from his post as COM
mander-in-chief of NATO
forces in Southern Europe.
Navy Represented
Glimpsed in another group
were Navy Surgeon General,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Bar
tholomew Hogan, talking with
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Tom
Kelly and Gen. and Mrs. G. B.
Erskine.
Still other retired Marine
generals seen in the throng of
white uniforms that dotted the
lawn were Gen. and Mrs. F. A.
Hart. Maj. Gen. M. A. Edison,
back on active duty for an
other month as a member Of
the Defense Advisory Commit
tee on prisoners of war, and
Mrs. Edison; Mai. Gen. and
Mrs. A. E. Creesy and Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. r. c. Kilmartin.
The Marine officers from
far and near weren't the only
ones around yesterday with a
corner on renewing old friend
ships. Another guest, Miss
Margaret Manwaring. came
all the way from London to
say hello" to generals and ad-
mirals she's met over the
years as a liaison aide at the
American Embassy in London.
The house guest of Admiral
ana Mrs. Robert B. Carney,
Miss Manwaring is here on a
vacation, her first visit to the
United States.
Evening star., 1955-07-12
Mr.. Porter
Is Engaged

Mrs. John A. Mosher of
Belleville, H., announces the
engagement of her daughter
Eva Lyna to Mr.. Ellis G.
Porter, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
Ellis Porter of Washington.
An August wedding is planned.
Miss Mosher is graduate Of
Western Illinois State College.
During the summer of 1948
she was one of the National
Education Association dele
gates to its annual summer in
stitute at the American Uni
versity.
Mr.. Porter. a graduate Of
the University of Virginia, re-
ceived his masters degree in
French from the University Of
Illinois and has been an assist
ant in the French department
there while completing work
on his doctors degree. He also
studied at the Sorbonne in
Paris on a Fulbright grant.
Evening star., 1955-07-12
Miss Leila Lynch
To Wed Mr.. Murtin

Comdr. and Mrs. George M.
Lynch announce the engage
ment of their daughter Leila
Barbara to 1t. G.g.) Charles
William Martin. jr., USN. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Of
Watertown, N. Y.
Miss Lynch was graduated
from Florida State University
and her fiance is a graduate
of Villanova. The wedding will
take place in August.
Evening star., 1955-07-12
Miss Werres
Is Betrothed

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph j. Wer-
res announce the engagement
of their daughter Doris Marie
to 1t. Roland N. Murray. jr..
USA. son Of Col. Roland N.
Murray, USA. retired, and
Mrs. Murray. A January we'd
ding Is planned.
Miss Werres attended Holy
Cross Academy and is now with
the National Catholic Educa-
tlonal Association. 1t. Muir
ray is a graduate of st. Johns
College and Georgetown Uni
versity.
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Miss Linn to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur J. Linn
announce the engagement of
their daughter Elinor Ann to
Mr.. Leonard j. Hartwig. son
of Mr.. George A. Hartwig of
Rochester, N. Y, and Mrs.
Thomas Crozier of Ontario,
Canada. A December wedding
is planned,
Evening star., 1955-07-12
Miss Crosley TO Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd w.
Crosley of Silver Spring an
nounce the engagement of
their daughter Margaret to 1t.
0.g) Robert E. Gebhardt,
USNR. son of Mrs. Sarah NJ.
Gebhardt of Allison Park, Pa.
An Auguset edding is
planned.
Mr.. Gebhardt is a graduate
of Pennsylvania State Univer-
Sity.
Evening star., 1955-07-12
Reelected


Mrs. Raymond L. Suppes Of
Chevy Chase was reelected
national president of Alpha
Chi Omega at the fraternity's
30th biennial national conven-
ton at The Greenbrier in
White Sulphur Springs, w.
Va, last week.
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East Pitt BowIers On
Road To Great Season

East Pittsburgh, Pa. -
Lodge 141 opened their bowl
ing season September 10 with
6 teams participating. We
hope this our second year of
bowling proves to be as great
a success as last year. We
wish to welcome all the new
bowlers added to the league
and wish them the best of
luck.
Openings are still available
to anyone desiring to bowl
tenpins with us. We guaran-
tee a very enjoyable evening
of the most popular indoor
sport around town. It's not
only fun but just the right
exercise that you need. Give
Joe Pribanic a call at VA. g.
1896, and he'll be glad to give
you all the information you
need to join.
High man from each team
last week were: Emil Sar-
doch 1877, John Pribanic 178,
Frank Pribanic 167, kiki No
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Cleveland Ladies Get
Early Bead On Headpin

Cleveland, Ohio - There
were some nice scores rolled
September 9Th at the third
session Of the C.F.U. Cleve-
land Ladies League. Mary
Sarapa's seasonal highs 224-
SGT and Martha Strmac's 532
led the A. Grdina and Sons to
take three games from the
Shimraks. High for the los
ers was Fran Hanlon with a
435 series.
Greenhut Jewelry ais o
made it a clean sweep, their
victims being the Golub Nor
ticians with Helen Pokersnik,
492 high for the winners and
Goldie Malone, 20O-491 stand
ing out for the losers. Lada-
ika's team just can't get
started winning a series al
though they did take one
game from Whites Chime
Bar when Olga Ladaika con-
centrated the best game Of
her 484 total of the day. Jo-
sephine Zurich was tops a.
mong the winners with 444
triple.
Doljaks took two games
from Strekal Realty with
Charlotte Gabel still blasting
the pins for her teammates,
this time to the tune of 18O-
474. Helen Grum, 442 helped
the Strekals to one win.
Krukaraskis bowling with
two blinds from the beginning
of the season edged the Al
and George Cafe team with
the aid of Myrtle Misland,
Kay zordic was tops among
the losers with 203-473.
Mary Strahinic, Sec'y.
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Detroit Mems League
Anxious To Add Teams

Detroit, Mich. - Bowling
is here again. This year we
are bowling Friday evenings
and if any bowlers are still
interested in bowling they
should contact John Bowl
ick, Jr. or Andy Dellach. We
may be able to add a few
more teams to the league if
such bowlers would respond
Immediately.
Opening night found some
of the top teams matched a.
gainst each other which may
have been responsible for the
high scores. Ray Filipiak;
Babe Kurz and Frank Gre
gorich shot respective games
of 229, 205 and 2O2 giving the
Studs a 1918 game. However
Tony Ruzich, Tom Decovich
and Bill Buban's 582, 625 and
562 series for games of 960-
900 in a team total 1905 beat
the Studs for 5 points.
Nick Varvari's 531 and a
200 game by Fred Gregorich
gave the Yo Yo's three points
from a strong Croatian Home
team. John Tonkovich, 225-
582 was a factor in the three
point victory against the
Wand Florists for whom
Chuck (the ex-bachelor) roll
ed 202-561.
Jumping John Ruzich with
the "screwball' delivery net
ted himself 226-578 and John
Jovanovich, 225-54S as they
beat Andy Golac, 201-571 and
the rest of the Onyx Top
piers, 81.
M. Kovach led Stimac
Hardware for a clean sweep
over the Onyx Troopers while
Joe Babish's 2O4 for Joe's
Texaco team was good to-
ward a 40 win from Steve
Bidoli's So-Mo-So Corp keg-
lers.
Frederick Gregorich, Rec.
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Society's Detroit Mixed Pin League
Opens Grind With Interesting TiIts

Detroit, Mich. - The CF'U
Detroit Mixed League swung
into action as a ten team cir
cult Sunday, September 18th,
at the Log Cabin Alleys.
John Magiera with his 199-
227 and 581 total did a lot
toward helping his No. 2
Team take two games. 1t was
not enough to offset the pin
fall of Team No. 1 for whom
Vikie Korach rolled 167-162-
467 and Bill Grgurich abet-
ted with 2O5-551 to earn a
% split.
Teams No. 3 and No. 4 al
so split in the same manner,
Ray Filipiak of Team No. 3
being high in this match with
a 499 triple and his teammate
Mitzie Derifay good for a 448
total as their team took one
game and the total pins by a
z stick margin. The high
bowlers for Team No. 4 were
Alice Gray with 172 and Pete
Rettick with 456 total.
Team No. 6 left Team No.
5 floundering in the dust oc-
casioned by the former
sweeping the three games.
Dorothy Hecimovich of Team
No. 5 did her individual best,
162-452, but it was not
enough against Caroline Ku-
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zulis' 2O0-518 and Pete Dra-
zich who concocted a 188-481.
Charles Bidoli with 48O and
Fred Gregorich with AS,
both of Team No. 7, could
not turn back the onslaught
of Team No. 8 spearheaded
by Ginny Koss who bowled
178-465 and Bob Blays with
185-492, as they helped blank
Team No. 7.
Carl Trontl by bowling
182-519 and Donald Gray
chucking in with one good
game of 211 did their bit to
enable Team No. 10 take a
81 decision over Team No. 9
For the losers Helen Hecimo-
vich did her best with a 161-
451 card to salvage at least
one win as the winners roar
ed right to the early season
team highs of 772-2115.
Many thanks to President
Ray Filipiak, Secretary Lii
liam Bunjevac and Treasurer
Dorothy Hecimovich for their
time and effort spent in or
ganizing this league. 1t was
due to their efforts that we
were able to start bowling
with none of the usual first
Sunday headaches.
Neva Ruzich, Vice-Pres.
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yak 157, Joe Pribanic 157,
and Matt Mlinarich 139.
High lady from each team
were: Kassy Sardoch 167,
Barb Baburich $50, Helen
Pribanic 1874, Pauline Priba-
mic 127, Louise Mauritz 127,
Mary Sumrak 125.
Three teams are tied for
first place and three for Sec
ond, but a few more nights of
bowling and some will be up
and some down. Future
games will prove to be Nigh
ty interesting.
Kassy Sardoch, Sec'y.
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. When you buy a bond,
and make one down payment.
you owe for a bond. When
you buy CFU life insurance.
and make one down payment.
YOU own an estate
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Future OF The Coaan Fraterna Union Rests In Their Hands

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The following the of the 81 Delegates to
the Croatan Fraterna Unions 9th National Quadrennal
Convention which convened i'm Hotel Sylyana Philade
pha Pennsy vania last Monday morning, September 49,
and is in the third day of it's business sessions.
These Delegates hail from "a States of the Union and
Canadian Provinces Some 40 of them Of the feminine
sex; about $50 either Lodge Nest Officials;
100 are attending Convention for the first time.
future of the Croatian Fraternal Union is in the
hands these good and they proceed with
their Convention Order of Business i'm Philadelphia!
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DOMINION OF CANADA
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12

Fully de luxe, with outomotie
oven = clock timer, eriddIe,
plenty Of Storage spoce,
roisoble deep-weIl.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-08

SATURDAY, DEC. IL, 1855
At 1890 O'Clock Noon, Rain or Shine
Smyrna times., 1955-12-08
Don't Be An Early Bird
Buying Your Christmas Tree

"The safest and most attractive
trees are those bought as late as
possible before Christmas" advis-
es Bob Bull, University of Della
ware marketing specialist. "Se-
lect trees that are fresh and
green because there's less fire
hazard if you avoid trees on
which the needles are Beginning
to turn brown" Bull says.
"Once the tree is purchased, it
should be stored in a cool, shady
place with the butt in water until
it is brought into the house. 1t
will soak up this water better
if you saw off the butt diagonally
about one inch above the original
cut. If possible, sprinkle the fol-
iage with water daily until the
tree is decorated.
"A few simple precautions will
keep the tree from drying out too
much. Keep it away from fire.
places, television sets, radiators
and other sources of heat. Keep
the butt in container well filled
with water.
'FWhen you set up the tree
don't put it in a wobbly holder
Smyrna times., 1955-12-08
r. HARRY WILSON

Carroll Bros. Auctioneers
Smyrna times., 1955-12-08
Yields Soar For New vegetable
Varieties In Delaware Tests

Delmarva vegetable growers at
tending the 69th Annual Meeting
of the Peninsula Horticultural So
ciety, December 13 and IA in Elks
Hall at Salisbury, Maryland will
hear report of astonishing yields
of some of the new vegetable var
ieties under test at the Delaware
Agricultural Experiment Station.
E. P. Brasher, head of the hor-
ticultural department at the Uni
versity of Delaware will report
on two new tomatoes, for in
stance, which yielded over three
tons per acre more than Della
wares newly-named commercial
variety, Wiltmaster. The test
names of these tomatoes are Del
aware 1872 and Delaware 33. OF
55 tomato varieties tested this
year, they were far and away the
highest with SO tons and 8.5 tons
per acre respectively. Wiltmaster
itself, produced 5.3 tons per acre
on wilt-infested soils at the Ex-
perimental Station in contrast to
only 2.3 tons and 81 tons for the
Rutgers variety and the New I'm
proved Garden State variety. AS
in the case of Wiltmaster, the
two numbered test varieties are
highly resistant to wilt. They also
have smooth, well colored fruit.
Brasher also is scheduled to re.
port that the new Delus variety
potato has continued to perform
we'll at the Station this year
again outyielding Irish Cobblers
and Katahdins. 1t Is resistant tc
late blight, as well. Seed stock
of Delus is being increased as
rapidly as possible in Maine and
Minnesota paintings but there still
Smyrna times., 1955-12-08

is not enough of it for CONNER
cial paintings in 1856, Brasher
says.
E. M. Rain, another member of
the University's horticultural de-
partment, is scheduled to report
to growers at the Salisbury meet
ing about two promising new wat
ermelons, a good new Fordhook-
type lima bean, two Thorogreen-
type lima beans and two top new
caulifiower varieties under test.
One of the new waternelons,
called Mardela Ice Box because
it's of the small type designed to
fit in the kitchen refrigerator)
has shown itself to be four times
as heavy and of better quality
than the well-known New Hamp-
shire Midget variety.
Smyrna times., 1955-12-08
Delaware Broiler Growers Praised
For Efficient Growing Methods

DR.. Ray Smith, University of
Delaware farm economist, had
words of praise for the efficiency
of Delmarva growers at the big
2-state regional poultry meeting
in Laurel last week and also Of
fered suggestions as to best
weight and age to market birds
to get the best net return on
flock.
"a few years ago, everyone set
their sights on 20 cents a pound
cost as the goal in raising broil-
ers. Now you're talking in terms
of 20 cents a pound or even less"
he said. He listed costs, item by
item, to reach this goal and cau-
toned growers that out-of-pocket
costs were not the total cost in
raising a flock. Even in the most
efficient fiocks, growers should
figure 8 cents a pound for labor
costs, in addition to the cash
costs, he said.
When feed costs are going up
and broiler prices are coming
down, it pays to sell broilers at
younger age, he said. But if feed
costs are dropping and the broil-
er market is good, it's better to
hold the flock to an older market
! ing age.
Sometimes, Smith said, it is
more profitable over the whole
year to sell birds before they
reach most profitable size and age
in each flock. If you're operating
the broiler house continuously
throughout the year, you can sell
more birds that way. The income
from each flock may be less but
the total for the year will be
greater because you have raised
more broilers.
Smith pointed out that fiocks
which cost lot to produce should
be sold at lower weights than
Smyrna times., 1955-12-08
Another Drop In Farm Income
Predicted For 1856 BY
Delaware Ag Economist

Things are going to get worse
for U. S. farmers before they get
better" was the unhappy predic-
ton DR.. r. o. Bausman, head ag-
ricultural economist at the Uni
versity of Delaware brought back
from an all-week meeting of the
nations top agricultural forecast
ers in Washington last week. The
occasion was the annual fall Out
look Conference called by the u.
S. Department of Agriculture to
chart the course farm income and
farm prices will take the follow
ing year.
Bausman reported that net farm
income, originally expected to be
down only per cent for 1855.
has dropped 10 per cent last year
and said that 1856 will see a fur
ther decline. He did not predict
exactly what it would be.
"The period we are in is the
first time in history that our net
income has gone down while the
national income of all the u. S.
population has been going up" he
pointed out. Farmers themselves
are helping keep up the national
income by purchases of the ma
terials and machinery they need.
But they are doing this by bor-
rowing money. Farm debt is ris-
ing"
He said that such borrowing
by farmers can't keep up. When
they have to stop borrowing to
buy tractors, fertilizer and other
goods they need, the rest of the
nations economy will feel the i'm
pact, he added.
For the long run, there are at
least couple of bright spots in
the farm income picture, Baus-
man pointed out. But they won't
help farmers much next year, he
said. One of these bright spots
is the fact that our population
is growing at the rate of 21a mil
lion people a year-which means
a broader market for farmers.
Another is that supplies of cattle
and hogs are now at high peak
and may be expected to taper off
gradually.
He says that the farm share of
the consumers food dollar will
drop from the Al cents it is now
to only 40 cents next year.
Bausman further pointed out
that the predicted drop in farm
income would not only mean
farmers were able to buy less
,city-manufactured goods but also
might mean that they would have
to slow down their efforts to i'm
prove agricultural efficiency. "A
$500 mechanical corn picker can
,cut costs of harvesting corn con-
.siderably," he cited as an ex-
ample. 'eBut when farmer can't
afford to spend that money, the
corn he feeds his livestock is go
ing to cost more-and the price
he's got to charge for them when
they go to market has to be
higher"