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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Council Of
Teachers of Mathematics con-
vene today for a meeting to
last through Friday at the
Sherton-Park Hotel. :
The American Historical AS
ISOLATION registers for its con-
vention at the Mayflower Hotel,
which will begin officially to-
morrow and last through FRI
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
|Math Teachers
Meeting Here
In YuIe Settinq
Over 500 Delegates
From All Ports of
U. S. Are on Hand

Christmas appeared far from
over for 800 holiday-minded
arithmetic experts gathering to-
day at the Sheraton Park Hotel
for the 18th Christmas meeting
of the National Council Of
Teachers of Mathematics.
AS early as $50 am. delegates
from most Of the 48 States and
the District had placed their
names on the holly-trimmed
registers just of the main lobby.
Many of the Nations leading
elementary and high school
mathematics teachers, including
scores from the District. Mary
land and Virginia. arrived at the
hotel wearing Christmas cor
sages and boutonnieres.
Among the trees were those
trimmed with gaily colored poly
Ihedrons. Beneath the trees were
tpolyhedron toys. Both they and
the decorations were made by
10 and 1l-year-old members of
the IA math club Of Paul Junior
High School here.
viii Hold Fun Night
Mrs. Faith Novinger Of Ana
costa High School will oversee
the get-together Fun Night" to
be held from 8 to 10 pm. in the
Burgundy room. 1t will feature
Exchange of gifts and Christmas
carols. Mrs. Novinger is presi-
dent of the District of Columbia
Teachers Of Mathematics, an af-
Iflliate of the national council.
Delegates to the three-day-
meeting will get to their serious
work at 9:l5 am. tomorrow. A
study Of so or more commercial
land school exhibits. one of
which traces the development of
geometry with pictures. will
start the day off.
The delegates will take part in
sectional meetings on the ele-
and junior high school
levels scheduled to get under
way at 10 am.
A number Of college pro-
fessors will speak at algebra, ge-
Iometry. research and laboratory
conferences tomorrow and
Thursday. Films on mathemat-
|ical subjects will be shown both
days.
George G., Monov Of the
Atomic Energy Commission will
discuss Peaceful Uses of
Atomic Energy and Contribu-
tons Of Our Mathematics Pro-
gram to the Atomic Age" at a
1880 pm. general session tomor-
row in Sheraton Hall.
Personnel Shortages
High on the meetings list Of
important business TO consider
is the crucial shortage Of per-
sonnet in engineering and other
fields requiring training in math-
ematics. Several sessions will be
devoted to discussion of that
problem.
Along that line, District high
school students will participate
in a 9:l5 am. youth forum
Thursday to discuss Should I
Study Mathematical" At 3 pm.
Thursday. Prof. H. C. Trumble
of Iowa State Teachers College
will speak on Mathematics in
General Education"
Prof. H. P. Ettlinger of the
University of Texas, will be guest
speaker at banquet in Sheraton
Hall at $50 pm. Thursday-the
meetings closing event. He will
speak on Mathematics as a
Profession" Mrs. Marie S. Will
cox, president Of the National
Council. will be POSTMASTER.
The host organizations are the
Benjamin Banneker Mathe-
mates Club. District Teachers
of Mathematics and Mathe-
mates Teachers of Prince
Georges County, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
I$25O,0O0 Fuce-Liftinq

OTTAWA. Dec. 81 (P.-Cana-
da's Parliament buildings are
getting a $250.000 face-lifting
Scores Of workmen are busy
painting, installing fluorescent
lighting and putting in semi
automatic elevators for the ses-
sion opening January 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Woman Gets Back $40
Lost Four Years AGO

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81 (P.-
"A woman who lost $40 in tele-
phone booth four years ago has
lit back, along with a Christmas
greeting.
Mrs. Molly Gomez. 81. who left
the money in a booth at General
Hospital. said $40 money order
and a note wishing her a merry
Christmas were delivered to her
home Sunday. The note said II
required four years to Establish
MRS. Gomez identity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Blue Plains Gifts

Employees of the Signal Corps
Intelligence Agency. who started
their collection on December l6,
presented seven radios to the
ID. C. Village at Blue Plains for
Christmas.
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The
Rambler
A Boy, o Mon
And Their Bus
BY JACK JONAS

people.
A young fellow who used to
ride a certain bus to school
each morning became quite
chummy with one Of the ope-
rators on that line.
In mild contravention Of
the rules, they talked Of vari-
Gus things as the bus went
along its route. and dis
covered they were compatible
morning companions "a rare
thing in this modern world.
Then the boy and his fami-
ly moved to a different part
of town, and the boy didn't
see his friend, the bus driver,
for several months.
One morning recently, an
errand took him back to his
former neighborhood. And
when he boarded the old bus
line, there was his driver
friend.
They were the only ones
aboard, and fell right into
their old chit-chat pattern.
They had gone only a few
blocks when the driver, feel
ing the cheer of reunion, said:
I'm a few minutes early
this morning. Let's have a
Coke"
He stopped the bus at the
corner and left it standing
while he and the boy went to
a filling station vending ma
chine, where the driver treat
ed.
When they finished their
drink, they got back on the
bus, and public transporta-
ton on that line was resumed.
Parcel
A soldier checked . small
canvas travelling bag at the
Union Station checkroom
one day last week, and said
he would pick it up at train
time, about an hour away.
Ten minutes later, the
redcap on duty was looking
for something else in the
area where the soldiers bag
was waiting. The redcap's
eyes popped when he saw
the bag inching slowly
across the floor.
Station officials opened It
and a small dog jumped
out. Seemed happy to see
people, too.
Typists
The old phrases, Nov is
the time for all good men to
come to the aid of the party"
and The quick brown fox
jumped over the lazy dogs
back" seem to be losing favor
among practicing typists. A
machine in a downtown dis
count store had a piece Of
paper inserted and these lines
written on it:
"You are my love-"
"Just a few words to let you
know"
you you you you you you
you"
store is going to close"
my arn't we cute?"
1--WE the people of the
United States, in order to
form a more perfect bpfffff."
Pennies
Someone must have lost
a pocketful of change when
the cement was new in the
sidewalk at mid block on
Fourteenth street between
H and l streets NV.
A man walking along the
east side of the street spot
ted some pennies cropping
through. He hurried into a
nearby restaurant and told
a waitress about it. She
came out to see for herself
and counted rs coins. all
pennies, all worn, all firm
ly imbedded.
Rambling -.
A once-in-a Lifetime expert
ence: At $50 pm. the other
day there was no motor traf-
fic approaching from any d.
rection at Eleventh and G
streets NV, and so the traf-
fic observation-disclosures the
lights said Don't Walk
shouted, "Okay, folks, take of
in all directions!" and they
A quintet of Chinese boys
romped through Chinatown
the other day singing Sixteen
Tons" at the top of their
voices. :.
A bus driver was telling his
passengers, Move back to the
rear, folks, just like you do in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Daily Pageant Program
Today
Today

$3.50 pm.-Batya Heller School Of Dance
DISQUALIFICATION of Churches Rado-TV Choir
745 international Night OF Asian African Enter
tanment. Embassies of Ceylon Egypt, India
Indonesia, Iran Iraq, Jordan, Korea Lebanon
Liberia Lbya, Pakistan Philippines Saudi
Arabia Syria Thaand. and Yemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-27
Tomorrow

pm-Chldrens program by the Circus Saints and Sin
and the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
TOO pm.-Puppet Show. Navajo Indian Family"
7:30 pm.-First CONGREGATIONAL Church Choir.
800 pm.-Navy Band.
$3.50 pm.-American Security and Trust Co. Chorus.
900 pm.-Harry's Hoppers. square dancing.
OILS pm.-Modern School of Dance program.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Miss WiIIenbucher,
Operate Soprano,
Native Of District

Miss Wilma Willenbucher,
former operate soprano who
was familiar to European audi
ences during the first part Of
the century, died here yesterday
after an illness Of several
months. She was in her 80s.
Miss Willenbucher was q ma
tive of the District. but went to
Germany in the early 1900s.
She was student Of the late
Lilli Lehman, famous German
opera star. She sang in most
Of the major opera houses on
the continent and performed
with such well-known con-
ductors as Sir Thomas Beecharn.
She gave vocal lessons after her
retirement from the stage. She
returned to America in 1914.
Miss Willenbucher was q grad
uate Of Eastern High School.
Her survivors include q sister.
Miss Eugenia Willenbucher of
1410 Sixteenth street NV. three
nephews, Capt. F. o. Willen-
bucher of 1908 Overhill road, Be-
thesda, Md; Roland Willen-
bucher Of Rockleigh, N. j.; Eu-
gene Willenbucher Of Atlanta,
Ca: three great-nephews and
five great-nieces.
Funeral services will be held
at noon tomorrow at the S. H.
Hines funeral home, 1901 Four
teenth street NV. Burial will be
in Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Vincent S. Fuller, 81,
Retired Publisher
BY the Associoted Press

BLAIRSTOWN, N. j., Feb.
15.-vincent S. Fuller. 90, former
publisher of the weekly Blairs-
town Press and the Otego IN. J.)
Rural Times. died Sunday at his
home here.
A native Of Susquehanna, Pa,
Mr.. Fuller published the Blairs-
town Press in 1882 and 1883, and
then went to Otego, where he
published the Rural Times until
his retirement in 1929.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Capt. F. ". Holt, IA,
Navy Supply Officer

Capt. Fred w. Holt u. S. NJ,
ret). "a, of 4817 Essex avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md, died Satur-
day in the Philadelphia Naval
Hospital after a prolonged ILL
ness.
A Supply Corps officer. Capt.
Holt served in the inspector
generals Office in the District
from December, 1871, until he
retired in 1914.
He was born in Bellefonte,
Ark. and was graduated from
the University of Arkansas. He
was commissioned an ensign in
1904 and was stationed at the
Norfolk Navy Yard.
During World War I Capt.
Holt served aboard a transport
taking troops across the Atlantic.
He later was supply officer at
the Great Lakes Training Sta
ton before being transferred to
the inspector generals Office.
Capt. Holt belonged to the
C Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church. He also belonged to the
Columbia Country Club and was
a member of the Kappa Alpha
Fraternity.
Besides his widow, Capt. Holt
Is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
John Keith Gusts, of 2700 @
street NV, and two sons. Col.
Harry J. Holt. USAF, Of 1913
South Royal street. Alexandria.
Va, and DIR. Frederick s. Holt
of Boston, and by three brothers.
Judge j. Seaborn Holt, a State
Supreme Court justice of Little
Rock. Ark; Charles L. Holt of
Phoenix, Ariz.. and J. Berry Holt
of johnson City, Ark.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. tomorrow at the Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Frank Sacea, Headed
Ocean City Chamber
BY the Assoeioted Press

OCEAN CITY, Md, Feb. 15.-
Frank Sacca, 66, president of the
Ocean City Chamber of Com
merce, died last night at his
home following a heart attack,
Mr.. Sacca. a native of Italy.
who came to Philadelphia at the
age Of 13. moved here about 30
years ago. He operated a res
taurant and apartment house.
Six years ago he was elected
to the City Council and sue
ceeded in getting funds for a mu-
nicipal band which he organized
and directed. Mr.. Sacca got an
appropriation for a band shell on
the boardwalk where the band
gives regular concerts during the
summer.
He had been president of the
Ocean City Fire Co. a number of
times and was a member Of
Rotary. the Moose and st. Mary's
Star of the Sea Roman Catholic
Church.
He leaves his wife Lena and
three children, John and Julia
Sacca, and Mrs. John Charter,
all of Ocean City.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
John Thomas Stanner,
Canal Electrician

John Thomas Stanner, 81. Of
$500 Fifty-second avenue, Col
lege Park. Md, died yesterday.
A former electrical jobber, Mr..
Stanner worked on the installa-
ton of the electrical wiring of
apparatus at the Panama Canal.
His family said Mr.. Stanner
wired the final circuit which. at
a touch of President Woodrow
Wilson in the White House. set
off the first American excavation
explosion at the canal.
Mr.. Stanner was born in Piqua,
Ohio. He travelled widely
throughout the United States
while a railroad telegrapher.
He settled in Washington in
1914 and served with the District
of Columbia National Guard
from 1917 until 1919. After his
wife died in 1910. he went to
live with his daughter. Mrs.
Frances L. Henning at his last
address.
Other survivors include an
other daughter, Mrs. Blanche E.
Steiner of 1928 Lackawana
street, College Park; three sons.
James L. Stanner of Omaha,
Nebr.; Julian B. Stanner of Ber-
wyn Heights, Md, and Byron T.
Stanner of 3130 Wisconsin ave-
nue.. NV.
Funeral and burial arrange
ments will be announced later.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Charles H. Smith, s.,
Alexandra Attorney,
Dies in Florida

Charles Henry Smith. Alex
andria attorney who participated
as defense counsel in two SEN
sational murder trials, died last
night in Florida. where he was
spending the winter. He was SO.
The circumstances Of his
death were as dramatic as some
of his courtroom appearances.
He was talking by telephone to
his youngest son. William F..
Smith, in Alexandria. when he
was stricken with a fatal heart
attack, friends in Alexandria
said.
He had practiced law for IS
years in Alexandria and took
part in politics there.
Perhaps the most sensational
case with which he was iden-
titled was that of Miss Edith
Maxwell. young brunette school
teacher who was charged with
killing her father by striking
him on the head with a slipper.
There was testimony that the
father, Trigg Maxwell. came at
his daughter with a knife and
also threatened his wife in their
little home in the Pound, Va.
section near the Kentucky bor-
der.
At her first trial in the 1930s
Miss Maxwell was convicted of
first degree murder. Mr.. Smith,
as her attorney. succeeded in
having the conviction reversed
by the Virginia Supreme Court
of Appeals. She was tried again,
convicted of second degree mur-
der and sentenced to serve 20
years Imprisonment. She was
pardoned in 194l.
Mr.. Smith successfully repre-
sented a defendant in the Mary
Baker case. Miss Baker, 81, a
Navy Department employee, was
found slain near the Sheridan
Gate Of Arlington National
Cemetery on April IL, 1880. A
Virginia real estate man was
tried for the murder but was
acquitted.
Mr.. Smith adopted architec-
ture as hobby. He designed in
the style of the 18th century
Evening star., 1955-02-15
{. Russell Lloyd,
Noted GeoIogist

E. Russell Lloyd. prominent
geologist who was formerly with
the United States Geological
Survey here, died yesterday at
his home in Midland, Tex, an
Associated Press dispatch re-
ports.
Mr.. Lloyd, 70, who lived in the
District from 1911 to 1919, died
soon after a collapse at his home
yesterday. He had been released
the day before after hospital
treatment for a heart ailment.
He had served as a staff or
consulting geologist for most Of
the Nations major oil COM
panies and headed various phases
of the United States Geological
Survey while in the District.
Mr.. Lloyd, born in Lloydsville.
w. ", was awarded a Rhodes
Scholarship in 1905. He also was
a graduate and fellow of the
University of Chicago.
Prominent in the petroleum
field. he held an honorary mem
bership in the American Associ-
alton of Petroleum Biologists
and was a fellow of the Geo.
logical Society of America.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Mark Patterson, 81,
Revenue Official Led
State Guard Units

Mark Patterson. 81. a lieuten-
ant colonel. in the Maryland
State Guard during World
War II, died yesterday at his
home, 3o5 Marvin road, Silver
Spring, Md. He had been recu-
perating from an operation per-
formed three weeks ago.
Mr.. Patterson organized c
Company of the 7th Battalion
OF the Maryland State Guard at
the Silver Spring Armory. Near
the end Of World War II he COM
manded 80 rifle companies OF
Guardsmen in Montgomery,
Frederick and Howard Counties.
Mr.. Patterson was a native Of
the District. In 1917 he enlisted
In the D. c. National Guard.
He was commissioned second
lieutenant at Camp Mcclellan.
Ala. and was assigned to the
115th Infantry Regiment Of the
29th Division.
Fought In France.
While a lieutenant he led his
platoon in the Belfort sector of
the Haute Vosges and in the
Argonne. He later was made a
company commander.
Mr.. Patterson was commits
stoned a captain during World
War II.
Last December Mr.. Patterson
retired as section chief from
the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
Division of the Internal Revenue
Service.
Mr.. Patterson was a member
OF the Washington Centennial
Lodge No. IA of the Masonic
Order, the 29th Division As
sociation of Washington, the
29th Division. K Company Post
of Baltimore. and twice was
elected commander of the Cissel
Saxon Post of the American Le-
gion in Silver Spring. He also
was a member of the Silver
Spring chapter of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
Widow Survives.
His survivors include his
widow, Corine Flynn Patterson,
and a nephew, c. Kenneth Pat
terson, of Denver.
Memorial services will be held
at 1880 pm. tomorrow at the
Warner Pumphrey Funeral
Home, 8434 Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring. by the American
Legion Cissel-Saxon Post, mem
bers of K Company, goth Di-
vision. the Twenty-ninth Divi-
sion Association, and the Silver
Spring VFW Post. Masonic serv-
ices will follow at $3.50.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Thursday at the
Pumphrey home. Burial will be
in the Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
F. D. Garman, Ex-Head
OF Philadelphia Council
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. is. -
Frederic D. Garman. Ct, former
president of the Philadelphia City
Council, died of a heart ailment
today in Jefferson Hospital.
His physician said he had been
in failing health for about a year.
Mr.. Garman, a Republican.
served in the City Council from
1924 to 1882. He was president
for two terms, from 1914 to 1852.
Mr.. Garman served on the
Committee of Fifteen which
made a study of the city's
economy, exposing laxity and
wrongdoing in municipal gov
ernment. He also appointed
nine members of the IS
man Charter Commission, was
himself named a member, even
tually becoming its chairman.
His activities in these two groups
estranged him from the regular
Republican organization. In 1851
he ran unsuccessfully as an in
dependent candidate for council
man at large. He gave up poll
tics after the defeat.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Pierre Aime Bouchord, Veteran
OfMerchunt Marine and Navy

Pierre Aime Bouchard, 40, who
since his discharge from the
Naval Reserve lived on a farm in
Gaithersburg. Md, died Saturday
in Mount Alto Veterans Admin
istration Hospital.
The descendant Of family of
French engineers and seamen,
Mr.. Bouchard was born in Fall
River, Mass. He went to sea
when very young boy. His
uncle. a captain with the Cunard
Lines, took his nephew aboard
his ship when his mother died.
Mr.. Bouchard became a cadet
in the British Merchant Marine
Service when he was IL years
old. When World War I broke
out, young Bouchard became a
crew member of a Q-boat In
convoy escort duty.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Dratha
WALENBuCHEI W

WALENBUCHER, WILMA. On Mon
day. February IA, 1855, WILMA WILL
LENBUCHER, sister Of Miss Eugenia
Willenbucher; SERVICES at the. S.. H.
st. NV. on Wednesday. February l6,
ct IL noon. Interment Congressional
wilton, FREDERICK H. A. his resi-
dence. 1911 Trying. st. NV. on Feb
ruary IL. 1865. friend OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston McMahon. Services at
Chambers Funeral Home. 400 Chaplin
st. NV. on Thursday. February II,
at 10 am. Interment George WASH
ington Memorial Cemetery.
WINS, LILLE MAE. On Sunday. Feb
Emily Grove, Md, LILLE MAE WINS
beloved mother oi Clark, Eimore. Glen.
wood and Earl Wins. She also leaves
one sister. Mrs. Alta Bailey; four
teen grandchildren. eighteen great
grandchildren and host Of other
relatives and friends; After 5 pm.
Tuesday, February Is. friends may
call at the Robert L. Snowden Funeral
Home. Rockville. Md Funeral services
on Wednesday, February l6. at . pm,
at Rocky Hill Church. Clarksbure. Nd.
Rev. Langford officiating. Interment
church cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-02-15

After the war he remained in
the merchant marine and earned
his first mates papers aboard
the Cunard liner Pennsylvania.
Later he moved to Miami, Fla,
where he operated a feet of
sport fishing boats.
During World War II ne
Joined the United States Naval
Reserve as a machinist's mate
attached to q ship repair unit in
San Diego. He was discharged
in 1945. Before his death he
worked at the National Naval
Medical Center at Bethesda.
He is survived by his widow,
Laurette H. Bouchard.
Funeral services will be held
at 8 am. tomorrow in the Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
the Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Harry Berman, Composer
Of Hit Song, Entertainer
BY The Assoeiofed Pres.


SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.-
Harry M. Berman, Sc. West
Coast entertainer. dog show
Judge and composer of a hit
novelty song. II Faw Down and
Go Boom" died yesterday.
Known professionally as Bob
by Berman. he had been hos
pitalized for three weeks. His
physician said he had been i'll
OF cancer for a year.
Mr.. Berman was nationally
known breeder of Schnauzers.
He was a member of the Amer
ican Guild of Variety Artists.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Ronald 6. Calvert, 81,
Editor Won Pulitzer Prize
BY the A.seeiafed Pre.s

LA JOLLA, Calf. Feb. 15.-
The winner of the 1948 Pulitzer
Prize for distinguished editorial
writing, Ronald g. Calvert. 81.
died at his home yesterday.
Mr.. Calvert was on the edi-
torial staff of the Portland Ore
gonian for 40 years and was
managing editor from 1928 to
1881. He was an associate edi-
tor of that paper when he was
honored by the Pulitzer award.
Mr.. Calvert moved to La
Jolla four years ago. He Is
survived by his widow Kathryn
here and a son, Ronald s., in
New York.
Evening star., 1955-02-15

about a score of homes built In
Alexandria.
Mr.. Smith was a native of
Oldhams, Va, and was a law
graduate of William and Mary.
The Smith home in Alexandria
is at 24l3 King street.
In addition to his son, William
F. Smith, the attorney is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Fanny
j. Smith: another son, Charles
Henry Smith, jr., of Falls
Church, and a daughter, Mrs. p.
Warren Spratley of Hampton.
Va.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Garh uf Tuanks

cORRiDON. JOHN s. We wish to ex.
spress. sincere thanks to our many
friends and neighbors for their expires.
Kindness extended US at the passing
Of our beloved, one. JOHN s. cORRI-
DON Especially we are grateful for
the many. many mass cards. the beau
tiful floral tributes and use OF private
ears. THE FAMILY. 15
Evening star., 1955-02-15
CEMETERY LOTS.

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