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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Sofety Belts Save
Two as Car Hits
Tree and Burns

Two men escaped serious in
jury when their 1855 sports car
smashed into a tree on Sligo
Creek parkway in Takoma Park
and burst into flames yesterday.
1--WE 'Thorsten Scobel, 10, a
student of Ravenna, Ohio. who
was the driver. and his passen-
ger, Frank E. Lawrence, 81. of
1890 Wisconsin avenue NV,
credited the auto safety belts
they were wearing with saving
their lives.
Mr.. Lawrence said his belt
saved him even though it snap
ped. Half-stunned after his head
punched a hole in the wind
shield, he was helped from the
car by Mr.. Scobel seconds before
the front of the auto burst into
flame.
Mr.. Lawrence, the owner Of
the car, was treated for cuts and
bruises at Washington Sanitor-
ium. He said, the plastic material
of the auto hood caught fire and
burned quickly.
The Takoma Park Volunteer
Fire Department extinguished
the blaze.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Baltimore Wait and Brother
Linked to Criminal Probe

BALTIMORE, Aug. / R.-
Two children mysteriously aban-
doned here in and in Whining
ton. Del, have been identified,
but complete details Of their
background have been withheld
at the request of New York po-
lice.
Mrs. Mary Lawler of New
York City-an aunt of the for
saken children-identified them
yesterday as Veronica Connolly.
3. and her 2-year-old brother
George.
Veronica was found here last
Wednesday in downtown s.
.and-l0 cent store. Several hours
later George was found in the
Episcopal Cathedral of st. John
In Wilmington. 10 miles north
east of here.
MIS-. LAWYER saw the picture
Of Veronica In a New York news
paper. Accompanied by her hus-
band and New York detectives
she came here yesterday to
make the Identification.
Authorities here and In vii.
mington said trey were with.
holding information on Vero,
MICA and George at the reques
Of New York police who are con.
ductins a criminal investigation
which indirectly involves the tw,
children. Police would no
elaborate.
When Veronica came face-to.
face with her aunt and uncle
yesterday she ignored them 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Loudoun Couple Killed
In Vocation Collision

A mentioning Loudoun Coun-
ty tVa.) couple died last night
in four-car collision near Ba-
tavia. N. Y, that injured six
other persons, the Associated
Press reported.
The virginians were Samuel
Presgraves. jr., 81. Hamilton, Va,
and his wife, the former Hiss
Bernice Everhart, 26, from
Lovettsville.
Relatives told The Star the
Presgraves were en- route to
Canada. Their year-old daughter
Pamela, stayed in Hamilton with
relatives.
Mr.. Presgraves' survivors in
clude three sisters: Mrs. Walter
FRANKIE, District Heights. Md.
Mrs. James Evans. Lanham, Md
and Mrs. Fred Scott, Marshall.
Va: his mother. Mrs. Lottie
Presgraves. Marshall, and a
brother. Thomas, stationed at a
Texas Army post.
Mrs. Presgraves' survivors in
clude her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. w. Everhart; a brother.
Leonard. and two sisters, Miss
Shirley Everhart and Mrs. f. P.
Fox. all of LovettsYille.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
7 Are Charged
In Estate Theft

A Riverdale father of nine
children and his sister, in-law
were charged yesterday by Prince
Georges Police with theft OF
$500 in household furnishings
from the estate of a deceased
woman.
The pair, identified as Kermit
B. Orndorff. 45, and Pauline
Anna Johns, Al, both of the $500
block of Riverdale road. were
arrested yesterday in the former
home OF the late Mrs. Louise E.
Allen, 54O1 Riy.rdale road.
Police Pvts. E. w. Rupert and
c. o. Flynn said Orndorff tried
to escape when they entered and
that Mrs. Johns was found a
half hour later hiding in an up
stairs closet
Police said they were told by
Orndorff that he jimmied the
door and removed the furnish
ings, including valuable an
tiques, from the home Friday
night.
Police said they recovered the
from a trailer and a
garage behind Orndorff's house
The pair. was charged with
housebreakfhg involving grand
larceny and held on $4,000 bond
each pending a hearing next
Monday in Hyattsville Police
Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Man StrangIed
I'm Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Aug. / R.-A
|29-year-old male stenographer
was found strangled in a down.
town apartment today and po-
lice said they were holding his
roommate for investigation.
The victim was identified as
Robert E. Buffmyre, formerly OF
Wooster. Ohio.
Police said he had been bludg-
eoned with a hammer, then
lchoked to death.
The roommate, a 31-year-old
unemployed cook. was said to
have suffered welts and bruises
ION his back as a result of what
police believed was a struggle.
He was taken to Northwestern
District Police Station for ques-
tioning.
Buffmyre's body was found
shortly after police received two
telephone calls, one from a nurse
at Maryland General Hospital
and the other from the room
mate.
Miss Geraldine Bauer, the
nurse. said a man had walked
into the hospital and told her
he had Just murdered someone.
He asked to see a doctor.
About the same time, officers
received the second call. Pa
trolmen Richard Taylor and
William Cromwell went to the
apartment house and found Buff
myre's body on a mattress on the
floor.
An autopsy was scheduled at
the city morgue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Fairfax Seeks
Vaccine Now

The Fairfax County Medical
Society today sent telegram to
the Virginia State Health Com
missioner asking release of Salk
vaccine to give Fairfax County
children their second shot against
polio this summer.
The county medical society's
Executive Committee met yester-
day and voted unanimously to
request the serum. The telegram
addressed to Commissioner Mack
I. Shanholtz said that county
doctors had voted 81 to admin
lister the second Salk shot this
summer If the vaccine is avail
able.
CDR. Shantholtz said he would
leave the decision to his six
man Polio Advisory Committee,
the Associated Press reported.)
If the vaccine is made avail
able, approximately 10000 chill
dren would be eligible for the
shots. These first. second and
third graders took the first shot
this spring and some OF them
took the experimental shots
given last year.
Commercial Use Set
Earlier, in Richmond, 1t was
announced that the Salk vaccine
allocated to the States by the
Public Health Service viii be dis
tributed in Virginia entirely
through commercial channels.
Virginia's share of the vaccine
will be 1890 cubic centimeters
under the voluntary ALLEGATION
plan mapped out by Federal and
State officials and manufac-
turers.
DR.. Mason Romano. State di-
rector of communicable disease
control, said this first batch
will be- only "a drop in the
bucket" compared with the
States needs.
Gamma Shots Continue
Meanwhile. Fairfax health
officials were going ahead with
the administration of gamma
globulin to county children from
6 months to 6 years.
DR.. Harold Kennedy, Fairfax
County health officer said about
1000 children have received
gamma globulin injections so
far. The shots were started last
Thursday in an attempt to stem
the rising number Of polio cases
In the county
Additional clinics are sched-
ulsd daily through August 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Prince Edward Schools
Not Desegregote

FARMVILLE. Va, Aug. / up.
The Prince Edward County
School Board has been given a
green light to operate its public
schools during the 1856 school
year on a segregated. month-by-
month basis.
The board was authorized by
the County Board of Supervisors
at a special meeting Saturday
might to spend local funds not
exceeding 1862 500 to meet min
imum school operating costs
during the coming school year.
The supervisors earlier this
year approved an operating
budget of $4,000. This would
not permit operation of the
schools, but would go only to
debt retirement and mainte-
nance.
At Saturdays meeting. the
supervisors authorized the school
board to borrow money from
local sources on a month-to-
month basis to bring the total
local operating budget to $751;
500, including the $4,000 pre-
viously approved.
School board officials said they
assumed this would make the
county eligible for State aid
totaling $341 900.
Could Abandon Schools
While permitting operation of
the schools during the 1866
school year. The action by the
supervisors will permit them to
abandon the county's public
schools, within 80 days by re-
fusing to authorize a monthly
loan. 1t is presumed this step
would be taken at any such time
as racial integration is ordered
by the Federal courts.
Commemorative Attorney
Frank N. Watkins explained the
$4,000 originally approved by
the supervisors will be used for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01

first. Finally when Mrs. Lawler
said she was going to leave, the
little girl threw herself in the
woman's arms and kissed her.
She told Mrs. Lawler she didn't
want her 10 leave.
Mrs. Lawler added further
proof to the Identification when
she said Veronica had a small
scar on her hip. A policewoman
verified the existence of the
scar.
Capt. George H. Mintiens, de-
tective chief. said later that New
York detectives had verified the
identity Of George in Whining
ton on the way home.
Both the children were nicely
dressed, clean and healthy look
ing when found. Both are blue
eyed blondes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Two Burn TO Death
After Truck Hits Tree

GLENWOOD Md, Aug.
R.-Two men were burned to
death Saturday night, when the
dump truck they were in ca
reened off the road and crashed
into a tree, then overturned and
caught fire.
State police said the vehicle
as Sylvester G. Pratt. %, and
Gordon A. Dorsey. both colored
of Montgomery County.
Four Sykesville firemen speed
ing to the scene suffered minor
injuries when their engine skid
ded and threw them to the pave
ment,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Farm Agent to Take
Post in Pukistan

LEESBURG. Va. Aug. l (Spe-
.ciaD Woodrow Wilson Turner
II GU doun County agricultural
agent for the past seven years
will leave with his family or
September 6 for Pakistan.
Mr.. Turner will be an agri.
cultural adviser and extension
specialist for the international
Cooperation Administration oil
the United States State Depart
nnent. He will be on two years
leave Of absence from the Vir-
ginia Agricultural Extension
Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
District Man browns
At Spurrows Beach

A 21-year-old Washington man
drowned in the Chesapeake Bay
at Sparrows Beach. near Annap-
oils. yesterday.
Anne Arundel County police
said he was Carl T. Jennings
colored. of 1910 Corcoran street
NV.
Mr.. Jennings body was found
floating in two feet of water al
7:30 am. by lifeguard. Howard
Drews, 10, colored. of Annapolis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01

land State Trooper 1fcl. w. r.
ICrist reported.
Mr.. Escue was pronounced
dead on arrival at Prince Georges
General Hospital. Mr.. Blanken-
ship suffered an arm injury and
was treated at Leland Memorial
Hospital. Riverdale.
The truck driver, Thomas j
Walker, AZ, colored. of Hender-
son, N. c.. was accompanied by
his wife and daughter. None
was injured. A manslaughter
charge was filed against him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01

school operating expenses until
ut Is exhausted. The school board
Will then be authorized to borrow
monthly sums.
The $262,500 authorized by the
supervisors was $2l 500 less than
the school board had requested
for its additional operating
budget for the coming year. The
supervisors gave no explanation
for the reduction.
No additional funds could be
appropriated by the Board of
Supervisors Saturday night be-
cause the fiscal year already has
begun and both the county bud
get and tax rate were required
to be set before that time.
Another Fund Source
If the financial pinch becomes
too severe, 1t may be possible for
funds to be extended for school
Operations by the Prince Edward
Educational Corp, a private
group set UP to solicit funds for
the payment Of the salaries Of
white teachers.
The Prince Edward Educa-
tional Corp. was established
when the County Board Of Su-
pervisors declined to authorize a
school operating budget Of suf-
f1cent size to guarantee the oper.
alton OF public schools next year.
The group has nearly reached
its announced goal of $212,830.
Prince Edward County was one
of the five defendants before the
Supreme Court when the court
outlawed racial segregation in
the public schools in May, 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Passenger Killed
lin Rummed Car

A Memphis tTenn.) man was
killed in a traffic crash on the
Baltimore boulevard at Beltsville,
Md, yesterday.
He was Isaac S. Escue, SIS. a
in a car driven by his
son-in-law, Frederick o. Blank
enship. IS. also Of Memphis. The
two were electricians enroute to
Jobs in Philadelphia.
Their car was stopped Tor a
red light in front of the Agri-
culture Departments Plant In
dustrS Station about sos am.
when it was rammed from the
rear by a tractor-trailer, Mary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Maryland to Direct
Vaccine ALLEGATION

BALTIMORE. Aug. tP.-The
State Health Department will
decide how to distribute the
1882 shots of Salk polio vaccine
Maryland got yesterday for al
lotment through private chan
nels and public agencies.
The shots are in addition to
vaccine allotted for the free in
incubation of first and second
graders.
The department and its Polio
Advisory Committee will deter
mine how much of the 1882
cubic centimeters of vaccine will
be distributed through private
channels and how much will re-
main with public agencies.
The vaccine is supposed to be
reserved for children, to
Q years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Driver Burned FutoIIy;
Identity Sought

BALTIMORE. Aug. / R.-
The driver Of a car bearing Viz
Iginia license plates was burned
beyond recognition today when
the car smashed into a pole on
u. S. / about a half mile south
Iof Kingsville in nearby Balti-
more County.
State Palice said the vehicle
was a 1855 4-door Plymouth
sedan.
They said they were trying to
establish the identity of the
driver. ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Political Shift
Gusts Sanitary
UNIT Officer

James B. Parkhill. Republican
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the Wash.
Iington Suburban Sanitary Com.
mission, has been ousted from
the post, the commission an
nounced today.
He will be replaced by Johr
p. Bonifant, IS. Of Paint Branch
Farms. Colesville. Md. who wal
named secretary and acting
treasurer until a new treasurer
lis appointed.
The commission, now con,
trolled by Democrats, was au'
thorized to separate the secre'
Itary-treasurer's duties by thu
last session of the General AS
Isembly.
The commissioners announced
the reappointmen: Of Harry B
Shaw as chief engineer. Mr.
Shaw has served in the post
since 1851, having Joined thu
commissions engineering de.
Ipartment in 1928.
Orem New General Counsel
The new general counse
named by the Democrats Il
Nicholas Orem, jr.. A. Of 400:
Clagett road, University Park
He is a member of the firm Of
Duckett, Gill & Orem of Wash.
Iington and Maryland.
Before the Republican ad-
ADMINISTRATION Of the commission
lin 1851. Mr.. Orem was frequently
engaged to represent the agency
lin court cases and right-of-way
proceedings.
Mr.. orem replaces Arthur C.
Keefer.
The commissions new associ-
ate counsels will be william S,
Stanley. At, Of SOIL Greenway
drive. Green Acres; B. Houston
McCeney, 81, of 108 Lynmoor
drive, Silver Spring, and John
B. Kenkel. 80. of 5424 Fifty fifth
place, East Riverdale.
Stanley on Full Time
Mr.. Stanley will serve as the
commissions first full-time as
sociate counsel.
The former associate counsels
were Harry B. Taylor and Chester
Naumowicz.
The commissioners announced
the new appointments will take
effect Immediately.
Mr.. Parkhill was appointed
by the Republican-dominated
commission in 1851. His custer
has been rumored since the
Democrats gained control of the
commission under reorganiza-
ton legislation passed by the
last General Assembly.
Mr.. Bonifant has been the
assistant secretary-treasurer for
10 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Barrett Named JUDGE

TOWSON, Md. Aug. l tP.-
Gov. Mckeldin has named Lester
l.. Barrett, Administrator Of Loan
Laws, to the fourth and newest
Judgeship in the Third Circuit,
which includes Baltimore and
Hartford Counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Dunn lorinq Dinner

A ham covered dish dinner
will be served at the Dunn Lor-
ing (Va.) Methodist Church from
$50 to $50 pm. on Thursday.
Proceeds will go to the churchs
building fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-01
Lutheran Assembly

PULASKI. Va, Aug. / tR.-
More than 300 clergymen and
laymen viii attend the annual
Lutheran assembly at Massanet-
ia Springs August 8-l5.
Evening star., 1955-05-16
Mrs. Bullock Sees
History in Dimensions

Cooperstown, N. Y. and was
talking with one of the off,
cials of the Farmers Museum
there" said Mrs. Bulloch.
18th Century Meals
I'm afraid I was very fresh
and told him that the people
who arranged kitchens in his
toric house museums ought to
be sentenced to prepare q
complete 18th century meal in
one. on short notice." she
said.
Mrs. Bullock said she had
noticed that the kitchen
wares were always placed
around for show-never as
they actually were in the old
days.
This conversation led to her
being asked to participate in
the Seminars on American
Culture at Cooperstown, and
she will lecture from June 26
to July 2 on "The Frugal
American Housewife and the
World She Lived In"
The brochure describes this
course as "A concentrated
study of domestic economy in
the frontier and post frontier
periods. It is designed to give
students a sense of the prob
lens of everyday family man.
agement as they were met and
solved by the people"
She will also lecture to a
combined Harvard Radcliffe
group from June 20 to August
IL at the Institute on Histori-
cal and Archival Management.
In September she will re-
turn to Cooperstown to lee
ture on Historic Housekeep-
ing"-a seminar for curators
and others who operate the
hundreds of small historic
house museums throughout
the country. Mrs. Bulloch will
be one of a faculty of spe-
cialists drawn from the Ma
tional Trust and the New York
State Historical Association.
Evening star., 1955-05-16

l2o7 7th K '3ll3 18th s44s3 CONN.
"sLVER SPRING. Nd. "Open $50 to daily
ALEXANDRIA. VA. Open $50 to Thurs Fri.
CLARENDON, VA Open $50 to Mon. Thurs, FRI.
FREE CUSTOMER PARKING At ALL HAHN STORES
Evening star., 1955-05-16
BY sELEvA ROOSEVELT

Mrs. Helen Duprey Bullock.
historian for the National
Trust for Historic 'Preserva-
ton. sees history in three di-
mensions.
History isn't just great po-
litical events" she said. "You
can feel 1t in fabrics, taste 1t
in cooking and see it in archi-
lecture"
This approach has led her
into some fascinating sidelines
during her 26 years as an
archivist author and historian.
When she was the archvist
for Colonial Williamsburg from
1929 to 1889 she was response
BILE for the coordination OF
all the collected research ma
terials and the preparation Of
reports based upon them later
used by the achitects, archaelo-
gists and landscape architects.
while doing this. I became
fascinated with the recipes
and commentaries on foods
of the pre-Revolutionary era.
Every time I came across one.
I tossed it into a box" she
said.
Wrote Book
And that's how she came to
write "The Williamsburg Art
of Cookery" in 1888, which is
now in its sixth printing.
At the same time she was
doing research for a series OF
chamber music concerts to be
held at Williamsburg, and this
led her to Thomas Jefferson.
who was himself a violinist
and loved all music.
Mrs. Bullock became fas-
cinated by jefferson and in
1889 went to work at the
University of Virginia Library
cataloguing and arranging his
papers. She also catalogued
the Jefferson papers at the
Library of Congress. Il ran
across a piece of music in his
collection written by Maria
Cosway and from that I started
watching the correspondence
between them and turned up
a series of intimate letters ex-
changed while he was Min
lister to France and she lived
in England"
This resulted in Mrs. Bull
locks second book, my Head
and My Heart" or "A Little
11lSJUIy VI 11lOutoo OC1AO1COA1
and Maria Cosway." published
in 1912.
While at the Library of Con-
gress, Mrs. Bullock also cata-
logued the Abraham Lincoln
Papers bequeathed to the Ii
brary by Robert Todd Lincoln.
Since then her work at the
National Trust has given her
even more opportunities for
her SD approach to history.
The Trust is a non-govern-
mental organization for the
preservation of our national
shrines and a clearing house
of information on restoration
and maintenance of historic
sites.
mot long ago, while on a
trip for the Trust. I visited
Evening star., 1955-05-16
PARTY ROW
CarneYs to Entertain
At Dinner Toniqht

Vice President Of the Whitney
Aircraft Company and Mrs.
Sam Irwin, DR.. Iverson, Chief
of the Department of Path
ology at Walter Reed Hospital:
Minister and Mrs. j. K. Atal,
Minister and Mrs. G. R.
Kamat, and other members of
the Indian Embassy.
The party was held at the
home of Wing Commander
and Mrs. T. G. Kelly of the
Indian Embassy.
Future Dates
Italy's national holiday on
june will be marked by a
reception given by the Am
bassador of Italy and Signora
Brosio at the Embassy.
On May 20, the new Cuban
Ambassador, Migu u el Angel
Campo, will give his first Of
fetal party-a reception COM
memorating Cuban Independ-
ence Day and also honoring
Brig. Gen. Martin Diaz Ia
mayo, Inspector General of the
Cuban army. Acting as host
ess will be the envoy's daugh-
ter, Sonora Miguelina de la
Campo de Averhoff.
Admiral Lewis Strauss.
chairman of the Atomic En-
ergy Commission, and Mrs.
Strauss will give a reception
on May 26 at the Officers
Club, Fort McNair, in honor
of the two new members of
the commission, DR.. Willard
F. Libby and DR.. John Won
Neumann and their wives.
Honored at Reception
Sonora Maria Conception de
Chavez. president of the In
ter-American Commission Of
Women, was honored at re-
ception given for her on Sat-
urday by Mrs. Leon A. Tashof
and Miss Genevieve Reynolds
at the American Newspaper
women's Club.
Evening star., 1955-05-16

The Chief of Naval Opera
tions and Mrs. Carney are
giving a dinner tonight at
Admiral's House. Naval OBJ
servatory.
Their guest list includes the
Ambassador of Brazil and
Nine. Muniz. Gen. and Mrs.
Matthew B. Ridgway, Vice
Admiral and Mrs. Thomas S.
Combe, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. John r. Perry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd D. Akers. and Mr..
and Mrs. A. Burks Summers.
Also on the party calendar
tonight is lavish 7-to-9 re-
ception at the Pan American
Union at which the Domini-
can Ambassador and Sonora
de Salazar will be hosts.
The party commentaries
the 25th anniversary of the
first election to the presidency
of Generalissimo Rafael L.
Trujillo.
Giving cocktail party this
afternoon is the Ecuador AM
baSsador, DIR. Jose Chiriboga,
in honor of DR.. Benjamin Car
rion of Ecuador.
Indian Doctors Feted
Twenty visiting doctors from
India were entertained Satur-
day night at dinner given by
DR.. I. B. Hingerani. Chief
Resident at Anderson Ortho-
pedic Hospital. and his wife,
DR.. Vera Hingerani.
Supreme Court Justice and
Mrs. William Douglas were
the ranking guests at this din
ner for the doctors who are
here on the exchange visitors
program.
Other guests were the As
sistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. George Allen, Am
bassador and Nine. Mehta of
India. Mrs. B. Nehru, aunt of
1ndia'S Prime Minister; the