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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
Rich Womun's
Mate Hunted
AS Foreer

LOS ANGELES. May Is d.
On this first anniversary of the
disappearance of wealthy Mrs.
Evelyn ThroSby Scott. police are
seeking her husband as a fugi-
tive from justice.
The investment counselor fail
ed to appear in Superior Court
yesterday to plead to county
grand jury indictment charging
nine counts of forgery and four
of grand theft in connection
with his handling of his wife's
estate.
Superior Judge Herbert v.
Walker ordered SCOTS bail for
feited and issued a bench war;
rant for his arrest as a fugitive.
1 The sheriff's Office issued an
all-points bulletin for Scott
$50 years. 1877 pounds, 6 feet,
gray hair, black eyes"
| Scott himself had supplied
$17,500 of the bond. When he
failed to appear yesterday,
bondsmen who put up the other
$500 Immediately offered a So
$50 reward for anyone who can
deliver him within 80 days.
Mrs. Scott, 63-year-old social
lite. vanished from the couples
Bel-Air home last May 16, Her
husband told authorities. Before
he himself dropped from sight
IS days ago, that she disap-
peared while he was on a trip
to drugstore to buy tooth pow
der for her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16

remain where they are and "as
stewards of the Gospel, to reach
out in evangelism to all peo-
pie -
They said in statement that
"the church must free itself
from those cultural patterns of
prejudice and discrimination
which exist In our society and
must manifest in its own life the
principles and attitudes of
Jesus"
The convention will conclude
its four-day sessions tomorrow
The denomination has 2.270,655
members and is the largest Luz
theran body in the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
GORILLA ESCAPES
AS SHOW STARTS,
TERRIFiES TOWN

ALMANSA. Spain (P).-
A young 240-pound gorilla
escaped from a circus here
today and terrified the town
for two hours.
The animal broke out of
its cage at the start of the
afternoon performance and
sped through the streets.
sending passerSby fleeing.
1t was cornered in a con-
vent school. locked in a
teachers room and held
there until retrieved by its
keeper. No one was hurt.
but considerable damage to
the school building was re-
ported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
Strawberry Crop Cut

RICHMOND, May l6.-The
Virginia Cooperative Crop Re-
porting Service estimated today
that late April froSts have re-
duced yield prospects for Vir-
ginia Strawberries by about S per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
Tx Saving Cited
On Desperation

OKLAHOMA CITY, May l6
(Pl.-Desegregation will mean a
saving of at least ST million to
State taxpayers during the cur
rent biennium. Oklahoma school
finance officials said today.
Indignation of common schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-16
Lutheran Synod Adopts
Anti Segregation Policy

ST LOUIS. May 16 QP-The Illinois Synod the United
Lutheran Church has formally adopted anegregaon policy
at its annual convention
Some 300 delegates representing congregations Illinois,
Missouri and Wisconsin voted yesterday
ons in undergoing changing ehnc and patterns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
Luundries
In Area Plan
Price Boost

The Laundry Dry Cleaning AS
ISOLATION of Greater Washington
served notice today that higher
charges are in the offing for
laundry services.
The prospect was mentioned
i'm an association announcement
that all member firms will comply
with a Federal law which raises
the minimum wages of laundry
and dry cleaning employees to 81
an hour on March /.
The law is an amendment to
the Fair Labor Standards Act
passed last year.
Wilmer H. Balderson, execu-
tive secretary of the association
said 5000 women employees Of
area firms will be affected BY
the wage increase.
The Federal law is applicaol
only to companies engaged ir
interstate commerce. But Mr.
Balderson said all members Of
the association will conform be.
cause they must compete for the
available labor.
The secretary said the indus
try will absorb additional costs
"as much as possible" but sale
part of the cost will have to bt
passed on to the public. There
was no indication how the in.
diyidual firms will adjust prices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20

is Delng 0lSLrlDuted now. Al
500 a copy, it lists only a very
few street addresses for persons
employed in the District but liv-
ing in Maryland or Virginia.
Where it used to pinpoint Joe
Doaks as residing at 900 Whoozis
street, Arlington, it now merely
records Joe's address as "Arling-
ton"
The Polk company's regional
Office is in Richmond. r. v
Priddy, assistant manager there,
said today that the street ad-
dresses outside of Washington
were dropped because the vol
ume is getting so big"
| The 1856 directory weighs 10
pounds. IL ounces, about two
pounds lighter than its prede-
IceSsor.
Mr.. Priddy added that area
addresses outside the District
could be found in the three $50
directories for Maryland-Was
ington tincluding nearby Prince
Georges and Montgomery Coun-
tians) and for Arlington anc
Alexandria.
Folks Office here, however
said it hadn't learned yet wher
those books will be received.
/ Mr.. Priddy said the company
hopes to publish a directory fol
Falls Church. He said there
would be none for Fairfa,
County.
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Directors Plan
Third Pageant

| Directors of the Pageant OF
Peace decided today to hold the
christmas spectacle for the third
straight year next December.
| Program Director Edward M
Kirby told the board of direc.
tors annual meeting at the
Board of Trade Offices that Park
Police estimated $4,000 persons
witnessed this winters pageant
compared to 100000 the year
before.
He said l0l groups took part
in presenting programs this
Iyear-11 churches, IA dramatic
groups, nine parochial schools,
nine public schools, % folk
dance and song groups and SO
embassies.
| He proposed several changes
in the next Pageant. which the
directors agreed to consider.
The first would be addition OF
Ia torch of peace" cluster of
electric torches flown here from
all parts OF the country by the
"A airlines which are members
Iof the Airline Association. The
torches. contributed BY all cities
where the lines stop, would then
he placed on the Ellipse grounds
| The second change would es-
Itablish a Communications Build
ing on the Pageant grounds
The building, to be underwritten
by the Armed Forces Communi-
cations and Electronics Associa-
Ition. would send free messages
ito service people abroad and
show the role of communica-
Itions in present-day life.
| Mr.. Kirby also suggested that
in view Of the cold weather dur
ing the Christmas season, many
Iof the programs be moved in
doors next time. He said the
stage should remain for the
principal ceremonies and as a
focal point of the Pageant. but
that school and church presenta-
lions could be held inside their
own buildings.
| The board also agreed to con-
slider establishing a year-round
office for the Pageant.
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Christian Science Topic

John j. Selover of Long Beach,
Calf. a member Of the Christian
Science Board of Lectureship,
will speak on Christian Science
Reveals the Unlimited Power of
Prayer" at II am. Saturday
in the Penn Theater, $50 Penn
|sylvania avenue Sc. His talk is
sponsored by the Second Church
Iof Christ, Scientist. here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
BY GERALD O. HERNDoN

Preliminary dismantling work
at Woodside Elementary School
in Silver Spring. oldest school
building in use in Montgomery
County. has brought to light an
old wall slate on which the
names of IL pupils were written
in chalk nearly half a century
ago.
The oldest section Of Woodside
School is to be torn down this
spring and replaced with a mod
Iern building.
The slate. the names and a
few arithmetic scribblings, were
covered with another blackboard
an estimated 46 years ago.
The discovery was like "a mes
sage from the past" Miss Bess
M. Young, the schools present
principal, said.
Names From 1910
The names on the old COM
position slate were those Of sew
enth and eighth grade pupils al
Woodside in 1910 or 1911. The
school was built in 1909, pos
sibly in 1908. The date is uncer-
tain since school records were
burned 80 years ago in a fire
which destroyed The county
board OF education Office In
Rockville.
OF the IL pupils, who were 10
Is or IA years old then. eight
still are living. seven in the Met
Iropolitan Area. The eighth, a
sculptor. lives now In Florida.
Survivors Nostalgia
Survivors Of the class were de-
lighted and misty-eyed when
they heard about the slate.
One of the IL, the sculptor
Edmond Amateis. when he heard
about the discovery, wrote to an
other Of the IL, a semi-invalided
woman who was a teacher for
many years. He said;
What a surprise! Having the
corpse of my delinquent years
dug up and thrust upon the
neighborhood that thought IL
was well rid of me-"
About a decade after that 1910
class, the sculptor was in Paris
with A American expeditionary
forces. He studied there and In
Rome and became successful
When the.new Providence Hospi-
tai is dedicated here next month
visitors will see a life-size bas-
relief of Madonna by Mr.. ANA
tets in the hospital lobby Of
Varnum street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Masonic Service AS
ISOLATION begins a four-day
meeting at the Statler Hotel.
The Painting and Decor
ating Contractors of Amer
lea meet for a five-day ses-
sion at the Sheraton-Park
Hotel.
The American Nurses AS
ISOLATION meets at Walter
Reed Army Hospital for a
conference on disaster nurs-
ing.
The American Trucking
Association begins a five-day
National Motor Freight
Traffic Conference at the
Statler Hotel.
The Conference of Grand
Masters meets at the Stat
Ter Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20

way. The scroll was signed by
the Dean. by Francis C. Hunter,
chairman Of the Governing
Board. by Miss Lee. for the adj
ministration. Other signers in
clude Mrs. Richard Zamtzinger
president of the Alumnae Associ-
alton and representatives of each
class.
Guests at the dedication made
a tour of the buildings which
had been in use since Christmas
1t includes chemistry labora-
tory, a large gymnasium. play
ers club room with a stage, a
room for showing slides. and
other rooms.
Before the tours coffee and tea
were served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20

Dean Francis B. Sayre, IT,. OF
the Cathedral presided at the
dedication. Speaking for the
Cathedral Chapter he paid tri-
butte to the schools principal,
Miss Katharine Lee.
The ceremony pointed UP the
cosmopolitan atmosphere of the
school. Fourteen foreign students
stood before the flags Of their
countries. dressed in the cos
tunes of their native lands. Some
of them are the daughters of
foreign diplomats. Other stu
dents took places before the flags
of their States.
There was a formal signing
of a scroll of honor to be dis
played in the buildin's entrance
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Frunk Wallace Is III

INDEPENDENCE. Mo-. Feb,
20 tP.-Frank G. Wallace. So,
brother-in-law of former Presi-
dent Truman, suffered slight
heart attack" Saturday night and
was taken to a hospital. A men,
Der Of the family said Mr.. Wal
lace. who has had a heart ailment
for some time. was resting CON-
lfortahlY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
MiIitoy Acodemy's
Founding to Be Noted

Maryland graduates and ex-
cadets of the United States Mil
itary Academy will celebrate the
l54th anniversary of the acad-
emy's founding at a dinner in
Baltimore March 16.
Reservations can be made
through Capt. Edward S. Enc
Doe, Headquarters. Second Bat
talon, End Armored Cavalry
Regiment, Fort Meade. Md. The
dinner is also open to alumni
and ex-Midshipmen of the NavaI
Academy now on duty with the
Army or Air Force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
'5th BeIvoir Man
Dies After Car
Rams Into Bus
a Killed lnstontIy
In Route ! Wreck
Near Stafford, Va.

-Four Fort Belvoir soldiers
were killed instantly and a fifth
died today as a result Of head
lon collision between their car
and a railways bus on u. s.
Route near Stafford, Va. last
night. All were returning from
week lend leave.
The bus driver and 18 bus
passengers were injured OF
shaken up. none seriously.
Killed instantly were Her.
bert Homelsky. %, of Brook
ilyn, N. Y: Pvt. Richard j. Beplo
I22, of Chicago; Pvt. Willis E
Booher, 81. of Pine Bluff. Ark.
and Pvt. Thurman w. Weeks
10, of Union. Miss. All were as
signed to the 575th Engineer
CONSTRUCTION Battalion at Fort
! Belyoir.
/ Pfc. william J. Axelson, %
of Duluth, Mimi. also attached
/ to the same unit. died this morn
i ing at the Quantico Marine base
hospital.
Woman HOspitalized
| Only one of the bus passengers
Mrs. c. F. Wright Of Bowling
Green, Va, was iospitalized
She was admitted to Mary Wash
lington Hospital, Fredericksburg
with a head injury.
| The bus driver. Willis g. Hard
imam. Al. OF Richmond, suffered
head and face cuts when he was
thrown against the windshield
He was released after treatment
lat Mary Washington Hospital.
State Trooper Mack Town
send, jr., said the northbounc
1856 model car was driven BY
Pfc. Homelsky, but was owned by
Pvt. Bcoher.
Their car. Trooper Townsend
said, careened across the high
way onto southbound lanes anc
smashed into the bus. which was
,en route from Washington tc
Raleigh and Roanoke Rapids
m. C. The accident occurred al
sos pm, about IS miles south
of Washington.
i Car Is Demolished
/ The car was demolished. Dam
age to the bus was estimated al
between $4,000 and $4,000.
1 Among the injured passengers
Trooper Townsend said, was
Herbert w. Green. IS. colored. Of
tl28l0 Sherman avenue NV. He
received slight cuts aid bruises
I Mai. Don Pomerleau. proves
marshal. Marine Corps School al
Quantico, said the collision &C.
CURED two hours before his mil.
'Iitary police began their patro
lof u. S. /.
/ The Quantico safety patrol
which began late last year, ha:
reduced the number of Marine
personnel involved in traffic &C.
Icidents. The Marines patrol
from Fredericksburg to the in
ltersection of the Shirley high
way.
I Maj. Pomerleau explained that
1.-THE crash occurred before the
usual peak Sunday hours.
I Fort Belvoir provost marshal
Lieut.. Col. Myron Brewer. said
his military police are more in
evidence" on the stretch of U. S
Il which runs through the Army
reservation. but have not beer
making arrests. Fort Belvoii
was invited to participate in the
safety patrol setup. patrolline
III. S. from Woodbridge to Alex
Iandria, but no action has been
taken as yet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20

a pitiable, insane creature making his
home in the tombs-at times so violent
he had to be chained
AS evil drops away from all those
who truly meet the Lord, so did the
rule of sin leave this man. When the
people came and saw the town lunatic
decently dressed talking quietly with
a stranger at the roadside, the Bible
says they were afraid. They asked
Jesus to go away.
Leaving, he told the healed man
to stay and tell what great things
God had done" Luke recountS that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
|Woodside School Yields
Names on an Old Slate

I His letter early this month wa;
written to Miss Mildred Getty
the granddaughter Of a Civil Wal
general. She remembered clearly
many of the classmates whose
names were on the slate:
| Myrtle Van Horn. Donald
Clark. Jerry Ulrich. Lohr Fore
man, La Rue Cashell. Mildred
williams. Edith Barnes. Edith
Leizear. Sadie Bean and Eliza
beth Nolte.
/ Myrtle parted her hair in the
middle and rolled 1t back. Mis-!
Getty said. Myrtle is now Mrs
Myrtle Schnable. q Silver Spring
resident and an empioye Of the
Suburban Trust Co. there. She
has had I'VE children. two boy:
and three girls.
Edmond had "biack hair, wa,
very bright and mischievous,
Miss Getty recalled. His father
was a sculptor, too" tThe father
Louis Amateis. created a set Of
bronze doors for the Capitol
| They are now on loan to the
Smithsonian's Museum Of Nat
ural History
One Turned TO Nursing
/ Sadie Bean had brilliant rec
curly hair. I think she wore II
in a pompadour." Miss Bean now
lives near Four Corners. She has
devoted her life to nursing anc
is still active.
I The beauty Of the class, Miss
Getty says. was Edith Barnes
"a plump little thing with very
blue eyes and light hair" Edith
now is Mrs. Andrew P. Mckay
OF Silver Spring.
Mildred Williams used to live
on what is now Second avenue
Miss Getty did not know what
had become Of Mildred.
other Silver Spring residents
recalled that Mildred married
Archie Wells, a soldier at Walter
Reed. and later moved to Cali.
fornia. She had two children
and died about 20 years ago.
Signing back over the As or sc
years. Miss Getty described Don.
aid Clark then as a boy with
brown hair and freckles: Today
Mr. Clark, a Silver Spring resi-.
dent, is in charge of the Farm.
ers Home Administration Office
in Upper Marlboro.
/ Jerry Ulrich. whose father wa,
the gatekeeper at the old Colum.
bia Pike toll house that is nov
Mrs. KS Toulouse restaurant
moved to California. He died sew.
eral years ago.
! Lohr Foreman, his classmate.
recalled, was killed in the early
l920s in a trolley car crash neal
Walter Reed Hospital. He wa.
the nephew of the late Ira c
iWhitacre. Woodside's principa
when the names we're written Or
the slate.
La Rue Cashell, they remem.
Der. was the rural mailman.
daughter. She became a nurse
but died of pneumonia 80 year.
ago
Granddaughter at Woodside
Edith Leizear has become Mrs
Garland Wolfe and lives in q
Silver Spring apartment.
widow now. one of her grand.
children, 8-year-old Kathy. is g
pupil in the third grade al
Woodside School. In her student
days. Mrs. Wolfe's father, Sam.
uel. was overseer at the l00-acre.
plus farm of Georgia avenue
owned by Crosby S. Noyes, one
of The Stars founders.
/ Elizabeth Nolte, remembered
by Miss Getty as a tall girl, is
now Mrs. Alexander O'Shea, who
lives in Southeast Washington
and works at Velati's candy
store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
The
Rambler
One Old Story
Leeds to Another
By JACK JONAS

A suitcase full of mementos,
lifted down from a dusty attic,
touches of memories, adds a
bit to history, and sets a man
to talking.
"Great-grandfather was
wonderful" said Harry Ben
nett, an auto salesman here.
About all / can remember
about him is that he used to
take me to a store and BUY
me peppermint candy But /
remember Mother talking
about him."
A description of a Lincoln
statue in this column last
week recalled the suitcase to
Mr.. BENEFITS mind. He knew
that 1t contained pen sketches
of Lincoln. made by his great
grandfather from life, and as
Lincoln lay in state.
His real name was Joseph
H. Diss Debar," Mr.. Bennett
said. But he used the pen
name of Pierre Morand."
Debar, born in France about
1911, came to America 81
years later after a career as
an artist, linguist, soldier
and writer. And his sketches,
some drawn in France, some
en- route and some here, found
their way into the suitcase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
Meeting at Kensinqton

The Town Criers of Kensing-
ton will meet at pm. tomorrow
at the Kensington Md Elemen-
tary School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
A Thnnglrt fur Tnhay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY CARL E. ERICSSON
Associated Press Photo Desk Editor

Some say there is gulf between religion and the
secular press-that newspapermen need faith and
churches need more news sense.
My favorte Bible story bridges that gap 1t is about
Gadarenes Coming to that country Jesus met
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20

THE LINCOLN SKETCHES,
and more, we're in the suit
case.
There were pen and pencil
drawings Of Charles Dickens,
made when Debar and the
English writer travelled to
America on the same ship in
1912. There was a yellowed,
fragile manuscript, describing
that trip and setting down
some of the things Dickens
said.
Mr., Bennett had the suit
case open on the dining room
table of his home at zoos
Oliver street in West Hyatts-
vile.
Here's one of George
Sand" Mr.. Bennett said. The
French novelist had been
sketched in her typically
mannish clothing, standing
with a male companion.
II don't know who these
men are" Mr.. Bennett con-
tinued, drawing out another
batch of sketches. French
politicians, / suppose.
tGreat-grandfather settled
In West Virginia. He worked
for the State government
there for q while, handling
French immigrants.
He was elected to the West
Virginia Legislature from
Doddridge County. and while
he was there he designed the
State seal and flag" Mr.. Ben
nett pointed to a brochure
listing M. Debar as designer
Of the West Virginia flag.
"He was a great linguist,
too. He knew u languages.
He worked at that for a while
with the armies in Europe.
He taught the French officers
German, and the German ON
GERS French. Then he taught
Italian officers French and
German. He could speak
Arabic fuently, too.
"I thought these sketches
might be of some value to
someone-maybe Lincoln or
Dickens scholars"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20

THIS man published throughout the Whole city" his
experience with Christ
And after that primitive newspaper had gone to press
the confident returned There fear hatred
The people gladly received Him. the Gospel says for they
all waiting for Him"
Tomorrow: John A. Patterson, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
Street Scenes

A man pushing a baby car
rage loaded with a rolled, full
sized mattress on F street near
Union Station.
Trench coats in a Tenth
street store window, labeled
Private Eye Coats"
A sign on an ] street res
taurant pointing out, open
Daily, 10 am. to 9 pm
Closed Monday" -.
A woman on F street trying
to explain to two companions,
in Spanish, why people here
call Woodward g. Lothrop's
"Woody's."
A boy walking through pud-
dies on Arlington road, carry
ing his overshoes in his
hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
| Businessmen to Meet

The Northeast Businessmen
Association viii meet at $3.50 pm
Thursday at the American Sc
curity & Trust Co.. northeast
branch, Eighth and H streets
NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
THERE WERE DRAWINGS

of soldiers, officers, and politi-
cal figures of Debar's day.
There were landscapes and
pictures of old buildings.
But Lincoln seemed Debar's
favorite subject in America.
Most of the sketches show
Lincoln standing erect, with
the familiar umbrella and
stovepipe hat. One showing
Lincoln lying in state bears
the legend IN. Y. City Hall.
April Is, 1865, 2 am
The Dickens sketches show
the great writer standing at
the rail of a ship, straight
and dignfied
The manuscript about the
boat trip gives personal
glimpses. Near the end, the
landing is described. Mrs.
Dickens, Debar wrote, looked
at the crowd waiting at the
pier, and then at Dickens
clothing. She told him he
ought to be better dressed.
That doesn't m after"
Dickens replied. We're on
the other side now"
Mr., Bennett closed the suit
case.
Grandfather died in 1905, :"
he said. He was a hardy old
gentleman"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
New Building Dedicated
By Cathedral School

Cathedral School for Girls dedicated its building
Yesterday coor with the flags foreign countries
and States of the Union which students
building of brick and glass Proctor Hail. 1t the gift
of an aluna 1908 Mary Johnson In of her
lame Elzapr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-20
'StreomIined1 Directory
Drops Nearby Addresses

directory for the District has been streamlined
BY elimination addresses of most suburbanites
Searchers missing addresses advised to consult
directories But the suburban directories
not available.
The R. " Polk g. Co. Washington City Directory for 1856