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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
The
Rambler
Fact and Funcy
On Meigs Bridge
BY JACK JONAS

A question here a couple of
days ago-about the location
Of Meigs Bridge-stirred up
more than a couple of memo
ries.
Joe Marshall, who's been
around Washington for a long
time, remembered a Meigs
Bridge.
at was the Camp Meigs
Bridge" he said. ut ran across
the Pennsylvania Railroad
tracks and led to Camp Meigs.
I don't know if that was the
real name of it, but that's
what they called it.
Camp Meigs was out in the
Florida avenue area where
the Union Market is now.
Before that it was farmland.
II member as a boy working
on AL Heitmiller's farm, pick
ing tomatoes and string beans.
1t covered 40 acres, and was
one of the last farms in the
city"
Louise L. Smith, of 1920
Hagan road Sc, came closer
to the real MeigS Bridge.
"Meigs Bridge" she wrote,
sis on M street between
Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth NV, Georgetown. L
discovered this from rambling
on the No. 80 streetcar.
"At New Jersey avenue and
c street Sc. (the present site
of the Congressional HoteD
was a fascinating big old house
and my mother says a fine old
family named Meigs lived
there.
"The house always fasci-
mated me as a child as it had
a street tunnel-like entrance
that we were told was a slave
entrance. :"
Another reader said he
thought the acqueduct bridge
at Cabin John was officially
the Meigs Bridge. He'd noted
the name Meigs on a plaque
on the bridge, he said.
Louis A. Childress, of 143
Springvale avenue, Mclean,
Va, sent along a post card
picture of what appears to be
a bridge abutment, bearing
the words M. c. Meigs, Chief
Engineer.
And with it he sent this
to-the-point note:
Sure = Who wants to
know?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
Adventist Unit Sets
'lvdttsyiIIe Meetinu

The annual fall meeting II
the Washington Area Advf Z
Welfare Federation will be 1
at 10 am. Wednesday In >
Hyattsville seventh-day Ads j.
tist Church. 1905 Forty-second
place. Hyattsville.
Howard X. Halliday Of wash
ington, welfare director Of the
Coiuml Union Conference Of
Adventists, win be the principal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
1855 Election Victor
Finally Takes Office

LEBANON. Va, oct. ! ~
Almost a year after the election
Guy Whited has finally been
sworn in as treasurer Of Russell
County.
Republican Whited defeated
Democrat Stanley Hargis BY one
vote In the November. 1855.
county election and the Demo-
Gratis contested the result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
School Principal Hurt
In Chevy Chase Crash

Mrs. Mildred ID. Smoot. prin-
cipal Of the Chevy Chase Md
Elementary School. was injured
today when her car and an
other auto collided at Connecti-
cut avenue and Raymond street
IN Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Smoot, a Montgomery
County teacher and principal
since 1923. who lives at 4700
Connecticut avenue NV. was
taken by the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Rescue Squad TO George
Washington University Hospital.
A hospital aide said she was not
in serious condition but had suf-
fered numerous cuts and bruises.
County police said Mrs. Smoot
was making a left turn when
struck by a southbound vehicle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
3 Others Hurt
As,Auto Hits
Pole in chiIIum

Two youths-19 and 20-were
killed and three others injured
last night when their car WENT
out Of control while racing am
other auto and crashed into a
utility pole on Queens Chapel
road at Russell street in Chillun.
Killed in the accident were
Lester M. Beavers. 10. CT TIC
lGallatin street N W., and Joseph
IA. Gegar, 20, of 2819 Fourth
street NE.
Injured Listed
Gary Fookes, 10, of Sill Frank
lin street NE. was reported in
fair condition at Prince Georges
County Hospital today. Two
Others, Donald Lee Karmel, of
the 700 block of Lawrence street
NE, and Robert McMullin, %.
'of 1888 Adams street NE, were
treated and released.
Police said Fookes suffered a
fractured leg and shoulder.
Investigating officers said the
car driven by the Beavers youth
was racing another auto along
Michigan avenue NE, crossed
the District line to Queens
Chapel road, then passed the
other auto on the right. At this
point, the Beavers auto swerved
left striking the traffic island
and spun out of control, then
bounced into the utility pole.
Prince Georges County police
said they did not know the
identity of the driver of the
other car, which did not stop
after the accident.
Worked as Painter
The Beavers boy had attended
Taft Junior High School and
was working as a spray painter.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs Mabel L. Beavers, two
brothers and a sister. all of the
Gallatin street address.
Police said the only relative Of
the Gegar youth contacted he.e
was a brother, Andrew of the
1900 block of F'ifty-first place
Sc.
1t was the county's second
multiple-fatality wreck in five
days. Last Tuesday six young
people we're killed when their
auto crashed in the Fort WASH
ington reservation.
Maryland's Gov. McKeldin
announced today that, alarmed
by the terrific increase in the
death toll of our teen-agers," he
has called on the Maryland
Traffic Safety Commission for
a major educational drive
against speed for teen-agers.
The announcement said
youngsters will be invited to
a teen-age conference in Ball
timore, at a date to be an
nounced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01

MEIGS HAD A LONG and
valuable career in the Army,
from the time of his first Job
In helping improve the Mis-,
sissippi River - under the
command Of 1t. r. E. Lee.
He wound up eventually as
Quartermaster General, serv-
ing until his retirement in
1882.
But the path of his work on
the aqueduct was not smooth.
He served a period of banish-
ment to Pensacola, Fla, be-
cause Of his opposition to
private contract Hobbies.
But he was worth too much
to the engineers in Washing
ton, and after several months
away, was brought back once
again to superintend compile
ton OF the acqueduct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01

knocks at your door and heart,
and asks you to sign a pledge
for the united community cam
paigns, you will join me with a
three-word answer: Yes ! will. :"
Working throughout the Dis
trict and nearby Maryland and
Virginia. solicitors for the
United Givers Funds Metropol-
itan Unit have a goal Of $l.470.-
900 to raise by the october 81
deadline.
The unit leadership held a
noon sendoff meeting today at
the Mayfiower Hotel. H. Holmes
vogel. vice president Of the
Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele-
phone Co. and chairman Of the
unit. presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
Rambling

A cab driver. peering hap
PLY through his windshield
wipers at the downpour from
Hurricane Flossy, told his
passenger: Il usually 60 home
at this hour, but / think I'll
stick around and make hay
while the sun shines"
A man walking toward an
intersection downtown during
a driving rain arrived at the
corner just as the pedestrian
Light flashed Don't Walk. :"
That" he said loudly, is the
best advice I've seen all
day"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
ACTUALLY, THE BRIDGE

ACTUALLY, THE BRIDGE
named for Montgomery Cum
bingham Meigs is just a short
stope's-throw from the one
mentioned by Miss Smith.
It's the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. bridge over Rock Creek
and the Rock Creek and Po-
tomac Parkway. 1t was built
originally around 1860 and
1861 when Meigs, then a cap
tain . in the Corps of Engi-
neers, was supervising the
building of the acqueduct
from Great Falls.
A newspaper item in 1850
said this of the bridge:
"The aqueduct bridge over
Rock Greek Is the connecting
link between Georgetown and
the city at the west end of
Pennsylvania avenue. 1t rests
on a double main of water
pipes of AZ inches diameter
each, over which is erected
the bridge. The abutments
and roadway is all that is now
required to make it passable
for travel between the two
cities, which will without
doubt be done soon in 1851"
The water pipes, a part of
the aqueduct bringing water
to Washington, were, and are,
features of the bridge.
When the present single
span concrete arch was built
there in 1916, all of the old
bridge was torn down except
the cast iron water mains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
! ssociution TO Meet

The regular monthly meeting
Of the Montgomery County As
ISOLATION for Retarded Children
viii be AZ 3 o'clock tonight At
the st. Luke Evangelical Luz
theran Church. coIesville road
and Highland drive, Silver
Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01

Ernest Lindley, chief of the
Washington bureau of Newsweek
magazine, Nand Merriman Smith,
White House reporter for the
United Press, also delved into
Senator Buffers association with
Jon P. Jonkel, who was fined
$4,000 after being convicted on
charges of violating the Mary
land Corrupt Practices Act.
Questioned about the convic-
ton. Senator Butler said. You
get into things of that kind"
He added: Mr.. Jonkel was not
my campaign manager. Mr.. JON
KEEL came into Maryland to do a
public relations job at the invi-
tation, not of John Butler, but of
the Republican Party of Mary
land.
Acted the Part
"As the campaign progressed
IL became apparent-not SO much
to met sort OF grew on me-
that we didn't have a manager
to take over the active part of
the campaign, and he sort of
did the duties and performed
the services Of a manager to 6
point where I think it would
have been legally impossible to
prove he wasn't the manager. I"
But he was never intended
to be my manager. he was never
brought here for that purpose,
but will say that l was a little
shocked and surprised that the
charge was made that he was a
nonresident manager and fined
for that reason. And that was
the reason he was fined-be-
cause he was a nonresident
manager"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
Overall Leader
Of Civil Defense
Asked for Area
Time Held Long Past
For Master Plan;
U. S. Booklet Cited
BY JAMES B. ROWLAND


Selection Of one man to draw
Iup a metropolitan area master
plan for Civil Defense evacua-
ton was urged today by Hal
lSilvers, Civil Defense director
for Prince Georges County.
In a letter to top Civil De-
Tense officials, Mr.. Silvers de-
cleared appointment of an overall
leader would be in line with a
procedure outlined in the Fed
|eral Civil Defense Administration
booklet. National Plan for Civil
Defense Against Enemy Attack. +"
He wrote that the first step
toward this end should be the
inclusion of local Civil Defense
directors on the Washington
metropolitan Area Civil Defense
Committee. In addition to the
Districts director and assistant,
1.-THE group now includes two
Officials each from Maryland and
Virginia who represent a num-
Der of Jurisdictions.
Going In All Directions
Mr.. Silvers. commenting on his
letter. said, THE time is long
past when we should have a
master evacuation plan for the
entire area. The Capital must
set the example for the rest of
the country.
AS it stands now, each juris-
diction is going of in a different
direction"
He criticized the evacuation
maps prepared by nearby juris-
dictions. saying they are useless
since they lead to no established
reception center. Speaking of
his own country, he said:
Some Of our evacuation roads
are too narrow, in need of re-
pair, or cross bridges that could
not stand the strain when $780,
900 persons hurry out of The Dis
trict. There would be a terrific
amount of congestion, and the
lines would be backed up right
into the District
Roads Only Shown
Mr.. Silvers explained that
present excavations maps merely
show roads going out.
IF you're lucky enough to get
persons out in the country away
from the blast area, they'll be
standing in open fields where
radioactive fallout will soak them
up" he added.
He said his department. has
prepared an evacuation map but
not distributed it to the public
because the roads do lot ter
inmate in reception centers.
Our maps are no different
than those anyone can pick up
'at the nearest gas station" he
said.
The Prince Georges director
said the advantage Of having a
paid leader and staff to direct
the overall operation would be
the authority he could exercise.
He said an operation of overlap
ping jurisdictions like this must
have a unified command. and
would not mean adjustment Of
the present area committee.
To get a unified command, Mr..
Silvers suggests the present COM
mittee. once enlarged. could draw
a charter for an area Civil De-
Tense Authority.
The charter would have to be
sold to the governing bodies of
the nearby local jurisdictions,
plus top State officials. An at
tempt would be made to have
Congress expand the present law
to allow FCDA to match funds
for administrative purposes. as
we'll as equipment.
With provisions for salaries.
the committee could select a
man, who in turn could choose
his staff. Such a program would
encourage Congress to appropri-
ate money for the construction Of
reception centers, Mr.. Silvers
said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-01
2 D. G. Youths Killed
In Race on Highway
Butler Caught in Middle
In 1850 Drive, He Says

Marands Senator John Marshall Butler yesterday pictured
himself caught in the middle between two very strong
personalities in his successful bid for election in 1850
One he said Senator Mccarthy other
was Willard Tydngs the Senator Butler
campaign
The Maryland Republicans expressed on tee-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
Air Robs Fruits
Of Vifunin c

A pitcher of fresh orange juice in
your refrigerator loses most of its vita
min C content overnight and your
body cannot store up this vitamin.
Nutrition experts advise an addi-
tional intake Of vitamin C every day.
Recent discoveries indicate that
Wtamin C is important in maintain
ing bodily resistance. 1t is known to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

us, with our refined foods, abbrevi-
ated breakfasts, mineral-poor soils
and modern methods of preserving
and processing foods.
Today we can be overfed but under
nourished. The very vegetables we
buy to supply our families with vita
minis and minerals may have lost
much of the nutritive content before
they get to the table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

work together. Vitamin Biz works
with iron and folio acid, for example,
to help maintain red blood cells.
Minerals, too, work hand in hand
for proper function. The calcium you
get in milk can't maintain good bone
structure without the help of phos-
phorus and other elements.
Science constantly discovers new
teamwork on the part of vitamins
and minerals; wondrous ways in
which they work together to promote
full health and vigor.
That is why you may feel no results
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or multiple formula that does not
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Rybutol is formulated to supply a
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
You Moy Never Know
How Good You Con Feel
Until You Take Rybvtol

Perhaps you feel pretty good right
now-but that's not good enough If
you could feel your very best, look
your best, do your best on the job
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When you overcome long time def
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
NERVES" May Be A
Symptom Of B, Deficiency

Vitamin B, is sometimes called the
anti-neuritic vitamin, because your
body needs it for normal nerve func-
ton and brain tissue nourishment.
Your body cannot store vitamin B,
but can buildup increasing shortages.
Because so much is lost in the refine
ment of basic foods and in cooking,
Rybutol supplies Is times the mimi
mum daily requirements of vitamin BI
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
Hidden Hunger in
A Land Of Plenty?

Our great-grand-
parents did not
know a vitaminfr from
a mineral but they
often had a better
diet than MANY of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
Cooking Destroys Half
The Vitornins B, and B,

Even with careful cooking in very
little water, almost half of the vita
minis b and b. in green vegetables
go down the drain when you pour off
the cooking water.
You can't help but fry more than
half the vitamin B, out Of bacon. And
a large amount of the vitamin b. is
lost by the time any meats, poultry
or fish get to your table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-04

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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09

The James Z. Scott Commun-
ity Association has completed
plans for an interesting and ex-
citing Summer In the City"
Day Care Centers for pre-
school children at Liberty Square
and James K. Scott Homes viii
remain open until July "a, TO
serve old and new patrons. Child
rem will be cared for on a fun or
part-tine basis.
AT the request Of parents an all
day program has been worked
out for children from 2 through
IL years Of age. Activities will in
clude dramatics, dancing, group
music, needle craft, arts and
crafts, tennis and other outdoor
games. Specially arranged and
supervised field trips will give
youngsters an opportunity TO ex-
plore many new areas in the city
and county.
Interest and hobby groups will
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09
BAPTISTS SEEK
TO AVOID
DISCUSSION OF
RACE ISSUES

KANSAS CITY (ANP)-The
touchy question of race segrega-
ton will not come before the
Southern Baptist Convention II
leaders Of the group can pre-
vent II.
DR.. Casper c. Warren of Char
lotte, N. c., in a prepared presi-
Dental address opening the an
nual meeting, reminded the con-
vention that two years ago II APP
proved the u. S. Supreme Court
decision banning public school
segregation.
DR.. Warren urged the conven-
ton not to reopen the explosive
issue, but warned:
"Open defiance Of the consti-
tutional principal will endanger
our foreign mission work through
IS areas Of the earth and play
right into the hands of the Com
munists, who will welcome the
privilege of ridiculing not only
our democratic form of govern
ment but the type of Christianity
which seeks to win the world"
DR.. warren's appeal was part Of
message stressing his desire for
harmony and unity in the denom-
ination.
He said if Baptists would "show
courage, prudence, patience and
understanding called for by the
president of the United States,
we will find the solution for this
question on the local level and
demonstrate to the world that
men of every race can live to-
gether in peace"
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09

IT'S no surprise that Dizzy Gil
lespie's foreign tour ended UP
500, 900 in the hole when one
notices that the tour started In
such very foreign places as ADJ
adam, Iran and ended up in At
hens, Greece Earl BoStic and
Bill Doggett teamed their organ
and sax talents on two sides for
King, "Bo Do Rock" and 'sMean
To Me-" Tireless Vera (cable
me Veejah now) Francis heads
for Europe to study dramatics
Billy Eckstine,s latest for RCA
Victor is 1.-THE Tennessee Rock n
Roll" backed with Condemned
For Lite" Look for Sugar
Ray Robinson to move up and cop
the light-heavy title If Archie
Moore moves up to the heavy
weight class. The boys in the
middleweight division are too
young and fast for Ray Talk
that Jersey Joe Walcott's angl-
ing for a comeback makes us
hope that his comeback is via the
wrestling route-just for the sake
OF old-times, etc.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09
TEE MODEL AND FORD

Tee: Say, Ford, can you please
tell me one thing?
Ford: What is that?
Tee: Can you tell me what re-
lation is the moon to the sun?
Ford: OF course I can't.
Tee: They are just alike, you
see, the moon is the suns mother.
Ford: Well, Tee, If that Is true,
the moon does not set a good
example for her son.
Tee: How is that, Ford?
Ford: Because she Is UP all
night long and she gets fooled on
the first quarter.
Tee: Well, Ford, the son ain't
no better.
Ford: Why, Tee?
Tee: Because the sun don't rise
Until morning. Amt that whizzle
81, 20, 40. Al.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-06-09

NEW YORK - Pearl Bailey,
the great entertainer who got her
show business start via the anna
teur programs at Philadelphia's
old Pearl Theatre, says that her
new role in Paramount,s 'tThat
Certain Feeling" movie is "the
greatest thing that has happened
to me in show business"
"That Certain Feeling" a
comedy co-starring Bob Hope,
Eva Marie Saint and George
Saunders, is a Vista Vision pro-
duction which has Pearl Bailey
playing the part of "Gussie" a
housekeeper with a gift for solv-
ing other peoples problems. But
the talented Miss Bailey also has
the important function of mar
rating the film.
Pearl sings three popular songs
in "That Certain Feeling" in
GLIDING the title number, 'The
Certain Feeling" "Zing Went The
Strings of My Heart" and "Hit
The Road to Dreamland" - the
latter she sings with comedian
Bob. Hope.
AS most Pearl Bailey fans
know, the great songstress land
ed the choice film assignment
after being a big hit in the NOV
lie, Carmen JONES'" and t h e
Broadway play, House Of
Flowers"