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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
By JOSEPHINE BOWMAN

I promised to tell you today
about the Singing Seniors.
I'ney are really a glee club,
formed under the direction
and with the financial aid of
The Musicians Emergency
Fund, and at the request of
The Federation Of Protestant
Welfare Agencies.
This group is unusual be-
cause the average age is 10,
the youngest member being
SIS and the oldest 80 years of
age. I had heard about them
and was eager to see and hear
them. I had that pleasure not
long ago.
Look Younger
First, I must tell you that
they look like a much younger
group, not only because of
their appearance but because
of their humor, enthusiasm
and general outlook. Four
members showed up for prac-
tice following one of the big
snow storms in New York,
when the weather and traffic
were far from normal.
I had wondered how a cho-
raj group of that age would
sound. They sang beautifully
and thir voices were lovely.
Only once in a long time, on a
very high note, would you even
suspect them to be an older
group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
WHY GROW OLD?
Singing Seniors Are
Group of Oldsters

They were organized a little
more than year ago. Today
they have 81 members, rs
women and IL men. They come
from six homes for the aged
and from two GoldeA Age
Clubs. You can tell that they
love what they are doing.
Their enthusiasm and that of
their director is contagious.
I asked what these men and
women had done in their more
active years. Among them is a
graduate nurse, a teacher, a
pastry chef, a wrestler, a liz
brarian, a housewife, a design
er and a stenographer.
Have Parties, Too
They have been very sue
cessful ever since their first
appearance. They sing at
homes for the aged, at
churches and on radio. After
their performance in a home
for the aged a social period fol-
lows, and the group has its
own parties too.
You can tell what a fine time
these older people are having.
They meet their new friends
at each practice session and at
parties. They take their song
books home and practice and
sometimes sing solos for the
people in their own home for
the aged.
They take great pride in
their work. One woman said,
This keeps us young. We are
going forward rather than
backward" Another, eagerly,
I'VE have improved, haven't
we?" They are eager to pro-
gress and interested in branch
ing out into television.
Here's a salute to the Sing
ing Seniors and to all of the
older folks they make happy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
TODAYS HOME
Venetian Blinds Give
Home New Look Inside

lation of blinds within the
framework of a movable screen
as a room divider.
Mrs. Barringer recalls that
venetian blinds had their ORR
gin in the spliced palm leaf
hanging curtains developed by
the Egyptians.
1T is said that centuries ago
a Persian slave trader saw this
type Of curtain. adapted and
improved it, and so they were
introduced in Persia" she ex-
plains.
In any case, the idea eventu.
ally caught on in Venice, where
it may also have been intro
duced by Marco Polo after his
wanderings through China.
The original Venetian" blinds
were made of gold and pre-
cious fabrics from the East,
and the ornate decorations
were hung outside the house
windows to be admired by pas
sers-by.
Authentic American vene-
tian blinds, Mrs. Barringer re-
lates, first were seen in the.
Governors Palace in Williams
burg and featured wooden
Stats that worked in an up and
down action only.
Today's up-to-date venetian
blinds. she stresses, are
acknowledged as the only form
Of window treatment that can
provide simultaneous control
Of light, air. heat and privacy.
used alone or with COM
plementing curtains and drap-
cries." the decorator main
tains. "they are the answer to
the well-dressed window"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
De Silva Is Speaker

Mr.. Annesley de Silva,
counselor of the Ceylon En-
bassy, will be the guest speak
er of the University Women's
Club at dinner tomorrow eve
ming in the club. 1908 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
ENGAGED
Chose-RoqerS

Mrs. Ruth Weihe Chase of
Chevy Chase announces the
engagement of her daughter
Antoinette Julianne to Mr..
Warner Rockne Rogers. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Rog-
ers of Fort Collins, Colo. Miss
Chase is the daughter also of
Mr.. Ralph H. Chase. A June
wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
Nimmo-Muize

Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Nimmo
of Chevy Chase announce the
engagement of their daughter
Kathryn Elaine to Mr.. Earl
Richard Maize II. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Richard Maize
of Pittsburgh. A September
wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
Kutz-Kinael

Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Katz
announce the engagement of
their daughter Eileen to Mr..
Howard F. Kimel, son of Mrs.
Freida Kimel Segner. A spring
wedding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22

Mr.. and Mrs. William L.
Rice announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Jean to
Mr.. Robert Anderson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy w. Anderson
of Burt, Iowa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-22
Bird-Dellitt

Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan w. Bird
of Strasburg, Va. announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Mary Katherine to Mr..
John Philip Dellitt, son of Mr..
and Mrs. S. H. Dellitt of Des
Moines, Iowa. A summer we'd
ding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29

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Arlington Store during this great event These Presto
factory representatives will show you how to cook
meal with your Presto check your cooker for
operating efficiency and install new parts without
service charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-29
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The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

Visiting their aunt and un-
Gle, Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
BerkoWitZ are Alma and Han
nah BerkowitZ, Dallas, Texas.
Their parents will return for
them just prior to establish.
ing their new home in New
Mexico. Word came to the Ber.
kowitzes of the birth of a son
to DR.. and Mrs. David MintZer
at New Haven, Conn. He is the
brother of Mrs. Berkowitz and
associate professor of physics
at Yale.
Friends will be sorry to hear
that Rose Nuremberg, a for.
mer resident, has been seri-
ouSly ill in a Miami hospital
these past several weeks.
Word was received by the
family from Martin and Lois
Bleich of the birth of a daugh-
ter June 18 at Forbes Air
Force Base, Kansas, and nam
ed Gail jeanne. Grandparents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Bleich and Mr.. and Mrs. Dave
Isaacson, st. Francis, Canada.
The mother is the niece of the
Larry Bookstaffs and Mr.. and
Mrs. Nate Snverman.
Last week MIR. and Mrs. Da-
vid Whitaker headed for the
coast to spend the summer.
Presently they are the guests
of Col. and Mrs. Mortimer at
Rancho Santa Fe, Calf, and
later they will take a place at
one of the coast resorAS.
They'll return the end of the
summer.
Mrs. Irving FfersOn writes
from New York, where the
family is spending the sum-
mer, to express her apprecia-
ton and that of her family for
the thoughtfulness of friends
in planning a permanent me-
mortal at the City of Hope and
for the many trees planted in
Israel in memory of her moth
er, Celia Schneider, and for
the notes of condolences.
Spending the summer with /
Mrs. Rose SlutSky is her
daughter, Mrs. William Pavit-
sky and children.
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06
Social nc
lk1slaI.,I,,E||::I

In town the past few weeks,
having taken over an ice
cream business, is Arnold
Iecht, New York. He is being
joined in a few days by Mrs.
Hecht and daughter, Kathy-
Lynne, 61a, an a acroba a t i C
dancer and model. Other rela-
tives are expected to follow be-
fore the end of the summer.
Another recent arrival, Mrs.
Louis Cohen and son, LaZer, E.
Hawthorne, r turn e d last
week to Pittsburgh to COM
plete personal business, as the
family completed plans to live
here permanently and have
bought a home. Mr.. Cohen is
the brother of Meyer Cohen,
Hotel Westerner.
After spending the past sea-
son with her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Marmis, Mrs. Sarah Vinikour
has returned to her home in
Chicago, where she lives with
her son, DR.. Ben Vinikour.
Leonard Nevins, Airman
3rd class, and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Nevins, is station
ed at Kingman. He was home
a few weeks ago on furlough
after completing basic train
ing. Also recent guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Farum,
former Tucsonians living in
LA, and aunt and uncle of
Mrs. Nevins.
The Jack AbelsOns, E. Ma
bel, are in Chicago for two
weeks.
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

In the east is Mrs. Esther
Alperin, who went to attend
graduation ceremonies at the
u. of Illinois at which her ne
phew receives a Ph.D. degree.
She may continue on to New
England for visit with rela-
tiveS before returning home.
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06

Mrs. Mac Waldman Joined
Mrs. Ben Fink, Judy and Da-
vid at the Hotel Delmonico in
New York for three weeks.
She looks forward to seeing
many friends as it is her first
trip east in several years.
The Arizona post., 1956-07-06
Back from a pleasant trip to

DdCh ITOIIH q PIOttodIIG UP 10
San Francisco are the Fred
Rosen family. Mr.. Rosen at
tended the KiWanis district
convention in his official capa-
city as district governor.
Making his first trip back
to Boston in ten years is Ellie
Winkeller. He is spending a
month with his children and
grandchildren.
New president of the Sun
shine Climate Club is Hyman
Myerson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Doctors Will Hear
Heart Panel on TV

DR.. Paul Dudley White. lead.
ing heart specialist. will take
part in panel to be teleyised
over closed circuit at 8 pm
Wednesday to the District and
81 other cities.
A panal Of six noted medical
clinicians will discuss the heart
patient in situations Of stress.
The telecast. will be seen by Dis
trict physicians in the. auditor
ium of the District Medical So
ciety.
A highlight of the program,
one of a series Of Grand
Rounds" will be a live segment
from an operating room at the
New England Medical Center
demonstrating anesthetic tech
niques to safeguard cardiac pa
tients during surgery.
Participants on the panel in
clude DR.. White, DR.. c. Sidney
professor of medicine;
DR.. Samuel A. Levine, clinical
professor Of medicine, and DR..
c. Sosman. professor of
all OF the Harvard
Medical School: DR.. Benjamin
Etsten. professor Of anesthesia
and DR.. Samuel Proger, profess
sor of medicine. both Of the
Tufts University School Of Medi-
cine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Final Report Is Planned
On Langley Site for GA

A special committee of Fed
eral planners will meet Thursday
to draft a report expressing favor
for a site at Langley, Va. for
the Central Intelligence Agency's
new s46 million headquarters.
The National Capital Planning
Commission recently favored the
controversial Langley site by a
vote of Z to 5. reversing an earlier
expression of opposition.
Under law, however, the COM
mission must submit a final re-
port" to CHA. explaining its
position.
Committee Named
Commission Chairman Har-
land Bartholomew has named a
ifive-man committee to draft the
report made up of three pro-
Iponents OF the Langley location
in Fairfax County and two op-
ponents. The proponents are
John A. Remon, Washington
citizen member and committee
chairman; Brig. Gen. David H.
Tulley. representing the Chief Of
Army Engineers. and L. l..
Hunter. Of the Public Building
Service. The opponents are
Claude w. Owen. Washington
citizen member, and C. McKim
Norton. New York planner.
Mr.. Remon said he intended to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Both Parties Start Drive
For Voter Registration

to work for the election of con-
vention delegates favorable to
their presidential candidate. AS
Stunning that a lively contest will
shape up between the two men,
voting interest will be stimulated
among Washingtonians and the
registration Of residents should
rise appreciably.
F. Joseph Donohue, former
District Commissioner who is
Senator Kefauver's national
campaign manager, said several
Kefauver headquarters will be
opened shortly in the District.
Republican Chairman Hart
said his party's precinct organi-
zation is being perfected for
block -by-block canvassing and
the principal effort to register
voters will be made early in
March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
New ABC Report Cards
Win Parental Approved

said 1t was unfair to give Cs to
children whose work was up to
the level of their grade and to
reserve BIS and AS for children
whose work was one year or two
years beyond the standards set
for their grade. Children doing
good work in their grade deserved
better than a C. they said.
Many parents feel that an at
tempt to make the new letter
grades reflect city-wide standards
is impractible and that a child's
in his own class is not
adequately shown.
Others say the new report is
too negative. giving check marks
lin addition to the letter grades)
only where children need help .
without giving credit for areas in
which children are doing well,
Most Of the parents questioned
agreed. however, that the new
letter grades-which actually are
a return to an older system--give
a better idea Of how a child is
doing in school than the former
reports did.
Even those who found faults
with the new ABC cards were
willing to give them a further
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

productivity. wages and general
welfare.
| Other exhibits will describe
the advances OF science, how
rewards are shared with the
workers, the disappearance of
class lines and growth of the
great middle class, the develop
tment Of culture and how the
average American lives today.
/ Another panel will say: The
Declaration of independence
laid the foundation for Peoples
Capitalism. The American Phi
Ilosophy:: The State exists only
ito serve the individual, not the
reverse. The individual is our
most precious resource.
| The exhibit had It's start with
a world survey made last year by
Mr.. Repplier, The Advertising
Council president, who was asked
by the Eisenhower Fellowships
ito study the United States over
seas information program.
Saw Need
Mr.. Repplier saw the need for
counteracting Communist prop
Uganda with a new description of
our way of life. He and others
consulted decided on Peoples
Capitalism"
"In too many countries capt.
Italism has meant a system under
which a few men lived IN great
luxury while the bulk of the peo-
pie had pitifully little" Mr.. Rep
plier said.
Whats the answer to this sit
uation? The answer is to face
the issue squarely. Every time
the Soviet propaganda machine
thunders against capitalism. our
obvious cue is to thunder back
that new kind of capitalism
has come about which is neither
colonial nor feudalistic-that it
is doing things for its people
while Communism has remained
an empty promise for 35 years"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

mail the report to commission
members and ask them to cast
votes on the report by return
mail. If a majority fayors the
report. he said. 1t will be- sent to
the CHA in advance of next
months Planning Commission
meeting.
After receiving the commits
sion report, CHA Director Allen
w. Dulles will be free to an
nounce formal selection Of the
Langley location as the site for
the big headquarters.
Would Extend Parkway
CHA already has authorization
to plan the new center. but
wants to ask Congress to appro-
pirate money this year for its
actual construction. Part Of the
appropriation also would be used
to extend the George Washing
ton Memorial parkway along the
Potomac from its present termi-
nus near Key Bridge to the Fed
eral tract. near Langley.
Mr.. Dulles has openly pressed
fof approval of the Langley To-
cation for several months.
Virtually all the discussion in
recent months has conferred
around pros and cons of that 10
cation. with little consideration
given to possible alternate sites.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
BY HARD BACAS

ABC report cards are fine with
most District parents, but they
wish teachers were more liberal
with the AS and BIS.
For the first time in some Is
years. District elementary school
children took home ABC report
cards last week. Nearly $1,000
first-to-sixth graders got the
new-style cards. They replace a
card which showed only check
marks for Outstanding prog
ress." satisfactory progress" and
needs improvement"
The Star made a spot check
of parents with children in ele-
mentary schools to find out how
they like the new cards. With
few exceptions. parents are
happy to see AS, BIS and C's
again. But many are not sure
that the system is being used
properly.
A complaint Of many parents
lis that teachers seem inclined
TO give too many C's, indicating
average" progress.
Before the new report cards
we're distributed. some teachers
and parents voiced concern over
the way they would be used. They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Photographers Meet

The Capital chapter Of the
Biological Photographic Associa-
ton will meet at 8 pm. Wednes-
day at the Dart Auditorium,
Armed Forces Institute of Pa
theology, Walter Reed Hospital
Willis John Wood of the Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology
will talk on "Photomicrography."
Leonard Pimental will moderate
a symposium on THE New
Anscochrome Color Film"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Columbia U. Dinner

The February dinner meeting
of the Columbia University Club
of Washington will be held at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow at the Amer
lean Association of University
Women headquarters, 1884 Eye
street NV. The speaker will be
Rear Admiral George A. Sinclair,
IUSN tretD. who will talk on Re
cent Developments in the Persian
Gulf Area"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
BY JOHN V. HORNER

ny JOk1N W hoEe1NLn
The Democratic and Republic
can Party organizations in
Washington have begun ringing
door bells in an effort to get
citizens to register for the pri-
mary elections here May i.
A. L. Wheeler, the Democratic
chairman, and George L. Hart,
IT,, head of the local G. o. P.
committee, said yesterday groups
of workers are canvassing the
residential areas to stimulate in
terest in the first legalized voting
for the District in 80 years.
At the May primary election,
each party will choose new COM
mittees, select two members Of
the national political commit
tees and name delegates to the
1856 national conventions.
In order to participate. resi-
dents must register with the
Board of Elections. Board off,
Gals said yesterday registrations
spurted last week after The Star
published a story which noted
that fewer than 1000 citizens
had qualified. The total, how
ever, is still far below expecta-
tions and the two political Or
CARNATIONS are trying to improve
the situation. e
Registration Booths Planned
Democrats have been critical
of the Elections Board for not
establishing a number Of con-
venient registration places. The
only permanent location is in a
ground-floor Office In the Dis
trict Building. The board plans,
however, to open "a neighbor-
hood booths for short periods in
March and April.
The Democrats apparently have
persuaded the board to maintain
registration booths at the Ar
mory during the Home Show and
the Flower Show, both Of which
will draw thousands of residents
during February.
Arrangements are being made
to conduct registration promo
ton campaigns through adver-
Using.
Meanwhile, two factions of the
Democratic Party are stirring up
interest in the candidates. Of
Senator Kefauver and Adlai Ste
venson for the presidential nomi-
nation.
Lively Contest Possible
The Stevenson organization is
headed locally by j. C. Turner,
vice president of the Democratic
State Central Committee and a
labor leader. The Kefauver club
here is headed by William F.
Fadler, jr., a lawyer and active
Young Democrat.
These two groups are expected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Sofety Talks
District Visits
Listed by Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
Of The Stor's School Safety prosrom,
will give his safety eortoon chalk
folks at the following schools in the
District this week:
TomorOw--NeIle School. 9;l5 ON,
and l0:45 ON. p
Tuesdoy-loneston School. 9:l5
ON.
Wednesdoy-Morson School, 9;l5
ON; and l0:45 ON.
Thursdoy--Pork View School. s;lS
ON. ond' l0:45 ON.
Fridoy-Mureh School, 9:lS ON.
and l0:45 ON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12

truly is OF. Tor ana by the people.
The idea was advanced by The
Advertising Council and accepted
by the United States Information
Agency for use at international
trade fairs and other programs
overseas.
A special program opening the
exhibit here will be held at 3
q m. tomorrow. Starting Tuesday
1t will be open TO the public from
! to 9 pm. each day. including
Sunday. through February %.
Participants in tomorrow's
opening ceremony will include
j. C. Turner. secretary of the
Maryland State and D. c. Fed
Grafton Of Labor, representing
AFL-CIO President George
Meany: Lee H. Bristol, president
Bristol Myers Co.; Theodore c.
Streibert, director. U. S. Infor-
nation Agency; Stuart Peabody.
Advertising Council chairman,
and Theodore S. Repplier. presi-
dent of the Advertising Council.
Special Feature
A special feature Of the pro-
gram will be a pictorial presen-
tation of the job and life of
James e, Barnes, a U. S. Steel
millwright. chosen by the Coun-
Gil as typical American work.
err"
The ceremonies will be tape
recorded by the Voice of Amer
lea and broadcast by short wave
later around the world.
Central theme of the exhibit
is two houses. the first a Colonial
home in ITS and the second an
up-to-date house. The first
home will be furnished in the
rough pieces Of the day. the Sec
ond will be a pre-fabricated
model with all modern conven-
fences.
Progress. with all the people
benefiting, will be illustrated by
nail manufacture then and now
A man pounding out l6 nails an
hour by hand will show the pain
full work Of 1870 years ago.
Alongside the modern home
will be today's Matchmaking ma
chine turning out 10000 nails
an hour, with appropriate signs
explaining how power and ma
chimes have increased America g
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Optimist International,
Sixteenth District, ends a
two-day meeting at the Will
lard Hotel.
The Cooperative Food
Distributors of America con-
tinue their meeting at the
Statler Hotel.
The Tax Executives In
stitute. Inc, continues it's
meeting at the Shoreham
Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
Good Sumurituns
To Discuss Benefit

The Good Samaritan Society
will discuss plans for a spring
benefit to aid Fides House and
other projects at a meeting at
BIS pm. tomorrow at 1924 v
street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
PubIicists Meet

DR.. Herbert r. Brinberg will
speak on Men and Moonshine
at a 1890 pm. luncheon meet
ing Wednesday of the American
Public Relations Association In
the Burlington Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-12
u. S. Story Of Capitalism
Will Get Preview in D. 6.

An exhibit to spread the gospel Of Peoples Capital
ism will nine-day Tuesday the
concourse.
Covering 1000 square feet exhibit designed to battle
Communist propaganda based the type of Capitalism Karl
Marx ranted against in his dayto show the world democracy