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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-23
CoUier-Jones

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold w. Col
lier announce the engagement
OF their daughter Martha Ellen
to Mr.. Robert T. Jones, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Paul A. Jones.
A summer wedding is planned.
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Moore-Ruu

Mr.. and Mrs. Max E. Rau of
Grafton. w. Va. announce the
marriage of their daughter
Ann Elizabeth to Mr.. Harley
Cleveland Moore, jr., son of
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Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dennis
Brown of La Plata. Md. an
nounce the marriage. of their
daughter Margaret Washing
ton to Mr.. Frank Edward
Klapthor. son of Mrs. Frank
c. Klapthor of Erie. Pa The
wedding took place Wednesday
in Sacred Heart Church in La
Plata. The couple will live
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-23

Corey-Corozzo
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Ca
roZza announce the marriage
Of their daughter Sandra
Louise to MIR Jack Carleton
Carey, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eustace w. Carey of Indi-
anopolis, Ind. The wedding
took place Saturday in St.
Francis Xavier Roman Cath
Ollie Church.
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WEDDINGS


Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Saari of
Crosby. Mimi, announce the
marriage of their daughter
Miriam to Mr.. Benson E. Gam
mon, son of Mrs. Ellen F. Gam
mon of Arlington. The
wedding took place Saturday
in All Souls Unitarian Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-28
By JAMES F. MOSER

Ten-year-old Robert BUTCH
Upton got his right arm back
yesterday.
The courageous little boy. who
lost both arms as the result Of
touching a high tension wire at
his McConchie, Md home in
May, was fitted with an arti-
'ficial left arm on August 81.
Being left handed, the first
thing he did was write his name.
And yesterday, he wrote his
name again, but there was a
marked improvement in his
writing. And there was a big
smile.
A fifth-grade student at the
La Plata Md Elementary
School, Butch has been working
his arithmetic problems with the
hook on his left arm. but most
lof his spelling he has done orally,
his father, Robert c. Upton,
said.
Fitted At ID. c. Firm
The fitting Of the second arm
was made at the artificial limb
firm OF j. E. Hanger. Inc. 221
@ street NV. where he got his
left arm earlier.
Raymond A. Beales. chief pros
thetist Of the firm. said Butch
had done remarkably well with
his left arm.
Butch doesn't sit and worry
about himself. Instead, he keeps
busy playing with his three
brothers or helping his father.
Before cold weather ran away
the grasshoppers, he spent his
Irecesses at school catching
grasshoppers for six pet turtles.
And one day earlier IN the fall,
he operated a farm rake for his
father. as Mr.. Upton drove the
tractor.
His legs we're too short TO
reach the tripping pedal his
father said. 80 he stood Up 70
reach it-and never missed a
row.
More Exercises
Butch will now undergo more
exercises at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital 70 help him
master his second arm properly.
His mother. Mrs. Catherine
Upton. said his classmates want
10 do everything for him. but
he wants 10 do as much a. he
can for himself"
And his father had something
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Inaugural Headquarters
Already Bursting Seams

Inaugural Committee head
quarters in the Liberty Loan
Building. Fourteenth and D
streets s.w.. has been in opera
ton only since Monday, but it
is already bursting at the seams.
II has now acquired an addi-
tional 1000 square feet Of space
in which to house its manifold
operations.
Treasury Department person.
mel who had occupied the area
have been moved elsewhere to
make way for the newcomers
who will direct the big parade.
the Inaugural balls. the concert
and other activities being
planned.
The General Services Admins
tgation has supplied the extra
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space and has sent in painters,
carpenters and other wOrkmen
to make the necessary modifica-
tons.
A number Of additional chair
men Of various groups remains to
be officially named. There viii be
conference rooms. Offices and
other quarters designed 20 aid
in making the whole operation
flow more smoothly.
The Inaugural Committee will
occupy the headquarters until
around March /. For even after
President Eisenhower Is inau-
gurated publicly on January 81.
He will take a private oath Of
office on Sunday January 20
there will remain a raft Of details
70 be ironed out b. the COM
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ney L. Howard DuckeCC as Spe-
cial counsel for the Sanitary
Commission.
The commissions full legisla-
tive program has not yet been
completed but is expected to be
made public before December 6.
when the joint Montgomery
Prince Georges delegation to the
General Assembly meets with
the commission.
At present sewer and water
lines are installed by the COM
mission and financed through
bond issues. Auditing lan d
owners then are levied a 'front.'
foot benefit assessment for the
life of the bonds, ranging from
20 to 40 years, with most in the
latter category.
Cash Payment Required
AS originally proposed, the
Legislative revision would require
cash payment for one-fourth the
cost of installations the first year
lit goes into operation. The per-
lcentage of cash payment would
be increased annually, leading to
eventual elimination of most of
the front-foot benefit financing
in about four years.
The revision-requiring action
by the General Assembly - is
aimed at reducing the rate with
which the bonded Indebtedness
of the commission has been in
creaSing.
Some $50 million of the $96
million outstanding debt of the
commission is attributed to con-
struction bonds used in finance
ing sewer and water line prof.
ects.
Elimination of the front-foot
benefit system has been consid-
cred for several years.
Some Are Much in Favor
Some builders and developers
working on new subdivisions long
have advocated a program
whereby they could handle the
sewer and water line work them
selves. They contend they can
do the job cheaper-some insist
ing they can do 1t for about half
the amount it costs the COM
mission.
Unless some special provision
is made. however. the cash sys-
tenn might spell trouble for SUBJ
divisions where homes exist and
which are now out of reach OF
trunk sewer and water lines.
1t would mean. for example,
that when and if such trunk
lines become available. residents
of these areas where lots are
individually owned would have
to get together on fund raising.
Chances are that the commits
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sion will make some provision
for handling such cases other
than through the proposed cash
payment plan.
For the big developer it i'm
posed no serious problem. A large
proportion of the cost of sewer
and water facilities can be
included in construction mort
cages.
POyOff Inducement
Another measure being con-
sidered along this line would
permit residents of the sanitary
district to pay off front-foot
benefits still outstanding against
them at one time if they choose
AS an inducement to residents
to pay of, the commission may
relieve them of all interest costs
The impetus for these changes
has been spurred by the COM
missions fear that its bond rat
ing might be affected by the
increasing Indebtedness.
A one-notch drop from the
commissions present BAA rating
could cost the commission an
other one-half per cent interest
on the present bond market.
Net and Gross Bills
Another proposal that has
considerable support aroun d
commission Offices would permit
the issuance of net and gross
water and sewage bills as an en-
couragement for quick payment
About one-third of the COM
missions customers now have to
be sent notices of delinquency
before they pay up. Two other
proposals repeatedly being con-
sidered would ALLOW:
/. The commission discretional
authority to issue bonds with OF
without the guarantee of Mont
gomery and Prince George:
Counties.
Q. The commission to issue q
given amount annually prob
ably SIS million) in water bond!
without having to seek special
legislation from the General AS
Sembly.
The commission already ha:
an annual authority to ISSUE
sewer bonds.
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Nearby Teachers Seek
Common Salary Cool

For the first time, teachers in
the four nearby Maryland and
Virginia counties have set their
sights on common salary goal.
A minimum scale Of $4,000 to
$1,000 for a teacher holding a
bachelors degree has been pro-
posed for Montgomery. Prince
Georges, Arlington and Fairfax.
The individual education
groups will present this request
to school officials for the coming
fiscal year. Announcement of
the united effort was made
through a parent organization,
the A. year old Washington
Area Council Of Public School
Education Associations.
Currently. in these four coun-
ties. the best-paid teachers are
in Fairfax. with minimums rang
ing from $1,000 to $500. Ar
Iington pays S3.700 to $500:
Montgomery. $500 to S5.777;
and Prince Georges, $500 TO
$500.
Membership Totals $500
Membership in the four coun-
ties totals about $500. There is
a potential membership OF about
$3.50. In the two Maryland
counties. the associations are in
tegrated. In Arlington and Fair
fax. the membership is all white
but Negro teachers would benefit
equally from any pay raise.
The council decided not to
specify proposals for either the
intermediate wage steps in this
basic scale or for teachers carry
Ing higher degrees. These figures
would be worked out by the in
dividual jurisdictions.
AT a press conference. council
officials expressed qualified op-
timism over chances Of achiev-
ing the salary goal
Eric Rhodes. research chair
man, said II one jurisdiction re-
iects the proposal II would be
at q disadvantage in competing
with the three other areas Tor
the better teachers.
Maryland Is First Hope
The council "a particularly
hopeful that . break-through
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Transit Plan Pushed
On 2 Fronts byCha|k
Meeting Sought
With Keneipp;
P. U. StudySet

D. c. Transit owner o. Roy
Chalk today pressed on two
fronts for quick approval of his
nine-point program to speed up
transit service and cut costs.
He sought an early confer-
ence with District Traffic Direc-
tor George E. Keneipp to ask
for detailed approval of four
experimental lanes to be limited
to buses only and a permanent
extension of the Christmas sea-
son parking ban On downtown
transit streets.
Also, two-manf teams from the
D. c. Transit System and from
the District Public Utilities
Commission today began sur
.vey. expected to last nearly two
weeks, of the company's bus
stops on six major lines in an
attempt to reduce the number
by as much as 80 per cent.
Yesterday, Mr.. Chalk con-
ferred with the District Com
missloners and with the Public
Utilities Commission and OBJ
tanned more detailed conces-
slonS from city heads than he
had gotten before.
Shoppers Express
The utilities commission agreed
to issue an order Immediately
approving Mr.. Chalk's plan for
establishment of midday shop
pers' express service on an ex-
perimental basis at 30-minute
intervals. inbound, from 10 am.
to 1890 pm. and outbound
from 2 pm, TO $3.50 pm" This
will go into effect. Mr., Chalk
said, on Connecticut avenue,
Sixteenth street and South Cap
itol street, within three days
after the order is issued.
Mr.. Chalk explained he hopes
to have the buses pick UP such
parcels from small trucks at
their regular downtown destipa%
ton and the end of the Dne in
the outlying areas Of Chevy
Chase Circle, GeQgia and
Alaska avenues, Avokdsle, Seat
Pleasant and Livingston.
Implied Promise
From the District Commits
sioners. Mr.. Chalk won an inn
piled promise to consider SPEND
ing UP to $4,000 Of city money
to erect shelters Immediately at
transfer points and terminals.
At the end of the day. Mr..
Chalk disclosed list of Is sites
for such shelters and urged the
city to build as many of them as
/ possible.
The shelters were proposed at
Third street and Livingston ter
race Sc, Michigan and Eastern
avenues NE, Lafayette square,
I Westmoreland circle, Tenley
circle, Ward circle. New Hamp-
shire and Eastern avenues NE,
Sixteenth and Irving streets
NV.
Also Seventeenth, Mt. Pleas
ant and Lamont streets NV:
Connecticut and Nebraska ave-
nues NV, Macarthur boulevard
and Macomb street NV, Forty
first and Davis streets NV.
Sixteenth street and New York
avenue NE, Connecticut avenue
and Calvert street NV. Tenth
street and New York avenue
NV. and Bladensburg road and
H street NE.
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BY HARRY BACAs

DS AlARAA OhGhO
The men in red suits and
false whiskers are back on the
job this week, letting children
come to them with their young
visions Of the good things of
Christmas.
The department store Santa
Clauses these days are mostly
graduates of a professional
Santa Claus school, but their
work is still something more
than organized make-believe. \
This job gives q lot of
pleasure and a lot of heart
aches too" according to the
dean of Washington SantaS.
The Hecht Co., Woodward
& Lothrop. Lansburgh'S and
S. Kann Sons have all sent
their chief Santa Clauses to be
trained at an institution called
the Santa Claus School" at
Albion, N. Y. The man at
Kann's. Frank Kirby, went five
years in a row.
Seven-Day Course
The seven-day course teaches
the men how to make them
selves up, how to dress. what
to say, ways to arrange a
Christmas setting and in gen.
eral how to behave so that they
contribute something of value
to the thousands of children
who journey each year into the
stores with their hearts in their
hands.
LanSburgh's r. c. Cornell.
81, has been head Santa Claus
for seven years. He operates
in the fifth-floor toy depart
ment. This year he trained
another Santa Claus for the
new Lansburgh's store in
Langley Park. The rest of the
year. Mr.. Cornell is a floor
manager at the store.
Frank Kirby at Kann'S has
been on the job for six years.
The youngest of the depart
ment store SantaS at "a, he
operates in the window at
Eight street and Market place
NV. He is the only store
Santa who works on Sundays,
doing shows at 2 pm. and 3
pm. that day.
Mr.. Kirby has trained two
other Santas, one for the
fourth-fioor toy department
and one for the Arlington
store. Mr.. Kirby is regular
employee of Kann's display de-
partment and takes leave of
his other duties each year to
play Santa Claus.
Political Santa
At Woodward g. Lothrop,
there are five Santas. The head
man. a graduate of the New
York school like the other
head Santas, has been there
five years. His job the rest
of the year is kept q secret
by the store. but it is one that
would surprise parents even
more than their children. It's
a political one.
He has trained an assistant
at the downtown store and one
for each of the three main
branch Woodward g. Lothrop
stores in Alexandria, Chevy
Chase and Seven Corners. The
downtown Santa shop is in the
eighth-floor toy department.
The dean of the store Santa
Clauses is Percy j. Bobbitt.
VINO has been at the Hecht
Co. every Christmas since 1947.
the year he attended the New
York Santa school.
Mr.. Bobbitt, a 54-year-old
grandfather, is a Navay Gun
Factory Instrument maker
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will be achieved in Maryland
and thus set the pace for the
other areas.
1t was pointed out that the
Maryland State Board Of Edu-
cation is asking for a $4,000
minimum. This also is the fig-
ure being recommended as a
Statewide minimum by the Vir-
ginia Education Association and
the State Congress Of Parent
Teacher Associations.
Representatives from all
Washington area jurisdictions
helped draw up the wage pro-
posal, 1t was reported.
However. according to Mr..
Rhodes, the District decided to
concentrate on retirement legis-
lation and avoid any dis tracing
effort. The education associa-
tons in Alexandria and Falls
Church are not yet committed to
the salary request because OF
"technicalities of a local nature, ="
he said.
Seek Better Teachers
Another council Official. Rich
ard Neal Of Arlington. said the
principle motive behind the
united salary effort is not a per-
sonal and material desire for
a higher paycheck.
Mr.. Neal, teacher at Wash
ington-Lee High School, Airing
ton. and council secretary-treas-
urer. said the raise" is needed in
order to attract high-caliber per-
sonnet for the betterment Of the
community Another point, he
said, Is that an attractive pay
scale would mean a more perma-
nent staff. thus reducing the
hidden cost OF a high person
mel turnover.
Mr.. Neal said il is the first
time the education associations
have joined forces in this man
ner.
The four association presidents
on hand for the conference in
the Arlington school administra-
ton Offices we're Robert Bogen
OF Fairfax. council president.
james Tyler Arlington Mrs
Elsie Nelson. MONTGOMERY. and
Kalman vozar. Prince Georges.
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The
Rambler
About Stories
Thut Got Awoy
By JACK JONAs

There ought to be some
way, with this column begin
ming its second year today, to
thank all the fine people
who've been helpful with
their telephone calls, letters
and suggestions.
We'd thought of thanking
everybody in print, but the
list is too long, and the space
is too short.
We'd thought, next, CT
thanking in print the AS and
the BIS and taking care of the
rest of the alphabet in en-
suing years. But even for that,
there isn't room.
And, too, that system
brought to mind the eighth
grade, where the teacher held
recitationS by going down the
list of her pupils names
alphabetically. Just to be
fair, she would sometimes
start with Z-there was a
Zabronski in that class-and
work up, so those at the bot
tom wouldn't be missed.
That, of course, left those
at the middle of the alphabet
with very few times to recite,
so that people with initials
like u" never learned much,
while the Andrews and Ia
bronskis ran neck and neck
for class honorS.
And so, like the fisherman,
we'll just talk about the
stories that got away.
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for class honors.
And so, like the fisherman,
we'll just talk about the
stories that got away.
YOU'D THINK a fellow
tramping the streets of Wash
ington for year would be
able to find the things he was
after. But the city is a big
place, and too many things
clamor for attention. The
min d becomes sidetracked
from one interesting thing by
the sudden appearance of
another.
The 6-foot-wide house in
Georgetown has been, for the
past year, elusive. We'd been
filling this space only a few
days when Ruth Blackburn
wrote to ask about that house
- said she'd heard of it
somewhere and would we
please look it up and write
about it.
The search for that house
was abandoned the day an
irate Georgetown resident
posed vigorous objection to
q 6-foot columnist lying on
the sidewalk in front of his
home. The explanation that
this pose was purely for the
purpose of measurement did
little to abate his wrath and
suspicion.
Elusive, too, has been the
old Lookup" somewhere of
Macarthur boulevard. A man
here in the office said he'd
once read about such an old
lookup in that rather extern
sive neighborhood. 1t was
some distance off the road,
he said, and once was used to
house prisoners temporarily
while the agents of the law
went to seek a justice of the
peace to pronounce sentence.
But a man poking around
back yards, even of Mac
Arthur boulevard, is bound to
arouse suspicion. Such actions
could lead him to a lookup,
all right, but probably not the
one he sought.
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LEARNING TO LAUGH
Even Sontu Claus
Must Go to School

who hopes to retire next year.
Counting from the time when
he started playing Santa
Claus for his own children,
Mr.. Bobbitt figures he has
been in the business for 80
years.
ITO me there'll always be
a Santa Claus" Mr.. Bobbitt
says, ut isn't real, but it's
a thought that will never die"
Like the other store Santas,
he enjoys his work. This year
ne spent days training the
eight other Hecht Co. Santas.
There are two at the Silver
Spring store, two in Arlington
and four downtown. The
downtown Santas have a de-
partment of their own on the
fifth floor. Toys are on the
third floor.
Keep Up Spirits
Mr.. Bobbitt feels an i'm
portant part of his job is keep
ing up the spirits of all his
assistants. 1T takes a lot
out of man, maintaining the
smile" he says" while the kids
keep coming at you, one every
10 or 20 seconds"
But the biggest thing in a
Santa is common sense" he
says. HE must govern every
thing by sizing up the child's
temperament before he gets to
his knee. Sometimes Santa
Claus dare not move his arm
for fear of frightening some
child who is nearing him.
Sometimes they come up trem-
bling.
And he can't be boisterous
or loud" Mr.. Bobbitt says.
This old hee-haw stuff
never did believe in it."
Suits Cost $500
A Santa Claus spends about
an hour on duty before he has
to take a break and get out of
his sweltering costume. ExS
pensive as well as heavy, the
red wool suits cost $500 each,
while the boards and long
white wigs made of Tibetan
yak hair cost $50 each.
1t takes is minutes for an
experienced Santa to put on
all his regalia, including the
red coat and pants with rabbit
fur collars and cuffs and satin
Innings and zipperS, the foam
rubber stomach pillows, the
black leather leggings. the A.
inch belt with an 8-inch buckle
and the red nose makeup and
white eyebrow paint.
But Mr.. Bobbitt wasn't, re-
ferrlng to the equipment when
he said that Santa carries
lot of weight. a tremendous
lot of weight" He was think
ing of the calls he has made
to a child'S hospital bed and
seen a pair of eyes light up
with glow that only the sight
of Santa Claus could set off.
Brings Tears
This job gives a lot of pleas
ure and a lot of heartaches."
he said. Sometimes, a big
grown man like me, I've gone
right home and cried. after
seeing the people"
Mr.. Bobbitt likes them young
and old. He has had them
from eight months 10 80
years." he says. There is a diff
ficult age, however.
From 7 to Is, they're at the
know-it-all STAGE" he says.
''You know, they say, I don't
want to see that man-he's a
fake But at IS. they start
coming back to the JOY and
fun of it, and they stay till
fhnv'ra 90 .
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YMCA Aide Shifts

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. % tP).-
B. U. Smith. director of YMCA
and Community Chest work in
Anne Arundel County for the
last three years, has resigned to
become general secretary of the
Cumberland YMCA.
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Is FIRST Hope

The council "a particularly
hopeful that . break-through
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JUST THE OTHER day, the
president of the international
Match Book Cover Collectors
was in town after a flying
trip from Amsterdam. He
slipped away from us, how
ever, before we could get to
him, because our free time
did not coincide with his. But
what a story he must have
had to tell
There was the man, too,
who'd been in business here
some 60 years In one spot and
had made few changes in his
merchandising methods. That
intrigued us, and we went up
to see him a couple of weeks
after we'd heard about him.
But we were too late--in
those two weeks, he'd gone
out Of business. retired and
moved to Florida.
The ones that get away are
more difficult than the ones
that are caught. but we hope
we'll keep on hearing about
such things, anyway. because
they're interesting TO chase.
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Butch Now Has 2 Arms
To Replace Those He Lost

further to say of Butch's prog
ress. In a cork gun match at
home recently. Butch was win
ner in a family tournament.
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Rambling

A crudely lettered sign in a
taxicab advises Don't al
ways pass a church; try to
pay a visit, so when they have
to carry you in. the Lord
won't say Who is it?'"
A fellow we know says he's
been carrying around a letter
bearing the return address
"Center Of the World and is
a little afraid to open it. .