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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

The women and men who
present organized recreation and
entertainment through the USO
to the armed forces at home and
abroad met here today to plan
bigger and better things.
The first annual meeting Of
the USO National Council con-
lvened at the Hotel Statler. Spe-
cial awards were presented to
Secretary of Defense Wilson,
Mrs Gilbert La Gorce of Wash
ington, representing the more
than a million volunteers, who
have served USO, and Harvey
is. Flrestone, jr.. USO chairman.
They were honored for outstand-
ing contributions.
Emil Schram, USO president
and former president of the New
York Stock Exchange, told the
meeting of the necessity of TAX
ing USO to cities and towns
throughout the Nation. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
'Crowding Brings
'Purt-Time Shifts al
Wentworth School

Two classes totaling about 100
children at Kenilworth Elemen-
tary School will go on part-time
shifts soon because of crowding,
Miss Edith A. Lyons, assistant
school superintendent, said yes
terday.
Miss Lyons said parents had
been consulted and preferred to
have the split schedule rather
than continue children in pres
lent groups in the 40s.
The action is subject to Board
of Education approval next
week. Miss Lyons said the emer-
Igency arrangement will continue
until June. She said it isn't
known what will happen next
fall.
There are no part-time classes
elsewhere in the school system
at present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

of the Chief of Naval Operations
since April, 1853.
Admiral Boone, a naval avia-
tor who has been superintendent
since August IL, 1854. will be
promoted to full admiral and be-
&c ONE commander-in-chief OF
naval forces in the Eastern At
lantic and Mediterranean with
headquarters in London.
Edwin B. Smedberg, a son OF
the new superintendent, is
a midshipman at the Academy
and was among the brigade of
$500 who witnessed today's cere-
monies.
Another son, William r. Smed-
berg ", is a lieutenant G.gD at
tached to the destroyer Beatty
A daughter. Claudia. is married
to the commander of a Navy jet
fighter squadron.
His wife is the former Claudia
Stuart Barden of Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
|USO Officials Planning
Expand Entertainment

pointed out that USO has strong
support from President Eisen-
hover. Apart from the Amer
lean Red Cross, it is the only
organization to which the Pres
ident lends his name as honor
airy chairman.
Mr.. Scfralr1 said the Defense
Department wants USO to ex-
pand. He added: 1--WE can build
the finest public relations pro-
gram which money can buy"
The principal worry has been
finances, Mr.. Schram said. He
announced Admiral John L.
Hall, jr., U. S. Navy retired. will
again be national campaign
chairman. The goal is $13.7 mil
lion for an expanded program
he explained.
Edwin E. Bond, executive di-
rector. declared future plans call
for broader and more equitable
distribution of USO service to
the military.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Congressmon's Boy, 4, Asks Prayers
For Dog S Return, and Minister Obliges

The congregation Of Dunbar
ton Avenue Methodist Church
must have been a little startled
last Sunday when the Rev. Clar-
ence L. Dawson began speaking
from the pulpit.
"We do not usually pray for
earthly things" he said, but I
want you to bow your heads for
a moment of silent prayer and
ask the good Lord that little
Walter Chathams little dog will
be found and returned to him"
If his flock was surprised, it
was understanding and later
many of the members told their
pastor he had done a grand
thing.
And if the flock had been bit
startled, Mr.. Dawson said he
understood that, too, for he felt
the same way when Walter went
to him for help.
Walter is 4 years old, the son
of Representative and Mrs.
Thurmond Chatham of North
Carolina, and until last Saturday
he owned 2-year-old male
dachshund named "Schatzi. l."
Sometime during the day Wall
tiers Darling" English for.
|Schatzi) disappeared, and with
the dog went Walters heart.
Walter was only 2 when his
aunt, Mrs. Ralph P. Hanes OF
IWinston-Salem, N. c., surprised
him with the pedigreed pet.
Walter had been taking a nap,
and when he went into the yard,
there was Schatzi. With
Iwhoop. Walter gathered Schatzi
Into his arms and kissed him
right on his Teutonic snoot. 1t
was love at first sight.
So it was a grieving Walter
who went to Sunday school for a
double purpose Sunday, and
sought out the pastor, and
Every humbly" asked:
Twill you please pray for me?"
Il at first was startled by the
request and asked him Why" the
minister said. Then he said
he had lost his dog-the gate
was open and he ran away. He
asked if I would pray to the
good Lord for his safe return. u
Today Walter is going home
to Prospect House in George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Fairfax Drafts Plans
For Water System
Dam and Lake
Would Be Built
At Goose Creek
BY JAMES BIRCHFIELD

The town of Fairfax is draft
ing plans for a water supply
system with an eventual capacity
that could supply the needs OF
the entire western portion OF
Fairfax County. Va.
The project would include a
dam on Goose Greek and crea-
ton of a 140-acre lake in LOU
doun County about Is miles from
the town of Fairfax.
| Robert J. McCandlish. jr.,
Fairfax attorney representing
the town, said construction of
their reservoir hinges on a $4.5
million bond issue.
| Today the Fairfax Town Coun-
Gil is scheduled to ask the Fair
fax Circuit Court for permission
to hold a bond referendum on
April 5.
Now Acquiring Options
AS the first step, the town is
acquiring options on lao acres
of land for the reservoir, which
will be / mile up Goose Creek
from the Washington g. Old
Dominion Railroad crossing. The
site is about miles southeast
of Leesburg on the property of
George F. Brewster and John
w. Carr.
! Mr.. McCandlish said the water
will be piped from the Goose
Greek reservoir to Fairfax by way
of Herndon. He said the town
will sell water to Herndon and
/ to any other municipality or TO
the county.
Tyler SWetnam, a member of
4 the Fairfax Water Committee
and local engineer, said Goose
Greek was selected because of
its stable flow. He said studies
over the last so years indicate
a constant flow.
Plan 20-FOot Dam
MIR. Swetnam said the 140-
acre lake will be backed up be-
hind a 20-foot concrete dam.
He said the dam will be located
about $50 yards above the WASH
ington & Old Dominion Railroad
bridge over Goose Greek. This
is in the vicinity of the Belmont
stone quarry, operated by the
Arlington Stone Co.
! Mr.. SWetnam said the dam,
in its first stage, will supply a
maximum of IL million gallons
per day.
Later, Mr.. SWetnam said, the
potential may be raised to 80
million gallons a day.
He said the reservoir and dam
will not affect the flow OF the
water in Goose Greek. He said
the reservoir will store excess
water with the normal flow of
the stream passing over the top
of the dam.
Filter Plants Adjacent
/ The dam and a filter plant,
which will be adjacent to the
reservoir. will be designed by the
Chicago engineering firm of Ell
wood, Burdick g. HoWsen.
1 Patton & Kelly of Falls Church
are the local engineers. Options
on the property are beeing &C
quired for Fairfax by Moore,
Clemens IL Co. of Leesburg.
! The Fairfax town water sys-
tenn now is supplied by deep
wells. but rapid residential de-
velopment has made it apparent
that wells cannot meet future
demands. The Herndon system
also is supplied by wells.
/ Fairfax County had planned to
make water available to the
town with the proposed $50 mil
lion county integrated water sys-
tenn to be supplied from the Po-
tomac River. County voters,
however, turned down a bond
issue last November to finance
chic yoyninn+
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J
concentrated teaching. Not al
problem pupils are gaining 81
spectacularly, but Miss Levi!
feels the case is fair sample
/ Kimball is accomplishing thi'
educational quickening by mean!
of a group of special classes fol
pupils behind in their work. Tit
11-year-old is reading with
group of mentally slow children
but only temporarily. because hi
own mentality is actually above
normal. He already is having
arithmetic with a regular fifth.
grade and joins in some of theil
other activities.
Next fall, he will be moved ir
with a group of normal young
sters getting remedial reading
help, and a year from then Miss
Lewis expects him to be fully
ready for junior high school.
Outlook Now Changed
This child, a newcomer to the
city, seemed to have little K
offer when he arrived, Miss
Lewis said. II would not have
believed he had the intelligence
he has" she said, because he was
slouched and silent. 1t turned
out that the boy apparently had
a serious emotional maladjust-
ment. Now his complete change
of outlook and performance is
proving the first impression was
entirely wrong.
To make possible this educa-
tional DISQUALIFICATION Miss
Lewis said is exactly what she
considers it-Kimball is sacri-
ficing the privilege of having its
ordinary classes smaller by a
pupil or two One of the rene
dial classes-for fourth, fifth and
sixth-graders, has % pupils, and
the other for lower levels has ID.
The subnormal group at present
has II But the exchange, &C
cording to Miss Lewis, is well
worth it, for in bigger classes
the special children would be
hopeleSsly lost.
Kimball, at the moment, has
between SO and 60 colored chill
dren, out of an enrolment OF
some 1926 There are two colored
girls in the older remedial class
and one in the younger.
Glasses 4 Years Old
Kimball organized its two
special remedial classes on Miss
Lewis initiative expressly to help
tagging but normally intelligent
children. The classes now have
been operating for four years.
Miss Lewis is gratified with The
results
The program has been an in
valuable help in coping with a
highly fluid, problem-laden en-
rollment, including easing teach
ing in regular classes, And uni
formly it seems to have worked.
Some of the special enrollees
have taken an extra year to cover
two years work. but so far all
have ended up satisfactorily, in
regular classes at Kimball or in
junior high school, and on grade
level.
IF they had stayed in ordi-
nary classes, probably many of
them would never have learned
to read" Miss Lewis said. She
recalled another case Of a boy
now in junior high school who,
when he transferred three years
ago from q suburban school in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
FAIRFAX COUNTY
LENDS DISTRICT
so BALLOT BOXES

The people Of Fairfax
County are helping the
citizens of Washington get
ready to become voters.
The Fairfax Electoral
Board generously lent so
ballot boxes to the District
Board of Elections for use at
the neighborhood registra-
ton stations this week.
BY borrowing the boxes,
the local board saved an ex-
penditure for equipment
which seldom will be needed
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Smedberg Takes Helm
At the.NovoI Academy
BY FRANK SARTWELL
Star STAFF Correspondent


ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 15.-To
cannonading and martial music,
Rear Admiral William R. Smed-
berg III today took command OF
the Naval Academy.
At SO, one of the Nays
youngest flag officers, but u vet
eran combat commander, Ad-
miral Smedberg relieved Rear
Admiral Walter F. Boone.
AS salutes totaling 40 guns
echoed in the Bancroft Hall
Court, Admiral Smedberg broke
out his two-star flag over what
he called "the most challenging
and important assignment in the
Naval service"
1.-The United States Navy" he
said, "is the key to the continue
ing greatness of this Nation"
The brigade of midshipmen.
which includes one of Admiral
Smedberg's sons, was praised by
Admiral Boone as lone of the
Nations greatest assets"
He told the midshipmen,
Much of the hope for the future
is in your hands"
Admiral Boone wished the
brigade good sailing, good fly
ing and happy landings"
Admiral Boone thanked Gov
McKeldin and Annapolis Mayor
Arthur G. Ellington and other
representatives of the State. the
city and the residents of Annap-
oils, who shared the platform
with him, for their assistance to
the academy.
Admiral Smedberg, destroyer
commander and cruiser officer
during World War II and COM
handing officer of the battleship
Iowa during the Korean War,
has been director here of poll
affairs in the nff1ce
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Series Ends Tonight
IOn Youth Problems

The last in a series of three
town meetings on youth prob
lens will be held at 8 pm. today
at Hurst Hall, American Univer-
lsity, Massachusetts and Nebraska
avenues NV.
Sponsored by the Commission
ers' Youth Council with the CO.
operation of the District of Co.
lumbia Recreation Department,
tonight's program will be mod
Grated by Mrs. Henry Grafton
Doyle, chairman of the CYC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

fifth grade, couldn't recite thu
alphabet or recognize or spell
his own name. When he was pro
NOTED last year he was up tt
; grade.
It is not hard to see VIII,
teachers get excited at this kline
of accomplishment. Last Septem
Der. Tyler Elementary School or
ganized a remedial third-fourtf
grade class for both reading ane
arithmetic. The Is pupils as
signed to it had normal intelli'
gence but were all average, ane
some still were reading in only
first or second grade.
One boy, Principal Elizabeth
Emmons said. was reading below
fourth grade although he wa!
IL, and had already repeated the
second and third. In six months
his reading has spurted to fifth
grade level. and by next fall Miss
EmmonS expects him to be in
sixth where he ought to be.
ut saved that boy. If he hao
gone to regular third grade he
would have been retained again. >
she said. Nine children were pro-
NOTED from the class March l in
to regular rooms, and nine others
replaced them.
| $50 Getting Help
Harry w. Lewis, who super
vises a staff of remedial reading
specialists who work in the
school system, said his depart
ment is now aiding some $50
children two or three hours a
week.
The specialists coach young
sters individually, usually from
one to three semesters. The chill
dren usually have normal men
tally but at the outset cannot
read. The specialists take over
when teachers can't do anything
Mr. Lewis told of a boy, now
IA, with an 10. of 1874 and
educated parents. who read moth
ing because of an emotional
block. In 10 months, he was
brought from preprimer to
fourth grade reader, and he is
now doing satisfactorily in junior
high
Another boy, now 10, was TAX
en- from scratch to second grade
between November, 1854, and
last May
A third grade girl reading as a
first grader was speeded three
years according to written test
and four years according to an
oral one in a year and a half
of coaching.
A boy almost II with an 80
10 reading in first grade,
climbed two years in one semes-
ter, and another three years in
two semesters more.
These cases are typical, Mr.
Lewis said. The first two young
sters are Negro, the second two
white.
Not Enough Teachers
Remedial work is helping sig
nificantly with Indignation, as
we'll as with general education.
The only trouble is that. Accord
ing to principals and teachers,
there is too little Of it because
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

by bread alone"
The devil again tried to pro-
woke Jesus into proving He was
indeed the Son of God, but Jesus
would not yield.
Finally, the devil offered Jesus
all the kingdoms of the world if
He would but fall down and wor-
ship him. Jesus withStood this
temptation and replied, Get thee
hence, Satan" Defeated, the devil
left him alone.
During my "a months in pri-
Soner-of-War camps in North
Korea, the Communist captors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Robert T. Stevens
Calls on President

Robert T. Stevens. former
Secretary of the Army, was a
visitor at President Eisenhowers
Office today.
Mr.. Stevens told neWsmen as
he left the White House that it
was a purely friendly visit" to
renew acquaintance and pay his
respect to the President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Fouquier Post Filled

WARRENTON, Va, Mar. Is
(SpeciaD John w. Mayhugh of
Nokesville will begin the duties
Iof assistant county agent of
Fauquier County tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
here aren't enough teachers to

there aren't enough teachers to
do it
Mr.. Lewis said his clinical
service has a long waiting list.
Miss Emmons said Tyler prob
ably has at least 200 more chill
dren who ought to be in the
class now limited to 25.
And Miss Lewis at Kimball
told the writer:
I'VE ought to have these
classes in every school in the
city"
TOMORROW: Whose prob.
lem child?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
A Thnugtlt fnr Tnnay
Lenten Reflections on Fovorite Stories
From the Bible by People You Know
BY AIR FORCE CAPT. WALDRON BERR
Former Prisoner of War

In the wilderness tasted for 40 days and 40 nights
this period of self denial the devil appeared before
him.
The devil proposed that the Son of God turn stones into
oaveS of bread In Jesus said Man shall not live
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

This is the eleventh Of q series oil
articles on teaching problems in the
District public schools. The LOST
article will appear tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
CRISIS IN THE SCHOOLS-17
Learning Is Speeded
When There Is Help
BY JAMES G. DEANE

Two months 11year-od youngster enrolled in the
fifth Knbal Elementary School with tested reading
vocabulary of three words Today this boy is reading second
grade his teacher hopes have him fourth
This striking according to Miss Dorothy Lewis Kim
example Of the kind of educational speeduI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

their country, their religion and their fellow prisoners
Throughout the entire PERIOD and especially during the
difficult winter of 195051 the lesson in this story of Jesus
in the wilderness to mind frequently and sustained
me.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15

THEY WERE HAPPY TOGETHER-Four- year-old Walter
Chatham and his dog Schatz inseparabe pals before
the disappeared last Saturday from the home
of REPRESENTATIVE Chatham of North Carolina
at Prospect House. Thirty fifth Prospect streets,
Georgetown.
town from GEORGETOWN Univer quickly Walter will be
stv Hospital where his tons going with Schatz to
and adenoids removed cuddle.
Yesterday The power of prayer might be
Like all little boy and who spots
stories this should little black dog wearing collar
reunion and a ronnp with the telephone number OF
But unless prayer is Walters home on it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Sign
Rambling

A recently published map of
Washington and its vicinity
shows a ~. S. Censor's Bu-
reau" at Suitland, Md. =.
A fellow who dropped in at
one of those penny arcades on
Ninth street during intermis-
sion at the Shubert says the
arcade was empty except for
the manager, who was lean
ing on a pinball machine
reading Murder in a Penny
Arcade"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
The
Rambler
Mon Is FurtiYe
In His Kindness
By JACK JONAS

A Scraggly klIten, obviously
underfed, was sitting in front
of a restaurant on Pennsyl-
vania avenue near Ninth
street.
Someone had bought a pint
carton of milk, torn of the
top, and set it on the sidewalk
for the kitten. BY now it had
drunk down as far as its
tongue would go.
A man stopped and ripped
off some more of the carton,
so the kitten could reach the
rest of the milk.
Another man passed by,
turned back to the kitten in
one of those double takes,
then started on again. He
paused to look back a second
time. Then he wheeled into
the restaurant.
He came out a few minutes
later, juggling a hot ham,
burger pattie in one hand.
He sidled up to the kitten,
and looked up and down the
street. When he felt nobody
was looking, he stopped hast
lily and dropped the ham,
burger in front of the kitten.
Then he Strengthened and
hurried up Pennsylvania ave-
nue., like a man afraid he
might get caught in a mo-
ment of kindness.
Puzzled
A fellow we know in Vir-
ginia agrees that visitors to
Washington should be given
courteous treatment, but
he's been puzzling over this
one since it happened.
He and his wife occasion
ally take a taxicab to their
home in Virginia, and the
fare - $3.50 - has never
varied. Last week, friends
came to visit. They got into
a cab at Union Station, the
hacker took them to our
friends Virginia home and
found the house after con-
siderable searching. The
fare was So.
Hierarchy
Here's one last bit from the
Flower Show:
A reader reports he saw the
old Army game of pass-the-
buck in operation there during
a demonstration of flower ar
ranging.
The chief arranger had an
assistant, who had three as
sistants. Came time to provide
water for the flowers, and the
chief arranger handed a small
vial to her principal assistant
and said, water"
The principal assistant
looked at it, handed it to the
next assistant in line, and
said, Water"
The vial went on down to
the lowest assistant. She had
nobody to turn to, and went
to get the water.
Startled
A man passing the Nat
uralization Building at Sew
enteenth and F streets NV.
the other evening took a
long look at one of the third
floor windows.
A light was on in the
room, and there was a sill
hOuette of a helmeted man.
EnDnUI 1;0ht rxaS onta1inU
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Startled

A man passing the Nat
uralization Building at Sew
enteenth and F streets NV.
the other evening took a
long look at one of the third
floor windows.
A light was on in the
room, and there was a sill
houette of a helmeted man.
Enough light was coming
from the street SO that a
face could be seen, staring
skyward.
Our informant was puZ-
Zled, wondering if an Rir
alert had been sounded. His
mind was eased when he
passed the spot again, in
daylight, and saw it was one
of those cut-out recruiting
posters of the Air Force, de-
picting a helmeted pilot
from waist up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-15
Nonchulunt

A lady we know said she saw
a woman the other day who
may well believe that all the
worlds a stage and PennSyl-
vania avenue one of its dress
ing rooms.
She says the woman stop
ped on the sidewalk near
Thirteenth street, reached
down and took off one of her
shoes. Then she reached into
a bag, pulled out another shoe
and put it on. She repeated
the performance with the
other foot, then walked on
nonchalantly.
Sign
There's a sign on the
counter at the Tenth Pre-
cinct which informs Gus
toners: 1--WE Always Give a
Fair Deal. We Shoot Square"
To illustrate the final
sentence, there is a cannon
shooting a square shot. In
side the square, a wag has
penciled: $50 Days."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-20

to the Cards from the Phillies in
a swap last May, may be used
in a player transaction with q
third team. Morgan batted 1876
in SO games.
In st. Louis, General Man
ager Frank Lane of the Cardi-
mails said:
THE Cardinals crying need
has been for power and Ennis
should supply it. He ranks as
one of the outstanding power
hitters in baseball"
He noted that Ennis is one of
five active major league players
with more than 1000 runs batted
in. Others are Stan Musial,
Enos Slaughter, Mickey Vernon
and Ted Williams.
The Cardinals also said they
will receive a minor league
player to be named later.
The Ennis RepulSki-Morgan
deal is Hamey's second swap this
See TRADE. Page c.