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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28
STEADY CUSTOMER
GETS BIG BONUS
FROM BED 332-D

NORFOLK, Va, (P.-Nine
years ago Mrs. John A. Law
renee. wife of an automobile
mechanic. entered LeighMe-
mortal Hospital here, was as
signed to bed 332-D and gave
birth to her first child, a girl.
Six years ago Mrs. Law
renee entered the hospital,
was assigned the same bed
and gave birth to twins, a
boy and a girl.
Mrs. Lawrence entered the
hospital Tuesday. once more
was assigned to bed 332-D
and gave birth to triplets,
two girls and a boy.
I'm not getting bed 332-D
again." was her comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28

director and Tor two as vice
principal.
Her husband, DR.. Adna L.
Spencer. is a dentist. They have
two children. Judith. 5. and
Richard, 4. Judith will enter
kindergarten at Bunker Hill Ele-
mentary School next September.
Mrs. Spencer has been active
in the Community Chest and
United Community Service as a
volunteer leader and fund-raiser.
She is on the executive COM
mittee of the UCS Family and
Child Welfare Section, president
of Bakers Dozen, a UCS agency,
and former board member Of
Family and Child Services, also
a UCS agency.
She is member of st. Mary's
Episcopal Church. The Spencers
live at $500 Thirteenth street
NE.
Bakers Dozen is a teen-age
center which Mrs. Spencer and a
established i've years ago. The
center at Fourth and P streets
NV. is in the heart Of the Sec
ond police precinct, a center Of
delinquency problems.
| Ny.ks.,. Vy..-s-s
Mr.. Smuck, 81, is a native Of
Woodstock, Va, and a graduate
of the high school there and of
National University Law School,
now part of George Washington
University. He also attended
GWU and the University of Vir-
ginia.
He is vice president of the
German Orphans Home and a
member Of the board Of the
Eastern Branch YMCA, and also
of the YMCA Central Atlantic
Area Council.
i He has three children, Q
. daughter, Mrs. Carla Sonntag,
lanother daughter. Peggy 20, Q
! student at Wittenberg College
and son, John, 10. a sophomore
lat the University of Virginia.
Carla and Peggy were gradu'
. Iated from Anacostia High Schoo
and Kramer Junior High. Mr.
Smuck was active in the homt
land school associations at bott
schools while they were there
He was treasurer Of the Ana
costa group.
The Smucks belong to Luthel
! place Memorial Church. They
J live at 2038 Thirty fourth stree
Use.
Both new board members sale
they weren't ready to start max
. ling public statements about theil
,Inew duties.
Mrs. Spencer said she felt hel
work with welfare agencies woulC
be helpful in dealing with schoo
problems, many of which involve
the same agencies. She alsC
said she feels the need to bI
better stated. Beyond that. sh,
. said she wanted to wait anc
|see.s
Mr.. Smuck said he considered
his appointment IAN honor ans
IL challenge"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28
Factors Cited
For Decline in
Pool Use Here
Attendance Down
80 Per Cent From
1947 Record Level

Washington is turning cool to
the use of public swimming pools
for warm weather recreation.
Since 1947, attendance at the
eight publicly operated pools has
plummeted from $4,000 to 300.-
900 a year. This represents a
decline Of about 38 per cent.
What are the reasons for the
sharp decline in pool patronage
here? Reasons advanced most
frequently are racial integration,
the exodus to suburban neigh
borhoods and the growth Of the
community pool idea.
In the residential suburbs the
construction of community SWIM
ming pools is booming. These
facilities are operated on the
basis of limited memberships.
Government Services. Inc, OPP
crates six public pools here for
National Capital Parks. These
are Anacostia, Banneker, East
Potomac, Francis, Mckinley and
Takoma.
Two by District
The District Recreation De-
|partment operates two, Rose
dale and Georgetown.
Only the Georgetown pool
showed an appreciable increase
in 1855 patronage over the figure
for 1947. And, at that, the at
tendance last year was down
from the 1854 peak of almost
Al 900.
The year 1947 is taken for
comparative purposes because
that was the first year records
were kept on the National Cap
Iital Parks pools. Here are the
attendance totals compiled by
Officials:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28
SEND KID TOcAMP

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out check or money
order to The Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund. Mail
it to The Evening Star,
Washington 4. d. c.. or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
The cost-$36.40 for II
days, 1920 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28
Charges at Others

Unlike the Qletf1fE QQVqfn-
ment, the Parks Service chafges
swimmers. The rates are 20
cents for children IL years old
and under, and so cents for per-
sons older than IL.
Edward ]. Kelly, superintend-
ent Of National Capital Parks,
said GSI lost $4,000 on opera
ton of the six pools last year.
He wants the District to take
over the operation.
He pointed out that Congress
has authorized the step and all
that is needed is money. 1t
would cost the District from
$4,000 to $50, 1000 a year to sub
sidize the pools. it is estimated.
Mr.. Kelly said there is no way
to justify a lower fee scale for
teen-age swimmers at National
Capital Parks pools, in view of
the mounting deficits.
The park pools never have
been governed by a regulation
on segregation but indignation
was not practiced at these until
1949. The District deSegregated
its Rosedale pool in 1858 and the
Georgetown pool a year later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28

raid. Judge Oppenheimer issued
another order prohibiting officers
of the homeopathic society from
giving examinations, issuing Ii
censeS or using the seal Of the
society on any certificates issued
as a result of any examination.
Maryland'S Medical Practices
Act authorizes two boards of
medical examiners, one repre-
senting the State Homeopathic
Medical Society and the other
representing the Maryland
Chrurgical and Medical Faculty
to which most physicians belong
Both can conduct examina-
tons and issue licenses for the
legal practice of medicine ir
Maryland.
The homeopathic board, which
dates historically from the days
when there were separate schools
Of homeopathic medicine, wa:
dissolved several years ago when
officers of the homeopathic med
ical society felt there was nc
longer a need for two boards.
Two years ago, a group in.
GLIDING DR.. Reddick reorganizec
the homeopathic society ant
the board Of examiners.
Mandamus Order Asked
Last month, DR.. Reddick, q
psychiatrist at Eastern Shore
State Hospital. was taken into
court by other members of the
board who asked a mandamu'
order to make him turn ovel
records, funds and property o.
the board.
The mandamus order wa
never issued because DR.. Red
dick resigned as secretary-treas
urer Of the homeopathic boarC
in the middle Of the hearing anC
agreed to turn over the records
The attorney-general's bill TO
a deElaratory decree and injunc
ton Ilstx those which arr
"wroriefuIly and illegally pur
porting to act as the board a
Dr., Heddick. DR.. Simon Virkutis
DR.. Marcos Jiminez. DR.. Rober
Dwight Brown, DR.. Lloyd W
Hughes and DR., Alexander MOI
ger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28
TIE
Rambler
Analysts View
OF Uttered D. c.
BY JACK JONAS

William xanten, the man
who tries to see that the
Capitals streets are kept
clean, will be among the first
to know if a depression is on
the way.
you can always tell the
economic condition of the
city" Mr.. Xanten says, "by
the trash that's picked up of
the streets"
And the economic condition
Of Washington at this time
he calculates, must be good.
In a short downtown blocl
his trained eye spotted one
discarded paper clip (bent),
numerous empty match
books, too many cigaret butts
to count, a sprinkling of sales
slips in front of a drug store,
a hairpin, candy wrappers.
chewing gum foil, a scrap of
newspaper, a cigar band, the
lid from a paper cup and a
crumpled popcorn sack.
Picking up Washington's
litter keeps his whitewings
busy. Despite the signs on
curbside trash cans which
warn that Its The Law" not
to throw things in the streets,
his men pick up 100 truck
loads of trash daily from the
streets and alleys.
His men sweep-literally-
through the downtown area
three or four times a day
every day of the year, clean
ing up what pedestrians and
motorists toss away in mo-
mentS of careleSSnesS.
In the residential areas,
only one sweeping a month is
needed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28

also could enjoy the knowledge
that the boys were being well
cared for in a wholesome, healthy
atmosphere.
Depends on Generosity
But the trip to camp depends
on the generosity Of kindly
strangers who contribute to The
Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund. The Aliens, who are a
real Washington family although
that is not their real name, can't
manage extras like that them
selves.
Will you make sure that Jim
and Gene get their trip?
The following camp fund gifts
are acknowledged today:
Previously Acknowledged Sl2,4s3. 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28
Party Sta|warts Eye
Seats at Convention
Maryland Group to Probe
| Homeopathic Examiners

BALTIMORE 20 dThe Legislative Council late last
investigate Marands State Board of Homeopathic
Medical Examiners.
action the council convened aboard Gov. Nc
Kedins yacht deputy shers
the attorney generals Office broke trump examination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28
100 Cars OK'd
For Derby Race
BY MARK ROBERTS

The second inspection session
for Soap Box Derby racers put
final approval on more than 100
entries in the big race here sat
urday.
BY special arrangement with
the National Guard. inspection
will continue tonight IN the Ar
lmory basement so all remaining
entries will get a chance for a
preliminary inspection. =.
Racers that fail to pass pre-
lliminary inspection can come
back for another inspection at
II o'clock tomorrow evening.
An old juke box provided ma
terial for the shining black racer
of 15-year-old Johnny Grain
from Falls Church.
Johnny stripped plywood from
the juke box, soaked it in hot
water and bent it to his racers
frame. He polished the body
with black shoe wax BECAUSE he
remembered rain at the last
derby.
Built to Fit
"Tie has to get in it with a
shoe horn," Johnny's father said
with a smile.
Il built it to At me-" Johnny
replied.
Another derby driver, 12-year-
old Carl Neuberg of Falls Church
faces a real conflict of interest
lon derby day. He is pitcher fol
la Little League baseball team
which has a crucial game on
Saturday.
Carl, whose last game was a
three hitter, is looking for VIC
tory on the Derby hill while his
team wins its ball game.
The steering wheel Of Carts
racer comes from BIS bomber
An Air Force general gave it tc
him.
Mothers and small children
Isat on National Guard trucks ir
1.-THE Armory basement, watching
the line of racers move slowly
through inspection.
The fathers we're more likely
to be found standing in line with
their boys or squatting on the
floor, helping to add the last
touch which might squeeze the
racers through the. inspection
crews. One well-prepared popps
had an electric drill whirrinl
away.
Padding Required
A lawnmower wheel served al
steering gear for Jim Massi, IA
of Cabin John, Md. A boy whit
used a regular automobile steer
ing wheel had to pad it Will
foam rubber before it passed in
spection.
The Departmental Progressive
Club of Alexandria is sponsoring
four boys. Bernard Barron. Is
Robert Shanklin. IA: Victor Her
nandez, IL, and Richard Hucks
IL. Their racers bear the letters
"DPC."
Pink Champagne. jr.." il
this years Derby may remin,
some spectators Of an earle
Pink Champagne"
This year the driver is JOSEPH
Holston, IL. Of 1880 Rome stree
Sc. For four years previously
another car, Pink Champaign
Senior" driven by Joe's cousin
Douglas Kane, Is, was in Derb.
semif1nals. Doug is too old nov
for the Derby.
There's a seven-pound diff
ference between this machin,
and our bathroom scales"
father moaned as he watches
, the pointer wander past the $50
pound mark. Most racers will
their drivers were we'll unde
the limit.
Miss Edna Hunter and Mis-
Marion Swoboda registered tn
boys in heats as they finisheI
their weighing in. They win b
working on heat race lists stil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28

ONLY TWO out of the 100
truckloads Of litter gathered
each day come from the 1900
pedestrian litter cans scat
tered through the downtown
area and in outlying CONNER
cial centerS. And all that is
found in the cans is not what
Mr.. Xanten calls pedestrian
litter.
People put garbage and
commercial trash in them"
he said. That's the reason
you see more and more of the
post type boxes. They don't
offer as much Of a temptation
for garbage"
Mr.. Xanten shares Wash
ington's pride in its trees, but
they pose a problem. In the
fall, the leaves boost the
amount of litter to 800 truck
loads a day.
And then there are the liq-
uor bottles.
That's one problem Wash
ington has that other cities
don't" Mr.. Xanten said.
Whisky bottles in the tree
wells. There are all these
trees here, and we always get
a big load of whisky bottles
and beer cans from around
them.
His department is expert
menting with vacuum cleaners
for the cutters, but the bottles
around the trees is one rea-
son there1l always be white
wings--the men who push
the small round carts around
the city.
The only way you can get
the bottles and cans is to
reach down and pick them
up" Mr.. Xanten pointed out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28

No charge IS made Tor SWIM
ming in the Rosedale pool at
Seventh and Gales streets Me-
or at the Georgetown pool,
Thirty-fourth street and Volta
place NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-28

THE TERM whitening for
street sweepers goes back so
far that Mr.. Xanten doesn't
know when it got started.
But the name, he says, stems
from the white uniforms
street cleaners everywhere
once wore. They were the
white wing" of the street
cleaning department.
In spite Of the big load, his
men find surprisingly few
valuableS on Washington's
streets.
when someone drops
something on the street, he
usually knows about it and
picks it up," he said. Most
Of the valuables-like purses
keys ana coins - we md IN
catch basins, where people
can't retrieve what's dropped
To take care of such care
less people, his department
has a special complaint d.
vision, where grandpa can 60
to check if his false teeth turn
up missing.
Mr.. Xanten looks forward
to the day when everyone
downtown will drop his litter
into the pedestrian litter
boxes, and everyone in the
suburbs will stop sweeping
grass cuttings into the streets
Street Scenes
A well-dressed man walk
ing barefoot in front Of the
White House, carrying his
shoes and socks in his
hand =.
AL the. parking places or
New Jersey avenue near the
House ONCE Building filled--
including three spaces ir
front Of three fire plugs ir
one block there
The guardian., 1956-06-23
Post Office Makes
Arrangements For
Pope Plus Stamps

Postmaster Joseph P. w.
Finn advises that special ar
rangementS have been COM
uleted at the initiative of the
U. S. Post Office Department
with the Republic of Panama
whereby the payment for the
new Pope Plus stamps issued
by the Republic of Panama
may be made through the use
of US. Domestic Money Or
derS payable in the Canal
Zone.
A recent issue of a national
magazine carried an an
nouncement that payment for
these Pope Plus stamps may
be made through the purchase
of an international postal
money order.
Postmaster Finn stated
there is no international
money order service between
the US. Post Office and Pam
anna. However, in view Of the
special arrangements just
completed, purchasers may
remit through domestic post
al money orders payable in
the Canal Zone or they may
purchase bank drafts or ex-
press money orders.
The guardian., 1956-06-23
ERIC v. GREY
REAL ESTATE
40 WAUMBECK ST.
FIJI 5-41S8
WATrE THIS SPACE
For The Best Buy
IN REAL ESTATE

Dorchester Devon Street,
3 family. 6-s-4 rooms. with
Scar garage, 2 oil heaters.
clean and modern through
out. 6 rooms for the buyer,
Dorchester Bernard Street,
A family, 3-3-4-4 rooms, ul-
ira modern throughout, in.
come Sl75 per month plus
a free beautiful apt.
Dorchester Erie Street, 2
family, $50 rooms, oil heat,
hardwood floors. yours for
$500.
Dorchester Michigan Ave.
3 family, 6-4-3 rooms. with
3 separate oil heaters, S
newly renovated rooms for
the buyer. with 2 baths, G..
I. S400 down.
Dorchester Erie Street, 2
family, as rooms. with 2
oil heaters, 5 rooms for the
buyer. G.I. $500 down.
Roxburv Cheney Street, 3
family. $50 rooms, except
lY clean ana m dern
throughout, with 4 car par
king space. must be seen TO
be appreciated.
RoxburY Brookledoe ST.,
2 family brick. TT rooms,
all modern.
RoxburY Pleasanton Street
2 family brick with 2 car
garage, complete club room
in basement. if you really
want TO live this is il for
$4,000.
RoxburY Munroe Street, 3
family. 6-6-4 rooms with Sc
parate heaters. nice big
yard, very clean, yours for
$4,000 or best offer.
RoxburY Intervale Street
THE BUY OF THE MONTH
8 family. Asa rooms. with
driveway. forced hot water
heat with continuous hot
wafer, clean beautiful and
modern throughout, OIL. ap-
praised for ll.00o yours for
Sl0,50o. this is the best buy
in the market.
RoxburY Walnut Ave-, 3
family $50 rooms. very
modern with all improve
mems. Big yard all fenced
in with section for children
TO play. forced hot water
heat, may be seen by ap-
pointment.
Other Single. two, three.
four, and six family homes
for sale, also rooming hous-
es for sale.
FOR RENT
Appleton Street 8 room
house. clean and ready for
occupancy. Other apis. for
rent.
Devon Street 4 rooms,
heat & hot wafer, $4,000
per mo.
HOMELAND Street ? rooms,
heat. hot water. $4,000 per
mo.
Savin Street 6 rooms,
heat, hot water, $500 per
mo.
The guardian., 1956-06-23
Food Hints
For hOmemakerS
By MARION DeROCHE

You spend the largest share
of your food budget on meat.
Yes, the whole family enjoys
eating good quality meat. This
is made possible through the
past fifty years of the Meat
Inspection Service of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
This month marks their
fiftieth anniversary which has
done so much to guarantee
you good, wholesome meat at
the meat counter. The cost to
the consumer for this service
in only a very small fraction
of a cent on pound of meat.
The Meat Inspection Ser
vice had its beginning on
June 80, 1906, when our Con-
gress passed a law requiring
the inspection for cleanliness
and wholesomeness of all meat
moving in interstate and
foreign commerence.
1t is the round purple stamp
on federal-inSpected meat
whihh is an insurance to
homemakers that meat comes
from healthy animals and Is
clean and wholesome.
The inspection service ap-
plies to meat products as we'll
as carcass meat. Today you'll
find the assurance of the U.
S. Inspection on the label on
canned meats and other meat
products which have been fed
eral-inspected.
With the recent develop
ments in frozen foods, the
inspection service statement
can be found on such items as
frozen meat patties, meat pies
and similar new found pro-
ducts including meat.
A way to remember the
difference between the in
spection stamp and the grade
stamp on meat: the round
purple stamp on meat reads
"U. S. Inspected and Passed"
and is concerned with health,
the grade stamp, also purple
in color but ribbonlike in pat
tern, is concerned with quail
ty. 1t may read ~. S. Prime,
u. S. Choice" or one of the
other meat grades.
The coloring material used
in putting these stamps on
meat is harmless so there Is
no need to cut off the stamp
ed section before cooking.
The guardian., 1956-06-23
Fishing Spots
For June Trip

in some fishing during your
vacation this year - and
every sportsman probably
has that in mind - now's
the time to start making the
necessary preparations.
COOS BAY, OREGON - a
sport that will give you and
your family a wonderfully
varied vacation where you
can fish in fresh water,
surf. bay, and offshore for
the Pacific's best.
LAKE ERIE ISLANDS -
Sports Afield's editors offer
a complete description OF
Ohio's Treasure Islands"
The guardian., 1956-06-23

Graduates
Reading any list Of gra-
duates, there's always curiosity
as to which name is the one
of the boy or girl who's going
to set the world afire.
Reunify
Maybe there's no hurry
about reunifying Germany, no
matter what the statesmen
say. As the situation stands,
Germany is not a menace to
the neighbors.
River Scenery
When they get through re-
arranging the scenery on the
banks of Charles River moth
ing of it will be left in a state
of nature except the water,
and even that is somewhat
diluted.
Punctuality
Fewer persons would leave
it behind if they knew how to
time their departure exactly.
The guardian., 1956-06-23
Living With
Your Heart

('Living With Your Heart"
is a weekly public service of
the Massachusetts, Heart As
sociation.)
Most of us think of doctors
as men or women who exist to
make us well when we're sick.
We would all be better if
We used our doctors to keep
us we'll, instead of waiting for
an emergency.
One way to better health is
to see your doctor before
you're sick. Let him check you
over, tell him frankly anything
that may be worrying you,
answer his questions fully and
truthfully and you've taken
a long step on the road to
keeping your health.
BY this time your doctor =
who is skilled and very OBJ
servant man probably knows
a good deal more about you
than you do about yourself.
Ask him when you should re-
turn for a periodic checkup
He may tell you to come
back in six months he may
recommend a year. Whatever
he tells you will be based on
your age and general level of
health as he has seen in his
examination. Make your ap-
pointment then and there, go
out - and don't worry about
yourselfl
Let's imagine, now that well
inside the time set for your
next examinat ton you fall sick
whether with a heart con-
dition or just a common cold.
You've given doctor an in
valuable tool in the form of
that earlier checkup; he
knows your condition when
you're feeling well.
Armed with your medical
record, he can compare the
facts he learned on your frst
visit with those which face
you today. He will know what
to do for you whether your
sickness is something he can
handle himself or whether
there should be consultation,
or specialists.
Your relationship with your
family doctor is a vital one.
You need not even like him,
perhaps, although most of us
do; but you must have con-
fidence in him and you must
respect him, or both of you
win be better off elsewhere.
How much should your doc
tor charge you?
Fees vary with the doctor,
but usually there is an accep-
ted rate of charge. Your doc
tor will expect you to ask his
charge on your visit, and he
wants you to feel entirely free
to discuss finances with him
at any time. If, by some mis-
fortune, you can't pay his full
fee, it is rare doctor who
won't help you anyway.
More than any one person
upon whom you must depend
in an emergency, your doctor
is your friend. Treat him as
one and he will do the same
for you.