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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

spokesman put it
the CT re-zoning asked by Jack
Davis for the 40,098-square-foot
tract which is the site of Mr..
Davis Brook Farm Restaurant
at 7101 Brookville road.
Although the restaurant has
been designated as a non-con-
forming use for more than 20
years, the chief opposition spokes-
man, Attorney James H. Pugh,
said Brook Farm was not legally
entitled to the non-conforming
status. He added the Chevy
Chase citizens might challenge
the restaurants status another
time"
To qualify as a non-conforming
use, a business or other facility
must have existed prior to the
enactment of coming ordinances
for the surrounding land. Mr..
Pugh stated that when county
coming codes were put into
effect in the late lS20's, Brook
Farm was not a restaurant but
a nursery school.
Improvements Cited
r. Robert Linowes, Mr.. Davis
counsel. declared that the pro-
posed commercial coming would
enable the Brook Farm manage
ment to effect needed i'm
provements to the building and
to install additional off-street
parking.
He said the planned renova-
ton would be more practicable
and financeable-with outright
commercial coming rather than
under provisions of the county's
special exception regulations.
Expert witnesses for the APP
plicant testified that the recon-
ing would provide higher tax
rate for the property, conform
with an adjacent strip Of neigh
borhood shops and would allie
viate traffic hazards on Brook
vile road by providing more off,
street parking.
Both Sides Offer Petitions
Petitions signed by BAL county
residents in favor Of the request
were submitted at the hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Prince Georges Voters
Offered Dutu on Issues

Kits containing information
on candidates and issues in the
Maryland election on November
6 have been made available to
the public by the Prince Georges
League OF Women Voters.
Mrs. Sterling Ament. League
president. and Mrs. Robert Wolf.
chairman Of the groups voter
service bureau. are distributing
the kits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

land use map for Northern Vir-
GINA counties.
Mr.. Palmer said the map an
ticipates the population growth
in the county to be around the
five incorporated towns.
Areas for industrial growth also
are being provided around the
present incorporated centers, he
added. M. Palmer said he be-
lieves it will be a mistake to
allow haphazard roadside resi-
Dental development in the
present rich farmland areas.
Park Is Proposed
He said a regional park of
about 1900 acres is proposed
along Goose Greek from the Po-
tomac River to Route Is.
In other business the COM
mission adopted a change in by
laws to, permit the admission OF
towns in the area as members
of the commission. Towns would
have one representative who
would have no vote on matters
except those pertaining specific
ally to the town involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
6. o. P. Sign Stolen
In Prince Georges

Prince Georges County Re-
publican campaign workers are
tuning today over the theft Of
their Republican Headquarters"
sign from the party's Office at
6118 Baltimore boulevard. River
dale, Md.
Ofhcials reported to police that
the 3-by-l1-foot sign was ripped
of the front Of the building
last night.
Miss Laura Mulrooney. execu-
tive secretary Of the campaign
headquarters. called the theft
"a dirty trick"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Transit Negotiators
Push for Settlement
Progress Seen
In Night ToIks;;
Union to Meet
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

Transit labor negotiators to-
day pushed for agreement on Q
new contract before union mass
at 8 O'Clock tonight in
Constitution Hall.
The negotiators met until
nearly midnight yesterday with a
three-rnan panel of Federal me-
diators at the Labor Department
and resumed again this morning.
R. w. Donnahoo, Philadelphia
regional director of the Federal
Mediation and Cancellation Serv-
ice, called in to head the three
man panel. said yesterdays ses-
SionS had a very friendly and
serious atmosphere"
The first appearance Of hard
bargaining came at noon yester-
day when both company and
union trimmed their bargaining
teams and settled down to Shirt
sleeve labors.
Warn Against Optimism
This came after a weekend
breakdown during which leaders
of the transit workers union
branded an offer from o. Roy
Chalk, president of D. C. Transit
System, as totally unacceptable.
wholly inadequate and provoca-
tive" 1t was then that they
called tonight's union mass
meeting which observers ex-
pected would produce a strike
vote.
Warning not to be too opti-
miStic," mediators were uncer-
tain whether today's negotiations
would bring both sides close
together to forestall a strike
vote.
Mr.. Chalk is operating on a
to-day extension of the old Cap
ital Transit Co. labor contract
which expires October 81.
The union has demanded arbi-
Itration OF future contract nego-
tiationS which might not be
Settled by bargaining, q 25-
cent-an-hour pay increase for
"a one-year contract and i'm
provements in pensions and
working conditions.
Chalk Offer
Mr.. Chalk, in the offer assailed
by the union, agreed to arbitra.
ton only if it were limited to
dlSagreements over amounts of
less than 100000, and only if
arbitrators were local residents.
' He also asked for a guarantee
OF 6Ea per cent profit which Con-
greSs said he is entitled to try
to earn and for arbitration to
! be limited solely to the contract
to be agreed upon following the
J one now under negotiation.
: Also. he insisted on a three
year contract now with no wage
; boost in the first year and agreed
to negotiate on raises of up to
, fiye cents an hour in the two
: following years.
Yesterday, however, he began
, negotiations with what appeared
to be new offer which led to
the apparent break in the week.
end deadlock.
Transit operators now receive
$2.O5 an hour in base pay. Other
recent settlements in the indus
try have provided increases an.
preaching 10 cents an hour.
The reduced bargaining teams
were made up. for the union. of
President Walter j. Bierwaeon
and Bernard Cushman, union
attorney. Mr.. Chalk led the
company team, which included
Morris Fox. first vice president:
~. Godfrey Butler. director Of
personnel and labor relations:
EDWARD F. Colladay, general
counsel, and Robert R. Nathan.
nationally known union econo-
mist who is serving as an OBJ
server and consultant for Mr..
Chalk.
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Rumblings .

E. S. L. sends this. A strong
wind swept an empty rolled
oats box straight as a plumb
line on r street from Tenth
toward Eleventh street NV.
Ten pedestrians stopped to
watch 1t, then began betting
whether it would reach
Eleventh. Trafic halted. The
box got to Eleventh and
rolled across and the crowd
let go with cheers.
The man emerged from a
liquor store with a heavy bag
load on each arm. He got to
the middle Of the street when
the light changed. 1t stopped
him suddenly and one Of the
bags slipped. He made a grab,
missed, and the other sack
also dropped. Both crashed
with a soul-searing racket.
To a horrified sympathizer
the victim airily explained, 1T
could have been worse. II was
only soda"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24

The grass cutting season
may be about over, but a hard
ware store Just below Chevy
Chase circle is sure somebody
doesn't know it.
Anyway, a 500 power mower
disappeared from the sidewalk
in front of the store one recent
Saturday afternoon, when
there was a big rush of people
to buy nails and things like
that.
The proprietor doesn't know
whether it was picked up by
car in front of the store, or
someone impolitely wheeled it
away. Anybody been trying
out q new mower on the
dying grass?
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Lesson

The Post Office is not the
only one with its mind on
Christmas.
A lady on Seventeenth
street reports she was play
ing a Saturday afternoon
game with her 9-year-Old
granddaughter Peggy. The
game, she says, was School,"
and Peggy was to name the
States of the Union in al
phabetical order.
She had just reached
''North Carolina, North Da-
kOta. :"
Her 5-year-Old sister Pat
ty, playing on the floor,
piped up:
"North POle!"
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Chevy Chase Residents
Oppose Rezoninq Petition

More than 200 nearby Maryland residents
lister opposition last night coming nearly
Of property the heart g-esabshed Chevy
Chase residential community.
The Montgomery County Council took the matter
vsement
The residents conscientious fervoras one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Watt Proposes Placing
Agencies Outside DC.
Says Location Of New Buildings
Should Fit Into Area Master Plan
By a star stan Correspondent

LEESBURG Va, Oct 24.-The Federal Government should
be place future Government agencies outside the District
of Columbia locations that t master plan Of the
Metropolitan the Northern Virginia Regional Planning
Commission told last night.
Addressing Country Club
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Honorable

The parking lot at 200 A
street NE, behind the Su-
preme Court Building, uses
the honor system for parking
in the reserved spaces.
A daily observer points out,
however, that a policeman
stands there each morning to
insure that the honor system
is obeyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
Helpful

A few nights ago, in the
rain, a couple of youngsters,
5 about 8 and 10, tried deS-
perately to flag a cab at
the corner of Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania
avenue.
1t was the rush hour, and
cab after cab passed them
by.
They were getting pretty
well drenched when the pO-
liceman at the corner noted
their plight. He lifted a
hand-and what hacker will
ignore the appraised hand of
a policeman?
The two kids climbed into
the taxi, thanked the Off
Ger, and went their way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-24
The
Rambler
Well, Here 1t Is
Christmas Again
BY JACK JONAS

Well, Christmas is here
again, four weeks before
Thanksgiving.
OF course, that store on
Wisconsin avenue in George
town has had its Santa Claus
in the window for some time.
And the one on Seventeenth
street has, for weeks, been ad-
vertising its annual AWFUL
lot of CHRISTMAS CARDS"
The Delmar poultry raisers,
too, have been fattening the
festive bird for the festive
board. For days the mail has
been flooded with Christmas
card announcements.
But it's official now. The
Post Office, that harbinger of
holidays, has stepped in, be-
fore all the leaves have turned
brown, urging its postmasters
to get busy.
1t has put out IS pages of
fine-print instructions on how
to get ready for the big rush.
And the current Postal Service
News, its entire issue devoted
to Christmas mail, indicates
right on the first page why all
this preparation is necessary.
After a particularly Cruel
ing Christmas mail period" it
says, one carrier reported:
"A carrier starting on his
route without his mailbag; a
mounted man heading for his
truck rather than his car. at
quitting time; a clerk falling
off his stool when he added
his record-breaking overtime;
a carrier leaving work in his
brand-new uniform-and his
old fedora"
Sounds almost as bad as a
newspaper office.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09

Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
ROTARY NOTES

At Rotary luncheon Thursday
guests were: DR.. Oscar Hubbard,
chief of the mental health division
of the Alaska Dept. of Health,
and George Weyer, of the Nome
CAA station.
Chuck Frazier was initiated to
membership in the Nome club.
Larry Calvin, who has been
away on vacation, was welcomed
back
New officers for 1856 were
elected. They were: Dewey Good
rich, president; Joe Kroninger,
vice president; Willard Mecklen-
burg, secretary; and Pearse Walsh
and Ernie Bohrer, trustees.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
WA y T A ID s

WANTED-Relief cook Sundays
at MIMI Hospital
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
WEATHER FORECAST
ConnfIed nv the

Compiled by the
US. Dept. of Commerce Weather BureaA
Intermittent snow tonight and
tomorrow with northeast winds
1880 mph. Low temperature ex-
pected tonight S, high tomorrow
Is.
Nome data last "a hours as of
7 am. today: highest temperature
II, lowest 80 Max. wind 80 mph
from the east. Sunrise at 6:38
am, sunset at 5:44 pm.
A year ago today: highest tenn
perature 30, lowest A. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 81
in 1918, lowest SO in 1911.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
Former Nomeite Dies In Valdez

Word has been received of the
death from a heart attack of
Glenn Aldrich, in Valdez.
Glenn Aldrich will be remem-
bered by many for he lived here
in the early 1905.
He is survived by his widow,
Nora, and a married daughter.
He had been employed by the
Alaska Road Commission in heavy
equipment maintenance.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
Axel Werner Has Moved
To Pioneer Home

Axel Werner, octogenarian and
well-known pioneer who left here
a couple of weeks ago for the Pho
neer Home, spent a week in the
hospital in Fairbanks, it is report
ed, but arrived at the Home on
March 4th feeling fine and in
good spirits.
Word of his arrival was re-
ceived today by friends, who were
concerned about him.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09

MAKE $50 TO $40 per day selling
the well-known Minnesota Wool
en- Company clothing. Mems,
Women's and children's top quail
ity clothing. Ideal. for Alaska.
The best quality mackinaws,
shirts, Stacks, jackets, sweaters,
socks, underwear, blankets, ETC.,
at stateside prices. Everyone
buys. Build a steady repeat bus
mess.
No deliveries or collections
to make.
Spare time offer also-Your
spare time is the very best way
to earn money in addition to
your regular income.
You remain secure in your
regular job, yet you can increase
your income from $4,000 to
$4,000 per week.
Beautiful 1856 samples now
ready. Act quickly. Air mail
reply to H. I. Stewart, Alaska
Sales Manager, 331 4th Ave,
Anchorage, Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
MISSING PERSON

A mother IS seeking Informal
ton about her daughter, missing
in Alaska since 1910. The woman
sought is Mrs. Mamie Arbel WHEEL
chel, who has also used the name
of Yount, Newell, and whose nick
name is Annie. She has been a
waitress and salesWoman. She is
5 feet 2, has blue eyes, is 81 years
old, and wears a size ii dress.
Anyone having information may
notify the Police Department.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
IN DISTRICT COURT

Mabel Lambert was granted a
divorce from George Lambert.
Knut Olson was sentenced to
one year for cohabitation in the
state of adultery, the sentence to
be suspended after four months.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
SCHOOL GETS MOOSE

The carcass of 12,000-pound
moose was flown to Nome today
by Alaska Airlines.. It's meat is
destined for the schools Hot
Lunch Program. Further details
were not Immediately available.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
SPECIAL NOTICE

Evangelistic services continue
at the Assembly of God Church
with Rev. Ralph Flick tonight at
1890 p.m.. Sunday at ii am. and
1890 pm. All are invited to attend.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
MMM HOSPITAL

Admitted: Anna Scott, Simon
Okpealuk, Bridget Alurac, Chas.
Bermagaschi.
Discharged: Ilene Schick and
infant son.
The Nome nugget., 1956-03-09
Son Born to Earl SCOTS

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Scott are
the parents of a son born at the
hospital this morning.
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Spruce Forest and Mountain

The reputation of the waters
of Paeonian Springs, the focal
point of q small settlement in
Loudoun County. has fallen on
evil days, and Monroe Bush, the
present owner of the springs,
must guard against their use by
unwary passersby.
Time was when there were
great dreams of spa. In 1890 a
plan for development included q
watering place, lakes and summer
houses. 1t was never carried out.
And while the spring still
flows, as clean and sparkling as
ever. few dare to drink its waters
A few cases of typhoid fever.
traced to the spring, ended its
career.
The other evening we were
discussing the origin Of the name.
Paeonian. at Margaret and Les
ter Trueblood's house. And a few
days later received a historical
suggestion" from Margaret s
father, the Rev. Clement H.
Chapman, the former Methodist
bishop of Burma who is spending
the winter with his daughter
Mr.. Chapman wrote:
Apollo loved coronis, a Thes-
sally maiden Of surprising beauty
Coronis preferred a mere mortal
and in his anger Apollo slew, OF
caused to be slain, Coronis.
I'm his ultimate grief, as he
watched hel body placed on the
funeral pyre, Apollo snatched
away her babe and gave the
child over to Chiron, a wise and
kindly Centaur, to bring UP In
his cave on Mount Pelion. The
child was called Aesculapius.
THE old man, a gifted healer
taught the child all he knew, and
Aesculapius became a famous
healer.
Whoever came to him with
disease or wounded limbs he de-
livered. So skilled. he was said to
have brought a dead man back
to life. This reused the anger OF
the gods. and Aesculapius, him
self, was killed.
Temples were erected by the
people in his memory, and there
they gathered with song and
votive offerings for healing. Aes-
culapius would often put them
to sleep, and in their dreams
would reveal to them their cure,
1t is said tina. in some way he
used snakes.
c'To this day the British
Medical graduate must solemnly
take the oath Of Aesculapius
and the badge Of q rod with an
entwined serpent is the sigma Of
the medical profession.)
'Paion is a song Of praise, OF
of thanksgiving for healing
Paian was Homer's name for the
physician to the gods. Paion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

Thousands Of flowers. trees
and plants are being forced in
area nurseries. ready to burst
into full bloom and beauty for
the sixth National Capital
Flower Show coming Saturday
to the National Guard Armory.
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, wife
of the President. will snip a flow
cred ribbon at II am. Saturday.
A show feature will be a
greenhouse to be presented to
the President for installation at
his farm near Gettysburg.
Workers Busy With Plans
A corps of garden club men
and women. professional gar.
deners and florists are complet-
ing final details preparatory to
installing the huge display Of
gardens, equipment and flowers
After five successive perform
ances, the show has become one
of the top ranking displays In
the Nation. It is sponsored by
the Allied Florists Of Greater
Washington in cooperation with
the National Capital Garden
Club League.
Last year more than $4,000
persons attended.
The 2-acre floor area Of the
Armory lends itself ideally to q
sweeping panoramic view from
the balconies.
Spruce Forest and Mountain
A living forest Of Norway
spruce trees 40 feet high will set
of the gardens and educational
exhibits. A group Of Towering
trees will grace a centerpiece
water fountain. Multicolored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26

Time Is running out on the
application of dormant sprays.
For peach leaf curl use a spray
of 26 per cent calcium polysul-
phide mixed with Volck oil spray.
It is sold under a trade name.
An older but still reliable spray
was made of concentrated liquid
lime-sulphur--l pint to / gallon.
Tree and Shrub Effects
Shrubs and trees can be used
lin combinations to conceal faults
or emphasize the good points of
any house. The yew in its many
forms is especially adaptable.
Save Your Trees
You have probably shuddered
as many other people have at the
unnecessary clearing of building
sites where houses are to be built.
| On much of the land new home
owners will wait for several years
Ito replace these up-rooted trees.
Some trees can be saved on
almost any building site. Much
of the beauty of Maryland and
the District depends upon the
beauty of their tree-shaded
homes. Comfort. beauty, and
even increased value will be
yours If you safeguard the trees
ion your lot.
Avoid Soil Clods
| Soil should not be worked when
too wet. 1t will form hard clods
which will be a problem all
summer.
/ Start Spinach Early
Spinach does best in cool
W ,ather. so it should be seeded
las early as possible. Sow the
seeds in rows a foot apart. Plants
should stand an inch apart in
the row.
General Fertilizer
A general fertilizer useful for
most flowef and vegetable plants
lis 5-10-5. Broadcast 2la to 3
pounds to each 100 square feet.
Mix the fertilizer into the soil in
preparing the seed bed. After the
plants are up. side dress the rows.
Sow Now In Flats
Seed Of saliva, petunias, snap
dragon. ageratum, delphinium,
and verbena may be sown In fats
now. Keep covered until they are
through the soil. then place in a
sunny window.
For the New Gardeners
II you are a very new gardener
you win have the most successful
garden this first year. at least. II
you plant only the good old
standbys like zinnias, petunias,
sweet alyssum. annual larkspur,
French marigolds. and Towering
tobacco. These flowers are re-
markably drought resistant and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
LIFE IN
THE COUNTRY
MYTHOLOGY and a Loudoun Spa
BY JAMES slRcHFIELD

lPaian! Paeani.-I suggest that
lPaeonian Springs had medicinal
value"
Paeonia was an ancient land
of the Greeks where the women
wers unusually industrious. The
story is told that one Paeonian
woman carried water from the
spring, at the same time con-
itinuing her weaving. But their
industry did them little good,
since they passed out of history
! In THE Greek Myths" Robert
Graves lists Paeonius as the de
!liverer from evil" who some say
was one of the five Dacty's
which sprang from the right
fingers Of Rhea when she was
giving birth to zeus.
Some say Paeonius was one OF
the Curetes who protected Zeus' s
cradle in Crete. and that he won
the first race at Mount Olympus,
thus founding the Olympic game
/ Iexpect Bishop Chapman's re-
search Is more correct thar mine
and that Paeonian Springs GER
tainly was thought to have had
healing powers-that is, until
the fever.
The waters, / am told, had
certain other properties, too
According to one Loudourl
icountian, who should know. 1.-THE
Paeonlan Spring water had q
perfect affinity for bourbon
whisky.
THE water didn't stay on the
bottom, and the whisky didn't
stay on the top was the way he
put it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

TODAY
Potomac Rose Society; 2:3o
pm; garden of Albert E. West,
1909 Emerson NV. First of five
pruning demonstrations.
MONDAY
Rro0kland Garden Workshop
Home of Robert McGraw. 141S
jackson street NE; discussion
Of garden color through summer
Pinecrest Garden Club. 1:3C
pm. at 1900 Shirley highway
Washington Gas Light Co. au.
ditorium. Lecture by Mrs. Rob-
ert Creighton, Chattanooga
Tenn. Flower Arranging.
Tickets 81.
Hillcrest Garden Club, 8 pm
Mrs. Henry Simmer residence
1915 Thirty-second Sc.
Springfield Garden Club Of
Montgomery County, 8:15 pm.
Mrs. c. E. Duvall's home, Sill
Ogden road; Mrs. Charles c
Grover, Flower Arranging
Techniques.r
Ayr Hill Garden Club Of vi.
emma, Va, 1890 pm. parish hal
of Church of the Holy Com
Iforter; installation of officers.
TUESDAY
Avondale Garden Club, 8 pm.
club room Jernigan Dry Clean
ing plant on Queens Chapel road
NE: topic, interior decoration
with professional guest. Area
residents welcome.
Five Hills Garden Club Of
Vienna, Va, 8 pm. Vienna Pres
Ibyterian Church; installation OF
officers.
Garden Institute, 7:30 pm,
Fairfax High School: A. G.
Smith of VPI. speaker. Lawn
Care" Public invited.
WEDNESDAY
Bethesda Community Garden
Club, 1880 am, Battery Park
Clubhouse: Mrs. John Bozie-
vich. Bulbs, Especially Daffo-
dis" Hostess. Mrs. w. K. Baker;
in charge of arrangements, Mrs.
William j. Norf1eet.
THURSDAY
Wo0dhaven Garden Club, 10
am, Gustin Gardens auditori-
UNI. talk, "Flowering Shrubs. "
by Richard Gustin.
FRIDAY
National Association Of Gar
deners, 8 pm, Bureau Of Stand
ards, entrance from Connecticut
avenue at Van Ness street NV:
panel discussion Of roses.