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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-25
BY WHEELER JOHNSON

Ken Clark wants to go back
to the Olympics this year.
At 80. he wants to go so badly
that he has undertaken a train
ing regimen that would daunt
a younger man, and his speciality
is one of the tougher ones OF
the sport.
Ken is a kayak man and he
made the trip to the Olympics
in England in 1913. He wasn't
able to go in 1852 when the
games were staged at Helsinki
but he wants to be among those
present at Melbourne this fall.
So seven days a week you will
find the Fairfax County resident
working out from the Potomac
Boat Club in his tiny single-place
kayak, the "Shillelagh." His pro-
gram calls for a six-mile trip
with his double-bladed paddle,
a short rest and perhaps another
miles on the Potomac. Or he
may vary his routine for the Sec
ond period with some dashes or
padding double with someone
else.
That's tough enough but in
addition to his rigorous training
schedule. Ken, or formally, Capt
Raymond G. Clark, Corps OF
Engineers, USA, has to keep up
with his full duties In the Army
Service CO-Operates
The only concession he has
in his rigorous schedule is that
he has been officially classified
as an Olympic candidate by the
service. This means that he gets
cooperation in his needs for time
for training. What it actually
amounts to is that he gets about
two hours off a day. But 1t is
implicit that his duties are COM
piled with and his work is
cleaned up before he can leave
to put in a hard afternoon OF
padding.
Usually he gets on the river
about 3 pm.
Ken, a slightly built, wiry
man, has been padding various
craft since 1916. That was when
he got into the sport with Jack
Eiseman here when both were
attending the University OF
Maryland.
My father rowed here at the
Potomac Boat Club in 1861
Clark explains. HE was pretty
good and. rather naturally,
wanted to learn to row. too.
Group Collects Medals
Jack EiSeman and 1 found
an old racing canoe and put il
in shape and taught ourselves to
paddle. Then the next year We
got two ex-Marines TO join us
We got to be pretty good
Between us. we won around 70
medals and prizes in various
races that year."
This might be good place to
explain that Clark hasn't always
been an Army man. He went
through World War II as a Navy
man. and took up boating while
attending Maryland under the
CT bill. After leaving MARYLAND
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-25
KAYAK STAR TRAINS VIGOROUSLY
Ken Clark Will Return
To OIympics- Bust

he accepted a commission in the
Engineer Corps.
At any rate, Ken decided in
1948 that he was good enough to
try out for the Olympics.
Then I had to switch to
kayaks" he explained. THAT is
to meet the requirements. There
ARE no canoes, as we know them
here, in foreign countries, but
the type of kayak I am using
today is standard all over the
world.
But not one of them is made
in the United States. All have
to be imported. Most of ours are
made in Sweden, but in my opin-
ion the best single kayaks are
made in Denmark.
THE prices for the singles run
about $3.50 apiece, and the
doubles cost about 5000. Then
there are larger ones for four
paddlers. They cost about $1,000,
and there are only two of them
in the United States.
I'VE have one Of them here at
Potomac Boat Club, and the
other one is owned by the
Turkeyfoot Canoe Club, an or
Iganization made up mostly of
students of Western Reserve Uni
.versity," Clark said.
Eight Months Of Training
Clark started his rigorous
training routine on January l.
For the first month he confined
himself mostly to calisthenics
IN an effort to work his muscles
in shape. Then in February he
managed to get on the river for
a few days. Finally in March
ne was out every time the
weather and his Army duties
permitted.
He will stick to his program
until September when the Olvn-
pic trials will be held-possibly
on the Potomac. To qualify
Ken must be one the three best
in one of the divisions of pad
ding. He hasn't fully decided
yet whether he will stick to the
singles or enter the doubles with
some partner.
He was singles man when he
went to the Olympics in l948
lie finished sixth in London that
year.
ken's duties have taken him
lar af1eld and he has been a
member of boating clubs in
many places. He belonged to a
German club when he was sta
toned at Kassel in 1884. He
says he didn't get in too much
racing there, however. 1t was
TOO close to the Red border.
Ken has three children, Sean.
=, and Kathy, 3. both born in
Germany. and Gordy. S, born in
tne State Of Washington. A
fourth child is expected soon.
The Clark kids ought to be
olympic material. too. They are
along at the boat club for most
OF the training trips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-25

Major regattas, races and other
special events are slated in the
Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay areas during early June. Fol
both power and sail enthusiasts
it is shaping up as one of the
heaviest schedules on record
Here are the more important
ones:
June 2 and 3-Potomac River
Sailing Associations annual
downriver race from Washington
Sailing Marina to Gunston Cove
on Saturday and a race back on
Tidewater Sweepstakes
regatta at Norfolk, stock out
boards the first day and in
boards the second day; CheSa-
|peake Cupboard Racing ASsocia-
ton regatta on June 3 for stock
|outboards at Middle River, Md;
Gibson Island Yacht Squadron
rendezvous and race back from
Rhode River; browning of Miss
chesapeake at Maryland Yacht
Club.
June 8 and l0-Area elimina-
lions for women shippers at Buzz
yards Point Boat Yard, with
winner qualifying for the bay
championships at Annapolis JUNE
%; South River Yacht Club
ISmall-boat regatta; start June IL
of National Yacht Clubs first
summer series off the sailing ma.
Irina; Virginia Power Boat Asso-
citation regatta for stock and
racing outboards at Bosher'S
Dam. near Richmond.
x x
NYC Commodore Morton
Knight says Race Chairman
Clarke Slaymaker has scheduled
three series of four weeks each
with two races a Sunday and six
races to qualify in each series
The second series starts July
and the third August S.
I'VE are inviting all sailboats
in the area, and want to feature
a handicap class for the skipper
who doesn't own a one-desigr
boat" knight says. I'VE will
run a race for any class thai
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
r. D.

Mary Ellen Case of Cleveland,
Ohio for visit Monday afternoon
there are some people who
seem like your own folks the min
ute you meet them and these Wis
itors were. They admired my red
pullets and of course that pleased
me :. and another thing they
weren't just passing by, they left
Jackson with the expressed pur-
pose of visit with me.
Woe is Tim and his All Star
Teammates in the Dixie series
of Little Boys Baseball they
lost out Tuesday afternoon. They
were the champs of the Southern
part of Mississippi. Clarksdale
won in Alexander, making them
the State champions. Tim has had
a wonderful time playing little
league and it has been good train
ing for him. This trip was a grand
one for they were staying at the
Air Base, and everything was on
the town of Alexander swim
ming, food, picture shows, etc.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
Information On
Social Security
by
Luther N. Davis

If you ire geeting social secur-
ity benefits, did you earn over
1900 last year? That's an i'm
portant question for social secur-
ity beneficiaries.
The liberalized retirement test
became effective in 1865. Social
security beneficiaries under the
age of Y who had earnings of
over $1,000 in 1855 must file
report with the Social Security
Administration. Those benefi-
Charles who informed the social
security office of earnings dur
ing 1855 have already received
the report forms. A special re-
hinder notice was mailed with
social security checks on Feb
ruary 3. This notice will serve
to remind those persons who re-
ceived forms to complete them
and mail them. 1t will also in
form others who should file the
report, but didn't receive one,
to get in touch with their social
security office. The district Of
flee for this area is located in the
Carpenters Building at Forrest
and Burnie Streets. Annual re-
ports must be filed by March Is,
unless the individual reports on
a fiscal-year basis.
Retirement is defined by the
Social Security Act in terms ofo
earnings. Starting in 1855, the
retirement test has been put on
an annual basis. If you earn $1,000
or less IN a year, you are COON
sidered to be retired and en-
titled to all social security checks
for the year. If you are under u
years of age and earn between
$1,000 and $1,000, yoou will be
entitled to some checks. Earnings
of over $1,000 WITH cause de-
auctions for the whole year.
for any month in which per-
son odes not earn over $50 in
wages or in which he does not
render substantial services as
a selfemployed person, regardless
of the amount of his earnings in
other months of the year. After
age IL, benefits are paid regard
less of the amount earned.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
Fair

companied by cashiers check of
money order, may be obained
through the Mississippi State
Fair Headquarters, Jackson, Mis-
sissippi, and must be purchased
on or before October 1st.
The Fair Week program of e.
vnets is as follows: Monday -
Opening Day (offical opening of
all amusements and exhibits) and
Press Day; Tuesday - Legisla-
tors Day and Veterans GALL vet
eran service organizations Day;
Wednesday - Institutional Day
participation by State, County
and Municipal Government and
Civic Organizations); Thursday
Farmers Day, Livestock Day
and Aviation Day; Friday -
School Day (Children's Day. and
the big parade, and Saturday is
Mississippi Travellers Day.
The Agricultural and Industrial
Exposition Commission extends
a hearty invitation to the people
of the State as we'll as outside
of state visitors to attend the big
1856 Fair.
Serving as members of the
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
SUBSTITUTED TRUSTEES
NOTICE OF SALE
cTATF on MJCCJCCTppT

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
FORREST COUNTY
WHEREAS, on March "a, 1854, James
B. Carter and his wife, Mary Francis
Carter, executed Deed of Trust to B.
H. Baker, Trustee, for the benefit of
Kaiser c. Runnels, on the hereinafter
described real estate, which Deed of
Trust appears in Book 1863, on pages
205-207 of the records of deeds of
trust on land, in the office of the
Chancery. Clerk of Forrest County,
WHEREAS, by the terms of said Deed
of Trust it is specifically provided
that the beneficiary may, at any time
deemed proper, appoint a successor to
the trustee therein named and.
WHEREAS, the said beneficiary, the
owner of the Indebtedness secured by
said Deed of Trust, appointed and sub
Stituted the undersigned as trustee
therein in the place and stead of the
said B. H. Baker, the trustee origin
ally named therein, which written sub
stitution of trustee, on August GOTH
1885,, was spread of record and signed
by the said Kaiser c. Runnels, bene-
ficiary, and attested by the Chancery
Clerk of said County, on the face of
said deed of trust, as recorded in said
Book 169, on pages 205-207 of the rec
ords Of deeds of trust on land in the
office of the Chancery Clerk of said
County; and,
WHEREAS, default having been made
in the payment of the indebtedness
secured by said Deed of Trust and
the said beneficiary having declared
the full amount thereof which is UNI
paid to be due and owing; and pur-
Suant to the law and the terms and
provisions of said Deed of Trust, hav-
ing been duly directed by said bene-
ficiary to foreclose the same as SUBJ
stituted trustee therein, for the pur-
pose of paying and satisfying said in
debtedneSS:
given that l, the said undersigned sub
stituted trustee, will on the First Mon
day of October. 1856, being the 1st day
of October, 1856, at the easterly, front
and main door of the Court House of
Forrest County, Mississippi, in the City
of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during le-
gal hours, as provided by law for such
foreclosure sales, offer for sale and
sell at public cutlery to the highest
bidder for cash for the purpose of sat
isfying said Indebtedness, the real es-
tate conveyed by said Deed of Trust,
and being situated in Forrest County,
Mississippi, described as follows, to-
wit:
Lots II and 10, in Block Two (2) of
| the Poole's First Survey or Addition
| to the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
| as per map or plat thereof on file in
| the office of the Chancery Clerk of
| Forrest County Mississippi.
1 will convey only such title as is
vested in me by said Deed of Trust as
| Substituted Trustee therein.
| WITNESS my signature on this the
| 9Th day of September, 1856, on which
| date l have posted true copy of this
notice of sale on the Bulletin Board
at the easterly, front and main door
of the Court House of Forrest County.
| Mississippi.
VIM. HARRISON,
Substituted Trustee.
At 90, q, 20, q
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
THE PETAL PAPER

1856 Commission are ST Corley,
State Commissioner of Agricul-
ture; Clay Lyle, Director of the
State Extension Service; j. M.
Dean, Past Secretary of the Mis-
sissippi Association of Fairs; Ray
H. Means, President of the Mis-
sissippi Livestock Association; H.
E. Mauldin, Director educational
Education for the State Depart
ment of Education; d. l.. Luckey,
City Commissioner of Jackson,
and Donovan Ready, Mississippi
Agricultural and | n d u t r
Board.
In message to Mississippians,
Governor J. P. Coleman stated
that the Mississippi State Fair has
long been recognized as one of
the most important events of the
year and he has pledged his CO.
operation to those who have
made this institution possible.
Containing complete informa-
ton on exhibits, entries and a.
wards along with other important
data, the 1856 State Fair Catalog
is now available, as are the nee
essary entry blanks for prospec-
pective exhibitors. These mater
ials are obtainable from N. S.
Hand, Executive Secretary, Mis-
sissippi Agricultural and Indus
trail Exposition, Jackson, Missis-
sippi.
Even though the State Fair is
week away, it is not too early
to make plans to attend the big
show of the year.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
Health

the complete dosage of three in
jections. Constant watch on the
part of teachers and public health
personnel for the occurrence of
any communicable disease has
materially improved the health
situation in our schools.
We continue to work for the
day when every school in the
state will make use of the per-
missive law which empowers
them to require for admittance
vaccination against contagious or
infectious diseases and a chest
x-ray.
A fine service in health ed
ucaton and athletics has been
rendered to the schools of our
state by the school health pro-
gram, jointly sponsored by the
State Board of Health and the
State Department of Education.
AS result of this fourteen-year
odd program, health education is
now being taught to consultative
services of our specialists in var
ious areas of health, educational
materials and films are available
to schools. In one six month per-
iod, health film loans to schools
totaled 6,397. Already many
teachers, in outlining their work
for this session, have booked
health films for the entire year.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
LECAI.S
TRUSTEES NOTICE OF
FORECLOSURE SALE

| j
| COUNTY OF FORREST
Whereas, on January 4, 1855, EU-
| GENE T. JORDAN executed his Deed
| of Trust in favor of the undersigned
| A. N. London, Trustee for the benefit
| of IVORY WALMON, which Deed of
Trust secures an Indebtedness therein
| set forth, and conveys the hereinafter
| described real property to secure
prompt payment of said indebtedness,
and which Deed of Trust appears of
| record in Land Deed of Trust Book No.
1876 at page Al of the records on file in
the office of the Chancery Clerk of
Forrest County, Mississippi; and where
as default has been made in the pay
ment of said Indebtedness, and the
beneficiary therein has requested me
to foreclose said Deed of Trust for the
purpose of paying said indebtedness;
Now, therefore, Public Notice is here
by given that I, the undersigned A. N.
London, Trustee in said Deed of Trust
as aforesaid, will, during legal hours as
provided by law for such foreclosure
sales, on Friday, the 14th Day of Sep
TENDER, 1856. at the main front door of
the Courthouse of Forrest County, Mis-
sisSippi, offer for sale and sell to the
highest bidder for cash at public out
cry, the real property conveyed to me
by said Deed of Trust and described in
said Deed of Trust as follows, to-wit:
All of Lot Twenty One (2D in Block
Four (Q of the McInnis, Mitchell and
Longre Subdivision of the City of Hat
tiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi,
according to the official plat of said
subdivision on file and of record in
the Office of the Chancery Clerk of
Forrest County, Mississippi; together
with all improvements located thereon
/ will convey the above described
property at said foreclosure sale sub
Ject to the lien of a First Deed of
Trust of date July 81, 1858. i'm favor of
First Federal Savings & Loan Associa-
ton of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, which
First Deed of Trust appears of record
in Book 1853 at pages 1872 294 of said
records and is in the principal amount
of $168O0.
Witness my signature on this August
%, 1856.
A. N. LONDON, Trustee.
at 1928 30 60 Is
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
! LIKE THE FOLLOWING
QUOTATIONS

work is love made visible. And
if you cannot work with love but
only with distaste, it is better
that you should leave your work
and sit at the gate of the temple
and take aims of those who work
with JOY"
'You give but little when you
give of your possessions. 1t is
when you give of yourself that
you truly give"
"You are the bows from which
your children as living arrows are
sent forth"
"An exaggeration is truth that
has lost its temper"
Socrates thought that if all our
miafortunes were laid in one
common heap, whence every one
must take an equal portion, most
persons would be content to take
their own and depart
And speaking of the last quota
ton how do you take trou-
bles? :. with weeping and wall
ing, wringing of hands and often
times the pulling of your hair
or do you bottle them up and new
er talk them over with your hus-
band or best friend while I
certainly am no believer in get
ting on housetop and shouting
troubles to the four winds, l do
believe that if you have someone
to discuss things with in a calm
manner it helps, then forget them
if you can.
Sweetly be,
ROSE PIIDD
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13

mildew, mold and rot. The pro-
cess is permanent-will not wear
or rub off-withstands cleaning,
and is odorless.-Town Journal.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1956-09-13
Whut's New?
An easier floor to Law

An easier floor to lay. for the
do-lt-yourself, is new linoleum
tile that can be cut with ordinary
household shears, can be laid with
a water soluble mastic-easv to
clean up any mess, and comes
with the "black paper" underlay
already attached to the tile. The
tiles are standard gauge, long
wearing linoleum, 9x9 inches
square, and cost tic each.
Town Journal
Sanitize Carpets. A new Perma-
chem treatment, applied to cotton.
rayon and nylon carpeting, checks
the growth of germs and fungi
that cause infections, disease,
Evening star., 1956-03-18
Potomac Rose Society
Sets Dinner April 1o

The annual dinner Of the
Potomac Rose Society will be
held April 10 at the Westmore-
land Congregational Church, at
Westmoreland Circle and Massa-
Evening star., 1956-03-18

Caretakers at the Aquatic Gar
dens, working under the general
supervision of the National Park
Service. are busy with the bulbs
of tropical lilies. They must be
kept in warm water until sprout-
ed and transferred several times
to pots. During the winter they
have been dormant in sand boxes.
Being tropical lilies for the most
part, the water lovers must grow
leaf pads of modest size before
they are set into enriched soil
mixtures in large boxes and
plunged into the pools where
they delight the citizenry all
summer.
This year the pool in the Chevy
Chase circle will be stocked. The
usual places, the Rainbow Pool
near the Rejecting Pool, the
pool near the Interior Building,
the Meridian Hill Park pool, the
Twentieth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. pool and the pool near
the pansy bed and carlton in
the Elipse area. will all be
stocked.
The huge-leaf Victoria lilies
are put into the pools rather
late--in June-because they must
attain a leaf size of some s
inches. There are several habitats
of this water lily. one the Anna
son River and the other the more
temperate rivers of South Amer
lea farther south than the Anna
zon. It is this latter type. the
Santa Cruz water lily. that is de-
Evening star., 1956-03-18
Two Rose PRUNING
Demonstrations
Set for Today

Final pruning demonstrations
for this season by the Potomac
Rose Society will be staged today
Iat 2::30 pm. in the garden of
Frederick w. Lang, 4108 Everett
street, Kensington. Md, and in
the Shoreham Hotel Rose Gar
den, $500 Calvert street, reached
easily by turning from Calvert
street into Twenty-eighth street
which passes the garden.
Experts will explain pruning
methods with practical demon
Istrations and will be glad to
answer questions. All rose grow
ers are invited to attend either
demonstration. In case of un-
favorable weather, the demon
'strations will not be held.
Evening star., 1956-03-18
Aquatic Garden Workers
Busy Potting Water Lilies

veloped here. The plants are
grown from seed instead of bulbs.
The seed pods are carefully Sc
Ilected in the fall. First soaked in
water. these pea-shaped seeds
are then developed in pots of
progressively larger sizes until,
when the water in the pools is
relatively warm. they can be in
troduced into them.
An odd thing about the water
lilies is their ability to grow long
stems rapidly. Plunged into
water the leaf or pad quickly
grows to the surface. When
the Aquatic Gardens were mum
dated by high water during the
hurricane season of last year
the water level rose consider
ably. The lilies heightened their
stems accordingly. Then, after
about 10 days when the water
had receded to normal. the un-
necessarily long stems snarled
the pool and became unsightly.
The boxes of enriched soil in
which the water lilies are set
are packed hard to keep them
from washing. Manures, COM
post and top loan are mixed
and tamped into the wooden
containers.
From mid-March to mid-June
the botanists at the Aquatic
Garden are rushed with the
preparations. Then for six
months or more the plants add
to the enjoyment of nature lovers
here in the National Capital.
Evening star., 1956-03-18
30 Million Americans Buy
Flower Seeds for Gardens

lines, New Englanders can still
be counted on to want their pole
beans, early corn and winter
squash.
In flowers, tastes are more
universal. Zinnias are the ia
vorites; petunias, nasturtiums
and sweet peas, the runner-up.
Petunias produce seeds so mi
mute that some of the more
expensive hybrid varieties are
worth many times over their
weight in gold. One ounce, con-
tanning more than 275,000 seeds,
WHOLESALERS at $3.50.
To enlarge tiny seeds-to make
them easier to plant and to elm
mate thinning and transplanting
nowadays often coat
them with clay, mixed with fer
tilizers and pesticides. One West
Coast grower even dyes the clay
coat the color of the prospective
flower.
Spring. incidentally, arrives
officially in the United States
next Tuesday at 1921 a. m.
Evening star., 1956-03-18

Mrs. John Dowd, mother OF
the Presidents wife, has accepted
the invitation of the Camellia
Society of the Potomac Valley
to be honorary chairman for the
society's second annual show
April Z and 8 in the auditorium
of the Woodward and Lothrop
Chevy Chase store at Wisconsin
and Western avenues.
On display will be cut camellia
blooms, both from outdoor and
indoor plants and formal ar
rangements utilizing camellias.
Entries may be made in the
competitive classes by anyone.
Rules and arrangement themes
can be obtained from the shows
general chairman, Mrs. Leon B.
Habecker of 10513 Green Acres,
Silver Spring, Md, or the Presi-
dent, Milton H. Brown, 1920 N.
Trenton street, Arlington, Va.