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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
Summers Hottest Blasts Cause
Heaviest Power Loads for PEPCO

ty and IL per cent of Arlington
County.
The striking growth of Pepco
in recent years can be measured
in terms other than peak figures
In a prospectus of the company
now in its Goth year-the fol-
lowing construction program il
sketched:
The company has been anc
is engaged in continuing con-
Struction program which is ex-
pected to extend for at least
the next several years and the
ultimate amount of which hal
not been determined. During The
period from January /, 1851, t
March 81, 1856. the company
made gross property addition:
of $107, 669,686 and property re.
tirements aggregating $9,256,904
Of which $6,039,976 of addition!
and $335,438 of retirementI
were made during the three
months ended March 81, 1856
1t is estimated that subsequent
gross property additions through
December 81, 1857, will aggregat,
approximately $50 million"
And unless somebody come
.up with a soft, innocuous drinl
or pill to cool the body per
mainly, Pepco will go on settinI
records each summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
Democrats Win Contest
On Lee County Election

TOWNSVILLE, Va, July S (P).
The Democrats have defeated
the Republicans in a legal battle
over bulk poll tax payments in
last November's local election ir
Lee County.
A special three-judge court
yesterday ruled in favor of the
Democrats and voided the cleo
ton of four Republican officials
The jurists sustained the Dem
ocrats' charge that the G, o. P
illegally paid the poll taxes Of
hundreds of voters. The Demo.
Gratis admitted doing the same
thing but accused the Republican
treasurer, c. T. Combs. of re-
fusing to accept one check fol-
$500 to foot the voting bill Of
some 1000 persons.
The courts ruling remove;
from Office Sheriff Hobart
Belcher. Treasurer C. H. Evan:
(Who succeeded Mr.. Combs
Commissioner of Revenue Peter
Chance and Commemorative
Attorney Harry Rowlett.
Left in Office
Requirements must be named
by Circuit Judge George Morton
of Appalachia or his fill-in, Judge
Ezra T. Carter of Gate City
Judge Morton has been Ill but i,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

prospect of swimming and play
ing with other children. Her
mother will miss her, but she
wants Thelma to have this
vacation. She is reluctant to
have to ask so much Of her
small daughter, but she hasn't
much choice. She will have to
have help from friends while
Thelma is gone.
For Thelma, a trip to camp
will mean a chance to be Just
a child again, to make new
friends and have the fun of
swimming.
You can help make sure
Thelma gets happy holiday by
contributing to the Evening Star
Summer Camp Fund.
The following gifts are acknowl-
edged today:
Due to the holiday. no addi-
tional gifts were accepted yes
terday. The total received tc
date is $l5,029 40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonight

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star in cooperation
with the Film Center OF Wash
ington and the recreation de-
partment of the District and
Arlington, Prince Georges and
Montgomery counties.
Washington, at Dusk
Stoddert, Thirty ninth and Calvert
PARK view Warder and Otis streets n W.
RISES RIGS road and Madison street
KsIofama, Niniecnth street and Column
Bundy. Fourth and o streets NV
Loveioy Twelfth and y streets NE
Thomas .Parkside Anacosta and Grant
Ris sfITsis / : Fitthy.,hird and Blaine
streets NE
buchanan Thirteenth and d streets E.
Arlington County $40 PM
GUSTS. ~ South TWenty-third street.
Nottingham. $500 Little Falls road
Prince Georges County $40 PM
Sliso Park Hampshire Greens Playground.
Garland and Flower avenues lakoma
Capitol Heights Playground. Fiity.sev-
enth avenue Capitol Heights
Montgomery County, $50 PM
Norbeck RECREATION Center Norbeck
Wheaton Recreation Center, Clarldgs
road of Viers Mil road Wheaton.
Hllcrest Playground, Aberdeen street.
West End. Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

expected back on the bench be-
fore the end of the month.
In separate ruling, the three
judge court left in Office four Re-
publican members of the board
Of supervisors whose election also
was contested by the Democrats.
AS for the other four officials,
the court held the evidence fully
sustalns' the charge of illegally
paying poll tax bills in lump
sums. State law prevents such
payments. The court also found
the four officials had knowledge
of the payments.
There can be no appeal be-
cause the case was heard by the
special court. whose members
were Judges Earl Abbott of Cliff
ton Forge, Jack Matthews Of Pu-
laski and Fred Hoback of Salem.
The decisions climaXed six
days of testimony in which the
Republicans denied putting out
money in bulk amounts for poll
tax payments.
The Democrats freely admit
ted footing one $4,000 payment
for poll taxes of a number of
voters and said they tried to pay
an additional $500, only to be
refused by Treasurer Combs.
Tell of Deal
The ocrats ire was
aroused when Mr.. Combs went
ahead accepting bulk payments
from Republicans. according to
testimony Of the Democrats.
They told of a deal whereby
the Republicans were to be per-
mitted to copy the registration
books in return for bulk poll
tax payments by the Democrats.
In testimony Tuesday, former
State Senator Glen Williams Of
Jonesville, a Republican leader
in the 9Th district, said he had
obtained court order in an
effort to force Mr.. Combs to stop
accepting checks for bulk pay
ments. He added:
Mr.. Combs would have gone
through with the agreement if
it hadn't been for me"
In upholding the Democrats,
the court said the evidence fully
sustains" the charges against
the Republicans. The judges
also said the illegal and unlaw-
full acts" alleged by the Demo-
Gratis were done with the full
knowledge and consent OF the
four office holders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

not discouraged by the Fedora
ton action, and will actively
seek the appointment.
She is going to the State con-
vention as a delegate, and will
seek to be elected a delegate to
the national convention.
Will Be at Convention
Even if l don't go to San
Francisco as a delegate, Ill be
there" she added.
Blond, attractive Mrs. Zim-
norman has aided in the de-
velopment of the Republican
party in Northern Virginia. She
is the wife of an attorney
In 1858, SHE ran for the House
of Delegates from Fairfax Coun-
ty. Two years ago, Republican
State Senator Ted Dalton noml-
mated her to run for the Senate
against Democrat A. Willis Rob-
ertson, but she declined. She
currently is vice-chairman OF
the Republican State Central
Committee.
Mrs. Logan said she considered
it perfectly proper" for the
women'S Federation to indorse
her for re-appointment.
Cites Voting Bloc
only a few groups refused
to vote-even the 10th District
was divided" she said.
She declined to say she ac-
lively was campaigning for the
job, but added: Il have been
Endorsed by women's groups and
l haven't refused it.
Mrs. Logan said she felt the
office should seek the person
not the person seek the Office"
She said the vote for her was
more than three-to-one. No
resolution was offered Endorsing
any other candidate. If the vote
for her had failed, there would
have been no Endorsement, she
said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
Area Girl Wins
Dairy Team Title

A Gaithersburg girl who re-
covered from a case Of measles
Just in time to make the trip,
yesterday was one of a team of
four Maryland All Club mem
bers who won the 9th annual
international dairy cattle judg-
in championship in Newcastle,
England.
She is Patsy L. Messer. II,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allie
iMesser of Route 2, Gaithersburg
Her father is Holstein cattle
dairy farmer
(, Patsy. a junior at Gathers
burg High School during the
past year, barely recovered from
the three-day measles before her
departure for Great Britain by
plane on June Is. according tc
the University of Maryland Elk
tension Service.
Besides being a member of the
team winning the world cham
pionship, she also finished thirc
in the contest for individual
point scoring.
This was the 10th time tina
a Maryland All Club team ha
represented the United State
IN worldwide competition ant
the fifth time such teams hav
returned with the world cham
pionship. The other times Wer
in 1922, 1923. 1881 and 1851.
Besides Patsy, other member
of this years team were Eugen
C. Bay of White Hall, Baltimor
County; Ian j, Forrest OF Relay
Baltimore County, and Franklin
L. Walbert of Henderson, Queel
Anne County.
Young Walbert finished tourtl
highest in individual standings
young Bay. fifth, and the For
Frest youth 18th.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
SEND A 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 IL
days. 1920 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
By JOHN McKELWAY

At precisely $40 pm. last
Monday the city simmered. The
normal pace at that hour slowed;
determination wobbled; people
out in the streets walked behind
invisible plowshares. The tenn
perature was SO degrees.
But at that moment the Wash
ington area was Seething with
energy for the wires of the Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. were
carrying electricity at rate and
amount never before experienced
in the companys so years OF
producing power,
1t was a new record for Pepco
in what company officials term
instantaneous peaks" At that
moment, $4,000 kilowatts were
screamed for-by countless air
conditioners. fans, assorted light
bulbs, electrical appliances and
of course, television.
New Records on Way
Oficials of the company die
not Jump with glee and announce
"a new record" 1t had been only
five days before that the pre-
vious record was set = 85l ,0OC
kilowattS-and they expect Mon
days mark to be broken soon
The trend is now well eStab'
lished; each summer Pepco il
being called on to produce NOR
power.
The chief reason. officials say
undoubtedly is ACKNOWLEDGING
Since its widespread inception
after World War II, Pepco-
like other electric companies
has been finding peak load
registered in summer instead o
winter.
Formerly, peak loads wer'
reached in December or Janu
airy. Dark nights called for light
cold nights for heat. In the win
ter of 1858. for example, peal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

G. o. P. as delegates prepared
to convene at Roanoke July 81
for their State Convention.
The other haSsle is over Sc
lection of a successor to S. Floyd
Landreth, who is stepping down
as State chairman. Oren Lewis
of Arlington, Lester S. Parsons,
ST., of Norfolk and Linwood Hol-
ton of Roanoke have been men,
toned as possible successors.
A preliminary Skirmish to the
committeewoman fight occurred
at the annual meeting of the
Virginia Federation of Republic
can Women last Saturday a.
Staunton.
Mrs. Logan Endorsed
The Federation's executive
committee proposed a resolution
indorsing disappointment of Mrs
Logan, who has been State com
mitteewoman since 1914. APP
pointment of the States nationa
committeeWoman and commit
teeman will be made by dele
gates attending the G. o. P. ma
tional convention in San Fran
cisco.
When the pro-Logan resolu.
ton was offered at the Fedora
ton meeting. Mrs. Zimmerman
promptly rose and announced
she was a candidate for tn,
Job. She protested that thu
Federation had no business in.
dorsing a candidate for com.
mitteewoman. She said Fed
Grafton members from Fairfa,
County, Richmond and Roanoke
agreed with her. and refused
to take part in the voting.
But the Federation went aheaC
and Endorsed Mrs. Logan, jus
as 1t did four years ago whel
she was re-appointed over tn,
opposition of Mrs. Wilma Mac
Pherson, wife of Arlington
County's treasurer, Colin c. Mac
pherson.
Mrs. Zimmerman said she wa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
Correction

DR.. William F. Burdick remains
chief of staff at Children's Hos
pital, the top elective position in
the medical staff organization.
DR.. Burdick has held this post
for 2l2 years since Dr.. Hugh
Davis died.
In an account in last Sundays
Star of the appointment of DR.
Robert H. PARROT to the new po-
sition of physician-in-chief it
was incorrectly stated that there
had been no head Of the medical
staff for the past two years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

of col 900 kiloWatts was new
record. 1t was quickly broken
that same year, however, when,
in September, turbines wound up
and turned out 100000 kilowatts
at 2;30 pm.
Last years summer peak was
reached on August 2 when an
output of $4,000 kilowatts was
called for. In 1854 the peak was
TAI, 900 kilowatts, set on Sep
TENDER 7.
New Uses For Power
While Pepco has enjoyed a
steady rise in customers-327 900
in 1856 compared to $4,000 in
1933-this rise has not kept pace
with the amount of electricity
called for. What has happened,
officials point out, is that the
customers are finding more uses
for electricity.
The home owner or apartment
dWeller has a televiSion set or
air conditioning. perhaps both,
and other items which require
steady power over long periods
of time. But Pepco officials also
cite as a reason for the tremen-
dous increase in power the fact
that more and more buildings
are built with, or have turned tc
complete air-conditioning.
Pepco is not bursting its wires
to deliver all this power, officials
point out. While peak loads have
, fallen safely beneath an eSti-
. mated capacity" the company
can always buy or borrow power
: from neighboring power COM
: panies to meet any sudden. heavy
demand. And barring damaging
summer electrical storms
Pepco officials can pretty vel
guess what the demand will bt
: and be ready to supply it. They
expect, for example, heavy de.
: mands later this summer wher
both political conventions will bt
televised and air conditioners viii
be rumbling to keep the viewer
cool.
Must Plan Expansion
Still, while there is no imme'
diate concern, Pepco must plar
through the construction o.
new generating units in its three
power plants-to meet the heav!
loads of the immediate summers
ahead. One such generating
unit-they take about year
and-a-half to builds now un
der construction at the Potomac
River plant in Alexandria.
Though the area which Pepct
services has well defined lines
the company, to meet new powe
demands, must expand within
present facilities-or locate else
where. Thus the company plan
to start construction of a nev
: steam electric generating plan
in Montgomery County.
The Present Outlook
e In all, PEPCO serves 64'
S square miles, which include, be
0 sides all of the District, So pc
+ cent of Montgomery County; s.
t per cent of Prince Georges Coun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

THE RESULTS are fine
enough to bear letting other
WaShingtonians see. In few
short pages, Tom has gotten
the feel of the city.
Since your mother spent
some time in the United
States and some years in
Washington" he began, Il
thought you might enjoy this
scrapbook about life in the
Capital of this country.
Washington has a very
exciting history. 1t was de-
signed by Charles l'Enfant,
who came from your own
country.
In many ways, the layout
of the city resembles that of
Paris. For example, the Capt.
tol would correspond to the
Arc de Triomphe, the Mall to
the Champs Elysees, and the
Washington Monument to the
obeliSk on the Place de la
Concorde
Americans are extremely
proud of the beauty of their
Capital, and have gone to
great lengths to make it into
a national Showpiece and a
garden city. +. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

HERE TOM inserts descrip-
tionS of the more familiar
memorials, with a little about
the Cherry Blossom Festival,
then goes on:
But Washington is not a
city of the dead. 1t is above
all a city of today's Govern
ment. :.
Most families who live in
Washington are connected, in
some way or another, with the
Government. My father, for
example, just like your
mother several years ago, is a
member Of the Department of
State -.
The most striking Gov
eminent building, and the
largest in the world, is the
home of our Department of
Defense, named the Pen
tagon' because Of its peculiar
five sided shape To give
you a better idea of its great
size, the outermoSt building,
If stretched out in one line,
would be almost two kilo-
meters long
"Although most people
work downtown, many of
them, like ourselves, live in
the suburbs. Nearly every
homeowner in Washington
has a yard. Ours is about 40
meters long and Is meters
wide and has lovely old trees.
Most Westinghouse love to
garden and are proud of their
flowers.
For those who have no
gardens of their own, Wash
ington is rich in the most
wonderful parks. -.
Georgetown back gardens
although small, are famous
for their beautiful flowers
and shrubs. Many people pre-
fer the atmosphere OF
Georgetown to living in the
more spacious suburbs.
For us Washington chill
dren, about the most fasci-
mating of the several mu-
seumS is the Smithsonian
Institution. 1t houses many
famous American inventions
scientific and industrial ex-
hibits, and natural history
museum.
Il hope that you may have
the opportunity to come here
some day and see everything
l have shown you with your
own eyes"
We hope SO, too, Tom, anc
in the meantime, let's all g
out and take another look a
Washington ourselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
Street Scenes

A woman walking non
chalantly through the park at
Fifteenth and l streets NV,
with a pair of pigeons perch
ing on her left forearm. !.
A sign on a small down
town hotel offering the COM
forting information: Fan in
Every Room
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
The
Rambler
Young Mans View
Of Our Fair City
BY JACK JONAS

How does a 12-year-old boy
view his city?
The thoughts of one-Tom
Crane, just out of the seventh
grade-are on their way to
FRANCHISE d'Anselme.
FRANCHISE is and lives in
France. Her mother and
Toms father once worked to-
gether in the State Depart
ment here, but FRANCHISE has
never been to the United
States.
When Toms American his
tory class was told to do a
scrapbook project about
Washington, Tom decided
he'd slant his to interest
FRANCHISE.
He collected postcard pic
lures and took some of his
own, then sat down to COM
pose a text to fit the pho
tographS. He spent a lot of
time tranSlating Washington
into things an 8-year-old
French girl might under
stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05
2 Job Fights Loom
In Virginia 6. P.
State Chairman, Committeewomon
Posts to Be Filled at Convention

gathering in Republican Party ranks in Virginia
who should be the States national commeeWoman.
Mrs Cynthia of Fairfax County is seeking the
Office held by Mrs Emily Logan of woodstock and Mrs.
Logan to hold to the job
develop within the Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-05

PEPCOS PEAKS-Ts growth the Potomac Electric Power
Last experienced
its highest peak load when 8 600 know ats called for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
REAL ESTATE SALE OR ExcH
HOUSES FOR SALE-N.W.

AMER. UNIV. PK.-3-bedrm, Diet
brk.. liz baths, bedrm., shwr. ir
Gil Apr. or A. loan. Sale BY
OWNER. $4,000. 1927 Alton pi
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MCLEAN. vA.--l2 rms, 5 baths, {
estate; $3.50 per month. Phone a XII
1904 or TIE. 6-7244.
AL BAKER g. SON, INC.
5OS N. Washington ST.. Alex, Va
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"WAT.NEV0

Historic old stone house built be-
fore Civil War, completely renovated
and .modernized. Acreage as desired
woods, fields and streams (part Of
farm): 4 bedrooms, baths. library,
huge dining room for entertaining
with fireplace, oil heat washer. =
car garage with workshop. Near
Centervllle. Va, on hard road.
mile. off dual highway - miles from
Washington; 81 minutes to Penta-
gon. Available now. 1-year or more.
S1H5 month
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BEER LIQUOR RrsT-ciood Z |,

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-21
HOUSES WANTED TO RENT

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THREE BEDROOMS. baths. living
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DNRhELEA -EOAHHA4L - handsome
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SWIMMING pool,

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In this newly decorated 3-bedroom
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schools and bus nearby. minutes TO
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swimming pooi privileges.
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GETOWN---Several interesting
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