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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
By CHARLES A. McALEER
Star staff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, May 2S.-Three
graduating midshipmen will
marry three sisters here in a
single ceremony Saturday.
The wedding will be one of
40 wedding ceremonies scheduled
for the two weeks after Fridays
graduation. Eleven of the nup-
tials will involve Washington
area residents.
The three middies slated to
become brothers-in-law marry
the three Dougherty sisters
Ann Louise, Mary Theresa and
Martha-in a ceremony Satur-
day in st. Mary's Catholic
Church here.
The middies are Jack P.
JanetatoS. 81. of Moosup, Conn. /;
Douglas c. Osgood, %. of Fallon,
New, and John F. Nelson, %, of
Great Falls, Mont. Jack, slated
to become a Navy ensign, will
marry Mary Theresa. Douglas,
who is to be an ensign in the
Navy Supply Corps. will wed
Ann Louise. John, scheduled to
pe commissioned on Air Force
second lieutenant, will marry
Martha.
Sisters Are Teachers
All three of the girls are school
teachers-Ann Louise and Mary
Theresa at nearby George Fox
Junior High School and Martha
at Glen Burnie Junior High
They are the daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Dougherty Of
Annapolis. Their father also is
a school teacher.
The only two Negro members
of the class of 68l prospective
graduates also are among those
slated to get married in chapel
services here. One of them is
Edward A. Sechrest, "a, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Sechrest
of l014 Kearny street NE
This graduate of Washington's
Dunbar High School is sched-
uled to wed Miss Margaret A.
Thomas, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Horatio A. Thomas of St
Louis, in a ceremony in the
main chapel at 8 pm. Friday.
The other is Harold S.
Bauduit, 25, of Corona. N. Y,
who is to become an Air Force
second lieutenant on Friday and
marry Miss Martie E. Branche
of Tuskegee. Ala, in the main
chapel at 6 pm. Sunday.
Others of Interest Here
One of those getting married
Saturday night will be Midship-
man Robert S. Cecil of San
Francisco, commander of this
years top-rated company in the
midshipmen's brigade, and Miss
Beverly Jean Douglass, the 1856
color girl who is a sophomore at
Mount Vernon Junior College in
Washington. Her home is in
Atherton, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28

With Forgery
In CheckCase
300 Drufts Passed
On Stolen Forms
In Lost z Weeks

Three men accused of passing
800 bad checks here in the last
two weeks have been charged
with forgery by Washington
police.
The three we're arrested after
check and fraud squad detec-I
tives alerted local merchants to
the description of one of the
men and described the kind of
check forms they were using.
The three are Edgar W..
Hooper, jr.. 81, of the 3400 block
of Holmead place NV; Gray
son E. Salmon. 30, of the 1900
block of Fairmont street NV,
and Isaac P. Hill. "a, of the
1400 block of Meridian place
NV. All are colored.
Sergt. John Fitzpatrick of the
check squad said most of the
bad checks were written on
forms stolen from a furniture
firm and fabric store. The
blank forms and a checkwriting
machine from the furniture store
were found in one of the sus-
poets rooms.
He credited an alert merchant,
Murray Schwartzman, proprietor
Iof the Reliable TV-Radio Co.,
I2471 Eighteenth street NV,
with bringing about the arrests.
Mr. Schwartzman, he said,
spotted one of the suspects at.
tempting to pay by check for
merchandise in his store, even
though the man was using a
different check form from those
described by police as the ones
used in most of the other cases.
A call to police brought them
in time to arrest the man. The
second was picked up in a cab
and the third was arrested at
his home, The third, Issac Hill,
lis on $500 bond on earlier
charges of stealing checks, the
detective said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
CAMP FUND FACTS

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, $500 for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28

the port authority bill earlier
this year with only nominal op.
position.
There was a time, however
when Mr.. Bonnell's relations
with the Governor were not sc
friendly.
A heavy contributor to Repub.
lican Golfers and leader Of
numerous G. o. P. fund drives
Mr.. Bonnell surprised politica
observers IN 1850 by suddenly
Ifesigning as chairman of the
Republican State Finance Com.
Imittee in the midst of Mr.. Nc.
,Keldln's campaign for Governor
Mr.. McKeldin was quoted ther
as saying that he realized Mr.
Bonnell was luke warm TOWARD
his candidacy. He also wa.
quoted as stating that Mr.. Bon.
nell Ibid not help in financin.
my campaign for mayor in 1873!
and 1943, nor for Governor il
1912"
Tells of Contribution
Mr.. Bonnell told The Star
however, that he had con
Itributed financially to Gov. Nc
keldin's campaigns. He nigh
nave meant only the Governor
successful reelection campaign
in 1854.
Mr.. Bonnell was born /,
vlncennes, Ind, spent his yout
In California and moved (
Baltimore as a young bank ex
ecutive in 1880. He lives now i
the fashionable Homeland sec
ton OF North Baltimore wit
his wife, the former Hettie Lis
Hazlett of Wheeling. w. Va.
Their son, Robert O.. Jr.. !
assistant branch manager @
the New York Life Insuranc
Co. in Baltimore. Their daugh
ter is Mrs. Edwinna Jameson Q
Beverly Hills, Calf. There ar
four grand children.
When World War I broke out
he enlisted in the Navy an,
eventually became a lieutenan
ri. g. in the Navy Department
in Washington.
He and a Navy buddy-Jame
B. Alley, who later became gen
eral counsel for the Reconstruc
ton Finance Corp. here-took
year of night law courses a
/ GEORGETOWN University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
CunuI Zone Governor

Mai. Gen. William E. Potter
was sworn in today as Governor
of the Panama Canal Zone.
Until recently head of the Mis-
souri, Division of the Army Corps
of Engineers, with headquarters
at Omaha, he took the oath in
Secretary of the Army Brucker's
office. He succeeds Maj. Gen.
John. Seybold who retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

American Booksellers AS
ISOLATION m eets in the
Shoreham Hotel.
international Patent and
Trade Mark Association
opens five-day session in
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
International Symposium
on the Venereal Diseases
and Treponematoses opens
in the Hotel Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
BonneII Defies Hot Spot
In Maryland Rood Post
BY GENE GOODWIN

Robert Owen Bonnell, Balti-
more banker who is soon to be-
come the $25,000-a-year chair
man of the Maryland Roads
Commission, realizes that he is
stepping into a political hot
spot.
But I have nothing to lose, !"
he said. II don't need the job
nor the money and if it doesn't
work out, I'll quit"
Leaning back in his vice.
presidents chair at the Fidelity
Baltimore National Bank &
Trust Co., Mr.. Bonnell told how
he had reluctantly postponed
his retirement plans to accept
Gov. McKeldin's appointment
to head the controversial
Iagency.
Il just turned IS this spring
March A." he said.
Lured by Challenge
1--WE worked pretty hard al
of my life and I must admit !
had looked forward to relaxing
a bit. But this assignment is just
too much of a challenge to pass
up.
II hope I can do the job in
a way that will be rewarding
and helpful to the State"
Mr.. Bonnell is scheduled to
completely severe his associa-
ton with the bank and take
over the roads commission
Craftsmanship from Russell H.
Mccain on June Is.
In a shakeup that had been
rumored for more than a year,
Gov. McKeldin announced last
week that he was sweeping out
his entire three-memher COM
mission-Mr. Mccain, Bran
we'll Kelly and Edgar, T. Ben
nett.
John j. McMullen. Cumber-
Iland newspaper publisher, has
agreed to take one of the com
mission slots. Francis v. dupont
of Cambridge, former commits
sioner of the United States Blu.
reau of Public Roads. has beer
Offered the third post. but ha'
not yet made up his mind abou'
lit.
No Criticism
In his interview with The Star
MIR. Bonnell was careful not tt
tcriticize the outgoing commits
sion. He did say, however, tina
he felt public confidence in tn
agency had dwindled.
He SHE'D away from question
concerning the land speculation
8 scandals in Montgomery ant
: Prince Georges Counties involv
. ing Ben Du Pre-. former road
commission right-of-way en-
igineer.
The banker said he is no
concerned about his lack of en-
gineering background becaust
the job, as he conceives of it
is one mostly of administration
and policy-making,"
I'll leave the actual road
building up to the engineers.
he added.
Mr.. Mccain, who received !;
salary of $15.000-a-year as road,
chairman, was an engineer il
private life.
Has Served Before
This is not the first time thai
Republican. Gov. McKeldin ha.
turned to Mr.. Bonnell for ad.
ministrative aid.
When he was mayor of Balti.
more from 1943 through 1947
Mr.. McKeldin made Mr.. Bon.
nell his aviation commission
chairman and head of the city.
wartime civilian mobilization. Ir
the former capacity, Mr.. Bonnet
located. planned and built al
but the last phase of Friendship
; International Airport.
!. Mr.. Bonnell answered the
Governors call again last veal
when he took over the job Of
; selling the Maryland Port Au.
; thority idea to the people Of
the Free State. He succeeded
; with surprising ease" as hi
looks back on it now.
The State Legislature enacted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
All Charities Bunouet

Aides to All Charities will hold
its sixth annual banquet at 6
pm. Wednesday in the main
ballroom of the Willard Hotel.
The banquet will bring to a close
the groups activities for the
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
Mrs. Meyer to Speak

Miss Eugene Meyer. chairman
OF the District Auditorium Com
mission, will discuss planning of
the auditorium at a meeting of
the District Federation of
Womens Clubs at 2:30 pm. to-
| MORROW.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
Open Warfare Seen
AS Democrats Meet
Tydines Move
Threatens Unity
In State PorIey

BALTIMORE. May % (R.-
Smoldering dissension between
opposing factions of Maryland's
Democratic Party threatened to
erupt into open warfare this aft
ernoon at the State party con-
vention.
The crisis was expected to
come shortly after the conven-
ton opens, when 152 delegates
will respond to a request for re-
cess.
The request came yesterday
from Willard E. Tydings. hairline
victor over George P. Mahoney
for the Senate nomination in
the May 7 primary.
Some Mahoney supporters, APP
parently convinced they were
strong enough to assume control
of the party machinery. baked
last night at the request. They
met this morning at the Shera-
ton Belvedere Hotel, not far from
the Emerson, site of the conven-
ton, to chart their course Of
action.
Bitter Fight Seen
1T looks like a fight to the
end" Michael j. Birmingham.
president of the Baltimore
County Commissioners, and a
Mahoney supporter. said last
night. And it will hurt the
party" he added.
Mr.. Birmingham has been
mentioned as the likely candi-
date of the Mahoney camp for
Democratic National Commit
teeman from Maryland, a post
now held by Baltimore Mayor
Thomas D'Alesandro, TydingS
man.
Mr.. Tydings is confined to his
Hartford County home with an
infected tooth. Doctors have
ordered him to remain in bed for
another two or three days"
Legal Bar Cited
Early yesterday. the former
senator, through his son, Joseph
ID. Tydings, asked State Chair
man T. Barton Harrington to
postpone the convention. Mr..
Harrington said he couldn't le-
gaHy do SO.
Last night. Mr.. Tydings wrote
Mr.. Harrington:
i II am writing to ask you to
submit to the Democratic State
Convention this request
that the convention postpone
the transaction of all business
and recess until some later date
to Predetermined by the conven-
ton or yourself as chairman Of
the Democratic State Central
Committee"
Since one of the principal pur-
poses of the convention is to for.
malize his nomination, Mr.. Tyd.
ings said, Il believe it to be es.
sential that l be present to &C
cept the nomination; to advise
the convention of my plans for
the future; and to meet in per-
son the delegates from all Sec
tions of the State"
Unity Plan Sought
There was no immediate reac-
ton from Mr.. Mahoney. who
commands the vote of a sub
stantial number of delegates.
Both the Mahoney and Tyd-
ings factions have been giving
at least lip service to a wish to
restore unity to the party.
The former Senator's illness
also forced him to call of a
harmony meeting he had
planned for last night.
Mr.. Harrington. in refusing
Mr.. Tydings' request to order a
poStponement of the convention,
said he had fixed today's date
lat the request of the Senator,
and l, as required by law and
party usage, notified the dele
gates to meet. !"
1 In his letter to Mr.. Harring-
ton asking the recess. Mr.. Tyd-
Iings said he made the request
most reluctantly since / fear it
will, if favorably considered,
cause much inconvenience and
lexpense to the delegates"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
The
Rambler
lrute Postmaster
Stamps His Foot
BY JACK JONAS


bingham can't figure any way
to make a f1rst-class post office
out of 154 square feet.
So he keeps sending mail
addressed to Mount Vernon,
Va, back to Alexandria.
I'VE serve about $50 people
here" he said. "They come in
to pick up their mail. We
ought to be serving 10000 or
more. It's probably a lot more
now In the last census there
were more than 10000 in the
Mount Vernon post office dis
trict."
AS it is, he does enough
business to hold the rating of
second-class post Office - the
smallest second-class Office in
the Nation. It's just beside
the tourist gate at George
Washington's Potomac estate.
Mr.. Cunningham has been
there as postmaster six years,
and almost from the first has
been Pumping for a bigger
place to do business.
We've been right on the
verge of getting a bigger place
several times" he said, but
something always happens.
Il figure we've got about so
square feet of working space,
with the counters and cabinets
and everything in the way.
Sometimes when there are
three of us working in here, we
stumble over one another
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28

O.
IT'S PRETTY discouraging
sometimes.
"A tourist will stick his head
in the window and say, DO
you call this a post Officer
It's enough to make a man
lose his religion.
and then, too, I hate to
turn people down. People who
live three-quarters of a mile
away can't understand why
they have to get their mail
from Alexandria = IL miles
away.
Il don't like to tell them l
can't handle their mail. But
don't have the room. Look
at those pigeon holes. AS many
as a dozen families get stuffed
into one pigeon hole.
There's a new development
going in not far from here.
The builder gets his mail here.
But the people who are NOV
ing in will get their mail from
Alexandria. The people move
in, put numbers on their
houses, and tell their friends
they live in Mount Vernon.
Then when letters come for
them, l have to send the mail
back to Alexandria"
During the busy summer,
with tourists flocking to Mount
Vernon, the tiny post Office
handles about $4,000 pieces of
mail a day.
Most of it's those post cards,
too," Mr.. Cunningham said.
The room, about the size of
today's kitchen with yester-
days pantry at the rear, is
the object of a mistaken idea
that plaques the postmaster.
People come up and say
they want to see George
WaShington'S post office" he
said. "It'S those guides, 1
think, that tell them that.
Then l have to explain that
this building wasn't around in
George Washington's time.
The buildings at the front
here were put up in 1875"
o
THE POST OFFICE lobby is
a sort of diversified door stoop.
you ought to see it with a
dozen people in there trying
to write post cards and buy
stamps" Mr.. Cunningham
said. He shook his head.
Many tourists want to send
post cards to themselves, and
sometimes ask that they be
postmarked with a hand
stamp.
I'VE do it as courtesy" Mr..
Cunningham said. But if we
had to stamp them all that
way, it would be impossible"
The 11a-cent Mount Vernon
commemorative stamp has
boosted the little gateside post
Offices business. Since it came
out three months ago, is mil
lion of them have been sold
there.
Il hear in roundabout fash
ion that there are plans for a
fancy new post Office for the
Mount Vernon district at Hol-
lin Hail." Mr.. Cunningham
said. IF that we're built, this
would be a substation like it
ought to be.
But I've heard things like
that before, and / don't get
my hopes up too high"
Street Scenes
A watermelon truck headed
south out Of Washington. .
Two pushcart operators,
headed in opposite directions,
joining one another at a K
street curb for lunch.
Wind ripping the ivy on the
south wall of the Lincoln
Museum in a like pat
tern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-28
Street Scenes

A watermelon truck headed
south out Of Washington. !.
Two push art operators,
headed in opposite directions,
joining one another at a K
street curb for lunch.
Wind ripping the ivy on the
south wall of the Lincoln
Museum in a wave-like pat
tern.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-11-29

what they are making at the other
schools. SO Mr.. Holderbaum and
the teachers and principals decided
to bring everyone together, so to
speak, for comparing notes and
getting new ideas from other
peoples work.
As a result, some time next JAN
uary there will be an Art Exhibit
for grade school teachers only at
a central location in the school
system. Their classes will be dis
missed early that day, and they
will come to this central display
and compare their children's art
work with that of children from
other schools. For this exhikfio
certain pieces of art work are al
ready being boarded by Mr.. Hol-
derbaum and the teachers con-
cerned. And Johnny isn't getting
his dinosaur back right away.
Imagine a row of watercolor
faces, arranged from the first
through the sixth grade level, with
each of the six schools represented
in each grade. Then imagine this
whole thing arranged as they place
pictures i'll an art museum, side by
side along a wall. That would be
one small part-watercolor faces
part-of East Cleveland's first Ele-
mentary Schools Art Exhibit.
Watch That SOng-Flute'
Elementary orchestras. are al
ready getting under way with re-
hearsals of Christmas music. There
is drilling for strings, woodwinds
and brasses on the familiar tunes
and carols, developing musical
skills with an eye on the somewhat
more distant future-next Spring,
that is.
In other words, another All
Schools Music Festival is in the
works for next May or so. If you
attended the last one, held in the
brand new Shaw Gymnasium two
years ago. you will remember what
a BIG thing it was. The teachers
thought of everything. For in
stance, we recall that every child
equipped with song flute had it
around his neck by
cord, so that it couldn't fall down
between the bleacher seats into the
Jungle of supports beneath.
But real all-schools Orchestra /,
IS blossoming this year, as statis-
les reveal. The fourth, fifth, and
sixth grades in each of the six ele-
nentary schools have their repre-
'entatiyes in these groups. which
will eventually rehearse The same
pieces and present them 1t the Fes-
,ival as massed ems lble.
In the meantime, Miss Conklin's
local instructions continue. Her
ousy Fall has incl led the leading
# folk singing and square dances
ach week of L three-week School
camping perio' and more recently
he singing Of The old Thanksgiv-
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-11-29
SIX SKIES

sculptures, there is reason for
it. And the reason is a good one.
1t scenes that Mr.. Holderbaum,
art instructor at Shaw High School,
has been making trips to the
various grade buildings last year
and this. and has found that grade
school teachers in the different
buildings want to know what the
classes are doing in the other build
ings. Often a class wants specific
instructions on some one kind of
art work-landscapes, let's say, or
figure painting. SO he helps them
with their project. and then both
the teacher and her students want
TO know, "How good is it?"
Well, grade school teachers don't
often get a chance to make trips
to other school buildings, because
they are all having classes at the
same time. Consequently, there is
little opportunity for finding out
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-11-29
Art and Music

Two specialized fields of chill
dren's activities are receiving in
creased or renewed attention by
city-wide supervisors in the local
grade schools this year. They are
elementary school art work, under
Supervisor Bruce Holderbaum, and
elementary music. headed by Direc-
tor of Music S. Robert Fraser, ably
assisted by instrumental Director
Kenneth S. Williams and Vocal
Supervisor Miss Janis Mae Conklin.
Since the art supervision is by
far the newer of the two. we wish
to make a special report on its
progress first.
Where Is Johnny's Dinosaur?
If your child constructed color
ed clay animal for his art work in,
let's say the fourth grade, and it
was taken up and then not returned
to him along with his classmates
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-11-29
Camp
News

Miss Dolori Schilling, a sopho-
more at Ohio University, spent
the Thanksgiving holiday with her
parents, the E. A. Schillings in
their new home, 14403 Ardenall
ave.
When Barnard College presents
"Yeomen of the Guard for four
night stand this weekend, East
Cleveland's own Jim Austin will
be staging the performance. Mr..
Austin has also had a hand in de-
signing the costumes which have
been executed by members Of the
cast. In addition to the evening
performances there will be matt
nee Saturday afternoon.
The play is being given at the
Minor Latham Playhouse, Broad
way at 10th st.
In the cast is Karen Gumprecht
Komar of 1906 Euclid Heights
blvd.
Mr.. Austin is a student at Col
Miss Alice Huston, a senior at
Purdue University, has recently
been pledged to Gold Peppers.
Gold Peppers is an honorary for
junior and senior women who are
outstanding in activities and
scholarship.
Miss Huston is the daughter of
Mrs. F. c. Huston, 1898 Rosedale
rd., Cleveland Heights.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-11-29

This makes 252 children receiv-
ing. organized instrumental instruc-
tion in the upper three grades.
BY instruments, the totals are:
strings, 81; woodwinds, 118;
brasses, 81; piano and percus-
sion, Is.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1956-11-29

ing favorites at separate holiday
programs. And of course with vocal
music, too, there is Christmas.
The figures below show first the
number of pupils in the beginners
Orchestra in each school, and then
the number in the advanced Or
oh nSrta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-25
Levy Fete
Planned by
Lawyers

The South Mid-Atlantic
Region Of the National Asso-
citation of Women Lawyers will
hold a luncheon Saturday at
the Army Navy Club to honor
Judge Anna j. Veters Levy.
The honoree, Judge of the
First City Court of New Or
leans. is author of the book.
"Other Peoples Children" just
published this month.
In it she tells of her eight
years (1940-48) as Judge Of
the Juvenile Court for the
Parish of New Orleans where
she tried more than 10000
cases involving children.
From these cases she Sc
lected stories Of typical I'M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-25
SOFT LEATHER SLIPPER

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