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Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
WILLOW GROVE BAPTIST

Sunday marked the close of
a series of services honoring the
26th anniversary of Rev. w. M.
HardiSon, Pas tor of Willow
Grove Baptist Church, in Oke-
NAH, and Mrs. HardiSon.
The closing service was held
Sunday afternoon with Rev. A..
G. Kendrick of First InStitu-
tional Baptist Church and Rev.
C. B. Allbritton, pastor of Union
Baptist Church, in charge OF
the service. Rev. Kendrick
preached from the subject "He
Was Lower Than He Thought"
and the choirs of the two
churches provid ed beautiful
music.
Rev. and Mrs. HardiSon receiv-
ed 1854 in cash and many beau
tifull gifts.
Rev. Hardison came to Arizona
in 1924 and resided in McNary.
He later moved to Phoenix be-
fore coming to Phoenix.
Mr.. James l.. Davis of Phoenix
who met Rev. Hardison in 1927
during an annual meeting OF
the Paradise Baptist Association
believes the Okemah pastor is
the oldest in point of service
in Arizona.
D-x,;o rov1nrf0r
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09

One generation paSseth away,
and another generation cometh:
but the earth abideth forever.
-EccleSiaSteS ia.
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
Churc ch
News
ST. PAUL BAPTIST

Several members were added
to the Sunday School roll dur
ing the month of July.
Fred Rivers, superintendent
of Sunday School and Lenroe
Raiford led devotions prior to
Rev. B. j. Stanton's sermon
Christ Is Our Model. Mrs. E.
Stanton led the choir in a selec-
ton, and Marjorie Jones and
Fred Rivers provided vocal solos
for the morning services. There
were three visitors.
The evening devotions led by
Calvin Wright and Mr.. Raiford
were followed by Rev. Stanton's
sermon and the observance of
the Lord Supper.
Mrs. Roberta Bryant won the
bible quiz in the recent meet
ing of the Junior Missionary
Society.
Last week. st. Paul was guest
of Rev. Hardison at Willow
Grove Baptist Church, during
his 26th anniversary. Rev. Stan
ton delivered the sermon and
st. Paul's Senior Choir render
ed several numbers.
Hrc I11ci11n PoifOrd rnnOrtor
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
Wesley Methodist Church

1902 East Washington
Rev. VIM. H. Stevens, Jr., Pastor
9:45 am. Sunday school
11:00 am. Morning worship
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
Bethlehem Baptist Church

18th Street and Adams
DR.. Joshua r. Miner, Pastor
1000 am. Sunday school
11:00 am. Morning worship
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09

Pentecost Church Of Jesus Christ
1902 East Buchanan
Bishop T. Davis, Pastor
1000 am. Sunday school
1870 am. Morning worship
Lewis Chapel CM.E.
2806 East Mobile
Rev. Louise Barnett, Pastor
9:45 m. Sunday school
i1:00 am. Morning worship
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
Lucy Phillips Memorial Church

Corner 18th at East Adams
Rev. L. j. Harper, Pastor
9:45 am. Sunday school
HOO am. Morning worship
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09

Pilgrim Rest Baptist
1417 East Madison
Rev. H. Y. Stevenson, Pastor
9:45 am. Sunday school
HOO am. Morning worship
New Salem Baptist Church
1706 East Lincoln
Rev. Leo Nickols, Pastor
GAS am. Sunday school
l1:00 am. Morning worship
Antioch Baptist Church
Al North 18th Street
Rev. r. N. Holt, Pastor
$50 am. Sunday school
HOO am. Morning worship
St. Paul Missionary Baptist
Church
1909 West Sherman
Rev. B. J. Stanton, Pastor
$50 am. Sunday school
1900 am. Morning worship
FELLOWSHIP ? Baptist Church
1886 East Pueblo Street
Rev. VIM. c. Crawford, Pastor
Church with a Program
Minister with a Message
Bethlehem Baptist Church
18th Street and Adams
DR.. Joshua r. Miner, Pastor
1000 am. Sunday school
11:00 am. Morning worship
Wesley Methodist Church
1902 East Washington
Rev. VIM. H. Stevens, Jr., Pastor
GAS am. Sunday school
HOO am. Morning worship
Lucy Phillips Memorial Church
Corner 18th at East Adams
Rev. L. j. Harper, Pastor
9:45 am. Sunday school
HOO am. Morning worship
BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH
32O1 East Wood st.
Rev. A. M. Martin, Pastor
9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
11:0O a. m. Morning Worship
GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH
Mobile, Arizona
Rev. E. J. Sykes, Pastor
11:3O am. Morning Worship
9:45 am. Sunday School
Shiloh Baptist
9Th Avenue and Buckeye
Rev. N. l.. Huff, Pastor
$50 am. Sunday school
100 am. Morning worship
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
Lewis Chapel C.M.E.
First Institutional Baptist Church

A. G. Hendricks, Pastor
1439 East Jefferson
$50 am. Sunday School
11:00 am. Morning worship
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
St. Paul Missionary Baptist
Church
Fellowship Baptist Church

1886 East Pueblo Street
Rev. VIM. C. Crawford, Pastor
Church with a Program
Minister with a Message
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
New Salem Baptist Church
Antioch Baptist Church

Al North 18th Street
Rev. r. N. Holt, Pastor
$50 am. Sunday school
HOO am. Morning worship
Arizona sun., 1956-08-09
GALILEE BAPTIST CHURCH
Mobile Arizona

Mobile, Arizona
Rev. E. J. Sykes, Pastor
1870 am. Morning Worship
9:45 am. Sunday School
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

Bittinger, died Friday. July 20, in
Meyersdale Community hospital in
Meyersdale, Pa.
A native of Bittinger, she was a
daughter of the late Andrew and
Lucinda Brenneman Oester.
Surviving besides her husband
are six sons, Oney Brenneman, of
Meyersdale; Ralph Brenneman, at
home; Ray Brenneman, Franklin,
Tenn; Marvin Brenneman, Refs
terstown: Glen Brenneman, Grants
Vile: and Rex Brenneman, Anna
rillo, Tex; five daughters, Mrs
Dorothy Shade, Bittinger: Mrs
Hazel Friend. Friendsville; Miss
Mae and Miss Oils Brenneman and
Mrs. Nora Myers, all at home; two
brothers. Clarence Oester, Bit
finger; and Columbus Oester, of
Washington. d. c.; sister, Mrs.
Joel Brenneman, Gambrills, and 10
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o.
clock from the Emmanuel Lutheran
church at Bittinger by Rev. James
Allan. pastor. Interment was in the
Bittinger cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

Schmidt and was born in this coun-
ty January 7, 1872.
Surviving are six children. Mrs.
Elizabeth Walter, at home; William
II. Schmidt, Altamont; Mrs. Nellie
Harvey Cedar Falls, Iowa; Her
man O. Schmidt Swanton; Mrs.
Blanche Lohr SWanton; Mrs. Mary
Tasker, Fairmont, w. Va; also 81
grandchildren, p great grandchil-
dren; one sister, Mrs. Joe Martin
Mt. Lake Park.
He was a member of the Deer
Park camp, Woodmen of the World;
Lodge No. 1929, Maintenance of
Ways Employees, and B. and o.
Veterans of Cumberland division.
He was a retired track foreman for
the railroad and had worked for
the company for 48 years. He had
been retired for the past sixteen
years.
He was a member of Mt Bethel
U.B. church, near Turkey Neck,
from which place funeral services
are to be conducted on Friday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock in charge Of
Rev. George Simpson, of Elkins,
a former pastor. Interment will be
in the Deer Park cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26
INFANT DEATH

Lucinda Ruth Ferguson, seven
months-old daughter of George
Ferguson, Jr., and Bernice Shaffer
Ferguson. who reside west of Oak
land died last Thursday, July 10,
in Garrett County Memorial hos
pital.
Surviving are her parents, two
sisters, Peggy Ann and Connie
Lynn.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home in charge of Rev William
c. Rogers. Interment was in the
Stemple Ridge church cemetery.
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tor, officiating. nterment was in
Red House cemetery.
Pallbearers for the service were
six grandsons, Guy c. Nicholson,
William Nicholson, Dale Nicholson,
Joe Browning, Howard and Donald
Wensel
Surviving besides Mrs. Browning.
are three other children, Guy Mich
olson, Welch, w. Va; Mrs. Floyd
Wensel, OF Oakland; Harry Nichol-
son, Loeb Lynn; 8 grandchildren
and % great grandchildren.
Mrs. Nicholson was the last sur
viving member of her immediate
family.
Attending the funeral of their
grandmother we're Lawrence Wen
sell Mrs. Harry c. Wilt, GalaX, Va;
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Wensel and
family, Westminster Mrs. w. j.
Faherty, Frostburg: Sgt Floyd Lee
Wensel, Camp Mccoy, Wise; Mr..
and Mrs. f F. Dunbar. Terra Alta.
Others attending included Guy r.
Nicholson, Welch. w. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy c. Nicholson. Washing
ton, d. c.; Mr.. and Mrs John De-
Berry and son, Havre de Grace;
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bolding, Doyles-
town, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Nicholson and two sons, Seat Pleas
ant; Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Nicholson
and daughter Columbus, o.; Miss
Dolores Nicholson, Washington, d,
c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

He is survived by four childr'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

and Mrs Joseph Coeley. Miss Alice
Wolf, Warren Runner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Doyle Biser and family, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Polling and family, Simon
Cooley Jr, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Cog
ley James Cooley, Henry Soldiers,
all Of Oakland; Miss Joan Johnson,
Clinton, Pa; Mr.. ana Mrs. Wilbur
Nine, Gormania; Miss Grace Sypolt,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26
w. SCOTT sHREVE

w. Scott Shreve, aged 70, died
Saturday, July 81, at his home in
Oakland.
He was born in Pendleton coun-
ty, w. Va. a son of the late Cyrus
and Emily Holloway Shreve He
had resided in Oakland for the past
fifty years.
Mr.. Shreve was a retired employee
of the B. and o. railroad where he
served as tie and lumber inspec-
tor for thirty-five years. He was a
member of Garrett Lodge No. 113,
Knights of Pythias.
Surviving besides his widow,
Mrs. Bessie Beckman Shreve, are
two children, Mrs. r. W. Racer, of
Pittsburgh, Pa; and Walter S.
Shrcve, Jr, of Buckhannon, W. Va;
a sister. Mrs. George Marley, Deer
Park: four grandchildren and one
great grandchild.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
from the Leighton Funeral home
in Oakland and interment was in
the North Glade cemetery. Rev.
Charles w. Carlson, pastor of St
Marks Lutheran church, officiated.
Pallbearers were members Of the
Pythian Lodge and lodge members
had charge of final rites at the
grave.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26
DIED
MRS. ALMIRA NICHOLSON

Mrs. Almira Roth Nicholson. aged
89, died last Friday, July 20, at the
home of daughter, Mrs Ray
Browning, Oakland.
She had been an invalid for
number of years. A native of this
county she was a daughter of the
late John and Eve Shaffer Roth
and was born November 10, 1866.
Mrs. Nicholson's husband. the
late Richard j. Nicholson, died 81
years ago She was a life long men,
Der of the Red House Lutheran
church where funeral services were
conducted Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with Rev w. A. Rem, pas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26
HENRY AUGUST SCHMIDT

Henry August Schmidt, aged 81
years, died at his home near Alta
mont on Tuesday night. July "a,
following an illness of three weeks
Deceased was a son of the late
August Henry and Rachel Beckman
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

Terra Alta; Harry Cogley, Baltj-
more; Miss Lois Dewitt, Sang Run.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26
MARION w. NEWMAN

Marion w. Newman, aged So died
in the Veterans hospital at Pitts
burgh, Pa, on Sunday July %.
Funeral services are being con-
Quoted this afternoon from the
Quinlan Funeral home in Turtle
Greek, Pa.
He is survived by four children,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

MRS. MARY [. BRENNEMAN
Mrs. Mary L. Brenneman, aged
Sc. wife of Stanley Brenneman, of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26
Surprise PurtY Held

A surprise birthday party was
given to Mrs. George Coddington
by her brother, A lie Clarence w.
Cogley, on Monday evening, July
% at the home of Ray Cogley. Hos
tesses were Misses Linda and De-
lores Cogley Among those attend
ing were George Coddington, Mr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-07-26

Tech. Sgt. Herbert b. Newman,
stationed with the Marine corps in
Puerto Rico Charles w. Newman,
Mrs. Elsie Myers, Mrs. Betty Jean
Schmidt, all of Turtle Creek; and
four grandchildren.
Also surviving are the following
brothers and sisters: Mrs. Permelia
Vastine and Mrs Minnie Sisk, De-
troit, Mich. Mrs. Fannie Walworth
and Miss Winifred Newman. of
Charleston, w. Va; Walter c. New
man. Keyser, w. Va; Harry l..
Newman, Allison Park, Pa; and
Mrs. Ruth Byron, of Pittsburgh,
Pa. Surviving also is his step
mother, Mrs. Grace Newman, of
Parkersburg W. Va. Deceased was
son of the late c. j. Newman of
Oakland.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-01-27
TAMPA, FLORIDA
First Hebrew Day School
In Virginia 10 Open

The first Hebrew Day School in
the state of Virginia is scheduled
to open in early February, it was
recently reported by Torah Ume-
sorah, National Society for He
brew Day Schools.
The new school, to be called the
Hebrew Academy of Tidewater,
will be located in Norfolk, but
will also serve the neighboring
communities of Portsm GU tn,
Berkeley, Virginia Beach and
Hampton Roads.
Present plans call for registra-
ton of students for the first
grade, with additional elementary
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-01-27
"Worlds Largest Cigar Center"
Kinsey Report Showed
Jewish Women No Better

In the Alfred E. KinseY re-
port in the United States the
proposition that Jewish women
are more chaste before marri-
age than non-Jewish women
was found only slightly true.
Of all the women in the
Kinsey sample, one-third re-
ported pre-marital relations
with two to five men, more
than half with one man, and
46 per cent with only the man
they subsequently married.
Adultery after marriage
showed 8 per cent of religious
inactive Jewish women had at
least one adulterous exper-
fence. a figure exceeded slight
lY by religiouslY inactive non
Jewish women.
Twelve per cent of religious
ly inactive Jewish women 81
to Is, and 5 per cent of the
moderately devout committed
adultery.
From rs to 80. the adultery
figures were IS and IL per cent.
above the same as for nom
Jewish women. From 81 to IS.
it was FL and II per cent. From
IS TO 40. religiouslY inactive
Jewish women recorded 20 per
cent. the same as similar Prot
estant women: and the moder-
atelY devout Jewish women. FL
per cent. slightly less than
similar Protestant women.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-01-27

grades to be added as time goes
on.
The Hebrew Day School educa-
tlonal pattern provides for an
lntegrated program of Hebrew
and general studies during the
normal school day.
''The opening of this Hebrew
Day School," declared DR.. Joseph
Kaminetsky, national director of
Torah Umesorah, ''has nothing to
do with Virginia's problems of
desegregation in the public school
system, but is simply another in
dication of the consistent appeal
that intensive Jewish education
holds forth to many modern
American Jewish parents"
With the opening of the Hebrew
Academy of Tidewater, there are
now 181 Hebrew Day Schools in
all parts of the country, in 70 in
Is states and the District of Co.
lumbia. There are also 10 Day
Schools in Canada.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-01-27
MEDICAL CLINIC NAMED
FOR NEW YORK MAYOR
TO BE BUILT IN ISRAEL

NEW YORK, (JTA) - A medi-
cal clinic in Israel will be built by
Kupat Holm in the name of
Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New
York, with the aid of funds raised
by New York civil service en-
ployees. The project was an
riounced at a luncheon under the
chairman of the civil service COM
mittee for the Histadrut cam
paign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Cripple Aid Group
Sets Building Drive
In Montgomery

The Montgomery County So
ciety for Crippled Children and
Adults, forced to abandon its
treatment center because of
breakdown in the heating sys-
tenn, last night agreed to launch
"a building fund drive Monday.
The meeting. called by the
treatment center Parents Aux
Hilary, was held in the American
Legion clubhouse at 1899 Rock
vile pike, where the society has
been given the use of five rooms
for the last three years.
Hot water and heat in the
building failed Wednesday after
the furnace boiler broke down.
Mrs. M. L. Reese, society
president, emphasized that the
treatment center will not nee
Iessarily be closed Monday and
that therapy given by society
Itechnicians will continue if. the
weather permits. She said 242
patients, Of whom IS per cent
ARE children, are currently being
treated at the center.
Mrs. Reese advised that pa
ltients or their parents should
inquire Monday to see whether
treatments will be given.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Maryland Youth Killed
BY Hunting Companion

A squirrel hunt ended with
the accidental death Of a Kent
land Md youth yesterday when
he was fatally wounded by a
shotgun carried by one Of his
Il5-year-old companions.
Arthur r. Tippett, Is. of 1909
Kilmer street, a tenth grade
student at Bladensburg Senior
High School. was shot about 3
pm. in a wooded tract nearly
/ mile east Of the $500 block
of Landover road and the Tip
pett home. Fifteen members Of
Boy Scout Troop 402 we're camp
ing in the area and heard or saw
the accident according TO County
Detective Sergt. Richard A.
Pearson.
Failing TO find squirrels, the
Tippett youth and his two
friends decided to shoot at trees
with young Tippett's % caliber
rifle and the shotgun. SerRt.
Pearson said. One Of the boys
had just loaded the shotgun and
was putting it on the ground
when 1t discharged. The shell
hit young Tippett in the chest.
the policeman added.
The youth died almost instant
~. witnesses told police. One OF
his friends ran 70 a service sta
ton on Landover road and
phoned for the BlaoensburR
Rescue Squad.
Dr. Thomas Hutehins pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
COURT ACCOUNTS
2 FOR THEFT
THEY ADMITTED

Two employees of an cleo
trical supply store were ac-
quilted yesterday in Munich
pal Court of stealing q SIS
radio, although both adj
mitted the theft to police.
Judge John H. Burnett
acquitted Basil Darnell, of
the 1900 block of Fifty-first
street, Hillsdale, Md, and
James H. Wills, of the HOO
block of First street Sc.
Judge Burnett said the
two had been "enticed" into
theft by Willie Cooke, of
the 1900 block Isherwood
street NV, who acted at
the instigation of police and
the store. Electronic Whole
salers, 2345 Sherman avenue
NV, which suspected the
men Of thefts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Sullivan Gets
Life Sentence

James A. Sullivan. %. one Of
three men charged with the muir
der of a Silver Spring car wash
operator, last night was con-
'victed in Prince Georges Circuit
Court of first-degree murder and
sentenced to life Imprisonment
Judge John B. Gray. jr,, inn
posed the sentence after a jury
Of three women and nine men
returned a guilty verdict without
capital punishment. They de-
liberated for more than six hours
During the two-day trial At
torney T. Franklin Bourne ar
gued that Sullivan was an UNI
willing accomplice in the April
% robbery-killing at the Quick
Car Wash, 1908 Old Bladensbure
road. Arthur z. Chyatte. 6l-
year-old co-owner Of the bust
ness. was fatally shot by Eddie
Lee Daniels. %. during the S40C
holdup. police said.
They said Sullivan was waiting
outside in the getaway car with
Richard L. Simmons. %. AL
three are colored.
MONTGOMERY County States
Attorney Alger Barbee and his
assistant, Leonard 7. Hardy, con-
tended that any person partici-
pating in the robbery that re-
suits in a murder is guilty OF
flrst-degree murder.
Daniels was convicted Of frst-
degree murder June IL and sen.
fenced July 10 10 die In the new
State gas chamber. Simmons
received a life sentence August
81 in Ellicott City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

his early education at Friends
School in the Capital.
The secret Of Mr.. Miller's sue,
cess in the nine Shore counties
where Democrats out-registel
Republicans about 10000 to 35,.
900. stems from his personal pop.
ularity and his careful attention
to the requests of his constitu'
ents.
A typical story about Mr.. Mil
Ter as Representative is the one
about his campaign two years
ago when his Democratic oppo-
nent, Edward Turner, threw q
real scare into him by raising the
segregation issue.
Avoid Segregation Tissue
But about three weeks before
the election. the Shore, along
with much of the rest of the
Eastern seaboard, was hard hit
by Hurricane Hazel, Within two
days, Mr.. Miller had I'd Army
soldiers and equipment rolling
across Chesapeake Bay Bridge in
droves to help repair the damage
to the Eastern Shore.
This helped remind Shore
voters that there were perhaps
more important issues in that
campaign than segregation. Mr.
Miller won by his usual comfort
able majority.
The segregation issue has not
been raised by either candidate
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
Byrd Letter Ignores
Presidential Contest
Urges Election
Of Democrats
To Congress

In a letter made public today.
Senator Byrd of Virginia ignored
the presidential campaign in
urging election of a Democratic
House of Representatives.
The letter was an Endorsement
of the candidacy of John l..
Whitehead of Radford, who is
Opposing Representative Poff,
Republican. in the 9Th district.
1T was sent to State Senator
Mosby G. Perrow. jr., Of Lynch
burg.
Reputation Recalled
In 1852 Virginia gave President
Eisenhower its IL electoral votes
after the Senator repudiated
IAdlai Stevenson. This year the
Senator has not publicly in
dorsed either candidate. The
Virginia delegation to the DEM
ocratic National Convention,
however, declined to go along
with the nomination of Mr.. Ste
lvenson but held out, instead. for
a "favorite son." former Gov.
John S. Battle.
Senator Byrd has strongly
criticized the Eisenhower admin
listration's civil rights program
and fiscal policies during the
present campaign.
In his letter to Mr.. Perrow.
Senator Byrd stressed the inn
Iportance of Southerners retain
ing chairmanships of important
committees in Congress. In this
way, he pointed out. they will
have strong voices in determine
ing what legislation is enacted.
Text of Letter
Senator Byrd's letter said:
Il think it is very important,
especially to Virginia and the
South. to elect a Democratic
House of Representatives. 1t so
happens that the major commit
tees of the House of Representa-
tives are headed by southerners
as chairmen. The Hon. Howard
Nv. Smith of Virginia is chairman
of the Rules committee. the most
powerful committee in Congress-
This committee determines
largely the legislation that is
placed on the calendar of the
House. Congressman Smith has
done a monumental work in the
prevention of passage of the
ubiquitous civil right legislation
and has been instrumental in de-
feating measures which would
result in reckless spending and
radicalism.
1.-THE chairmanships Of IA of
the most important committees
in the House of Representatives
are held by Southerners. Com
mittee chairmen WELD a great
influence in legislation enacted
by the House"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20
ALI Years Given
On Check Charges

A man was sentenced yesterday
in the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia to serve
from 4 to IL years on multiple
check charges.
He is Edgar w. Hopper. jr.,
81, colored, of the 3400 block Of
Holmead place NV. Charges to
which he had pleaded included
several counts Of forging sigma
lures on checks, possession of a
check which someone had stolen
from a mail box and Of wrongly
representing himself to be a
Federal employe in order to cash
two checks. He also had pleaded
guilty to causing a stolen check
to be transported in interstate
commerce.
The checks involved in the
various counts amounted to more
than $500, according to the in
dictmentS. Sentence was imposed
by Judge Joseph c. McGarraghy.