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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
BY d. NJ. DERWIN.

The two big factors which
discourage people from having
a fireplace are the cost of in
stallation and the inability of
the building to support a fire.
place. In both instances the
fireplace brings to mind stone,
brick. cement and weight.
Houses or cabins built on sand
make it impractical to install
fireplaces because the tendency
for the weight to sink pulls the
chimney away from or into the
structure.
Now these obstacles are re-
moved with a new packaged fire.
place. This fireplace you hang
on the wall. You put it to-
gether like a well-planned jig
saw puzzle.
The fireplace burns real logs
and goes right UP through the
roof like an old-fashioned stone
fireplace. In addition it can be
easily installed the maker claims.
Where the house is more than
one story, add few more Sec
tions to the chimney and an
hour or more in time.
To install this fireplace. locate
the wall studs which will hold up
the base. 1t isn't necessary to
cut out the Dashboard or the
wall plaster for this installation.
The fireplace frame is made to
fit studs spaced at l6-inch inter-
walls.
The frame is then attached to
the wall with lag screws which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Id. c. Okuys
History
Building
Recent building permits issued
by the District include:

1907 II Street Associates, owner, 1907
II street NV; builder not selected; Ed
/ win Weihe architect. erect one ii STORY
! building, 1907 II street NV; cost, $780,
900
| National Capitol Housing Authority,
owner, 1929 New York avenue NV;
builder not selected; Leroy j. H. Brown,
architect to erect one 3-story apartment
I1ll Anacostia avenue NE; cost, S7S.-
! National Capitol Housing Authority,
Owner 1929 New York avenue NV;
builder not selected: Leroy j. II. Brown,
architects; TO erect one 3-story apart
SIS, 900.
National Capitol Housing Authority
owner 1929 New York avenue NV;
ment, 791 Anacostia avenue NE; cost,
Banner Realty Co., Inc, owners, 1895
ected;, Edmund W. Dreyfuss. architect;
sofa avenue NE; cost, $4,000.
o,,, Nati ingd Capitol Housing Authority,
builder not selected; Leroy j. II Brown,
architects; to erect one 3-Story apart
ment 705 Anacostia avenue NE: cost,
Jacob schneiberg. owner. 1888 Eight
zenith street N. W, building not selected
f. A. Ledwith, architect: TO erect one
l-story auto laundry, 35l0 Georgia
avenue N. W; cost 100000
Otis. Beall Kent. Kentland Farms,
Rockville, owner; Perry g. Wallis, Inc /,
builder; Norman NJ Dimen, architect:
to make alterations to coffee shop, 1909
street N. W: cost. 100000.
C, E.. Barrows owner and builder,
1910 Thirty-first street N. W: War
rem. Shoemaker. architect; to erect one
l-story dwelling; 1000 oregon avenue
N. W.; cost, 100000.
s. Badian, owner. 1907 Ross road.
Inc. builder; R l. Vaushn. architect
to erect one l = story dwelling sos
Oregon avenue N w cost Sill 900
Charles F.. Reithmeyer. owner. 5000
Marlboro pike, builder not selected
Bernard F. Locraft. architect: 10 erect
one STORY service station. 4i6a Min
neSOta avenue n e, cost $4,000
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Prefob Fireplace Hangs
From Wall Studdinq

come with the fireplace. Inter-
locking FREDERICK sections which
require no cement or mortar for
the joints are then set into the
frame to form the back and base
Iof the fire chamber.
Next add the stainless steel
trim top and bottom to frame
the fire chamber. and the chain
link fire screen on its sliding
pole included with the unit,
Once framed, the hood section
goes into position. This pre-de-
signed section guarantees good
draft and offsets the possibility
of smoking up the house, the
manufacturer claims.
Now it is simple to locate the
hole for the chimney between
the ceiling joists. Here it will be
necessary to cut the plaster with
a cold chisel or saw out the
plaster board with handsaw.
The pre-fab chimney comes
next. Its protective jacket in
sures there will be no damage
to ceiling or joists, the maker
says. After the chimney sections
have been added to take it
Through the attic and to the
roof, cut the roof opening. The
kit includes a special flashing
that fits under the roof shingles
and seals the opening against
the weather. The final step is
placing the chimney cap unit
in place.
At this point you can go back
down stairs. light your log fire
in your new fireplace. and enjoy
it. If desired the exterior may
be finished to match any decor.
For further information, you
may write Mr.. Derwin, Room
200, The Evening Star, Wash
ington, D. c.. enclosing a
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woman

Sweetness is to woman what sugar is to fruit.
1t is her first business to be happy-a sunbeam
in the house, making others happy.
First Of all, make her happy at home-with
three bedrooms, enormous game room, two
fireplaces a park-like, tree-covered lot on a
worry-free street. General Electric made every
appliance we ever used Schools? They're so
close you can hear the BELLS
Live in forest, not in bare field. Prices
are sixteen Thousand hundred and nine
teen thousand-fiv hundred complete Fin
ancing? We have all types, of course.
From Annandale, Virginia on Route 1856, go
ga miles to Wakefield Forest Park which is
just past Wakefield Forest, left at our sign to
open houses. Chas. Carroll Carter, Inc. Builders
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05

For further information, you
may write Mr.. Derwin, Room
200, The Evening Star. Wash
ington, D. c.. enclosing a
stamped, self-addressed enve-
| lope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
BY ANDREW C. LANG

Years ago when you bought
a new house, you bought a house
period.
Today when you buy a new
house, you buy a house, plus a
refrigerator plus a washing ma
chine plus a dishwaSher plus any
or all of a dozen other modern
appliances or convenience units
What does this mean to you?
Perhaps you've never given il
a though but Congress has!
The entire matter of extras
included in the purchase of a
house has been under committee
study for several months and is
likely to reach the floor of Con-
gress this spring. Here is how
the battle lines are drawn:
Opposition Argument
Opponents of the package idea
in housing say that the new
home owner is not getting full
value for his money. They point
out that the purchaser Of a
house finds the price of the extra
equipment included in the total
cost.
There is no argument on that
score alone, since obviously some
body has to pay for the APP
planes. But they object to the
fact that, since this additional
cost becomes part of a long-term
mortgage, the home owner actu-
ally is making payments on
items over a 20, 25 and 30-year
period long after the appliances
have outlived their usefulness.
Thus. when family gets
down to the closing years of the
life of a mortgage, all-or nearly
all-the extras" that came with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Farm Looms
Set New Mark
During Year

The Farmers Home Admins
tration made and insured loans
totaling 1896, 480, 900 during 1856
to set new yearly record, Agri-
culture Department has esti-
mated.
Of this figure. $62, 100000 was
loaned to $3.50 borrowers for the
purchase or development of
family-type farms. the depart
ment said.
Farm housing loans for con-
struction and repair Of farm
houses and other essential farm
buildings we're made to 1.700
farm families and totaled $10.-
$4,000.
The balance of the money
loaned and insured went for OPP
Grating loans and soil and water
conservation loans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Scheick to Speak

William H. Scheick. executive
director of the Building Re-
search Advisory Board of the
National Academy of Science,
will speak during a luncheon
meeting of the Potomac VAL
ley Chapter of Maryland, Ameri-
can Institute of Architects, at
noon Monday in the Stone
House Inn. Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Should Kitchen Equipment
BE Part of House 'Puckuue'?

the house have been replaced
by new products of the same
mature.
Oddly enough, the man who
pays the freight, the new home
owner. has found no fault with
this system. with the usual few
exceptions. The major complaint
has come from the retailer, who
has watched one of his most
lucrative markets disappear lit.
tile by little. Builders naturally
buy in bulk. which means cheap
er prices and a bypassins of the
retailer.
Replacement Not Unusual
Those who see nothing wrong
in the package idea in housing
say that the argument of the
opposition is built on a straw
foundation. Sure, they admit
appliances and much other
equipment included with a new
house wear out before the mort
gage has been paid off. But
doesn't a house have to be re-
painted after a few years;
Don't floor coverings wear out:
In short, isn't the replacement
factor always in the picture, ever
with elements long accepted as
standard in a new house?
The package adherents have
another point they emphasize
that many persons who buy
houses with appliances, units
and other items would be unable
to do SO if they had to purchase
the extras" separately. It's
no secret that putting up the
down payment, even when it's
the absolute legal minimum,
often strips a family of all
available cash. If, in addition,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
MARGARET j. DUNKLEy
Houses Open Sunday, L to 5
KENSINGTON

that this house is sun
old. It's better than nj
HOT-WATER HEAT,
Kitchen with eating 81
room has fireplace an
Connecticut Arc. 10 BQ
10 =fV2f4 CARROLL
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the purchase Of a thousand or
more dollars worth of separates
had to be contemplated. the
family might well decide to
wait another year or two before
owning its own home.
The rebuttal to this is that it
might be better if such families
did wait that it's question:
able whether they should leave
themselves bereft of all cash in
order to buy homes. But that's
"a controversy of much greater
Vintage. encompassing the over
all topic of credit and hardly
confined to the subject Of houses.
1t will be interesting to see
just what. if anything. Congress
will do about the package deal
in home selling,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Bourd to Meet

The Prince Georges County
Real Estate Board will meet at
u pm. Wednesday in the Prince
Georges Country Club. Guests
will be H. E. Thompson. jr.,
president, and Mrs. Naomi
Laughlin, executive secretary of
the Montgomery County Real
Estate Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-05
Arlington
Okoys More
Construction
Recent building permits issued

4NNOAAAo bAAAAAAAS ~ AAAANo ASSN~N
by Arlington County include:
Zane Mason. 53l South Jefferson
street. owner: dwelling at l4lh North
Lancaster street: cost. $4,000
May PROP Inc, Falls Church, owner
dwelling at 3+06 North Peary street
cost S30.10o
John and Ann Weber. Arlington, own.
er: dwelling az $3.50 North Thirty hire
street.. ccst. $4,000; architect, Rooer
W Dillon
Grage Powell. 1890 North Woodstock
street, owner; DWELLING at 42la North
Tn.rty-ninth street; cost, $4,000.
Aryid F. Benson, 1924 North Ingle.
wood street. owner; dwelling AZ 4.3t
North Thirty-third street, cost, 100000
architect Allen J Dickcv.
JACK 7irkle l4oi Ridgway terrace
Falls Church, owner; duplex dwelling al
Iul6 North Daniel street, cost, $4,000
architect, Zane Mason
Mamie V Compton. 1854 North
Ei2hteenth street. owner: dwelling a.
$500 South Cleveland street; cost
$4,000
Atherton Homes. Inc. oO4l Wilson
boulevard. owner; dwelling at Dol
South Hill street; cost, Sl7,500; archi'
May Prom Inc, Falls Church. owner
dwelling at 340l North Peary street
cost. S39,0o0: architect, Gene II. May
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-17

also comment on pending legis-
lation so that any Geauga voter
may give me the benefit of his or
her views on any question in
which the voter has a particular
interest or conviction.
I'm most instances, he said,
"I will be available on week-ends
at my home, phone Newbury
821, or at Chardon, phone 5-2178.
Or, when / am in Columbus, /
can be reached by mail or tele-
phone at the House of Represen-
tativeS, State House, Columbus,
Ohio. l shall be glad, of course,
to be of service in any way that
] can to any Geauga resident. "
The Ohio 102nd General As
Sembly met the first Monday in
January and devoted most OF the
first week to matters of organi-
zation. 1t is interesting to know
that the present State House was
first used by the Legislature in
1857, so the present session is the
Tooth anniversary of such use.
The only bill considered by the
Legislature during the first week
of the session was an emergency
measure submitted by Governor
elect O'Neill to increase salaries
of state department heads and
certain administrative board
members. The bill was passed
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-17

toners. Bills still may be PAID
at the office. 2O5 South Hambden
Street, or by mail.
I'm paying at the bank" Mr.:
Case said, /" it is necessary that
the customer bring his bill. AS
there are no telephone records
available it is not possible TO
accept payment without the
statement. /"
In making payments at the
telephone office, Mr.. Case sug-
gested that the customer bring
the monthly statement. Not haV-
ing the statement ii is necessary
to make out another bill causing
some delay In paying by mail
the stub should be attached so
that proper credit may be given.
The new manager said that the
practices and the policies of the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-17

in the Senate unamiusly and in
the House by a vote of 122 to TO-
The Republican majority in
the House is substantial, with the
membership consisting of 81
Republicans and AZ Democrats.
The officers and the chairman
of all standing committees are,
therefore, Republican, The Of
ficers, reelected to the positions
they held in the previous session,
are Speaker of the House, Roger
Cloud; Majority Leader and Spe-
aker Pro Tempore, Kline Ro-
berts; and, House Clerk, Carl
Guess.
During the early weeks of the
session the principal activity will
be the Introduction of bills and
consideration of them by the
regular standing committees Of
the Legislature.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-17
BROUGHTON'S
Report from
COLUMBUS

This is the first of a series of
reports by B. A. Broughton,
state Representative for Geauga
County, covering major items of
legislation as they come before
the Ohio 102nd General Assembly
which has just gone into regular
session.
In submitting this report, Mr..
Broughton said: 1T is my in
tention to continue the reporting
practice l followed througout the
last regular session of the Ohio
Legislature two years ago. Each
week 1 will summarize the action
taken by the Ohio House of Rep
reSentativeS on matters of gen
eral interest and Importance to
Geauga County voters; I will
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-17
Fair Budget Set
at $46,OOO.OO

Geauga County Fair directors
have approved a 1857 budget of
SAG, 900.
They elected Audre G. Blair,
new president, as delegate to the
Ohio Fair Managers convention
in Columbus, Jan. 1917 and Cliff
ton RosSiter, Chardon, Alternate.
The American Legion, which
has sponsored stock car racing
for several seasons at the fair
grounds, has rebuilt the track.
Fair directors said that 20 dri-
verS already have signed up for
the races scheduled to start ear
ly next spring.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1957-01-17
Bank to Accept
Telephone Bills

Chardon telephone customers
now may pay their bills at The
Chardon Savings Bank and its
branch at The Chardon Shopping
Center. This announcement has
just been made by Baxter H.
Case, Acting General Manager.
There will be no charge for the
service.
Mr.. Case said the bank was
made an agency of the company
for the payment of bills for the
convenience of the telephone GUS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14
CIRCLING THE COUNTRYSIDE
JQneliQ One Home
Thdt Isn't Georgian

type home, built in the middle
Of 500 acres Of Loudoun's most
productive farming country.
The Pickens named the farm
for their two daughters, Jane
and Cornelia.
Using the japanese theory
OF Incorporating the surround
ing country as a studied back
drop for more intimate plant
ing. Janelia's clipped. green
pastures spread out to the
north and east, and Sugar
Loaf Mountain rises beyond a
vista of the Potomac. The pas
lures aren't purely decorative.
Bob Pickens grazes shorthorn
cattle and sheep on the 300
acres that are either in pas
ture or grain. The other 200
acres are in woods.
Transplanted From Woods
There were no trees or
shrubs near the house site
when Janelia was built. Every
thing but the yew hedge that
runs from the house to the
swimming pool. and the ever
greens near the house, were
brought out Of these woods.
The evergreens close TO the
front Of the house had their
beginning as Christmas trees
in tubs.
In contrast to some Virginia
gardens. planted to mature a
hundred years after the plant
er's death. Janelia landscap-
ing should be encouraging to
the new home owner. Accord
ing to the Pickenses, who are
out Of the country a good part
OF each year. their hedges,
towering trees. shrubs and
bulbs have been planted to
achieve maximum eye appeal
with a minimum Of main
tenance. Bob's rose garden, on
the far side Of the yew hedge,
is one OF the few specialties OF
Janelia that requires personal
supervision.
Both Pickenses. who have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14
BY DOLORES PHILLIPS

LEESBUURG, Va.--Janelia.
one Of the 10 Loudoun County
homes open next Saturday and
Monday as part of Virginia's
Historic Garden Week. was
built in 1896 by Col. and Mrs.
Robert Pickens with only one
directive to their architect.
1t couldn't be Georgian. They
gave him architectural carte
blanche as long as he didn't
copy the Georgian mansions
that abound in Northern Vir-
ginia. AS Vinton Pickens says,
They have been done and
couldn't be improved upon"
Janelia, six miles east of
Leesburg. on the way out from
Washington on Route No. Z,
turned out to be a large,
chimney studded Norm a n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14
Elect Officers

The Washington Assembly
at its annual meeting held re-
Gently at the Cosmos Club
elected as its officers for the
coming year the following:
MIR. Herman F. Scheurer, jr.,
chairman; Miss Mary Ann
Robb, vice chairman; Walter
johnson, treasurer, and Miss
Jayne F. Harper, secretary;
also elected to the Executive
Committee as members were
Miss Carol j. Cunningham,
Mrs. Robert H. Shorb, Mr..
Arthur Cayley Davis, jr., and
Mr.. j. Bruce Kellison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14

just returned from q winter in
Mexico where Bob painted and
Vinton studied mural painting,
reflect their own tastes as
artists in Janelia's collection
OF pictures and sculpture. The
dining room. where a huge
window overlooks the sur
rounding country. was designed
for and decorated around a
painting by Ernest Lothian.
an abstractionist. Katherine
Hobbs two ceramic Lippizzan
horses are on a mantel in the
drawing room, where Joe Sum-
merford is also represented by
his painting of a basket of
apples.
Good at Mixing
The PickenSes have a sure
handed way Of mixing UP Pc
RODS Of art and decorating in
their home that only the
knowing could do. An en-
broidered horse. about 2 by 3
feet. hangs in the hall below
the lovely stairway. a gift to
Bob from Chang Kai-shek
when Col. Pickens was a
war correspondent In China In
1927.
For house and garden tour
ers who want to watch real
horses run on Saturday, Mid
dleburg is having it's second
race meeting at Glenwood.
1t would be quite possible to
come out Route z to Janelia.
go across Route Is from Lees
burg to Middleburg. stop by
Mrs. William Eustis' Oatlands.
the David Finleys' Little Oat-
lands, and the Thomas De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14

lashmutts' Oak Hill. and wind
up at Glenwood in time for a
few races.
There is no historic or mod
ern house on the course but
the view from the paddock to-
wards the Blue Ridge on a
spring afternoon is superb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14

menian Church Youth Organ
ization of America is holding
April 81. 1t will be at 8 pm. in
the Empire Room of the Am
bassador Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-14
Plan April Boil

Oriental music will be one
of the features at the April
Showers Ball which the WASH
ington Chapter of the Ar
The Arizona post., 1957-11-01

Germany, the United States, Israel everywhere to
full houses. In Germany, the effect has been pro-
found. A dozen companies have been performing it.
We told that the customary applause at the end
of play has been absent The effect of the diary is
too stunning too accusing. Nothing, it has been said
has so brought home to the Germans the conscious
ness of their guilt as this teenager's diary
IN GERMANY plgrmages have been made to
her grave-the mass grave where Anne lies with
25OOO other slaughtered Jews Annes story is their
story too!
What Harriet Beecher Stoves "Uncle Toms
Cabin" was to slavery, Anne Franks diary is to the
Naz episode. But Harriet Beecher Stowe deliberate
ly tried to stir emotion. Anne Frank made no such
attempt
We get in the diary the barest bones as it were,
of the NaZ crime. There is no Simon Legree. We
feel crying heart She would like to cry, she writes
in her diary. 1t would give her heart relief but she
can't She doesn't accuse the Germans Despite every
thing she writes she believes that people basica
ly good
The Jew is always accused of seeking vengeance.
How often we have been told that we are the people
who seek IAN eye for eye," who lust Shyock-
like for blood Alas, for 1000 years we have been
the people who turn the other cheek
The Arizona post., 1957-11-01

East such as border between Israel and Syria.
Israels realize how easy it would be for the Russians
to incite the Syrans to attack Israel and so start
trouble in the Israel is, therefore, watching
the Russian penetration of Syria uneasy but closely
It is taking an intense interest in the military aid
which Syria receives from Moscow, the continuous
arrival of experts from Russia, and the training of
SyrianS in Russia.
The extreme seriousness of the situation and its
dangerous military implications are however, taken
with comparative calm in Israel. This calmness may
stem from the fact that Soviet penetration of Syria
is too big matter for the Israes to handle and they
believe it would be handled better by the United
States.
1T MAY ALSO be due to the fact that the Is
raelis confident of their own power in relation to
Arab fighting ability Whatever the reason, Israel
is in close touch with the United States the Syrian
situation and heedS us. advice.
The Arizona post., 1957-11-01
Boris SmoIor:
Another Korea Brewing?

EYES ON MOSCOW: Will Moscow push Syria
and Egypt to start small war" against Israel in
a Korea-lke manner without becoming involved
directly?
This question is being discussed openly in Wash
ington. Remarks by Soviet ''boss' Nikita Khr11sh-
chev-repeated on several occasions Israel will
be "destroyed" if she continues her present policy,
has given rise to all kinds of speculation. There is
The Arizona post., 1957-11-01
p0OQ 10 AW OPEN MAST
Cap In The Iron Curtain

The Jewish community of the world is hailing
the opening of a gap in the Iron Curtain
Poland has allowed the Joint Distribution Com
mittee, beneficiary of Tucson's Combined Jewish
Appeal to come into the country to aid needy Jews
The program in Poland will aid some 10000 and
more Jews who have been repatriated from Russia.
Here in Tucson officials of the Combined Jew
ish Appeal learned of the and spurred towards
raising needed cash for the program. Last Sunday
a special collections drive raised approximately
$4,000 in pledges to the 1857 CJA campaign
But an additional $685. 900 is needed by Dec. 13
when the UJA 1857 convention takes place.
If you have an outstanding pledge, won't you aid
now by calling the Jewish Community Council and
tell them you would like to pay that pledge?