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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Gallery ToIk Slated
On NeuqIe's Portraits

Prof. Ransom r. Patrick,
chairman of the art depart
ment of Duke University. will
give an illustrated lecture on
John Neagle. the 18th century
portrait painter. in the audi
torium Of the National Gallery
Of Art at 4 pm. today.
A number of canvases by
Neagle are included in the
paintings now on exhibition in
the central gallery. The lee
ture is open to the public with
out charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
HyottsviIIe Man
Killed in Crash

William J. Bell. So. Of 422s
Madison street, Evansville, was
fatally injured yesterday in a
two-car collision on a curve at
Port Deposit, Md.
Four members Of his family
suffered minor injuries. They
were identified as Mr.. Bells
wife, Marion, A; his daughter,
Barbara. Is; his son, William,
%, Of 1904 Forty-second place,
Hyattsville. and Villains wife.
Patricia, 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Officials Seek to Fix
Hospital Escape Blame

blowout on Route % north Of
Rockville.
Police said they received a
tip that the boy was seen driv-
ing in Dickerson. Md. The car
had been stolen from John
Heres Of $500 Broad Branch
road NV.
The teen-ager escaped from
the old psychiatric building at
D. c. General Hospital by
breaking out a ground floor
window screen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
A Correction

Representative Frank E.
Smith, Democrat of MiSsis-
sippi, Of the Subcommittee
on Flood Control Of the
House Committee on Public
Works, has challenged some
figures used in this column
on the revenues and costs
of river-borne commerce on
the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries as fantastic" 1t had
been stated that the barges
crossed $50 million and that
1t cost 500 million to keep
the waterways open.
Mr.. Smith made a check
and reports that it costs
$l5-2 million q year to keep
the Mississippi navigable
and less than half that sum
for all the tributaries. Also,
that the 20 carriers report
ing to the Interstate Com
merce Commission crossed
sos million in 1857.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Howard U. Awards

The Howard University
General Alumni Association
will hold its awards dinner at
Is p. m. Thursday TUNE 81 in
Baldwin Hall at the university
Mrs. Ella Moran Of Washing
ton is among four former stu
dents to be honored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Pennsy Gets Notice
To Lift Drawbriidge
Would Allow
Yachts to Pass
Up Anucostio
BY JOHN w. STEPP
Star stan Writer

Pennsylvania Railroad has
been put on notice it soon viii
be required to open the Ana
costa River drawbridge of its
main freight line in Washing
ton to permit passage of small
boats to and from Bladensburg.
Md.
Notification to this effect was
sent last week by the Washing.
ton Engineer District of the
Army Engineer Corps, which
has jurisdiction over the Po-
tolnac Anacostia and naviga.
BILE tributaries.
The action anticipates COM
pletion in four months of the
new yacht marina being built
by the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission. The boat
basin, to accommodate lat
pleasure craft up to IS feet
long, marks the first time for
more than a century that
Bladensburg will serve as a
port"
WSSC plans call for expand
ing dock facilities to berth 2sT
boats.
Railroad May Resist
When the new river trafAa
begins, it will be the first de.
mand in decades for the low.
lying 86-year-old bridge to
open its drawspan on a daily
basis. The structure, located
between Sousa Bridge and the
District General Hospital
gives channel clearance
of only So feet at mean high
water. The low water clearance
at the bridge on this tidal
stream is 8.8 feet.
The navigation requirement
under general bridge regula-
tions of 1899 is expected to
meet resistance by the railroad.
Although spokesman were not
prepared to comment officially,
they said this route Isl Pennsyl-
vania's main north-south line
along the Eastern Seaboard. It
connects with the big Potomac
rail yards in Alexandria where
vast quantities of perishable
foods from the South are trans.
ferred for shipment North.
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad.
moreover, uses the same freight
trackage.
If the new river traffic de.
velops as expected, officials say
it would be unreasonable to
interrupt major rail traffic by
raising the draw every time a
small boat taller than five feet
wants to get through.
May Need Rules
Indications are that the rail-
road may seek special regula-
tons which could specify GER
tain hours when the draw
would be raised. This might be
desirable from the boatman's
standpoint as well, since ex-
listing general regulations state
that drawspans need not be
raised when trains are zap.
proaching"-and trains pre-
sumably would be approaching
at all hours of the day.
The freight bridge is the only
one expected to give any major
boat passage problem.
WSSC officials, meanwhile,
report that work on the yacht
basin is proceeding on sched-
ule. The Engineer Corps. more.
over, has just completed dredg.
ing six-foot-deep by 80-foot.
wide channel along the five
mile stretch Of the Anacostia
from the vicinity Of Sousa's
bridge upstream to Bladens4
burg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02


other accidents.
In Maryland 10 died, six of
them listed as traffic fatalities
three in drownings and one
Baltimore man was run over by
his own car.
Sunny. summary weather
prevailed with hardly a cloud
in the sky until a thunderstorm
brought So inch of rain last
night. Somewhat more season.
able temperatures are expected
the next five days, averaging
or 3 degrees above normals OF
80 and 81 for the high and low
browns in Pool
One of the Virginia drown
ings occurred two hours after
the Belle View Apartments poo
in Alexandra had opened for
the summer. The victim was
13-year-old Gloria Jean Lilly,
of SOB Belle View boulevard, a
freshman at Groveton High
School.
Frank EStep, the pools man.
ager, said the accident hap
pened at a time when swim
mers under Is years were sup
posed to be resting. He had
just made a round of the pool
and was swimming in the deep
end when he noticed two girls
trying to pull Gloria Jean nut
Of the water.
Artificial respiration and the
Mount Vernon Resuce Squad
failed to revive the girl. She
is survived by her mother
Minnie, and an older brother
and sister. John and Doris,
both students at Groveton
High School.
Mr.. Estep said he understood
Gloria Jean had eaten a large
breakfast before entering the
pool. Besides Mr.. Estep, a life
guard was on duty at the time
First Accident
II still don't understand it."
Mr.. Estep said. Its the first
accident we have had in the
pool the four years it has been
OPEN"
Another drowning cost the
life of Robert L. Mangum, 10,
OF Route /, Clinton, Md. He
was swimming in the Patuxent
River at Golden Beach near
Charlotte Hall. st. Marys
County.
Coast Guard and Navy craft
rescued IL persons involved in
three boating accidents near
Washington. Four Of them were
saved by a Coast Guard cutter
when their 14-foot runabout
was swamped by the wake of
a speedboat in the Potomac
River near Fort Washington.
Boat Sinks Slowly
Rescued were Robert B.
Stanley. Is. and his wife, Mary,
25, of 4 East Cliff street, Alex
andria; S/Sergt. William Nell
son of Andrews Air Force Base
and Elizabeth Coates.
With the boat sinking slowly.
the four were. able to put on
life preServers and we're in the
water about is minutes before
being picked up.
The cutter already had taken
aboard two others, Oren
Brown Of II Forester street
NE, and M/Sergt. James
Sholer, Boiling Air Force Base.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail it to The Eve
ming 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, 1958-06-02
Family Hit
As TreeLimb
Falls at Zoo

A family of nine escaped Sc
rious injury yesterday when a
30-foot tree limb fell on them
in front of the wolf cages at
the Washington Zoo.
A gust of wind sent the
branch, IL inches in diameter,
crashing down on the group
about $3.50 pm. shortly before a
thunderstorm swept the WASH
ington area.
The heavy part of the limb
struck Edward L. Boswell, 81,
Of 608 Sixty-third street, Seat
Pleasant, Md, and knocked
him unconscious. according to
DR.. Theodore Reed, the ZOO
director. Mr.. Boswell, a gro
Gerry employee, was admitted to
Washington Hospital Center
for observation with a neck
injury. He is reported in fair
condition.
The other members of the
family, including five young
children, were hit by the leafy
section of the branch. They
escaped with scratches and
bruises.
Is Feet Of Fence
DR.. Reed indicated the fully
grown walnut tree was not de-
fective.
The falling branch knocked
down about is feet of fence
and 5 feet of guard rail.
The others in the group
were: Mr.. Boswell's mother,
Mrs. Suzie L. Boswell, So, of
1901 Calvert street NV: Mrs.
Mary Ennick. 43, another rela-
tive. of the Calvert street ad-
dress; Mrs. Mary Boswell, 90,
and the five Boswell children,
twin sons. Terry and Jerry, 10:
Mary Lee. Z; Bonnie 5, and
Edward jr.. 4.
1--WE were looking at the
wolves and discussing whether
they would eat peanuts when
we heard this loud cracking
noise" Mrs. Ennick said. II
looked up and saw this huge
limb coming toward us. We
started to run but I grabbed
three of the kids. Ed and Mary
grabbed the other two and we
all just dropped to the ground"
Safety Experts Invited
The incident came after DR..
Reed disclosed that the physi-
cal plant at the Zoo has de-
Perforated so badly he has in
vited a team of experts in to
make a safety survey of the
park. The team will be headed
by Freeman Shelley. director
of the Philadelphia Zoo.
DR.. Reed pointed out that
the Zoo has no tree-trimmer
and one position requested in
the upcoming District budget
for such a groundSkeeper was
eliminated. He said the Zoo
has a GS-4 employee who climbs
trees to seek weak spots and
eliminate them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Youthful Fugitive
Halted by Blowout

A l6-year-old youth who had
escaped Wednesday from D. c.
General Hospital was picked
UP by Montgomery County
Police yesterday when the sto-
len car he was driving had a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
WHEN THAT WAS COR

WHEN THAT WAS COR
RECTED we sailed forth to
shoot the neighbors at work
Mary Nelson next door
sprinkling the lawn; her
husband, Air Force Col.
Howard Nelson, toiling on
the slope with a heavy roller.
Navy 1t. Richard H.
MckerSon was digging post
holes. Ellis Wandless of the
Association of American Rail-
roads was bordering a garden
with bricks. It was a lot of
fun shooting them.
The sun was at its zenith.
We found that out later
when we started to develop
and print the pictures.
Tommy's laboratory work
was excellent. He used ice
cubes to reduce the de-
veloper temperature to So.
But it was easy to see that
all the film had been over
exposed both on the idiot
camera" and on his fool
proof 1895 photo-flash job.
Nevertheless he printed
them. He would stir the
paper around in the fluid
and as faint tracery de-
veloped would say, Here's a
picture" Picture Of what?
That was a difficult thing to
determine.
Now the neighbors are
looking for pictures and we
haven't a thing to show
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
Virginia and Maryland
Count e Holiday Dead
Traffic Fatalities and Drawings
Boost Toll Despite Ideal Weather

Ideal weather the area fine start for the outdoor
the long Memorial Day week end but traffic Deaths
downngs and other mishaps injected sad note in the final
summary
Virginia counted Is dead for the highest Memorial Day
week end toll since 1882 Ten Of these died the highways
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-02
The
Rambler
..... Rides New
Hobby TO q Fall
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

~ 0EOAsGE 1H<3NANE04
It often has occurred to
the Rambler that he ought
to have a hobby.
1t would be nice If he could
say, along with many sue
cessful industrialists, that
his work is his hobby.
1t would be nearer the
truth that he has made a
sort Of hobby out Of his
work.
He has long been inter-
ested in the possibilities Of
photography. He has a
camera, but he forgets to
take pictures.
Furthermore, association
with newspaper photogra-
pliers has spoiled him. He'd
like to see the results right
away just as they do. They
60 in the dark room and
come out in 10 minutes with
beautiful glossy prints.
When he takes his films
to a drugstore, the young
woman at the counter says,
Come back tomorrow"
BY tomorrow he has for
gotten about them and the
drug store is lucky If he
picks them up in two weeks.
so THE OTHER DAY
when he heard that his IS
year-old neighbor Tommy
Lamond had full laboratory
equipment for the imme-
date Development and
printing Of photographs, the
Rambler decided to take q
lesson.
"Good fishermen make the
best photographers" said
Tommy sagely. Something
he'd heard somewhere.
We went to the photo
supply store and bought
some Aim and some chem
icals. Then we came back
and started to load our
cameras.
The Rambler has a reflex
camera with an f3.5 lens
whatever that means) and
a shutter speed Of 1900 of
a second.
That's an idiot camera"
said Tommy.
That annoyed the RAM
bier. It cost more than 10
times as much as Tommy's.
ut makes an idiot of the
person using it," Tommy
explained.
The Rambler was having
difficulty. He couldn't close
the camera after inserting
the roll Of film. He was get
ting quite impatient about
it. n
Tommy said: Good fish,
ermen make the best pho
tographers.s
He almost had the camera
thrown at his head.
The filin was the wrong
size.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Eggheod Friends?

Sid also was in q distinct
minority in that he was one
of the few who admitted num-
bering an egghead among his
friends. Nine out of 10 vehe-
mently denies. that any Of their
chums fitted the category.
The term egghead first came
into wide use during the 1852
presidential campaign when II
was hurled as an epithet at
Democratic candidate Adlai
Stevenson and some Of his
advisers.
Now. nearly six years later
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

Some Of the comments that
turned UP In our poll indicate
that the word "egghead"-and
by inference the word @in-
tellectual"-to our young peo-
|ple really means someone who
doesn't At into the group. And.
certainly. Just about everyone
wants to belong.
To Bill Cord. IS. Of Balti-
more, egghead is q dirty
name" Renee Grief. also Is.
Of Cleveland. says she calls her
kid brother an egghead when
I'm angry with him"
Why? Well. take a look at
some of the synonyms that the
term egghead calls to the teen
age mind. They all popped up
with regularity in our survey.
IAN egghead is a grind" said
Sara Lunden. Is. Of Miami.
"A weirdie." added 16-year-
old Frank Gennaro Of the
Bronx.
IAN oddball." said Sheila
Carney. a i5-year-old Coral
Gables Fla) girl.
He lacks common sense. !"
declared GIendal Wetherington.
Is. of indianapolis.
He doesn't really know the
score" Art Compton. Is. Of
Fresno, Calf. told us.
Some. however. had a good
word for the downtrodden egg
head. Sidney Kaner. Is. Of
Miami told us he and his friends
use it as a term Of endearment
for one Of their buddies.
I'VE call him that because
we like him." said Sid. Sure.
he goes nuts over Bach and he
likes chess-but he also plays
q mean hand Of poker and he
can give you batting averages
like a baseball encyclopedia"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

courses In school and % per
cent said they steer clear Of the
school drama club.
But, it's interesting 70 note.
the young people draw 9 sharp
line between the eggnead and
an educated person. Half Of
them plan to so 70 college and
10 per cent intend 70 so On
70 graduate school.
Don't they fear that college
may make despised eggheads
Of them? Don't be silly. Frances
Shapp. IL. OF Brooklyn told rs.
Said she.
I'm going on to college not
because I expect to spend the
rest Of my life in q library but
because I think college pre-
pares Us to understand not only
books but nature and people
and. most Of all. 70 enjoy life
more.
At least three out Of each four
OF the coIlege-bound teen-agers
apparently agree with Frances
because they told US they plan
to take liberal arts courses.
those most likely 10 produce .
well-rounded person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

the word Is so firmly planted
in the American vocabulary
that only IL per cent Of the
young people in our survey told
as they had never heard II.
OF course, just hearing q
word Is no assurance that the
listener knows precisely what
IL means. Some Of the deflni-
tons given BY the young people
proved that. too.
To 10 per cent OF them. an
egghead Is merely q bright per-
son. Another 10 per cent said
they thought he was . snob.
Seven per cent called him
'.professorish." and 2 per cent
used the definition -arty or
theatrical"
More than two out Of three
teen-agers told as they could
spot an egghead by his above
average vocabulary. One In 10
said they could tell him BY his
appearance.
Perhaps the general antip-
athy toward the egghead and
what he stands for explains
why seven out Of 10 young
people told US they were hav-
ing no truck with art and music
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE THINK
The Eggheods on OddboII-
At Least to Many Teen-Agers
BY EUGENE GILBERT
Gilbert Youth Research &c.

A simple thing like the wide
spread use Of the term egg
head" may be causing irrep-
arabic harm to the United
States in its efforts to match
the Soviet Union in technical
achievement.
The definition Of an egghead
as "a very intellectual person"
was accepted by two thirds of
the young people we put the
question to in our latest poll.
But there Is more to a word
than Just q definition. There
are emotional overtones. too.
And among American youth,
egghead is an insult.
That scarcely anyone wants
to be called an egghead Is un-
derscored by the fact that few
young people expressed an in
terest in the fields Of study gen.
orally considered to produce
them.
And this is where harm may
come to Americas future posi-
ton in the cold war.
Only about one in IS Of the
young people in our poll told US
they are interested In science
and engineering; less than one
in 20 In teaching; one In IL in
law. medicine and other pro-
LESSONS.
These are the very people
most needed by the United
States in its atomic-space-
missile age competition with
the Soviet Union.
, 1958-10-30
PUBLIC AUCTION

At the request Of Loretta
Grannum, Administrative of
t h E Estate Of ORLANDO
GRANNUM, and pursuant to
an Order Of the District Court
Of the Virgin Islands, dated
August IS, 1858, the United
States M arshal will sell at
Public Auction,
Plot No. 1853 of Richmond
Company Quarter, st.
Croix, v. I.
on the 10th day of December,
1858, at 800 pm, at the Dis
trict Court Room in Christian
sted, Virgin Islands.
The conditions Of the Auc-
ton will be read and posted at
the time of the Sale.
Dated this 10Th day of Octo-
Der, A. D., 1853.
S. A. FARRELLY.
United States Marshal.
3O-31-3-7-1O-14
, 1958-10-30
FOR SALE

Grocery and Liquor Store
located on Company Street
corner to Princess Street in
Christiansted. For reasonable
price will also sell property
with business. Wonderful spot
for business and residence.
For further information call:
Eusebio Ortiz : Tel. S2sW
, 1958-10-30

Editorial
INFORMATION OFFICE
TO THE BEST Of anyone's recollection, the Virgin
Islands Government now has press secretary. The posi-
ton is known as Information Officer, and is filled by
Roy F. Gordon. This is a step forward, and we are glad
of it.
WITH THE CREATION Of this office the Govern
ment has seemed to come of age. These are days of rapid
communication, Of s~hrinkage Of space and time, and of
the necessity to quickly and completely disseminate in
fornationAabout things Of public concern. This fact has
long been recognized BY one and all, and the President
Of the United States would no more think Of emitting
the Office OF Pres Secretary than he would of trying to
run the entire government alone.
WITH AN INFORMATION officer on the job day
in and day out, much of the fog which descends upon
governmental functions can now be cleared away. Both
before certain steps are taken, during the execution Of
programs, and after, this new office can provide such in
formation in such a manner as to create the kind Of eli
mate in which the Government and its officers could
function with the greatest possible effectiveness.
COMMENT HAS BEEN abundant to the effect that
much took place in ignorance of the public. People often
did not know what was happening, when, where, and
how, and when they did know, it was too late to cor
rect certain erroneous impressions. Many a program,
many a good, sound and true effort, was wasted because
it could not be accepted in the proper light, and given a
chance Of survival, and even growth.
WHAT WE IN st. Croix are particularly pleased
with is the assurance from the. Governor himself that
we shall not be lacking for information, and that it will
come promptly. Past experience has been tragic, with.
occasional remnants Of information trickling through,
often too late, and thus without effect. The people Of ST.
Croix have a right to know what is taking place.
- 1o--0.-4 = 49,
efficient information officer. He has served in the Sen
, 1958-10-30
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PUBLIC AUCTION

At the request Of Almeric L.
Christian, Esq, attorney for
LoRING and
pursuant to an Order of TIE
District Court of the Virgin
Islands, dated September 10,
1858, the United States Mar
shall will sell at Public Auc-
ton,
Property No. 81 King
Street, Christiansted,
on the 10th day Of December
1858, at 800 pm, at the Dis
trict Court Room in Chris
tiansted, Virgin Islands.
The conditions Of the Auc-
ton will be read and posted at
the time Of the sale.
Dated this 10Th day Of Octo-
Der, A. D, 1858.
S, "A. FARRELLY.
United States Marshal.
SO-31-3-7-1O-14
, 1958-10-30

ate, and the Council before that, has been in politics for
many years, and knows his way around, both in the Is
lands and in Washington.
WELOOK TOWARD to a functioning office which
will provide what it is set up to provide, and thus prove
of great benefit to all concerned.
, 1958-10-30
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
cate, will be received at the
Department Of Property and
Procurement, Division of Pro
curement, Christiansted, St.
Croix, Virgin Islands, until
hoo AM. November 10, 1858,
and then publicly opened for
the following:
Tractor Shovel IL Gu. I'd.
capacity.
The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids, to waive any informality
in bids and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept any
item in the bid.
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di=
"EMMk
vision Of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Is
lands.
Daniel w. Ambrose
Commissioner of Property
and Procurement
Alphonso Romney
Clerk-in- Charge
Div. Of Procurement
st. Croix, v. /.
28-29-3O
, 1958-10-30
FOB LEASE
January 1859

Large Top Floor Apartment
at No. 4 Company Street,
Christiansted. Write:
Box STA. Christiansted o.
Inquire this Office.
, 1958-10-21
Governor John D.
MerWin to Hold Press
Conference Here

Governor of the Virgin Is
lands, John David Merwin
will come TO st. Croix on
October 3Oth, 1853 where he
will hold a press conference at
Government House, in Chris
tiansted, St. Croix on October
81, 1858.
He will remain here until
Election Day. After casting his
ballot he will return to Saint
Thomas.