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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

The District Commissioners
To-Day scheduled public hear
ing for May 81 on a proposed
new charity soliciting code
after hearing a warning that
the code may mislead the pub
lie.
The suggested code. drafted
by a nine-man advisory coun-
Gil. is intended to enforce a law
enacted last year to curb char
ity rackets. The code would
require that most Embarrassing
groups register with the Dis
trict and issue official identi-
f1cation cards to their solicit
tors.
Walter F. Chappell, chairman
of the drafting group. and
Corporation Counsel Chester H.
Gray told the commissioners
both the code and the basic
law are ineffective as far as
any actual control Of fund
raising is concerned.
Personal judgement Cited
All the law provides for, Mr..
Gary noted, is disclosure Of the
finances Of Embarrassing groups.
The public must make It's own
judgement as to whether TO
contribute without any guild
ance from the District. he
pointed out.
Mr.. Chappell told the city
heads he feared some citizens
might misjudge the significance
OF the registration and the
identification cards,
II think the Washington pub
lie may be lulled into a false
sense Of security when q man
comes around with a card" he
warned.
lye said there is nothing in
the proposed code or In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

The nocturnal currasows
come out at night in their
South and Central American
homeland. where they cause
quite a stir because they have
yellow feathers over the eyes
and blue feathers beneath.
They also sport orange bills
and raisable black crests. They
are very rare and the only
other one in town is stuffed
and rides a perch in the Smith.
sonian Institution.
The iguanas are big Central
American lizards with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08

WE TRIED TO SEE the old
trunk through the grated
doors that set off the space
under the lower steps, but 1t
was very dark in there.
1.-THE cornerstone which
Washington laid in 1898 is
here under the steps," said
Steve, but you can't see it."
It is covered with q bronze
plaque placed there in 1893
and noting that Grover
Cleveland was President and
Adlai Ewing Stevenson was
Vice President.
"In 1875" said Steve.
crowds that had attended
the centennial celebration In
Philadelphia descended on
Washington. Americans were
uninhibited souvenir hunters
in those days. They seemed
to carry hatchets and cold
chisels with them. They
Clipped away at the corner
stone and took toes, fingers
and even hands from the
statuary within.
"One Congressman said,
They love the Capitol so
much they might take it
away with them,'
That's why the Capitol
Guard or Capitol Police was
authorized"
The rotunda sounded like
the Tower of Babel with
three guides lecturing stimuli
taneously before three tour
list groups.
To escape we walked out on
the balcony on the west side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
The
Rambler
lmpersonutes
A Spring Tourist
By GEORGE KENNEDY

By GEORGE KENNEDY
Easter Monday, the Ram
bier thought, would be a good
day to take a guided tour of
the Capitol.
He was right. -.
High school students. adults
and family groups were ar
irving in droves as scores Of
buses unloaded them on the
Hill.
They s1rged forward in
waves, mounted the big front
steps and disappeared within.
Fortunately the Rambler
had a private guide, Stephen
v. Feeley, who has just writ
ten a new book on the
Capitol. A picture book in
magazine formal, it IS pub
lished for the tourist trade by
Henry Stewart. Inc, of Buff
falo and is priced at rs cents.
The title page identifies
Steve as . Veteran WASH
ington Correspondent" and,
indeed, he looks the part.
Steve's hair, which used to
be flaming red, is now as
white as the Rambler's.
Most people climb the
front steps to see the
Capitol" said Steve. They
shouldn't. They should enter
the first floor"
He led the way to the
vaulted space under the
stairs.
You know about the old
trunk sent here in 1876. the
first centenary of the sign
ing Of the Declaration" he
asked, and without pausing
went on. ut was sent here
by a New York woman with
instructions that it was not
to be opened until 1876. It's
contents are supposed to be
a mystery, but there's MOTH
ing to that. They are listed
in a volume in the Library Of
Congress"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
PfunstiehI to Speak

Cody Pfanstiehl. director Of
public relations for The Star,
will address a luncheon meeting
of the Merchants Council of
the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Chamber Of Commerce at 1890
pm. Thursday at O'Donnell's
Restaurant In Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Prince Georges Boosts
Budget, Keeps ] ak Rate
BY JAMES b. ROWLAND
star stan Writer

The Prince Georges County Commissioners today adopted
budget of 1927 million and kept the
tax rate of $2lO per 500 assessed valuation.
The budget, effective July Is SAL million more than
for this fiscal but nearly SIS million under total
departmental requests Of 1886 million
OF budget county taxpayers viii pay Sl07 mil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Montgomery Adds Sc
To Tx Rate Next Year
County Budget Lifted 81 Million;
Two-Wuy Shift Aids Situation

Montgomery County will spend "a million more than 1t
planned but the spending won't cost the tax
payers much more-this year. at least.
The County Council last night approved $64 million
budget for the 95859 fiscal year. setting $218 per 500 tax
rate.
The rate is three cents higher year. The budget
is due to be signed today
Before the extra "a million added it estimated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
District Asks
100000 for
River Study
Warns Congress
Plan Needs Funds
To Meet Schedule
BY JAMES G. DEANE
star stan Writer

The District Commissioners
urged Congress today to vote
$4,000 Immediately to speed
a study of the Potomac River
Basin.
The sum is 100000 more
than would be provided by
pending bills.
The Commissioners warned
that without the larger appro-
priation the Federal Govern
ment's study. partly designed to
help avert a threatened water
shortage in the Washington
area. cannot be kept Oh sched-
ule. A progress report is
scheduled to be made in June.
1859. but funds now in sight
are insufficient to complete 1t.
they said.
The final report is due in
June, 1861. The prompt com.
pletion Of the study is neces-
sary to enable Washington area
communities to act in time to
assure an adequate supply Of
water in the future. city heads
said in q resolution.
Aspects Of Study
The Potomac Study. centered
on an II. 500-square-mile area
above Great Falls. is being d.
rected by the Army engineers.
1t is concerned with pollution.
navigation, flood control. hydro
electric and atomic power. soil
conservation, flsh and wildlife,
recreation and other aspects.
Various Federal agencies are
participating. The survey was
authorized two years ago. but
Congress so far has appropri-
ated only $140, 900 to support 1t.
Appropriation subcommittee
have not acted on q proposed
new 100000 grant. The fun
survey is expected to cost more
than 81 million.
The study is expected to lead
to q proposal for construction
of a system Of dams to control
the Potomac's now.
David Aud. District sanitary
Engineering director. said today
that the present maximum use
Iof water In the Washington
metropolitan area is $40 million
gallons o day. But there may
Ibe q demand for more than one
billion gallons daily by the year
1000, he said. The present area
population Is about 2 million.
but the population by 1000 has
been predicted at 4.S million,
he noted.
Water Needs Predicted
The water need Is expected to
top 500 million gallons daily by
1860 and to reach nearly TOO
million gallons q day by 1880.
Mr.. Aud said.
II the growth prognoStica-
lions for the Metropolitan Area
are correct, the natural and un-
regulated flow Of the Potomac
will be insufficient for the pop
ulation by the l970s. the sani-
tation chief asserted.
The Patuxent River and Oc-
coquan Greek can be drawn on
for only about 100000 gallons.
he added.
Mr.. Aud. noting the desire
for urgency in completing the
study. pointed out that it would
take some years to construct
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
Yorn Wage Boosted

CUMBERLAND. Md. April
8 R.-A new contract was APP
proved last night increasing
the average hourly wage from
$1.92 to $l.98 for 1900 workers
at the Celanese Corp. yarn
plant Aere,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-08
BY JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.
Star stan Writer

Twelve new creatures went
on display at the Washington
Zoo today. including a baby
Aoudad - the animal which
helps man to separate the sheep
from the goats.
Also added TO the collection
were:
A Red-Billed Pie.
Two Nocturnal Currasows.
Two Spiny Lizards.
Two Iguanas.
Four Gray Plantain- Eaters.
The aoudad lamb was born
Sunday in the confines Of the
man-made mountain on which
the wild ruminants gambol
The Aoudad, also known as the
barbary sheep, is the link be-
tween the wild sheep and the
wild goat. according to Zoo Di-
rector Theodore Reed. For
many years. scientists could
not agree whether the aoudad
was a sheep or a goat.
More Sheep Than Goat
Now it's pretty well agreed
that these North African
nimble-feet are more sheepish
than goaty. For instance. they
do not have glands in the face
and they do have them in the
feet (these are all characters
tics Of Sheep and they don't
smell as bad as goats. They dc
have boards, though.
The aoudad lam. like all
his breed. was born running
and is already as agile on the
rocks as the horned rams and
ewes of the Zoo herd. His
birth brings the number Of
aoudads to Is. Two more seem
to be in the offing but aoudad'
are not superstitious-they just
like a lot Of children.
The other new acquisitions
were obtained by trades and
purchases.
The red-billed pie sounds
like a pastry, but he turned
out TO be a big blue bird from
Formosa. DR.. Reed believes
pie" is short for maybe"
Banana Eaters
The quartet Of plantain-eat.
ers are just what the name
implies-they eat wild banana,
for a living. Known also a;
turacos. there birds are from
the Ubangi area Of French
Equatorial Africa. They also
live in the Belgian Congo ant
Eritrea. They have gray feath.
ers, striped chests and yellow
Ihslls-probably from eating 81
many bananas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
sy LEONARD GROSS

bhe wobbly gentleman sitting with Herb Gardner.
his creator, IS a prominent American figure. To his
utter embarrassment, he finds himself on hundreds
of thousands Of walls and desks the country over.
He is an Office byword and household motto, the
theme Of parties and popularity contests. He is the
sad, helpless, but iTesistiby amiabe ''Nebbish.'
Some 1000 shopowners sell him. and over mil
lion Americans have given him as gifts. There are
many explanations for his popularity. and an Of
them seem to say one thing: the Nebbish IS forever
everything that most Of US are sometimes.
If you haven't met him in any Of his scTibbly
forms, you have surely seen him on the street or
in yourself He drops eggs and locks his keys in his
car He doesn't spill things, things spin on him.
One-day cleaners take four days with his clothes.
''Why Doesn't he Row7''
He has genius for bad timing and talent for the
inappropriate. To Roman senators waiting to
assassnate Caesar, he suggested, ''Felas can't we
just ask him to Tesign?' When the 600 rode Vaantly
into the Valley Of Death the Nebbish stayed behind
to reason why. In Washington's rOwboat crossing
the Delaware, he asked. why doesn't he rOwT At
Indian peace pow-wows. as Geronimo broke the
symbolic arrow. he wondered, ''Why do they always
use my arrow?" And If KilrCy had been Nebbish,
he'd have written, 'tSony, couldn't make il"
Today, as throughout history, there IS great
army Of Nebbishes among US, missing buses. lodging
taxis. They do not salute. They shrug shoulders.
''Nebbish" IS Yiddish word meaning lost soul"
Gardner invented the Nebbish while an undergrad
uate at Antioch College (he stil hasn't quite gradU-
ated but hopes to some day just like Nebbishl
Despite his easy-soing attitude, he's young man
Of considerable energy. He was an actor Cat ID
q pri1ewinning sculptor lat Ia published play
wright (at 30. - Continued on page y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
A NebbiSh
Cant Do
Anything!

.. except set the whole country
laughing and make a fortune
for the college boy who draws hin1l
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04
NEWS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS AND FARM FAMILIES
OF KENT COUNTY

its marketing and production
methods rapidly in an effort to
keep up with rapidly changing
technology and the steadily in
creasing size of all businesses,
says w. t. McAllister, farm
management specialist with the
agricultural extension service at
the University of Delaware.
Many farmers and farm
groups are changing their meth
DDS in an effort to keep up with
and take advantage of these
changes.
One of the adjustments being
made in some types of farming
is toward contract farming
which is step in the vertical
integration of agriculture.
McAllister says the us. De-
partment of Agriculture has re-
Gently put out a bulletin explain
ing contract farming. The bulle-
tin defines it this way: "a farm
er whose operations are verti-
cally integrated is one who
shares some of his managerial
decisions and risks in produc-
ton and marketing with one or
more related businesses-for in
stance, his supplier, professor
or distributor"
The extent of a contract may
be extreme in either direction
McAllister says. A farmer may
have a loose relationship with
one of the businesses he deals
with or the whole operation
may be owned and managed by
business. 1t may involve a part
of crop or it may involve the
total produce of a farm.
The bulletin points to the
broiler industry on the Delmar-
va Peninsula as an example in
which two vertically-integrat-
ed segments of an industry deal
with one another through an
open market"
The contractor is usually a
feed dealer who supplies chicks
feed, medicine, and other mater
ial along with advice from g
fieldman. The grower supplies
the broiler house, equipment
and labor.
The second step in the verti-
cal integration in the broiler in
dustry is the professor and re-
taller arrangement. All steps be-
tween the two are reduced to &
simple auction. Competitive
price is reached at auction anc
independent growers and buyer:
compete with the contract peo
pie, thus arriving at a marke
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04

son, of Dover.
A chicken barbecue will be
held Saturday, Sept. 6, at the
church for the benefit of Ken
ton Methodist Church.
Visitors with MIR. and Mrs.
Fred Cahall on Sunday were Mr..
Herman Clough, Sr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Clough, Jr. and
family of near Wilmington.
Kenton School starts Thurs
day, Sept. A. The first and Sec
ond grades will be assigned to
Mrs. Mary Roadway, the third
and fourth grades to Mrs. Alice
Robertson, fifth and sixth to
Mrs. Wilma Sherer.
Miss Katherine Ann Bowers,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Bryan Bowers of Temple.
vile, and Mr.. Carl Bruce Faulk'
ner, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Faulkner of Kenton, were mar.
ried on Saturday, Aug. % ir
Busick Methodist Church by the
Rev. ]. A. Kees. The bride was
attended by Miss Levina Dulir
as maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Miss Virginia Bowers ano
Mrs. Bernice Legar. Best mar
was MIR. Raymond Faulkner
Ushers were Mr.. Weston S
Faulkner and Mr.. Raymond
Supers. Connie Dulin was flow
er girl, and Weston S. Faulkner
Jr. was ring bearer. The couple
will reside in Sudlersville.
Miss Mary Emma Poore
daughter of the late Mrs. Emma
Poore of Kenton, and Mr.. Jane:
E. Ferguson, son of Mr.. and Mrs
James E. Ferguson of Upland
California, were married at tht
home of the Rev. Robert Hodg
son of FELTON, on Thursday even
ing at 7 pm. Their attendant
were MIR. and Mrs. Harold Mas
ten. The couple left on Frida!
morning for MCGUIRE Air Force
Base, where the groom is sta
toned. The address is A-3rC
Class James E. Ferguson, Al
l9543548, Mcclure ALB, Tren
ton, N. j.
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04
TaylOr's Bridge

MIR. and Mrs. Frank Shahan
of Millington, Md. spent Sunday
with MIR. and Mrs. Thomas c.
Rowan.
Mrs. William Francis and son,
Billy, spent the Labor Day week
end with her mother, Mrs. AL
fred Gohl, and family in Allan
tic City, N. ].
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Elliott
of Milford spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Newman.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Keiser,
Jr., of Laurel, spent the week
end with their parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Wilson Keiser and Mrs.
Walker Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moore of
Newark spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Shockley.
MIR. and Mrs. John Ayers OF
Wilmington spent Tuesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Weis and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Saye OF
Arden spent Labor Day with
their daughter, Mrs. Lewis At
kinson and MIR. Atkinson.
MIR. and Mrs. Ellsworth Walk
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04
KentOn

MIR. and Mrs. Fred Bowdle OF
Dover visited Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Hazel on Friday evening,
Marvin Clough, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Clough, is con-
fined to his home with illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chapman Shock
ley and family and MIR. and Mrs
Tommy Tolbert spent Sunday al
Betterton.
A farewell party was given on
Monday for Virginia Lee and
Weston Faulkner, grandchildren
of MIR. and Mrs. Roland Faulk'
ner. They have been spending
the summer with their grand
parents and are leaving to re-
side in Dover. Thirteen children
attended the party.
Pvt. Donald Pinder, son oi
Mrs. Avis Pinder, is spending
fourteen-day leave from For
Hood, Texas with his mother.
Visitors with Mr.. and Mrs
John Numbers last week were
Mrs. Matte Adkins, Mrs. Mablt
Hoffecker, of Smyrna, and Mr.
and Mrs. Davis Numbers anC
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04

price for settlement of contract
ed produce, in this case, broil-
ers.
The bulletin also describes
the citrus growers integration in
harvesting, packing and market
ing operations in cooperatives,
and the sugar beet industry with
its processor-grower contracts.
Ezra Taft Benson, secretary
of agriculture, says in the pre-
face of the bulletin that con-
tract farming and other forms
of vertical integration are among
the most potent forces in agri-
culture today.
Anyone interested in more in
formation can write for a copy
of the bulletin, Agriculture In
formation Bulletin No. 1913, from
the Office of Information, U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington 25, D. c.
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04
Turkey Tour Is
Set Sept. ll-12

Final arrangements have been
made for the annual Delaware
turkey producers tour, Ralph
Barwick, assistant extension
poultryman at the University of
Delaware reported today.
The two-day trip to the Shen-
andoah Valley area of Virginia
will take in the Southern States
Research and Evaluation Farm
at Elkton, Virginia, September
IL, after lunch at the Blue Par
rot Inn at Warrenton, Va.
The research farm has 36
pens with a capacity for 200
turkeys each in a $50 by 81 foot
building and another laying and
breeding building $50 by 81 feet
with 36 pens.
The next stop will be at the
Baker Jones farm where MIR.
Baker will raise 100000 turkeys
this year. About two-thirds OF
his birds are Heavy White and
the rest are Heavy Bronze.
Barwick says a dinner and
turkey talk" with local grow
ers is planned for the evening
The next day, after stopping
overnight at Harrisonburg, the
group will visit the Wampler
Farm near Dayton, Va, which is
operated by two brothers who
run a hatchery and feed mill
as we'll as producing turkeys fol
sale.
Next is the Haevner farm
near Churchville, Va. MIR. Haev
ner runs two crops through his
facilities each year. He does his
own feed mixing and grinding
and has two brooder house:
with central heating.
There will also be a stop a
Washington and Lee College
where the Lee Memorial Chape
and Museum will be visiteC
among other points of interest
The group will drive down
and Mr.. Barwick said separate
scenic routes have been planned
for the two-day trip.
Anyone wishing to go on tht
tour should contact their count.
agricultural agent right away.
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04

er of Wilmington spent Satur-
day with their mother, Mrs.
Walker Warner.
Miss Elsie Shockley spent the
Labor Day weekend with MIR.
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04

and Mrs. Joseph Bickling in
Marydel, Md.
Miss Sherrie Lancaster is Wis
iting her grandparents, MIR. and
Mrs. Charles Downs.
Smyrna times., 1958-09-04
Az Integration
Becoming Popular

American agriculture is faced
with the problem of changing
Evening star., 1958-05-11

Write Or Phone For Brochure
Address any requests for rates
reservations or further information
to Mr.. Harry Madden, Managing
Director, Presidential Gardens, Alex
sndrs, Virginia All correspond
ence will be promptly acknowledged.
Phone TEmpIe s 44O0
Unfvrnished Suites AVoiloble To,
HonthIy or Yearly leases, rates on Tequt
Evening star., 1958-05-11
Presidential Gardens Offers These
Unique Advantages To Ifs Guests

Just Look At All The Room
You Have To ReIux In!
Shown al the left is the floor plan Of typical one
bedroom Presidential Gardens suite . Imagine
all Of this space, comfortably furnished and immscu
lately clean, waiting for your family visit
Complete Cooking Facilities
No need to go to expensive restaurants for
every meal when you can fix breakfast, lunch
or dinner in the completely equipped, modern
kitchen.
The Quiet Dignity OF oUeint AIexandria
Out Of the hustle and bustle Of downtown or
the highway yet only short ten-minute
drive to the White House, five minutes TO the
Pentagon, twenty minutes to Mount Vernon
-. Ideally situated for sightseeing
And The Location Is So Convenient!
Coming from the north south. take US Il JEFF
DAVIS Hwy IN Alexandria Turn al the intersection
Of Va l20 6ebe Rd then turn left the next traffic
o. light and small bridge Presidential Gardens
est. about a mile ahead on right.
The people's voice., 1958-03-28

aspirations and hope. He also said
1--WE are going to face greater chal-
lenges in the future in the fight
against co-operatives, but we are 60
ing to meet Them.
Grain farmers heard about and dis
cussed many of their problems in the
two full days of meeting. Many of
the discussions were technical and
in the jargon of the farmer. Your
VOICE reporter got lost during some
of the discussions on the more techni-
cal aspects of farming. My only conso-
lation was they would probably have
been as lost at newspaper conven-
tion.
However, the attendance was at
tentive and interested all the way
through.
Gordon Roth, director of public
relations for GTA, talked about the
problem of public relations in the
field of agriculture and the contribu-
tion co-operatives have made to COM
petitive free enterprise in this coun-
try. He said, there is nothing free
enterpriser hates worse than competi-
tion', and that the people who fight
co-operatives can't stand the competi-
ton.
He spoke of the struggle for eff
ficiency in local co-operatives as we'll
as the regional coop in st. Paul. He
said the efficient and competent ele-
vator take good manager and board
of directors and alert patrons, that
deficiency can be good or bad, but
without purpose it is nothing.
Other speakers from the regional
offices in St. Paul included Lowell
Hargens, director of personnel, who
The people's voice., 1958-03-28

>. Umber following receipt OF lnfor-
nation that the compulsory "open
shop" campaign being carried on by
a group which calls itself the Equal
Opportunity League, is extremely
well-financed and is flooding the
state with propaganda aimed at de-
stroying wage and working conditions
painstakingly achieved over the past
three-quarters of century by Mon
tana workers.
The league, which has its head
quarters in the Security Bank in
Billings, and is headed up by three
"unknowns", including a rural resi-
dent from the Olive area in Powder
River county, is reported to have
taken delivery on $4,000 initiative pc
titions of two types. One type is for
mass circulation and has room for 80
signatures. The other, printed pri-
marily for mailing to business and