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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Cleveland Park Church
Will Heur Official

Dr.. Earle Holt Ballou Of New
York, executive secretary Of the
CONGREGATIONAL Christian Serv-
ice Committee and for 80 years
a missionary to China. will
speak twice tomorrow in the
Cleveland Park Congregational
Church. Thirty fourth and
Lowell streets NV.
DR.. Ballou will address a
luncheon meeting Of the Wom-
ems Guild and at 1880 pm. a
joint meeting of the Mems Club
and Women's Evening Circle OF
the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04

odlQ bAlC NOLAlA11lSSlOIlGIS have
not notified the group of their
decision forbidding policemen
to solicit funds.
I'VE are turning the whole
thing over to the Past Presi-
dents Committee" Maj. Clark
said. They. in turn, will make
recommendations to the Execu-
tive Committee"
Deadline Expires
The past presidents will meet
at 4 pm. tomorrow. The Execu-
tive Committee will meet at S
pm. Monday. Both meetings
will be held in the Ambassador
Hotel.
The Commissioners ruled in
1856 that last year would be
the final year in which the
police department could solicit
funds for the boys club.
Max harrington. executive
secretary of the club, said police
collections brought in most of
last years 1926. 900 operating
budget.
At last nights meeting, sug-
gestions were made to appeal to
the Commissioners for recon-
sideration of their decision.
Other Means Discussed
The city heads, in their deci-
sion, ignored a prediction by
Chief Robert v. Murray that
withdrawal of police support
would either sharply curtail
the clubs activities or result in
its complete disarmament"
Mr.. harrington said the COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
.vFW Battles
Freedom Wall
Rallies House Foes
As Debate Neurs

The Veterans of Foreign War
are storming a giant memorial
Wall. designed to commemorate
the freedoms for which they
fought.
They hope to rally enough
Congressional foes of the Po-
tomac from the Mall. House
debate is due today or tomor.
row.
Developments in their cam.
paign this week are:
l. Sixteen protests lodged
with key Congressman. Nine
Democrats and seven Republi.
cans received a VFW warnine
that the Wall site must b.
saved for expansion Of Airing.
ton Cemetery.
2. Defense of the cemetery
enlargement slated today be.
fore the House Veterans Affair.
Committee by National VFW
Commander Richard L. Roude-
bush. He is laying out his
groups national program
which carries cemetery expan.
sion as a mandate from the
membership"
Tour of Site
3. An inspection tour Of the
prospective cemetery or wall
site at noon today. Comdr
Roudebush is leading four
Congressional Medal of Honor
winners out to the tract, which
is set below the cemetery to-
ward the river.
WV fire is aimed not so
much at the wall as at any
project that would take Federal
land bordering the cemetery.
Mr.. Roudebush warned Con-
gresSmen in the protests that
burial facilities at Arlington
will be exhausted in from
three to five years"
/ Letters went to Speaker Ray
burn and Democratic Repre-
sentatives Rhodes of Pennsyl-
vania, Rutherford and Rogers,
both of Texas; Engle, Shep-
pard and Miller. all Of Cali
fornia; Shuford of North Car
DINA and league of Texas,
who heads the Veterans Com
mittee, and Republican Repre-
sentatives Saylor and Var
Zandt. both of Pennsylvania
Miller and Weaver, both OF
Nebraska; Bow of Ohio and
Rogers of Massachusetts.
No Federal Funds
! The SIS million Freedom Wal
was expected to be relatively
noncontroversial wher
it whizzed through the Senate
IN three minutes last session
Spending of Federal funds i,
barred by terms of the bill.
/ But House sponsor Represen-
tative Asphalt, Democrat OF
Colorado, asked that the meas
ure be shifted from the unan.
imous consent calendar to tn,
floor for open debate because
OF the looming opposition.
Arlington County Board
Chairman Ralph Raul has de-
manded Arlington be given veto
power over its design. He also
wants the National Freedom
Shrine Foundation to have all
the money in hand for the wal
before construction starts.
Representative Aspinall said
he would accept compromise
amendments on both points
Arlington may review, but moi
veto, the design, Mr.. Aspinall
said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Williams Back
In Jail Again
Mental Tests Now
Sought for Bod Man

Dallas o. Williams was in
District Jail today. as the re-
suit of a new effort to get the
Bad Man of Swampoodle" of
the street.
Williams. with a record of
arrests for more than 80 of
lenses. including many as
Isaults. is awaiting Municipal
Court hearing February IL on a
drunkenness charge.
He was jailed in default of
5000 bond set by Judge Thomas
C. Scalley, who issued an at
tachment for Williams arrest
yesterday after the defendant
had elected to forfeit $40 COL
lateral Sunday AMI gone free.
Kin Posted Collateral
Williams had been arrested
at 2 am. Sunday by Police Pvts
John T. Logan and William H
Booth, and accused of being
drunk at Kenilworth and Jay
streets NE. He was released al
1:20 pm. when a relative
posted collateral.
4 Yesterday. Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Clark King, ir
charge at Municipal Court
asked Judge Scalley to issue
an attachment for Williams
arrest. Pvt. Logan and two
other policemen then picked
the man up at a house in the
HOO block of Fifth street NV
and brought him before tn,
judge.
Il was drunk" Williams tolc
the court. Judge Scalley gave
him time to get a lawyer, Sc
the bond and continued tn,
case.
New Tests Sought
Mr.. King said he would ash
the court when the case comes
up to have Williams sent to {
hospital for mental observation
on grounds of his long arrest
record and a report from Pvt
Logan that Williams acted Ter.
ratio" at the time of his arrest
Sunday.
Three weeks ago, William!
walked out of District Court
after two psychiatrists said HI
was sane. His release. backed
up by the Court of Appeals
has been cited repeatedly IL
Congress to support demands
for changes in Federal law II
keep men like Williams of thu
streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
WOULD THE RAMBLER

WOULD THE RAMBLER
write a column on the
Madrillon? He could write
three or four. And while it
is sad to write obituaries of
departed friends, it is their
due, and this one has been
too long delayed.
For in his younger (pre-
World War ID years, he used
to dance the rhumba at the
Madrillon to the strains of
"Carioca." And many a
night he has tossed on his
pillow after getting to bed
at 8, to the strains of
"Siboney." That was their
change-over music.
Only three weeks ago he
had the same experience as
Mrs. Read. Having missed
the notice in the paper, Mr..
and Mrs. Rambler knocked
at the darkened door and
found it locked.
The Medrillon never should
have died. 1t bad more lives
than any night club in his
tory-more lives than a cat.
Johnny Robb, the final or
chestra leader, played there
for % years. Carr Van
Seeker and Don Shook used
to head a two-piano or
chestra, and Marty Emerson
did difficult solos on his
trombone.
Adios muchachoS!
The Madrillon had an
amazingly long life for a
night club, because it was
basically a good restaurant.
The late Peter Borras. a Ca
talonian from Tarragon be-
hind Barcelona, and Jacinto
Maggia from the Italian lake
country were the original
partners 60 hinto" in the
kitchen and Peter out in
front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Suicide Ruling Issued
In Deuth of Secretary,

District Deputy Coroner Rich
ard M. Rosenberg ruled the
death yesterday of Mrs. Miriam
E. Dickinson. SO. a Labor De-
partment secretary, as suicide
Mrs. Dickinson, reported de-
spondent over domestic diff.
culties, 'leaped from a seventh.
floor window at her Office early
Monday. She lived at 1911
North Rolfe street, Arlington,
and had a 4-year-old daughter
She was separated from her
husband, George r. Dickinson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
The
Rambler
-. SudIy Recalls
The Lote ModriIIon
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

BY GEORGE KENNEDY
Mrs. Harwood Z. (Helen)
Read, writes:
Would you kindly do q
column on the Restaurant
Madrillon?
Several weeks ago my hus-
band and I went to the Ma
drillon for dinner We had
not been there since last
October.
"As we approached the
Washington Building, I no.
ticed the neon sign unlighted.
I spoke of this-'Oh, I hope
it's just out of order!' The
sign at the foot Of the stair
way was also dark-'Oh
dearl'-and the familiar door
was closed.
"A gentleman in the cor
ridor explained that a notice
had been in the paper. We
had missed it. Our feelings
were those of having lost a
dear friend. We felt sorry
for all the other old friends
of the Madrillon.
my first date at the
Madrillon was with Harwood
3, Read on my 10th birth
day. l am now 46. From
that time on, until World
War II, all birthdays, ami
yerSaries, ETC., were .cele-
brated at the Madrillon.
my husband had been in
the Army since the end of
the warmth last June.
We have had three overseas
tours of duty, and each time
when stationed back in the
Washington area, the visits
to the Madrillon were very
special. We have travelled
extensively, but never found
another 'Madrillon.' The
nearest thing to it might be
st. Georges in the Graben
in vienna"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Fund Problem Weighed
To Save Boys Club

The fate Of the Metropolitan Police Boys Club still
resting whether the Commissioners carry out their
ban on further fund-soiciting by police.
Meeting behind closed doors night the Executive Com
mee and the directors outlined action to meet the
decision.
Maj omer Clark newly appointed president of the club
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
RIA Orders
Planning Talks
Urban Renewal
Speed Sought

The Redevelopment Land
Agency today directed its staff
to consult with the District
Commissioners and the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission to determine how long
it will take to work out an &C
ceptable program for the
Northwest Urban Renewal
Area.
Facing RIA is a May is
deadline set up by the Urban
Renewal Administration, re-
quirdng an acceptable plan to
be submitted. At stake is a capi-
tai grant reservation of $40
million. which RIA hopes to
secure in the near future.
John r. Searles, jr., execu-
tive director of RIA, today
presented to the board OF di-
rectorS a proposed plan of &C
ton to comply with the Urban
Renewal Administrations poll
icy. He pointed out that the
Urban Renewal Administration
officials have requested that the
agency submit a schedule of
the completion Of planning in
the northwest. Vital now is the
determination of Just how long
1t will take to produce this.
COnsultants Desired
Mr.. Searles' memorandum
today said that meetings with
the District Commissioners and
the planning commissions staff
''have pointed up the wisdom
of proceeding simultaneously
with the completion of the
General Urban Renewal Plan
for the entire area by the Ma
tional Capital Planning Com
mission and with the prepara-
ton of urban renewal project
plans for several specific sub
areas within the Northwest
Urban Renewal Area by con-
tract consultantS to be engaged
by the Redevelopment Land
Agency"
Upon presentation of the
memorandum, Chairman John
"A. Remon and his board col
leagues gave the go ahead sig
nal to. this program.
Under this, the RIA staff
will continue to work closely
with the District Commissioners
and the Planning Commission.
To delineate the sub-areaS
in which RIA should begin to
prepare urban renewal project
plans and to develop a realistic
schedule, acceptable to the ur-
ban renewal commissioner. fol
completing the general urbar
renewal plan for the entire
Northwest and for commencinl
and completing urban renewal
project plans for several spe-
ciflc Sub-areas.
Then Will Ask Funds
After this schedule has been
completed, RIA will request the
Urban Renewal Administration
to allocate sufficient planning
funds and to maintain a suf-
icient reserve of capital grant
funds to assure the renewal OF
the Northwest area, Mr.. Searles
said.
Under the proposed program
sub-areas within the North
west urban renewal area ir
which the least Improvement
has to be done or where there
is no controversy would be
tackled first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Bills Seek to Repeal
School Closing Law
Legislation Proposed to Substitute
Local Pupil Placement in Virginia
BY MARY LOU WERNER
Star star Writer

RICHMOND, Feb. 4-state Senators Armistead Boothe
of Alexandria and Ted Dalton of Radord today introduced
legislation to repeal vrga school closing laws and sub
sute local pupil placement program beginning next
August l.
Senator Boothe, Democrat. and Senator Dalton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-04
Opera Society Reodies
Lush Strauss Production
Lisner Filled With Music. Activity
As 'Ariudne' Dress ReheursoIs Start
BY HARRY BACAS
Star Stan Writer

The Washington Opera Socieys lushest most expensive
production went into dress rehearsal today at ner Auditor
ium
They're putting Richard Strauss "Ariadne auf Naxos
the first time the Nations Capital Performances at
S:3O pm Thursday and Friday and $50 pm. Sunday.
An opera-whin- using it's
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
Protestant Churches OF
! Milford Will Observe
Will Observe Service
In First Presbyterian
Church.

Sunday evening the Protestant
Churches of Milford will unite for
the annual Reformation service, to
be held at the First Presbyterian
Church at 1880 p. m. The speaker
for this night will be Mr.. Alex O.
Dunlap of Philadelphia, leader
in Christian groups of that city,
and the director of the Conversion
Center.
The Milford Ministeriu1n extends
an invitation to area residents to
hear this dedicated laynan and
share in the fellowship of this unit
ed service. Mr.. Dunlap is active in
the Christian Businessman Com
mittee, and the Gideons of Phila-
delphia, serves on the Board of
Trustees of Kings College, and is
director in both the Hebrew
Christian Fellowship OF Philadel-
phia and the eastern Pennsylvania
Child Evangelism Fellowship.
Although leading realtOr in the
Philadelphia area, Mr. Dunlap is
vitality interested in the Conversion
Center, ministry to the Roman
Catholic laity and clergy through
out the United States which he es-
tablished as an information center
and adjustment location for those
desiring help and counsel in the
Protestant faith.
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24

Harry w. Bunting, Frankford, or
cred the opening prayer.
The following chairmen not pre-
viously presented were ratified by
the Board: Mrs. Lloyd H. Lewis,
Wilmington, Custodian of the Stu
dent Loan Fund; Mrs. John E. Bur-
ris, Milford, chairman Delaware
High School International Award; /;
Mrs. H. L. Garrett, Wilmington. al
ternate delegate to VAVS Council,
Veterans Affairs; Mrs. Howard
Henry, FELTON,, chairman of Creden-
tials; Mrs. Harry w. Bunting
Dagsboro, chairman of Religion
Mrs. ]. Harvey Dickey, Newark
chairman of Health; Mrs. r. Carl
ton Moore, Rehoboth, and Mrs
William o. White, Newark, County
Contributing Editors to the Fedora
tion Forecaster; Mrs ]. Allen
Frear, Jr., Dover, chairman of In
ternational Understanding: Mrs
Jesse A. Loven, Odessa, chairman
CARE Self-Help for Greece prof.
ect; Mrs. J. Fred Miles, Seaford
Community Improvement Contest
chairman; Mrs. Norman E. Frick
Wilmington, Crafts chairman: Mrs
William H Waggaman, Jr., New.
ark, Art chairman; Mrs. Roger
Vandegrift, Millville, Defense chair
man; and Mrs. Frank Hacker, Ris-
ing Sun, Safety chairman.
The Federation is offering new
Senior Health Scholarship" fol
1958-59 to be given to applicants
entering or re-entering some field
of health, such as practical nurs-
ing, nurses aid, or dental techni.
(continued on page seventeen)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
Bove Points Reformat tion
Out Need OF Service At
Legal Aides Local Church
Re-emphasizes At Sussex
COP Rally The Need
For A Public Defender
System IN State.

Januar d. Bove, Jr., the Repub-
lican candidate for Attorney Cen
eral, has re-emphasized the need
for a public defender system in
Delaware.
Speaking at meeting sponsored
by the Sussex County Republican
Committee in the Seaford Log Cab
in at Seaford, Mr.. Bove pointed out
that a public defender is necessary
to represent INDECENT criminal de-
PENDANTS because, as he put it, at
the present time, lawyers are only
assigned in the Superior Court in
felony cases, and there is no pro-
vision for court-assigned counsel
in other cases and in other courts. "
Very often criminal case is
tied down long before the defend
ant is arraigned, and yet counsel is
not appointed for him until it is
too late and until the defendant
may have spent many days in jail.
This often HAPPENS even where
there is a provision for court
appointed lawyer.
While Mr.. Bove stressed that for
the most part court-assigned coun-
sci does an able job, he did point
out that the Superior Court as
signs lawyers on the rotation basis
so that, very often, lawyers un-
skilled in the criminal law are
given the job of representing poor
people in criminal cases.
Taking note of a recent state
ment by his opponent, Mr.. Bove
CONTINUED on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
State Rebekah Head
Is Local Visitor
Official Visit Bv Doris r. West And
Staff Made To Crystal FOunt

Doris r. West, president of the
Rebekah Assembly, and her staff
of officers paid their official visit
to Margaret C. Pyle Lodge No. IL,
LO.O.F., recently. Visitors from
other lodges throughout the state
were present to pay tribute to
President West, as this was the
last official visit that will be made
by present assembly officers. Clara
Lafontaine, Noble Grand, Sara
Prettyman, Vice Grand, and all Off
GERS of Margaret c. Pyle Lodge
were congratulated on the manner
in which they conducted their meet
ing.
At this meeting a guest book
was presented to the lodge by
Clarence Jester, Past Grand Mas
ter IOOF, and Nettie F. Jester, Past
President of the Rebekah Assem-
bly, of Delaware and Past Noble
Grand of Margaret C.>Pyle Lodge.
Following the meeting all mem
bers adjourned to the dining hall,
which was decorated in the theme
of Halloween.
Entertainment was provided by
a set of square dancers made up
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ken Lambert, Mr..
Continued on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
Plans Ready
For Halloween
Parade Here
Parade Next Thursday
Evening Will Be Led
By Miss Nancy Will
liams, Miss Delaware
Of '58.

Plans for the Halloween parade
to be held on Thursday, October
80, sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce have been
completed.
The parade to begin sharply at
7:30 will be led by Miss Nancy
Williams, Miss Delaware of 1858.
Other participants will assemble
on Lakeview Avenue and adjacent
streets beginning at P.R.R. station
and proceed east on Causey Avenue
to Walnut Street, south on Walnut
Street to S. E. End Street to Wash
ington Street, north on Washing
ton Street to S. E. Front Street,
west on S. e. Front Street to Wal
nut Street, north on Walnut Street
to N. w. Front Street, west on N.
w. Front Street to Church Avenue,
south on Church Avenue to S. e.
Front Street. where all floats will
return to Walnut Street and park
for public view, at which time the
string bands will play music for
all and the prizes will be passed
out to all winners at that time.
Merritt Tatman, chairman of the
parade committee, has announced
that upon the decision of the judg-
es, cash prizes will be awarded in
the following categories: Best
Band, S35-$15; Most Comically
dressed, $3.50; Most comical group,
$10-.5; Best dressed, $3.50; Best
dressed group $10-$1; Best COM
sleA!Id lssa :e$-OI$ 'leoH IBEoIem
float, $10-$5: Best decorated auto,
$3.50; Best decorated bike, $5-$3.
The rain date is Monday, No
Yember 3rd.
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
2O5, ,423 Voters
Registered In State
Record Set With 1858 Added
Last Saturday

A record-shattering 205,423 Del
awareans are eligible to vote in the
election on Nov. after last Sat-
urday's final registration day, when
1888 persons added their names
to the registration books through
out the state.
In the 1856 election, the total
registered came to 187,206.
Delaware currently has 79,747
Democrats, 1886 Republicans and
52,860 persons on the registration
books who declined to state po-
litical party preference. After the
final registration day in 1856 the
figures were: 70,9O1 Democrats,
81, ,491 Republicans, and 48,S08 de
clines".
In the registration Saturday the
Democrats gained $50 names on
the registration books, while the
Republicans gained 4,115, and the
number of declines" increased by
1858. AS matters now stand, there
are 6,831 more Democrats than Re-
publicans registered.
CONTINUED on page sikh
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24

Award for his efforts and progress
in developing and establishing a
complete soil and water conserva-
ton plan on his farm. He was one
of the first farmers in Kent County
to become a cooperator, and so had
an early start in improving his
soils. He has had experience work
ing with all the major soils in Kent
County-well drained, imperfectly
drained, and poorly drained lands.
Drainage of the wetter land areas
was his first step in establishing
the complete conservation plan. To-
day, Les has just about licked this
problem with large outlet bitches
coupled with system of smaller
field bitches. His drainage was es-
tablished over a period of years
with ION the farm" help of Soil
Conservation Service technicians
:ccatinCed on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
Field
Service Group
Holds Meeting
Plans And Projects Made
And Suggestion Made
At Recent Session Of
Milford Committee.

At a meeting recently of the
Milford American Field Service
Committee plans and projects were
made and suggested. Two of our
members attended a Lower Della
ware and Maryland "get-together"
at Seaford, Delaware, for the Amer
ican Field Service foreign students
and American "returnees" on Oc-
tober IL. These fine young people
were the guests at the football
game and had an evening of fun
together. This proved such a. de-
lightful occasion that our local
Committee has planned a similar
-together-Picnic" in the Spring
here in Milford. The date for this
will be Saturday, March 14th. At
this meeting we will entertain as
our guests all the American Field
Service students from foreign coun-
tries in Lower Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland and
students from our own high
schools who have been over for
the summer in some foreign coun-
try.
We will also have as our guests
the students who have been select
ed to go over to a foreign country
for next summer. We feel that this
will be a good way to create in
terest and enjoy fellowship to-
gether. :
Last year was Milford's first
privilege to have a part in this
wonderful program. We enjoyed
Brita Widerstrom from Norway
and Dorothee Schwartz from Ger
many. This past summer one of our
girls, Miss Carol Steiner, spent
two months in Holland and now we
are enjoying Miss Anne Steinslund
from Norway. You should hear
Carol tell of her joyous experien-
ces she had among the lovely peo-
continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1958-10-24
Presbyterians Plan
For Homecoming
Have Selected Sunday, November
9Th, For Observance

The First Presbyterian Church
of Milford is now making arrange
ments for their Annual Homecom-
ing and Loyalty Sunday. The date
set is November 9th.
Mr.. Wilson S. Vinyard and Mrs.
William Marshall are eo-chairmen
for the affair and are busy with the
many arrangements and plans for
preparation. The Committee Chair
man will be announced in next
weeks Chronicle.
This General Homecoming will
mar 3 the 108th Anniversary of un-
interrupted Christian activities in
this great church. Many persons
who made their first Christian
vows and who heard their first Sun
day School Bible stories will want
to return to renew in this revered
church, their commitments.
The Sermon will be delivered by
the pastor, the Reverend Harry
(continued on page seven)