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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
WELFARE
District Official Urges
Family Income Rise

employefs and unions, Mr..
Shea noted. 1''
Relief rolls are rising all
over the country, Mr.. Shea
said, as automation makes un-
skilled workers obsolete.
Aid Age Drops
District children receiving
ADO support are younger than
the national average, as shown
by comparison with figures for
October-December, 1858, re-
leased by the Department Of
Health. Education and We'll
fare.
The median age here is 6.3
years, while the national aver
age is ga. Families are larger
here, averaging 4.3 persons, in
Guiding the adult in the home,
compared to 3.8 nationally.
Six out of ten ADO families
throughout the country are
white, while less than one out
of ten in the District is white.
Here, TIL per cent Of the faith
ers are absent, compared to 65.4
nationally. However, the Dis
trict has a better record Of To-
eating fathers than the nation
al average, and Of getting sup
port payments.
LEGITIMACY High
In June, 1858, 1873 per cent
of children on ADO in the Dis
trict were illegitimate. Fifty
five per cent of the families had
illegitimate children. Eleven
per cent had four or more il
legitimate children. The great
metaphysics per cent-were
born in the District.
Commenting on the posi-
bility of helping families before
they break up, Commissioner
Karrick said, "Mr. Shea has
outlined very liberal ideas which
in substance follow his philoso-
ply of welfare" But, he. added,
II do not and cannot indorse
those ideas as practical, SYM
pathetic as I am to the OBJ
jectiveS."
He added that ANY proposals
along welfare lines must be
kept within the financial ability
of the District to pay"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25

mosa, but has not asked the
Chinese Reds to drop their
claim TO that island.
Another primary object is the
quick release Of five Americans
still held In Red Chinese jails.
Ofiicials said there has been no
indication Of success in this
project, even though Mr.. Khru-
shchev promised President Ell
Senhower he would raise the
matter with Red Chinese leaders
when he visited Peiping after
his trip to Washington.
Threats Maintained
II Mr., Khrushchev obtained
any assurance from the Chinese
Communist chieftains that they
would cooperate with his drive
to sell peaceful co-existence"
to the United States and its
Allies, there has been no indi-
cation Of it so far.
On the contrary, threats to
take FormoSa by force have
been maintained. In addition,
the Chinese have handled their
border disputes with India in
such a way as to indicate to
authorities here that they are
quite ready to use force wher-
ever they think they can get
away with it.
United States authorities are
frankly puzzled as to what the
Soviet-Red Chinese relation
ship is at this point. They think
that, because of Russia's inter-
nal economic needs, Mr.. Khru-
shchev is sincere in saying he
wants a relaxation of tension
and an end to the cold war for
an indefinite period of years.
They believe he also figures he
can use a period of relaxation
to split up the Western alliance.
Two Theories Cited
The course followed by Red
China indicates, however, that
Peiping is not similarly inter-
eSted in relaxation Of tensions.
This could mean they are at
odds with the Russians over
foreign policy. Many experts
here think the United States
is more useful to Red China as
an enemy than it would be in
any other role because the Reds
use fear and hatred to whip up
their production program.
Two other alternative posi-
bilities have been considered,
however.
One possibility is that the
Chinese will gradually become
less belligerent in their inter-
national relations and their
handling of border and terri
torial disputes.
The other hypothesis is that
Mr.. Khrushchev and the Red
Chinese leadership may have
entered into an understanding
that while the Russian leader
breaches peace and harmony
and the dangers of nuclear
war, the Chinese will actually
carry on a policy Of threat and
outward thrust raising an
actual danger of conflict.
Such a conspiracy might be
designed to keep the Western
powers of balance in a global
sense while taking advantage
of the relatively stabilized
East West positions in Europe
and pressures for compromise
and agreement with the Soviet
Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Beth Ell Carnival

The annual carnival spon-
sored by Temple Beth Ell in
Alexandria will be held from 3
to 8 pm. today at the Temple,
1880 Seminary road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Visiting Red Musicians
Porry.T ouchy Queries
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star stan Writer

Dmitr Shostakovch and five other Russian music leaders
showed yesterday they determined to make their month
long tour of the United States goodwill mission
They refused to be provoked by of the ouchy questions
asked at press conference here yesterday.
you still have the views of the United States that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
WELFARE
Continued From First Page


caseload is about 200 cases per
worker. He. estimates 1900 to
1900 cases "have real poten-
.tial" for rehabilitation If in
.tensive service could be pro-
svided.
He reported an II per cent
overall increase in relief rolls
for fiscal 1859, and a 23-per
cent rise in aid to dependent
children cases. New cases aver
aged 80 a month.
At the end of the fiscal year
there were IL, LAG cases on the
rolls involving "a, 800 persons, of
whom about half were children.
Mr.. Shea estimated that
about $l8 million win be spent
in District funds for welfare
services in fiscal 1860. With the
Federal contribution, the total
spent here will be about $25
million, he said.
Negroes Predominant
lightweight per cent of all
relief recipients are Negro, Mr..
Shea reported. AS Of October
December, 1858, 94.8 per cent
of aid to dependent children
cases were Negro. Over one
third of all the cases are ADO.
They receive a little over half
Of the relief money.
Mr.. Shea noted that the
average relief recipient here is
unframed, has limited school
ing-some can barely write
their names-and often is the
product of family breakup and
CHILD neglect "in the cecond
and third generation"
He predicted that relief rolls
will continue to rise for some
time to come" There are al
most no Jobs for the unskilled.
he noted. Also, he said. young
middle class white families
have moved to the suburbs
while the number of low in
come Negro families has been
growing. Although the popu-
lation of the District, now put
at about 825, 900, is SO Per cent
Negro, resistance to admitting
Negroes to the ,.;illad labor
force is still offered by District
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
DROWNING
Continued From First Page

AAVAA - - 80
er's wife did not talk much,
except to say-t"Jim's gone"
Earlier, Maynard Woodbury.
and his wife had gone to the
Hartford street house, where
they found Paris watching tel
evision on the second floor
while police searched the neigh
borhood for him. The front
door was found open and the
screen door ajar.
Made Previous Trip
Shortly after Paris was found,
jeff came home from a shop
ping trip with his friend, Bruce
CANCER, and Bruce'S parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Ganger,
of 1905 N. Henderson street.
They had left about 1880 pm.
Mr.. CANCER said that al
though the boys were good
friends, he and his wife met
the Woodburys only last Sun
day.
oddly enough, we went to
Great Falls that day." Mr..
CANCER said.
Nothing unusual occurred, he
said, although the Woodburys
did climb down the face of a
cliff to fish with the boys.
Maynard Woodbury. said he
had seen his brother about
three weeks ago, and that both
he and Dorothy appeared to be
in good spirits.
1T comes as a great shock"
he said. we knew he had a
new assignment in this area,
but of course didn't ask him
what it was. I can't imagine
what they would do this for"
Another brother, Wendell, a
State Department employee,
lives at AIT South Lee street,
Alexandria, Va. He could give
no explanation for the tragedy.
Maynard Woodbury. said
there are two other brothers:
Wayne, in Texas, and Wallace,
in New Delhi, India. An uncle,
George Woodbury., lives at 9907
Portland road, Silver Spring,
Md.
James Woodbury. graduated
from the University of Iowa,
where he met Dorothy, May
nard Woodbury. said. They
had been married about IL
years.
The Woodbury. family is from
Cornwith, Iowa, where the par
entS, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Woodbury., still live. Dorothy
Woodbury. is from Nevada,
Iowa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-25
Chandler Odds in go?
Truman Sums 1t Up: %

PADUCAH, KY. Oct. "a
(AP).-Harry S. Truman dis
missed Gov. A. B. Chambers
presidential ambitions today
with one gesture.
Asked about Gov. Chambers
chances. the former President
replied by making a circle with
a finger and a thumb.
"I've nothing against him
personally" Mr.. Truman quick
ly added. There are a lot of
others in the same FIX"
Earlier, the former President
gently chided the Governor for
failing to attend a major rally
in behalf of the Democratic
ticket, led by Bert Combs, for
the November 3 election.
Spotting three former Ken
lucky Governors among the
crowd of 1000, Mr.. Truman
said they were all good admin
istrators and his friends. "They
are all here"
Raps Combs and Wyatt
Gov. Chandler wired Mr..
Truman yesterday that he had
not been invited and unleashed
a blistering attack on Mr..
Combs and his running-mate,
Wilson Wyatt. Mr.. Truman said
he had not had time to read
the telegram and could rot
comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Mojorie Thoxter
To Be Speaker

Miss Marjorie Thaxter, SUI
pervisor of Volunteer Services
for the District Department
Of Public Welfare, will be
featured at the National Con-
ference on Social Welfare in
San Francisco on Sunday.
Miss Thaxter will speak on
THE Administrative Struc-
ture for Volunteer Services,
and she will also sit on a
panel on New Developments
in Services of Volunteers in
Tax Supported Programs -
Health, Welfare and Correc-
ton"
The speaker has been in
her job here since it was
established by the Junior
League in 1852. Nine separate
agencies come under her SUI
perviSion.
The League supported the
position until it was absorbed
into the budget of the Dis
trict Department of Public
Welfare in 1854. However.
since their budget is limited.
the Junior League has un-
dertaken to send Miss Thax-
ter to San Francisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
NINE. CHANG is INVITED
TO COFFEE AT WHITE HOUSE

Nine. Chang Kai-shek who among the foreign
dgnitareS in Washington for the funeral of former
Secretary of State Dulles. invited to the White
House this morning to have coffee with Mrs Eisenhower
The invitation also included Mrs. Christian Herter.
wife of the Secretary of State.
The coffee arranged for 1890 an hour before
the stag luncheon given by President Eisenhower for
British. French and Soviet foreign ministers ana
other visiting statesmen who attended the funeral
terday.
Mo invited to the luncheon but the
meeting with Mrs Eisenhower special courtesy to
Nine Chang who here the representative OF her
husband, the president of Nationalist China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Wessendorft-
Clendenin

DR.. and Mrs. George B.
Clendenin announce the
marriage of their daughter
Patricia Ann to Mr.. Robert
Garrow Wessendorff. The
wedding took place April is
at the Highland Park Meth
odist Church in Dallas, Tex.
The couple will live in Dali
las.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Geraer-Socks

MIR. and Mrs. Walter Sacks
announce the marriage of
their daughter Honey Pa
tricia to Mr.. Burton Law
renee Gertler, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry j. Gertler.
The wedding took place May
/ at the home of the bride.
The couple will make their
home here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
president of the Washington

president of the Washington
Chapter.
Other officers installed
were Mrs. John B. Living
ston, Miss Jane Locraft.
Mrs. Peter Larsen and Miss
Joan Ryan.
Members elected to the
executive board were Mrs.
Donald w. Arnsberger, Mrs.
James r. Connell, Mrs. Mar
tin F. O'Donoghue and Mrs.
William E. Mullen, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28

Wright announce the mar
riage of their daughter Doris
Carolyn to Mr.. Gene Ray
Anderson, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Sutton Of
Detroit. The wedding took
place May 8 at First Baptist
Church. The couple viii
make their home in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Wolf-Moxson

Mrs. Clark Maxson and
Mr.. Chester Maxson of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, and Buffalo,
N. Y, announce the marriage
of their daughter Patricia
Ann to 1t. Harrison Terrier
Wolf, USA, son of Comdr.
and Mrs. Irwin o. Wolf Of
Hawthorn, Woodville, Va.
The wedding took place April
is at Fort Benning, Ga. The
couple will live in Columbia,
S. C.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Powers-Alexonder

Former Undersecretary OF
the Army Archibald S. Alex
ander of Bernardsville, N. j.,
announces the marriage Of
his daughter Susan T. to Mr..
Philip L. Powers. The we'd
ding took place May 9 at st.
Bernard's Protestant EpiSco-
pal Church in Bernardsville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Limped to Yokohama
Porks-BigleY

Mrs. Thurston Bigley an
nounces the marriage of her
daughter Georgia to Mr.. John
Scott Parks, son of DR.. and
Mrs. John Louis Parks. The
wedding took place May Z in
Chaplin Chapel, Amherst Col
lege, Amherst, Mass. The
couple will live in Amherst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Noppenberger-
Johnson

Mr.. and Mrs. David P.
Johnson of Falls Church an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter Nettie Janet to Mr..
Thomas M. Noppenberger OF
Timonium, Md. The wedding
took place April II at st.
James Catholic Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
BY RUTH DEAN
star stan Writer

When Miss Title Hoffman
Joined the Army in 1918 she
little realized she'd see the
world or that she'd always be
rightsin the middle Of history
in the making.
And If the l9-year-old
Westminster. Md. girl could
have looked into a crystal
ball and seen almost 20 of
those years spent in China
sometimes under gunfire, and
later as a Japanese prisoner
Of war. chances are she still
would have said yes" to the
telegram asking her if she'd
go to work with the Army
Intelligence Service for 81, 900
q year.
Yesterday Miss Hoffman
retired as a research spe-
cialist with the ONCE of the
Army Assistant Chief Of Staff
for Intelligence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28


AS a farewell tribute her
fellow civilian employees ana
officers and military person
mel in ACSI gave her a retire.
ment party and presented her
with q television set.
The vivacious 60-year-old
woman whose nieces often
chide her for not acting her
age, expects to spend most Of
her post-retirement time in
travel.
I'm tired of tours. but I'd
like to visit friends in Europe
and in Hong Kong and Tokyo
again." she says.
Miss Hoffman looks back
on her years in China as the
best part of her life. China
was my second home" she
said as she recalled her ex-
periences in that battle raw
aged land.
She went there in 1925,
one of two Army women en-
ployes in the Far East at
that time.
Working in the Office of the
US. Army Attache in the
American Embassy in Pek-
ing. she recalls meeting for
the first time many of the
present day top Army and
Air Force generals when they
were young lieutenantS and
captains.
She remembers 1t. Thomas
D. White NOV Air Force
Chief of Staff as "a young
and brilliant language stu
dent" and later the present
Army Chief of Staff Max
well D. Taylor when he was
assigned to the Embassy dur
ing the Sino-Japanese war in
1897. Even then. the talk
was that he showed great
promise" she recalled.
Little Noisy
Miss Hoffman worked right
through the frequent bomb
ings of Picking during the
1887 hostilities. The fact that
the japanese were trying to
knock out the railroad tracks
near her living quarters, she
dismisseS as having been "a
little noisy"
1t was after the American
Embassy moved to Hong
Kong, right before the bomb
ing of Pearl Harbor plunged
the United States into World
War II, that she recalls I'VE
had real noise"
To Miss Hoffman real
noise" meant bombing plus
artillery. "Of course l was
scared. I was scared every
day because they (the enemy
wanted to get the road my
house was on"
But she was working for
"a tough Army officer-a real
soldier-and you never men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Trinity Alumnue
Presents Check

The Washington Chapter
of the Trinity Alumnae As
ISOLATION recently presented a
check to Sister Helen, SIND,
Librarian of the college for
the library building fund.
During the business meet
ing, Mrs. Thomas G. Ferris
was installed as the new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
McPherson-Burks

Mrs. Florence Maxwell
Burks announces the mar
riage of her daughter Mar
garet Elizabeth to Mr..
Hubert Travis Mcpherson.
son of Mr.. Hubert McPher-
son of Camden. N. c., and
the late Mrs. Evelyn McPher-
son. The wedding took place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28

turned out from great altar
candles in old designs to
table bases, coats of arms,
lamp bases or decorative door
designs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28

board the Isbrandson Lines
Flying Cloud which had to
run the Chinese Nationalist
blockade. The hard-hit ship
had to limp into Yokohama"
On another occasion Miss
Hoffman spent three months
in India with a special war
time Army mission.
Miss Hoffman said yester-
day that she was leaving
many good friends" in the
Pentagon, but that If she'd
had to spend all Al years In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28

the Pentagon she couldn't
have done It,"
The first year she moved
from the old War Department
building into the windowless
interior offices of the huge
stone structure, she said, II
felt like q MOLE"
When she's not travelling,
Miss Hoffman will be living
in the old family home in
Westminster, a 19-room.
three-story brick colonial
that dates back to the late
1700's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
MeYer-D omeron

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ed.
ward Cameron of Leonard.
town, Md, announce the
marriage of their daughter
Dolores Lorraine to Mr.. John
Ryman Meyer, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Cecil F. Rhodes Of
Chillicothe, Ill. The wedding
took place April IS at the
Walter r d Memorial
Chapel, Walter Reed Army
Medical Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Pettit-Lombock

Col. and Mrs. Charles H.
Hanback, announce the mar
riage of their daughter Joyce
Fargo to Mr.. Francis Eugene
Petit. The wedding took
place May 2 at Fort Leslie
j. McNair Chapel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
WEDDINGS

March 81 at the Congress
Heights Methodist Church.
The couple will live in
Hyattsville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
PldSter
Adds to
Decor
BY MARY L. VAUGHAN
Home Furnishing Writer

Embossed plaster of Paris
woodwork in mouldings and
ceiling medallions is adding
q formal note to homes in the
Washington area.
Ornamental patterns, tiny
medallions. giant medallions.
moulding trim for doors, cell
ing cornices, fireplace and
wall designs are being turned
out in classic patterns in q
small Georgetown shop just
of NJ street at Wisconsin
avenue.
One of the few shops Of its
kind in this city, it is named
F. w. Kosack, Architectural
Sculpture, for the former
owner.
Mr.. Kosack, now retired
and living In the Shenandoah
Valley. Va, handcarved over
a 75-year period the some
10000 mahogany mould pat
terms which are now filed
library-fashion on an upper
floor of the shop.
10000 Patterns
Curlicues, rosettes, Louis
XVI, Early American, French.
Provincial and Adam patterns
line shelf after shelf. There
are also ceiling medallions in
every size, busts of George
Washington. Roman heads,
American eagles, capitals for
console shelves, plaques and
thousands more.
Manager of this unique
shop is Edward Hernandez
who began his career as a
cabinet maker before SWITCH
ing to plaster casting last
year.
A portion Of the shop is
set aside for a display win
dow and shelves to house the
many designs. Behind this
are the forms, moulds, double
boiler watts Of boiling glue
and everywhere shelves OF
figures, plaques, table bases,
in and around the working
area.
The shop is jointly owned
by Decorator Ray Bates and
Mr.. Jay Harris, Georgetown
realtor and builder, Much of
the work is done on consign-
ment in decorating jobs.
A Congressman recently
had the decorative ceiling
moulding added to his home,
and a friend, upon seeing the
finished room, ordered hun
dredS of feet of the same
moulding.
Good Cook
The moulds are handmade
in 5-foot lengths in an intri-
cate process involving several
delicate steps.
The art of plaster casting,
Mr.. Hernandez explains, is
a little like the art of cook
ing. The architect must know
the exact moment when he
stops pouring the plaster into
water to form the mould.
After the plaster is poured
into the mold, a reinforce
ment of manila rope fiber is
laid down in it. Then, after
a wait of approximately 10
minutes setting" it Is re-
moved from the mould with
out disturbing it.
Here again, the expert
"cook" is called for. Expert
ence counts. Mr.. Hernandez
explains. Remove it a min
ute too soon and you can lose
quite a bit of the design. 1t
might break or chip"
Using the same process, Mr..
Harris explains, duplicates Of
almost everything can be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Government Girl
Sow History Made

toned being scared" she
said. "As a matter Of fact. we
thought it was fun
When Hong Kong fell to
the japanese on Christmas
Day. l94i, Miss Hoffman was
informed along with the other
Americans in the American
Consulate Generals ONCE
and the United States mill
tary mission attached to it.
They didn't get much to eat
but they were not mistreated,
she recalled.
The following June she was
on her way home in the first
batch Of exchange prisoners
carried by the Gripsholm.
Her wish to return to China
was fulfilled when the Amer
lean Embassy was reestab-
lished in Marking in 1916 and
she was sent to work in the
Army Aattche's office.
Limped to Yokahama
But the Chinese Commu-
nists' taking Of the city three
years later forced her to
leave that country for the
second time in her life, this
time under gunfire.
Miss Hoffman was on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-28
Wright

Mr.. and Mrs. Perry B..
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-10-22
BY MILDRED SKINNER

The first quarterly confer
ence meeting of the Metho :
dist church was recently held
at the Methodist church In
Thompson. This was a com
bined meeting of Montville
and Thompson and all met
their new district superinten-
dent, DR.. S. Lee WhitemaI
Following prayer meeting
at the Methodist church last
Wednesday evening the mon
thly meeting of the commits
sion on membership and
evangelism was held.
The w. s. G. S. will meet
Thurday evening, Oct. %, at
the home of Mr.. Edward
Weber at 8 pm.
The Community Ladies Aid
served a swiss steak dinner
to approximately 100 mem :
bers and friends of the Geau-
ga county trustees and Clerks
Association at the s C h o O |
building last Thursday eve :
ming. The next meeting will
be held at Claridon on the
second Thursday of Janu =
ary 1860.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Mills
and little daughter visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Love and
family at Lake Aquilla Satur-