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Fairfax County, Va. $98 1927. 900,
and Falls Church, Va, $3,309,-
600.
In the Washington area,
there were 24.038 new dwell
ing units for the 11-month
period with total valuation of
$257, 7,671,000.
New dwelling units and total
valuation for the various areas
follow: District of Columbia,
1877 and $8,417,0O0; Mont
gomery County, 6,246 and $685.
.02l 900; Prince Georges County.
6,326 and SCI ,476,000; Alexan-
dria. 882 and $6,825,0O0; Ar
lington County, 5000 and $685.
547,000; Fairfax County, 5,253
and $74,213,000, and Falls
Church, ia and $l,171 900.
Building construction author
lied by Federal contract awards
IN the Washington Metropol-
itan Area for the first 10 months
of this year totaled $69, ,672, 900,
the report showed.
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excellence in the retailing dis
play field and Mr.. Herndon has
received a number of awards.
Mr.. Herndon will become
manager of the Tenth Ami
versary National Capital Flower
and Garden Show, sponsored
annually by the Allied Florists
of Greater Washington.
He joined Woodward & 10th
rop in october, 1915, as a mem
Der of the display department.
He is a charter member of tthe
Visual Merchandising Group of
the National Retail Merchants
Association and served as a di-
rector from 1855 through 1858.
In World War I, he served i'll
the Army'S aviation.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Horace F. Stokes Retires;
40 Years at A. 6. g. r.


The American Security &
Trust Co. announced the re-
tirement today of Horace F,
Stokes. vice president, follow
ing 40 years of banking here.
He will join Haynes Litho-
graph Co. as financial officer
after the first of the year. He
has taken an active part in
affairs of the District of Co.
lumbia Bankers Association and
the Washington Board of
Trade. He is a member of the
Masons and Shrine, the Lions
Club and the Columbia Coun-
try Club.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
DooT-to-Door Statesmen

One OF the greatest annoy
ances that the American house
wife must face almost daily is
the door-to-door salesman.
Equipped with every gimmick
and dodge in the book, armies
Of these itinerant pitchmen
visit nearly every community in
America to sell merchandise
ranging from vacuum cleaners
to hair oil.
These statesmen gain an en-
trance to the home under var
ious guises. Although some of
them make the direct hard
sell" approach, many get a foot
in your door by representing
themselves as television rating
checkers, plumbing and electri-
cal inspectors, firemen and even
agents for reputable companies
One vicious scheme has been
perpetrated by statesmen repre-
Senting themselves as firemen
conducting a survey of homes
to determine If they have ade-
quate fire protection. After
making a survey of the house
from cellar to attic, the alleged
fireman" describes the house
as a fire trap" and recon-
mendS that a fire alarm system
be installed, Then, it just so
happens that he is in a POSI-
ton to recommend the exact
type OF system. In fact, he can
take an order if the house
holder falls for the story.
Example Is Offered
While the vacuum cleaner
pitchman-not to be confused
with honest statesmen from a
reputable company-is a par
ticularly ubiquitous door-to-
door variety. there are still
thousands Of housewives who
fall victim to his glib sales
talk every year.
Last month a number of
housewives on Long Island
complained that they had I'M
Willingly signed contracts for
the purchase Of vacuum clean
ers thinking that they had
only signed an ION approval"
receipt.
A new vacuum cleaner would
be left in the home and the
old machine removed for re-
pair. The housewife was in
duced to sign a receipt" sup
posedly emitting her to use the
new machine while the re-
pairs were being made. Papers
on file in court allege that the
receipt" was a contract oblig-
ating her to pay $3.50 for the
new cleaner.
This is a variation Of the
ION approval receipt" racket
which is the stock in trade of
some door r-to-door statesmen
who leave unordered merchan-
disc with the promise they will
return If it is not wanted. The
salesman rarely, if ever, comes
back, and the housewife finds
herself obligated to pay for the
article.
A new angle has been deVel-
oped by some of these operators.
To enforce collection of the
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a chain of 80 stores in the
Washington area.
A. S. Johnson Co., described
as the oldest mechanical engi-
neering and contracting eStab-
lishment in the Washington
area, has named KaI, Ehrlich e.
Merrick, Inc, to handle its
advertising, Harry L. Merrick
jr., is the advertising firms
account executive for the john
son company. President Arthur
H. johnson of the firm, which
has headquarters at 124O Ninth
street NV, made the an
ncuncement.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Business
Food Town Gets More
Reorganization Time
By WILLIAM A. MILLEN
Star STAFF Writer

Ihe time Tor filing reorganization plan for Food
Inc operator of Is Supermarkets the Washington
Que to expire tomorrow has been extended 81
Samuel Greenbaum, attorney for the general unsecured
creditors committee organized in Washington Federal
District Court Judge w. Calvin Chestnut Baltimore has
authorized the extension.
Mr. Greenbaum said the auditors final report is due
January Is
Evening star., 1959-12-31
William E. MOnan Named
Banking Magazine Ad CHI

William E. Mohan has been
named advertising manager of
Banking Magazine, journal of
the American Bankers Associa-
ton.
In his announcement Exec
utive Vice President Merle E.
Selecman said William P.
Cooley has been appointed as
sistant advertising manager.
Mr.. Mohan has been assistant
advertising manager since 1856.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
ID. Leroy HerndOn RetireS
From WnndWard & Lnthrnn

D. Leroy Herndon, display
manager for Woodward &
Lothrop, announced his retire
ment tomorrow. bringing to a
close service totaling A years
The store received national rec
ognition a number of times for
Evening star., 1959-12-31
Furniture Sales Gain
In Washington Area

The Federal Reserve Bank
of Richmond reports retail fur
niture sales in the Washington
Metropolitan Area have gone UP
l per cent in the last II months,
compared with year ago.
Furniture departments of
department stores, as well as
furniture stores, figure in the
compilation.
Drug Fairs directors an
nounced a regular quarterly
dividend of 10 cents a share,
payable January 81 to share
holders of record January 8,
President Milton L. Elsberg
! announced. Drug Fair operates
Evening star., 1959-12-31
OVER COUNTER

Washington istings on over-the-
counter markets furnished by the Ma
tional Association of Securities Dealers
as of l pm. Thursday. December 81 :
Evening star., 1959-12-31
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 CAP).-Yester.
GAYS closing er-the-counter limited
States Government Treasury bonds.
Evening star., 1959-12-31
FOREIGN EXCH'GE

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 CAPl .-Foreign
exchange rates tGreat Britain in
dollars, others IN cent sand decimals
Evening star., 1959-12-31
MUTUAL FUNDS

NEW YORK. Dec. 81 CAP).-NatiunaI As
Sosiatiun Securities Dealers, Inc.
Evening star., 1959-12-31

Canada in N. Y.
free lO5OO lO5.lO93
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22

II the folk music of our
Latin American neighbors has
any more eloquent interpreter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22
1JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Death PAGES Speeding Boats

He said he'd give the kid
a tow and they hooked up
the water skis and the man
opened the throttle. The
fifty horses yanked the kid
up out Of the Delaware and
he rode the gold spangles
like a laughing god. He few
upstream in an apostrophe of
foam and then. dead ahead,
the man saw the big rusty
pipe sticking out Of the wa
ter.
He swung hard left. The
boat stood on its beam. The
man fell out and he grabbed
the gunwale and hung on.
The boy fell OF the skis.
The man was dragged in
swift circles. When he let
go, he swung under the stern
and the propeller, turning at
1000 revolutions per minute.
sawed him across the waist.
He did not scream. He just
disappeared.
At almost the same time,
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less than a hundred miles
away, a boy in an cupboard
skim med across Upper
Greenwood Lake. He was
moving pretty well and he
waved to some girls on the
beach. He did not see the
rented boat coming across
his path from the right. The
boys boat climbed across the
other one.
In 1t were a mother and
four children. It was sur
prising that all except the
7-year-old girl got to shore.
They had to drag for her
body.
BOATING is NOW a ma
jor sport in the United States.
There are 100000 of them,
from big steam yachts down
to 7-foot prams. Most of the
pilots on the seas and rivers
and lakes are careful and con-
siderate. But, if only per
cent of them are reckless,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22

tempting to throw all COM
plants into the large waste
basket called Hypochrondia.
The doctor may think: "Of
course this woman's tired.
Why shouldn't she be? Think
of the part she plays every
day; wife, housewife, hus-
bands companion, nurse for
the children, financial ex-
pert, shopper. cook, chauffeur
for the kids--and perhaps
even auxiliary breadwinner."
But the thorough doctor
doesn't stop there. He rules
out the possibility of organic
illness causing his patients
symptoms. Complete physical
examination and complete
history are essential.
+ \ +
DEAR DIR. STEINCROHN:
Is there such a thing as
being predisposed" to a
coronary attack? My only
brother came down with an
attack three years ago. No
other members Of my family
ever had one. I do not drink,
and smoke moderately. I am
only slightly overweight. (My
brother was at least so
pounds overweight before his
coronary attack Mr.. T. Y.
We have no definite evil
dence that smoking or drink
ing predispose to coronary
attacks. A few pounds over"
is not a contributory factor.
Neither are we sure about
the hereditary influence.
WE DO KNOW that the
greatly overweight person of
middleage land over is a
more likely candidate. So
also is the one who runs con-
SiStently high cholesterol
concentrations in his blood.
1t has also been found by
some investigators - and ]
have found it so in my own
practice-that people with
high diastolic blood pressures
are more prone to an attack
than those with only high
SyStolic lreSSures.
(Released by
The Bell Syndicate, Incl
Tomorrow: Procrostinotion
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him? Max says it may be only
for a short time and then one
Of the sisters will want him.
But I'm not too sure about,
that. Grandpa is none too
easy to live with. either.
Max B.-Gale forgets about
the four years we lived with
my parents, rent free. That
was when we we're first mar
ried. We were both teen
ayers and the folks wanted to
help us get our start. They
kept us even after we had
the first baby, and that was
none too easy for them.
One of my sisters has four
kids and the other has six.
They really have full house.
I just don't know where they
could put Dad up. but I feel
that when they see all we do
for him, they will be willing
to take him part of the time.
Dad is 70, but he i1 in good
health and doesn't require
any special care. He can take
care of his own things.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
If Gale and Max lived
with his parents four years
rent free, they certainly do
have a moral obligation to
help Dad in his time of need.
Gale apparently was well
able to put up with her
father-in-law while she lived
in his house. 1t is unfortunate
that she finds things so diff
ferent now that the tables
are reversed
However, 1t is always a
mistake to make arrange
ments for a recently widowed
person before he has had a
chance to get his bearings.
He must make a completely
new adjustment to life. He
doesn't really know how he
wants to live.
The kind and sensible
thing would be to invite
Grandpa to come to "stay for
a while" if he is feeling lonely
in his own home or apart
ment. 1t is quite possible that
after a few weeks of living
with active and noisy young
Sters, he will prefer the peace
of his own place.
He may be lonely at times,
but many older persons pre-
fer loneliness and independ-
ence to a bustling family life
and the sense of being merely
tolerated.
tCopyright 1859.
General Features Corp)
Tomorrow: Shy son.
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Tomorrow: Shy son.

than Olga Coelho, who COM
pletely enchanted a good sized
audience in Pierce Hall last
night, would certainly like to
find out about 1t.
Miss Coelho is a fine artist
and the complete mistress of
her chosen idiom. In their bald
English translations on the
printed program, the folksongs
from Peru. Colombia. Brazil,
Argentina and Mexico looked a
little silly, but in Miss Coelho's
warm Spanish and Portuguese,
they came to life in remarkable
/ fashion.
Anyone attending a Coelho
recital must be impressed by
the great variety of mood and
nuance she projects with such
grace and ease. Whether it is
the bumptious humor of a boy
trying to get his stubborn mule
to move a little faster, or the
spine-tingling excitement of a
voodoo Xango, or the tender
ness OF a 150-year-old modinha.
Miss Coelho succeeds in hyp-
nothing her listeners with an
art that is as rare as it is
perfect.
The Coelho voice encom-
passes every graduation from an
impassioned whisper to a
street-cry Shrek, all beautifully
controlled and yet completely
spontaneous. And her command
OF the guitar and it's subtleties
is Just about as arresting as
her magnificent singing.
One of the special treats for
me in yesterdays concert was
Miss Coelho's singing of the
Villa-Lobos "Bachianas Brasil
leiras No. s." originally written
Tor the odd combination of
nine cellos, but rearranged by
the composer, especially for the
singer, for voice and guitar.
This particular piece is Villa
Lobos at very nearly his best.
and in its new guise Miss
Coelho revealed in graphic
fashion this composers roots in
the folk art of his country. I
knew this to be true theoreti-
cally. but I do not think / had
ever before actually felt it to
be so.
Miss Coelho strayed from
the music of Latin America
only momentarily land with
not too great success) in a pair
of brief songs by Dowland and
Scarlatti. Except for this small
blemish, the evening was a
completely magical expiora-
I ton of an exotic world of
music ordinarily closed to the
American concertgoer.
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then we are faced with 1880
potential killers.
Most Of the iive million
small outboard boats do not
require State licenses. At
least half Of these are run by
teen-agers. OF these. at least
rs per cent are too young to
get automobile licenses. In
the exuberance of extreme
youth. all they ask of a boat
is speed. The fact that they
are not required to get IL
censes is like saying that GER
tain guns do not need licens-
ing because the bullet they
fire is small.
Many who operate rented
boats are the worst offenders.
Men unqualified to pilot a toy
sailboat In a bathtub 60 out
loaded with bait. burgers and
booze. The more they drink,
the drawer they become. Peo-
pie who own a boat. and
fathers who study the rules
OF plotting and safety. get in
the habit Of staying home on
week ends. The water is dan
gerous at that time.
The Nation spent more than
So billion on boating last year.
There are $4,000 small boats
in California; 100000 in
Michigan; $4,000 in New
York. Wyoming and Nevada
have low totals-7,000 apiece.
My State. New Jersey. has
10000.
Here. the waters are under
the jurisdiction of a dynamic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22
NEWS OF MUSIC
Creation Of Haydn
SuperbIy Re-creoted

the arias that are so varied and
marvellous that one is sad that
Haydn only once seriously de-
voted himself to opera, are the
big choruses in which Haydn
successfully bines the
Splendor of Handel with the
orchestral brilliance and con-
trapuntal completely of his
own art.
The soloiSts, all from the
operate stage maria di Ger
lando had never before sung in
oratorio), each had a difficult
role and each performed it very
we'll. Nadia Witowska, the
Gabriel. delivered her colora-
tura arias with the greatest
limpidity and vocal charm;
David Lloyd, as Uriel. a sort of
narrator, was excellent in the
tenor role; Jan Rubes interpo-
late da low D into his resonant
and rich bass part which rang
out as true as any note on the
Cathedral organ.
Mac Morgan, as Adam, who
acquits himself of love-music to
tuch words as 1.-THE dew-drop-
ping morn, o how she quickens
ALL" sang with considerable
polish, although either the role
lay too low for his voice or the
treacherous acoustics of the
Cathedral deceived me. Maria
di Gerlando was perfection in
the exquisite lyrical music
Haydn wrote for Eve.
Paul Galloway conducted with
his usual energetic drive, his
meticulous attention to detail
and his exceptional skill in the
balancing of large and dis
parate forces. The only seri-
GUS shortcoming of the show
was the Cathedral itself, where
the clarity and definition that
are so fundamental to the style
of the music were simply killed
by the excessive reverberation.
Perhaps if you love good mu-
sic and great performances you
should adapt yourself to take
the result on faith when you at
tend THE Creation" at the
Cathedral. On the other hand,
it may be that something can
be done about it. Music is every
year becoming a more impor-
tant part of the Cathedral's
ministry, and ! suggest that ex-
Fermentation with portable
shells, battles, Grapes, or other
aids to good sound might pro-
lduce improvement.
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man named Salvatore A.
Bontempo, who is commits
sioner Of the Department Of
Conservation and Economic
Development. He is not a
boating expert, but he is wor-
ried because his State had Is
fatal accidents on water last
year and he moves fast to cut
the toll.
The chief of the Bureau Of
Navigation is the active
head Of tidal and non-tidal
waters. He is Peter j. GAN
non Of Manasquan. He is so
fearful Of accidents that he
has appointed go harbor
masters, with books Of sum-
monses. to patrol the water
ways.
Under him is State Trooper
Sergt. Eugene OLAF, a hand
some crewcut who is in charge
Of marine law enforcement.
These are all family men.
They vince when they think
about the little girl at the
bottom of the lake.
WHAT CAN THEY DO
with a pilot who causes &C
cidents? He doesn't need a
pilots license. He takes no
road tests; he studies moth
ing Of safety on the water.
All he has to know is how to
gas her up and open the
throttle.
California is more progress
sive. There. all boats, no mat
ter how small or large, must
be registered annually. The
next step is to license all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22

The events through which
chaos was transformed into the
world, as told in Genesis, are
more spectacular than drama
tic, for God the protagonist
had no antagonist before the
appearance of the snake. Since
Haydn's Creation" stops Just
short of the snake and the
apple, the work for the most
part substitutes illustration for
drama. Haydn's canvas is a
picture of tremendous expanse
filled with detail; it has no
central and unifying figure
The music of THE Creation
exploits even effect Haydn had
developed throughout a long
lifetime. and if the structure,
like Beethoven's Pastoral SYM
phony. is static, the mood, de-
spite the mise en- scene, is
heavenly.
The performance given last
night at the Washington
Cathedral under Paul CAL
laway, with the large forces
listed at the head of this ar
ticle was a magnificent rec
reation of the masterpiece. The
chorus was in top form for one
so large-too large, in my
opinion-the orchestra played
with spirit and elan, although
it was a bit ragged because of
insufficient rehearsal, and the
Soloists were all fine in their
solo numbers, although not al
ways entirely happy in the
duets and trioS. From the point
of view of performance, the
most memorable aspect of the
evening was the incredibly
, quiet and smooth pianissimo
singing of the chorus.
Haydn starts the piece with
an empty octave c. This nat
urally is chaos, out of which
the world is evolved in the
long and miraculously evoca-
tive overture. The light that
appeared at Gods command is
a loud major chord, and for
two hours Haydn paints pic
lures in music and titles then
a few bars later in the text.
There are tempests, fires, hail,
the giant sun. eagles, nightin-
gales, whales, lions, horses, a
flexible tiger" and a worm
Sin long dimension creeps in
sinuouS trace"
There are, of course, Adam
and Eve, the former clad not
in fig leaf but in native worth
and honor. In their pristine
state before the Fall. people
were too little human to bt
very interesting. and Haydn
with a fine sense of propriety
does nothing to make them in
dividuals or believable. but
simply shrouds them in beau
tiful music.
Punctuating recitatives anC
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FEATURE PAGES
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Time Is Vital in Cancer Cure
BY DR.. PETER J. sTEINcRoHN

DEAR DIR. STEINCHRON:
We read a lot about the cura-
bility Of cancer. Doctors tell
us to get there early" if we
hope to get well. Is it as
simple as all that?--
Mrs. o. o. P.
THE DIAGNOSIS may not
be as simple as all that; and
the treatment may not be
uncomplicated. Nevertheless,
1t is true that If you get to
your doctor early enough,
any kind of cancer can be
cured.
Some are more malignant
than others. But it is the
time element that is so i'm
portant. Procrastination is
always on the side of disease.
II you give cancer a good
head-start. you often find
yourself in a losing battle.
Is cancer curable2 Accord
ing to some recent statistics
Of the American Cancer So
ciety 100000 Americans have
been cured of cancer and are
still living. Another 100000
are still in the f1ve-year OBJ
servation period after their
treatment. At the end of
this observation they will be
pronounced cured if their
symptoms do not recur.
The Nations doctors are
detecting the early signs of
cancer. Current skills can
save one in every two cancer
victims, if the public will
only take advantage of what
the medical profession Of
fers.
+ +
ALWAYS CAUTION med
zeal associates to tear up by
the roots and throw away for
ever these overworked phrases:
TITS just your nerves" and
1T will only hurt a little"
Often it may hurt "a lot;
and sometimes tits just your
nerves" turns out to be i'll
ness that has an organic
mot an imaginary basis.
For example, consider the
tired, distraught housewife.
The doctor hears so many
complaints daily, that it is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22
FAMILY COUNCIL
Should She
Be Stuck
With Dad?
THE PROBLEM

Gale Bile wants his
father to come live with us.
Max B.-The folks helped
us when we needed them.
THE DETAILS
Gale B.-My husband and
I are beating war drums these
days over the fact that he
wants his father. a widower,
to come to live with us.
We moved into our own
nice home only about a year
ago after having lived in
chicken-coop apartments for
years. I've been enjoying the
space so much. Each of the
kids has a separate room. If
Max's father comes to live
with us. the VITO boys will
have to double up.
Max has two sisters, but
they don't want dear old Dad.
So why must be stuck with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22
Art Director Show
To Open Saturday

The 10th annual Art Dlrec-
tors Show will open at the
Ststler Hotel Saturday.
More than 200 pieces Of the
most advanced design in adj
vertising, editorial and promo
tional art and photography
created in the Washington area
will be displayed in the Upper
Capital Terrace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-22
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
Star Stan Writer

The Washington and Cathedral
Choral Societies, Paul Galloway. con-
ductor Soloists. Nadia Witkowska,
soprano: Maria di Gerlando, So
prano; David Lloyd. tenor: Jan
Rubes bass: Mac Morgan. baritone:
also. the Glee Clubs Of the Ne
tional Cathedral School for Girls
Dirksen director. The National Sym
phony Orchestra At Washington
Cathedral, The Creation" by Jo-
seph Haydn.