Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-02
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that traffic will be heavy on
Sunday.
All stores will be open in the
Washington area tomorrow but
most of them, including depart
ment stores and supermarkets,
will be closed on Saturday, the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association said.
District and Virginia banks
will remain open tomorrow.
Certain Maryland banks also
have announced they will be
open tomorrow but will not
have evening hours. They in
clude the Bank of Maryland,
the Citizens Bank of Maryland,
the Bank of Silver Spring, the
National Bank of Maryland and
the Suburban Trust Co.
In giving most Government
workers Friday off. President
Eisenhower said: 1T is appro-
pirate that those employees who
do not regularly work on that
day Saturday be given an
alternate day in special observ-
ance of this anniversary"
He ordered the day of for
all employees except those re-
quired to be on duty for nation
al security reasons. Those who
do have to work tomorrow will
get a compensatory day of
some other time.
To Lay Cornerstone
In a brief ceremony at noon
Saturday, President Eisenhower
will lay the cornerstone Of the
Capitol's new East Front in
Masonic ceremonies. Mr.. Eisen-
hover plans to spend the week.
end at Gettysburg but will
fly down by helicopter long
enough to participate in the
cornerstone laying.
The occasion is the ami
versary of the date in 1851
when President Willard Fillmore
laid the cornerstone of the
House and Senate wings of the
Capitol. President Eisenhower
is not a Mason; his participa-
ton is apart from the lodges
own ceremonies.
The weatherman contributed
a generally favorable forecast
for the week end. 1t calls for
Temperatures near normal, from
86 to 68 degrees. 1t will be a
warm week end, the forecaster
said, but not as bad as during
the recent heat wave. Showers
are likely by Sunday.
A number of patriotic OBJ
servances have been scheduled
for Saturday in the Washington
area, as well as the unscheduled
but widespread shooting of of
fireworks by individuals.
At Monument
The big display this year will
be at the Washington Monu-
ment grounds site. The pro-
gram will start with display
of daylight fireworks at 7 pm.
Saturday, followed by patriotic
ceremonies at 8 pm. and the
big pyrotechnic display as soon
as it gets dark.
All 1000 seats for the dis
play are free on a first-come-
first-served basis.
The ceremony will include
a tribute to the two new States
of the Union - Hawaii and
Alaska. District Commissioner
David B. Karrick will partici-
pate in the program.
Brig. Gen. Robert N. Tyson,
assistant controller of the
Army, will be principal speaker
at the Takoma Park Indepen-
dence Day Patriotic Exercise
Services at 8 pm. Saturday at
the Takoma Park Recreation
Center.
Prince Georges County will
celebrate the Fourth under the
sponsorship of the Prince
Georges Junior Chamber of
Commerce and the Indepen-
ldence Day Committee, Inc. al
Prince Georges Plaza, starting
at 10 am. Saturday. The theme,
which is world Peace, will
include a special tribute to the
late Secretary of State Dulles,
Parade To Plaza
| Athletic events will open the
all-day program. A parade will
| wind through the county to
the plaza from 4 pm. to $40
pm, including motorized units
of the National Guard. high
school bands, floats and fire
apparatus. A band concert is
scheduled from $50 to 8 pm
with a huge fireworks display
winding up the show at 10 pm
: The Wood Acres Citizens
Association will hold it's SECOND
/ annual Fourth of July parade
/ and outing beginning at 10 am
Saturday. The parade viii
: feature the 356th Army Banc
and a procession of children
on gaily-decorated bicycles anc
strollers. Flag raising ceremon-