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she said, came when she was
chairman of the Los Angeles
Junior League for two years
after serving on the League
board two previous years.
She also served on the Los
Angeles Travellers Aid board
for nine years.
During World War II she
worked as a volunteer, eight
hours a day, at the Travellers
Aid booth in Los Angeles
Union Station.
She was also president of
the Junior Auxiliary of the
Assistance League of Los
Angeles.
"I've spent almost my en-
tire life working over lists
of one kind or another and
learned a lot of shortcuts"
she said.
In 1858, she became a
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there never have been any
members-just staff workers
and directors. The first mem
bership campaign started this
month.
I'VE hope that about 900
responsible people will join,"
Mrs. Morris said. adding,
THE money will help us meet
a deficit in our budget"
She pointed out that
Travellers Aid helps people
travelling through Washington,
assists individuals and fami-
lies in need who have not
lived here long. enough to
qualify as residents, and OPP
crates the Servicemen's
Lounge at Union Station in
conjunction with the USO.
But one of our most i'm
portant, and virtually un-
known, functions is to give
aid to anyone in the Wash
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Mrs. Edgar Morris Aids
Travellers Aid Society

My bedroom was almost
impossible to walk through
envelopes on tables, chairs
and piled on the floor" she
explains.
Helped for 81 Years
She said that each one of
the 80 members of the Trav-
elers Aid board of directors
gave her a list of names.
They included their friends
plus other civic-minded per-
sons who might be interested
in joining the Washington
Travellers Aid Society.
Although Travellers Aid has
been helping travellers in the
Nations capital for 81 years,
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If your hand is tired from
addressing Christmas cards.
then think of Washingtonian
Mrs. Edgar Morris who just
sent out $500 membership
letters for the Travellers Aid
Society of Washington.
AS chairman of the mem
bership com mittee, Mrs.
Morris personally wrote ad-
dresses on more than l,500 of
the letters.
Il put my mother to work
addressing the Others" said
Mrs. Morris. Her mother.
Mrs. A. T. Jergins of San
Antonio is visiting for the
holidays.
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DEAR ABBY: We are an
average family with three
daughters. ages IL, 13 and Is.
Our problem is the 15-year-
old. She is very selfish.
We give all the girls an
allowance and buy them the
best clothes we can afford.
but with all three of them
having her teeth straight
ened at once, we have to
watch our pennies.
Our 15-year-old daughter
baby-sits. We told her she
could do what she wanted
with her baby sitting money.
so she spends it all on clothes.
Instead of saving the
clothes to hand down to her
sisters, she takes them to a
secondhand clothes store
and sells them for practically
nothing.
When I suggested she give
her clothes to her sisters, she
told me (and this hurt) if !
wanted them I could buy
them back from the second
hand store. How would you
handle this girl, Abby?
HURT MON.
The money your daughter
earns Is her own. And so
are the clothes she buys with
that money. You can't force
her to give her clothes to her
sisters. But you can give all
the girls a good lesson in
values by placing less en-
phaSiS on clothes and money
and more on the Old-fash-
iOned virtues, such as gen.
rOsity, fair play and do
untO-Otherness."
\ y
DEAR ABBY: My hus-
band runs a diner and he has
a lazy smart-alecky cook who
thinks he knows everything
And my husband is afraid
to open his mouth to this
cook. For instance, the diner
sells chicken and beefsteak
pies. The crust is so thick
and tough it is impossible to
eat. All our customers send
1t back and complain. MY
husband says that the crust
IS put on Just for ornament
and you aren't supposed to
eat it. I have eaten plenty of
chicken and beef pies and
the crust was just as good
to eat as the inside. Abby,
please tell me if I am wrong.
1 can't win an argument with
my old man.
SILENT PARTNER.
Get vocal. Your husband
surely knows that pie crust
is meant to be eaten. Ex-
plain to him that for the
same dough" he should he
able to get a cook who can
make crust.
DEAR ABBY: My prob
lem is much different from
most women's. They are try
ing to find ways to keep
their husbands home. I am
trying to find a way to get
mine to go some place.
Ever since we were mar
ried four years ago, my hus-
oand has refused to go any,
where without me. I asked
him to go play poker or to
go have a beer or two with
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Farewell Fete

DR.. Charles Sheldon and
Mr.. Graham Metson, foreign
service officers of the State
Department, were honored by
their colleagues at a farewell
luncheon today at the Water
Gate Inn. Mr.. Metson has
accepted a State Department
post in Burma and DR.. Shell
ton will move to Cambridge
University in England, where
ne Will teach Oriental history.
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ington area when other local
agencies are closed as on
weekends and holidays" Mrs.
Morris stressed.
Mrs. Morris estimated that
she worked several hours a
day for a couple Of days In
September and in October,
and then in November devoted
almost ten full days to this
project.
Where did she learn how
to run a membership cam
paign so efficiently?
Experiences
She started working with
Travellers Aid in 1885 in Los
Angeles, first on a case COM
mittee, then as the Travellers
Aid representative on what
corresponded to the commu-
nifty chest council.
But her real experience,
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member Of the Washington
Travellers Aid board of dir
ectors.
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z BuItimorecns
Held in Robberies
In AIexundriu

Two Baltimore area men
were charged with grand lar
ceny yesterday by Alexandria
police. who said the men took
between $400 and $500 in mer-
chandise from 1ive King street
stores.
Police said Detective 1t.
Francis H. johnson saw three
men get out Of q parked car In
the 100 block Of North Colum-
bus street while the driver
waited.
1t. johnson and Detective
Sergt. Charles L. Baber, watch
ing the car, saw one man re-
turn. Two other men, who also
were returning, fed when they
saw the detectives. police said.
A dragnet was set UP in the
area and two men were ar
rested in the rear Of 317 South
Pitt street by Corpl. Allan
Glass. The men were identified
as Frank D. Haynes, 20, OF Bal
timore. and Donald Butler. 26,
of Cherry Hill, Md.
A car witr the stolen goods
was found later in the 100
block of Prince street, police
said. The other two men es-
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the study, already has 299 acres
zoned for industry.
The second phase areas are
TySons Corner. 602 acres: Fort
Belvoir, 2S6; Lorton Valley, 228;
Belmont Bay, 492; Fairfax Sta
ton. 113; east and west Dulles
International Airport at Chan
tilly. i.025. and Sunset Hills.
720.
The proposed acreage, along
with the land currently zoned
for industry. would bring the
total to 5.5i5.
Mr.. Burrage explained that
the acreage took in metropolis
tan needs and explained that
neighboring Alexandria and
Arlington have little room left
for large industrial develop
ments.
The planning study said that
IL possible industrial sites were
considered along the circum-
ferential highway in a separate
study. The sites approved were
consolidated into areas at Ty-
sons Corner, Springfield and
Merrifeld.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Hungarian S Long Trek
Leads to Citizenship

Eleven years ago this month
Thomas A. Vankai escaped
across the border from Hun
gary into Austria.
The 40-year-old agriculturist
left behind the thriving lumber
business the Communists had
taken from him. He carried
only a briefcaSe as he made
his trip to freedom.
AS a refugee, Mr.. Vankai
went to Frankfurt, Germany.
There, in 1949, he met a girl
named Ruth. She was doctor
Since neither was able to speak
the others language, they
talked in English.
Unable to obtain United
States immigration papers, Mr.
Vankai went to Sidney, Austria
liza, to work. Two years later
Ruth Joined him there, and
they were married.
In 1854, they came to Wash
ington. They now live at $500
New Hampshire avenue, Silver
Spring. Mr.. Vankai is working
on his masters degree in
Evening star., 1959-12-17
School Site Purchase
Uroed in Alexandra

Alexandria School Board
members urged the city coun-
Gil to acquire the necessary
acreage as soon as possible for
a proposed new high school.
The city already owns II
acres for the project in the
Forest Park area Just OF
Janneys lane. At least four
more acres are needed, however,
to meet the minimum State
requirements, school officials
said.
School Supt. T. C. Williams
said even more land probably
will be needed because build
ing an access road to the
school will cut of part Of the
acreage. The site, behind the
Macarthur Elementary School,
has no frontage on a street.
The school board urged the
council to acquire more land
quickly because, as Mr.. VIII
liams said, further delay will
probably result in critical cir
cumstances."
In other action, the board
approved 81 new $3.50 tuition
grants under the States pro-
gram designed to combat forced
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attendance at racially inte-
grated schools. Students in all
public schools, whether deseg-
regated or not, are eligible.
The new grants make a to-
tai Of so approved in Alexan-
dria-an expenditure of $15,-
600, Of which the city pays
$4,000 and the State other
1900.
Mr.. williams said only seven
tuition requests have been re-
jected. Those were rejected be-
cause the private schools ap-
piled for were not participat-
ing in the program, the schools
were sectarian, or the schools
failed to meet the specific re-
quirementS.
The superintendent reported
also that last month only five
students dropped out of school
despite the lack of a compul-
sorry attendance law. Two Of
them had reached the age Of
16 when they could quit legal
ly anyway, one was suspended
and one moved. He said only
one Of the five actually quit
school because there was no
compulsory attendance law.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Fuirfux to Sue
To CIinch Bonds

The Fairfax County Super
visors decided yesterday to
short stop a threatened legal
challenge Of their $4.8 million
park and recreation bond issue
by taking legal action of their
own.
The supervisors asked Com
monwealth Attorney Robert C.
Fitzgerald to file a suit for
them to establish the validity of
the bond issue, which was ap-
proved by the voters by a mar
row margin in the general elec-
ton November 3.
A petition attacking the park
bond referendum was filed in
circuit court and later with
drawn when Attorney General
Albertis Harrison ruled the
petitioners would have to take
different legal action.
The petitioners, several of
them members of the County
Taxpayers Alliance, have taken
no further action yet.
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a wait-and-see attitude on the
sales tax question and the
budget until he receives "a
great amount of additional in
formation that is not yet avail
able"
The State Controllers ONCE
today stuck with the $40
million dollar figure it had
furnished Cox. Almond. ON
cials there said the estimate
had been re-flgured after its
release, and they saw no reason
to change it.
For the estimate, which
covers the biennium running
from July /, 1858 through
June 80. 1860, Senator Byrd
said that in the first year
alone there would be q surplus
Of IT million dollars.
The sales tax proposal will
be the major issue facing the
general assembly convening
here in January.
Gov. Almond noted in his
letter that his trial budget did
not include several items.
There were, he said, no funds
for capital outlays, no scale
increases proposed for teach
ers, and nothing recommended
for the literary fund.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Wrecking Slated
At Fish Market

Wreckers are scheduled to
begin tearing down the NUM-
cipal Fish Market January 2,
ofhcials announced today.
An $1,000 contract to raze
the building on Maine avenue at
Twelfth street S.W. has been
awarded to the General Wreck
ing Co. Of Washington.
The job is expected to take
about so days.
The market structure is to
be torn down to make way for
the city's' road program. The
first step is to construct a tenn
porary relocation Of Maine ave-
nue..
After several deadline ex-
tensions, tenants of the fish
market were told last month
that they would have to move
out by January /.
About 13 restaurants and re-
tail seafood dealers still are
doing business at the market.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
REPORTER FINDS
LIMIT TO POLICY
OF COOPERATION

PORTSMOUTH, Va,
(APD. - The school for
rookie policemen, under
way here, includes a lee
ture on "The Cooperative
Function of the Police De-
partment With the News
papers.
In a spirit Of co-opera-
ton, the Ledger-Star sent
a police reporter to cover
the school.
He returned empty
handed.
1t. j. Frank williams,
police training officer, the
newspaperman reported,
had banned the press.
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a specific coming category but
reached no conclusion.
The survey presented by the
supervisors said industry is ian
essential element Of every COM
munity" but added that indus
try should not be attracted to
the county solely to be taxed. /"
Industry should provide the
necessary centers Of employ
ment for county population TO
give the county a degree Of
independence from the Federal
Government employment cen-
ters." the study explained.
The plan was aimed at taking
care Of the rapid change in the
county from small scattered
milling operations to large
well-planned employment CEN
ters," the study said.
The study pointed out that
there have been mo worthy
developments" in industries
having "a considerable labor
force, such as Melpar,s and
estimated that by 1880 Fairfax
County will have about 20,5O0
industrial employees.
1T is the hope of the PLAN
ming staff" the study said, "that
at least q portion of our Fair
fax County industrial land can
be utilized for industrial park
purposes"
The study went on to say that
Of that land now zoned for in
dustry in the county only TS3
acres could actually be used.
zone Of the major obstacles To
future industrial growth within
this county is the lack Of suf-
ficient large sites to facilitate
the industrial park develop
ment," the study added.
"One Of the big reasons for
putting so much proposed in
dustrial land in the master plan
Is the need for a large reserve
that will attract desirable In
dustries." Mr.. Burrage said.
The u sites proposed in the
study were listed in two phases
the first covering land with
water and service available and
the second without those serv-
ices now.
The first phase areas are at
Merrifield, with 655 acres;
Springfield. 1875 acres; Bailey's
Crossroads, ITO acres. and Fair
fax Circle, 1913 acres. The Parr
Warehouse area, which carries
no acreage recommendations in
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segregation cases in Alexandria,
Arlington and Fairfax County.
Mr.. Tucker did not take part
in the Warren County deseere-
cation case but he has served
as attorney for some Of the
Negroes in that case in other
court actions.
Mr.. Tucker has been charged
with offering to represent one
Of six defendants in an assault
case last June.
Mr.. Tucker. who was repre-
senting five of the defendants,
interviewed the sixth man in
jail and offered to defend him
when he found the defendant
had no money and was q minor,
it was reported.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Physical Tests
For Drivers Due

The District Commissioners
today ordered physical exami-
nations for any driver who
seeks reinstatement of his per-
NIT after being involved in a
traffic fatality.
The examinations will be
given by Department of Health
physicians.
The Commissioners decision
was made on the recommended
ton of George England, head
of the Department of Motor
Vehicles. Mr.. England's pro-
posal had been indorsed by the
Traffic Co-ordinating Commit
tee.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
State Senator Byrd Predicts
$50 Million Budget Surplus

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. IT
(AP).-State Senator Harry F..
Byrd. Jr., today predicted a
$50 million surplus in the
State treasury for the current
bienniurn.
His estimate is $40 million
more than the one used by Gov.
Almond in advocating a 3 per
cent State sales tax.
In releasing his estimate, the
Senator from Winchester took
Evening star., 1959-12-17
DisbormentH Hearing Set
For Negroes Attorney

Disbarment procee din g S
against a Negro attorney from
Alexandria who has served as
co-counsel in several desegrega-
ton suits in Northern Virginia
will meet Monday in Front
Royal, Va.
Otto L. Tucker win face a
hree-judge panel in Warren
County Circuit Court.
The Seventh District Com
mittee Of the Virginia State Bar
has accused Mr.. Tucker Of So
lieiting his professional employ
ment in Warren County last
August.
Mr.. Tucker has served as at
torney for Negro children in de-
Evening star., 1959-12-17

agricultural economics at the
University of Maryland. Ruth
is a doctor at the Washington
Sanitarium.
Yesterday the Vankai's were
among rs persons who became
citizens at a naturalization
ceremony in the Alexandria
Federal Court.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
New Foirfox industrial Plan Aims
At Freedom From u. S. PoyroIIs

An industrial master plan
aimed at giving Fairfax County
"a degree of independence"
from Federal Government en-
ployment centers was outlined
yesterday to the Board Of
County Supervisors.
william C: Burrage. county
planning director, said Fairfax
would be the first county In the
Metropolitan Area with such
q detailed plan.
The plan would be "a real
step forward for Fairfax Coun-
ty." Mr.. Burrage said. explain-
ing that industrial plans in
Maryland jurisdiction only
point to general land areas for
industrial use.
The Fairfax plan would put
5,515 acres in the industrial
category in the county's mas
ter plan for development, al
most quadrupling the acreage
zoned now for industry.
The industrial plan is the
fifth phase Of the county's six
unit master plan program. The
industrial master plan was
started two years ago.
Highways Last
The supervisors already have
adopted plans for residential
areas, sewers, commercial de-
velopment and public facilities.
A highway plan viii be the
final step.
Mr.. Burrage said he wanted
to make 1t clear that the plan
was, the result Of q planning
department study and that all
sections had. not yet been In
dorsed by the planning COM
mission.
The supervisors asked the
planning commission for rec
ommendations on the plan by
January 20. The supervisors
then viii set 3 date for q public
hearing.
Noting that inclusion Of land
in q master plan was not the
same as coming. Mr.. Burrage
said anyone who wanted to use
any Of the suggested land for
industry would still have TO
apply for proper zoning.
Not for Tax Alone
The supervisors considered
briefly whether each area pro-
posed for industry should carry
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Fugitive Captured

FIR REDER ICKSBURG, Va,
Dec. II (APO.-Calvin Darnell,
an escapee from a State road
camp at Baskerville. was ap-
pretended by a State trooper
here about midnight Tuesday.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Col. Booth to Act

RICHMOND, Dec. II (AP).-
Col. Paul M. Booth Of the Vir-
ginia National Guard was des-
ignted yesterday as acting State
adjutant general during the ILL
ness of Maj. Gen. Sheppard
Crump.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Groyefon High
Double Shifts
Seen in Fall

Double shifts next fall at
Groveton High School were
forecast last night by a Fairfax
County school board member.
Board Member Clyde w.
Gleason said. "It looks as If
they'll have to put up with
double shifts"
Mr.. Gleason said it would be
the first time in the county's
history a high school was put
on double sessions.
Mr.. Gleason said Groyeton
area residents would have to
tolerate this arrangement II
they wanted q new intermediate
school to open there In the
winter Of l960-6i.
II the intermediate school Is
to- open then, the school star
and student body will have to
be assembled and housed in
September, he said.
To Ask Bids
The only place to house them
will be Groveton High School,
he explained.
At the same session, the
board agreed to advertise for
bids on the intermediate school
for Groveton. It viii be the
county's eighth such school and
viii be called William Cullen
Bryant.
The board also asked its
attorney, John c. Wood, and
Commonwealth Attorney Rob-
ert c. Fitzgerald to find out
the boards exact responsibility
in certifying for the State
Board Of Education private
SCHOOLS attended by youngsters
receiving tuition grants.
The board took this action
after receiving letters from
County Health Director Harold
Kennedy and Fire Marshal
Willis H. Burton, jr., on FIRE
and health inspections ct pri-
vate schools.
Water Deficient
DR.. Kennedy said water sup
plies at two schools did mot
meet requirements. Fire Mar
shall Burton said all the schools
inspected were In satisfactory
condition.
Assistant Supt. George H.
Pope said the State Board of
Education felt inspection of the
private schools receiving tuition
grant money was a Joint
responsibility.
Board Chairman Samuel S.
Solomon asked how the school
board was going to inspect
schools in Massachusetts, or
California. The schools receiv-
ing tuition grant money must
meet minimum requirements on
fire protection, health stand
ards and teacher qualifications.
So far, the school board has
checked only fire protection
and health requirements. Mr..
Gleason said the board should
put in writing its feeling that
the requirements are "imprac-
tical."
Evening star., 1959-12-17

uoSTS with nice touch for this sort of thing
i insist on using rum in Christmas eggnogs.a
After all. this traditional merry cup started with
rum back in early American days.
Make sure you have enough rum on hand to
toast all your holiday guests. When buying rum,
always look for the words Puerto Rcan Rum" on
the label This is your assurance that the brand is
of the finest quality produced, aged, and bottled
in sunny Puerto Rico.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
RECIPES

Traditional Christmas EgsnOe. Beat the yolks of
II eggs until light. Add n h. sugar. Continue beat
ing until thick and pale Stir in qt milk, fifth"
of Puerto Rican rum. Chill hrs Pour into punch
bowl, fold in l qt. heavy cream, stif1y whipped
Chill hr. Sprinkle with nutmeg. (Serves 2O)
Shortcut Recipe: Use eggnog mix from your dairy.
Add OF. Puerto Rican rum to qt. of mix, fold in
cup heavy cream, stif1y whipped. Chill Add nut
meg. (ServeS 81
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-10-15
New Items from Czandon

tapes from Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Patton who have recent
ly moved to the PHILIPPINE Is
lands.
New officers will take their
stations in grange this week.
Mrs. Edna wilkins is new
Lecturer. Other officers will
be printed at a later date.
Helen Morrison of Toronto,
Canada spent the week end
in the home of Mrs. Margaret
Wilmot.
Raymond Kellogg returned
home late last week from a
Cleveland hospital feeling
much better.
George Bower has been on
sick list past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Shan
over of Eustis Fla, and Men
tor, Ohio, attended Congre-
gational church services and
were dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Norman Pollock.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Fen
wick of Cleveland attended
church service and later were
in Burton to the Apple But
ter Festival.
Mrs. Nell Frey of Ruskin,
Fla, was visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Orrin Valentine over the
week end.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1959-10-15

The Congregational Church
Bazaar will be Oct. "a, Sat.
with usual articles on sale
and supper. Hope all men,
bers are getting the home
work done.
Bill Morgan and Joyce Ep-
ling of Orwell will be mar
ried Sunday, Oct. 18 in Con-
gregational church. Open
house. Bill has made his home
in recent years with Mr.. and
Mrs. Bartlett Warner.
Bridesmaids of Miss Wv
ian Starr gave her a shower
Friday night, Oct. 8 at the
home of Mrs. Keith Sperry in
Chesterland.
The Golden Rule Fellowship
met Saturday night in the
home of Rev. Mr.. and Mrs.
Christianson. After a bount-
eous dinner, they showed pic
ture slides Of interest. War
rem Taylor played recording