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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
House Left
In Middle of
Busy Street

Somebody left a house in the
middle of Macarthur boulevard
this morning.
It's a large, two-story red
brick home. and it's neatly
straddling the center strip
blocking trafiic in the 5000
block between Chain Bridge
road and Cushing place NV.
Police said they were told
that the workmen who had
pushed and. hauled the house
all night were too fatig,led'
by 5 am. today to continue and
their foreman told them to &C
home.
Seventh Precinct Capt. Dan
Kennedy said he was told the
Braddock Co. was to resume
work at 4 pm. today. but he
is going to try to get a little
faster action.
He said the Braddock Co.
had O permit from the District
Highway Department to move
the house from SOILS MacAr-
thur boulevard-the George
town Day School-to 1924, a
lot belonging to Frank L. Col
bert, between 8 pm. last night
and S am. today.
A wooden bridge had been
built over the aqueduct, which
lies beneath the center strip
After checking the Braddocl
Co. and the highway depart.
ment, Capt. Kennedy said pros
poets were dim for getting thu
house where it belongs before
the evening rush hour.
A spokesman for the Brad
dock Co. said that extra pre-
cautions taken to make certain
that no damage was done to the
center strip or the aqueduct put
the move behind schedule.
Work was halted before the
house had been moved to 6
point where it would tie up two
blocks. rather than one. HI
said.
When work is resumed today
it should be completed by
pm, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
D. c. Studies
Bond Issue
For Stadium

The Armory Board meets
with District Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin this
afternoon to further discuss
financing and construction
plans for the city's proposed
municipal stadium.
The session follows on the
heels of congressional action
yesterday in authorizing the
Secretary Of Interior to spend
$2.6 million for access roads,
landscaping and parking lots
for the project on the banks
Of the Anacostia River. Total
cost is between So million and
$40 million.
Principal subject to be dis.
cussed, spokesman for the
board said, is the manner in
which . private bond issue will
be fioated for construction Of
the 50.000-seat stadium.
Another important item to
be thrashed out is the fact that,
at present, the Armory Board
has no commitment or lease
from the proposed Stadium's
most likely tenants - George
Marshall, owner of the WASH
ington Redskins football team.
and Calvin Griffith, owner Of
the Washington Senators base
ball team.
Regardless of the outcome Of
the District building meeting,
actual construction will not get
under way for probably a year.
The item will have to be in
Guided in Interiors next budget
which will not be prepared
until sometime in January.
Meanwhile, the Armory Board
managers of the proposed
facility will have to determine
just how far they can proceed
with the bond issue in view of
the fact that neither Of the
two big professional sports
have signed leases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
Parents Settle
Drowning Suit

The parents Of q 13-year-
old youth who drowned in
Timberlake. near Oakton, Va,
accepted a $4,000 out-of- court
settlement yesterday from the
lakes owner. Joseph S. Young
The plaintiffs. Mr.. and Mrs,
Denzel c. Carrico had sued for
$4,000. Their son Michael
drowned July 10, 1858.
The settlement followed an
all day Circuit Court hearing
The Carricos live at 324 Fisher
Drive, Falls Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

A GLASS CASE displayed
several articles about Chap
man written for art maya
zines by Georgia s. Cham
berlain (Mrs. Robert S. Of
Alexandria. She seems to
have become a "discoverer"
of Chapman. A telephone
conversation added much to
the story.
John Gadsby Chapman was
the grandson Of John Gadsby
of Gadsby Tavern. A Chap
man portrait Of Gadsby and
his wife hangs in the tavern
which is now a museum.
At 10 he set himself up in
Winchester as an artist.
Later he studied at the Penn
sylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, and then, through the
help of friends and the fam
lily, he went to Rome.
The commission for the
'Pocahontas" at the Capitol
came because he had a cham
pion in Congress, Henry Alex
ander Wise Of Accoma C
County, Va, who later be-
came governor and signed
John Browns death warrant.
Washington Allston, the
great American artist of the
day, had turned it down. He
was trying to finish a major
work and got himself into a
psychological state where he
couldn't finish anything.
But Samuel F. B. Morse,
the president of the National
Academy Of Design, an ex-
cellent painter, was so put
out about being passed over
that he gave up art and
turned to electricity. That's
why we have the Morse code
and the telegraph.
In 1847 Chapman brought
out the American Drawing
Book" described as an ex-
cellent work that must have
helped thousands Of Ameri-
cans whose impulse was pic
torial. 1t went through many
editions. Then III 1848 at the
age Of 40 he went to Rome
and spert almost all of his
rereaining 40 years There.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
Sewer Delay
AtAirport
To Be- Asked

The Fairfax supervisors to-
day voted to ask that President
Eisenhower delay construc-
ton Of the sewage facilities for
the Dulles International Air
port until Congress has q
chance to reconsider its denial
of a larger appropriation.
Congress has approved only
sewage into the Potomac above
the Districts water intake. The
administration has asked for
$2.3 million to funnel the sew
age into the District for treat
lment.
The President. earlier this
month asked the Federal Avi-
alton Agency TO hold up work
on the $750,000 project and
asked for Q new study Of the
pollution controversy.
The board acted unani-
mously on a motion from
Brig. Gen. Richard p. Oven
shine.
Il think we should send q
Resolution to the President ask
ing that the disposal plant not
be permitted until Congress
has a chance to reconsider II
at their next session." Gen
Ovenshine said.
The members noted that the
limited sewage facilities could
not be used by the extensive
industrial and commercial
developments which are being
planned around the airport al
Chantilly. Va.
eve should make it clea.
that the only way we can tax,
care Of those areas near tn,
airport win be with temporar,
sewage facilities" said Mrs
Anne wilkins.
The members noted that I,
long-range study Of sewer need
in the area has been authorizes
but that interim facilities mus
be used in the meanwhile.
Chairman Stuart DeBell OBJ
served that the FAA lust can
wait" much longer to begin de
velopment Of sewer facilitie
since the airport is schedules
for completion in 1861.
The Presidents request TO
Congress to reconsider wa
lost in the adjournment rush
The Senate Appropriation
Committee had again approved
the larger sum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
Virginia Student
Killed by Truin

PORTSMOUTH, Va. Sept. l6
(AP).-A high school sopho-
more was struck and killed by
a train here yesterday.
James Lawrence Phelps. IS,
died in a hospital Of a fractured
skull and internal injuries four
hours after being hit by the
Atlantic Coast Line train. The
boy was cutting across the
tracks near q grade crossing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
636 WINDOWS
ARE SMASHED
AT KINGSMAN

Kingsman Elementary
School had one Of the
highest number Of broken
windows this year.
The total, 636 panes. is
still q decrease from the
1877 reported last year.
Other schools with par
ticularly large numbers Of
smashed panes include:
Browne Junior High
School, 500; Bundy Ele-
mentary School. 480;
Young Elementary School,
468; Phelps Vocational
High School, 288, and
Shadd Elementary School
entirely equipped with
large, modern, and ex-
penSive windows, $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
Daylight Time Survey

RICHMOND. Sept. 16 (AP)
The Virginia State Chamber
Of Commerce is going to poll
some 5000 State businessmen
to see whether they are in
favor of daylight saving time.
Results will be presented to
the 1860 General Assembly If
a daylight time bill is con-
sidered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

SEVEN PAINTINGS of uni
form size (about 8 feet wide
and 2 feet high were hang
ing from the balcony. One
was an interior, the rest
landscapes. They were beau
tiful.
They are owned by Chaun-
cey Stillman of the distin-
guished New York family Of
that name and were brought
to Alexandria from the Vir-
ginia Museum Of Art in Rich
mond by the Alexandria As
ISOLATION.
One. q street scene Of the
home of George Washington's
mother in Fredericksburg,
had the light-on-the-wall eff
feet, that made Utrillo IA
NOUS o century later.
The yoke of oxen drawing
q cart IN the street before
the house win seem senti-
mental to moderns. But OK
drawn carts were not unusual
In Fredericksburg.
The interior was the room
ct Mount Vernon where
George Washington died,
painted in the l83os, when
the same furniture was still
there.
All the pictures had some
thing to do with Washing
ton-Wakefield, his birth
place, marked only by a
stone; the Ferry Farm, scene
Of his boyhood and the
cherry tree; a splendid
painting Of Mount Vernon
from down river, and one Of
Yorktown. They were in the
idiom Of the Hudson River
School, America as seen by
Americans, something that a
later generation Of American
painters schools at Fontain-
bleu became ashamed Of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
D. c. Schools Report
10000 Broken 'Pones
Three-Eourths of Window Breukuge
Blamed on Summertime Vandalism
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
star stan Writer

than 1000 windows in District public schools were
broken during the summer school officials reported today
estimated 5000 Of these were wilfully smasneo py
vandals according to Oswald Barram superintendent OF
operations school buildings and grounds The rest were
broken accidentally.
n will cost over $50 600 to replace them Mr. Bartram
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

ing aneaQ On more IMAM q
Guiding the Potomac River
freeway and the Glover-Arch-
bold parkway.
Spending proposals for op-
Grating expenses during the
fiscal year beginning July l
amounted to SIS million. bring
ling the total recommended
budget to nearly $40 million.
Ofncials emphasized that the
planned construction program
may have to be cut back be-
cause Of reduced Federal aid.
Under the highway bill recent
|ly passed by Congress, the
city's current $24.6 million in
Government matching funds Is
expected to drop to about $18
million during the next fiscal
year.
S4.5 Million Below
The recommended $l3.5 mil
lion for public works is about
$4.5 million less than the cur
rent figure.
The budget office's recon-
mended SIS million for ope-
rating expenses. which Is about
$6S,00 less than the depart
ment had asked. is $3.50. 00C
higher than the ALLEGATION fol
the current fiscal year.
Under the proposed con-
struction budget. funds are
] provided to complete the a.
nancing Of:
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
I 1904 ,000-4Work on the $24.s
million span is expected Il
begin in December and bt
completed in the fall Of 1862
e Street Project
E street NV. project, $2.s
million-No construction sche,
dule has been set for thii
So million project. a dual road.
way running between the innel
loop systems west leg to Eigh.
tenth street NV, with under.
pass structures at Twenty
first street. Virginia avenue
and Twenty-third street.
Southeast freeway. $407.0 0(
- Construction Of the $10.s
million freeway, from South
Capitol street to Seventh
street, is expected to begir
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

operations Tor SCHOOL pullulIls
broken accidentally.
It will cost over 100000
said. Four crews Of men are
not expected to complete the
Job until Christmas.
No panes were replaced dur
ing the summer. he explained.
because they would just have
been rebroken." Replacement
was started on Monday-after
the buildings were once again
occupied during the day.
Despite the record high num-
Der of breakages, Mr.. Bartram
said he felt the picture would
be much brighter next year
Only 678 more panes were bro
ken this summer than last, ne
explained. These were more
than offset by the additional
buildings and students in the
system.
Over the previous three
years, the total had increased
about 80 per cent.
Mr.. Bartram blamed much
of the damage on parents who
fail to impress their children
with the seriousness Of the sit
uation.
They're often more con-
cerned about getting replace
ment SO their children won't
get colds than they are about
curbing the actual breakage,
he said.
Fifty-seven schools in the
District have more than loo
panes broken, he reported
They are mainly in the North
east and Southeast sections Of
the city where greater areas Of
unpaved ground readily provide
debris for use as missiles.
We're starting a new policy
this year." Mr.. Bartram said
THE schools with the fewest
number Of broken windows are
getting replacement first. Thii
means that if you want to get
glass IN you better not break
so much out"
Meanwhile, pieces Of ma
sonite, cut to window size. have
been distributed to all schools
| to cover up the damage tenn
porarily.
Improvement Seen
The relative improvement
| in the situation this year
there were actually fewer panes
broken than last in proportion
to the total number of build
ings and students-was attrib-
uted to three factors by Mr.
Bartam:
Additional window guards
installed in many Vulnerable
first-floor and sometimes Sec
ond-fioor locations.
Strict orders to building GUS
todians to pick up all debris
in the vicinity early eacf
morning.
The school administration
drive, started last fall, to gair
the cooperation of parent!
and teachers to combat thu
vandalism.
Drive Underway
This last factor is the mos
important, Mr.. Bartram said
Because Of it he expects thu
situation to improve gradually
over a period Of years. III
always takes some time to ge'
a drive going" he noted.
Police Juvenile Squad Capt
John F. Ryan said his uni
gives the problem all the at
tention we possibly can"
Because it is such a wide
spread one, however, his meI
have been unable to establish
a pattern or to concentrate OF
only a few buildings.
What I can't understand.
he said, "is why we get so few
calls from citizens that schoo
windows are being broken
How can as many as 100 fami
lies surround a building with
out one notifying us so that W
have q chance to catch tn
juveniles responsible?"
The captain also noted it is
strange mystery" that windoN
breakage at the numerous pa
rochial and private schools i
the District does not constitut
! q problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
S13.5 Million Is Asked
For District Highways

request by the District Highway Department for $l35
million in construction money next year. including final funds
for the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and three other major
projects, has been Endorsed by budget officials
The proposed construction budget also provides for
ing ahead than dozen other key projects in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16
The
Rambler
Attends
one-Mon Show
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


Ever hear Of John Gadsby
Chapman?
The Rambler confesses he
hadn't until Mrs. william B.
Hurd Of 219 South Royal
street, Alexandria, tele-
phoned him yesterday.
She's an enthusiastic resi-
dent Of old Alexandria Of 10
years standing They're the
most enthusiastic ones). She
was quite generous in the
matter of forgiving my
ignorance.
He was an Alexandrian,
born in 1808," she said. He
painted The Baptism of
Pocahontas' in the Rotunda
Of the Capitol, but don't let
that discourage you. He's
done much better work than
that. We are giving him a
one-man show in the Alex
andria Library. Come on
over and see it."
Taking in an exhibit Of an
early 10th century artist
seemed unlikely with Mr..
Khrushchev in town, and all
that. But a check on Chap
man in the American Die
tionary of Biography showed
that he was a story.
And as the day wore on
without an experience that
would hurry one to a type
writer, John Gadsby Chap
man began to grow.
So the Rambler stopped in
the library on his way home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-16

900 to replace them, Mr.. Bartram
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
BEAVERDAM METHODIST
CHARGE
0scar w Rurdatte Minister

Oscar w. Burdette, Minister
Beaverdam:
Church School $3.50 a. m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a. m.
ROckpOrt:
Morning Worship $3.50 a. m.
Church School 1880 a. m.
Pleasant Hill:
Church School 9:30 a. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25

sustain the hopes of its people.
We have the Christian philoso-
ply. Life is worth more along
the Maumee than along the Vol
ga, he declared.
Secondly, DR.. Sockman said
the church must look to its lights.
We have a tendency to want to
see a blue print of world peace
without working up to it. World
problems must be discussed at
the community level. Our ideals
must be taken down to small
steps of action. Quoting Dwight
L. Moody, he said that Char
acter is what a man is in the
dark" He added that in the large
cities, the individual is lost in
darkness.
"The spirit of the smaller COM
munity is the best defense
against Communism" he added.
His third point was that, 1--WE
must look to the width of our
roads. They must be wide
enough for men of all races to
travel" He cited the greater
unity of the churches in all de-
nominations working together.
why do we have to make so
much of our differences in the
various denominations" he
asked.
There is a new note, Love as
Christ has loved us" which will
bind our churches together. We
must somehow make people feel
we are all members of Gods
family, he said. d
Finally, DR.. Sockman declared,
that Faith will be the important
power to keep Christians going.
He predicted that the cold war
will continue, and that we can
only lose the peace by lack of
hope. 1T is not enough to just
have faith; we must have a
faith" he said.
Mrs. Hobart P. Brown of Ak
ron, president of the United
Church Women, introduced DR..
Sockman, calling him the great
est churchman our day has
known. Mrs. Ormond Dewey, of
Washington Courthouse, second
vice president, gave the Scrip
ture reading and prayer.
Opening the evening program
was group singing led by the
Rev. James Osuga, associate
pastor of the Broad Street Chris
tan church of Columbus.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Godfrey Bigler
Rites Saturday

Final rites were held Saturday
afternoon from the Basinge1
funeral home for Godfrey Bigler
76, of 207 North Main street
Bluffton, who died at las a. m
Thursday of last week in Blanch
ard Valley hospital after an ex.
tended illness.
Mr.. Bigler, a retired butcher
was born February Ia, 1883 ir
Bluffton. He was the son oi
Fredrick and Anna (Schaublin)
Bigler. He married Lille Gum,
ingham who died February 23
1859.
Surviving him are his sisters,
Mrs. Leslie Kimmel, Bluffton,
and Mrs. William Kohl, Berrien
Springs, Mich.
Mr.. Bigler was a member of
the Bluffton United Presbyterian
church. The Rev. w. j. Hannum,
pastor of the church, officiated
at funeral services, and burial
was in Thompson cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Pleasant Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kimmel,
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kimmel
and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Burdell Lowell and family were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Badertscher for a basket dinner
on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Huber and
family spent the week end in
Columbus with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
B. Maynard.
George Theis and son Vernon
and Mrs. Vivian Agner spent
Thursday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Theis and family.
and son Douglas of Avon Lake
were week end guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Theis and family.
Miss Sandra Theis spent the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Donald
Turner and son.
Past week callers in the c. M.
Gleason home were Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Kindle and family, Mr..
and Mrs. M. P. Gleason, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. M. Gleason, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dwight Kunert and Mr.. and
Mrs. Vern Wallace of Upper San
dusky.
Mrs. Don Miller Of Delphos
stayed with Mr.. and Mrs. c. M.
Gleason during the United
Church Womens conference at
Bluffton college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Jennings
and Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Jen-
nings and son Tommy called on
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Watt Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Winston Jennings
and sons were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willard Jennings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmer-
man and daughter Arletta were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Herr.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
In The
Churches
EBENEZER CHURCH
WY WI.-U~sx. rx0w. Dnrtnvs

EBEN EZEk CH UhCH
w. j. Flickinger, Pastor
Thursday:
500 p. m. Family Bible Hour
900 p. m. Choir practice
Sunday:
$3.50 a. m. Sunday School
10:30 a. m. Morning Worship
service
7:3O p. m. Christian Endeavor
8:15 p. m. Evening Gospel
service
A warm welcome to all our
visiting friends.
FIRST MISSIONARY CHURCH
North Lawn Avenue
Robert Dye Sr., Pastor
Thursday, June 25:
500 p. m. Prayer service
Friday, June 26:
500 a. m. Mems Work Day
Sunday, June %:
$3.50 a. m. Sunday School
1O:3O a. m. Worship service
$40 D. m. Prayer time
700 p. m. Gospel Light service
7:30 p. m. Evening Gospel
service
Tuesday, June 30:
600 p. m. Work Night
Wednesday, July l: =.
500 p. m. Church Council
meeting.
~
BETHEL CHURCH OF CHRIST
Leland Quay, Minister
Bible School $3.50 a. m. Ellis
Cardwell, Supt.
Morning Worship 1880 a. m.
Bethel Workers of Christ
(Youth) $50 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Former BluftOn
Minister Going
To Brazil Meet

The Rev. Ernest N. Bigelow,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Findlay and a former
pastor of the United Presbyterian
church of Bluffton, has been
made an accredited visitor at the
Eighteenth General Council of
the World Presbyterian Alliance
in Sac Paulo, Brazil, July 27 to
August 6.
An official participant from
Maumee Presbytery, Rev. Bige-
low will be the only one attend
ing from northwestern Ohio.
The Alliance will have repre-
sentatives from 73 member
groups all over the world, having
a combined communicate mem
bership of about 45 million Chris
tians. 1t unites most churches
which spring directly or Indirect
ly from the Swiss, French, Scot
tish, Dutch, Hungarian and Rhen-
ish reformations.
The Alliance, which meets ev-
cry five years, is meeting in
Brazil this summer because the
time comedies with the Tooth an
niversary of Protestant mission
ary effort in Brazil.
Rev. Mr.. Bigelow was a dele
gate to the World Conference of
Christian Youth in Amsterdam,
Holland, in 1889. He was a chap
lain in the U. S. Army during
World War II with overseas duty
in Europe.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-06-25
Christian Church at End of Cycle,
DR.. SOckn1Gn Tells Local Audience

The Christian church is at the
end of a cycle with the largest
membership in history, and is
about to begin new advances, DR..
Ralph Sockman, world-famous
radio minister and newspaper
columnist, told an audience
which filled Bluffton college
chapel to capacity Monday eve
ming.
The Methodist pastor of New
York City's Christ church de
livered the keynote address at
the 33rd annual conference of
Ohio United Church Women
which opened Monday on the
college campus.
The chapel was filled with a
large attendance (mostly wo-
mem of the community in addi-
ton to the 180 delegates attend
ing the conference.
DR.. Sockman outlined a four
point program by which he said
Christians should approach the
church's newest cycle.
First, he said, we must "get
out a road map" The church
needs a sense of direction. 1t
can endure most anything, if we
feel we're headed in the right
direction. This is true of indi-
viduals and it is true of the
church, he said.
We need a strong philosophy
of life, he said. We do not meas
ure our real strength with Rus
sia in missiles, but in philosophy
of life. Russia has nothing to