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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20

lish. was recently elected law
queen at the University Of
Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.
Last year she represented
the freshmen women on the
student council.
Her parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul A. Borel, 10 Holmes Run
road.
Lawrence D. Posner Of WASH
ington has been named o Baker
scholar at the Harvard Grad
uate School Of Business Ad-
ministration.
The II Baker scholars repre-
sent the academic top 2.5 per
cent Of the class Of 1861.
Mr.. PoSner belongs to the
Phi Beta Kappa. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley I.
Posner, $3.50 Oliver street.
. =
Nancy Julius Of Washing
ton, a freshman at the Uni
versity Of Maryland, has been
elected a member Of the Alpha
Lambda Delta. freshman scho-
lastic sorority.
Miss Julius is also q member
Of the Phi Sigma Sigma, AS.
sembly Committee Of the Clas.
Of 1864. and assistant photo
editor of the Diamondhack
campus newspaper.
She is the daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Julius, 164a
Roxana road NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Ford Foundation
Approves Gront
To Service Unit

The Ford Foundation has
approved a grant Of $500. 900
to the Family Service Associa-
ton of America for a concen-
trated program to improve
services for older people and
their families
The four-year program would
seek to improve counseling,
homemaker services. foster care
and other specialized programs
of family service agencies.
The association is the ma
tional federation of almost 300
united fund-supported family
service agencies in the United
States and Canada, with four
in the Washington area. Their
function is to prevent family
breakdown and strengthen FAM
lily life.
The project calls for en-
ployment of a small, highly
mobile staff of specialists en-
gagged in demonstrations in
some 80 communities under a
Nationwide plan decided upon
by a national advisory commit
tee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
NEWS OF MUSIC
Coplond's Viewpoint
On Music Refreshing

Of different composers. Lay
men tend to take these diver
gencies for granted. But &C
tually the type Of sonorohs
appeal we take so much for
granted-the sorority chosen
instinctively for its sheer
beauty of sounds partly
the invention Of Liszt. No
other composer before him
understood better how to
manipulate tones SO as to
produce the most satisfying
sound texture ranging from
the comparative simplicity Of
q beautifully spaced accom-
panimental figure to the mas
sive fall of a shimmering cas-
cade Of shimmering chords.
One might legitimately hold
that this emphasis upon the
sound-appeal Of music weak
ems its spiritual and ethical
qualities. Perhaps. but even
so one cannot deny List the
role Of pioneer in this regard.
for without his seriously con-
trived pieces we would not
have the loneliness Of
DebusSy, or Ravel's textures,
or the dangerous poems Of
Scriabine." The whole piece
about the music Of Liszt from
which this excerpt is taken Is
the high point of the book.
Impassioned, acute and con-
vincing, it is music criticism
(of the kind that is not tech
nical analysis) at its very
best - emotional but lucid,
constructive but controversial.
Faure is another composer
COPELAND holds in an esteem
which may seem extraordi-
nary to the American music
lover. Here we think Of Faure
as a man who wrote charm
ing songs and one miraculous
requiem, the most effortless,
undogmatic and winning
piece Of church music since
the days Of Mozart. In France,
says COPELAND, the name Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20

high school. I am a practical
nurse. Can / get an education
and become a registered nurse?
Am I too old to go to college?
That's been my life ambition.
A. No, you're not too old to
go to high school or college.
No one ever is, really. In your
case you could finish high
school at night. Or you might
take the high school equiva-
lency test. If you pass. you will
get the equivalent of a high
school diploma. You live in
Cleveland; check with one or
two of the Cleveland colleges
and universities about evening
courses. There's no reason in
the world. If you are ambitious,
why you shouldn't continue
with your education and adj
vance yourself in your profess
sion. That's what ! like about
the American school system
1t is a democratic system. No
one is ever too old, too poor or
too unworthy to get an educa-
tin. If you seek. you'll find that
there's a program available for
everyone. Millions of adults,
your age or older, are taking
high school and college work.
@. This summer ! had the
fortunate experience of partici-
pating in a seminar study tour
for teachers in South America.
I met a bright young lady
teacher in Rio De Janeiro who
wants to come to an American
university in 1861. She needs a
scholarship. I promised to help
What can I advise her?
A. M any foreign students
now attend colleges and uni
versities in this country. By
last count it was over $4,000
with large numbers from South
America. Advise your friend tc
get in touch with the Institute
Of International Education,
East Sixty-Seventh street. New
York 81, N. Y. The institute
serves as clearing house fol
foreign students in this country
@. I am a junior high schoo
teacher. I would like to go Il
a graduate school and study
American history. But I d.
not have money for further
education and my parent.
can't help me. Is there any
governmental or private agency
to whom I can appeal for 6
scholarship or educationa'
loan? Is it worth it?
A. Do you mean, Is it worth
taking a graduate course? Tit
answer is yes. It will make
you a better teacher-and viii
be financially valuable. too
Most school systems pay 6
higher salary to teachers will
advanced degrees. If you wen
to graduate school full time vol
might be eligible for a Fedora
student loan. Check with thu
university you plan to attent
whether private funds ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Woodward Alumni
Announce Officers

William K. Cooper. secretary
Of the Prince Georges County
Branch Of the Metropolitan
Washington YMCA, has been
elected president of the Wood
ward School for Boys Alumni
Association.
Other officers elected at the
organizational meeting are Alan
Prosise. first vice president; F.
Meade Bell, second vice presi-
dent: william Noyes. treasurer,
and Richard Preston. recording
secretary. r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20

Faure Is rightly coupled with
that Of Debussy. and the
opera Penelope" from q
musical standpoint stands
comparison with "Pelleas ct
Melisande." There may be
Washingtonians other than
I who remember the Phila-
delphia Orchestra's playing Of
the beautiful prelude to
Penelope" last year with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
PTA EVENTS
CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
must be In the hands of the
PTA Calendar editor by
Thursday OF each tDeek to
insure publication in the
column on Sunday. Notice
must include street address
OF meetings, as iDeH as meet
ing time and full name and
location OF organization.)
DR.. Gonna Mowrey, q former
president of the National Edu-
cation Association, will address
the PTA Of the Macarthur
School, Alexandria, at 8 pm.
Tuesday, in the school audi
forum.
Other PTA events for the
week, all beginning at 8 pm,
unless otherwise stated. are:
TOMORROW
District
Beers Elementary, Alabama avenue
and Thirty-Sixth place Sc, 1 pm
Inaugurstion Of book sale. to last until
Stanton Elementary, Naylor road and
on Health. Habits and Homework"
Stoddert Elementary. Thirty ninth
and Calvert streets NV. - Resular
Sousa jr. HE, Thirty-seventh street
and Ely place S.E.-Regular business
TUESDAY
District
Garfield Elementary, Twenty fifth
street and Alabama. avenue s.E.-Reg-
ular business meeting.
and . streets N.w..Parsnt-teachsr
Dunbar High. First and N streets
N.W:-Psrent;teacher conferences.
MkssS Mf Sss SssSnd sna streets
Draper Elementary, Wahler place
md Ninth street S.E;-Representatiyes
OF various community sroups IN the
Takoms Elementary, Piney Branch
road and Dahlia street N.W.-Home
and School Association will hear a
speech By Dr. Fr sS, F. ThS~DSgn Of
University Of Maryland. Also, a fiim,
"A Preface to q Life" will be shown.
Maryland
Potomac Elementary, Potomac
Regular business meeting.
Montgomery Blair Hieh. Dale and
Wayne avenues, Silver Spring-Back-
to-School Night and bake sale.
Kensington Junior High, Kensington
Night.
Holiday Park Elementary. wheaton
Home bake sale from $50 am
until 2 pm. at the Viers Mill road
branch of the Suburban Trust Co.
Greenbelt Junior High, Greenbelt-
Parent-teacher conferences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
NEWS OF MUSIC
By DAY THORPE
star Music Critic


Aaron COPELAND is one Of the
small number of good COM
posers who has interesting
things to say in words; his
latest book, COPELAND on Mu-
SIC" a collection Of articles
written over the last IS years,
is always entertaining. Some
times what he says is so
fundamental that it is taken
for granted by all who give
any attention to the art Of
music. yet the directness and
simplicity of the statement
relieve it Of the impression of
unnecessary hammering the
obvious. For example:
90. Perhaps you don't
mind cashing a check at the
local bank to the strains Of a
Brahms symphony. but I do.
Actually, I think I spend as
much time in avoiding great
works as others spend in
seeking them out. The rea-
son is simple: meaningful
music demands ones undi-
vided attention. and I can
give it that only when I am
in a receptive mood, and feel
the need for it. The use Of
music as a kind of ambrosia
to titillate the aural senses
while ones conscious mind is
otherwise occupie d is the
abomination of every COM
poser who takes his work
seriously"
Later in the same essay.
COPELAND casts doubt on the
value Of the term serious
music"-"the term itself still
connotes something forbid
ding and hermetic."
I, too, dislike serious"
music and also Classical"
music. The latter term is as
ambiguous as the former is
sententious. ! think there
are no better words than
''long-hair" and "short-hair"
music-they are explicit and
Of universal currency, and no
one has hesitancy in pigeon
holing any piece Of music
in one Of the two all-inclusive
categories.
The book is full Of Cop
lands admirations and dis
likes. Rachmaninoff is so
antipathetic to him that his
stomach won't take it," he
loves the music of Verdi and
gets pleasure thinking about
the man himself, quite apart
from his music. Here is an
example of the charm Of Cop
lands book. The observation
is accurate and universally
appreciated. who doesn't
think of Verdi the man while
under the benign influence Of
the operas? To draw a par
allel from literature-iS it
possible to read 1.-THE Essays
of Ella" without consciously
thinking of the human
individual Charles Lamb?
I found no iconoclastic dis
paragement. of the univer-
sallyaccepted great composers
in the book. I am delighted
that COPELAND pays homage
to Franz Liszt. Any fool can
ridicule List, but the time
has come to see once again
that he was one of the great
est composers Of the 18th
century.
a.. I would say" COPELAND
writes. shat the element in
LISTS music that strikes one
most forcibly, separating it
from that Of all other 10th
century composers. is its So
norous appeal. A keen ear will
detect wide Emergencies in
sound pleasure in the works
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Dr.. Brooks to Speak

DR.. Seth r. Brooks, pastor
of the Universalist National
Memorial Church, will speak
on Thanksgiving at a luncheon
meeting of the District Lions
Club at 1915 pm. Wednesday
at the Mayhower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
EDUCATION
FORUM
BY BENJAMIN FINE

QUESTION: ! hear q lot
these days about raising college
standards. You have to be next
to q genius to get in. Why
shouldn't an average boy or
girl be entitled to a college edu-
cation? Surely there are Just
as many good average people
in the world as there are egg
heads, Aren't they entitled to
an education? My boy gradu-
ated in June, 1883, at age II.
He stood Goth In a class of 1856.
His 70 is between 100 and los.
He's q happy. likable kidd
nice average American boy.
Why shouldn't he get a chance
at college? He fiunked out at
the end Of his first semester.
Why does college have to be SO
rough on average students?
ANSWER: You raise an in
teresting point. Colleges today
are geared to the above-average
student. Many colleges pride
themselves on their tough"
policy. I attended the student
conyocation on the opening day
Of college where my daughter
Is attending. What a reception!
The dean warned: We've adj
mitted 1,l00 students, but by
the end Of the first semester,
many Of you will not be with
US. And by the end of the first
year several hundred will be
dropped"
Well, the dean went on to
explain that because Of over
crowded conditions, they have
to drop many students before
the year ends. Actually. so
per cent Of the students who
enter as college freshmen do
not remain to graduate as
seniors. What a tragic waste
But the colleges reply: 1--WE
have to keep our standards
high. We don't want anyone
who can't keep UP with the
work."
On February /, when colleges
open for the second semester
thousands Of boys and girls will
be told: Don't come back. You
have failed" And on September
l. 1861, more thousands will gel
the failure notice. Why
shouldn't colleges have q place
on the campuses for the aver.
age student? I agree with the
distraught mother - colleges
should. Not everyone is Q
genius. Why penalize the mil.
lions Of average students? After
all, averages are man-made
What might be called average
today may become below
average Cor above) tomorrow
I would like to see q more
realistic approach to college ad.
missions and to college reten.
ton. I'm all for a more liberal
admissions policy. And also fol
a two-track academic system In
college. Everyone. in my opin.
ion, can benefit from q college
education. Instead of develop.
ing a rigid policy, the college.
should be more flexible. Why
create so much heartacht
through wholesale failures
Give the average boy q break
| q. ! am 48 years old, mar.
ried and have three children
my husband died seven year
ago. I have not graduated from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20

haunting desire to hear all Of
the work which has such Q
beginning.
Copland's 60th birthday was
the 18th Of this month.
COPELAND on Music" is q
happy birthday present from
the composer to all whose
interest in music includes
not only listening to 1t but
talking about it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20
Fitness Programs

Fitness programs for youths
6 to II years old will be held
every Wednesday at 4 pm. at
the Jewish Community Center
OF Greater Washington, 1929
Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-20

The suthoF. o Pulitzer Prize-wirnins
reporter, IS edueotion editor Of the
Questions Regarding edueotion and
North American Newspaper AlIionee.
careers should be addressed to him
OF BIS Brewer ovenue, Rockville
Gentle, Long lslond. N. Y.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

and George Van SAINT. David
o. Petersen directs. Produc-
ton staff members are Renee
LevinSon, Beverly Carlson
and Judith Williams. Cur
tain is BIS pm.
MUSICAL CHOICE. - A
midsummer C delight
theater is planned by the
Curtain Hangers, Temple
Sinai drama group. Casting
for a production June 8 will
be held this Wednesday. Ac-
tors and singers are needed
for excerpts from an original
musical comedy entitled Its
a Crime to Be Single" and
for a playlet as yet un-
selected.
Mrs. Polly Fleming, former
speech instructor at the Uni
versity of Maryland, will hear
readings beginning at $3.50
pm. Wednesday at 1925 Ver-
mont avenue NV, Room
70l.
AND ANOTHER - Still
more sophistication, this
Evening star., 1960-05-08
SERIES B
OPTIONAL 9th CONCERT
FOR EITHER SERIES

Birgif Nilsson
oromotie soprano Of the Metropolitan
Opera. in solo recital. Tickets for this
event may be obtained by series sub
seribers at the pro roio price Of their
individual series tickets. (one-eiehth
of nrices liSted halnur
Evening star., 1960-05-08
BY BONNIE Z. AIKMAN
Star stan Writer

A sophisticated political
drama, THE Great Sebss-
tians," will wind up the
theater season this week at
Montgomery Blair High
School.
The Howard Lindsay-Rus-
sci Grouse play, to run Thurs
day through Saturday, will
be set in arena style in the
boys gymnasium at Blair.
and is staged by the schools
National Thespian Dramatic
Society. Curtain time is $3.50
pm.
THE Great Sebastians,"
it's recalled, are a mind-read-
ing vaudeville team, who. in
the opening scenes, is play
ing their final night in Com
munist Czechoslovakia. How
this comic and undauntable
couple find their way out of
a taut political intrigue is
the absorbing involvement of
the action.
Richard T. Pioli directs,
with the aid of Student Stage
Manager Sue Woods. The
husband and wife team are
played by Charlie Schuttig
and Iris Benjamin. Others
players are Bob Long, Helmut
BartuSSek and Dottie Mayer.
Committee chairmen are Dick
Stepakof, tickets; Carolyn
Friedman, publicity; Linda
Strompf and Ron Stewart,
costume es; Lynn Golden,
props. and Marcia Yuter,
programs.
INITIAL OFFERING - A
second sophisticated drama is
the choice of the newest
area little theater group for
its first public presentation.
The Congressional Playhouse,
drama group of the Congress
sional Secretaries Club, will
perform Noel Coward'S Nude
With Violin" May 26 and 27.
Directing this satire on the
world of modern art is Ralph
Marlatt. His cast includes
Henry Maggenti, Mary Goul-
art, Jack Calkins, Pat Phil
lips, Vic Jackson, Adeline
Evening star., 1960-05-08
COMING ATTRACTIONS
SCREEN
SCREEN

AMBASSADOR-"Wake Me When It's over" with Ernie
Kovacs, starts Wednesday.
APEX-"The Poacher's Daughter; starts Thursday.
CAPITOL-"Because They're Young; with Dick Clark
DUPONT-"The Would-Be Gentleman; Coincide Fran
caise opus
KEITHS-"The Gallant Hours: with James Cagney
starts Friday
MacARTHUR-"Carry On. Nurse!" with Bob Monkhouse
METROPOLTTAN-'Wake Me When It's Over; with
Ernie Kovacs, starts Wednesday.
ONTARIO-"Jazz a Summers Day" starting Thursday
PALACE-"Five Branded Women" Barbara Bel Geddes
and Van Hefin starts Thursday.
TOWN-"Kilers of Killimanjaro" and "The Battle of
the Coral Sea-"
Evening star., 1960-05-08
LOCAL DRAMA GROUPS
Political Play Ends
Blair Highs S Season

Heclo, Ron Gaddon, Mary
Myron, Martha Kaufman,
Mary Stohr, Larry Ingram,
Bruce Harrison and Bob
Roberts.
Curtain is at 8 pm. at the
Department of Agriculture
auditorium. .
LOBBY'S LAST Theater
Lobby begins a four-week run
of its final season production
this week. The william Carlos
Williams prose-poetry drama
Many Loves" will be staged
at 8:45 pm. Fridays and Sat-
urdays and 7 pm. Sundays at
the Lobby Playhouse, II st.
Matthews Court NV.
Charles Bruch directs a
cast including Bill Frank,
Paul Keller, Ellie Chamber
lain. Bob Wade, Ronald Car
olion. Doris Schuman, Ed
Stein, Ken Joliff, Alice Bru-
chesi. Bert Bran, Caroline
Swami, Fabienne Filson, Peg
Sullivan, Mary Ann Conley,
Amiel Lejnor and Alan
Brooks.
A GREEK ONE.-Mean-
while, down in Fredericks-
burg, Va, the Mary Wash
ington College Players will
present four evenings of
Greek drama beginning on
Wednesday with the Sopho-
cles tragedy, "Antigone."
Cast in the title role is
Judith Walsh, who is Joined
by Nancy Edwards, Elizabeth
Garland, Benjamin Early
Evening star., 1960-05-08

the five-member cast, who
are Sheila Walker, Charles
Porter. Paul Carmi. Kath-
leen lie Deux and Grayson
Harding. The play, final
offering this season by the
Falls Church group, will
start at $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1960-05-08

Greenwich Village style, is
provided by the Falls Church
Community Theater produc-
ton of the romantic comedy,
Janus" by Carolyn Green.
1t will be staged Friday
and Saturday at the Falls
Church High School.
Veteran amateur Play
wright Carl Eardley directs
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-12-28
Mrs. Richardson
Dies On Sunday

Mrs. Ida Williamson RICa-
ardSun, 90. Of the Cherry Grove
Community died in the Column
bus County Hospital Sunday dt
2 p. m. She suffered a Stroak
Christmas Eve and was admit
ted to the hospital at that time.
Funeral services were held
in the Cherry Grove Baptist
Church Monday at 2 p. m. Of
which she was a member by
the Rev. O. 5. Long and the
Rev r. G. Melton. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
She is survived by three
sons. J. V. Richardson of Fair
Bluff, Doff Richardson of Lex
ingtOn. and Roger Richardson
Of Ccrro Gordo: two daughters.
Mrs. Harvey Coleman of Tab
or City and Mrs. Morris Nit
chcll Of Spring Hope: three
brothers. d. n. Williamson Of
Wilmington. o. w. Williamson
Of CCrro Gordo. and II. v. Will
Hanson of Rcadlyn. Canada:
three sisters. Mrs. Mammic
Buffkin and Mrs. Lucy Strick-
land Of Fair Bluff and Mrs. T.,
c. Richardson Of Tabor City,
also grand children.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-12-28

Martin and Carolina Barnh.ll
she was a native of Horny
County.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday al II a. m. in the
Pleasant Union Baptist Chur-
ch Of which she was a mcmb-
or. TIE RCys. Thomas Hughes
and Blcasc Brown will offC.-
ate and burial will be in the
church cemetery.
She l. survived by four sons.
Isaac. Preston. Nose and Henry
Jones Of Route ,. Aynor; two
brothers, Mrs. Ruby Cause OF
Myrtle Beach and Mrs. FlCctic
RADON of Gallivants Ferry: two
sisters. Mrs. CLAUDIA Bell Al
ford Of Aynor and Mrs. BcCkic
Shelley Of Marion. s. C.: two
onC-half sisters. Mrs. Betsy
Lewis and Mrs. Magnolia Mar
tin Of Marion. 5. G.. one one
half brother. Daniel Martin o'
Marion. s. C.: 20 graudChil-
frcn and IA great grand chill
drCn.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-12-28
COUNTY INCOME TAXES

AS II the working man Is not already DurdeMed
TO the h by federal. and various county taxes
1t appears that might expect another one in the
future - if Meckenburg'S test case is passed
In that county special tax study committee ha,
recommended the adoption of a one per cent payroll
tax.
In other words, when receive checks we
could expect deduction of federal withholding tax.
state withholding tax. county Withholding tax. and
social security deduction.
The Meckenburg 'brainS' claim that they would
be able to abandon taxes on personal property and
business inventories if the county passed the payroll
tax measure.
We'd like to know if its fair for tn emegacr
employee 10 have to pa! his employers way .
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-12-28
Columbus Man
Among Those
Rescued AT Sea
Thank God"

THANK Cod"
Nov its going To- be a hap
py Christmas"
Two simple phrases. Mean
iugiul. And uttered with emo
ton.
They echoed Thurs q a Y
through widely separated hon.
- - from North Carolina 10
Texas to Massachusetts, -- as
relatives learned of the rescue
of loved ones from the broken
tanker Pine RIDGE off HattcraS.
James {. Lewis, 35-yCar-
old oilcr from WiuSton-Salcm.
and Ebert Freeman. 48-ycar-
old merchant seaman from
Eagle Springs. wclc among the
llrs, IS survivors taken off the
stern section OF the tanker ~
hClIcup;Cr.
For Mrs. Bcullh Lewis. he
husbands rescue was an ami
vCrSary present.
I'm St.ll So excited can
hardly talk" Mrs. Lewis sad
Thursday. 1t was our ami
vcrSary night before last. We
had been married two years
He called me and talked To m,
thought ne was perfectly all
right.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1960-12-28
CHRISTMAS IMPRESSION

Each Christmas remembered has recollection ot
an incident which greatly impressed Us. OF all Ills
birthday recalled that which spent in Maine
four years ago is the most heart-WaTmng.
We visiting with French-Speaking family
who Catholic. Christmas dinner not served
until after dark that December 18th. AuntS, uncleS,
brothers, sisters and other assorted relatives
gathered around the big banquet.
As the spirit of gaiety was abundantly mixed with
the lavish meal several voices heard COM
ing from the nearby living room.
We stole to the door to see who it was. As our
eyes glanced across the room. lighted mainly by the
Yule trees glow. we saw kneelng beneath the tree
the youngest members of the family - famine,
Claudette and Ramon.
Above them stood their grandmother. Each was
equally intent as they faced the miniature Nativity
scene footing the tree singing "Happy Birthday to
You. happy birthday to You ~