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Evening star., 1960-05-15
Drug Firm Head
ToGet Aword

Francis CabelI Brown, &
Georgetown University graduate
who now heads a New jersey
fpharfnaeeutical firm. will bt
honored tomorrow for his serv-
ices in improving health
throughout the world.
Mr.. Brown, president of the
Schering Corp, of Bloomfield
N. j., is to be awarded the
Grand Cross of the EIoy Alfaro
International Foundation in q
noon ceremony in the Crystal
Room Of the Sheraton-Car
Hotel.
The foundation honors the
memory Of Eloy Alfaro, pres
ident of Ecuador at the turn of
the century. Previous recipients
of the award include President
Eisenhower, former Presidents
Herbert Hoover and Harry s.
Truman and New York Gov.
Nelson Rockefeller.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Knights TempIor
Elects J. D. Yerkes

The knights Templar of the
District last night elected Jo-
seph D. YerkeS, former Federal
Housing Administration Off
cial, as grand commander oi
the Grand Commandery.
Mr.. Yerkes, who lives at 141s
Clifton street NV, will sue
ceed John c. Mathes. The new
commander, a native of Wash
ington, is a member of the
Temple = Noyes Masonic Lodge
He worked for the Government
for % years. At the time of his
retirement in 1857, he was
chief Of the lease section OF
the F1A.
Other officers elected at the
meeting at the Washington
Hotel include Roland Rich
ards, deputy gra. d commander
Harry L. Beach. grand gener-
alissimo; J. Rowe Melfelt
grand captain general; Samue,
T. Farmer, grand prelate, anc
Rodger r. Kaufman, granc
recorder.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
TEST FORECASTS
.CHILD,S FUTURE
READING ABILITY
tBy North American. Newspaper

Alllance)
The Denver public
schools provide this simple.
test that you can use to de-
termine whether your child
is growing UP to become a
good reader. If the answer
is yes to the following
questions, you have little
to worry about.
1. Does my youngster do
a variety of things in his
free time, including some
reading?
2. Does he talk about
facts, ideas and opinions
he has gained from read
ing?
3. When he needs infor-
nation, does he think of
looking for it in books?
4. Does he voluntarily go
to the library or bookmo-
bile on occasion?
5. Does he appreciate
gifts of books or magazine
subscriptions?
6. Does he take good care
of books? =.
7. Does he achieve up to
his individual level of ex-
pectancy on standardized
reading tests? CHS teacher
will know
Evening star., 1960-05-15

Cornell University (Ithaca
IN. " chapter of Phi Beta
Kappa, national scholastic hon.
orary organization.
They are Helen Nj. Chiffon,
daughter Of 1t. Col. and Mrs
Frank M. Chiffon, 2112 N
Kentucky street, Arlington
and Patricia A. McElroy,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James B. McElroy, Sis Wilson
lane, Bethesda.
Helen is a junior majoring
in architecture, and Patricia is
a junior in the College of Arts
and Sciences.
- =
Albert w. Loughrie, jr., OF
Herndon, Va, a freshman at
Union College, Barbourville
KY, has been selected a mem
ber of the track team. He is
the son of Mr.. Albert Loughrie,
Route No. 3, Herndon.
y =
Gwyneth Foster of Washing
ton. sophomore at Denisop
University, Granville, Ohio
has been initiated into Crossed
Keys, women's honorary serv-
ice society. She is the daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. H. Schuy-
Ter Foster, 1898 Livingston
street NV.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Dr.. Deferruri
To Get Medal

DR.. Roy ]. Deferrari. secre-
tary general of Catholic Uni
versity. today was named the
1860 winner Of the St, John
Baptist De La Sale Medal OF
Manhattan College in New
York.
The medal is awarded each
year to person who has made
an outstanding contribution to
the education of American
youth. 1t is named in honor of
the patron saint of teachers,
the founder Of the Brothers of
the Christian Schools. The
medal will be presented at
Manhattan's 109th comence-
ment on June IA.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

identity both capital and small
letters when they see them.
T. Children are taught to
associate letter sounds and
letter names by using picture
cards with key words for the
various letters. as. Lamp for L
land Cat for C. = az
As a result of this method,
which began last February, it
Us hoped that pupils entering
FIRST grade win learn to read
better. In addition, Denver is
trying to motivate parents and
teachers to develop a love of
reading, the habit of reading,
and skill in reading in their
wards.
Held Key Subject
Most school ofhcials agree
with DR.. Harold Spears; super
int en- de mt Of schools, San
Francisco, that reading is the
very foundation of education.
The top 20 per cent of San
Francisco eighth graders are
two to five months advanced
over the top 20 per cent ma
tionally in reading. But there
are many who do not reach
the top. DR.. Spears points out
that San Francisco has a
heavy foreign population and
a large turnover of students.
This adds to his problems.
In some cases, such as Los
Angeles, many parents have
become concerned and have
demanded that the school
board take drastic steps to i'm
prove reading skills of their
children. A group known as the
Parents for Better Education
has asked the Los Angeles
School Board to undertake a
two-year experiment in the use
OF an exclusively phonics meth
cd. The board turned this
down as impractical. 1t believes
that more than one method is
essential.
For whatever reason, nam
children are not learning to
read properly. A child who is a
poor reader will be handi-
capped throughout his school
life and later in college or be-
yond. 1t is encouraging to find
that our major school systems
are making a serious effort to
improve the reading skillS OF
all our children.
North American Newspaper Alliance)
Evening star., 1960-05-15
COLLEGE NEWS
Leadership. Group
Tops MottineIy

Michael j. Mattingly OF
Washington, a junior at Duke
University, Durham, N. c., has
been elected to Omicron Delta
aKppa, mems leadership hon
orary.
Miachel, a deans list engi-
neering student, is president OF
the Engineering Student Coun-
Gil and a member Of the Order
of st. Patrick, local engineering
honorary. His parents are Col,
and Mrs. T. w, Mattingly,
Walter Reed Medical Center.
50 &.F 80.
John b. Lang of Chevy Chase,
a sophomore at, Bucknell Uni
versity, Lewisburg, Pa. has been
appointed, a mems dormitory
counselor. -.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John, C. Lang, 4717 Falstone
avenue, John is majoring in
civil engineering.
-
AiIeen Woods of Arlington
and Margaretta Kirksey oi
Eutaw, Ala, juniors majorine
in political science at Mary
Washington College Of. the Uni
versity of Virginia, Fredericks-
burg. Va, have been appointed
co-editors of the Bullet, cam
pus. newspaper.
Josephine Knots of Alex
andria. a junior majoring in
English, is the new copy editor
= 4
Carol Shelly of Washington
a junior majoring in sociology
and Terry G. Slaubaugh oi
Kingwood, w. Va, also a Junior
have been elected co-presidents
of the Student Christian Associ-
alton at Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, Va.
\ 4 y 4
Two students of the North
western High School, Arlington
have been selected for Their
mathematical ability to attend
the Sd annual Summer Math
Camp from June 10 until June
80 at Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Fla.
They are Bonnie Anne PfIie-
ger, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Pflieger, 3404 Lancer
drive, and r. F. Whitl0ck, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Whit
lock. $500 Forty-fourth avenue.
Also selected is Richard
Greene of the Wakefield High
School. Arlington. His parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Greene, 1927 N. Underwood
street.
Bonnie Swain of washing-
ton, a sophomore maioring in
business administration, has
been named to the honor roll
at David Lipscomb College
Nashville, Tenn. Her parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow M
Swain. 5908 st. Clair drive.
4
Two Washington area stu
dents have been elected to the
Evening star., 1960-05-15

ample, that 10 per cent of the
children in Grade / fail to
reach the level of reading for
that grade. This percentage
doubles as they approach
seventh grade. As a result, a
remedial reading program has
been established in So of the
SO Boston school districts.
st. Louis Active
School officials at st. Louis
report that the city is making
every effort to lick the reading
problem. Clinics have been set
up to diagnose the pupils
problems, and to help train
teachers to improve their own
skills.
Supt. Kenneth E. Oberholtzer
of the Denver public schools
notes that the reading program
is under constant examination.
To remedy deficiencies, Denver
has begun an experiment with
a special program in phonics,
conducted among pupils with
reading handicaps in the ele-
mentary, Junior and senior
high school divisions.
Another program, designed
to help students acquire skills
which will help them learn to
read independently earlier and
more easily, is the kindergarten
pilot reading project.
Taught Various SkiIIs
In this program kindergarten
pupils are taught various skills,
including:
l. Oral context to supply a
word. The teacher
reads: "Quack, quack said the
/. The children finish the
sentence. -is ~
2. Common initial consonant
The teacher says:
Book and bell start with the
same sound as Bob. Can you
name something else that be-
gins with the same sound?"
8. Children are taught the
names of letters so they can
Evening star., 1960-05-15
District Lions Club
Meets at Eye Bunk

The Lions Club of District
l22-c tWashington and fve
nearby Maryland counties) will
conduct an open house from
l to 5 pm. today at the re-
search center of their eye bank
on the grounds of the WASH
ington Hospital Center, Michi-
gan avenue and First street
NV.
The District 22-c Lions have
been sponsoring the Eye Bank
and Research Foundation. Inc,
since 1857. Through their sup
port many studies in the trans
plantation and preservation Of
eye tissues have been made
possible.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Home Accidents
Listed at 133

The District Red Cross
Safety Service reported 1873
area residents were treated at
local hospitals last week for
injuries caused in home ac-
cidentS. r'
The injuries caused five
deaths and included SO falls,
four burns, Is poisonings, four
contusions, one inhalation of
ammonia fumes. one suffoca-
tion, % cuts and six cases of
foreign objects in eye, nose,
throat or stomach. There were
81 other ills.
Three fatalities were caused
by falls. one by burning and
the fifth fatality was a To-
day-old girl, found suffocated
in a dresser drawer being used
as a crib.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Officers Moved
By Coast Guard

Rear Admiral Joseph A.
Kerrins, former commander of
the 9th Coast Guard District,
Great Lakes region, has been
named chief of the Office of
Operations at Coast Guard
headquarters here.
He succeeds Rear Admiral
Ira E. Eskridge, who will be-
come commander of the 18th
Coast Guard District and the
Western area in San Francisco.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
TAEVENTS
CALENDAR

Meeting announcements
must be IN the hands of the
PTA Calendar editor bv
Thursday OF each tOeek to in
sure publication in the COL
unln on Sunday. Notice must
include street address of
meetings, as nell as meeting
time and tuu name and loca-
ton OF organizations
The stanton Elementary
School PTA, Naylor. road and
Alabama avenue Sc, will hear
a concert by the school orches-
ira under the direction of Miss
Anne Buxton, at its meeting
at 8p.m. tomorrow. Election OF
officers will be held. a
Other PTA events for the
week, all beginning at 8 pm.
unless otherwise stated, are:
MONDAY
Virginia
nate Waller Barrett School, 44Ol
North Henderson road, Arlington: re-.
port on the recently held White HOUSE
Conference on Children and Youth
TUESDAY
District .
Eaton Hearst Elementary, Tilder
street street between Idaho avenue ant
business meeting and nrorram h,
school orchestra.
Emery Elementary, Lincoln road ant
5 street NE; regular business meeting
Bancroft Elementary, Eighteenth anc
Newton streets NV: regular business
Janney Elementary, Wisconsin ave
nus and Albemarle street NV; 3 to
pm carnival on school playground
Patterson Elementary, South Capito
street between Danbnry and Elmiri
streets s W.: election Of oficers, AMI
music program by school choir unde
Rudolph Elementary, Second AMI
Hamilton streets NV regular busi
ness meeting
Powell Elementary. Upshur betweer
Thirteenth and Fourteenth street.
NV; regular business meeting.
Park View ElementsTS, Warder ant
Newton streets NV. election of Off
GERS and program by instrumental mu
Paul Junior High, Eighth and ogle
thorpe streets NV: election Of ON
GERS, and musical program by Gle
WEDNESDAY
District
Gordon Junior High, Thirty -fiftl
and T streets NV; art exhibit. ninth
grade spelling bee, and installation o
officers.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Safety Talks

Inspector Dick Mansfield, di.
rector of The Stars school
safety program, will give his
chalk talk in the following
schools this week:
Monday-Concerdia Lutheran
School, Hyattsville, 2:15 pm.
Tuesday-St. James School
Mount Rainier, 11:15 am.
We d n eS d a y-St. Peters
School, Olney, Md, $3.50 am.
Thursday-Fort Dupont
School, $3.50 am. -.
Friday-Woodson Junior High
School, 9:05 am.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

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in New York. A study of 172,-
632 Junior high school pupils
found that % per cent were
two and a half years retarded
in reading. Seventh and eighth
grade children, for example,
were found to be a year behind.
A study of seven other major
cities made by this writer dis
closed that similar reading
problems are common every
where. The cities included in
the survey were Boston, Phil
adelphia, Detroit, Denver, st.
Louis. San Francisco and Los
Angeles. Each of these cities
report that they have eStab-
lished remedial reading pro-
grams to help improve the
skills Of their pupils.
Basic Problem Remains
But they also point out that
basic problems still remain.
Every effort is being made, the
school superintendents say, to
bring boys and girls up to their
expected reading levels. New
devices have been tried, as well
as the old fashioned ones that
include emphasis on .".phonics. I"
But the problem remains un-
solved.
Why? -
This is a question that bothers
parents and school officials
alike. DR.. Joseph o. Loretan, as
sociate superintendent in charge
OF the junior high school divi-
sion of New York, blamed the
100 per cent promotion policy
to a large extent. Until recently,
all children, or virtually all,
were promoted from grade to
grade, regardless of their abil-
ity to read or do the work at
the higher grade levels.
Abolished in New York
Two years ago New York
abolished this policy. This June
children will have to show ade-
quate reading ability before
they are promoted. But the
problems created by the earlier
policy remain unsolved. The
city wide study showed that
5000 of the junior high pupils
could only read at the first or
second grade levels. Another
1880 were more than four and
a half years behind their
grades.
Although some of the chill
dren with reading problems
come from Puerto Rico =-or
other countries, most of the
retarded readers were born in
the United States. The same
situation prevails in other
cities. a.
Boston has found, for ex-
Evening star., 1960-05-15
7009O Promotion Policy Blamed in Reading Lag
By DR.. BENJAMIN FINE

A large proportion of the
Nations elementary and high
school pupils are poor readers.
Despite serious efforts to inn
prove the reading skills of chill
dren, much remains to be done.
Recognizing this problem. many
of the Nations, leading school
systems have begun a concerted
campaign to strengthen their
reading programs.
The dangerous lack of read
ing skills came to light recently
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Foreign News

J. Racial roting continued last week in part of
of British possessions scheduled for future independence
under the Of the Federation Of Maaya b) Central
African Federation; (c Federation Of the West Indies
g. Acting President Huh Chung of South Korea accused
Of (a) Koreanba planes for "py
fights China (b) interfering to keep former President
Rhee Office; (c) influencing migration of Koreans from
Japan to North Korea.
- g. Named President of the Soviet Union was
Leonid Brezhnev; b) Kemen Y. Voroshiov (c VAL
entin Gubtchev.
- The director of the Central Intelligence Agency told
Congressman American planes had flown into Russia: a) o
several years" b) "since the last Summit conference
(c) since the "reopenng the Berlin question"
England center of the pound sterling currency area
considering changing decimal system Another nation
using pound sterling system is (a Aghanan; (b Egypt;
(c) Pakistan.
Evening star., 1960-05-15

The outhOr, q Pulitzer prize winning
repolisr. is education editor Of the
North American Newspaper Alliance,
Evening star., 1960-05-15
WEEK. \ NEWS QUK'

This quiz Is based ON recent news appearing in
The Star. Try testing yourself on current events Of
the Washington area, the Nation and the world by
filling in the blanks with the letter designating the
answer that you think is correct. Then turn. to
Page E-8 for, q listof-the correct answers.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
National News

l. population of 224 4OS given for the State
to report its 1860 returns The State Aasa
(b) Wyoming (c) Nevada.
2. The Labor Department says job prospects
for this years high school graduates would to be
poorest in (a) mining; (b construction; (c' farming
- g. The d-theworld of the submarine Triton
followed closely the route taken by Ferdinand Magellan
(a) 1492-95: (b) 1506-10: (c) 1519-21. -....
T. While West Virginia voting in its h-pubicized
primary election State primaries also held n a) Ne
braka and New Mexco CD New Hampshire and Tennessee
(c) Indiana and Florida.
S. Timothy J. Murphy, Boston lawyer. has been
nominated to the: (a) Federal Power Commission b Fed
eral Communications Commission c) Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Woshinqton Area News

l. 1t has been suggested that the proposed $2s million
regional sewer along the Potomac could a be used
ta) underground cables b) rapid transit rights Of way;
(c) air raid shelters. S
Q. The D. C. Transit System said it would convert its
four remaining Sreecar lines to bus routes the begin
ming Of the next fiscal year. (b in about and half
(c) In two three stages.
3. OF the 26 members elected to the State Central
Committee in the District Democratic primary
supporters of Senator Humphrey b supported either
Senator Morse Ada Stevenson c four said they supported
Senator Kennedy.
The "oldest prison still in in the United States
and not being replaced" is the (a Districts Lorton
Reformatory; b) Maryland Penitentary (c), Virginia
Penitentiary. ,4..
5. January, 1862, announced the closing date
for the Naval Weapons Plant in continuous operation
since: (a) 1890; (b) 1895; ,(c) 1799
Evening star., 1960-06-29

Mary Ann Downey, the former
Curtis Cup player. Miss Nc
Keever had a rs in defeating
Mrs. ]. R. GeSsley of Court
House, 5 and 3.
The other match will be a
replay of the Baltimore City
women's final of two weeks ago
between Mrs. Joseph SinghasS
of All View, the winner, and
Mrs. Maurice Click of Wood
holme, the 10-time State cham
pion.
Washington almost had a
fourth quarter -flnalist, but Mrs.
Helen Konopa of Argyle lost
on the first extra hole to Mrs.
Singhass after twice coming
from behind. Mrs. Konopa was
two down after II, squared the
match, and then won 18 after
falling behind a second time.
She lost the first extra hole to
a par four.
Miss Downey had to go 10
holes to beat Mrs. Charles
Enrich of Rolling Road. Miss
Schiller had the only easy
match. winning 6 and 4 over
Mrs, Gary Black of Green
Spring.
Semifinals are scheduled
tomorrow morning and the 18-
hole finals on Friday.
Championship flight results:
Mrs. Frank cush. Argyle, defeated
Mrs. Claude Richards. Country Club Of
MARYLAND, . and l. Mrs. Redmond
Stewart, Green Spring, defeated Midge
kautman. Woodholm, up: Mrs
Joseph Singhass. All View. defeated
Mrs. Helen Konopa. Argyle, / up. 10
holes; Mrs. Maurice Click, Woodholme,
defeated Mary Alice Sawyer, Clifton
Jane Schiller, Salisbury. defeated
Mrs: Gary Black. Green Spring. and
Barbara DiggS. Manor. defeated Mrs
Mary Ann Oowney. Baltimore Country
Club. defeated Mrs. Charles Enrich,
Rolling Road, 1 up. 10 holes: Georgia
Mae McKeever. Argyle. defeated Mrs.
j. R. Gessley, Court House, 3 and 8.
Evening star., 1960-06-29
NATIONAL
Continued From Page d.

COntlnued FROM rage D-l
first victory and complete game
in the majors.
+ The third-place Giants never
trailed. but they had to scrap
for the tie in the ninth to stay
within six games of Pittsburgh.
The Pirates tied it on two walks
and Roberto Clemente's single
against Stu Miller and Jack
Sanford. Then Sanford retired
three in a row with the bases
loaded. tanning Pinch-hitter
Hal Smith for the final out.
The Giants, getting triples by
Felipe Alou and Andre Rogers
in the first inning, also blew
5-3 and 6-5 leads. Rocky Nelson
drove in four runs for Pitts
burgh, tagging starter Sam
Jones for a three-run homer
in the first. The game will be
replayed.
Wes Covington was the big
man for the Braves. He drove in
three runs, beating Glen Hob
bic (6-10) with his solo sixth
home run in the sixth inning
after his two-run double had
tied it at Sail in the third.
Warren SPAIN (6-4 gave up
eight hits, but he blanked Chi
cago over the last seven innings.
A five-run first inning,
capped by Ed Bailey's one-on
homer, got the Reds rolling at
st. Louis against Ron Kline
(3-0. Jim O'Toole CD was
the winner, but he needed re-
lief help from Jim Brosnan and
Bill Henry after giving up eight
of the Cards 13 hits. Alex
GrammaS and Curt Flood hon.
cred for st. Louis, while Stan
MuSlaI raped a pair OF doubles
and a single for five hits in his
last eight trips.
Green. 24-year-o old, 6-foot-5
highlander up from Buffalo,
walked three and struck out
three while allowing the
Dodgers only a third-inning
single by Don Demeter, a dou-
BILE by Charlie Neal in the
fourth and a ninth-inning
single by Norm Larker.
Stan Williams (6-2), beaten
on the road for the first time
since losing at Philadelphia in
July, 1858, gave up a first
inning run on consecutive dou-
bles by Tony Gonzalez and
Tony Taylor. Pancho Herrera
then tagged the Dodger right
handler for his ninth homer and
a 20-game hit streak in the
seventh.
Evening star., 1960-06-29

injuries, a black eye and a
broken nose.
In about 10 years of racing
it was only the second time he
lost blood. In a seven-car pile
up at Richmond last year he
suffered cuts on the throat and
across the forehead.
There are fe'y 10-year vet
erans of this game who can
boast of such an injury-free
record.
The weekend racing sched-
ule:
Lime Rock, Conn.-SCcA national
races sports cars.
SATURDAY
Old Dominion Speedway - Unre-
stricted modified stocks, 35-lap feature,
Lime. Rock-SCCA national races.
Myrtle Beach, S. C.-NASCAR modi-
Fairbury, Ill,musAc midget cars.
am.
Aquasco Speedway-Drag racing, 10
am.
trials. l pm
PittsburRh-USAC midget cars.
Salem, Ind.-USAC sprint cars.
Reims, France Grand Prix of
France
MONDAY
Pixies Peak. Colo.--USAC hill climb,
championship, sports and stock cars
YORK, Pa. -USAC sprint cars.
NASCAR late models.
stocks
Lime Rock-SCCA national races.
Evening star., 1960-06-29
Bob McWhorter,
Noted Grid Player
At Georgia, Dies

ATHENS, Ga, June 20 (AP)
Robert L. McWhorter, for
mer Athens Mayor, lawyer and
a University of Georgia football
immortal of two generations
ago, died at his home early
today after an illness of sew
eral weeks. He was 68.
A halfback, he was the first
Georgia player to gain national
fame. He played 60 minutes
of every game during each of
his four years of 1910-1913. He
scored 81 touchdowns and led
the Bulldogs to four victories
over Georgia Tech.
In 1853 he was named to the
football Hall of Fame by the
Helms Foundation.