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SCRANTON PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Albin Lupton has
returned after visiting their grand
children, Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Sears
and Mr.. and Mrs. N. F. Sears
Jr., in Charlotte, Mr.. and Mrs. Mil
ton Harris in Greensboro.
Visiting the Rodefers and Mrs
Blanch Dunbar were Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Halves of Knoxville, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Patrick OF
Baltimore.
Mrs. Annie Kinion of Chocowini-
ty is visiting Mrs. Winnie and Miss
Lillian Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bobby Midget and
son of Norfolk, Mrs. Mildred Girls
man and Dannie of Bath visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Midget.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Bridgman,
Kirby, Colon Rae and Lorita of
Belhaven, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Caravan and little Joy of Hartford
visited Mrs. ]. B. Bridgman, the
Ruussel Bells and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Caravan.
Mrs. Lora Williams of Hender-
son is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ern-
est Morris.
S/Sgt. and Mrs. William Equals
and Deborah visited Mr.. and Mrs
Ellis Sadler and the CASTOR Sad
lers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edsel Bridgman
Haywood, Larie and Sammie of
Hampton visited Mrs. Annie Silver
thorne, Hiram and Neatus Bridg-
man.
Scranton Ladies Aid
Ladies Aid of Scranton Church
of Christ met Monday night, pre-
sided over by Mrs. CASTOR Sad
Ter. Scripture lesson by G. C.
Bland; 10 attended; $40 contri-
buted. Roof damage by hurricane
Donna is being repaired and land
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scaping will begin soon. Candy,
roasted nuts and bottled drinks
were served by Mrs. Eugene Equals
and Mrs. Norfleet Dunbar too Mr..
and Mrs John Griffin, Walter E.
Bishop, Mr.. and Mrs. CASTOR Sad
Ter, Lois and Audrey Sadler, Rus
sell Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Garland
Bland, Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Bishop,
Mrs. A. r. Alcox, Mrs. Alva
O'Neal, Mrs. Ralph Caravan, Mrs.
Sidney A. Creole and Charles, Mrs.
Ernest Morris, two visitors, Mrs.
Lora Villains of Henderson and
Bill Cahoon. Co-hostess for the No
vember meeting will be Mrs. Sid
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BELHAVEN PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Starr of
of Creswell spent Tuesday with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Phelps.
James Deans of Norfolk recent
ly visited his aunts, Mrs. H. R.
Keaton and Mrs. Tasker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Barnette of
Buxton visited Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.
Harrison.
Mrs. C. E. Wood of Lancaster,
Pa. is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Ruth Wilkinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buzz Cayton and
son spent Sunday with Mrs. Cay
toms mother, Mrs. R. S. Primer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sammie Gaylord
and son, Jack of Richmond, Va.
were week end guests of Mrs.
Jack Gaylord.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Hodges,
Mrs. Matte Griffin and Mrs.
James Ambrose, Sr. left last week
for Midway, Ky. to visit Rev.
and Mrs. Bill Taylor; Mrs. Tay-
lor was the former Jerry Griffin.
Robert C. Smith of Petersburg,
Va. spent the week end with his
mother, Mrs. D. S. Smith.
John Harvey of Norfolk spent
Saturday with his brother, H. l..
Harvey.
Mrs. W. C. Creole and Mrs.
Lucy Smith spent Friday in
Washington.
Mrs. D. S. Smith and Robert
Smith motored to Fairfield and
Engelhard Sunday.
Miss Mardge Eta Lupton of
East Carolina College and her
guest George Bryant of the Uni
versity of North Carolina spent
the week end with Mrs. Melvin
Lupton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl May of Nor
folk spent Wednesday with Mr..
and Mrs. H. G. Brumsey; the
Mays were in route to Wanchese
to visit relatives, Mrs. Brumsey
accompanied them to Wanchese
for a visit with her mother.
William H. Dodd and Ferdinand
Selby of Newport News, Va. went
to Jacksonville, Fla. to visit rela-
tives. Mr.. Dodd is attending the
National American Legion Con-
yention in Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Spencer and
Glenn visited Mrs. Spencer's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Thorn
as.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Phelps were
in Plymouth Monday.
Perry Brock Sr. is patient in
Beaufort County Hospital.
Miss Lilly Anne Midgette of
East Carolina College Greenville
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mid
gette.
Mrs. T. D. Jones, Mrs. Charlie
Ayers and S. S. Jennette motored
to Sladesville.
Mrs. C. R. Potter and Mrs. W.
T. Ralph spent the week end at
the Potter cottage at huntsville.
George Zambos of Belhaven is
a member of the Historical So
ciety of East Carolina College
consisting of 16 who recently or
ganized for study and research in
history.
Birth
Mr.. and Mrs. William Calvin
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INDUSTRY SPOKESMAN
URGES FIRE CAUTION

RALEIGH.-A word of caution
was issued to hunters today BY
J. Ray Orr of Canton, chairman
of the North Carolina Forest In.
dustries Committee.
With the coming of hunting sea-
son, hunters are urged to use every
caution with fire when visiting the
states forest and range lands,
especially since North Carolina ex-
perienced one of its worst fire
seasons in years this spring.
"Many of the states tree farms,
both individual and industrial, will
be open to hunting this year, as
in the past" Orr said. "These for
est lands are managed primarily
for the production of timber pro-
ducts on sustained-yield basis, as
we'll as providing recreation for
thousands of hunters and campers
annually, and their loss to the
states economy through an un-
guarded campfire or carelessly
tossed cigarette would be disas-
trous.
When entering forests via log,
cling roads, watch for trucks and
game, and above all, be careful
with fire. Keep North Carolina
Green" Orr concluded.
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Wise Handyman
Stays Off Roof

SITTING ON TOP OF THE
WORLD. PrecariOus perch of
this workman applying finishing
touches to a new roof of asphalt
shingles shows why roofing is
no job for the home handyman.
It's too dangerous and requires
special techniques and know
how. But rOOfers who apply
asphalt shingles have developed
Skills that come with years of
experience that insure low
application costs as well as cat
like sure-fOOtedness. Properly
applied by professionals, asphalt
shingles do the job they are de-
signed to do: provide roof that
will give trOuble-free protection
for years, improve the appear
ance of the house, and add to
"alue on the resale market.
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ney A. Creole, Mrs. A. r. Alcox.
Annual Homecoming

Scranton Church of Christ on
Oct. 16 held the annual homecom-
ing with about $50 present. Follow
ing the service the parsonage mort
gage was burned, those taking part
in this part of the service was
Rev. Garland Bland, the minister,
and church officers. A dinner of
goodies for which Hyde is famous
was served on the church lawn.
Members living in various States
came home forthe occasion.
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improvements sponsored by the
Club, including upkeep of Commun-
ty House grounds, hospital lawn,
and renewed effort to landscape
the grounds of the health center.
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Cayton announce the birth of a
son, William Calvin Cayton, Jr.,
at the Beaufort County Hospital
on Sept. 81. Mother was the former
Noel Faye Primer of Belhaven.
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Policeman Pleads
Not Guilty on
Girls Charges

A Washington policeman to-
day pleaded not guilty to
charges of unlawful entry and
simple assault on a 16-year-
old resident of his apartment
building in the 1900 block of
Savannah street Sc.
The officer, Pvt. John M,
Classic, "a. was suspended last
Friday following charges by
Mrs. Sarah Sbitani, who lives
in the apartment directly be-
meath the officers.
The girl said she found Pvt.
Classic. clad only in under
clothing, lying on the sofa Of
her living room when she
entered her apartment about
noon Friday.
He grabbed her by the arm
and asked her to talk to him,
the woman said, but she pulled
away and fed to a neighbor's
apartment where she called
police.
Municipal Court Judge George
D. Nelson ordered Pvt. Classic
held under $500 bond pending
a jury trial May 10.
The officer, unmarried, has
been on the force for Is months.
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Resort Slated at Nays.
Piney Point Test Base

The Navy's old torpedo test
ing station at Piney Point, Md,
will become the site of a sum-
mer resort as a result of its sale
by the Government for $415,788
Awards in the bidding were
announced today by the Gen
eral Services Administration,
which placed the Ill acres of
the reservation up for sale last
December.
The property, sold in 16
tracts, varying from % acres to
three-tenths of an acre, is be-
tween the Potomac River and
st. Georges Greek in lower st.
Marys County. The acquisition
cost was $2,217,000.
The largest area of the naval
station property went in two
tracts, totaling about A acres,
to Vincent Sheehy, jr.. presi-
dent of Handley Motor Co. and
part owner of the National
Hotel here.
The property bought by Mr..
Sheehy for $349,835 will be de-
veloped into vacation housing
units, a yacht marina and re-
pair facilities, and a waterfront
receation area. possibly includ-
ing a boys camp, he said.
The tracts Mr.. Sheehy &C
quired include 33 buildings in
the main base area and 81
housing units. Mr.. Sheehy said
the housing units. repairs on
which started last Monday, will
be offered for sale or rent.
The main base area will be
developed into a marina for
100 yachts and will accommo-
date 10 yachts under cover for
repairs. Also on the property
are a movie theater, bowling
alleys. baseball diamonds, a
gymnasium and tennis courts.
S125,000 Spending Planned
Mr.. Sheehy estimates he will
spend an additional $125, 900
in developing the property.
The next biggest tract was
sold to the Steuart Investment
Co. of Washington. Curtis
Steuart, president of the in
vestment firm and of the Steu-
art Petroleum Co., said the
property will become an ad-
junct to the petroleum COM
pany's oil storage terminal.
The present Steuart 100-acre
oil storage property adjoins the
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80 acres just bought by the
firm. The new addition includes
an air strip and auxiliary air.
strip, plus a small boat harbor.
The 1,400-foot airstrip already
owned by the investment firm
is an extension of the 1900
foot navy airstrip.
Mr.. Steuart said he has no
plans to develop the new prop
erty other than as an adjunct
to the oil storage facility. which
holds about 2 million gallons.
The investment firm offered
a bid of $4,000 for the torpedo
station land.
Other smaller tracts sold to
high bidders included an award
to Christian Heurich, jr., Wash
ington businessman who bought
a l0-acre tract for $5,151 on
st. Georges Island.
Evening star., 1960-04-11
BreezyShow
upsFestivoI
Before9,OOO

Two stagehands leaned into
the wind and pulled the cur
tain down on the 1860 National
Cherry Blossom Festival yes
terday.
A breezy show at the Tidal
Basin, both figuratively and
literally, capped the 6-day cele-
bration which started with the
lighting of the Japanese Stone
Lantern at 3 pm. last Tuesday
A Cherry Blossom Queen was
duly selected-Roberta Brett
haver of Riverton, N.J.-and a
record number of people turned
out for the Saturday night pa
rade.
But Mother Nature kept up
staging the queen and every
body else from the start.
Warm spring weather re.
turned to Washington today
however, after a light frost
whitened lawns in the area
during the night when temper
atures dropped to 80 in the city
and 26 in the suburbs. The
mercury was expected to rise
to so degrees today.
The festival opened in the
rain, the cherry blossoms re.
fused to come out all the way
and the wind at the Tida,
Basin pageantS Saturday anc
yesterday was almost strong
enough to blow over the statue
OF Thomas Jefferson.
cts next to impossible tt
play in this wind" said Capt
Samuel P. Loboda, director oi
the Army Band which played
at the pageant. He had some
one holding down his music
while conducting and the mu.
sicianS tried to anchor theil
music with slabs of glass.
But the show did go on be.
fore some 5000 shivering spec,
tators. And at the end of 1t
Festival General Chairman
Harry T. Thompson hailed the
1860 celebration a great sue.
cess.
He then put on his other hal
that of superintendent o.
National Capital Parks - anc
promised that with just a lit.
tie warmth from Mother Ma.
ture. the cherry blossoms
around the Tidal Basin viii
come out in their full splendor
Evening star., 1960-04-11
The
Rambler
Hostens
To Make Amends
By GEORGE KENNEDY

By GEORGE KENNEDY
The Rambler met the Sec
retary of the Interior the
other day and found himself
in for a chiding.
Ordinarily Fred Seaton is
one of the calmest of men.
He is a smoothie and more.
One might be tempted to
coin another word in that
category and call him a
calmie. But that doesn't
sound right.
Like many successful men
of medium stature, he is a
meticulouS dresser. His cuff
links are ornate but in good
taste, his necktie a pleasing
variation of the color tone
Of his suit.
He is broad of face and
shoulder and blond. 1t is
not surprising to learn that
his mother is of German
stock. He rarely, if ever,
raises his voice. He didn't
on this occasion. But he
made his diSpleasure known.
"You wrote" he said,
"about Hall Lusk, a native of
the District who came back
here as the new Senator
from Oregon. You said you
did not know of another such
instance.
I'm telling you, I didn't
like being left out. I thought
the local press knew that I
was born here. When I was
appointed Senator from Ne
braska after the death of
Kenneth Wherry, your paper
ran a front page box calling
attention to the fact that I
was born in Washington"
Then he turned on a
friendly smile and the Ram
bier was relieved that the
Secretary was not very seri-
Gus about 1t.
What are your memories
of your boyhood in Wash
ington?" he was askeds
He laughed.
"The truth is" he said, IT
haven't many. In 1916, when
I was 7 years old, my father
purchased a newspaper in
Manhattan, Kan, and we
moved there.
HE was an assistant to
Senator Bristow of Kansas.
II DON'T EVEN REMEM-
BER the number of the
house on Quincy street where
I spent my early years. I
think 1t was near Fourteenth
street.
Il remember going down.
town with my father on the
old open streetcars.
Sometimes my father
would take me with him to
the Senator's offices in the
old Senate Office Building,
which was not very old then.
"He would let me take
home the office mail-the
empty envelopes, that is.
This was very important mail
to me. One day I left it all
on the streetcar. I cried
myself to sleep that night.
Il remember my father
taking me down to a place
under the Fourteenth street
Bridge to fish for crabs.
People laugh at me when I
tell them that; say the crabs
never came up so far.
"You know how we f1shed
for them-a piece of ripe
meat on a line. When the
crab grabbed it we would
pull him up and try to get a
hand net under him before
he would fall off.
We'll, in 1851 or 80 there
was low water in the river
and a lot of crabs were
caught in that place.
"AND 1 REMEMBER a
Sunday drive in a horse
drawn surry out to the Sen
ator'S country place for din
ner. Senator Bristow owned
a vast acreage at Annandale.
"All I remember was that
the dinner started with
%opoafa co,,ro n Nj JiIxJ% 1;Iyo
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use and employment survey"
are not exciting, that it would
be more dramatic to talk about
tearing down old buildings and
replacing worn-out sections of
the business district with bright
new shopping facilities.
But it isn't done that way.
"It's a slow process" he ex-
planned. THE information we
have gathered on how buildings
are being used and the nature
of employment in the down.
town area will be fed into data
processing machines.
This information isn't going
to be made public" he added,
since it is mainly for plan
ming purposes"
Four Planners to Make Study
While the basic data is being
processed, four planners work.
ing under Mr.. Banner will be
studying the general condition
Of the downtown area and
parking and traffic patterns.
1T will take about three
wears to cOmDlete 0ur study
and planning and begin the
first projects" said Mr.. Banner
IF everything goes we'll, we
ought to complete rehabilita-
ton Of the area (180 acres)
in seven or eight years after
that"
Some of the causes of down.
town blight are evident and
Mr.. Banner cited them to illus
trate the problem the rehabili-
tation effort faces.
You'll notice a lot of vacant
space above downtown store
rooms or in the upper stories
Of old Office buildings" he said
I'm some cases, it's simply be-
cause there are no elevators
in the buildings. People aren't
going to walk when there is
plenty of space available with
elevator service"
In other cases, one deteri-
GRATED building has led to
blight through a whole block
or several blocks.
"An inappropriate business
can quickly blight the sur
rounding businesses" he said
Evening star., 1960-04-11

Route 703), near the Fairfax
Falls Church line about 1912
am. Sunday.
A passenger in Mr.. Bolding's
car, Malcolm McGehee, 18, Of
Vienna, Va, was taken to Ar
lington Hospital, where he was
reported in serious condition.
Driver of the other car was
Identified by police as Ray M.
Tugwell, II. of 4109 Oakdale
road, Mclean. Va. He and a
passenger, Richard w. French,
16, of 5l1 Grove avenue, Nc
Lean. were taken to Arlington
Hospital. Young Tugwell was
reported in fair condition, and
the French boy, as satisfactory.
Evening star., 1960-04-11

lngS used for religious and edu-
cational purposes if they are
100 feet from any other struc-
ture.
The advisory committee,
named by the county commits
sionerS, has been studying pos
sible revisions of the county's
building code, which is ma
tionally accepted and prepared
by the Building Officials Con-
ference of America.
School officials proposed the
changes to reduce mounting
school costs.
Schmidt's Letter
School Supt. William S.
Schmidt said in a letter to the
committee March 9 that sug-
gested code amendments were
first proposed on January 27.
He said the code standards
"if inforced, will require an ad-
ditional cost of providing fire.
proof classroom doors, fire.
proofing exposed steel, ventilat-
ing through sheet metal ducts
and freproofing corridors and
stairway Enclosures"
Unless ducts are Installed
clasSro ooms are ventilated
through louvres in classroom
doors and corridors.
The committee, headed by
Chris Sondberg, chief building
inspector, has referred the rec
concentrations to Fire Marsha,
Lawrence Woltz for an opinion
Mr.. Sondberg said YESTERDAY
the committee will meet within
a few days after Mr.. Woltz
makes his report.
The two officials also are re-
studying fire protection provi-
sions Of the code as a result o1
the night fire at West Lanham
Hills Elementary School or
March %. The blaze, which Mr.
Woltz said was set, burned Out
a wing of the building, con.
Structed in 1852. The building
code was adopted in 1851.
8 Points Listed
Mr.. Schmidt listed in his let
ter four points in support ot
the recommended code changes
He said that since the aver
age school can be evacuated
Evening star., 1960-04-11

"crucify him!" That this public
official washed his hands, liter
ally and figuratively, Of this mat
ter made him no less guilty.
This historic occasion, and
tens Of thousands before and
since, emphasize an indisputable
governmental fact of life: Gov
ernment decisions are of and by
the people through their repre-
sentatives. 1t is our sobering
duty in political life to decide in
the best public interest, and it
is the public's equally sobering
responsibility to serve its own
Evening star., 1960-04-11

There is nothing wrong with
hamburger shops, for instance,
but put one in the wrong place
and it can do a lot of harm"
No Wholesale Cleaning
Some people had the idea
that there would be a major
redevelopment effort in the
downtown area. Mr.. Banner
quickly dispelled this notion.
There may be spot clear
ance," he said, but I don't see
any need for wholesale clear
ance such as we had in South
west Washington"
Eventually, the District Re-
development Land Agency-the
city's slum clearance authority
probably will be asked by the
Downtown Committee to use its
powers of condemnation to
acquire properties that are be-
yond rehabilitation.
Public funds won't be used
for this condemnation. This re-
development will be financed
privately.
One idea that appeals to Mr..
Banner is creation of a Land
bank" in the downtown area,
If there is no immediate mar
ket or need for land cleared of
worn out buildings, he sug-
gested the sites might be used
temporarily for parks or park
ing.
New Facade Not Enough
While he has no precon-
ceived notions of how downtown
Washington should be rehabi-
litated, Mr.. Banner said he
does not want merely to put a
new facade on the central busi-
ness district.
II am not ruling out malls OF
any other unusual treatment,
he said. Il simply don't know
what it needs. But do know
we will have to make downtown
easier to get to and from, ano
make it more attractive. The
results of the rehabilitation
will have to be exciting"
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within five minutes, national
thinking appears to stress the
removal of students rather than
provide flreproof buildings"
The type of schools which
are now acceptable to county
and State school boards "are
the result of years of expert
ence in economical planning,
use and maintenance" he said.
He told the committee mo
serious fire has occurred in
schools which have been built
within the last 20 years, and
the probability of a serious fire
is Offset by the type of equip
ment and furnishings which
are composed of slow-burning
materials which will not create
fire of sufficient intensity to
damage exposed steel structural
units"
Boiler rooms, he said, are
usually a safe distance from
claSSrooms and equipped with
retarding doors.
Rational Approach"
Mr.. Schmidt said the school
board does not intend Ito en-
danger in any way the safety
Of children but to approach
the problem of construction or
a sound. reasonable and ra-
tional basis"
He said the added cost oi
construction under present
code regulations would un-
questionably increase building
costs anywhere from 10 to Is
per cent"
School officials are expected
10 announce q $40 million
school construction program
this spring.
w. Carroll Beatty, schoo
board chairman, said the rec.
commended code changes re.
suited from conferences with
school architects who were
asked to suggest methods fol
cutting school costs.
He said architects have tolc
the board there are other gen.
orally accepted building code.
which do not contain regula.
tions recommended for elimi-
nation from the code in effect
in Prince Georges.
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"AND 1 REMEMBER

"AND I REMEMBER a
Sunday drive in a horse
drawn surry out to the Sen
ator's country place for din
ner. Senator Bristow owned
a vast acreage at Annandale.
"All I remember was that
the dinner started with
tomato soup and I didn't like
tomato soup. But seeing I
had the parents I had there
was only one thing to do.
cleaned my plate"
His fathers newspaper
venture was a fortunate one.
Today the Secretary and his
brother are the principal
stockholders of the Seaton
Publishing Co., which owns
eight dailies, three radio
stations and a TV station.
AS a native, he probably
takes a special interest in
Interiors $4,000 acres of
park land in Washington and
along the Potomac. But he
has a lot of other land to
think about, 750 million
acres, about one-fourth the
land area of the Nation, all
in the custody of the depart
ment.