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Evening star., 1960-05-23
NOW A SUCCESS
Little Symphony Plans Its Debut
By ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star Stan Writer


A new symphony orchestra
here will end its first season
next month without ever having
given a public performance.
All the musicians agree, how
ever, that it's been a most
successful year.
The orchestra has no official
name. 1t is made up almost
exclusively Of music teachers in
District schools; the only excep.
tions are two high school stu
dents.
II call it the Washington
Music Teachers Little SYM
phony," says the conductor,
John Wigent, who is an asso-
ciate professor of music at
District Teachers College.
Next year the group, under
whatever name it finally adopts,
definitely will be making some
public appearances. Mr.. Wigent
feels, in fact, that eventually
the orchestra will become good
enough-and solvent enough
to commission local composers
to write original works for it.
Both Mr.. Wigent and Paul D.
Gable, supervising director Of
the music department, are con-
vinced the orchestra already
has justified its existence.
Mr.. Gable, who organized
the orchestra last October,
notes that its major purposes
were to give the Districts 80
instrumental teachers a chance
to brush up on their playing
and to introduce them to new
music.
Both purposes are being full
filled without public perform
ances, he says. Nearly all the |
music teachers are in the or
chestra, which rehearses the
first Thursday of each month |
at Roosevelt High School. The
June rehearsal will be the last |
one until next fall.
Most of the teachers had |
serious doubts about joining
the orchestra. according to Mr.. |
Wigent. They didn't think they
were good enough.
"They had spent all their
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Tuwes to Submit
To Minor Suroery

ANNAPOLIS, May % (AP)
Gov. Tawes will enter Uni
versity Hospital in Baltimore
this week for what his doctors
describe as a minor intestinal
operation.
He plans to enter the hospi-
tai Thursday and will be op-
Grated on Friday.
DR.. Daniel Wilson, the Gov
ernor's personal physician, saiC
a benign polyp" (tumor) viii
be removed from his large in,
testine.
DR.. Thurston Adams will
perform the surgery.
Gov. Tawes recently under.
went a complete physicaI
checkup at the hospital. Tht
operation was recommended
after a consultation amonf
four doctors, the Governor.
office said.
Evening star., 1960-05-23

time teaching and hadn't done
any playing, Mr.. Wigent ex-
plains.
Now they are enthusiastic
about the orchestra, he says,
and their playing has definitely
improved =, although some
times there are sounds that
make me wish I hadn't been
born"
"AS a whole the musicians
are well qualified" notes Mr..
Wigent. who also conducts the
Arlington Symphony. Some
were Just a bit rusty"
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Phony Colonel Sought
After SwindIe Series

Washington area police are
looking for a slick confidence
man with two trademarks: He
passes himself of as an Army
officer and buys automobiles
with bad checks.
Capt. John G. williams of the
automobile squad gave this
rundown on the 40-year -old,
dark-haired well-dressed phony
Army Colonel:
On May 13, he answered a
newspaper advertisement in
which Anthony Franz of 1910
Erie street, West Hyattsville,
Md, offered to sell a 1859 Lin
coin car. He gave Mr.. Franz a
bad check for $500. A few
days later a service station
called Mr.. Franz and told him
he owed $11 for windshield
wiper repairs and a grease job.
Come pick 1t up, said the Serv-
ic eStation man.
Mr.. Franz recovered his car.
He can only figure that the
check passer got tired of it.
Woman Not Fooled
The confidence man tried to
buy a diamond ring on May
is from an advertiser. This
time he called himself "Col.
Franz" but couldn't identify
himself with papers so there
was no sale.
Later the same day he tried
to buy two rings for $3.50 from
Mrs. c. L. Farnsworth Of SOS
Silver Spring avenue. Silver
Spring, Md. This time he was
a major" but, despite his we'll
groomed appearance, Mrs.
Farnsworth refused to take
his check.
Last Thursday, restored again
as a colonel" the confidence
man went to the home of John
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Eoston Fire Destroys
Brick and Tile Plant

EASTON, Md, May % (AP)
= Fire destroyed the main
building Of the New Brick &
Tile Co. here early today, doing
an estimated $4,000 to $4,000
damage.
Owner Thomas Shockley said
the building apparently was hit
by lightning. A nearby utility
pole also showed signs of hav =
ing been hit.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Wild Storms
Hit Big Area,
Crops Suffer

Severe thundershowers struck
parts Of the Washington area
again last night.
At least q dozen homes were
reported struck by lightning in
the suburbs but little damage
was reported, fire officials said.
The District suffered no damage
as q result Of the storm and es-
capped with a heavy rainfall and
several flooded Easements.
In Prince Georges County
lightning caused a fire in the
home Of William B. Burroughs
Of 5000 p street, Coral Hills
The blaze was confined to the
second floor Of the two-story
structure and damage was
estimated at $4,000. Power lines
were reported down in other
parts Of the county.
In Montgomery County,
lightning struck the Clara Bar
ton Elementary School in Cabin
John. Firemen said no damage
was reported. A home at 48l4
Cumberland avenue. Bethesda,
also was struck.
Heavy damage was caused by
q hailstorm that swept through
a 17-mile strip of Richmond
County, Va, late Saturday
night. First estimates said the
loss may exceed $500, 900. Bar
ley, corn. wheat and clover
fields were pelted. Some fields
were still under water late yes
terday.
Hailstones, some the size of
marbles, piled up 8 feet deep
in a ravine on one farm and
remained unmelted "a hours
after the storm.
Crop damage also was re-
ported from hail in Caroline
and Essex Counties, Va. War
renton reported hail storms
and flash floods covered parts
Of Route 211.
Planes were delayed at Ma
tional Airport as a result of
the storm. The Weather Bureau
there said cool air over Wash
ington blunted the storms i'm
pact.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Unemployed Man
Is Gunshot Victim

An 18-year-old unemployed
Alexandria man died in Ar
lington yesterday after he ac-
cidentally shot himself in the
stomach with a pistol.
Charles Lewis, jr., of 1902
Suter street, died at Arlington
Hospital several hours, after
the accident police said.
Arlington Detective Captain
Dudley Rector said Mr.. Lewis
was examining a .25 caliber
automatic pistol at a friends
house at 1914 South Tenth
street when the gun went of.
The bullet punctured Mr..
Lewis's stomach.
The victim was rushed to
Arlington Hospital where he
died shortly afterward.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
GIRL, 6, BROWNS
ON FIRST VISIT
TO SWIM CLASS

HAGER s TOWN, Md.
(AP).-Pamela Lee Carey,
6. Of Hagerstown. drowned
Saturday on her first visit
to q YMCA swimming
class.
About Is minutes after
the class started, Pamela
was reported missing by
her friend, Reba Steiner, Z.
Miss Alice Marie Weller
Of MauganSville. the in
structor. nducted q
search and found Pamela
face down in about 5 feet
of water.
Artificial respiration was
unsuccessful.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Body of Skipper
Is Found in Buy

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md,
May % (SpeciaD-The body of
a schooner captain, missing
from his boat since May /, was
found today of Breezy Point
Beach near here. .
State police identified the
drowned man as Norris l.. Web
ster, sr., SIS, of Cambridge, cap
tain of the Betty Conway. The
95-foot Chesapeake Bay
schooner was en- rout from
Baltimore to Laurel, Del, with
a load of fertilizer when the
captain was reported missing
between James and Sharps
Islands, police said.
Evening star., 1960-05-23

w. McAvoy of 1855 Forty first
street NV, in response to
an ad, and took Mr.. McAvoy's
1859 Chevrolet out for a trial.
That was the last Mr.. McAvoy
saw of the car.
Partial to Jewelry
Within the hour he showed
up at the Lapidary jewelers.,
Inc, 1882 Wisconsin avenue
NV. where he identified him
self as Mr.. McAvoy and passed
an $500 bad check for some
jewelry.
On Friday. he tried to pass a
check for 1852 at Farr Jewel
erS, 4445 Connecticut avenue
NV. but departed when the
store got suspicious and called
police.
Also on Friday, ne victim
lied a real colonel, John D
Howard of the Marine Corps,
who lives at Mclean, Va. Col
Howard, who had advertised a
1860 Pontiac for sale, met the
con man-temporarily denoted
to major" this time - at q
country club. The man gave
Col. Howard a bad check for
$3.50 and departed with the
car. 1t is still being sought.
Then, he went to the Pek-
ing Restaurant, 5522 Connecti-
cut avenue NV. and tried to
pass a check for $500, saying
he wanted $170 worth of food
for a party. But the con man
left when restaurant officials
got suspicious.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Two Youths Get $40
In Fuirfux HoIdup

Two youths held up the night
attendant of the Peoples Serv-
ice Station on Route z at Gull
more early today and fed with
$40, Fairfax County police re-
ported.
The attendant, John l.. Shaw,
said one Of the boys stuck a
sharp object in his back while
he was checking the oil in their
car, and took the money out of
a wallet.
Detective Capt. Grafton Wells
said the youths were about 20
years old. No arrests have been
made.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Junitor's Condition
Fair After Shooting

Lowell Hall, 30, a janitor
was in fair" condition al
Alexandria Hospital today after
being shot in the chest while
walking in the 400 block o1
north Henry Street late Satur.
day night.
Alexandria police said they
are on the trail of Halls as
Sailant.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
ARLINGTON
WiIks Agrees to Enter Race
For Arlington County Board
ARLINGTON

Continued From First Page
and Thomas Richards, en- in
telligence analyst.
Ray c. Wadlow, a sales rep
resentative, filed for the NOM
ination Saturday night.
To Cut Business Ties
Mr.. Wilt, who is president Of
the Arlington Trust Co., and
E. D. Wilt. Inc, a service
station distributing agency, re-
ported he intends to relinquish
some Of his business duties to
comply with his doctors in
sistence that he reduce his
activities.
In a statement issued today
he said:
Since my recent announce
ment that ] could not be a
candidate I have been urged
by many citizens and county
leaders Of both national parties
and the ABC to reconsider.
II cannot continue to refuse
so many appeals from respon-
sible leaders. My conviction
that service to the community
is an obligation of very citizen
also is an important factor in
my decision to file as an in
dependent candidate for the
unexpired term of Mr.. Krup-
saw.
Will Concentrate on Board
II shall campaign chiefly by
devoting thoughtful and full
attention to my duties as a
member Of the County Board.
By limiting my campaign along
these lines, the personal and
business considerations which
led to my previous withdrawal
are no longer controlling"
DR.. Carbone of 1906 North
Perry street, is head of the
Carbone Animal Hospital in
Arlington. The 38-year-old
veterinarian served with the
United Nations Relief and Re-
habilitatiop Administration in
its overseas livestock program
before beginning his practice
IN Arlington in 1916.
Careers Sketched
DR.. Carbone was born in
New York and holds a bache-
lor's degree in biology from
the City College of New York
and a doctorate in veterinary
medicine from Middlesex Uni
versity, Waltham, Mass. He
is the father Of four children.
Mrs. Hickman, of 3104 North
Inglewood street, long has been
active in ABC affairs.
Presently a columnist for
the Northern Virginia Sun,
she published a weekly, the
Citizen, until it sus-
pended publication three years
ago.
She is a strong supporter of |
local and regional parks and
recreation and is presently vice
Evening star., 1960-05-23

The orchestra plays music
of sound quality" Mr.. Wigent
says. Since it is really a cham.
Der orchestra. rather than Z
full-sized symphony, its roper.
toire is fairly well restricted to
the 18th century and the con.
temporary works written fol
just such a limited number oi
players.
Mr.. Gable reports that now
with the orchestra we'll estab-
lished, efforts are under way to
set up a chorus for the Dis
trict's voice teachers.
Evening star., 1960-05-23

Among the more experienced
players are the concertmaster,
Nathan Lerner, an elementary
music teacher who has played
in the National Symphony and
is currently also concertmaSter
of the Washington Civic SYM
phony; Walter Howe, a junior
high teacher who is tympanist
with the National Gallery Or
chestra - although he plays
violin in the teachers group
and Peter Theodore, also a
Junior high teacher. who plays
the double bass professionally
during the summer.
Evening star., 1960-05-23
Resuscitution Method
To Be Demonstrated

Capt. Martin Mcmahon, a
member Of the Baltimore City
Fire Department, will give a
lecture and demonstration or
the nouth-to-mouth method OF
resuscitatlon to members of
the HyattsvilIe Md Fire De-
partment.
Capt. Mcmahon wol ked with
doctors in Baltimore to develop
the procedure two years ago
The session will begin at 8 pm
Thursday in the Hyattsville
firehouse.
Evening star., 1960-05-23

Miss Matte Granger, ~,
of Arlington Towers, will
represent this area as
Miss d. C. Press PhOtOg-
rapher at the July Ma
tiOnal Press Photogra-
piers annual convention
in Rapid City, S. Oak.
Miss Granger was chosen
last night from IL con-
testants by local press
photographers. The con-
test was held aboard the
SIS Mount Vernon.-Star
Staff Photo.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11

TEL AVN, (JTA) - A district court
Judge has opened a hearing into the re-
quest of the mother of the future Rabbi
of Belz that she be given custody of the
12-year-old boy.
He is being hidden by his present
custodians in training for the leadership
of the Chassidic sect.
Mrs. Motel Rokah, widow of the late
brother of Rabbi Aharon Rokah, the
Rabbi of Belz, told District Judge Benja-
min Cohen that the two cuStodianS of her
son, Isaachar Ber Rokah, had taken the
boy to place to which she had no access,
and that she was not permitted to see
him. She asked the court to appoint her
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11
UJA Asks
$4,000
ofTUcson

The Tucson Jewish Com
munity Council has received
an urgent request from the
New York office of the
United Jewish Appeal for a
contribution of $4,000 in
cash during the current
nationwide drive.
Morris BERNSTEIN, general
chairman of the National
Campaign Cabinet of UJA,
made the appeal in a letter
to William Gordon, president
of the Tucson Jewish Com
munity Council. Mr.. Berin-
stein said a nationwide cash
campaign is underway to
raise $32 millions.
The drive for cash will
culminate in the UJA con-
ference to be held in New
York Dec. GIL. Henry H.
Kaufman, chairman of the
1860 CJA, will attend as Tue
sons official delegate.
Among these needs in
Israel which will confront the
UJA in 1861 are the conSoli-
dation of the 485 farm settle
ments, established since the
beginning of the State, which
are still not economically
self-sufficient; the 10000 who
are still living under primi-
tive conditions in the ma
abarot; the clearance of
Wretched city slum condi-
tons; additional water in the
Negev; the need to develop
futher the border areas; and
the problems entailed in the
continuing immigration of
some $4,000 to 10000 a year.
Furthermore, there are the
vital programs of the JDC in
North Africa, in Western
Europe, in Poland and else
where to provide aid for the
needy.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11
Cuban JeWry
FIocking To
Florida

MIAMI, (JTA)-Between
500 and 1,5OO Cuban Jews
have migrated to this city
in recent months, and the
potentialS of a new Jewish
refugee problem may be
shaping up.
Leaders of the Jewish
community are quick to
point out, however, that
the Jewish migration from
Cuba has not been caused
by any signs of official
anti-Semitism on the is
land, or by any Cuban gov
ernmental actions that af-
feet Jews specifically.
The 500-1, 500 figure is an
educated" guess within a
wide range, while some
Jews here believe that the
number of Cuban Jews
who have arrived in Miami
and vicinity recently may
run to as high a figure as
1000.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11
Mother Pleads For Custody
Of 72-Yeor-OId Future Rabbi

as custodian so she could educate him
and have him with her.
The custodians claimed that, while
the mother was a religiously observant
woman, she could not give the boy the
education he needed to be entrusted with
the leadership of the large Belz commun-
ity. They also reported they had no other
candidate for the post, which has been
vacant since Rabbi Rokah died three years
ago.
The boy is held under strict observa-
ton of his teachers and is being prepared
for the post when he becomes Bar Mitz-
yah next year. The boys mother said that
while it might be true that the Belzer
Hassidim could not live without a rabbi,
she could not live without her child.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11

planned goal of a four-unit
group of buildings. The pro-
posed sanctuary will be added
to the front of the present Sy
Juster Auditorium.
The 40-foot high building
will consist of a hexagonal-
shaped sanctuary upon which
will be superimposed the six
cornered star ceiling area.
Plans also call for an addi-
ton of classroomS, school Of
fees and activity rooms to
the west of the present class
room building.
A special meeting of the
membership of the Temple
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11

Roll will be published in THE
MITZVAH, official organ of
the CJA, throughout the
campaign.
Names of all donors to the
CJA will be published in
HonorS Rolls in THE MTTZ-
YAH. Names will be listed
in several categories, accord
ing to the amount of the gift
to CJA.
Stanley A. Hatcher, general
chairman for the 1861 Com
bined Jewish Appeal, said
that the Honor Roll is being
instituted as an aid to the
Embarrassing drive.
1--WE sincerely believe that
the use of an Honor Roll
will stimulate giving" Mr..
Hatcher declared. 1--WE have
been very lax in this COM
munity in recognizing our re-
sponsibility towards caring
for health and welfare prob
lens in Tucson, in our coun-
try, overseas and in Israel.
1--WE have made a careful
study of the use of Honor
Rolls in other communities
and have come to the con-
clusion that this will def.
nitely increase gift-giving to
the Combined Jewish Appeal
in Tucson"
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11
CJA Sets $25O>OO0 Coal For 81
Roll Plan
Adopted

Adoption of $250,OOO goal
for the 1861 Combined Jewish
Appeal and the publishing of
names of donors in an Honor
Roll was announced this
week by the executive board
of the Tucson Jewish Com.
munity Council.
In announcing the goal for
next years unified health
and welfare campaign, Will
liam Gordon, president of the
Council, said that the figure
is realistic and represents
the unanim Gus thinking
of both the executive board
and the Campaign Cabinet of
the CJA.
The goal of $25O,OOO was
recommended by the CJA
Campaign Cabinet and ac-.
cepted unanimously at a
meeting this week of the
Council executive board.
Last year the Combined
] wi s h Appeal raised
100000.
The publishing of the
Honor Roll was approved by
the executive board after
lengthy and studied discus
sion. There were two mega
tive votes for the proposal.
AS passed by both the ex-
ecutive board and the CJA
Campaign Cabinet the Honor
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11

Honor Roll plans similar
to the one to be instituted
by the Tucson Combined
Jewish Appeal have proved
highly successful in nearby
communities.
Phoenix began the Honor
Roll just a few years ago
and its cam p al G n has
scared to record sums over
$4,000 from regular $1OO-
900 drives. The FL PasO
Jewish Community Council
also has found its publish
ing of the names of donors
to be highly successful.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11
Temple Reodies
Building Plans

The machinery for Temple Emanu-Ers major building
fund program has been and committees prepar
ing the ground work for general solicitations begin in
the spring of 1861
The proposed sanctuary will complete the Temples long
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11
~ ~ ~
AND THE ODD TWIST i.

that Jewish fraternities, too,
will have to lose their iden-
tity.
3Zeta Beta Tau fraternity on
the University of Arizona
campus dropped its jewish
ness several years ago. 1t
took in non-Jewish students
and even was the first VA
fraternity to break the color
line by granting membership
to a Negro student.
To make sure the fraternity
was no longer considered
Jewish, an officer of Zeta
Beta Tau called us several
years ago to cancel it's sub
Scription to THE ARIZONA
POST. They no longer had
need for an Anglo-Jewish
newspaper, the fraternity boy
Saidt
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11

LOS ANGELES-Dr. Bella
Schick has been presented
t h e MaimonideS Humani-
tartan Award by the Jewish
Federation-Council of L S
Angeles.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11

FOK YEARS fraternltleS
throughout the nations uni
versities practiced discrimina-
ton with such a vengeance
that it unwittingly gave COM
fort to the espousers of big
otry.
There were written and un-
written codes that banned
membership to Jewish stu
dents, to Oriental students
and to Negro students.
Today there are some fra
ternities = and sororities =
which still discriminate. But
the crack in the wall of cam
pus bigotry is beginning to
widen.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11

will be called for Jan. a at
which time a scale-model of
the proposed buildings will
be unveiled and general plans
announced.
The firm of Friedman and
JobuSch has been retained as
architects and engineers.
The Arizona post., 1960-11-11
I he
Post
Office
by Abe Chaninw

siHllIr
FRATERNITY DISCRIMI-
nation is disappearing so rap
idly that the Jewish fraterni-
ties are facing competition
for membership.
During the fall rushing sea-
son, at the University of Ari-
Zona, a well-verSed informant
tells us a howl went up from
a Jewish fraternity when
Jewish students were rushed
by non-JeWiSh fraternitieS.
Oh, my, how the shoe binds
when it is on the other FOOT
Evening star., 1960-04-05

IS otherwise eligible for bene-
f1tS under the social security
laws old age and survivors in
surance section. 1t also would
cover approximately 2 mil
lion persons receiving public
assistance or similar help. Like
the Forand bill, the enlarged
plan would be financed by high
er social security taxes on en-
ployes and employers.
Salvage Moves Weighed
Two moves are being con-
sidered by House members
hoping to salvage the Forand
bill. The Ways and Means
Committee voted last week,
l7-S, against taking up the
bill as a proposed amend
ment to the Social Security
Act. That was regarded as
practically shelving the bill in
its present form this year so
Tar as the committee was con-
cerned.
But sources close to the Dem
ocratic Study Group, an in
formal combination of more
than 100 House liberals from
Northern and Western States,
said Representative Metcalf,
Democrat of Montana, might
propose a modified version of
the Forand bill as a possible
compromise. Mr.. Metcalf is a
Ways and Means Committee
member and study group chair
man.
Evening star., 1960-04-05
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said Mr.. Flemming is still ex-
ploring with various groups, in
cluding Blue Cross plan off,
cialS, how details of the pro-
gram may be worked out.
Senator Dirksen insisted that
his description of what the ad-
ministration is seeking in the
way of a health insurance pro-
gram did not involve any back
tracking.
There were reports two weeks
ago that Republican congress
Siopal leaders rebelled against
a proposed program drafted by
Mr.. Flemming as a counter
proposal to the Forand bill ir
the House, which later was
tabled by the House Ways anc
Means Committee.
Mr.. Flemming limited his
testimony before the House
committee to opposing the
Forand bill for compulsory
health insurance as a part OF
the social security system and
Isaid then that the administra-