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Evening star., 1961-06-10
Guests Speak
In s Churches

Guest speakers will appear
in the pulpits of at least six
Washington area churches to-
morrow.
DR.. Gene z. Bartlett, presi-
dent Of Colgate-Rochester Di-
vinity School, Rochester, N. Y
will speak at 9 and 11:15 am
services of Calvary Baptist
Church. Eighth and H streets
NV.
DR.. Ted Roe, a Baptist Evan
gelist Of eWst Covina,, Calf i.
will speak at two churches here
tomorrow. He will conduct spec
ial services at $3.50, $3.50 and
IL am. in the United Presby-
terian Church Of the Atone
ment. 1868 Geogia avenue
Silver Spring, and at 7:30 pm
in the FOrcey Memorial Church
6440 Piney Branch road NV,
DR.. M. Chandler Stith, execu-
tive secretary of the District
Baptist Convention, will speak
at an IL am. anniversary serv-
ice Of the NOrthSide Baptist
Church, 1924 Rhode Island ave-
nue., College Park.
The Rev. Henry w. Coray,
pastor of the Sunnyvale (Calif.) }
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
will speak at the IL am. serv-
ice at Knox Orthodox Presby-
terian Church, Granville drive
and Sutherland road, Silver
Spring, during an observance
of the 25th anniversary of the
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
James B. Cash, jr., deputy
commissioner of the Federal
Housing Administration, will
speak at 8 and II am. services
of Green Valley Presbyterian
Church, 5000 Dixon street. Hill
crest Heights. Md, which Is
observing Civic Sunday.
Evening star., 1961-06-10
CHURCHES ON THE AIR

The following televivsion and
radio programs will originate
from Washington area stations
Tomorrow:
TelevisiOn
$50 am. WTOP-9-Col.
Martin Scharlemann, director
Of graduate studies, Concordia
seminary, Louis, will discuss
Invasion from Beyond" on the
program "Air Force Chapel of
ehe Air.
$9:15 am, WRC-4 - "How
Spiritual Riches Uplift our
4ives" on the program How
christian Science Heals"
1880 am, WTOP-e - "The
Mass for Shut-Ins," celebrated
" the Rev. John Dimond, of
St. Paul's College, Catholic Uni
.Ersity.
10 am, WRC-4-The 2O0th
anniversary of the death of
Bal Shem Tov, founder of the
&hasidic movement, will be
9ommemomrated on the Jew
Eh Community Hour" Rabbi
Balfour Brickner of Temple
Sinai will speak.
Radio
: 7:3O am, wwDc - "The
Mass for Shut-Ins."
7:t5 am, WAVA - How
&hrib btian Science Heals"
Z ~ Is am, wDoN and
$WASH-FM-The Rev. Lloyd
". Wineberg, of the Chillum
Feiglhts Gospel Chapel, speaks,
g am, WOOK = Bishop
$maIlwood E, Williams of the
eiblG- Way Church speaks.
II am, WFAN-FM - The
Rev. Jack F. Coffey speaks dur
Ng Petworth-M Montgomery Hills
Baptist Church service.
Z Noon, WDON-Gerrit Conger
D layman at the Unitarian
Church of Arlington, will speak
qn the program "Unitarians
$peak."
8 pm, WMAL-"A Nation in
4ris9M3 a discussion of prisons
And prisoners by Catholic chap
Evening star., 1961-06-10
Dedication
Slated at
Cathedral

Completion of the north side
Of the Washington Cathedral
from apSe to nave will be
marked with the dedication Of
the north cloister and the
Cathedral's new administration
building at 8 pm. next Friday,
The Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre, jr., Dean Of the Cathe-
dral, said the Right Rev. Angus
Dun. Episcopal Bishop Of
Washington, will officiate at
the dedication service.
The three-story office build
ing and north cloister. together
with the east cloister, form a
pentagon with the cathedral
and inclose a Handicapped garth.
The office building will house
offices of the cathedral
canons, business manager. Ma
tional Cathedral Association,
Christmas Card department
as we'll as a conference room.
On the second floor of the
new cloister are the offices of
the dean and his staff and a
vestry for the Cathedral and
visiting clergy. The lower level
of the cloister is an arched
passageway from the admins
tration building to the Cathe-
dral crypts.
The administration building
was begun in 1850 with a be-
quest of Mabel Thorpe Board
man of Washington and the
Boardman family. Completion
of the building and construc-
ton of the north cloister was
accomplished with funds pro-
vided by the will of Miss Susie
K. Anderson of Garden City,
IN. Y.
Evening star., 1961-06-10

Several Washington area
churches will hold ground
breaking and dedication serv-
ices tomorrow for new build
ings.
Members of Mount Olivet
Methodist Church will attend
a groundbreaking service for
their new church school build
ing and enlarged sanctuary at
noon tomorrow at 1918 North
Glebe road, Arlington, Va.
DR.. Roland P. Riddick, SUI
perintendent Of the Alexandria
Methodist District, and the
Rev. Andrew G. Lynch. former
pastor Of the church, will par
ticipate.
Total Cost 411,40O
The new school building will
have eight classrooms, q fell
lowship hall seating 400 per-
sons, multi-purpose rooms and
a kitchen. The enlarged sane
tuary will have 240 additional
seats, new chancel and altar
area, choir room, three robing
rooms and a music library. The
sanctuary, chapel, fellowship
hall and church offices will be
air conditioned. Cost Of the
entire project will be more than
$411, 400.
The Rev. James Roy Smith
is pastor Of the 1890 member
congregation.
The first unit Of q projected
three-unit plant will be dedi-
Gated by members Of Epiphany
Lutheran Church at $3.50 pm,
tomorrow at Patton boulevard
and Roberts road in the Mount
Vernon area Of Alexandria, Va.
The 100000 structure has q
chapel seating 200 persons, two
vesting rooms, four classrooms
and a church office.
DIR. Grotefend Speaker
DR.. o. g. Grotefend pastor of
st. James Lutheran Church,
Washington, will deliver the
dedication address. The Rev.
Cecil 10y Propst, former Army
and Air Force chaplain now
pastor Of Epiphany Church
will dedicate the church. The
35-member congregation was
organized in April as q mission
of the American Lutheran
Members Of Grace Presby-
terian Church. Lanham Md.
willattend a dedication service
at 4 pm. tomorrow for their
new $35,000 chapel at 1924
Princess Gardens parkway. The
Evening star., 1961-06-10
BY HARVEY CLEW
Star Staff Writer

An opera company which has
yet to perform its first opera
opens its fourth season tomor-
row in a church basement.
IAN Evening Of Opera" will
be staged by the Opera Asso-
ciateS at $3.50 pm. at st.
Thomas Apostle Catholic
Church, Twenty-seventh street
and Woodley road NV.
~ For 81 each, patrons will see
excerpts from die Fielder
rnaus," by Richard Strauss, and
from Tschaikowsky's Eugene
tOnegin"-Staged by an assem-
biage of Government workers,
teachers, professional men and
high school students.
Because the small company
has limited resources, it con-
fines its productions to acts or
scenes from operas. Tomorrow
it will do the first scene from
Eugene Onegin," in Russian,
and the second act Of die Fle-
dermaus," in English.
Mostly Amateurs
James Walsh, q teacher al
Walter johnson High School in
Rockville, Md, founded Opera
Associates with SIX other opera
fans in 1858. Now about 80
persons take part, nearly all
pure amateurs.
A random glance at tomor-
rows cast shows a music
teacher, Carolyn Knight, play
Evening star., 1961-06-10
Mostly Amateurs
Ministers Group
Elects Phelps

The Rev. F. Bailey Phelps,
pastor Of Forest Memorial Meth
odfst Church, Forestville, Md,
was elected president Of the
Washington Methodist Minis
ters Association at a recent
meeting in the Damascus (Md.)
Methodist Church.
Other officers chosen were
the Rev. Gerald R. Alderman
of Ashton Methodist Church,
vice president; the Rev. Robert
K. Rodeffer of Seat Pleasant
Methodist Church, secretary
treasurer, and the Rev. W. Dan
iel Rich of Linganore Methodist
Church corresponding secre-
tary.
Evening star., 1961-06-10
Breakfast Set

Representative Ralph R.
Warding, Democrat of Idaho
will speak on Attainment OF
Objectives" during the Inter-
national Crossros dS Sunday
Morning Breakfast at 9 am
tomorrow in the Central
YMCA, 1885 G street NV.
Evening star., 1961-06-10

lains of the District Depart
ment of Corrections.
$50 pm. WMAL-Charles
C. Richardson, teacher of the
Richardson Bible Glass of Ager
Road Methodist Church, will
be guest speaker on the Hour
of Power" from Central Union
Mission.
9:45 pm. WOOK and WAN
FIN Faith of Millions, F"
sponsored by the Catholic In
terracial Council Of Washing
ton"
Evening star., 1961-06-10
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( 'o'lpero Company Offers
Excerpts at Church

ing Adele in die Fledermaus," "
and a Navy Department statis-
tician, Beatrice Orleans, sing
ing the role of Rosalinda.
In Eugene Onegin," the title
role is sung by a lawyer, Robert
Mattina, while the part of
Lenski is played by Jon Lee
Hawarden, a Department of
Interior employe.
Mr.. Walsh believes this is
the first Washington appear
ance of "Onegin." Only two
cast members knew any Rus
sian, but this was solved by
coaching in pronunciation
from Robert Nielsen, a Slav-
isticS expert with the Library
of Congress.
Directing both performances
will be Robert Swift, an adver-
tising man with college dra-
matte experience. Another Wal
ter Johnson teacher, Stephen
Perialas, is stage manager. 1t
is the first operatic experience
for both.
Opportunity for Singers
1--WE have some singers who
might be called semiprofes-
Sionals," says Mr.. Walsh, "but
most are not. We exist to give
students a chance to learn stage
techniques, makeup and so on,
perhaps even a chance at an
operate career"
Miss Constance Recht, an art
teacher at Roosevelt High
School, designed the stage sets,
which are mounted on wooden
frames, with the "Onegin''
background on one side, that
for die Fledermaus" on the
other.
Everything is scaled down, "
Mr.. Walsh explains, IF we were
to do the triumphal scene from
Aida we'd probably use two
mice instead of elephants"
Opera Associates is headquar-
tered at st. Thomas, where Mr..
Walsh is choir director, but it
includes opera fans from all
faiths and all parts of Wash
ington.
Someday, Mr.. Walsh hopes to
stage a genuine full-length
opera, but this seems far in the
future. For now, the group is
content to "jaunt around town, +"
as he puts it, playing at schools,
churches and hospitals.
In true theater tradition, he
says "We'1l go wherever they
book u.s.
Evening star., 1961-06-10
Marriage Conference

A pre-Cana conference for
engaged couples on "The First
Year Of Married Life" will be
held at 8 pm. tomorrow in
Gavan Memorial Center, Sacred
Heart Shrine, Sixteenth street
and Park road NV. The con-
ference is sponsored by the
Family Life Bureau, Catholic
Washington Archdiocese.
Evening star., 1961-06-10
Jack WYRTzEE TO SPEAK

WASHINGTON BIBLE COLLEGE
Evening star., 1961-06-10

TRINITY EPISCOPAL
Piney Branch Rd. at DahIla st. NV.
Rev. Frederick W. Blats. DID,. Rector
a.m.--Holy Communion; 9:15 am.
Morning PRAYER and Church School.
] l a.n.-Morning Prayer and Sermon
Evening star., 1961-12-03

title role filled by Hurd Hatfield in the
l945 version of the Oscar Wilde novel.
Since the tragic death of his father
in 1851, young Walker has lived with
his mother, who married producer
David Selznick after her divorce from
Walker in l945.
Young Walker enacts the sailor
brother of Sybil Vane, who swears
revenge on Dorian Gray for trifling
with his sisters affections. Susan
Oliver plays a dual role, that Of Miss
Vane and Hetty Merton, both in love
with the philandering Dorian
Evening star., 1961-12-03
LIKE
FATHER
LIKE SON

- y the very boyishness of
. his appearance and close
physical resemblance to
his famous father, Robert Walker Jr.,
2l-year-old son of Jennifer Jones and
the late film star Robert Walker, is
bound to stir nostalgia memories in
the minds and hearts of movie fans.
Young Walker will make his TV
debut W Wednesday night in CBS'
Golden Showcase" production of
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" play
ing a secondary role to British actor
John Fraser, who is cast as Gray, a
Kodiak mirror., 1961-10-20

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Evening star., 1961-05-19
Citizens Seek
ToCut Speed

Fearing an increase in traffic
accidents in the Congress
Heights over the summer, the
Congress Heights Citizens Asso-
citation last night called for
action to reduce the speed OF
cars that pass through the area
Pin-pointing Savannah street
as one of the neighborhood' S
chief speed havens. the aSsoci-
alton voted to recommend four
way stop signs at Sixth and
Savannah streets Sc.
A traffic light also was pro-
posed for the corner of Nichols
avenue. First and Upsal streets
Sc. The association cited the
three-way intersection as long
being a spot of numerous acci-
dents.
Also, the association an
nounced it's new officers foI
the coming year. They are Mark
Hetrick, president; Eric Cur
tis. vice president; Kirk Led
better. recording secretary;
William Bryan, treasurer, ano
Charles Harris and Mr.. Curtis
delegates to the Federation OF
Citizens Associations.
The meeting was held at Con-
gress Heights E lie m entary
School.
Evening star., 1961-05-19

Jail in the middle of the night
for the trip to Ardmore. They
rode in a caravan composed of
a black limousine and three
unmarked police cars.
The trip took 4 hours and 10
minutes and the police simply
put them out, with their lug
gage, in Ardmore.
There were reports the group
had staged a hunger strike in
the Birmingham Jail.
The 10 had been picked up
here after attempting to make
the trip by bus that group of
freedom riders" sponsored by
the Congress of Racial Equal
ity, mad been thwarted from
making by violence and re-
fusal of drivers to handle buses
o (which they proposed to ride.
When the students arrived
here they we're met by a group
of Birmingham Negroes. includ-
Evening star., 1961-05-19
Anastasia Hits
Gaming Raid

NEW YORK, May 10 (AP).-
Dapper but angry Brooklyn
longshore boss Anthony CTough
Tony Anastasia appeared to-
day before a Federal grand jury
probing gambling.
The grand jury action was a
follow-up to a gambling raid
yesterday at the headquarters
of AnaStasiaS international
Longshoremen's Association To-
cal.
Five men, not including An
aStasia, were arrested.
Anastasia, arriving at Brook
lyn Federal Courthouse, heat
edly told newsmen the raid was
unjust, very unjust"
II am demanding a meeting
with the Mayor (Robert F.
Wagner Immediately" he said.
Il will have plenty to say after
l appear before the grand jury.
Anastasia is an lila vice
president as well as head of
the Brooklyn local. Brooklyn
District Attorney Edward S.
Silver said he would be queS-
toned about gambling at the
Brooklyn lila headquarters.
The investigation is aimed sole
ly at gambling and not at
unions or the waterfront as
such, he added.
Police and dock investigators
burst into the union headquar-
terS yesterday and arrested five
former LILA members on charges
of taking part in a $500,000-a-
year numbers and bookmaking
racket. The raid climaXed three
weeks of investigation.
Nearly 300 union members
were in the hall when the
raiders entered.
AnaStasia was on his way
back from Houston, Tex, by
plane. He said he knew moth
ing of any gambling within the
local.
Twenty-four other officers
and members of the lila were
subpoenaed to appear before
the grand jury.
Evening star., 1961-05-19

and yourself a lot OF trouble. "
He said one of the Negroes
told him, We'll see you back in
Birmingham about noon"
Two Still in Custody
The seven were among 10 STU
dents from several Tennessee
colleges who were taken into
custody Wednesday after an
attempt to integrate the Grey
hound bus station in Birming-
ham. Eight Negroes. a white
girl and a white man were in
the group.
One of the Negroes and the
white student remained in Jail
in Birmingham on minor
charges growing out of the bus
station incident. The girl, Mary
McCollum of New York, was
released last night in custody
of her father and the two
boarded a plane for home.
The seven were taken from
Evening star., 1961-05-19
BY ]. A. OLEARY
Star staff Writer

Senator Humphrey. Demo-
crat of Minnesota. announced
today that a Senate subcom-
mittee will begin hearings in
a week or 10 days on President
Kennedy's proposal to create a
new Department of Urban At
fairs and Housing.
The Senator said he expects
the bill will be passed this year.
at least in the Senate. But other
informed sources were less opti-
mistic. In some quarters it was
predicted that if Congress ad-
journS about August l, the new
department will be one of the
issues that will have to wait
until 1862
The various agencies that
deal with housing and munich
pal problems would be brought
together in the new depart
ment. IL would be the 1lrSt
created since former President
Eisenhower brought together
the agencies dealing wit h
health, education and welfare
about eight years ago.
Prepare Reports on Bill
Meanwhile, opposing groups
in the Senate Banking Com
mittee were at work today on
majority and minority reports
on the $40 billion omnibus
housing bill approved by the
committee yesterday. 10 to 5.
The reports will not be filed
until tomorrow. and the bill
will not be taken up on the
Senate floor until the Federal
aid to education measure has
been disposed of
An emergency resolution to
keep the FILA mortgage in
Evening star., 1961-05-19

ing five who were picked up
by police and later released,
and two others who face minor
charges. The latter two have
declined to post $50 bonds.
Mr.. Connor said he assumed
sole responsibility for taking
the group to the State line.
In view of the stand taken
by these students, this was the
only. way for police to protect
them and the citizens of Birm-
ingham," he asserted.
Len Holt of Norfolk, Va, at
torney who came here to ad-
wise the integrationists. said the
group had decided late yester-
day that they would leave
Birmingham only by riding a
regularly scheduled bus.
Evening star., 1961-05-19
Senate Plans Hearings
On Urban Department

Surance program going until
the new housing bill passes was
approved by the House and
Senate yesterday and is ready
for the Presidents signature
today.
The $40 billion in the omni-
bus bill includes SIS billion
for the Federal share Of urban
renewal programs. $l.3 billion
for dormitory loans to colleges,
$3.50 million to enable the Fed
eral National Mortgage AsSo-
citation to finance experimental
new types of housing, 500 mil
lion to help cities buy land to
preserve open spaces for future
development, and $100 million
for loans to improve municipal
mass transportation.
Covers As Years
The total in the bill will be
spent over a period of four or
five years. For the fiscal year
1862 it would add only $l48
million to the Federal budget.
This would be in addition to
S949 million to be spent for
housing next year out Of pre-
viouS authorizations.
Senator Capehart, Republi-
can of Indiana. will file a mi
nority report and wage a floor
fight against new features of
this housing bill which he fears
may gradually kill FHA.
Senator Capehart will center
his attack on the Presidents
plan to experiment with 40
year mortgages and no down
payment on moderate income
homes, and the expansion of
the home loan repair program
to cover loans up to $4,000 for
"a years instead of S3,500 for
five years.
Evening star., 1961-05-19
7 of jailed Bus Riders
Freed at Alabama Line

BIRMINGHAM, Ala May 19 (AP) City police during the
college students held in protective
tody Ardmore Ala the Tennessee line and released
them.
Police Commissioner Eugene Connor, who with the
group, told them at Ardmore:
There line Cross and this State
Evening star., 1961-05-19
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ritt left Wednesday for Colum-
bia, Mo. where they will visit
their daughter Pat, a student
at Stephens College. They will
return the early part of next
week.
Helen v. Gray, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Gray,
SIT Cedar, was guest Of her
parents before reporting to
Fort Sill, Okla. Miss Gray is
a registered nurse attached
to a National Guard unit from
New Orleans which was acti-
waited last week. John E. Gray,
Jr., a student at Holy Cross
High School in New Orleans
will be home this weekend
with his parents.
Mrs. Henry Gautier was in
New Orleans Monday for a
visit with her sister. Miss
Gladys Quinn who is receiving
treatment at Foundation Hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Man
they and daughters Marilyn
and Melinda are new residents
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of Pascagoula at I'll Meadow
brook Drive. The Mantheys
moved here this month from
Nashville, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Teddy Millette
plan to be in Jackson over
the weekend where they will
meet her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Colin
60 Of University to attend the
Tulane-Ole Miss game.
Mr.. and Mrs. "A. @. Murphy
of Macon will be here Saturday
and Sunday as guests Of their
son-in-laW and daughter and
family, the Carl Megehees.
Mrs. c. w. Ford was hostess
Tuesday at a neighborhood
coffee TO introduce Mrs. Char
les David Grojean. a newcom-
er to the neighborhood. At
terding were Mesdames Clyde
Leavitt, r. S. Ford. J. !. Ford
! w. B. Robertson. Bill Dowlens
Harvey Bulls. c. L. jacobson.
Thomas LeatherburY. w. Z.
Stone, James Estabrook. B. II.
Pickett. Jr. and John Cunning
ham.
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brated at Gibson Kindergar-
ten Wednesday. The children,
led by their teacher Mrs. Haz-
el R. Howse, joined in singing
happy birthday to the honoree.
Cake and ice cream, with hal
loWeen favors, were served
Beverly Barnes, Barry Brown,
Pamela Carpenter, M ickey
Chapman, Dennis Clark,
Stephen Cunningham, Diane
F'loore, Leah Foster, Pam Hud-
gins, Rickie Johnson, Lora
Lynn King, Terry Roberts,
Charlie Stauter, Darlene Spen-
Ger, Dawn Torres, Steve Wells,
Marlene Westfaul, Jerry Will
lis and Cindy Mitchell. Guests
were an aunt Miss Daisy Rob-
erts and sister Miss Libby
Roberts.
South regional meeting Of
Garden Clubs of Mississippi
was held Wednesday in Biloxi.
Members of the Moss Point
Garden Club attending the all
day affair were Mesdames
Norris Faggard, Ward Cannon,
Ellis White, Leroy Simms, G.
S. Beardslee, Arthur Jones,
Bessye Grouseman and Miss
\ Bessie Cowan.
Pat Rabby, son Of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Rabby, was home
from Southern over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Brit
ton and daughters Kathleen,
Amy and Alyce of Pine Bluff,
Ark. left last week after sew
eral days visit with his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Clark v.
Britton. The younger Mr.. Brit
ton reports for active duty Oct.
Is with a reserve unit called
into the regular Army.
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was promoted last week to
captain in the Air Force. Capt.
and Mrs. Shumock and their
son Jerry Ray live in Sioux
City, Iowa where he is sta
toned.
LSU freshman Beauchamp
Cole was at home with his
parents the H. B. COLES for
the weekend.
Carolyn Brinkman was al
home over the weekend with
her mother Mrs. Astrid Brink
man. bringing as house guest
Barbara Guiod of Natchez.
Carolyn and her guest attend
Mississippi Southern at Hat
tiesburg.
The Phil Mahonys had as
guests over the weekend her
brother and wife, the w. t.
Osborns of Pensacola. The four
spent Sunday in Laurel.
Mrs. Don B. Yingling of But
ler. Pa. is here as guest of Mrs.
"A. DelcomYn and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. M. Epting. Mrs. Epting at
tended a school of design in
Mobile over the weekend. Mr..
Epting. superintendent Of san
itation at Jackson County
Health Department. was ad-
mitted to Singing River Hos
pital Sunday night.
Mrs. Gladys Crawford OF
Bethesda, Md, is visiting her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. John D. Gautier.
Mrs. Robert T. Kell and twin
sons Ron and Kin from Port
of Spain, Trinidad are here
with her mother-in-law, Mrs.
Lola Lewis Kell on South Pas
cagoula Street. Mrs. Kell and
the twins arrived Friday and
will remain for a month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert S. Mer-