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Evening star., 1961-10-29
By JOHN W. STEPP
Star Staff Writer

GONE people are compulsive takers.
~ Others cOmpulSively moulder in
front of TV The Rev. Herbert Course is
q compulsive whittier.
To whittle? How quaint-so may
slaves of the gadgeteering age well
remark. Mr.. Course, 80, doesn't know
about the quaint part. All he knows is
that he started whiting as a boy and
hasn't been able to stop since.
My folks became Kansas home
steaders in 1875" he relates. II was a
boy of three when they took it up, and it
wasn't long before was out on the range
herding cattle and sheep"
The hours passed slowly with nothing
to do but sit around listening to the
bawling of animals.
MY Uncle will said to me one day,
Why don't you whittle? Why don't you
whittle q chain?" Mr.. Course recalls.
While his Uncle will suggested chain,
he failed to tell young Herbert how.
When the boy very shortly learned on his
own, il was the beginning Of a pleasant
enslavement
He developed other urges as he grew
up. He went to divinity school at Park
College, Mo-, and was graduated in 1902.
His assignments as a Presbyterian mis-
sionary soon took him to lonely lands out
West, mostly in Washington State.
In his nearly SO years of missionary
work (he retired TO- years agO), Mr.. Course
preached the Gospel and helped people
generally among the wilderness towns
and logging camps which had no pastor
and usually no church. He became
known as the "Jackrabbit Missionary"
SO endlessly did he hop about the coun-
trySide.
Evening star., 1961-10-29

Since he diSliked horseback he
usually walked. While he walked, he
whitfield. There hasn't been a time to
this day that he's been without pocket
knife to busy his hands.
Most any cheap pocketknife will do,
just so it's sharp" he says The one he
now uses certainly did not come from
Abercrombie q Fitch
A sharp knife is the only prescription
Mr.. Course can give for mastering the
art of whiting That and a piece of wood,
preferably pine or apple.
His daughter, Mrs. August Hoemack,
wife of Washington architect, tries to
explain further. Mr. Course e-"Pappy"
lives with the Hoemacks at 84O0 Seven
Locks road, Bethesda.
Everything is out of his imagina-
tiOn," she says. He just picks up piece
of wood and sees what he can make
from it."
The things he fashions are remark
ably intricate. No matter how many
separate pieces each seems to consist
Of all the pieces are continuously con-
nected as carved from single chunk of
wood. Three of his whittlings won prizes
at the recent Montgomery County Fair.
Mr.. Courses daughter admires his
patience Mr. Course SCOTS that patience
has nothing to do with II. Time doesn't
matter with hobby" he says.
He agrees with his daughters thought
that he appreciates wood in many of
its uses. He helped build their Bethesda
rambler 13 years ago. Even now, MIR.
Course can be seen on crisp day wheel
narrowing logs up the slopes Of the Hoe
macks' two acres logs which he sawed
himself for the fireplace.
SUNDAY. THE STAR MAGAZINE WI
Evening star., 1961-10-29

II. MAGAZINE WASHINGTON. c. OCTOBER 1901
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Frances 6. Todd,
District Artist,
Colonial Dame

: Miss Frances Carroll Todd, q
d. Washington artist of 3122
: Dumbarton avenue NV, died
today in Winchester CVaD Me-
p mortal Hospital after a brie1
illness.
. Miss Todd was visiting her
sister. Mrs. E. Christopher Stu
art, jr., of Winchester, at the
time of her death.
Born in New York, she was
. the daughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. George C. Todd. She
. was graduated from GunSton
! Hall School and attended Old
field Finishing School in Glen
coe, Md.
Miss Todd then studied art
in Philadelphia and New York
She exhibited her paintings at
E various shows in the District
= Miss Todd was a member of
the Episcopal Church, the Co.
= lonial Danes of America, and
, the Arts Club.
. She leaves her sister, Mrs
Stuart.
Services will be at II am
Wednesday at Christ Episcopal
, Church, Winchester, Va, with
. burial in Mount Hebron Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Viola B. Thomson
Retired Worker

Mrs. Viola Belford Thomson,
a retired postal worker. died
Saturday of cancer at the
Washington Sanitarium. She
was 81.
Mrs. Thomson was born in
Remove. Pa. and was a graduate
in music of Pennsylvania State
Normal College. She came to
Washington in 1924. after the
death of her husband, George
Gordon Thomson. a purchasing
agent.
A 36-year resident of the Pet
worth area of Washington. she
had lived since September, 1860,
at 733 Sligo avenue. Silver
Spring.
Mrs. Thomson leaves a
brother, Herbert Belford. of
Remove, Pa: a sister, Mrs.
George Demarest, of 3754
Nichols avenue Sc; and a son,
George B. Thomson, of Olney,
Md.
Services will be at 2 pm.
tomorrow at the Warner E.
Humphrey Funeral Home, 8434
Georgia avenue. Silver Spring.
Burial will be in Park Lawn
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Timothy Young,
II, Student at
Strutford Junior

Timothy Charles Young, IL.
who had recently entered STRAIT
ford Junior High School in Ar
lington, died of cancer on Sat-
urday in Arlington Hospital.
Timothy, a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie Young lived at
4613 North Fifteenth street in
Arlington. He had been i'll since
July, his parents said. Mr..
Young Is superintendent of me-
chanics with the Cafritz Co.
Timothy had attended the
Page Elementary School in Ar
lington. He had been a member
of the Page School boys choir.
He also was a member of Boy
Scout Troop 1877 at the Mount
Olivet Methodist Church,
North Sixteenth street and
Glebe road, Arlington.
Besides his parents, he leaves
two brothers. Keith. of the
home address, and Robert c.,
of 1921 Storm drive, Falls
Church; three sisters, Mrs. Ann
Craddock. Of TIC North Wake
field street, Arlington, Mrs.
Ellen Horton, of 179 Chinqua-
pin drive, Alexandria. and Mrs.
Janice Dickens, of 1859 WASH
ington avenue, Alexandria.
Services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow in the Mount
Olivet Methodist Church. Bur-
ial will be in National Memorial
Park.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Francis 6. Green,
An Engineer, II

Francis C. Green. 70, a me-
chanica engineer, died Satur-
day at the Montgomery County
General Hospital. He lived on
a stock farm near Gathers
burg.
He was born at Streator, Ill.
In 1909, he began Is years
service with the Short Line Di-
vision of the Union Pacific
Railroad at Pocatello, Idaho,
and afterwards worked as a
heating and ventilation engi-
Ineer for the Government in the
Washington area.
He leaves his wife, Lois, of
the home address; a son and
daughter by a former marriage,
Archie L. Green of Billings,
Mont. and Mrs. Genevieve Pic
clone of Columbus. Ind: three
brothers, Russell Green of In
diana, George Green of Georgia
and Finley Green of Illinois.
He also leaves three grand
children.
Services and burial will be at
Elks Cemetery, Nampa, Idaho.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
". NickIin, Sr., Dies;
Vateron Pharmacist

ored in 1860 for so years OF
membership in the Scottish
Rite order.
He was also a member OF
Seminole Tribe 35 Of the Inde-
pendent Order of Redmen. He
was a past president of the
orders Virginia district. Mr.
Nicklin was one Of the orga
nizers Of the Alexandria citizen
band. which was formed as the
American Indian Guard Band
in 1919. sponsored by the Order
of Redmen.
Long a Church Member
Since 1905 Mr.. Nicklin had
been a member of the Washing
ton Street Methodist Church
in Alexandria.
He leaves his wife, Mrs
Elizabeth H. Nicklin Of the home
address, 621 Duke street. Alex
andria; a daughter, Mrs. j
Thurman Diggs Of 4705 Great
Oak road. Manor Club Estates
Md; two sons. Russell G.. OF
1901 Vermont avenue NV. and
DR.. Walter S. Nicklin, jr., oi
Warrenton. Va; four grand
children and four great-grand-
children.
Services will be at II am
Wednesday at the Washington
Street Church, lis South Wash
ington street, with burial al
Winchester, Va. Masonic serv-
ices will be at 8 pm. tomorrow
at the Everly-Wheatley Funeral
Home, 1900 West Braddock
road, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
GoIdfine and Secretary
Hailed Again Into Court

BOSTON, Dec. 4 (AP) In.
dustrialist Bernard Goldfine
II, and his 43-year-old secre-
tary, Miss Mildred Paperman
are scheduled to appear again
in Federal Court this after
noon-this time to face charges
Of violation Of probation.
Goldfine-whose eift-giving
to Sherman Adams led to MI
Adams resignation as an as
sistant to then President Els
enhower-is serving a year at
the Federal Correctional In
stitution at Danbury, Conn.,,
for evading 100000 in income
taxes.
Miss Paperman was placed
on three years probation last
June after pleading guilty to
an indictment charging her
and Goldfine with evading
taxes of $304.784 owed by his
Strathmore Woolen Co.
Goldfine is also under five
years probation on a suspended
18-month sentence on a second
indictment. A condition of pro-
baton was that he identify the
recipients of about 5000. 900 un-
accounted for in his business
operations.
Published reports said the in
dustrialist has disclosed to the
Justice Department some OF
the people who shared in the
$500, 1000.
Goldfine and Miss Papermar
are charged with violating
Evening star., 1961-12-04

terms of probation in connec-
ton with the alleged smuggling
of letters to Goldfine at the
Danbury institution. Only
members of Goldfine's family
had been given permission to
correspond with him while he
is serving his sentence.
Miss Paperman was arrested
at her Brookline home by FBI
and Internal Revenue agents
Saturday night. After con-
ference with Federal Judge
George c. Sweeney, she was
released in personal recogni-
zance for her appearance today
Other published reports said
Miss Paperman apparently was
the victim of a hoax by some
one who made reservation for
her Friday for a flight to
Switzerland. and then let it be
known the reservation had
been made.
In releasing her, Judge
Sweeney was satisfied she had
no intention of fleeing. No
one showed up to pick up the
reservation.
Fred G. Pastore, who headed
a team of so tax agents who
investigated Goldfine's taxes,
resigned today rather than
accept a transfer to Syracuse,
N. Y. The resignation occurred
a few hours before Goldfine
and Miss Paperman were sched-
uled to appear in Federal
Court.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Kennedy Extends
U. S. Embargo
On Cuban Suqor
BY the Associated Press

President Kennedy. demon
strating continued United
States opposition to the Castro
regime In Cuba, today extended
this country's embargo on i'm
ports of Cuban sugar until next
June 30.
The ban on sugar from the
Communist-ruled island would
have expired December 81.
White House Press Secretary
Pierre Salinger declined to link
Mr.. Kennedy's action with Gu
ban Premier Fidel Castro's
statement last Friday in which
Mr.. Castro admitted he was a
Communist.
Mr.. Salinger gave the impress
sion that the Kennedy admin
istration had been prepared to
extend the ban as matter of
course.
Former President Eisenhower
acting on authority granted
him by Congress, first prohib-
tied the import of Cuban sugar
in 1860. Previously, the United
States had taken in about 3.5
million tons Of Cuban sugar
every year.
Mr.. Kennedy extended the
Eisenhower ban last March 81
throughout this calendar year.
His new executive order holds
that renewal of imports would
be against the national interest.
To continue the prohibition
Mr.. Kennedy actually set
Cuba's quota for sugar and
liquid sugar at zero for the six
month period ending June 80
1862.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Mrs. Robert W. Floyd, ",
Nursery School Teacher

Mrs. Floyd was member OF
Alpha Chi Omega. the Venture
Club and Saint John the Baptist
Roman Catholic Church. Her
hobby was painting.
In addition to her husband,
she leaves her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert w. Hall, and a
grandmother. Mrs. Whiting
ham Oliver. all of 5000 Fifty
Sixth place, Rogers Heights,
Riverdale, Md.
Mass will be offered at $50
am. Wednesday from St. Mich
ael's Roman Catholic Church,
Silver Spring. Burial will be in
the Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Guy HemphiII, AZ,
Shipping Official
And Yuchtsmon

Guy Tripp Hemphill, AZ, an
executive of the shipping firrN
Of States Marine Lines, Inc.
died of a heart attack Saturday
aboard his yacht, the Corsair
in Annapolis.
! Mr.. Hemphill. who made his
home on the yacht, commuted
daily to his Washington office
at 1926 G street NV. He came
to the Washington office OF
States Marine Lines in 1856
after serving as manager of Its
Baltimore branch. He began
his work with the firm in Its
New York office in l946.
Mr.. Hemphill was a son of
Clifford Hemphill, ST., a part
ner Of the New York brokerage
firm of Hemphill-Noyes, who
lives in Spring Lake, N. j.
Guy Hemphill, a native of
Spring Lake. was graduated
from Williams College. Will
Jamestown, Mass. During World
War II, he served as a deck Of
ficer in the merchant marine
An avid yachtsman. Mr.
Hamphill held memberships in
several boating organizations
including the Annapolis Yacht
Club. He also was a member
Of the Spring Lake Golf and
Country Club.
Besides his father, Mr.. Hemp
hill leaves two brothers, Cliff
ford, jr., of Caldwell, N. j.,
and Julian, of Rumson, N. j.
Services will be at $3.50 pm,
tomorrow in the Taylor flu
neral home in Annapolis. Burial
Will be in Hillside Cemetery
Annapolis.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Hanson Hughes
Retired Printer,
Once With Star

H. Anson Hughes, 70. a re.
tired printer. died early yester.
day at the Washington SAM.
tarium after a long illness.
Mr. Hughes lived at 404 East
Melbourne avenue, Silver
Spring. Born in Pautucket
r. l., he came to the District
F. in 1911.
: After serving a four-year ap-
premiership at The Star he
worked for two years as printer
at the Government Printing
Office.
p He then was employed as
printer at National Republic
magazine. During his % years
there he became printing fore
man.
After working for eight years
!, at the Trade Unionist, Mr.
Hughes retired two years ago
He was a member of East
Gate Masonic Lodge, Marvin
Memorial Methodist Churcf,
and the International Typo.
graphical Union.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Ella
May Hughes of the home ad.
dress; a daughter, Mrs. Jear
F. Carlton of Harwood, Md; q
son, Warren A. Hughes of Phoe-
nix, Ariz.: his father. Hoses
Hughes of Providence. R. l.; q
sister. Mrs. Mona G. Post OF
Hyattsville. Md, and three
grandchildren.
Services will be at $50 am
tomorrow at the Warner E
Pumphrey funeral home, 8434
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring
Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-12-04

Walter.NS. NickIin, ST.. 81
whose 70-year career in phar-
macy began at l3, died Satur.
day at the Alexandria HoSpita
after a short illness.
Mr.. Nicklin, born in Cum
berland, Md, began his ap-
premiership in 1887 in Upper
vile, Va. His salary during
that period was one suit OF
clothes each Christmas for the
first two years and $l00 for
the third year.
In 1890. Mr.. Nicklin passed
the Virginia pharmaceutical
board examinations. He came
to Washington that year to
complete his studies and later
worked as a pharmacist in
Charlottesville and Winches-
ter. Va. i"
He joined the pharmacy OF
E. S. Leadbeater g. Sons OF
Alexandria in 1906, remaining
with them for IL years.
Was With PHS
Mr.. Nicklin, after working
for the Public Health Service
during World War I, opened
his own drugstore at the corner
of Duke and Alfred streets in
Alexandria. He later moved his
store to the George Mason
Hotel. He retired in 1856.
A past president of the Vir-
ginia Pharmaceutical Associa
tien, Mr.. Nicklin was also
active in the Masons. A past
master of the Andrew Jackson
Masonic Lodge, he was hon.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
U. S. to Award
Cold War Medal

President Kennedy today
established a cold war cam
paign medal for the members
Of the armed forces exposed to
hostile action.
His executive order created
the Armed Forces Expedition
ary Medal to be awarded
only for operations for which
no other campaign medal is
approved.
1t will be awarded military
personnel who participate in
countering foreign armed OPP
position or are placed in such
position that hostile action "by
foreign armed forces was
imminent even though it did
not materialize."
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Sylvester Mettenburg, 50,
Accountant and Attorney

Sylvester Mettenburg. SO, ac-
countant and attorney, died
Saturday morning at Suburban
Hospital. after a brief illness
He lived at 47l6 Bradley boule-
ward, Chevy Chase. and main
tanned his own business office
there.
Mr.. Mettenburg was born in
Houghton Iowa, where he
lived until coming to Washing
ton in 1918.
Mr.. Mettenburg was a for
mer trustee of the Washington
Catholic Youth Organization, a
benefactor Of the Loyola Jesuit
Retreat Movement. past grand
knight of the Rock Creek
Evening star., 1961-12-04

Council Of the knights of Co.
lumbus and an active member
of the Holy Name Society.
He leaves two sisters, Mrs
Rosina Wehmeyer and Mrs
Annie Mueller, and four broth.
ers Edward, Aloysious. Andrew
and Joseph Mettenburg, all Of
Houghton, Iowa.
Services will be at $50 am
tomorrow at st. Jane Frances
de Chantal Catholic Church
970l Old Georgetown road, Be.
thesda.
After services, the body will
be returned to the Iowa home
for burial.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
japanese to Study
U. S. Retarded Core

DR.. Ossmeu Kan. director
Of Japan's National Institution
for Mental Retardation. will
arrive in Washington Thur
day for a two-week study Of
treatment of the mentally re-
tarded in this country, the
White House announced today.
DR.. Kan is coming here at
the request of President Ken
nedy to cooperate with the
Presidents Panel on Mental
Retardation. which is planning
a concerted attack on the prob
lem.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Boiling Says
House Needs
Guidance
BY the Associated Press

Representative Boiling, Dem
ocrat of Missouri, says he
should be elected majority
leader of the House because the
Democratic Party needs his
aggressive leadership to push
through President Kennedy's
program.
Mr.. Boiling said he is better
fitted for the job than Repre-
sentative Albert, Democrat. of
Oklahoma. They are the only
two who have announced for
the post expected to be vacated
by Representative Mccormack
If he becomes House Speaker,
replacing the late Sam Rayburn
when Congress reconvenes jan
uary 10.
Il am a more aggressive type
of legislator" Mr.. Boiling said
in a television interview yester-
day (CBS-Washington Con-
versationD. Il think I do
better job of anticipating prob
lens a year or two in advance,
and I think I can do something
for the Democratic Party and
the country a little bit better
than he can" -
Mr.. Boiling said a report
Mr.. Albert has pledges of 1873
votes-a clear majority of the
263 House Democrats-"d doesn't
disturb me a bit We have
been :. very much encouraged
by the kind of response I've
gotten in the last couple of
weeks. I came in very late j."
The Congressman acknowl-
edged he and Mr.. Albert diff
fered on issues, particularly OH
civil rights legislation, which
Mr.. Boiling favors. But he saw
no reason why their contest
should divide the party.
Mr.. Boiling classed himself
as a liberal from the South.
e. I think it is great
mistake to assume that the
South Is all conservative" he
said. Il hear from people in
the South I was in MiSsis-
sippi only a little while ago and
find that there are a great
many Southern liberals still"
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Ralph Dietrich, 50,
Veteran Film Director

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 4 (AP)
Veteran film director pro-
ducer Ralph Dietrich. whose
credits included My Friend
Flicka" and THE Postman
Didn't Ring" is dead.
Mr.. Dietrich, SO, died Friday
at his Hollywood home. appar-
entity Of a heart attack. He had
been assistant director at Uni
versal Studios, editor of Pathe
serials, film editor for goth
Century-Fox and RKO, and a
producer at Goth Century-Fox
Evening star., 1961-12-04

Mrs, Nancy Hall Floyd. 81. a
teacher at Sligo Nursery School
died yesterday at George Wash
ington University Hospital after
an illness of three weeks.
Mrs. Floyd was the wife of
Robert w. Floyd Of 10000 East
way drive, Silver Spring, Md.
She was the former Nancy
Darlene Hall.
A native of the District, Mrs.
Floyd was graduated from St.
Cecilia's high school and the
University of Maryland.
She taught first grade at the
Riverdale (MdD Ele mentary
School for two years after grad
uating from college.
Evening star., 1961-12-04
Edeurd D. Garland
SOMERSET, XIV. d.

SOMERSET, KY, Dec. 4
CAP).-Edgar D. Garland, 63.
a member of the first Boy Scout
troop in America. died Satur-
day. Mr.. Garland. a real estate
broker in Burnside, KY, was
one of is boys who formed the
troop in 1908. two years before
the Boy Scouts of America was
formally incorporated.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-01-28

dell Smith Monday, the paper said
such players as Ernie Banks of
the Chicago Cubs, Willie Mays
Of San Francisco and Hank Aaron
OF Milwaukee are idolized by thou
sands of youngsters across the ma
ton, are accepted as first class
citizens in the North during the
regular season but as second class
citizens during spring training.
The American said Negro play
ers resent not being allowed to
stay in the same hotels with their
teammates and not being able to
eat in the same restaurants.
Smith, a Negro, said Chicago
Cub Negro players will be accept
ed along with the other players at
the hotel where the team stays
in Mesa, Ariz. Such is not the
case with the Chicago White Sox
who train in Sarasota, Fla
Negro players on the Sox, says
Smith, will not be able to stay
with their teammates. "They will
have to stay in a Negro commu-
nifty under conditions that leave
something to be desired" he
wrote.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-01-28

of Meharry Medical college; DIR.
Walter S. Davis, president of Ten
nessee A&I university; Austin Gil
bert SWEET, operator of two gro
Gerry stores here; Jasper D. Martin,
secretary-treasurer of the Nc
Gavock and Martin Brothers Fun
eral Home here; Hobart T. Mar
tin, owner of that funeral home,
and Alfred c. Galloway, general
contractor.
Barr said the new institution
would pay the same rate of inter
est on savings as the existing six
home loan associations of that
type-four per cent.
Barr said that 34.1 per cent of
the population inside the city of
Nashville are Negro and that 1873
per cent of the people who live in
Davidson county outside Nashville
are Negro, based on estimates of
the Tennessee State Health De-
partment.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-01-28
Rev King
(Continued from PAGE One

Il
crowd, which is expected, at the
King Tribute" will mean some
$4,000 for the Southern Christ
ian leadership fund, according to
a local spokesman. a
In addition to the actors "clan"
the affair is also sponsored by
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Two for
mer New York governors, two
congressman, and one United
States senator.
Tickets for the affair range in
price from $500 to $4,000.
The fund will be used by the
civil rights leader to extend the
frontiers of liberty in the segre-
gated south"
A few months ago a similar
group paid more than $4,000 for
a full page advertisement in a
New York daily newspaper urg-
ing that contributions be sent to
Rev. King to help him carry on
his fight for Indignation in the
south. According to estimates from
reliable sources the $4,000 which
the King group is expected to re-
ceive from the January 9th bene-
fit will give the group a total of
more than 100000 received during
the past year.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-01-28
Jackson Tigers
Nip AIcorn Braves

The Jackson State College tigers
slowed their attack enough after
three periods of play to allow the
Alcorn College braves to come
within points Of over taking a
II point lead, and then went on to
win over the Braves by a 62-57
score.
The game was played before a
capacity crowd at the College park
auditorium here with the win keep
ing the tigers in the front ranks
of the conference and the nations
small college basketball teams.
The Tigers next opponents will
be the Wiley College quintet from
Tyler, Texas. The games are
scheduled for the night of Febru-
airy 9Th at the College park audi
forum.