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Evening star., 1961-01-08

with o vivid recall of actu-
ality. Shadows on the Grass"
is not . photograph album
Gas we shall see, DineSen
Is impervious to photog-
raphy) but original artwork
suggested by memory.
Baroness Karen Blixen,
whose pen-names are Isak
Dinesen and also Pierre An
drezel, lived in British East
Africa from 1913 to 1891. The
country as she experienced it
is the subject Of her finest
book. "Out Of Africa" The
present volume is supplement
tary to the earlier one. and
has as its unifying factor the
many native servants with
whom the author lived in
close contact - people she
loved and who loved her.
The book is not q sys-
tematic account Of these
workers from various African
tribeS-though essential to
Dinesen's memories their
presence is still casual. and
1t is not until the end Of the
book that the servant is seen
as the focal point Of every
situation.
The most striking is the
Somali, Farah. the major
domo. He was a perfect
executive oficer-a man con-
cerned with tradition and
protocol, but able, when 1t
was necessary, to achieve his
ends by extraordinary means.
Once when his mistress found
a hundred-rupee note had
been stolen in circumstances
which precluded any sus-
picion Of q particular thief,
Ferah very calmly declared
that he would get the money
back. He fetched q skull
from the plain (the natives
do not bury their dead. but
merely lay them out decor
ously on the ground for the
jackals and vulturesl and
nailed it to O pole outside
Dinesen's door. Then he
surveyed his handiwork and
laughed when his mistress
wondered how this would
catch Q departed thief. Next
morning "by the foot Of the
pole q stone was lying, and
underneath it q hundred
rupee note"
Now certainly here is o true
Gothic tale" like those
stories which FIRST established
the authors reputation. but
how much more refined, more
polishedl
The story that opens with
q shot lion and ends with the
handkerchief Of a 300-year-
old king is admirable-a per
feet example Of Dinesen's ex-
quisite art Of creating ap-
parently unconnected epi-
sodes which finally are found
to be mosaics in q carefully
81 planned picture.
The lion that Dinesen
shoots Is killed by no ordi-
nary big-game hunter. The
author hunts only lions, and
every kill is q genuine Liebes-
tod. The passage In which
Dinesen repudiateS camera
hunting. like a later one in
which she argues the case
against hospitals in primitive
countries, shows her unusual
talent for a vividly imagined
Evening star., 1961-01-08

ScnoiarSnlp 70 America ana
almost loses his soul In q
rented room in New York.
But 1t isn't Uncle Sans
fault, Mr.. Sheed, an English
born American, is scrupu-
lously fair to point out. The
rot had begun in that an
cient temple Of learning on
the Isis.
Certain warning signs
should be posted about Mr..
Sheds brilliant first novel.
He is, in the first few chap
tiers. almost unbearably arch.
self-conscious facile and un-
selective. But do not aban-
don him. The patient reader
will find that Mr.. Sheed is
an almost Supernaturally
sharp student Of attitudes,
both old and new. that he
has q wicked ear and a first
class talent as an idol
smasher.
His principal figures, pre-
sented with exhaustive
sprightliness, become fas-
cinating. His picture Of Ok
ford-the new. grim, class
less Oxford-forever skaters
that golden image Of prewar
days. His trio Of young men
are trapped in their postures
Of gay young things. In their
need to be sophisticated, to
be cynical to be drunk. to
fiout the rules. and If need
be, their own sensibilities.
John Chote, the scholar
ship. winner. Is the son Of a
working-class family, impris-
oned in a reputation for idle
ness and lechery. His COM
panions are Alan Browning.
a cruel poSeur, and Geoffrey
Hook, a parsons son, who A.
nally revolts against the wit
leSsneSs Of 1t all when he
hears Browning scabrously
disparage his own flancee.
Elaborate Hoax?
Perhaps the flavor can best
be conveyed oy this exchange
between Browning and q Sc
rious American exchange stu
dent. who is bemuSedly con-
templating the ldiocy in the
Quadrangles.
do you think that maybe
the whole thing (Oxfor6 is
an elaborate hoax, that there
really isn't anything to it?"
Replies the incorrigible
Browning: Il really don't
know. I think the chaps who
throw bread at each other at
Blacks may get something
out Of oxford and the women
who smoke cigars, and all the
numberleSs weeds who dive
Evening star., 1961-01-08
An Innocent Abroad
In Fascist Italy

Joseph. He Is wonderfully
well informed about classical
antiquities, too. His charac-
ters. although too plentiful,
are for the most part we'll
drawn individually, especially
the aging, willy countess and
her coarse. bold and gay
young rival. Where Mr..
Lloyd fails Is in making their
relationships among them
selves credible. It Is hard to
believe that the countess
could be quite so enthralled
with q pompous playwright
who lives in o dream world.
But the dialogue Is excellent,
the tone Is amusing. and If
the whole thing doesn't al
ways hang together, 1t Is
still easy to read. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
Joseph WeIch's Book

Another great figure Of
those days, Joseph Nye
Welch. the civilized. quizzi-
cal Army counsel, was plan
ming to write o book about
the experience that changed
his life. when death took him
last fall. According to sad
dened friends. he was plan
ming to tell the whole story
Of that incredible era, not
Just the faces in the public
view, but the maneuvers be-
hind the scenes.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
FICTION
RATTLESNAKE RANGE. ]

RATTLESNAKE RANGE. BY
Peter Field. (Morrow;
$2.750 Pat, Sam and Era
shoot it up with rustlers
and kidnapers in another
Powder Valley Western.
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. BY
Charles Dickens Modern
Library; $1.95) A reprint
of Dickens last novel.
THE TALE OF GENJI. BY
Lady Muraskai and trans
lated by Arthur VALLEY.
(Modern Library; $3.50
An 1lth century Japanese
classic.
GREAT GHOST STORIES.
Edited by Herbert van Thai.
GREAT TALES OF MYS-
Terry. Edited by r. c.
Bull. Chill & Wang; $500
Spin e. tingling for the
younger set.
Evening star., 1961-01-08
READING AND WRITING
Looking Across
A New Frontier
BY MARY McGRORY
Star star Writer

Since there will be the frontier great step-up
In student exchanges both going coming the conscen
tious citizen could do nothing better in the Of boning
on the question than by reading MIDDLE CLASS EDUCA
TION, by Wilfrid Sheed Houghton Mifnn Co.; $475).
Mr.. Sheds hero Is Oxford undergraduate who wins
Evening star., 1961-01-08
"reminiscences

The new year finds sew
eral prominent public figures
Of today and yesterday in
reminiscent frame Of mind.
Representative Adam Clay
ton Powell has his memoirs
scheduled for June.
Tentatively scheduled for
the summer is the autobiog-
raphy Of Roy Cohn, former
aide to the late Senator
Mccarthy. Young Mr.. Cohn,
an unforgettable presence
at the Army-McC Carthy hear
ings, and erstwhile travel
ing companion Of G. David
Schine, is now chairman of
the board Of the Lionel Corp.
His old colleague Of the Sen
Sbe Permanent Investigating
Committee days, and his
nemesis. Robert F. Kennedy.
an author himself, has
meanwhile advanced to the
attorney-generalship.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

fully clothed into the various
bodies Of water up here. j..
Anyway. they're the ones who
write the delirious books about
Oxford"
AS for John. laughing all
the way, he Is flown to Amer
lea. There he meets a won
derfully lacquered American
girl who lectures him about
his manners and who shocks
him with her morals. He re-
turns, it must be said. q sad
der and wiser young man.
From being wordy. Mr..
Sheds chronicle progresses
to being enthralling. There
is a chapter on Chote's fam
lily, his gruff father, embar-
rassed with an educated son,
and his luttering mother,
that throbs with compassion,
and that further shows he
has more than one string to
his bow. He is q novelist
from whom we can expect
great things.
Evening star., 1961-01-08

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Alexandria Candidates
Debate Stirs Rumpus

Alexandria's three candidates
for a seat in the Virginia House
Of Delegates debated score Of
issues last night, then sat
puzzled while members of the
audience got into bitter argu-
ment over methods of asking
the candidates questions.
The candidates met at George
Mason Elementary School under
the sponsorship Of the city's
League of Women Voters.
Democratic Incumbent James
Thomson. Republican Brendan
J. McCann and Independent
Robert T. S. Colby each gave a
brief address accomplishing
the issues they have stressed
during the campaign.
The audience dispute reached
its peak when some spectators
tried to ask last-minute QueS-
tionS at the end Of the meeting
and other Spectators objected
that this was unfair.
League President Mrs. Robert
S. Roe raped patiently but
vainly for order as half a dozen
spectators began shouting.
During the question period,
all three candidates stated
their positions on proposed
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Mass Transit
Station Seen
At Tysons

The Metropolitan Areas mass
transit plan contemplates loca-
ton of a major passenger sta
ton at Fairfax County's Ty-
sons Corner intersection.
county planning commissioners
were told last night.
Space for such a station.
with 81 acres of parking space
enough to hold 2,700 cars
is being suggested in a supple
mental Tysons Corner master
plan just drafted by the
county's planning staff.
The station, according to
Chief Planner Rosser H. Payne,
would use new interstate Route
Sc which. transit authorities
have announced, eventually
will contain higk-speed rail
facilities within its median
strip.
The station would be con-
structed on the south side of
Route 7. either east or west
OF Route 1913. 1t would be ac-
ceSsible to travellers using the
nearby Mclean bypass. Capital
beitway and Dulles Interna-
tional Airport access road.
Evening star., 1961-10-27

liquor-by by-the-drink legislation
and the States Sunday-closing
law.
Mr.. Thompson said he was
certain a bill to permit sale of
liquor by the drink would be
killed in the Legislature as it
was two years ago. He said he
would approve such a bill only
If liquor sales we're governed,
as now, by the Alcoholic Bev-
erage Control Board. He also
said he would continue to sup
port the States new blue law,
promising to work for its per-
fection rather than it's elimina- =
ton.
Mr.. Colby said he would ap-
prove Of liquor by the drink
only after a referendum. On
the States Sunday-closing law,
he said that since the legisla- =
ton is confusing, it would have
to be revamped if the State
wanted such a law.
Mr.. McCann said he would
approve of liquor by the drink
of supported by referendum To-
cally and If the legislation per-
mitted close supervision. The
Sunday-cloSing law, he said,
needs revision but could be
"ironed out" and made fair.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
BY JOHN LAWSON
Star staff Writer

H. Clyde Pearson, a 36-year-
old Republican with a slight
.drawl and a pretty wife. re-
turned to Fairfax County yes
terday searching for votes.
No one knows how many he
found. but he told a couple Of
hundred citizens personally
that he was running for Gov
ernor.
I'm Clyde Pearson. candi-
date for Governor. he told
shoppers. Many thought at
first he might be selling some
thing. But they smiled broadly
and thanked him for the litera-
ture he was handing out when
they discovered who he was.
He arrived in Fairfax yeSter-
day with his wife. Jean. and a
load Of signs. bumper stickers
and literature.
He approached the shoppers
alone. introducing himself. ask
ing for support and shaking
hands with altman, woman
and child.
Twice during the day he
stopped long enough to issue
campaign statements, one deal
ing with the States Sunday
closing law and one with re-.
districting Of the State LegiS-
lature.
The so-called blue law he
termed poorly written" and
"unbelieveably complex" He
cited what he called "abSurdi-
ties in the law" and said ne
would. if elected. appoint a
com mission to recommend
changes and Qualification.
The second statement was
issued at a rally for Fairfax
candidates for the House Of
Delegates. In it, Mr.. Pearson
Joined the Fairfax Republicans
in calling for an end to sec
Evening star., 1961-10-27
Pearson Puts Personal Touch
Into His Bid for Fairfax Vote

He urged Gov. Almond to
make the report public 'in
order that the people may know
what they have in store for
them and what secrets it con-
tainS."
Evening star., 1961-10-27

recy" on reapportionment.
A report by a commission
appointed by the Governor is
now under lock and key" said
Mr.. Pearson, and "the key is
not available to the people of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1961-10-27
7ODAY|S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Clear
cooler tonight with frost, low,
80 in city and 80 in suburbs.
Sunny tomorrow with slowly
rising temperature.
Maryland - Frost warning,
clear. cooler tonight with frost
or freezing, low, "a to 80 in west
and 80 to 38 in east. Sunny to-
morrow with slowly rising tenn
perature.
Virginia-Frost warning. clear
and cooler tonight with heavy
frost or freezing. low in 30s
near the coast and "a to 80 in
interior. Sunny tomorrow with
slowly rising temperature.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Northwest winds
becoming variable 5 to 10 knots
tonight. Variable winds becom-
ing mostly southerly S to 10
knots tomorrow. Fair, visibility
10 miles.
FIVE DAY FORECAST
For District and Vicinity
October 20 to November l
Temperature will average
normal to 4 degrees above nor
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
Queen, Pie Baking, Beard Contests,
Parties, Bands to Spark Festival

Twelve talented beauties
will vie for the honor of
M a pl G Queen" Sunday.
March 26 when they are pre-
Sented in a Talent Show at
g pm. at the Chardon Park
Street auditorium.
Five judges will select the
winner on the basis of talent,
beauty, poise and person
ality. The difficult task Of
picking a winner rests on the
decision of Mrs. Ruth Buck
les Of Willoughby, Basil Turi
Of Willoughby, Edward Mat
ey Of Cleveland, Bob Sinar-
ski Of Chardon and Miss
Mary Ann Strava of Paines-
vile.
Bob Sinarski will play or
gan selections between acts
on an organ donated for the
occasion by EdSel Pfabe.
Zamer Music Co. will furnish
the piano.
The tickets for the talent
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23

packed show are on sale at
Bob BarnumS Store and Carl
sons Hardware in Chardon
and through the contestants
and members of the Festival
Board.
The Ma pie Pecan Pie
bake off" is scheduled to
be held at Chardon high
S h DOL home economics
room on April 7 at l:30 pm.
Preliminary contests will be
held in each high school and
the winner will compete in
the bake Off" No previous
winner is eligible. Pies will
be displayed in the Carlson's
hardware store during the
festival weekend. A silver
tray, donated by the Cleve-
land Press, will be presented
to the winner by Robert Yon-
kers, Press representative,
on Saturday, April 8 at 2::45
pm. on the park.
Several new rides will add
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23

to the attractions Of the feS-
tival weekend. A miniature
golf course, and an open pit
chicken barbecue are ex-
pected to draw capacity
crowds. The six rides will in
clude a ferris wheel, helicop-
ter, merry go round, roll
er coaster and two kiddie
rides.
A space ship and a helicop-
ter will be displayed on the
grounds. The Ohio National
Guard will have a "fly over
plane formation during tn :
parades.
Authentic Indian dancers
and Frank Mayerske, square
dance caller, will be featured
bandStand attractions.
The parades will feature
local high school bands, as
well as several military
units. The popular 'rube'
band will tour the festival
grounds and a burro will per-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
TaWanka
Explains
Purposes

What doss TaWana mean
1t is an Indian name mean
ing Willing to undertake or
attempt" " The club was start
ed in 1854 as a subsidiary of
the Aquaris Club, who want
ed to organize a group of
young married women.
ANY job worth doing is
worth doing WE'LL" has been
the motto from the start.
TaWanka Club today is still
engaged in work aiding the
needy and supporting COM
munity projects.
TaWankas have raised
money from selling hand
made projects, gre e t i n g
cards, candy, a rummage
sale, bake sales and many
raffleS.
TaWanka Club members
meet twice a month in the
members homes, where re-
freShmentS are served. The
club consists of members
from Chardon, CheSterland
and Montville. The officers
for 1860 81 are: President
Joan Simmons, Vice presid-
ent, Barbara Zell, Secret
ary, Bonnie Leyde, Treas
urer, Maxine HofStetter.
The foremost project Taw-
anka Club is supporting is
the Chardon park project.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
Douglas Barr
Arraigned for
Bad Checks

Arrested in Las Vegas and
held for the Geauga Sheriff
Department on a secret in
dictment charging him with
giving a $5l check, drawn on
Geauga National Bank, with
no funds to pay, Douglas
B arr, 25, Chardon, was
brought back to Chardon by
Sheriff Louis Robusky.
He pleaded innocent when
arraigned before c o m m. on
Pleas Judge Harold Rich
mond and was placed under
$1,000 bond.
Later Prosecutor Hofstet-
ter filed an information char
ging Barr with giving more
bad checks - Ken AShba
$25 and $65; Paullin Bros.
Sohio Service, $40 and $26.94;
A and P Market, $50, $45;
cash $40; Thrasher Market,
$55.
B arr waived Indictment
and pleaded innocent on the
charges in the information.
His bond was set at $1,000
pending hearing.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
Schools
to Teach
181 Days

The Geauga County Board
of Education has approved
1875 days of operation for the
l961-62 school year. There
will be 181 days of teaching,
o n e for teacher meeting,
three holidays. The sche-
dule:
Sept. 4 Oct. 13, 30 days,
with Labor Day, off on Sept.
"a. Oct. 16 Nov. "a, NEOTA
on Nov. 3, Thanksgiving
Nov. %; Friday, Nov. "a, 81
days.
Nov. 81 Jan 10 81 days,
Christmas vacation, Dec. 81
Jan. 2. Jan. % March 2 80
days. March 5 = April / s. 30
days, Easter April %, vaca-
tion April 16 20. April 23-
June 8 "a days, Decoration
Day, May 80.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23

form his antics during the
parade.
Anyone having rooms for
rent during the festival week
end should write P. o. Box
l24, Geauga County Maple
Festival at once, as there is
an urgent need for sleeping
quarters for visitors.
The 1861 Somerset County
Maple Festival Queen-Elect
will a tend the Geauga
County f estival as guest of
the Maple Queen. She will
arrive on April 8 and partic-
ipate in festivities on the 9th
and 9th.
Entries in the beard con-
test are coming in slowly,
but Sprouting whiskers on
several local men give evid-
ence of some active particip-
alton.
The Golden wedding and
Old Timer invitations are in
the mail and entries are be-
ing received.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
William Hodges IS, Spent 40 Years in THeater

A Chardon man who ap-
peared in movies and plays
with stars of the theatrical
world in leading theaters
throughout the United States
was IS years old last Feb. 6.
He is william Cullen Hod-
ges who spent 40 years of
his life as an actor in a sue
ceSSful career. Mr.. Hodges
resides with Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray K. ThraSher, 1T Good
rich CT.
He was born at Newburv
Center on Feb. 6, 1876. the
son Of William and Ellen
HaWeS Hodges. In 1884 he
went to Nebraska with his
parents and after three years
there his mother died and he
returned to Geauga County
with his father. He attended
school in Hastings, Neb. and
NeWDury school.
He got a job with the Gill
man Printing Co. in Cleve-
land as a printer.
Il used to go the theater in
Cleveland a lot and there I
just got a strong desire to be
an actor" said Hodges. Il
quit my job and joined up
with a tent show, then into
road show companies that
long tours. 1T was in 1922
that got stage struck"
Ability Of Hodges was soon
recognized and he began to
receive offers in stock COM
panieS.
His first movie was with
Tom Mix as star, made in
Chicago. Then came movies
with Milton Sills in Pup
pets. He appeared as a Rus
sian Army officer. There
were also pictures with Wal
lace and Noah Beery. Then
offers began to be received to
lay in top shows.
He was in the cast with II.
B. Warner in the lay Sill
ence. that ran a year on
Broadway IN New York city.
After this run Hodges was in
the play, Straight Through
the Door," that layed to
packed audiences in the best
Continued on Page TwO)
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
Munson Sixth Graders Hatch
Chicks With Incubator

to see if they were develop
ing. Th class drew diagrams
Of what they saw. After
a. period of one week, an egg
was cracked open to see the
development that had taken
place.
The same procedure was
repeated after a period of
two weeks and the embryoS
were preserved in alcohol.
A definite schedule was set
up whereby each member of
the class was responsible for
his part in the turning of the
eggs in the incubator. Each
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
Dance Will Honor Two
Festivals Queens

There will be two Maple
Festival Queens at the dance
Saturday, April 8, at the
American Legion and K of P
Halls this year.
The dance is held annually
to honor the Maple Festival
Queen of Geauga County.
This year the Maple Festival
Queen of Meyersdale, Somer-
set County, Pennsylvania,
will also join the festivities
in Chardon.
Mrs. Chad ThraSher and
Mrs. Clifford Wedge who are
in charge of the decorations
for the dance, said that the
highlight of the event will be
when the two queens enter
the dance hall and are escort
ed to their respe C tt v e
thrones. Tables are being set
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
NeWburv
Honor
Roll

NEWBURY - According
to Mr.. Elder T. Boytar, prin-
clpal for the NeWbury junior
high the following students
made the honor roll for the
six weeks;
EIGHTH GRADE - High
est honors Richard Bottger,
Nicholas Fina, Karl Kleve,
Donna Belliconish, Marlette
Dumnich, Barbara HaluSka,
Linda Jenkins, Roselee Kap-
alin, Cynthia Koljat, Dianne
Russell, Honor roll John
James, Paul Ogint, Charles
Jones, Theresa FarkaS, Don
ma Schwartz, Francis Bejbl,
Jeff Brinkerhoff, Terry Fra
unfelder, John Mental, Gary
Monigold, Barbara Boyd, An
tonette Marcus, Linda Stall
ingS, Elaine Wins, Honor
aDle Mentlon Nancy SchrOe-
der, SEVENTH GRADE
Highest honorS Mark Boro-
uSh, Ricky Brooks, Ernest
Frohring, R o b r t Klima,
Kathy Dunlap, Marcia Mum,
Marcy Rice, Francean Rus
sell, Darlene Sass Honor
roll Roger Mezak, June Da-
Wis, Robert Kovacic, Robert
Rasmussen, Bert Reeves,
Gary Ridenour, Marcella lit
ko, Il nora b e Mention
Larry GlaSscock, Norm q
Ripple, Szlo Korbonite,
Marcia Clay.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-03-23
IohnNaramore
Heads Prom
at Ohio i.

John Naramore. a 1858
graduate Of Chardon high
school, is chairman of t h e
Dance committee for J-prom,
the biggest social event of
the year at Ohio university.
J-prom begins on April Is
with the Women's housing
units performing skits to in
troduce their queen candida
teS, and on the next day the
mems Skits introduce their
king candidates.
On April IS at the Pre-
prom concert t he top eight
men and women candidates.
who have won by popular
vote, entertain and are udg-
ed.
The winning king and
queen are announced at the
dance, handled by John, held
that evening in the newly
dedicated Brandon T. Grov-
er Physical Education center
where the three-day feStivity
will end.
John is a junior maioring
IN industrial technology at
Ohio university. He is q
member of Beta Theta Pi
fraternity.