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Evening star., 1961-08-21
Spare the TreesL

spare the Trees!
I know that the trees along
our streets belong to the city
and that I have no authority
over them, but the tree in
front of ones home becomes
an old friend and I want to
fight for the life of "ours."
When we moved into our
home Is years ago, the elm
tree out front was tall and
beautiful, but 16 years have
made it the tallest, most
gracefully proportioned,
handsomest tree on our street.
We have watched sadly as
five or more lovely trees along
here have gone down.. vic
Tins Of the elm beetle, but
ours has scared higher than
the rest and has stayed safe
and immune.
Now this is the sad chap
ter of the story. Last year, in
June, the trees were sprayed
for elm disease. We were
aghast when two days later
our tree and several others
began to drop their healthy
green leaves. Off-just like
that. Pretty soon our tree
was as bare as wintertime
with the exception of a few
branches at the top-too high
for the sprayer. I phoned the
Tree. Division and was told
that the spray burns the
leafs stem where it joins the
branch, causing it to fall. The
gentleman to whom I spoke
also opined that "the spray
was probably too strong and
they'd have to check on it."
Also I was told that it would
re-leaf. Later in the summer
it did half-heartedly put out
a few, but not enough 10
make it look like anything
but a poor dying tree. This
spring the spraying was done
before the leaves came out
and all was we'll. The tree
leafed out, beautiful as ever,
and has been our joy all sum-
mer. I took a lovely color
slide of it-three in fact.
Sadder chapter. Last Fri
day they sprayed again. And
Monday morning the leaves
started to fall in earnest. By
Wednesday the tree was
nearly bare, just as last sum-
mer. Our lawn, the pavement,
and the street are thickly
carpeted with green leaves.
Our shade is gone.
Our ice-cream vendor man
says he has seen a lot of this
through the city. Now, if this
is so; if the spray is too
strong for some of the trees
to bear it, we shall, with con-
tinued blows such as these,
finally kill the trees ourselves
without the help of the elm
beetle, I can't believe that
our lovely tree can stand
yearly denuding, buffeting
blows without finally sue
cumbing to such harsh treat
ment. It will give up and
die. When I phoned the
Tree Division this week, a
lady told me that "the fall
ing leaves were normal and
expected, and that the ex-
perts knew what they were
doing" This I doubt very
strongly. I think the "ex-
pertS" ought to look at
what is happening and
change their formula.
Ruth B. Wise.
Editors Note: The Tree
Division told The Star that
a solvent used in the spray
was found to be too strong,
and that another type has
now been substituted. While
the too-potent spray caused
the leaves to drop, it is not
believed to have done any
permanent damage to the
elms.)
Evening star., 1961-08-21

motto proved unpopular and
the law providing for it was
repealed in 1868. Thereafter
Ohio was without a motto
until 1859, when with God,
All Things Are Possible" was
adopted.
Evening star., 1961-08-21
Questions and Answer.
By THE HASKINS SERVICE
C. Pleas nc'ose
By THE HASKINS

Q. Is there any way to keep
ants from getting into a
house?-K. F.
A. A 2 per cent oil-base
chlordane spray may be ap-
piled to outside walls, from
the ground up to the win
dows. around the lower part
of the window frames and
around doors, and to the
undersides of any area that
is open underneath, such as
a porch. All supports, posts,
pillars and pipes that might
be used as runwayS into the
house should be treated thor
oughly. One or two applica-
tions should provide control
for a season.
@. Did Ohio ever have a
motto which called the State
an empire?-C. w.
A. Between the years 1866
and 1868, Ohio had as it's
motto "Imperium In Impe-
RIO" This may be translated
IAN empire within an en-
pire" or "a government
within a government" The
Evening star., 1961-08-21
Personal Loss

When passing through
Washington several days ago,
I noticed several cars which
Evening star., 1961-04-05
A CHANGE of Tune Would Help!
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

Danny Boy" wanted the
little waitress to have his
address, he would have given
it TO her. She'll get over it.
In the meantime, play I'm
Gonna Wash That Man
Right Out of My Hair"
DEAR ABBY: Your crit
icism of tobacco chewerS was
unjust. l have chewed tobacco
since I was a boy of IA, and
today I am 70. I guess 1 must
have cheWed up a trainload
in my day. Tobacco was
meant to be chewed, not
smoked. And if you do it
right, you can talk by the
hour and no one will know
you are chewing.
Our forefatherS and fore
mothers tyeS. ladies chewed,
too) found tobacco chewing
to be very soothing with no
i'll after effects. And you
didn't see them running after
psychiatristS or sleeping pills
to quiet their nerves. The
old timers had nerves SO
Evening star., 1961-04-05

DEAR ABBY: I am an
organist in the dining room
of a resort hotel. One of our
guests was an elderly gentle
man. badly crippled with
arthritis. He was in a wheel
chair and had to be spoon
fed. He had dinner in our
dining room every night
with a male nurse who
travelled with him. One of
our mattresses took a shine to
this male nurse. l don't know
if they ever got togethe.' after
the elderly man was put to
bed, but here is the problem:
The elderly gentleman and
his male nurse checked out
and now the little waitress
Just stands around staring
into space. When I play
Danny Boy" that is the
male nurses name) she goes
to the kitchen and cries. She
asked me to get "Danny's"
address from the front desk.
Should l do it?
ORGANIST
Don't get involved. If
Evening star., 1961-04-05
How to
STOP KILLING
YOURSELF
Some Know How to Relax
By DR.. PETER }. sTEINcRoHN

The rocking chair. Maligned
by busybodieS who can't sit
still. BY those muscle-ripplerS
and exercise = mongers who
look disdainfully on the per-
son who knows how to relax
and enjoys it.
AT LAST WE ARE begin
ming to get national reeogni-
ton of the potentialities for
good. The Presidents personal
physician has been extolling
it as a fine way to whip up
stagnant blood circulation.
I have been suggesting for
years that no house is a home
without at least one rocking
chair. Not only is it an easy
way of taking exercise (sit-
ting DOWN, but it is also
good for the nerves.
Try it some time when you
feel fraZzled. Rock back and
forth for 10 minutes to get
all the hostility and venom
out of yourself. You can't
hate anyone for long while
sitting in a rocker.
\ 4 u y
I am happy that most doc
tors are at last coming
around to the belief that
the woman going through
Evening star., 1961-04-05

her menopause should not be
allowed to fight it out on
her own.
Although most women go
through their change without
any discomfort, the few who
suffer complain more than
about hot flushes. They may
be hyperirritable, suffer
headaches that don't seem to
let up, have insomnia, and
often plunge down into deep
depressions.
l never allow such un-
happy women to fight it out
alone. I prescribe female
hormones without question.
and am gratified at the relief
it brings.
Why not supply a tempo
rary crutch for the one who
desperately needs it?
ICONTINUE to receive let.
ters from people who suffer
from chronic ringworm. They
have stubborn infections
which nothing seems to help.
GriSeofulvin often helps
when everything else has
failed. But never take it
without a doctors supervi-
sion. Some sensitive to the
Evening star., 1961-04-05

drug develop uncomfortable
reactions.
READERS ASK: "Is it all
right to take insulin by
mouth?'
That is a misconception.
These drugs, taken in pill
form to help combat dia-
betes, are not insulin. They
are what we call sulfonylurea
drugs.
On most patients over 40
they are effective if the dia-
betes originated recently; if
diet alone seemed to keep the
condition under control, un-
til now. and if the patient
did well on about 40 units of
regular insulin injections.
Therefore, I see no reason
why such people-and many
other diabetics-should not,
at least, have a try at oral
management of diabetes. Not
forgetting that adherence to
diet remains important.
In taking these pills, it's
possible that some patients
may have such reactions as
headaches, diarrhea, depres-
sions and skin eruptions.
Most often these disappear
after the first week.
DR.. Steincrohn's ledtlet,
MAYBE Your Heart Troubles
Imaginary" will be mailed on
receipt of a stamped. self
addressed envelope and 10
cents in coin. Address DR..
Steincrohn in care of The
Euening Star.
(Released by the Bell syndicate)
Tomorrow: Afroid.
Evening star., 1961-04-05

steady that nothing short Of
a Comanche raid could excite
them.
OLIDTIMER
Yours is the first good
word / have ever had from
anyone regarding the use of
tobacco. Twenty-three SpitOO!
- &*%
DEAR ABBY: I want a pet
but Nom won't let me have
a cat. Dad won't let me have
a dog. I don't like rats or
mice. Nom is afraid of birds.
Dad says a monkey or a rab-
bit is out of the question.
Goldfish aren't any fun, and
neither are turtles. Do you
have any suggestions? I am
10 years old. Don't you think
I should have a pet?
WANTS A PET
About the only pet" you
haven't mentioned Is the ham
ster. They are clean little
things and easy to care for.
/ think all children should
have pets. It's an excellent
way to learn responsibility.
Yes, Abby iUiH anSDer your
letter personally if you 1Drite
to ABBY in care OF The
EUening Star and incloSe a
stamped, Selt-addfeSSed en-
Uelope.
Getting married? For
Abby's booklet. "HotD to Haze
a Lovely Wedding" send so
cents to ABBY, Boz 1865,
Beverly Hills, Calf.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Evening star., 1961-04-05
FAMILY COUNCIL
Grandma
Puts in Bid

BY MRS. ALMA DENNY
THE PROBLEM

1uL EnODLEM Il
Mrs. X. VILE ignored
me and selected my sister
as guardian for his child.
Sidney Why aunt has
young children of her own.
It's a better home.
THE DETAILS
Mrs. X. WI raised three
children. My youngest, Sid
ney. lost his wife two years
ago and gave his. 2-year-
old son to my young sister,
his aunt, to take care of. I
assumed this was temporary
and that when Sidney mar
ried again, my little grand
child would return to his
home.
However, the child is now
4 and is to be left in my
sisters home indefinitely
even though Sidney has re-
married. Since Sidney isn't
bringing the child up, he
should let me, the boys own
grandmother do so. I'm
lonely and Cary would make
me young again.
Why can't I have him?
Sideny WI love my
mother, but l must do what's
best for my son. My aunt
is 16 years younger than my
Evening star., 1961-04-05

mother and has two young
children of her own.
Even though Cary Is her
only grandchild, my mother
must realize he's q handful.
She still must keep house for
herself. my father. and my
my older brother. How
she thinks she'd keep UP with
Cary. too, I don't know! y
With her, he'd be the only
child. At Aunt Jenny's, hes
has a ready-made family.
THE COUNCILS VIEW
With three possible homes
available for Cary, the one
where he is now sounds best,
and we agree with Sidney,
the boys father. that he
should be left there. -
1hlS is not to say that
the college trained great
aunt can necessarily do a
better mothering job than
the warm hearted grandma.
One other reason is that Cary
is already enSconced there,
after one uprooting from his
own home. Another is that
he's made an adjustment as
a sort of kid brother" In
a lively household, with little
danger of being lonely or
spoiled as he might we'll be
in a houSeful of adults.
Certainly the grandparents
can visit Cary and be visited.
No slight has been per-
petrated by Sidney on his
mother. He voted for Aunt
Jenny'S as the home most
likely to succeed"
No. Grandma, be glad you
don't have to be the one in
charge. Sit back and enjoy
being grandmother.
(Copyright, 1851. General
FEATURES, Ine)
Evening star., 1961-09-13
Two-Doy Rodeo
Opens Saturday
In Leesburq

LEESBURG, Va, Sept. 13
(SpeciaD The second annual
Arthur Godfrey rodeo will be
held Saturday and Sunday,
starting at 2 pm, at the Izaak
Walton Park in Leesburg.
This rodeo is held under the
direction of the Southeastern
Rodeo Association and the
Loudoun County branch of the
IZaak Walton League. Sam
Paylor of Hillsboro is president
of the Virginia Division of the
Association.
Arthur Godfrey will lead the
parade on his horse Goldie. The
parade will begin at noon Sat-
urday.
There will be contests in bare
back riding, calf roping, saddle
bronc riding, barrel race, rib
bon roping, bull dogging, bull
riding and cutting horse contest
All contestants must comply
with the rules of the associa-
ton.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
Church Fires
Loid to Girl, II

Five small fires set in the
altar section of St. Bernard's
Catholic Church, East River
dale, were traced last night to
an 11-year-old girl living near
by.
The youngster was turned
over to the Prince Georges
County Police juvenile squad
and later released to her par
ents pending possible juvenile
court action, according to coun-
ty Fire Marshal Lawrence R.
Woltz.
He said the girl started the
fires Monday evening with
matches and pages apparently
torn from Mass booklets. Be-
fore the small fires burnt them
selves out they damaged some
altar linen and a cloth robe on
a statue.
The total damage has not
been estimated.
Evening star., 1961-09-13

Mrs. Olsen said she had
spoken in favor of the club at
a meeting of citizens in the
Holmes Run area and had been
jeered.
after the (Holmes RUM
meeting they asked me what ]
was getting out of it. I said,
not a thing. I Just believe in
boys"
The club was also supported
by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and by Mrs. Philip
H. Kate, chairman of the city's
Community Welfare Council,
who said 1854 boys live in the
area the club would serve.
The council denied the ap-
plication with only Councilman
James T. Luckett, jr., dissent
ing. He served on the commit
tee which tried to find a site
for the club, he said.
Said Ira r. Devonald, secre-
tary of the boys club We'll
/ look some more, I guess"
Evening star., 1961-09-13
Stormy Meeting in Alexandra
Turns Down Boys Club Plea

The Alexandra Boys Clubs
proposal to build a second club
for underprivileged boys on
Taney avenue was rejected
again last night by the city
council.
Supporters of the club, who
couldn't remember exactly how
many times the project has
been turned down before, said
they would go on looking for
an acceptable location.
Their latest proposed site,
two acres of residential land
across from the Patrick Henry
Elementary School, was not ac-
ceptable to the council.
Councilmen denied the re-
quest for a special-use permit
after a stormy hearing in which
one club supporter was in tears
before she finished speaking
The club, which operates one
center at Princess and Payne
streets, believes there is a need
Evening star., 1961-09-13

for another to serve some 1000
boys.
Its plans to build it on Taney
avenue brought more than 200
persons to the city hall last
night. Residents near the site
said it would depress property
values and disrupt the neigh
borhood.
George A. Faith, an attorney
representing homeowners in the
Holmes Run Valley, Seminary
Valley and Brookville areas OF
the city, said: "The influx OF
1000 juveniles will tend to revo-
lutionize the lives of the resi-
dents"
Seminary Valley doesn't have
a juvenile problem, he said. "It
does not need a boys club and
does not want a boys club"
But another resident, Mr..
Thomas H. Olsen, said she sup
ported the club. Mayor Frank
E. Mann had to gavel the au-
dience to silence while she
spoke.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
Brewers Protest Move
To Boost Beer Tax

all average consumption of 6.51
gallons.
Maryland's seven breweries
employ $500 people, he said,
adding that a new one Just
moved in because "in Maryland
beer production has flourished
in a healthy economic climate"
The legislative council COM
mittee took the matter under
study, but it seemed highly un-
likely that a new tax would be
recommended in a prediction
year.
But on the Prince Georges
liquor dealers complaint the
committee called for an inves-
tigation of Maryland-D. C.
liquor prices. The committee
recommendation asks that the
probe be made by the State
controllers office which ham
dies enforcement of liquor tax
laws.
Cheaper in District
Prince Georges liquor deal
ers complained that the same
wholesalers, operating under
different companies, sell liquor
to District of Columbia outlets
at cheaper prices than to Mary
land dealers.
They said the retail price
in the District is often lower
than the wholesale price in
Maryland.
Senator H. Winship Wheatley
Democrat of Prince Georges,
said he was concerned with the
consumer who has to pay
higher prices in Maryland.
Senator Wheatley said that
if the Prince Georges dealers
complaints are true, he wanted
it shown publicly the higher
prices are not a result of Mary
land liquor dealers making
more money but rather "the
wholesalers making a higher
profit on one side (of the
Maryland-District of Columbia
boundary than on the other"
Toward the end of the alco-
holic beverage discussions a
Baltimore tavern owner took
offense at a reference made to
Joints" by a proponent of the
beer tax, and he promptly re-
ceived an apology.
The committee work ended
for the night. Mr.. Boone said
the meeting would adjourn
to the nearest Joint"
Evening star., 1961-09-13

eral Assembly repeals the 10
per cent tax next year.
"On the basis of the present
experience" Mr.. Hardy an
swered, I'VE would lose about
SIG million during the next BIZ
ennium."
He said the actual increase
in revenues for fiscal 1861
when the tax first became ef-
fective-over the previous year,
amounted to $7,956,577. The
State budgets are made Up for
a biennium, or two-year period.
Local Option Group Formed
Delegate Toy D. Savage of
Norfolk, who represents an area
where the strongest pressure is
being brought for whisky-by-
the-drink, raised that issue. A
new group consisting of men,
bers throughout the State, has
been formed to allow local
option bar sales.
Would local-option increase
the costs of operating the ABC
System?" Mr.. Savage inquired.
Mr.. Hardy said he understood
the proposal advanced would
require an affirmative vote of
citizens of a locality to change
from the present State dispen-
Sary system.
There probably would be
very few Qocalities) at first, "
he said. Il believe the boards
thinking is that as far as op-
Grafton costs are concerned,
they would be very slight. l
wouldn't think that would be
an important factor"
Evening star., 1961-09-13
Two Are Charged
With Homicide

Two District men have been
charged with homicide in the
death of a 41-year-old man
after a fight two weeks ago.
Police said Walker j. Burns
of 422 Third street NV. died
yesterday in Casualty Hospital
Of injuries suffered when he
was repeatedly pushed into the
side of a moving truck on Au-
gust 80.
Homicide squad detectives
said the homicide charges were
placed against John F. Harri-
son, 81, and William E. Thomas,
81. both of the 200 block of E
street NV. Police said the
August 80 incident occurred in
the 400 block of Third street
NV.
A story in The Star yeSter-
day incorrectly listed Mr..
Burns as one of two men
charged with assault after the
incident. Harrison was incor-
rectly identified as the victim.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
By PAUL HOPE
Star Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Sept. 49,
Maryland brewers cried-and
not very softly-in their beer
last night.
In fact. the Finance Commit
tee of the State Legislative
Council was awash in alcoholic
beverage problems.
Beer brewers protested pro-
posed increase in the Maryland
beer tax. Wine makers pro-
tested any increase in the wine
tax. And Prince Georges liquor
dealers fought successfully for
an investigation of why District
of Columbia liquor dealers can
get their merchandise cheaper
than Maryland dealers.
The nub of the tax problem
was the so called Hooker
rocker" beer and wine tax in
crease bill which seemingly was
killed three times at the 1861
session of the General Assem-
bly, but finally was revived and
sent to the legislative council
for study.
Uses for Revenue Seen
The bill would increase the
beer tax from 3 cents to 8 cents
a gallon and the wine tax from
20 to 35 cents a gallon. 1t was
dubbed the Hooker rocker" re-
ferring to George H. Hooker, a
spokesman for the beer industry
in Maryland and confidant of
Gov. TaweS.
Delegate Charles Moore,
Democrat of Hartford and one
of the chief patrons of the bill,
last night suggested two ros-
sible uses for the $3.3 million
which the measure would pro-
duce annually: To case the
sales tax or to provide facili-
ties for rehabilitating alco-
holicS.
Mr.. Moore noted that a re-
cent report of a commission
studying alcoholism said that
Maryland stood second or third
(the report was not explicit) in
the number of alcoholics among
the South Atlantic States.
"Severe RepercussiOns"
House Democratic Leader A.
Gordon Boone, chairman of
the finance committee, thought
it would be a little precipitous
to provide $3.3 million for alco-
holic rehabilitation when the
alcoholic study group had not
yet made its final report.
William L. Wilson, president
of the Queen City Brewing Co.
of Cumberland, said that beer
means great deal to Mary
land and increase in taxes on
it would result in severe re-
percussions."
Maryland and Missouri are
the two lowest beer tax States,
and Mr.. Wilson said this is a
good thing. He said there is a
direct relation between high
taxes, per capita consumption
and the success of failure of
breWeries.
The 10 States with the low
est beer taxes have 1913 brew
cries and an average per capita
beer consumption of 2O.55 GAL
Ions annually, he said, while
the 10 with the highest taxes
have only four breweries and
Evening star., 1961-09-13

while she was asleep, Neigh
bors disconnected the house
lights, cut a hole in a screen
door and, once inside the
house, cut the telephone line.
She said she woke up to find
him in her bed. Her reaction
was to pray out loud and
admonish Neighbors to get
down on his knees and pray.
He did, kneeling beside the
bed, then leaving the house.
Last Sunday in the Men
monte Church Neighbors stood
before the congregation and
admitted the charges against
him. The congregation official
ly forgave him. So did the
complainant, her husband, and
his own wife.
Evening star., 1961-09-13
REMORSE PAYS
REMORSE PAYS
Attocker RePents,
Gets Court Mercv

LYNCHBURG, Va, Sept. 13
(AP).-The abject repentance
of a young Mennonite stood
him in good stead in Campbell
County Circuit Court yesterday
when he pleaded guilty to
burglary and attempted rape.
Judge Charles E. Burks SEN
fenced Norman Ray Neighbors,
%, to 5 years in prison but sus-
pended Az years of the term.
The misdeed to which Neigh
bors, father of two children.
pleaded guilty occurred at the
home of another Mennonite
couple July 6 in the community
of Gladys.
The complainant, a young
woman, testified that while
her husband was away, and
Evening star., 1961-09-13
@. 0. P. Leaders
To Plan Drive

RICHMOND, Sept. 13 (AP)
Republican State Chairman
I. Lee Potter said yesterday the
party's 10 congressional district
chairmen and officers of the
central committee will meet in
Richmond Saturday to plan for
the remainder of the campaign
for Governor.
H. Clyde Pearson, G.. o. P.
nominee for Governor, will
speak at the session at / pm.
at the John Marshall Hotel.
Mrs. Hazel Barger, candidate
for lieutenant governor, and
Leon Owens, candidate for at
torney general, also will make
appearances.