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Evening star., 1961-07-02
Background

NAVAL blockade duty, ex-
IN cept for widely spaced
intervals of action, was the
duIlest routine of all the
Civil War services. Of all the
Federal blockade fleets"
the Potomac River Flotilla
probably had the dullest pa
troll of all. Skippered by
COmdr. James Harmon Ward
of Connecticut, the tiny col
lection of made-Over river
boats found its principal
chore was riding herd on
minor enemy craft as small
as rowboats. Pudding as the
job seemed to the sailors,
it was as essential as any
part of the program to pre-
vent any and all outside aid
from reaching any part of
the Confederacy. The PO-
tOmac Flotilla's other assign
ment was to discover and de-
stroy hidden Confederate
batteries scattered along the
Virginia shore between
Washington and the CheSa-
peake Bay. These were a pO-
tential menace to Federal
shipping which moved up
the 1OO-mile long Potomac
estuary. Comdr. Ward, Naval
Academy graduate and au-
thority on naval ordnance
and tactics, had already en-
gagged enemy batteries at
Aqua Landing. Plying far
ther downriver, where the
Potomac makes a sharp hook
about so miles from Wash
ington, the tireleSs Ward
ran across a wooded area at
Matthias Point, Va, which
looked suspici0usly like an
other hidden cannon en-
placement. Aboard his flag
ship, the Thomas Freeborn,
he directed his men ashore.
The results were grim for
him.
Evening star., 1961-07-02

WASHINGTON as the Capital of nation
w had shortcomings too numerous to list.
Among the most griev0uS was the lack of gen.
eral hospitals. When the Civil War began,
there was exactly 0ne-the Washington Infir-
mary, next to the Jail in Judiciary Square.
Then as June ended, welcome news in the
form of a paid advertisement appeared in
The Star.
WASHINGTON PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL
This Institution, which is under the control and
direction of Sisters Of Charity, experienced in nurs-
ing and hospital management, is now open to the
public. 1t is located q short distance southeast of
the Capitol and Immediately opposite the we'll
known Carroll mansion, on Second street east. The
buildings are spacious, and, with the alterations
recently made, well adapted to hospital purposes.
The grounds are extensive and well laid out, and
tastefully ornamented with choice fruit and shade
trees. evergreens and Towering shrubs.
Providence Hospital is admirably suited to
patients wishing to avail themselves of the advan
tages of hospital. and yet enjoy all the comforts
and quiet of private house. All persons suffering
from casualties nOn-contagiOus diseases requiring
surgical or medical treatment will be admitted upon
complying with the regulations and conditions of
the Institution.
Patients will be received in the wards at "a per
week. or by arrangement can have private rooms on
reasonable terms They will receive all the care
and attention their cases may require from DR. J. NJ
Toner the Physician and Surgeon in charge of the
house, except when patient prefers to employ his
own physician 1t is designed to give all the men,
bers Of the medical profession in the District
equality of privileges in this institution. and every
physician who may have case in it may rest assured
Evening star., 1961-07-02
The News in Brief

JWnO 27-FederoI londino ot
M0tthios Point, Va, re-
pulsed and Comdr. james
Harmon Ward killed; peoce
convention at Dover, DEL.
proposes recognition Of
ConfedeFocy.
SWn0 29- President lincoln. re-
spending TO public and
press oUtcY Of "On TO
Richmondl," decides to
order Federal odvonee TO
MonoSsos, Va.
JWly 2-Gen. Robert Peterson
advances relvctonfly from
Horpers Ferry to Mortins-
burg, Va. oooinst forces
Of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston;
FederoI blockade is esfob-
lished at Galveston, Tex.
Evening star., 1961-07-02

looked SuspiciOuSly like an
other hidden cannon en-
placement. Aboard his flag
ship, the Thomas Freeborn,
he directed his men ashore.
The results were grim for
him.
From The Evening Star,
Friday, June %, 1851:
ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT
AT MATTHIAS POINT.
Capt. Ward, Of the FreebOrn,
Commander Of the u. s.
Potomac FlOtilla, Killed!
The Pawnee arrived up to the
Navy Yard at 9 am. to-day bring
ing the dead body of Capt. Ward
Of the Freeborn, who was killed
yesterday in an engagement with
the Confederate troops at Mat
thias' Point.
1t appears that the Freeborn
was off the Point reconnoitering,
and discovered indications of a
movement for the erection of a
battery by the rebel soldiers
encamped near there, and on the
Evening star., 1961-10-25

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Evening star., 1961-05-07
JAZZ FESTIVAL
Northwestern Six
Wins Honors Here

on piano demonstrated a
modern jazz numbers ranging
from "Doxie" by Sonny Rollins
to For Minors Only" featur-
ing the drummer.
Awards Granted
fresh. imaginative approach to
Named second-place winner
in the festival was the Leonard
La Croix Jazz Quartet from the
Hartt College of Music of the
University of Hartford. The
group, which was the only one
made up entirely of students
majoring in music, will play q
one-week engagement at Basin
Street East in New York or the
Red Hill Inn in Camden, N. J
The quartet opened with q
Turkish number. ''KarShilama,
arranged by VioliSt Matthew
Emerzian. The number was
Evening star., 1961-05-07

based on Armenian folk
rhythms.
Mr.. La Croix, pianist and
leader of the group, plays with
a strong, bold style. The quar-
tets performance was made up
entirely of originals composed
by members of the group.
Judges for the contest were
Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter;
John Hammond, vice president
of Columbia Records, and Will
liam CosS, associate editor of
Down Beat Magazine.
Three From Area
Although no Washington area
colleges entered groups in the
festival, the area was repre-
sented by three musicians in
the Allen Houser Quintet of
Dartmouth College. The leader
of the group, Allen Houser,
trumpeter, is from Kensing-
ton, Md. He is a former mem
ber of the Young Moderns, an
area amateur jazz group.
Pneumonia prevented one
young local musician from at
tending the Decentralization
Cotton" Kent, a pianist from
Arlington.
Also participating in the fes-
tival were the Joe BelcaStro
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Registrar Pleads
5th in Rights Quiz

NEW ORLEANS, May 6 (AP)
"A voting registrar took the
Fifth Amendment today and
refused to answer Civil Rights
Commission questions on vot-
ing procedures in a North
Louisiana parish County,.
Mrs. Lannie Linton of Homer,
registrar of Claiborne Parish,
charged the legislation setting
up the fact-finding group was
passed in a 'hate-the-South
atmosphere" unparalleled since
Reconstruction.
A commission spokesman
said it was the first time a
witness under oath had invoked
the Fifth Amendment since the
commission was established
after passage of the 1857 Civil
Rights Act.
Mrs. Linton was excused
without further questioning,
and the commission ended its
two-year investigation into al
legged discrimination against
Evening star., 1961-05-07
JAZZ FESTIVAL
BY JAMES LEE
Contributing Writer

Six young jazz musicians
took two top honors last night,
at the second annual inter
collegiate jazz festival at
Georgetown University.
The Paul Winter Sextet from
Northwestern University was
named the best jazz group and
awarded a one-week engage
ment at Birdland in New York
and a recording contract.
The group was doubly hon.
ored when its 22-year-old pi-
anist. Warren Bernhart. was
named best musician in festival
competition. The sextet - fea-
turing Dick Whitsell on trum-
pet, Paul Winter on alto sax,
Les Rout on baritone sax, and
Harold Jones and Mr.. Bernhart
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Trio from West Virginia Uni
versity and the Bill Hanna
Quintet from East Carolina
College.
Dizzy Gillespie and his All
Star Quintet cavorted and
romped through the second
half of the program in their
usual brassy style.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

tions today from the midst of
about 300 anti Communist
Cuban and Hungarian Demon
strators. The outbreak came
after the demonstrators had
picketed for almost two hours
without incident.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Soviet Office Eqqed

NEW YORK, May 6 (AP).-
Eggs were thrown at the head
quarters building of the Soviet
delegation to the United Ma
Evening star., 1961-05-07

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Evening star., 1961-09-24
DESIGNING WOMAN
Small Bedroom Makes
Light Of Problems

Other furniture forgets
strict bedroom style for more
style to create the look of a
sitting room-study, and
doesn't permit door and
window positions to stop
a luxuriously wall-wide sweep
of addressing table and
storage convenience and good
looks, as the sketch shows.
Even the unexplainable
projection of wall at one end
of the bed is taken in stride
its forward corner is
painted to resemble a lofty
post, which helps the canopy
above it to make the ceiling
look higher. No extra inches
are required for the back rest
for the bed. which hangs on
the wall. nor for the billow-
ing Austrian curtain effect,
which is lightly brushed on
to reach the painted canopy.
The ottoman organizes
floor cushions ingeniously.
To separate cushions stack
on a third which is attached
to a wooden platform on
wheels.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
BY ELIZABETH HILLYER
National Newspaper Syndicate

tN0bAOAoA NCWGpePCA
The furnishing and deco
rating of this small bedroom
ignores the rooms Shortcom-
ings-its limited space, its
complete lack of architec-
tural distinction, the low
ceiling, the fact that the
walls are punched through
with door and window OPEN
ings in unhandy places.
The bed isn't at all en-
barrassed about being
crowded into the corner that
frees the most floor space.
Instead, it makes itself i'm
portant with a sofa back and
the effect of curtaining and a
canopy as if it had room to
spare (see photograph.
Evening star., 1961-09-24

view, The Esther Shop, Ar
landia, The Remembrance
Shop. Brad-Lee. and the
downtown Drug Fair, Alex
andria.
Mrs. Lester Mcfarland is
chairman and Mrs. w. R.
Ackor is co-chairman of the
event, which will benefit the
hospitals school of nursing,
and Carter Hall, the student
nurses residence.
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Bake Sale
Planned

The Board of Lady Mana
gers of the Alexandria Hos
pital will sponsor its an
nual bake sale October 7
simultaneously at four shop
ping areas.
Locations of the sale will
be: Peoples Drugstore, Belle
Evening star., 1961-09-24
Speaker Scheduled

The Maryland Mothers of
Twins Association, will hold
its September meeting at
$3.50 pm. Tuesday at the
Bethesda Methodist Church.
Mrs. Laura Dittmann, child
development specialist, will
speak on Child Develop
ment and Growth"
Evening star., 1961-09-24
TUESDAY, Luncheon

Our Flag chapter of the
District of Columbia OAR
will meet for luncheon on
Tuesday at the home of the
regent, Mrs. Raoul Blumberg,
in Bethesda. Mrs. Julia Will
son, State regent, will be
guest speaker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
d9uqua5laasn<I<Ynol,,<
JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER
vs., SENATOR. nARYLAHo

ment and taxes at home demand
the closest possible cooperation
between Republicans and Demo-
Gratis. And yet constructive OPP
position there will and must be
to Mr.. Kennedy and his New
Frontier.
In England there is always Her
Majesty's Loyal Opposition. In the
United States, there is always the
party out of power which has an
obligation to itself and its sup
porters to fight for what it believes
to be right and against what it
believes 20 be wrong. The Presi-
dent-elect naturally understands
this principle for he was mcm-
Der of a party out of power for
eight years
In the months and years ahead
The Republican party will take
each bill and each proposal of the
Kennedy Administration as it
comes, and the new skipper
may depend upon smooth sail
ing so long as he follows course
which is best not for himself nor
his party but for the country.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
nThe New skipper

In eight more days John Fitz-
gerald Kennedy. formerly the
skipper of PIT boat. assumes
command of the most important
ship of state i'm the world--the
United States of America. To the
impotence Of some. including
Premier Khrushchcv who is hope
full that a new administration viii
mean a "ncW" Chat is, softer
American foreign policy and to
the satisfaction of others, he has
been proceeding at half-spced to-
ward Inauguration Day.
He has good reason to do so.
First. and most Importantly, he is
not vet The President and viii not
be until he is sworn in by Chief
Justice Warren on the Capitol
steps. Secondly, the Kennedy
Johnson ticket won by the slim
NEST of margins over the Nixon
Lodge ticket and Notwithstanding
all the palayer about mandates ,
ignore the "a million Americans
who voted against him and his
party's platform adopted in Los
Angeles last July.
Thirdly. despite the frequent ref
erenccs in the press and elsewhere
to the cool and calculating quail
ties of the President-elect, he must
necessarily be subject to the in
evitable doubts and uncertainties
which bcfall new President. 1t
is one thing TO talk about being
President and quite another to
be President
Every one Of us hopes that Mr.
Kennedy will be a good chief exc
cutive. The times are such that
no one should indulge in partisan
obstruction tactics with an eye
cooked on 1854. The problems of
the Congo. Cuba. Laos, Berlin, Al
geria, Quemoy and Matsu abroad
and those of initiation. unemploy-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
Bill Would Increase
School Supt. Salary

A bill introduced in the House
of Delegates on January A, would
increase the top pay for the
Superintendent of Schools for any
county from $4,000 to $4,000. It
was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means.
The clause which designated
the superintendents salary at So
600 for the first year with annual
increases of $500 per year up to
$4,000 is eliminated in the new bill
and the range is from $4,000 for
the first year. with annual in
creases of $1,000 up to not less
than $4,000 for his fifth year and
each succeeding year.
Teacher Salary Bill
Another teacher salary bill also
was introduced on January 4 and
referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means 1t would make the
minimum salary $4,000 instead of
So 200, increase at 500 per year
for the first eleven years, making
the top salary $500 instead of S.
300.
The bill also would change the
prerequisite for sharing in the
equalization fund from 65 cents on
each one hundred dollars to 81
cents. In regard to the incentive
fund. where there was an addi-
tional payment of ten cents in addi-
tion to the minimum of five, neces-
sary to receive $50 per pupil, the
rate was made an additional pay
ment of II cents to obtain twenty
two dollars per pupil
There was a paragraph for spe-
cial incentive provision for grow
ing school systems as follows: In
addition to the provisions in sec
ton 222 for the appropriation of
state funds, there shall be in
cluded in the State Budget bill
each year an etxra appropriation
20 increase State support of school
construction in the several politi-
cal subdivisions in which school
population is increasing, as in this
section provided. In each county
ard Baltimore City, there shall be
computed the number of pupils
enrolled for the first and second
next previous school years For
each pupil by which the number of
pupils enrolled for the first next
previous school year may exceed
the number Of pupils enrolled for
the second next previous school
year, in each political subdivision
respectively, the sum Of $40 shall
be placed in the Budget bill for
appropriation to the respective
political subdivisions. These pay
mcnts shall be from the general
funds Of the State, and they shall
he made in general conformity to
the procedural provisions in Sec
ton 222 of this subtitle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
BITTINGER

Rodney Johnson, a middler at
Gettysburg seminary, was supply
pastor for the Bittinger Lutheran
parish last Sunday.
The ULCW Of Emmanuel meets
on Friday evening at 1880. Mrs.
Robert Bucket will lead the topic,
Let All The Nations Praise Thee"
The Bittinger Boys All club
met in the Bucket store building
on January and goals for 1861
were chosen. Gary Bucket, vice
president, presided over the bust
ness session. All members signed
get-well card to be sent to the
president, Roger Bethel, who is
hospitaiized, and plans were made
to send him a gift from the club.
Bob Bethel was appointed chair
man of a committee to secure
leaders in the absence of the presi-
dent and local leader. Project
certificates were presented to all
members who had completed prof.
Gets in 1860 Announcement was
made of Poultry Show to be held
in Baltimore in the near future
which Ronald Bethel plans to at
tend. James Bucket gave demon
slration on records and what they
should include and showed some
weIl-kept record books. (. Rankin
Lusby urged all boys to give one
demonstration this year as one of
the goals. He listed each boys
demonstration and the month in
which it is to be given. Each boy
present gave a short talk on his
project last year which was re-
corded by Mr. LuSby on his tape
recorder and then all were played
back to the boys.
Mrs. Robert o. Glotfelty, who
has been very i'll for the past week,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12

Mrs Edward F. Smouse have given
books to the library within the
past month.
High school students and their
parents who are planning for col
legc will find many helpful books
on the library shelves. Guidance In
choosing a college may be found
in American Universities and Col
leges" by Irwin, Fines American
College Counselor and Guide"
'Loveioy's College Guide. "Coi-
Ilege Bound" by Browrstcin and
How to Get into College" by
Bowles.
Help in booming up" for college
entrance examinations can be OBJ
tanned in How to Pass College
Entrance Tests by Turner and
"How to Prepare for College En-
trance Examinations by Brown
stein.
For students who need assistance
in financing a college education,
the library has such guides as
Feingold's Scholarships. Fellow
ships and Loans, Financial Aid
for College Students" published
by the u. S. Department of Healih,
Education and Welfare, and Brown
STEMS you Can Win a Schlar-
ship"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
Extension Dates Listed

Dates OF HomemaKer club and
other meetings of Extension groups
were listed by Miss Ethel Grove,
home demonstration agent. for the
ensuing week.
January IS. View club. p m,
home of Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs. Will
liam Kamp. Mrs. Harold Butler
will give the demonstration OH
seafood cookery Mrs. Logan Wen
gerd will give the report on in
ternational relations,
January 18. Accident club, 1880,
in fire hall. Mrs. Walter Fratz and
Mrs. Charles E. Bowser viii give
The demonstration. Mrs. William
is reported improving at her home
here.
Roger Bethel is still a patient
in Garrett County Memorial hos
pital. undergoing treatment for
two crushed yertabrae. The in
juries occurred last week when a
saw dust pile fell and completely
covered him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bethel, of
WadsWorth, O., spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Bethel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel D. Hersh-
berger, Of Hyattsvi,le, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Hershberger on
Saturday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
Road Deaths High in
Area During 1860

Twenty-seven of the $40 fatal
traffic accidents in Maryland last
year occurred on highways in Gar
vett and Allegany counties, accord
ing to figures released by 1t. w.
Z. O'Hara. commander of the La
Jaic barracks of the Maryland
State police. Twelve occurred in
Garrett county, fifteen in Allie
gany county.
1t O'Hara said that 1860 was
one Of the worst years for fatal
accidents in the two counties. The
total Of q represents an increase
of three over 1859 when seven
youngsters lost their lives in the
train school bus accident Septem-
Der is, at M. Lake Park.
In 1858 only IS persons were
killed, The previous year % lost
their lives on highways in the
area.
1t. O'Hara said 1850 got off to
a bad start with five persons
killed during January. Among the
victims were James Donnellson,
43. Clarksburg. w. Va. who was
killed on route so near German.
The other four occurred in Allie
gany county.
The month of February was
free of fatal accidents but during
March three more persons we're
killed in the Cumberland area. In
April there was one death in AL
legany county.
Three more persons lost their
lives during May, all in Allegany
county.
The first accident in June was
non-traffic death when Shirley Lee
Green, seven, of Frostburg,
drowned after the car in which
she was sitting went over an en-
bankment and into Deep Creek
Lake near McHenry. The other
fatal mishap that month was Rosa
Zelda 81, of Deer Park, who was
killed when struck by train at
Deer Park.
The month of July listed three
deaths. all in Allegany county.
Two more persons lost their lives
during August One of those was
Mae Hausman, 66. of Cumberland,
being killed when the car in
which she was riding crashed near
Red House,
September listed two more, one
Of them occurring in this county.
This was Alvin r. Roderick, %,
Westernport, who was killed on
state route 135 at Deer Park.
Only one person, NJ. H. Grit
fifth, 81, of Confluence, Pa, was
killed during October. He died as
result Of injuries sustained
when struck by a car October 10
on U. S. route 40, six miles west
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n E W s
FROM THE
Ruth EnlOw Library
BY EDITH BROCK

Books and photograph records
have been presented to the library
recently in memory Of Russell II
Brown and James II. Feaster, ST..
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves BlandfOrd,
Mr. and Mrs. irwin Field, DR.. and
Mrs II. r. Gibson. Miss Crystal
Elliott, Mr.. and Mrs William
Sharps. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sharps,
Mr. and Mrs John Sharps, Judge
and Mrs. Neil c. Fralcy, Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis R. Jones, and Mr. and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
10 Attend Convention

The Rev W. Shelby Walthall,
rector Of ST Matthew's parish,
Oakland, and the Rev. Thomas
Staup. rector of the Diocesan mis-
sions in the county, will attend the
nth annual convention of the
Episcopal church, Diocese Of Mary
land, to be held February Z and 8,
in Hagerstown.
A major item Of business to be
considered will be new Canon
which would change the procedure
Of giving to one that will be volun-
tary. For the past 176 years the
Maryland diocese has followed d
mandatory system of apportiOn-
ments for various parishes and
missions. If the convention ap-
proves the proposed Canon. be-
ginning in 1861 and 1862 the
method Of apportioning the share
Of the expenses of the Diocese
among Churches viii be put on q
completely voluntary basis
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-01-12
Johnson Boy Improves

Eugene Johnson, IA, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Johnson who has
been a patient in West Virginia
Medical center in Morgantown
since last Wednesday when he
suffered a head injury in wrestling
at Southern High school, showed
considerable improvement this
week, but was the victim Of an
other accident
He fell after getting out Of his
bed one day this week and dis
located his left elbow.