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Milford chronicle., 1961-07-21

Wisconsin had the tallest and
shortest men in the IRA collegiate
regatta. Sophomore coxswain Larry
Hurwitz is 4-feet-10 while senior
Ernie Smith is 6-feet-7.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

sat about. chatting with pa
tients and visitors.
The buildings srnartly ap.
pointed auditorium was just be-
ginning to fill with men Of
many races, old and young,
mostly smiling. others quiet. q
few grim-faced. They were
dressed in sport clothes and
most Of them needed o shave.
Attendance, Of course, Is
voluntary" said q woman rec
reational therapist assigned to
the building. "You have no idea
how hard 1t is to pull them
away from their television sets
we have TV addictS here, too,
you know"
Once the curtain was up.
however, It was obvious that
the patients didn't regret the
interruption. They .hvened up
considerably. A comic remark
or gesture by one Of the actors
would produce loud and long
laughter-even q few we'll
placed comments. This infor-
NAL, at times almost raucous
response, produced before long
q sort Of vaudeville atmosphere.
If O villain had been included
in the cast. he would have
been heartily booed off stage.
But when the action became
more sober, the patients reac-
ton was suited to It. At these
times they exhibited intent,
Evening star., 1961-02-24
St. EIizobeths Audience Greets Play
With Lively, Smiling Attention

almost intense, involvement.
Favorite scenes would be fol-
lowed by loud applause and
lengthy cheers.
These men seem so cheer
full at times simply because
they're highly nervous" the
therapist explained. "Then. too,
they project themselves into
the stage situation much more
sensitively than the average au-
dience." A nearby attendant
added that the average 10. OF
the ward was very high
They've had to live by their
wits most Of their lives"
Before the performance, we
talked to Foundry's director.
Robert Fabik. He and his
technical crew were delighted
with the auditorium's up-to-
date backstage equipment.
Some Of the less disturbed pa
tients gave us q hand with
props and lighting - they
worked wonderfully with the
players. He also added that
no changes in the production
or script were made for this
special audience.
When the performance was
ended some Of the patients
filed by the therapist. Each had
q wide grin and . friendly word
Of thanks for her help In bring
ing them the evenings enter
tainment.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Choirmon Akers Quits
D. c. Armory Board

Democrat Of Nevada. chair
man Of the Senate District
Committee.
Mr.. Akers' successor win be
chosen by Senator Bible and
Representative Mcmillan, Dem
ocrat Of South Carolina, chair
man Of the House District
Committee. The two legislators
are required to make the ap-
pointment under the District
Stadium Act and are expected
to meet next week to discuss
candidates for the job.
Meanwhile. Ralph Pittman,
an attorney who has been men
toned for the post, told The
Star he did not want the job
and would not accept 1t II
offered.
Other candidates include
Milton s. Kronheim, ST., Q
prominent civic leader and
wholesale liquor dealer.
Mr.. Kronheim said yesterday
that he is not actually q can
didate" but that he would like
to be Of service.
Others who have been men-
toned for the job include
James Francis Reilly. counsel
to the Potomac Electric Power
Co., and Phillip M. Talbot.
special assistant to the presi-
dent Of the National Savings
g. Trust Co. and former presi-
dent Of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
BY BONNIE AIKMAN
Contributing Writer

The maximum security ward
for the criminally insane at st.
Elizabeths Hospital was the un-
likely setting for a drama.
But it was q lively show and
"a lively audience that we
watched this week at a special
performance by the Foundry
Methodist Players.
The audience was made UP
of $50 male inmates Of the hos
pital. including many convict
ed murderers and rapistS.. The
drama. given as part Of st.
Elizabeths recreational therapy
program, was "The Passing of
the Third Floor Back"
The drama, set In q London
boarding house, concerns the
visit Of q kindly stranger who
eliminates chronic pickering
among the tenants by reliev-
ing them Of their sundry minor
vices.
We reached the auditorium
through a maze Of corridors
and counted four heavy doors
unlocked and locked behind us.
Once inside, though, this
feeling Of heavy confinement
vanished entirely. Suddenly
there was nothing to indicate
the ward was any different
from others at the hospital.
The atmosphere was cheerful
and relaxed. A few attendants
Evening star., 1961-02-24

clubs executive committee de-
cided conversion Of the four,
3-story homes would be more
practical than tearing them
down and building anew. The
four homes have been restored,
q factor in their bringing prices
ranging from $4,000 to $72,-
600.
The new location Of the Cap
itol Hill Club will be just across
the street from the Old House
Office Building and on the
border Of the land condemned
by the Federal Government.
The club received q total Of
100000 from the Federal Gov
ernment for the properties It
owned at 102 Carroll street Sc.
and at 20S, 2lO. 212, and 2lA
First street Sc. The present
club house Is small. It's dining
room. for example. can seat
only -.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Music Of 1sees
How to Get Licenses
Bottles Nursing Homes

Operators of six unlicensed
District nursing homes face
court action Monday after an
emotion-filled hearing yester-
day before Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel Clark F. King.
The six, Mr.. King said. will
be charged with operating con-
valescent homes without q Ii
cense.
Attention was focused on un-
licensed nursing homes after
the February ! fire at the
Mount Vernon Nursing Home,
1901 Calvert street NV, in
which seven persons died. The
Mount Vernon home was Ii
censed.
At yesterdays hearing, the
operators-one woman was in
tears-pleaded that they have
Evening star., 1961-02-24
REPUBLICANS RELOCATE
4Homes Make a Clubhouse

contributing win be placed in
the facade Of the new club.
There viii be no other building
In Washington outside Of the
Washington Monument with
such recognition for the
States"
Mr.. AuchinclosS Is one Of the
founders Of the Capitol Hill
Club. Since its organization 10
years ago. the club has been a
meeting place for the hierarchy
Of the Republican Party. Many
Of the speeches made at the
club have made national news
over the years.
The current thinking Of
the club leaders is to name the
various meeting rooms in the
new building after outstanding
Republicans and display me-
mentoes Of their lives on the
walls.
7Gg. AuehtnelosS said the
Evening star., 1961-02-24
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star staff writer

Floyd Akers has resigned as
chairman Of the District
Armory Board.
The resignation had been ex-
pected after Mr.. Akers bought
stock In the new Washington
baseball club. He resigned to
avoid q possible conflict Of in
terest.
The armory board Is charged
with operating the Districts
new $40 million stadium, now
under construction. Mr.. Akers
felt he had to resign from the
board before it entered into
negotiations with the ball club,
which is expected to rent the
stadium's facilities for the 1862
season.
A prominent civic leader and
automobile dealer, Mr.. Akers
was one Of a relatively small
group Of citizens who worked
for more than IS years to win
congressional approval Of q
municipal stadium.
His resignation was contained
in q letter to Senator Bible.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

THE CADENCES and the
blank verse, the mispro-
nunciations to rhyme the
final couplets and the broad
A all were abandoned. Every
word could be understood.
The actors didn't have to
emphasize the famous lines,
as when Lysander says:
"The course Of true love
never did run smooth"
And Puck:
Lord, what fools these
mortalS be-"
And it was fun-a lot Of
horseplay in the fantasy Of
the night in the Athenian
woods that Is usually played
straight.
Imagine! At the intermiS-
sion half way through, Mrs.
r. said:
I'm bored stiff. Can we
60 home now?"
There was an impulse to
ask II there was q lawyer in
the house.
Then at the end Of the Sec
ond part came the play
with-in-the-play, with Bert
Lahr playing Pyramus and a
perfectly wonderful Peter
Ounce prompting him and a
very good Tom Snout play
ing the wall and q lion that
could roar like q sucking
dove" and a male Thisbe who
was a lout.
And she began to laugh
and he began to laugh and
everyone in the theater was
laughing, and before each
laugh was through there was
cause for more laughter, and
by the time Bert plunged
the knife under his arm the
tears were running down the
Rambler's cheeks.
He hasn't had so much fun
In the theater since he saw
Marie Dressler in TITLES
Punctured Romance" or Sid
Chaplin in Charles Aunt"
or Charlie Chaplin in Easy
Street"
Evening star., 1961-02-24
By GEORGE WILSON
star Staff Writer

The Capitol Hill Club. where
the Republican elite meet, is
going to convert four private
homes at First and C streets
Sc. into q new club house.
The present club house at
2l4 First street Sc. has been
purchased by the Federal Gov
ernment and will be razed
along with other buildings In
the area as part Of expansion
Of the Capitol grounds.
Representative Auchincloss,
Republican Of New Jersey and
chairman Of the club, today
said the new quarters will in
clude a large meeting room for
between 200 and 800 people as
well as bedrooms, offices and
dining rooms.
The club already has pur-
chased The lonies af $50 EIrst
street BE. and at 10S. los and
lot c street Sc. for the new
estahlishrnent. The price. al-
ready paid in full. was $3.50. 900
for the four homes.
All the homes except the one
at lot C street Sc, have been
vacated. The previous owner Of
number lot, Gerald v. Loder,
has been asked to vacate by
April 5.
Chatelain. Gauger and Nolan
Of Washington Is the architec-
tural firm designing the con-
version. Leon Chatelain, jr.,
said the drawings viii be fin
ished by late spring.
Mr.. Auchincloss said he could
not say when actual remodel
ing Of the Capitol homes would
start, adding the club would
start construction soon after
the finished drawings were in
hand.
The building fund drive Is
already under way. Mr.. Auch-
incloss said 257 Of the 1,100
members Of the Capitol Hill
Club have contributed over
$50, 900 for the conversion prof.
ect so far. He said the club
will also ask for contributions
from Republicans in the so
States.
"The club will set quotas
ranging from a minimum Of
81, 900 to q maximum Of $4,000
for each Of the States" MIR.
Auchincloss said. "The native
stone and shield Of every State
Evening star., 1961-02-24
15Honored
ForWork
In Science

Twelve Washington area
science teachers and three
professional men were honored
yesterday by the District Coun-
Gil Of Engineering and Archi-
tectural Societies and the
Washington Academy Of Sci
enceS.
The awards were presented
at an Engineers. Scientists and
Architects day luncheon at the
Presidential Arms, sponscSed
annually by the societies.
The award winners were:
Mrs. Helen B. Arni, West
lawn Elementary School, Fair
fax County; Mrs. Ruth H.
Baver, Northwestern High
School, Prince Georges Coun-
ty: Sister Mary Blanche, I'm
maculate School, Washington:
Thomas H. Christie, Washing
ton-Lee High School, Arlington
County: Mrs. Lucille T. Free
man, Monroe Elem e n tary
School, Washington; Dale e.
Gerster, Bla d en- S burg High
School, Prince Georges: Col.
George A. A. Jones. Glasgow
intermediate School, Fairfax.
Also. Alfred C. Rogan, North
wood High School. Montgom-
cry; Ephraim G. Salins. Spring.
brook High School, Montgom-
cry: Mrs. Grace H. Smith, La
Sale Laboratory School. Wash
ington; John w. Winters. Sher-
wood Juniors nior High
School, Montgomery, and Rob-
|ert L. Wistort, High Point High
School, Prince Georges.
Also honored with special
awards were three Capital area
professional men: Charles B.
Henderson, director Of the
chemical engineering division
Of the Atlantic Research Corp;
DR.. John T. Cox, a physicist
with the Army Engineers Re-
search and Development Labo-
ratories. and 1t. Gerald F. GU
dens. an architect assigned to
the Office Of the Surgeon Cen
eral. United States Air Force.
Citations were presented to
50 other area science teachers
and 23 professional men.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Roosevelt
Asked Plain
Memorial

Supreme Court Justice Frank
furter revealed today that the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Me-
mortal Commission has ignored
the wishes Of the late President
in It's plan to honor him with
tall tablets in West Potomac
Park.
Justice Frankfurter writes in
the March issue Of the Atlantic
Monthly that President Roose-
velt wanted q simple, desk
sized block in the park in front
Of the Archives Building.
In q letter to the editor. the
Memorial Commission chair
man. Francis Biddle, says the
Justice three years ago told
the commission what FDR
wanted. But the commission
decided that the President'l
wishes should not interfere
With the sreeEicn q an1 suit
able memorial that the com.
mission might recommend"
Justice Frankfurter writei
that on September 20. 1871. the
President asked him to make
known his. wishes II the time
should ever come for . me-
mortal to him. The Justice
quotes President Roosevelt o.
saying:
III. as I say. they are to put
UP any memorial to me,
should like It to be placed In
the center Of that green plot In
front Of the Archives Building
I should like it to consist Of q
block about the size Of thii
putting his hand on his desk)
=. I want 1t to be plain, with
out any ornaTnentation. with
the simple carving In memory
Of - That is all ="
When Congress established
the Memorial Commission, JUS
tice Frankfurter promptly made
the Presidents wishes known.
Mr.. Biddle said Mrs. Roose-
welt agreed that Congress should
not be bound by the Presidents
wishes.
The commissions memorial
design contest later produced q
plan for eight concrete tablets,
no higher than l65 feet, for
West Potomac Park.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

been trying to comply with the
Districts regulations.
Uncertain Of Qualifications
The main problem. they said,
is that they do not know ex-
actly what they have to do to
qualify for licenses. Mr.. King
agreed that he, too, could not
tell.
Another difficulty, Mr.. King
was told, is that the Districts
regulations keep changing
while the nursing home oper-
ators attempt to comply.
One woman told Of spending
$22.00 for requested improve
ments. However, she still was
refused q license, she said. be-
cause District officials found
new things wrong.
C. T. Nottingham, the
Districts superintendent Of
licenses, said he will give Mr..
King on Monday o list Of what
the six homes have to do.
Mr.. Nottingham said, how
ever, that several Of the nurs-
ing homes probably never can
be improved to meet the Dis
Etrict's present standards.
Home Operators Named
The six nursing home opera
tors Mr.. King said he plans to
charge Monday are:
Mrs. Sally Marsh, whose
nursing home is located in the
1900 block at Wyoming avenue
NV: Mrs. Helen Porter, 1900
block Of Belmont road NV;
Mrs. Anne Carrier, 1900 block
Of Monroe street NV.
Also, Mrs. Elsie Nelson, 1000
block Of Kalorama road NV:
Mrs. Ida S. Taylor, 400 block
Of T street NV, and Bona
mar, Inc, $500 block at Blad-
ensburg road NE.
Meanwhile, the operators Of
all city nursing homes were in
vited to a conference today by
a Citizens Advisory Council
Committee that has been study
ing the problem for several
months.
Mr.. Harold N. Marsh, COM
mittee chairman. said the op-
orators have been asked to give
their views on a constructive
approach to solving the Dis
trict'S convalescent home prob.
lens. Today's meeting at the
District Building is one Of a
series called by the committee
to confer with various groups
involved in nursing home op-
erations.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Enough Water Seen
If Pollution Ends
River Cleanup
Held Woy to
Assure Supply
BY CHARLES D. PIERCE
star staff Writer

Complete elimination Of poll
luton In the Potomac Basin
waterways has been proposed
as the best and cheapest way
to avoid o shortage Of disable
water for Washington and
other basin communities.
This new approach Is rec
commended In Q 96-page study
just published by the Co
ordinating Committee on the
Potomac River Valley.
Chairman Of the committee
is Or. Ira N. Gahrielsen, pres
ident Of the Wildlife Manage
ment Institute.
Members Of the communities
would prefer to see no dams
on the Potomac River and
would be opposed to construc-
ton Of O major dam at River
Bend or Block House Point, the
two sites favored by the District
Corps Of Engineers II q reservoir
Is to be provided on the lower
river.
No Crisis Yet
Groups represented on the
committee include conserva.
tionists who oppose talmpering
with the natural beauty Of the
Potomac Valley by construction
Of q major dam, supporters Of
restoration Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal, and residents
and developers who own homes
or land in possible impound-
ment areas.
The report. titled Potomac
Prospect" states that while
there Is no water supply crisis
in the Potomac Basin now.
"some evidence does indicate
that q shortage may face US by
the year 1875 unless preventive
measures are taken"
"Techniques are now avail
able which, If universally used"
the report contends, would
virtually eliminate dangerous
contamination from the
streams and rivers Of the Po.
tomac Basin.
within IS or 80 years at the
most, techniques now being de-
veloped win result In the eco
nomical removal Of I'll dis
solved material. producing O.
100 per cent pure water efflu-
ent from sewage plants.
Tremendous Supply
"Once pollution Is thus COM
pletely eliminated, there viii b0
adequate water for all reason
able purposes without the
necessity for constructing huge
impoundmentS and destroying
the natural environments Of
our waterways"
The committee states that
there Is an enormous supply Of
fresh water in the Washington
area, the upper estuary Of the
Potomac. which is not now be-
ing used for drinking water and
which could end forever the
danger of water shortage.
The water coming upstream
with the tides from Chesapeake
Bay, while still essentially fresh,
is heavily polluted. This is pri-
marily due to the discharge Of
sewage wastes which have re-
ceived only 80 per cent treat
ment at the Districts treat
ment plant at Blue Plains.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Washington Opera Group
Featured in Sunday Star

HOW GOOD is OUR OPERA?-It's one Of the best,
Critic Day Thorpe contends, as SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine, brings you word-and- picture closeup
of the Opera Society Of Washington Sec SUNDAY
and learn why "a successful opera society is the
perfect olgarchy and tends ideally toward tyranny"
CRISIS IN HOLLYWOOD-Is censorship the answer to
movie morals? Not SO, according to Hollywood Re-
porter Joe Hyams, who says there's still another
solution to the and vioence-filed films that are
appearing on movie screens today. Read his impor-
tant proposal in This Week Magazine.
THE SUNDAY STARS CIVIL WAR STORY-A century
ago, Lincoln arrived in Washington for his Inaugu-
raL An account Of the President-elects unprece-
dented 1,900-mile trip reported by The Star 100
years ago appears in SUNDAY, The Star Magazine.
TVS TOP STARLETS-Actress-singer Connie Stevens,
Joi Lansing and other starets Of the small screen
are the subjects of this Sundays cover story in The
Stars TV Magazine, which brings you more pages
Of color, as well as much more program information.
GETTING INTO COLLEGE-Many high school seniors
presently asking themselves: Which college is
best? Will get in? Can afford 1t? The answers
to these and other questions provided by Pulitzer
Prize winning education writer Or. Benjamin Fine
whose series begins this Sunday In TEEN Magazine.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1961-02-24
UGF Response
Passes 100000

The United Givers Fund
emergency appeal today passed
the 100000 mark.
UGF reported $l01,579. In
cluding new contributions Of
5000 from 336 persons in to-
days mail.
Evening star., 1961-02-24
The
Rambler
Wus Laughing With
Tears in His Eyes
By GEORGE KENNEDY

To use an old Tamnany
phrase, the Rambler yields
to no one in. admiration Of
the Bard.
For the last several weeks
he has been sitting In front
Of the Tv--this for the first
time since the conventions
and election night-to see
the BIC program entitled
"The Age Of Kings"
These have been the his.
torical plays starring Fall
staff.
Mrs. r. has stayed with
him while the rest Of the
family made out they went to
bed.
Made OUT is used ad-
visedly, Once the program
was over and the Rambler in
bed they returned to the in
strument and tuned In some
soupY melodramas that have
a way Of influencing his
dreams.
Imagine his surprise last
night. Invited to see Bert
Lahr in "a Midsummer
Nights Dream" at the Ma
tional, Mrs. r. rebelled.
1--WE 6 OF Shakespeare run
ming out of my ears she
said.
At length she accepted, but
1t took q little pressure.
Midsummer Nights
Dream" is not easy to stage.
1t must have been In the
repertory of Marlowe and
Sothern. But the Rambler
had never seen it on the
stage.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

THE ONLY TINE he had
seen it was in the movie su-
per-production tn at intro
duced the beauty Of Olivia de
Hayiland to the screen. She
played Titania, the Fairy
Queen. And Joe E. Brown
played Bottom, the weaver,
in "Pyramus and Thisbe,"
the play within the play.
Jimmy Cagney played Snug,
the joiner, or another Of
those humble roles that
make the Midsummer Night
Q delight.
This opportunity to see
Bert Lahr in the role seemed
heaven-sent-Bert Lahr, who
played the ccWardly lion who
did his si<b brothy
(Judy Garland) In "1he wiz
ard Of ozt' s.s3 Il
SO we were In the fourth
row seats on the aisle when
the show started. The Ram
bier almost said when the
curtain went up. But the
curtain isn't used. There Is
one set throughout and In
stead Of ending the scenes
by q lowering Of the curtain,
the actors merely walk off
the stage into the wings.
It didn't take long to real
ize that these actors from the
repertory theater in the YAM
kee town of Stratford, Conn,
were giving the first truly
American performance of
Shakespeare the Rambler
had ever heard.
Evening star., 1961-02-24

yesterday. The President now
has to sign It.
Senator Dirksen asked for
immediate approval because
the circumstances are 90 ex-
tracrdinary and because the
celebration win have to be
planned and staged In one week
from Saturday" Ordinarily
such q Joint resolution would
need to lay over for one legisla-
tive day In the Senate after
House approval.
Senate Majority Leader Mans
field. Democrat of Montana,
said he fully approved" Of the
Lincoln celebration, but hoped
the unanimous vote in the SEN
ate would not set o precedent
for handling future resolutions
without referring them to
COMMITTEES.
Questions Answered
To help assure prompt SEN
ate attention, the House spon-
sor. Representative Schwengel.
Republican Of Iowa, sat on the
Senate floor to answer any
questions Senators might pose.
The resolution calls on the
president Of the Senate, Vice
President johnson, and House
Speaker Rayburn each to ap-
point four members to form o
committee on arrangements.
The committee will organize
the ceremony in cooperation
with such organizations as the
national and District Civil
War Centennial Commissions.
A speaker for the observance,
scheduled to be the first major
event In o four-year series
commemorating the Civil War.
is to be chosen by the con-
gressional committee. Congress
asked that special invitations
hs sent b President Kennedy.
Mr.. johnson. cabinet officers.
agency directors. members Of
the Supreme Court. the diplo-
lmatic corps. departmental as
sistants. District Commission.
ers and members Of Lincoln
groups Of the District and the
States.
Music Of 1s6os
Earlier plans to supplement
the Inauguration with an ad-
dress before o joint session Of
Congress, an Inaugural Ball and
. full-scale parade have been
scrapped. Lack Of sufficient
time and the heavy spring So
Evening star., 1961-02-24
Senate OKs Measure
ForLincoIn Celebration
Re-enoctment Of inauguration Plunned
Mnrch 4 on E0stern Portico Of c0pitoI

Congress today unanimously passed resolution to help
organize re-enacment Of Abraham zncon first naugra-
tion on March the eastern portico Of the Capitol
Final approval given in the Senate on motion by
Minority Leader Dsen of Illinois, the home State Of the 10th
Preden House Endorsed the resolution without objection