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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
BY WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

The foyer of the staid Ma
tional Theater echoed today to
the words of the nursery rhyme
London Bridge is falling
down." as more than 100 chill
dren of all sizes and vocal
ranges auditioned for four
parts in the musical comedy
Music Man.
Michel Perriere, musical di-
rector of the production, stood
surrounded by eager red-haired
boys as he tried to coax them
into displaying their vocal
ranges.
Make believe you're shout
ing at the ball park" he said
cts got to be louder"
The children obliged.
The addition brought the
mothers and fathers and their
talented children to the stage
entrance of the National Thea
ter beginning at II this
morning. The additions began
at 1915.
Fred Hearn, stage manager
for the production, said he
needed two boys and two girls
to replace the present chile
stars in the production.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Girl, 18, Is Freed
In Fatal Knifinq
Of Ex-Murine

ELLICOTT CITY, Md, July
20 (AP).-An 18-year.old An
napolis girl charged with the
Staying of a 21-year-old ex-
Marine was acquitted here to-
day on the grounds she was
legally insane when the fatal
knitting took place.
T. Hunt Mayfield, who prose-
cuted the case, told the court
that the State was willing to
admit that Linda Marie Heav.
ener was innocent of the crime
on the insanity grounds. An
automatic acquittal followed
quickly.
Mr.. Mayfield's statement
came after he had examined
a lengthy psychiatrist's report
made by the State Health De-
partment. The report stated
that Miss Heavener was COM
petent to stand trial, but that
she was legally insane at the
time of the killing.
The victim of the killing
George w. Cooley, was dis
charged from the Marines q
month before his death. The
pSyciatrist's report stated
Cooley. after drinking heavily
had made advances to the 1850
Annapolis High School grad
uate in the kitchen Of her
home. Miss Heavener has ad-
mitted stabbing him with a
pairing knife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

But Mr.. Perriere would have
none of it. Please, lady," he
implored, Just let him sing
London Bridget"
A young, red-haired Wash
ington boy had his own ex-
PLANTATION of why he wanted to
go on the stage. MY mommy
said I could buy a real big
two wheeler from the money ]
would get," Blake Cavanagh, Z
said with determination.
Blake, with his mother, Mrs
William E. Cavanagh. 711O
Seventh street NV, was one
of the first in line this morn
ing. He said he had never seer
a professional play, but liked
to sing and things like that"
Mr.. Perriere thought so, too
He was among the IL boys
chosen out of the Is applicants
to receive further addition
tests.
The boys lined up at a yellow
piano on the theater's second
floor foyer, Shuffled their feet
played with their hands ano
gave all they had to impress
the theater people with their
spur-of-the-moment renditions
of London Bridge"
One of those who was politely
rejected ran to his mother and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

said. But Mommy, that wasn't
my kind of song"
But with the girls it was diff
ferent. They recited. They
showed emotion and even more
when they weren't chosen. One
9 year old, Donna Marie
Thomas of Arlington, said
Dancing is my real profess
Sion." Before her addition the
dimpled blond said she wasn't
sure how she would do in a
straight acting part"
What the stage managers
were looking for was a red
haired boy not taller than Al
inches, who could play the part
of Winthrop Paroo, a stutter-
ing, lonely little boy who sings
two songs in the play. They
were also looking for Winthrop's
unnamed girl friend who has to
appear on stage as a beginning
piano student.
Midway during the additions
today, stage managers would
not say if they had made any
startling discoveries of stal
material. But for those who
passed the first test, they were
ready to turn in ANY OLD
catcher's mitt" for a chance be.
hind the footlightS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

in the House of Delegates and
almost three in the State Sen
ate. Mr.. Lacy, son of a former
State controller, is president Of
the Baltimore Board of Fire
Commissioners.
May Try Again
Meanwhile, Gov. Tawes has
made no formal announcement
although he is expected to seek
reelection. George P. Ma
honey, twice defeated in tries
for Governor, may try again
and David Hume, former State
party treasurer. has announced
his candidacy for the guebrna-
torial nomination.
Backers of the proposed New
Era" slate say they believe new
faces are needed for a Demo
cratic victory in November
1862.
mer Republican Gov
Theodore r. McKeldin is ex-
pected to try to regain the Of
flee he held for two terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Frenchmon DepIores
u. S. 90 Frank Novels

in order to be good, he had to
have sincerity"
French authors lead the
modern trend, he said, explain
ing that American authors
are afraid to go into their
inner life"
Hemingway stayed on the
surface" the professor OBJ
served. His Old Man and the
Sea- was very bad. It's atrocious
that it is read in every high
school. but the critics say he
was sincere, so it's all right"
The sincerity fad has reached
the point where modern authors
often freeze at the sight of a
blank piece of paper. he said.
Many people are so obsessed
by sincerity it drives them to
silence. It is an obsession of
silence"
They might do we'll to follow
the lead of French women
writers, who beat the men in
France today" Professor Peyre
asserted.
Every woman in France is
a novelist from the age of IL
on" he told his audience,
FRANCHISE Sagan is not SO
mediocre as many think. She's
good, although not great"
THE truth is" he concluded,
to-day much of average Amer
lean life is not represented in
fiction, nor is French life
either"
Having demonstrated that he
prefers frank criticism, if not
frank writing, the peppery
Frenchman rested his guns. To-
morrow he turns the rostrum
over to Leslie Fielder, author OF
Love and Death in the Amer
lean Novel" and the final
speaker in the two-week con-
ference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
D. c. Officials Advise
Limited eocher Raise

District officials recommend
ed today to the Board of Com
missioners that the total pay
raises proposed by the Board
of Education for teachers be
cut by $2.3 million.
The Commissioners took the
matter under Amusement after
District and school officials
had expressed their opposing
views on how much teachers
salaries should be raised.
Schuyler Lowe, director of
the Department of General
Administration. told the Com
missioners that the District is
not in a financial position to
recommend salary raises for
teachers.
However, he said that If fl
nancial conditions we're better
he believes there would be JUS
tification for an average pay
raise for teachers of 81 per
cent, costing $2.1 million.
$4.4 Million Urged
This compares with the 1914
per cent, costing $4.4 million,
Recommended by the. Board of
Education.
DR.. Henry F. Hubbard, Dis
trict personnel officer, said the
main disagreement on salaries
between District and school Of
ficials is over maximum pay.
DR.. Hubbard said the present
maximum salary for a teacher
with a bachelors degree Is ST.
095 a year. He added that the
District is proposing that this
be raised to $7,745, compared
to the $500 recommended by
the Board of Education.
He said that on maximum
pay for a masters degree the
present salary is 1888. the Dis
trict is recommending $8,245
and the Board of Education,
$4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

near the proposed development
showed up for the hearing yes
terday on Mr.. Peachey's appli-
cation and on another for an
800-trailer park adjoining it.
They opposed the project, they
said, because there are made
quate sewer facilities to serve
it and because the develop
ment would further overcrowd
schools.
Speaking for the other pro-
posed trailer park. Lytton Glib
son. attorney for developer
George Faigen, said it would be
located on about SO acres,
The supervisors voted to defer
action after suggesting that
the two developers agree on
how much of each tract should
be developed for a total of zoe
trailers instead of 1850 re-
quested.
Fairfax City Warned
The board also voted to send
a note to officials of the new
city of Fairfax informing them
that if they want county serv-
ices, they had better say what
they are.
Unless an answer is received
by next Wednesday, the board
said, the county will assume
the city wants nothing.
The major service to be pro-
vided is education for the 3,40C
children in the city. The super
visors said yesterday the city
would have to pay the per-
pupil operating costs plus its
share of debt service and CAPT.
tai outlay.
City officials have beer
planning on paying only oper-
ating costs-estimated roughly
at 1915 per pupil for the COM
ing year. But the supervisors
said interest costs on bond is
sues plus the amount figured
for school construction also
would have to be included.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

Candid, earthly novels stress
ing the worst in people make
colorful reading, but a French
professor at Yale prefers a little
less sincerity" in modern liter
allure.
Henri Peyre, head of Yale's
French department and a ma
tive Partisan, finds much OF
today's fiction too frank for
his taste. He would like to see
more imaginative creativity."
Addressing Georgetown Uni
versity's third annual Con-
ference on Contemporary Lit
erary Criticism yesterday. he
said modern novels produce
too many monsters"
I'VE tend to believe that the
lowest is also the truest," as
serted the scholar, who con-
fessed he had never written
any novels because I have
never lived one how
dull my life has been"
The 60-year-old professor,
who first came to the United
States in 1925, has written
numerous articles about novels
however. Yesterday he drew
on his background for a non
stop 70-minute assault on 1.-THE
Novel of Introspection and sim
certify"
These two characteristics
figure in too much of modern
fiction, he said, and too much
of both are running the novel
They are stripped of i'm
agery. elegance and enjoy
ment," he charged. Sincerity
has gone so far much litera-
ture today is confessions
memoirs, autobiographies ano
intimate papers.
I'VE have to restore imagin-
ation," Prof. Peyre continued
mo writer of the Bible or ir
antiquity ever contended thai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

On maximum pay for 9
teacher with a masters degree
plus 80 credit hours the present
pay is $7,848, the District il
recommending $8,445, and the
Board of Education, $9,190.
DR.. Hubbard said that the
District agrees with the Boaro
of Education that the salary
of the superintendent of schools
should be raised from the pres
ent $4,000 to $4,000 a year
DR.. Hubbard said that if the
Districts recommendations or
maximum salaries are followed
Washington would be in fourth
place among American cities
for salaries in this category
He added that if the Board Of
Education's proposals are ap-
proved, the District would be
in third place.
School Supt. Carl P. Hansen
defended the raises proposed by
the Board of Education.
He suggested that a public
hearing be held on the queS-
| ton of teacher pay increases.
Public Backing Claimed
II believe the people would
say they are willing to pay for
higher salaries to teachers, u
DR.. Hansen said.
DR.. Hansen said he believes
that I'VE might be well advised
to take a holder step here on
teacher pay"
The superintendent disputed
a contention made by District
officials that school salaries
here should be in reasonable
alignment with salaries paid
employees of the Federal Gov
eminent.
He said the District is COM
peting primarily with other
school systems and private in
dustry in recruiting teachers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

gate Blair Lee III, Democrat OF
Montgomery, for United States
Senate; Senator Harry R.
Hughes, Democrat Of Caroline,
for attorney general, and James
j. Lacy, jr., a Baltimore bus
inesSman, for controller.
Job Of Persuasion
The main job of the young
Turk" movement is to persuade
Mr.. Brewster, 37-year-old Bal
timore County attorney, tc
switch his sights from a United
States Senate seat to the Gov
ernor's chair.
Mr.. Lee has already an
nounced the United States Sen
ate as his goal. At As, he would
be the oldest candidate on the
proposed ticket. A State legis-
lator since 1855, he is the
grandson of a former United
States Senator and son of q
former State controller.
Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Lacy
are both in their mid-30s. Mr.,
Hughes has served four years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
EIkton Plant to Get
81 Million Expansion

NEW YORK, July 20 (AP).-
A So million addition to Merck
& Co.'S Elkton CVa.) plant will
be built to expand production
Of a substance for prevention of
disease in poultry, the firm
said yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
The
Rambler
ReVisits
Modern PhiIistiu
By GEORGE KENNEDY

Isn't there a hotel in East
Aurora?" Mrs. R. asked.
We had been touring north
and east along the south
shore of Lake Erie from
Westfield on the New York
State thruway. The shore is
bordered by vineyards of the
Concord grape.
."Of course, there is" he
said. There's Roycrofters'
Inn founded by the Fra of
East Aurora. Did you ever
hear of Ebert Hubbard?"
She said, "He wrote the
Message to Garcia
So we stopped at the Roy
crofters. There may be those
who think that the modern in
furniture, architecture and
decoration is something that
dates from the late 2Os.
No, no, no, no. Modern, as
opposed to traditional, came
to America before the turn of
the century. It was an i'm
port of Ebert Hubbard after
a chance meeting in England
with William Morris, the poet.
Morris Whose Encyclope-
dia Britannica article fails to
mention the Morris chair
started a brotherhood" of
artists and craftsmen to re-
store the old SkillS of hand
work. They produced beauti-
fully Illuminated hand set
volumes of Chaucer at their
KelmScott press and furni-
ture in which tradition was
abandoned for function.
The lobby of the rambling
Roycroft Inn was crowded
with heavy Morris chairs of
dark oak. The place has at
mosphere with it's huge stone
fireplace and the murals of
Venice above dark chestnut
paneling in the lobby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

HUBBARD USED that feat
as a jumping off point for a
white hot editorial on the
laziness, the lack of loyalty
and the stupidity of employees.
The New York Central issued
it in editions of 100000 as a
booklet advertising the En-
pire State Express. 1t was
reprinted in 200 newspapers
and magazines. Hubbard
noted with understandable
satisfaction that 40 million
copies had been distributed
and that it had been trans
lated into all written Ian
guages." That was in 1918,
two years before he sailed to
his death on the Luisitania.
The key paragraphs are:
I'VE. have recently been
hearing much maudlin SYM
pathy expressed for the
downtrodden denizens of the
sweat-shop.'"
Nothing is said about the
employer who grows old be-
fore his time in a vain at
tempt to get frowsy ne'er-
do-wells to do intelligent
work, and his long patient
striving after help" that
noes nothing but loaf when
his back is turned"
Ebert Hubbard would have
been a dangerous reactionary
today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

development "open to members
of all races"
Donald Chapman, president
of the Mount Vernon Woods
Fairfield Civic Association, told
the board that homeowners had
received a circular from Paul
Peachey Associates of Alexan-
dria designed to remove oppo-
Sition to his proposed 35-acre
trailer park.
Mr.. Peachey said he sent the
circular to 293 families living
near the site of the planned
park for $50 trailers at Route /,
south of Bargain City.
It said the Peachey firm
would build a park with
swimming pool, Little League
ball park and picnic grounds
available to each of you and
your immediate families who
indicate approval of this zon-
ing"
Invited for Week End
The circular also invited res
idents to visit Mr.. Peachey's
home during a week end fol-
swimming and fishing. No one
came, he said.
The circular said that if the
rezoning were denied the "only
other alternative for the devel-
opment of this land would be
low-cost pre-fab homes in q
subdivision called West Gum
Springs Park, open to members
of all races"
| About rs residents of homes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Trailer Park Foes Cite
Offer Of Pool , Ball Park
BY JOHN LAWSON
Star Staff Writer

group of Fairfax County residents protesting proposed
trailer park told the Board of County Supervisors yesterday the
developer offered them swimming pool and ball park if they
would not oppose the application
They said they warned however that the project
approved the developer would build owcost housing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Young Democrats Seen
Backing Towes Ticket
Brewster Is Governor Choice
Of New Era Slate for 1862

BALTIMORE, July 20 (AP).-A group Of young Maryland
Democrats repeatedly trying Era ticket
ticket Tawes is expected to head in the 1862
primary election
The hypothetical slate of faces includes:
Representative Daniel B. Brewster for Governor; Dele
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20

THE THICK DARK doors
of the rooms are incised with
names of the great. Going
down the hall we passed the
Plato and Aristotle rooms and
others marked George Eliot,
Elizabeth Fry (the English
prison reformer) and found
we had been assigned to the
Robert Ingersoll suite.
Fifty years ago the inn was
the center of the shops. The
buildings, of stone and
weathered oak construction,
stand about on the broad
suburban lawns. There the
Roycrofters, with their fly
away black flowing ties, ham
mered brass, set type, care
FULLY adjusted their HAT bed
presses, fooled leather and
bound books.
Here every month was pro-
duced another chapbook of
the series entitled Little
Journeys to the Homes of the
Great" for culture hungry
America and another issue of
the PhiliStine, which was a
truly little magazine. It's for
mat was about three by four
inches.
Hubbard was one of the
all-time greats in the field in
which America peculiarly ex-
cells, sales promotion. He
knew all there was to know
about MIR (motivational re-
search) and selling in depth
before the terms were de-
fined. He started selling soap
from door to door and organ
izing children to do the same
for awards of jacknives, guns
and bicycles. Soon he came to
the soap factory at Buffalo
and helped build it up into a
mammoth institution with
his slogan From Factory to
Family"
He was still a young man
when he sold his so per cent
interest in the business to his
associate, John D. Larkin and
became a PhiliStine, or an
active opponent of progress.
The message to Garcia was
first printed in the Philistine
in March, 1899. 1t is not an
account of the adventure of
Col. Andrew S. Rowan in es-
tablishing military liaison
with Garcia, the leader of the
Cuban rebels after our decla-
ration of war on Spain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-07-20
Camp Fund
Contributions

The following contributions
to the Evening Star Summer
Camp Fund are gratefully
acknowledged:
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16
Miss Jane Morton
Elected At School
Staff Photo By Fore

Miss Jane Morton, of the Vir-
glnia Baptist Hospital School of
Nursing. Lynchburg, has been
elected secretary of the Student
Council.
Miss Morton, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. E. L. Morton, will be a
senior next year.
She is vice president of her
class and a member of the cheer
leader squad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Chap
man and children, of Harrison
burg. visited his mother, Mrs.
w, A. Chapman, and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. d. Chapman during the
week end.
The Rev. and Mrs. Edwin
Agsten, of Durham, N. c.. were
guests on the Hill, Saturday.
John Mauer and Victor Harper,
OF the University of Virginia
spent the week end with Victor's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Harper.
Mrs. L. D. Jacobs visited her
son and daughter-in-laW. MIR. and
Mrs. Guy Jacobs, in Washing
ton. D. c.. during the week end.
Mrs. Howard Imboden. of Pu-
laski, is visiting her son-in-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid Drake.
Mrs Harold Griffin and son,
Harold Carter, of Norfolk. visited
her mother, Mrs. j. S. Carter.
for the week end.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16

Mrs. w, E. Bradshaw, Jr.. and
daughter, Betty Lynne, and Mrs.
o. d. Duncanson. of Blackstone,
attended the Floyd Ward Dance
Recital Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Shepherd.
Of Richmond, spent Sunday with
their daughter, Mrs. W. T. Spen-
Ger. and family.
Mr. and Mrs. DeRoy Colbert
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Over
ton and family. of WASHINGTON,
D. c., and Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Jacobs, of Hopewell. we're guests
OF their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B, Overton. for Mothers Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Jones. of
Monterey, arc visiting their SON
in-laW and daughter. Mr.. and
Mrs E. j. Andrews, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Allard, III.
and sen, Rick. of Virginia
Beach, and Miss Mary Alice
Fulton, of Richmond, spent the
week end with their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. Fulton.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. Y. Merritt
and children, R bert and
Meredith, Of Wavnesboro. we're
Sunday guests of Mrs. R. w.
Catlin.
Miss Mary Finney. Of Virgin
Ia Beach. visited Mrs. Marvin
Wash during the week end and
attended the dances at Hamp-
den.Sydney.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. l.. Lancaster.
Jr., spent the week end in
Ashland where they attended the
Camp Town Races.
Mrs, Emmett R Elliott spent
the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Westbrook.
in Franklin.
Miss Ann Harris. of the Uni
versity of Virginia Hospital,
spent the week end with her
mother, Mrs. j. E. Harris.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16
NelD Residents
Of FdrmUilIe

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F'ulcher
have established residence on
Second Street. Fulcher, native Of
Buckingham, is anannouncer for
WFLO, and has been recently
married.
M. B. Atkinson. connected
with General Motors. recently
moved here from Mckinney. and
is living at the home Of Mrs. F.
S, Blanton on High street.
Mrs. Alice Marks moved here
from Buckingham to 304 Rand
olph street.
Mr. and Mrs. w. R. Bell are
domiciled on the Rice Road.
Bell is connected with the State
Forest Servic eand moved here
from North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. McKissich
have established residence on
the Prospect Road. McKissich
is health officer in Prince Ed
ward.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-05-16

Miss Cecilia Anderson. whose
marriage to Russell Adams VIII
take place in June, was honored
with a kitchen shower last Thurs
day evening by Miss Ginnie Moss
at her home on Buffalo Street.
Miss Moss was assisted by her
mother, Mrs. c. G. Gordon Moss,
and Mrs. j. NJ. Helms.
A color scheme of green and
white was used in the decora-
tons.
Twenty guests were invited.