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, 1961-02-25
IMPORTANT NOTICE

CARIBAIR Cargo Office will be opened Mon
days through Saturdays from 800 AM. until
600 p. w. Closed on Sundays-however,
newspapers and ~perishables will be de-
livered.
THE MANAGEMENT
CALL FOR PRoPOSALSFOR RENTALLo OF
WINDOW SPACE IN THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOURIST OF
FcE LOCATED AT ROCKEFELLER CEN
TER NEW YORK CITY
, 1961-02-25

Expert Mechanic
Repairing and Cleaning all makes
Typewriters, Adding and Calcu-
lating Machines, mimeograph ma
chimes, Cash Registers, etc. Spare
parts kept in stock.
Address: DR.. MOORE'S APT.
Apt. W, 3rd Floor C'sted.
No. so Hill Street
P. o. Box 356
, 1961-02-25

a letter to each contractor
urging expedition Of on
struction to the fullest ex-
tent possible, The Commits
sioner of Public Works and
the Public Works Coordina
tor shall assist and advise
the Commissioner Of Pro
perty and Procurement in
regard to this phase.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21
Legends Cover
Christmas
Celebrations

Stories and legends sur
round most of the modern.
ways of celebrating Christmas
= and sometimes there is
more than one version of a
story - such as the story of
"Silent Night and how the
song came to be written.
Joseph Mohr, village prlest
OF Hallien, Austria, wrote the
words, and his organist wrote
the music, probably adapet5
from a melody by Michael
Haydn. On this point. most
sources seem to be agreed.
What inspired Father Mohr
to write the words is another
story-or another two stories
One version. say research
erS for The Book of Knowled-
ge, is that Father Mohr was
called out into the snow on
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21
What Color
IS P~oinsettia
Blossom?

A fun-maker at Christmas
is to ask family or friends this
question: "What color is the
'eRo1aom of the .poinsettia
plant?" Chances are, the an
sWer will be, RED, Of cour-
Sc"
Actually, the red "blos-
SONS" of the poinsettia are
not the flower Of the plant -
they are leaves. The real bios
SONS are the tiny yellow in
the center of the red clusters.
A comparative newcomer to
the traditional Yule greenery,
the tropical poinsettia was
discovered in Mexico in 1928,
by DR.. Joel Roberts Poinsett,
first U. S. minister to Mexico.
He aroused interest in it's
beauty, and the plant is
named for him.
Albert Ecke. a California
farmer, developed and i'm
proved the plant, and first
marketed it iii 1906.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21
Christmas Seal
Originated Here

That familiar Christmas
seal appearing on SO many
packages and letters during
the holiday season owes it's
origin to an American physi-
clan, a Danish postal worker
and a kind-hearted lady from
Delaware.
The doctor, Edward Living
ston Trudeau, was stricken
with TB shortly after gradual
ion from medical school, says
The Encyclopedia Americana.
To help other people with
the disease - both his brother
and his daughter had it-and
to test his own ideas, Dr.. Tru-
deau set up the first success
full tuberculosis hospital at
Saranac Lake, New York.
When the National Tuber-
culoSis Association was found
ed in 1904, it's first president
was Dr.. Trudeau.
About the same time, far
across the sea in Denmark,
a Danish postal worker, Einar
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21
Christmas Party
To Provide Fun

place and have guests or mem
bers of the family find their
gifts by following the name
cards and strings, through
the other entangling strings,
to the gift packages.
CAROLS. Singing carols to
piano. radio or record accom-
paniment is a favorite Christ
mas Day pastime. For larger
groups a variation on this is
to have a "carol mixer"
Using several carols. give
everyone the name Of a
Christmas carol. Each person
walks around the room hum
ming the assigned carol, and
listen for others humming the
same tune. Those with the
same melody band together
in a group.
Then each group sings it's
selection for the others-and
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21

Parties on Christmas Day
are not only fun, they're al
most inevitable! The family
gets together, neighbors drop
in, other friends arrive to de-
liver gifts and greetings and,
suddenly it's a party.
For groups large or small.
parties planned or impromptu,
the editors of The Book of
knowledge suggests these en-
tertaining ideas:
EXCHANGING GIFTS. At
tach each gift card to a long
string, then fasten the string
to the gift package. Make a
gifts chimney from cardboard
covered with Christmas wrap
ping paper, or cover a round
~container such as a waste
basket.
Finding the Gifts
Place the gifts in the fire
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21

HOlboell, had the idea of sell
ing penny seals to put on
packages at Christmas, to re-
mind people to help sick and
needy children suffering from
tuberculosis.
The King of Denmark APP
proved the idea and the
worlds first Christmas seal
sale took place in 1904.
Meanwhile, on the banks of
the BrandyWine River in Della
ware, a group of doctors had
built a small hospital to be
used for treating tuberculosis.
When it became apparent
that the project would die for
lack of funds, a cousin of one
of the doctors came to the
rescue. Miss Emily Bissell, a
Red Cross worker had read
a magazine article about the
successful Christmas seal idea
in Denmark.
Miss BisSell set to work and
drew the design for the first
American Christmas seal.
Around Christmas time OF
1907, the first stamps went on
sale in the Wilmington, Del,
post office.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21
Custom Calls
For Burning
Of Trees

Christmas can come to an
end in a blaze of glory - and
a safe one, too. Custom sets a
date for the disposal of the
tree by burning. It's January
6, the Twelfth Night Of Christ
mas, or Epiphany : tradition
ally the night when the Three
Wise Men, or Magi, made
their visit to the Christ Child
in Bethlehem.
The modern world. reviving
the Twelfth Night custom of
Donfires for disposing of the
trees and other greenery,
combines the safety factor
with community spirit and
fun.
Twelfth Night celebrations
are planned in many commu-
mites in public parks for
neignbo1hood groups. It's a
great night for the kids and
their parents.
Children bring the trees to
the park, or the town collects
them. On Twelfth Night ev-
eryone gathers around the
bonfire of trees and greenery
to sing carols.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21
THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1861

Christmas Eve of 1918, to
1855 .le"ly born baby in
.4- lone of one of his poor
est parishioners.
He was SO filled with the
spirit of the season and tho
simple beauty of the mother
and infant that when he re-
turned to his study he wrote
the poem, "Silent Night Be.
fore Christmas Day was over.
his organist had written the
music.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21

Other versions have it that
the church organ had broken
down Impaired by mice, one
story says, and the people
were saddened because there
would be no music for Christ,
mas Day. Shortly before
Christmas, Father Mohr wrote
his poem and Organist Gruber
the music.
At midnight mass, the peo-
pie sang Silent Night" =
with a guitar accompaniment.
Holmes County herald., 1961-12-21

as a finale, all groups sing
their separate carols at the
same time.
ARTISTS r Have
each person pin a card or
sheet of blank paper On the
person in front of him. The
leader starts a single-file
march around the room, to
Christmas music.
Drawing Renders
While marching, each per-
son struggles to draw a rein
deer, or other appropriate
Christmas subject. on the
card pinned to the player in
front Of him. To a.&u 70 the
difficulty and the fun, the
leader can take the file
around in circles or weave in
and out of the line.
After the march is over, the
results are exhibited and, if
an extra gift is handy, a prize
can be awarded to the person
judged to have drawn some
thing that best resembles a
reindeer.
Evening star., 1961-04-12

Ihsss prices effective until close oi
business. SoiVrdoy, April IS. 1851. in
Wo'hinsion. D. c. MARYLAND Hill
crest Heights, Tokomo Park. Indian
Heed. slodsnsbvrs. CoroI Hills, copiioI
Heights, Marlboro. BsthsSdo. Silver
Spring, Rockville. oai'hsrsbUrs tovtsl.
VIRGINIA. AlsSondriu, Arlington. Fair
toS. tolls Church. melson. Annondols,
Hsrnden, lss'bVts, PvresllvIlls, Mo-
nosSos, Middlsbvrs. we RESERVE THE
RIGHT 10 uAAIT QUANTITIES. Produce
prices sUbissi 10 dolly market changes.
Some Of the items in This odvSrti,smsns
Omsy aes hs found In all Of eur stores.
Evening star., 1961-11-06
Mixed Trends Seen
In Consumer Credit

Mixed trends were shown in
the volume Of various cate
gories of consumer credit pa
per acquired by banks in the
three months ended September
80. reported the Installment
Credit Committee of the Amer
ican Bankers Association.
According to the committees
advisory board, automobile pa
per increased only slightly
home appliance lending Jagged
and personal loans continued to
make new highs.
The report says the situation
may not be clarified until the
first 1862 quarter when deliver
les of fleets Of automobiles will
have been completed and the
true measure of market accep-
tance of 1862 models will be
established.
Evening star., 1961-11-06
WiIner's Opens
RemodeIed Store
With New Policy

In connection with the
formal opening of the re-
modelled mems clothing store OF
Jos. A. Wilmer g. Co. at Four
teenth and H streets NV, a
new policy of discount mer-
chandising was announced to-
day.
Simon Stein, vice president
and general manager. said
m any nationally advertised
brands will be carried in stock,
but because prices will be lower
than regular prices, the we'll
known labels cannot be men,
ticned.
In addition to it's ready-to-
wear and custom tailored de-
partments, Wilner's has added
a natural shoulder shop on its
mezzanine floor, devoted exclu-
sively to career, professional
and college men who prefer
traditional styling.
Evening star., 1961-11-06
Steel Profits
Record Called
81 Possibility

CLEVELAND, Nov. 6 (AP) -
Steel Magazine predicted today
1862 may bring record profits
in Woodworking because of ris-
ing new orders, an anticipated
increase from defense orders
and probable upward revision
of prices.
The national weekly said met
alworking sales this year would
be a record $151 billion, but
profit margins are likely to be
Simmer than those on 1905
$148.9 billion of sales. 1t noted
metalworking'S net income i'm
proved in the third quarter aft
er a disappointing first half.
Steel said the basic steel in
dustry's chances of topping its
1857 record profit of SLIT bill
lion this year or next are prac-
tically nil.
Most industry officials would
be glad if 1861 would equal last
years $782.8 million, the pub
hcation said.
But there isn't much likeli-
hood of that, Steel said, be-
cause fourth-quarter sale
won't measure up to levels fore
cast six weeks ago, and October
wage raises without compen-
sating price increases will cut
profit margins.
October's production was
about 81 million ingot tons
highest of any month this year
Total output the first ter
months this year was 1876 mil
lion tons, compared with 87G
million tons in the correspond
/ ing Vear-apO Deriod
Evening star., 1961-11-06

tial, wages surely will be ris-
ing, costs will be on the way up,
the pressures will be mounting
on prices. 1t is then, as Mr.
Heller puts it, that 'the start
of an inflationary creep will be
a real possibility"
AS of this day. though, the
threat is a possibility, not a
reality, and this is so even
after months of rising business
There have been few times in
modern history when this has
occurred-which may help ex-
plain why so many are puzzled
about our economy's action
Maybe they're even missing the
inflation-the unhealthy fever
the hoped up exuberance OF
past expansions!
| distributed 1881 by The Hall Syndi.
I cate, Inc. All Rights Reserved.D
Evening star., 1961-11-06
ON WHEELS
Need Some Bockgroundinq?
BY CHARLES YARsRoUGH

For the person who wants his
automobile knowledge in cap
sule form, there are two new
publications just coming off the
press that will give him about
all he'll ever need to know about
car history.
AS a book collection goes, they
run into a little money-S30 to
be exact.
Probably the most prodigious
is Ralph STEMS The Treasury
of the Automobile" by Golden
Press (S17.50. On excellent
stock and equally excellent col
or, the book covers about every
important event, every out
standing model and every
phase of the world of the auto
mobile.
The second volume which has
reached this desk is Richard
HOugh's History of the Worlds
Sports Cars" published by Har-
per ($12.50.
An Englishman and former
RAF bomber pilot, Mr.. Hough
goes through sports car history
from 1908 Grand Prix Napier
which the French disqualified
because they didn't trust wire
wheels.
The books 215 pages are
loaded with illustrations. with
thumbnail specifications of cars
from Abafth to Zust.
! -
The public is in a real car
buying mood, Business Week
magazine is saying in its cur
rent issue-a mood that some
dealers over the Nation might
push total sales to the high
water mark of 1855.
Yet one of the problems deal
ers are having now is the in
ability to have the right car al
the right time - exactly what
the customer wants when he
wants it.
/ Reports from Detroit last
week said the present new-cal
inventory is about 100000, but
there is a shortage Of some cars
in most demand.
ChiltOn's Motor Age sees the
1852 models as starting a new
era for the industry, with styl-
ing taking a back seat to serv-
ice-free features.
The magazine also says the
foreign car novelty has worn
off" - comment that JaguaI
Cars, Inc, of New York. mus
find difficult to believe.
The subsidiary of Jagual
Cars, 1t, of Coventry. only re-
Gently announced the largest
order for Jaguars ever placed
for delivery to this country -
$63 million worth
=
Manhattan Auto has JUS
opened it's plushiest showroom
for imported cars in the Univer'
sal Building, Connecticut anc
Florida avenues. They're show
ing off, among the other i'm
ports, the new Jaguar XXI
Grand TurismO.
The Hecht Co. and II ares
Evening star., 1961-11-06
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Nov. q fUSDA). - Hogs
$500; moderately active, opening sales
butchers fully IS lower, Instances as
much as 40 lower on weights 23O-250
lbs: sows steady to 25 lower: mixed
10 10000 lb butchers l6.25-l6. so,
around $50 head at 1850, bulk mixed
1-3 and 9-3 2O0-230 lbs l6.00-16.40:
mixed 2-3 and 3s 230-260 lbs 1878
1925: mixed 1-3 300-4O0 ID Sows
13.5O-15.O0; 2-3 and 3s 400-550 lbs
12.75-13.75.
Cattle 10000; calves 100; slaughter
steers opened slow, steady; now fairly
active steady to strong: heifers fairly
active, mostly steady; cows slow, steady
to 30 lower; mostly 25 lower, bulls
and vealers steady: stockers and feed
ers steady to strong; a load Of prime
1875 ID steers $50; around dozen
loads OF prime 1,150-1 ,325 lbs 1928;
bulk choice and prime 950-1 ,45O lbs
24.25-26.0O; two loads choice ,465-
,505 lbs 24.OO-24.25 good 900-l 800
lbs 2275-24. 25; few utility and
standard I9.5O-22. so; several loads
mixed choice and prime heifers 24.15-
"a IS: bulk choice 23.O0-24.00; good
22.OO-22.75; commercial cows 1916
1900: cutter and utility l2.75-l5. 90,
mostly IA so down; Gamer cows LOO
1850: utility bulls 1S.00-20.00; stand
ard and good vealers 19.00-25 90; two
loads good 575 lb stock steers $500;
medium 800 lbs $3.50; good 925 ID
feeding steers 30 80; medium and good
S3b lbs - 40.
Evening star., 1961-11-06

Dodge dealers are announcing a
model l-building contest that
could bring the winner a 1862
Dodge Dart.
Using as much creative orig
inality as they wish with re-
spect to style and function,
contestants register completed
models at one of the Dodge
dealerships. where the cars will
be displayed throughout the
contest.
The competition closes jan
uary IS.
Owen-COrning FibergIas en-
gineers say t is now economic
ally feasible to build 100000
autos per year with Fiberglas-
reinforced bodies.
They see a total weight re-
duction of about 900 pounds in
a four-ooor SEDAN.
= -
Some first-hand instruction
on how to drive the Marlboro
racing course comes to the Alta
Romeo Club tomorrow night at
Import Motors of ROsslyn, 1906
North Moore street.
Driver Doug Diffenderfer will
speak before the club at $3.50
pm.
United States Steel and De-
troit engineers are working or
a woven wire steering wheel
that would collapse on, impact
reducing the chances of a splin-
tered end entering the drivers
body.
Pontiac is offering new and
improved taxicab models fol
1862. Nearly 10 per cent
of the 1862 Ramblers shipped
| in September had seat belts
compared with only one pei
cent in the same month last
year. Walter A. WOrOn i;
the new director of public rela-
tions and advertising for Rem,
ault, Inc.
Evening star., 1961-11-06
Analysts to Tour
ARC Facilities

Members of the Washington
Society of Investment Analysts
will make a field trip to Allan
tic Research Corp. Thursday
night, President Frederick E.
Howe announced.
Following dinner at 6 pm,
the analysts will attend a brief
ing on company affairs and
then tour the facilities.
Evening star., 1961-11-06
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

AvcO Corp. announced receipt
of a $4,l82, ,730 Army Ordnance
Department contract and plans
to hire 375 machinists at its
Richmond QndO plant to han
die the work.
Neisner Bros, Inc, October
sales totaled $6,013,064, up 0.996
from 1860; for 10 months $685.
435,610, up 3.1% from 1860.
Earnings
KVP Sutherland Paper in year
ended September 80 earned S.
235,749 or $2.36 a share VS.. S.
477,516 or $2.37 in 1860.
Swingline, Inc, in year ended
/ August 81 earned S2,053.869 or
S1.99 a share VS.. S1,509,647 or
$1.51 in year ended March 81,
| 1860.
Kerr-McGee Oil Inds. in 3
months ended September 80
earned $2,514,727 or 40 cents a
share VS.. $4.844,043 or 80 cents
in 1860 period.
ACF-Wrigley stores in 3
months ended September %
earned $1,048,926 or Is cents a
share VS.. $1,335,O00 or 80 cents
in 1860 period.
National Airlines in 3 months
ended September 80 had a loss
/ of $479, ,430 VS.. a loss of $2,094, :
372 in 1860 period.
Briggs Manufacturing in 9
months ended September 80
had a loss of $173,480 VS.. a
loss of $614,582 in 1860 period.
Other earnings:
Evening star., 1961-11-06

Federal Home Loan Bank
Board.
The upturn was the first since
the beginning of a series of
monthly studies last April. The
studies are based on reports
from large savings and loan
associations,
The october rate rise Just
about cancels out a reduction
noted in September, Mr.. Nc
Murray said. Home purchase
loans on new properties carried
a sos per cent average rate and
those on previously built prop
critics averaged 6.23 per cent in
the current month.
Evening star., 1961-11-06

This will increase the accuracy
of billings, he added. -.
I Double-decking of a part of
the parking space for the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase store. will
start right after Christmas,
stockholders were told. The sec
ond deck will cover the parking
space adjacent to Willard ave-
nue. and will increase present
space for 800 cars by so per
cent.
Stockholders were curious
about the reported inventory
losses of the company, but there
were few critical questions. Mr..
Parker complimented stock
holders for sending in proxies
| for around 76 per cent of out
standing stock and said this
was a new record. Stockholders
approved a resolution ratifying
actions of the board and Off
GERS of the company in the last
year.
Hyde Added to Board
With 266,495 shares of the
outstanding 354,352 common
shares represented in person OF
by proxy. stockholders re-elect-
ed all directors and elected Ed
win Hyde, president of Miller
e. Rhodes. Inc. to the board.
/ Mr.. Hyde has been associated
with the Richmond, Va. de-
partment store since l946 and
is a director of that company.
Previously he was executive
vice president and a director
of the Peoples National Bank
of Charlottesville, Va. and a
vice president of the Bank of
Virginia.
Mr.. Hyde is deputy chairman
of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond and is a director of
Frederick Atkins, Inc, New
York, of which beth Woodies
and Miller & Rhoades are men,
bers. He is a member of the
Advisory Council on Virginia
Economy and of the Advisory
Council of Naval Affairs.
John E. Larson, a reelected
Woodies director, was named
an alternate member of the
executive committee. He re-
places Clarence Dodge, Jr., who
has become a regular member
of the committee.
Reelected directors were:
Mr.. Parker, Chairman johnson,
Mr.. Larson, Mr.. Dodge, Mr..
Amtmann, Lee D. Butler, Harry
A. De Butts, Mr.. Higgins, Nelson
T. Harrison, John T. Koehler,
A. Lothrop Luttrell, Mr.. Nc
Brier, Reed T. Roberts and
Lloyd B. Wilson. At a later
crganizational meeting of the
board, all officers were re-
named
Evening star., 1961-11-06
FHLBB Chief Reports
Interest Rate Rise

Conventional mortgage inter-
est rates for the purchase of
homes turned upward in the
first 10 days of October, it was
reported today by Joseph P.
McMurray, chairman of the
Evening star., 1961-11-06

Jne IlScal year announced 70 1
with 1.3 per cent in the previ-
Gus year, they said.
National averages of large
department stores, compiled by
the National Retail Merchants
Association and the Harvard
Business School. were is per
cent in the same period, COM
pared with 1.3 per cent a year
earlier. the stockholders were
told.
Against background Of
1861 sales totaling $74.266,y03
and 1860 sales of $71, ,669 ,062,
the indicated inventory losses
of Woodies would be $1,188,-
30 for 1861 VS.. 1891 ,698 in
the previous year.
Commenting ON newspaper
reports that Woodies losses
might reach SIS million in the
current thefts investigation.
President Andrew Parker said
the company did not give out
these figures. The actual
losses have not been fully de-
termined and a portion of them
win fall in the new fiscal year
beginning August l, he de-
clared.
Sales in the new fiscal period
are continuing their steady
expansion Board Chairman,
Robert E. L. johnson reported.
Sales hit a low mark last Feb
ruary and have been rising
since then, he said.
New Sites Considered
Mr.. johnson said the COM
pany is considering several
sites for branch stores, but is
not ready to make any an
nouncement of expansion plans.
Woodies plans to concentrate
all merchandising in the i'm
mediate Washington Metro
politan Area and will not
expand to other cities. he said.
Mr.. johnson said all branch
stores are making a profit and
in answer to a question, added
that each made a profit in its
first year Of operations. Stores
of some other organizations
have not been able to do this
because of increasing suburban
competition, he declared.
The annual report, issued
last week end, listed net income
of $2,231 ,603 or $6.04 a share,
compared with S2,362,905 or
s6.41 a share in the preceding
year. This was better than the
national showing, it was pointed
out.
Ludwig j. Amtmann, execu-
tive vice president, emphasized
that discount merchandising is
not new. Because this type of
merchant often neglects to
mention special charges for
deliveries, unwillingness to back
factory guarantees and fails to
provide a full selection of
advertised items, Woodies can
continue to compete success
fully with them, he declared.
Merchandise Exposed
However, Mr.. Amtmann said
the trend toward self-selection
has created some problems.
Where all merchandise is ex-
posed it makes shoplifting
easier and this will have to be
studied carefully, he indicated.
Weston P. Higgins, executive
vice president in charge of per-
sonnel, said that despite some
bad apples" Woodles is proud
of its organization of men and
women. More efficient methods
and continuous audit to detect
thefts will help to solve the in
ventory loss problem. he said.
c. Robert McBrier, vice presi-
dent finance, displayed the
new plastic charge-plate which
Woodies is sending to all Gus
toners. Some 100000 already
have gone out and others will
follow.
The perforated card with the
customers individual number
viii automatically debit the
right account when a new iden-
tification machine has been in
stalled next month, he said.
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Evening star., 1961-11-06
inventory Losses Match
National Trend Holders
Of Noodles Are Told
BY DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Inventory losses of Woodward Lothrop about in
line with national in the ended July 81
officials reported to stockholders at the annual meeting today
Covering bookkeeping many other factors in
addition to theft and shopng the inventory shortage for
the fiscal amounted to 6 cent of sales compared