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Evening star., 1961-04-27
Area Construction ops
S117 Million in First
Three Months of 1861
BY DONALD B. HADLEY
Star Financial Editor

Authorizations public and private construction in the
Washington Metropolitan have exceeded SIT million in
of this compared with $S7324OOO
in the 1860 period.
This disclosed today by preliminary data from the
which did not include Federal contracts for
March.
listed building permits of ST. 269000 for
the three months compared with $82729000
two months of this year. reported Federal construction
projects $4602s000 contrast only $4595 in
first three months of 1860.
nonresidental permits accounted foT the decrease
Residential Work Rises
Residential ahead toang $40 ATS 900 4434
dwelling units compared with $4,000 and 1884 units
the first quarter NonreSidntia permits decreased
$15,727,O0O from $28, $1,000 year earlier.
The District of Columbia has only about sixth $114
million of the three months permit total and less than
tenth. $37 million of the residential dollar volume
However for $5272OO of the Fedara
- Montgomery County led all sections in permits with
$18 million total and $4 million of residential Its Federal
contracts in two months amounted to $145,000
Fairfax in permits with total of $16 million
and $3 million of residential 1t had Federal projects
- Prince Georges third with $15.5 million total and
$l1 million of residential 1t also had $58200 of Federal
projects.
Section Totals Listed
Three months permits totals the various sections
compared below with the same 1860 period.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
IRF Names Three
To Directorships

Three new members were
elected to the board Of direc-
tors of the International Road
Federation during its annual
meeting here recently. They
are Arthur J. Lichtinger, Well
man Engineering Co.; C. F.
O'Neil, General Tire & Rubber
Co. and Alexander S. Wilmer,
White Motor Co.
Joseph Frank Of Ford Inter-
national. was named secretary.
He replaces ]. H. Gilbert of
Capitol Engineering Corp.
Mr.. Lichtinger is president
Of the Construction Industry
Manufacturers Association.
Mr.. Frank Joined Ford in
1852 after six years of service
with the State Department.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. April 27 GAP, CUsDA)
-HOgs 1000; moderately active, un.
even, butchers 23O' lbs. down steady
to Is higher, over $50 lbs. steady
to 80 higher; late and closing sales
25 to so lower; sows 25 lower; good
shipping demand; mixed grade >
and mixed 1-3 l90-23O ID. butchers
1525-17.75:. 81 head Is l9O-2I5 lbs.
1900: mixed 2-3 and IS laO-@3O lbs.
1873, 1925: mixed la and 2-3 230-
$50 lbs. 16.75-175O mixed % and
3s 100000 lbs. 18.00-16.75; a load
3s 80 lbs. At 1875: mixed 1-3 and
1870; 90 and Is 100000 lbs. 1875
Cattle 1000: calves 100; slaughter
steers fully steady; a few heiferS sold
strong; cows steady to. 25 higher;
other classes steady: choice $50
$50 ID, steers 24OO-25.25; good
?2.g0-23.25; utility and standard
16.50-21 90; utility and commercial
cows 1600-1s.00: Gamers and cutters
13;75-l6.75: utility and monumental
bulls 19.00-21 80; good and choice
ysalerS 25.OO-31.O0; culls down to
1900.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
.Fredr Urges
TougherPo|icy
In SECCase

Former Senator j. Allen
Frear, Democrat of Delaware,
who officially became a secur-
tiles and Exchange Commits
sioner last month, in an opin-
ion today disputed his four
colleagues and said in effect
they hadn't been tough enough
on a. New York company
Instead of simply ordering
the firms suspension for so
days from membership in the
National Association of Secur-
tiles Dealers, as the SEC
ruled, Mr.. Frear wanted to Sus-
pend its membership on the
stock exchanges too.
The case involves Bruins,
Nordeman & Co., of So Wall
street, New York. The SEC
found that the brokerage house
manipulated the over the =
counter market for stock of Cob
Shops of America, Inc, between
September, 956, and January,
1857. The latter company re-
tails sports goods and play
clothing for men and boys.
Commissioner Frear. in his
dissenting opinion, declared
that Bruins, Nordeman does
most of it's business on the
stock exchanges. not the over
the-counter market.
Il think the sanction i'm
posed on the registrant," he
wrote, should not ignore the
market on which it does prac-
tically all its business :"
Chairman William L. Cary
of the SEC replied that there
was great merit" in the former
Senator's views, but went along
with the majority. He said
there was a long period in
which Bruins, Nordeman was
led to believe it had reached
a basis for settlement accept
able to the SEC.
Bruins, Nord eman repur-
chased 35.377 shares Of Cop
Shops stock at a cost of $50, ,524
and paid $10,l83 representing
losses sustained by customers,
after the SEC began proceed
ingS.
The SEC today also ordered
Harold S. Coleman and Law
renee H. Lubin, general part
ners Of the firm, to be Sus-
pended from membership in the
New York and American Stock
Exchanges for 80 and so days,
respectively, beginning May Is.
Evening star., 1961-04-27

zines being printed on new color
presses.
The company is now turning
out the NEA Journal and the
Machinist magazine, each with
nearly a million circulation.
Among those attending were
Eugene Bland, National Plan
ming Association; Waite r
Graves, NEA Journal; Mildred
Fenner, Journal editor; Austin
Kiplinger, Kiplinger Letters; Al
j. Hayes, president of the In
ternational Association of Ma
chinists. and George Ferris, ST.,
senior partner Of Ferris & Co.
and area chairman of Invest in
America Week.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
United Investors
Forms New Unit

A property management di-
vision called United Investors
Management Corp. has been
formed by United Investors
Corp. of 141l K street NV.
Raymond S. Carter, formerly
with the Cafritz Management
Co. and H. L. Rust Co., will di-
rect the new operation. Its first
task will be managing Sundial
Terrace, a 115-unit apartment
development in Suitland, Md,
now under construction. It will
open later this month.
Evening star., 1961-04-27

nice little 14-room winter
place in Pompano Beach, Fla.
also with pool and ocean
frontage.
But his eye is still on bigger
things. His scheme for a vast
center of auto agencies half
way to Baltimore would draw
customers from q wide radius,
he thinks.
"A one-stop shopping center
where a customer could buy
any United States car made, -
he muses..
At 81, Mr.. Cranson still has
plenty Of years ahead to make
it come true.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Citizens Loan Starts
Work on New Offices

The Citizens Building and
Loan Association broke ground
this week for it's Silver Spring
office. The new facility will
provide additional space for
daily operations. vault storage
and a drive-in window.
Among those attending the
ceremony were William j
Brannan, Silver Spring Board
of Trade president; A. r. Selby
board chairman of the bank
Tracey Coleman, builder, and
Lee Murray, architect.
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Sales Awards Given
To Buick Personnel

Salemaster awards for 1860
were presented by Buick Motor
Division of General Motors
Corp. to the following area
sales personnel at a dinner
meeting by Floyd F. Getsinger.
zone manager:
g; B. Kirkpatrick. Page-Hughes
Buick. Inc, Fails Church
Bethesda
John Franklin, Stewart Buick. Inc.
Quinn Hollomon. PAGE Hughes Buick.
A; T. Chamblin, Ralph Brown Buick,
O.. W. McNev, Hyattsville Auto A.
Supply Co., Inc. Hyattsville.
Herman Gatling is district MANAGER
Evening star., 1961-04-27
TALKING OF BUSINESS ... -
Cronson Expands Auto Operation
After q $40 Start in Business
BY TRUMAN r. TEMPLE
Star Staff Reporter

When Albion Collins Cranson
arrived in Washington on a
Sunday morning in 1851, he was
81, had no job and only $40 in
his pocket.
The next day he was down to
SO, having paid ST advance rent
for a bed in rooming house.
The next day his pockets were
empty.
Fortunately, he was a good
car salesman.
Currently AL Cranson's agency
in Bethesda holds the distinc-
ton of having sold more cars
during 1860 than any other
exclusive dealer in the Nation
for American Motors Corp.
Lest anyone accuse him of
growing sedentary at 81, the
Rambler dealer May 6 will open
a new showroom at 655 Lees
burg pike near Bailey'S Cross
roads, Va. It's possibly the only
used car lot in the country
serving tea to customers under
umbrella tables.
Mr.. Cranston has another
idea at the back of his mind.
He'd like to bring a dozen
rival auto dealers together and
have them fiercely compete
within a few yards of each
other on a vast battlefield of
blacktopped car lots somewhere
between Washington and Bal
timore. But that's still in the
future.
Tough at Start
Like George Romney, the
American Motors president who
jolted Detroit into the revolu-
tionary idea Of compact autos,
AL CranSon had a tough time
getting started.
When he got out of the Ma
rineS in 1949. Mr.. Cranson
went back to his native North
hampton, Mass. and drove a
milk truck for his fathers
dairy business.
1t didn't pay enough to sup
port his family, so he scraped
up second jobs.
Il peddled milk from S am.
to / pm, then waited on
tables in a night club from 4
to midnight" he recalls. 1T
was very tough work"
Ever since he was a teen
ager, he'd wanted to sell cars,
and he switched to an auto
agency after 18 months on the
dairy route.
Then as now, he felt that it
was easier to sell used cars.
than new ones. One reason,
cited by many dealers, is the
variation in the product. Rare
ly can a customer cite an iden-
tical model down the block to
lever a dealer. Another is the
appeal of lower price to many
buyers.
Saw Rich Market
BY 1851 the New Englander
decided his future was in
Washington. He'd been here
in the Marines (as part of the
presidential guard stationed at
Evening star., 1961-04-27
National Publishing
Shows New Plant

Government and industry
representatives were guests of
the National Publishing Co.
yesterday at its new $2.5 mil
lion facility, 301 N. street NE,
where they witnessed maga-
Evening star., 1961-04-27
OVER COUNTER

Following prices furnished by the
National Association Of Securities
Dealers In Washington represent the
range within which locally active Sc
curities could have been bought or
sold at l pm. Thursday, April 27:
Evening star., 1961-04-27
TREASURY BONDS

NEW YORK CAP)-Noon over the coun-
ter U. S. Government Treasury bonds.
bid. asked, net change and yield for
Evening star., 1961-04-27

what is now titled Camp Da-
vid), and felt the growing pop
ulation and stable economy
made Washington a rich mar
ket.
| He left his wife, Johanne,
and two young sons in North
ampton and hit the sawdust
trail. Thanks to a friendly
German restaurant on Ver-
mont avenue here that let him
eat on the cuff. he managed to
squeak through until his first
pay check as an assistant ir
the service department of a
car agency. His family joined
him a few months later.
The youthful salesman
moved from one agency to an
other in the next few years,
concentrating on used cars. He
finally hit his stride operating
his own car lot at 6312 Georgia
avenue NV, and did so we'll
after three years that Ameri-
can Motors approached him TO
open a new car agency at his
present address, 1892 Bethesda
avenue.
SCARED Over Quota
The company estimated the
site could handle a quota of
$50 new cars a year.
His first year, AL Cranson
sold 800 in 10 months.
His second year the total
topped 2,400.
His third year, 1860, the
agency sold some 2,700 new
cars, and another 1000 used
ones.
The prosperity is reflected
in Mr.. Cranson's mode of life.
He owns a pleasant house with
swimming pool, 10 minutes
from his office. gives his par
ents a new Rambler every year,
and two months ago bought a
Evening star., 1961-04-27
Saw Rich Market

BY 1851 the New Englander
decided his future was in
Washington. He'd been here
in the Marines (as part of the
presidential guard stationed at
Evening star., 1961-04-27
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Three months permits sections ar
compared below with the 1860 period
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Plays and Music

Attendance at road company productions of Broad
way shows revealed the same teen-age attitude: En-
thusasm among those who had seen them and at least
desire to them among those who hadn't Only "A
per cent Of the boys and 80 per cent Of the girls had
seen O road show.
II enjoy them very much" said Cyndie Stocker, 10,
Of Claremont Calif- "ever much more than the
movies Of the shows"
As to Little Theater" performances "a per cent Of
the young people said there in their city, but II
cent Of the boys and so cent Of the girls said
they never attend any Of the performances
They explained the plays usually were week
nights and besides, the tickets were too expensive
OF all the art forms, ballet attracted the smallest
teen-age audience But again, the 16 per cent Of the
boys and As per cent Of the girls who had attended
generally were enthusiastic.
Evening star., 1961-01-15

50 old-fashiOned and run
down that I don't want to
invite boys to my home.
Also, I am ashamed Of my
parents. I am Is and
never had q date.
I met q new boy recently
and I like him very much
but I'm afraid to invite
him to our house because
II looks SO shabby. Do you
think I am wrong? Some
people have told me I am
"cute" but I discourage
boys interest In me be.
cause Of the way our house
looks.
NAN.
II your parents are hard
working, respectable people
you should not be ashamed
of them. AS for your home.
II it Is clean and neat that
helps to cover up q lot of
shabbiness and q REAL
friend will like you for your
self-not for where you live.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Mrs. Ricker's Mail !.
By DOROTHY KICKER
Register-Tribune Syndicate


Dear Mrs. Kicker:
I am II years old and
fairly popular. I am asked
TO baby sic quite often fer
families I know. I usually
accept because I like the
work and can use the
money. Our family has .
very modest income. I
OOuld have an allowance
but I don't want to take
the money because Mother
could sure use some new
olothes. The problem Is,
she objects to my baby sit
ting.
First, she says I am mot
paid Om0ugh-5O cents an
hour. Second, she does mot
want me to baby sit on.
ocRn00l nights. This Objec-
tlon seems unreasonable to
me because ] do not accept
late Jobs. Furthermore,
night Jobs are really .
blessing since 1 can con-
Oentrate and do my home
work where IL Is quiet. The
third objection Mother has
ls that I could be dating.
Recently I was asked for
o date on. q night 1 had
agreed TO sic for . lady.
Mother was very angry
when 7 refused the date,
but. I thought IL would be
wrong TO disappOint her at
the last minute. Mrs.
Kicker, II you think Moth
Or is right I win give i'm.
II you don't, I will appre-
ciate any suggestions ON
how to cOnvi1ice her I am
Evening star., 1961-01-15
The Gilbert Survey ;.
BY EUGENE GILBERT
Gilbert Youth Research Co.

Don't let the blue jeans and sneakers fool you Our
young people do have yen for culture.
This Is the conclusion drew after questioning ess
representative high school students And it is apparent
even though only cent attend the symphony regu-
larry and only per cent always go to the art museums
Their reasons for not pursuing the cultural arts
more enthusiastically, however. revealing; and
Nom and Dad might do well TO take heed
Betty Chalkley, H. Of Richmond Va, said she
had attended symphony but would love to-" The
trouble Is she sad II get anyone 60 with"
Only . handful of the youngsters questioned felt
like Thomas Kapp II, Of Miami Beach, F1a.-T hate
classical music"
Boys appeared less interested in concerts than girls
OF the 50 per cent who said they attended s. per
cent were boys and Al per cent girls.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Reading and Pointing

II enjoy reading than anything else. said
Judy Chesus II, Of st. Louis.
And what about lectures-outside Of school?-Forty-
per cent of the youngsters had attended them and
their for going well summed up by sandra
Spath, IT, of st. Louis
"To learn something knew nothing about" she
explained
As result of their desires, so per cent of the
youngsters had done sketching or painting Only
81 per cent never had 3 per cent did not say). And
AZ per cent outside Of school, had written some poetry
What did they do with the painting or poem?
"Stuck 1t in my drawer" said Anne Lansberg, 49, OF
Webster Groves, Mo-, who did painting.
Threw it away, it was terrible" said Jamara War
hurst IT, of Claremont, who also tried her hand at
painting
Margaret E. Gates II, of Claremont has written
many poems she said "to Venus, Satan, God myself o
friend" But all of them kept carefully hidden"
Among the other avocationS of our teen-agers,
per cent take dancing lessons 80 cent play chess
81 per cent collect classical records "a per cent listen
to the opera on teevson and % per cent studying
some musical instrument.
Evening star., 1961-01-15

The charges for baby
sitting probably vary in diff
ferent parts Of the country.
However, I have just checked
three local baby sitting agen-
cies by phone. In each case
they charge 90 Cents per
hour until midnight. then it
goes up to rs cents an hour.
Added to this is go cents for
transportation. Since q baby
sitting agency has to be paid
something for its service. it
seems you are not underpaid
Is Nom believes.
Evening star., 1961-01-15

to chase after him to try
to make him understand. I
can see, from. his point Of
view, that it would lock a.
II I really stood him mp.
I talked with his brother
and he said the boy Ii
really mad ut me. Should
I call him up and try to
explain what happened?
De you think that would
be too forward? Or, should
I ask his brother TO talk
to him for me? The boy
means Q lot to me and I
won't b0 satisfied until,
somehow, I let him know
the truth.
LISA.
Your letter Is rather vague
but If you have an adequate
excuse for the date mix-up
I think you owe the boy an
explanation. However, this
is something you should do
yourself-not through his
brother or anyone else.
While girls should not call
boys just to chat. I believe
1t would be all right in this
case to call the boy and ex-
plain what happened. Better
still. why not write him q
short letter? Not o mushy
letter but one that is
straightforward and factual.
Then keep your fingers
crossed and let's hope he viii
understand.
Evening star., 1961-01-15

As long as the homes
where you work are respecta-
BILE and baby sitting doesn't
interfere with your school
work. I think your mother
should not complain. If Nom
won't listen to you. perhaps
reading this column will help
convince her that you are
right. H.
Evening star., 1961-01-15

Dear Mrs. Kicker:
I like . boy very much
but he thinks I stood him
up on . date. / really
didn't but I don't know
what to do about it. I
don't feel Il would be right
Evening star., 1961-01-15

We all cannot live in fine
homes but O lot can be done
to improve q home by using
a little effort, paint, varnish
and inexpensive curtain ma
terials:
Why don't you ask Nom
and Dad II they would be will
ing to buy some things to help
brighten up the place? You
are old enough to help with
the project. You and Nom
could make new curtains and
slipcovers and help Dad with
the painting. I am sure you
al would be happily sur
prised to see what you can
do yourselves. at compara-
lively little expense. to i'm
prove your home.
Evening star., 1961-01-15

Dear Mrs. Rickers
I have q different kind
Of problem and 1 need your
advice. Our furniture II
Evening star., 1961-01-15

Letters to Mrs. r ticker can
be ansiDered through her COL
unlR only. Write to Dorothy
Kicker In care of TEEN. The
Washington Star. Washing
ton ;, d. c.
Evening star., 1961-01-15
Gilbert Survey - # E
WHAT TEENS THINK ABOUT THE ARTS

cent said they visit them sometimes Is per cent seldom
and 20 per cent never did.
ION quite q few Sundays when there's good ex-
hibt" said Betty Best IT, of Richmond "my aunt and
CO."
Betty's answer was significant Time and again the
young people indicated that If adults showed in
teres teenagers would take an interest in culture
One Of the most revealing results Of the survey
the percentage Of teen-agers who undertake cultural
advancement on their own.
How many of them have library cards2 A whopping
80 per cent-and 90 per cent them often, outside
Of school work; only per cent never.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-07-06
Hire Five New Teachers
at West Geauga Schools

West Geauga High School.
MF. Pond has a B. S. degree
from Ohio University. He
taught three years at Shady
Shide High School and IL
years at WilliamSport High
School. He has three years
military experience.
The following positions re-
main to be filled: three first
grade teachers, two third
grade teachers, two fifth
grade teachers, one sixth
grade teacher, one elemen-
tary vocal teacher, and two
high school English teachers.
DECIDED to advertise for
bids on milk, oil, and coal.
Bids will be due in the office
Of the superintendent on July
7, 1861 and contracts will be
awarded at the board meet
ing of July II. Details are a.
Vailable in the office of the
superintendent.
APPROVED a request of
the Catholic parish of the
West Geauga area to use the
facilities Of the WeStWood ele-
mentary building beginning
July 9,
DISCUSSED the statistics
regarding the special read
ing classes conducted by
Mrs. Helen DeVoe, reading
Improvement teacher in the
West Geauga School District.
DECIDED to replace the
deteriorated wooden floor at
the G. h e S t e + Elementary
building with vinyl asbestos
tile with basketball mark
ingS.
READ BIDS for the new 66
passenger school bus and de-
cided to accept the bid of
Reynolds Ford Co. of South
Euclid, Ohio, subject to ap-
proval of the State Dept. of
Education.
AWARDED successful bid
derS order for $8,078. of
school furniture to equip the
new high school addition.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-07-06

CHESTER - At the last
regular meeting Of the West
Geauga Board of Education
the following business was
transacted.
HIRED Mrs. ertrud e
Prots, sixth grade teacher at
Russell Elementary School
as elementary principal to re
place Mrs. Cherrie Mintern,
retired. Mrs. PrOtS, besides
teaching the last two years
in the West Geauga School
system, was principal for 3
years at NeWbury. She also
taught 5 years at NeWbury
Mrs. PrOtS has an A. B. de-
gree from Hiram College and
Master of Education degree
from Kent State University.
ACCEPTED the reSigna-
ton of Miss Helen Brown,
third grade teaher at the
WeStWood Elementary build
ing.
ACCEPTED the reSigna-
ton of Mrs. Sharon Ronyak,
newly hired, as second grade
teacher.
HIRED Miss Pell Ebert as
secretary at the Chester ele-
mentary building.
HIRED Mrs. Barbara Gal
ante, CheSterland, a S first
grade teacher in the West
wood Elementary building.
Mrs. Galante has a B. S. de-
gree in education from Kent
State University, and two
years teaching experience in
the Salem schools.
HIRED Mrs. Nancy Dean,
Burton, as elementary art in
StructOr in the West Geauga
schools. Mrs. Dean has done
work at Syracuse University
and the Cleveland Institute of
Art. She taught in the West
Geauga Adult Education pro-
gram.
HIRED Mr.. Howard Pond,
WilliamSport, Ohio, as indus
triCal arts instructor in the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-07-06
Chardon to Pave
Washington Street

A measure to assess prop
erty owners for improve
ments on Washington Street
was passed by the Chardon
Village unc ii Thursday
night against the recommen-
dation Of village solicitor,
Newton B. Chapman.
Mr.. Chapman pointed out
that there were only five pro-
perty owners in the affected
area between 5th Aveune and
Center Street and said the
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1961-07-06
Lake Erie College
Plans Summer Play

staff and will be directed by
Jake Ruff, associate direC-
tor Of the theatre.
Try-Outs for the show will
be held in Bentley Theatre on
Monday and Tuesday nights,
June 26,27. at 7 pm. and will
continue until $50. Try-outS
are open TO anyone interest
ed in participating, whether
college student or commun-
ity member. Membership in
the theatre is not required to
attend try-outs. Final casting
will be announced by June 30
and Mr.. Ruff will addition
small groups by appointment
until that time. He may be