davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-18

it of road workhorse too Optional Travel Top
vets into handy town delivery But matter where the
NATIONAL 4cynder Comanche engine There's never been
anything like the Scout before!
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-08-18

Americas wor-orpIay wonder! The Scout is whole
idea in low cost transportation It's hardtop pickup
that haus mansize loads of cargo minute The next
it's open air rnabout that carries three passengers in
front and in the Optional all wheel drive makes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
WEDDINGS


DR.. and Mrs. Harry A. Sol
onion Of New York announce
the marriage Of their daugh-
ter Nina w. to Mr.. Lloyd s.
Hyde, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Pasternak. The we'd
ding took place yesterday at
the home of the brides par
ents. The couple viii live in
New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
GRAND
0PENENGg

Whoopeel Merry Girls"
comm to Washington this
Thursday Merry Girls"
a lovely store carrying
only wide width shoes for
women. billions! All guar
anteed to make milady's
foot look slim land feel
5000 goodD, thanks to
brilliant new designs by
CUSHIONIZED
BELLAIRES
and many other famous
manufacturers, priced
from $7.98 to $l9.98.
Merry Girl" widths start
at &c" and go to zee"
Cbut your friends win
never believe III, lengths
from 4 to IL. Be a Merry
Girl" Thursday, come to
the Grand Opening, 6O4 9th
st., NV. Free gifts for all,
refreshments. and chance
to win a 1861 portable Tv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26

propriate serving plates when
they dine IA the family dim
ing room. The First Lady
also uses some Of the pieces
for flower ARRANGEMENTS.
Many Of the guests at the
diplomatic reception Presi-
dent and Mrs. Kennedy gave
earlier this month noted
Mrs. Kennedy's touch Of
having the beautiful ver-
mel candelabra abla2e with
tall tapers In the Green. Blue
and Red rooms.
The Biddle collection con-
sists Of several hum
bred pieces mainly Of the
10th century and some 18th
century, They include
everything from large soup
tureens. candelabra, flat
wear. nut dishes and knight
figurines.
On Display
Biddle pieces presently on
display in the State dining
room table with the Monroe
piece are q pair Of four-light
candelabra on claWed feet,
BENJAMIN and Jacques
Smith 1910. London: four
compotieres, p aul Storr,
London 1912. and o large
covered tureen on o tray,
London 1778.
Also in this room on one
side table Is q pair Of eagled-
tipped candelabra, Pitts,
London, 1910 and on an
other side table Is q punch
bowl. early 10th century.
England.
On the south SIDE table IN
the Red Room Is q pair Of
three-branch, Caduceus cary
atid candelabra on clawed
: feet, Paul Storr, London,
1910. and on the tables by
the fireplace is Q pair
Of single candlesticks, Lon
don. 18th century.
In the Blue Room on the
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All That GIitters Is Gold
Bidde Collection Displayed at White House

flatware In the White House.
parts of which are still in
use today.
At the time the White
House received the bequeSt
from Mrs. Biddle, Mrs. Nor
ton Downey, wife Of the
singer and daughter Of the
donor, said that her mother
had been very proud Of the
collection.
Mrs. Biddle divorced AM
drew ]. Drexel Biddle in
l945. He has been named
United States Ambassador to
Spain. Il
Mrs. Downey went on to
say at that time that lover
the years mother collected
many pieces Of silver. gilt
and also some silver pieces
which she had gifted. She
had q tremendous number Of
sets which she used in her;
various homes In Europe"
According to her daughter,
Mrs. Biddle had dined many
times at the White House
and on one such occasion
she decided that she wanted
to leave these treasures to
the United States Govern
ment for use in the Execu-
tive Mansion.
The pieces are known as
vermeil. and the ones to be
seen are now in the Red
Room, Green Room and Blue
Room as well as the state
dining room.
History Of the Process
The process Of verrneil
first came into being in the
18th century in France, Ger
many and England, accord
ing to q White House state
ment. 1t is the firing Of gold
on and into sterling silver
via mercury, which results in
a lustrous gold finish which
brightens as it ages and re-
sists tarnish. The process is
longer and more complicated
than that of plating,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26


Accbrdine to the White
House release, "vermeil's
greatest vogue was during
the 18th and 18th centuries
and the Napoleonic Empire,
when everything from royal
wedding gifts to ladies'
dressing table sets were made
In silver GIT"
Vermeil came to be popular
almost out Of necessity DUR
ing this period. Possession
Of golden objects was 3 SYM
Dol Of financial comfort.
However. the Kings Of
France during any monetary
crisis, were In the habit Of
seizing their subjects gold
pieces and melting them
down into money for the
treasury.
The vermeil process was
then discovered and people
were able to have these beau-
tiful objects without paying
the price for solid gold. The
vogue was brought to Amer
lea by President Monroe.
q
Old Use for Champagne
one very French note is
that during the 10th CEN
fury. the French used Cham
payne as their favorite
method Of cleaning vermeil
However, the White House
states that in 1851 they use
Q mid cleanser and soft pol
ishing cloths.
Mrs. Kennedy's love Of fine
antiques once again shows in
what she is doing with the
gold collection-She's using
it instead of just having it
locked up in an unseen cab
met on the ground floor
where 1t has been since ar
irving at the White House.
Not only has she seen that
pieces have been placed
around the White House for
all to view, but President and
Mrs. Kennedy use the APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
Cutting-Edmunds

Mr.. Walter Sterling Ed
munds announces the mar
riage of his sister. Miss Jean
Castleton Edmunds to Mr..
Robert James Cutting. son
of Mrs. A. A. Cutting Of
Philadelphia and the late
Mr.. Cutting. Mrs. Cutting is
the daughter Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Ed
munds Of Bluefields. w. Va.
The wedding took place Feb
ruary IL in the Lincoln
Chapel of the New York
avenue Presbyterian Church.
The couple will live In Ar
lington,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
Eedbetter-Royston

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dou-
glas Royston Of Falls Church
announce the marriage Of
their daughter Judith Ma
linda to Airman 1/c Fred
Ray Ledbetter. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Day Ledbetter
OF Mayodan, N. c. The we'd
ding took place January 4
at Columbia Baptist Church.
The couple will live in Falls
Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26

orator. Charles Osle. at-
tackled President Van Buren
after visiting the White
House and On the floor Of
Congress he repeatedly
shouted. your house glit-
tiers with all Imaginable lux
uries and gaudy ornaments. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
Moss-Dykes

Mrs. Isaac Milton Stewart.
jr.. Of Menlo Park, Calf, and
Dr.. II. Robert Dykes. r.. Of
Costa Mesa. Calf. announce
the marriage Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Denis Diane Dykes,
to Mr.. John Stevely Moss,
son Of Mrs. John Broder
Moss and the late Vice Ad-
miraI Moss, USN. The wed.
ding took place yesterday at
the Westwood Community
Methodist Church. Westwood.
Calf. The couple will live
here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
By DAISY CLELAND
star staff Writer

Mrs. John F. Kennedy has
decided to share one Of the
most fabulous treasures in
the White House with John
@. Public.
For the first time In the
history Of the Executive
Mansion, many pieces of the
priceless gold collection are
now on display in the state
rooms and can be seen by
the thousands that make
White House tours every
year.
With the exception Of one
piece, all those on display
are from the. famous Mar
garet Thompson Biddle COLI
lection. Mrs. Biddle died in
France in June Of 1856 and
willed the collection to the
White House. It was &C
eepted early In 1857.
The exception is the piece
that started the White House
gold collection.
The James Monroes, first
to live in the White House
after it was burned by the
the British in 1914. brought
with them many Of the
things they had acquired in
France when President
Monroe was United States
Ambassador.
For Flowers
Among these possessions
was q "surtout de table," q
mirror plateau. 1914 feet
long and 2 feet wide. 1t is
decorated with graceful fig
llres upholding crystal leaves
and is used at state dinners
for flowers. Mrs. Kennedy
has had it put in place in
the State Dining Room per-
manently so that all can see
it and not Just those invited
to the White House for q
formal party.
President Monroe was also
responsible for the first gold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
Schoeb-VioIett

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T.
Violet Of College Heights
Estates, Md. announce the
marriage Of their daughter
Mary Anne to Mr.. Richard
j. Schoeb. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William M. Schoeb of
Greenbelt, Md. The wedding
took place February 4 at
st. Jerome's Church, Hyatts-
vile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26

HANGING the fabulous White
House gold COLLECTION.
She VIII undoubtedly be
spared scathing remarks
rom Congress that came
soon after President and
Mrs. Monroe started the
White House gold collection.
just 20 years later q Wing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26

heiress to the Thompson
gold mining fortune. was one
Of the most famous host
esses IN the Erench-Ameri-
can colony in Paris.
Among her frequent guests
were former President and
Mrs. Eisenhower. when the
former headed SHAPE. Mrs.
Eisenhower was ~ close
friend Of Mrs. Biddle.
The present First Lady Is
following an historical pat
tern Of adding 10 or en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
Prescott-Kober

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ko-
Der announce the marriage
Of their daughter; Ellen Gay
to Mr.. Lawrence Malcolm
Prescott, son of DR.. and Mrs.
BENJAMIN Prescott. The
wedding took place February
10 at Tifereth Israel Con-
gregation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26

center table Is an elephant
urn presented TO 1t. Col.
Thomas Monroe In India 6no
relation 10 President Mon
ros) late 10th century: and
in the Green Room on the
console on the south side Of
the room are q pair Of
candlesticks; early 18th CEN
fury. London, and . vase urn
with NEUROLOGICAL scenes,
London, about 1900.
Mrs. Biddle, who was an
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Leech-Rhodes

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Clyde Fox of Tappahannock.
Va, announce the marriage
Of their niece. Mrs. Anne w.
Rhodes. to Mr.. Lee o. Leech.
The wedding took place Feb
ruary IL in Silver Spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-02-26
AIper-Epstein

Mr.. and Mrs. Myer w.
Epstein announce the mar
rage Of their daughter
Brenda Ann to Mr.. Fred w.
Alper. son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Alper Of Bethesda.
The wedding took place Feb
ruary IL at Brook Farm,
Chevy Chase, Md. The couple
will live In Adelphi, Nd.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Oct. 81 (AP)-(USDA.- -
Hogs 10000: fairly active. butchers
1sO-230 lbs. 25 to 35 lower: weights
over 230 lbs. 25 to so lower; Sows
mostly 20 lower; good shipping de-
mand: mixed 1-2 l90-220 ID, butchers
l6.40-16.50 40 head mostly .
2OO-2lO lbs. 1880: mixed - l9O-24O
lbs. l6.15-16.40; mixed 1-3 and 2-3
22O-27O lbs. l6.00-l6.15: few 3s
around $50 lbs. at 1925: mixed 1-3
3OO-4OO ID. sows l4.00-l5.50; 2-3 and
3s 100000 lbs. 12.75-I425.
Cattle $500; calves 100; fairly ac-
tive. steers and heifers steady to
strong; cows steady to 25 lower: bulls,
vealers and stockers and feeders steady;
two loads mostly prime around 1900
10. steers 25.75-26.00; load lots mixed
e1 shotee hH and prime l,lO0-1 300 lbs.
5.O0-25 30; bulk choice 900-1 300
lbs; 24;25-25.25; load lots mixed good
34.5o: bulk good cool 800 lbs. % So
64ansus 6S sssS GaG and 0r good load oCS Of IoS ox
good 300 lbs. at 22.75: a few lots
utility and standard lg.OO-22.25; q
load Of mixed choice and prime 9l5 ID,
heifers "a 90: bulk choice 23.OO-23 rs:
Las lbs. at 1900: a few utility and
standard 17.00-21 .25; bulk commercial
cows l5.50-16.60: cutter and utility
utility bulls IS. .00-2O. 90: cutters 1850,
1900: a few standard and good
vealers 19.00-25.0O: culls down to
90: a load TO choice 900 Id. feeding
steers 23.75: load mix good and
choice $50 lbs. ct $500.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
D. c. Bank Loans
Well Above 1860

A summary of the balance
sheets of the II Washington
banks from the Controller of
the Currency yesterday listed
net loans of S809,812,000 on
September 81, compared with
S794,1T7 900 on the June 80
call and $773,79S,OoO on Oc-
tober 8, 1860.
Commercial and industrial
loans amounted to $214.667, =
900, compared with 1926. .208,-
900 three months earlier and
1927, $4,000 a year earlier,
Real estate loans totaled $227,-
427 900, compared with $224.-
$4,000 three months earlier
and $212,124,OO0 on october 3
last year.
Government securities to-
tailed $501, ,189, 900 VS.. $484,852,-
900 three months earlier and
S444, ,90l,00O a year ago.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
Construction
Off Slightly

Construction activity de-
clined this month in line with
seasonal expectations, the Gen.
sus Bureau reported.
The bureau estimated the
value of new construction put
in place during the month at
.$5.28 billion. This compared
with a September total of $5.44
billion. The report said the
drop was approximately the
normal decrease expected be-
tween September and October. "
Construction spending this
month was 5 per cent higher
than in october. 1860, when
the figure was IS billion.
After taking seasonal fac
tors into account, October out
lays were calculated at an an.
nual rate of $58.45 billion, down
from September rate of $685.
billion.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
e1-Doy Bill Yield
Turns Down Slightly
BY the Associated Press

The Governments short
term borrowing cost dipped
with yesterdays weekly offer
ing of Treasury bills.
On $1.1 billion of 9l-day
bills, the average yield was
2.28 per cent. The rate week
ago was 1925 per cent.
Bids for the $500 million of
182-day bills gave an average
yield of 2.613 per cent. Last
week the rate was 2,708 per
cent.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
October CIeorings
Hiohest in History

Washington bank clearings
in October reached a new all
time monthly high of STAT ,09l.-
ia, an increase Of l9 per cent
from S625, ,944,475 in october
last year. reported William
Cradlin, clearing house man
ager.
For the first 10 months OF
this year, clearings aggregated
Sc, 1926 ,901 1893, a new record for
the period, and up IA per cent
from 5,989, ,050,223 in the same
1860 period.
Clearings are considered an
excellent barometer Of general
business activity.
Evening star., 1961-10-31
YOUR
MONEYS WORTH
How an Israel Family Lives
BY SYLVIA PORTER

TEL AVIV.-How does a mid
dle-income family live in a ma.
jor Israel city today and how dC
its standards compare with &
few years back? What are the
average family's wants, dream.
now?
To get a few answers, I Wis.
tied Bernard and Marie Avita
in their home nine miles out.
side of Tel Aviv, shared the
big. midday meal with then
and their six and 10-year-olC
boys, peeked. probed. Bernard
"a. and Marie, 80, migrated
from Scotland IL years ago
first live in a kibbutz "a com.
munal settlementl. then trieC
an independent farming ven.
ture.
Now Bernard has a govern.
ment job, and from this and
extra work he earns $40 a week
which is far more than the
average $36 a week wage in.
dustry. After deduction of $1(
for income tax, $3.50 for unior
dues - which, among othel
things, provides his family with
complete medical coverage-ht
takes home $3.50. Marie adds
a bit by teaching English tc
high school students at $1.2C
an hour.
Here are the answers to thu
questions above:
Conditions Improving
Cd The typical middle = in.
come family in Tel Aviv Haifs
and Jerusalem lives an austert
life but conditions are improv.
ing. Food rationing is gone
clothing and transporting ar
available, the tents of the earl.
days are disappearing. Mos
provocative was Bernard's com
ment. I'VE have no set stand
ards. We don't have to keep VI
with the JoneseS because we'rt
not sure who the Joneses are.
% Conditions are improvin
markedly every year. Rea
standards - after allowing fol
inflation-are rising around
per cent annually. Families ar
spending more on furniture
equipment. cigarettes. amuse
ments - virtually non-existen
10 years ago.
90 The typical Israeli
wants and dreams are becom
ing those Of a citizen of {
maturing state - more incom
to buy things and educate tn
children. a nicer house, a saw
ings nestegg. Now. details:
Housing: It's poor. The Avi
tails live in a box" apartment
consisting Of a small livin
room in which they also sleeI
tiny bedroom for the boys,
corner for cooking, a corne
for eating, a bathroom, a lit
tie terrace. It's inferior by an,
western standard, but whe,
they got it in 1854. the rent wa
only SIS a month, and whe
they bought it two years ag
the total cost was only $2,60(
Clothing: Expensive pc
unit, but the offsetting grace
that because Of the climat
and the informality inherite
. from pioneering days. the
Evening star., 1961-10-31
Gibson Wright Named
President of MEM

Gibson I. Wright, public re-
| lations manager for the Wash
| ington Division of Safeway
Stores, Inc, was elected presi-
dent Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association at
the 5lst annual membership
meeting at the Mayflower Hotel
today.
Mr.. Wright, vice president Of
the Southeastern Retail Coun-
Gil, has been active in the M &
M for several years. He sue
ceeds Oscar I. Dodek. executive
vice president and general man.
ager of the D. j. kaufman
Mems Wear Stores, who served
as president for two years.
Patrick A. Deck, vice p'esi-
dent of Colonial Fuel Co., was
elected vice president of M d
M Robert P. Isbell. vice presi-
dent and general manager OF
Jordan Pianos, Inc, also was
chosen as a vice president.
Eleven new members were
elected to the board Of gover-
nors and fifteen others we're
reelected for another year.
Ringgold Hart was renamed
general counsel Of the associa-
ton for his 34th year Of service
without remuneration. He is a
member of the legal firm OF
Whiteford, Hart, Carmody q
Wilson.
Clarence ]. Shaffer, president
of George c. Shaffer, Inc, was
renamed treasurer.
Reviews Busy Year
Mr.. Dodek, the outgoing pres
ident, pointed to an active legis-
Ilative program of the last year.
including efforts for repeal OF
the gift enterprise law which
prohibited retailers from giving
manufacturers premiums at no
additional cost to the consumer.
! At one time 80 per cent Of
the businesses in the District
we're in violation Of the old law,
and its repeal by the last ses-
sion of Congress has resulted in
a much easier situation for
members who merchandise in
Virginia, Maryland and the
District, Mr.. Dodek emphasized.
A number of promotional ac-
tivities were undertaken in the
last year. including the pur-
chase by the M & Ms down.
town decorating committee Of
expensive and elaborate Christ
mas decorations to canopy F
street in the holiday season and
the establishment of the Gold
Evening star., 1961-10-31

downtown shoppers buses which
provided free transportation fol
shoppers in the downtown area
from Thanksgiving to Christ
mas Eve.
Guest speaker at the annual
membership meeting was jim
c. Lucas, staff writer fol
Scripps Howard newspapers anc
Pulitzer Prize winner who dis
cussed the Era of Peril" fac
ing Americans.
New Directors Listed
The II new members of the
M & M board include:
James E. Allen, the Henry B
Gilpin Co., wholesale druggist.
division; Fred Kolker Poultry
Co., wholesale food division,
Henry Noon, District Grocery
Stores, retail grocerS division
Gordon w. Bonnette. jr., Ole
Colony Laundry Co., laundrie!
division; r. o. Land. Chas. G
Stott g. Co.. paper division: E
wv. Inglis, ESQ Standard Divi'
sion Of Humble Oil, petroleum
division; J. S. Bartlett, Poto'
mac Electric Power Co., public
utilities division; Charles w
Poole, Poole's Drayage Co.
transportation division; Georg'
E. Muth, George F. Muth, Inc.
unclasSfied division: Murra!
Kaye, District Waste Material
Co., waste materials division
and George Klein, s. Klein
Inc. women's wear division.
Mr.. Wright, the new M 81 n
president, has represented tn
retail grocers on the board 10
several years and has been
vice president for two years.
He started with Safewa,
Stores as a grocery store clerl
and has served the company il
many capacities since he cam
to Washington in 1910.
He is a member Of the boar
of the United Givers Fund ant
/ of the Arthritis and Rheu
matism Association.
He was chairman Of the 1875
mid-winter dinner Of the Boart
of Trade and is active in tn
membership and publicity com
mittees of the Board Of Trade
He also is a member Of tn
Rotary Club OF Washington.
Evening star., 1961-10-31

don't need or use much. Bern
ard who had just come from
the office wore slacks and a
shirt opened at the collar. Most
of the year, women wear the
simplest dresses. no stockings,
sandals.
Food Is Costly
Food: Costly. OF Bernard's
$3.50, Marie spends s18 for
food-even though she keeps
a very strict" budget. An Or
binary cut Of meat is $3.50 a
pound. She pays go cents for
a dozen eggs, 18 cents for milk.
The AVitals eat well. though.
Our meal-which Marie assured
me was special only in the
sense that we had soup-in-
cluded mushroom soup, chick
en-, potatoes, a mixed salad,
bread sticks, fruit, ices, instant
coffee. Israelis drink little
hard liquor.
Savings: None, and that's typ
ical. Most families have no cash
reserves, spend all on living or
on accumulating goods. Con-
sidering the certainty of in
flation and a devaluation Of the
pound, its Just as well. Most
workers have pension and in
surance arrangements.
Furnishings and cars: Expen-
sive, and made prohibitive to
many by sales taxes which
range from over 100 per cent
on electric goods to $50 per
cent on new cars. A bus is typi-
cal transportation.
Entertainment: No TV, but
movies, concerts, soccer games,
theatres, public pools are rela-
lively cheap. Radios are COM
monplace.
rs life hard for you2"
asked.
"Yes!" said Marie. "I want a
bigger house, nicer clothes"
mol" said Bernard. Its
comfortable by all compari-
sons"
"Oh, by comparison it's not
Just comfortable" added Marie
Its heaven"
Tomorrow: The miracle OF
the Negev.
i distributed 1861. By The Hall
Syndicate. Inc. AL Rights ReSumed).
Evening star., 1961-10-31
Noodles Current
Ratio Is Shown

The annual report of Wood
ward & Lothrop listed $27 ,252,-
420 current assets and $6,071,- :
288 current liabilities on July
90, 1861, for a ratio of AS to l
A year earlier, the figures
were $25,515,525 and $6.436,0 ,072
respectively, for a ratio of 4 to /
These figures are being re.
peated from the Sunday finan-
cial section because of an error
Evening star., 1961-10-31
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Business Failures in the
week ended October rs totaled
304 compared with 398 in the
previous week and 33l in the
like week a year ago.-Dun g.
Bradstreet.
Manufacturers Inventories at
the end of September totaled
$3.50 billion, up S40O million fol
month and up Sill billion for
July-September quarter. Sep
tember sales were unchanged
at $32.1 billion. New orders in
creased S110 million to 1922
billion.-Commerce Depart
ment.