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Evening star., 1962-05-19
The ReaItor Who He Is and What He Doe
BY JOSEPH B. BYRNES
Stur Staff Writer

The day of the combination pitchman,
huckster and ballyhoo artist who once
passed for a real estate salesman is gone
forever. ..' - .-
That he has passed from the scene Is
due In great part to the alertness Of the
National Association of Real Estate Boards,
organized in May, 1908, at Chicago. Since
that time the organization, now totaling
some 10000 Realtor members, has cam
paigned for fair real estate laws and prac-
tices
The task has not been an easy one. Less
than year ago, a firm in the West reacti-
waited the old "three lot" girnmick. The
winner" of lot was invited out to q picnic
and to view his prize. Actual title to the
land was offered.
However, when the winner" realized
his prize was the side Of veritable cliff
or the bottom of gravel pit, he was given
an alternative. The value Of the prize lot
could be used toward purchase Of two ad-
joining plots.
Such schemes are not unfamiliar In
the Washington area.
During the depression years an enter
prising outfit was offering home along
with garage equipped with new auto
mobile to lure prospective purchasers into
what then was far-out Suburbia.
OF course, the price of the car had to
be assumed somewhere along the line by
the purchaser.
This sort of selling of an item as i'm
portant as home may seem far-fetched,
but despite relentless battle by NAREB
to improve real estate ethics, some States
have Jagged. It was not until 1859 that New
Hampshire, the last State to do so, passed
legislation governing real estate sales.
Virginia enacted its real estate laws in
1925. Washington followed suit in 1887 and
Maryland adopted its regulations in 1889
and amended them in 1857.
AS an outgrowth of the 1903 Chicago
meeting participated in by 10 real estate
boards, including Baltimore, a new word
was introduced into the language. It was
Realtor.
Realtor is a collective mark" similar
to trade mark or copyright owned by the
National Association of Real Estate Boards.
It was granted through terms Of the Lam
ham Act
For an individual in the real estate
business to use the term Realtor, he must
first be broker with at least a years ex-
perience and be a member of NAREB or
one of its member boards The term also
indicates the broker has agreed to accept
Evening star., 1962-05-19

NAREB's code of ethics as his guide to
business practices.
The Metropolitan Area boards, with ap-
proximately 1850 broker members, are the
Washington Board Of Realtors, George De
Franceaux, president; Montgomery County
Board of Realtors, Leonard N. Raffell, presi-
dent; Prince Georges County Board of Real
tors, Carl A. Heider, president, and the
Northern Virginia Board of Realtors, Rob-
ert H. Riner, president.
The pledge Realtor members take is:
To protect the individual right Of
real estate ownership and to widen the
opportunity to enjoy it.
To be honorable and honest in all
dealings.
To seek better to represent my
clients by building my knowledge and COM
petence.
To act fairly towards all in the spirit
of the Golden Rule.
TO serve well my community, and
through it my country.
To observe the Realtors code Of
ethics and conform my conduct to its lofty
ideals.
In short, Realtors have subjected them
selves to self-policing. Even though they
may not violate State or county law deal
ing with real estate transactions, they are
Evening star., 1962-05-19

they have brought the real estate business
up to level where fly-by-nights find it
almost impossible to get away with the
three lot deal" today.
They also say their volunteer campaign
begun back In 1908 has resulted In many
facets Of the realtors code being enacted
into law.
The Realtors have also taken the initia-
tive in introducing real estate courses into
colleges Some 100 colleges and universities
now offer courses leading to degrees in real
estate
The four area boards sponsor such
courses at American University and area
YMCA and YWCAs.
Many are inclined to ask the question:
Why so much education Just to sell house?
The answer may be found in the variety and
complexity Of today's deals
The complexity has created host of
specialists whose duty it is to protect the
public from the incompetent and unethical.
These include the appraisers, farm brokers,
brokers, industrial realty men and those
with special technical skills who neither buy
nor sell but furnish advice.
ALI Of them, in all SO States now are
required to pass some kind of an examina-
ton or prove their ability to competently
and honestly represent their client-the
prospective home buyer.
No longer does the statement hold true
that was expressed by one critic when the
Realtors association was suffering it's birth
pangs. He wrote: tits easier to become a
real estate salesman handling thousands of
dollars worth of property than to become
barber charging 10 cents for shave"
, 1962-04-26
LEGISLATIVE RECORD

The Honorable
President, The Legislature OF the Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie
ST. Thomas. Virgin Islands
Dear Mr.. President:
have the honor to hand you herewith draft of a
bill to abolish the Medical Assistance Fund and to re-
ounre deposits of payments made by the Department OF
Social Welfare covering medical care for the aged into
the Health Revolving Fund.
Heretofore payments made by the Department OF
Social Welfare to the Department OF Health covering
medical care for the aged were deposited into a separate
fund known as the Medical Assistance Fund. With the
establishment Of the Health Revolving Fund, the sepa-
rate Medical Assistance Fund is on longer required.
This simple bill will be placed on the agenda for
the forthcoming special session Of the Legislature.
Sincerely yours,
ls) Ralph M. Paiewonsky
Ralph W. Paiewonsky
Governor
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Office of the Governor
Charlotte Amalie. St. Thomas, VI
October 10. 1861
The Honorable -.-l
The President of the Legislature
Of the Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie, st, Thomas
Virgin Islands
MY dear Mr.. President:
The Secretary of the Army has formally approved
q project to be financed from federal funds for dredging
and a turning basin in Christiansted Harbor which is
explained in greater detail in the attached proposed leg
islatlon.
Under the terms of Federal Laws, local interests tin
this case the Government of the Virgin Islands, is re-
CURED to give certain specific assurances to the Federal
Government before the federal project can be undefta-
ken. This is explained j ngreater detail in a letter from
the u. S. Army District engineer dated September 49,,
1861, d copy OF which is attached hereto.
AS you know, funds have already been a~ppropria-
ted by the Legislature for the construction Of new ter.
minal facilities at Christiansted Harpor. This is required
BY the Federal Government in connection with its pro.
iect and, as recited in the proposed bill, it his already
been met.
There is attached hereto draft Of a bill to designate
the Government of the Virgin Islands as Local Inter
ests'' and to Bind the said Government to Garry out and
Assume Specific Liabilities in connection with a Fed
, 1962-04-26

soIx AVIS -
eral Navigation Project for Christiansted Harbor on St.
lCroix, Virgin Islands.
This bill will be included in the agenda for the forth
coming special session of the Legislature.
Sincerely yours,
Isl Ralph Paiewonsky
Ralph aiewonsky
Governor
THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Office Of the Governor
Charlotte Amalie. St. Thomas
October Is, 1861
The Honorable
The President Of the Legislature
Charlotte Amalie
st. Thomas. Virgin Islands
MY dear Mr.. President.
Act No. 7o9. (BillN No. 148A, Fourth Legislature, Reg
ular Session 1861, increased the number of the Virgin
Islands Housing Urban Renewal Authority from five to
seven Commissioners.
Al the time Of this enactment. however, the Code
should have been amended to increase the legal quorum
from three to four Commissioners.
lam enclosing a bill to amend the Code for this pur-
pose, It will be included on the agenda for the forthcom-
ing special session.
Sincerely yours,
5s ls)Ralph NJ. Paiewonsky
Ralph NJ. PaieWonsky
Governor
H R ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES
Office Of the Governor
Charlotte Amalie. St. Thomas
October Ia, 1861
The Honorable
The President Of the Legislature
Charlotte Amalie
st. Thomas. Virgin Islands
My dear Mr.. President:
It give me great pleasure to forward herewith copy
Of letter dated October 6. 1861. to me from Mrs. Edna
!Shulterbrandt, Chairman of the Virgin Islands Board OF
Education.
You will note that Mrs. Shulterbrandt advises me
that the Board of education has unanimously recommend
The Adak sun., 1962-04-02

If you don't know how to read the above you can learn if you enroll in the IRE Shorthand Class which will soon begin1 if approval is ob4ai ined. The Shorthaad course will be open to military and cfv- ilian personnel and will begin IS April. Classes will be held from 1880 to 2l30 every Wednesday at the I&E Classroom, Bering Building. Call 375 for informatic'
The Adak sun., 1962-04-02

say that all the armies that ever marched, and all the navies that were 7 ever built, and all the parliaments that ever sat, and all the kings that. reigned, put together have not affected, the life of man upon the earth: as that's ONE SOLITARY LIFE.
 Author unknown
The Adak sun., 1962-04-02
Author unknown
LIANT FLEET DUTY :? 7.

The Command has received CTNCpACFLT# NOT ICE 1906 which asks for volunteers w for Atlantic Fleet duty. According to-. the Notice certain requirements exist $ for all ratings except Construction ratinqs aboard the USS LEXINGTON and < the USS NORTON SOUND to be trans ferred (. to the Atlantic Fleet.
 minimum expira tion of active ob1iV- ated service date of July 1868 is requSr- ed or personnel must agree to extend for this duty in order to meet the obligated service requirement. @s
 Personnel who are currently on SEAVEY will be extended off the SEAVEY for one
 Personnel with dependents. shall not have had dependents trans ferred during the fiscal year 1862.
 All special requests. for this duty must reach the Military Personnel office no later than Wednesday, 4 April l962.EA letter wi tn all names of interested per- onnel will be submi itted at that " time. \' If your name is selected you will receive orders mo- later than June 1862. Those personnel requesting this duty who do not receive orders by that date will consider themselves not selected. No informa tipn is available as to the date transfer vi II be effected. ~s
The Adak sun., 1962-04-02
CHAYLAJNS CCHNJfR
 Chanl in Pn,,,,1
ONE SOLITARY LIFE
Chaplain Perry

Here is young man who was born in an obs cure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village.He worked in carpenter shop until he was 3O, and then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had family. He never went to college. He never travelled more than 200 miles from the place he was born. He never put his foot inside a big city. He never did one of the things that usually acc- ompany greatness. He had no credentials but himself. c.<...... -....
 While he was still young man, the tide of public opinion turned, against him. His friends ran away. He was turn ed over to his enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. While he was dying, his executiioners gamble for the only piece of property he had on this earth, and that was his coat. When he was dead, he was. laid in bor- rowed grave through the pity of a friend
 Nineteen centuries have come and gone and today he is the central figure of tn human race and the leader of the column of progress. . -:
 Continued next column)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18
Contract Let
For RiverduIe
Relief Sewer

A sewer construction contract
to ease backup into Riverdale
area homes was awarded yes
terday by the Washington Sub
urban Sanitary Commission.
The agency accepted a bid
of $329,281 from the Marbro
Co., Inc, of Beltsville, for con-
Struction of a 48-inch relief
sewer along the northeast
branch of the Anacostia River.
The line will run more than
half a mile from the agency's
BladenSburg pumping station
north to a point near Ritten-
house street. The bid was the
lowest of nine. Completion is
expected by January 81.
WSSC officials expedited the
project after a number of resi-
dents complained that sewage
backed up into their homes,
particularly after heavy rain
falls.
The new sewer line is de-
signed to serve an additional
100000 persons expected to
settle in the Riverdale valley
of the river. The present line
serves about $1,000. The WSSC
has applied for Federal grant
to help finance the project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18
School Desegregotion
Plan Set in Winchester

The Winchester plan pro-
vides that a child of a minori-
ty race cannot be forced to at
tend a school in which the
majority enrolment is of an
other race.
The Winchester School
Board will prepare school zones
for the assignment of children.
Judge Niche said he would
keep a close watch on the zon-
ing to prevent any gerryman-
dering.
Judge Niche noted that
Winchester has only $50 Negro
pupils in a total school popu-
lation of more than 5000, and
said he expected the city school
board to make greater progress
than the one grade a year in
desegregation.
Mr.. Tucker contended the
city's small Negro Dougla S
High School should be CONSOLE
dated to give both whites and
Negroes a better education in
the larger Handley school
Judge Niche agreed the city
should have one high school
but said this was not within
his province.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18

HARRISONBURG, Va, July
10 (AP). - Federal Judg e
Thomas Niche approved a
plan yesterday calling for de-
segregation of Winchester'S
public schools beginning Sep
TENDER 6.
The plan, amended from the
original effective date of Sep
TENDER 1868, provides for the
first and ninth grades to be
desegregated in the comm g
school year and at least one
additional grade in subsequent
years.
S. w. Tucker, Negro attorney
representing the plaintiffs in
the Winchester school case,
said he doubted if there would
be more than Is or 20 appi-
cations by Negroes to go into
the city's all-white schools.
Approval of the plan does
not alter the previous assign
ment of four Negro pupils to
Winchester's all-white Handley
High School. Two of these as
signments were ordered by
Judge Niche and two were
made by the State Pupil Place
ment Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18
Auto Deaths
Rise 7.3 Pct.
In Virginia

RICHMOND, July 10 (AP).-
Traffic deaths in Virginia dur
ing the first half of 1862 rose
7.3 per cent above the six
month total in 1861, according
to State police.
The total this year was 397
dead, compared with 370 in
1861 and 357 in the first half
of 1860. Nationally, traffic
deaths are up about 10 per
cent.
Col. C. w. Woodson, super
intendent of State police and
chairman of the Governors
Highway Safety Committee,
noted yesterday that traffic
volumes, calculated on gasoline
sales, increased about So per
cent.
Multiple death crashes also
increased during the period.
Thirty-Seven crashes account
ed for Sc persons dead, as
against "a mishaps in which
80 persons died during the first
half of 1861.
Pedestrian deaths increased
from II a year ago to So in
the January-June period this
year. Deaths of Servicemen de-
clined from 26 to %. Deaths
in rural accidents were up from
302 to 322 and urban accidents
deaths from SO to IS.
Col. Woodson said there has
been no relaxation of the Of
fetal effort and no apparent
lessening of overall public
concern. viewer, he said
studies of crash reports indi-
Gated a disturbing lack of in
dividual responsibility and ap-
probation of dangers present.
ed by modern traffic.
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bound. Two trains providing
service in each direction daily
would remain in operation.
After Representative Poff,
Representative of Virginia, ex-
pressed his opposition to the
proposal, Samuel Y. Austin, jr.,
vice president of the Waynes-
boro Chamber of Commerce,
testified. When some of his
testimony was objected to by
attorneys for the Gao, he said
I'VE came up here today not
to be technical. but to demon
strate there is a genuine in
terest of the people in this sit
uation. We hope that the C&C
will withdraw this application
or that the ICC will turn down
the request"
Eighteen men were in the
WayneSboro group and 10 in
the Stanton delegation. They
boarded train No. 6, one of the
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two proposed to be diScon-
tinued. about midnight and ar
rived in Washington before
dawn.
The hearing was scheduled
to resume today in Covington,
Va. another community on the
Gao system which has ex-
pressed objection to the plan
to discontinue the two trains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18
Two Cities
OpposeC&O
Curtuilment
BY the Associated Press

Spokesman for businessmen
from WayneSboro and Staun-
ton, Va, expressed opposition
yesterday to a proposal by the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad to
curtail train service in their
area.
Pending before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission
is a request by the Gao for
authority to discontinue two
daily trains between Washing
ton and Huntington. w. Va,
one eastbound and one west
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18
Youth Faces Sentence
In Cutting Detective

Edward E. Fine III was
found guilty yesterday in Fair
fax County Circuit Court of
the malicious cutting last
March 81 of a Fairfax County
juvenile officer.
There is no doubt the de-
PENDANT willingfully and pur-
poSefully cut Sergt. Lester.
said Judge Albert v. Bryan, jr
The Judge deferred sentenc-
ing until August 3 for a proba-
ton office investigation and
report. The conviction carries
a penalty of from S to 20 years
in prison.
Fine, a 17-year-old Spring
field youth, cut Detective Sergt
Richard H. Lester as they were
riding in a police cruiser. The
officer and policewoman had
been taking Fine and a l5-
year-old girl with whom he had
been camping out for nine days
to a police station.
Shows No Emotion
The thin youth with a duck
tail haircut showed no emo
ton at the verdict. His girl
companion. now 16, sat 80 feet
behind him in the court room,
just as impaSSive.
Fine, who lives at 7119 Atlee
place, was certified for trial as
an adult by Juvenile Court
Judge John A. Rothrock on
March %.
Three psychiatriSts testified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18
Arms Plants Grouped

BRESCIA. Italy. - Around
Brescia in the hills between
Venice and Milan, nearly 200
firearms factories are concen-
trated. Last year Italy exported
sl2 million worth of firearms,
with the United States taking
50 million worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18
Dismissal Denied

Judge Bryan diSallowed the
defense motion to dismiss the
indictment on those grounds.
Assistant commemorative At
torney Donald Crounse said in
his final argument that a child
of the defendants age is ca
pable of doing any act of an
adult.
I'VE can't permit persons OF
the age of this defendant to
go out and commit crime
then tap them on the head and
say we're going to treat them
as a Juveniles" he said.
On Monday Fines camping
companion testified that she
passed him the knife he used
to cut Sergt. Lester as they were
riding in the back seat of the
police car.
The sergeant testified that
he was cut on the chin and the
thumb during 'the struggle in
which the youth tried to escape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18

during the two-day trial that
the defendant was sane and
could tell right from wrong.
During the prosecutions case
yesterday, Defense Attorney
Bernard S. Cohen attempted to
show there were serious de-
fects" in the earlier Juvenile
Court proceedings. These al
lodged defects we're that Fine
had been denied right to coun-
sci, that there was an unneces-
sary delay in his arraignment
and that the Juvenile Court
held no preliminary investiga-
ton before certifying him for
trial,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-18

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The frontiersman., 1962-02-22
COMMUNITY FRIENDSHIP SPIRIT
 WILL BUILD HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Of two families and three bach eIors many interesting things have taken place. The old piow has given way to the motor powered vehicle, the barrel stove to the oil or coal burning furnace, the old coal-oil lamp to the modern eleetirc lights, and the woodburning kitchen stove to the gas range.
 All these household utensils and the old farm equipment us- ed in the fields have become museum pieces and are looked upon with interest by people passing through our valley
 Aside from the pleasure Of building a museum there Is the economic view of attracting hundreds of tourists to stop in OUT community and tour istS' dollars have proven to be a valuable asset to many states. all lnler- r-dependent. is the spirit
The frontiersman., 1962-02-22
By Edw. Ueeck

Community Friendship is tho seed. which when sewn in good soil, produces growing. success mile radius Of each other.
 Close knit friendship of the community went along in a sort of idyllic manner until 1895 when the arrival Of the Coionists seemed to swamp this friendship. However. the en- thasiaStic optimism of the new corners became so contagious that Community Friendship thrived and each homesteader. realizing their success was de pendent also on the success of the other homeSteaders, work ed with community spirit un- til soon there were houses to be proud Of and highway systems throughout the entire Matanas- ka Valley.
 During the transition from an almost primitive settlement
The frontiersman., 1962-02-22
BOROUGH SIZE TO BE DISCUSSED

A rneetine with the Anchor age Borough Committee on February IT resulted in an overwhelming majority in fa- vor of three areas of borough government in the Cook Inlet drainage, according to Robert Vroman, area representative to the meeting.
 Anchorage area study
 groups plan 10 confine them selves 10 an area between Knik Bridge and Portage. However. there is pressure from the planning committee 10 include the Mckenzie Point area. Vroman said.
 Our borough committee of the Matanuska-Susitna valleys intends to provide data favor able for inclusion in our peti- tion," Vronan said. "as we'll as conducting meetings in the area"
 An education team is sch
 eduled 10 conduct meetings
 at Montana and Talkeetna on
 February 24 and 25. respect
 lively. and return with data
 from those areas. On Febru- arY 26 meeting for all in- terested person will be at 8 pm. in the Wasilla school.
 On March 5, following a sug- gestion of William A. Zahradni- eek, superintendent of schools. a joint meeting of the Palmer Independent School District board of education, Palmer City Council and all State Sch oil Advisory Boards in the area will be held. Representa- tives of the State Education Department have been invited and it is hoped that plan for integration of the borough school system can be formulat- ed; anticipated costs developed, as well as transitional phasing of the existing systems.
 The public is invited to at-
 tend the March 5 meetino
 which will be held in the Wasilla school. especially
 those interested in schools.
 Committees have been estab- lished to cover other phases of the borough formation problem and additional representation is needed from Sutton, Butte area, and Willow. Committees need ing the most effort are schools, boundaries, service areas, and revenues. Persons willing to work on these committees are requested to contact Vroman at FIR 6-3244 or by writing to him 1 at 20. Box 716, Wasilla.