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Evening star., 1962-12-16

81; PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHOIR. Soloists: DeSerre Hecht. So
pshhoi Lucille Burjorjee; contralto,
hlchard Cobb. tenor; William Ora
ham, bass st. Paul's Episcopal
church. Rock Creek Church Road &,
Webster SITS. NV. and z pm,
The Pageant OF the Holy Nativity,
presented as benefit for Cuban
Evening star., 1962-12-16

CHURCH CHOIR, Raymond StiIWeII.
director. Soloists: Marjorie Johnson,
Soprano; Mary Alice Cook contralto
Dean Ltnebaugh, tenor; Arthur Col.
6urn, baritone Wallace Memorial
Presoyterian Church 72Ol Sixteenth
Place, Hyattsville, 5 pm. AIleluia
thompson; For Unto Us A Child Is
Evening star., 1962-12-16

JOHN Z. COOPER, organ Washington
Cathedral. 3 pm. Pageant, Sowerby:
Prelude, Fugue 4 Chaconne in d
Minor Pachelbel; Prelude q Fugue
Preludes, Ahrens: Dieu parmi ncuS.
Evening star., 1962-12-16
PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK

String Quintet in @ Minor. X. 5l6.
Admission by invitation only.
GEORGE AND JEAN FOSS. folk
singers. Clendenen Hall, American
University, $40 pm. Program of
traditional ballads, songs, and
carols
Evening star., 1962-12-16
THURSDAY

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
howard Mitchell, conductor, Consti-
tutlon Hail, IL am. Fairfax County
youth Series. Waltz No. 1, from
Sleeping Beauty, Tchaikovsky: Amer
symphony No. s, Beethoven. pen
lude to Act III from LOhenerin.
Wagner; Largo from Symphony No
SS Haydn: Marche Joyeuse, Cha
prler: Andalucia, Lecuona: Waltz
from Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND WON.
bNS ShOhUS, MEMS GLEE CLUB
TAuI Iraver, conductor. Pan Amer.
Ican Union, $3.50 pm. Repeatins
Wednesday,s, program at Universit,
OF Maryland. ''''
Evening star., 1962-09-30
3 YEARS OF APPARENT HARMoN
White Father Of Four Challenges Prince Edward School Fee

years no-grant edict. Now par
ents have been having to foot
the bill directly-unless the
private school foundation de-
cides to give them scholarships
out Of funds contributed by
those sympathetic to the cause
Charges Set at $720
In August, the foundation
announced that children with
overdue tuition would not be
admitted to classes this year
Tuition is s265 for high school
$240 for grammar school.
Specialist Latham's charge
came to $720, which he said
represents two months pay. He
said he was awarded a schol-
arship last year Of $3.50 and
told to pay $240.
'T couldn't pay this" he ex-
planned and licked off q list of
pressing bills. a mortgage on
his place. a leftover $500 bill
for aluminium siding. a note
on his car. a personal note, a
500 charge to fix a balky
/ water pump. Gle still has an
clubhouse toilet and an un-
painted tin roof.
II think they're denying my
children part of the constitu-
tion," he said as he went hack
over the episode. 81 want free
public schools for all. I want
my children to get an educa-
Ition."
Evening star., 1962-09-30

Construction Unit, which Il
part Of the Major Firms Divi-
sion. has a quota Of s200, 900.
The total represents q 21 per
cent increase over the total
raised in the Major Firms Di-
vision last year.
At a recent pre-kickoff lunch
con for leaders in the building
and construction industry, S75,-
900 was pledged, $4,000 more
than was raised in the entire
industry last year.
The d. c. Division, compris-
ing 40 residential and business
sections as well as the embas-
sizes. has accepted a IL per
cent increase in its quota, bring
ing it to 5S7.500. Alvin j,
Steinberg. president Of Capital
Credit Corporation, is chair
man Of the division.
County Quotas Rise
The other geographical divi-
sions also have been assigned
increased quotas. Montgomer!
County, under the chairman
ship Of Warren Haley for thl
second year. has 5000, 900 as it
goal. which is $4,000 NOR
than 1t raised last year. MI
Haley Is Maryland Manage
Of the Washington Gas Ligh
Co.
Evening star., 1962-09-30

He said he thinks the whole
school policy is strictly seces-
sionist" and had this to say
about the county's segregation
ist leaders:
"They are like horses with
binders. They see in only one
direction. They have a narrow
view. They must be made to
realize that slave days are out
Of date"
Keen on Education
IT know the value Of an edu-
cation" he said. "I want my
kids to have one. You need an
education more than ever to-
day."
81 want to retire here" he
added. I'D get $145 a month
retirement pay at my present
rank, SITS if I make another
stripe. You can live cheap
here"
But even at the risk Of alien
ating county leaders and Of
Tending his white neighbors, he
now wants to press his attack.
So far. Specialist Latham re-
mains the only white parent to
challenge the county's school
policy. AS he does so publicly
for the first time, he hopes
other whites will rally to his
colors. but whether they do or
not. the soldier intends to stick
to his guns.
1--WE had enemies before. "
he says.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
NosTALcIc MEMORIES
Borber Shop Singers
Artists of Harmony

1892, but not in barber
shops. He has been with
the Lynchburg crowd for
four years. and the only
other time he sings Is
when reunion times comes
around at Roanoke Col
lege, his alma mater.
Other choruses singing at
Constitution Hall were in
troduced as: Dapper Dams
Of Harmony (clad In pow
der blue suits, spats and
robins egg blue derbies),
Singing Cedar Chorus,
Fairfax Jubil-Aires, and
the Del Chordians.
Outside the hall = in
restaurants, on street cor
ners, and in the Mayflower
Hotel where the two-day
convention ends today
one could hear the senti-
mental favorites.
There was no organiza-
ton here. The sound Of q
pitch pipe would bring q
baritone. q bass, q lead and
a tenor from the mixed
crowds. But "Sweet Ade-
line" was strangely absent.
Maybe 1t was the unof-
ficial ten-year ban on the
tune just after World War
II. Itlseems that the HARM
less ditty brought to mind
q picture Of q drunken
foursome reeling around q
lampost In uncertain har-
mony. The S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A.
didn't like this image.
"sweet Adeline" Favorite
Last night the upper
floors Of the Mayflower
paid host to the "after-
glow" a sort Of affair
where, sweet Adeline"
was sung often because the
serious business Of the
convention and prize cups
was over.
This is when the real
spirit Of barber-shop har-
imonizing gets underway.
The pressures Of champ
ionship competition are
off. The coats are shed
ant collars unbuttoned.
And If someone's voice
cracks who cares any
way?
Many Of the vocalists
can't read music. but rely
on intuitive singing by ear.
Among the more than 30.-
900 barber-shop society
m e m bers are surgeons.
generals, taxicab drivers,
mechanics, and even . few
BARRIERS.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Firemen Save Boy, 4,
In Kensinqton Blaze

Two members OF the Ken.
sington Volunteer Fire Depart.
ment groped through flames
and smoke in an apartment
yesterday to rescue a 4-year-
old boy who apparently started
the blaze with q cigarette
lighter.
Ray A. Thompson, chief Of
the Kensington Fire Depart
ment, said the boy. Shawn
Wolfgang, was semi-conscious
in a bedroom of the apartment
when the two firemen reached
him. The child was treated for
smoke inhalation at Suburban
Hospital and released.
The fire started on the sec
ond floor at 3403 University
boulevard, Kensington, shortly
before noon.
Informed that q child was
trapped. Pvt. George Mooney
and Deputy Chief Robert Nc
Quin donned gas masks and
crawled into the apartment
searching for the boy.
Mr.. McQuin located Shawn
In a bedroom.
Chief Thompson said Shawn
was apparently playing alone
with a cigarette lighter when
he accidently set q sofa afire.
Mrs. Mary Ann Thompson,
81. and her two children. David,
4 and Daniel. 6. were removed
Evening star., 1962-09-30

from a third-floor apartment
by an aeriel ladder. Mrs,
Thompson was admitted to
Suburban Hospital for smoke
inh alation and shock. Mr..
Mooney was treated for burns
on his hands, and Mrs. Fay
Wolfgang. Shawn's mother. was
treated for smoke inhalation.
Chief Thompson said three
companies from Kensington
and one from Chevy Chase got
the fire under control within 10
minutes. The entire building,
which contained eight apart
mentS, was evacuated.
Chief Thompson estimated
damage at 5000.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
BY JOHN SHERWOOD
star Staff Writer

Close harmony singing
has come q long way since
it was made popular by the
tenors, basses, baritones
and leads waiting for a
shave in the turn-of-the-
century tonsorial parlor.
Judging from the chorus
championships yesterday
at Constitution Hall, the
Gay COS have given way to
the Organized COS.
The nostalgia and opti-
mistic songs of mother,
home and loyalty are still
around, but the choruses-
wearing g makeup and
brightly -colored dress suits
= conduct themselves like
q company of Regular
Army men Just out Of basic
training.
True, the barbershoppers
look like they have Just
stepped out Of barber shop,
but when they step onto q
stage there Is q professional
quality In their appear
ance and performance.
Directors Are Sparks
The directors. or con-
ductors, of the so and 10
man choruses are the
showboats who spark the
singers into an award
winning rendition of songs
like, "If You Can't Say
Good Things About Your
N e ig n bor, Don't Say
Nothin' at AL"
Thirteen choruses Of the
mid-Atlantic District Of
the Society for the Pres
ervation and Encourage
ment of Barber Shop Quar-
tet Singing in America
were introduced by Dee
Paris, master Of ceremonies.
In between yesterdays
presentation Of each group,
Mr.. Paris was also in
charge of the joke depart
ment, viz: mo smoking in
the hall. please. Remem-
Der what Joan Of Arc said.
I'm smoking more now
and enjoying it less"
Barbershopping today
appears to be q young
mans pastime, but w. r.
c. Dameron, rs. of Lynch
burg, Va. represented the
old-timers by singing with
the Chorus Of the Blue
Ridge.
Mr.. Dameron started
singing in harmony in
Evening star., 1962-09-30

IN SPITE Of the traffic,
London is a pedestrian city.
The traveller here forgets he
owns a car back in the States.
And he has plenty of COM
pany among Londoners
themselves. With over 90
miles of Underground lines
and hundreds of miles of bus
routes, London is probably
better served by public trans
portation than any city in
the world.
Yet who would not prefer
to walk when the weather is
good and to see the contrasts
and diversities around every
corner2 Or even take a sail
in the very heart of the city,
on st. Regents Park Lake,
where for a couple Of shill-
ings you can rent a skiff or
a dinghy?
You can reach the lake by
Underground to Baker street
station. Or by bus to Han
over Gate. But in London
it's q pleasure to walk.
Evening star., 1962-09-30

HE EXPLAINS something
else about the character Of
Watney's bitter:
"The colder 1t is, the Bit
terer it Is. And twangy. Moth
ing detrimental. It's Just its
nature. But it keeps you
warm"
AS for ale, he won't drink
1t any more.
"Eye-ole lays too heavy on
the stomach" he says.
"And it's too cold.
But bitter keeps you snug.
tits made Of Pimlico water.
I drink 1t day and night"
You rise to leave.
Good luck" the old gent
says. "Will you be in tomor-
row? I come in at one. If you
want q chat"
Evening star., 1962-09-30
District to Receive
Medical Care Aid
Budget Rider
Will Lift City
Residence Rule
By SAM EASTMAN
star Staff Writer

The District is about to quail
hy for approximately $3.50 900
a year from the Government
to strengthen its health serv-
ices to older residents who can
not pay for their own medical
care.
This annual Federal aid viii
be given the city under action
being taken In Congress.
Those who will benefit are
persons 65 years or older who
are considered medically indi-
gent. but who are not on the
.city's relief rolls. The welfare
program provides medical care
for the relief recipients.
District Rule ConfIicted
The Federal medical aid
funds were provided under the
1860 Kerr-Mills Act. The Dis
triet, however. has not been
eligible to receive the money.
The reason is that the Dis
trict's one-year residence re-
quirement for medical assis-
tance conflicts with q provision
In the 1860 law.
This year, the Commission
ers asked Congress to suspend
the one-year requirement for
health benefits so the city
could qualify for the Federal
funds. This request is being
granted under a provision of
the Districts budget bill. The
appropriations measurse has
passed the House and Senate.
and now goes to conference.
win Ease Qualifications
Under the Districts current
setup. q person who has lived
IN the city for at least one year
Is eligible for health care-re-
gardless Of his age-if he quail
ifies under an INDECENT for
mula. This involves his in
come. which must be under
SITS a month, and is cash as
sets, which must be less than
$500.
With the Federal aid city
officials are expected to ease
this formula and strengthen
medical services.
Officials also have estimated
that elimination Of the one
year requirement viii add only
q relatively small number ot
persons to the city's medica
Icare rolls.
Evening star., 1962-09-30

one family with six children in
school "and they are not pay
ing cent"
Mr.. Hanbury denied that the
Lathams had been required to
sign q note before their chill
dren were enrolled.
The financial headaches OF
maintaining a private school
system have become more pain
Evening star., 1962-09-30

full since a Federal Court last
year forbid use of State grants
as long as public schools re-
manned closed.
There were sufficient COM
munity contributions to get the
private school movement going
the first year, and the tar
grants pretty well carried things
along thereafter until last
Evening star., 1962-09-30

OLD CITIES are full Of
contrasts you've almost for
gotten. Turn . corner and
you're in q different world.
Walk straight as you come
from the Charing Cross I'm
derground station and you
reach the Strand. But turn
right and you can stroll
through Victoria Embank-
ment Gardens.
That's the route we took.
And that's how, by chance
we met the old gent who
switched to bitter.
In Victoria Embankment
Gardens, the paths are lined
with deck chairs. They're
more comfortable than
benches. More colorful, too,
and not exactly what you
might expect in London.
Everywhere there are flow
ers in bloom, on this late Sep
tember day in the heart Of
the city. In summer, there's
music here and entertain
ment.
Further along, there's a
small, outdoor cafe in the
park, with a pond in front
and the sound Of splashing
water.
Walk a few hundred feet
and you come to Adams
street and the Enbankment
entrance Of the Savoy The
ater, where Noel Coward's
"Sail Away" is the current
attraction.
You can leaYe the gardens
now and walk up the hill on
20-foot wide Adams street
to the Strand. There you'll
be back again in the bust
ling stream of traffic that
never seems to stop, day or
night.
Or you can pause, If your
legs are weary from the
climb, at the old gents bar
for a glass Of Watney's Bit
ter. .
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Admiral Phillips
To Receive Award

Retired Rear Admiral Neill
Phillips win receive the first
annual Charles Carroll Glover
award for service to the cause
of parks and open land at cere-
monies at S:15 pm. today. Rock
Greek Park Day.
The award viii be presented
In Grove %. near Carter Bar
ron Ampitheater.
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Cite,
nd People
Visits
ALondon Pub

= - - - NNA2
LoNDoN-You are sitting
in the old gents bar Of the
Coal Hole, a long-established,
small pub off the Strand.
You have stopped to rest your
weary legs after tramping
around the city all this
morning.
At the same table are two
old gentlemen Of greatly
contrasting appearance.
The hatIess man in the
tweed suit is deeply absorbed
IN a tattered copy Of 'The
Old Tayerns Of London" /"
which he tells you is a rare
work lent to him by a good
friend.
The other old gent has
thin, ruddy cheeks and is
wearing a cap. He worked for
the railroad, he tells you
now, and that is why he
switched from ale to Wat
ney's bitter.
II worked with the railroad
10 years." he says in a special
kind Of English with poetry
in it.
"At night" he explains.
He takes 9 sip OF bitter.
at was cold at night" he
goes on. $50 I went to bitter.
To keep me warm"
Then he adds with some
conviction:
"And 1t did"
Evening star., 1962-09-30

After three silent years OF
Aapparent harmony among
white residents in Prince Ed
ward County, Va, one protest
ing voice has been raised
against the prolonged public
school shutdown there.
The angry man Is a career
soldier, Specialist/6 K. H.
Latham, who is stationed at
Fort McNair and commutes on
week ends to the southside
Virginia county where his wife
and four children live.
Specialist Latham poured
out his story and his ire in an
interview with John A. Hamil-
ton, associate editor of the
LynchbuIg (Va.) News, and
the Associated Press relayed
what he had to tell.
8 in Private School
Three of the four Latham
youngsters are enrolled in the
private school white Prince
Edward residents set up for
their youngsters after public
schools were closed by the
county in 1859 to avoid inte-
grafton. It is their only chance
Of getting an education. Negro
youngsters have had no formal
schooling in the county at all
since public classes ceased.
Several weeks ago, he said,
his wife was told the children
could not enroll this year until
they paid last years tuition.
Evening star., 1962-09-30

They were finally admitted
but Specialist Latham wonders
what will happen when the
next tuition deadline rolls
around.
"They told me not to come to
registration until we paid our
BILL" recalled Mrs. Latham as
she filled in her part Of the
story.
Finally Admitted
She called back, as the open
ing Of school approached. But
again officials refused to reg
lister her children. For two
weeks they were barred from
school.
Then Specialist Latham
stormed into the offices Of the
local semiweekly newspaper
which has fiercely advocated
massive resistance" -
He demanded an interview,
saying that as q career soldier
with service in French Morocco.
Germany, Newfoundland and
Greenland, he wanted to tell
the people Of the county what
he thought Of the school policy. !
He was denied an interview and i
the newspaper has never print
ed his story. But the next day, |
after he said he signed a note |
to the school foundation not due |
until next July. his children
were admitted to classes.
When B. Blanton Hanbury, |
foundation president, was
Evening star., 1962-09-30
UGF Opens Drive
For S8,042,000

The seventh annual United
Givers Fund campaign begins
officially tomorrow with a goal
OF $S,042.00o the highest m its
history.
The drive Is for the support
Of 143 area health and welfare
agencies.
General campaign chairman
William Calomiris and other
leaders will kick or the drive
tomorrow with a dinner at 6:45
pm. at the Sheraton Park
Hotel. Mr.. Calomiris is president
of the William Calomiris In
vestment Corp.
The event win be broadcast
live from 1880 pm. to $3.50 pm.
on all local television channels
and on every radio station in
the Washington area.
Goal so Higher
The $S,042. 900 goal is S471 900
more than was raised last year.
In order to reach the 1862 goal
6 per cent more than last year
win have to be raised.
In announcing the goal, Mr..
Calomiris said, Our fellow citi-
zens are being asked to increase
their gifts this year in order
that 143 agencies can continue
their fine work and begin to
expand some Of the services
much needed in our commu-
nifty. I am confident that we
win reach our goal. We have
good enthusiasm and strong
organization. Our workers are
not going to be satisfied with
100 per cent Of their division
quotas. We know that their
enthusiasm viii make them 60
way beyond the 100 per cent
mark"
Postmaster General J. Edward
Day. chairman Of UGFs Gov
ernment Division. will be master
Of ceremonies at the kickoff
dinner tomorrow.
Three clergymen viii speak
on the Importance Of giving
the united way and win share
some Of their own experiences
on the need for support Of
UGF agencies.
Film Prepared
They are the Rev. Charlie.
d. Kean, president Of ths
Council OF Churches of the
National Capital Area and rec.
tor Of Epiphany Episcopal
Church; Rabbi Norman Gers
tenfeld Of the Washington He
brew Congregation; and the
Most Rev. Philip Hahnan,
auxiliary bishop of the Catho-
lie Archdiocese Of Washing
ton.
A 15-minute film has been
prepared especially for this
occasion by television station
WMAL illustrating some of
the ways UGF money helps
citizens in need.
The Government Division
has the largest single quota in
the drive, $3.4 million. The
money is to be raised from
250,000 employees in 100 Gov
ernment agencies in the WASH
ington area. The Government
Division raised $4,000 more
than this last year.
The Advance Gifts Division,
whose chairman is Joshua
Stakeholder, executive vice
president Of Central Charge
Service. has a quota Of $1,592,-|
900. The unit reports a net
increase in gifts received of
4.47 per cent over last year at
the same date. The division
raised q total Of $1,626,0O0 last
year.
The Major Firms Division
has a quota Of $1,342,000. Its
chairman is Arthur Glow, vice
president Of the Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co.
In addition. the Building and
Evening star., 1962-09-30

asked about the Latham story,
he said. THAT fellow has been
making a lot of noise around
here all summer long"
Scholarship Available
Mr.. Hanbury said the foun-
dation maintains a scholarship
fund for families unable to pay
tuition. He said he knew of
Evening star., 1962-05-04
Coles Phillips

Mrs. +. ". G., CheUy Chase
I am most anxious to OBJ
tain old magazines contain
ing illustrations done by
Coles Phillips, an artist who
was very well known In the
1920s and 1930s. If anyone
can help me in search for
examples Of his work. I will
be most happy. Thank you.
- e
Refinishing
To Mrs. r. J. M, HyGttSUilLe
Mrs. r. X. w., Washington
Here is the step by step
Evening star., 1962-05-04
Society-Home
Moon Dance Is Toniqht

With the recent moon shot
In mind, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Levanthal and Mr.. and Mrs.
Arnold Bortman will hold a
Moon Dance" tonight at
the Woodmont Country Club.
Everyone is to come in cos
tune. and the entertainment
area Of the club will be deco
rated In q moon theme.
Evening star., 1962-05-04

night should be a long enough
time. Make q paste Of pumice
stone and linseed oil and rub
the wood with this, going
with the grain. with . wad Of
steel wool.
II there are deep scratches
In the wood, q matching wood
stain would help greatly. This
whole method takes time and
effort, but it's effective.
Evening star., 1962-05-04
THE EVENING STAR
Wsshisgtoa, D. c.
Fidoy, M0Y 4. 1852

The Special Events De-
partment Of the Air Force is
providing for display various
astronomical gear and rock
ct models. Sound effects viii
duplicate the propulsion
screams Of rockets in flight,
and the echoing sound Of q
starry galaxy in motion.
Evening star., 1962-05-04

wherein she could work only
six hours q day. so that she
can be at home whenever the
children are. II she has to
work to help support the
family, this is obviously not
possible.
At any rate, I do not feel
that simply because a mother
has a job, she Is harmfully
affecting her children. If she
can be with them when they
Evening star., 1962-05-04
READERS CLEARING HOUSE
Here's How

Reodes' Clearing House IS con-
Quoted ENTIRELY THROUGH THE
MAIL os q public series exchange
Of ideos Between cree readers. The
Stor cannot oeeept phone coils per-
toinins to this column. All letters
must bear the writer's full nome and
oddress. No advertising is printed.
Evening star., 1962-05-04

should be possible for her
children to contact her at
almost any time II they have
any questions. II the children
are young, they should be
well taken care Of when the
mother Is not home.
Frequently, mothers work
simply to afford luxuries
rather than out Of necessity.
If this Is the case, 1t seems
that the mothers hours are
very important.
She might find Q Job
Evening star., 1962-05-04
WEE WOMEN

method you wanted for re-
finishing furniture. The wood
must be solid and free from
varnish when you start out.
Apply linseed oil and let it
absorb right into the wood
thoroughly.
Allowing it to soak over
Evening star., 1962-05-04
San Francisco
Mrs. J. c. J., FaHs ChtTcl

Mrs. J. C. j., FAILS Church
Ny family (two adults and
three children) is contem-
plating driving to San Fran
cisco, camping en- route.
Would any readers know
Of any campsites or parks In
the San Francisco area where
we could stay for four or five.
days?
Is it possible to make res