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Evening star., 1962-05-26
Bosic Function

Bosic Function
practically all realtors are
The basic purpose of
FNMA or Fannie Mae" as
our agency is popularity
known, is to provide liquidity
to the residential mortgage
market. This is accomplished
by buying Government
backed mortgages in the
secondary market from COM
panies that originate mort
cages, such as mortgage
bankers. savings and loan as
sociationS, commercial banks.
mutual savings banks and
insurance companies when
money is tight.
In periods of monetary
ease" such as we are happily
experiencing now. Fannie
Mae becomes a net seller
rather than a buyer of mort
cages. Our portfolio of we'll
seasoned mortgages is cur
rently proving very attrac-
tive to long-term investors
such as banks. insurance
companies, trust and pension
funds.
Readers of The Star may
be interested in knowing that
since its inception "a years
ago the Federal National
Mortgage Association has in
effect provided the financing
for over 1,250,000 homes.
During this time the asSocia-
ton has purchased l,l52,7l0
mortgages totaling $ll.8 bill
lion covering more than
l,250,00O residential units.
Sales Total
The corporation has also
sold 394,883 mortgages for
$3.lll.376,515 bringing total
transactions to over ,9O0,-
100000.
Money-wise, the association
has invested almost equal
amounts in FILA insured
mortgages and VA guaran-
teed mortgages, with $780,
885,5l2 acquired of the for
mer and $5,749,422 ,226 in GI
liens.
Evening star., 1962-05-26

retail orders for homeowners
who want to remodel their
kitchens. He said this type
of custom work. generally
handled by smaller kitchen
cabinet com panies, costs
about 10 per cent above the
retail price of a rebuilt
cabinet bought over the
counter.
while, everybody
seems happy. Felix March,
giani and Pat Bottallico go
about their business of build
ing homes. Bob and Dick lis
ten to the screech of rip
saws, count the mounting
stack of new orders and hum
snatches from How to Sue
ceed in Business Without
Really Trying"
Evening star., 1962-05-26

manufacturers of a line of
gas and electric ovens, and
Dixie, makers of free stand
ing gas and electric ranges.
With these tie-ins, Bob st.
Clair explained, a firm rep
resentative was able to walk
into a kitchen, measure the
walls and draw up plans to
equip the room completely.
Sales which totaled $4,000
after the first year have now
reached the 100000 m ark.
Mr.. st. Clair said present or
ders indicate that WYCO
will sell over 1000 cabinets
to builders by the time 1868
rolls around.
While most of their work
is done on a commercial
basis, the firm also handles
Evening star., 1962-05-26

WYCO Kitchens, Inc, is
the closest firm to Topsy in
the area building industry.
1t Just growed.'
Like the orphan in Harriet
Beacher Stoves novel, "Un-
Gle Toms Cabin" WYCO
was unwanted and when
founded in the spring g Of
1858, had little hope of sur
viving infancy.
1t all began when Prince
Georges County Builder Felix
Marchigiani got fed up with
waiting for cabinets he had
ordered for his kitchens to
arrive from out of = town
shippers. When they did ar
rive, he generally found they
wouldn't fit.
The fact the ca bin e t S
didn't fit wasn't usually the
fault of the manufacturer.
Mostly the cabinets arrived
in the sizes specified. But the
kitchens were either too big
or too small.
No Hoppy Medium
AS most builders know, it
is practically impossible to
come out with every kitchen
measuring to the fraction of
the inch when you are build
ing so or 100 homes at a
crack. Therefore, when the
cabinets we're being hung
they sometimes turned out
either too long or too short.
If too short the matter
was easily corrected. How
ever, If they were too long it
Evening star., 1962-05-26

launched their kitchen cabi-
net manufacturing firm they
hired Dick Parkerson, a
salesman for Miller Building
Supply Co., to run the opera
ton for them. Before the
year was out Dick had to
rent a second quonset hut
to house the expanding busi-
ness.
Dick carried WYCO just
about as far as a one-man
operation can be taken and in
July of last year told his
partners they would have to
expand again or go out OF
business. The answer to that
was the hiring of Bob st.
Clair, for many years adver-
: tising and sales promotion
manager for Edgar Morris
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Boughmon Louds
Realtors Role
BY }. STANLEY BAUGHAM
President. FederoI NotionoI Mortgage Association

AS National Realtors Week
draws to its close. I believe
it only appropriate that We
recognize the important role
realtors everywhere are play
ing in making their COM
munitieS a better place in
which to live. 1t has been my
good fortune to have been
associated with realtors in
one way or another during
most of my business life.
AS president Of the Federal
Mortgage Association it has
been my privilege to address
the national convention of
the National Association of
Real Estate Boards on a
number of occasions and in
the daily operations of the
association I have been in a
favorable position to observe
the noteworthy contribution
our Nations realtors have
made in making Americans
the best housed people in the
world.
Evening star., 1962-05-26

Sales Co. and sales manager
for Westinghouse Appliance
Sales.
When the reorganization
was settled, the original
builders retained one-third
between them and Bob and
Dick each got a third of the
company. Then they went
into high gear.
The two quonset huts at
Hyde Field are now used for
storage. A $4,000 square-foot
hangar was leased and fitted
out with power tools. Thirty
six more workers were added
to the original four man
working force.
Contracts also were let
with Westinghouse. Nutone
fans and hoods; Suburban,
Evening star., 1962-05-26
Duties Expended

Realtors have come a long
way in recent years. Instead
of acting primarily as middle
men-bringing the buyer and
seller together-realtors to-
day enter into all facets of
the housing and home fl
nance industry. They not
only rent and sell houses but
they take a sincere interest
in the individual require
mentS Of the homeseeker.
After considering all fac
tors. they expend every effort
to find the right kind of a
house for their client. They
not only advise on the house
and lot proper, the neigh
borhood, churches. schools,
transportation. clubs. recrea-
tion areas, etc, but try to
arrange the best and most
suitable terms for the buyer.
Financing Tips
How the purchase is
financed is an extremely i'm
portant item. A knowledg-
able realtor, by giving proper
advice or arranging the most
favorable terms available,
can quite frequently save the
home buyer hundreds and
even thousands of dollars in
the total payout for his
home.
Most realtors are quite IA
miliar with all aspects of pri-
Evening star., 1962-05-26

vate conventional financing
and FHA-inSured and VA
guaranteed mortgages. And
now aware of the important
behind the scenes" part the
Federal National Mortgage
Association plays in the
overall home finance pic
ture.
Evening star., 1962-05-26
How to Succeed
Without Trying
By JOSEPH B. BYRNES
Stor Staff Writer

meant costly cabinet work by
a highly paid craftsman. 1t
also meant even more costly
delays in production. sched-
ules.
Mr.. Marchigiani with
Builder Pat Bottallico, vice
chairman of the Prince
Georges County Home Build
ers Association, decided to
pool their resources and
manufacture their own cabi-
nets for their own projects.
Their scheme was to meas
ure the kitchens after they
were built and then fabri-
cate fruitwood cabinets to
fit. The idea worked well.
Quonset Rented
They rented a quonset hut
at Hyde Air Field, Clinton,
Md, and went into produc-
ton in a modest way. They
had four employees.
Soon other builders heard
of their success and asked
the partners as a favor to
manufacture C "a bin is for
them. Before they could real
ly grasp what was happen
ing, MesSrs. Marchigiani and
Bottallico were up to their
necks in a business they
didn't want in the first place.
They decided it was taking
too much of their time away
from their first love, build
ing houses. They are cur
rently involved in a large
scale project at Ritchie Man
or, Md.
Seven months after they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22

which she used to participate
on horseback.
There came a time, how
ever, when her presence
created an Indian uprising.
An Indian chief, who is re-
called as Little Raven, told
Mai. Kirk he wanted to buy
her.
you have your good
squaw." he pointed out, land
your work squaw and your
papoose. But you don't need
this extra squaw. How much
will you sell her for?"
Thinking it was all in jest,
Maj. Kirk named $50 ponies"
The next day the chief
showed up with 80 ponies.
And when Mai. Kirk refused
the exchange. the Indians
went on the war path.
Miss Williams, who carries
on her fathers loyalty to the
Fighting Third" has turned
over many of his mementoes
to the museum at Fort
Myer where the Old Guard
regiment is stationed.
She also regards all Of the
men Of the regiment as my
boys" and regularly collects
magazines and paperbacks
from her friends and &C
quaintances, which she either
takes or sends out to the
provost marshall's office.
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volumes filled with clippings
on Civil War stories from
newspapers and magazines. A
Civil War buff from way
back, she started her COL
lection many years ago and
now has a dozen volumes in
all. one Of the most interest
ing being devoted exclusively
to stories on Lincoln and
Booth.
One of her priced possess
sions is her fathers first
Army Commission, dated
April %, 1854, signed by
Abraham Lincoln, and coun-
tersigned by Edwin M. STAN
ton.
Wounded in an engage
ment with Nathan Bedford
Forrest (of "fustest with the
mostest" fame) he was taken
prisoner, she said, but event.
ually exchanged.
After the Civil War, her
father, William Noble Will
liams. Joined the Fighting
Third" and went out to Camp
Supply as an Indian fighter.
He had retired when the
Spanish American war be-
gan and was unable to have
his commission reinstated,
being told he was too old.
He was more successful 20
years later, however, during
World War I, when he was
reinstated and assigned to
the Quartermaster Corps, of
the Fighting Third" his
daughter recalled.
At 80, he was the Oldest
officer to serve in World
War I, says Miss williams
who also treasures his 1918
commission, signed by Gen.
Peyton March.
A Story Teller
Miss williams says her
father, a handsome man with
a beard adding to his distinc-
ton, was a superb story teller.
One Of the favorite family
stories had to do with her
mother who, before she was
married, went out to Camp
Supply to stay with Mai.
Ezra Kirk and his family
which included Mrs. Kirk and
their baby, who were ac-
companied by a maid.
The only single woman on
the post, where half Of the
officers were bachelors, she
was naturally the belle Of the
ball-or the buffalo hunts in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-22
By FRANCES LIDE
Star Staff Writer

Whether it's Indian fight
ing or the Columbia Country
Club, history comes alive in
a chat with Miss Lucia Kirk
Williams.
No, she doesn't claim to
have fought Indians herself.
That was her father.
But Miss williams has
made a bit of history as
Columbia Country Clubs only
woman member for q number
Of years. She'll mark her 50th
anniversary on the roster
next February.
She didn't have to fight
her way into the club either,
though Miss Williams in
herited considerable spirit
from her Irish-born father,
a veteran Of the famous
Fighting Third" (Old
Guard Infantry Regiment.
After Columbia moved out
on Connecticut avenue from
its original site in Bright
wood, it opened its rolls to
women and Miss Williams
was one of three who Joined
UP in 1918, she explained.
Shortly after the club again
restricted its membership to
men, she recalls, but the
regulation wasn't retroactive.
Eventually one of the
women died and another
moved away and resigned,
leaving Miss Williams to
carry on for the gentler sex.
Now she has an honorary
status, but all Of the rights
Of the club including use of
the golf course during the
hours it L. restricted to men
only and participation in the
annual meeting, where her
presence is always officially
noted.
Do the 1900 male men,
beers resent a woman?
They are used to it by
this time" says Miss Will
liams with a laugh. "And
when I go to the annual
meetings I always get an
ovation"
A Golfer
Until she broke her hip
three years ago, Miss Will
liams could hold her own on
the golf course.
II played as good a game
as most of Them" she said
Of the men, recalling that
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Country Club Roster Lists
1,5OOMenund OneW Woman

her score was in the COS.
There have been a lot Of
changes in the game since
she first took up golf.
I'm those days you didn't
pick up your ball and wipe
it off," she remembers. "You
played it as it was. And you
didn't change your ball dur
ing the game"
Clubs had wooden shafts
which were capable of being
broken when a player got
mad and hit the club on a
tree" says Miss williams who
admits to having broken at
least one of her own.
Men wore VERY good look
ing short knickers. up to the
knee" and Miss williams wore
skirts almost down to my
ankles-I don't know how I
ever played in them"
She always wore q red
sweater, too, so she would be
sure to be seen. st wanted
them to know I was on the
course" says Miss Williams
who suspects that, among
other things, it kept her from
overhearing some rather
strong language at times.
The clubs location then
being away out in the
country" it wasn't unusual
to come across a raccoon or
a fox, she related. And the
rough. was full of weeds
that high" she said, holding
out her hand. when you
looked for a ball you were
apt to find a snake"
RecOllectiOns
Miss Williams, who also
enjoyed tennis and swim
ming, recalled her bathing
costume with amusement.
1.-THE regulation swim suit"
she said, had pants, with a
skirt over them, down to the
knees; a high neck, and elbow
length sleeves. And you wore
stockings with it."
She faced a crisis once
when she lost a stocking and
wouldn't leave the pool with
out it in front of spectators.
II waited until the crowd
had gone then I dove
down and recovered it." she
said.
Miss Williams, who retired
from Government service
some years ago, has a variety
of projects to keep her busy,
including loose-leaf bound
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Evening star., 1962-03-02
Rodio Satellites Seen
Low-Cost, Profitable

II a awaiian Telephone Co..
backed q rival bill by Senator
Kerr. Democrat Of Oklahoma
which would limit ownership
of stock to companies already
operating as common carriers
in the communications field
Mr.. Beck said his company
would be willing to invest 81
million In such a corporation
Opinions Differ
The corporate approach has
caused q difference Of opinion
within the Government, with
the White House favoring
broadly based public ownership
while the Federal Communi-
cations Commission has come
Evening star., 1962-03-02

and Il could 60 into commercial,
and profitable, operation soon
afterward.
Willing to Invest
Given the high altitude
approach, Mr.. Puckett said
Hughes would be willing to
invest up to 5 per cent of the
cost Of starting operations. He
added his belief that publicly
offered stock would be quickly
oversubScribed.
Mr.. Puckett said Hughes is
interested in such an approach
because it would hope to sell
instruments to the developing
corporation, as well as to profit
from its investment in the
system.
MIR. Puckett said his company
favors wide distribution of the
stock because "by this means
an undesirable extension OF
monopoly in the communica-
tions industry should be
prevented"
Evening star., 1962-03-02

ANTS were permitted to make
only unsworn statements to the
jury and were not subject to
cross-examination.
Authorities said Georgia was
the last State to abandon an
ancient common-law rule that
anyone charged with q crime
was incompetent to give sworn
testimony.
Evening star., 1962-03-02

out for ownership by already
established communications
companies.
Mr.. puckett took issue with
the administrators tentative
estimates that establishing an
around-the-world system OF
satellites would cost hundreds
Of millions of dollars and would
not be able to show any profits
for perhaps 10 years.
Mr.. Puckett said these fore.
casts are based on a system EN-.
ploying up to SO satellites
operating from relatively low
levels and launched at q cost
he estimated at $500 million
Mr.. Puckett proposed, instead
q system with only three high
altitude satellites synchronized
with the rotation Of the earth
He estimated these could be
launched at a cost Of only SIS
million to 500 million.
Mr.. Puckett said q test dem
onstration of such a system
could be made by July, 1868,
Evening star., 1962-03-02
BY the Associated Press

An aircraft executive told
Senators yesterday that q space
communications system could
be operating at a profit within
q couple Of years and at q
relatively low cost.
Appearing before the Senate
Space Committee, DR.. Allen E,
Puckett, vice president Of
Hughes Aircraft Co., supported
an administration bill which
would finance q worldwide
satellite communications sys-
tenn through public sale Of up
to 81 billion in stock, at $1,000
q share.
Another witness, Ralph o.
Beck, vice president Of the
Evening star., 1962-03-02
Georgia Abondons
Unsworn Testimony

ATLANTA, Mar. 2 (AP).-
Defendants in criminal trials In
Georgia now may give sworn
testimony.
Gov. Ernest Vandiver has
signed into law an act per-
mitting defendants to testify
under oath. Previously, defend
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Stor Fashion Editor

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Evening star., 1962-08-21

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the high bodice emphasized with belt of fuchsio
leather, is gathered into fotterine folds
Associated Press Photos
Evening star., 1962-01-11

your curi0sity-at income tax
time.
II
DEAR ABBY: I have fall
len in love with a girl who
is three months pregnant.
The father of the baby will
not marry her. told her l
would marry her if she would
give the baby up. She turned
me down. Do you think she
is being sensible?
BIG RED
Very. If she has to give up
her baby, what does she need
YOU for?
Il II X
DEAR ABBY: Our daugh-
ter is IT, and she is a we'll
behaved, sensible girl. We
are proud of her. When a boy
telephones her and she is not
home, and he asks to have
our daughter call him back,
should she do so? Her father
and I feel that it is not proper
for a girl to telephone a boy
under any circumstances.
Thank you.
MRS. j. d. B.
1t is perfectly all right for
a girl to return" a boys
telephone call.
by McNaught Syndicate, In
Evening star., 1962-01-11

Teachers are rightfully
more concerned with what
children learn than with any
officially sanctioned ap-
proach. If school administra-
tors were to tell them to use
only one syStem-Which they
don't do-they would teach
as many pupils as they could
with that system and use
whatever method might work
for the others. Most reading
experts say children learn to
read by a mighty complicated
process.
For some children it may be
nearly as simple as handing
them a book. They seem to
catch reading.
For most it is a slow process
of becoming familiar with
certain basic words (call it
recognition if you wish) and
learning a systematic way of
approaching unfamiliar
words. This calls for using
the beginning and ending
sounds (phonics), compari-
son with known words (rec-
Evening star., 1962-01-11
By LESLIE ]. MASON

TlOlCooUI Vi
University Of Southern California
Want to stir up an argu-
ment? Just mention schools,
reading and phonics in the
same sentence around a
teacher and see what hap
pens.
Probably no controversy
dealing with schools in re-
cent years has had so many
opinions strongly stated as
the Misunderstanding question.
A few perceptive commen-
tators have suggested that
the argument really has
nothing to do with either
reading or phonics. They
suggest that reading may be
a handy device for attacking
the failure of the schools to
do as much for everyone as
it used to do for some.
Here's what the argument
Is all about:
The critics have been most
vehement in condemning
what they call the "look and
Evening star., 1962-01-11
M ON EDUCATION
Mason ON EDUCATION
What's Best Method to Teach READING?

say" method of teaching
reading. This seems to be a
criticism of the word rec
ognition" method of teaching,
which may or may not de-
serve the critics wrath.
Word recognition, as a
teaching technique can be
overdone. 1t rode to the pin
nacle Of popularity on the
coattails Of the progressive"
movement. AS the only way
to teach reading, its popu-
larity declined as fast as it
rose. When critics say it's
still used, they are perfectly
correct. But if they are
pointing to word recognition
as the only way, they must
have been beating the bushes
for a reading teacher of the
Rip Van Wrinkle school.
Various Techniques
Word recognition is one
technique-and only one-in
a whole assortment of tech
niques for teaching reading.
Teachers need more than