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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

I receive many letters from
anxious women from IS to
As who want a baby but are
afraid. either for themselves,
or think that older parents
aren't playing fair to the
unborn child. A recent letter
from a Mrs. T. of Louisiana
related she had a baby at
so and lived to be q happy
grandparent.
Here is another interesting
letter, from Indiana:
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
mother lived to be "a. Her
first baby came when she
and my father were living
in the officers barracks near
Boston during the Civil War.
in 1862. In 1875, when she
was 43. I arrived on the
scene here in Indianapolis
while she was canning
peaches the last week in
August; she often said I
came in a hurry Mother
called in a close neighbor to
finish the peaches.
When I was 20 my daugh-
ter arrived in June and to-
day she is a high school
teacher and at IS I am still
around and happy! My
mother said that the babies
who come late in a mothers
life are the most intelligent
(present company excepted,
so I am sending you these
facts to encourage others. I
hope my letter will be an
inspiration to women in their
late 30s who think they are
too old to have a baby
Mrs. c.
GOD BLESS YOU! From
the tone of your letter it's
difficult to believe that you
are IS. Having had a mother
who lived until "a helps: but
that isn't the entire reason.
Somewhere, somehow. you
developed q philosophy Of
life that could help many of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
JIM BISHOP

1t is evening. The dishes
are done. Dad and I shoot
a couple of racks of eight
ball on the office pool table.
He shuffles around in the
big leather moccaSins and
banks the one ball croSS-side.
He makes it, but it isn't his
type of shot. Kelly comes out
and says there is a fan of
mine standing on the front
porch.
FAM" I say. watching Dad
make an indentical shot on
the seven ball. you've heard
the word" she says. "His
name is Skip Rooney and
he's staying at the Ship
Alloy. Says he's IS years old
and he's a fan. Maybe he
wants to shake your hand
or something.
Dad misses an easy one.
He shakes his head and sits.
did you tell him I'm in?"
I say. My wife smiles. "Oh
come, now. Don't tell me
you're above meeting a bona
fide genuine fam"
send HIM IN" I say.
"Tell him I can say hello
for a minute" Kelly disap-
pears.
I make my shot. There are
footsteps and a boy stands
in the doorway smiling. He
has black hair, small dark
eyes. an infectious grin which
shows his teeth braces, long
pants, a hint of dark down
on his upper lip, and a belt
that goes almost twice around
his skinny hips. MY name is
Skip Rooney" he says, hold
ing out his hand. MY mother
and I are staying next door
at Ship Alloy and I'm a fan
and I read your stuff and
my mother read The Day
Christ Died and I wonder
if you mind if I stop in for
a minute"
No. I say, looking him
over. II don't mind. This is
my father, Skip. John Bishop.
The kid puts me at my
ease at Nnce. I've been
thinking about a career" he
said. 81 graduated from
school in June. Next comes
high school and I'm going
to be a comic" I chalk the
cue carefully and stare at
him. Like Jerry Lewis" he
says as an afterthought. I
put the chalk down. II do
limitations already" he says.
I am impressed with Mr..
Skip Rooney, aged Is. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
By Rupe
Carl Gruberf
Al Smith
Peter Loins
Walt Disney

Building, was burglarized for
the 10th time in six weeks yes
terday morning.
But this time, seven young
sters, aged II to Is, were cor
raled by police. Meanwhile, 181
cans of soda mysteriously disap-
peared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13

capital of North Dakota, Pierre,
is not pronounced like the first
part of the name Of President
Kennedy'S press secretary.
Never pee-AIR; in North Da-
kota it's simply PEER"
Well, as j. Earl Hummer of
Washington land a few dozen
other readers) fastened to tell
me: You state that the name
of the capital Of North Da-
kota is pronounced PEER.
You're all wrong. It's pro-
nounced BISMARCK"
AS the late Fiorello H. La
Guardia once remarked under
similar circumstances II sell
dom make a mistake. But
when I do, it's a beaut."
It has been no mistake at
all, though, making the &C
quaintanceship through the
mails of many thousands OF
readers over his long span Of
years. Thanks for your ex-
pressions of enthusiasm for the
column-and keep the questions
coming. The brickbats, too!
Speaking Of odd pronuncia-
tons of town and city names,
here are a few more, as col
lected by Henry L. Mencken
in THE AMERICAN Lam
GUAGE. Baltimore CMencken's
home town, by the way is
BAIT mr. to the natives
Staunton, Va, is STANTON
but Taunton, Mass, is TORN
tn. Beaufort, SC, is BYOO-
f'rt but in North Carolina it.!
BOH-f'rt. st. Louis is Saint
LEWIS, but Louisville is LEW
ee-vil. And so it goes. each
community reserving to itself
the god-given democratic right
to pronounce its name just as
1t darn well pleases.
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Musical Program

The Messengers Of Bryan
College, Dayton, Tenn, will
present a musical program at
1880 pm. Wednesday in Forcey
Memorial Church, 6440 Piney
Branch road NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-13
Burglars Loot
Snack Bar Again

Evelyn's Rolling Kitchens, a
snack bar serving construction
workers at the new House Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16
Police Win Citations
For Aid in Child Birth

Two Elventh Precinct police
privates have been named
Policemen of the Month for
their part in helping a woman
give birth to a child and then
preserving the life of the in
FAINT.
The Award Of Merit Com
mittee named the two officers
for November. 1861. Pvt. Sher-
wood N. Conner, 38, and Pvt.
j. Frank Mcclure, 20, were on
patrol on November 81, the
citation records, when they
responded to a call to help a
sick person in the 100 block of
Joliet street S.W.
When they arrived, they
found themselves in a race
with the stork. A woman was
in labor and the ambulance
her distraught husband had
summoned was not on the
scene. The officers realized
there wasn't time to wait.
Pvt. Conner, a former Navy
medical corpsman, had never
encountered such a situation
before but he realized the
woman was having a difficult
time in a so-called breech de-
livery. However, he Immediate
ly arranged to assist in the
delivery while his partner did
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16

what he could to ease the
mothers pain.
When the child had been de-
livered, the officers could find
no sign of life in the baby. They
tried the gentle slapping tech
nique but it was soon appar-
,ent the baby was suffocating
Pvt. Mcclure massaged the
infants chest and Pvt. Conner
attempted to free the air pas
sage with his finger. Finally,
there was a faint gasp, a flut-
ter in the chest and the baby
began to breathe. The two
officers continued artificial re-
spiration until they were salts
fled the breathing was normal.
Then they bathed the child, a
girl, clothed her and gave her
to the mother.
When the ambulance ar
rived, mother and child were
taken to Providence Hospital
and admitted in good condi-
ton.
The coplmittee noted that it
took a special kind of courage
for the two policemen to carry
out the task so successfully.
Pvt. Conner was appointed
to the force December 80, 1858.
Pvt. Mcclure became a police
man July 80, 1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16
Leadership Session
Will End tomorrow

in clarifying detectives, in Gre
atively involving membership,
and in solving problems CO.
operatively.
The sessions are conducted
in an atmosphere of serious in
Formally. Each person has a
take home package" contain
ing copies of the educational
talks and other educational
materials concerned with urban
renewal, housing, health and
welfare and employment.
Get Background
Because the community lead
er needs to have more knowl-
edge and useful information
about his community, there
were general information ses-
sions where the project partic-
ipants received important back
ground facts about the Wash
ington area. Mrs. Harold N.
Marsh, a member of the Com
missioners' Citizens Advisory
Council, told about the creation
and functioning of a number of
nom Government organizations
to meet specific community
challenges. Milton A. Brown,
regional director of the District
of Columbia Health and Wei
fare Council, described the
community problems bein g
tackled by his organization. DR.
Irene c. Hypps, assistant SUI
perintendent of the District
public schools, discussed "The
Negro in Washington; Prob
lens and Solutions" And Mr.
Tucker described the Difficult
ties of making the local citi-
zens' desires felt in a city ad-
ministered by the United States
!, Congress-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16
NEWS OF MUSIC
Rombo|di Program
Is Memory CIincher

persons to agree on just how
the Beethoven Op. Ill should
be played, especially the second
movement. Rambaldi adjusts
the tempos, everything goes a
little faster most of the time,
but his adjustments are con-
sistent. The big sound is there;
so is the even business like
trill, the solidly placed chord.
It hangs together, the Ram
baldi version.
There is many an arid page
in the Carter sonata which does
not deserve the conviction and
the concentrated fury Ram
baldi brought to his perform
ance of it. He attacked the
keyboard in a way that COM
manded attention, and it was
the electric moment of the re-
cital. Unlikely though it may
be that this sonata will ever
occupy a prominent position
in the musical history of our
time, this was a great per-
Torrance.
What was there left after
the Carter? Mily Balakirev's
showpiece for the keyboard,
Lslamey. Hardly anyone plays
it anymore, and if memory
serves, there are only a couple
of recordings listed in the cur
rent catalogs. It swings,
though, and it leaves an au-
dience happy. Rambaldi's au-
dience gave him an ovation for
the way he enveloped them in
waves of sound.
If there was a fault with this
program it was that there was
too much of it, too many large
chunks of music. We have
grown lamentably unaccus-
toned to the really big style
which was once the trademark
of the virtuoso. There is
nothing winsome in Rambaldi's
playing, nothipo eweet or af-
fecting; there is plenty song,
but it is robust song, full of
controlled force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16

A program note offered the
information that Jose Ram
baldi was born in Argentina
began his musical training at
the age of five, made his first
public appearance at the age
of seven, and gave his first re-
cital at the age of twelve. He
came to the United States five
years ago, and is now on the
faculty of the Cleveland Insti-
tute of Music. Bald as it sounds
that is the only answer one car
give to the question, where dc
these virtuosos of the old school
come from.
Senior Rambaldi set himself
a prodigious program for his
first appearance in Washing
ton; one cannot think of its
like in recent memory. A maiol
keyboard work by Mozart, the
last and farthest out of the
Beethoven sonatas, a thorny
contemporary work by Elliott
Carter, and the dazzling Orien'
tai fantasy, Islamey, Legendary
vehicle for the flashiest techni'
ques around in grandfather!
day; it was certainly a full
evening, and the echoes may
not die down in the Hall of thu
Americas for a few days.
The Rambaldi Mozart is
little heavier than we are &C
customed to hearing, but TO.
the most part the pedallinl
was judicious; only in tn
stretto of the fugue did thing
get a little muddy from tn
way the dynamics were pushed
It was his own conception
romantic if you will, and it Sc
the tone of the evening.
It is difficult to find TIVE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16
BY CLARENCE HUNTER
Star Staff Writer

Fifty-six men and women
representing many Washington
neighborhoods and organiza-
tons are nearing the end of a
week-long training course de-
signed to help them become
more effective community lead
ers.
This interracial group is en-
rolled in a leadership training
project sponsored by the Wash
inten Urban League in CO.
operation with the School of
Social Work at Howard Uni
versity and the National Train
ing Laboratories of the Ma
tional Education Association.
! The sessions on the Howard
campus began last Saturday
and will wind up tomorrow.
Sterling Tucker, executive di-
, rector of the WUL, said the
: project was developed as one
possible solution to "a dearth
of leadership in the community
especially among Negroes"
Three Detectives
Curtis Mial, associate di-
rector of the NTL and dean
of the projects training staff
outlined three detectives of the
> leadership training project.
: /. To give community leader!
: an opportunity to enhance
: their competence and increase
:. their awareness of community
: problems.
2. To develop a CORE Of
:, leadership that may affect thu
decision-making processes o
the total community.
3. To enhance the partici
pants ability to assist group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-16
PROPOSALS
fCONTlNuEDl

PL 0Jg1 1851 4,dr, No. 2o1s-
Pm. February %. 1852. at Royal
Motors. Inc, 400 Georgia Ave.
NV. washington, B.. C.. where
ses ea ou may WAVES q sn dqMs aPsEb bps
Attorney-in-Fact. fel4.l5,16
No. SS7M-i o2$$ will Be sold f Tor
before 5 PM, February "a. 1862.
at. Colonial oldsmobile. Inc. I24i
9th Street NE. Washington. d. C..
qsnesss n so saT may E. B EAR rfqEns
Fact. fei4.i5.i6
3227O537 will be sold for the
March |. 1862, at Colonial oldse
mobile Co.. 124l 9Th, Street NE.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. where the car
fe15.l6,17 ''
MERCURY SO Tudor hdtp.: Serial
for the highest bid received by
or before 12 noon February 2s,
1862. at our office. 3OlS Ga.
Ave, NV, Washington, D. C. Car
may be seen at 27lO Goth st.
NE, washington, d, c., during
business hours. MERCURY FL
NANCE CORP fe16
WASHINGTON SUBURBAN SAM
TARY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
NO. 3324-S.-SEWER CONSTRUC-
T1ON.-Sealed proposals for con-
structing approximately / 800 feet
OF S-inch plain concrete or vitri-
fled pipe sewers to serve Spring
Lake Apartments, Lakeview, Mont
gomerv County. Maryland will be
received at. the office OF the Wash
ington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission. 4017 Hamilton Street,
Hyattsville. Maryland, until Mon
day; February 20. 1862. at 1910
AM: Eastern Standard Time. at
which place and time they will
be publicly. opened and read Plans
and Specifications for this con-
cNce of the Chief Engineer Of
the Commission, Plans ard Speci-
1 ficatiens Section. BLAIR H.
MORRIS: v Chairman: WILLIAM
G: AUSTIN. JAMES B. BLAND,
MORRIS v. SPICCI. WILLIAM r.
WHEEL Err. Commissioners Attest:
JOHN T. BONIFANT. Secretary.
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THOs. J. OWEN & son,
AuctiOneerS. Ill e st. NV.

TWO STORY sEMIDETACHED
BRICK Dwell LING BEING
2415 SAVANNAH STREET SOUTH
BY virtue of a certain deed Of trust
Folio IA ct seq. of the land rec
and at the request Of the party
secured thereby. the undersigned
trustees will sell. at public auction.
i in trent q the premises; on
O'CLOCK PM, the following
described. land and premises. stu
ate. in the District of Columbia.
and designated as and being Lot
80 in Square West of Square 5724
in the subdivision made by Ship
corded in the office Of the Sur
yeyor for the District Of Columbia
in Liber 1874 at Folio 2S.
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH. A
deposit Of $500 cash or certified
check will be required at time of
sale sale; Assignments made as Of
cate 81 sale rsver All c4nveyancing
sale to be complied with within
thirty days from day Of sale.
otherwise the, trustees reserve the
right to resell the property at the
risk and cost of defaulting pur-
chaser. after five days advertise
ment Of such resale in some news
paper published in Washington.
PAUL s. ANDERSON,
"A. BR1TTON BROWNE.
1el6, 1871 "a C7 Trustpae
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BENZ. w. DULANY,
CHARLES r. MONTGOMERY.

attorneys.
By Southern Building. Wash, D. C.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District of Columbia. Hold
l har,i PToPate Court;MN9; io4 ,99l;
the State of Pennsylvania, has OBJ
tained from the Probate Court of
the District OF Columbia. Letters
Iestamentary on the, estate of
District Of Columbia, deceased;
All persons having claims against
exhibit the same, with the vouch-
ers thereof. legally authenticated.
to the Su6 6s Tii2e On or before the
from ali benefit Of said estate.
Niles SfE Of BS SsfuaF y d 1992, J4 eb
lseal,l Attest: ARTHufRF' a ?.
SMITH. Deputy Register of Wills
for the District of Columbia Clerk
of the Probate Court. fe2.9l6
EDWARD ]. REAMER. Attorney.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District of Columbia. Hold
ing Probate Court.--No. 103.92s.
AdF9in sh Is to Give
the District of Columbia has OBJ
tanned from the Probate Court Of
the District of Columbia. Letters
Of Administration on the estate of
ELLIS OSHRY. late of the District
81 Sons s0 HAWKE GAINS against 0 the
exhibit the same. with the vouch-
ers thereof. legally authenticated.
t t.. the he, sgbscri6er ,n on or bef Sge
6 the 4h day SeT OF n 1age BY AP law 9g BE-
excluded from all benefit Of said
estate. Given under my hand
this 31st day Of January. 1862.
EDWARD J. REAMER., 400 Evans
Building; lseal; Attest: ARTHUR
wins for the District Of Columbia.
CLERK Of the Probate Court.
J. FENDALL COUGHLAN, Attorney.
927 18th Street NV.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District of Columbia, Hold
ing a Probate Court-No. 103,711,
Misunderstanding Is to Give
Notice: That the subscriber, which
Court for the District of Columbia
granted letters Testamentary on
the estate of TALLULAH deSALES
SMITH, deceased has, with the
approval of the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of CO.
lumbia, holding a Probate Court.
appointed Monday, the 18th day
OF March, 1862, at 1000 O'Clock
am, as the time, and said Court
room as the place. for making
payment and distribution from
said estate, under the Courts di-
rection and control, when and
where all creditors and persons
entitled to distributive shares or
legacies, or the residue, or parts
thereof, are notified to attend, in
person or by agent or attorney
duly authorized. with their claims
against the estate properly
vouched. Given under its hand
this 9Th day of February, 1862.
NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST
COMPANY, By: HERMAN G.
LAUTEN, Vice President and Trust
officer. (SeaD. Attest: ARTHUR
P SMITH, Deputy Register of
Wills for the District of Columbia,
Clerk of the Probate Court.
fpn. 1919
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AUCTION SALES
THOS. ]. OWEN g. SON,
AuctiOneers, III E st. NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
bMEIL1Na KNowN AS Ps FEN
Uses NUMBER 1O9 RHODE
ISLAND AVENUE NORTHEAST.
duly recorded. in Liber No. 1875.
Folio ASP ct sea-. of the land rec
ords Of the District Of Columbia.
and at the request of the party
secured thereby. the undersigned
trustees will sell, at public auction.
W II fS9nt q the u1 pre%TiWsnEsN; r% On
EIGHTH DAY Of 81 FEBRuARY.
O'CLOCK PM. the following
described land and premises. situ-
ate, in the District Of Columbia.
and Designated as and being Lot
Mum NIB Is - T I, t261 In
Bones subdivision Of lots in Block
Numbered Eleven (1D. Height
View" as per plat recorded in
the Office, of the Surveyor for
the District Of Columbia in Liber
e at Folio l47 IN Square Mum
9 e Thinrty-five Hundred Thirty
T 1sEs s5S q SALE: ALL CASH. A
at time Of sale. Adjustments
made as of date Of sale. All con,
y ysyansn Etc. IS 1ec sGst o
Terms of sale to be complied with
within thirty days from day of
sale. otherwise the trustees re-
serve the right to resell the prop
erty at the risk and cost of. de-
faulting purchaser. after five days
advertisement of such resale in
some newspaper published in
Washington. D. C.
WALTER MILLER.
MARIN L. ZUESSE.
LEO M. BERNSTEIN.
fo1P 90 Trt1cfooc
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AUCTION SALES
THOs. J. OWEN & SON,
Auctioneers, iii e st. NV,

TRUSTEES, SALE OF VALUABLE
s sEING KNOWN AS PREMISES lem; Is,
s s9MSER 1929 v STREET
BY virtue Of a certain deed OF trust
duly recorded, in Liber No. 1859,
records Of the District of Colum-
bia, and at the request OF the
party secured thereby, the under
signed trustees will sell, at public
auction In front OF the premises,
on WEDNESDAY. THE TWENTY
EIGHTH 1of BAY OF TEBRg yI1ErL
o'cIoc isoH PM. AT the rw toiieWinF.
described land and premises, sit
uate in the District of Columbia,
and designated as and being the
West 1887 feet by the full depth
thereof OF Lot S5 and the East
1.30 feet front by the full depth
thereof Of Lot "a in Uniontown
as per plat recorded in the Office
Of the Surveyor for the District
OF Columbia in Liber County .
az Folio So; taxed as Lot sos
in Square 57S2.
TERMS: Sold subject to prior
building association deed of trust
Tor approximately 81, 143.9S; fur
ther particulars of which will be
announced at time of sale; the
purchase price above said trust
to be paid in cash. A deposit of
$500 cash or certified check re-
quired. Conveyancing, recording,
etc, at purchasers cost. Adjust
ments made as of date of sale.
Terms to be complied with within
thirty days, otherwise deposit for
feited and the property may be
advertised and resold at the dis
erection Of the trustees.
JEROME MALIN,
HOWARD BERNSTEIN,
fe16,19,2l,23.27 Trustees.
THOS. J. OWEN & SON,
AuctiOneers, iii e ST. NV.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
TWo-SToRY BRICK APART.
MFMT1 DWELLING KNOWN AS
PREMISES NUMB oOo3
FOURTH STREET NORTHEAsT
BY virtue of certain deed Of trust
GUY recorded, in Liber No. 1874,
Foilo ~ ct sea-. of the land rec
ords OF the District of Columbia,
enc saon- az the request of the party
trustees will sell, at public auc-
ton; in front Of the premises, on
SEVENTH DAY Z OF + FE HREhFy-
AID: 1869, AT TWO FORTY.FIVE
O'CLOCK PM. the following
oescrlbed land and premises, sit
uate' IN the District of Columbia,
ano oeslgnated as and being Lots
n1Ianmoered Ihirty-nine 1897, Forty
Shapiro and Theodore r. Green.
berg,,s subdivision Of lots in block
numbered Fifteen G5J "Center
lexington" as per plat Recorded
IN the office of the Surveyor for
me District of Columbia in Liber
S9 at Folio SO. Said property
neing now known for assessment
ama taxation PURPOSES as Lot
W
six Hundred Sixteen (3616).
TERMS OF SALE: ALL CASH A
deposit OF 81 900 will be required
at time of sale. Adjustments made
as OF date of sale. All convey
ancing, recording, revenue stamps,
etc, at cost Of purchaser. Terms
thirty days from day Of sale
otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property at
the risk and cost of defaulting
purchaser. after five days adj
Vertisement of such resale in
some newspaper published in
Washington, D.
WALTER MILLER.
MARIN L. ZUESSE,
LEO M. BERNSTEIN,
fe16,19,21,23.26 Trustees.
.TH0s. J. OWEN & SON,
Aucti0neerS, I'LL r. st NV