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IS Fairfax SeMfeeT i Report Tomorrow For Army Service The Fairfax County Selective Service Board announces that 18 enlisted Reservists, inducted into the Army at the Richmond induction station December 6, will report to Fort George G. Meade tomorrow after completing their three-week furloughs. They are: Robert L. Adams, Tucker D. Mc Clanahan, Harry L. Kidd, jr.; James O. Wilson, William Di Summers, Howard L. Smoot, Milton L. Thomp son, William D. Poff, jr.; Rex H. Howke, George W. Kearns, Otis L. Boyd, Archie T Stutt, Lloyd M. Goode, Thomas C. Smith, John C. Hamill, Franklin A. Hume, Ralph E. Duncan and Morries F. Trumble. Inducted into the Navy on the same day were Billy Morrow, Eugene E. Smith, Lawrence H. Spilman, Mike Kephart, Fred Theis, Herbert V. Baldwin, Maurice E. Colburn, Clarke F. Dodson, Earl Hamilton, John H. Howard, Voyle E. James and William A. Manvell. Frank J. Dailey and Leonard F. Myers, jr., were accepted by the Marine Corps and have reported to t.he marine base, Parris Island, S. C., after completing their two week furloughs. Zoning Board Meets. The Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals meets at 11 a.m. Monday in the board rooms at Fair fax to consider four applications for exceptions to the county zoning ordinance. Walter Ford is requesting per mission to establish and operate a public cemetery for the burial of white persons on the north side of Blunt's lane, Mount Vernon district. Jesse R. Harlowe has filed applica tion foi a permit to erect a garage with less setback than required by ordinance, on west side of lot B, Lincolnia subdivision, Falls Church district. Andrew' F. Melvin requests per mission to operate kennels for board ing dogs on his premises, located on south side of Road No. 644, Accotink Creek, Mount Vernon district. The Second Baptist Church of Merrifleld has applied for a permit to establish and operate a cemetery for colored persons on a tract of three acres, located on the south side of the Lee Highway at Mer rifield, Falls Church district. Supervisors Take Oath. Members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors who will as sume office January 1, took their oath of office last week. Members of the new board include: G. Wallace Carper, Providence district; D. W. Buckley, Centerville district; John T. Blincoe, Lee dis trict; Maurice W. Fox. Dranesville district; Burns N. Gibson, Falls Church district, and Herbert O. Blunt, Mount Vernon district. All of the members wrere elected No vember 2. The board will elect board officers January 5. Miss Lucy Blake, county home demonstration agent, has arranged for meetings of one Home Demon stration Club and two 4-H Clubs in Fairfax County during the com ing week. The Kenmore Home Demonstra tion Club will meet at 2 pm. Tues day to discuss the family food plan; the Chesterbrook 4-H Club meets at 10:30 a.m. Monday and the Vienna 4-H Club at 11 a.m. Tues day. Three Appeals Boards Defer 10 in Fairfax 1 The 1-A classifications of 10 reg istrants with the Fairfax County Selective Service Board hsfve been reversed by three different appeal boards, according to an announce ment by board officials last night. Board of Appeals No. 3, Char lottesville, Va.. reversed eight of the local board’s decisions and granted occupational deferments of six months to the following: Nathan A. Emmons, Groveton, machinist; Richard B. Randolph, Route 3, Alexandria, draftsman; Ralph E. Beahm, Lorton, machinist, and James S. Parrish, Groveton. machinist, all single and without dependents, and Eugene P. Hook, Groveton, machinist, and Harry W. Hook. Groveton, machinist, who were listed by the local board as married, with two dependents other than wives. All six are employed at the Naval Torpedo Station. Luther E. Brown. Franconia, lo comotive fireman, Southern Rail way, and Kirk L. Linton, Route 1, Alexandria, locomotive fireman, Po tomac Yards, were granted 2-A clas sifications. Both men had been given previous deferments by the local board, and were listed as single. Thomas E. Wheeler, jr„ Washing ton, District fireman, was assigned a 2-A classification by the District Appeals Board. Edward W. How ard, Seattle, Wash., supervisor. War Department, was deferred by the appeals board for the State of Washington. Local board officials said pre Pearl Harbor fathers will have to be called in January to take the place of the group deferred. Church Plans Memorial For Harold A. Axtell, Jr. A memorial service will be held at the Takoma Park (Md.i Presby terian Church at 4:30 p.m. January 2 for Lt. (j. g.i Harold A. Axtell, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Axtell, 212 Tulip avenue, who was reported missing in the South Atlantic No vember 4, 1942. Lt. Axtell, 24 years old, was in charge of a Navy gun crew on a merchant ship sunk near Cape town, Africa. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he attended the first Navy Reserve class at the Naval Academy and left on active duty in the fall of 1941. Dr. Podolnick Takes County Health Post Dr. Nelson Podolnick of the United States Public Health Service has been assigned as director for the health departments of Fairfax, Prince William and Stafford Coun ties, and has assumed his new duties. Dr. Podolnick for the ppast two years has been engaged in health work in Prince Georges County, Md. The Fairfax County Health Department has been without a di rector since last May, when Dr. James A. Dolce, United States Pub lic Health Service, was transferred to another post. lonon Vyoptan thpsp To Chrisfen*Destroyer Mrs. Judith Bun dick Gardner Lorton, Va„ has been selected by Secretary of the Navy Knox to christen the destroyer Watts. The ship, now under construction at Seattle, will be ready soon. The Watts is being named for Mrs. Gardner’s great-grandfather, Capt. John Watts, of thd Eastern Shore of Virginia. Capt. Watts was the skipper of the American privateer Planter, of Richmond, which on July 10, 1799, was attacked by a French privateer in the vicinity of the Canary Islands. The battle con tinued for one afternoon and into the night, during which the French man disappeared in the dark, badly damaged, according to naval records. Loudoun County AAA Committee for 1944 Headed by Shumate Special Dispatch to The Star. LEESBURG, Va„ Dec. 25.—J. H, Shumate, Leesburg, has been elected chairman of the Loudoun County AAA Committee for the coming year. Others elected were H. C. Daniel, Leesburg, vice chairman; James F. Arnold, Lucketts, regular member; W. E. Fletcher, Ashbum, first alternate, and D. C. Sands, Middleburg, second alternate. Community elections resultd gs follows? Aldie—A. Zerega, chairman; W. T. Costello, vice chairman; John di Zerega, member. Areola—B. B. Hutchison, chairman; W. C. Blevins, vice chairman; Ancel L. Lanham, member. Ashburn—W. E. Fletcher, chairman; M. S. Norman, vice chairman; C. C. Kirkpatrick, mem ber. Hillsboro—J. G. Abel, chair man; H. C. Mullen, vice chairman: H. M. Everhart, member. Lovettsville — W. B. Williams, chairman; E. E. Graham, vice chairman; R. D. George, member. Leesburg—H. C. Daniel, chairman; B. G. Deck, vice chairman; John W. Carr, member. Lucketts—C. H. Arnold, chairman; B. W. McKim mey, vice chairman; E. D. Frye, member. Middleburg—D. C. Sands, chairman; Joshua Fletcher, vice chairman; Robert C. Fletcher, mem ber. Lincoln—J. F. Potts, chair man; John T. Ward, vice chair man; H. R. Tiffany, member. Round Hill—E. H. Potts, chairman; Otto Kelley, vice chairman; J. D. Thomas, jr., member. Unison Bloomfield—Karlton L. Monroe, chairman: H. C. Furr, vice chair man; W. H. Light, member. Water ford—Raymond McKimmey, chair man; Walter Graham, vice chair man; Mrs. Lucy Bucknell, member. Dairy Herd Report. A report of the Loudoun County Dairy Herd Improvement Associa tion just released shows that C. R. Hope & Son again led group No. 1 with an average of 891 pounds of milk and 41.4 pounds of butter-, fat. High herd honors in group No. 2 go to Lucerne Farm, whose average production was 638 pounds of milk and 33.4 pounds of fat. Group No. 3 was led by the herd of William Cockerille, producing an average per cow of 618 pounds of milk and 31.1 pounds of butter fat, High herd honors in group No. 4 go to Sunnyslope Farm. owned by Cole Bios., whose herd aver aged 832 pounds of milk and 39.S pounds of fat. County War Loan Drive. Loudoun County’s quota In the! Fourth War Loan which is to begin January 18 has been fixed at $900, 000, the same as in the Third War Loan. In that drive sales in the county reached $1,600,000. Appointed Special Officer. Judge J. R. H. Alexander has ap pointed W. Charles Fink a special policeman for Loudoun County. Thf appointment was made with the consent of Sheriff S. Paul Alex ander. Mr. Fink is the manager of the Arlington Stone Co., whose plant is at Belmont, near Ashburn. Appointed to Committee. Wilbur C. Hall, local attorney, has been appointed a member of the Committee on Admissions of the Virginia State Bar Association. Whitmore Honored. M. H. Whitmore, supervisor from Leesburg district for 42 years, was honored on his retirement by a resolution passed by the board this week expressing gratitude on be half of the board and the people of the county for the work he has done. Mr. Whitmore, who observed his 88th birthday in August, de clined to be a candidate to succeed himself in the August primary. His place will be filled by Benjamin Bridges, farmer, who will take his seat at the meeting in January. Phelan to Head Arlington's War Fund Drive in March Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips, chair man of the Arlington County Red Cross Chapter, last night announced the reappointment of John F. Phelan to head the chapter's War Fund drive next March. Mrs. Phillips said that although the national quota has been set at $200,000,000 — largest in Red Cross history —the local campaign quota will not be announced until later. Chapter officials also announced that members of the county motor corps aided in the delivery of Christ mas toys to county children. One collection of toys was given the chap ter after they had been gathered at a party at Arlington Hall. Other toys were donated by the Kiwanis Club. Officials said the camp and Hos pital council service delivered a Christmas package to each of the gun and searchlight posts in (the county. Teen-Age Club Plans Dance Tuesday Night Plans for their Christmas dance Tuesday night at Grace Church parish hall, 207 Patrick street, have been completed by the Alexandria Teen-Age Club Committee. The group, now numbering over 300, has held three dances during the month, and plans to continue activities throughout next year. Under sponsorship of the city recreation department, the club was organized from a nucleus of boys and girls representing schools and church groups. Membership in the club is open to any teen-ager in the city who registers with the com mittee, and attends one of the regu lar dances, held every Saturday night. * In place of the juke box which has served at previous dances, music will be provided by a teen-age or chestra led by Billy Sellers, a George Washington High School student. gfjyjBoard Panel Of Five Is Appointed In Fauquier County Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va„ Dec. 25. — A five-man panel to pass on all appli cations for gasoline, tires, automo biles and bicycles has been set up by the Fauquier County Ration Board, George Sloane, chairman, re ported. The board is composed of W. H. Pool, chairman, and S. A. Appleton, Henry L. Baxley, D. H. Lees and Col. John Tyssoswkl. War Fund Raised. The Fauquier War Fund went over the top this week, according to Miss Lucie Beverley Duer, chairman. The quota was (11,000. • Road To Be Studied. The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors appointed T. K. Gray son, Charles T. Grant, H. P. Kelly, P. H. Lee and H. N. Gray to view a 1.3-mile portion of Route 677, which the Government wishes closed tem porarily. The committee will report to the board at its next meeting if any in convenience would be caused by closing the road, located on Vint Hill Military Reservation. The Fauquier County treasurer re ported a balance in all funds of (108,732.01 as of November 30. Warrenton Man Promoted. Marshall Wallach, 26, son of Mrs. Robert R. Wallach, Warrenton, and the late Col. Wallach, has recently been promoted to the rank of lieu tenant colonel in the Army. Col. Wallach is now on maneuvers in Tennessee. He was graduated from West Point in 1939. He attended Stuyvesant School here. He has two brothers, Robert R., jr., and Henry Wallach, serving in the armed forces. December Draft Quota. Five men have been ordered by the Fauquier Selective Service Board to report for induction December 27. They are John D. Hartz, Crest Hill; Lloyd C. Hayes, Warrenton; John T. Gray, Warrenton; Carroll L. Embrey, The Plains, and James H. Vermillion, Warrenton, a transfer from the Carson City (Nev.) board. Christmas Party. Approximately 45 underprivileged children of the Marshall community were entertained at a Christmas party Wednesday in the high school under the sponsorship of the Parent Teacher Association. The program was presented under the direction of Mrs. Edith McCarty. The entire student body attended. Promotion Announced. James Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Puller A. Hughes, Warrenton, has been promoted to captain. Capt. Hughes is stationed at Fort Belvoir. He was graduated from V. M. I. in 1939, and held a Government posi tion at Fort Belvoir before entering the Army. With his wife and young son he makes his home in Alexan dria. A brother. Puller A. Hughes, jr., is also in the Army. Seal Sale Lags. The sale of tuberculosis Christmas seals is below the county quota, the local Tuberculosis Association has announced in an appeal tor con tributions. Col. Gilbert Missing In Asiatic Area Lt. Col. Douglas G. Gilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis I. Gilbert, 1313 North Quincy street, Arlington, Is missing in action In the Asiatic area, the War Department announced yes terday. Col. Gilbert is among 359 soldiers reported missing in action in the Asiatic, European, Mediter ranean, Pacific and Southwest Pa cific areas. Col. Gilbert, whose wife, Mrs. Audrey M. Gilbert, and three small children, live in Fairfax, is a native of Arlington. He attended Western High School here, and was gradu ated from the Military Academy at West Point in 1933. An infantry officer, Col. Gilbert1 served at Fort Washington, Md.. after being commissioned, and later j served at Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. He returned to this country from an assignment in Hawaii just a few days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His parents said they received a letter from him about two weeks be fore receiving the War Department message that he was reported’miss ing. He said in his letter that he liked his work and was learning to speak Chinese through hi® associa tions with the Chinese Army. Mrs. Gilbert said her son reported that the climate in the East was ‘'good,” and that he was "not very near’’ the fighting front She said the family has hopes that he will be located soon. Alexandria War Fund Drive To Be Headed by Hoffman Elliott Hoffman, 505 Tyler place, Alexandria, has been named chair man of the Alexandria Red Cross War Fund drive scheduled for March, it was announced yesterday by Warren Grubbs, chapter chair man. Mr. Hoffman is clerk of the Cor poration Court. He is past com mander of the Alexandria American Legion, past exalted ruler of Fra ternal Order of Elks, member of the Kiwanis Club, past master of the Andrew Jackson Masonic Lodge, and chairman of the Board of Trutees of the Ann Lee Memorial Home. Members of Mr. Hoffman’s com mittee, also named yesterday, are Francis H. Fannon, disaster chair man of the local Red Cross and chairman of the city's 1943 Com munity War Fund campaign; David C. Book, Community Chest budget chairman; Mrs. Edward Hulburt, member of the Red Cross Board of Directors; Mrs. Stanleigh Swan, firstaid chairman of the chapter, and Rabbi Hugo Schiff, chaplain of the chapter. Plans for the organization of the drive will be considered shortly after the holidays, Mr. Hoffman said. Montgomery B'nai B'rith Plans Interfaith Meeting Plans for a Montgomery County observance of National Brotherhood Week in February will be made at an interfaith meeting at 8 p.m. Tues day at the Silver Spring. Masonic Lodge being sponsored by the Mont gomery County B’Nai B’rith. Business and civic leaders in the Silver Spring area have been in vited to attend the meeting. Dr. Andrew W. Gottschall, di rector of the Southern region of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will speak on "Victory Through Unity." QPfN 9:10 AM. to 5:30 P.M. MONDAY, (TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY-9 JO AM. to 9:30 fM. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY-ALL STORES i ■ AFTER-CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE ..... *■ 1 - i.- i * *1i NU-BACK ALL-IN-ONE Originally 3.98 3*29 Get in trim for the New Year, with this gently persuasive semi • stepln model that features the famous patented sliding back to eliminate "riding up.” Light weight rayon-and-cotton batiste. At Three Department Storet r For Youthful Figures! 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