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Gardening in the Capital Area
Preparation for Flower* in Fall
Should Go Along With Spring Work
By Louise Hendey
sPrtng, when there is so much tofre done, the fall flower
gaiaen must be given thougthful preparatioa Of course so much of
the work flu right into the spring program that it is not as much
o: a task as it would seem.
Spring is the proper time to divide or thi established plants and
w ,out ?ew Plants that bloom in the fall, rhe soil needs to be re
worked and enriched with compost before reetting the plants.
e most widelV Planted fall bloomer is te chrysanthemum with
*** many variations in loim
height and color. In many gar
dens the hardy asters are found.
In some, the beautiful Japanese
anemones, the swamp-aster (Bol
tonia) and the Eupatorium or mist
flower, often called Hardy Ageratum
Fewer gardens know Stokesia
(Stokes Aster), Plumbago cCerato
stigma plumbaginoides) or the Great
Azure Sage (Salvia azurea grandi
flora).
Not all fall bloomers will need
dividing every year but the chrysan
themums, except for the Articum
hybrids, the hard aster and the
swamp aster, will be greatly bene
fitted by thinning. All are gross
feeders which require a well en
riched soil.
topace the small chrysanthemum
sb°°te »2 feet aPart- That seems
at the time to be allowing too much
fo°“* but experience has taught
that It is not too miich. Mildew
often bothers the mums, unless there
Is adequate air circulation. And
there is a little pest called a nema
tode which can swim from leaf to
leaf in the dew, killing the foliage
as it goes from plant to plant, If
the tops of the plants are pinched
out two or three times during the
summer, as they should be. two feet
^ >11 just about allow adequate
Working space.
The swamp-aster fBoltonia aster
B- latisquama i grow six
* g*jt feet. They make good back
ground flowers. The name is con
fusing. They do not require a wet
spot, but will do well in any garden
£011.
The Japanese anemone fa. japon
icai is often called the Windflower.
It is excellent until freezing weather
sets in. It does not need thinning ex
cept to increase the number of
plants. In fact it is better to leave
it undisturbed for several years. A
lich moist soil with some protection
from the hot afternoon sun wall suit
it best.
Stoke's aster fstokesia gaevis' is
a low growing flower (12 to 18 inches)
which looks very much like a corn
flower but has a much longer season
of bloom. It does not like a cold
heavy clay soil so put it in a sunny
well-drained place where the soil
has been lightened with humus. It
will not need to be divided except to
increase the number of plants. If
the seed is started early it will bloom
from seed the first year.
The mistflower or hardy ageratum
adds a lot of color to the flower bor
der but it must be kept under control.
It is a bed spreader if given a moist
situation. It is good in a wild-flower
border or along a creek.
The only hardy salvia is "the
azurea grandiflora. It has lovely
delicate gray foliage and small blue
flowers. It needs staking and should
be planted in the back of the border.
It likes full sun and good drainage.
The Mealycup sage <S. farinacea) is
more attractive but more tender.'
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Guide for
Veterans
By Mai'.Thomas M. Nial
This county's veterans' housing
I problem boilsdoan to two things,
lack of mateials to build houses
with and lac of men to do the
| building. t -
Housing autorities are trying to
get the prediction of materials
started and yog rams have been
worked out wjch are supposed to
do the job. i? let’s forget about
the materials ight now and look
at the lack of silled building men.
Well over 1.000,000 veterans of
World War Ilalready are back in
civvies. A fewmillion more will be
out soon. Mar of these ex-service
people don't k»w what they want
to do or whee they're going to
point their amitions. Gen. Brad
ley told me thi other day the Vet
erans’ Adminisation expects that
more than 6.00(000 vets either don’t
have jobs to p back to or don’t
want to go bak to the jobs they
had.
That means several million men
.are undecided ,s to just how they
plan to makes long-range living.
Maybe part ol the answer lies in
the housing inustry.
| The industry is going to be de
veloping in a srge way from now
on. We’re suposed to get started
on the buildini of 2,700,000 housing
; units by the ed of next year, ac
| cording to Wfcon Wyatt, housing
' expediter.
I There's a isagreement as to
t when all thesi units will be com-1
pletea, but whfe they are a-building
commercial cofctruction will not be
1 started unless t's absolutely essen
tial. As muchavailable building as
possible will bechanneled into home
building.
So after thesi 2,700.000 home units
are ready for ocupancy there’ll still
i be a considerate more building to
be done. .
50^)00 IVen Training.
The hoising people in Washing
ton estimated 50.000 men in the
i United Stites are learning to build
houses. Tiey're apprentice trainees,
learning tow to become journeymen.
Many of them are veterans.
But thse same housing people
also esticate that the construction
industry eeds 150.000 more appren
tices—an here are some of the
building rades which need them—
painting, bricklaying, carpentering,
plasterin. plumbing, tile setting,
stone citing. There are many i
others.
A vetein who wants to learn any
one of tb building trades under the
apprentitship program gets a
couple o nice breaks. Normally,
young mn have to be between the
ages of S and 22, or thereabouts.'
to be eliible for apprentice train
ing unde the watchful eye of the
trade uxons. For ex-servicemen,
those agi limitations are forgotten.'
Credit >ften is given for related
skills picfed up in the service. This
shortenshe duration of the training, i
Go to our local USES office for
a list of itablishments ir your area'
giving aprentice training in the
building rades. You also can get,
the infonation from building trade
unions hostlv American Federa
tion of Labor) or direct from
employer,'
Aailable Manpower.
The bigest source of manpower
available o the apprentice-training
service isn World War II veterans.
Wyatt an> the Departemnt of Labor
estimate i least 200.000 apprentices
are needd now to provide the
necessary’ lanpower.
How mih money would you make
if you gotm apprenticeship in, say, i
the carpntry trade? Probably j
somewherea round 75 cents an hour
at the strt, depending upon the
locality in which you worked. .As
your appreticeship progressed, the'
hourly wag rate would go up until J
during thelast six months of your
apprenticeaip, you'd be getting!
about $1.36tn hour. When you be-1
come a jurneyman 'a trained,
worker) yu'd be worth around
$1.65 an hor.
The amotit you'd be getting dur
ing the firsicouple of years of your
apprenticeslp may not seem like
| a lot of moty. But you're entitled,
jin addition,to the subsistence al
j lowance of $5 (without dependents)
'or $90 (witt dependents) provided
under the G bill .apprentice-train
ing program.
That subsisjrijce allowance should
make your wekly pay check heavy
enough to gttify you. Of course,
the allowanccplus your apprentice
ship wage caft exceed the $1.65 an
hour a journrman gets.
I’m told bjthe apprentice train
ing service tit the building trades
industry is try well equipped to
handle appmtice training under
the GI bill stup. There’s a reason
why that's imortant and here it is:
Some emplaers, aware that vet
erans can get he GI bill subsistence
allowance ' g pretty low
methods veterans into
imaginary ograms—train
ing which doesn'(really exist. They
are doing thli i the veteran can
get his subsiitefce allowance 'the
law says he (ari get it only if he’s
training for iparticular job). And
then the emfoyer figures he won’t
have to pay p much money out of
his own pockl.
In short, te veteran sometimes
is used as neap labor and I’ve
heard State fficials admit this in
open meeting Instead of paying
a veteran wttt the job he’s doing
is worth the employer pays only
part of the mount and lets the
subsistence altoance make up the
rest.
If you're izy about some
right or ben it you think is
coming to jotj send your query
to me at TtejSunday Star. In
close a sel-cddressed, stamped
envelope fa. a personal reply.
Maryhnd- V irginia
Farm Calendar
MRYLAND.
Tuesday, Fiderick — Twenty-first
annual meeHg of the Frederick
County Dairy. Herd Improvement
Association, 7jp.m., at the United
Brethren Chuih.
Saturday, (Sjeagerstown — Fred
erick County Oange at 10:30 am.
VlfelNIA.
Monday, BergVflle—Clarke Coun
ty Junior Fair Committee at 7,30
p.m. at the Coutllpuse to plan the
i annual fair. \
_Ml)t junior1 ■ J£faf ^
Anacostian Wins Recognition
In Search for Science Talent
Prize Contribution '
By Pat Drury, 16
Anacostia High School
One of Anacostia’s bright young
stars is Ellin Ruth Krauss, IS, a
senior who, by attending summer
school, has been able to finish high
school in four semesters. On numer
ous occasions, Ellin has Impressed
teachers and classmates alike with
her scientific knowledge. She has
been interested in medicine as a
career since she was 9, and at
present hopes to specialize in bio
chemical research. In her own
words:
“I got my first chemistry set at
the age of 7 and decided (hat I
wanted to be a scientist. My urge to
study medicine increased as I grew
older, and was stimulated by work
ing in a hospital as a volunteer
nurse's aide. When I started doing
research work of my own, and then,
later, started to work in a medical
laboratory, I knew that I could only
be satisfied doing research. Bio
chemistry is a vast and compar
atively new field of science. In it lie i
great possibilities for discovery.”
Ellin is working with several proj-l
ects, entirely on the side. The one
at present is the susceptibility of
certain strains of rats to various
cancer-producing hydrocarbons. An
other, in the field of microbiology,
is inspecting various forms of pro
tozoa that grow in hay infusion, and
culturing different varieties of bac-'
teria.
Aside from this work, Ellin has!
numerous outside interests. Her fa
vorite school subjects are chemistry.'
biology. English, and physics. She;
enjoys good classical music and is|
an avid reader on all subjects. A
lover of poetry, she has done some1
writing herself. The October, 1944,
ELLIN RUTH KRAUSS.
—Junior Star Photo.
issue of Hygiea printed her poem,
"To a Young Doctor.” This same
poem also appeared in last year's
National High School Anthology of
Poetry. "Parting," written this year,
also has been accepted for this pub
lication.
Other honors that have come her
way include recognition for the
highest scholastic achievement each
semester. She has also won recog
nition in this year’s Nation-wide
science talent search. She will be
recommended to universities and
colleges throughout the country as
a result of her high standing.
All Swim Strokes Are Easy
For 14-Year-Old Champion
STANLEY TINKHAM.
—Junior SUr Photo.
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Timber Into Goal
Prize Contribution
' By Dottie Muir, 11,
Gaithtrsburg (Md.) School
Out in a forest, long ago,
I stood where Water used to flow.
I was a tree of brilliant blue;
The trees around me grew and grew.
Then, one day. with an awful thud,
I fell beneath the oozing mud.
It drew me down into the ground.
Away from all sunlight and sound.
With heat and moisture every day,
Terrific pressure sped decay.
Some eighty million years passed by
And hard as stone I seemed to lie.
Down deep, It looked as black as
night,
Instead of beautiful sunlight;
And as the ages o’er me roll,
I change from timber into coal.
By Betty Wixcey
Breaststroke, backstroke, freestyle
—just about all known methods for
propelling oneself through water
are a cinch for 14-year-old Stanley
Tinkham.
Stanley started swimming when
he was 8 years old at the YMCA.
When competitive swimming was
discontinued there about four years
ago he joined the Ambassador Club.
Lately he has really come into his
stride, placing first in nearly every
meet he has entered.
In Tarboro, N. C., last year Stan
ley set new records in 50-meter
backstroke and breaststroke cham
pionships, as well as swimming with
a record-breaking relay team. In
the Junior championship here in
March he broke another breast
stroke record.
Stanley’s training consists of
swimming every day, averaging
about 10 hours a week He drinks
a lot of milk and usually gets to
bed by 10 p.m.
Basket ball is another sport that
Stanley especially enjoys. On Sat
urdays he plays with a 16-vear-old
team and on Wednesdays with an
18-year-old team. He hopes to make
Western High School’s football team
when he enters there next fall.
Stanley's older brother Carleton
is giving him stiff competition in
the pools these days. Carleton was
a Senate page until he recentlv
turned 17. Since his age disqualified
him for the job he has been swim
ming in meets, too. and at Tarboro
a while ago he broke one of Stan
ley’s records.
Uncle Ray’s '
Corner
— By Ramon Coffman ——
No one can tell when horses were
first tamed by men, but it is be
lieved to have happened near the
end of the Stone Age. Before that
time wild horses were among the
animals most often killed for food.
In one region of France the bones
of more than 100,000 wild horses
have been found, bones which bear
marks of having been left from
feasts of cave people.
How did men happen to tame
animals which they had hunted
for food? That is something we
have no way of knowing, though
we may guess. Perhaps one day a
man saw a horse grazing nearby.
This man was more daring than his
comrades, both in ideas and in ac
tion. Stealthily he crept out from
his hiding place toward the horse,
and leaped upon its back before
the animal could get away.
Breaking a Branco.
Then there must have followed
a scene something like that in a
Wild West show, a bronco trying to
throw off the rider. Very likely
many riders were thrown before
one was able to keep his seat. Per
haps many men were discouraged
before one, at least, succeeded.
When that one could ride a horse
and go faster than a man could
run it meant that a great thing
had been dona.
As time went on more and more
men learned to lise horses for rid
ing. Once a horse was tamed it
could be used as a beast of burden.
This meant that one more kind of
animal had been added to those
which were useful to men when
tamed.
May Have Tamed Colts.
There is another way in which
horses may have been tamed—
through finding little colts, and
keeping them as pets. Among some
savage tribes which still exist in
out-of-the-way places, it is a custom
to keep various kinds of wild ani
mals as pets. The usual plan is to
bring home baby animals from the
forest or jungle, and to feed and
care for them as they grow. Wild
animals, cared for in this way.
usually become devoted to their
masters.
Perhaps our distant ancestors in
Europe first tamed animals by rais
ing young ones.
Among the paintings and carv
ings made by Stone Age artists in
Europe are many which show horses.
Most, if not all, of these are pic
tures of wild horses, but a few may
have represented tame horses.
Pictures on Bone.
Certain horse pictures were cut
an pieces of bone, and were left in
the Mas d'Asil cave in France. On
the heads of the horses are lines
which seem to be outlines of halters.
If this is the case, it means that
horses were tamed and used by
men when the pictures were made.
Some scientists, however, think
that the lines were not meant to
represent halters. They believe that
horses were tamed first by people in
Asia. Asia may also have been the
first continent where oxen, sheep
and pigs were kept as domestic
animals.
Wherever it happened first, the
taming of the horse marked a big
forward step in the history of the
human race. It gave men a way of
moving over the ground more
swiftly than they could run. It also
provided a faithful and powerful
beast of burden which could be used
to carry heavy loads from place to
place.
Girl From Greece
Is Honor Student at
Anacostia High
Prize Contribution
By Betty Eorly, 16,
Anacostia High School
Kalleope Leontarakes, a native of
Cerigo, Greece, always has been an
honor student. At Kramer Junior
High she received the American
Legion Award
for citizenship
and scholarship.
At Anacostia she
is keeping her
high scholastic,
as well as extra
curricular rec
ord. She is vice
president of
the Dramatic
Club and an
active member
of the Leaders’
Club and Allied
Youth. She is
also business
secretary of the
Italic*** Lcantarakcs.
Pow-Wow and plays in the Intra
mural basket ball contests.
In typing, a part of her commer
cial course, Kalleope has attained
a speed of 108 words a minute.
When she graduates in June she
plans to attend George Washington
University to major in law, her
favorite subject.
One of Kalleope's favorite recrea
tions is attending plays. She usually
has a prominent part in the presen
tations of Anacostia’s Dramatic
Club and acts as assistant director,
"making up” the actors.
Use Blueprint Paper to Make
Your Flower Notebook Last
By Elma Waltner
li you have been required to make
a botany notebook of pressed flow
ers you have perhaps found that
the pressed flowers are apt to crum
ble. But if you blueprint the flow
ers you’ll keep their outlines indefi
nitely.
You won’t need much in the way
of materials. Blueprint paper is the
most necessary, of course. You can
usually get this at an office supply
house or some friendly architect
may be willing to supply you with
a small quantity. This paper is very
sensitive to light, so keep it rolled
colored side in and stored in a dark
place.
Get a dime’s worth of potash
crystals from the drugstore. You
will also need a piece of glass and
a piece of heavy cardboard.
Cut the blueprint paper in a room
with the shades drawn and lay it
on the cardboard, blue side up. Ar
range the flower specimen on it,
separating the petals and leaves as
much as possible. Small flowers and
ferns make the prettiest prints.
k
Cover the flower with the glass and
carry it out into the sunlight. Since
the intensity of the sun is not al
ways the same, the length of time
necessary for exposure will vary.
From one to two minutes will usual
ly be sufficient. A little practice
will enable you to tell by the color
of the paper.
Carry it Indoors, remove the glass
and paper and wash under the
faucet or in a pan of water. Then
give the print a second bath in a
solution of one teaspoon of potash
crystals to one gallon of water.
A final washing in clear water
and the print is ready to be
stretched out to dry. There will be
a delicate white flower silhouette
on the blue paper, which will keep
indefinitely.
These prints can be used in nu
merous other places besides botany
notebooks. They make very pretty
notebook covers. Novel stationery is
another possibility. For this a very
small print would be used. Mount
the blue paper on a piece of gold
metallic or silver paper that is about
one-eighth inch larger all around,
then glue both to your stationery. ,
4
Pupil Learns About
Mexico From Friend
Who Visited There
Prise Contribution
By Martha Jcnnison, 15,
l*th«tda-Ch«vy Chai« High School
My Ideas about Mexico always
have been a little vague, centering
around people with sombreros over
their laces taking siestas, in front
of adobe huts, so I was glad to
hear the account Patsy Berkner
gave me on her return from there.
She said that she saw only one
person taking a siesta. Also the
farmers all wear blue jeahs, in
stead of the traditional clothing.
It was a little disillusioning.
Patsy entered Mexico by way of
Laredo, Tex., on the Rio Grande,
and from there went to the capital.
On the way, she saw a lot of
mountains which are used for
farming, no matter how steep the
sides may be.
In Mexico City she saw the
National Palace, now used for of.
flees: the Cathedral, the Jesuit
Church: Chapultepec, the former
home of Maximillian and Carlotta;
Xochimilco, the famous floating
gardens, and the pyramids of Teo
tihuacan, the sun and the moon.
At the floating gardens there are
boats bedecked with flowers in which
you can ride. You can buy your
lunch or soft drinks and musicians
are there to play for you.
After Mexico City, she went to
Acupulco, a beach resort on the
Pacific. There she had wonderful
swimming at the surf beach.
Leaving Acupulco. she saw the
pyramid of Xochicholoc, which has
ornate carvings all over it. She
saw Cuernavaka, where many weal
thy people have beautiful homes.
Patsy said conditions in Mexico
are not as good as in the United
States, and there is evidently little
education among the farmers and
lower classes. Farming is done by
the old methods, with burros that
cost 50 cents apiece. The people
are very generous.
The trip was very interesting and
probably more than made up in
educational value for the time she
missed in school.
‘Safety Circus* Talks
By Dick Mansfield
Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
of The Star's school safety program,
and former chief of detectives, is
giving a “Safety Circus” series of
chalk talks to pupils of elementary
and junior and senior high schools.
The program is sponsored by The
Junior Star in co-operation with
school authorities of the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia.
This week’s schedule:
Monday, 9:45 a.m.. Carver; 11:15
am., Smothers. Tuesday, 9:45 am.,
Crummell and annex at Cook. Wed
nesday, 9:45 p.m., Bell. Thursday,
9:45 am., Monroe; 11:15 a.m., Bruce
at Monroe. Friday, 9:45 am.,
Garrison at Grimke.
4
New Pentagon Post,
VFW Department,
Installs Officers
•
Four veterans of World War II
were Included in the list of officers
installed in Pentagon Post, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, at the Gold Chev
ron Club last week.
They include: Col. Enos B. Thorn
ton, commander; Joseph Peters,
junior vice commander; Ithiel M.
Worden, chaplain; B. F. McCarthy,
surgeon. World War I officers seat
ed were: Harold L. Rush, senior
vice commander; Thomas T. Aiken,
quartermaster; John L. Drew, post
advocate.
The installation was conducted
by Past National Judge Advocate
James Cannon.
Comd. Thornton appointed the
following: Adjuant, George S. Stitt:
officer of the day, Milton A. Pil
cher; patriotic instructor, Jewell P.
Hankins; service officer, William J.
Rice; legislative officer, Theodore
Culp; guard, August J. Nogaro;
color bearers, Henry O. Smith, Jr.
and Harry J. Moynihan; public re
lations officer, Glen C. Bobo, em
ployment officer, Richard S. Greer.
Combr. Thornton gave the obliga
tion to Lloyd R. Moses, Charles F.
Grove. James E. Keely, Joseph A.
O’Connor, Edgar M. Jones, W.
Daniel Lovick, Melrose B. Adams,
William Vassil. William C. Gloyd,
Richard M. Honlon, Herman O.
Hilljegerdes, Frank Italia, Carroll
E. Shupe, Virgil M. Kilgore, Glenn
I. Bickham, A1 J. Liposky, John J.
Konopka, Arthur F. Henri, Martin
P. Anchor, Leland B. May, Arvin
F. Hugh, William H. Harves, Nelson
C. Wahlgren, Major' Stitt, Paul
Barker and Richard Nickola.
The installation was a joint one.
President Mildred Carter, installed
President Edith Dunston and her
staff of officers. 4
Officers of Police-Fire Post and its
auxiliary were jointly installed at a
dinner Wednesday evening by Past
Department Comdr. E. K. Inman
and Department President Mildred
Carter.
John Jasinowski is the new com
mander and Mrs. Letheia Burdette
president of the unit.
Treasury Post and its auxiliary
held joint installations Wednesday
Comdr. Joseph Hillery and his staff
were installed by Past Department
Comdr. Charles B. Jennings and Mrs
Dausy Hillery, wife of the com
mander. and her staff were Installed
by Senior Vice President Grace
Fields.
William J. Cain was admitted tc
post membership.
All-American Post and its auxil
iary held joint Installations. Past
Department Comdr. Leon B. Lam
bert Installed Comdr. Thomas
Murphy and his staff, and Depart
ment President Carter installed
President Mabel Lambert and her
staff.
Equality-Waiter Reed Post and its
auxiliary held joint installations of
officers. Past Department Comdr.
Jack Holliday installed Comdr.
Charles M. Holmes and his staff and
Auxiliary President Aurelia Crim
and her staff were installed by Past
Auxiliary President Marie Anderson.
Front Line Post and its auxiliary
held joint installations. Department
Comdr. Frank Topash installed
Comdr. Clyde W. Keirn and his
staff, and Department President
Carter installed President Mary
Tucker and her staff. Mrs. Carter
presented Mrs. Faustina Dorough,
the outgoing president of the auxil
iary’ with her past president’s pin.
Those initiated into the post were:
David H. Kay, Robert J. Pierce,
Joseph A. Roliins, Orlando A. Cos
tantino. Joseph G. Twymon. Francis
L. Hornbeck, Frank Henry Wagner,
Henry Albert Herrero, Robert S.
Isles, James Kaur, Emil Schultz and
Arthur Duclos.
SUMMER CAMPS.
CAMP EMORY FOR GIRLS, 6-12 years. In
hills of Montg. Co., Md. Dramatics, rid
ing. swimming, all camp activities: strong
staff of experienced counselors. Give your
chlid a vacation In the country. Informa
tion. write CON8TANCE C. MULLINS.
Damascus, Md. Damascus 3831.•
8HOHOLA—A boys' camp In Pennsylvania^
2.000 ft. alt.. Pocono Mts.. Greeley. Pa.
Bors, 7-14: well-equipped cabins, pvt. lake,
horses: 280 mi. tVash . D C : chaperoned
train group. Balanced progrem. land and
water sports: experienced leaders: cata
logue. Frank Barger. 8IDWKLL FRIFNDS
SCHOOL .3901 Wi.v eve . Wash. 16. D C.
WO. 0953 or OL, S320._
A GOOD
CAMP
bolide o stronger
) nation
'FREE ADVICE
SUMMER
P CAMPS
ATM SCHOOL*
By experienced con*
i enltnnte from the
Oldest Comp ond
School Advisory Serv
ice to Woehlngtoo.
WASHINGTON
SCHOOLS
ASSOCIATION
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Far Appalntmaat
COL. ENOS B. THORNTON,
Commander, Pentagon Post,
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
—Star Staff Photo.
American Legion
Membership Soars
New High Totals
The American Legion paidup mem
bership passed 2,750,000 last week
it was announced from national
headquarters, which is 1,260,000
ahead of last year at this time.
The total of posts which have been
chartered, reached 14,209. It was
stated 15 posts are being chartered
daily.
Members of Sergt. Jasper Post
wishing employment should contact
Ernest Gallegos, North 8242, employ
ment officer.
Volunteers for duty with the
United Nations Organization Serv
ice Center at the Gales School on
Saturday nights, should report to
Clyde B. Dean, Chestnut 2239 or
Executive 4120, Branch 2380.
A meeting of housing officers and
post commanders will be held at
8 p.m. Tuesday at the Capital Hous
ing Authority. Housing officers will
be introduced on how to conduct a
survey through posts of the need
for veterans’ housing that will go to
Expediter Wilson Wyatt's represent
ative for the District. A. E. Gas
grain is chairman of the District of
Columbia Housing Committee of the
Legion.
! The Washington District of Co
lumbia Legion News, official publica
' tion for the department, is sched
: uled to present its second issue on
May 18. Edited by Lee L. Garling
James H. Brady and Edwin Groome
the forthcoming issue will carry
stories by two State Governors
and Undersecretary of Commerce
Schindler.
SUMMER CAMPS.
CAMP MONTEOSE—20th stator.: girls S
to 12 yrs: gentile. One hour from D C
Swimming, riding, etc. Churches near
Season of 8 weeks, wiiiO; no extras Cata
logue MR. AND MRS L. A. RANDALL.
Clarksville. Md.
Legion Auxiliary
Has 10,000 Units;
Other Activities
The American Legion Auxiliary
now has 10,000 units chartered, it
was announced last week by Mrs.
Gwendolyn Wiggin, national sec
retary.
Seven hundred thousand members
were in the national organization,
enrolled by April 1, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Thelma Healy,
membership chairman of the Dis
trict Department. She urges all
units to send in their new applica
tions at once in order that the
1945 record may be passed before
the national president, Mrs. Walter
G. Craven, makes her official visi
tation to the District on May 11.
Department President Mrs. Pearl
Heagarty will preside at a meeting
of the Building Fund Committee
tomorrow night at the Legion club
house. All department officers and
unit presidents are urged to attend.
United States Department of Agri
culture Unit will give a dinner at
the Fairfax Hotel at 6:30 p.m. Thurs
day for the benefit of the depart
ment's building fund. Members are
requested to contact the president,
Mrs. Elizabeth Moriarty, AT. 6515.
United States Maritime Unit’s Ex
ecutive Committee will meet at the
home of Mrs. Veronica Donovan,
401 East Clifton Terrace, at 8 p.m.
Tuesday. Mrs. Mary D. Spence,
president, announces poppies will be
made.
Members of Police and Fire Unit
will begin their first-aid course at
Georgetown University Hospital at 7
p.m. Tuesday, under the direction
of Miss Rose Perkins.
SUMMER CAMPS.
LONGFELLOW CAMP—Severn River. ne*r
Annapolis, Md.: Boys, 7-14. June 29 to
August 24. Riding, water sports, all camp
activities. Booklet upon request Reese L.
Sewell director. LONGFELLOW SCHOOL
FOR BOYS. OL. 5100. Bethesda. Md._
CAMP LUPTON
In the Blue Ridge Mountains, For desirabla
boys 8 to 11. Unusually fine buildings,
recreations, water sports, horses, tutoring,
90 miles from Washington. D. C. Route 11,
Greyhound Bus direct. Directed by staff of
Massanutten Military Academy. Address:
CAMP LUPTON. Box H, Woodstock. Va. •
CAMP ARROWHEAD
Owned end conducted by Lt.
Col. Ralph I. Sosse, head
coach of West Point football
team for 3 years.
Boys 7-14. In pine woods on
sheltered Rehoboth Bay near
ocean. Cruises, swimming,
fishing, riding. Arts and
. crafts. Woodcraft, nature
! study. Bungalows. Inclusive
fee. Booklet. Lt. Col. Ralph I.
Sasse, Dir., R.F.D.. Lewes. Del.
Summer Camp Opening at
CONGRESSIONAL SCHOOL
June 16—September 1st
Daily trips to the farm,
where your child will live in
the great outdoors; making
bird trails, participating in
competitive sports, picnics
and over night camping
trips.
> Swimming in the school's
pool; handcraft instruction,
dramatics and music.
Hot dinner at noon—Transportation furnished
Limited number vacancies—Register Now
Congressional School—1401 12th St. North
Arlington, Ya. Oxford 1222
PABSONS COUNTRYSIDE CAMP
DAY AND BOABDING
Mr. and Mrs. Parent
Are cordially invited to inspect Washington's newest camp for your
Son ond Daughter from 3 to 12.
Situated on five acres of ground in a country atmosphere. This re
treat will assure your child of a wonder/ul Summer as I have planned
a camp program that includes daily swimming, pony riding, physical
education, tennis, dancing, Summer theater and planned trips under
the supervision of trained counsellors. Staff doctor and trained
staff to supervise health.
Daily program includes daily transportation from any section of
Washington and suburbs. Boarding program, minimum two weeks
through three months.
SUMMER CAMP
June 17 to September 15
REGISTER mW
9401 Georgia Avenue SH. 1674
RUTH PARSONS
“Where Directed Activity Builds Character”
Announces opening of register for
SUMMER DAY CAMP
Benjamin Acres’ pool during the Water Carnival, one of
the events of the pageant closing- last camp season.
For an educational, health promoting, and *•* vma *Ja79(|
beneficial vacation for your boy or girl call / /&U