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FALSE TEETH That Loosen Need Not Embarrass Many wears of false teeth have suffered real embarrassment because their plate dropped slipped or wobbled at just the wrong time. Do not live In fear of this happening to you Just sprinkle a little FA8TEETH. the alkaline (non-acldl pow der on your plates. Holds false teeth more firmly, so they feel more comfortable Does not sour. Checks ' plate odor'' (denture breath). Get FA8TEETH at any drug store X-TITE COATER S#oU out dampness obove ond below ground level. 922 NEW YORK AVE. (11 NA. 8610 FREE PARKING next door for our pa trons. Open Mon. thru Sat. 7 A M. to 5:30 P M. Silver Sprint Paint Sc Hardware Co. Bethesda Paint Sc Hardware Co. Clarendon Paint Corp., Arlington Becker Paint & Glass Co.. Georgetown Local Paint Sc Hardware Co.. Hyattsville NEW ANAHIST ATOMIZER FOR COLDS sprays antihistamine mist right in nasal passages! Stops sniffles, sneezes . . . clesrs stuffed-up nose.-.which medical research points out are caused by histamine irritation. Has exclusive antihistamine action that old-fash ioned nose drops and inhalers can’t give you. Can be used by adults and children alike in addi tion to Anahist tablets or other medical treatment for colds, nasal allergies. D. C. Lawyer to Head National Symphony's Drive lor $190,000 p The 22nd annual sustaining s fund drive of the National Sym f phony Orchestra, with a goal of $190,000, will be launched Janu ary 11. Carson Gray Frailey. a Wash ington attorney, will be general chairman, according to Gordon Reid, president of the National Symphony Orchestra Association. The new sustaining fund goal Mr. Frailey. Mrs. Shcr. represents the difference between estimated receipts and expendi tures for the 1952-1953 season, [it was explained. Johns Hopkins Graduate. Mr. Frailey is a native of Wash 1 ington. He attended the Force, i E. B. Brown and Western High Schools. He also attended Mer cersburg Academy, Pa., and was graduated from Johns Hopkins University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He also is a graduate of the University of Maryland's School of Law. and was admitted to the District Bar Association in 1940. He practices law in association with John L. Laskey. Mr. Frailey is a World War II veteran, having been a major in the Army Medical Administration. Long identified with civic enter prises here, he has in the past ac tively associated with fund-rais ing campaigns for the Community Chest and Children’s Hospital. Nativd of Minnesota. Mrs. Robert E. Sher has been named by Mr. Frailey as vice chairman of the sustaining fund drive. The wife of an attorney here, she has actively been asso ciated with symphony affairs since 1936. She is a member of the Orches tra’s Board of Directors and serves I on the Council of the Women’s ! Committee of the symphony. A native of Minnesota Mrs. Sher is a graduate of the Univer [ sity of Minnesota and attended i music school in France, i_ St. Ann's Benefit Party To Be Held Wednesday St. Ann's Church. Wisconsin avenue and Yuma street N.W.. will hold its annual benefit card party and dance at 8 p.m. Wed nesday in the Shoreham Hotel. The Rev. Henry D. Collins, pas tor, is chairman and will be as sisted by Mrs. Roscoe W. Reichard. |Mrs. Ernest M. Fornili, Mrs. John J. Slattery, Mrs. John‘A. Buete.j Mrs. James I. Rooney, Mrs. John; F. Morrissey, Mrs. Adam Klein, Mrs. Theodore M. Roswell, Mrs. Walter T. Wilkinson, Mrs. James; H. Springman, Mrs. A. D. White man, Mrs. Frank Maloney. Mrs Charlese L. Smith. Joseph T. Spel man, M. Joseph May and Martin A. Cook. Hibernians Meet Tonight The Commodore John Barry : Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will hold its monthly meeting at 8:30 o’clock tonight in ithe Knights of Columbus Ha'll. 918 Tenth street N.W. ASPHALT TILE Vs" THICK 9"x9" SQUARES 150 SQ. 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His mother’s address was listed as 69 New York avenue N.W7 Mrs. Arrington has not lived at that address for several months, how ever, according to a neighbor. Pfc. Onley was with Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Reg iment when he was wounded. He enlisted in the Army in July, 1950, and has been in Korea since last April. In a letter to his mother, he said he had not been seriously hurt. In praise of the personnel at the hospital where he is being treated, he wrote: "I am in the Swedish Hospital1 (in Korea* and I don’t think there, are any better people anywhere." On the wall of Mrs. Onley's home is a framed letter from Presi dent Truman, in honor of another son. William, who was 21 when he died while serving with American forces in the Pacific theater dur ing World War II. A third son, Raymond, saw duty in Europe dur ing the war- and has since left the service. Also listed as wounded were! Corpl. Aaron Beckham, son of1 Mrs. Lanza Beckham of 443 Six-j and-a-Half street S.W., and Pfc.i 'Joseph H. Dixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyder Dixon of 47 Florida avenue N.W. j Corpl. Beckham, who is colored, 'was struck by an enemy bullet in the stomach on October 5. He has been returned to Fort Belvoir, Va., for treatment. His mother said he had been with Company K of the 15th Infantry Regiment and had been in Korea since last January. Before joining the Army in July, 1950, he was a student at Randall Junior High School. Gen. Hershey to Speak To Reserve Officers Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director, will ad dress a general assembly of local Army reserve officers at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Interior De partment Auditorium. He will discuss universal mili tary training, selective service pol icies and the reserve, and meth ods of registration and classifi cation of men for entry into the: service. ' | Margaret Webster to Read | Margaret Webster. Shapespear ean actress and director, will give the first in the Library of Con gress’ winter series of poetry read ings on Wednesday evening in the Coolidge Auditorium of the li brary. Admission is by invitation only. Book Program Scheduled A book review program for the benefit of the new library of the Metropolitan Methodist Church will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Thur sday in the church, Nebraska and New Mexico avenues N.W. “Mother and Queen” and “The Sea Around Us” will be featured. L~ ~ 1 I FOR THE BRIGHTEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOORS YOU EVER SAW • CELLOWAX Waihable! Longer lasting on Wood, Linoleum, Asphalt and Rubber Tile _ I PITTSBURGH .CLEVELAND | DETROIT - MILWAUKEE j MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL v Ticket Officer. 1519 K St. N.W. and Willard Hotel Lobby, i 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. Phone: STERLING 9000 or your Travel Agent NORTHWEST A World of Experience... 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