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Published Every Thursday By The Greenbelt Cooperative Publishina Association. Inc .. 14 Parkwav. Greenbelt. Ma4"yland

5 centa Vol. 16, No. 39 Greenbelt. Maryland, Thursday, May 15, 1952

1171 Answer Council Referenda• By I. ;J. Parker

Greenbelt residents expressed a marked desire to continue renting even at higher rents, the results of the city-wide referendum .1.1how. City clerk Winfield McCamy announced the results this week. of 1885 ballots mailed, 1071 were returned in time to be tabulated. The 'results are: Do you prefer to ·rent, even at au increase to

.·PHA or any possible owner? 1st chaice 2nd choice

658 161 218

Do· you prefer to purchase under the present plan of the Greenbelt Veterans Housing Corporation? ()o you prefer to purchase under a clear-title

. private-ownership plan? Do you have an alternate plan?

3rd choice 1st choice 2nd choice 3rd choice

36 replies

263 173 323

1st choice 113 2nd choice 409 3rd choice 113

According to Miss MCCamy, the alternate plans were mostly comments on the housing situation and not real plans. She added that. many residents crossed out parts of the first question, indicat­ing a desire to rent only from PHA or at no increased rents.

Counting the ballots with the city clerk were GVHC board member, J. Strode Beckham, and non GVHC L'lember Guy Moore. The results of the questionnaire will now be sent to GVHC, PHA. and interested members of Congress; city council will consider them at its next meE"ting on Monday night.

A$ked to comment on the referendum, Steve Comings, council-' man, replied that the GVHC should hold a meeting before the June. 1 deadline for the specific purpose of letting the membership decid~

· ...-. whether to continue the organization. Figuring the replies per­centage-wise, Comings felt an emphatic desire to rent rather than purchase wes expressed by the residents.

Local ~aiiery ''A'' T r•ins at Ft. Meade

Ba:ttery · "A",. Greenbelt's own National Guard Unft, travelled to

· F!ol't George G. Meade, :Maryland , .tibie ·past weekend, and With the r-~ · of the 224Jilh Field· Artillery BS.~on, proved t !t ems e 1 v e s

' ••rea'(ly on the firing line''. Mem-, ber• ·of the Battery had the oppor­

tunity to use, on the !firing range, th~ mnall arms with which. they have been training in their Armory Drill The Regular Army qualifi­cation courses were fired with both :carbines, cal .30, and pist.ois, cal .45, each , ma.n firing the weapon with which he is normally armed.

The Ba.t"..ery assemlbled in the small hout"S <1f Saturd&y morning for hot coffee served lby tlre mess section. With the RJcd Guid(>n waving from the lead vehicle, the

· Gua.rc!sn1en moved by truck con­-voy to Fort Meade wh~re targets were set up and the firing began.

Training i~lf ended at six Sat­urday and supp,er was followed by ball games which lasted until dark, 8t which ti·me color slides taken last summer at tn.ining camp were shown, fuUowed by oute~r movies. Tne men then returned to their t.erits wher;:!, with a combination of GI b!a.nkets and i11genuity, ·they made themselves snug ror the night.

After Sunday breakfast and church services held in the field by Catholic and Protestant chapiains, firing resumed and continued until noon. Following dinil'e!" camp was broken and the Batteries dispersed to their home stations. On return to the Greenbelt Annory, fiE-ld equipment was put away, vehicles were serviced and weapons were cleaned. The- tasks accomplish­<.'<1, the Guardsmen took off foi" their homes where bath tubs and ~eal beds and mattresses awaited them.

Thoere are still ~me vacancies in the Battery for men above 17 ar.d belciw 40. Those joining now w1ll be in ·time to spend two weeks ill ~mp with .the Battery · this summer. Interested young men may apply at th'e Greenbelt Armory on ~esday evenings where drill is held from f!:15 to 10:15 p.m.

LiHie Le111e, 1952 Mayor Francis .r_ Lastner will

cause quite a scramble at Mc­Donald ~eld sometime around 9:'30 this 2.aturday mo.rning when he tosses a stJiny brand new Official Little Lelgue base­ball into the midst of exactly 90 small .ball-players. Greenbelt's 1952 edition of Little League Ba.seball, surv1vmg !growing pains of 1951, takes the field with two new teams in addition to the four of last summer.

Immediat.el;5.· after one of the 90 lads clutch~s His Honor's souvenir toss George Preston's champion Iza.ak Walton League nine takes on Mel Taylor's Col­lege Park Legion in the first Clf three six inning games for the day. Eloeven o'clock will find J;m Ewing's Bowlers meeting Chester Speziale's Indians and the Inaugural Day's finale pits Bernie Emmert's Co-op boys against Bo'1 Kelly's Red Birds.

Recreation D i r e c t <.• r Don Wolfoe has inviterl City M!l.nager Charles T. McDonald and

·Councilmen Thomas .J. Can­ni~g. Steve L_ Comings, Ben P. Goldfaden and James N. Wolfe to be on hand to assist the May­or in dignifying the occasion.

·Co-op Kindergart:en To Meet: Monday Night:

Kindergarten registration will again be held from 7:30 to 8 Mon­day night in the Home Economics Room at the Center School. The ne~ly formed Gr~enbelt CoopH­ative KindergartPn will then con­duct its first gen~rar members~ip mE>e'ting at R pm in that room. More regirtrants are required in order to engage two full-time kindergarten teachers since 50 registered at .the Center School during Monday's registration and 30 at the North End School. ThP meeting wil hegin promptly so that the group may hear City Mar.ager Charles T. McDonald speak, who must attend a regular Ccuncil meeting later that night.

·Also on the program, according to c~airman Betty COleman, is .. a brief resume on cooperative kinder­gartens" from a top official of th~ Prince George::· Courrt:v Council of

Remember - Rescue Squad Carnival - Start$ Tonight

'' Cooperative Nursery and Kinder­gatern Schools. Elections will be held and by-laws decided upon.

Rhonda Bibler Best Majorette for 1952 RHONDA BIBLER- . . ..

Miss Rhonda Bibler, one of Greenbelt's most outstanding Majorettes, wu awarded a Trophy as the Best Girl Baton Twirler in the National School Safety Patrol Parade and Assembly last Satur­day morning, May 10. Approxi­mately 27,000 boys and girls par­ticipated in the four hour par-ad~<! as ·representatives of the ~ states.

The news at Rhonda Bibler's success was first discovered in the Sunday morning newspapers_ The 18-inch high trophy, a miniature majorette twirling a baton while standing on top of a glove, resU! on an 8-inch pedestal. 1\.fayor Frank Laslner J>resented it to Rhonda last Tuesday night at the regular· Majorette rehearsal where the girls are preparing for the l..Jons Club Competition this Fri­day night. ]l,f:ly 16. at the National Armory at 8 p.m.

1\.f:ayor La.stner said he was proud to make the presentation and oy;as giad that Rhonda had taken ad­vantage of the wonderful oppor­tunHies presented by the Major­e-ttes and the C:reenhelt Community Band.

GCs-Board Prepares For June Meet:irg

By Ge->rge C. Reeve11 Planning the rr.embership meet­

ing. !<ehedaled for Junoe · -t. was as­signed to Henry \Valters and H..t.rry Zubkoff as chairmen of the membership and education com­Inittee's respectively, at the regular GCS Board meoeting last Friday, It was announced that board mem­ber George Davidsen has bN>n elected treasurer of the Potomac Oooperative Federation.

Morris Solomon, chairDU:I.n of the store operations and price policy committee, expressed COiH'ern over a new trend on the part of canning companies to put their products in odd siz~ can.s. The consumer. Solo­mon emphasized, is getting less and paying more per ounce \Vhile unaware of the substitution in sizes. The bo~rd felt it was pre~

mature to make any reeomm<.·nd­ations as far a.s co-op product:; Wl're concerned.

Treasurer Caiman \VincgardPn reque5ted that the minutes ~:.at2

specifically .certain ,\Short-term loan borrowing authority pre-vious­ly authoriZ-i!d by the board. A. pro­ccdurf' for notifying cfficers of t:-te

<.orporation in ad'l.'ance of s::ci1 borrowing was informally adopte-d. Eariier this year two short-term loans tot:.;.ling $50.000 wer•c Gb­ta:ncd.

Local Talent Shines on TV

By Doris A. ~lednit"k

~i.is~ Estelle \Vitkin. 33-J Ridge Road. appeared on the Sunday night Channel 9 panel program "\Vhat's .:\ly Line", repr~senting

her di">'ision of Li}e Federal Rescn·e Branch. It. cost the experts U5 to guess her occupation: Counting money,

She wa1: thrilled to meet Pe-ter Lorre \'l."ho was the mystery guest of the evening. and describe." him as ·•a most gracious person.''

A week later Susan .:\f:acKenzie. 16 years old :'lnd a Junioc at Xorth­WE-stern High School. a,peared on Cartoon Theatre as a winm:-r in a contest sponsored by Mason's Root Be<>r. Her prize? A 2-wheel bic~cle -for writing in 15-wordS-<Jr-less why she liked the pr'Oduct. Hr"r stint on the program was to pour . Ma.so::1's root bt..>-ei" into a gla-,s.

Tho11as Resigns Fro• IIHC Board; Special lleetinc To Be Called May 22

The resignation of W. Earl Thomas from the GVHC board of directors was accepted unanimously "with regret" at the regular board meetin.g Monday night. In amplifying his letter of resigna­tion to board members who were reluctant to accept it, Thomas stated that it was known "that I would have resigned soma time ago ex<'ept that the opposition to GVHC might have used my doing so as a weapon. They might do it now, but I only hope they will be men enough NOT to." Thomas regretted the necessity for leaving the board where he had "met some wonderful guys." But his serv­ice to GVHC "has cost: me a lot of money, more than any of you will ever know," Thomas said, since his work is done mainly at nightl when most board business is likewise transacted. · Moving to ac­cept the reignation, John Beckham remarketl "if a man can't re­sign because of the effect on the board's reputation, we are in a· sad state ind~."

Down PaymP-nt Loans The ciificussion on Thomas' res­

ignation was preceded by another en the potentialities of the cor­poration to assist, :iirecUy or other-­v:is~. in the obtaini-ng by members of louns tor down payments. It was believed possible, according to an un-named Maryland attorney, th&.t the board could arrange for ~:;uc.:h ·loans after a blank~: instruc­tion to do !>0 from the membership without suffering personal liability, Bordenet, bowE>ver, adv!s,ed the di­rPct hirir.g of profe1ssonal legal aid. The question, further complicated by the need for credit chleck­ing, was referred to the committee for more study,

Petition for Meeting lo.fajor C()nsiderati•)n on the even­

ing·~ agenda was a registered let­ter in the forn'l of a petition signed by councilmen Comings, Wolfe, Goldfaden and Canning and 60 other residents requesting a special mern bership meeting to 't ~ called not later than May 11. The isSues to be take!! up at that meeting were outlined u (1) restoration CJl the &Xl resident quota for the $100 good faith payments; and <2) the gra:nting to residents of whatever time e x t e n :s ! o n s PHA should aut:horize for GVUC. The letter was dated May 6 and receiwd by May 7. Since GVHC by-l&ws re­cmire that the secretary establish s-necial membership meeting dates 7 days after. receipt of such peti­Vons and, further, L'ltat notices be mailed to mem'bers within 10-20 d'lys after the date is decided, the rc-q•wst for a May 11 meeting could not b..: met. Several directors po:r.tc·d out that anyone d-esiring to nHke additi'lns to the agenda fc:,r- t 1w rc-gular quarterly meeting co~1ld ha \'{~ <ione so by presenting a pc-tit:on signed by 10 member3 withi:1 ~wenty days before the :3('hedulcrl meeting: After consid­(:rablt· di.<cus:::ion the board agreed t' a:-ran<:?:e the specia~ mectm;; for ::\T"Y 22. In acccrd wi~h a motion by Tc:m Ritchie, a letter ·will be sc1t to si~ners of the petition ex­l·h:t:".i":.: it and suggesting that t"J(·y cr,me down to tl:e tneeting <::·,,, protect their intereets.

GCS - GVHC Prf'fYdi ng the regular board

:rr.( f tir:g G\'HC directors met '"'ith rht· board of directors of GCS in an informal discussion of current i,;.~ues. \Vith GCS President Walt­er· Bi• r'x~gen as spok'e~;~man, .the GCS b<Jard offered for considera­tion a :')r•~posal it intended "to as­sist G\.HC" and to help maintain Grr-Pnhf-:t a.s ··a stable, happy com­munity." Specifically concerned with tho!'e residents who may find it necf:."sary to continue to rent o..-r-r a long-term period, the GCS plan. as summed up at one point l'y GCS treasurer Caiman Wine­gardf'or.. ~uggests that GVHC solicit fro~ some "outside organization, such a.a the Peoples Development CDrporation, sufficient financial as­s:stance o::o enable residents not buying to continue to rent owr a con,id•·rable period of time."

GYHC directors, and president

What Goes On Friday, M:ay 16-Lion's Club corn­

petition, Band and Majorettes­National Armory, 8 p.m.

Friday, May lS-Cenil:er School PTA bi>.ke sale-Theater lobby, 10 a.m. --p~cds used for purchase Gf

film strips_

l<'riday, May 16-Duplf~te ·Bridge Tournament - Home Ec. room, Center school, 8:30 p.m. -- Call 5702.

Monday, May 19-Annual Spring Leadership Institute at Central PreSbyterian Church, Washing­ton.

Monday, May 19-Co-op Kinder­garten o-rganb:ational meeting­HoD'te Ec. room, Center school, 8 p.m. sharp.

Tuesday, May 2!)--Lecture on Can­ned Goods-Theater, 1:30 p.m.-­Sponsored ·'by GCS SupP.rmarket.

Sunday, May 25--Festival of Music with all tlhree choirs participat­ing--Conmlunity Church, even-in g.

Mike Salzman in particular, em­phasi:lJed tha.t the corporation could not negotiate until after the pre­liminary conditions set by PHA­na;nely, the good.ofaith payments of 800 buyers, 533 of whcm must be residents, were mtet. "This corpora­tion," Salzman said, "definitely in­tE-nds to negotiate the contract with PHA," after t.he 800 deadline is rn?t. GVHC's pr6bl'ems, its di­rectors maintained, must await the corporation's qualification as a buyer. "If 1885 residents would buy," Ritchie declared, "we'd be th-e happiest people on earth. Non­residen::S can only·buy where resi­dents do not." Both boards agreed that the GCS proposal needed fur­ther consideration and discussion, as Salz'nan reioorated the need to m~ct PHA conditions first. He pointed out the one inalterable precident GVHC would liave to folio wwould be the sale of two­thirds or 1267 Greenbelt units.

Commercial Property A discussion followed of the

complex issues involved in the sale of the commercial property, GCS -expressed concern over tne indecls­h·e zoning now in effect. As GVHC director Eltot Bukzin pointe<i out, the mutual "will buy only what property is feasible, perhaps only the homes." Bierwa.gen explained that GCS can best operate on a lease. Many large stores and supermarkets buy the land they will occupy, sell it and then rent from the m~w !>uyer. GVHC has in­tentions, it was said, to negotiate all sections of its contract after the preliminary conditions have been met. It was agreed that com­mittee representing both ·boards would explore the problems in-her­ent in the commercial prope-rty, with special attention to GCS n~eds and GVHC capacities .

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Jim O'Neill, phone 4657. Circulation l\lanagPr The fireenbelt Cooperawr is published e~·ery Thursday by the Green­

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VoC-16- Thur:sdiY.'May15. 1952 --- No. 39

Next Stop - Congress The big post-referendum question is, "What do we do now?"

Some interpret the results as a mandate from the citizens to dis­band GVHC. To othei"S the referendum is worthless. the confirma­tion of a time-won1 sentiment. Many believe it marks the begin­ning of a campaign to convince Congress to rescind Public Law 65. : ·We believe that to disrunt GVHC is dangerous·. PHA is re­

quired by law to sell Greenbelt. PHA will negotiate with the first; qualified buyer it finds: GVHC is the only buyer ab1 ~ and anxious to renresent the community.

, Those resideP.ts who wish to continue to rent-mostly because · 'buying seems too expensive--have said they will pay increased rents

to PHA or any other landlord. We believe they should take their case directly to Congress, which is rE'..sponsible for the disposition of Greenbelt. To approach PHA is useless; their activities are de­termined by the feder&.l government, not by the local citizenry. Two "green" towns have already been sold in accordance with the law. . It is Congress--not PHA nor GVHC-which is liable.

Greenbelt was built for tenants of limited income. In the main· its resident.s, especially sensitive to inflation, were attracted Ly decent housing at costs scaled to their salaries. When Publio l..a.w 65 was passed the majority did not foresee or try to forestall ... -as they are doing now-the serious dislocation the sale of tho city might entail. .

The referendum is a council action; council must see it through. At" this stage of the game, they must pursue--tenaciously-two pol­jcies: 1) a vigorous att~r~.pt to influence Congress to repeal Pub­lic Law 65, on behalf of the 600-odd families who want to continue renting; &.nd 2) the preservation of a healthy and useful GVHC. during the progress of the sale, which PHA will most certainly continue until legally directed otherwise.

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Letters To Editor --On c; \'HC ( oatrart-

F'..•· ~.!:- !.""1rl···y·., d~.-<n!'":iq~. of (;'\;ftC r>r.~1tr !··t L~-·1 \ 1.·t)t->: q:_.uUr.£ r~:.r:"ig:-l;til 1:2 1 C.'~~l·~·---lla.t:r):: 0f t·nn­

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rquit;;. G\Tl:C ha . .; first q•::.;:: t.-l bny :- ;r 1'''. ,_.,l: if C\'HC' buy.; hie: equ!ty. i: must nccc-;.sari!y p:1y },~ .. -:-. in i ll:l i~!:"':l·~·rii~Lt"•ly a . .; a cnn­

dition of exercising such optio:1. If nl•.•:-::i:.~·:- ~.:·!is h1s {·q·1ity to ar:)-or.c·

e1~·· 'par. 11 •. wher. :1nd how mllcit h<- recpivc·s from hi~ hn~-,-·r is a t-ra~:~r of nP,;rotiation betwPen buy­er and seller as under individual ~-.wncrsh; I• Tf h£> can no~ find 3.

bu:r.:r immC'diatPly. he may r<'nt his house for two ye-ars (par. 15\ or he· may elect to cancel his contract '·ith r..vHc outright t par. 12 l upon 60 ciays' notice. He and be alone can <ieci<de whE'ther to caned his co:'ltract Cpar. 121 he cannot be forced to do so.

ThP purpo~' of paragraph 12 is to give the member the right to terminate all his liabilities under !h(' contract 1 to take th{· noose off his neck). But he can"t ea.t his cakl' Bl'd h:H'•' it too. If you buy a house under individual 'l).vner­!'hin ''0U cannot elect to cancel the mortgage except by payment in full: othE'rwisr> you re-main liable for payment of the mortgag,~ and for any deficit in case of fore­closure sale unless ~·ou find a buyer and mortgagee releases you from ::ou:- contrac-t. Under GVHC con­tract you will not be liable for any deficit. nor do you forf'oi'it y·our equity. HowevC'r, upon cancella­tion of contract by member under par, 12, he is not entitled to pay­ment for his equity undl GVHC finds a buyer. If down pa:~--ment by th-e buyer is less than old mem­ber's enui<ty. he wil! hav<' to wait for his monev "!.Inti! GVHC is financially able to pay him. Be-ar in mind that the member's equity is not money in th<> bank but con­sists of p:~.:~--ments on the principal o~ the purchase price which will have b£>en paid to PHA. Since GVHC muo;t continue to pay the mortgagE'. taxes. operating costs. etc, and GVHC may incur loss of income becouse vf member's can­cellation of his contract. h<' must bPar suclJ. loss suft\>red hy GVH:C up to, but not ex~eeding. the amount of his equity.

Bernard. J. Bordenet, Chairman Legal Committee. GVl-i.C

Sincere C'.omplaint

Lately ! can"t even ch('Ck out of the veg-et:.a.ble counter, !cot alone get out the main exit, witnout be­ing asked "I heard you're not buy­ing in Greenbelt, is it true?"

Two years ago we returned from vacation to find that we had moved out l)f town and were living in a. lovely $30,000 home, aU this stem­ming from a very reliable source.

Today this rumor is gaining momentum and is now being pushed maliciously and with full realization that its untrue. by the very same people fighting the sale of this town to GVHC; fighting with anything they find at hand. If it;s 'l. lie. all the better than it be a bigo nc. Jast about anything se<:'ms to go in their plan to under­mine the fa!th of Gn-enbelters in GVHC.

Let nw j;l:o on r{,cord as .s&~·ing-­we w-ere amo~1g the first to sign up. we lo\-e Greenbelt and pLan to live here many more years.

Look us up in town any time. Of course. if anyone knov•s of that S:30.000 house • by now it must ~ $50,000l that can be bought for the price of our present ~8.000 home. do let us know!

Sincerely Helen Salzman.

-To The Rescue Squad-I: !·:1.s bc·r·n brought to my atten­

: ''"- t:1r01:gh Dr. Howard :!\1:. Bu­l --:·:. C\!r·.·Jical Ex:1.miner for the De­·-, ;:-:.mc•n: of !l.taryland State Po­:.,·· an-l his assist:J.nt. :Mr. \Vm. J. ;\:r:}e:-man. of the fine spirit and ~. :tm .•:or·!; shown by the members c: ~·rr:r g,·.Jup ir. thf' transporting o: patients from the Baltimore c:·y r.oc:p:tals to Deer's He<'.d Hos­l·i: ·i \. whf.'n called upor. by our ).:~· rL~~:ll [lh:isio!l.

I 11nd,..rst.and this long and diffi­Cl::t pi···ce of work was accomplish­<·-i with considerable comfort to the pat1ents and with no unfortu­r.at., inrldent and it is indeed my p>,u;,lre to nass on to you, and to :'w mcmbers of your orsanization, t'1r· appr-~ciation of this Depart­m•·nt for t.he .services you rendered, e~rH~cially on such very short no­tice.

I wo11!d al::;o like to pass on the grateful appreciation of Mr. A. 0. ~toy<>r. Administrative Resident ..,f F>Ritimore City hospitals, who has hc<>n in touch with our Depart­mont and requested that we men­t!nn this to you.

\Vith every good wish and assur­ing you of {IUr cooperation in all matters of mutual interest, I am

Sin~rely yours, Colonel Elmer F. Munshower

Superintendent.

COMMUNITY CHURCH PROTESTANT

Eric T. Braund. 1\olini!fter Teii"Jl'hone '7931

Thur!!da~·. :Uay 15-4:40 pm St. C('Celia ChC'ir Rehear.sa.l, 8 pm Cloi.~er Chdr Rehearsal; 8:15 pm Discussion Group meets a.t the home of :.'vtrs. W. R. Vo!ckhausen, 4 Forestway, Saturday, May 17-LanS<'aping Bee. Sunday, May 18-Church Services at 9 am and 1l am. Sermon by Mr. Braund "Making your House a Home"; St<nday School Hours: 9:00, Nursery and Primary; 9:50, Junim"s throug'h Adults; 11 Nursery and Beginners; 8 pro, Forum: "On Being Christian in the Nations Capitol" at the First Congrl"ga.tional Church in Wash: ington,

MOWATI MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH

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Telephone 4987

Sunda~· School at North End School 9:30 a.m. Classes for all age-s. \Vorship Service and ser­mon by Pastor a.t 11 a.m. Subject: '·A \Voma.n's Courage." Music by thP. choir. The Oflllcial Boa.'l'd will n·,'t'et on Vllednesday, May 21, at the Church, Woodlandway. The Meth­odist :\len will hold an lee Cream Social on the Church Lawn, on \\'oodlandway on Wednesday, May 21. The public ·is invited. Cordlal Wl"lcom.- is extended to all to come end participate in the servicetl,

St:. l-lugh's Sodality Elects New OUicers

Mrs_ JOI!!eph O'Neill has been elected prefect of St. Hugh's So­dality for next year, according to Mrs. Mar'g'aret Ba.Jdovin, present president. Vice-president is Mrs. .Joseph Ha.slinger, corresponding S('Cet.ary, Mrs. Kenneth Keeney; recording se-cretary, Mrs. Alex­an~r Radko; and treasurer, Mrs. JoRcph Patterson. New omcer.s will be in!"talled at the fi::-st meet­ing in June.

ThP. elections were held at the rP.gu!ar me"<.-ting of the Sodality last \Vednesday, and were followed by a reception for the 12 new nrom­h<'rs and 4 transfers from -:rt.her sodalities. Eighteen teen-e.gers were received into tlte Teen-age Sodality on the first Sunday in May.

AOCESSORIES REP:\IRS

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ST. HUGH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

R .. , .. \'il'tor ,J, Dowgia.Uo, Pastor (irf"t>nhl"lt 5911

Saturda;\·: c:..mfessions, 3 to 5:30 P.m. for childr,,n, 7 to 9:30p.m. for adult.-;. Sunday: Ma..«ses, 7:30, 8::'9, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Children of the First Holy Communion clas3 \\;!1 h:1ve their pictures t.':Lken at 2 p,m., and wi~l b,, inYested in the Scapular a.t 2:30. 1\fay Day proce<>­sion at 3 p.m. \\'l"dnesday: Nove­na servic,::i. 8 p.m. Ba.ptisrns: 1 p m. Anyone wishing to have a baby baptized should l".otify Fa­ther Dowgiailo beforehand.

HEBREW SERVICES Btonja.mi.n Rosenzweig

Nonuan GTallilns Friday, l\<lay 16 - Services will be

lteld at the· home of Aoo Chasno:ff, 45-N Ridge, at 8:30 p.m. Ca.r..dle lighting a.t 8 p.m. Portion of the Week - Leviticus 25:1 27:34. Reading from the Proph&.s - Jere­miah 16:19 - 17:14.

GREENBELT LUTHERAN CHURCH Edward H. Birner, Vicar

Telephone 3'703 Friday, 1\lay IS - 8 p.m. The Ly­

dia. Guild will meet at the h01111e of Mrs. crarence Berg, 20-H Hlill­side. Sunday, May 18 - 9:45 a.m. '.:runday School and ajult Bi!ble class. CLasses are heid for all ages, Raymond Carriet"t", Superinten­dent. 11: a.m. Church Servicoe. The Sacrament of the Altar will •be celebrated at this 1ervice. Services are held in the Center School. Vis­itors are always wtelcome. A nurs­ery is provided tor. all children four years of age and under. Mon­day, l\lay 19 - 8 p.m. Sunday Sch()()l Teacher~ meet at 8-G Parkway.

The Hasty Heart . ..-- -~ 'IIhe Mt. Vernon Players will pre­

sent a former Broadway hi.t ''The Hasty Heart" by John Patrick In their Undercroft Auditorium at the Mt. Vernon ~"hurch, 9th & Masa. Ave., N.W. through May 24th. Set­tings are l:y Sophie Cor'IIY'in, form­erly of Greenbelt. F:.-ee tickets may be secured ·by•calling District 1484 or at the box.office.

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TO THE VOTERS OF PRINCE GEORG:ES COUNTY:

As it is impossible fo!' me to thank personally all who supported me in the recent Primary, I wish to take this o~portunit;v to express t" you my appreciatior. for your support.

It has .been an honor to have represented the Fifth District ot Maryland in the House of Repre­sentatives.

I was particularly pleased with the overw1.."lelmlng majorities I re­ceived in my own county and the Congressional District where I wae known.

Gratefully yours, Lansdale G. Srutacer. -----

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.Personals Sih·~>r Wedflinar Anniversary

Mr: and Mrs. Emmett R. Grlgcs, re~idcnts of Greenbelt for 14 ye.<lrs, both 'employees of the Departlnent of .Ju~ice, Immigration and Nat­ural1zation Sen, ice, celebrated Lheir Silver Weddin~ Anniversary April 21, 19i:i2. Mr. Griggs has been (·mployce in the Immigration Serv­'ice 22 yeaN!. Mrs. Griggs is Sec­retary to Mr. Dalzel, Records Re-

. .tiremer.t Officer for thi!'l Service.

'Patricia Griggs - Robert Soles Mr. and Mrs. Emmett R. Griggs

~! , ·Greenbelt, announce the mar­riage of their daughter, Patricia .Jane, to Pte. Robert Dale Soles, son of Mr. and :Mrs. Clarence Soles of Norfolk, Virginia. 'l'h.e marriage took . :place in Virgin1a. when Pfc. Sole returned home in Febn!ary after servng· 11 months in Korea. He is now stationed in Ka.nsa.s with ·the Regimental Staff of the United States Army. Patricia is a senior at Northwestern Bligh School.

Birthday-Hohes Mr. .Joseph Goodnow celebrated

hi~ 92nd birthday ·:May 6th a.t the home of his daughter, Mrs. Free­land Ramsdell, who gave a sur­prise party ·in his honor.

-Scholoraship Winner-Carroll Barcus, son of Mr. and

·Mrs . .J. Walsh Barcus vf 2-T Gar­denway, is the winner of not one but two •half-tuition scholarships 1:o Catholic •high school'J in the area.

Carroll took the entrance exam.­ination for St . .John's College High

·School in April, m competition With 400 r.oys, and was notified f!'ubsequently of his award. In

-.. early May, he took a simi1ar exam for Gonzaga High School, and won a scholarship there, too. ~his tilll!e he was one of 369 •boys competing.

Among his activiti&S, Carroll, who will graduate 'from Holy Re­deeorner School in Berwyn in June,

· ls an altar boy a.t St. Hugh's, an active Boy Scout, and a carrier for the Evening Star. Hle has decided

...... to,.. accept tlte scholarship fl"'nl .Jnzaga High.

White Elephants Pay Off The cost of living took a fast

tumble . last F::iday when the Centar School held its annual Wrute Elephant sale. Records,

·toys, 'boola!, games, clo..b.ing. p:&nts, jewelry, notkns, and housewares disappeared in record at record low -prices·as tveryone sought and bought 1bargains. Many children took advantage of the chance to buy their Mothers• Day gifltls $11d no doubt some mOthers were amazed and dismayed to receive as gitts those "Wb!ite Elephants" they thought has di.si.ppeared from their hOIIles forever.

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11951 F~ Deluxe l! .. ordor . . Sh - Blue - 8 cyl. Radio, a.ir-

'L ...heater. Exceptionally cleen,. One nwner ............................. $1595.0()

1951 FORD Custom Tudor ::ladio, Heater, Seat Covers. 8 cyl Beautiful light ' tan ! . :f.ni.sh. One owner ...... .. $1295.00

1050 FORD Deluxe Tud.-r Beautiful black finish. 6 cyl. Low mileage. One own-er .............. ·--·-·--... - .... ~ $1195.00

J.950 CHEVROLET t Deluxe. Power Clide. Radio Heater. Turn signals. Very clean ---· $1.381.80

1949. FORD Custom Fordor Very clean.,, One owner. E~.ter .......................... _........... $1SH.OO

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CLASSIFIED GREE~BELT ~fOTO&<; your

nearest use::l car dealer, GR-4466. FOR FRESH FLOWERS to suit 8ny occasion call Beil Flowers. College Park, UNion 1300. Free de­livery.

!\fOVING & STORAGE - FCR:--1-urc, Freight, or Expre-ss. Anything. anywhere, anytime. Bryan Motor Express, Call Greenbelt 8341.

TE"'J..JEVISION AND RADIO sales and service ON ALL MAKE SETS; &llten.nae installation. YOUR LO­CAL G.-E dealer. QUALITY AP­PLIA.."'l'CE CO., 8137 BALTIMORE BLVD., COLLEGE PARK, \VAr­fie'd 7317 .

LOCAL W AS HI N G MACHl:-; E :Jervice - Automatic and conven­ti~>nal models expe:rtly repaired. Reasonable. Guaranteed. Free esti­mate. Phone Gr. 4063. NOTE NEW NUMBER 4063.

\<ilANTED -Full or part time help for fountain work. Opportunity for G;-eenbelt house\\'ives. Fount­ain experience not necessary. ~ Harry Palmer GCS fountair..

DO REMEMBER - L. Schurr for loveiy new Hne of children's play .clothes, shorts and dresses - sizes ~-14. Women's apparel. 31-D Ridge Rd. G-R-5831.

RIDB A BICYCLE and enjoy it. ImPorted English Co-op bicycles. ordinarily a $65 value for just $19.50. Sturdy, light, 3-speed geaC'S make hil13 a pleasure. Co-op De­partment Stcre.

OPPORTUNITY knocks once. If you're going to buy a new car, be sure to call Gr-4543. 6-7 p.m.

FOR SALE-Beautiful brick home. b:ugain price, near Suitland. F:ne section. Many extras. Vertian Corp. Call Fontaine, Gr-3086.

WANTED - Full time mechanic. experienced or apprentice--See Ed Burgoon at Co-op Service Station·.

Food, Diet Expert To Lecture Here

Serving cant'ed foods may be easy on the budget and on · time required to prepare them, but many housewives ask, "Can they be a 8 nutritious and delicious?" Mrs. Shirley Cochran, nutritionist and food expert, will answer these and other questions about the place of CR>nned foods on the din~r ta:ble at a lecture to be :held next Tuesday, May 20, in the Greenbelt Thea~. at 1:30 p.m. '!be lecture is sponsored b3" the Greenbelt Supermarket and is open to the public. Door prizes to be given away include several baskets of grocerres. Special arrangements have been made with the Greenbelt Drop-Inn, so that mothers with childr-en under 5ve may leave them there during tlre lecture.

To many, according to Mrs. Oochran, ~nned fooas are regard­ed as a last resott, and their va:Iue from the standpoint of nutrition, as well as lllhrift and easy prepara­tion is overlooked. Using recipes to illus::rate boer talk, Mrs. Cochnu\ will show how planning from tlhe pantry shelf deserves n!ore of the housewife's time. She will deal with brand s~>lection and as well 'l.s with how a nutritionist selects foods on th!e basis of quality and value. During the lecture, ta.<~te samples will be given out and afterwards refreshments will be served.

A graduate of the New J~rsey College for Women, Mrs. Cochran received her degree in foods and nutrition. Her experience indudoes managing a cafeteria and dietetic work for a sanatorium. Before joining the staff of the Co-Op VVholesale in New York, she -.vorked in Lipton's quality control labo:.-a.­tory.

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It even saved me some money,

because I saved some food.

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as much as the calls you make!"

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Anglers SOS Tlhe Maryland Game and In­

land Fish Commission requires Greenb< It Lake to be t.J}orough­ly cleaned before restocking, and pl8.ns on filling it May 31. Four h1tndred large ba..<~..c; fl'ODl .,l to 5 pounds, an indeterminate number of blue gills and crap­pie, whose you"lg the bass feed on, are waiting to make their hom-e t;here. But the tho1o'llgh cleaning of the lake must be complete before that time as poison vras used to empty the JB.d:e of Ul. ·?anted fish. ~his week-end the one-man Walton­ian crew, president E . .J. Swish­':!r, is se-nding ~n SOS for help in cleaning, washing .and flush­ing the lake.

AIRPlANE RIDES $3.00 for 15 min~

See Greenbelt from the Air!

• CALL HARRY ZUBKOFF, Sli'Jl t .

Red Cross Greeting In accordance with the by­

laws of the Prince Oeorge's County Chapter of the Alneri­<mn National Red Cross, notice is hereby given of the annual meeting to be held at the dining hall of Maryl.A.nd University on May 23, 1952 for the purpose of electing officers and the transacting of business.

A dinner will be served at 6:30P.m., tickets for which may be obtained 'by telephoning the chapter offiee, WArfield 4400.

A business nreeting, following the dinner, is open to the pub­lic whether they attend the din­ner or not. Once a. year, every Red Cross Chapter holds its an­nual nreeting for the election of its officers and the public is in­vited to participate in the se­lection of the incoming officers.

The speaker of the evening will be Genoeral Carl R. Gray, .Jr.

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Its complex, !highly intricate mechanimn harnesses enoug"h energy three times more powerful than TNT and utilizes !t so effidently that it i~C the most eoonom.ieal way to t:ravel, cheaper even than shoe leather.

It's your car. Care for it. today and save Wtar on it tomorrow. Give it the fol­

lowing seven pc:~lnt check-up to help avoid -

OVERHEATING - Drain antifree:le - clean radiator adding ru!tt inhibitor. Replace worn base and fan belt if n-ecessary.

EXCESSIVE WEAR - Change to 11ummer grade motor oil - re-place oil filter elt>mcnt if dirty - lubricate cbaa.sis, springs, steering mtechaniam, un­

h·ersals, differential, wheels and transmission.

SLUGGISH ENGINE -Check ignition sylrtem thoroughly; have Y<'Ur generator, voltage regulator, and bat­

t~:ry checked. Cl<ean and adjust spark plugs, rep~ce if nece.uaey. Be sure tilat C'ar·buretor is clean and free from gum. 0heck contpres.slon, distributor point.s, ignition and battery cables.

BAD BRAKES - Check brake linings by removing wheel, also cbeck hydraulic systen1. Replace worn parts and

add fluid if necessary. Oheck spring leaves and shock e.lbsorbel'8, also steering.

WORN TIRES - Repair or replace them. They are a menace to you, yours and your fellow men. Save destructive

WPar on tires by having alignment and wheel balance checked, Watch your tire pressure.

POOR VISION - Be sure that aU lights are working, Check wind­shield wipe:-; replace cracked or clouded glass.

SLOPPY APPEARANCE - Get rid of unsightly dents and blemi!!he,., top off with a good wax

and polish job to preserve appearance. .. C..,urtesy"

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SUN CLASSES 50 All Types ..... from C

Soap & Deodorant Stick ODORONO CREAi~ Reg. 75c

Reg. 1.19 89c* 47c*

COLGATE TOOTH 1PASTE sgc With Chlorophyll . . ..................... ..

KLEENEX 3 FOR 69c 300's Reg. 28c ea.

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