RRGIBELT AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER I

· Published Every Friday By The Greenbelt Cooperative Publishin g Association, Inc., 8 Parkway, Greenbelt, Maryland

.Volume 10, ~;rumber 7 Greenbelt, Maryland, Friday, October 12, 1945 i

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. FPIIA ~t~ad Outlines Pl~n Jror Disposal Of Housing Projects at ConJterence

By Carolyn Miller A program of disposal of temporary and permanent v.:ar

'housing was announced by Philip M. Klutznick, commis­sioner of the Federal Public Housing At thority, at a press conference last Monday.

While Mr. KJutznick"s statements did not directly apply to the disposition of Greenbelt, as the whole problem of this community will be the subject of a separate study, FPHA's' plans are of interest to resid«mts here for t·.n, reasons: first, that temporary buildings broken down into sections and readily convertible to recreation buildings. hosp;ca1s, churches, etc., will. be offer~d for sale; and second, that thE: pattern followed in the sale of pe1·manent ·\'i'ar housing may be indicative 0f the way the sale 0f Greenbe!t will be approached.

By sawing the temporary build­:ingc; into panels, Mr. Klutznick ::<aid, it was found that they could be moved and conv·erted for re-use. A demonstration near Silver ·spring, Maryland, has been sched­uled 1t•r the first week in Decem­ber to acquaint tlw public and po­tentlal buyers witn possibilities for .the re-W.ii:! of war housing units. A replica of a typical temporary community will be on display, but the larger part of the area will be coverect by "dozens of different types of structur<?s" constructed from panels of temporary units.

Of a number of possible- outlets for the purchase of the buildings for .re-use, Mr. Klutznick included Federa.l and local agencies, institu­tions and organizations.

Concerning the sale· of perman­ent war housing, Mr. Klutzni.ck stated that the FPHA will eonsllllt Joeal communities and "provided it js compatible '"-'ith Federal law and responsibility, the community's judgment will govern."

Preference-hold•ers .for the pur­chase of perman,e'nt war housing were Ji:;ted by the· Coll)missioner in this m der: .. 1. ·F'ederal agencies;· 2. local housing authorities; 3. state or local governments. In the ev1mt that public bodies fail to exercise their preference, the priority seque.11ce favors consumers rather than investors, givir.g' pr«~s­ent occ'llpants first choice, and pro­spectivt~ occupants second .choice. Veterans have pre•ference ov•~r oth-er prospective occupants. •

Multi-family stJructures may be purcha~ed by consumers, if they can for:m a mutual ownership cor-

. poration meeting baSic rE~quire­ments •of FPHA. Consume,r-pur­chasers wiH be r•::quired to make a cash payment of !<10% of the pur­E!hase price; mnt1.1al ownership corporations a 10% down payment.

As stated abov1~, the plans an­nounced for the disposal of per­manent war housiing do not apply to Greenbelt, and may or may not bE' ador>ted as. a result of the pro­P0Sed study.

.Adnlt Education Schedule ~Chan~:ed

Director of .Adult Education MRry Jane KinzeJ:' announced this week s~~veral chang•~s in the sched­ule of classes. 't'he Aeronautics dass under Mr. Adamson win meet in Room ~1 of the Elementary School on Monda1y.~. Mr. Smith's cla~s in either Am•!~rican or English literatu:re is now schedul.~d in Room 221 on F1·id.ays. Both class­e:.: hegir:. at 8 p. m.

Three classes need more regis­lrants i:f they are to be continued: Sewing. meeting Tuesdays at the High School and F"reneh and Span­ish· in the Elementary School on' Fridays in Room 222 and 2:~3 re­:>pectively. Anyone desirirtg to enter these classes should enroll on the scheduled night.

A class i111 Folklore has been proposed by Jlf.:erton Trast. Those interest•~d in this course 8hould meet in thtt Home Beornomlcs Room Vlf'edne~Jday, October rr at 8 p. m. Rel!:istra.tlon for Mrs. Shlren's class tr~ Art or Sculpture for school-age clllildrer; will be held at 7 p. m. Mo~rsday, October 15, in the A..rta an.d Cr•afts Room. The class wiD meet 0:11 Mondays from '7 to 8 p. m.

GCS Directors ·Elect Officers

Election oi officers and comrnit­'tJe chairmen will furnish the main bulS!ness fo: tonight's regular meeting of the board of directors of Greenbelt Consumer Services. George Eshbaugh, Walter Volck­hausen and Mrs. Carnie Harper will resume their seats on the boaJd with newcomer Fordyce Me:riam, elec :ed with them at the membership meeting September 26, and will serve with Lt. Dayton Hull, Edward Kaighn, Herman Ramras, Ber :ha Maryn, and Sgt. William Nich Jlas, whose terms ex­pire in Febn.ary. Replacing Mrs. Carolyn Mill~ r as secretary to the board wilJ b ~ Mrs. Ruth Taylor, chosen at the board's last meeting.

General J.ianager Sam Ashel­man., recent! y returned from a brief visit to the Eastern Coopera­tive Wholesa e in New York, wl•l discuss the fc rthcoming expansion program of C ·CS and ~he planned inclusion of home appliances in postwar sales plans.

Merton T1-ast, public relations director, was guest speaker at the weekly lunct eon meeting of the Potomac C011perative Federation held at Bra<•kings Institution on Monday. Th1~ GCS expansion pro­gram was th ~ subject of the dis­cussion, whic' 1 was attended by a group including Greenbelters Lt. Hull, Mr. Volckhausen, Thomas Ritchie and r:: elbert Mesne:-.

Drop Inn Plans "eteralt~e~o~ial

On October 26 and 27, the Drop Inn will inaugurate a drive to raise funds f>r a community rec­reation .building to be built as a memorial for World War II veter-ans.

The program will open in the Town Center on Friday, October 26, at 8:30 p. m. with selections by the Community Band immediately followed by ; 1 few words by Town

Manager Gobl 1el and Mayor Bauer. The members of the Drop Inn on the Tagging ::::ommittee will then take over for the rest of the e\'e­ning acceptir g contributions for th., fund.

The main feature of the Satur­day evening program is a s•reet dance. also in th,~ center, open to all those wh) are wearing tags showing they have made a contri­bution to the drive. Refreshments will be on sal~ on Saturday night.

Town residt·nts are asked to be generous with their money on this occasion so that a real start can be made towLrds raising the nec­~ssary quota. It is hoped that other organizE tions will f.Jllow the example of the Drop Inn and help raise funds fo ~ this project.

The members of the committee for the tag dance are June Brit­tingh:un. refreshments; Jo Ann Rogers, taggir: g; Robert Link, pub­licity. Adult.~ assisting the mem­bers of the Drop Inn are Mr. and Mrs. Leon Be rtefiel, 1\.frs. Bri tting­ham, Mrs. · · L. ftogers, Mrs. Lillian Mite~ ell, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Downs, Mrs. John Murray and Mrs. Johr. Cook.

J\layor Suggests

New Town Paper Charging that the Cooperator

does not bring informat:on of to·Nn-sponsored activities to the r=.sidents "in the prop•:r manner," il1ayor George F. Baw~r suggested at Monday's meeting that the Council give considen,tion to ways of correcting this alleged situation, and that the best method might be to start another paper.

Mr. Bauer's remarks about the Cooperator came at the end ot' the first meeting of the new Council and followed discussion of a var­iety of subjects. Official approval of Drop Inn's Tag Day and a dance was given by the Council, and M:cs. J::>e Long was appointed by the Mayor to fill a vacancy on the Dr·op Inn Parents Advisory Com­rnJttee.

In answer to Frank Desmond's inquiry, ::VIr. Gobbel reported that all the street lights in town would be turned on in the next ten days. The use of duplicate key service for locked-out residents was dis­cussed; as was the educational sys­Lm of the Elementary School.

l11:ayor Bauer recmnmended new ordinances or revamping of old ordinances to permit police officers the authority to act in case of fire or other emergel)cy in the stores, to permit the public health officer to inspect the stores and rest rooms, and a zoning ordinance giving the town "protection against post-war building."

C:hild Care Center ~lay Remain Open

President Truman, in a letter dated October 4, has asked Con­gress to return $7,000,000 to the FE!deral \-Yorks Agency for the operation of child care centers un­til March 1, 1946. The President's 1etter read in part: "The recon­version Of the wartime child-care program to peacetime operations under which the local communi­ties would assume the financial re­sponsibility requires Federal assist­.ance for a few more months. This 'extension of time would give working mothers more time to make other arrangements for the care of their children and would give locai communities additional time to provide the necessary State or local funds."

The centers which have been operating for the past two years under Lanham Act funds were ,scheduled to close October 31, but Ut·~ Child Care Committee of the Greenbelt center is now encour­.agea to think the center will be contmued for a few months. Dur­ing these months the committee hopes to devise some means of put­ttr.g the center upon a permanent p(;:lCE.time basis, according to ::\lrs. Fred McCarthy, chairman.

:~·ntil Congress gives definite as­~tl!t to the President'.; request, the :n,>,hers of children er,rolled in the ;··roject will continue to enlist th~ su;~po1:t of congre;;'>:lk'l by letHT, telegram. telepr.one and pers.:mal ir: tervie\v.

I= oard Approves

()lkazaki Position By unanimous vote, Tom Oka­

za~:i's appointment as J:oodstore manager was approved by the GCS bollrd of directors September 28, Hml Dan Livingston was assigned to supervise the Laurel Hill sto:;,·e in addition to continuing as meat bu:~·er.

Tom, as he is known to all in G:~·=~enbelt, joined the Zoodstore staff as assistant manager at the enc:l of March of this year. When TI)Jn Jeffries resigned as manager, Da.:t Livingston took over but cNtinued to do the buying for the me at department. Tom Okazaki ha.::: had the responsibility for the re·s:t of the store since that time.

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Citize11s MeetU,g Hears Highway PlanS, Chance 'f o Get Hospi~l ·

By DON COOPER'I · said to •'bave indicated that ~he

The question of Greenbelt's ac- route o_f. the new road has bfen cess to the new Baltimore-Wash- dete:rmined for its entire. len~li ington super-highway must be with the .exrieption of the Gre~n-.

settled quickly, Henry Walter b~t stretch. \.The right of w~y 'r .. Uli. warned residents at Monday p allel a pclrtion of Ridge Rrliadl night's meeting of the Citizens n ar I the net maintenanee bu~a­Association in the auditorium of i g. Mr. \\-,alter held out some the Elementary_ School. h·~pe that col~munity opinion here

"The right of way has been rr.jight be in~trumental in deter­cleared right up to Greenbelt prop- mining whetl)er the road is a few erty on th(! south," he reported, ht~ndred feetj or s~veral thousand and excavating and construction feet from f. existing Greenlflt equipment i:; now being brought in. homes.' !

for grading this stretch of .the Another' fa tor yet to be deter­long-pending parkway route which mined, citizuns at the meeting will replace the present Baltimore were t~ld, i:·[ whether this" town., Pike as a principal thoroughfare. will be (.'onm,cted directoly to the ·' Greenbelters may watch progro:!ss hi~hway by :. a cloverleaf access of the construction work by turn- r~ad, or whether the Glendale. ing east from Edmonston Road at R?ad will serve as Greenbelt':i; cqn-East Riverdale and on Good Luck nection. . Road." No test of 1rpinion on the~ pus-

In his report Mr. '\Valter stressed si~ilities was made at. Monday's m~eting, bu the problem of ·

the need for speed if the lo<>al ·ar using con:lmun~ty interest and· community is to carry any w·~ight se uring additional · information in the loca lion of the highway w.l ich would make &. decision pas­through the Greenbelt area. Fred sihle is now in the hands .of the \V. Tuemml•~r, directqr of public c~· izens ~dation executive .. com-:-m'ttee. It is expected that the roads planning for the Maryland T wn Council will . be asked io Park and Planning Commission, is st dy the entire matter and tQ

ta · steps to safeguard community

War FliDd Drl. ve in erest . in ' co~~truction plans.

Final deCisions on the route and·

Organized ~ere Mrs. D. J. Neff, chairman of the

Community War Fund Drive in Greenbelt, gave caiilpaign material to the volunteer workers who at­tended the meetiitg Monday night at the Elementary Schpol, .an~ an­nounced block captains as follows: Parkway, Mrs. George E. Clark; Parkbelt, Mrs. Carl W. lil.ntz; •!A" Block, Mrs. Lawrence Fern; "B" -Block, Mrs. LE>uis Gerstel; "C" Block, Mrs. Walter B. Cutsail and .Mrs. Joseph R. Trinko; "D" Block, Mrs. Charles East; "E" Block, Mrs. Mary Heeter Rupert;· "F" Block, Mrs. Harry F. Stage; Upper Ridge Road, Mrs. Reuben Cohen;. Upper Hillside Road, Mrs. Wayne Dennis; Consumer Servi~es, Merton Trast; Town Office, Mrs. Bessie Dickson . The High Sehool and Elementary Schools are conducting campaigns under the direction of the teaching staffs.

Miss Mildred Alexander, secre­tary of the Social Service League for Prince Georges County, s::x>ke at the meeting.

Credit ll nion Hours Changed This Week

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Greenbelt Federal Credit Unior. held Monday, Octo­ber 8, it was voted unanimously to change the office hours of the credit union to Monday, Wednes­day and F ~iday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. This has been done in or ier to improve the service to the membership by eli­minating the "long week-end" <Thursday to Tuesday) during which time the office has been closed. The several members who were interviewed on this change all agreed it would improve service generally. The Credit Com­mitteee will continue to meet as usual·on Wednesday evenings.

Also at this meeting the board authorized the expenditure of funds up to fifty dollars to be used in advertisin ?; the facilities of the credit union through the medium of the Coopt!rator, with the pur­pose in min·:l of bringing to the attention o:f the residents of Greenbelt who are not at present members, the availability of the credit union ror their requirements in the savlnf:s and loan field. par­ticularly in connection with the in­stallment purchase Of durable goods which will soon be on the market again.

apioach roads will be made by H. J. ·Spelman, , district engineer. ot 'Pl. plic Roads· Administmtion. . . . .

· r. Tuemrnler of the Park and PI 'ning Commission is scheduled to speak at a futiu-e, meeting of the Ci izens Association.

preliminary report on the fu­tw e of Greenbelt housing was ·gh en to the Association at Mon­da s meeting :by·. w. R. ·volck.,­ha sen. A full stocy. covermg tbfit in rmation in· his report is print­ed separately in tonight's Coopera­to .. , .

· •hte possibility of a clinic or sin~ll hospital for·· Greenbelt was · ali pictured by Mr. Volckhausen as he reviewed information sup~ pli d by · LUdwig Anderson, Wash­in on representative of NatloDftl Co peratives Inc., who is speclaliz­in in surplus propenles, and Dr~ Cl renee Joseph~n. of! the Surplus ~eperty Boar«". in the;·Department of Fommerce. . . · · .. . , .

., supply of building· materiala and equipment, , sufficient · ·:tor . a thclusand med·ical· :ceqters, clin~ · ·· or ; hoSpitals . is .tO ~· released ~tO copmunities n<iw ·lacking such ·r•­cil;ies, according to·the report. No ch ge is being ··:made for theSe su plies other. than packing. and shipping costs. ·- The u. s. Public Health· Service has been allocated fur!ds to help 'orgi:mize a program forj distributing tl).ese · surpluses on a asis of proven .needs. · ~hose present at the Citizens,

Asl ciation meetin'g voted unani-. mo sly to ask the Town CouJ:)cil an the town manager to investi­gate the chances of this commu­nit in obtain!ng a medical 1 care unit.

It was also revealed that educa­tio~' al supplies might be obta·. ;ned on the same basis for schools. kin-dergartens, or nurseries in COrPinU­nit es which can demonsti'ate a su · cient need. . : ·

( ne other problem brought to th attention of the. Citizer.s Asso­cia ion was a complaint by W. H. Hu t that the local water supply, · fes ed at. the· Beltsville ~nh ce· ter, l!howed a pH readirlg of 8.4 alkilinity. Normal water! SUP-, ply said Mr. Hunt, shows a slight aci reacUon :when tested with a standard Beckman pH meter. This rna' ter was refE!rred to.the Asso­cln ion's improvement committee as an item to be taken to the t n manager.

mpleting the meeting we-. ~ Jon pictures obt:&ined by Na.;. tJ)a Shine, educaUon committee c:~ tor the o~pnlzatlon. ·

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STAFF Donna Cowden. E:lizabeth Day, Mary Clare England. Lee Fink, Lil

Hannelln, Mllrilyu. Me.ryn. Carolyn Miller, Eilt!en. Mudc, Joe Muller, !. Parker, Irving "Rothchild, Kathleen Scott, AimE!e Slye, Lillian Stutz, June Wilbur, Peggy Winegarden.

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'.Just Aslk Us · . , The proposal. made by the new mayor at Monday night's council meeting that another newspaper b·~ . started in ,()reenbelt to give proper coverage to town a :=tivities was received with gleeful approval by the Cooperator staff Tuesday nilght, and gave rise to a lot of wishful thinking ·about how much easiPr a reporter's lot would be if there .were some other sheet to take over a part of the burden. The responsibility of giving unbiased news coverage to a one-paper town gets to be an awful strain sometimes.

There is, after all, only so much that can be done by two ;ciozen part-time, unpaid, volunteer workers who have a deadline to contend with;· and they appreciate Town Mana­

.ger Gobbel's comment that it is easier to get 1:hings in the :paper if they aro prepared properly and sen1 in on time. ,A,.,notice is bei111g sent out, as soon as the sbdf gets it to­gether, which will help considerably in g~tting things printed the way they should be. All club and church news will have to be in on Monday night, to give us an idea of hGw much space we can allow ourselves on news stories, and: to give the printer a chance to space hi 3 work more :e_;r~n~y. We will be glad to give His Honor a few tips ~n d\at score, if and when he gets another papet started; till then, the · Cooperator will continue to do its :>est to print the nnws as fully and fairly as possible.

:c«nmunity Church · bdaY> at -·· the Community 0\ureh the Reverend Wilmer P. JohnSton will preech on "S.ome' Things We can Teaclt Our Child· ien That No War, or Depression,. or AtOmic Bomb, or Discovery of ·Sclteeee can Rellder · Obsoli!te."' · ftll;- music wUI be• undelr the direc·· ttoa of a new director, with Mrs. Hester Neff at the or·gan. Mrs. KAtie Ba.rm wiD be. in the vesti­blWe to welcome.sll:ci.Ullllren whose pUents desire to leave them whiJ.e tJ1et< -' worship in t.h.e · •·nain audi-torium... . . · •· -·~41&7 •lcht at etltht o'dock the

Bean~. of· -ne.cou .81\d Deaconesses. MU meet in the Paator·'s atudy at 8-B.~kway. . .. , , .At; ; ., meeti.nc', Qf . the Finance ,~_ lttee ·heN: l8ilt .&l·nday night \lt.e following ollclen w·ere cho!;en to. -. .-n·e for tJae ,,,OQauing year: .~ All-. ·I).. Me11Tiaon; sae<:·· ~; Jamee Wolle; 8111ancial !lee· ret.ar)-,. Freelaft.d Ram.ldell; and ·tneallurer,. WUli.&M; H. Blew. By· ~ of hls beiltc :dlosen a.s chair­mao of the FU...ee Committee,. Mr •. Morrison becomes a member· of the bullding eommlttee, to .-ve with Dr. James McCarl, Dr. E:, 1.. Love, Willi11un H. Blew, George Goodreau. ~rr .. and Ray Stevens, as the bui!dlng commit­tee for the new dlUt-,eh.. The com­m(ttee will be comple!ted next Sun­dQ .. lght when the chairman of the Board of Deaeon.u and Deacon­eaeec tdlall be electec!i. .As soon as the bul.lding commiittee is com­pleted, they will m.,ee~ . and possibly make· some announcement con­ceml:tg the new clturch.

Methodists Nleet Sunday Evening

The regular $unduy evening Methodist service w:lll be held at 7:45 ·sunday evenin1=-· October 14. in . the Home EconOJnics room of the_ Elenlentary School. The ser­mon tor the evening will be de­li~ by Dr. Cromer, District Su~ntendent. The reg u 1 a r Methodist midw~k. trU~ting will be .held Thursday. · October 18, at 8 p. m. at the horee .of' s .. Burton Finer, 2-G North~>' Road.

Helwew. · Con~ation ·ServiceS will be tot.ducted by

_ll(o~; Chwalow ~fli evenillg at t ~;- m; in the SpcfAJ Room. As the· ·Sunday· · ~~ project has been· ·: taken ewer , by,. the B'nai B"iith~ plans are ..-ra_.. made for_: an advueed Hebrew- da.s8; · :ThJs class wtn· prepare the Older~'dllldren tor OAtlrlnation ·and -Will 'lire· condu~­et:'~~~, t~~:~~~~ _a w~ek ..

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Catholi.c Church SUnday M1asses: 1:30 a. m. aJ2d

9:30 a. m. ln the C:reenbelt-Thea­tre; 7:00a.m., 9:00a.m; and 11:30 a. m. at Bi!rwyn.

Contessi4ms: Saturday from 7:30 p. m. on at 10-11 Parkway in Greenbelt; Saturd•ly at Berwy,n from 3 to 5 p. m., and from 7:30 P• m. on.

Novena :Devotio!ls: at Berw)!ll every Wedn~ay evening at 8 P.a. -.

Choir practice wi: I be held every Wednesday evening at .8 o'clock in Room 225 of the School. New­comP.rs. are invite i; male voices are especially needed. Practice for the Christmas l rlass will. beg:ln immediately.

Sodality CoJtducts Telephone Eridge

_Throughout the week beginning October 5, .. Our La, ly of Sorrows Sodality conducted a "Telephone Bri,:tge." Members of the Sodality held, in their own homes, games of contract and at:.ction bridge, pinochle and five h11ndred. At the end of each even 1ng's play the­hostess telephoned to Mrs. Frank J. McConnell, chtdrman. of the committee for this E·vcnt, the name and score of the player with the highest tally. Whi!n the results a~e ~omplete, the ;cores will be tallied and a grand prize awarded to the high-scorer in each of the categories.

Assisting Mrs. McConnell in the project were Mrs. John Traski, 11-P Ridge Road, who had charge of the bridge game1•; Mrs. Edward Castaldi, 11-V Ridge Road, pi­nochle; and Mrs. : !!.:dward Gra<:e, 4-G Hillside, :fiva hundred.

Health Sur·vey

Starts At S·chool The weighing a: 1d measuring

program for childrt n at the Cen­ter School is now in progress, and the examinations w' II begin at the North End School the early part of next week. '::'he follOWing mothers are assistiHg Mrs. Stouf­fer: Mrs. Lowein :~atheny, Mrs. Wallace Nelson, Mr;. Joseph Trin­ko, Mrs. Robert Harrison, Mrs. Charles East, Mrs. Phillip Crof­ford, Mno. William Ruppert, Mrs. C. F. Dross, Mrs. Onille Slye, Mrs. Bem~d Tt'atler, Mrs." .Tosepli JCar,.. lin. Jiirs. .fames· ~er bert, Krs. Ed­mond Get2in,. Mrs . .Tohn. Norvell, ilnd Mrs.' ~dWiU"d S: '1'\tm,r ..

OUR 1VElGHBOR,S

By JUNE WILBUR Mrs. J~>hn P. Marray, 6-N Hill­

side Road, is in Georgetown Uni­versity Hospital resting after an appendectomy performed Thurs­day.

Lt. Gle.rr Wilbur is taking it easy at the Bethesda Naval Hospital after parting with his appendix Monday afternoon. ·

Latest news of the Robert St. Clairs: From the center of New York City they have moved out to 1019 California Place, Island Park, Long Island, where the whole family ls thriving. Bob is a full­time student at New York Univer­sity, spec:ializing in foreign trade.

Former Health Association phy­sician Sam Berenberg l:!as opened 3n office in New York City as a child snecialist, according to an­nouncements received by his Greenbelt friends recently.

'Ne understand that former Navy Symphony cellist George Fair has accepted a position with the Pitt.>burgh Symphony 0:-ch­estra and will no longer be with us.

Mrs. Darlene Leknes, who taught Groups 1 and 2 in the Greenbelt school for the past three years, is moving to Los Ang·e!es this week. Her husband, clllief specialist photographer: Elbert H. Leknes .. USNR, has been released fromth•~ Nav-.f and will work for Paramount Pictures on the \Vest Coast.

It you can ge to the. outdoor art exhibit in President's Park begin­ning the· 15th, be sure to look for the work of local artist Ben Abramowitz.

Old Greenbelters who were re­cent visitors to town were John and Penny Vachon and Jo and Eileen Sherriff. Neither couple stayed long enough to visit all their oldl friends but did have chats with several of them.

The Dr. ·Max Rubin family is va cationing at home in N?w Jersey.

The Joseph Nusinovs ar·~ biing­ing their new son home today to 21-B Palrkway, where Ethel's fami­ly are on hand to greet the new­comer.

GRE:ENBELTJ~RS

IN lUNIFORM THE .A.li!MY

T /5 Charles Masehauer is now stationed in the Leyte Islands.

Pvt. J C>hn Frank is home for the first time in 13 months from Tur­ner Field.

Cpl. Charles Hart is now in Shangha.i on his way home from the CBI--he hopes.

Sgt._ E:m Schoefield is with the occupati•:>n troops in Germany.

Pvt. Paul Lung is now in Berlin and hoping he will be home for Christmas with the gang.

Buck ·walter is still on furlough. He arrived back in the States with a medic:al unit which had been stationed in England.

Pfc. Sammy Rolf~ has been transferred to Austria.

Pvt. Roy Holbrook has been on a 15-day furlough from Shepherd Field, T~~xas.

Pvt. Harold Maw is expected home this week-end. THE NAVY

S 3/c Bill Stewart is on his way home from Pearl Harbor.

S 2/c Walter Hughes is now on a transport bringing back troops.

Allan .Johnston is now in .Tapan with the Merchant Marine.

Lt. Gene Hesse is in .Japan with the Marine Corps.

Lt. Curt Barker, assigned duty as Records Officer on the staff of the Chief of Naval Air Primary Training, with headquarters at the Naval Air Station, Glenview, Ill., has been transferred to Corpus Christi, Texas, for duty on the staff of the Chief of Naval Air Inter­mediate Training. GREENBELTERS OUT OF UNIFORM

Paul Dunbar is back in Green­belt after 4'4. years in the Amen­can Air Force Communication Service. He was f;tationed in Canada most of the time at the Alcan Highway. Mrs. Paul Dun­bar arrived in Greenbelt two weeks ago from Canada as Paul was sent on to Shepherd Field in Texas for his discharge from the service. Charlev Dunbar. S 3/c, received his discharge from the Navy last Saturday and has reported for work at ~chroms Airport. Paul and Chnrley hadn't . seen each other for. over. foar Ye&rs .so the family h~~. qulte a. re~ion. · ·

B'nai B'rith Will S:ponsor A School

Heading this year's ~o~mu,n~ty service program the B nw B nth plan:; to sponsor a Hebrew. Sund~?' SchooL Plans are now bemg la.la, and a meeting will be held shortly fo:~ all parents intere~ted ~n re­ligious training for their ch1ldr(m.

Miss Sara J. Gossman of Distr let Five's B'nai B'rith spoke on "Po:;t­war Aims" at the organization's regular monthly meeting held o(rtober 3.

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VVin Scholarships It was announced this week that

Miss Patricia Brown of 58-F Cres­cent Road has won a $400 scholar­ship to Maryland University r;iven through the. Helen Aletta Linthi­cum Scholarship F·11nd. Miss ~ro­anne Scott, 7-K Crescent Road, is the winner of the. :~200 scholarship made possible through the sa::ne appropriation. Hig:hest ratings in several competitive examinations held throughout the State deter­mina the winners of these scholar­st.ips. Miss Brown tied for first place in the examination for P:~ince Georges County, while Miss Seott ranked second.

Both members, of. the National Honor Society, the girls graduated tt.is past June from Greenbelt High School, where they were ac­thre in school organizations. Both had already entered Maryland Uni­v~~rsity in September, Pat in the College of Education and .Toanne in the College of Arts and Sdences.

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Gift l~pment The 3(~ young enrollees of the

Cooperat ve Nursery School today complete their second v.eek under the direc ion of Dorothy Broadbent and rota1 ing mother-assistants. ·

Items f school equipment re­cently d< nated by moth~rs of the Nursery Set include Indian head­dresses : nd ring-peg games pre­st>nted l~y Mrs. Donna Romer, books arad doll beds donated by · Mrs. Frtfrtk Watson, and a play­house cc~tributed by Mrs. lulil.JS Pines. :r.~rs. D~yt.On Hull ~ve· the school a hild-s1zed locomotive and a rockin horse, while Mrs. carl Hintz pr• sented a "Cal'& Colt." ·

Miss B oadbent says she would welcome any contribution of old clothes t e children could use for dress-up games. Pets such as turtles o goldfish are also being considerE~ · .

Mrs. T omas cananan and Ml-s. Samuel j helman of the Greenbelt group recently reported on a trip to the C~lonial Vlllage Co-op Nur-sery Sch~l in Arlington, Va. .

Hous.kwives Meet . The frrst fall meeting of the Housewi·~es Club was held at the home o Mrs. Fan Schein last Wednesd y. The most important

· decision , of the evfi'!ning was the plan to Invite a representative of the Lea1~e of Women Voters. to address :l.n open meeting in Green­belt on' the workings of tbe League. I The club wlll discusw the possibilit~ of establishing a branch here. ·

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Veterans of. the Armed F orees .

14 out of 16 di&cltar9t'd veteran& are dr-ing heir Nat'-al Serwke Life ln..urance accc;rdlng to the Veteran&' Admlnla~atlon. Tlals ~ llile a _seriou& mletake foo• you to make In the eplnion of lln.urance expert.. · ·

Here are only thr•oe of the reason& why: t . . . 1. National Service Lifo ln&urance rates are ower than YGY can -­

el•ewhere.

2. If your hea!tll I& Impaired, your welollt bel 'Iii or above certain Umtt.. or your occupatiO<\ hazardoua you may be unable · obtain piivau Ln&Mranc:e. . or you may be ct1arged extra ratea by private eoh,panlea. Yeur GO­inaurance cove..., you rega...Ueas of the condition ot your healtll or weJgM, or your occupation at no extra charge. . · ·· ·.

3. If you canr10t afford to carl')' your full .~0,000.00 80Yel'n.nw:nl ;n...,:~ ance, you can redLice or convert it to an amount~-u can atr~ · · . · If you etlll ll;we JfOUr National &en<ice Life lnaur nee, keep I~ tf ~ haY~ dropped It, Conare• llaa provltlecl meana for you o r·elnatate ltl The underalgne4 "'Ill gladly furnlah you with 0 , al gov~t HO&:Ia~ concerftlng the contlnuaftce, convenlon or relnata~meat _Of :yeor s.r..ce. I:"~ aurance, aa well aa soereonal aollvice Oft your own Service I~~ entlrallf.. wltl'tout ctl-!'11'11• or ol!ll111atlon of _a~y klnct. · · · ' ,

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Communiity War Fund

For a Successful

1946 Campaii

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itudy llome Play "Home A(:tivities" was the topic

of litudy for the primary groups at tile elementary school this week •pecial attention being given t~ home recreation. For subject m~tter the chfldren were asked to brmg games, books, and records from home.

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Unclai'med Items On Hand At School

Miss Ann Underwood, a junior at Greenbelt High School and a resi­dent of Bei •. wme, was elected president of the Future Home­makers of AmE!rica at a eeremony held at the University of Maryland

· last Saturday.

111others who came to claim i t e m s :rom the Elementary School's l• 1st and found Monday found the floor of the Horne Eco­nomics Room literally covered with gal( 1shes, rubbers, shirts, pants, sh )es, sweaters, jackets, caps, mit :ens, and even coats. Since none of the remaining items a:re Iabelle d and hence cannot be returned t) their original· owners, Principal Elizabeth Fugitt urges anyone wJ o has had difficulty ob­taining an~ of these scarce items to call her at 6335.

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MANY· have been waiting a lonE rime for rele­P~9ne S•l:rvice. W'e wan~ them to know we have their a~PiJ.icat~ons still be,fore us-~har e,.ch application will ~- !l;tUed in proper turn when facilities are again availabh~. ·

Ho"-· soon .that will be, we can't say. ~o rwo telephone systems are exactly alike. Each one has to be dt~'Signed for the area it serves. h rakes rime to plan, to manufacture and install thr! switchboards. cables a.ud other t~quipmen~ that are needed.

But--:rhe peak of telephone shortages has abour been rea,ched .. We~ are on our way •to give service '"0

all who want it, and we arc~ turnin1; .our facilities back to dvilian service just as fast as v re turned them to the io.stant needs of war.

To thf>Se who stili wait we say,"Thanks for your patience .. "

The Cheaapea.k~ and Poton:lac Tele ~thone Company c•f Baltimot·e City

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70 Points And Out By SGT. BILL HARMELIN

Q. I am insured for $10,000 of );'ational Service Life Insurance. My 25-year-old wife is my benefici­ary. In the event of my death, would she receive the full $10,000 in one lump sum?

A. No. National Service Life Insurance provides for payments to beneficiaries who are under age 30 at the rate of $5.51 per n:.onth for each $1,000 of insurance for a period of 240 months. There fore, in your case, :;o1.1r beneficiary who is under age 30 would re·:eive $55.10 per month for 240 months or a total of $13,224.00.

Q. What is the monthly baS€ pay of General of the Armies of the United States?

A. The monthly base pay of General of the Armies of the United States is $1,125.00.

Q. How much rent would an enlisted man of the first three grades pay if he were granted quarters on the Army Post for his family?

A. There would :Oe a charge of ninetY" cents (90c) per day for such quarters.

Q. Following a finding of death of a person who had originally been declared "missing in acLon,'' what benefits are available for the dependent? .;

A. Death gratuities and ir,sur­ance benefits then become payable to those entitled to them.

Q. Are honorably discharged for­mer members of the WAC entitled to the benefits under the GI Bill oi Rights?

A. Yes. All honorably discharged former members of the WAC are entitled to all benefits provided for veterans.

Q. Must I pay premiums for my National Service Life Insurance on a monthly basis??

A. No. You can pay premiums every three months, every six months, or every year and save at the rate of 3% per year over the monthly preiniums by doing sc1.

Riverdale Defeats Greenbelt Packe1rs

On a wet soaked :field, the Greenbelt Packers were defe;!ted ?.1-6 via the air in a pre-seaason football game with Riverdale.

Although Greenbelt had an E!dge on the ground, the backfield was no match for George Fuller aH he passed Riverdale to victory, gi•~ing them a 14-o lead in the first period.

Greenbelt's one and only s.:ore came in the early part of the ~ilfrd period on a long touchdown pass by Fisher to Rhine. For a while it looked as though the Pacl{ers were going to pull the game out of the fire, but the fire died down. ·

In the final period Fuller set: up Riverdale's last touchdown with another pass to Gentile who was stopped on the three. Two plays later Fuller scored making the final score 21-6 in Riverdule's favor. Next Sunday Greenbelt plays host to Berwyn on Bra.den Field in the league opener, and the 'boys promise to profit by t:ileir mistakes of last Sunday.

Picnic Is Success More than 200 enthusiastic child­

ren, parents and teachers partic!­;;>ated in an Elementary School P-TA picnic at the Greenbelt Lake.

Among the workers at the pknic were Mrs. William HarmE!lin, whose pupils prepared the attJ~ac­tive posters advertising the evtmt; :vrr. William Atcheson who brought the drinks to the picnic grow1ds; and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wood­ward, Mrs. Edward Schurr, l'l!rs. Ruben Cohen, and Mrs. Fred H:!hn who dispensed the soft drinks and ice cream. David Granahan di­rected games; Chief Panagouiis and Officer Attick assisted plan­ning for the picnic; and Mr. 'lnd Mrs. Roderick MacKenzie and Al­bert Alsleben furnished the music around the campfire.

1Watch Honor Roll High School Principal John

Speicher rPports that he is "very well pleased" with this year's crop of Greenbelt Elementary Scl:ool graduates. Elementary Sct.ool Principal Elizabeth Fugitt looks forward, as usual, to seeing many of her former pupils on the high school honor rolls.

Experts Eye GHS Greenbelt High School has been

selected by the State Board' of Education to be one of sevE!ral ~:chools to ~ surveyed bv a "tesrn" of experts for a complete guidance te-sting procram.

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Granahan Lauds SlabTabDiatiorur···. North End Walks Of·'·~-(.'t_.h·a··18:- · ... 'r·:_.!.:.:i:l~'~~ ...... ;

Citizen!: Association president ':l!d .i) ___ ~ David Granahan told the Coopera- . .

~~~li~~; t:::: ~~~g~: ~~~ f!~ ·SLow Fine'S~n ... his part i:11 seeing th.at a portion of the $110,000 recenUy allocated by FPHA for road and court repair was diverted into paving ·the northend sidewalks which are making conditions safer for pedes­trians, es:>ecia!ly children, in this section o~f town. The sidewalks. extend from Northway ~long Ridge to Research Roads, and from the Laurel Hill foodstore to Ridge Road.

The complete project of r~· and court repair and sidewalk con- . struction, now 85% complete, was · let to the Garson and Gruman Con­struction Company .July 1 of this year. As originally set up, no, ap­propriation was made for , side. walks. Mr. Granahan, who·· was chairman of the Citize'ls Public·· Improvements committee .at·: the. time, took the lead in bringing_ t€> Mr. Gobbel's attention that a side­walk pre-gram should be included '. as a necessary safety measure.

Thanks From Rome The local police department re.:. .:

cenUy rec·eived an overseas letter­from Phil;!:.; Tulipan~ who -wished to thank "a swell bunch of g\iys''. for their help in arranging· 'a·. transatlantic phone call about • a: month ago between himself and' his wife, who lives here in Green­belt. · ' · .. ·

When Pvt. Tulipan was offered ' the chance to t~lephone his wife r from Rome, Italy, he deelin~ · ~t first because there was no tele-' phone at his home. He later de"' cided to try his luck through cbJ}:.. ' tacting the police sta:tion. . ·'

Oftlcer John Belton, OXl duty· at.· the time, made, a qui~k. survey ,an(J.' · gave . the operator a neighbor's . number. When the operator ad- , vised there was no answe!', Belton,, supplied a secor.d number and the call was completed.

MrS. Tulipail has lived here since .June, ' 1944, and has. two small children, the youngest of whom. has not yet seen .his dad. , .

Tomatoes grown in the· sun ·on healthy plants are ricber in vita- i min C than those ~own in the• · shade. ·· ·· '·•·· ·.~

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Former ReSident . Praises GHA R~.t~' · ':·:

Mrs.. c. Wright. Mills,. torm~r GrElen~lte\r now of.. New. YOI'k · CitY, 1ftot:e reeenUy to' Herbert Hertz, pre!;ident of . GHA,. expreBfr, ing he)-. ar.:tazement at ·the dieiqr· ness· fJt' Jhe non-men1ber rat~ · ~ users· f>f· GHA's services. . While vfsiting in Greenbelt re·cently .lhe and her dnughter Pame:ta had QC­casion to \lise the services of GJIA:: In her words:

"For the sake of the Greenbe)t.. · ers who think the fees are ·high; won't you :publicize my E~perience, · which I think aa ,fa:ll ... as .the cba11Jes are concerned, ~.for a city~ .. ·

"Pamela and I IJoth made use. ·of the serviCE!$. Of Dl'. WciClak at' a charge of $4:00: I was amazed at the chripness of the non-member ratear. Cc•mparable services in New York would have been as follows: .

Consultation about tonsilectomy for child, $5.00 minimum, maybe $10; physical for child~ ~5.00; con­sultation about X-rayin;g sinuses, $5.00 or $11); treatment of skin ir­ritation, $!5.00 minimum. Total, $20.00 minimum, maybe :sao ..

"Compare this with the $4.00 charge for non-member Ctffice calls, and be overwhelmed!"

Locker Lock-Out The high school gang is hoping

the County will soon come acrOISS with lockers, as the kids now have to carry every single bit of their equipment home nightly.

Patrollers To Get Raincoats, CoctJia

The P.T.A. bake sale Jast Friday had attracted $60 wortl1 of busi­ness by early afternoon, enough to outfit the 28 safety p~1trol boys with raincoats and to ensure their being served cocoa during the. cold · weather ahead.

Fire Prevention WeeJ.: is being observed at the elementary schools this week with fire drills and d!s­cussions in the class roo:rna on the PH'cautions that' should .h. tak~n t•' a\ oid :tires. · · · · ·

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Legislative Lineup Cinematters Being a mo"ie critic has given

me an oppo1tunity to attain a deeper insigh ~ into the cultural mores of our fair community. The conclusion l'v1 ~ • arrived at is dis­mall and dishe lrtening. Greenbelt is culturally d1~ad. The esthetical­ly pleasing setting belies the stag­nant state of affairs its inhabitants have :.unk to. In our own town the m Jvie theatre has offered the only form of artistic expression, yet tJ11.e peot le have remained docile and ind: fferent to whatever trash is throwr. at them. Excusing tilis as an indi :ation of the nation at large (their attitude towards films) I .looke 1 elsewhere to see what other kir ds of activity were beilllg proferred to satisfy a hun­ger for esthe·.ic stimulation and found none.

Con.gressionaUy Speaking It's pr•~tty painfuil to see so many

of the promiaed IB•ws of the post­war world turu into sad-sack bills with all teeth carefully removed. An excellent case i'n point is the Murray-Patman Full Employment Bill. Originally in tended to place direct .responsibility upon the federal governme11t for insuring jobs for all either through private indu<>try or public works, the bill -in a pitifully we~•kened condition --has now been tabled by the Sen-ate. Th•e explanation for this ac­tion giv•~n to vet•:~rans, displaced war workers and others who looked t.o the Full Empwyment Bill for at least a basic guarantee against i:11security was that th•~ bill was tabled because of the strike situation. This kind of talk from our nation's legislators is insup­portable . . . when the shoe so obviously fits the other foot. Any­one who works for- his or her liv­ing knows that when prices keep rising_ while take-hllme pay keeps droppmg, a standard of economic security must be established and maintained. Anyor1e who works for his living must get pretty scared at the way Congress has been kicking around! the very mea­sures which attem.pt to provide that security. Anyone who works for a living can s•~e that unless 1abor art~. now the r·eactionsry ele­ments in · Congress, are going to push through their program of '~ontinued high profits, cheap labor market, and all the· attendant ills ~f. tt free enterprise· which is free for management but closes the door on labor.

1 J:l'or Immediate Attention

Towns of cOJnparative size else­where in the country have full size orchestras and bands that give year-round perJ brmances, and with a degree of skill much more than adequate. Thit town should have at least one little theatre group, at least one choral society and at least one li.tE rary club. Why aren't we afforded opportunities to hear prominent lecturers on world affairs and con temporary trends? Why haven't v.. e had recitals. and concerts by d stinguished instru­mentalists? Pny educator will snicker at th ~ library facilities available to a town of this sif:e: And wouldn't tl!e people of Green­belt support an art fair?

I believe the spirit of Greenbelt needs an awal:ening. There are people within our oo,;1in sphere artists, musicians, actors, men i~ specialized fie! is, whose talents and knowledge could well be put to. use. . A. soci·~ty concerned only with Baob1try, petty politics, and commercial baJLterings is a crip­pled society. 'l'hey are unfair to ~heir children Vl'hO are growing up m an atmosph1~re of sterile ma­feri.~lism,'·wit~' Efullywood defining the1r way of hf~. Wake up Green-belt! '

Anz.erican Veterans Highlight of the general meeting

of the Green bE It Chapter of the American Veterans Committee last JI.Ionday night was Sgt. 'Bill Har­melin's discussi:m of the benefits of the National Service Life Insur­ance.

M~!rnbership participation in

Concerted voters action can res­cue the Full Employment Bill from its pigeonhol~:·, and still re­vive its vitality, b.nd, the tim4~ to write is now .... Unemploym.ent Compensation (HR 3381) comes !Jefore ·the House minus the $25 a week minimum but: still carrying· coverage of Federal workers and stranded war wm·kers. Reaction­ary Representatives can shelve it or shopt it full of· holes if we don't w11rn them not to now .... Watch for the Downey Bill; fotroulated by Sen. Downey· and the U.FWA <United Federal Workers of America, CIO), providing a 20% boost in Federal. government pay envelopeH to'·compensate .. for losses· due to the cut in'hours ... The 65~ Minimum Wage Bill (S1319, HR ~14>, sponsored by Sen. Pepper, can be uJrged into passage riow. 4?lent .the .Chiid ca~~-e··-~~t~~ ~ ~f.~

The Child Cai·e Center Mothers are still working o·~re:rtime··to get an exums~n of· the facilities. Throughout .. the District and in all suburban communities .... ,parents have o~gani~d aad .are- jo~Qing tQ-. gether. m .putting preS!iUl'e' on FW A head Fleming, Rep,. Fritz. Lanham, and Co~~~ressmen, , and . ~'rticularly on President. Truman t;o. authorize use of .funds .• to keep the Lanham Act .:;~Ch•oow :.gving .... W2 can all help thene mothers, 80% of whom are wiyes of • .servicemen and. can­not ~ffor,d to stop. war·king,. by. -cir­c~latm~ .and signing.. theit': peti-.

working out ' the details of the co_ming open. m:leting of the Com­

, IU11.tf~t;:, _yvill be' t. lken up at the next ' husim:·ss meetin ~ tQ be held at the

Elementary School' at 8 p.m. Mon­day, October l5. :Members and friends are invi1.ed.

, ttons, ~d ,Qy joining: their letter~ writ'~' 'ca~paign. ~· . . (: .·,)

Our, Weekly· Renii~r . ~.ver:y: "<lay·· ·eounts ·''·now for

WQot.:lld~be ;Marymntt"voti{fs. Declare . your int•l!!ntion n~w. , November 4

. wiU'<be here Itt ·lt.ss ·ti'l.an a month. · Out~t-town ''VOter.s:t who wiSh in­J form:a1.ion aboUt ··~h~g:istration· in

thei~ •·home towns· pl(~ase call Gr. ... _.. 5136, ·5159,,.25t6 't)r :5697. .

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Pa.ek.Upi:Lll Your White Pa.~hyderms · The: Elementary PiA is sponsor­ing a· ' white ·~Iephaht sale next Friday, October 1!}:·. between 10 a. m. an4il 2 p. m. in ·the auditori~· urns of both the ·north end and center sc:hools. The: -children \\'ill be a:;ked to. bring their· white ele­pHants (elotbing.. games, household .suppllies or..· what-have-you) to &(..hool Thursqj;!.y· nwtning, and they wtll 1~0 on Sll-~. the following aft~r­noon. Tl:l.e money will be used for the purchase of school equipmP.n~.

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; ·< • Do: ~ouru~ii'Msttnas tiook shOp­•. ,.·' •·• ~ ·· ping ·eari:fj1t the P'I'A BooJc Fair · · • · '··' ou · ·o<.tobtlr"22. · · · , . · · •

:'-Ve wan·t to express .our appreci­atwn to the many individuals and gro~ps who worked with us in pre­sentmg the 1945 Town Fair. The five of us could never have done the j_ob alone. It had to be a com­mum:ty project-the main value of the s.how was the whole-hearted cooperati·on shown by so large a pa_rt of the town. Of course a fev.: fa1led us. We had expected ancl prepared for that. There were> volunteers to ta.ke their places at the last minute .

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. ';() cr-.nt.•·. Plume !,1.51 O't' bring to tJa.cwment of 8 Parkwa?J . Tuesday night. · ·

WASHING MACHINES AND VACUUM CLEANl~RS-&Ies and service. Pick-up and delivery. .James T. Chenaua, 6210 Rhode Island Ave., Riverdale. \VA. 4433 and WA. 4662.

RADIOS l<EPAIRED-E x pert work and motl£,rn equipment. Wil­liam E. Ben. 20-F Parkway Road. ---"'----AVON PRODUC'I'S--Orcrer your COBnletics and·other A\·on Products t~rough the Greenbelt representa­tive, Mrs. Herold Eckman, 42-E .llidge Road. .

RIDE WANTED--to Agricult~ Department. Houn .9 Et. m. to 5:30 p. m. Telephon"' 4861. Mrs. Spicer.

\Ve ~·njoyed the Fair as anv other:; m Greenbelt, even thow:;h we dtd not get to see much of it after the show was under wav

Next . year's Fair should ~~nw more e;;~.sily now thai the ground has been broken again. Mista};es made thi:; time can be avoided in 19_46. \\'e are continuing our com­~llttee m·~etings in order to estab­lish a sound working plan for fu­ture Town Fairs. A complete re­port will then b1~ placed 011 file for .whatever individuals or group in charge of next year's show.

-P~uming Committee: Donald H. CNper 11'red DeJager Paul Du:1bar Lester Sanders C. J. Va1 ~amp

Sehool Equipment Arriving Slowly

A representative of the Fed·=ral \'Vorks Agency told the Cooperato:r thi~; week that about 85% of thl~ $15.000 worth of equipment order· ed last December 1 for the North· End School and High School addi·· tion has been delivered. Among the items now supposedly on the wa~r from Grand Rapids are pri· mary tables for the Northencl SchooL The High School received a 8hipment of laboratory tables last weekend, and folding chairs f::>r the Northend auditorium ar·· rived Tuesday. FWA estimate~: that about 75 or 80 Lanham .. financed schools all over the country are in similar stra.its. owing to the furniture facto:rie~; not meeting the delivery deadline~: specified in their contracts.

In the case of the North•md Sch.:)oJ and High School equipment. delivery was contracted for by .July 15. but the date was later pt.shed ahead a month when the manufacturers pleaded inability to comply. When school opened Sep·:ember 12 many items were still missing.

A few "frills" such as curtains for the stage of the Northend School* auditorium are being held L<p because of existing restrictions: the curtains will have to wait for an order permitting the manufac­turE· of rayon and cotton velour, FViT A stated, adding that while red ancl blue stage curtains were avail­ubi e it was thougrt best to wait till green draperies ·could be se­cured, in view of the green and yellow color scheme of the North­end auditorium.

Construction of the new High School addition was aw3.rded to the E. L. Daniels Company of Ar­lington, which bid $99,224, while the ?-l'orthend School bid went to the Nardis Construction Company of Mount Vernon, New York, >vh ic:h submitted a figure of $138-240. '

Principals M e_et On Cafeteria Plan

Proposed cafeteria service for the elementary schools was the subject of a meeting this corning of Principals Elizabeth lo'ugitt and Rowena WhittakE:r and Mrs. Wells Harrington, president of the ele­.mentary P.T.A. with Miss \\reagley, supervisor of cafeterias· for Prince Georges County. Results of the rer.ent questionnaires on cafeterias will determine any action to be' t::..ken by the county. Both schools arc re!idy to go ahead with their p)ans for the project as soon as as­sistance is secured frmn the county, whkh has a fund for the purchase Of needed school equip­mel-t.

Helping to raise the cafeteria rroject into the realm of prob­ability was the recent arrival at the Northend School of an out-size. stove.

Arlene Livermore Weds (/alvin Otto

Mrs. Marian Livermore, of 4-G Crescent Road, announces the mar­riage of her daughter, Arlene Ruth, to Calvin B. Otto on October 6. The wedding took place at the Grace and St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Baltimore, Father Cor­rigan officiating.· Miss Jane Mills was bridesmaid and Angelo Campo best man. The bride wore a powder blue suit with fus(;hia ac­cessories ar d a corsage of red roses.

Mrs. Otto is a gradu.ate of Greenbelt High School, where she was an ac·:ive member of the school organizations, glee club, and basketball team. Cpl. Otto is the son of the !':.ev. and Mrs. Harvey Otto of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is on a ·~5-day furlough from Camp Campbell, Kentucky.

The newlyweds plan to spend their hone)moon in Greenbelt. They hope to make their home in Grar:d Rapids.

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M~. P~OIUJ Jies 1: enry w. !Parsons. .liged 72, died

TUt sday at the home ~~ f his dau. gh­. ter, Mrs., Dorothy P rsons l!!ast. He is survived by hi wife, Dora, anci his two daag;hters, -t-trs. Ma+ion Parsons Robin~n and Mrs. E~rt· Services were 11ield Wed~es­daJI at the Lee FunerctHome.l. ,

.A former banker i Clevelland anal Sandusky, Ohio, r. Par$0ns can e here with his wife four year ago. - ____________ l ______ . .....,... • • • • • • • • • • • cor-r• • • • • • .,. S~rA'rn FARM ~UTUAL

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COOPERATIVES A1llli WORLD \l~DE . I

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C·ooperatives in 39 countries are tl~ par·t of a world widk movement, democr•r:ttic in nature. 1 I

Cooperators (fround the world numbere•i 143,000,000 before the war. They represented ov~r 6 per cent of the woirld popula:tion.

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~- ·- -· -· ------ -· ·- -·- -· _._... .TOTAL U.S. mc~mbership in Consumer Cooperativ.,_ is 2,000,000.

TOTAL U.S. membership in all cooperatives is 20,000,000. (This in1cludes farm marke,ting and purcha~ing Co-ops, credit unions, mutual insurance, 1fele-phone and rural electric associations.) !

CHINA has 10,000,000 members of cooperatives. I

GREAT BRITAIN has 9,000,000 members. [ Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc. 1

Cooperatives .. A.re Endor~ed By: ~ational Farmer's Union National Education Assn. Progressive Educat:on Assn. Xational Grange Farm Bureau Federation ::\ew Yot'k Times

Fed~ral Council_ of Cl~urches Nahonal Catholic Rutal Life Conference Central Conference elf American Rabbis c. I. 0. '. Ameriean Federation of I .abor Numerous prominent •leaders in all parts

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coopera·:wn and peace Is to do your part[ in your O\vn cooperativEs right here in Greenbelt. Are you an active member? , , I

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