Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1926, Page 21

COMES HERE AT %3 SEEKING PENSION Man, Hale Hearly and Full of| Humor Says U. S. Owes Him $66.67. - Deciding to collect the $66.67 bounty Aue him for 62 years by Federal | Government, John Luther Skinner, ho boa ) years of life, adventure and histor; as well as a spry and active constitution, packed ! up his things and descended on Wash- ington a f ago to see whether he had any chance of getting the money He wired hi ner of Norm the varns galore George W. Skin- near Bloomington, - came on his father's nd accom- is a boy of is married, has a grown wtndchjldren. But he er in the eves of his son met_ the vanied 1 8 vears. He family and ust A vour parent vesterday, however, the Jast time attempt trip with Mr that t the teme or busin Finds Father Too Active. He's ton active for me.” G -, do you know he -"from the Unlon down to the Seventh street the other d. and when I wi i r back—it was a broil- ughed at me so tired so nted to an is of rather v tanned, with have never became a bit admitted developed wrinkles around orners of the mouth, imbedded there from smiles and laughter, He is aunick in his talk He's an expert i spelling and can throw out a few tests of words he remembers learn- ing at school One of the outstanding events of s city—he is stopping Frank Lerch, 7 Second street north- inz n old girl friends, cast—w school = at as a4 me chum, eetheart,” she w e thr rties the ien Johnny mischievous, g tehool and home again with her over 1\ and Janes of Charles near Port Tobacco, then little Ann ( b thirties slden, S the lmumln. nth century, and neties now. When rrived in Washington t and zipp which close residence on this 1, he treet Tound her. Hor name is now (¢ They ed together. these two folks on the sunny side of 100; they ind reminisced, throw- tentacles back scores alling that of ers who once marched up the hill to a little brown school- house—it was not a red one—in Charles County, in the days before California’s heard | the only two | Merely I inderd not riends. laimed ter hoy k to school tc together just good > make v, now! s not had a path of ith Uncle Sam. renuous effort in and eightles before he pension. o said, “1 wrote to Ben ison and he sent his secretary vn to the Pension Office to see what s the n Tt fixed up all right and wrote me | letter a1 couple of times about ft, | t 1 lost those letters when my house | ned down.” i The claim that is occupying his at- now, however, arose when the ment promised a - volunteers when another 100,000 men ry and col- installment ps moved was the Wants the Other $66.67. “I came here to got the rest, $66.67," 1 them at the Pen f 1 didn't get n 20 or 25 year: some new face ves he eredit hi one of the best | ¢ why T've lived so | Iy “Anyhody | s oniy the goodness of God 1 Thible vou can see for | ] cked shall not live hat's what and let no s the zood. taking his es, on his re ag enth ve PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 56 Compounded Semi-Annually Commencing January 1, Assets Over $12,000,000 Surplus, $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. Temporars locatlon during construc: tion of our new hide. 1003 F St. N.W. JAMES BERRY, President JOSHUA W. CARR, Sec’y 1926 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FATHER AND SON HOLD A REUNION George W. Skinner, 58 years old, with his father, John Luther Skinner, 99, OIL BOARD RE FACES LONGER DELAY Findings, Already Overdue, May Not Be Given to President Un- til Late Next Month. ady long overdue, of the Federal Oil Board probably President Coolidge for a Absence from the city Wilbur and Hoover will hold up pub- licatfon for at least fou it may not be finally until the latter part of At the time o) hes the Spring, stood the ad would be accepted by the full board within a few day city at various tim bers, however, has m to call & meeting to pa port. Secretary W Department is chairm: Te report is unds mend decreased cof nd restoration of ¢ it v i com place in household heating and indus- in order that the not be oil may Six Will Be Given in will not before the entire board early in generall most immediately | nd the report issued Absence from the | of board mem- < of the Interior S100d o T sumption of RELIC TO BE PLANTED. Cutting From Slip of Tree at Na- poleon’s Tomb to Be Started Here. A relic of the captivity and death of Napoleon Bonaparte on the Islamd of St. Helena, is to be placed in the Arlington National Cemetery. It 1s a {cutting from a weeping willow tree planted by Cuyler Reynolds, on his estate at Alton, in 1900, which tree was originally planted in New Jersey in 1870, as a slip from a tree planted in front of Napoleon's tomb at St. Helena in 1821. That slip wi brought to the United States by Jus | tice Charles P. Daley, at that time president of the Geographic Society. The historic cutting will be planted | near “Sheridan Spring | the Sheridan Gateway, side of the cemetery, on the Military road, separgting the abode of the he- rolc 'dead from the Arlington Experi- mental Farm. If it thrives it will be tha only weeping willow tree within the limits of the cemetery i . PORT the final re- Conservation be made to nother month. of Sccretaries o weeks, and passed upon | September. rgument wa unde; imittee report de it difficult | upon the re- | of the board. m- oil normal to it limited unduly City During Next Five Days. The director and Public Parks vesterd the following park concerts for the beginning tomorrow: weel August 16—Rock Cre teenth Band, at 7:30 p.m. August 17— Band, 7:30 p.m August 18— Band, 6:30 p.m. August 19— Band, 7:30 p.m. August 19—Meridian T teenth and Bucl 100l Band, 7:30 p.m. August 20—Dunbar and N Band, 7:30 p.m. Clara Pa director tment State. ‘ of York THE er dr of Public and Kennedy streets, Army van Theater, an Theater, Army van Theater, Marine 1 streets, Army Music reet, Community Civic of the newly created State correction Buildings day announced ek Park, Six- Navy i 11l Park, High School, is slated for W. . H“ABSA in New HEALTH YOU " Just inside ' BABY FASHION SHOW |20990000000000006000000000¢ WILL BE IN EXHIBIT Children’s Burean to Demonstrate Model Life Factors at Sesqui Exposition. - A baby "fashion show,” a model nursery, a model playground, moving pictures and flim slides and a chil- dren’s clinic_in active operation will be among the exhibits of the Chil- dren’s Bureau of the United States Department of Labor in the Transpor- tation Bullding at the Sesquicenten- nial in Philadeiphia, to be opened with appropriate ceremonies as part of the Federal Government exhibits tomor- row. Also there will be a mechanical book on the constantly turning pages of which may be read in large figures the infant and maternal mortality rec- ord of the United States, the former fairly good, and the latter very far .| from creditable. Dominating the whole, and striking the keynote of the exhibit and of Work of the’ Childrens. Bureat, wii be the great mural, 18 feet by 7, en titled “The Child Shall Be ‘First,” painted for the bureau by Peppino Mangravite. This will face the en- trance to the Children’s Bureau ex hibit. Tn the foreground of the paint ing, America, and beautifu mother, stands in a_blossoming or- chard, child on her shoulder and little children playing about in the sunshine in the protection of her pres- ence. |~ In the baby fashion show baby dolls !in real costumes of the eighteenth, | nineteenth and twentieth centuries, borrowed for the exposition through the courtesy of the Natfonal Museum, from Mrs. Allen M. Sumner and Mrs. Mary Norton Lower, will appear. Fine Peaches From Virginia, $1.50 Bushel Delivered by Parcel Post Send check, money order or cash to Grassland Orchards | Linden, Va. The Steel Vaults I Sell for $85 Are the Same High Quality Sold by Others I defy any one to say other- wise. Why Pay More? T will sell you any make vault you desire for $35 and guaran- tee it as the manufacturer's best. Private Ambulances, World’s Best Make, City Calls Only $4.00 For Low Prices Call “The Brown Stone Funeral Home W. W. aChlmberl Co. g 14th Cor. Chapin N.W. Call Columbia 432 ADMIRE Paavo Nurmi Olympic Star Nurm i, the out- standing star of the last Olympic Games and holder of sev- enteen world’s rec- ords for running is a remarkable ex- ample , of “the health you admire.” Build it by drink- ing— Ghestnut Farms es for hot weath- diet. Drink it daily and enjoy the added vigor this health vim and ink gives. Delivered daily to your door PHONE POTOMAC 4000 Ghestrut@Farms Darry Pénna. Ave. at 26th Street BUTTERMILK This delicious sum- mer drink contains all of the desirable elements and qual- iti |3 VELVET HATS L C.. 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