Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1929, Page 5

For Impaired Vision «—Consult an Eye P hySiCian Over a quarter of a million prescripsions have been filled by us during the past thirty years. EDMONDS =—='"O PTIC IAN— 918 Fifteenth Street VIAG:(I N?_TON Established 1899 Tricks of Fate Sickness, accidept, loss of position, business re- versal, the thousand and one misfortunes, large and small, which lurk in our daily paths constantly call our attention to the unexpected tricks of fate and demonstrate that there is but one effective material barrier against the Unknown— Money in the Bank No matter how much you earn or how much you in- vest, it is a wise policy to build up a cash reserve in our Savings Department. Lincoln National Bank 17th and H Sts. | Gertrude Stockard,Mountain- burg, Ark., Receives $500 Prize at White House. Widow of Famous Surgeon General of the Army Pres- ent at Ceremony. Gertrude Carter Stockard of Moun- tainburg, Crawford County, Ark., receiv- ed from the hands of President Hoover at the White House today a $500 prize for the best essay on the life and achievements in relation to health of the late William Crawford Gorgas, fa- mous surgeon general of the United States Army, known as the “savior of the eradication of yellow fever. der the ausplces of the Gorgas Memo- rial Institute and was nation-wide in its scope. It was participated in by one out of every 100 junior and senior high school students in 34 States. The con- test was financed by Charles R. Wal- green of Chicago, $500 first prize, Miss Stockard received $250 for trav- eling expenses. A second prize of § | has been awarded to Marguerite Ha ings of Watertown, Mass. Honora | mention has been given to William | Gammage, Meridian, Miss.; Alethea | Whitney, Tampa, Fla., and Eleanor Gil- bert, Torrington, Conn. Mrs. Gorgas Present. Mrs. William C. Gorgas, widow of the | those present at the White House cere- | mony. - PR O | " Others participating in the y were M7, Walgreen, Br. cary T. aray.| PLAY TO BE PRESENTED. | son, president of the Gorgas Memorial | = | Institute; Dr. Franklin H. Martin of | | | Chicago, chalrman of the board of di- rectors; Henry S. Wellcome of London, England, feunder and director of the | Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research, | & member of the board of directors of many years a close friend of Gen. Gor- gas: W. J. Cooper, commissioner of edu- | cation, and Surg. Gen. H. S. Cumming | of the Public Health Service. The judges in the national contest were Commissioner Cooper, Surg. Gen. Cumming and Dr. Martin. Local high | school winners were awarded bronze medallions and each State winner & cash prize of $20, the judges being State commissioners of health, superintend- | ents of schools and secretaries of State. Tells of Achievements. | In her essay Miss Stockard, who is & | student in the Home High School of | Mountainburg, told how Gen. Gorgat | made possible the bullding of the Pan« ama Canal. “During the 10-year period spent in | Panama,” she wrote, “more than 71,000 lives and $80,000,000 were saved to the Government. nearly 40,000,000 days of | sickness and a zone, for 400 vears un- inhabitable to white men, was made a delightful country. with a death rate far below that of the United States. | “There has been nothing to match this | work in the history of human achieve- | ment.’ She told how he accomplished the seemingly impossible in abolishing yel- Jow and malaria fevers from the Canal Zone, Cuban ports and r tropical communities by preventing fhese dread diseases from being spread by the mos- quitos that carry them. His work in the World War, which resulted in the smallest death rate for the American Army of any army in human history, ‘was also related by Miss Stockard. ‘The objects of the Gorgas Memorial Institute are the elimination of unnec- essary illness, prolongation of life and &) When Shovsing at This Your Car at the Capital Garage at and eye-soothing smartness. apparel would be out of place. 550 AND MORE Store You Are Invited to Park Our Expense @ A Gray or Tan Suit? Both Are Now in High Favor COOL—].OOKING shades of tan and gray— in fabrics chosen for exceptional service executed by hand in the manner for which Stein- Bloch is famed. These suits are correctly styled and suitable for the many occasions throughout the coming season when the usual hot weather TAILORED BY STEIN-BLOCH Sidney West (INCORPORATED) 14th and G Streets N. W. FEUGENE C. GOTT—PRESIDENT Tailor work THE EVENING STAR. HOOVER PRESENTS GORGAS ESSAY AW the tropics,” because of his work in The essay contest was conducted un- | | famous surgeon general, was among the Gorgas Memorial Institute and for | HINGTON., D. |PROGRESS REPORTED | ARD TO VICTOR| Are Being Located. them for the future was reported by Miss_Etta Taggart before a meeting of hoped to locate nearly all points of in_the near future. for ald_ already extended to George- town. The appoiniment of & commit- tee to visit some of the factories along the water front and investigate the odors emanating from them also was considered. wick as secretary, due to her departure from Georgetown, was accepted, and vote of thanks was extended to he by the association. New members admitted last night mond Terry and Miss Clare Gaffney. Miss Mary E. Lazenby, president, pre- sided. | CONTEST AT ST. JOHN'S. Students of St. John's College Wil | hold their annual contest in public speaking in the college hall on Vermont avenue at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. | "In the junlor department the cor | Above: Gertrude Carter Stockard. | testants Wil be Aloysius Welsgerber, Arthur Shaffer, Francis Schmehl and Below: Marguerite Hastings. W. Richard Spates. The contestants G ="~~~ |in the senior department will be Edward the laying of & foundation for healthler | Dorsey, Edward Barnes, John Kuh: come. Bernard McElroy, Phillip Hannan and ‘William Hanna Speech-Reading Club Entertain- | ment at Y. W. C. A. Tomorrow. | | The Speech-Reading Club of Wash- | ington will present a play, “The Ro-| mance of the Willow Pattern Plate,” in Barker Hall, the Y. W. C. A, Seven- " : teenth 'snd K streets, tomorrow eve-| INst's all cur CREDIT FLAN 1§ | —a simple charge account. No ning.. Miss Florence P. Spofford and | {Miss Helen Nicolay, directors of the| noie*—no interest ':'I'“'n": Lty play, will be hostesses for the evening. | ot Tl L dinere Jow u’ Other entertainment features will be | oy A Bty 10w costs. dancing by Miss Nan Blackwell, 8 mem- | | ber of the club's board of directors, and | | the presentation of travel views in three | Peter Grogem & Sous Co, dimensions. | OG AN s £ In }t‘he cast nlget:" play E‘“ ‘be Miss | osephine Timberlake, Miss Frances | Bowne, Mis Eilpeh Tatam, Mis 817-823 Seventh St.N.W. M 5 Hello, Folks— Hear me? 1 want you MEN and YOUNG “FELLERS” to be well | dressed. Any honest man can be | well dressed on my Kaufman Budget | Plan. Buy your Summer Clothes. | Buy 'em all at one time. 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