Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1929, Page 10

10 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (. DECEMBER 29, 1929—PART ONE. PGES PEAK BLAZE TOGREET NEW YEAR Group of Men Planning': Huge Fireworks Display as 1930 Dawns. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., De- | cember 28.—New Year eve, while most | people are welcoming the advent of 1930 with gay celebrations, frolics and | fireside “watch” parties, a small group of men, members of the Adaman Club, | will be toiling, slowly, laboriously up the wind and snow swept east slope of Pikes Peak. At the stroke of midnight, atop its . bleak summit, if all goes well, they will set off a huge display of fireworks and those waiting anxiously in the city bc- low will know that the climb again has been safely made. Early in the afternoon of Dacember 31 the hardy little band, composed of | 13 experienced mountain climbers, will leave here with their destination the top of Pikes Peak, famed throughout the West for its majestic beauty. Pike’s Heroism Recalled. Something of the same spirit which spurred Lieut. Zebulon Pike, one of the first white men to set foot in this region, to enter the thin unexplored mountain region, must survive in this intrepid group of Adams, who ven- ture forth each year to negotiate the perilous climb. ‘The mercury has fallen as low as 40 | degrees below zero on previous trips, | and the frigid 9-mile climb, which | takes many hours, . tests severely the | endurance of any man. In addition to a food supply, each man must carry his share of the fire- works. It is no simple task to trudge up the steep, snow-drifted slope with- oy pack and with one it is doubly cult. The members will ride in automobiles as far as Manitou, 6,336 feet above sea level, which nestles at the base of the peak. There they start their climb. They usually are able to reach the Half-Way House, which is several thou- sand feet below timberline and par- tially sheltered, without difficulty. The Half-Way House is but a short distance from Manitou despite its name. It is here that the real test begins. Snow is drifted 10 to 20 feet deep and some- times .deeper. An ever-present north wind whistles along the barren, rocky slope and whips particles of snow with terrific force. Blizzard May Retard Progress. In case there is a blizzard, as there was in 1928, when the expedition was face to face with disaster, the trip re- quires almost superhuman effort. In 1928 the club members missed freezing to death by a narrow margin. ‘They had fought a 40-mile an hour gale the entire distance and swirling snow beat down upon them. Eight hun- dred yards from the summit, which is 14,110 feet above sea level, it seemed impossible to go farther. But there was no other course than to forge ahead. Some of the stronger members assisted others who lagged and stum- bled in the snow, and at length the summit was reached. Club Founded by Five Men. ‘The Adaman Club was founded in 1823 by five men—H. L. Stanley, official photographer; Edward Barr, trail mas- ter; Edward Morath, Fred Morath, then Carl Blaurock, George H. Harvey and Willlam F. Ervin, all of Denver; John W. Garrett and Willlam Penland, both of Colorado Springs, and Dr. George W. MacDonald of Kansas City, Mo., have been admitted to member- thip. Last year the neophyte was Rob- ert M. Ormes of Colorado Springs. Karl Arnt of Denevr is the next candidate in line for membership and will make the trip as neophyte this year. (Copsrisht. 1929.) JEWISH DEBATERS MEETING TONIGHT Palestine’s Development Is Subject of Forensic Contest Open to Public. Teams representing the Washing-|peen able to make certain structural | ton and Philadelphia Y. M. H. A’s to- night will give a public debate on Zionism at the Jewish Community Cen- ler. The subject is “Resolved: That Palestine be Developed Along Cultural Rather Than Political Lines. The local team, composed of Isadore Siegal, Martin Shefferman, and Sidney Zl nick, alternate, will uphold the ai firmative. The debate is open to the public and there is no admission charge. Three judges will decide the merits of the | arguments. They are Dean W. A. Wil- | bur of George Washington University, | Mrs Herman Hollander and Leopold V._Freudberg. The Washington team was coached | by Louis E. Spiegler, president of the Zionist organization. ~Burnett Siman, | president of the Y. M. H. A. will pre- side as chairman of the evening. The debate is given as part of the educational program of the Jewish ! center. The members of the Philadel- | phia team will be entertained dur- ing their stay in the city by a com- mittee representing the Congress of | Clubs of the center. SECRETARY IS NAMED. Miss Chambers to Begin Girl Re- serves’ Duties January 1. \RETIRED ENLISTED MEN DR. ABRAM SIMON. DR. SIMON TO SPEAK ON ZURICH SYNOD Junior and Senior Hadassah Chap- ters to Hear About Home- land Movement. Dr. Abram Simon will be the prin- cipal speaker at the combined meeting of the local junior and senior Hadassah Chapters tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock at the, Jewish Community Center. Dr. Simon will discuss the Zurich conference, to which he was a delegate last Summer. The conference, regarded as one of the most important in modern Jewish history, resulted in an agree- ment of all elements to give united support to the movement for the es- tablishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Other features of the program will include the blessing of the Chanukah lights, by Al Shefferman; piano selec- tions, by Mrs. B. D. Levinsohn, and Chanuka greetings, by Miss Lena Hyatt, president of the Junior Hadassah. A reception will follow. ‘The Senior Hadassah Chapters of America have as their especially designated program the medical and welfare work in Palestine. This in- cludes hospitalization and infant wel- fare activities. The care of the orphans is intrusted to the junior chapters, PRE-NATAL CLINIC WORK IS EXTENDED Columbia Hospital Plans for 1930 May Include Full Time Social Service Agent. . Extension of the work of the pre- natal clinic at Columbia Hospital was included in plans for the 1930 program, | made at a meeting during the past week, it was announced yesterday. It was hoped to be abl eto obtain a full time trained social service worker to follow up the work of the clinic by vis~ iting the homes of patients with greater frequency before and after hospitalization in instructing mothers how to properly care for themselves and bables. Shortly after the World War Colum- bia Hospital began to develop-its pre- natal clinic along larger lines in order to provide more fully for the conserva- “0n “lo30 the bui.patient de out-patient partment was reorganized with the idea of de-! voting & large amount of time to both pre-natal and post-natal care. ‘This was accomplished with the co-opera- tion of the Instructive Visiting Nurse g&clgty and the support of the women's T That this reorganization was effective is shown, according to the report of hospital officials, by the fact that the daily number of prospective mothers visiting the clinic has increased in 1929 100 per cent over the average in 1921. Perhaps the most outstanding develop- ment, hospital authorities say, is the return of approximately 40 per cent of the mothers for post-natal care. ing a member of the Commu- nity Chest last year, the hospital has changes in the clinic rooms, which have materially increased the facilities for handling this class of work and plans for the coming year contemplate a still greater increase in the number of cases | to be handled, it was added. WILL INSTALL OFFICERS | ! Association at Meeting Saturday ‘Will Hear Address by Dyer and Ellis. ‘The Retired Enlisted Men's Associa- tion will install officers at the Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, Saturday night at 7:45 o'clock. The program will open with the invocation by Chaplain W. L. Fisher, U. S. A., immediately fol- lowing presentation of colors. The fol- lowing officers will be installed: Com- mander, Charles A. Martin; senior vice commander, Charles Craig; junior vice commander, Thomas Shannon; officer of the day, Thomas Rowland; officer of the guard, William J. Dennison; chap- lain, Milton Heckert, and quartermas- ter, Willlam Wright. Selections will be furnished by the Marine Band Orchestra. Representa- tive Dyer, Republican, of Missouri, and Miss Marion Chambers is to succeed | Representative Ellis, Republican, of Mis- | Miss Dorothy Baylor as secretary of the Phyllis Wheatley Girl Reserves, begin- ning January 1, it was announced yes- terday at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. Miss Baylor is to return to Chicago. The Girl Reserves of the Phyhis | render baritone solos, and at the close Wheatley branch repaired and distrib- uted more than 160 Christmas toys to children during December. The toys, ! second-hand ones, were made to look Jike new. Mcst of the toys were dis- tributed among children of the South- east Welfare Association. Headache-Eye Strain 7ty Eyes Examined Free! By DR. A. S. 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