Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1930, Page 30

EXTENSION ASKED Mhust Citizens Al§o Seek ‘_I_Iw( ‘Curbing and Funds for Reservoir. +A -yesolution asking for the extension ©of- Maryland avenue northeast from e and H streets to the District with a view to connecting later gnmummnfi:u,m wmgon n-e&n;llnmxht Schiool, Sixth and G northeast. ‘eonstructi sugges! extension mmh&'x.immm.eowm and east have been attempting to ob- tain tion for the ding of the since 1927. Coples of the resolution will be for- warded to the District Commissioners and to the National Park and Planning ‘Commission. Stop Signs Requested. . THE ‘EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, CHILDREN'S LOVE FOR STORIES “BACK OF LITERARY CAREER W. A. Colcord of Takoma Park Became an Author When He Failed to Find Ideal Book on Subject. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. ‘The love of his four children for ani- mal stories and a fruitless search for a volume which would meet with his ideal 8s an “animal story book” led Willard Allen Colcord of Takoma Park to start a few years ago upon a literary career which has resulted in the publication of two books, “Animal Land” and “Wings and Paws,” and numerous short stories, which have appeared in chil- dren’s cals. Mr. Colcord took nine years compil- been | DeVed to Australia, here. the ent of hundreds of letters from humane and educational societies throughout the United States congratulating him upon his sympathetic writings on the crea- tures of forest and fleld. Mr. Colcord's association with both domestic and wild animals started at an early age upon his father's farm in ois. A resolution asking the District Com- | 1jjin missioners to make Massachusetts ave- rd from nye s bouleva Sixth street northeast to Nineteenth street south- east was unanimously passed. The group asked that stop signs be 'placed 8¢ the intersections along the avenue. New curbing along Eighth street northeast from Massachusetts avenue northeast to East Capitol street was asked by the association. ‘The Senate bill providing for the in- ecorporation of credit unions was ap- nmaflm on the budget estimates by the District Commission- ers for the fiscal year ending 1932, Evan a Sid an spbropriation of $I56000 waS an aj n of , e, = duipuaing: A St / Reservoir Funds Asked. Included also in the budget estimates the request for an appropriation the strengthening of the bridge at Baltimore & Ohio freight station at Taught Kindness to Animals. “We lived near s great wild woods,” he said, “and I came in close touch with many wild animals as well as in- numerable wild birds. I can well re- member seeing two fine looking gray wolves chase our large Newfoundland dog across a field one cold Winter eve- ning when I was a boy. A large golden mle ‘was also captured alive only a B V:¢ f'l-'hom the oldtly-:urmeuutll‘;l l;he're I e wings of the grea meas- uring :ieven feet and two inches from to tip.” “My father early taught me to be kind to animals and told me never to Tob or disturb the nests of wild birds. When I was but 12 years old, I made a bird house containing 10 rooms, and in my earliest years I watched the. birds bufld their nests and rear their young.” Everything concerning animals in- terested Mr. Colcord so much'that he Journeyed to Australia. In later years when Mr. Colcord four dc;xfld:en ‘gfi :yukuu infiuunt de- mands upon * " to “tell a story, the scrapbooks were taken out, the libraries were visited and incidents of boyhood days were recalled and retold fg the delight of the Colcord young- sters. In 1893, accompanied by his wife and ,two of his children, Mr. Colcord jour- ‘where, for nine years, he worked as teacher and jour- nalist. Here, the author of the animal stories gathered additional material for his books, which were published many year: his return to the | United States and his residence in | o | [3 e stories gathered by M | Colcord are true, yet in a ner th | will hold the interest of -.lfl::udnn Mr. Colcord eelebrated his 70th birth- day yesterday. His greatest ambition is | to live to see his animal books placed in the orphan , homes throughout the country. He is now endeavoring to co- | operate with friends in making * dream come true.” statistics, Mr. Colcord points out that there are more than 132,000 children in the 1,558 orphan homes in the United States. To make it possible for every child in these homes to réad his stories of animals, he | has agreed to bear one-third of the cost of placing his books in th Ballyoastle Wants Airline. Ballycastle wants a place in the air. It has notified 8ir Alan J. 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