Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1932, Page 10

?tA—10 CITIZENS WILL PAY WASHINGTON HONOR wism cramio. 75, s | Survivor of Workmen Who Notables Will Take Part in Finished Shaft. Program at Tech High School Monday. The first big George Washington Bi- centennial program arranged by the organized citizens of the National Capital is scheduled for Monday night orfum of McKinley Tech- School, Second and T | Bicentennial com- 1 and District, | te and | nd other | { the Government, m is ar- Citizens' patric he District and Virginia notice that they d and will be de- | celand Peter of 1 Washington. Bloom to Explain Features. Representative Sol Bloom York, director of the N tennial Commission, will e features of the Nation-wide celebration during the next, nine months. Dr. George C. ner, executive officer of Columbia Commis- for the nd the ciaticns re of the enter- admonition in ) the citizen- ington repre: Under the leadership of Henry Gilli- gan, past president of the North Capi- tol Citizens' Association and legisla- tive representative of Washington Board of Educat nion choir rep- Tesenting all the churches in that part of the city will he “Pro Patria” hymn. The High School Orchestra, under t ection of Dore Walton, and Miss Bailey playing the pipe organ, will accompany the choir. Miss Mary O'Donoght 1 group r wil! play the organ High School Orchestra will also play several numbers. | IOWANS TO GATHER | SR | Senators and Wives to Be Hosts | to State Society. Senator and Mrs. Smith W. Brook- hart and Senator and Mrs. L. J. Dick- inson will be hosts at the Iowa State Society meeting Saturday evening at the Willard Hotel. There will be an attendance _contest congressional districts and a prize will be awarded | for ti st representation. | In addition to d g and cards | throughout the evening, students from the sixth grade of the Rockville School, attired in . Colonial costume, will per- | form the “Virginia Reel.’ |Remembers Aperture in Base of Obelisk Which He Helped to Plug. The capstone, the topmost stone in the Washington Monument, was nof| the last block set in its construction. | On the contrary, the final bit of stone to go into the 555-foot shaft rests at ground level. It is a block whose outer surface measures 24x24 inches, and is tucked away between the larger blocks a little east of the center of the south face of the shaft. While the eves of the Nation are fos cused on the Capital during the celes bration of the Bicentennial of the birth of the man in whose honor it wag erected, it remained for William Cham- pion, 78-year-old Indian War veteraf and one of the workmen who put the finishing touches on the Monument, to tell the story of the “last stone.” He Shaped the Block. For Mr. Champicn, now a resident at| the Soldiers’ Home, is the stonecutter | who shaped the block marking the com- pletion of the shaft. “That stone is the only one in the foundation that bears none of the im: mense weight of the Monument.” Mr| Champlon said today. “It blocks th aperture through which ran the pulle: ropes used in hauling materials to the top. After the capstone was set an the Monument dedicated, on Februal 1885, the rigging used by the stons masons was removed and the hol closed up.” Mr. Champion is the last survivol of four workmen who were retaine to put the finishing toiches on the Monument after its dedicafion, he sai today. One of the jobs was to cu with hammer and chisel, tae windowi at the top of the shaft; another waj to block the hole in the base. Son of a British Soldier. “We made what was good money fol those days on the Monument job,” M Champion said. “I remember I drew | $26.60 for 14 hours’ work; of course th¢ stone cutting was dome on a piecework basis. We were paid $4 a day for the final work, following the dedication.” Mr. Champion was employed on the¢ Monument immediately following hif discharge from the Army in 1881, hi said. He is the son of a British soldier who fell at the battle of Balaclava, i§ 1854; his own son, Maj. William Chami pion, jr. is a veteran of the Spanishy American and World Wars, and is chid| inspector of the District Department d| Highways. Mr. Champion himself spent 24 yeas| as an inspectar for the District, havin gone into the employ of the Distrig| following the completion of the Monuj ment. UPHOLSTERING !“FA “!“-:‘c A uvlhll;lll:l‘credml: 1:_:( high-grade materials. This includes § .50 creryining ;01 NEW YORK UPHOLSTERING CO. 617 F St. N.W. Dist. 3687 If a doctor made your ice cream —” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, OLD SOLDIER REVEALS STORY OF MONUMENT'S "LAST STONE™ | ‘WILLIAM CHAMPION. ‘To avert the “Myrddyn Prophecy” that Carmathen, Wales, will be flooded When a certain oak tree falls, the towns- people have protected the tree with an iron railing and strengthened the trunk with cement. | bert | Howard Severe, members of the com- CIVIC OPERA COMPANY MEMBERS ARE HONORED Business Club Gives Luncheon. National President Among Those Present. 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