Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1932, Page 12

A—12 INACOSTAPLOTS FEED 83 FAMILES Gardens Are Provided Job- less in Parkway Area—To | Be Doubled in 1933. Virtually the entire food supply for | 88 families of unemployed family heads | has been provided during the Summer | from garden plots in the Anacostia parkway area. | The plots, made available to the unemployed men by the Garden Club of the Employment Committee and the | Council of Social Agencies, were farm- ed by the jobless heads of the families and fresh vegetables sufficient to feed an average family of seven were pro- duced on each of the 50 by 100 foot plots, according to the report of Mrs. Frederick Brooke, chairman of the committee in charge of the gardens. On Government Land. ‘The farm plots are located on Gov- ernment-owned land below the District dump and Benning road. The land be- low the dump was worked by white “farmers” and that along Benning road was turned over to colored families. Use | of the farm plots was arranged by | William R. Beatty of the Agriculture | Department. Plowing and furrowing of | the entire area was done by War De- | partment tractors and men. Seeds and | implements were purchased by the Em- ployment Committee, of which Ernest Daniels is chairman. The Fire De- partment supplied hose for watering the farms. The 88 unemployed men set to work in spite of the fact that few of them had any knowledge of gardening. Su- pervision and help was given the white | farmers by G. E. Gettz of the Employ- | ment Committee, while E. K. Brent, from the Public Schools Garden Club, | supervised the work of the colored gardeners. All of the vegetables raised were consumed by the families of the workers. Because the land is Gov- ernment property, each “farmer” was | required to sign an agreement that he | would not sell or trade any produce raised on that land. | Fed Family of 12 Children. ATHER JOHN J. FLEMING, S. J.. ing at Holy Trinity. College, in M sachusetts. Celebrate 50th Anniversary FATHER FLEMING FETED ON GOLDEN JUBILEE AS PRIEST. STAR, WASHIN of Ordination of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, in Georgetown, was given a surprise party Fri Left to right: Rev. _—Harris-Ewing Photo. ORATCRY CONTEST TICKETS OFFERED Distribution for Event at Con-| }n:pon on the International Youth |LEADERS’ CONFERENCE | Leaders' Conference at Dassell, Ger- ARRANGED AT Y.W.C.A.| mnm will be submitted by Miss Mabel Cook, executive of the Girl Reserves Depanmem. She was one of the three | American delegates in attendance. “Educating the Y. W. C. A" will be the topic of Mrs. Irving W. Ketchum, | executive of the educational depart- v, ment. Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, first vice president of the Board of Visitors, will speak on “Our National and Interna- Annual Fall Session to Hear Re- port on Results at “Tree Tops™ d at World Meeting. The annual Fall conference for W. C. A. leaders will be held the eve- D. C., OCTUBER HEIGHT OF AURORA Northern Lights Now Under Closest Scrutiny Ever Given. By the Associatd Press. The Northern Lights are now under the closest scrutiny to which they have ever been subjected. Hoping to obtain more definite in- formation on the height of the aurora as an aid in calculating the height and composition of the atmosphere, meteorologists taking part in the sec- ond international polar year are com- bining the arts of photography and radio. Representatives of the Weather Bureau have set up special cameras at two stations in Alaska—Point Bar- |row and Nome. These stations, to- gether with one at Fairbanks, Alaska, established by the Carnegie Institu- | tion_of Washington, will be in com- | | munication by radic at all times. Work for Camera. When an aurora is sighted, the | cameras will be focused on & certain | selected star and all will be snapped | | simultaneously. The Army Signal Corps, which operates the Government | | radio ' communication in Alaska, will | | give the signals for taking the pic- tures and as many as possible of these synchronized photographs ~ will be day night by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Harper at their home, 2818 Thirty:eighth street, in honor of his 50 years made. of priesthood. Father Fleming, who is 71 years old. was ordained half & century ago today. John S. Bernard, Father Fleming, Rev. Henry J. Nelles and Rev. John J. Hurley, all associated with Father Flem- | graphs and the star charts, The guest of honor is & former vice president of Georgetown University and Holy TTinity |able to compute the height of the aurora from its position with reference | to the selected star at the three ob- using _these photo- Meteorologists, will be servation points. The particularly long base lines pro- vided in Alaska for these calculations BEING MEASURED 1932—PAKYT ONE. in making such measurements. Special Observations. In addition to the photographic measurements, special observations will be made of auroras at 15 or more sta- tions in the Northern United States, where the star charts will be used. Drawings of the auroras will be made. In this way, by noting the precise times of occurrence, rough calculations of the heights of the auroras will be made and all of the information gleaned is expected by officials to contribute measurably to the accuracy of weather forecasts. — = ‘Woman Steps Back Into Ravine. While being photographed by her husband, a woman from Toulon stepped back and fell down a deep ravine in the Mer de Glace, near Chamonix, France. She was taken to a Chamo- nix hospital, where it was feared she would not live, The husband, a Toulon merchant, was taking a snapshot, and as he could not get her into correct focus he asked her to step back. Through the view-finder of the camera he saw her disappear. Rushing for- ward he nearly stumbled into the ravine, . Keech to Discuss Traffic. Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel of the District, will discuss the traffic situation in the City of Washington at the first Fall meeting of the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association Tuesday | night at the Fourth Presbyterian Church Assembly Hall. Reports of several standing committees, including the pub- | lic utilities, streets and alleys, taxation | and public safety groups, will be heard. The Forman and Biller Tree Expert Co. Prompt Service and Low Rates Phone Clarendon 500-567 COLUMB!A | ning of October 11 in Barker Hall, the | day following the retreat for leaders at tional Opportunit. Elwood Street. director of the Com- | munity Chest, will discuss “Our Local The results of the experiment have | been most favorable. One man, who | stitution Hall to Begin promise to Weather Bureau officials l' degree of accuracy never before attained | has 12 children. took up one of the plots | and also was given a small wage as an | assistant to Mr. Brent. He was able to | feed his entire family who would other- | wise have been forced to apply to one | of the welfare and relief organizations | for food Another colored gardener had a 4- year-old son who managed to plant | two or three sunflower seeds on his plot. One sunflower eventually attained al- most mammoth proportions. One house was built on each plot of ground and was occupied during the Summer by one of the unemployed men | who also acted as watchman. | Will Double Plots. "The success of this year's gardens has encouraged the committee to such an extent. Mrs. Brooke said, that they are | planning to have twice as many plots in operation next year. Mrs. Brooke was assisted by Miss Edith Coulson of the Council of Social | ‘Agencies, who acted as secretary of the committee and who visited both plots each week. Miss Coulson has long had an interest in these garden plots. As executive for the Juvenile Protective Association. she launched the move- ment for gardens for boys in the Ana- costia section, which developed into the Civitan Garden Club for Boys and which grew from a beginning of 10 plots | to the eventual employment of 96 boys. | each with his own little garden. The Civitan Club furnished seeds and im- | plements for the boys and gave & party at the end of the Summer, with prizes for the best gardens. WIVES OF ENGINEERS T0 FORM HOOVER GROUP A meeting to organize local engineers’ wives into a branch of the Womer’s n of the Engineers’ National r Committee will be held tomor- | afternoon at 1608 K street, Mr: Charles H. Tompkins announced yes» terday. Among those who have been invited to attend the organization meeting, Mrs. Tompkins said, are: Mrs. William P. McCracken, jr.; Mrs. C. C. Barbour, Mrs. C. H. Warrington, Mrs. W. M. Corse, Mrs. C. W. Kutz, Mrs. H. M. Southgate, Mrs. Oliver Bowles, Mrs. John Alden Grimes, Mrs. C. Terry Du | Rell, Mrs. A. W. Koehler. Mrs. Ernest | L. Jahncke, Mrs. C. B. Hawley. Mrs Proctor L. Dougherty, Mrs. A. C. Oli- phant, Mrs. Frederick H. Newell, Mr: A. B. McDaniel. Mrs. F. M. Feiker, Mr: J. Roland Bibbins, Mrs. Don H. Sawyer. Mrs. J. H. Van Wagnen, Mrs. George B. Pillsbury. Mrs. Henry C. Jewett, Mrs F. M. Davison. Mrs. Harry K. Hersch- man, Mrs. G. Willard Quick, Mrs. S. J. Rosenberg. | Among the officers of the national division are: Mrs. W. L. Abbott, Mrs. | George D. Barron, Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Mrs. George W. Farny. Mrs. | Henry Ford. Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, Mrs, E. K. Hall, Mrs. Otis E. Hovey, | Mrs. C. N. Louer, Mrs. Joseph W. Roe, | Mrs. Elihu Thomson, Mrs. Roy V. Wright. Just as You Would Ask the Price of Mer- chandise Before You Skilled Technicians Tree Tops. Mrs. William Foster Burdick, chair- | | Opportunity Through the Community Chest.” il | director general Tuesday. | man of the Fall conference program, | | will preside and Mrs. William Adams | C. A, | | Tickets for the International Ora- torical Contest to be held in Constitu- tion Hall on October 22 will be ready for | distribution Tuesday, Randolph Leigh, | of the contest, an- mounced last night. | As In past years, the seats will be divided into a teachers’ section, gen- eral admission and boxes. All reserved seat tickets not used by 7:45 on the| evening of the contest will become void | at that hour, and the auditorium will | be thrown open to the public until it is | filled. This does not apply to bex seats. ; which will be held throughout the evening. Following the competition in_which young speakers from England, France, Ireland. Holland and the United States will appear to seek the world cham- pionship among high school orators. the speeches of the winner and runner-up will be broadcast over the National Broadcasting Co. chain of radio Stnllo* Ticket applications will be received 8t | the oratorical contest office, 404 Star | Building. | Bengali Women Want Blg}m | Young women of Bengal are deter- mined that their sex shall have a Channel swimmer, a champion air- woman, and attain absolute freedom from male control in economic affairs. | As a threat to secure this independence | they have suggested that marriage | should be “put off.” according to re- ports from Calcutta. The older gen- | eration and many men are denouncing the proposal. Not until recently was a | Bengali woman permitted to serve on the city council of Calcutta, but the | women also want representation on the ben('h “Crape Myrtle MARYLAND NURSERY. ©). 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