Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1932, Page 20

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COUNTY FIREMEN T0 VTE ON GHANGE Plan Would Permit Set-up Modeled After Montgomery Civic Federation. By a Staff Correspondent of The Btar. HYATTSTOWN, Md., November 18.— A proposal that the by-laws and eon- stitution of the Association of Volun- teer Firemen be changed to allow for & new set-up modeled along lines sim- flar to the Montgomery County Civic Federation was made to the associa- tion at its meeting here last night and will be voted upon at the February session to be held in Silver Spring. It was suggested that the quarterly meetings of the association be aban- doned snd that monthly meetings be substituted, with each member com- pany empowering two delegates to serve as their representatives in the transac- tion of all business within the asso- clation. Action on the matter was deferred and officials of the various companies present were insti to present the question before their organizations and be ready to report at the February meeting. Suggestions that an annual conven- tion be held in conjunction with the parade and field day programs at Rockville, at which officers of the as- sociation would be elected and annual reports made, also will be on a that session, while the appointment of a committee to boost the Montgomery County Association in the State asso- ciation will be voted on. The annual business meeting of the association at the present time is held in February, while the parade and field day programs are held early each Fall. George Lindsay of Hagerstown, sec- retary of the State association, at- tended the meeting and made a brief taik. LEGAL BEER URGED BY BUSINESS MEN Federation Seeks Manufacture and Distribution in Short Session. Legalization of the manufacture and distribution of beer, under proper Te- striction, by the short session of Con- gress was urged in a resolution adopted last night by the Federation of Business Men’s Associations. by the or- Other measures adopted ganization favored voting pflfllfl and representation in Congress for glisma og‘ Columbia, and opposed rches propagands groups on 'ashington. A committee was appointed to ask the District Commissioners that District carts be allowed to remove ashes and garbage for merchants. This service is at present supplied to residences. “Alms and Purposes of the Chamber of Commerce,” was the subject of a talk by Thomas P. Littlepage, president of the chamber, who was principal s - er at the meeting, which was held in the Annclarendon Club, 1640 Rhode Island avenue. Arthur Clarendon Smith, :r;:‘lidt of the organization, pre- The federation also went on record inat cere- | ®s favoring a Association to attend its oyster roast Monday was accepted. ADVENTUROUS WEATHER MAN TO MARRY WASHINGTON GIRL William C. Haines Went to Poles With Byrd Expedition. Bride Is Accountancy Expert in Internal Revenue Bureau. After folloking paths of adventure which led from the tropics to the north and south fohr regions as chief me- teorologist for the Arctic and Antarctic expeditions of Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, William C. Haines, chief of the m airways weather station at Wi -Hoover Airport, is ready to settle down. He will be married tomorrow to Miss Irene Gentry, daughter of Mrs. Frank Gentry, 1219 Sixteenth street, after a romance which had its inception in the intense interest af the bride-to-be in the famous polar expeditions and in the adventurous career of her prospective | husband. The couple will be married by Rev, Allen A. Stockdale, pastor of the Pirst | Congregational Church, at_ the bride's | bome at 11 a.m. Born in Ohio. Mr. Haines was born at Reinersville, | Ohio, F‘ebnurrul, 1887, and was edu- | cated in the Ohio schools and at George Washington University, in this city, | where he speclalized in mathematics. | He served in the Sfgnal Corps of the | di the World War and was uring t | discharged in 1919 with' the rank of first sergeant. After the war Mr. Haines was trans- ferred to the Weather Bureau and | served at a number of stations, includ- | ing posts in Texas and Florida, and| then was put in charge of the station | in Puerto Rico. His reputation as a| meteorological expert led to his selec- | tion by Admiral Byrd as chief meteor- | ologist for the North Pole Expedition and he was assigned for this purpose by the Weather Bureau. So largely did his work contribute to the success of the expedition that Byrd chose | Haines as chief “cloud shooter” for the | famous expedition to Little America and | the South Pole. Joined Airways Branch. Mr. Haines was ordered to the Capital by the Weather Bureau and was placed in charge of the important airways station at the local air terminal—key | weather station on the coastal airway and on the airways to Norfolk and Langley Field and on the westbound airways across the Alleghenies. | He is a member of the American | Meteorological Society and of the Philo- sophical Society of Washington. He | lives at 1101 Massachusetts avenue. Miss Gentry, a native of North Da- SHOT IN NECK James R. Williams, colored, 323, of Sixth and K streets southwest, was shot | in the neck by another colored man at Ninth and Golden streets southwest last night. He was treated at Emergency Hos- ital, where four suspects were brought ter but were not identified as the as- sallant. One of the four, Henry An-| derson, Petersburg, Va., was booked on | charges of intoxication and concealed ‘weapons. Police say he had a razor | ‘when arrested. Card Party to Aid Camp. A card for the benefit of Camp France: Tor “bogs, Iwoated at 1o | , N. Y, will | at -St. Paul's Hall, | kota, is 32 years old. here since 1918, exoe&'. for a period | National ‘Woman's Party will give a | when she served in On his return from the Aflmc““l\;fle{nnl Revenue commissioner in New ork. ancy and has been employed for some years in the Internal Revenue Bureau. THE - EVENING 'STAR, WASHINGTON, P —— P and to assist in furnishing student headquarters on the university campus. . and Mrs, Eric Greenleaf have hk‘gx ‘;n apartment at Alban Towers. Mrs. Samuel Herrick, Mrs. James T. Newton, Mrs. Prank ht, Mrs. Joseph 3 Mrs. Claude ll:gmr, it Huston Thompson, Mrs. Robert - sing, Mrs. John Allen Dougherty, Mrs. M. Eckels and Mrs. Moncure Berg will be among those assisting at a membership tea tomorrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire avenue. Tonight in the main ball room of the Shoreham Hotel the Georgia State Mr. William Niller is chairman of the Floor Committee. During intermission very attractive en- tertainment will be furnished by the Phil Hayden Studio. Those participat- on the program include Miss Mary Mr. Leon O'Neill, Mr. Cody , Miss Betty Johnston, Mr, e Grisso and Miss Margaret Scott. An invitation is extended to all Geor- gians and their friends to be present. Interest continues in the lecture to be given by the Rev. Dr. Fulton Sheen, Ph. D, this evening at 8:30 o'clock at Gaston Hall, Georgetown University. The subject is “The Pageantry of the Skies.” A number of names have been added to the list of those sponsoring this lecture for St. Gertrude’s School of Arts and Crafts and among them are: The Belgian Ambassador, M. May; Col. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, Mrs. Richard Crane, Mrs. John Noonan, Miss Mary C. Powell, Mrs. ‘Wilson, Mrs. Lou- ise Gerrer and Mrs. Robert F. Cahill. The Young Women's Council of the WILLIAM C. HAINES. She has lived e office of the|dinner at Alva Belmont House Monday evening in honor of Mille. Fanny Bun- and-Sevastos, executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission of Women, and Miss Ruth Taunton, headquarters She is a specialist in account- Jurius Garrineker & Co F STREET AT FOURTEENTH . BOYS AND YOUNG MEN . . . There’s the Tang of Winter in the Air . .. YOU NEED NEW AND WARMER OUTFITS... AND RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL NEED NEW THINGS FOR THANKSGIVING, TOO... We have them. ..wonderful new goods made by the best of the world’s makers, not forgetting to mention those remarkable moderately priced lines which are such a source of economy...New Suits.,.Topcoats. ..Hats... Sportswear. . . Furnishings. . . Shoes. YOU CERTAINLY MUST COME IN TOMORROW whether or, not she golfs aid the Student Employment Bureau| tes. ' WILL ADDRESS STUDENTS D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, SOCIETY[EE day night hop at the Military Academy. e e Frank H. 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