Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1933, Page 10

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 15, 1933—PART, ONE. DIsTRIcT ME" LEAVE }ymfldly for Detroit to D!:rtll_:lp.w in | icén Road Builders; Paul Townsend and | and Col. Eldridge will discuss tr‘!flc" the Highway and Building Congress pears, highway constructors, | Problems. GIRL SCOUTS PLAN TEA . That 3 Dot held s i confuntion | ST S o The congress this year is expected to ;‘m‘: im:;’;:r:':fi-ufi: | w s £ th ican | and Harvey Cobb, lawyer. draw a crowd of 25,000 people. Nearly | i " s FOR ROADS SESSlONi'&fl‘a‘%fifié‘i’r‘éf‘lfilfifk‘} lseuflsf | Capt. Whitehurst is slated to be elect- | 40 highway planning and. satety or. | il Entertain Examiners at “Lit ‘?«"“;?‘&i‘é‘"a?.f‘";f.‘.’.‘z“{.‘ of Troop | clusive. - ed president of the American Road | ganizations, together with -mngwdi tle House” Saturday. Joii . o beeeprsem. and Mrs. Among those attending the sessions | Builders, succeeding T. V. Cutler, who lenm are participatihg in the conven- - R. 3 Capt. Whitehurst Slated for Elec-| from here will be Capt. Whitehurst, | has headed that organization since the P t 8 & o Maj. P. MacKenzie Davison, engineer expiration of the terms of Willlam A. Girl Scouts; Mrs. J. Harris Pranklin, Horner Spurns Tea And Wafers Served For Miner Guests HOOVER TRAIT SEEN f R !mll entertain Scout examiners at a tea By the Associated Press. N |in the “Little House,” 1750 New York | N RAPDAN CANP Human Side of President Re- vealed in Shenandoah Park Site. “ BY DR. W. J. SHOWALTER. The circumstances under which President Hoover built his camp on the Rapidan River, in the heart of the Shenandoah National Park area, and under which he has decided to dedicate that property, which cost him nearly a quarter of a million dollars, to the Shenandoah National Park for the use of future occupants of the office he holds, constitute a romantic sidel tpon the auslities of the head and heart of the ma= who retires from the presi- dency March 4 It was President Coolidge who first broached the idea of a Summer camp for the President of the United States, before his term expired. Only he pro- posed it should be built by the Goverr ment. When Mr. Hoover came into o fice the idea scemed to him a good on Virginia Offers Site. The Virginia State Commission on Conservation and Development at that particular time was in the midst of its great task of acquiring the lands for presentation to the Federal Government to constitute the Shenandoah National Park. So its chairman went to Wash- ington to tell Mr. Hoover about this wonderland less than threé hours from the White House, sequestered, high and cool, and to offer his personal services as well as those of his commission to the President in obtaining a site thery for such a camp as he desired to build and toward getting the roads built which would make it accessible. The idea struck the President early in 1929. He and a number of the mem- bers of his staff drove up to the Rapi- dan country to look over proposed sites, but the President was not satisfied with these and on the following day sent Maj. Long of the United States Marine Corps back to do a little more exploring in the area of the upper limits of the Rapidan, His report resulted in hav- ing the temporary camp started, and then the President himself visited the area, selecting the exact location for his buildings somewhat differently than had Been conceived by any one else. It was his own decision to have the camp built in the triangle between Laurel and Mill Prongs, with his own cabin residence built at the point of the triangle at the exact spot where the Rapidan River be- gins. Tdeal Isolation. There, in the sequestered little hang- ing valley, nestling at the base of the main Blue Ridge, beautifully timbered, with only the narrow canyon of the upper Rapidan as the single break in | the mountain fence that walls it in, he had found the last word in isolation. Great and towering spruces and hem- locks lifted their heads to tNe sky. Giant oaks and graceful maples kept company with them, and mountain laurel, °rhododendron and cheered the Springtime, while the Au- tumn foliage brought the rainbow down to the mountain sides. Dashing moun- tain streams, loitering here and there, as their water turned from snow-white to crystal-clear, made natural trout pools. It was the President’s dream that his camp site should be at an ele- vation of 2500 feet or thereabouts. When Col. Glenn Smith of the United States Geological Survey, who also was a member of the Appalachian National Park Commission, measured the eleva- tion to place a bench-mark there, he found the ledge of rocks directly in front of the front door of the Presi- dent's cabin stood at an elevation of exactly 2,500 feet. Planned by Hoover. ‘The entire camp was.laid out by President Hoover himself. Thereafter the State of Virginia, through its Con- servation and Development Commission, did everything within its power to pro- vide a good road from Washington to the President’s camp, so that gradually there came to be a safe, comfortable road right into the heart of the moun- tain district, travelable at all seasons. But to the President his camp on the Rapidan was more than a retreat for Test and recreation. He well knew the quickening touch of good fellowship, mutual understanding and philosophical attitude that trout pools, roaring fires, forest walks, murmuring brooks and singing conifers bring to associations of men. So here he staged_many of his conferences, Here came Ramsay Mac- Donald and his daughter Ishbel, the former to consider with Mr. Hoover the ‘whole outlook of civilization toward the future and the ways and means of averting world-wide economic disaster. Mr. Hoover also used his retreat as | far as he could to brighten the lives of the mountain folk of the neighborhood. The true story of how Ray Bruracker came to his camp with his ‘possum and became the forerunner of the Presi- | dent’s helpfulness to the community, has never been told just as it happened But it so well illustrates the qualities of the Hoover heart that I am sure neither the President nor Capt. Joel T. dogwood | SPRINGFIELD, Ill, January 14.—Wafers and tea do not con- stitute a menu acceptable to working coal miners, in the opin- jon of Gov. Henry Horner, a bachelor. As he conferred with a group of miners in the executive man- sion, serving tables loaded with pots of tea and plates of wafers were wheeled into the room. “Take those things out,” the Governor ordered. “These are men, not a tea club. Bring us | sandwiches with plenty of meat | in them and coffee.” | And so the cooks in the kitchen went back to work. school house for the teacher, with all modern conveniences. He also pre- t | sented her with a horse, that she might | keep in touch with the homes of her | pupils and for her recreation. | __In establishing his Rapidan camp Mr. Hoover recognized the great bulk of the population of the United States lives now and will continue to live in the E:stern third of the country’s conti- nental area, 2,000 miles and more from our Western national parks. If he could | focus public attention on this condi- tion and thereby get the minds of the | people directed upon the desirability of stablishing a great national park in the heart of the dense population area, he thought he would be rendering a distinet service thereby, Building his own camp in that area would serve| greatly and without parade to keep the | Eastern national park area idea before the people. Seeing that Virginia was rapidly moving forward to the presentation to| the Federal Government of its great Blue Ridge area, the President was on e!too glad to allot a part of Virginia share to the building of a great park- | way along the crest of the Blue Ridge in the Shenandoah National Park. The glorious parkway of a thousand vistas, rare in its beauties, superb in its | engineering and a-truly national recre- ational asset was the result. The restoration of Virginia's shrines | that are national in their aspect and interest has always found in Mr. Hoover | an earnest’ supporter. He was deeply | interested in the building of the great | boulevard to Mount Vernon and in the rebuilding of ‘Wakefield, the birthplace of George Washington. Likewise he | joined a hearty hand to that of Louis Cramton in the establishment of the | Yorktown-Jamestown Colonial Monu- | ment and of the splendid parkway that { unites them. The marking of the great Civil War battlefields of Virginia like- | wise also has commanded his fullest | support. WOMAN IS CONVICTED IN RAIL TICKET SALES Charged With Reselling Return Part of Excursion Coupons Bought From Passengers. Charged with the illegal sale of rail- road tickets, Ethel Clawans of Newark, N. J.,, was found guilty of operating an unlicensed brokerage business by Judge Ralph Given in Police Court yesterday. Sentence was set for next Saturday. It was the second time the woman had been convicted on the same charge, the Court of Appeals having ordered a new trial February 24, 1932, on the ground that prejudiced evidence was admitted when she was tried last year. Miss Clawans was accused of sell- ing the return portion of excursion | tickets between New York and Wash- | amounts on the trains from passengers | Who did not intend to return to New York. Employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad testified they purchased tickets | from her. Miss Clawans is said to have while the rallroads complained that they lost hundreds of dollars. Miss Clawans against Lieut. Mina Van Winkle, former head of the Woman’s Bureau, was dismissed last January by the Supreme Court. Miss Clawans charged the policewoman made false and libelous statements on a commit- ment card when Miss Clawans was ar- rested. NOW _YOU CAN WEAR ARTIFICTAL TEETH WITHOUT EMBARRASSMENT ANCHOR BAR PLATES | | | | tion at Detroit. | teria | | | hurst, highway director, representatives | gridge, |ington after purchasing them for small | | realized sizeable profits from the sales, | A libel suit asking $100,000, filed by | Teeth Extracted by Modern Methods Special Attention to Nervous Patients GOOD SET TEETH, $10.00 Plates Repaired While You Walt, $1.00 No Long Waiting—I Do All My Own Work DR. LEHMAN o e Aerass Foors Lanabureh enings ' Phone STerling 0801 Boone, his physician, who told it to me, | Will object if it is related here. Lawrence Richey and Capt. Boone had strolled up the Bruracker hollow one day and had run across Ray and his folks. They provided Ray with money for a peir of shoes and got a good insight into the lives of the people of the mountains. When they came back to camp they talked a good deal about their adven- | tures and the conditions they found. At last the President told them he thought they might let him in on what they were doing. He asked them to tell Ray that if he would bring him a ’possum_he would give him five dol- | lars. Presently, Ray succceded in catching the ‘possum, which he promptly carried to the camp. 25 Regular Students. It was this contact that aroused the President’s interest in a school for the mountain children. The school was built and has been maintained by the President since with many little m taineers benefiting from the President’s foresight and generosity. I think there are about students most of the time. Miss Christine Vest is the teacher. She is & most competent young woman, who came herself from the mountains in Kentucky, having been educated, in latter years, for teaching. The Rapi- dan School House has served as a church on Sunday and a_ community center for the adults as well as for the youths of the mountains in that neigh- orhood, the President having provided radio and motion pictures. He had Y.W.C.A.Pool 17th & K Streets N.W. Classes under competent instructors, six lessons, $4.50. Daily dips in a guarded pool, 25¢ each, or ten for $2.00. Ultra-violet and infra-red lamps are available in our well equipped solarium Health Education Department Fifth Floor built an apartment at one end of the | Monday and Tuesday Save 50% to 60% On thle Cost of Your Glasses Oculists’ Prescriptions Filled at These Prices Reading or Distance Torlc Lenses, High-Bridre Frames. Regular Price, $12 Special for MONDAY and TUESDAY ONLY, $5.00 Kryptok Invisible Bifocal Lenses (far and near vision) Regular Price $15 Special for MONDAY and TUESDAY ONLY, $7.50 NOTE. Regular fee for examinati will be omitted Monday and Tuesday. Consult me without obliFation. ‘ Registerea optometrit. DR, W, F. FI | 312 McGill Building Eye 908-914 G St. N.W, 9 AM. to 6 PM. Located 18 Years in | £ Spasimtise McGill Building j tion as 1 cla- of maintenance of the highway depart- | Van Duzer and W. R. 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