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4[ 0 0 PEii·~~~_., o~ H GJUIZNBELT OOOPEilATOJt ~· cne~.belt ;iiJ3l

I'Ubl1411Mc1 -11<17 IUidolr the auapft:l .. at the a .... nl>olt JciOI.-IbUc Club. Ita apbere IUid pOiktec are u foUc""':

L A -..n>llt eater"J.n-. 2. N-...tlan In po;IWcL ;J. N ... ~ Ill reu.-. -nera. <&. All open fOrum f<O' dYU all'·=o.ln..c:;_ __ _

Edj·~t,or •••••••••••••••••••• .., ••••• Donn.ld H. Cc..apeJ:" ASllist.ant Editor, •. • • •. • •••• • ••• I.iJ..:Lian Scinuart:~ Buf>iness llanager ••••••••••••••••••• Jlartin Jli.llel~ Sports Edi. t.or ••••••••••••••••••••• John c. Ka.f'fa;r Wou~ens Editor ..................... Katherine Arnes:J Ne,.rs Editor •••••••••••••••••.••••••• !'Anne c. Hu1l Treasurer •••••••••••••••••••••••••••. rl orman J!a:-tj.

STAFF John Ahaesy, llarie Bargas, Thelma Blauw, Be-cty Booe, Phil Brown, Leonard Buck, A'bral:lal:ll Chasanow, He1en Cbasanow, Leah Chin:l.tz, Lu:cile Cooper, Howard C. Custer, George Fai.r, Dor-othea Ford, Francis c. Fosnight, El.izabE!th Gold.faden, :Bea­tri·:e Hesse, Dayton W. Hull, Ethel c. Johns·t;on, Marjorie Jane Ketcham, Frank Loftus, Bertha Mar,yn, llax:ine Melton, William R .. lteltoo, Do1~d NiOI)demus, John Norvell, Frieda Perlzweig, ,John },l. Pickering~ Dorothy F. Pra.tt~ Fram:es Ro:sen­tha:L, Benjamin Rossu:weig~ Wil~ialn Shield!!!, R. B. Sowell~ Werner Steinle, Cl.!Lire Still, lf.J. Van Schelven, Claire Warner~ Phyllis Warner.,Ed Wei 1:.snan, Kathryn Wood, Betsy WCiodman, Lyman L. Woodman, Elizabeth Yuretich ..

Vol\une 4, No. 25 FebruaQ: 22, l<¥sQ.

Better Meetiitgs The' dif.ference between sh0rt effi·~ient meetings

and lc•ng slow meetings in Greenbelt. l:Les in the ex­tent t.o which agenda are prepar·ed beforehand s.nd to the familiarity <)£ both chairman and audiencE' with the proper use of Roberts' Rules of Order.

An informal study of both regular and spe•~ial .sessions of some dozen organiza·t;ions nnd groupa :i.n ·t;own dLU"ing the last two months demons1;rates clearly ·l:.he.t a:rty meeting which starts on tine, moves bri1d<l.y 1;.hroug:1. its business or progr&t with prcv:!.sio:n .for overyone to present his or her ,riews wlthout parlia­ttentar;r tangles, and closes early will draw a good return audience the following week or oonth. '!'here :l.s a do£ini te trend in avoidancet of m:eetings 11rhi.ch bog dmm in a tangle o.f cross mc•tions and amendz:J.e,nts t.o amendments to amendments •

.Demc•cracy is o.ften a laboric•us process, but. its reeulte1 and value are well worth the extra efforts required to make it work. Chairmen of meeting:! can m1nind2.e defects o:C democratic procedure and cnn a·t; the sam.e time "lll'in friends and influence peoplEl" by preparing ahead o£ time a carefully worked ou1::. agenda of business and by studying how to use :-.;;Lther than misuse rules o.f order. On the part; o:C the mern­·y;r-:.:.·; ·~ 1 t:n~r~ -: ~ A.lRn nr-aC!.n 'f"'r ~+ .. nri~r~n;:"' '".1 • • • r· use of rules of order. Members who att.end a se~•sirm with the intention of proposing ad:i.on can c-:aKe t.hei.r intentions more effective b r wr.i ting ·~heir :not-ions in adva;11ce instead of wording th•em on the noor or s:lmpzy t.hrow:tng a general idea at the audience and lotting the secretary struggle with 1:.he wording. One .fi.rull. aid wou1d be a demonstration o.f confidence in chaiJ:-men 'lllltll there is some evi.denc~e that con­f:l.dence is not warranted. A critical attitude is admirable but this shou1d not. displ..!Ly i tse:Lf as out.righ1~ wapicion. Give the c:hai.rrniut cre<lit .r.or t.roying until he has shown himselJ~ undeeE•rvj.ng. ·n1en pu<t. him out of office 11' t.hnt is ne•cessary, but dc•n 1 t just heck1e. It is your lllfteting, and not ,)ust the chaj.rraan 1s. Help make it a better 1r1eeting. -----·

Greenbelt ~

One of the highlights o.f the ci11Ilual report ot t.he Consumers cooperative recentzy mBode by Uana.~er Sulo Laakso was the statement that twc-thirds of the pr·e­scriptions filled at the frug stc•re were writteu by Greenbelt Health Association phys-icians and requb·ed cn:Ly 79 types of drugs, while one-third "Was wri1>ten by outside doctors and required over 1,000 cirl; .. gs. It should interest the Greenbelt. conS1lll\er to know why tJ:o..is d:l.9c:;;·epancy exists and to realize its . re­lation to the financial loss au.ffered i.n the ·JrE•en­belt Phar::nacy.

Between the Health Association docto.rs and the pharmaci~t ther~~ exists a cooperation 'll'hich is: of value to the pharmacist, the purchaser .and the doc­tors. Tbe drugs put out under different. brand or tr4de names are studied as to e.fficacy and cost. From thi!l study a list is made up of the accepta.ble drugs wW.ch can be purchased from recognized supply houses a1; the least possible cost.

The local doctors make out t:heir pl~escri;:Jtions from thi:s list and thus save the phaJ:':llacist much time and money. On the other hand when there a.re many doc 4:.ors, ignorant of the drugs kept in stock :in the locaL pharmacy 1 there is bouna to be added e:~C­pense and work for that department because these doctors 1rl.ll order a brand which t.hey happen to be moat fam:lliar with whether or not the idEmtical d.:rllg can be p11rchased under a di.!'.feren1:. trade name at a lower pr:Lce. There are many exanples of this, •Jne o.f which is eu:Lfanilamide_, a Wi.deJ'-Y known and u:,ed drug whit:h is put out by one COIIIP'LnY under the rull:lt'l of Pront'f1ino The cost of Prontylin is approxima·~e­ly four :~imes greater than t.hat of su:Lfanilarni<ie. '!'hen there is vit.amin BJ.. of which there are at least .five different preparations whic:h have had to be stocked :Ln the Pharmacy in order to cov~r the pre-scriptions written by different Ot:L't-of-town doctors.

Under the Maryland lall the phsll'!'llacist must fllll the pres·~ription exactly, even to the specified drug finn and brand nane. He cannot supply the purcha~1er with El:U:ir of t'henolbarbi tal ins.tead of EJ.ixir of Lundnal, which costs twice as much, even tho·.1gh both elixirs ·~ontain the same drug.

The large and expensive in-..entory necessi t.!l•,ed by

this disor;;anized presc::-ibing shoul.d lead one to ::oncl·..u:le that ':.h~re shoU:t:! be a fairl;r simple way of kee,?i.nP o .J..r dru(: de}J&rtrn•mt out of "the red" • !Jr. L1Lak,o st..a•...ed t:.a~ "i!' a:.l t"'.e ~rescriptions .tilled t!1er·~ were written by .Jreenbelt doctors, it would be nt~ce:3sar;r to kee? on J:-.and only 100 di.fferent drugs."

·------------Births and Deaths

It seer..s f'ror~ corcnent after last week' IS Coop­e:~·a tc r ap eared that few Greenbel ters knew of the tcwn ordinance wt>.:.ch requires registration of all. b~lrti.s and deaths within 10 days. This may help ex,: lain why we .-:o\ll.d never keep posted on news i tees about new babies.

A~:idE! fro~:: the seriousness of breaking a town ord:ir.ance and beint; s:ubjected to a fine for failure teo report vital statistics as required, there is a lEtcl-: of coc~:ratic•n inv·oned that is hann1\tl to the public good. Without basic data on bi:rt.hs and deaths in Greenbelt stc.dies based on faulty records 1l1':i.ll show faulty conclusions.

No-w th.:~.t we are all aware o~ the need for comply­ir..[; with the ord:!.na.nce, and know with ilhat 'ase the re•por t can be :::ade b.;,; a few rc..inutes in the Town Ad­minist;rat.i.cn office we will be able to have reported sor~.e cf those r.a(,i~s who still have no official re­co,gni t.icn.

It' you ere as proud of your new babies as we are of ow~s :T.ake th'lt rt>port to tT.e t.own clerk promptly so ti~at the CocperAt.or can prompUy print the an­nollncm:Je~'1t o.f :your •blessed events".

Poi:son Ivy Club

. :;is ~.ee:: 1 :o r:a;:c!ida~ for t:.e ;'Dison lV'J Club is 1:.-:e :->lcr:i{ .!"a::.il;,· llho Durn their ;,;orch li:-:~.:. all ni ~L:. ;tt •Jr.c e:·:l-·C~;::;e cf tl.~"ir nei -;i.t>crs >i!:o share the bill.

THEATER FEATl:H.ES :MAGICIAN

Eicardc·, a sleight-of-hand maD.ciar. who has per­forced in night clubs tbrou.ghout tt.e ccuntry ~ ldll be an added feature at the Gre<?nbe1 t Theater on 'I'hursrlay and Fl"ir'a.}, Ji'ebruary 22 and 23 1 according to P.obi~rt Buchele, o-.aJ'lager c f the theater.

In u.drli t.ion to the schedt:l.ed feature, "House~:eep­er• s J)B.u.;!-.tei'" 1 •hi.ch as usual. will be shOll'll twice eac:h ~!vening, Ricardo's ~~~&gic may be seen once llii)~ t:.y at S :4 5.

'!'hel'f: ll'ill be no ad"VPnce in prices at the theater on Uoe~.e evenir..gs.

SEA so::}T PA~(lL S"!."'DIES NAVIGATION

Jarn,.s P. Birtle 1 Skipper, announces that the re­C~ently formed Sea. Scout Patrol is attending the course in navigati.:-n offered Frir. ay ~hts by the ?owor ,_,...,. r~r""r·~+.• ... n 'n <'"n"·mct: ..,n '11"1 th the (l'lm­:::lel'r:.:t ,,.,,.,tl.l·tc.e::t,. r:1e cla.sse::; ~ect a<:. the uepartment o~· >- .. ..:: •;:·cp >':"~.: -:i.r:G in Was:-o:_:--~~to:-,.

1Jna€r their skipper~ who has had ten years o.f trainir.g in the N<~vy, the Sea Scout.~ 111.11 practice on the I3em;in~s Branclh of' the Po t.omac in lifesaving and power boats t'.J..rnillhed by 1he Coast Guard and Navy respectively. They ha·ve naned their patrol the "Ann J.C&.r:le" 1 after the power boat.

1'Ues· iay evening, A:lbruary 13, the stnior class of Oreenbel t Hi.,;h School fJponsored a DB&ic shew present­ed by Hubert the lll8..tsicl.an, of :d..chnond, Virginia.

c•rit;inally t.hi~ ela!IS had secured the s~ces o.f a tEar.1 ·,-:nown as Ricado and Cleo but on TUeS<Jay morn­ing 'licH.do reported that he 'WI:)•!ld he un:\ble to con­duct a !>bow due to : llr.1ess. He, hOll'ever, contacted his friend :'uhert~ ,tJ::> was in College Park.

An aud~.-nce .. f 229 turned out. Of the $44.91 taken at t . .l':e doul", $26.31 was paid to the performers and '17.1:;0 W?.s reta~.ned by the class. Three dollars .tr<-o Pac~ su=1 was p~Lid for use of' t.'IE' The;'tter.

Jtrs. :lobert c. ?nrt.er infcnns tr.e Coopemtor~that tho credH. for ~·ana1;ing the !'i.rst father-son banquet for tJ'.e Boy Sc:cu t:; in GrN·nbel t sl':ould go to Urs • John r;. Gale a"d Ch;Irl£ .~ G. Pettit.

(From t.'le Coe>perator, feuruary 16 and 23, 1939! A prop€rty t<=L;o; c,f •.2.11.5 ?"'r $1CX) was authorJ.zed

by the Town r:.(!'liF~ :.1 ••••• , •••• 'M1e Town ·.::o·!nc::...l dil"'!cted the

procede wit:. a c·ens·1~~ .and ::->asse~j qui.r::.n[; t,;-,,, •- :11: X. :~~-'ls and de a ':.:1s reJX>r~..ed w:i th:L~ 10 -:i~s •••••••• ••

TO'WTl !-'anager to an ord.:..r.ance r­in ::Zreenbe 1 t be

Green~l t At"..:.."'t:~~ Club bas1 etball tea.":J. scored a 53-·)7 v:c:.C'::-y ove.r ::--.w.A •••••••••••

N<E!'If classe.:; in :r.~~::.e ·~ccn:): .. :cs ·~-et;an •••••••••• :lr·. Sa..~"...tel ·~. :-.<>:"enbt!rg l:>e.;an !'.is duties as the

new doct.::r fur" t:-.t :1r~'<enbel·: Health As:'lOci-'\ti.on ••••• John '.!esne·:-, fc,r::-.er ~;ot.re Dw:le athlete, was

elec1:>ed to u.::- ;.rc.~;iiency ::J! '.he Greenbelt Athletic Clubt, •••••••••

Greenhel t• .3 fir!!~; aut.o fa :.ali ty occurred A:lbruary 20 when Ci.,u-l•"S ':'ay:.or, father cf Y.r~. O. P. UcC:old­rick, .,as :1it ani in'> tautly k!.:led •• ••• •••• •

~·ar.k ~:Van.; ad Jr" !':""XI an inter-faith :neeting held in tr~e sd·.:::;Jl au,-::~ r:..UI:l !'el·r.JarY 26 ••••••••••

Ar., c:c,oco ,,..orj t~esi.s &b<nt Greenbelt community life ra s beer. ~· · .: :;,., tei by a. Virginia School teacher for .t'.a..i!=-: !.~.:..... r!egree... •••••••••

£etters to /bditor 8 FROM TiiE · SLU1.!S

To the Editor:

In last week's edition of the Cooperator an arti­cle on pag~ 4 relative to the condition of the lawns contained some supposedly subtle re~erence to the former residence of Greenbelt people in general as having been "in the slums."

The writer of that item nay have allowed his own ~ormer condition of residence influence hie choice of words. At any rate, the remark referred to fould better have been omitted from the story. I

"KEEP OFF"

- Lyman I.. Wopdman I I

To the Editor: . With regret our paper seems to agree with unino­

formed distant subscribers of other paperstthat Greenbelt is a nHaveJl" for "Slum Dwellers" • .

I.f Americans live in Greenbelt they wil1 r· sent this article because it is un:Cair !Uld degrading, Re­alizing our former inquiries and character rese<!lrch, it seemd to ue t.o point toward a "Pioneer" ra·ther than a "Parasite" cOIII!lunity and i:f we are ocmsi•aered the latter, why then Greenbelt is a fa:ilure; mu<~ t.o the grief of our President and F1.rst Lady as i they believe that we represent a cross section o:C~-icans who have made our u.s.A. . ,

- Joe O'Leary

"THE BEST lAID PlANS--" To the E<tltor:

Two letters in the February 15 issue of the Co­operat.or discussed the basis for the distribution o:C divi.dends of the Greenbelt Consumer Services, Inc. Eac..~ of the writers had already f'ully presented his views at the stockholders meet;lng where I was bat"red by a parliamentary technicalicy 1!-ol'l pr-esenting mine. I trust that because of these circumstances you ·rill be kind enough to permit :ne to use yom- columns to present ey proposal.

I wished to suggest that ·t.he divi.dends be di·rid­ed so ~.at non-lllf!mbers and part.ially paid subscribers wou1d receive only hal.£ the ~110\Dlt received h'J tltos~ who o1med a ful.ly paid-up sha:-e ~

I believe adoption o.f1his plan would have brought ad.di tional needed capital int() the corporation.

First: Because many owru'rs of' partially !:lSid shares and perhaps sane who had made no paywmts wou1d purchase a f'ul1 share in order to receive the maximum amount on the slips aJ.ready ac~ated, and

second: Those who received less t.'lan member:~ on this first or future dividends would have ~;ome motive to impel. them to make up the di.fferencE: in order that they might hAve title to a s"are anc! r~ceive the fUll henerits on iuture dividends.

One of the ~etters pointed out that any plan other than equal distribution would be contrary to cooperative principles in that "member owners would 'Oro.fit f"rom the non-owners business." Personally I ~an see no thing wrong ld th 1his way of cbing ru sine ss, which is the usual 11ay in this country. 'While cap­italism has i.ta evila I am :far fran bel.ieving any system yet proposed surpasses ·it and I have read o£ no other cooperative that shares its earnings equ~-:cy- with non-members. '

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But how about those who have bought a share, their money was used t.o retire borrowed capital upon which we were pa.:jri.ng 4 per cent, yet they 1:-e­ceive only 3 per cent. He is t"Elceiving a 1ower rate o:C inter-est and mak:ing larger profits poosible yet:is to receive no oore t!t:L., those llho have not put up a cash a.:i.me.

Aside .f.ran a willingness to sal'rifice fbr t;he advancement of 'the Cooperatl.ve ~.'ovement there' is only one inducement for buying or retaining title' to a share and that is to obtain the right to vote !at the quarterly !lEetings •>f stodcholders.

Frankly I am l'I'Orried about t1e present situation. 'l'he laC'~ o:C inducemen·~ to bu;r a share also meanH a lack o!' inducement for oontil11uing to own one. I. fear that many 11ho own flhares will cash them in E.nd that many o.f those who get title to a share the easy dividend way will illllaediately surrender them f'or ready cash.

It is probably 11\Y rugged individualism that ma.~es the present pla.n seern screwy to me. I am afraid I shall not SE~& 11\Y ·~rror until the Credit ~;n:ion starts di-n.ding its pror.lts :unong those who borrow along w:i.th t!'lose who own paid up shares and the Hea1 th Association ~!tarts givi.ng its services to everybody for the monthl~ .fee on the sane basis it now provi.des .for members '1'1ho have paid their :Cive-d.::>l1ar membership f"ee. __ Peter J. carroll

credit is the curse of our people. The system of giving credit does not brin.g out, the best in our people. If' tr.ey had notl the habit of depending on st.ore credit, they would brovidtl ahead 1he commodities and make for their 0111n use mnny of the things they now buy because they are begni1ed int-v improvi.dent habits by what they thin[{ is E!asy credit. This is especially true o:C the tilJ.ers of' the soil. All around tltem lies a great, storehouse of unused mater­ials. The rise of store[ credit oo-incided the de-cline o£ the cra.fta. I

I -- llaritilr.e Cooperator

Welcome to Greenbelt The following is a li:!t of r:.ew arrivals to Green­

belt. The Cooperator taltes tl:.is opport1.mity to ex­tEmd the hand o.f welcome to: !.~. Walter J. Cavw..aur."' Mr. and Mrs. Paul Leacn 11.r. Viilliam Long !.!r. and Mrs. Charles o. F~oshon Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rowef.t

1::-c Parkway 42-G Crescent Road

9-!.! Pa.rk:Yiay 3-A Ea.stway

16-D Crescent Road

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~~~. 11'ed110~, ?ridq - 9t00 1 .. 11. t.o 12r00 DOOD lrOO P.K. t.o 5r00 P.K. ?rOO P.K. tc lDrOO P.U.

'l'ue..S..,, Tlllr.....,. - 9t00 A.ll. tc 12t00 DoXOD lrOO P,'\(. tc SrOO P.K.

sat.uruq - 9t00 A.ll. to l2t00 noxm 2t00 P.ll. to 6t00 P,U.

The book c:1.rcuJ.ation ror adults during the 1110ntJ1 or January an10unted to 61.9 :non-ficticn., and 1224 fiction. TotaJ. attendance, bot:~ adul.t and juvenile., was 45J?. Since June 10, 19391 2288 booka :have been acquired, and 1.here has been an attendance of 2~1953. Collections amcnmtin~ to $85.98 were received ir1 the .tbnn of late, r-eplacement, and damage tees.

WITH THE PLAYERS

~~is Saturday at 4:00 P.!!. :r.f>rks the Greunbel t Players' debut or. the air· over 'NJSV. At this time the Players ..-111 pre­sen<; as their offering in the COC· r'6d1o

play series, "And The AJ:l€els Sang ... Amo~ those wor1cing in the dre.n.a al"fl: William A. Kinsley, di rec­tor; John P. l~urray, author and advisor; Elizabeth Goldi'aden; Jan•l Cosby, Marcia Kinsley; Lydalu Palmer; and J'oseph :P.:aynard. William Neblett of Greenbelt will furnJ.sh the organ interludes. Tune ill Seturd.ay and hear your town's dl'8.r.lat1s personae in. "And The Angels Sang."

Last ~~turiay, Fordyce Lyman guided the F.3.I. group in their tournament play, "Thunder ever J.:ex1-co." Thone wh' listened in were quite ra•rorably impl'!lssed with tt.at "south or the border·• !itOI'y. It is reportttd that Mr. Lyman and Lawrence l..e.I'IIlOI'e botll took e.eve1:-al p!'l.rta in the plf!ly, ·

"Bury The Det!d" enters tb.e rormo 1 preoparedness stage thi:l wef'k, with rehearsals scheduled fc•r lieC.­nesday, Thursd!'l.y, and !friday. Director Nat Schein welcomes more l!lRle characters to handle aeve•rel or the small•!r parts in this war theme.

SPOTLirnr:r: Did you know that Joe Kull er (the effen•escent

hotel man•:ager in "Room Service") has written exten­sively eoout lumber, wood fibre, wood tel:t'!I"e, it.s cultivatif)n, etc. At least one article was putoliahe~ in a Brit:lsh periodical of coneiderable d1e-.nl t;y. WASHINGTON C.-U::NDAR:

The F<>reign Lung'ue.ge Cinema at Pierce F!all, 15th and Harvnrd Streets, brings on Februa11y 24, "Un&ter­bl1char WnlzPr", with m\lSic by the Vie:c.ne. Pll·1lhar­monic Orchestra. (8:00 P.M.--40 cents)

1'1·>~lnp- thl'! WtJA!r her:innlnv Febr11ary 26, Cc·rnt,lia Otis .SKinner w1.1l entertain in ".Euzw. llis Nl.L'e" e.t the Uat.1ur.tt.l Tht:>ti~L't~. (C;jG 1·.;,;.--'J'J <;twL::~ tw<.l u,p)

Keep ir, min<i that Luise Retiner. will prob·-~1:: tip­pear with the •:ivic 'rhea.tre in Washington r.ext month in George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan."

Lyman L. w·ooclmen

~---------------------------------·] Starlight Inn Quality Food, Pabs-t;

on draught--Dancing every Clrches1;ras Friday and Saturda;)i

I& BELT 1rHEATRE ~~

Thurlday and Friday, Feb .. 22 & 23

THE , HDUSENEEifBS

DAUGHTER with

1} JOAN BENNETT ADOLPHE MENJOU PEQIY WOOD •IOMl MUIIAIO

SPECIAL STAGE ATTRACTION MACae BY RICARDO

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Ont: Sho"' Nightly - 8:45 P. M. ~-----1

Sc,lurday, Feb. 2•~

One Day Only

Sunday and Monday

feb. 25 & 26

February's Picture

"Lit:t.le l~sl!l r .. :.QldUocY..£"' 1 t.al<:en by Eu{;t:ne 'ITa.ls)Qr., ;>_..4,.-D Crescen• ?.c<a~, is t.hre ·orir.r.tr.g Csr..ez-a Cl ub-CcoP­erat<r rt.ot.c.c;rat. .. h Co::rtc::;t kirtu:-e· t.J:i6 r..or.th.

'nUn is '!t .. e aec::md in a ser: £': cof !Wnthl.y contests held by thP. lor-'ll c: 11b. Crtht!r rictures of mer~.t entervd 1.n the ccr.te~t for ~bi:'Wll7 aM! on di6fl&y in the Library.

The subjf!!ct f~r ti-.e r'ebl"'J&r)' contest was "C~ dren". At the re~1:..ar r.eetii.g t:f tte Camera C~ .. ub February lJ l.'r. 'lialsky ,.as R,.a..-.Jeod! firftt prize of t,.o packages cf lb:4 enlar.·:nt; paper; L. ii.Pit.tman lion second pr:.ze cf t.c pa-:kages of exJ.O paper and Earl Thot:l.&e and iioiD J.:t>ade tied !c•r third flacc with a prize of a packat:t! cf 5x7 paper e'.ach.

The next : etting •ill be Febz-,.;,a.ry 21 in Room 2~ of the school.

"Why join +l1e t:e;-,1 :.!'1 A.ss·oci<ltion?" Qu.eried ·~scar !Uoke. "!.'Y health':: ~':e ::l!l.rv~l ·::>f the naticn; Do ;,·o·J. know anot.'wr joke?"

The next ,.eek C:s,:ar =s quite ill; Resul~-a :·ice, big do-::tor 1 s bill.

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The next- m:ek :'ortL~er needed doU£h, But ev~ry sJ.n.gle bard. sa.1d "NoL"

"Buy a S:ta!"''~ in t.r.e Co-op? NoL" said fru.f;;al !-.bner Snair • "!'ve ;;ot 1;..~tter use fur· :I)" dout;h; Ped<lle ·,·o.J.r st.::>ck els€'1'~.ere."

But Abnl"r. ll'as:1' t r:-. ucr. ':.<:' b·larne; He got x.s cii vi.der.ds ju~t. the SCII:Ie.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS ltlursrlay, FebrU&;;:L~ Women 1 s OJ!! Fl"iclay, Febl"'lllry_n Credi.t Union S: JO -Basketba11 game Cituena Aasociatio:ct (Wilk C<.ni t tee ) Hebrew Cgngregatlon Satu,rda;y, Februx::L_Yt_ Oun Club <:30 -Con!essia~ Shoe Craft 7 : 00 -Basketball. (Girl.!) Basketbal.1 ?g,uare Dance __ _ Sunday, Februar;z_d2 (::Stholic Sunday School llass Community Church School Conmun"...ty Church Choir Cormrunity Church Hebrew Sun ~Y Scha<Jl Chm Club 1:••0 -Latter Day Sa~nt.s Cllri"ti&n Scienc•t ~bnd'l.;ta !-'ebruar ;'26:_ Cub Den 7: 00 -!::h~ Craft 7& 00 P.-T.A. Girls 3c'J1Jlts #13 r~plicate Br11~ _ T'ue sda....L....Lebru&r;.:22 Girl Sc::>uts lfl7 Bowling LP.a gue Camera Cl'.llb Welfa:re C<JmnitteP ~::!day, Febru.ar.;z: 28 Holy 'N'IUDS Societ; Ken'~ 01111 Book Glub Clun Club Citi21•ms Associ~t:. ·n !':4ecu1~ive Co=itt~

Juniol:- Choir

8:00 P.lll.

9:00 J> ..... 8:00 P. lo!.

8:00 P.M.. 9:00 P.lll.

5:00 P.ll .. 7:30 P.~ .• 9:00 J>. w. 4:00 ;- .!t. 8:00 P.W .. 9:30 J>.l.(.,

8;)0 A.~ .. 9:00 Jl.M. 9:30 Jl.~.

10:00 ll.U. 11: ()') Jl. "· ll:IJJ A.~ ..

1.: :xJ :?.Y .. 8:00 P.\t .. 8;00 P.~ ..

8:00 ;::..~ .. 9::xl 0,1,!.

8:U(.l ::>.~ .• 8:Cl0 P.)o( .. 8:00 P. M~~

3:15 ?.N. 7:3Cl ?.M. 8: ·:xl ?.V. 8:00 P.W.

8;00 P.M. 8;00 P.M. 8;00 P.K. 8:00 ?.M.

8:00 P.li. 7:00 P.W.

Audi. tori·am

Meeting Room Auditorium

Social Roam Music RoOD

Range 27-A Ridge Rd.

10 Parkway Auditorium Auditorium

Jr. Rec~ation

Theater Theater

Auditorium Ho~e Econ(Jil.ics

Auditoriwn lofusi::: Room

Range Social P.oom Music Room

Social ROO!:ii 10 Parkway Auditorium Hobby Room Room~

Social Roan College Parle

Room 222 Roc:a 200

Soci.al Room Audi.tori\D

Rooaa 200 Room 226

Room 223 MUsic Room

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VCL UUE 4 NtJ!4BER 8 '!'he c.ilk problem now tacinj; 118 may -well prove tc

be a blessing ll1 di.sguj.ae. rt wtl.l it" the Maryland 1~ Consumer's Committee., created to att.ack the problem., succeeds in its ef'.fort to unite milk con-:. sumers of this diflt.rict into a solid purchasing group able to deal ej~fectively witt• distributors.

Certainly an ext..raordi.l'lary opDOrtuni.ty :is b.>ing presented us al.l to demonstrate that we can 1oin our rorces to solve a coclliiOn problem. By pooling o\U' ·

b'U)"in{; power and using that power to insist that the price spread f'rom 1JJ.e producer to the cons\llller be lowered to the mi.niJ:rurn, we will not only solve the present mll.k problem but we will also give a very dramatic demonstraUon o:r the strength o:r united acticn-tlle sort oi' action for which our form of g<rn!nliDellt in general., and consumer cooperc.tion in par~icular., stands.

llready much of the demonstration has been made. A strong group o:r cc-nsumers has been organized.

Aggressive negotiations have been carried on. A highl.y rawrable agreement is about to be put into e.ffect. If" nothing else were done this could be pointed to w1 th pride as a notewortby example of the progress we are mald..ng in the ability to handle 0\.U"

owr~ business. However the greatest test o1"1hat ability is still

to cr.me. It will c:ome when the di.st.ributors start ree1.ing out the bai1~ to lure individual consumers away .f'rom their group. Already price concessione are being made to 1;.hose who ask for them., in spite of put>lic statementu to the contrary.. rater on cream may be added to the m:ilk1 and .f'inally the regular price may be cut drastica:lly (similar lures were used in the eru·ly days of Greenbelt to attract business; those weJ:-e days of ten cent~ super-rich milk).

Certainly swallow the drawn away.

a cer·::.ain number of the group will bai-t---hock., line., and sinker--and be

The question is~ ,rlll the group itsel:r become so disintegrated as to become once more ineffective? If it dOE>s., then pric•3S will undoubtedly go up again., aa they di.d befor•!• If it does not, if :it keeps 1 tself together and ;t"ights to the bitter end to see that f\lnclamentalJ.y •economic prices are established and maintained then -~he success wi11 be taken toward the t1.me an economic democracy will be a reality.

- Howard C. CUster

Martin Rosenzweig o:r 4-E Crescent Road celebrated his fifth birthday on M:>nday, February 12., ~tha small ;:arty for his playmates. Those present ·treru: "ir;sP!: Ann Goodman, lJnn Perchick, Shirley Henderson, and ~asters John SchatTer., and John Nagle.

Personal Advertisements

RIDERS WANTED: Leave Greenbel..t 7:30 .A.Y. Leave vi.­cini.ty o.w.u. about 7:15. J. Beebe., 18-A Crescent ..

LOST---Silver Waterman Pen., last Wednesday., between B-Block and School. Finder please return to 33-L Ridge Road, or phone 4571.

Co-op1 Question Box

Q. If a member of-the credit union leaves Greenbel. t., what should he do about his loan?

A. The first thing to do is to not11'y the credi.t union, in wri:t.ing if possibl..e1 giving the date of depcvture and the new address. Before leaving arrangernen~.s should be made w.ith the treasureras to hem the loan w:111 be pa;id o!"f. Terms can be arranged in special cases., or payments can be continued by ma:U.

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Q. Why do not the present monthly dues of the Health Association cover al1 medica1 and surgica1 and hospital care?

A. Eventually we plan to. cover all these r:lsks., but we cannot attempt. tlus until our membership has become large enough to spread the added risk broadl..y and bring the cost figure within reason. Other cooperati'i'e plans with more 1han five t.i.mef~ our present membersi'oip cost two ani one-hal...f times as much in monthly dues for complete cov-erage.

ooOOoo ·~. Will I get two per cent patronage retu.-n on the

1939 G.c.s. patronage slips I turn in? A. You will it" two per cent of the purchases rep­

resented by all the 1939 slips turned 1n does not exceed ~2,CK)O. If two per cent of the pur­chases represented by the slips turned in ex­ceeds ~2.,000 then the $2~000 authorized to be distributed will be divided amon6 those who turn in slips 1n proportio~ to their individual to­tals. In other words not more than ~2,000 w11l be distributed, and not IJO!"e than a two per cent patronage return will be paid to any one indi­vidual. In ef..fect the members decided that. ,2,000 might be distributed, but that it wae reasonable to ::Jake sure that this amount should bf> spread over a wide section of tl:.e patrons. 't'he~e was no way of knowi.n.,; how many patrons had saved thei.r slips., especially considering the uncertainty of the value or the slips, so it seemed desirable to arrive at some such compr<>­::dse arrangement as that adopted.

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MJR~S., GIRJEIE:NJBlElT

Good Evening, Mrs. Greenb•~lt

Jlow1 m I doing as a weather prophet? I eng a --.a so~: t.o ~ter and 1 t enowe &t:ain. I Pla7 a t.enta.­ti"nr tootle 011 the pipes ot Pan and it rtLiM cold rain. I have a triend 'lllho thinks :.t -~ a ,:rity that I dj.dn•t eave ao- oct. to •prin~ uot.il J\1.17, bec&I.We we would real.l.y hi&Ye appoeciated a nice IIIIJOW-et.onD th•m' I haw, l'lowenr, taken quite enoiJCh hlc:k-tAlJc about1be whole ttliJls, and would like to aak whether,. it I promise to consul. t the al.manac next. t.iJM

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coul.d just torcet it? And 1 &J'\YW&Y, want to bet th i e .-ill be 'the lu t

one?

RECIPES

Kr's. Anne Hull tells me that wtlen she uot ready to make a pie 11 ehe tackled the cruat with .,.egirl.nge whieh were 1110re than often jWitif'1ed. But that -.a be.tore ehe located the tollOII"ing reeipe. She 887'8 it's neTer .tailed tor her and has C<lalpletA!tly cured what she called her "doldrume". 2 cupe all-purpose flour 6 tblep!. boiling water 1/2 tep. eal t 2/) cupe ehortenir1g

Sift tlourJ measure and eif't ~ain w: .. th aalt. Add boiling water to shortening} beat wl1 tt: fork. Add flour all at once; contir1Uift stirring T'141:0roue)J' lDltil lllixtt&re forma lArge 811100tll bell ihat cll~ens the sides of tlle !:>owl. Chill thoJ'01J&hl7 betol'e WlinC• Sufficient fbr one 2-crust 9-ince pie or 2 fluted 9-inch J*'tr7 eheU '•

:urs. Hull also tells me that this putry doesn• t. resent handling, which 1e ~~eaetU.e a help.

Mrs. Jessie IAtkeMan once spent a ew~J~Mtr in a camp and came .. ,. l!nleU"ins Ulat ehe • d rs.-.er eat. chipped bee .t again. Obrl.ouel7 ~ Ule camp code l.a.cked lmagi.nation, since llr'e. Letkeman t.e •in.c:e round this recipe and considers it eo .:ood thn.t she 1e nlling to pass it &lana to you. It eoundll• n1ee ~ '! think, and would au&geet that, for· a real dlltrer.noe 1.n fiavor 1 you try it out. eo• e1oeru.ns and a urpn ee the man-about-t.he-hou~.

,·;.1 4."'~ t'f'f"r~,. ~. 1 .... )~ .•• t,.o; •. .--.~·, r,.....,,,.. "",.. t"-1,.._; n~i '!Ill' t

and slice. In a cas!IP-role, out a lay('r (•f t.1'1~ _.. .. ~, pot:.a tn•·~·, tor;··~-! ~'!.i a .l.Hy·· r f. ·.~L~.;; ..-.,; .. ..... :. :;j :~tl!". (•. over this a white sauce, to whiC'I. ha.!l hef•n a.t1r!ed • bit o~ minced or grated onion. 11'111 the· ciUJa.f!role, altemating la7ers of ~~WMt pou.toee, c:hlpped beet and sauce. On t.op eprinkle . butt-ered t:tread cl"''abe and bake in a hot ov.s 'mtii browr1 on toJ:•• Set'Te :1.ft thE' casserole, and next. t.1.n&e mall:e tlr1 ct~ u 11111eh oo ths.t yon can take care ot eeconCI helpu~ge fn:~~~ e.n­tht~aiastic f111w1es.

lt you'd like to learn how to grow better .,...,.. t..,hlM and prett_ier nowers, j~1Jt one o! ·~he Gali"cien C:lub groupa.

County Youth Will Surely Suffer

We take pleaaw"e in quoting 1il ita en'Liroe t;y e.n editorial appearin4~ in the Prince Georges :~at~ It. eo nearly represomts our .teeli.n~e that w·~ felt we coul.d do no better than pas8 it on to you.

"It ma,y be trito!1 but it ie nonetheleae a ta.ct1 to s~ that. m1.1k~ primarilJ', 1s the eeeent.ial rood tor everyone. Why'? BeeaW!Ie it cont.airuJ al.l the Jbod subotancea--carboltJ;ydrates, proteine, ainerals, fat•, vi. t.amins and water. Maryland 1!1 de finitely a dAiry State. It. produces lll.i.lk: and Cl"ei!A in @;Te&t qu&.nti­tit~s. 'nlerefore there is no sear·city o1' t.he rroo1\!<::t to warrant a boost in prices.

To increase the price of milk, as -n rec:enU;r done f'ol.l.Otdng the Oovernmen t • s B<eret~Qen t w1. th llary­land lll.i.lk distributors, •ana tN.t the youth of the county anct State is going to bEt deprived of a eer­tai.J) percentage of' this most nuLl food.,

In the first two years ot a c:h Hd' a Hre, he grows more in pr·oportion than 11t any ot..he-r peria~. Starting out at bi.rth W3ighing etrftn f>O\Uld!!, be w1ll increase his weight d.lt tim.ee in lhe t-o--year period. This deYelopment i.e due chiefly 1:.o his ::.i..Lc: intake.

Statistics shew t.t1at every d1ild in the teen a,e should be receivirtg at least one quart ''' r:nil.k a day. II' ,however 1 price::• are tdked upwn.rd, tht~ older c:h.l.l­dren in the family will of nece11sity have t.c INf'"eJ; a reduction of t.he milk they o:rdina.rily 'lll~lld con­sume.

Should 1he prictr of such a vi t'll f00<1 be increased when the lives or our future c:itiaene ar~ so deeply af'tected?

We leave it up to you who read and b11y. What methods are you going t..o take t<) pr·ot.est 1:!-:ia

out.rageoWI discrimi.nat.ion?"

Greenbelt"s New Babi(~S

Three babies were born in 't,he Greentwl t H:•:~epi tal. this week.

Kr'. and Mrs. Ernest T. Sanchez, 1.,-k' ~ut..'nr.'\y, 1\re parents of a son born J:iebruary 10 at 10:12 A.:i. Thto hll•by baa been given tht' lliUII8 or Edmund Les~r.

Mr. and Yr~ • Constantino &ellezr.a, 3&-B :rt'~cer.~ Road announce the birth of a daughter, Ya:·1e \'al<~~r­~.ne, at 12:12 A.M. on V.J.lentine•s nay •.

Mr. and Mrs. Ja~~~~~s Ang-.Uovi.c, of ~nryr1 anno-.;nce tJ1e bi.rt..'l of a boy at 9:02 P.ll!. ~bruar:f 16.

BETTER BUYER BRIEFS ':'he '•etter !lu.yer 1.-...dere held their regular meet­

inli! at the hoae of M2·a. Jost•;lh Loftus, February 15. lt!rs, .W~rni-::e 1-:TILut.i.&tllll rencnred the Conli'UJ':'.er Educ­t1nn Journal, a nw JNblleat.ion dealing wit.h con~ er pro~leme.

ltr:t. Jl.vm ...... Y.~o eoftduc~d a aodel discussion on :.l•J+.':..er !'rom wh.i-::h 1111e11ibere l.At&nled that butter is not b.lt.':..er U 1 t t.ae leSII t.han a2 per cer1t butter fat l!.n1 rr.onr U',a". 16 ;·.>er cant water.

':1',e exec•J <:.1 ve ccad ttee has )Jlans for & social 1n t.ha n•- t wo 1i :~t.A..'1t !"ut.ure.

------·---------------~·t.e ':oo,.,i:i..ati<:n <>f a ijnusehold Hints at.artt··..i Ly I.Lr:J • .'ar:l Jernt,er,~•a Better a",. ·.J,e re,·ular 1' "ctiJI€ or; Fetruar;y· 13. 1e ur;.:ed U• LrinJ!! her ccntri.t>'Jtion r-t:t.·tir.,~~·

Scrapbook was Bu;yerH group

Each rr.er..ber tc the weekly

Will You :Stick or Get Stuck

!O'Il're -1::. on ~Jr ._y t.c>Ward 11 S&nft 3olution of yo•1r 111illt pro·:)lc~. ·rou•ve demonnrat~ your ability t.o see t.llrO'.J.f:h a sit.l.a.ation, t • help your neighbor as -11 a.~ you:r~elf and t.o stand t.ogeth~r !or some sort of ecano:-"'.1c jW~t~C6• You've derr.onstrateci your brains and th.. B~tt~r l"l'u..c..,«re tan be justly proud of t.hem­sel~a >IJ"li those ot:ll«rll llltlo have joinod hands with thee.

T'ne mcet11'Jil': ta.orrow ni.&:ht will probably Me a gt·nat mazr.y l'l.int;a eett.led a.-ul you may feel yourselves ou1. of the woods. And so )'OU are--unless YO!l~ t.lw oo11r.10n aenae whic:L :11~ you get out or the ~--;>de. I don't hnvi'to trll you what a price war is, noi:ct' o I 1-..tn-e t.o tAll you that 1 t U neftr ~ed for t.lw bencat of the cana~J~Drr. There's not one of us who h.rum' t seen prices go •t"oot.ing down, taken ad­T11llt.&t;e of the lower prieee with • certain lifted e:n~brow, •nd t."'f!ll eeen thOCJ go rocket.int; skyward a­£11.~.n when ti".f' o~ject1Ye has been gained. And tne objeo::ti't"e-re;;lll!&ber-1::~ newr the oonl'NIIIf!r's gain'

1 dan' t wa11~. t.c· :r&ke a dolt'1'..\l rrophesy~ but I'll be 11. very ~·.~ r;. r1 aed gal 1 r sone of' t.h e dAiries who don't t;et t.r . ., r .. •Yintl agnte~nent find it extremely e-.c­peditious t,o drop the pri<:e of milk. Tou 1 ve been '! . .c.lJ. 'h-· ·~···· '"·t"-~,, . ..., ·~ .......... •>!'"" .... r~• .. P ,r ~~1\.r hi\~ ;...,...:1.P

ur t>tn:&IIIH• t,t, •. _, "r., ~ . .J·.,n 1 t, .-, •. , nr I ~~ .';f'll r·.1lk at. ~e f'.!,:~· ~ lr .~ !/.#' ;', ~·~·:.• l'C' I ;:-~·'"":• •• ':. "f;~ : .. :...1..~

:• :._).• •. w',· ~··:.7t.l<:"'• ":'he ri.tuAt'·n will not h'lve ch.'Ul.f.e•i 1 :•o vo•J'll know t-hat isn't the reason for th.~ ~TOJ'• Y· \1.111 lto"aOW--You 111 bt' hr·un:i to knmrl­t:.M. tl,e only reasc·n for- a drop in price !'rom any c1a i . .ry o•1t.s1 '1~ th~ bu;ying cumb;.ne i8 to break the bad1 of ti1,.. hJT-nt: co-op.

:; • :::1 t.crribl ...- aJnid thAt sene C" f you 1lh o have si.t::rlerl the J"l;·chaa,inc agrees:sent a:-e goiOL t.o tal.l fo:r 111.ilk at 6 lower- price than your buyi.ng club can t;i'nt you. 1'::1 110 afraid srcne of you &rP &oint; to say, ..,~11 1, ! h"ve to l:lAJ<to e'VI"r'.f f'E!My stretch as tar a:o~ 1 car., e.nrt J.f I can envl!' a fE"W cents on mi.lk h)' huy:!..~ ~rr::.:. Bl-VLi: • s D&.ir;v ~ : 1 m ~_;o!.ng to do 1 t."

111~ if you d•:· • and t.he hack of the buyinb cluh is b:rrk1m be·C&'WI" of ytlUT·&ctJon 1 and t.l"<en t);e price of 111.11.k go~11 bac>. "··' Ul.irt.eten cents a quart and t:18her1 anc! •1l.r da~ ry w!',ich has been awarded the bid because of bo•st q'.l&ll t;; &."'U! price loaea JIICineY on 1.11 and walks out ·VId retu$C!I to 1:.oueh us .-ith a ten foot polt., it will ju:.t be a rottAm~. Not jur.t because you 1 ve let '.l5 clo-wn w!. tr. & 1:'\JIIP, not just because you've let the dai.ri,.s sell ua down tt;e river and ycur~elf nth •.r ... N!~.t of .J~,. but because you•ll have destroyed a t.heoJ"Y •hich i il'ali~~ta ~ray 1~ ~that humans are natu:r~~:ly cc.cper,.t.i1re and are intelligmt enough to ae~ t!~~e wiadoc. ·~ r p1.U.li.nt; t.o£et.h~r~and you will have d.,..:::IPMtr«t..C'rJ the t.rl~th of ana Vler theory which says ti'wt hUI:IIILntl are ftseent1Llly self'1sh an::! too nPar­~~~ r;ht.Pd to !;q! an 'IUtl::l.at.e good. Tr<u 1 ll have given t.;,,, li!' teo ev•·ry·thl.r.& we're try-in£: to b:ild up in ·.lre .. nho•it, yo''':l l'Wii'VI" i,;iven the lie to t.he brothfo~ hood of :::.a.n, y·r·u 1 l:l h&· . ..,.. ~~!.v-en thf!' lie to Ule old c~~o.rt.oc n c f V,e two dcnke;ys tied tot;cthPr .tlo pz-acti­call;; :~ trhr-..,;:e·d t.hl'!as~ 1 VI:'S tryir.tt tr: eat opposite r1le!'l c•f hl!ly •mtil 1hf'y .:ot t.he ideA of both E!ating nr~e pilA ru.! ':).!'ln bc•t.h r,oinr: on t.o thf- o t.hPr. ']'ou•ll hr<ve 1;-:ver.~he lil!' tor• t.hr trick t,hc,t <"hildren de· with a plllir of 11ci ear:.~ wh,..:re t.t~:·· r..a;..,. a ~- sn:!.pe: on a frLic~ ;-&i-er, ,;ivt! a f"lip tl" '!t:e r>apPl' Ul<j t:wre is a lon.: ::_j~.e cf l!.t.tle hey~: cr girl: bldint: hanrfa. :'he :'l:::~,b.·,l of c< opern ti CJCI. J..nd '.. f you ;,re t h£' liiH.k l ir-.Y. in "i' at c:-.ain, ar..i yo" lJJ"'!':..i. ar.1 N!l.ke c f t.he re. t 0f ·.:s r.c.•. ~:-., bu':. ecrap paper-boy, are .,..e 60-~ r-.c· t · i..t•' oe y• c.r t."U 1.s &

·• r :•-.: ·.1 wa::•. to m......- how ::rucll act·~ ll iec c r, .... -:: U:··; ,, i!' in :1 -l'·•~·rt., we.ic;.'l it,advi9ed the ). ;-t,,~~ :.s• .1' .::~::,;- :...,::,.;..;;;·,: :1 or th., ::A:l:-15\lQCT&' C~msel Jivision

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"lll ice '=r-e~ eont.a:.:-1.9 S<":-&f? &ir, • sn;"'!t tJ1e :·:~1'!', "r.Jt so;;;et.:i es you ::ay be t;ett!.f'lL :10r-e ai.r

t.."lan cr1~. ""nle !"edl"ral :Jo-m.-m~- wh•~ it ·:'Uy~, s;-ed.Iies

tla. "'.. !,c4~ C'N-3...,.. ~rUSt ,...lj;h •t least ~- ;.>eunls a gal-lon.

"•:ne ~ ~..al h.i.nt: !cot." crea.~ ~;ohl in L""Je bu.l:<, ani scoo'-'t!ld o:J\l: ·Jf ~~e tl-ee-zf!r, oon t.a.in s les:-< a!. r than icc ;re•a:.. ; ac~ 1 at t.l'lt~ factt:ry. The scro;·i!l£ ::md :,,..;. ;.,·t: ~c rc-•!" Ule- ur out. :-'ur U: s reaRon ice ~:"'el\.:::. .::.a,.l ea:.·t,; ~ ~ore in t.ht: t. '..l.!./. ....

"Teach Children How To Buy" Miss Hoffman Urges

The February 15 •et.ing of t.he l!ot.hers Cl\lb wae addressed b¥ Uias 0111e Ho~fman on the topica "They IJ!a:rn Today for Tomorrow They BU;r"1 which streaeed s8'9'eral. pointe in teaching a child how to buy. The group mjeyed vocal. solos by the Misses Betty Andrus and Theresa Hedges, the former !inpng "In the Luxemberg Gardens" and latter "The Last Rose, o~ Suamer". Mr-s. Jessie Fair played two piano selections a:nd explained the modern method of teach­ing group music which was ,especially int.erest.ing to all mothers present. .

V.iss Ho.t:f:IIIBn' s 1'1rst point. in tralning ctdl.dren: to buy was to teach them to ~ qus~i ty and to take pride 1Jt having it. Teaching 1bem to read good books~ to attend sx>d movies and to listen to tpod syuq:honies on 1be radio ·M:lul.d lead their• to recognize and pat.ro~ ize qualit7 everyWhere.

L'!iss Hoffman sai.d, "It pays to know qu.al:ity. Buyi.ng quality keeps the best manufacturer ill busi­ness, and the fl.y-by-night 11 get-rich-quick mar:.u.fact-urer is put out of business by quality buyers. ·

If a manuf'acturer ~inds that people do nc·t like his goods~ he does one of: three things:

1. Finds a wey to the customers 1 taste--a Y~ay to make them like his goods.

2. Changes his article or brand. 3. Goes out o~ business.

1fi th chi~dren and ch il.dren 1 s goods 1 he i':'lllds it simple to do the f'irst by o~~ering prizes~ and gifts such as radi.o programs offer.

Teach a child how to rP.cognize good adver'liising11

lt ·can tell: 1. About new products and how they a1·e ·L1Sed. 2. How a product is made and why you may f'ind

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it uaef'ul. J. New uses f:or old products.

Trained buyers and customers save time md money. 'Ibey keep the honest man in business and help him to be a eoocl communi~ builder."

Milk Movies Merriment

Better Bll:fers scored another hit at t.hoir last public meeting February 13.

Planned, as the chairman of the progran, Mrs. 9ernice Bra11tigam said, "like a well balancod neal" the program commenced wi t.h a cocktail,--a novie on sugar; a main dist-discussion on milk; and the de13ser~ .a skit "Our Anti-Uossip Club".

The movie t.old. not only the story or sugar but touched on the rehabilitation o~ the nativef~ in the Virgin Is1&~ds through government aid. !

The milk discussion followed a short int.rodu~t:!.on by , Jr. 3hor'~, chail-ma.n oi." tne :.~ar.t::..ani cc:usumers _:~.llf. ~owr;:,;..t.t.ec:. :J£ special ir.':.~l·o<:?st was tlhe ni1k t..A .. :,.;~~inr" tP;:;t whish incl1;:l.ed sx:t•~ 3i.x or ueve1l quarts CJf nulk r;m;~ing from oru:' .. Ilar""J Grad.~ A. to Homc~geni~ Vi tar.Un A. Among the tasters were severa:L good guessers but opinions varied greatly. For: example the same brand of milk received S'.lcb dive:cse collllllent as "too wa ter,y" 1 "not so creamy" 1 "t.oo cre&'"!l:f11

1 etc. Practically everyone in the audeince signed the

buyj.ng club petition. 'l'he dessert or grand ~inale of the eveni.rlg--the

skit "Our Anti-Gossip Club•• played by Bettet- Buyers and directed hy Miss Ollie Hof't:man---of:ferei strong co:mpeti tion t.o the Greenbelt Players.

~~~ VALET SHOP -<: · CaU Oreenbelt 2226 ')1, FREE CALL AND DELIVER SERVICE

I~~, I \ !\ .. fHINK IT OVER

DOES IT PAY YOlJ TO LABOR OVER YOUR LAUNDRY?

All Damp Wash

4c lb. Finished

W •!aring Apparel 18c lb. Flatwork Gc

Shirts 12c (Not Weighed In)

SPORTS Frank Lottua, Reporter.

... OHN •• A,'I'AV•I.DlTOa ll&rj(IZ'i.e Ket~~ .. Aa~r1atant.

Grizzlies T@.me __ ~herwood The Grcenbel t Hi;:h :3ch ')Ol Grizzlies chalked up

an.,ther victory last !"elJr,l<lr-J 13, when they dereated a rood Sherwood outfit by li 28-;!5 score.

Tuesday afternoon Greenbelt'::. gocod all ;u-ound teamwork W!l.S a fine featurP- 0 f 1;hP. ;:azt'.e 1 nl'though Jennings, fast forward of Shervmod, was hi(!h :scorer with 13. points.

Greenbelt Women Drop First Gam1e

The Greenbelt Wornen' s EeprN;entative Baslwtball Tealll played thei.r first outside r;arne Snturday at the Y.W.C.A. i.n 'Yashin~ton, And were defeated by 1~he '!'.~;. C.A. 1 s 13Usiness GirJ.s Team Z7 to 16.

The Grefmbelt Team h11d a. fine passinr att:lcl(, but could not find the basket. The y.w. !~siness ·1irls Team was a very tall, f"lf>t breaking outfit. They rlll play a return game with Greenbelt here !Satur­day, l.!nrch 2. I;~.st year Greenbelt beat the Y. ~·;.c. A. Team in both of the cames played.

G~BELT

B 'll'ke Bcwm.an Walker Kr1il'ner Olson Fitzmaurice Dennard Platner UnderwOC'd DiPietro

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The Elementary School Girls conti.t,ued with their Newcomb Tournament this past week, and on 'l'fednesday, Patty Bell' s 1~eam played a doubl(!-header and went. down in defeat in both gameo. Ora !llmoghue 1 s te1U111 won t..l;c "~"" '·'~: :.:·~· ·· ~-,; ~· l"' tn 1 1~01111t, Anti R11th B!'idges' team defeated th...., 1n t.h,. ,..,, • ....,rl ,.,..-,. Yl t ,,

6! On Saturday, Patty's t·~am rie~eat.ed !l~r.t.y ~i:::r:o<- 1 ~

in a surprise victory. Previm:sly, 9t!tty' ::1 team h:ld won all their games. Up until the half Hetty's team was l.eading by a score of 12 to :3· In the last half the favored t<!am didn't score a point, while f'ntty' a team scored 11 points, making the f~~ score 11. to u.

In the second garne Sa.turday, Ora's team defeated Ruth Bridges' te'llll 12-l.O. Ora's te.<vn seemed to ;:nin renewed ;:>ep in the last two minutes of play az:.d cane out fran behind to beat the losers. Up untH this time, Ora• s tean had only sccred 4 points a .. ;n:.nst Ruth's 10.

~ nonoghue' s Simcoe's '3ell's Bridge'~

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aiqnala before hcmqiDq up. 1:'hia meana only a mi:nute'a waitinq. cmd

10ay mean the d.Wereace betw·eeu getting or not qelting your pa:rty.

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The Cbee•peake •ad Potomac Telepboae Coaapaa~ of IWtimon City

Berwyn ~1909 Bea wya • M4 ~ .... ~ .................. ~

Reps Trims Gieorgetown 'iN.'•!!I'lbelt l!~-·'wt !"a.z,s -,.-.··r·e t~t'!'d to a fu11 evt-n­

inp of basY.et:,8:..:., 5:\\.·.~r.ia;r-, r.tlru•u-y 17, 1940 at tr.!; sc:'loo: ;yr., wt-.en the A.•.hlet.ic: Club st.aced a tri.;:l<!'! :Oca·:.,r ~;.~,·:,,.;•·~ tt.e ·..c; pound!, 1)5 pound and. ·ml1;:it.e1 -:f;in·,.,·:.:s o!' ':rce::~wlt. . UJa tho J.eorretOWT.. .... ~ ..

In t.~e fir~t ~!:.e the .-,~<>rget.cown 90• pound teazr• r:oc.rl•·tely O'.lt.t Lll;reod crir ' nJS ~.nd de.!'6ated the 'Jr-eer.h"'l to ~·-::•nl Te!U:I 32 t.o l)o

Tho!' •";nt·en:· .. ~ t ·•oyl!l 1 •:l·lb lJS pound t.ei!llll came back in the seocarrl ,:a~e ar.d 1efr.ated (Jearr.et.;,wn 24 to 22 to ~·~.m ·.;.;p t.~'! : oUJlt. "!"his t;aur•• 1-oall.y had the f~ra s ?n the ed..;e c~ t:.rir aeat:s. GM!'41nbeolt trailed !or t!1:r&l!' <:f'll~rs, but rf'l\.lly tut an a blU"I!I't of speed ~n t:-,e fL~l\1 Tnr.P.r, ~d ~orpd a!'rad to win. In t:.e L'\&t ~- :>r•: -,n•:!l ::;.-·or 1:'1"totiT'l t1·i~d desperat.ely to tie f,!>e !J~re, ar.d tb'! ,.;,~stle f<).md t.hesr. peppering t!-.c :;r,~;lo:,.t 111"1 t~• lonp: s!·.ot:~.

'!'he 'iT .. <'!'l\,..1 ~. '·.rp:J t c ok ti'. c odd ~·lUUt of' their tri; 11!1 hll.arieor, t•y d" feat tnt: t.he unlilr.i ted ·:Oeor, ~·to'l'lrl t .. .:r, -:nrr .. --:~ .. : ~.~~e· ba: !'.er c-~ th•t ,.:~shin,~ton Flour <::nr:.;,..v.y, )6-2 '· ~"ris 1:1L!'"e :st.a.r~1 out like a whirl­w1.nrt, .,.,.~n ·. l,;,r.-i.ar·! t.ir·ped t.he t.os:t up t.o l:arnck ,..\'-,., l i·mteJ ar;·J ;a~ 5<"1 UJ rrane1" VrDonald, (J.~ickey t.o ~-o,l), who <::'l'~ ·.md"!r the haskt't and acared,put.tin~ -,r~enb-elt a:·wa; r·•·fore -:.:~., ,:'T•If mus fiVe &f'conds ol<!• At tr.e :.~1 ~·, the Re; 11 -re leading l.d to 1). t\le to nusrer'J\l& :onl5 aJ' 'I li'Ubst.i t.utiona, '.leorc:etown w:'l& "ha.r.:ed w~tJ. lS .!'·Juls ;and ·~rr-enbelt w:ith U. '.'l'!le~, 'lh'<!<nn, ,r tl~t~ lol'•·re;, !'il.ile-J t.o convt!'rt eicht of t<!!n !r~>-e tr~··:;_, h~ ~ .. ·l;.•t'<~ 't.h·tt '.;r<"f"tlbrlt's cause con:siderahl~;. 1!.<~:x>r,;:;l.! >rn:J ~.iftl scorer for 'tret"n­b·elt with 10 ; -o:.r:·~:.:. /it:'r:-~h and Plnnd;ard :'ollowcd with I and "! poin'~5 J'~:SJ•t·cti •·l)"• '!'he ·!.:nrro...,d t,.am plaJ' and ;at:~ :.1:,- ': ~ • •. ~.t:> T:•'i;; '1'1'•5 not ~ce11.:·le in t];is ~"31.;e. 'IUU.'.:·, •.:.e 1-.a::;t :·.,-,., we1tlla Goa--h H .. o;nid:y i:<l.S beP.·n atr~aa·::.n,~ t4~&;~. ;:.lay ;:s: ·1 p&!<t· ~r-.,;, :u~d d..:..s~our­a::l.ng intiiYi':'J.al st.a.rr.!".;; e;:-ort~r so n')t.iceable the fir.::t t-art ,f ~he 5';<;: ... ::. ::ic:e coinc, !·o:;s, lE't' s keep it \:;:.

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Women's Badminton Tournament

!he s~c xl'i J-· 'l~•·' ·,: t~le -~ .. r eon 1 5 · "":.: .i.rd;..,m :'r)llm&­

r.~t was c ... :-.: .~. t.~> i ia:;t T':.-1:·~.<111.;1• :•t. the ·;;:,'Ill l'lhen :!ur'Y.e defeat.f'!J ~:·m;.l:;;n .l tv ;·, i-'it;t.~·.au:rice ~:cat. Y.r;r•er :1 to I, ''\o~lY.('r Lln:.J.:<'·rl ~<'rJt•.lis ll to 0 !)m,;:.\Jl tn..-,: .e-J :Coefit lro ll ta J 1. :u.d 12 'tl't:lr..en rlr.,.,. b)-"'!S •

'The thirrl r.-lrl .! ,:>Ot '.l!, .••r 11<:1~' !z;uaedi;,t.t·l:;, and tr.c follow'-n,; 'lr<- ~>x:.•· ·;:- -;.:.c re:::1.1lts:'.'nlerwt:lod over !)m'\n'l:r--t 11-7 '\!:.'1 :1..-~; l>·t~2.·•·· o·:•.,.r F'il:t:"lllll'it:.P ll-9 nn1 11-2; ':'f•,"S"f >··~nt ~il:ct:r-e:; ll.-J, 4-11 and ll-5; ·:·ial,:er WO!I • :J :e:·.'\·:lt.; ·~, P>ct o:u•r :·'lr.s-one 11-7 and l.l-~; J.hrt ·:~e !c!:'~at•··l :.o,,..,\11 lL-e, •-11 and 11- G; n:d ;).lll/O!ln ··o;;at ·oOl•Fa :cr. l. l.-l. and il-4o

r,ll 'tm;ra, l6 :;;•·>r!l cl: ;c-,o :J'\tli!T 1 Who would be in­t•'r••:JV'·'t in :·:- •:!.n;· ~')r :.01 :en ·jJ.ove Par't)ci~.nt.ion,

·'lTI" welC<XlE' ;i ~. t:'lf' har..E! o~ l'r• ,J. !.l:lrt.one, of 1)-U ·~.:.ct.~~ :~o.~"l, a.r·;y =at·lr,!·ty p .~t':", :...nf~~ a.!"t.•tr 6 P.U. for i! :ltf"'.l,cti"=-'J ::-: ~~lo 'lrt c~" ~- i :i't,iC',lffa ..

\': .. ,·.It 'H. :.~::.;s ~· .. t.er.de.l ':l.e •:•~n~n,.. class of til"! h-.;;c:;;a;.l s::-hoc•l ~n ::i!lt•u-daj', F~b:r-.l.:lr)' 17, 191,1). For t.~*! :·ir·,t tw·, cla:;se:l, t.t ... bl'lll~!ball rulee will be dis•:'JbU~· ~er ... a."t"r t!le ';•ositl.cona 'Will be covered .-.:-.! ;;.'.1 ilo-.ott;• ;=-oble::.!!l revie-wed·

lc:r. ~ra•:1t"Tl :.al' a.,-r·ced t.·~ t.1ul< to the bo;;s on : ·\rch 2, an· :!'l"T tir;.e to •.:.-.e :1't. !.11 hoped t.t.at we ·.,·1 ~ be v le ·~, . ;rep " ;. r.:-.:.:.-r.t. bAll J. lA~'f"r talk to t~-.~ .L J/S•

:-: •• , nt!W • .. !. ,, ··~. :- ~.:.·· ·:..:.~!'> i.B 10:00 .\.1>!. t.o 11:00 J....\'., o:-. ;,a•t- •. r ;c,;, s .:1 : .. :.t• 1'•:>c-ial ~oon of the F.le!.en­t'\r:' ;;,~:-;. :)1. '<~.1 ~.c.:: :.·~.,·.,.s !•Jr t!".q t.a:;eball tcar:t ~tr,. ·\1.:-:.: 'l -~r ··: 1 • ... , :"\· .. ~··r. ~ t...! ••.::1-e c:l.A~:.t>;!!.:•

TIW nat two g~~- ~-f· .t.h;. :lr~belt. Re~ 111.11 be pla;rwd on Wed.neada)' and Thur8dq' ot t.hi.ll ... k. OD Wedne ada7 1 Fe br\:.aey 21 at 7 : 00 f' .1!. the Rsps 1lt.ll be hoet to the Jal.l ing'er Hoepi t&l tn\ai"Dee at the local C17L OD Th\U"!!day, February 22 t.ttq Journ&7 too WUb­~, ::..::. tc ; .. lay a R-cre•t.loD Leacue a.- with t.he wt. Rainit!'r 12 qu.int.et at 't.tte • .t:ut.ern !Ugh 07& at. 8:00 P.V.

The attendance tor the tc,ur ... ~a o! the Woaen• e Gyo Clan l.aat 1110nth 'l..ot.al.ed 270 11h1le JJJ att.end8d Uu· dgnt ..,etL"\18 of U'.e lllo8l'e aUlletic IP"'\.f'&• Thirtee·n lll!IH't1~a ..,... held 1Jl the Junior RAterellt.ion !i.coOIII~ w1 th an att.endMice of m.

7

ATHLE:TIC BANQUET (Con~ .trc. Pap 1.)

llhole-hearted e1'torta and cooperat.j.on ot al.l the ..-bere and the ,arious comdt.t.eee.

Pres1dent. Nebl.et.t. proceded t.o int.roduce aJ.l t.he ne~r offj.c:ers and block :re prP.sentat.j. ves, and c:ongm tu­lated the member:: of' the banquet cOJ!Jilittee f'or the swell job they dlid thi.fl year. Art a- Georg£' BauEr,. first preddent. c·t the At.hleti.c Club, sa:1.d a !f!fl words, gj.ving credi.t t.o Cli.ff Cockill tor the ban­quet idea, Ur. 11shee presented cups and trophies to t.he winners of the vari.OW! t.eams of the past year. Jlnow Conk1yn of J-Blook &ccepted the cups &'918rded to the YOll.e,tlal.l c:l:l.upa ot 1939, and Beale, captain of the J-Blook t.eam, took t.l1e softball champs' C.'UP• The other J-Block team took t.he soi't.ball runner-up posj.­t.ion, and ~Block recE1ived a plaque for i':l.nishi:ng third.

Ur. 11abee int1·oduced the out-or-town guests and those Cl'l the start of the town ot Greenbelt' Doctors St.i1l and Silagy, Harvey Vincent, o. IC!.ine Fulmer, Roy Braden, George li. Thomas,and Bryan Bell, chief' of ' the Aasooiat ed Press o.f' Washingt.on,. guest speaker. Mr. Bell gave a very int.erP.sting talk ot his exper­itnces and travels around the count.ry_, po:inting· out the highlights in hia career,· and a good stoey in­jected now and t..lhen.

Birdie Tebbet.t.s, catcher ror the Detroit. 'l'i.gera~ cancl.wt.d the speeches !or thn evadng, s.nd t.hen ev.J7body• a attention wao t.urned to the st.age, where George w. Fanrter·, IIIBgid.an, myst.if'ied hie audience w1 t.h an array of well secut.ed tricks "that had every­ODe scratching their heads in bewilde:nnent..

The mot:ion pict.ure "Champion of t.he Gridiron" was the final. event oi' t.he evening, and everyme went. home wall pleased.

Congrat.ulatione to Ura. Anna Lewis and he::- f'eUow workers, the 1romen of the Commun~ty Church, for t.he acellent mamer in wh:Lch t.hey handled t.he serving or the dinner. 1,1e menu consisted ot fruit. c•:>elcta:il, turkey, drees:ing~ creBJiled potatoes and peas, salad, rolla, apple pie·,, oottee and c:l.ge.rs.

Greenbelt Bowling Leagu~

~ Jlusk:eteers Lion a Crescents Starlight. #l Buckaroos Consumer Servi.c•es Stu-light 12 Cardinals Eagle a Jaguars Scribes Hol1-Ro1lers Kn!.ght.e of Gol.u!!Wu.~ A.~lerl..c'OI.n :.e.;ian RC11118.llS

Blue a

g 1&§% 43 23 42 24 41 25 39 'Z1 .38 28 )8 28 )6 )0 35 )l. 33 D 32 34 32 34 25 41 25 4l. 25 41 2.3 4.3 21 45

- llusketeers 587J Lions 585.

PINFALL 33696 31892 32455 32249 31345 31315 29849 31635 31583 32964 28.396 30004 2976S 29623 Z7672 J0352

High Team Game High Team Set Hi.gh Ind. Gale !lj.gh Ind. Set. Hi.gh Strik ee High SJxlrt:!S High Flat. Game

- Uusketeers 1665; Li<ns 1625. Temple 171; Lastner 151.

- Temple 415; UacEwen 380. - Temple 48; Laant.er 35· - Temple 187J Jlilbrook 146. - Allen 95; H. Wood, 'Y:ille:r and

Donohue 94 High Ind. Aver. - Temple ll9-J Araujo 107-58; W .. .l!.­

•;,rook 107-21; Lastner l~ll; Henshaw 105-15; Dickha1.tt. 104-l.O.

BOif".t..UIG SCHEilJLE FCR FEBRUARY Z7, 1940

Alleys 1 and 2 - Cardinals vs. St.arl.ight /12 7 P.11. 3 and 4 - Buckeroos va. Cona. Serv. 7 P.U. 5 and 6 - Lions vs. ADler. Leg. 7 P.:U. 7 and 8 - 11ueketeera vs. Scribes 7 P.U. 1 and 2 - Eagles vs. Holl-Rol. 9 P.ll. 3 111d 4 - K. of c. vs. St.arligbt. 1/l. 9 P.M. 5 and 6 - Jaguars vs. Crescents 9 P.Jl. 7 and 8 - Blues vs. Rallans. 9 P.Y:.

Greenbelt Women Bowlers m!§ W l& H. o. !b§:_ P!NFALL Holbrook l7 9 517 1008 1205) starlight. 15 n 518 1004 12003 Are&de Sunshil'ioe lo~ 12 488 963 12025 Out.laws 10 14 510 993 1(>923 RobJ.ns a 18 49) 9~ 1152) fi16h Team OI!Uiut - St.arlight 518J Holbrook 517. Digh Team Set - Holbrook 1008; St.arligbt 1004. 3igh Ind. An.. - Dove 90-23; J•artone 85-12. High Oeme - W?f'aey 128; 'l'immons 123 • !li~h Set - Wotaey 213; :Dove 205. itigh Flat Gultlt - Ahaaey - 93; Ab~a and •:b-een 87. High Swiitea - lbve 8; I.ivingat.me 4• lli.;h Spares - DoYel 2:3,; Wi.t.cher 2lo

Thia coming Saturday the Wcuen•a Volleyball teaa will play the Int.emal. Revenue t.eam. How about a 'fi.c­*'017 p.ls?

W;JmELT Andrua Car eon ClArk Underwood Port.er Bell Egll Buck AlellaDder Ahenut

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S!PlfOOD Cissel Jennings Fl.uckek Brown Thcmpaon carroll

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tOur Town: Governn11ent By .Anne H11ll

A source o r confU.eion to IIIIJllY J•eeident.e of G~nbel. t ie tJ1e dual. Nl ture of the jobe held by most of (•ur to·wn o.fficiale. The over­lappir~t; l'unct.ions they pez·­~onr. ~1eerr. to put thet;t in the •Jame class w:l. th Pt10h-~ 1 , muJ ti.-·o.ff'iced l'\mcti( nary ln Gil bert and Sull1 V8rJ 1 s "14-lr.arlo". Actually no Greenbelt official is e:o encumberE~ w:i. th titles and func t.1• N! as Pooh-Bah, and the eet-up 16 not too difficult to Wlder­::.U.ndo

Gre•enhf>.l. t has the only city n~:mager .fonn of goTern­ment :Ln the State of Mary-

"1lf·HAGl'R BRADEN" land. This means that its va':":i.c>us departmlmts, public tJ&fety, l!l&nitation, reCl"Emtion1 and S() forth, are supervi.sed by an expPrt

in t11e field of t~uni.cipal maruLgei!Ient. P.is p::>s1 tion co!T~!sponds to tJ~at of general Ll8.Jlager of a bo.l~:!nest: concE;rn. This tttown manE~ger" ie electA~d far an in­defirtite tenn by the town ccuncil, and in general. acts as that bc:>dy' s advisory expert. Each yPer he subnj.ts the budget to the Council for 1 t.s an:roval. or e·mendment. The town ch~ter also {:i ves h:l.rr. the right. to appoint and r~r.lOVe hrads of t.:mn depart­ment~ and all other town emplcyees.

Tl:e five members of the Taw:n Council ;are !!lected at large by the citizens for a term of two yeP.rs. Through ordinances and resol·utions they sh11pe Ule town policies which are carrieci out by the m~mager. No taxes may be levied, no appropriations or ~:t.asess­ments made 1 and no money oor1·mred exc•!rt w:l. tJ: the Council' s approval. It may acqn::Lre propei:"t.y, !'.lrnid: public services, build and mnirata:l n pub:tic a.r-rove­ments. (Greenbelt's municipal. hospital illustn.tes the wor-king out o£ this latter j\mction) •.

UePtings or the Council are presided over by the mayor, who is appointed by the council frat: &mont; its members, and who represents the towr1 at all of­rictal affairs.

What is unique in Greenbelt's caRP is that the ~der.!l.l Government 1 through N:lrm Security Aci.:r.inj e­U'ati:m, owns all the land and b·:Udincs, and ~er­!11 representativt>s lllUBt therefor!! be on h1u-o to lor:l-: af'ter Govenunent interPsts o When the fir~t tcwn council set about ir• accordance with the charter to er.tplo;r a town manager, it was lllpparent l:.o e''l:'ryene that :'toy s. Braden, acting Canrauni ty uanacer for Fan'tl :Security, had the experi,mce and ability fo.r the j•)b o£ town manaber as well. It was particuliU'­ly .fortunate £or the town that n man with 25 years• experience in the field of muni(:ir:aJ. :nan.ng;ea.ent w:'l.S

willing to assume t.he town managership, ·:,n addit.icn to his other duties Md .,.....,ponsibiliti"e• .n-r the mode~.,. L !'>I:~ •• () 'f ~1 ,/lOO ,., ~f't-""l"'f"ri ~' _.._,._, •. ,. ~ ' ~ , l-..,.., r ,. , ..

which he last yee.:r turned back irato the Ullrr. hurl~:;c-t. In choosing dt~partment headt:l and oUJ,,r town e:"­

ployees Ur. Braden had occasjon, in turn t.o r.Jal:e us.t­o.f capable individuals already on the P.:!A payroll. Walla~e F. Mabee, senior adrr.1nistrPtive IU!Sif<tcnt iJn the Pederal classification, becausE' ale<, the town's director o£ public safety. J. v:. Rabbit 1RLS selec ud to act as town treasurer in addition tc- his du tie:s as accountant £or FSA. ?.!r. Braden's I=riY!lt.e St'cre-­tary1 Winfield McCamy, act.s also as town c:lerk. Ho~:!' r.r. Al[Jher 1 in charge o£ tenant select.i r-:'l for l'tnr. Securi.ty, was appointed director r:tf adult •education. Harvey L. Vincent, taw:n ent:;ineer 1 is one ,,f thP ex·­cept:i .. ~ns 1 being entirely Oil the town payrc .U.

O. Kl.ine PUJ.mrr 1 self-styled "country (:eu:::in" be.­cause he has no o£ficial stc>.ndine ae far ~u1 the t,.(llrn is co1:1~erned, has nf'vertheless pt~rfonned nuch valu­able :service £or it as designing and supei"''i.sinc ti'.e cons t:r..:.ction o£ the hospital. In his car ceLc.i. ty wi tJ; FSA ::1.s assistant comr.mnity manager, he !1'pt'rvisels maint.~nance work, but alFo per£onns a to'tlrr: f..mcticn in Hr. Braden's absence, when he is deputlzed to act as city manager.

:rn·unorficial cepacity, our town ent;.ineer ;-.elped in tht~ selection of books for the libri.ry. Allt:W5 McGre,gor, employed by Fa.t·m Security ae1 landscape! gardener, has found time to supply the t.owr. picnic areas w1 th wood.

It is unusual for a taw:n as small as Gt'E' enbe 1 t tA:> have the services of so many perso:ns, act:l.n.t:: in botJ~ offic:laJ. and unofficial .. capacitie:s, who perfc:nr. 1:10

much Ln return for lit.t.le or no thin tn tJ1e way of rer.tun•eration .t'rom us.

The recently appointed educatioruJU. commi.ttec of 1he Greenbelt Heal.th Association hafJ as ite1 <tbjective "making Greenbelt c:i. tizerus Ule be1st info rated iTOUP in Almerica on matters pP.rtaining to publi.c health." As a 13tart toward this goal., four hunt'lrect and fifty copi<>B o.fm article written ly Dr. Henry E. ~li~erist, profeBsor of the history of medicine., a.t Johnts Hopkins University will be distribute<:. f'ree to every other home along witll tllis week's i11·sue or the Greenbelt Cooperator.

Because of the importance of' Ule subjE>ct. l'iiscussed by Dr. Sigerist, the Wagner Health Bill, the colll:li tt.ee decided to ask P.&ch recipiel'lt to :rPad his or her. copy and pass it al.ont: ·to thP:I.r 1'\eT.tcbor neighbor. '!his is the only way co111plete totm •~overage could be secured with the limited 1'\Ulds a'·Ri lable.

'l'tle colllni ttee plans to hold open RE·tint;s each Friday night. Any member ot the Grf'enbel1~ H•ealth Assoc:.ation may attend and parti.c1pate· ln theae discuasions. Constructive cri ticimn t.ad e:ugt;eot!.ona will be appreciated. These sug~estions will be paes­ed on to the board o.f d.irectcrs along w1 Ul arliY t:rit­icism which is based on fact.

ThE! Greenbelt Health Aasociation has 1118de a :f'ine beginning. It is planned to make it ~~ .•<'•iel for all ruture health associations.

on 'l'lhr"l.Wl:-y 2;.., the Bt>ck Cluh will hold 1 t:: next n~gular ~t:l..nt,:. ~.e pro:,;ra:t will be a review of' "C&pi tal Cit.y" 11 by Mrs. Betty !'«me.

T'his r:lee~.in( w"l.:: orittinally !Chedu.l~d for ~bru.­ary 1.1. but 'r:ts po:; tponed due to tr.~ incler!lent weath­er.

T'h~ nel'~.i..'l~ r:.il be ta,o,l:1 in RPc>r.a 200 in t.Jle F:le­•nt.ar;.~ 5c:--ieo"'1 a~ 8 :01 . ..) ?.J~!.

":'~~=! ~~r--:~:~t.~Jlt :;·.,.:: Slub'a secL.nd eu.l•J.lta' tllilrksmen­a!11;> clh!'S will be ~-eld 1n scho)l r:>or: 22b tst 0:00 -.~·., -~·e.:r.eed.e;;, r'etruary 2:;;. T~.e ::>rograJ:. for this cllll!l,o; 1::-:l•Jdes 1nst~"-'Ct.1vro on sh..oc•t1r:,f" postt:or.s. use t~.c· -~·.1.!: sl!r .. ·,··tr11"~:er sc;uoo:ze, etc. The r·ub-llc ~s c~rd1e:l; 1cv1te~ to attend.

Ar-.j nne f·:;r •,r.e : ctoristz: i:'.x~>!•r.i."neli't.S of a rr.a-Jo:r t:uicab C':'l" .• ···n,;.· :;;"J:;·Wl,j U:/ "ea.sir:.g" up to red 1.1!:;1-.·~s ~l t::•.n ,;etti.ne err witr. t.he grceu lit;h1; wit.l'".c·ut :;;d.fti: .. · ~;e3:'3 s::ved ~jY.~~rc from ?.B to .)0.5 ;~r ce:.t ( f t~.e 0a.soli;:'le c<.T.S'\tr.Jed.

'"'9".!JP ALL WE ASK ' is that when in the markt!t for Ne-w or Used Cu you compare OUR ()aality aacl Prices

SELLERS SALE~S 8: SERVICE DODGE AND PLYMOUTH AUTOMOBILES

P. ~. S£l.L'-=fi'S. P-.. .. IVF~OALF:. "'"RYL.A"'O -- PHt>NE CJREENWOOD 1726

Sb:~..een Greenbelt homes hive :llready been repaint­e,:f u r:art or the general maint.enance program. '!'he p;ll.nting is being done in the order that the houses have been occupied. The painte:rs S;arted in D Bloek, p1•oceeded along Gardemray 1 arid are nmr working on !l:~dge Road.

COLLEGE PARK AUTO PLACE Studebaker Sales and Service d'\. See The New "Champion"

Always a Good Selection of Used Can

CoO. Park, Md. Berwyo 252 Greenwood 2695

BELL COLE M.OTOR CO.

fttntl/1-e Htrnte¥ aJead' wlteJt YON duile a WILLY S- 0 VERLA N D •.

48 Maryland Ave.

BILLHIMER & PALMER SAUS ~ SEAYICo

USED CARS $25 AD Makes aod Models DOWN

See SalellllaD About the $1000 Prize SZOOBiock tiode bind An Z cloora So. New Covt House ----

CR-..4-0pea £yeaiap .... Satla,.

Owtlm .AJI) COITIOUED BY GIEEMBELT RESIDDiTS

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l-WHICH MEANIS -

''Easy to Explain Why Your Store FeQfures Co-opErands"

Quality is controUed by coosumer-owners. Informative label a great

help to shoppers.

Every parcbue is a vote for a beHer workiog, fair~r method of bosi­

aesa.

No bigb advertising costs aod oo private profit eoable low everyday

prices on aU items.

Greenbelt people now prefer the Co-op braod. However, choice of brands is oftered on aU items where it is economically possible to do -.

Lamb is Tlle l~uy Now!

~g-o-Lamb ---- _- __ - _------- lb. 21c Lamb Shouldets - - - - - - - _ ~ - _ - - - - lb. 17 c

l.amh Loin Chops--------------- lb. 39c Lamb Rib Chops - - - - - -- - - - - - - -lb. 29c Breast-o-uamb---3U!•ir.P, cr traising--lb. 8c

frub Killed Cbickns---·----- -----lb. ZSc

Veal Loaves ------3 var:.eties -----~lb. Sc l.iverwant --- __ ---·--- ____ ..;.lb. 21c

Co-op Gelatin Duserts -- -·- ----- 3 bona llc Co-op Cut Buts--------w2~ can-·--- lie Co-op Miud Vegetables--- 20 oz. c8ll- •. Z for Z3c

String Buos --- C:.;.e~n Anm! ... #:? can - 3 for 25c Green-White Limas- ':'.leeTl 1lr.ne •• f!l2 can-2 for 19c Sweat P.!U-- Queen .L.rme •• lt- oz. can .• -2 for 19c Standard Tomatoes---- 12 e11n - ---·---- Sc

Lenten SuQ;gestions

Co-op Macaroai, Spqb~tti. Nee. -II~• s oz. Z for ISc Co·-op Tua.n ___ u,·nt rea• •• ? 1-'1• can_, ___ ISc

·Co-op Larce ~brimp wet ;:.ad.- 5 J/4 o'l. can- 29c 8-M Codfish Cak• ----10 ·:•s:. -------2 for 2Sc

Prices Efftcti,·e Tbru Sat. Feb. 24

Best Buy

Spotlight

IT'S THE SEASON FOR CHERRY PIE

Red Pitted Sour PU: CHERRIES

Used by our Lunch Department 1 ta pies with great :ruccess.

Water pack preser7es normal. sour flavor. One can gives ap_proxima~ ly 2i cups or 4 to 5 servings. -II 2 cao-IOc

Co-op Shorteaiog-3 lbs.- 41c

Co-op Pastry floar-5 lb. - 25c