Evening star., 1942-04-17
Martial Atmosphere
Marks Silver Spring
Hobby Show Opening
Guard Drills, O'Conor
Speaks; Prizes Given
In Many Closes

A wartime atmosphere marked the
opening of the Silver Spring Hobby
Show at the Silver Spring Armory
last night.
More than 750 persons attended as
members of the Maryland State
Guard held a drill in front of the
armory and sentries stood guard
nearby. Gov. O'Conor opened the
show with talk on Montgomery
County's civilian defense effort.
Among the exhibits was the Edna
Boyden Millward collection of minia-
lures from South and Central Amer
lea and Mexico. a group Of bells from
all parts of the world shown by Mr.
and Mrs. Edward P. Garter of College
Park, and an exhibit of dolls of al
nations by the Dollology Club OF
Washington, all of which were
awarded blue ribbons.
An exhibit which drew crowd
and won first prize for its owner
DR.. Read N. Calvert, was display
of Japanese war relics recovered
from battlefield near Shanghai in
1882. DR.. Calvert also won a blue
ribbon for his collection of souvenir
spoons.
Tai MahaI Model Shown.
The Holy Gross Mission Society
with a lighted ivory miniature of
the Tai Mahal and exhibits from
India also took blue ribbon, as
did collection of Indian arrow
heads and implements displayed by
Maj. and Mrs. John w. Webster.
Winners in the stamp section were
as follows: First. Leo P. Watson:
second, Edward L. Browne, r, Ct.
Clinite, D. H, Reichgut, Leo M.
Flaherty; third, Hunter Graham,
Henry Gabriel and William F.
Carlin.
Two men won prizes in the arts
and craft section. They were Will
liam E. Bowman, Silver Spring buSi-
nessman, who was awarded a blue
ribbon for an embroidered table,
cloth, and Fred Stouffer, jr., of Ber-
wyn, a University of Maryland STU
dent, who carried away second prize
for bedspread crocheted from old
string.
Other prize winners included:
Crochet Work-First, Mrs. Richard
Downs: second, Mr.. Stouffer; third,
Mrs Kathleen Thomson.
Knitting-First, Mrs. John Corco-
ran; second, Miss Louise Whitney.
Needlepoint-First, Miss Whitney;
second, Mrs. James Hewitt; third,
Mrs. Betty Ruth McDeyitt.
Basketry Awards.
Basketry-First, Mrs. j. Roy Sci
del; second, Mrs. A. Tobey; third,
Mrs. Kornelia Mitchell.
Patch quilts - Mrs. Elizabeth
Moore, who is 85 years old.
Afghan-First, Mrs. John Corco-
ran: second, Mrs. j. F. Herschel.
Hooked rugs-FirSt, Mrs. Hewitt;
second and third, Mrs. McDevitt.
String rugs-First. Mrs. Jack
Wool rug on felt-First,
Mrs. M. r. Thompson.
Embroidery-First, Mr.. Bowman;
third, Mrs. Corcoran.
Pictures: Oil on glass-First, Mrs.
Joseph Mitchell, jr.; second, Mrs.
John Keele. Pastels-First and sec
ond, Mrs. Lee Groner. Copper
work-First, Mrs. Mitchell; second,
Mrs. Winship Green; third, Mrs.
John Schiedy. Block prints-Mrs.
first and second. Metal
work-Mrs. Schiedy. Oil paintings
First and third, John Richard; Sec
ond, N. Yeatman.
Photography Winners.
First prizes in photography were
awarded DR.. S. S. Jaffe and Mrs.
Martha Brown, with second prize
going to Walter j. Beck.
Other prize winners in the various
classes were:
Model railroad exhibit-First, F.
A. Oehm, sr. Pitchers-First, the
Rev. and Mrs. Paul H. Groseclose;
second. Mrs. Charles z. Yeatman;
third, Mary Ann Kifer. Spoons
First, DR.. Calvert; second, Mrs. E.
R. Patton. War scrapbooks-First,
Charles E. Yeatman.
Dolls-FirSt, Dollology Club: sec
ond, Mrs. Pauline McCallum; third,
z. Fales. Miniature dog collection
FIRST, Mrs. Frances Branigan. Wood
Carl Stodder and
Glib Crockett
Awards in the juvenile classes will
De made tonight, when the Rotary
Club will be in charge of the show.
Grover Poole. club president, will
extend greetings and the soloist will
,e Fsgue Sprin0nan. director of |
music at Nationz7Park College