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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-01-13
Public Health Nurses
Salaries Held Too Low

A salary report of County
Health Nurses given at the meet
ing of the Public Health Lay Coun-
Gil held on Monday, January 10 in
Rockville, shows that the present
Starting salary at $1,000 makes it
impossible for a single nurse 10
accept position with the Depart
ment unless she lives with her
family. A typical budget was
studied, in which $1,000 was requir-
ed for room rent and food; cloth
ing $500; laundry and cleaning
500; other expenses $500. There
fore, a salary of not less than
$1,000 seems imperative. A new
committee was established to
study and direct Council activi-
ties to improve the salary condi-
tons.
At this, the Quarterly meeting
Of the Council, the Community
Health Center Exhibit went on dis
play for the first time in Rock
vile. The exhibit, composed of
scale models Of the Health Center
at Suburban Hospital and that at
Glen Echo, was built by the Lay
Council with the cooperation of
the Health Department. for display
at the annual meeting of the
American Public Health Associa-
ton held recently in Boston. The
exhibit which has been viewed in
several parts of the county, may
be seen by the public during the
week at the Court House.
In addition to the report on
nurses salaries, the Council heard
q talk by Miss Claudia Galiher Of
the Montgomery County Tubercu-
losis Association. She summarized
the findings of the recent educa-
ton campaign held in conjunction
with countrywide X-ray service.
There was also discussion on the
reduced budget for 1919 owing to
the failure of the Community
Chest TO reach its quota.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-01-13
County Women Sponsor
Annual Card Party
And Fashion Show

kThe annual Card Party and
Fashion Show for the benefit OF
TIE Maryland State Chapter House
fund, win be held on February /,
.1:SO p. NJ. at the Alcazar, Cathe-
dral and Madison Streets, Balti-
a1fDre.
Sponsoring this event are twelve
MEMBERS of the Chevy Chase
Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution: viz. Mrs. Roger
Whiteford, Mrs. Stafford S.
FIetcher, Mrs. Alexander M. Ash
teq,s Mrs. Frank p. Wilcox, Mrs.
Jesse w. Nicholson, Mrs. r. l..
Jarnagin, Mrs. Robert J. Boyd,
Mrs. Edwin A. Merritt, Mrs. Doro-
thy S. Bland, Mrs. Walter S. Nc
Eachern, Mrs. Thomas n. Patter-
son and Miss Byrd Belt.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-01-13
Potomac Homemakers
Meet At AlIix Home

The Potomac-Glen Homemakers
Club met on Tuesday, January 6
at the home Of Mrs. G. E. Allix
with Mrs. William Lynch as CO.
hostess. Holiday cheer was added
to the dreary day by a beautifully
lighted Christmas tree Twenty
members were present and two
new members were ADDED.
The club reported fifty dozen
cookies donated to Naval Hospital
during the holidays, and baskets
Of food given to a needy family.
Mrs. Smith gave an interesting
talk on landscaping. Many plans
are under way for the new year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-01-13
Potomac Native
Dies On Farm Near
Childhood Home

Funeral services were held on
Saturday, January 8, 1919, for
William Elmer Houser, 70, who
died at his home near Potomac on
Thursday, January 6. Services
were held at the Colonial Funeral
Home of William Reuben Pun
phrey and burial was in Potomac
Church cemetery.
) Mr.. Houser, son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Phillip ID. Houser, was
born at Potomac, where he attend
ed public school. At the age Of 81
he went to Washington to live
until 1886 when he retired as
salesman for b. B. Earnshaw,
wholesale grocer, and purchased
small farm near Potomac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Houser had been
married So years, celebrating their
Golden Wedding Anniversary June
"a, 1916.
He is survived by his wife,
Adelia Houser; a daughter, Mrs.
Archie 9. Cottingham, and a niece,
Miss Frances Houser, both of Po-
tomac; three sisters, Mrs. James
Atwood, Layhill; Mrs. Elmer Ro-
hey, Lyon Village, Va; Mrs. II. Z.
Riley, Washington; and a brother,
Lester Houser, also Of Washing
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-01-13
Attention. Homemakers,

The Rockville Homemakers'
Club will meet on Wednesday
January 20, in the Home Demon
stration Office, old Courthouse, in.
stead of on the date previously set
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-01-13

pr,ooe o,foo.;,,o :, Washington
business Saturday, January Is, 194e excent
produce which is subject to daily market
changes. NO SALES TO DEALERS We 70.
serve the right to limit quantities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-01-13

Attendance and betting totals
fall at nations race tracks.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Pre-Ho|idoy Celebrations
Claim Social Spotlight

ida, will be honor guests at a
supper party to be given tonight
by Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel Elwin at
their country home.
On Christmas eve the sisters
will be feted by Miss Mildred Alice
Vardaman, who will entertain at
1915 New Hampshire avenue.
Miss Betsy Goodloe Porter,
debutante daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul A. Porter. who came
home yesterday from the Con-
necticut College for Women. will
be honor guest at dinner-dance
to be given tonight at the Con-
gressional Country Club by Mr..
and Mrs. Edward j. Wheeler.
The other young girls who will
be guests tonight will be Frederick
Sterling, Elizabeth Boysen, Renee
Rizik, Joyce Ebel, Yardley Minnix,
Cornelia Bingham, Janeth Lloyd,
Mildred Coe and Janis Wimberley.
+ The masculine contingent will
include Max Truitt. jr.; William
Roger, lie Mar Caudle, jr.;; Rich
ard Huffman, George Haering,
Paul and Robert Shorb. and the
honor guests four cousins, David,
Gpodloe, William and James
Byron. ........
Evening star., 1949-12-18
ssBIukeney
WiII Marry

OF interest to. many Capitalites
will be the announcement from
Japan by Col. and Mrs. c. c.
Blakeney of the engagement OF
their daughter Mary Elizabeth
to 1t. Saul Horowitz, jr., whose
parents live in New York City.
The wedding will take place in
Japan early in the spring and
Immediately after the wedding
the couple will come to the States,
where 1t. Horowitz will be sta
toned. ,,.
Miss Blakeney made her debut
here at a tea on December 26,
1947, at the Morrison street home
of her parents.
1t. Horowitz is graduate Of
Andover, attended Yale University
and was graduated from the
United States Military Academy
in 1946,
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Christmas Festivities
Planned by Diplomats
Heads of Several Missions Absent;
Others in Corps Take Holiday Trips
By Katherine M. Brooks

The Australian Ambassador and
Mrs. Norman j. O. Maxim gave
their annual Christmas party for
the children Of their countrymen
in Washington when they enter
tanned 80 youngsters yesterday
afternoon. There was q Christ
mas tree and delightful entertain
ment for children and delicious
supper.
The Ambassador and Mrs. Ma
kin will be hosts Thursday at
cocktails for members Of the EN-
bassy staff and their wives.
1t. Gen. E. K. Smart, Australian
Consul General in New York. will
come down in time for the dinner
Thursday and will remain with
the Ambassador and Mrs. Maxim
over the Christmas week end. Gen.
Smart formerly was Consul Gen.
eral in San Francisco and recently
was transferred to the East Coast.
Both Gen. Smart and the late Mrs.
Smart have visited in Washington
during their years in this country.
The Canadian Ambassador and
Mrs. Hume Wrong will have their
annual Christmas dinner party for
the officers of the staff and their
wives Christmas evening. Tomor-
row afternoon they will entertain
those Of the staff who will be
away for the Christmas week end.
The Second Secretary OF the
Embassy and Mrs. Robert w. Dunn
will be hosts at their Christmas
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Yours,
Princess Tells of Forthcoming Marriage;
CoupIe to Meet Santa South of the Border
By Betty Beole

It's not that there are not enough
men, it's that many of the dancing
male element in the Capital are
party spoiled. prefer to sit back
and wait for a dinner invitation
than to do the inviting themselves.
Seems like a sad commentary on
the social life Of this metropolis.
Glamorous and stunning Muriel
Maddox joined her family here
this week end, and will stick
around until after the New Year.
Fresh from Hollywood via New
York, Muriel has just finished
making her first movie that will
bear the intriguing title, "The
Men," and will star Teresa
Wright. After the holidays she
will head back for the West Coast
to make another picture.
While the rest Of us are getting
ready to warm our toes by holly
bedecked fireplace Christmas Day.
Yola and Giles de Boisgelin ex-
pect to be sitting under a warm
sun on the beach Of Acapulco. It
may not sound so Christmasy,
North American style, but it's a
high-class way to spend any day
if you ask me- It's good enough
for the Weep and his bride down
on Sea Island. .".
The young French Attache
(who's really a count, but titles
are not used officially, OF course.
in the French republic-only as
a social courtesy and his Polish
American bride set out this week
end on their long journey. They
went in their new convertible.
equipped with hardly more than
"a toothbrush and bluejearas,"
said Yola, and they planned to
make the 1852 miles in six days.
They may get some glimpse OF the
countryside, but it's cinch that
the lettering bystanders en- route
will get no more than whir and
blur of them. They intended to
Jolly along at this clip from sun
rise to sunset, taking turns driv-
ing so that CLASSY look doesn't
set in.
Since driving from here to
Mexico City is no mean jaunt. the
popular French diplomat and his
wife sought some advice, then
gayly disregarded all the conserva-
tive suggestions, such as taking
extra gas and all kinds OF tools
in case service station doesn't
loom~up in the right place-and
q pail and shovel in the event
they run into an avalanche! (!
After seeing all their friends and
covering practically all Of Mexico,
they'll be back in a months time
IN q breeze.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

Mr.. and Mrs. George Maurice
Morris we're hosts at dinner last
evening, entertaining in honor of
the Brazilian Ambassador, Mr..
Mauricio Nabuco; his sister, Miss
Caroline Nabuco, and his sister
in-law, Nine. Jose Thomas.
The company of 81 was seated
at one large table in the early
American room of the Lindens,
the hosts residence on Kalorama
road.
In the gathering were the for
mer United States Ambassador to
Brazil and Mrs. William Douglas
Pawley and the new Economic
Minister for Great Britain. Sir
Leslie Rowan, and Lady Rowan,
who have taken the house on Alb
ingdon road of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard H. Sanger.
Mr.. Sanger, who formerly was
country specialist for the Arabian
Peninsula, has been First Secre-
tary at the Legation in Beirut
since December S.
The Misses Elizabeth and
Winifred MacGowan, debutante
daughters Of DR.. and Mrs. Bryant
S. Cooper, who returned yester-
day from the University Of Flor
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Marriage
OF Interest

OF particular interest in Wash
ington, where the brides family
had long been prominent, is the
wedding yesterday Of Miss Bea-
trice Downing Alexander. daugh-
ter of Mr.. Donald Alexander OF
Philadelphia and the late Mrs.
Alexander, and Mr.. Peter Fred
erick Rothermel w, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Rothermel III.
The ceremony took place In the
Church of the Redeemer IN Phil
adelphia, the Right Rev. Oliver
J. Hart, bishop Of the diocese,
assisted by the Rev. DR.. Thorne
sparkman, officiating. A recep-
ton followed at the Barkley.
Mr.. Alexander escorted his
daughter and later gave her m
marriage. She was attended by
her cousin, Mrs. Robert Conkling
of New York, as matron OF honor,
and by another cousin, Miss Lo-
rine Eshleman, as maid Of honor.
The groom's sisters, Mrs. Edward
P. Allinson, jr.; Mrs. Richard c.
Bull and Mrs. Robert F. Powell,
together with Miss Katherine l..
Brown, Miss Caroline r. Rollins,
Mrs. Joseph R. Rollins, jr.. and
Mrs. Beaumont w. Wright were
the other attendants.
Mr.. Robert F. Powell served as
best man for his brother-in-law
and ushering duties were per-
formed by the Messrs. Donald L.
and Malcolm G. Alexander, broth
ers of the bride; Edward P. Al
linson, Richard c. Bull, Charles
M. P. Brinton, Benjamin Eshle-
man, jr., cousin of the bride;
Thomas B. Irwin, Richard Pc
ters III, Joseph r. Rollins, jr.;
William B. Vauclain, cousin Of the
groom; Samuel B. Wheeler III
and Arthur L. Wheeler.
Miss Louise Alexander. cousin
of the bride, was among the
guests from Washington who at
tended the wedding.
The newly married couple will
reside in Towson, Md, after their
honeymoon.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

A romance that began in Wash
ington, Is now flourishing in &C.
neva, Switzerland. will lead soon
to the altar. Pretty, brunette
Austrian Princess Sophie Eur
Lippe Weissenfels has written
that she will soon become the
bride Of Sergio Figueroa, member
of a prominent Chilean family and
grandson Of a former President
Of Chile.
Sophie seemed like a story book
princess when she stepped into
Washington almost two years ago.
Very young, lovely looking and
very polished, she Immediately
won numerous friends and beaux.
She liked it here, obviously. took q
Job and remained until two
months ago. She met her nance
here last summer and it was mu-
tual interest at first sight. Now
they are both in Geneva, where
Sophie is visiting friends in a
nearby castle and where Sergio,
who did translating here for the
State Department, is doing more
Of the same for conference there.
Princess Eur Lippe's father has
given his sanction to the marriage,
which will take place in January
or February. After that the cou-
pie will go to Florence. Italy.
Speaking of nobility and the
like, did you know that a young
man with the interesting title,
His Serene Highness Prince Jean
d'Arenberg, is living right here in
the home town? A member Of an
aristocratic Belgian family, the
young prince has been working
here at the World Bank and Mon
etary Fund headquarters. An at
tractive, blue-eyed blond, he's also
a bachelor!
Among the gay, mad things
being cooked up for New Years
eve Is a subscription party for
the young marrieds at the William
MacCrackens' house on Benton
place. Bill and Chic, however.
won't be there and If they're smart
they won't come home at all, but
evacuate in favor of a hotel for
the night.
Their son and daughter-in-law.
Lewis and Francine, in cohoots
with Bobby Werlich. have gath.
cred 100 friends to whoop it up
in the proper New Years eve
style. They'll have an orchestra.
champagne, a later supper.
In the process Of lining up a
congenial group, Francine was
Mortified to discover that several
of the towns most attractive
bachelor girls didn't have dates
for the biggest night Of the year.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

tante Kathryn Holmes and Joanne
Holbrook who will make her bow
at Easter.
Returning finally to parties that
kept the service set on the go this
week end, there was the buffet
supper at which Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Clarence J. Brown were
hosts last night. entertaining a
few friends in honor of Capt. and
Mrs. G.. A. Alden who are down
from Philadelphia for the week
end. Capt. and Mrs. Richard H.
Fletcher gave a cocktail party
yesterday, too. in their apartment
at the Westchester and Comdr.
and Mrs. Sidney L. Arje were hosts
at a wassail bowl party.
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. William
Arthur Dinsmore, jr., gave a cock
tail party for three good reasons.
One, because it was their seventh
wedding anniversary: two, because
they're leaving for Honolulu; and
three, just because it's the Christ
mas season. Among their guests
were the commanding officer OF
the Naval Hospital and Mrs. Fred
erick c. Greaves, the new execu-
tive officer of the hospital and
Mrs. Bruce E. Bradley and the
chief of medicine, Capt. I. L. v.
Norman.
Comdr. Dinsmore Leovine
Comdr. Dinsmore who has just
completed his third year Of resi-
dency in internal medicine at the
Naval Hospital is going out to
Honolulu to. serve on the medical
staff of the Tripler General Hospi-
tai, one of the most modern and
beautiful hospitals in the world.
Going along, of course. will be their
two small boys. William Arthur
III and Stephen. Mrs. Dinsmore
is a Washingtonian, the former
Marguerite Dunlap, daughter Of
Mrs. Deane G. Dunlap and the
late Mr.. Dunlap.
Capt. and Mrs. Paul Peterson
entertained at dinner Friday night
in their quarters at the Naval
Medical Center in honor Of Comdr.
and Mrs. j. w. Houston, who are
leaving this week. to visit relatives
in Kentucky before going to the
Navy Yard in Charleston. s. c..
for duty. The Petersons' other
guests were Comdr. and Mrs. Sid
ney L. Arje and 1t. Comdr. and
Mrs. C.. H. Gilliland.
Evening star., 1949-12-18
Here for Weekend

Rear Admiral and Mrs. John w.
Roper have as their guests for tho
week end their nephew and niece.
DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Huntley.
Mrs. Huntley is the former DR..
Carolyn Coker of Hartsville, s. c..
and her marriage took place In
the early fall.
Evening star., 1949-12-18

party Tuesday from $50 to $50,
entertaining in their home on
Stephenson place.
There will be no celebration at
the Chilean Embassy as the AM
bassador, Senor Felix Nieto del
Rio, again has postponed his re-
turn to this country. He will re-
main in Paris with Sonora de Nieto
del Rio and does not plan to come
to Washington before the middle
of January.
The Brazilian Ambassador, Mr..
Mauricio Nabuco. will entertain
the members of the Embassy staff
and their wives at dinner Christ
mas evening, his sister, Miss Caro-
lima Nabuco. acting as his hostess.
Stoffs Feted
A Danish Christmas fete IS
planned by the Ambassador and
Mime. de Kaufman for members
of the Embassy staff and the
Danish members Of the Inter
national Bank and Of the Food
and Agriculture Administration.
The party will be given Friday
afternoon at 5 o'clock and the
guests will include the children,
too.
The Military Attache Of the
Embassy and Nine. Forslev gave
their Christmas party last eve
ming when they entertained the
members of the staff and their
wives at dinner followed by dane
ing.
Another party for children will
be that Of the Netherlands Am
bassador and Nine. van Klefens,
who will be hosts December Is.
Their youthful guests will be the
small sons and daughters of men,
bers Of the Embassy staff, num-
bering about 80, who will enjoy
the entertainment which the Am
bassador and Nine. van Kleffens
usually provide at such fetes.
Ecuador's Embassy will be
darkened at Christmastime as the
Ambassador and Sonora de Dillon
will leave Tuesday for California.
They will spend Christmas and the
holidays with the latter's family,
Senor and Sonora de Pepin-Donat,
formerly of Colombia, who now
live on the West Coast.
Guests Coming
Celebrations at the Mexican
Embassy will be limited to small
and informal family affairs. The
Ambassador and Sonora de la
Colina will have with them the
formers son Rafael, jr., and
nephew. Miguel de la Colina. The
young men are student flyers and
are coming from Mexico City.
Also with the Ambassador and
Sonora de la Colina will be his
fson-in-law and daughter, Comdr.
and Mrs. Frank Silk. who will
come from Norfolk where Comdr.
Silk is on duty.
The handsome Cuban Embassy
will be without Christmas cheer
as Sonora de Cans is in Mexico
with her mother, Sonora de
Gutierrez, who is seriously i'll.
The Ambassador has been in
Havana and plans to join Sonora
de Cans in Mexico for Christmas
and return to Washington early
in January. Accompanying his
mother to Mexico was Senor
Manuel Cans. who is student at
the School Of Foreign Service at
Georgetown University. He, too,
will be back the first of January.
The Ambassador and Sonora de
Dillon had as their guest last
week the former Ambassador,
Senior Padro Beltran, now presi-
dent of the Banco Central Re-
servo de Peru.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

cesslve appointments to 60 into hospital
for rest. He Cancelled each one because of
the pressure of his work.
You may say that the problems in WASH
lngton are not very different from the kind
which our most important business executives
must face and solve To an extent that is
true, but find the executive who is buffeted
by the pressures stalking our national leaders.
Like eddies in turbulent stream, the pres
sure currents build up from all directions
The Soviets and the cold war pressure the
Western world, including Washington; the
rest OF the Western world pressures Washing
ton for aid in defense and recovery; the
people pressure the Administration, and the
Administration pressures Congress Over and
above all that, the social lobby" pressures
all influential persons in Washington; feed
ing them cocktails, indigestible snacks and
small talk instead of rest and relaxation.
Finally, if this combination isn't
enough to break even the strongest men,
add the terrific awareness of responsible
ity our leaders must feel in every major
decision. Rear Admiral Clifford A. Swanson,
Surgeon General of the Navy, rates this reali-
zation of responsibility for actions which affect
the welfare and even the lives of millions of
people, here and abroad, as a major cause of
Washingtons peculiar fever.
Another Victim
WHEN the signs show up increasing
fatigue, difficulties in sleeping, impaired ap-
petite, increased irritablity inability to make
decisions, depression - the doctors know that
another man has fallen victim to our system,
perhaps to be replaced by stolid mediocrity.
1t doesn't have to be that way. We can
alleviate the problem, if not solve it alto
gether. Many suggestions have been made,
some by men who have learned from bitter
experience themselves
The most important proposals may be
summarized as follows:
!. Adopt the major recommendations of
the Hoover Commissions on the Organiza-
tion of the Executive Branch of Government
particularly those which would straighten out
lines of authority, reduce jurisdictional snip
ing, give our best men higher salaries to free
Continued on page 20
Evening star., 1949-07-24

executives today an output that is too much
for the bodies of many men to take The
body psyche just cannot absorb that kind of
punishment; the strain is terrific"
The American Psychiatric Association,
meeting in Montreal the day after the
Forrestal tragedy, added its warning in these
words: The war has shown that there
is breaking point for every one of US, if
the pressures are great enough. No one is
immune from the effects of strain and
exhaustion
He Keeps Watch
PRESIDENT TRUMAN recently referred to the
Capitals peculiar pressures when he said that
only iron men" could hold government
office today. The President himself is under as
great strain and pressure as any man in the
world. But he has his personal physician,
Brigadier General Wallace H. Graham to
keep constant watch on his health He
receives preventive therapy too, including his
physicians aid in mastering the art of mental
relaxation. And when the General notes ex-
cessive fatigue, he orders the President away
AoA q SoiiipSSS iSoI aLA \lidllSC VI SSCllCly
In single week not long ago the strain
not only had Majority Leader Lucas in Johns
Hopkins Hospital, but also had a score of
other members of both houses away ILL.,
That was the week. too that Senator Ray
mond E. Baldwin, of Connecticut, wan and
weary, was explaining to his friends and COL
leagues that after two backbreaking years he
was quitting the Senate for the relatively
tranquil life of Connecticut judge His
reason: he could no longer subject himself
to the strains and Illustrations of Washington
without depriving his wife and children of the
benefits of normal life expectancy for the
head of their family.
DIR. George ". Calver, Congressional
physician, agrees. ANY man will live
longer who gets out of this rat race
he says. His principle task is keeping a
watch on the hearts of Federal legislators.
But he asks, How can this be done - when
they are so busy that they send office boys
for heart medicine instead of taking time
out for an examination9"
1t has never before been disclosed, but
Secretary Forrestal, at the urgent pleading
of government physician, made four sue