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Evening star., 1953-05-17

All six of Bach's Branden-
burg concertos have emanated
from Westminster in worthy
performances by Karl Haas
London Baroque Ensemble.
No. l is notable for fluent play
ing of the two unusual French
horn parts, and the second and
fourth utilize recorders in place
of the ordinary flutes, with
charmingly quaint effect. No.
4 ends with a slight pitch bob
BILE, but otherwise the recorded
sound is of a high standard.
The three discs can be OBJ
tanned individually or in an
album equipped with score.
G. Wallace Woodworth and
the Harvard Glee Club are re-
sponsible for some reverent,
resonantly recorded early re-
ligious music on a Cambridge
record. PaleStrina'S "Suppli-
cationes" and briefer pieces by
Byrd, Lassus and Victoria are
included. The music makes re-
freshing listening.
Unusual Collec ton
Not only the recorder, but
also the almost extinct viola
da gambia is involved in an I'M
usual collection of Handel COM
positions from Esoteric. Two
sonatas for recorder and harp
sichord, another for the same
combination and violin. and
cantata for soprano are in
cluded, All the music is charm
ing, but the cantata is the
piece de resistance. 1t is sung
attractively by Valerie La
moree, and the recorded sound
throughout is excellent.
From London comes a disc
containing Handel's six spark
ling Opus / sonatas for violin
and harpsichord. Alfredo Cam
poll and George Malcolm are
the able performers, and the
sound is all that could be de-
sired.
The Societa Corelli, an 1tal-
ian ensemble. provides anoth-
er lively collection of antique
music. A young mezzo-so-
prano named Luisa Ribacchi
sings quite skillfully Vivaldi
cantata and a Handel-like
piece called THE Last Trum-
pet Shall Sound" from an ora
torio by Carissimi. There is
also a concerto crosse apiece
by Vivaldi, Marcello and Gemi-
mani, all of which are well
played and recorded. More OF
this may be in the offing, since
Victor is stepping up its Italian
recording activity.
Sumptuous Sound
Two of Respighi's charming
reconstructions of early music
THE Birds" and the second
suite of ancient airs and dances
are combined felicitously on
a Vanguard disc. Franz Lit
schauer and the Vienna Stats
Opera Orchestra play with
verve, and the sound is sumptu-
Gus.
Lately arrived is sample OF
Richard Strauss admiration
for the antique mode-his lie
Bourgeois Gentilhomme," bark
ing back to the music of the
Frenchman Lully. With its
amusing illusions also to
Wagner, Verdi and Strauss
own Don QuiXote, this score
strays a good distance from
Lully, but that doesn't impair
it's listenability in the least.
Clemens Krauss and the
Vienna Philharmonic play SON.
orously and London's engineers
cooperate suitably.
Bach's choraleS acquire extra
splendor when trumpets and
trombones join in. E. Power
Biggs' organ is so augmented
in a Columbia collection. the
collaborators being Boston
Symphonists. The reproduce
ton is less smooth than it
ought to be in spots. On MGM,
Princeton organist Carl Vein
rich plays similar fare plus the
C minor passacaglia and
fugue) without establishment.
but with skill.
Evening star., 1953-05-17
By the Associofed Press
HOLLYWOOD.

It's hard for a character to
come to Hollywood and make
an impression. The towns too
full of them already.
But Mickey Spillane, the
fabulous mystery story writer.
blew in and out and still has
the town talking. The self
styled Marion Brando of lit
erature" was out here to look
over the filming of his II, the
Jury"
He has written seven books,
all CORY with sadism and sex,
and sales are past so million
copies. How does he do it?
"The first thing you must
do" he expounds, "is to have
a title with a personal pro-
noun and punctuation"
He also says you must know
what the public wants to buy.
"If the public were buying
Thomas Wolfe, I could write
like Thomas Wolfe, only 10
times better. But the public
Evening star., 1953-05-17
TurntobIe Talk
TurntdbTe Talk
Budapest and Brahms
Lotters Opus 26 Piano Quartet Recorded
By the Group and Clifford Curzon,
By jones 6. Deone

Although the Budapest
Quartet's concerts at the Lii
brary of Congress currently
are in summer recess, Co.
lumbia can be credited with an
attractive reminder of the
foursome'S local activities.
The music is Brahms opus
26 piano quartet and the en-
terprise is the happier for the
presence of Clifford CurZon.
who has proved such a con-
genial collaboration with the
BudapeSters. MessrS. CurZon,
Roisman. Kroyt and Schneider
approach their task with a will
and come up with a cohesive,
admirably proportioned. flow
ing performance which also
enjoys, praise be. model en-
gineering. An A to everybody
involved for this one.
Beethoven rates high, too,
in a new Columbia recording.
Notions of fate pounding at
the threshold hadn't arisen yet
when the E fiat piano quartet
was concocted. and Alexander
Schneider, Milton Katims,
Frank Miller and Mieczyslaw
Horszowski. who call them
selves the New York Quartet,
gayly eschew any such in a
rollicking performance. Why,
though, did Columbia have the
four estimable gentlemen du-
plicate the previous excellent
Szell-Budapest Mozart G mi
nor quartet for the back?
More Beethoven was in order;
instead we have a dilemma.
Not So Coherent
In the hands of the easy
going Vienna Konzerthaus en-
senble, which has done so Won
derfully by Schubert, Brahms
F. minor piano quintet emerges
somewhat less coherently, per-
haps. than some might wish.
This is because the first two
movements, on Westminster's
recording, are taken at a very
leisurely pace. The last two
make up for it, being robust
indeed, and Joerg Demus man
ages the keyboard capably. I
don't think the issue, on the
whole, quite measures up to
its Curzon Budapest predeces-
Sor.
Another interesting memento
of the 1851 Perpignan Festival
is newly arrived. The CasalS
cello sounds forth expressively
in Beethoven's variations on a
theme from Handels Judas
Maccabaeus," a diverting affair
with Rudolph Serkin admirably
holding down the keyboard
end. On the reverse Jennie
Tourel's artful projection of
Bach'S "Erbarme dich, mein
Gott" from the "St. Matthew
Passion" and two Mozart items
-"Zefiretti Lusinghieri" from
"Idomeneo" and the concert
like concert piece "Ch'io mi
Scordi di tets equally perSua-
sive. The Horszowski piano in
the last opus is more suitably
placed than the overprominent
one in the recent Westminster
version, although the overall
sound is somewhat cloudy, as
is a good many Of the Per-
pignan recordings.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
New Choirn7en Are Named
For Montgomery Federation

tology, and Mrs. Clyde c. Hall,
youth conservation.
Standing committee chairmen
have been announced as follows: !:
Mrs. william H. Robey, conServa-
ton of natural resources; Mrs.
Jesse G. Pratt, credentials; Mrs.
Camille l.. Lefebvre, extension of
clubs; Mrs. Robert T. Surine,
junior extension; Mrs. A. Thomas
Jones, hospitality; Mrs. B. Pey-
ton Whalen, records; Mrs. Arthur
E. Stack, resolutions and revi-
sions; Mrs. Raleigh Chinn, speak
ers' bureau; Mrs. John w. Ayers,
General Federation Clubwoman,
and Mrs. Sumner Wood, Bette
Sippel Student Loan Fund.
In addition to Mrs. Douthat,
the new federation officers are
Mrs. Felix Spurney and Mrs.
Wood. vice presidents: Mrs. Cor
don Locke, recording secretary;
Mrs. Thomas w. Hunter, cores
ponding secretary; Mrs. Warren
Tydings, treasurer. and Mrs
Kenneth Sonner, parliamentar-
ian.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Seminar Planned
For Secretaries

The Capital Chapter of the
National Secretaries Association
has announced plans for a one
day workshop for secretaries
from this area to be held early
next year.
The aim of the January semi
mar will be to help secretaries
become more efficient. The pro-
gram calls for speeches and dis
cussions on various subjects
related to current trends and
techniqueS. in business.
Registration for the workshop
Is under the direction of Miss
Jane Nachman of 1860 Lanier
place NV. a secretary in the
Federal Mediation and Concili-
alton Service.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Problems Today
By MurieI Nissen

OF all the people who labor for
community welfare, one Of the
most neglected. from the point of
general recognition, is the libra
rian. Odes, novels. plays, columns
Of newspaper space, are COM
posed in tribute to teachers, yet
the poorly paid librarian is as
useful, as constructive, as the
teacher, though the work of the
mistress of fiction and fact
shelves does not have the glamor
of the educator at the black
board
A good librarian must be we'll
equipped to meet and handle all
sorts Of people. She must be able
to interpret their requests for all
sorts Of books from the current
best-seller to an obscurity on
medieval Latin poetry. Her pa
tience must be boundless. espe-
cially on Saturday mornings
when school children invade the
place in hordes, often being sent
there for no better reason than
to get them out of Mons way.
She must handle with tact
chronic keepers of overdue books
who invariably say that the fine
imposed is too much. She must
also exercise tact In dealing with
those misguided souls whose
knowledge of books is confined
to the more lurid current novels
and who have no respect for any
books. To them a book left on
a hammock during a summer
shower is just as good as ever.
and the librarians remonstrance
is met with surly mien.
A librarian also must have a
bit of the salesman in her make
up. Promoting the circulation of
good books, while many people
voice an urge for popular read
ing, is not easy. yet the keeper
Of books deals diligently with
that task, and usually succeeds.
Many readers are frightened by
the terms cultural or "educa-
tional" as applied to literature,
yet a little convicing can do the
trick Of converting them to bet
Evening star., 1953-08-23

The appointment OF depart
ment and committee chairmen of
the Montgomery County Fedora
tion Of Women's Clubs has been
announced by the newly elected
president. Mrs. James w. Dou-
that.
Mrs. ralph Moore Berry has
been named chairman of the
Council of International Club
and Mrs. j. Braddock' Bodley will
head the American Home De-
partment.
In the Communications De-
partment, Mrs. George C. Rich
ter will serve as district editor
of the Maryland Clubwoman,
official State magazine; Mrs.
Donald Meagher will be in charge
of press and publicity, and Mrs.
Seerley Reid will be chairman of
television and radio.
Mrs. James J. Murray has been
appointed education chairman
and the following will head divi-
sions of the Fine Arts Depart
ment: Mrs. w. B. Mehring, arts
and crafts; Mrs. Arthur T. Da-
venport, drama; Mrs. Edward A.
Baehr, literature; Mrs. Charles
Thomson, music, and Mrs. Harry
s. Elkins, preservation of Mary
land antiquities.
Still other chairmen include
Mrs. John w. Waters, gardens;
Mrs. CORTLAND Townsend, in
ternational relations; Mrs. Ray
mond F. HosSfeld, legislation;
Mrs. Ronald Mcdonald, national
defense; Mrs. Stephen James,
public affairs and Americanism;
Mrs. Martin H. KinSinger, well
fare, with Mrs. Lucy Barnsley
heading the division of geren-
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Arlington AAUW
ToGreet Teachers

The Arlington Branch Of the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women has prepared a list
of places to go and things to
see" in the Washington area to
be presented to new Arlington
teachers next week.
The list will be included in a
kit of materials to be given TO
each new teacher during the
three-day orientation program
planned by the county school
system, starting Friday, accord
ing to the announcement.
Mrs. Howard Oiseth headed
a committee which compiled the
information on local cultural and
recreational resources.
The Arlington AAUW men,
bership committee, headed by
Mrs Kingsley Higgins. will be on
hand at orientation sessions to
acquaint the new teachers with
the AAUW program.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
YWCA Plans
Penthouse
PIoypen'
By Frances Lide

A "diminutive program" for
tots from 212 to 5 years old Is
announced in a diminutive bro
chure just issued by the Wash
ington YWCA.
Penthouse Playpen" is the
new name Of the nursery for
children. according to the 2-by-
4-inch pink folder, and it will
be open two mornings a week
$50 mama can go out to play"
"A super-duper baby-sitting
service for the young mother"
Is the way 1t is described. A
planned program supervised by
a trained nursery teacher, it will
be offered each Tuesday and
Wednesday, beginning Septem-
ber %.
simultaneously with the play
pen activities, the YWCA has
scheduled a program of varied
activities for mothers known as
Ladies Day Out" Included are
Slimnastics, sports, rhythmic ex-
ercises and swimming.
In addition, mothers may
choose from the classes Spon-
sored by the Health Recreation
and Adult Education Depart
ments which offer IS different
activities.
Expected to be of special in
terest to young mothers is the
children's clothes-making work.
shop in which enrollees will &C
tually make children's clothing
while learning to sew.
Other classes to be featured
include juvenile Short-Story writ
ing. millinery, cooking and sew
eral in home decor.
The Penthouse Playpen will
be conducted on the seventh
floor penthouse Of the YWCA
Building at Seventeenth and K
streets NV.
The hours will be from $50
am. to ! pm, but children may
be brought as early as 9 o'clock.
A milk and cracker snack will
be provided during the morning
and activities will include story
telling, painting, games, music
and free play, either indoors or
on the terrace, according to the
weather. In addition, a rest
period will keep the youngsters
from becoming too tired.
A baby-sitting service for
mothers is the principal aim
Of the Playpen.
The YWCA has planned this
program so that mothers can
enjoy a free morning of relaxing
activities, knowing that their
children are having excellent
care and the advantages of
group activity" Mrs. Michael F.
Markell, chairman of the plan
ming committee, explained.
Children may be registered for
q series of six Tuesday or six
Wednesday mornings, or for
both. Because the group is
limited in number, the commit
tee urges early registration.
In preparation for the opening
Of the nursery program, volun--
teers have been meeting at the
YWCA this summer to paint
tables, chairs, easelS and the like
which will furnish the Playpen.
The group has included mem
bers of Mrs. Markets committee
and some of the mothers who
enrolled their youngsters with
the YWCA last year.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Club to Sponsor
Junior CotiHion

The Woma11'S Club of Chevy
Chase will sponsor a cotillion
group for junior high school stu
dents this fall and winter for
the purpose Of providing social
dancing instruction.
Glasses will be held Wednes-
day nights at the clubhouse
beginning October 7 and plans
call for % lessons and two
parties.
The proposed classes will offer
dancing instruction and ballroom
etiquette by professional instruc-
tors.
The club recently discon-
tinued it's annual dance series
for junior and senior high school
students and is sponsoring the
cotillion in its place.
Mrs. Oliver S. Anderson is
chairman of the Cotillion Com
mittee, with Mrs. j. B. Billiard.
Mrs. Carl Tomlin. Mrs. Arthur
3. Amber and Mrs. C. Stanley
Titus assisting.
The committee will offer a
similar series for senior high
school students If enough teen
ayers express an interest in it.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Problems Todoy
Unsung Librarian Deserves
Gratitude of Community

ter publications. This, Of course,
is especially important for the
young, whose reading in these
days Of television, movies and
radio (all good in their own
place. is often neglected. That
many of these teen-agers are
still interested in reading worth
while books is a tribute to the
librarian, who is constantly sug-
costing works to improve young
minds.
The average library is lined
with books on almost every con-
ceivable subject, with a special
rack toward the front filled with
current publications. Many
readers would never get past the
first rack were it not for the
gracious suggestion of the Ii
brarian. Once the fascination
of the rear racks gets a hold,
a lifelong reader has been made.
If you think that the librarian
of your town is being neglected,
don't try sending flowers as a
tribute, or writing a letter of
appreciation to your daily paper;
just barge into her Sanctum and
walk out with a pile of good
books. Constant circulation is
the dream of every librarian.
But remember to return the
books on time!
X y X
Muriel NiSsen wiH reply to
all readers tU1lo ask her help.
Write for free leafet D-12,
Financial Trouble" In all
cases, be sure to inclose an
addressed, stamped envelope
and send request to her, in
care of the Woman'S Dept,
The Star, Washington 4, D. C.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Ballad Movement
Topic of Proqrom

"'The Ballad Movement in
America" will be the subject of
a talk by Mrs. Alva L. Davis at
the University Women's Club at
5 pm. tomorrow.
Prior to the program there will
be a club tea at 4 pm. with Miss
Beatrice Bulla as hostess. Mrs.
Arthur Wilson will be chairman
of the afternoon.
The clubs poetry group will
meet at II am. Thursday when
Miss Ruby Nevins will discuss
'"The Crucible," by Arthur Miller
Evening star., 1953-08-23
EnQoQed to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Lindsay
Ingram of Bethesda announce
the engagement Of their daugh-
ter Verify to Mr., George Richard
Hannaway Of Long Island and
Washington. He Is now serving
with the armed forces.
No date, has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
City Of Hope Unit

A meeting of the Executive
Board of the Medical Unit of
the City Of Hope will be held at
II am. Wednesday in the vestry
room Of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Plan Fall Dance

Temple B'nai Jacob will spon-
sor a fall dance on September 10
at Coral Hall, District line and
Marlboro pike. with Hy Keir and
Mrs. Harry PARKER as co-chair.
men Of the event.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-11-12

The county roads were cleared
for the most part on Saturday al
though in some of the baly drifted
sections they were one way traffic
only.
We can really sympathize with
Bill Giles, employee of B. M.
Woodfield and Son who stayed at
work late Friday helping to tow
stranded cars out of drifts only to
find himself unable to get home
after he stopped work. Bob Cline
and Henry Woodfield who had gone
to Johnston to pick up a dump
truck had to abandon their car
about three miles outside of
Hagerstown but did make it home
in the truck. Many farmers were
unable to get their milk to pick up
points Saturday morning and the
milk trucks ran far behind sched-
ule in making pick ups. The sad
dest comment that we heard on the
whole affair came from the school
children who commented with con-
siderable guinness Wouldn't you
know the whole darn thing would
come on Saturday when we were
out of school anyway" We've only
hit the highlights but all in all it
as storm everyone would remem-
Der for long time.
November 1921 is nationally
observed as Diabetes Week. Mrs.
Mary Virginia Dietz is serving as
chairman in the district covered by
the Damascus schools. 1t is her
hope that many people will take
advantage of this opportunity for
free check-up. Specimens of
Urine should be taken to the collec-
ton points listed below Wednesday,
November IS, by twelve noon and
they will be taken by local area
chairmen to Damascus by one
O'Clock. Here are the local collec-
ton points and the area chairmen
serving there: Clagettsville, barnes
Grocery Store, Mrs. Irwin Long;
Etchison, N. E. Hawkins and Co..
Mrs. Jerry Brandenburg; Wood
field, Elgie Hawkins Store, Mrs.
Raymond Kemp; Browningsville,
Otis Watkins Store, Mrs. Bernard
Gladhill; Lewisdale, Deets Days
Store, Mrs. Rudell Beall; Cedar
Grove, Mains Store, and Thomp-
sons Store, Mrs. Amos Burdette;
Damascus, Whitesell's Pharmacy
and the Firehouse, Mrs. Mary Vir-
ginia Dietz.
The following women will help
at the lay health center with test
ing the specimens: Mrs. Emerson
Slacum, Mrs. Willis Campbell, Mrs.
Graham Petrie, Mrs. Clifford Davis,
Mrs. Woodrow Main and Mrs. Don
Byrne. Specimens should be in
clean bottles labeled with the date,
persons name, address, age, and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-11-12
Observation-Disclosures
Dateline Damascus
Mrs. Ulysses Griffith "
Damascus 1852

Observation-Disclosures M NHNN Observation-Disclosures
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-11-12

weather Friday and Saturday the
Women's Guild of st. Bartholo-
news cleared approximately 500
on their rummage and bake sale.
en- Thursday, November IL, and
Friday, November 10, there will be
two meetings of the parents of
Laytonsville School children at 2:30
pm. to discuss the type of report
cards to be used this year. Parents
of kindergarten, LIST, End and 3rd
grade children are to meet Thurs
day and parents of 4th, 9Th, and
9th grade children are to meet
Friday.
Elementary teachers in the upper
county schools who are new to the
system this year met Wednesday
afternoon at Laytonsville school
where they enjoyed a business
meeting and a social hour.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Green of Brookeville
were Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Green
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Howes and family, and Miss Myr-
tie Linthicum.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ernest Hawkins
and Mrs. Nettie Hawkins were Sun
day dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Allnutt and Mrs. Margaret
Kimble.
A former Laytonsville resident,
Elmer Lawson, died Saturday at
the Montgomery General Hospital
after a lengthy illness. He was 40
years old. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Ibbie Seal Lawson, a
sister and seven brothers. Funeral
services were conducted Tuesday
afternoon at the Liston True Cos
pei Church with the Rev. Jesse Sirk
officiating. Burial was in the Seal
family cemetery near Etchison.
Roy W. Barber was funeral di-
rector.
Mrs. Byron Allnutt is a patient
at Montgomery General Hospital.
Mrs. Hugh Howard and Mrs.
Dorsey Griffith have closed their
summer home in Laytonsville and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-11-12

Undoubtedly the great fictional
snowstorm in Lorna Doom or the
famous blizzard of 'S8 were bigger,
but the biggest news in Damascus
this week was the 612 inch snow
storm, storm that broke all exist
ing records for so early in the
season.
Several groups in particular were
hard hit. The ever working men,
bers of the W.S.C.S. of the Damas-
Gus Methodist Church had turkey
supper scheduled for Saturday
night. Some 200 brave souls got
out and and $3.50 was cleared but
scores who would have been there
just couldn't get out. Even their
famous roll maker, Mrs. William
Waters, was snowbound and wasn't
there.
Another group even harder hit
were the fifteen tenth graders and
their faculty chaperon, Mr.. Charles
Parker, who left early Friday
morning for a days visit to the
U.N. Headquarters. The trip up
and the time in New York went
fine; so did the train trip back; but
the trip from Camden Station in
Baltimore to Damascus-that was
another story. When we called Mr..
Parker about it he just said, well
that is really something to forget.
Well wager that fifty years from
now that bunch. of fifteen will be
telling their grandchildren about
their trip to the U.N. and the big
storm on the way home. 1t took
them, incidentally, from 1920 pm.
till 8 am. to get to Damascus.
Then all the out-of-t town children
had to stay overnight in Damascus.
Five of the boys stayed with Mr..
Parker, two of the children with
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Woodfeld, and
another girl with Mary Jane Null
linex.
Jerry Cook, well known local real
estate man who was returning Fri
lay from a business trip to Rich
-nond, used rs gallons of gas in the
crawling trip home and then was
unable to get beyond Etchison
where he gratefully enjoyed the
hospitality of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Hawkins.
One family unbeknown to the
kindhearted folk of Damascus were
stranded right in the village and
pent the night in the car with the
engine running to keep warm.
The Damascus residents who are
policemen and were on the midnight
shift were unable to get home until
some time Saturday.
The burning question we heard
from everyone was what happened
to the state roads commission.
Route 108 from Etchison to Damas-
Gus was blocked by snowdrifts
'arly Friday evening and STAYED
that way until Sunday morning.
In fact when we were talking to
Mrs. Rolad Green she told us she
followed the snowplow into Damas-
Gus on her way to church Sunday
morning.