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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06
Mrs. Kenneth Watkins

Mrs. Kenneth Watkins, a life
long resident of the Damascus
area, died at 5 am, Wednesday,
August 5, at the Mt. Wilson State
Hospital near Randallstown. She
had been a patient at the hospital
for two months.
She is survived by her husband,
Detective Sergeant Kenneth Wat
kins, stationed at the Silver Spring
Police Station, and two young chill
dren, Diana Lynn, 5, and Barry
Kenneth, 10 months.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06
Mrs. John Diamond III

What with those wonderful vaca-
ton days in full swing, each week
finds the exodus greater. The holi-
day spots cover almost the -four
corners of our fair land, and the
means of transportation varied
It's california, Here I Come, fol
the Patrick ]. Collins family. They
left Sunday evening for a motor
trip to the west. They will go by
way of the northern route and re-
turn the southern route. Ralph
Kenneth, Raymond and Patriots
are accompanying their parents or
the trip which, we understand, is
really the boys trip. All winter
they have been working like little
beavers and saving money to use
for their vacation.
The mountains appeal to Mrs
Harriet Griffith. She left Satur-
day afternoon for two weeks vaca-
ton at Coblentz Mountain House
III Braddock Heights.
The Berkshires will be the vaca-
ton spot for the Jack Mackey
family. They have a cottage at
Interlake near Stockbridge, Mass,
and will spend some time there.
They left Saturday, too.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Westcott
will also spend their vacation near
Stockbridge in the old family place
there.
It's New York State for the John
Backuses. They left Saturday for
Mayville, N. Y, where they will
visit Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Ross on
Chetaugua Lake. They will go on
to Buffalo and will be the guests
of Mr.. and. Mrs. Richard Blinzler
there. They expect to be away
several weeks.
Also mentioning in New York
are the Glen Barthels. They are
in Batavia visiting Mr.. Barthel's
mother, Mrs. George Barthel, at
her home there.
Maryland has her own popular
vacation spot by the sea-Ocean
City. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Peddi-
cord of Blandford Avenue are
spending ten days there. They are
staying at the Atlantic Hotel.
New Jerseys Atlantic City was
chosen by the Tommy Mileses and
the Phil Watkinses for a weekend
trip. They drove up Saturday and
stayed until Tuesday at this popu-
lar seaside resort.
The Reverend and Mrs. Raymond
P. Black and their four children
are mentioning at Scientists Cliffs
for the month of August. Mr..
Black will return to Rockville each
Sunday morning to take the 8 am.
service at Christ Church. The
Reverend Mr.. Stewart Labat will
be in charge in the absence of Mr..
Black.
The Tommy Andersons are
spending the week-ends at Della
wares popular Bethany Beach.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06
Susie Davis Waters

Mrs. Susie Davis Waters died
suddenly on Wednesday, July 80,
at Reedsville, Va. Mrs. Waters
was the widow of the late Zach
ariah Macubbin Waters.
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers: Mrs. Aschsah w. Stinson,
Mrs. Mary w. Downey and Mrs.
Sue W. Hoskins, and by one son
Zachariah Maccubbin Waters, III.
Also surviving is a sister, Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06

c. Kibbee, Laytonsville; Mrs. David
Pope, Damascus; Mrs. Grover
Walker, Gaithersburg; Mrs. George
Bryant, GAINESVILLE; Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Grimes, Poolesville; Mrs.
Clifford Roberts, Jamestown; Mrs.
Rollin s. Atwood, Potomac; Mrs.
Phillip Thorson, Potomac Valley;
and Mrs. Philip NJ. Kaiser, Poto-
mac Valley.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06
TELEPHONE EXPENDITURES

Expenditures of S308,9O0 for the
improvement and expansion of
telephone facilities in Maryland
were authorized July 27 by the
board of directors of the Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Com
pany of Baltimore City.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06

Eugene Landers. The funeral was
held Friday morning, July 81,
from the home of her daughter,
Mrs. B. Dorsey Downey of Olney,
with burial in Laytonsville ceme-
terry.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06
SINGING CONVENTION

The Montgomery County Sing
ing Convention will meet at 2:15
pm. Sunday, August 8, at Mont
gomery Church, Claggettsvjlle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-06

Lamps at the same level all
around the room give a restul APP
pearance to a room as well as
more efficient lighting.
Evening star., 1953-09-18
Auto Trunk Murder
Victim Left Estate
OF Over $4,000

John S. Johnson, 33. Pentagon
mail clerk, victim of an unsolved
murder. whose body was found
stuffed in the trunk of his auto
mobile on June 80, left a gross
estate of more than $4,000.
This is shown in a petition for
administration of his estate on
file in the Register of Wills office
in the U. S. District Court for
the District of Columbia. The
petition. which said he left no
will, listed debts against the
estate in the sum of SIS, $40. OF
this sum, $4,000 is secured by a
parcel of real estate. valued al
$4,000, owned by Mr.. Johnson
according to court papers.
/ Under the law one-third OF
Mr.. Johnson's net estate of more
than $4,000 will go to his widow
Mrs. Sylvia P. Johnson, and one
third to each of his two children,
one 4 years old and the other
10 months. The petition listed
his personal property as valued
at $10,4 ,483.
Federal Judge Charles F. Nc
Laughlin signed an order nam
ing the widow administrative.
Mrs. johnson is represented by
Attorney William S. Thompson,
Evening star., 1953-09-18

who filed the petition in her
behalf.
Mr.. johnson, who was colored
and lived in the 1900 block of
Shepherd street NV. died from
head injuries, according to DR..
A. Magruder Macdonald, Dis
trict coroner, who performed an
autopsy. The victim had been
beaten about the head with a
heavy blunt instrument and suf-
fered a compound skull fracture.
Dr.. Macdonald found. Mr.. john
sons automobile was on the
Pentagon north parking lot
when his body was found.
The FBI has been investigat-
ing the murder.
Evening star., 1953-09-18
81 Traffic Offenses
Bring 13-Month Term
BY the Assoeicted Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 18.-Wil-
liam Brady, 42-year-old painter
who was charged with record
total of 81 traffic violations after
a wild chase through Northeast
Baltimore last week, yesterday
was sentenced to 13 months in
prison and fined $100.
Magistrate A. Risley Esnor i'm
posed the penalties after hearing
a description of the chase, in
which a horse van driven by
Brady finally careened into a
house fence and police car.
Evening star., 1953-09-18
Veterans Administrator
Fills Three Posts
By the Assoeio,ed Press

Veterans Administrator Harvey
v. Higley has announced three
major staff appointments in
the reorganized Veterans Ad-
miniStration.
Henry w. Longfellow was
named to new post of assistant
administrator responsible for
personnel, purchasing and house
keeping activities.
Edward E. Odom, VA solicitor
since 1889, was appointed gen.
eral counsel.
Frank w. Kelsey was raised
from acting comptroller to
comptroller.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Great White Father
OKs FireWoter Sale
To All His Red Sons

Chapter So, Title 18 of the
United States Code has been
amended, and there's whoopee
in the tepee because of it.
Chapter So, Title 18, codified
the laws of the United States
governing sale of beer and alco-
hol to the Indians. The laws
said the Intoxicating beverages
couldn't be sold to the tribes
men.
Last month Congress passed
H.R. 1855. changing the practice
of almost a century and Presi-
dent Eisenhower signed it on
August Is.
Now it's OK. with the Federal
Government if the redskins want
redeye. State laws and tribal
regulations still prevail, however
and wherever they say no drink,
Indian no drink.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Ak Champion Gives
Wife Tips on Choppinc

BRISBANE. Australia, (CDN
Being married to a champion
aXman clearly has It's advan-
tages down under.
Interviewed after wood chop
ping contests at Brisbane's an
,nual State Fair, Champion
George Parker admitted that his
wife chops the wood at home.
And let me tell you," he de-
clared. that she's a lucky girl,
How many wives have an Aus
tralian champion to show them
how to swing an ax?"
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Inactive Nurses Sought
In Virginia Civil Defense
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Aug. q. - The
State has started a drive to bring
inactive nurses into it's civil
defense program.
Miss Olive j. Faulkner, chief
of nursing service for the
Virginia defense program, an
nounced that clubs are being or
ganized throughout the State to
recruit the inactive nurses.
She estimated that there are
more than 10000 professional
nurses in the State, with 10000
of these active in hospitals or
private practice.
At present, she said, between
5000 and 1000 nurses are
enrolled in the civil defense
program.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-Balti-
more police have opened a cam
paign against noisy trucks and
seven drivers forfeited $5.25 each
yesterday on charges of having
inadequate muff1ers.
They all were from outside
Maryland-tWo from Virginia,
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Baltimore Launches Fight on Noisy Trucks

/ two from Tennessee, two from
North Carolina and one from
Pennsylvania.
The police started cracking
down after the city's chief traf-
f1c magistrate said he would &C
cept an officers word that a
truck was making too much
noise.
Evening star., 1953-08-27
Man With a Head
For Figures Has All
The Dope on Crops
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 27.-
Henry M. Taylor is mild man
nered man who sits snugly be-
hind a big batch of papers and
books in a cubbyhole of an Of
flee at the State Capitol.
But one can't be misled by the
6isarray of the Office. For Mr..
Taylor's job is one of the most
important in the State.
AS Federal State agricultural
statistician, it's up to him to
piece together the thousands OF
tidbits of farm information that
flow into his Office all week.
Keeps Farmers Posted.
Then, with the puzzle COM
plete, he keeps the farmer posted
on crop conditions and trends
news that's as vital to the
man on the farm as sale ad-
vertisements are to the woman
of the home.
The weekly reports turned out
by Mr.. Taylor's Office help the
farmer to plan his farming, and
accordingly to undertake those
operations that will prove most
profitable.
He's been delving into sta
tistics since 1919, excepting a
year off in 1930-he was away,
unfortunately. during Virginia'S
great drought" five years
of Army duty in World War II.
Starting out as one-man
staff, Mr.. Taylor now has a crew
of II to labor with him. Farm
information at the local level is
gathered by 1000 farmer" re-
porters and 800 agricultural
agents and officials.
Right now, the staff's big job
is keeping tabs on, the States
second successive drought.
Bigger Drought.
ITS bigger than last year,
but it won't come close to the
whopper we had in 1880" says
Mr.. Taylor. a medium sized
man of 81.
To talk to him, one would
think that maybe Mr.. Taylor
had never been out from the
maze of statistics that clutter
his 10th-foor Office.
But he has. And during
World War II he served a year
at the Pacific headquarters of
Gen. Macarthur.
During all that time I saw
him only once" he chuckles.
Mr.. Taylor came out of the
war lieutenant colonel.
He also has another small
claim to fame. In 1911. he was
captain Of the University Of
Richmond football team, a no
torious group known as the
"scoreless wonders" because they
didn't register a point all season.
Evening star., 1953-08-27

JOHN PAUL JONES MEMORIALS Krkbean, ScotIand-A
bronze plaque to John Paul JONES' American
the Revolutionary War; unveiled at the cottage
where he born The plaque recently by
Vice Admiral Jerauld Wright, States
naval forces in the eastern Atlantic
yelling the plaque SUBJ 1t LOuden Richardson
British Navy and Midshpman Raymond G. Wlkerson,
u S. n r. It. Richardson great great great grand
nephew of Jones. Navy Photo.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Film
In Richmond

New British Minister r. H.
Scott, who succeeded Sir Chris
topher Steel, accompanied by
Mrs. Scott and their daughter,
Susan. went to Richmond last
evening for the premiere of
Sailor of the King" One of
the reasons for having the pre-
miere in Richmond is that the
producer, Frank Mccarthy, is a
native Virginian and halls from
the Norfolk Navy Base.
The Naval Attache of the EN-
bassy, Commodore E. E. Porter,
who also serves as secretary to
the Admiral of the British Joint
Staff, and Mrs. Porter also went
down for the premiere. The film
has been shown in England un-
der the title of Single Handed"
and was shown at a Command
Performance in London, attend
ed by the then Princess Eliza
beth now Queen.
Also in Richmond for the first
showing were Vice Admiral Sir
William Andrewes, deputy to the
Supreme Allied Commander of
the Atlantic. and his executive
secretary, Capt. G. H. Staining,
whose headquarters are in Nor
folk.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Exclusively Yours BETTY 's~+'
Nelson Rockefeller to Have Top Executive Dining Room
At Welfare Department Decorated at His Own Expense

Nelson Rockefeller is about
to beaut;fy the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
at his own expense. 1t is
understood that the Welfare
UnderSecretary has enlisted
the services of one of the top
decorators in the country to
completely redecorate the ex-
ecutive dining room of the
Welfare Department.
Not to be confused with the
other executive dining room on
the first floor. where the bu-
reau chiefs eat lunch, this is
the one used by Welfare Sec
retary Oveta Culp Hobby's
predecessor. Federal Security
Administrator Oscar Ewing. It
has contained a long confer
ence table and two still life
reproductions by Van Gogh
and Gaugin, ''the kind you
buy at Woolworth's" observed
an employe. It has a small
kitchen off it. Mrs. Hobby has
used the room only once since
becoming head of the Welfare
Department. that was formerly
the FSA, when she entertained
some executives from the field
at a luncheon meeting.
The top executives have
been lunching at their desks,
which may be the reason Mr..
Rockefeller decided to make
the unappealing, unused din
ing room attractive. The gen.
erous millionaire is probably
enough of a psychologist to
know that squeezing in bite
to eat at your desk at the same
fast tempo you have been
working all morning, is not
conducive to good digestion
and good health. On the
other hand, a soothing decor
can relieve tension and slim
ulate all kinds of productive
ideas.
A private individual cannot
pay to change the structure of
a Government building, but
the Government doesn't mind,
if the individual executives do
all the decorating they wish
in their own quarters, as long
as they foot the bill.
Evening star., 1953-07-29

The Armistead Peter family
has known for more than a
month that Mr.. Armistead
Peter, jr.'s sister, Miss Agnes
Peter, a distinguished lady of
73, would be married yesterday
to the noted DR.. John r. Mott
of New York, the 88-year-old
Nobel peace prize winner.
They couldn't have been more
surprised when informed of it
nor more pleased, for that
matter. Miss Agnes and DR..
Mott had been friends for
years and both families are
delighted that they decided to
wed.
One of DR.. Motifs three sons,
DR.. Frederick Mott of this
city, stood up with his father
at the noon ceremony in 1u-
dor Place, the beautiful Peter
residence in Georgetown. The
Armistead Peter HIS came
down from their Cambridge
IN. " place, Content Farms,
for the wedding which they
followed with a luncheon for
the couple and members of
the family. The former Anne
Peter and her husband, Wor-
thington Pearre, came over
from Baltimore.
1t is not yet known where
DR.. Mott and his bride will
reside, but both having family
here, they will be definitely
coming back to Washington
after their wedding trip.
y y y X
Senator Kerr of Oklahoma
says that the reason that nei-
ther the present Speaker of
the House, Joe Martin, nor
the former Speaker, Sam Ray
burn gets himself a wife is
because both would rather be
head Of the House than be
married. P.S. Senator Kerr is
married.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Barbara Denty Is Married

Miss Barbara Lee Denty,
daughter of Coast Guard Capt.
and Mrs. Samuel L. Denty, re-
Gently was married to Ensign H.
j. Oldford,- jr., whose parents
live in Watertown. Mass. The
bride was graduated from Will
liam Memorial Institute at New
London, Conn. and attended
Connecticut College for Women.
Capt. and Mrs. Oldford are
living at Key West, Fla. while
he is taking a course of study.
On completion of the course he
will return to his duty station
in Boston, Mass. He is a gradu-
ate of the Coast Guard Academy
at New London.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
GoyPorty


Maj. Gen. Lucas v. Beau. ma
tional commander of the Civil
Air Patrol, and Mrs. Beau were
hosts at a dinner dance last eve
ming given in honor of the
young men of foreign countries
participating in the Interna-
tional Cadet Exchange Program
for 1858. The party was ar
ranged for the Officers Club at
Andrews Air Force Base, but not
only was the buffet dinner served
out of doors but the dancing too
was alfreSco.
The scene was a fairyland as
the nearly full moon shone down
on the dancers. Receiving with
Gen. and Mrs. Beau we're Gen.
and Mrs. Carl A. Spaatz and 1t.
Gen. and Mrs. Joseph Smith.
Debutantes of last year and
this were enlisted to aid the
hosts in entertaining the cadets.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Dorothy Seaman to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph F. Scan
Ian of Washington announce
the engagement of their daugh-
ter Dorothy Bernadette to Mr..
Richard Kidwell Miller, also of
Washington. Mr.. Miller is the
son of Mrs. Maurice E. Miller
and the late Mr.. Miller.
Miss Scanlan has been a stu
dent at Catholic University. The
BRIDE groom ELECT is graduate
of American University and the
recipient of a Fulbright Award
in painting.
The couple will be married in
September and will spend the
next year in France where Mr..
Miller will continue his studies
at the University of Paris.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Service News

French Ambassador Henri
Bonnet has issued invitations for
this evening at $50 o'clock in
the embassy. The occasion is
his presentation to Mr.. JaqueS
Leger. Haitian Ambassador to
this country, of the award of the
Legion of Honor. Ambassador
Bonnet will make the presenta-
ton in the presence of a small
company of personal friends of
Ambassador Leger and members
of the stats of the two en-
basSies.
Ambassador Leger has been
awarded the Grand Officer in
the Legion of Honor for his
friendship to France and his
aid IN the continued friendly
relations of the two countries.
Peruvian Ambassador Fernando
Berckemeyer gave another of his
very delightful garden parties
late yesterday when he enter
tanned Peruvian residents in and
near Washington. The occa-
sion was the anniversary of the
independence of the Republic
and the host received on the ter
race overlooking the rolling lawn.
Buffet tables were laid on the
porch from where the view ex-
tends across the Sunken garden
to the woods beyond.
Ponomo Porty Plonned
Panama Ambassador and Sc
nora de Heurtematte have cards
out for Wednesday. August S,
from to o'clock in honor of
Miss Janice Jordan. The honor
guest is the winner of a contest
in this country, one of her prizes
being a trip to Panama and the
Ambassador and Sonora de
Heurtematte are entertaining her
before she leaves for the ISthmuS.
The Commercial Counselor of
the Brazilian Embassy and Nine.
Correa de Araujo will have
guests informally at supper this
evening when the hostess will
have a chance to say au revoir
before going to Cape May where
she has taken a cottage for the
month of August. Mr.. Araujo
Evening star., 1953-07-29

Barbara and Ed Russell were
supposed to have left today
for Maine but they have post
poned their trip a week be-
cause of a lost French poodle.
Their big, black Souki, closely
cropped except for a tuft on
his head and another on the
end of his tail, disappeared
from a friends house in Fair
fax, Va, and for all the dis
tressed Russells know he is
now heading for Richmond in
a desperate effort to find his
customary haunt on Foxhal
road.
Barbara and Ed had planned
to visit their children at their
Maine camp, then wander up
to Canada for a while and A.
nally, collecting the young fry
at the end of August, go to
Wellfleet, Mass. tor a couple
of weeks. They have taken
one of the cottages at Nat
Saltonstall's beach develop
ment known as the Colony.
But now they can't bear the
thought of leaving town while
there may still be hope of lo-
eating their 13-year-old. half
blind poodle. 1t has been gone
since last Friday.
Speaking of poodles. all
kinds of French canine ac-
cents are emanating from
Danbury road in Bethesda
these days. Pat and Enoch
Chase's pair of black French
poodles have produced a litter
of nine babies equally black
and equally French. now fve
weeks old. They plan to get
rid of them. Of course: there
simply isn't room for them,
their two daughters and II
standard-size poodles.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Service News ss.
French Ambassador
To Present Award
Hotion Envoy Given Legion of Honor;
Other Entertaining and Changes
By Katharine M. Brooks

will join his family at the resort
for the week ends.
Nine. Araujo was chairman
of the mammoth benefit at the
Brazilian Embassy early in the
summer which netted nearly
$12, 900 to the Christ Child So
ciety.
Travellers in the Corps
Italian Ambassador and Sig
nora Tarchianl are arriving in
Florence today or tomorrow,
having sailed from New York
July % aboard the Andrea Doria
for their native land. The Am
bassador will be absent six
weeks or two months but Sig
nora Tarchiani and their daugh-
ters are not expected back be-
fore late October or November
The Signorinas Tarchiani went
home much earlier in the sum-
mer.
Italian Minister Mario Luci-
olli, who recently returned from
a vacation IN Italy and France
is charge d'affaireS until the re-
turn of the Ambassador. Signors
Luciolli and their small son are
in the north of France until
cooler weather descendS on
Washington.
Second Secretary of the Brit
ish Embassy and Mrs. M. A
Wenner are sailing today for
England where the former will
have new duties in the Foreign
Office. Mr.. and Mrs. Wenner
gave up their house on Alber-
marie, street early in the sum-
mer and have been occupying the
home of the Colonial Attache
of the embassy and Mrs. Archie
Campbell while the latter have
been on vacation.
The house at 5702 Warwick
place in Somerset, Md, is owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Turling-
ton, the former a retired Foreign
Service officer of the United
States. The Turlingtons are in
Ethiopia where Mr.. burlington is
on legal business for that gov
ernment.
The acting Agricultural At
tache of the embassy and Mrs.
M. Whalley Taylor and their
daughter, Miss Airline Taylor.
have given up their apartment at
2707 Adams Mill road and are
leaving the end of the week. They
will sail next week aboard the
Britannia for home. Mr.. Taylor
will have duty in the West Mid
lands Province.
New Member Of Stoff
The new British Technical
Agriculturist in this country, Mr..
Neil Frank McCann will assume
his duties Saturday at the Scien-
tif1c Mission of the United King
dom. Mr.. and Mrs. McCann and
their 10-year-old son have taken
the house at 1903 Parkwood drive
in Bethesda.
Mr.. McCann came to Washing
ton duty from the Ministry Of
Agriculture where he has served
since the outbreak of World War
II. Preceding that he was on the
staff of the Cheshire School of
Agriculture. He has a diploma
from the Harper Adams Agri-
cultural College and a bachelor
of science degree in agriculture
from the University of London
as we'll as a national diploma in
agriculture.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
House Guests

Mrs. Hilda Morrison of Wash
ington has as her house guests
her sister. Miss Emmaline
Samual and Miss Karleen Propp,
both of Tulsa, Okla. and Miss
Elizabeth Church of Dallas, Tex,
and Miss Grace Etchen of Kan
SaS City, Mo.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
Nevada Vacation

Maj. and Mrs. Frederick L.
Harcourt of South Arlington,
Va, are staying at the Flamingo
Hotel in Las Vegas, New.
Evening star., 1953-07-29
At Lenope VILLAGE

Mrs. Pearl Hampton and her
son Harold of this city have been
vacationing at Lenape Village in
Tafton, Pike County. Pa.