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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Gunston Hall Garden
Fully Restored

The Garden Club of Virginia
has completed restoration of the
famous garden at Gunston Hall,
and will present it to the State
in a cermony at 2::30 pm.
Wednesday at the estate in Fair
fax County.
Gunston Hall was built by
George Mason in 1755. The
garden is famous for the enor-
nous lockwood planted by Mason.
The Garden Club had to replace
some of it. and found some of
adequate size in Rockbridge
County.
Two summer houses with a
Chinese Chippendale motif have
been built in the garden, over
looking the Potomac River.
The Garden Club of Virginia
began restoration of the garden
after Gunston Hall became prop
erty of the State in 1850 under
the will of Louis Hertle, the
former owner. Funds raised by
three Historic Garden Weeks in
Virginia were used to finance the
restoration.
Mrs. Arthur B. Collins. presi-
dent of the Garden Club of Vir-
ginia, will preside at the pres
entation ceremony. The garden
will be accepted by Mrs. Lam
mot dupont Copeland, first regent
of GunSton Hall. representing
the Colonial Danes of America
The Colonial Danes serve as
custodians of the estate, and re-
stored the mansion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18

BALTIMORE, April IT,
George P. Mahoney said today
he is forming a tom, Dick and
Harry Club" to give an oppor-
tunity for participation in pol
itics ito the rank and file voters
whom my opponent seems to
scorn."
The candidate for nomination
as Governor on the Democratic
ticket quoted his primary OPP
ponent. DR.. H. c. Byrd. as saying
of the campaign:
1--WE got more to offer this
job than the job has to offer
me. don't believe it is necessary
to run around the State impor-
tuning every Tom, Dick and
Harry"
Mr.. Mahoney said membership
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Mccain to Speak
On Montgomery Rouds

Russell H. Mccain. chairman
of the Maryland State Roads
Commission, will discuss Better
Roads in Montgomery County"
at a public meeting at $3.50 pm.
Wednesday at the Indian Spring
Country Club in Silver Spring.
The Silver Spring Junior
Chamber of Commerce is spon-
soring the meeting. Also ex-
pected to be present is Norman
M. Pritchard. chief engineer for
the commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Jefferson Day Dinner Set
For tuesday in Arlington

The Arlington Jefferson Day
Dinner will be held Tuesday night
at $50 in the Terrace Room OF
the National Airport.
j. Lindsay Almond, Attorney
General of Virginia, will be the
feature speaker.
Ernest L. Lyons, chairman Of
the jefferson Day Dinner Com
mittee Of the Arlington Demo-
cratic Executive Committee, said
over 100 prominent Democrats
in the county have bought SIS
sponsor tickets. Regular tickets
can be purchased for SIS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Truck Sold First Day
By Star Want Ad

One Of the mony Washington used
cor deoIers advertising regularly in
stor Classified reported his most re-
cent reason why he is sold on The
StoF.
In an inexpensive four-line eIossi-
fled I'D he offered o hoIf-ton pickup
truck for sole for $795. The truck
wos sold the very first doy the I'D
appeared.
Whether the item is large or smoll
in price or size there is no substi-
tute for the pulling power Of on in
expensive I'D in Stor Classified.
u you hove something to buy. trods
or sell tell the long established audi
enee Of Stor readers about il. Just
phone Sterling 5000 and osk for
on ed-toker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Shepherd College Cuts
Stute Students Fees
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

Shepherdstown, w. Va, April
17.-West Virginia students en-
rolling for the summer session at
Shepherd College here will pay
SIS less than a year ago, Dean
Joe c. Humphrey announced to-
day. The session starts June z.
ends August q.
The fee will be $23 for West
Virginia students instead of $28.
Students will We required to reg
lister during the first week Of
each six-week term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Guord History Traced

The 200-year history of the
National Guard in Alexandra
and Northern Virginia will be
described at a meeting Of the
Alexandria Civitan Club at 1915
pm. Wednesday at Hunting
Towers The speaker will be
Warrant Officer q. 60 Orville H.
Myers Of Alexandria Battery A.
l25th Anti-Aircraft Battalion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
William Perry Files

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va,
April II Especially William P.
C. Perry, Democrat. incumbent
representative from Jefferson
County in the West Virginia
House of Delegates, today an
nounced his candidacy for re-
nomination in the August pri-
mary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Delicate Asks Reflection

CHARLES TOWN, W. Va,
April II R. william p. C.
Perry, Jefferson County Demo-
cratic representative In the
House Of Delegates, has an
nounced his candidacy for re-
nomination. AS yet, he has no
opposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Fairfax Expects
Controversy at /.
Budget Hearing
Tug-of-Wor Shaping
Over Lower Tuxes
VS.. Teacher Issues

A tug-of-war between those
who want more teachers and
those who hope for lower taxes
is shaping up for the annual
budget hearing to be conducted
by the Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors at 10 am. tomorrow
at the county courthouse.
The supervisors have adver-
tised a 1954-55 budget totaling
$11, 170,958, which requires a tax
rate of $2.85 for real estate and
personal property. This is a Is
cent increase over the rate last
year.
The school budget accounts
for 1883, 488 of the total adver-
tised budget.
Controversy centers on what
to do about $244,112 in State and
Federal funds that have become
available to the school board
since the budget was advertised.
# the additional Federal and
State money is applied to cut the
amount of revenue that must be
raised locally. the proposed $2.85
tax rate can be dropped II cents.
This would leave a tax rate of
$2.74-only four cents higher
than the old rate. And there are
some supervisors who feel it
wouldn't be too difficult to chop
off another four cents leaving
the old tax rate unchanged.
More Teachers Wanted.
But parent-teacher groups and
the Federation of Civic Associa-
tons would like to see part of
the extra school revenue used to
hire IS additional teachers. This
would cost another $128,100.
The proposed school budget as
1t now stands provides for the
employment of ISL additional
teachers to handle an expected
1000 increase in enrolment.
According to school officials, this
will mean a teacher for every
1875 pupils. The current pupil
teacher ratio is 314 to l. BY
employing an additional 35
teachers with the extra money,
the pupil-teacher ration could
be held down to 31.8 to l, &C
cording to school officials.
If the IS additional teachers
are put in the budget, this would
still leave $116,012 of the extra
Federal and State money thar
could be applied to lower the ad-
vertised $2.85 rate by about five
cents.
The Civic Federation specif1-
cally has recommended a rate
of $3.50.
Refuse Collection LevieS.
Residents in some sanitary dis
tricts in the county will have to
pay additional levies beyond the
countrywide tax rate that finally
is adopted. A 25-cent levy is pro-
posed to finance refuse collection
in Sanitary District No. /; a Is
cent levy is advertised for SAM
tary District No. /, small dis
trict A for fire hydrants; Accent
levy is proposed for Sanitary
District No. /, small district B,
for street lights, and a 25-cent
levy is planned for Sanitary Dis
trict No. refuse collection.
Although another 2O-cent levy
was advertised for all of Sanitary
District No. for sewer charges,
the supervisors believe this tax
can be dropped this year. This
is because the sewer facilities of
Sanitary District No. l are to
become part of an integrated
sewer system to be financed en-
tirely with service charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Passover PIoy Tomorrow

The Women's League of the
Arlington-Fairfax Jewish Center
will present a narrative play
with a Passover theme at it's
meeting at $3.50 pm tomorrow
in the Jewish Center, 1920 Ar
Gngton boulevard, Arlington, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
BeaII Sees Probers
; Hours, Believes
Charges Answered
By Alex R. Preston

Edward T. Beall, Montgomery
County manager, after confer
ring for three hours yesterday
with attorneys investigating his
record as City Manager of Ports
mouth, Ohio, said he believes he
has answered all of the
charges against him in con-
nection with a hospital fund
shortage.
In a brief interview with re-
porters after the closed meeting,
his comment applied to a letter
he had sent to the Scioto County
(Ohio) prosecutor and to Attor-
neys Plummer Shearin and
David Belts. Mr.. Beall said:
II believe l answered all of the
charges to my satisfaction. I
don't know whether it was to his
or their satisfaction, or not"
No Formal Charges Placed.
No formal charges have been
placed against Mr.. Beall. Prose-
cutor w. H. HarSha. jr., in the
Ohio county now is studying Mr..
Bealls letter along with a 1872
page report from the State au-
ditor's Office naming the former
Portsmouth city manager. with
others, in six findings for re-
covery" of $2.458 missing from
the municipal hospital there
during a period when Mr.. Beall
was acting director of the insti-
tuition.
Mr.. Harsha said he will pre-
sent the case to the May 10
grand jury if, after investiga-
ton, he believes criminal intent
is involved.
Mr.. Beall refused to disclose
any part of the letter to Mr..
Harsha or of his conference with
Mr.. Shearin and Mr.. Belts in the
latter'S Office in Rockville.
1.-THE three of us agreed that
the statement we had for the
press would be, No comment
he said.
The two attorneys, retained
by the county council to make an
on the spot investigation in
Portsmouth after the auditors
findings Monday. said there is
a possibility that their report
may be ready to submit to the
council by the next scheduled
meeting Tuesday. They re-
turned from Portsmouth Friday
night.
They indicated, however. that
it probably would be later than
Tuesday. Mr.. Beall went to
Rockville after they tele-
phoned him at his home.
Council President Harold Ham
mond said he would call spe-
cial meeting, if necessary, when
ever the report is submitted.
Doesn't Plan to Return.
Mr.. Beall told reporters yes
terday he had not been to Ports
mouth and has no present plans
to return there, depending upon
future developments"
Mr.. Beall, who has been in
accessible to reporters since the
report on the audit was pub
llshed-except for an appear
ance at the County Council
meeting last Tuesday-said he
had met some one from Ports
mouth at Charleston. w. Va.
Monday night. He refused to
identify that person.
Mr.. Beall said that other than
the Charleston trip. he has spent
the week in this area. devoting
his attention to clearing the
matter up. as far as possible, by
telephone"
In another development, Act
ing County Manager Jeptha
Carroll issued a directive to
county police stations, not to
dispense gasoline from county,
owned pumps to Mr.. Beall pend
ing the outcome of the inquiry.
Mr.. Hammond said Mr.. Beall
turned in his county-owned car
Wednesday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02
Pick COrbett
To Head Area
Palsy Effort

LIE Juan Corbett, Adjutant of
Area "A" Council, American Le-
gion, has accepted the Chairman
ship of the Emergency Campaign
Drive for Funds. of the United
Cerebral Palsy Association in
Montgomery County.
Mr.. Corbett, who is Command
er of Wilburn-Cassell Post No.
80, Inc. of the American Legion,
declared that volunteers from
Legion Posts in Montgomery
County will spearhead this drive
which will take place on Friday
evening, December Bird and Sat
urday, December 4th.
This special effort has the per-
sonal endorsement of Area "a"
Commander Wellesley M. Sheard.
The local association was dis.
appointed in not being able to
stage special event earlier this
year on which they had pinned
their hopes for sufficient funds
to maintain their present pro-
gram and to start a much need.
ed nursery school service for
cerebral palsied babies in Mont
gomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02
Tops in Service, Lowest in Cost
Is Record of County Libraries

DR.. Wilson E. Elkins, President
of the University, will be the
principal speaker, having as his
subject, Education and Libra.
ries". The dinner and meeting
are open to all interested in pub.
lie libraries, trustees, friends of
libraries and librarians. Reser.
vations for dinner ($2.50) should
be made by Dec. with Howard
Rovelstad, Librarian of the Uni
versity of Maryland, College
Park.
1t was announced that the
Director of the Department, Mr..
Moreland, had been appointed a
member of the standing commit
tee Friends of Libraries for a
two-year term, and that DR..
Pullen, State Superintendent of
Education, had appointed him
chairman of a committee of IL
brarians, to study and plan for
future library service in Mary
land.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02

the county, presented prelimin-
airy information already gather
ed from 35 out of 70 public
library systems in the country.
While they were quantitative
with respect to services and
support, they showed that of all
reporting libraries, the Depart
ment of Public Libraries of
Montgomery County had the
greatest number of books loaned
per employee (24,000), the lowest
cost per loan of books III centsl
and the next to lowest annual
support per capita for operating
expenditures ($1.1D. Represen-
tative libraries, county, city and
suburban are included in the
study.
The board designated Boyd
Laid and Ralph Remley to be
guests of the Maryland Library
Association for dinner at a
regional meeting at the Univer-
sity of Maryland on Monday
evening, Dec. 6.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02
Navy Approves TERRIER Anti
Aircraft Weapon Started in County

The Navy has announced that
the new antiaircraft weapon, the
supersonic guided missile TER
RIER, developed under the tech
nical direction of the Applied
Physics Laboratory, of The Johns
Hopkins University, has been sue
cessfully employed from ship
board.
The Applied Physics Labora-
tory for more than a decade has
been situated in Silver Spring,
Maryland. A new two-million dol
lar building, however, was open
ed recently in Howard County,
Maryland.
The announcement of the APL-
developed weapon came follow
ing the recent air defense phase
of an Atlantic Fleet postwar ex-
ercise. During this exercise the
TERRIER missile was employed
from aboard the 37-year-old USS
MISSISSIPPI.
"The TERRIER, capable of be-
ing fired from either shipboard
or ground stations" the Navy
said, "has completed it's test pro-
gram which began in the Spring
of 1852 at the Naval Ordnance
Test Station, Inyokern, Californ-
ia, and has since included extern
sive test firings at sea from the
converted seaplane tender NOR
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02
Seven i'm Area
Take Degrees
From GNU

Seven Up-County residents
were awarded degrees during the
annual Fall Convocation exercis-
es of The George Washington
University held Nov. II, in the
Lisner Auditorium of the Univer-
sity.
The are:
Sheila Carrick Baker, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Baker
of Rosecroft Road, Manor Club
Estates, Rockville, R. D. No. 2, re-
ceived Bachelor of Arts degree
with major in Journalism.
Robert Bruce Gotham, Jr., son
of Louise Gotham Mckinney of
1869 Grenoble Drive, Rockville,
received a Bachelor of Arts de-
gree in Political Science. Warrant
Officer Gotham, USING, is station.
ed at the Arlington Annex.
John Joseph Grzeszkiewicz of
100 South Adams Street, Rock
vile, received a Master of Arts
degree in Education. Mr.. Grzesz-
kiewicZ, who also holds a Bache-
lor of Science degree from Will
son Teachers College in Wash
ington, is currently employed as
a teacher at Deal Junior High
School in Washington.
Julius Joseph Kastantin of 1107
Clagott Drive, Rockville, received
a Bachelor of Laws degree. Com,
mander Kastantin, USNR, also
holds a Bachelor of Science de-
gree from Pennsylvania Military
College, Chester, Pa. He is now
stationed at the Pentagon.
William Harry Ketner of 5000
Crawford Drive, Rockville, re-
ceived Bachelor of Arts degree
with major in Business Admin
istration. Mr.. Ketner is now en-
ployed by the Foreign Operations
Administration in Washington.
Anthony Aloysius O'Brien of
1926 Heating Street, Rockville,
received a Bachelor of Laws de-
gree. Mr.. O'Brien also holds a
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineer
ing degree from George Washing
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02

TON SOUND and MISSISSIPPI.
1.-THE slim, needle-noSed mis-
sile, is designed to intercept air
craft at much longer ranges AN
higher attitudes than conventions
al antiaircraft weapons under
any conditions of visibility.
Because of the high percent
age of successful flights in the
TERRIERS test program, almost
all launchings against target
drone aircraft have been made by
dummy missiles that did not car
ry explosive warheadS. The dunn
my signals a kill by releasing
a puff of smoke near the target
plane. Even without warheads,
the missile has smashed several
targets by direct collision.
'The TERRIER is the result
of an extensive Navy Bureau of
Ordnance Development program
conducted under the technical d.
rection of the Applied Physics
Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Silver Spring.
when the project approached
readiness for production, it was
transferred to the Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft Corporation (now
Convair, A Division of General
Dynamics Corporatipn).
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02

Of 30 library systems through
out the country, the patrons of
Montgomery County's library
read the most books, pay the
lowest cost per book loan, and
are next to the lowest in finan
cial support of the system.
These facts were disclosed by
Mrs. Vernon Riley at last weeks
meeting of the Montgomery
County Library Board in Cal
thersburg. The findings were
based on a survey of IS out of
70 public library systems in
America.
The meeting was directed by
Ellis Manning, Ashton, new
board chairman. He announced
the appointment of DR.. Clarence
N. Smith, Silver Spring, to fill
the vacancy left by DR.. ]. w.
Coopersmith.
Mrs. Riley, reporting for the
Long Range Planning Commit
tee, which is making a study of
library needs and services for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02
Entire Area
Makes Plans
For Yuletide
By Susie Kapan
10. 4.7368

The Wheaton Shopping Center
Is ablaZe with the Xmas deco.
rations and already one senses
the Xmas spirit in the air.
/ love this time of the year. ]
can always tell when Xmas is
near. / manage to get my car
out on to Viers Mill Road be-
cause some kind soul will stop
and let me through.
It's a little early for all the
Christmas programs / had hoped
to write about this week, how
ever there are many plans in the
making and I'm sure there will
be lots to report in the next
week or so.
Some of the intermediate Girl
Scouts are planning old fash
ioned carol singing. Mrs. Meal
lister, group leader of girl scout
troop No. 81 is full of plans of
the hush-hush presents the girls
are making for their parents.
y
The Junior Group of Glenmont
will hold its next dance on Satur-
day, Dec. 4 at the Glenmont Rec
reation Center.
There is an interesting story
behind this announcement.
The Junior and Senior groups
Of Wheaton and Glenmont are
part of the Recreation Depart
fnent's teen-age program that has
been in effect for a year.
1t is primarily a social type
club for the teen ayers which
has been designed to meet the
needs for wholesome recreation.
The Teen-agers are divided in
to two groups. The Junior Git,
9th, 9th graders) and the Senior
10Th, 10th, 18th, and 18th grad
ers). The ninth grade pupils
have a choice as to which group
they would like to belong.
The boys and girls run the
clubs themselves. They elect
their own chairmen, committees,
and plan their programs. Each
area has a group leader who is
hired by the recreation depart
ment to supervise the activities
of these youngsters.
Dick Davis is the Glenmont
area leader and is responsible for
the fine job the groups have
done this past year.
Jerry Powers is the chairman
of the Glenmont Senior Group
and Ronnie Miller is chairman
of the Glenmont Junior Group.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rice; Mr.. and
Mrs. Kelpy, Mr.. and Mrs. Reid,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02

and Mr.. and Mrs. Myers sponsor
the junior group.
Wheaton now has a similar
set-up.
James w. Shumate is the lead
er. Although, the Wheaton area
had a teen-age group before, it
was never under the leadership
of the recreation department.
The Wheaton Junior Group
have just reorganized and new
committees have been formed.
Robert Boyer is Dance COM
mittee chairman, David Snyder,
chairman of he decorating com.
mittee and Howard Hartman is
chairman of the refreshments
committee.
Mr.. Shumate will meet with
the senior group next Saturday
night at the Wheaton Recreation
center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Anderson
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Hart
man sponsor the junior group.
Mr.. F. Gustafson, who is the
county recreation director, is a
resident of Wheaton. He is we'll
aware of the Teen-age needs. He
would like to see the clubs ex-
banded to include many more ac-
tivities other than just socials.
Not only is the lack of money a
real problem but there is need
for trained group leaders. He
was full of praise for the indi-
vidual parents and teen-agers
who are trying so hard to make
this program success.
There should be many more
young people participating. This
is such healthy activity that
I'm glad to see the county under
taking this as part of their pro-
gram.
Let's not stop there. The
county needs a great deal of sup
port for this activity. So why
not plan to attend and join the
fun. There are many Christ
mas programs planned for both
areas. Even a parent dance is on
schedule for the Junior Group
of Glenmont. Every persons is
welcome to come. Both Mr.. Da-
vid and Mr.. Shumate would love
to have you.
Remember-the Junior group
meets the first and third Satur.
day and the Senior Group meets
the End and 9TH Friday at the
Glenmont Wheaton Recreation
Centers.
A meeting of the Oakland Ter
race P.-T.A. will be held Dec. Z.
The P.-T.A. will present the film
Human Growth. Following
the showing of the film there
will be a panel discussion. The
panelists will be: Rev. Wendell
frederick, War Memorial Pres
byterian Church; Miss Margaret
Zimmerman, the school nurse;
Mr.. Bradford, 9th grade teacher
of Oakland; representing the par
ents, DR.. Abraham Danish; and
representative of the Health De-
partment of the County. Mrs.
Donald Coulthart will be mod
orator.
PleasantvieW school on Dec. 7
will also have an interesting
meeting. DR.. Fritz Redl, Psy-
chiatrist of the National Insti-
tute of Health's clinical center
will be the principal speaker.
The Thanksgiving dance that
was to have been held at the
Wheaton High has been post
poner until Friday, Dec. 3. /
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-02

his public service in the engi-
neering division of the Wash
ingtOn Suburban Sanitary Com
mission, and worked as assist
ant engineer for the County
from 1888 to 1912 when he ent-
cred the military service.
During the war, he served as
liaisOn officer with British
troops. After the German sur
render, he served with Allied
Military Government i'm assist
ing displaced persons and in
giverning Straubing, Germany.
Mr.. and Mrs. MARYLAND re-
side at 2O1 Upton st. in Rock
vile.