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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04

handle appraisals and other SER
vices connected with obtaining
FILA mortgage insurance on a
current basis. That means, he
explained, FILA field offices will
be able to handle applications as
fast as they come in and to proc
ess them at normal speed.
The expected speed-up, Mr..
Verkerke said, stems from as
surance given at the New York
meeting by Housing and Home
Finance Administrator Albert M.
Cole, that 300 to 400 extra en-
ployees are being hired by FILA
to help handle the flood of ap-
plications now piling up in the
Agency's field offices throughout
the country.
Cole also told the builders
meeting that FILA employees will
work evenings and Saturdays
and Sundays on an overtime
basis until the backlog of appli-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04

Pepco and the Electric Institute. It's
an event you can't afford to miss. Put
everything else aside. Join your friends
and neighbors at the big, free ELECTRI-
CAL LIVING SHOW!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
Predicts Speed Up in FILA Action
On Area House Mortgage Requests

Families in this area who are
applying for FHA.insured home
mortgages can expect to move
minimum of delay as a result of
speed-up action ordered by the
governments housing boss.
The word came today from
Clyde ]. Verkerke, President of
the Home Builders Association
of Metropolitan Washington, Inc,
in reporting on the recent an
nual fall directors meeting and
North Eastern Regional Confer
ence of the National Association
of Home Builders in New York.
Mr.. Verkerke said there are
now real grounds for hope that
the logjam of applications for
home mortgages insured by the
Federal Housing Administration
will be completely cleared up in
the next 60 to 80 days. There
after, he said, the local FILA field
office expects to be able tt
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
Sandy Spring Neighborhood
BY MRS. oSBURN STABLER SPRING 4-5294
SPRING 4-52q4

where Mrs. Hallowell will remain
for couple of weeks visiting her
son and family.
We are glad to hear that Mrs.
Andrew Anderson is back at
Edgewood for the winter.
Mrs. F. K. Metzger is planning
a series of small bridge parties,
the first one being Friday, Nov.
5.
Miss Mildred White, who lived
in Palestine for 80 years as mis-
sionary, is spending some time
with Miss Elizabeth Haviland. On
Monday afternoon Mrs. Fred
Thomas invited few friends in
to tea and to hear Miss White
tell of her many interesting ex-
periences in the Holy Land.
Mrs. Edward Snowden eneter-
tanned her bridge club, Wednes-
day afternoon, Oct. d.. having as
her guests, Mrs. Iris Beall, Mrs.
Robert Chichester, Mrs. Kenlam
Dallam, Mrs. George Kelly, Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
Floyd F. Yankey
Takes Part i'm
Pixies Peak Battle

Cpl. Floyd F. Yankey, 81, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. 10y A. Yankey,
Route 2, Gaithersburg, is engaged
in round-the-clock, mock combat
this week during Exercise
Breechblock," an artillery maneu-
yer being held at the foot of
Pixies Peak.
Over $500 ground troops, as
well as jet and B-36 bombers, are
supplementing the 1O5 nm. and
155 nm. ARTILLERY units during the
exercise.
Yankey, who entered the Army
in 1851, is a radio chief in Bat
terry c of the 539th Field Artillery
Battalion at Fort Carson, Colo.
His wife, Florence, is now living
in Colorado Springs.
The corporal's decorations in
clude the Purple Heart, the
Bronze Star Medal and the UN
and Korean Service Medals.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
AAUW MEETINGS

The daytime International Rela-
tons study group of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase Branch of AAUW
will meet Nov. 8 at 10 am. at the
home of Mrs. C. E. Harrington.
Paul V. Johansen, director of the
Washington United Nations In
formation Center, will be the
speaker. The Music study group
will also meet November 9th at
1880 pm. at the home of Mrs.
William H. McCrillis. Mrs. j. B.
Bogue will be in charge of the
program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04

cations is cleared up.
Clyde J. Verkerke commended
Coles action which he said the
Home Builders Association of
Metropolitan Washington and the
National Association of Home
Builders have been urging on the
government for months.
He said that additional help
was needed in the FILA offices
because application for mortgage
insurance which had been run
ming at a rate of about $4,000
per month for the country as a
whole early this year have scared
to about $4,000 per month,
largely because of the more lib
eral provisions of the new Ma
tional Housing Act. At present,
he said, the FILA has a backlog
of about $4,000 APPLICATIONS and
new ones have been coming in
at rate of more than 1000 per
day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
County College
Homecoming
Held Saturday

Montgomery Junior College
students and alumni are prepar-
ing the homecoming festivities
that will climax the football
season this Saturday, November
6. The teams undefeated record
since October 1852 has aroused
interest in the game against the
Naval Receiving Station, sched-
uled for 2 pm. on the Blair play
ing field.
The football players are
charged with double RESPONSE
bility. They must not only win
their game, but also must select
the queen for the homecoming
ball. Candidates for the honorS
are nominted by the students by
ballot. This list of princesses is
given to the team, who in turn
elect their queen from the sophie
mores. Here identity remains a
secret until the dance.
Sophomore princesses are
Carol N. Shelby, Peggy Bamber-
ger and Zillah Hoey. Freshman
princesses are Patricia A. John
son, Joan L. Coder, Kippy Y.
Peterson and Alice M. Hart.
That evening in the college din
ing hall, the queen assisted by
her court of princesses will be
formally crowned and will pre-
side at the homecoming ball.
The ball is being sponsored by
the Social Committee. Anne M.
c. Arnold, the social committee
chairman, has working with her
on the dance Kippy Y. Peterson,
refreshments; Carol NJ. Shelby,
decorations; and Charlotte Sher-
man and Dianne M. Hall, enter
tainment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
States Schools
To Receive Milk
Funds from i. S.

Maryland will participate in
the Administrators new $50-mil-
lion-fund for substituting milk
purchases by children in the ma
TONS schools.
That word was disclosed to the
Maryland Farm Bureau this
week as a result of inquiries
made to the State Department of
Education by President Wilson A.
Heaps.
The division of funds among
the states is based on the num-
Der of school children between
the ages of SIT and the States
per capita income.
Maryland will receive $668, 562
of which an estimated $550,000
will be used for milk subsidies to
public schools and the balance
for private and parochial schools.
The administration of the fund
to non-public schools is handled
by the Department of Agricul-
ture.
The new program, voted by the
last Congress, supplements the
school lunch program long in
effect. The milk thus made
available to Maryland school
children will be available to- them
at any time in the school day.
However, Mr.. Heaps was adj
vised that local school officials in
each community will have final
say on putting the program into
effect in their schools and in
some instances such action may
depend on the interest shown by
local farm bureau groups.
At the base of the entire plan
is the desire of the Congress to
increase consumption of fluid
milk by children.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
Pioneer in Neurology
Joins Maryland Staff

DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, president
of the University of Maryland
and the university's Board of Re-
gents have announced the APP
pointment of DR.. James G. Ar
mold, Jr., formerly associate pro-
fessor of neurological surgery of
the School of Medicine, to pro-
fessor of neurological surgery
and chairman of the department.
DR.. Arnold is one of the pion-
GERS in chemotherapy of infec-
tious diseases of the central ner-
vous system and an authority on
surgery of the spine and spinal
cord. $40
Born in 1904 in Atlanta, Geor-
gia, he received his preliminary
education at Furman University
and the University of North Caro-
lima from which he graduated in
1925 with an ABB. degree. Dr.
Arnold received his. doctorate in
medicine from the Johns Hop
kins Medical School in 1929.
Mary Robson and Mrs. OSburn
Stabler. First prize was won by
Mrs. Jack Bentley and the guest
prize by Mrs. George Kelly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
Federal Workers. Chieftain
DepIOres Return of :Spoils'

Of interest to the many Mont
gomery County residents who
still work for the Federal Gov
eminent is the following state
ment made last week by Luther
c. Steward, President of the Ma
tional Federation of Federal En-
ployees:
THE National Federation of
Federal Employees views with
grave concern repeated and un-
mistakable evidence of efforts to
undermine the merit system in
the Federal service.
While it is true that spoils
practices have not gained ascend
ancy on wholesale scale, there
Is constant sniping against the
career service and the odor of
political manipulation grows in
creasingly strong.
The latest reports of the set
ting up of an elaborate system
of political clearance should not
be surprising, for the National
Federation of Federal Employees
has repeatedly called attention to
the existence of this situation
and to the dangers it holds for
the cause of good government
and sound public administration.
Political clearance require
ments are not limited TO top
pOlicy-making positions but are
known to have extended down
to the position of labOrer. I'm.
fortunately, spOils-minded per-
sons and groups, both within
and outside the Federal service,
i'm various cases have been aid.
ed by some supine individuals
engaged i'm government person
mel work.
"Pious expressions of Stalwart,
unWavering support for the mer-
it system constantly emanate
from official sources while at the
same time actions show that
ground is being yielded to spoils-
men.
"The public has a deep and a
direct interest in maintenance of
the Federal career system, built
up painstakingly under all Ad-
ministrations, without regard to
political party, over the past Is
years.
ANY return to spoils practices,
however plausible the guise, is
contrary to the public interest
and a blow to the cause of good
government"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
BY. MRS. osBURN sTABLER

Beginning Friday afternoon
with costume parties for the kid
dies, in school and out, and con-
tinuing through Saturday night,
Halloween festivities held full
sway.
Some of the small fry collect
ed pennies for the United Ma
tons, in lieu of the old trick or
treat custom. St. Johns Sunday
School at Olney, sponsored Hal
loween Masquerade party at the
Parish Hall Saturday night, with
the younger group invited from
seven to eight o'clock and the old
err ones from eight to nine. There
was fun for all and prizes for cos
tunes.
A delightful masquerade sup
per party was given Friday night
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold carp at
their attractive home in Williams
burg Village. About Is couples en-
joyed the evening until late
hour. The spirit of Halloween also
prevailed the Masquerade of The
Howard County Cotillion Club,
long a popular spot with resi-
dents of the neighborhood, when
it held its final dance of the sea-
son Saturday night.
The Home Interests met at St.
Johns Parish Hall, Tuesday eve
ming with Richard Lansdale and
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Lansdale as
hosts. Guests included the Rev.
and Mrs. James Valiant, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Allen, Mrs. Douglas
Riggs, Mrs. Katherine Carr and
Mrs. Sowder
The Community House was the
scene, October 30th, when Mr.. and
Mrs. Delmas Wood invited a
large gathering of friends to help
them celebrate their 25th wedding
anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Snead of
Crestleight, were hosts at a cock
tail party Friday from 6 to 8 pm.
Mrs. Iris Beall has just return
ed from flying trip to Californ-
ia. Mrs. Beall is one of our most
enthusiastic air travellers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elgar Stabler had
very pleasant trip down Virgin
ia way last week, visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. David A. DePue of White
stone, Va, which is just about
where the Rappahannock River
enters Chesapeake Bay. They also
stopped to do some sightseeing
at Wakefield and Stratford.
Another couple who enjoyed a
short stay in Virginia recently,
stopping at Luray and Roanoke is
Mr.. and Mrs. William John
Thomas. The glorious autumn
coloring made this the perfect
season Tor such a trip.
V.P.L. at Lexington, Va, also
claimed Mr.. and Mrs. P. Garland
Lyon for a weekend. 1t was Mr.
Ligon's 50th reunion.
Mrs. C. Give Lawrence is at
present enjoying a sojourn in
New York City where she will
have the thrill of visiting brand
new nephew and hopes to have an
evening at the Horse Show at
Madison Square Garden. Mrs.
Lawrence is the wife of Lieuten-
ant Commander C. Give Law.
renee, who is with the Agricult-
ural Attaches Office of the Brit
ish Embassy. They have recently
returned after a lovely trip over
the Skyline Drive and through the
Great Smokes into Tennessee,
where they spent some time visit
ing three of the IVA dams, hik-
ing and enjoying the wonderful
climate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thomas and
Mrs. Frank Hallowell motored to
Little Silver, N. j., last weekend
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
CLUB MEETS TODAY

The Drama Department of the
Woman's Community Club of
Kensington will hold its monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. Lish
Whitson, 4517 Amherst Lane, Be-
thesda, on November 9TH at 1890
pm. Mrs. Andrew Stevenson and
Mrs. Columbus Barber will pro-
duce a play. Mrs. Robert Taylor
will be co-hostess at the desert
luncheon preceding the program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04
CHIROPRACTTC MEETING

At $3.50 pm. tonight the South
ern Maryland Chiropractic asso-
citation will hold its monthly
meeting in the Bank of Silver
Spring. DR.. Kermit Smith will
speak on research developments.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-11-04

big day. Clear the afternoon for action
information and przes See expert demonstrations quick
electric cookngand tmesaving worksaving electrical v
ng See the latest in electric electric regeraors and
electric home freezers display and in operation
beautiful Electrical Living Stage! The whole super
vised Mary Turner Pepco Home Service Director
possible by cooperation Supply Sentinel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
Readers Clearing louise
OLD PATTERN BOOK?
Mrs. r. J. S., ROckuille)

tAnIS. ~. ~. D., 3LOcEUJLLGf
Recently ! saw . very UNI
usual stole made up in hair
pin lace, and found what in
struction book it was in and
everything except the instruc-
ton book itself. / have
searched dime stores, depart
ment stores and every place
imaginable for it, but have
been unable to locate a copy.
The name of the book is, "Star
Book No. 49," Stoles and
Shawls, copyright 1851 by the
American Thread Company. If
any of the readers of the RICH
have a copy they do not mind
parting with, ! would surely
appreciate it. Or If someone
has a copy they would lend
me long enough to type the
lengthy instructions for this
stole, I would be most appre-
ciative and would take very
good care Of it and return It.
safely to them. ! could pick
it up and return it anywhere
in the Washington or nearby
Maryland area. ] did write to
the company and they tell me
it is out Of print and will not
be reprinted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
PoEM2

mrs. r.. ,P. H, DeGle, Md
Would some Of the readers
send In the ending Of the fol-
lowing poem? 1t was published
in its entirety some time ago
and ! lost my copy Of it.
There was, . little boy whose name
And every Friday afternoon he had to
speak piece.
soon he had : score 'eAlAu 'nAs
OF recitations in his head. and still
he kept learning more.
Now this is what happened. He was
And totally forgot the piece he was
His brain he cudgeled: not word
remained within his head
ana 50 wb ne spoke PC e.; e. random and this
My beautiful. my beautiful, who
standest proudly by
It was the schooner ,Hesperus; the
Why is the Forum crowded? What
means this stir in Rome?
Under the spreading. chestnut tree.
height cried. aTwinkie. little starr:
Shoot, II YOU must, this old gray head.
Roll on through deep and dark blue
castled crags of Drachenfels;
MY name Is Norval Of the CHAMPION
Hills. Ring out, wild bells.
II you're wakinE call me early: TO be
The curfew must not ring tonight; soh.
woodman, spare that tree!
There are several more lines,
which / cannot recall, and. I
would surely appreciate hav-
ing them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
Filipinos Entertain
Their Vice President.

was in the Vice Presidential
party and is going on to Mexico
As Philippine Minister, remarked:
"Mexicans say that Mexico is
the mother of the Philippines.
while Spain is the grandmother.
At one time, under Spanish rule.
the galleons from Acapulco were
our only contact with the Court
OF Spain. so you see there are
very close contacts between us. !.
Among the guests were the dean
OF the diplomatic corps, Mr.. VII
helm Munthe de Morgenstierne:
DR.. Karl Gruber, the Austrian
Ambassador: DR.. Ahmed Hus-
sein. the Egyptian Ambassador:
Mr.. Athanese Politis, the Greek
Ambassador; DR.. Farid zeined-
dine, the Syrian Ambassador:
Nine. Notowidigdo, wife OF the.
ndonesian Ambassador: Philip
pine Minister to Tokyo Imperial.
the South African Ambassador
and Mrs. Jooste. the Iranian
Ambassador. Mr.. Masrollah En-
team; Chief Of Protocol John
Simmons, Mr.. j. weldon Jones.
former United States High Com
missioner Of the Philippines. and
Mrs, Jones: Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Cafritz and the Pakistani For.
eign Minister. Mr.. Zafrullah
Khan.
Todoy's Schedule
Vice President Garcia will call
on Secretary OF State Dulles at
the State Department this after
noon at 2::30, and on Vice Presi-
dent Nixon at the Capitol at 4.
Gen. and Mrs. Romulo will en-
terrain in honor of the vice
President and Mrs. Garcia at
black tie dinner at the Embassy
tonight at 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09

The royal Catherine, whom
posterity remembers for dark
deeds rather than ideas Of pro-
priety. refused when young to
permit any woman in her court
whose waist measured more than
q bakers foot around. To make
sure. she stationed courtiers with
tape measures at the gates so
that only brutality corseted
females could enter.
Corests. by t he way, are
credited with being responsible
for the first Letter to the Edi-
tor" According to the story, in
1860 an Englishwoman wrote
frantically to her favorite pub
LEGATION about returning from a
winter in Italy to find her
formerly plump, pink checked
daughter thin and wan. "A corset
was the cause. she asserted, and
she may have been right, for
fashionable boarding schools of
the time were lacing little girls
into stiff, steel-boned atrocities
on the first day of the session
and keeping them there even
when asleep until their waists
were brought under control.
Some schools guaranteed to re-
duce any waist entrusted to them
an inch' q month. The idea was
to get it back to It's 11-year-old
size.
One woman. defending corsets
after the assault on them, ex-
planned solemnly in print that
absolutely the only i'll effects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
Conducted by
BETSY cAsWELL
"CHEWSn REcrpE

L
mrs. X. E. G., SLIDER Spring.
For the reader who recently
asked for q recipe for "Chews,"
J am sending my recipe. It is
one Of my most delightful re-
cipes mo fuss, no rnuss, no
grease. and so good! If it is
not just the same as this
reader had known, I'm sure it's
just as good.
CheWs: One egg. / cup brown
sugar, 8 tablespoons flour, "a
teaspoon salt. " teaspoon soda.
" or u cup chopped nuts
(black walnuts or pecans). Mix
well, put into 9-inch pie pan
and bake at 325 degrees for 20
minutes. Cut in squares while
still warm.
4 = 4 y
CANOPY DIRECTIONS.
MRS. A. A., Washington
For Mrs. E. w. e., Arling-
ton: To make q sunburst for a
canopy bed. measure the width
and length Of the bed. Buy
sufficient material for double
the width and length to allow
for fullneSS. Put q large plas-
tic or metal ring In the center
of paper pattern the same size
as the bed. Cut paper pat
terms from this ring onto sides,
just as canopy would fit. Cut
material from this pattern, but
double the material for full
ness, put heading on both
Sides-one to go around the
ring, the other across rods that
you will put in the bed canopy.
Remember the ring must be
pulled very tight so it will not
sag. Make medallions, one for
each side Of the ring, by sewing
ruffling in circle. Then place
a large button on top of this.
On the other side of buttons,
put set Of clasps. Clasp these
two medallions through ring,
for q finished product. II this
is not clear, write me In care
OF RICH and I will try to ex-
plain 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09
.lwo.thuds cup mayonnaise
!. cup chopped pickle, de-
|licioas topping foe fruit or
vegetable to be broiled!
PAINT SHOWER CURTAIN?
FLOOR SPOTS?
mrs. A. L. S., ArlingtonJ

UNITS. a. IL 81, ATtt7lgCOnJ
4 wonder If any Of the read
ers could supply me with the
answers to these questions.
First I am interested in paint
ing my own design on q
shower curtain made Of plas-
tic translucent whitel. What
type OF paint should I use?
viii ordinary oils do? Sec
ondlys can any one tell me
what causes black, drop like
spots on waxed oak floors. In
the dining area? And how
can they be removed? I'll be
SO grateful for help on these
problems. Thanks q lot.
= - y
BAGPIPES?
mrs. d. N. NJ. Chevy Chase
Would any one have infor-
nation on bagpipes? We are
thinking of forming a family
band and wonder about the
availability Of the instruments,
as well as adequate instruc-
lions. Thank you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-09

she'd had from them were head.
aches. loss Of appetite and an
occasional fainting spell.
In the 1905 scientists fas-
tened monkeys into corsets such
as women were wearing with the
result that some Of the animals.
died in few days and others.
experimenters recorded, lost ap-
petite. spirits and tempers. II,
women were agitated by this.
news. they hid their concern and
went right on lacing. probably
because they thought they had
to live up to masculine ideas Of
feminine beauty. The lordly
creatures Of the. time insisted
that the women they loved must
have waists no bigger than ''the
span Of the fingers"-theirs.
The only members Of the sex
who made sense in the matter
were doctors who Joined the
newspapers Of the 1840s in re-
counting horror tales Of thor
oughly corseted young ladies who
ate heartily. exerted themselves
and pool, dropped dead. In
such caseS coroners' juriesall
male turned yerdicts which read
philosophically, "Died by q Visit
Of God"
The instruments Of torture
worn by such unfortunate fe-
males were equipped with eight
or ten yards Of strings and as
many as 100 bones. Occasion
ally a rich woman would adorn
hers with golden eyelets and
even diamonds. In time, the
correct waist measurement be-
came % or 23 inches. Today.
the average approaches Venus
de Miles 38, about three times
the Medici standard.
Women. however, are still
wearing corsets and my ideal OF
comfort will never be reached
until they stop and also quit
keeping tabs on measurements.
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