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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-16
RockIand
Mrs. Randall AubinOe

Vacations are over and ScSool
bells are ringing again. Rockland
children have been going back
to school, some eager, some re-
luctant and some indifferent.
Among the lucky people who
were able to snatch brief respites
from the Workaday world before
settling down to routine, were
some of our friends and neigh
bors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stan Ruthberg
and children of 2014 Rockland
Avenue spent week with STAINS
parents at Lake DeVenoge in the
beautiful Catskills, in New York
State.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Aubinoe
and family of 2018 Rockland Ave
nue. spent a couple of days en-
joying the sand and surf at
Ocean City, Maryland
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Monisera,
Richard and Linda, have returned
from an exciting trip to Costa
Rica. On the way home, they
toured the southwestern part of
the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Richardson
and children of POLL Rockland
Avenue spent Labor Day week
end in their home town of Johns
town, Pennsylvania.
Elaine and Winfield Smith of
2012 Rockland Avenue had as
their guest over Labor Day week
end, Elaine's mother, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Wilson of Washington, DC.
Mrs. Seymour Harris was host
ess at plastic party at her home
at 2010 Rockland Avenue last
week. Hilda also has had her
mother, Mrs. Rose Raises, from
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
visiting her.
Mrs. Jack Dye and children of
1913 Gainsboro Road have re-
turned from st. Louis, Missouri,
where Mrs. Dye was called by
the illness of her father.
Mr.. William Van Metre of 1907
Gainsboro Road spent several
days last week in New York City,
on business.
Mrs. Albert Caneva of 1903
Mathews Drive has joined the
ranks of the working women.
She is employed as bookkeeper
at the Klomen Instrument COM
pany in Washington.
Mrs. Frank DriscolI of POOP
Gainsboro Road entertained at a
baby shower for Mrs. Robert Nye
of 2006 Gainsboro Road, last
Wednesday evening. The honored
guest opened ser gifts and de-
licious lunch was served by the
hostess. Among those present
were: Mrs. Boyd Richardson, Mrs.
Hugh Wilcox, Mrs. William Van
Metre, Mrs. David Crompton,
Mrs. Betty Speilman, Bonnie
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07
Jane King Weds
Larry Musser in
st. Rose Ceremony

Miss Jane King, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin King, Middle
brook, and Mr.. Larry Musser,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Mus
ser, ST., Londdraft Rd., were mar
ried on Sept. 25th in st. Rose
church of Choppers.
The marriage took place in a
beautifully-arranged ceremony
attended by relatives of the prin-
cipals and few close friends.
Sole attendant of the bride was
Janet Musser, sister of the bride
groom. The best man was Ernest
Musser.
Immediately after the cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Musser left
on a short motor trip.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Patsy Anne Wright, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman E.
Wright, Bethesda, was united in
marriage with Mr.. Alton Floyd
Elder, son of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Elder, Rockville on
Sept. II in st. Mary's church of
Rockville.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Father Peter Boyle.
Given in marriage by her IA
Their, the bride was attired in a
gown of white Chantilly lace
and nylon tulle with a finger tip
veil of illusion. She carried a
bouquet of white roses.
Miss Jacqueline Ganley of Sill
yer Spring, maid of honor, wore
a ballerina length gown of deep
coral nylon tulle and carried
bouquet of bronze NUNS.
The brides mother wore a bal
lerina length gown of French
blue lace and nylon tulle with
matching accessories.
Mr.. Bernard Poss, Rockville,
was best man and ushers were
MeSsrs. James Louthan and Eu-
gene Heflin, both of Rockville.
The bride is a graduate of
Richard Montgomery high school
as is the bridegroom who is at
tending Southeastern University
while working at the Rockville
Post Office.
Miss Cynthia Dawson, German
town, sang ooh, Perfect Love"
accompanied at the organ by
Mrs. Helen Kingdom. After the
wedding reception was held at
the home of the brides parents
and the newly wed couple left
on a short wedding trip. On their
return they will make their home
in Gaithersburg.
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Rockville and Vicinity
Mrs. John Diamond, Ill Poplar 2-23l2
Mrs. John Diamond, III

Miss Anita Waters, young
bride-to-be, was the guest of
honor at a delightful party Sunday
evening when the Reverend and
Mrs. Raymond P. Black enter
tanned for her at their home. Miss
Waters is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bowie Waters and on Satur-
day Will become the bride of Will
liam Clark. Members of the Choir
of Christ Episcopal Church pre-
scented her with a silver pitcher.
John and Elizabeth Doonan are
receiving congratulations these
days on the, arrival of daughter
on September 80 at Suburban hos
pltal, The new little Doonan
weighed in at s lbs. She brings
the number of little Doonans to
tlVe-she has one sister and three
brothers who are delighted with
the new member of the family.
This week will find one of our
very popular young families leav-
ing Rockville for Atlanta, Ca, to
make their home. On Friday Alec
and Marty Prescott and their
three youngsters will leave for the
South where Alec will assume his
new work as Art Director for
DaVldSOn'S in Atlanta. Alec S
brother BUGGY and his wife, Tony
and their family also live in At
lanta so they will have a wonder
full family reunion. While the
PreScotts will be missed from the
local scene we are sure they will
be happy in their new home. They
have been in a tWirl the past
week with one farewell party
natter another given in their honor.
And speaking of moving, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Grahame are
busy these days getting settled in
their new home on North Adams
Street.
1t is really like coming home
again for another family who just
moved to Rockville on Friday
the Paul Pfeifles. Mrs. Pfeifle is
the former Ruth Johnson who has
so many friends in Rockville. The
Pfeifles and their five youngsters
moved in the home on West Mont
gomery Avenue formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs. Grahame.
A big welcome to our new neigh
bors.
Mrs. E. Pogue of Fort Smith,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Ark. arrived in Rockville last
week and will be the house guest
of her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Aluden S. Lowey at
their home on North Van Buren,
Street. Mrs. Pogue expects to be
here for several weeks.
Another visitor arrived several
weeks ago-Dr. John M. Hender-
son of cambridge Island, Wash,
which is just outside of Seattle.
DR.. Henderson flew East to visit
his son and daughter-in-laW, Com
mander and Mrs. Bruce Hender-
son of West Montgomery Avenue.
DR.. Henderson expects to be here
for week or so longer and will
then go on to Montreal for a visit
there with cousins. From there,
he may possibly go on to England,
his birthplace, for a visit.
Rockville recently had another
visitor from the far west
Charles L. Reynolds, a patent at
torney, also of Seattle, Wash. He
paid a surprise visit to his uncle,
Mr.. w. A. Williams of Williams
ST., and his cousin, Mrs. Richard
G. Buckingham of West Mont
gomery Avenue. Mr.. Reynolds
was born here and attended
school here, later going to the
West to make his home. His
mother was the former Jennie
Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowan Erb have
been in New York this week at
tending the national convention of
the Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany of America. AS a matter of
fact, they just returned from a
trip to Lexington, Ky. last week
where they attended the conven-
ton of the Maryland chapter of
the Masonic Order. Mr.. Will
Prettyman and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Carr accompanied them on
this trip. In between these trips,
they motored down to Fredericks-
burg for the recent celebration
there.
And speaking of trips, Mrs.
Hempstone Griffith and her neph-
ew, Mr.. Pierce Hersberger have
recently returned from a trip
which took them to New England
and Canada. Accompanying them
were Mr.. Hersberger's two sis
tiers, the Misses Clara and Frances
Hersberger of Round Hill, Va,
and Col. w. S. Day of Rockville.
They visited Niagara Falls and
went on to Canada for a stop off
in Quebec and Toronto. While
they were in New York, they took
boat trip through the Thousand
Islands, seeing Arthur Godfrey's
island. They returned by way of
the New England States, stopping
off at the many historic spots
along the way.
Capon Springs still continues
to be popular weekend spot for
RockVillians. This weekend found
the Bill Barnsleys there for a holi-
day.
Ronnie Smith and Kathy Will
liams, two members of RockVille's
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

younger set suffered accidents
last week. Fortunately neither
was seriously injured. Ronnie
was struck by an automobile
while hiking and Kathy was in
jured in a fall. The good news is
that both are doing nicely and
both will soon be out and about
their very busy way again. Ronnie
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton
Smith of Beall Avenue and Kathy
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Williams of Rockcrest.
DR.. Wilson'S drug store is al
ways a popular spot in town, but
this Saturday will find it hum
ming with activity for the Young
People of the Christian church
are having a bake sale there be-
ginning at $50 am. Remember
the date now, Saturday, October
9, and be sure to patroniZe the
sale and help the youngsters.
Mrs. Margaret GrzeskieWicz is
the sponsor for the young folks.
Here's good news for you teen
agers-On October Is the Rock
vile Youth Canteen is having a
"hobo dance" at the Parish Hall
of Christ Church in Rockville.
Their will be a five piece orches-
ira on hand to provide music for
dancing. Admission will be by
membership card only. The mem
bership card will admit one men,
Der and one guest to the dance.
Better be getting your "hobo"
togs in order guys and gals.
The Young Adult Fellowship
class of the Rockville Methodist
Church is sponsoring a panel dis
cussion tomorrow night, (Friday)
which promises to be of especial
interest to parents of the youth
of the community. 1t will be on
Youth and the Church, but will
deal primarily with problems of
youth in our community. Mr..
Dickran Hovsepian, Mayor of
Rockville, will serve as modera-
tor. Honorable Alfred Noyes,
Judge of the Juvenile Court of
Montgomery County, Eugene P.
Moran, vice-principal of the Rock
vile Junior High School, and di-
rector of the Rockville Recrea-
tional Program, and DR.. Gerhard
Colts, Director of the Montgom-
cry County Mental Hygiene Gin
ic, will serve on the panel. At the
close of the discussion, everyone
present will be invited to partici-
pate. Refreshments will be serv-
ed by the host class. 1t will begin
at $50 pm. in the sanctuary of
the Church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Morse Code visual signaling
ilrst was used by the Army dur
ing the Navajo campaign in
June, 1860.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

YOUNG THESPiANS: A group OF
Rockville children recently acted out
Charlotte Bronfe's "Jone Eyre" SON.
dra Robertson had the leading role.
Others in Fhe cost were Katherine
WeddIe as Edward Rochester; WiIIiam
Robertson. Jr. as John Reed; Alex
Gibson as MIR. Hrocklehursf; Sue LYn
Edmonsfon as Adele; EIgar Smith as
Rochester. the madwoman of Thorn
field HaII. and Anne Beone. who
ployed Aunf Reed. LadY Blanche In
srum. Mrs. Foirfox and Mary. the
cook.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Note for parents-School holi-
day-Thursday and Friday, Octo,
Der ID and Estate Teachers
Meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Capon Springs still continues
to be a popular weekend spot for
Rockvillians. This weekend found
the Bill Barnsleys there for a holi-
day.
Ronnie Smith and Kathy Will
GamS, two members of RockVille'S
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-07

Ark. arrived in Rockville last
week and will be the house guest
of her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Aluden S. Lowey at
their home on North Van Buren,
Street. Mrs. Pogue expects to be
here for several weeks.
Evening star., 1954-12-20

has been held up while Mr.. Coles
agency figured out procedures
under the restrictive law ap-
proved by Congress. One housing
agency official said Mr.. Cole
hopes all $4,000 units authorized
under the measure will be util-
lied, but that in view of the
time element this may not be
possible unless Congress grants
an extension of the deadline.
Mr.. Cole said he had detailed
the procedures in letters to the
mayors of 178 cities which ap-
parently might qualify.
He told the mayors to go
ahead with plans and applica-
tionS for relocation housing aid
at the same time that they are
In the process of meeting re-
quirements of the act to qualify.
To qualify for Federally-aided
ance for housing to relocate dis
placed families, Mr.. Cole said, a
community must have ll a
slum clearance and redevelop-
ment project approved by his
agency prior to the Housing Act
of 1854. or t2l a workable pro-
gram to combat slums and blight
in the community approved by
the housing administrator, as
required in the 1854 act.
To qualify for Federally aided
low-rent public housing for the
current fiscal year. Mr.. Cole
said, a community must:
l. Have a Slum clearance OF an
urban renewal project approved
for final planning on later stages,
or expect to reach final planning
by next June 80.
2. Have before next June 80
a workable program to deal with
slums and blight approved by
the Federal Housing and Home
Finance Agency.
3. Certify that public housing
is needed to assist in the relo-
cation of families that have been
or will be displaced by slum
clearance or urban renewal &C
tivities under the housing act of
194o
Evening star., 1954-12-20

goes too far toward giving the
impression that virtually all
cases involving an excess of
mortgage over actual costs in
volved fraud-especially if fraud
is giving the meaning it has
in criminal cases."
Another section of the hous-
ing program provided for insur-
ance of loans for home repairs.
The report said substantial
losses were sustained by home
owners victifnized by unscrupu-
lous statesmen and dealers. 1t
said laXity of lending institu-
tionS was a principal cause of
such frauds.
One section of the report is
devoted to general findings and
the final section to specific cases,
practically all of which were
reported during the committee
hearings. The six Democrats
said study of the hearings on
such cases might we'll justify
conclusions other than those
stated in the report"
They declined. therefore, to
subscribe to those sections of
the report.
Evening star., 1954-12-20

of the committee did not go along
with the majority on all its
conclusions. The six are Sena-
tors Fulbright. Robertson. Spark
man, Frear, Douglas and Leh-
man,
They stated that while the
committee has adopted many of
the changes which they sug-
gested in the section of the re-
port fixing responsibility under
the housing program. I'VE feel
that it still does not make it
sufficiently clear that only a rela-
lively few in the industry and
in the FILA were guilty of NAL
feasance, obstruction or delib-
crate Misrepresentation.
"As to the individual industry
spokesmen, based upon the rec
ord, we believe it would be more
appropriate to limit the language
of the report to questions relating
to their judgment and aware
ness, rather than to raise i'm
plications with respect to their
honesty and integrity"
The committee asserted that
the frauds charged could not
have occurred had builders been
required to file truthful applica-
tions for mortgage commitments
and had the criminal penalties
against false applications been
enforced. It charged FILA with
mal-administration. It also said:
There was testimony before
this committee that Is former
FILA officials received money or
property under circumstances
shown by the testimony to ap-
pear to be in violation of the
conf1ict-of interest laws and the
corresponding regulations of
FHA." All of the Is were in
cities other than Washington.
Under the head of 'FHA Nom
feasance," the report discusses
the actions of Burton C. Bovard,
FILA general counsel from 1910
through last April. The report
stated Mr.. Bovard exhibited an
inability to cope with the i'm
portant problems" of the job.
I'm 1851 and again in 1858" I"
the report stated, "the Attorney
General sought to prosecute
builders for making false or in
complete disclosures. In each
case the general counsel of FHA
advised that FILA was not de-
ceived because it did not rely on
the statements of the builders" ="
Criminal Fraud.
The six Democratic Senators
stated that 1--WE feel the report
Evening star., 1954-12-20
Traffic Ticket Sefup
Studied on Embassies
ZAP Wirephoto.

A procedure to tighten con-
troll over traffic ticket fixing on
grounds of diplomatic immunity
is now under consideration by
District officials.
Stephen J. Grillo of the Dis
trict management Office said it
had developed that some en-
bassies have their own ground
rules" for claiming diplomatic
immunity and not all employees
listed in the diplomatic blue book
are considered eligible for i'm
munity by the embassies them
selves.
Mr.. Grillo said at present
Gains of diplomatic immunity
come from two sources-officially
from the embassies and from in
dividuals claiming immunity on
the grounds of listing in the
blue book. 1t is the latter group
that the procedure under con-
Sideration would effect.
What is now being developed
is plan to clear all immunity
requests with the embassies if
the requests originate elsewhere.
Evening star., 1954-12-20

cial. Peiping. it seems to me,
produced bureaucratic brass al
most at will.
Saw Top Leaders.
Foreigners have lived in Mos
COW for years without clapping
eyes on the Kremlin top men;
within three days of arriving in
Peiping / had been in the same
room with somewhat obscurely,
but nevertheleSs) Mao Tse-tung,
Chou En-lai, Chuh- -Teh, Nine.
Sun Yat-sen and the Dalai
Lama. What more do you want?
Foreign diplomats in Moscow
rarely if ever meet the Russians
outside formal occasions. In
Peiping the diplomatic colony
circulates fairly easily. The day
before ] left, one Western diplo-
matte friend of mine was phoned
up by a Chinese official for a
dinner date because he had
found a restaurant where the
Cantonese food was said to be
unusually good"
Personal contact is probably
not the most important thing in
international relations, at least
at my level. Still, three Chinese
government people to whom
had been the biggest possible
nuisance for couple of months
got up at 5 am. to come to the
airport to see me off.
Policies Go Unchanged.
All this does not in the least
alter the warp and woof of
foreign affairs. When Chou En-
lai makes frightening and solemn
challenges over Formosa, as he
did a few days ago, all the birds
nest soup in the world does not
prevent the situation growing
taut and full of menace.
When a band of enchanting
children in nursery school
catches the heart with their
gaiety, that does not change the
bitter slogans on which they
learn to read. A MIG fighter is
a MIG fighter. with or without
the peace dove on its fuSelage.
But if the time ever comes for
one to choose ones memories of
China among the dozens that
bedevil every issue-good will or
bad, the beginning or the end?-
I can only recall one of the
strange sayings OF that old
reactionary Confucius, half
cynical, half-pious, in the Chi
neSe way: Believe in the Gods"
he said, "just as though they
really existed"
Evening star., 1954-12-20
African Natives Stuqe
Rood Safety Event

Vereeniging. South Africa.
started a road safety drive-for
non-Europeans only.
1t started with war dance
competitions and ended with
prayers offered in all churches
of the towns two native settle
ments for all victims of road
accidents and their relatives and
dependents. There were safe-
driving exhibitions and finally
they crowned, a road safety
queen.
Evening star., 1954-12-20

Scrlblng the ora1t on q type
writer splendidly marked
Royal"
1t was the sort of convoluted
negotiation that would have
taken hours in England, days in
India, probably weeks in Russia.
Cheng. the clerk, fixed it in 20
minutes; a new aspect OF the
timeless Orient.
"You may find" said he, that
the ruble works out rather dear. I"
It was a though he had said:
"You may find Siberia turns out
rather chilly" Irkutsk was 40
below zero, and so was the ruble.
For $4.2O you could buy small
bar of chocolate; you could get
a new coat for around $266. You
could not buy a smile like
Cheng's for any money in the
world. BY the time I reached
Moscow the rigors of Red China
seemed in retrospect a sort of
social paradise.
Enjoyed New Experience.
The only thing any one asks
me now is if I enjoyed China.
It is an unanswerable question.
I enjoyed China immensely, as
I am given to enjoying all new
experience, however battling.
There are people who pay good
money to get themselves lost in
a maze. There are always those
who will queue to be turned
upside down and whirled around
in a dodgem until they are sick.
Enjoyment is a hard word to
define, but I enjoyed China,
which is often a dodgem and
always a maze.
With what country does one
compare the new China? With
only one. obviously: the old
China, and that I could not do
To the multitudes, did Chairman
Mao Tse-tung bring security or
anxiety, prosperity or penury,
hope or despair? I saw many
people eating who once would
have starved. many alive would
otherwise be dead. I also saw
people in jails who might yet
have been free, and I saw enough
to realize how much I didn't see.
But on the passage back
through Siberia, and the subse-
quent stay in Moscow, it became
very clear, at least to me, that
the differences between the
Chinese and the Soviet methods
of putting on the hard word are
far and away greater than their
resemblance.
No "Agrarian Reform"
1t would doubtless be naive
to fall into the old error of the
1940s and see subleties in Chi
nese communism that aren't
there-it isn't lust an agrarian
REFORM" not by any means. The
MarXism that informs Mao Tse-
tung's political powerhouse in
the imperial city is the same old
caSt-iron core that SuStains the
elder brothers in the Kremlin,
and you will get no farther in a
dialectical paSSage-at-armS with
Evening star., 1954-12-20
By james comeron
(Copyright. 1854, by North Americi
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.f-

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Newspaper Alliance. Incl
LONDON, Dec. 20.-The last
day but one in China found me
in the usual improbable and pc
culiar situation: ! was in Peiping.
getting ruble credits payable in
Russia, buying them in the Banb
of China for IMP, the peoples
money-at a rate quoted against
sterling. (You can get no quo
tation Of Chinese and Soviet
money against each other. which
is very singular too. when you
think of it,
The officials rounded off this
all-Communist operation by in