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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
ck|e and Poison Ivy May Hide That Perfect Homesite

that was in ragged and I'm
presentable disarray indeed.
covered with underbrush, tan
gled honeysuckle and poison
ivy.
Once the weeds and other
growth were cleared away, even
the owner was surprised to
find huge flint boulders pro-
jecting above the ground to
provide even more interest and
variety to the site.
Architect William C. Suite,
who designed this house for
Mrs. Adele Bashor, built a
house for his own occupancy
some years ago whose site has
massive stone outcroppings on
the garden side. He picked his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
u. 5. Will Sell
1918 Acres in
'Greenbe|t Soon
Troct Is Among
largest in Area in
One Ownership

The Government is inviting
bids from the public for one Of
the largest tracts OF land in one
ownership in the Metropolitan
Area. |
The Public Housing Admins
tration said the bids are for
818.47 acres of land in the Gfeen-
belt area.
The land is within the city OF
Greenbelt and is in three parcels.
Part of it is zoned residential,
part commercial and the re-
mainder is industrial.
The land has never been pub
licly offered before. And is
open to two types of sale
for cash and on terms. Condi-
tions for the sale on terms are
that Is per cent of the price be
paid in cash, with the balance to
be paid as follows:
One-third within not more
than three years after the sale;
another third to be paid within
seven years, and the remainder
within 10 years after the date
of the sale. Interest would be
paid Semi-annually.
PHA said a detailed printed
description of the property will
be available after Thursday.
Deadline for receiving bids will
be at 2 pm. June is. Bids will be
received by the agency's WASH
ington field Office. Room GOT B,
Longfellow Building. of which
Charles L. Levy is director.
The first tract contains II
acres. It fronts on the Branch
ville- Greenbelt road. The second
consists of 434.26 acres 'front.'
ing on Edmonston road and with
some frontings on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad lines. The
third tract has 1891 acres with
frontage on both sides of the
Glendale Branchville road, and
on the Washington-Bal
freeway.
PHA said it intended to circu-
larize builders and developers on
it's mailing lists as soon as its
description brochure is ready.
House and Gerstin has been en-
ployed to handle advertising for
the sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
By Robert J. Lewis

A rough exterior sometimes
hides a heart of gold. So, too,
is a dream site for a house
sometimes smothered by a
wild growth of brush, brambles
and scrub trees.
j. The house you see here to-
day was lucky enough to have
a good location picked for it
in advance by an owner who
looked a long while for a site
before building.
When this site was chosen.
it had many advantages. But
lots of people might have been
put off by the state it was in.
For this was one of the kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

used brick. Interior walls are
plastered.
A carport with which a KEN
mel is combined is connected
with the house by a covered
passageway.
After the plans were drawn,
bids were asked and Coleman
q Wood was awarded the gen.
eral contract.
AS for the site, Architect
Suite said:
ut was a pleasure to work
with"
Any site is more interesting
If it has variety-trees. a view.
even outcroppings Of rock to
remind you that nature is pur-
poSeful and all-pervasive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

own site partly for that very
reason.
His viewpoint is that a
rugged site can make a more
interesting job. So. while he
hadn't anything to do with
choosing the hilltop location
of the Bashor house, he was
in sympathy with it from the
start.
It is located on Glen Mill
road, between Rockville and
Potomac, Md. in Montgomery
County. The tract has eight
acres of land Surmounted by q
knoll on which there are more
than a dozen oak and elm trees.
The view is to the east and
south and overlooks rolling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
DeFrunceuux to Speak
To Mortgage Bankers

Mortgage bankers from the
Washington area will attend ses.
sions of the Mortgage Bankers
Association of America at the
Commodore Hotel in. New York
Monday and Tuesday. E
Among speakers will DO
George w. DeFranceaux. presi.
dent Of Frederick w. Berens, Inc.
He will participate in the panel
discussion on "How to Get New
Business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
'Deserving'M Man
Wins Home Site
And Materials
Builders Select
Luther Skoees,
Marine Veteran

Luther Skaggs. a 31-year-old
ex-Marine and Medal Of Honor
winner. has been chosen by
Washington-area home builders
as the veteran most deserving
of a domestic and material for a
house being donated to mark
holding this month of the Wash
ington Home Show, it was
learned today.
The home show will be held
between April "a and May 2 at
the District National Guard
Armory.
Mr.. and Mrs. SkaggS, their
friends and persons attending
the show will build part Of the
house right on the home show
grounds, a spokesman for the
Home Builders Association of
Metropolitan Washington said.
Later the house will be moved
in sections to a site in Deer Park,
near Gathersburg.
Board Chose Him.
Chnioa IF M. Clio croc mo g ~ n 10
by a selection board named by
Col. Waldron E. Leonard, Dis
trict director of veterans affairs,
who was in charge of the selec-
ton job.
The board was composed of
Caesar L. Aiello. former mayor Of
HyattSville; James D. Bligh, jr.,
general agent in Washington of
a life insurance company. and
Alexandria Attorney George M.
Giammitterio. A large number
of veterans were nominated by
veterans groups and others for
consideration by the board, a
spokesman said.
Mr.. SkaggS, now a staff ana
lyst in the Office of the Secre-
tary of Defense, is a native of
Henderson, KY. He and Mrs.
Skaggs have been married for
eight years. and have lived in
the District almost four years.
Their home is an apartment at
1901 ClydeSdale place NV.
Mr.. Skaggs, who was a Marine
private first class when he per-
formed the acts Of valor for
which he was awarded the Medal
of Honor, was in service three
and a half years during World
War II.
Calamity Cited.
At the time the late President
Roosevelt conferred the medal,
Mr.. SkaggS was cited for con-
spicuous gallantry and intrepid
ity at the risk of his life above
and beyond the call of duty"
AS squad leader Of a mortar
section of a rifle company in the
third battalion, Third Marines,
Third Marine Division, during
action against japanese on a
Guam beachhead, July 81 and
%, Mr.. Skaggs assumed COM
Continued on Page b., Col. 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
MAINTAINING WEAPONS
BY Harry Lever

high explosive ammunition.
Before World War II, the
Marines had to learn all this
at the Aberdeen Md Prov
ing Ground or the Raritan
Arsenal in Metuchen, N. J.
About 500 officers and en-
listed men ordinarily attend
the classes in the schools
three buildings. The class
rooms are so big they can
accommodate tanks, other
tracked vehicles, heavy ar
mament and so on, so that
the students can learn their
lessons on the actual imple-
ments. The classes number
from 8 to 40 men.
The student, on leaving
Quantico, is a specialist in
some branch of ordnance.
Some are ordnance mechan-
les, others are ammunition
experts. All know exactly
what to do under combat
conditions.
Instructors at the school
mainly are enlisted men who
have been through combat.
They acquired their ability to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

TINE WEAPONS used by the
l. Marines, whether they be
rifles that shoot around cor
ners, machine guns or heavy
ordnance, are kept ready for
instant use by a small but
highly trained corps of men.
These technicians are the
product of schools in various
parts of the country which
instill ordnance know-how in
their students. One of these
is the Marine Corps Ordnance
School at Quantico.
Thousands of its grad
yates today have extensive
and practical knowledge of
such weapons as the Garand
rifle, the .30-caliber machine
gun, the 75-millimeter recoil-
less rifle and the Browning
automatic rifle, known as the
BAR"
The Quantico school
teaches the men to machine
new parts, maintain cleo
tronic computers and anti
aircraft guns, locate trouble
in hydraulic systems and
identify, order and stock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

Not a shadow of doubt, this Kay Wynne
coat dress by Sylvia Franklin has the ladylike
look of Spring Fashion. In Ames' feather
weight flannel touched with white linen,
rhinestone buttons. Also available in imported
Irish linen. About $45, at leading stores.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29

helping with ironing, busting,
etc. Our once-a-Week cleaning
girl, Martina, who also goes to
the Winslow's, said that Mrs.
Bauman would occasionally climb
uD on a chair to dust something
high-saying, Nov, Martina, you
let me know if you see Dottie
coming!"-if Dottie came, Mrs.
Bauman would climb down from
her not-s uppos d-to-b ELL p 0 n
perch.
After sixty years of marriage
(the Baumans celebrated their
60th anniversary on October 81,
Mrs. Bauman was still the young
at heart person she had been in
her youth-and could still do an
Irish jig when called upon!
She dearly loved flowers, and
so her friends saw to it that
many floral tributes went with
her to her final resting place at
Fort Lincoln Cemetery last
Thursday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29
VIM. B. Wheeler
Candidate for
County Council

William B. Wheeler of Silver
Spring has filed as a candidate
for the Maryland House of Dele
gates. He was one of the six
Democrats recently endorsed for
this position by the Democratic
precinct chairmen in Montgom-
cry County.
Mr.. Wheeler is lifelong resi-
dent of Montgomery County, hav-
ing been born at Burnt Mill,
Silver Spring, on June 81, 1912.
He was educated in the public
schools of Montgomery County
and received his law degree from
Columbus University School of
Law.
Mr.. Wheeler has been prac-
ticing law in Montgomery County
since 1910 with time out during
World War II to serve as lieut.
enant in the United States Navy.
While overseas, he served on the
staff of the Commander Naval
Air Bases Southwest Pacific.
He returned to the practice OF
law in 1915 and in 1947 was APP
pointed judge of the Trial Magis-
trates Court in Silver Spring
where he served for four years.
Mr.. Wheeler has been active in
various community activities as
result of his membership in
various organizations interested
in community affairs.
Mr.. Wheeler resides with his
wife and two children at 1872
Woodside Parkwa Silver
Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29

boys were flag bearers and es-
corts: Skipper Myers, Norman
Clarke, Robert Compton, and
Dennis Unglesbee. The boys were
accompanied by their parents to
the Service.
was most sorry to hear of
the death of Mrs. Albert Bauman
of Stonington Road in Spring.
brooke Forest. Mrs. Bauman was
the mother of thirteen children,
the youngest of whom is Mrs. M.
P WinsloW (knoWn to most of us
as Dottie), with whom the Bau-
mans lived.
Everyone loved the tiny little
lady, whose main interest in life
was her family-which includes
over thirty grandchildren and
nineteen great-grand children,
most of whom are in the Wash
ington, Maryland, Virginia area.
At the age of eighty, she was
still active around the house,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29

Mrs. James Nelson, and chill
dren Holly and Scott, spent the
Easter vacation with Mrs. Mel
sons parents in South Bend, Ind.
I hope you find time to read
the editorials in the SENTINEL.
1 don't know our editor, Mrs.
Thomson, at all we'll personally,
and l doubt if she knows me
from Eve, but the general run of
her editorials is way up there
above average. Certainly, last
time, with the one on develop
ment in Gaithersburg and the
one on Reverend Warner, she
was aiming at the type of thing
that brings certificates of merit
to the So-called "Weeklies."
And speaking of editors-if you
have no particular persuasion
when it comes time to mark
primary ballot for Register of
Wills, keep in mind the fact that
former editor of the SENTINEL,
Phil Austensen, is running for
this job. This is four-year term
elective office, and because there
is no pressure such as you have
in the County Council, is just
tailored for Phil, who had to re-
sign as editor of this paper be-
cause of the pressure of editing
it.
A visitor during the Passover
holidays at the Marcus home was
Miss Sarah Rosenthal, a cousin
from Philadelphia. 1 suppose it
was vacation for Sarah, though
I wouldn't have considered it
such. Most of her time and Ma
mas was spent in making lit
tie sunsuits for pint-sized Susan.
The little yellow one, mostly
skirt with heart-shaped patch to
cover tummy, is the prize of the
collection the ladies made.
Mrs. Frank Smallman, Sr. of
MahWah, N. j., has been a re-
cent visitor at the Frank Small
man home on Lindell Court. Mrs.
Smallman, Jr. made a visit of
relatives in New York and New
Jersey, and brought her mother
in-law home on her return. Mrs.
Smallman, ST., followed her Glen
mont visit with a visit to her
sister in Oxford, near Easton, Md.
Lindell Court has a monthly
evening affair that is one of the
most neighborly things I've heard
of. The couples get together once
a month for parlor games and
"Bunco", at each home in turn.
This month, the Richard Doms
entertained parents of the Court.
Nearly all of the six or eight
couples who attended have a cou-
pie of children-with at least one
old enough to run over and say
'Hey, Nom, we need you at
home, if an emergency OCCURS.
Speaking of "mostS"
Homewood Citizens Associations
is coming up with another of
their most interesting programs
on the night of May 3rd at the
Homewood Recreation Center.
The program, which will start
about $50, will be Candidates
Forum" All % hopefulls for
County Council have been invited
AND HAVE ACCEPTED the in
vitation-to attend this meeting,
which will give everyone an op-
portunity to see and hear each
one of the speakers-briefly.
l say everyone, because the
Homewood Association is throw
ing the meeting open to the pub
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29
GLenn1Ont GLeantngs
rCitizens Association Elects
New Officers for Current
Year; Installation Due Nav Is

lie, since it is not likely that all
candidates will be together at any
one time very often before the
primary election.
Each candidate will be briefly
(a minute) introduced, and will
express his views on the ques
ton of the night. The question
will probably be something like:
what do you feel is a para
mount problem facing the Coun
ty today, and what do you offer
as solution to this problem?
Candidates will each be given two
or three minutes to ansWer-anI
the time will be called by stop
watch, 1 understand. Discussion
and questions from the audience
will follow.
Whether you live Up-County
DoWn-County, or are middle
Countian-and whether you De
Democrat or Republican, try to
make this meeting which should
provide an opportunity of sep
arating the sheep from the goats
to coin a phrase!
Homewood Recreation Center
can be reached by taking Capt.
toll View Avenue between Ken
Sington and Forest Glen, turning
onto Edgewood Road, and keep
going until you hit the Center,
See you there, 1 hope.
l happened to be talking to
Mrs. R. B. Graeves the other day,
and found out (belatedly) that
she has new grandson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Graeves are the
proud parents of their first child
Glenn Stewart, born on March
26 at Washington Sanitarium
Congratulations to the happy
parents-and grandparents.
Mrs. GraeveS, ST., had both
sons and their families with her
for dinner on Easter Sunday
for the first time in many years
In addition to Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Graeves, there were Mr.. and Mrs
Bernard Graeves of Alexandria,
and their children, Mary, Carol,
and Raymond, and Mrs. Ralph
GraeveS' mother and father, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Muhly of Fair.
land.
Mrs. Richard Dom was honored
Wednesday with a baby shower
held at the home of Mrs. James
Cross on Lindell Court. Mrs.
Frank Smallman and Mrs. Daniel
Britton were co-hostesses with
Mrs. Cross.
Guests at the party were Mrs.
George Undertake, Mrs. w. r.
Davis, Mrs. Rupert Braley, Mrs.
James Keebler, Mrs. Charles
Simpson, Mrs. Ernest Levin, Mrs.
Horace PoWman, Mrs. John Boil
ton, Mrs. Reeve Pratt, Mrs.
Charles Matt, Mrs. Harold Day,
Mrs. Joshiah Brown, and Mrs.
Beulah Cole, Mrs. Dom's aunt.
A number of youngsters on
Henderson Avenue highly enter
tanned their parents with a
dance recital over the Easter
holidays at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilton M. Kiefer. Those TAX.
ing part in the show were Mary
Charlene, Theresa, and Edith
Margaret Kiefer, Mary, Carolyn,
Anna Marie and Johnny Nc
earthly, Sherry and Jimmy Nc
Conaughy, Nancy and Patty Wat
son, Anne, Susan and Ralph
Knight, and star of the show,
Donna Lehman, who toe-danced
down steps. The youngsters en-
joyed refreshments after their
performance.
Cub Pack 1856 was honored by
having been chosen to represent
Cub Scouting in the Color Guard
at the Easter Sunrise Services on
Easter Sunday morning at Wal
ter Reed Hospital. The following
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29
WheatOn-GLenmOnt GLeanings

ter, Vivian Myers, Jimmy Simon,
and Jimmy Roberts. Barbara's
older sister, Beverly, helped en-
terrain the youngsters and serve
the food.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29
By Mrs. Philip Marcus
10. 1904

The Glenmont & Vicinity Cit
zens Association held its annual
election of officers at its meeting
at Glenmont School last week
Serving for the new term are:
Mr.. John Molyneaux of Glenallen
President; Mr.. Fred Griffin OF
Lindell Street, Vice-President;
Mrs. Ward Crabill of Randolph
Street, Secretary; and Mrs. Frank
Smallman of Lindell Court
Treasurer.
The new officers will be in.
stalled at the annual meeting
which will be held May IS. AT
this time committee reports for
the year will be read.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Love OF
Lindell Street are the happy par.
9QtS of baby boy, Michael Per.
~ Michael was born at Wash.
ington Sanitariu-n. He was vel
coined home by his five year old
twin brothers, Danny and Davy.
One of the intermediate Sun
day School classes of the Georgia
Avenue Baptist Church-the one
taught by Mrs. Roberts-held a
picnic and Easter egg hunt at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Han
son Hicks on Henderson Avenue
last Wednesday.
The girls and boys who not on
ly enjoyed hunting for Easter
eggs, but also devoured quantities
of hotdogs, cake, icecream and
"cokes" were: Marie Weldon,
Emily Ann Roberts, Lynn Ches-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29

Cub Pack 1856 was honored by
having been chosen to represent
Cub Scouting in the Color Guard
at the Easter Sunrise Services on
Easter Sunday morning at Wal
ter Reed Hospital. The following
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-29

Mrs. James Nelson, and chill
dren Holly and Scott, spent the
Easter vacation with Mrs. Mel
sons parents in South Bend, Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

of the betterment association in
blaming racketeerS for the STAY
ing.
I'VE would have cleaned up
F, Phenix City," she vowed. That's
why they did this"
PremOnitiOn Of Death.
She said her husband "had
been threatened from time to
time for years. But they didn't
frighten him. Mr.. Patterson
wasn't afraid of anything"
From the betterment associa-
ton leader, Mr.. Pennington,
came the disclosure that the
lawyer had a premonition of
death and had told him only last
Tuesday that "they might try
to get me-"
Mr.. Pennington and John Pat
terson both promised to continue
the cleanup campaign more re-
lentleSSly than ever"
Phenix City, q neon-lighted
fun spot, in the past has shed
such drives as a duck sheds
water.
Many of Phenix City's $4,000
inhabitants work in stores. tex
tile mills, filling stations. and
such. And many work in the
night spots which line the streets
and some of the principal high
ways into town.
Violence is no stranger to those
pledged to halt the gambling
and clean up the bars where a
high proportion of the customers
are uneScprted girls.
Albert RoSenthal of Birming-
ham, one of the managers Of
Mr.. Patterson's campaign for at
torney general this year. esti-
mated the yearly take" at
Phenix City from gambling and
other organized crime is IS mil
lion dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Duke Deem Is Named
As U. S. ConsuItunt
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

DURHAM, N. c., June ia
Duke University administrator
has been named specialist con.
sultant to the State Depart
ment's international educational
exchange service. DR.. Paul M.
Gross. vice president, announced
here today.
DR.. Alan K. Manchester. dean
of undergraduate studies and
professor of history. has been
granted a two-month leave Of
absence for special service in
South America.
DR.. Manchester, a specialist in
Latin-American affairs. served
as cultural affairs officer at the
United States Embassy in Rio de
Janeiro throughout 1851, return
ing to the university in the fall
of 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

Howard Pennington, president
of the crime-f1ghting Roosevelt
Betterment Association, has
charged that Mr.. Terrell is the
brains" of a political organiza-
ton through which the under
world controls politics here.
Mr.. Terrell, who would prose-
cute Mr.. Patterson's slayer, de-
MED this.
A subcommittee of the State
Democratic executive committee
is now engaged in investigating
charges of vote buying, illegal
marking of ballots and bullying
of voters in the primary here
May 4.
Mr.. Patterson was a candidate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
BY The Associated Press

HANOI, Indo- China, June 10,
-B-26 bombers today pounded
Communist invasion routes at
the western fringe of the Red
River Delta. cutting two key
highways at points ahead of ad-
vancing supply conveys of the
Red-led Wet Mimi.
The French high command
announced explosions and fires
were sighted after the American
supplied warplanes hit a column
of Molotov trucks on the i'm
portant highways, Is and Al.
On the Delta's vital Hanoi
Haiphong supply lifeline, French
planes. artillery and tank guns
pounded 1000 Wet Mimi guer-
rillas who staged an abortive
ambush attack on a French road
opening patrol.
Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses.
Wet Mini forces closed in on
the patrol about midway between
Hanoi and its seaport outlet.
The French spokesman said 35
rebel attackers were killed, 20
taken prisoner, and heavy
losses" inflicted on the fleeing
rebels by French planes. Most
American supplies move on the
Haiphong-Hanoi highway.
Meanwhile, in Saigon, author
lied French military sources
confirmed that five American
Air Force techniciaAs missing
since Monday from Frances big
air base at Tourane had been
captured by the Wet Mini.
The French sources said
search patrols were continuing
to beat the countryside near the
beach where the men went on
an off-limits pleasure foray. But
all evidence indicated that the
men had been taken prisoner in
the village of My Khe, barely
a mile south of Tourane, which
is located about halfway between
Hanoi and Saigon on the China
Sea coast.
1000 Casualties to Fly to Paris.
In another Indo-China de-
velopment the French high
command said a commercial air.
liner now delayed in India would
be the first plane to start a
homeward airlift of 1000 Diem
Bien Phu wounded.
This indicated the French had
decided to repatriate their own
wounded to Paris and North
Africa by sea and air rather