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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-03
with Mrs. Rhodes, county home

with Mrs. Rhodes, county home
demonstration agent.
Mrs. Simon GLAND entertained
at birthday supper Saturday
night honoring the birthdays of
Mr.. GLAND and Mrs. Eli Leishear.
Guests were Mrs. Martin Best,
Mrs. Annie Specht, Mrs. Lucy
Gregg, Mrs. Bertha Parsley, Mr..
Carlton Parsley and Eli Leishear.
There were about 40 present at
the mission study class held last
Sunday at the church with Miss
Lillian Bleckner as leader. The
class will continue next week. A
social hour preceded the meeting.
Next Sunday, March 6, will
mark the beginning of the stew
ardship movement program as
observed at Damascus Methodist
Church as part of a general
church program emphasizing the
need to make God a greater part
of our every day living and the
fact that each individual owes to
God a stewardship accounting OF
his time, talent money, etc. The
Rev. A. Dean Kesler of Damas'
Gus is area chairman of the pro,
gram for upper Montgomery
County.
The Rev. and Mrs. A. Dean
Kesler and the Rev. and Mrs. C.
]. Hoover were Sunday evening
guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Leon
Dage of Clagettsville.
Joyce Burke, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce Burke will be
among the entertainers at the
WINK Damascus program Satur.
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Koontz
entertained at dinner Sunday
Guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Car.
son Nicholson, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Watkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Baltzel and Mrs. Mary Koontz.
Mr.. and Mrs. James S. Hilton
attended the Gaping exercises of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-03
BY Mrs. Ulysses Griffith Nv
Clearwater 3-2682

The Damascus American
Legion Post will hold a benefit
dance Saturday, March 26, for
the benefit of Miss Jill Burdette.
The dance, which will begin at
10 pm, will be the regular
monthly dance of the organiza-
ton, but all proceeds will be
given to the Burdettes to help de-
fray thesheavy hospital expenses
incurred after Miss Burdettes
serious auto accident
Tickets will sell for 81. Tickets
and posters have been donated
by the Mt. Airy Printing Com
pany. Gene Frock and his or
chestra from Westminster will
play and at least part of the
orchestra's services Will be
donated.
Tickets may be obtained from
Legion Commander Norman
Murray, Ways and Means Com
mittee chairman Paige Medairy,
or any legionnaire will see you
get once. The Legion will great.
ly appreciate the support of the
community in this project.
The Pancake supper a week
ago Tuesday was a great success.
We can't give you final details
on the number of tickets sold or
the amount realized for the
Lions charity fund until next
week.
The Lions met Tuesday, Mar
/, and at that meeting all tickets
and money were to be turned in
as well as outstanding bills.
After all tickets have been ac-
counted for and all bills paid the
final results can be tabulated
but this will not be done before
our printing deadline.
You might be interested in a
few things we observed. Eat
ing honors at the supper so far
as we could ascertain went to a
young 12-year-old from Mt.
Rainier who consumed 10 pan
cakes and 18 sausages as well as
several bottles of milk. No pro
fit on eaters like that one.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-03

loft, Silver Spring, a daughter,
Valerie Ann.
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Colts
chalk, Kensington, a daughter,
Jennifer Leigh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles w. Rhine,
Jr., Kensington, a son, Charles
Howard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward William
Swami, 1925 Broodwood Dr.,
Rockville, a daughter, Joyce Ann.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur A. Ashby,
300 Dean Drive, Rockville, a
daughter, Anna Adele.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald K. Weigle,
1922 Parrish Dr., Rockville, a son,
Douglas Kent.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Donald
Chesley, Silver Spring, a daugh-
ter, Linda Diane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman F. Mo
dine, Garrett Park, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Vivien,
Silver Spring, a son, Robert Glib
son II.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-03-03
BY Congressman Dewitt Hyde

National attention is now be-
ing focused on the many prob
lens confronting our schools.
The President has directed the
Congress attention to specific
programs which would help fill
the need for new school construc-
ton. Bills have been introduced
in both Houses to carry out var
ious legislators ideas as to just
how the critical classroom short
age can be met. But there are
some aspects of the problem
which must not go overlooked.
Many of our communities face
unusual problems resulting from
increases in the school popula-
ton which have come about
through the extra burden placed
by the needs of the federal gov
eminent. In the past Congress
has provided funds for school
construction in these federally
impacted areas. In the 9th Con-
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their daughter, Nancy, at Mt
Pleasant Hospital in Baltimore
on Feb. "a. Nancy is a first year
student nurse at Sinai Hospital.
Following the ceremony Nancy
accompanied her parents home
for a nine.day vacation.
We are glad to report that
Harry Stipe is improving and eX-
poets to be fitted for braces
shortly.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Three out Of nine special cita-
tions for advancement In horti-
culture were awarded men Of this
area during proceedings Of the
American Horticultural Congress
held here late in August,
Although the membership of the
congress is not great. 1t is COM
posed Of all the leading national
organizations In the field.
The men honored included: /:
DR.. M. L. Wilson, former director
|of the Federal Extension Serv-
Ice: DR.. Fred v. Waugh, chief,
Agricultural and Economics Di-
vision Of the Agricultural Market
ing Service, USDA:: and DR..
Samuel L. Emsweller, head,
Ornamental Plants Section, Ag-
Iricultural Research Service.
IUSDA.
e. L. d. Seymour, horticul-
|tural editor Of American Home,
was chairman Of the commission
on citations.
Dr.. Wilson helped to organize
the Victory Gardens Campaign
during the war years and greatly
aided home gardeners in general
since the war.
Dr.. Waugh was cited for his
Evening star., 1955-11-06
3 Of 9 Horticultural Congress
Awards Go to Area Men

economic studies Of the horti-
cultural industry. q first assess
ment Of an industry that has
mushroomed into the billions OF
dollars. which was based In part
on q vast collection Of statistics
from the last census.
DR.. Emsweller was cited be-
cause of his research activities Of
immense value to the industry,
and for his assistance to inter-
national projects.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
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Evening star., 1955-11-06
Lily
Bulbs Are Sufest

Many Of the better producers
Of lily bulbs ofier disease free
bulbs. They are the only ones
that are safe to buy. Many Of
the failures in growing lilies
trace back to the diseased bulbs
planting and not to the common
belief that lilies are not adapted
to this climate.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Mum Show Winners

In the recent chrysanthemum
show staged in connection with
the American Horticultural Con-
gress, the following arrangers won
prizes in the "Chrysanthemums
East and West" tlematic COM
petition: Mrs. Albert A. Matters,
II. Sharpnack, Mrs. B. F. Lehman,
Mrs. M. L. Diffenderfer. Mrs. ],
Marshall Wilhelm. Mrs. Felix e.
Holden. Mrs. Hugh w. Cary, Mrs.
Homer Hambert. Mrs. Thomas
Carroll, jr., Mrs. Thomas A. Lad
son, jr.. Mrs. Raymond D. Woods.
Mrs. Theodore D. Peyser, Mrs.
Bernard Bralove. Mrs. Frederick
Evening star., 1955-11-06
LIFE IN
THE COUN TRY
Turkey Shoots vs.. Huntinq
sY IAMEs BIRcHFlELD

sometimes you might get 9
turkey.
But I doubt II 1t ever can be
the same as getting your Thanks
giving dinner out Of the woods.
But I suppose we can't complain
too much. We are living in q
push-button world, and this Is
Just one example Of the trends
of the times.
We have q problem down on
the pond. It concerns q blue
heron and about l8 geese who
stay about the pond more or
less all of the time.
Our heron comes in on occa-
sion to wade about the pond
edges in the hopes Of catching
some Of the fish we put in the
pond. He is q friendly bird. and
wants to take part In the fun
the geese are having. But the
tragedy is that the geese viii
have nothing Of him.
As . matter Of fact, they are
scared stiff, and every time the
heron tries TO join them they
take on like q den Of foxes wa
after them.
The other day our heron came
over to Join the geese. They
kept edging away. talking ali
the time. and he followed them
almost to the house before giving
up and going back to his lonely
vigil beside the pond.
EAt
A late fall, it seems. Here II
is in November and we hayen's
yet had that black frost. In
our part OF the country, October
20 was the deadline. That Ii
the date Of the average "black
frost. Z but we got by this year.
There have been q few light ones,
but nothing yet that really got
results.
! wonder II all those wooliy
bears could have been wrongl
Evening star., 1955-11-06

and the larger they are the more
the shock. Smaller plants suf-
fering less shock oftentimes
catch up with. or pass the larger
sizes.
Take Time to Plant Right
Take time with the fall plant
ing. That Is one Of the adyan-
tages Of doing the Job at this
season. Prepare the planting
hole carefully and incorporate
plenty Of humus into the soil
both below and around the shrub
or tree. But don't put commer-
cial fertilizer In the hole. Guy
tail shrubs and trees so that they
will not whip about in winter
winds.
Hardy Annuals
Seed Of the hardy ANIMALS can
be sown at any time the soil is
ready. Plant the annual poppies.
larkspur, cornfiower. etc. now
for early spring bloom. The seed
need not be covered although q
light covering with sand may be
desirable to protect the seed
from birds and mice. Sow the
seeds thinly so that they win
not be too thick for good growth.
Swinging the House Plants
It ID not too early to give
the house plants q good syring-
ing to remove the dust and to
overcome the dryness Of the at
mosphere. This chore should be
done ct least once q month dur
ing the winter. With the excep-
ton Of African violets and glox-
inias it viii pay to use cold
water to control the sucking in
Sects.
Prepare COldframe Now
The coldframe should Be pre-
pared for winter duty now. 1t is
much easier TO do the job be-
fore the ground freezes. and II
the soil is to be changed 1t should
able to dig and bring In soil next
be done now. We may not be
February. when 1t Is time to
start the coldframe.- wv. H. Y.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
|Yellowine Natural
AT This Season for
Certain Eyerqreens

Hemlock. pine and arborvitae
have taken on q yellow look the
past few weeks, and tree owners
are greatly concerned. It is nor
NAL this time Of year for three
and four-year-old needles on
conifers to turn yellow.
Within q few weeks these
needles win brown and drop on.
It Is natures way or balancing
the crown with the root area.
On some conifers. however,
the two-year needles also are
yellowing. This Is due chiefly to
the soaring heat Of last summers
These trees. notably
hemloek. may look peaked and
thin until next springs new
growth. Feeding this fall or
early next spring win stimulate
that growth.
Conifers growing In shaded
+ y b
Evening star., 1955-11-06

Things have either gotten bet
ter or worse according TO the
way you look ct it--since the
days when our forefathers. ARM
ed with their long guns. took TO
the woods In quest Of Thanks
giving dinner.
We don't have to do that In
these streamlined days. All we
do Is take to the nearest IRE
house and, If we are lucky. bring
back our Thanksgiving turkey
wrapped in cellophane.
In other words. the turkey
shoot has undergone some dras-
tic changes.
From stalking a live turkey in
the woods. we have come to
shooting q shotgun at q target so
PAGES. And If our gun patterns
right and we get . shot closer
to the center Of the target than
the other shooters. We bring
home the game.
And there are no messy fea-
thers. For our turkey Il dressed
and frozen. and all we have to
do Is bring him home and pop
him In the deep freeze until the
day when we are ready to pop
him In the oven.
I suppose there are some who
viii say this is better than in
the old days. although ! under
stand that it Is no surer. Our
ancestors we're pretty good at
snagging on . turkey or two in
the woods. and I doubt IL many
Of us could qualify as excellent
In getting near the target center
at q modern turkey shoot.
I don't know. A turkey shoot
can be lots Of fun. You see q
lot Of people. and you hear q lot
Of guns going on. You also hear
. lot Of stories II the crowd is in
the proper mood. And. Of course.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

Cleveland Park Garden Club
will meet tomorrow at 3 pm, at
the Cleveland Park public IL
brary. Jack Paisley will talk on
Culture and Variety Of Roses. .
BurIeith Garden Club will
meet Tuesday at the Old st.
Luke,s Church. Wisconsin ave-
nue. and Thirty-fifth street, at
8 pm; Mrs. Carl Romborg host
ess. Mrs. Carl Wheian co-host-
ess. Residents Of Burleith in
vited. Mrs. Frederick Lang win
demonstrate arranging with
fruit and fall flowers.
Hunting Greek Garden Club
win meet Tuesday at 2 pm. ct
the home Of Mrs. Harry Harris.
4l4 Franklin street, Alexandria,
Va. Mrs. Frederick Lang win
lecture on Problem Containers. .
Wesley Heights Spring Valley
Garden Club win meet Tuesday
ct 8 pm. at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. George CARL. 4747 Full
ton street NV. The program
win be given by Mrs. Herbert
Greger. her subject. Touring
Europe's Gardens
Alta Vista Garden Club win
meet Wednesday ct s pm. at
Gustin Garden Nursery on Old
Georgetown road. The subject
win be Holiday Decorations
70 be led by Mrs. Frederick Lang.
Hostesses: Mrs. Daniel p. Willis
and Mrs. Martin 3. Durkin.
Hilltop Garden Club will hold
. benefit luncheon and card
party ct 1880 pm. Thursday lat
Cakcrest Country Club.
Bradbury Heights Garden
Club viii meet at the Methodist
Church, Bowen road and Ala
bama avenue Sc, Thursday at 8
pm. John Paisgrove win show
garden slides. Hostess, Mrs. Mar
jorie Albrecht. Election Of ON
GERS.
National Capital Dahlia So
ciety win hold its annual election
Of oficers Thursday at 3 pm.
session in the National Museum
auditorium. John Gilmer viii
lead discussion on dahlia storage.
Other features include q travel
movie and color slides on dahlia
gardens.
Falls Church Garden Club met
recently TO hear . discussion on
Wildfiower cultivation By Ralph
w. Bennett. Members provided
q mum show.
Green Thumb Garden Club 81
Pimmit Hills. Falls Church, Va,
and Stony Brook Garden Club Oi
Falls Church were among units
aiding National Flower Week By
distributing flowers to stores ar,d
Evening star., 1955-11-06
my lEodesnts Sizes

n ordsring shrubs for the
new home. e the one u ysstar-
ysar, DO not try 70 buy the big
gsst siass AyaiIabis. Transplant
ing y d shock y B plant At best.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

condition have i tendency 10
shed more needles than those
growing in open sunlight. The
needles should be left where they
fan. This makes an ideal mulch.
insulating the roots from intense
summer heat and protecting
them from severe winter cold Is
well as conserving moisture.
Evening star., 1955-11-06
New Bulletin Out

University Of Maryland fact
Sheet" No. % entitled Land
|scape Planning for the Small
Property" contains many valu-
able pointers. Copies may be
obtained by writing to the
Maryland Agricultural Extension
Service. College Park. Nd.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

schools. The stony Brook club
win meet Thursday ct . pm. at
100 Lee Park court, Mrs. r. M.
Kee and Mrs. John Moffatt host
|esses: topic, Decorations for
Christmas Wreaths." "
Capitol Hin Garden Club win
meet Tuesday ct Q pm. ct the
home Of Mrs. Charles M. Baum,
5il Seward square Sc. Miss
Rose Atwood win speak on Gift
Wrappings."
Evening star., 1955-11-06
Avoid Gladiolns Rot

Don't be IN too big ! hurry to
move or plant deciduous trees,
shrubs and roses. The normal
planting time for them is around
the middle of November. Even
then II N best not be expect such
plant shipments from Southern
nurseries. Digging operations
are only now getting under way
in the Northern nurseries. We
win have plenty Of time TO plant
later on.
Evening star., 1955-11-06

w. Lang. Mrs. NJ. N. Hardesty.
Mrs. A. r. Striker. Mrs. @. A.
vacca, Mrs. Edward Wilson, Mrs.
Peter Hanson and Mrs. W. N.
Hurst.
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EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Robertson Home Beautiful;
Sir ROGER MQkins Admired
By BETTY BEALE

I know now why the wife
Of Assistant Secretary Of State
Walter Robertson spends so
little time in Washington. It's
the same reason that sends her
husband looming back to
Richmond for weekend res
pites when he's not in For
mosa. Paris, Bangkok or on an
offshore island with Admiral
Arthur Radford. It's a home so
beautiful in setting of such
elegance, stateliness and peace,
that anything else would SUI
fer by contrast.
Milburne. the RobertsonS'
Richmond residence, is a spa
cious, formal, red brick Geor-
gian house that dwarfs most
of the embassies in Washing
ton. It's at least as big as the
Belgian Embassy plus a wing
that includes a columned ar
cade out on a little brick path
and garden on one side, and
upon tiers Of boxwood-bor-
dered terraces sloping down to
the James River on the other.
You wouldn't dream that 1t
was built only 20 years ago. 1t
has much the same design and
fine old cared-for look as the
Governors Palace in Williams
burg. The modern new appear
ance was avoided by using an
tiuue bricks and beams. and
by planting good sized box to
begin with. It's trees are prob
ably the same as those glimpsed
on the banks by the James
town settlers when they con-
tinued up the river in 1907.
They couldn't go beyond the
falls so they planted a cross on
an island in the river at the
foot of the Robertsons' hill.
G. w. Surveyed It
The canal at the base Of
their property that eventually
bypasses the falls was surveyed
by George Washington soon
after he finished college. The
starleaf ivy that covers every
brick wall all stemmed from
a sprig brought back by an
aunt from Melrose Abbey in
Scotland and it has flourished
so well in Richmond that
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Noyes-M Ycielsko
Ceremony Held

Representative and Mrs. Al
fred D. Sieminski of Jersey
City. N. j.. announce the mar
rage on May II Of her daugh-
ter. Countess Izabella Myciel-
ska, to Mr.. James Hoyt Noyes.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. James g.
Noyes Of Napa Valley. Calf.
The Rev. Charles H. Clark
performed the ceremony in
Emmanuel Church-on-the-Hill
in Alexandria. A reception was
held following the ceremony
at the 1925 F Street Club.
The bride wore a gown Of
white satin embroidered in
white and gold flowers and car
ried bouquet Of white carna-
tions. She was attended by
Miss Lisa de Kaufman, Miss
Cynthia Makins, Miss Mia
Schoumenkowitz and Miss Ha-
mia Woyska.
The couple will make their
home here.
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nearly everybody in town has
some of it. And the two neigh
boring estates are graced by
historic mansions brought over
from England piece by piece
and reconstructed in the Eng
.lish atmosphere of Virginia's
gracious countryside.
One is Agecroft owned by
Mrs. David Morton, the widow
of Thurston Morton's father,
and the other is Virginia
House, originally part of War
wick Priority in England. and
left to the Virginia Historical
Society with 50 million to care
for it by the late Ambassador
and Mrs. Alexander Weddell.
There are arms on each indi-
eating that Queen Elizabeth I
visited both. It seems that
she must have slept out as
often as George Washington.
As secretary Robertson
showed British Minister Sir
Robert Scott around the two
houses Sunday afternoon. he
said. This is a little bit of
Virginia that's forever Eng
land" Everyone was momen-
tarily transplanted.
Luncheon Held There
Sir Robert was one Of a
handful of Washingtonians
who drove down for lunch Sum-
day. Joyce Wingate. British
Ambassador Makins' Girl Fri
day was another and the others
included Kenneth and Patricia
Young, Dottie Kidder and her
house guest. Mrs. Convery
Egan. Mr.. Edward Anderson,
the great, great grandson of
Thomas Jefferson, was also
present and so were the hosts
children, Walter. jr. and Kitty
and her husband. DR.. Herbert
Claiborne. They had brought
their seven weeks old baby
over from Charlottesville to
meet his globetrotting grand
father for the first time. What
with the Vienna Conference
and Far Eastern problems,
Walter hadn't been in town
long enough to get near his
own heavenly homestead
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Bakers to
Visit Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Henry
Baker, jr., Huntsville, Tenn.
and theirN 2-year-old son
Darek will arrive in Washing
ton this evening for a To-day
visit with the parents of the
couple.
They will be the house guests
of Mr.. Bakers parents, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Howard
H Baker, 3014 Woodland
drive, NV. and will visit with
Mrs. Bakers parents. Senator
and Mrs. Everett Dirksen.
Mrs. Baker is the former
"Joy" Dirksen. Little Darek is
the only grandchild on either
side of the house.
A number of social functions
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TO-DAY M SOCIETY

have been planned for the
young Bakers.
Among them is a tea. to be
given by Mrs. Dirksen' at the
Mayflower Hotel, tomorrow
from 4 to 8 pm; a mother
daughter luncheon to be given
by Mrs. William Burdick. pres
ident of the League of Repub-
lican Women, at Chevy Chase
Club, on Saturday. and a cock
tail party to be given by Rep
resentative and Mrs. Baker at
their home from 6 to 8 PM,
on Thursday. June 2.
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Embassy to Be
Scene Of Benefit

The annual benefit tea for
multiple sclerosis will be held
this year from 2::30 to $50
o'clock June II at the Indo-
nesian Embassy.
The tea will honor multiple
sclerosis patients who have
been working on behalf of
other victims of the ailment.
Mrs. Bennington Muff1ey is
chairman and will be assisted
by Mrs. Sidney Marks. Mrs.
Richard Lott. Mrs. Ferguson
Pinkerton, Miss Gloria Gard
ner and Kay Lewis Gill.
The program will include
distinguished guests, a fashion
show, music, entertainment.
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by not being at Secretary
Dulles competing dinner. The
Secretary'S party was a stag
affair and was seated entirely
according to protocol. which
means that the ambassadors
who see each other every day
we're seated together. the
NATO delegates who work to-
gether were rubbing elbows as
usual, the military who are
used to comforting together
were grouped together, and the
State Department men were
placed so they could talk to
each other as usual.