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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

Q-Does the Presidents procla-
nation, ending Korean CT benefit
entitlements on January 81, have
any bearing on when a Korea vet
eran has to start training under
the Korean CT Bill?
A-Under the law, veteran
still must begin Korean CT Bill
training within three years follow
ing his separation from the arm
ed forces. The Presidents proc
lamation did not change that pro-
vision.
Q-Has the Presidents procla-
nation set deadline on CT loans
for post-Korea veterans?
Ayes. AS a result of the
proclamation, January 81, 1865,
has been set as the end of the CT
loan program for eligible post
Korea veterans.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
Asbury Methodist Church

Asbury Methodist Church, the
Rev. Walter L. Beckwith, pastor,
announces services for Sunday,
Feb. 9th as follows: Morning
worship, IL am; Sunday School,
H. C. Johnson, general superin-
tendent, 10 am. A special class
in church membership will be
taught by the pastor for the next
six weeks during the Sunday
School period. If interested get
in touch with the pastor. Evening
service, 7:30 o'clock, Mission
night, in charge of the commits
sion on missions, Mrs. Lewis M.
Price chairman. A special pro-
gram will be presented and the
mission film, Ambassador for
Christi, will be shown. Prayer
service Wednesday evening, 1880
o'clock. Asbury is the host church
in joint meeting of the churches
in this area as we observe the
World Day of Prayer, Friday,
February 25 at pm. Miss Flor
ence G. Lurty is in charge. The
regular monthly meeting of the
official board will be held Tues
day, March 1, at 7:30 pm. in the
social hall.
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Gospel" The Missionary Society
meets on Monday evening, Feb. %
at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Lester Russell,
president, will preside. The Adult
Choir, under the direction of Mrs.
Vernon Westfall, meets on We'd
nesday evening at 8 o'clock.
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st. Peters Church News

The Rev. F. S. Bancroft, rector
of st. Peters Church, has an
nounced special services during
Lent and Holy Week at the
church. On Ash Wednesday there
will be a celebration of holy COM
munion at 10 am. and the Litany,
Penitential Office, and sermon at
7:30 pm. On the Tuesdays in
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
18TH DELAWARE
PLAY FESTIVAL
Maximum Entries Have Been
Reached Permitted I'm
der Rules
"a PLAYS THIS YEAR

Entries in the 18th Delaware
Play Festival have reached the
maximum permitted under the
rules, according to DR.. C. Robert
Kase, director of the festival. AL
together there will be "a plays
presented this year during the
two-day festival, March 81 and
April 1. This number represents
an all-time high, four more than
last year. In the school division
there are 16 plays and in the COM
munity theatre division eight
plays. The school plays will be
presented during the morning and
afternoon programs, and the COM
munity theatre plays will be Of
fered in the evening. School par
ticipants in this years festival
and their plays are: Alexis I. du-
Pont High School, Submerged;
H. c. Conrad High School, '7The
Mist; Delmar High School, ''The
valient"; Laurel High School,
Opening Night; Millsboro High
School, I'm A Fool"; Newark
High School, ''The Clod"; Smyrna
High School, eThe Valient"; Tow
er Hill School, (which Is The
Way to Boston?";; Alfred I. du-
Pont Junior High School, "The
Ins and Outs; Oak Grove Junior
High School, "a Sunny Morning;
and Ocean City High School, NJ,
'Hghness."
Community Theatre Entries
Community theatre entries are:
Bridgeville Theatre League, 'The
Long Goodbye; Kent County
Theatre Guild, 1.-THE Twelve Pound
Look; University Drama Group,
frankie and Albert; William
Henry Players, "Aria da Capo";
wilmington Drama League, "The
Man Who Married a Dumb Wife;
Chester Players, Celeste; Elk
ton Little Theatre, Indian Sum-
mer." Also participating in the
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exciting sequences from actual
play of professional baseball,
basketball and football games.
Allen with local sportscasters
at ready stations in the TV
cities) will ask armchair men,
tors at home to "call the play"
From postcards mailed in, one
name is picked in each COM
munity, the person called, and
the query posed by the local an
nouncer. If the fan is right, the
bond is his.
PERT PHYLLIS AVERY, ,oho
plays Mrs. to Ray Milland'S Mr..
on his TV ShotU tCBS-TV)
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program are William Henry High
School, William Penn, and Will
High School, Bancroft
Junior High School, Cambridge
High School, and the Walnut
Street "Y" Theatre Guild. These
entrants have not yet revealed the
names of their plays at this date.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

era, is its real
family flavor be-
hind the camera.
Billy Gray, who
p la Us Rober t
Y oun g's son,
leases his "little
sister," Lauren
Chaplin, by pull
ing her hair.
nudging her and
tussling with
her just like any
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

A united service will be held at
Asbury Methodist Church at 8
pm. Services next Sunday, Feb.
27 will be morning service at IL
am; Sunday School, 10 am; sub
ject: "The Church Proclaims the
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

really brought
the chuckleS
,Ohen she ar
riUed for re-
h earS1lS the
other morning.
Strictly dead
pan. she said:
II think I'll visit
a pSychiatriSt.
Tue been listen
to some OF these
radio and TV
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

a new l5-mlnute
sports quiz.
"Call The Play
sectionally on
video view in
Kansas. Mary
land, Michigan
and New York.
To play the
game for a
S100 u. S. Bond
payof in view
ing city fans
at home watch
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

com m entltorS Phyllis AverX
on political affairs and don't
feel nearly as depressed as /
think should be-"
Speaking Of Art
Barry Nelson. co-star of my
Favorite Husband" (CBS-TV),
summered in Mexico and the.
Caribbean with his pretty, ac-
tress wife, Teresa Celli. The
couple picked up many native
objects dart. Among them -
carved Haitian figures, masks
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
from Trinidad and colorful West
Indian paintings.
One item Barry particularly

liked was a
stone, foot-high
figure unearthed
at an Aztec ruin.
The N elsOns
didn't realize its
true value until
they had to un-
wind yards of
govern m entail
red tape at the
border in order
TO bring the fg-
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

Barry Nelson urine home from
Mexico-a proud nation that
wants to keep its folk art in the
homeland.
Bubbiegum Diplomacy
One of the things that gives
"Father Knows Best" (CBS-TV)
its really family flavor on cam
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
llvlllAIVYA AIly5W'
AJOS II By PAT HoGAN
II a man looks sharply
and aifentiueiy
He shall see fortune.
Francis Bacon


LIVING ROOM SECOND-GUESSERS who sit back
and sco at sports mus TV have their turns
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
Speaking of Art

rs at 8 pm. at Asbury Methodist
Church.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

First Presbyterian Church
The World Day of Prayer will
be observed on Friday, Feb. 25.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24

Crime records show big in
creases in burglaries every
where. We can't keep burg
lars away from you, but we
do offer insurance against
Burglary, Theft and Robbery
that will make you really
"burglar-proof" as far as
loss of your money or prop
erty is concerned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Wheaton High PTA Meets
To Discuss Library Needs

| the American Legion Auxiliary
of Wheaton, Rock Creek Unit 268,
is sponsoring Game Night" on
November 18, at $50 pm. at the
Kensington Armory. The price
is 81 to play all evening with
free refreshments and door
prizes.
Prizes will be parcel post gifts
from all over the country do.
mated by friends and relatives OF
members of the auxiliary. The
proceeds of this affair will go
toward the purchase of an "as.
pirator" for the Christ Child Con.
valescent Home of Rockville.
Anna Mae Groffinger, Lo. 5-8734
should be called for tickets.
A book fair will be held in the
Glenmont Elementary School au.
idtorium, Georgia and Mason
Ave, today from 3 to 6 pm. and
tomorrow from $3.50 to 6 pm. for
the benefit of the school library.
The PTA will sponror the fair in
conjunction with National Book
Week
The latest and best in children's
literature will be available for
purchase, prices ranging from 81
to $3.50. Come anG do that
Christmas shopping early!
The regular monthly meeting
of the American Legion Auxiliary
of Wheaton, Rock Creek Unit 268,
will be held at $50 pm. on Wed,
nesday, at the cabin in the Wheat
on Recreation Center.
Edward Pierce, representing
the Connecticut Avenue Estates
Civic Association, will speak on
the building of a community
swimming pool in the Wheaton
Glenmont Area. refreshments
will be served at the end of the
business meeting.
There will not be a regular
meeting of the Glenmont Hills
Citizens Association in November.
Instead, the activity for the
month will be a social event in the
form of a dance next Friday eve
ming at the Glenmont Recreation
Center from 8 pm. to II mid
night. No admission charge.
Music for dancing will be pro-
vided by recordings. Coke, gin.
ger ale and soda will be provid.
ed-bring your glasses.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Wheaton Area
Priest Marks
Silver Jubilee

Almost 5000 Wheaton area
Catholics are expected to turn
out Sunday evening, to honor
Father w. Joyce Russell, pastor
of st. Catherine Laboure Church,
on the 25th anniversary of his
ordination as a priest.
A reception for the pastor will
be held in the auditorium of st.
GATHERINGS school, beginning at
7:30. Members of the church will
put on a play dramatizing the
history of the four-year-old con.
gregation.
Archbishop Patrick A. O'Boyle
and a number of bishops and
priests will attend a solemn high
mass at 1890 pm. Sunday, cele-
brating Father Russell's silver
jubilee. A reception for the
churchmen will follow the mass.
Father Russell, native of
Baltimore, was ordained in 1880.
He served a number of churches
in the State before coming to
Wheaton in 1851. Since then, the
church has grown to almost g.
900 members, with nearly 1000
children enrolled in the parochial
school. Father Russell now has
three assistants, Fathers Roger
Gallagher, Steven Byrne, and
canon McManus.
Shortly after coming to Whea-
ton, Father Russell began a pro-
gram of teen-age activities which
is still in existence. He is a form
er officer of the Montgomery
County chapter of the National
Council of Christians and Jews.
Sundays program is under the
Craftsmanship of Augustine Gen
till, with Father Gallagher as
sisting on arrangements.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

many of the girls, she says. Many
of her first-year students had
records as problem Students
their grades were poor, their at
tendance sporadic, and their at
titude toward school Indifferent.
But since they've enrolled in
the cosmetology course, their
overall grades have risen and
they love school. "They just need
ed to do something well-they
needed a sense of importance.
And in this course they found
just that" she said.
Being with the girls for three
hours each school day, Mrs. Ebert
gets to know them very we'll.
Sometimes they have problems
at home, and they ask to talk to
me, so we go into the office and
close the door. I just listen to
them-I can't advise them-but
II seems 10 help, she says.
1t helps SO much that last year
her students, who had been
known as the shyest girls in the
school, put on a Charleston act
in the schools variety show that
brought down the house.
Almost all of the second-year
girls in the course have part
time jobs as manicurists in area
beauty shops. After they have
completed a year of study, they
may take a State board exam for
a manicurist's license. "And their
record on the exam is wonder
full" their teacher says proudly.
mot one has failed it."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
10 CD Sirens
To be Placed
In Operation

The Montgomery County Civil
Defense Office has ten powerful
new sirens and 80 "Walkie-
talkie" two-way radios. The new
equipment cost a total of $35, 1853.
The Federal Government paid so
percent, Maryland 25 percent and
the county the rest.
The new sirens are 10 horse.
power electrically operated
"Thunderbolts" built by the Fed
eral Sign and Signal Company of
Chicago. They weigh about $500
pounds apiece. The sirens, with
rotating sound horns, will be
heard in a one and a half to two
mile radius.
CD official Joseph O'Connell
says the first siren will be placed
in the Wheaton area and others
located from that central point
to give complete siren coverage.
The second horn will probably be
placed atop the Garrett Park Ele
mentary School. A third will &c
somewhere in Rockville, possibly
on the County Office Building
Other sirens will be installed IN
Four Corners, the Forest Glen
area. the north Bethesda area
Silver Spring and Potomac.
A company official is coming
to the county to aid in placing
the new sirens, says Mr.. o.
Connell.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Work to Begin
On Water Tank
By Wednesday

Work on grading and building
the foundation for the 15-million-
gallon water-storage reservoir to
be erected in Wheaton, by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission will be started by
Wednesday,, the commission re.
vealed today.
Contract for the job was award
ed to J. o. and c. M. Stuart, Inc,
of Washington, on a low bid of
Sal ,929. Contract for construc-
ton of the huge steel tank, said
to be one of the largest of its
kind in the world, was awarded
September 81 to the Hammond
Iron Works, of Warren, Pa, on a
low bid of $306,200.
The project is scheduled for
completion by June 1, 1856. The
circular reservoir will be of weld.
ed all-steel construction, 238 feet
in diameter and 40 feet high at
the caves.
1t will be erected on two acres
of land owned by the commission,
next to the site of its two four
million-gallon storage tanks on
Kensington.Wheaton Road, be
tween Georgia Avenue and Viers
Mill Road. 1t will triple the wat
erstorage capacity of the com
missions main distribution cen
ter for Montgomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

Toussaint, Lillian Hayden and
Emadean Shepherd, the women
who have undertaken this tire.
mendous job to know how much
work can be done on short notice.
The entire sub-chairmen for the
special events have been selected.
They are: Anne Waller, banker;
Mary Chandler, donations; Ro.
mona tombstone and Lorraine
supper; Marilyn Outright, snack
RlIllard, games; Esther Carmack
bar, and Lillian Hayden, baker
sale.
This is a big event at the school,
every year and the kids really
have bang-up time. BE sure tc
be around next Saturday.
y
The child welfare committee o.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
BY Susie Kaplan
10. 4.7368

Wheaton High PTA meets
Tuesday at 8 pm. Miss Alice
Robinson, County librarian for
the Montgomery County Board of
Education will discuss the topic
What does the Wheaton High
Library need in order to meet ac-
creditation standards"
This is a must meeting for
every member of the Wheaton
High PTA.
The American Library ASsocia-
ton sets the standards by which
the Middle Atlantic State Accredi
dalton Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools will base their
Lewiston on the accreditation OF
Wheaton High.
From all appearances, the Ii.
brary at Wheaton is far from the
goal 1t must meet. Every parent
at the school should be concerned
and come out to hear Miss Rob
inson and enlist their aid to see
what can be done to put Wheaton
High on the accreditation list so
that it will not affect the standing
of the students who intend to en-
ter college.
If anyone needs more informa-
ton about this pressing problem
concerning the school, please call
MIR. or Mrs. Harold A. Kahn, 10.
4-7259.
+
The big Fall Festival that is
to be held by the Pleasantview
PTA on November 10 from 2 to
8 pm. is forging ahead in full
gear
You would have a meet Maggie
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

The Wheaton High School
senior students are being of.
fered an opportunity to com.
pete i'm the General Motors Ma.
tiOnal scholarship plan, ac.
cOrding to Carl L. Mitchell,
counselor.
The plan, initiated early i'm
1855, provides for 100 four
year scholarships, at least one
in every state and so at large,
at any college or university of
the successful contestants
choice and in any field of study
he may select.
Registration for the second
year of the plan is under way
now. Eligible to participate
are high school seniors, both
Gays and girls, who are United
States citizens, and who plan
to take the college entrance ex.
animation for admission to a
school of their choice or who
arrange to take the examina.
ton i'm order to enter the com.
petition for a General Motors
scholarship award.
Selection of award winners
in the General Motors plan will
be the responsibility of a group
of leading educators represent.
ing various parts of the cOun.
try.
Full details about the Gen.
eral Motors plan, including
registration dates for the ex.
aminatiOns are available to
interested students from MIR.
Mitchelrs office.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Budding Beauticians
Learn Skill i'm Wheaton

Along with reading, writing
and 'rithmetic, 40 Wheaton High
school girls are learning haircut
ting, manicuring, and permanent
waving.
They are students in Mrs. Sar-
ah Eberts cosmetology course,
one of two such vocational pro-
grams offered in County schools.
The other is at Carver.
The girls spend IS hours a
week in the cosmetology class
during their three years of high
school. The rest of the school day
is spent in other classes like Eng
fish, history and mathematics.
When they graduate they have a
vocational diploma equivalent to
a degree from beauty college
plus standard high school sub.
jects, and are eligible to take
the State board examination for
beautician's license.
Mrs. Ebert is a professional
teacher, and is also trained as a
beauty operator. She came to the
Washington area two years ago
when her husband took a lob
with the Federal Government,
and decided to go back to teach.
ing elementary school.
After she had signed a con.
tract for an elementary teaching
post, Elwood Mason, Wheaton's
High principal, heard about her
through a mutual friend and con-
WINGED her to come to Wheaton
to teach brand.new cosmetol-
ogy course.
When the school was built, a
classroom was equipped as a
training center for beauticians,
with sinks, hair-dryers, manicure
tables, and all the rest.
But there was no course plan,
and no properly qualified teach
er. Before Mrs. Ebert began to
teach, she had to work out a
course of study for the program.
In the first year, the girls learn
manicuring, shampooing, hair.
setting, scalp treatments, perma-
nents, and bleaching. More ad-
vanced second year work includes
facials, and in the third year they
go on to marching and tinting.
They work on each other, and
two afternoons week take out
side customers, who pay the cost
of supplies used on them. Moth
ers of the girls in the course are
some of the best customers, Mrs.
Ebert says.
She doesn't allow her students
to change the color of their own
hair in class, so they practice
their tinting on plaster models
with real human hair. When her
first class started to learn hair
bleaching, Mrs. Ebert let them
practice on her own blond hair,
Besides learning the technical
side of cosmetology, the Whea.
ton girls are also taught how
to make appointments, order
supplies, keep records, and man.
age a beauty shop.
Each class elects a shop man.
ager, like a class president. 1t
is her duty to greet customers,
and keep track of supplies.
The course of study Mrs. Ebert
set up cuts across many fields
including anatomy, physiology
and chemistry. "It's practically a
pre-med course" the teacher
says.
In addition, she squeezes in oc.
casional sessions on good groom.
ing. my girls know how to
dress" she says. you won't find
them wearing rhinestones to
school, or dungarees to a party
The cosmetology course has
| made a trnrOandouc difforonoo l.,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Three Women
Turn OutBest
Fire Slogans

Fire Starts when Caution
Stops"
This slogan won first prize in
the fire prevention slogan contest
sponsored by the Wheaton Cham
Der of Commerce and the County
Fire Marshall's office for Mrs.
Eloise Hand, of 3618 Raymond
Street, Chevy Chase.
Gov. Theodore McKeldin pre-
sented Mrs. Hand with her prize
21-inch television set donated by
the Wheaton Radio and Televi-
sion Coat a special joint meet
ing of the Chamber and the
Wheaton Kiwanis Club Monday.
Second prize winner was Mrs.
Ruth A. Marcus, of 1917 Keat-
ing Street, Wheaton City, who en-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

tered Keep Fires from Start
ing-Check Up Before Depart
ing" Mrs. Florence c. Knopp,
of 2809 Hardy Avenue, Wheaton
took third prize with Don't Let
Fire Make Your Home a Pyre."
Mrs. Marcus won a $50 saw
ings bond donated by Toms
Chevrolet, Inc, and the Triangle
House Restaurant provided a $25
bond for Mrs. Knopp.
In presenting the awards, the
governor said, 1--WE need remind
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10
Wheaton Concert

The first in the Wheaton
series of concerts by the Ma
dOnal Symphony Orchestra
will be given next Thursday
evening, i'm the auditorium of
Wheaton High School. Pianist
Roger Prizes will be soIOist.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-10

ers. We need slogans-and this
contest of the Wheaton Chamber
of Commerce is one good way to
get them-a good way to make
people thoughtful and careful
about fire"
Evening star., 1955-06-23

On Vocation
Miss Isabella C. Wells is
spending the summer months
at the Homestead in Hot
Springs, Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-23
BY JOSEPHINE LOWMAN

I was interested to read
some of the things which DR..
Karl B. Pace, who was selected
Family Doctor of 1854. had to
say. He has been practicing
medicine for the past 20 years
and has seen great changes
take place.
He feels that nerves and
tensions are our great trouble
today. When he began his
career only about 10 per cent
of his patients had psychoso-
matte or emotional illnesses.
Now he places the same figure
at about so per cent.
Correlations
'''~ This is the viewpoint held
by the medical profession as a
whole. Indigestion and ulcers
have been definitely correlated
with tensions and strains, as
have some headaches, fatigue,
and rashes. Even arthritis or
heart trouble may be a result
of periods of emotional stress.
There is certainly enough
evidence to make us fear the
Evening star., 1955-06-23
MODERN MARRIAGES
Hoist Storm Warning,
Irritable Mood Ahead

Husbands and wives need to
invent some sort Of system OF
storm warnings which one or
the other could hoist when
they are irritable and in a
mood for a squabble. The
other could then pull for shell
ter until the danger is over
and save everyone a lot Of dis
tress. It is evident that the
O'W. family needs something
like this, for Mrs. O'W. writes
me:
when we're both in good
spirits, nobody could enjoy life
more than my husband and I
do; but If one of us is out Of
sorts the other flares up and
we have a terrible time"
Obviously, Mrs. O'W., you
need q little more imagination
to fend off these collisions.
Gambling houses and such sim
full joints have a lookout, a
peep-hole. and a buzzer. When
a stranger approaches the
lookout inspects him through
the peephole and sounds the
buzzer if the stranger is sus-
pect. The gamblers inside hide
their cards, chips and other
paraphernalia SO that any,
one who enters finds merely a
group Of sober businessmen
studying the stock market re-
ports or something Of the kind.