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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10

Despite the miserable weather,
a large group gathered to Ibid
on and buy" the many articles
offered for sale. The church is
currently engaged in a Building
Crusade which began back in No
vember. The expansion program
calls for a new educational build
ing which with the old building
and facilities will accommodate
1000 children and adults. The
sanctuary will be extended max
ing possible a seating capacity of
over 500. The total cost of the
building and improvements will
exceed $4,000 of which $127, 900
has been pledged by the church
members and constituents. Build
ing will begin in the late Spring.
Gals, would you like to sew
fancy stitch or hook a rug or
two? Maybe you would like to
learn Spanish for that proposed
vacation trip, or if it's shorthand
or tipping you have a yen for,
RMTIS is just the place for you.
The night classes for adults are
now in the second semester. The
registration fee is five dollars a
term for each subject. A term
consists of not less than "a hours,
or more than forty-eight hours
of instruction. No, we didn't for
get you guys, either-there's a
class in woodworking and auto
mechanics. And if any of you
feel the need of a calisthenic or
two, there's the health and ply
steal ed class for men and women.
Whatever your choice may be,
you better hurry-there's still
timeNto enroll.
Of things to come-St. Mary's
Parish Dance, February Is, st.
Mary's Hall; Mems Club of Christ
Church Dance, Bethesda Country
Club, February IS; repeat per-
Torrance of Harvey" by the
Rockville Little Theatre Group,
Christ Church Parish Hall, Feb
ruary 10, with Hodge Smith do
ing the lead of "Elwood P. Dowd''
again, and John Cavanaugh play
ing the psychiatrist; Annual Sill
yer Tea and Bake Sale, Altar
Guild of Christ Church, home of
Mrs. Stephen C. Cromwell, POS
w. Montgomery Avenue, 2:30 to
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Younger Set
Has Full List
OF Festivities
By Mrs. John Diamond, III
Pc. 2-2312

Taking precedence over all
other things any time of the
year, the weat h e r always
makes news. Certainly last
Wednesdays snowfall and the
frigid temperatures w h i C h
prevailed for several days,
made the headlines last week.
With the school holiday on
Wednesday, the youngsters land
some of the oldsters) had a mar
vellous time coasting. AS a mat
ter of fact, they had several good
days and nights to put those
dusty sleds to good use. All
over town the younger set
swarmed like bees to enjoy their
very first opportunity of that
wonderful winter sport. Then
come Monday, it was so mild it
might as weel be Spring.
Despite the record cold temp
eratures and hazardous travell-
ing, a great many roads led to
Hectic Hill on Falls Road Friday
evening. Miss Barbara Belts was
hostess at dinner for % members
of the young contingent. =
Following dinner, the guests
enjoyed several hours of dancing
to the tunes of one of Rockville's
favorite musicians - Leonard
Mead. Leonard, who is somewhat
of an institution in these parts,
plays the piano such as we have
never heard, and Friday night he
was playing for a number of
third-generation Rockvillians.
Many times in the years past
he has played at parties at the
old Clubhouse in Rockville for
Barbara's grandparents, and
more recently at parties for her
parents. A number of her young
guests Friday night had heard OF
his unusual talent from their
grandparents and parents who
have spent many happy hours
dancing to his wonderful music
Fridays party was held in the
Belts new recreation room. Sew
eral of the guests at the delight
full party were Barbara's class
mates at the National Cathedral
School for Girls and were he1
= houseguestS at Hectic Hill over
the weekend.
The Allison Chapins we would
say really know how to pick va
cation-time. On Saturday, in the
midst of all that record colo
weather, icy roads, and whatnot
they took off for Florida. They
motored down to New Orleans
for few days the first part OF
this week, and then on to Flor
ida for some fun in the sur
there. They expect to be away
for ten days or two weeks.
And speaking of Florida, wore
comes from Miss Hattie McF'ar
land and Mrs. Cramer Burck, who
are vacationing in Orlando, tina
they are having a delightful visit
They are enjoying the sunny
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10

weather and beauty of the South
land.
Friday night Chats tomorrow
is the night of the dance given
by the Citizens for Good Govern
ment in Rockville. Stew Jamison
and his orchestra will strike up
the band at nine and the semi
formal affair will continue until
the clock strikes midnight. The
Kensington Armory is the place,
you know, and the proceeds from
the dance will go to Rockville's
new recreation center. We have
it from a very reliable source
that there will be some real
gone" entertainment.
Congratulations are in order
this week for that group of VIPs
the Boy Scouts of America.
They are celebrating their 45th
birthday and their theme is
Building for a Better Tomor-
row." We know of no finer group
of young people than these boys,
and we salute them and their
leaders.
One of Rockville's very favor
lite people-Miss Violet Magruder
met with an accident during
last weeks icy spell. She fell on
the ice and suffered a broken
wrist. We understand, however,
that she is home from the hos
pital and getting along nicely,
despite the uncomfortable cast
she muStWear for a while. Know
ing Miss Violet" as we do, we
are sure she will soon be COM
pletely recovered and about her
busy way again.
Last Thursday, Mrs. ]. Fairfax
Walters was among the guests
at the Army-Navy Country Club
at the luncheon given by the Mar.
inc Aviation Wives Club. Mrs.
Lemuel c. Shepherd, wife of the
Commandant of the Marine
Corps, was among the honored
guests at the party. On Saturday
Mrs. Walters will attend Valen
tine Party given by Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Hay at their home on Kali
mia Road in Washington. A mum
Der of "old grads" from Mary
land University will be present
at this affair.
Attention you parents OF
youngsters in the Montgomery
County Public Schools. Thursday
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10

Now at Kelly Field for military
air transport instruction is Air
man Third Class Walter c.
Drager, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid G. Drager, 902 Lewis Ave-.
Rockcrest.
Altman Drager spent a brief
furlough at home recently fol
lowing the completion of his basic
training at the Lakeland Ali
Force Base at San Antonio, Tex
A sports star and graduate OF
RMHS, he asked the SENTINEL
to say "hello" for him to any OF
his friends he may have missed
while home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
On Leave i'm Tokyo

PFC James G. Taylor, Jr., IS,
whose parents live in Rockville,
recently spent a weeks leave in
Tokyo from his unit in Korea.
Taylor, regularly stationed in
Korea as a mechanic with the
539th Transportation Light Truck
Company, entered the Army in
November 1853 and arrived over
seas last May.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
To Hold Coffee Hour

The Chevy Chase chapter of
the OAR will be in charge of the
coffee hour that will be held for
all workers in the Montgomery
County Thrift Shop, Bethesda, at
10 am. Feb. IS. The coffee hour
is an annual event at the Thrift
Shop and is devoted to merchan-
die discussion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Suburban Trust
Gains in National
Listing of Banks

According to national banking
statistics, the Suburban Trust
Co. now ranks 252 among the
$1,000 banks in the U. S.
This represents a gain of So
positions in the ranking of all
banks by size since Suburban was
in 305th place last year.
Outside of Baltimore, Suburban
is Maryland's biggest bank. 1t
ranks fourth with respect to
Washington Banks and seventh
in Maryland including Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10
Visits in Japan

PFC Frazier P. Dawson, %,
son of Mrs. Thomas L. Dawson,
131 S. Adams ST., Rockville, re.
Gently spent a weeks leave in
Tokyo from his unit in Korea.
PFC Dawson, a storage inspector
in the 503d Engineer Groups
Headquarters Company, entered
the Army in June 1858 and ar,
rived overseas last May. He at.
tended the University of Ken,
lucky and is a member of Sigma
MI fraternity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-02-10

Relations division of the Depart
ment of State in 1916. She is al
present an information officer in
that division.
Evening star., 1955-04-26
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

MEMORY - Home run king
Babe Ruth had poor memory
for faces. This was an under
standable failing, as he had
hordes of admirers and met
thousands of people.
One day, when the Yankees
were playing Detroit he hit two
home runs off rookie pitcher.
who was making his debut.
When he returned to the
locker room at the end Of the
game. Ruth had to push his
way through crowd OF fans.
One of them, young fellow
in his 20s, managed to squeeze
into the room behind him.
He showed a baseball into the
Babes hand, and asked him to
autograph it.
Those were two great homers
YOU hit" he said, his eyes fixed
on Ruth in admiration.
Thanks, son." said Ruth, re-
turning the ball.
When the youth had departed,
the Babe remarked to his team
mates:
Nice kid. I wonder who he
Is"
"You ought TO know" they
answered He pitched for the
Tigers today
Evening star., 1955-04-26
NAMES
IN THE NEWS
BY CONSTANTINE CHEKREZI

Soviet Russia is about to make
another addition to her satel-
lites. Radio Moscow announced
that top Soviet scientists are
working on a space laboratory
which would revolve around the
earth as satellite. The an
nouncement was made by Ana
toly Karpenko (Ah-nah-TOH-
lee Kar-PEN-ko). secretary Of
the permanent Commission for
Interplanetary Communications.
Peter Kapitsa (Kah-PEE-tsahD =.
one of Russia's scientists, is on
the Commission.
DR.. Leonid P. Smirnov GEH-
oh-nid ZMYR-nofD, form er
Russian oil geologist. now in the
United States, has declared that
the Soviet Union has stored
sufficient oil-the greater part of
500 million barrels a year-for
the machinery of war.
Nine Soviet wartime army
officers, including Generals G. v.
BaIkanov (Bal-KAHN-ofD and
N. /. Lyamin Uee-AH-minD have
accepted the invitation to come
to Washington to attend the
10th anniversary celebration of
the meeting between Soviet and
A m merican troops at COrgau
(KOR-gah-oo), in Central Ger
many, April 25, 1945.
DR.. Stefan Krajcovic (KRY-
tsoh-vitsh). leader of the Ma
tional Committee for the Liberia
ton of Slovakia (Sloh-VAH- -kee-
ah), has reported that a new
and secret Communist under
ground in major American cities
is attempting to send back
Slavic exiles to their red-domi-
mated countries.
(All rights reserved)
Evening star., 1955-04-26
A WORD TO THE WISE

Inglewood: A commentator
uses the word "tendentious." 1t
also appeared recently in the
Saturday Evening Post. Please
discuss It'll. K. T.
Answer: Tendentlous is an ad-
jective meaning, Having or con-
forming to a tendency, especially
by design. Merriam Webster's.
Pronounce 1t: ten-DEN-shuss.
Queens Village: We have a
controversy. Is 1t correct to pro-
nounce the first two syllables Of
tuberculosis like the tuber2-
r. w.
Evening star., 1955-04-26
BY MRS. FRANK COLBY

example, when certain candi-
dates lose because of having re-
ceived support from a disfavored
organization, they are said to
have received the kiss of death.
Houston: The word "instanter"
what has become Of .t2 It's
good. j.
Answer: Not only good, but 1t
is excellent Latin. 1t means "im-
mediately. at once" Instanter Is
obsolescent. however. The GUS
tomary modern word Is "in-
stantly."
Distributed by McNsught syndieate. Inc.
Evening star., 1955-04-26

Answer: No. Accent the second
and fourth syllables, thus: tu-
BER-cu-LO-siss.
Milwaukee: In advertising car
amel candy on the radio and on
TV a certain announcer uses
the pronunciation "care-a mel. 1"
Please Colbyize caramel for US.
H. w.
Answer: Many people say
"KAHR-m1.' In best usage, how
ever, the "a" Of the first syllable
is fiat as in carrot, arrogant.
Better say: KAIR-uh-mel. or:
kAIR-uh-ml.
Evening star., 1955-04-26

Kansas City: How did the ex-
preston kiss of death" orig
inate?-H. w. @.
Answer: 1t is an allusion to
the kiss of Judas Iscariot: But
Jesus said unto him, Judas, be-
trayest thou the Son Of man with
a kiss?"-Luke %. 48. However
as kiss of death" is used today
1t does not often designate de-
liberate betrayal; rather. 1t i'm
plies a well-meant Endorsement
which results IN disaster TO the
career Of the one Endorsed. Fol
Evening star., 1955-04-26
OUR PRESIDENTS
BY HONORE M. CATUDAL

1-Who was President when
Confederate Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston, with nearly 10000
men, surrendered to Gen. Sher-
man, 90 years ago today?
2-Near Port Royal, Va, 80
years ago today, President Lin
coins assassin was killed. What
was the name of this man?
3-In accepting the nomina-
ton which led to the White
House, a President-to-be said:
1--WE in America are nearer to
the final triumph over poverty
than ever before in the history
of any land" Who said this?
ANSWERS on Next Page
Evening star., 1955-04-26
Answer TO OPODELDOC

AnsweF TO OPODELDOC
oleo. plod, polo, pole. poodle. pood
dolce, dodo. dole. dope doodle. lode,
loop, lope. clod. clop, cold, cole, code,
coddle, cope, cooled coop, cooed, coed
Evening star., 1955-04-26
CONTRACT
BRIDGE
BY EASLEP BLACKWOOD

Here is a brief summary Of
the bridge laws reierred to in the
past few columns. According to
my mail these are the laws most
frequently broken and it may
be helpful to you to check over
these most common infractions
and the penalties therefor.
REVOKE: You revoke when
you fail to follow suit although
able to do so. A revoke is es-
tablished when the offender or
his partner leads or plays to
the next trick. Penalty: Two
tricks, won after the revoke, are
transferred to the non-offend-
ing side.
EXPOSED CARDS: If you are
playing a hand as declarer no
card of yours ever becomes a
penalty card If you wish, YOU
can spread your whole hand
face up on the table-although
frankly 1 can see no advantage
in it.
But if defender exposes a
card or sees card of his part
ner's before he should. that card
becomes a penalty card and must
be left face up and played at the
first legal opportunity.
LEAD FROM WRONG HAND
BY DECLARER: If the lead is
in the closed hand and declarer
leads from dummy COR vice.
versa) he must, if required by a
defender. lead from the proper
hand and, if possible, he must
lead the same suit which he at
tempted to lead before.
LEAD OUT OF TURN BY DE-
FENDER: If this happens when
it was declarer's turn to lead,
declarer goes right ahead and
leads-and the card led out of
turn becomes a penalty card.
If it was the other defenders
turn, declarer can forbid the
lead of that suit or he can treat
the card led out of turn as a
penalty card. He is entitled to
think it over and to choose the
penalty which will serve hiDn
best.
INSUFFICIENT BID: If you
make an insufficient bid you are
required to substitute either a
sufficient bid or a pass. You
have three choices as follows:
If you substitute the lowest suf-
ficient bid in the same denom-
ination, there is no penalty. If
you make any other bid, your
partner is barred from the rest
of the auction. If you pass. your
partner is barred as before and
if you end up defending on the
hand, declarer can either forbid
or require the lead of whichever
suit he chooses.
DUMMY'S RIGHTS: Dummy
should not enter into the actual
play of the hand by suggestion
or by touching a card or cards
or in any other manner. However
he has a few important rights.
He can question any other player
about revokeS. He can participate
in a discussion about the laws or
about the facts of case. And
he can point out an irregularity
or attempt to keep one from oc-
curing. For example, if his part
ner is about to lead from the
wrong hand, he can speak up
and issue a warning.
This is something to remem-
ber-if a penalty is assessed and
later found to have been incor-
rect, it still stands. So get it
right the first time.
Copyright 1855, General
Evening star., 1955-04-26
WORD GAME
Find 81 or more words in
MUSKETRY

meaning, "the fire of muskets. "
Average is %; time limit, 20
minutes.
Rules of the game II Words must be
Of four or more letters .. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition Of
IS" such as bats" cats" are not
used. 3. Only one form of a word Is
used. 4. Proper names are not used.
Evening star., 1955-04-26
Pixie the Balancing Bear

W why call him Joey? a circus
folks use long England there famous
named Joesph Gmad born in London in 779 His
when he only old He
being clown and could equal his panto
Since then in his honor circus clowns called Joey
rolls that bright red ball and
taught the winter when all the
people practising and preparing their acts Bngo Is
welfed happy time the finishes its
different he'll be real keep him
little folks may scared of bears and
then, Pixie people.
Who knows?
Here's the whistle. That's all Pixie. Take bow Pixie
and Bozo."
the week-long the Big
Moore
Tomorrow: Petite the ponderous pachyderm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
At the Bottom of the List

1t would be natural to expect that the
planning staff for the Nations Capital
would equal or exceed in number that of
any city of comparable size. For the plan
ming problems here are varied and complex
and the decisions made have national as
well as local Importance. Yet a listing of
nine major cities in order of the strength
Of their planning STATS shows Washington
in last place. This is sorry commentary
on the state of city planning at the seat
Of the Federal Government.
The comparison was cited by John
Nolen, jr., staff director of the National
Capital Planning Commission, in testimony
before Senate Appropriations subcommit-
tee. The commission had asked for $57, 900
with which to add 10 more staff members
during the next fiscal year, but the item
was deleted by the House Appropriations
Committee. The enlarged staff is necessary
If the commission is to carry out added
tasks and responsibilities imposed on 1t
by Congress in connection with slum clear
ance, urban redevelopment and other special
and general planning for Greater Wash
ington. Congress ought not to direct the
commission to do these vital jobs unless
1t provides the extra facilities required to
complete them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
Balancing Safety and Economy

There is no good reason why Arlington
County's public schools should be built to
structural standards twice as rigid as those
prevailing elsewhere in the State. The Ar
lington School Board has shown good sense,
therefore, in requesting the County Board
to authorize modified standard in accord
with that approved by the State Depart
ment of Education for all other parts OF
Virginia. The change to less costly, al
though still safe, type of construction
should result in substantial savings to the
taxpayers.
The present building rules in Arlington
call for floors in school structures capable
of sustaining 100 pounds per square foot
The State-approved standard is so pounds
per square foot. This floor strength has
been found adequate for general school
construction in other counties of the State
Safety of the children should be the pri-
mary consideration in fixing such standards,
of course. But to pay for more expensive
construction beyond the usual margin of
safety required elsewhere is uneconomical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
U. N. TECHNICAL AID PROGRAM
M. S..

The United Nations Expanded Tech
nical Assistance Program, inaugurated
in 1850, is today in critical danger. The
League of Women Voters of the District
of Columbia wishes to point out that
this program Is no mere one-way flow
OF aid from rich nations to their poor
relatives. Rather it is a cross-fertiliza-
ton OF skillS between nations with SINH
lar problems. A Philippine malaria ex-
pert helps eradicate disease in Formosa.
A Formosan fish breeder helps Haiti
develop more profitable stocks Of food
fish. Yugoslavians work to raise Indo-
nesian leather production. India sends
an agricultural statistician to Colombia.
Financial support of this u. tech
nical assistance program is entirely
through voluntary contributions from
member nations. Its budget has ranged
from $40 million to $25 million a year.
with the United States in the past
giving more than half. For 1855, other
U. N. countries raised their combined
pledges to almost $13 million, while the
United States has made no contribu-
ton since 1854.
At President Eisenhower's request. a
bill including So million to cover the
United States contribution through
June 80. 1855, went to the House APP
preparations Committee, which cut the
item in half. The bill is now in the
Senate, where, we most sincerely hope.
the full So million will be restored.
The League of Women Voters be-
lieves that such technical aid is one of
the strongest bulwarks of freedom and
economic progress in many troubled
parts of the world. We urge all who
share this belief to write to their Sem
,ators on the U. N. technical assistance
item in Supplemental Appropriation
Bill H. r. 1908.
Mrs. John r. Latimer,
President. League of Women Voters
of DC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
By Charles E. Trocewen
Harley Reiter.

You can't have it both ways-if you
tense the muscles in self-imposed self
control, you lose something that belongs
to humanity.
Is thi sthe reason, he asks, why some
of the young people strike their elders
as being inhuman. In slight sense?
The indignant answer, still without
any facial display of emotion, will be,
and Jones thinks rightly, that 1t is not
necessary to show constant display
of facial movements.
Perhaps the younger sets have been
too well schooled in the movies. where
the dead-pan poker face holds high
place.
There is a lovely lady in our neigh
borhood who smiles most of the time.
bless her.
Two of the young children were in
terviewing her.
"Why do you smile all the time?"
asked the older Of the two.
The lady was slightly taken aback.
She wiped the smile of her face. for
once.
why, would you rather that / do
not smile?" she asked
The little girl held her poker face
calm.
When talk, talk" she reproved.
So youth slaps age in the face once
more, as always.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-13
This and That

caught in a facial pose that seems to
be laughter.
There is very famous portrait of
cat that made photographer famous
one may wonder If it ever brought him
any money-just because the animal
seem to be grinning from ear to ear.
The Laughing Cat" it was called.
but. of course, the cat was not laugh
ing at all.
The barring Of the fangs, called laugh
ing in humans, Is not laughter when
an animal does It, Then it is a barring
of the fangs, as it is in fact.
Laughter, therefore, even among the
lords of creation, as men have some
times laugningly been called, may be a
very dangerous thing.
1t may conceal evil plans, intent to
trick another, and even plain murder
in prospect.
You can never depend on smile,
even from one you love. 1t may con-
ceal a heartache.
Temp Jones believes that the old
school boys and girls have the better
OF it.
1t is sign of humanity, really. to be
able to show the emotions in the face.
That is what faces are for. they feel
7 What another says is then received
as it would be, without the tensing Of
the facial muscles caused by deiib-
crate effort not to show emotions. m