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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20

Leadership for Upper Mont
gomery Countys participation in
the forthcoming 100000 building
fund for Suburban Hospital was
completed this week with the ap-
pointment of J. Sterling Bowman
as chairman for Gaithersburg.
James H. Davis, Rockville chair
man, has announced the follow
ing captains in his teams organi-
cation: William Barnsley, Robert
Bridges, Mrs. Stephen N. Crom-
well, Charles Earnest, James
Holt, ]. Hodge Smith and Frank
Williams, Jr.
The group, meeting at Mr.. Da-
Wis home last week, outlined
plans for their community solicit
tation and selected specific units
in the new hospital wing as the
Rockville objective. A solarium
and two adjoining semi-private
rooms on the first floor have
been reserved to me marked as
the gift of the citizens of Rock
vile through their subscriptions
to the building fund.
Mr.. Davis emphasized that this
fund should not be confused with
yearly fund raising efforts. 'This
might, be called a once-in-a-life-
time project" he said. "It is an
opportunity for. the citizens of
all the communities which use
Suburban Hospital to create for
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20

service was conducted by Mrs.
William Hall, the membership
chairman, Mrs. Haltiwanger, Mrs.
Rapp, and Mrs. Lucille Snow.
The following ladies' were in
itiated: Mrs. Ann Archer, Mrs.
Fran Baxter, Mrs. Jackie Don
nelly, Mrs. Kate Dudly, Mrs.
Mary Hope Finley, Mrs. Emma
Hansen, Mrs. Carolyn Hardin,
Mrs. Viola Hovsepian, Mrs. Mari
anne Leland, Mrs. Will Lewis,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
BIRTHS
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
GENERAL HOSPITAL
From Jan. 2 to Jan. 8


Mr.. and Mrs. James Pau
Schwartz, los Summit Ave-, Cal
thersburg, son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Columbus VIII
Demar, Laytonsville, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Oliver
Hughes Jr., Sykesville, a daugh
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ottey Manley
Bishop, Olney, a daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert George
johnson, Sandy Spring, a daugh
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Eugene
Elliott, Rt. 1, Gaithersburg, a
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thad Webster
KoSh, GAINESVILLE, son.
Mr.. and Mrs. James William
Marshall, 81 Viers Mill Rd.,
Rockville, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Michael
Monard, Damascus, a son.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Walker
Rowe ST., 600 Dean Dr., Rock.
vile, a son.
SUBURBAN HOSPITAL
Mr.. and Mrs. David Brooks,
Silver Spring, a daughter, Betsy
Anne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas T. South
all, 5729 Crawford Drive, Rock
vile, son, Peter Douglas.
MIR. and Mrs. Paul R. Gaddy,
Silver Spring, a son, Paul Eufus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian F. Mid
dledorf, 4710 Chevy Chase Blvd,
Bethesda, a daughter, Donna
Marie.
Mr.. and Mrs. George N. Ma
haffey, Bethesda, a daughter, Jill
Louise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward w. LOT
tbs, 403 Horners Lane, Rockville,
twins, Penny Lee and Patrick
Lynn.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. FEEDER
line, 81 Maryland Ave-, Gathers
burg, son, Leonard Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Corn
well, 5708 Denfield Rd., Rockville,
a daughter, Christine Lee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark B. Stewart,
12711 Falkland Drive, Rockville,
a son, Scott Alan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Har-
low, Bethesda, a daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis N. Fish
er, BOT Crabbe Ave-, Rockville, a
son, Francis Norman Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred F. Tumin,
1904 Rocking Horse Rd., Rock
vile, son, Alfred Frank Jr. II
Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Stroud,
1928 Allison Drive, Rockville, a
daughter, Zebra Jean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic w. Da-
Wis, Silver Spring, a son, Clifton
Howells.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Jarboe,
Rt. 2, Germantown, a son, Will
liam Richard.
Mr. and Mrs. Cromer ]. Hous-
ton; Bethesda, a daughter, Gym
thia Elaine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter ]. Kerwin,
Bethesda, son, Michael Herbert.
Mr.. and Mrs. David V. Rick
etts, Jr., 408 Reading Ave-, Rock
vile, a daughter, Rita Lynn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
Red Cross Launches
First Aid Course

A standard first aid course will
be given by the Montgomery
County Red Cross, starting Tues
day, Jan. Is, at the Chapter Head,
quarters, 2020 East-West High.
way, Silver Spring. Each class
will be from 7:30 pm. to 1890
pm. The course runs for Is
hours. Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Moore, ST., are the instructors.
Registrations are now being TAX
ing at Chapter, JU. 8-2515.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
Brewer in Austria

1t. Col. Charles A. Brewer, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Brew
er, 309 Potomac, Rockville, was
recently assigned to duty with
the U. S. Forces in Austria.
Colonel Brewer is executive Of
ficer of the adjutant general Sec
ton at .USFA headquarters. A
1888 graduate of the University
of Maryland and a former Treas.
ury Department employee, he en-.
tered the Army in 1871.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20

Mrs. jeanne Magruder, Mrs.
Laurie Munester, Mrs. Gwen Pc.
tiers, Mrs, Emily Rice, Mrs. Ma
jorie Stuck, and Mrs. Doris Will
bingham.
Refreshments were served by
Dottie Lopez, Connie Allnutt,
Carolyn America, Louise Carr
and Jane Alice Chinn. The Feb
ruary meeting will be held at the
Episcopal Parish Hall and will be
guest night for husbands with a
pot luck dinner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
JOINS NEWS CLUB

John Silinsh, Gaithersburg, has
been initiated into ri Delta Epsi.
lon, national honorary journals
tic fraternity at Lehigh univer.
sity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20
First CGG Appeal
Appeared i'm Sentinel
AID in February, 1854

book could and should be written about the start of
the citizen initiative for which Rockville today given
national AlAmerica city citation
But when that book is written the files of the SENTI-
MEL will form good part of the source material
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-01-20

Grade AA and Grade A eggs
are of top quality with thick
white and firm high yolk. Their
delicate flavor makes them es-
pecially desirable for poaching,
frying, and cooking in the shell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
Red Setback at Sea

While the instinct of self-preServation
may have played the principal part, the
refusal of the crew of the Finnish tanker
Aruba to take load of jet fuel into
Chinese Communist port may have broader
implications.
Finland is country that has proved
its courage and its devotion to independence
in the past. 1t is not satellite of any
power today but its geographic location and
two military defeats at the hands of Soviet
Russia in 1910 and 1914 have left it dan
gerously exposed to physical and economic
pressure from it's Communist neighbor. For
a small country it has a large merchant
marine fleet, and unobStructed use of its
ships would be of considerable help to Soviet
Russia and allied Communist nations. Two
years ago the Finnish tanker Wilma was
chartered to deliver jet fuel to Red China
but the ship was detained by British author
tiles in Singapore and its cargo eventually
was sold to the United States Navy. In the
case of the Aruba, the crew has resorted to
Finnish maritime law which gives them the
privilege of refusing to risk the dangers Of
wartime action. Their position has been
upheld by their seamen's union. The fate
of the Aruba's cargo is still uncertain, since
it might yet be transshipped to Red port,
but the recalcitrance of the Finnish crew
amounts to setback for Communist hopes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
In Fairness to Local Judqes

Having increased it's own pay scale and
that of the Federal judiciary, Congress, in
all fairness, should not hesitate to grant
appropriate increases to those local judges
who were not included in the Federal legis-
lation. 1t is gratifying to note that commit
tees on both sides of the Capitol are work.
ing on the problem, with indications that
favorable recommendations will be made
shortly.
It would be discriminatory to give the
judges of the District and Appeals Courts
and all Federal prosecutors substantial
raises without extending similar benefits
to the judges who preside over the various
municipal tribunals factor to be weighed
in deciding the amount of local raises, of
course, Is the serious financial plight of the
District government. The Commissioners
have suggested that any increases be held
to maximum of $4,000 Some increase is
desirable, however, to balance the recent
action in behalf of the other judges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
Judicial Low-Mokinq

The United States Court of Appeals, in
a series of recent decisions, has draStically
changed the law governing insanity as a
defense in criminal cases in the District.
And now the results of this judicial law
making, through the process of interpreta-
ton, have come under heavy attack by
members of the bar and psychiatrists.
A parade of witnesses appeared Satur-
day before special subcommittee of the
Districts Council on Law Enforcement
Most of them supported the initial ruling,
which broadened the legal definition of in
sanity Three subsequent decisions, how
ever, came in for severe, and The Star be-
ueveS well deserved, criticism.
The next step will be to await the report
of the subcommittee. It's task is to deter
mine whether the balance between the pub
lie interest and the interests of criminal
defendants has been upset, and if so how
it can be restored. At this juncture, how
ever, one may venture the guess that the
only way to undo the harm which has been
done is for Congress to step in and exercise
its right-and duty-to say what the law
is on this subject in the Nations Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
The Lady GHtters

Lady Decker sounds like a girl who not
only has all her marbles, but who knows
how to shoot them For Her Ladyship,
great form at A." has just won sort Of
world marbles championship for women.
Since the competition was held in an English
mining town and presumably was limited
to English talent the world championship"
might be disputed by some of our own
talented female mig shooters. Or perhaps
the Russians have buxom champion who
would like to take on Lady Decker.
Even SO, it is doubtful if any challenger
could match the eclat which Lady Decker
brought to the English event. For she
arrived in gold-plated automobile and
knelt on gold-colored cushion while shoot
ing her way to victory. Furthermore, ac-
cording to the APP, she wore "a ballet-length
dress Of peacock blue organza, short sleeves
embroidered all over, and bodice cleaning
with blue sequinS. At her throat hung
massive diamond pendant and there was
an emerald bracelet on her shooting wrist.
When she went into action, she glittered"
In addition her proud millionaire husband
donated 1000 pounds to the British Empire
Cancer Relief Fund in honor of the lady's
victory.
All in ALL Sir Bernard and Lady Decker
sound like nice people. If she would like to
put her championship on the line over here
1t seems safe to promise her some rugged,
but friendly, competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
BY Charles E. TroceweN

Robins like raisins, and they like
coconut cake.
How do we know?
Because we tried large slice on q
chesty one once, and it devoured it all,
crumb by srumb, not letting the star
lings have bite.
Were they mad!
Starlings have fine big appetites.
they must wonder what on earth q
robin is doing with cake.
"Why do1't you stick to those worm
things" the starlings said, we thought
they said. tlen.
Robins aIs said to hear with tiny
bones in Their heads, and that is what
they are dong, listening and hearing,
when they sand like that on the lawn,
and seem tobe looking.
Tell any agumentative friend they
are listening not looking, and that is
the way thesf1nd their normal food.
If the frield wants to argue any
way, refer hin to us, and we will set
tie the bet. aln you know how.
Robins are wonderful singers. Listen
to them sometime, when real spring
comes. and there is a hint Of rain in
the air.
Listen. ana YOU will hear some Of
natures sweetest music. for Old Man
Robin y ysal musician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21

This is supposed to insure that the
bird will not be frightened.
Here there is some amount of the
universal hokum that is in most things.
Birds are not too easily scared, any
more than children are. Both are tough.
and can take it.
Perhaps robin shelf with side pieces
might do just as we'll.
Once we built proper one, and put
1t at the regulation height, just as the
books say, is feet from the ground.
Well it is there yet. and no robin has
ever looked at it, much less nested in it.
1t makes neat adornment, though,
and maybe that is what birdhouses
and nesting places are for. after all.
k.k
See something in the trees, made by
man-that is birdhouse, and it helps
make trees more closely related to us.
A tree, really, is horribly silent.
II just stands there, and never says
a word, unless the winds lash at 1t.
and then sometimes it groans, and
sometimes it slithers, but 1t never says
a word a human being can understand.
Maybe O tree wears q nest Of robins
in her hair, as the poem says, but we
always have thought 1t must be rather
uncomfortable,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
This and That

Spring is not really here until your
resident robins come around.
t These fellows you see in the yard.
now and then, no matter how welcome,
are not the real things.
They are just on their way farther
North.
Ones true robins are those that stick
around, adopt your yard as their terri
tory, and find food there.
Maybe they will nest there, later. who
can tell?
Not even the old god Pan, long gone
from the haunts of man, could predict
whether a pair of robins will stay, and
especially whether they will nest.
1t might be good thing to put up
a robin shelf, but that is no guarantee
Birds are funny, just as people are.
Indeed, they seem just little closer
to us than many other living things,
because they go on two legs, just as
we do.
Arms, with them. are wings; and
hands are, what shall we say?
Anyway, they are enough like US to
make us feel at home with them.
The robin shelf is just what 1t says,
. shelf, with brackets to support q roof.
but no side pieces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
| etters to The STAR.

perhaps not overburdei this column
were you to record 1t here, at least in
part:
1.-THE local statute is very broad. It
forbids disclosure by tie physician Of
any information obtailed by him in
his professional capacity. Getting
the leading D. c. case).
I'm regard to mental patients. the
policy behind such st,tute is particu-
larry clear and strong. Many physical
ailments might be treated with some
degree of effectiveness by a doctor
whom the patient die not trust, but
psychiatrist must have his patients
confidence or he cannet help him. The
psychiatric patient cmfides more ut
terly than anyone else in the world.
He exposes to the th.rapist not only
what his words directly express; he
lays bare his entire self, his dreams,
his fantasies, his sins, and his shame.
Most patients who Undergo psyche
therapy know that thi, is what will be
expected of them, and that they can
not get help except on that condition.
.. 1t would be too much to expect
them to do so if they knew that all
they say-and all that the psychiatrist
learns from what they say-may be
revealed to the whole world from q
witness stand Getting Psychiatry and
the Law by Guttmacher and VIE
hofen).
Presumably all OF the patients in
any good mental hospital are receiving
psychiatric treatment. That is true Of
persons whether they are sent to St.
Elizabeths Hospital as civil insane, as
criminal insane, or as sexual psyche
paths" Getting the superintendent Of
st. Elizabeths Hospital. Winfred Over
holser).
81 l..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
Fuirfux Water Plans
Edward de GraZia.

My friends realize the great satiSfac-
ton feel In watching my 1852 plan for
an Independent water supply for Fairfax
coming toward fulfillment.
The plans reported to the Fairfax
County Supervisors provide only for
purchase snd unification of the present
systems and include pious hope that
the District Water Department. with
the Approval of Congress and purchase
of additional equipment on the credit
of District taxpayers, will be able to sell
us all the water at first required. Never
theleSS, TIE engineers report discusses
the possibility that direct tap on the
Potomac River could be made. Aside
from the practical advantages of hav-
ing our own connection to the river, it
seems unlikely that citizens of a State
so independent minded that it once
severed connections with the Federal
Government would for long be content
to be a applicant for the means of
keeping body and soul together. 1t is
sufficient deprivation to yield riparian
rights to the District at the high-water
mark on our side OF the river. Why
forge another fetter?
wish that the engineers would con-
slider another site on the river for the
possible intake, rather than a location
they have mentioned below Great Falls.
My thought is that there should be a
high line along this ridge to main
reservoir at Pendar, from which location
water pressure would be available for
Chantilly, Centreville, Clifton, and the
great development along the Southern
Railway at Crestwood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
Foirfox's Water Dilemma

Last years drought had one good effect
in Fairfax County. It convinced authori-
ties there that further delay in planning
for an adequate countrywide water supply
could be disastrous. The growing water
needs of a rapidly developing community
like Fairfax County should not have to rely
on patchwork system of wells and variety
of private or quasi-public water plants.
Arlington long ago discarded similarly anti
quated facilities in favor of county-owned
system, deriving its supply from the Dis
trict's Dalecarlia pumping station. Fairfax
County has been we'll advised by technical
consultants to follow Arlington's example.
There are 10 separate water systems in
Fairfax County, distributing to limited areas
water obtained from wells, Occoquan Creek
or, in the case of Falls Church, from the
Potomac River, via pipeline to Dalecarlia.
Most Of the rural sections, Of course, have
individual wells, many of which went dry
or nearly so last summer. Meanwhile the
county continues to grow by leaps and
bounds, still further taxing underground
water supplies and available surface sources.
The prospect of large CHA little Penta-
gon" arising in the county, with an inevi-
shops to serve the newcomers, has magnified
the problem.
The engineers preliminary report pro-
poses alternate plans for establishing a
county-operated water distribution system.
The District supply would be the main
source in each case. officials in charge of
the District system have assured the county
that sufficient water, can be furnished to
satisfy Fairfax's needs for years to come
third possibility would be the direct tap
ping of the river by county built pumping
and filtration plant, but this plan was not
recommended. Any overall system would
be costly, but the consultants have esti-
mated that the system could be made self
supporting through charges comparable to
those now made in some parts Of the
county by private companies. Offsetting
the cost are the increased property values,
decreased insurance rates and improved
sanitation facilities that would ensue. Fair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
Art Critique

Having seen the oath Biennial ex-
hibition at the Corcoran Gallery, find
it impossible not to voice some opinions
on this show, especially since your
paper recently presented an article on
the methods used in judging this ex-
hibition.
The article to which / refer men,
toned that many of the rejected
paintings were limitations Of styles
developed by already recognized artists.
I feel that this was not valid criticism
by the judges. since in the show are
several examples, including one of the
prize winners, which show tremendous
influence of other painters.
When art becomes reduced to blobs
and smears with not even an attempt
at design, category into which large
number of the 81 paintings on display
fall, it seems to me time the museum
directors retired and looked ahead bit
on the path they are telling American
artists they should follow The great
innovators of the late 10Th and early
Goth centuries have been among the
loudest critics of those artists who OBJ
SlOuSly WClC COpy4uS t1lCA DuI ulSh
know the reason for what they were
doing. Many of these aspiring artists
have used these techniques to mask an
almost total lack of knowledge of draw
ing and of the subtle methods of ap-
plying paint in less than whole buckets
full.
This should not be construed as a
diatribe against all contemporary art,
but a defense of those who in all hon.
esty feel that academic realism as re-
Elected in drawing and painting is the
best way for them to express their
artistic ideas. It seems to me that these
are the ones who should be applauded
for their honesty. not daubers who fol-
low the leader like so many sheep and
who will paint in any "style" dictated
by those in authority so that their
works may hang on a museum wall.
John organs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
EIegy

He tods not n1oUed By monumental
things;
Rather, he chose to n1rroW his cour-
tried eye
And bark to squirrels outuD,nal chat
terings
Or match the squddroned geese
against the sky.
And he tcas dl,OayS first, as spring
advanced,
To see the s,peet green onions through
the Sno1D,
or lilac StDell;: and II another CHANGED
To mention 1t. he'd seen it days ago!
He wds not n,oued By the colossal city;
1t did not frighten him, nor did it
please.
He only said in passing. ITS pity
They didn't leaDe room for a ten
more trees :"
Once as child he'd mended blue
birds things.
He pds not moued By monumental
EdssI Ford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-21
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

@. Is it true that World War II Army
foreign currency is still redeemable at
this time?-A. B. H.
A. No. a recent affirmative release was
based upon erroneous information.
Foreign currency has not been used in
the payment of United States troops
since September, 1916, and has not been
eligible for exchange through Army
facilities since that date.
@. What is the total number OF
families in the United States?-T. G. o.
A. On April /, 1854, the number was
41,2O2, 900, representing an increase Of
more than 8 million over the figure
for April, 1910. However. the post
World War II boom in families began
to decrease in 1850. and since then
there has been an abrupt decline in
new family foundation.
@. What aircraft carriers took part In
the movie, THE Bridges at Toko-Ri'?
F. Mem.
A. Much Of the Shiphoard action took
place aboard the carriers Oriskany and
Kearsarge. The picture was made with
the full cooperation of the Depart
ment of the Navy.
@. What animal possesses the great
est jumping ability?-K e. l..
A. A lowly insect-the flea. Fleas can
Jump as high as 71a inches and a dis
lance equal to more than 200 times their
length. If man possessed these leaping
powers he could easily Jump over a 35-
story building.