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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

JOHN #. LILL.ARD, JR., ESQ,
62Ol Baltimore Ave.
Hyattsville, Md.
ORDER NISI
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY
AS a Court of Equity
In the Matter of the Estate of
WILLIAM c. DUDROW
who Is of unsound mind
No. 9,265 Equity
ORDERED, this 9th day of May A.. D.,
1856, by the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, as Court of Equity. that the
Auditors Report filed in the above entitled
cause. be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown on
or before the 4th day of June next; pro-
vided a copy OF this order be inserted
In some newspaper published In said Mont
gomery County, once a. week for three
successive weeks before the said 9TH day
of June. 1856.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
For Montgomery County
True Copy--Test:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk 2587
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

j. FENDALL COUGHI.AN
1902 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. that the
Orphans Court for Montgomery County has
issued Letters of Administration to John
V. Miller in the Estate of
VALERIE A. MILLER
late of Montgomery County, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to present the same on
or before the oath day of November next !;
they may Otherwise by law be- excluded
from all benefit of said Estate All per-
sons indebted to said Estate are requested
to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 23rd day Of
May 1856.
JOHN v. MILLER
1922 Bayard Blvd.
Crestview 16, Md
Administrator "a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31
HARPER NJ. SMITH
Attorney at Law
100 S. Ferry st.
Rockville. Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
subscriber OF Montgomery County, has
obtained from the Orphans Court OF Mont
gomery County, in Maryland, Letters of
Administrator on the personal Estate of
JOHN O. PARSONS
late OF montgomery County deceased. All
persons having Claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenticated to
the subscriber on or before the 25th day of
November next: they may otherwise bv
law be excluded from all benefit of said
Estate. All persons indebted to said Es-
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of
May in the year of our Lord, one thou
sand nine hundred and fifty-six.
ROBERT L. DUTRoW
los George ST.
Gaithersburg, Md.
AID fVaic ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

ORDER NISI
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY
AS a Court OF Equity
In the Matter of the Mortgage from
RUSSELL. L. THOMAS to
National School Studios, Inc.
Assigned to
MALCOLM w. HOUSTON
For the Purpose of Foreclosure
No. 1901 Equity
ORDERED, this LIST day of May, A. D.,
1856, by the Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, as Court of Equity, that the sale
made by Malcolm w. Houston Assignee to
National School Studios, Inc, and reported
in the above entitled cause, be ratified and
conformed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th
day of May next; provided a copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper pub
lished In said Montgomery County, once
a week for three successive weeks before
the said 18th day of May, 1856.
The report states the amount of the sale
to be $8,3O0.00.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS
Clerk of the Circuit Court
For Montgomery County
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON K. WATKINS
Clerk aASA
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

j. FENDALL COUGHL4AN
Attorney Mt Law
$500 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Subscriber OF Montgomery County, has
obtained from the Orphans Court OF Mont
gomery County, In Maryland. Letters Tes-
tamentary on the personal Estate OF
TRISTRIAM KENNEDY ARMSTRONG
aka Il. X. ARMSTRONG
late of Montgomery County, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenticated to
the subscriber on or before the 18th day
OF November next: they may otherwise by
law be excluded from all benefit OF said
Estate. All persons indebted to said Estate
are requested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this Bird day OF
May In the year Of our Lord, one thou
J. FENDALL COUCHLAN
$500 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, Md.
Executor 2oO1
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

IRVING v. M. ABB
Professional building
Rockville, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Orphans Court for Montgomery County
has issued Letters Of Administration to
Arthur ]. Waterman IN the Estate Of
ELIZABETH f. WATERMAN
late of Montgomery County, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to present the same
on or before the 18th day Of November
next; they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said Estate. ALI
persons indebted to said Estate are request
ed to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day of
May 1886.
ARTHUR J. WATERMAN
5000 Kendale Road
Bethesda, Md. S028
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

JAMES @. CHRISTOPHER, ESQ.
Perpetual Building
Bethesda, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Orphans Court for Montgomery County
has issued Letters of Administration, eta.
to William o. Bradley in the Estate of
GERTRUDE @. BRADLEY
late of Montgomery County, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to present the same
on or before the 18th day of November
next; they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said Estate. All
persons indebted to said Estate are request
ed to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 18th day of
May, 1856.
WILLIAM o. BRADLEY
Administrator eta.
4309 Leland Street
Chevy Chase, Md. 3029
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-31

CHARLES w. WOODWARD. JR.
Attorney ut Law
Fire Department Building
Rockville, Md.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Subscriber OF Montgomery County, has
obtained from the Orphans Court OF Mont
gomery County, in Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the personal Estate OF
VIRGINIA MAXWELL HODGES
late OF Montgomery County, deceased. All
persons having Claims against the deceased
are hereby warned TO exhibit the same,
with vouchers thereof. legally authenticated
TO the subscriber on or before the sixth day
OF November next: they may otherwise by
law be excluded from all benefit Of said
Estate. All persons indebted to said Es-
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand this first day OF
May In the year VI our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and fifty.six.
WILLIAM M. HODGES
Bolt Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, Md.
Executor 2457
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-03

TAO
5-Dusout Chatter.
7:45
4-John c. Swoyze. News.
7:55
5-BoseboIl.
Washington VS.. Chicago.
500
4-Direetor's Playhouse.
"Whot Doy Is It?" Norge and
Cover Champion donce their way
through on original production.
9-Godfrey and His Friends.
$3.50
4-Fofher Knows Best. C'mdy.
1.-THE Amoxins Dunninger.
900
4-Kroft TheoteF. Drama.
THE Night of Moy Third"
Phyllis Thoxter stors.
7-Mosquerode Party. Panel.
o-The Millionaire. Dromo.
An actress receives 5 million
from on anonymous benefoctor
and invests it in q show she pro-
duces and stars in.
$3.50
7-Breok the Bunk. Quiz.
9-I've Got q Secret. Panel.
1000
4-This Is Your Life. Color.
Personal stories dromotized.
7-Boxing. National.
Bobby Boyd VS.. Milo Savage. 10.
rounds. Chicago Stodium.
gu. S. Steel Hour.
THE Boarding House" The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-03
June 6

$50
5-MeIody Roneh. Kids.
Movie: "Proirie Outlaws" Eddie
Deem.
7-Town and Country Time.
Jimmy Deon Texas Wildcats.
9-Spotlisht. News. weather.
4-Weother. News. Sports.
Strinoer. Mccormick. Michael.
9-Doug Edwards. News.
6:55
7-Louis Allen. Weather.
TOO
4-Guy Lombordo. Music.
5-Long John Silver.
Temple Of Evil" Robert New
ton.
7-Bryson Rash. News.
9-Romor Of the Jungle.
The Evil Trek" Jon HolI.
7:o5
7-Jim Gibbons. Sports.
7:l5
7-John Dolly. News.
7:30
/. 4-Eddie Fisher. Songs.
5-Botter Up.
7-DisneyIond.
Hour. Disney reveals the source
Of his cartoon stories.
9-My Friend FIieko. Dromo.
Ken, observing ohostIy night
rider for many nights, finds the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-03
Program Listing, WEDNESDAY

owner of q theatrical boarding
house in Dublin in 1905 is re-
CORDED as the Ieost tolkotive
woman in the city. But this in
no woy accounts for the shrewd
moneuverino that tokes ploce
within her mind. Evelyn Arden,
Jerome Kitty, Liso Doniels.
1890
4-Midwestern Hoyride.
l0:45
5-Tenth Inning. Bob Wolff.
7-Sports Spotlight. Films.
HOO
4-News and Loeol News.
Horkness. Sprooue.
5-News.
Matthew Warren.
7-News. Weather.
Rash. Allen.
9-News. Weather. Sports.
Richards. DoueIos. Siceel.
11:10
5-Feoturomo. Film Shorts.
Hour. Host, Milf Grant.
11:15
4-Weother. Sports. Music.
Strineer. Simpson. Les Paul.
7-BiII Malone. Sports.
9-The Lote Show. Movie.
ia Hours. THE Lucky Stiff"
Dorothy Lomour. 6rion Donlevy.
11:2O
1.-The Night Show. Movie.
Ia Hours. THE Block Book 3"
1915. Robert Cummings, Arlene
Dahl.
4-Tonight. Steve Allen.
12:15
5-Thought. lnspirotionol.
100
9-News Report.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15

DR.. Jenkins experiments
aroused interest. A businessman
offered to pay DR.. Jenkins $780,
900 for two years control of Jen-
kins Television Corp. The inven-
tor told the businessman to come
back with man.siZed offer"
DR.. Jenkins tried to perfect me-
chemically scanned" television.
Mr.. Heine remembers that the in
ventor would hire engineers"who
knew little bit more than he did
about a particular problem to
add their knowledge to his own.
Other inventors and companies
pushed ahead with their own tele-
vision experiments. By 1881 at
least Is companies were trans
hitting television programs.
But the boom burst in 1882.
what had looked like boom
collapsed Why? The main rea-
son was it was not good enough.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15

81, 1882. But his mark on TV
history was made. DeForest
thought enough of the early
Jenkins experiments to pay for
the patents and equipment.
During World War II many
people came to the Wheaton
house to look at the former stu
dos, remembers Mrs. Clara Mills,
who was living there then. One
girl presented herself at the door
and stated, COX. I'm ready to go
to work."
Also, DR.. Jenkins left behind
the reputation of being a devoted
scientist and gentleman. Matilda
Window, who lived near the
studios, remembers DR.. Jenkins
as a lovely man." Victor Frank,
who operates a greenhouse one
block from the former studios, re-
calls DR.. Jenkins as a friendly
guy" Mr.. Wallis says DR.. Jen-
kins was "a wonderful person but
he had no business ability"
Anyone who sells his patents
and equipment for million dol
lars has business ability!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15

Some of television's most i'm
portant pioneer experiments were
made in Wheaton DR.. Charles
Francis Jenkins was licensed to
operate television station W3XK
on February 25, 1928, at what is
now 10717 Georgia Avenue.
DR.. Jenkins was one Of the last
of the great individual inventors.
Nowadays most discoveries are
made by teams" of researchers.
Books on the history of TV say
DR.. Jenkins did almost as much
for early television as Marconi
did for early radio.
Edmund c. Wallis, who rented
the white frame house in Wheat
on to DR.. Jenkins as television
station for $35 a month, remem-
bers leafing through a column of
the inventors patents, mostly in
the radio and motion picture
fields. But television was the in.
ventor's passion.
unlike the story-book inventor,
DIT Jenkins did not die in poverty,
uirecognized. Mr. Wallis says
the inventor was paid a million
dollars cash by another televi-
sion pioneer, Lee DeForest, for
the Jenkins TV patents and
equipment. Practical-minded Mr..
Wallis wouldn't let the DeForest
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15

ball. There was no southland,
of course, no commercials.
One of Dr. jenkins greatest as
sets was his enthusiasm for his
work. In the book Understand
ing Television" Orrin E. Dunlop
quotes the inventor as enthusing
about television. There is real
ly no mystery in the thing after
all!' After DR.. Jenkins had de-
scribed his television system in
non.technical terms, he bubbled,
easy, isn't it,"
Too Simple
In fact its simplicity was its
weakness. All television systems
of the twenties used a mechan-
ical scanning disk" developed by
the German Paul Nipkow.
A giant wheel perforated with
tiny holes spun inside the cam
era" at between 1900 and 1900
revolutions per minute to break
the picture into electrical impul-
ses. Another giant perforated
wheel spun inside the receiver to
the transmitted i'm
pulses back into a picture.
Eventually Dr. Jenkins re-
placed the disk in the receiver
with a discrolla-a rotating prism
that made the picture more rec.
ognizable.
Henry H. Lyon and William A.
Bramwell, radio engineers, re-
member squirting at DR.. Jenkins
programs" as they flickered on
a screen less than an inch square.
Eventually the inventor must
have found way to increase the
screen size for Mr.. Wallis son,
Hugh, remembers watching DR..
Jenkins programs" on a screen
about foot square. He says,
"The picture flickered quite a
bit"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
Pioneer in Wheaton,
Early TV Station
Operated in County

DR.. Jenkins was the first licensed
television station. 1t was Ger.
tainly among the first.
Amazingly, television was
booming" in the late twenties.
In his book 1900 Years of Tele-
vision" Richard w. Hubbell de-
scribes the era.
'Glistened and Sparkled'
"Of a sudden the word televi-
sion glistened and sparkled. Fan
tastically optimistic stories were
bruited about, spread through the
newspapers, magazines, books.
Television companies sprouted,
sold stock, organized schools, is
sued brochures. Dozens of emf
nently sound and respectable cor
portations decided to go into tele-
vision. Perhaps the television
picture was not too good yet, but
it might develop quickly, on a
hundred million shoestringsw
The same year DR.. Jenkins be-
gan transmitting programs"
from Wheaton the English tele-
vision pioneer, John Logic Baird,
transmitted a picture from Eng
land to America, the first outdoor
television picture was transmit
ted with the sun furnishing the
light, General Electric televised
New York Governor Alfred E.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15

The mechanical camera, with the
revolving Nipkow disk, could not
reproduce a satisfactory image.
1t flickered and strained the eyes.
1t was difficult to see anything.
AS soon as the novelty wore off
the viewers lost interest and re-
turned to the more satisfactory
pictures available in any movie
theater. The broadcasterS had
the wrong system. They would
have to develop something else"
Boom Later
That something else"-elec-
tronic scanning didn't precipi-
tate another TV boom until after
World War II.
Dr. Jenkins finally closed down
his Wheaton station on October
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15

Smith accepting the Democratic
presidential nomination, and the
first televised dramatic program
was transmitted, with two actors.
DR., Jenkins television def
nitely did not "glisten and
sparkle" Those who built their
own crude receivers or who con-
structed one of the receiver kits"
sold by Dr. Jenkins for $3.50, SIS
or $40 watched a screen not much
larger than a postage stamp. The
viewer had to strain to make out
the image. DR.. Jenkins first
programs" consisted of a sill
houette of a little girl bouncing a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15

men haul the equipment away
from Wheaton until they'd paid
the back rent.
Died in 1884
DR.. Jenkins died in 1884 at the
age of g. two years after he
closed up the Wheaton expert.
mental station.
The white frame house still
stands but few reminders of the
television era are left. James
Breen, who lives in the house now,
says there Is a cement slab in the
basement that he believes DR.. Jen-
kins used as firm foundation for
heavy equipment.
In some OF the basement walls
are holes probably used to carry
wires from room to room. On
the basement windows are bars
installed by the Inventor. Two
100 foot steel transmitting tow
ers, about $50 feet apart with
wire strung between, stood in the
back yard until World War II
when they were chopped down
and donated to the scrap metal
drive.
DR.. Jenkins was born in Day
ton, Ohio, August %, 1867 He
became interested in the posi-
bilities of transmitting pictures
through space before the turn of
the century. One of his first &C.
complishments was sending a pic
ture of President Harding from
the Naval radio station in Wash.
ington to the Evening Bulletin
Building, 100 miles away in Phila-
delphia.
Worked i'm ID. c.
William Heine of Washington
remembers DR.. jenkins as a gov
eminent clerk in 1905. Various
people remember DR.. Jenkins
laboratory on 18th Street between
G and II, at 10th and d Streets,
NV, and at Dupont Circle. Mr..
Heine says the inventor lived on
18th Street near Kennedy i'm
northwest Washington.
Mr. Heine says one Of the ear.
lest inventions of DR.. Jenkins
was a method of forming round
cardboard containers. DR.. Jen-
kins made many contributions to
early radio development. He is
credited with largely perfecting
the motion picture protector. Mr..
Heine says DR.. Jenkins made and
lost a couple Of fortunes"
In 1923 DR.. Jenkins rented the
Wheaton house from Mr.. Wallis
He probably selected Wheaton for
his television experiments be
cause its high elevation aided
transmission. The Federal Radio
Commission, predecessor Of the
Federal Communications Com
mission, issued licenses 10 broad
cast in 1928. They kept few rec
ords and the FEC cannot say tina
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
Mrs. Fletcher
Dies at AZ
In Hospital

Mrs. Lucille Welsh Fletcher OF
Emory Lane died February y in
Georgetown University Hospital
at the age of AZ. She had been
i'll for about six weeks.
The wife of Edward S. Fletcher,
she was a former Montgomery
County public school teacher, and
taught for one year at ST. Mary
parochial school in Rockville.
Mrs. Fletcher was graduate
of Maryland State College at Tow
son. She was an active worker
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
HOSPITAL UNITS

in the affairs of St. Peters Cath
Ole Church, Olney.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Flet-
cher is survived by son, Harry
Fletcher; her mother, Mrs. ]. B.
Welsh; a sister, Mrs. Wilson Hers
berger of Wheaton, and four
brothers, James, Woodrow, Paul
and Hazel Welsh, all residents of
Montgomery County.
Requiem mass was held at st.
Peters Church, with burial in st.
Mary's Cemetery, Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-15
WRC Wins Award

WRC Wins Award
A six-months leadership con
test for National Broadcasting
Co. owned stations designated to
bring out the best public service
efforts of the stations has been
won by WRC and WRC-TV,
Washington, it was announced by
Charles r. Denny, vice-president
of NBC owned stations and NBC
spot sales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-23
0-YEAR-OLD
WYE OAK GIVEN
SIX YEARS TO LIVE

WYE MILLS, Md. tP.-
Maryland's huge 400-year-
old State tree, the Wye oak.
is given only five or six more
years to live.
Experts believe the loss Of
a limb last August % has
destroyed the balance Of the
tree and a slight wind could
blow 1t over.
Since the limb fell of, the
oak has been helped along
with big doses Of vitamins.
Foresters describe the giant
oak as brittle and deyital-
lied"
The famous tree. described
by experts as the finest ex-
ample Of white oak on the
American continent. is one
Of a few trees with a park
all to itself. The State pur-
chased the property on
which il stands in 1889 for
$1,000 and converted the
area into a State park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-23
District Ethical Society
Loses Court Tax Battle

The Washington Ethical So
ciety has lost it's legal battle to
get tax exemption as religious
society.
Judge 10 v. Morgan of the
District Tax Court yesterday up
held the Districts Tax Assessors
$671 real estate levy on the
$50, 900 three-story building of
the society at 1922 Massachusetts
avenue NV.
In his 53-page ruling. Judge
Morgan said the fundamental
problem was TO determine What
lis religion?"
He concluded that the Eth
cal Movement is not religion"
and that activities carried on in
the Washington Ethical Society's
house are not religious wor-
ship"
THE (Ethical movement is
opposed to the belief in, and
worship of any personal God or
Supreme Being or beings, Judge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-23

the Falls Church chapter of the
Daughters of the American Re-
volution and other citizens after
his proclamation of United Ma
tons Day on October "a. He
said the callers pointed out he
had failed to proclaim Constitu-
ton Day earlier.
Mayor Fink said: 81 regret not
making mention of Constitution
Day through an oversight and
hereby proclaim it ex-post facto.
l wish also to proclaim United
States Day today and United
Nations Day Wednesday. They
all. of course. deserve equal men,
tion."
Mr.. Fink also announced he
has signed sales contract for
the city to purchase the Riley
tract from the University of
Virginia as the site for the city's
new municipal building. The pur-
chase is condition on the APP
proval of a bond issue for the
building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-23
Falls Church Council
Sets New Sewer Price

The Falls Church City Council
last night set a $4-a-front-foot
charge for extension Of sewers
along existing city streets not
yet served.
The new charge, to be paid by
any home-owners who connect
to new sewer lines, will permit
extension not feasible under past
regulation. Until now any ex-
tension sewers had to be paid
for entirely by those served.
The new regulation permits
the city to pay the cost of extern
sions, in the expectation that the
money will be returned when all
potential customers have con-
nected to the new line. A mini
mum charge of 5000 will be
made.
The Council also amended its
tax ordinance on utilities to
exempt diplomatic personnel in
the city. And it frightened up its
license tax ordinance to cover
business done outside the city by
contractors from Falls Church,
except where other Jurisdictions
tax the work.
The council re-zoned from
residential to commercial a small
tract on the north side of Wilson
boulevard several hundred feet
east of Seven Corners. adjacent
to the Arlington County line.
Gordon T. Pearson, Washing
ton area manager of the holland
Co., contract buyer of the site,
said his firm plans to erect a
modern building there to house
Offices, sales room and a ware
house for its plumbing, heating
and electrical supplies distribut-
ing business. Part of the tract
fronting on Wilson boulevard
was already zoned commercial.
Herman L. Fink told the
Council he had received several
protesting telephone calls from