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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
TwinbrOok Pool Seeks
Cure for Money Woes

TwinbroOk Mrs. BaIOugh as
sisted by Mia SaIoschin and a
half dozen or so mothers who
volunteer for three days each
during the session, amuses an
average of so youngsters at
time with the merry-go-round,
SLED, WhirIigig, jungle Jim,
sand, crayOns, cut-Outs, and
paintings, in addition to the
usual round games and story
AtelIing.
Over in North Twinbrook, Mrs
John w. Branthover has taker
over the Craftsmanship of the pre-.
school project from Mrs. Adam
| Dydack who was unable to con
tinue because of her health. Mrs
Robert McCord is the teacher for
this area and her regular assist
ants are Mrs. Brantover and Mrs
Eldon Seifert. The Homemakers,
Club which sponsors this GROUP
had workshop at which they
made instruments for a rhythm
band, which will be supplement-"
by victrola when the electricity
is installed this week.
The most attractive feature at
this playground is the new four
piece train built of cinder block
and sewer pipe by Robert and
Evelyn Tuck.
Over at Rockcrest playground
the bake sale which was raineo
out Friday was to be held this
Wednesday. (This inconclusive
rhetoric is the result of the two
day gap between deadline and
delivery of the paper.)
Mrs. Goldberg has asked us tc
reassure the parents in her aree
that the snake stories they ma,
have heard have been greatly
exaggerated. The same snake was
reported each day, but being nor
mally sqeemish, Lillian warner
the children to stay away from'it
AS the description changed from
grass snake, to black snake, to
cotton mouth, to copperhead, the
instructors decided they had bet
ter investigate. A slightly Shiny
stick had provided all the excite
ment.
The new club house at Rock
crest is almost finished. 1t
would have been finished if it
had not been necessary for all
the wiring to be redOne. Chill
dren broke into the house climb
ed on the fireplace and used the
exposed wiring for swings.
When they tired of such siren
uOus sport they threw mud at
the newly painted walls, which
have now been repainted. Par
ents and children are asked to
consider the effect of this abuse
of public property on the tax
payers who have been asked to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
WINK Begins
Day and Night


Rockville radio station WINK
went on the air full time Monday
night, three months late.
The station was ready to shift,
from a sunrise-to-sunset opera.
ton to full time in April when
the three transmitting towers
near Hungerford Drive were
toppled by heavy winds.
In the first night of operation
the station stayed on the air until
1905 am. Tuesday. Station
Manager Pierre Eaton says the
station received more than TOO
phone calls reporting reception az
far away as Landover, Kent vii
lage and Berwyn Heights.
The stations broadcast hours
are now 6 am. to 1905 am
WINK will remain on the air al
night Saturdays. Programs are
broadcast on 1000 watts power
during the day and on 500 watts
directional power at night.
The stations frequency is 1900
WINK is the only station To-
Gated in Montgomery County
broadcasting full time, says Mr.
Eaton. He says the station alone
in the Washington area broad
casts country and western music
at night.
To celebrate the switch to full
time operation, WINK is planning
to give a nautomobile away for
the best completion of the sen
tence. II like WINK night time
because =" Deadline for entries
is August IS.
A clock radio is the prize in the
stations mystery voice" contest
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
Peoples Gives
Power Mower
Safety Hints

DR.. William j. Peoples Mont
gomery County Health Officer
this week warned power lawn
mower owners to operate them in
a safe manner. DR.. Peoples gave
these safety tips:
The primary safety requisite
for electric mowers is. a third, or
ground wire. A separate, low re-
sistance ground wire attached to
the frame work of the equipment
and connected to a good ground
reduces the hazard of electric
shock by removing the flow OF
current if a defect develops. Then
the fuse or circuit breaker will
open the circuit and indicate
trouble.
1t is best not to use an electric
mower or electric hedge clippers
when the grass or foliage is wet
or when it is raining. An cleo.
trio mower should not be used on
wet or damp ground and should
never be stored or left in wet loca
tons.
A power mower is capable OF
cutting high weeds and grass, but
its use should be restricted to
clean areas, free from rocks, wire
and other debris. Otherwise
these may be thrown by the
blades, or cause a blade to break,
be impeqled through space, and
cause injury. Statistics indicate
that four men and one woman in
Maryland required disqualification
IastYear because of being struck
rhK 91eet&swhilet using aapower
TnoWAg. xhere is no way to de.
ternir1e the total number of in.
juries caused in this manner.
Guards or shields installed on
moving parts such as gears and
chain drives help to keep down
accidents. Children and pets
should be kept out of the area
being moved. They should not
be permitted to play around the
mower and inexperienced people
should be prevented from tamper-
ing with it.
When operating a moving ma.
chine, keep in step with it; be sure
of your footing; don't let it pull
you off balance. Shoes with
thick or reinforced toes are the
most suitable foot covering to
wear for this job. Learn how to
disengage the clutch in case OF
emergencies. Don't leave the ma
chine with motor running, even
long enough to go into the house
to answer the telephone.
AT all times keep fingers away
from lawn mower blades. Be par
ticularly careful when oiling
cleaning, or adjusting the lawr
mower. Painful and sometimes
serious injuries can be caused il
the fingers are caught fbetweer
the revolving and stationary
blades.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
William S. Briggs
Inferred Monday
At Gaithersburg

William S, Briggs was buried
Monday at the Forest Oak Gene
terry in Gaithersburg following
services at the Roy w. Barber
Funeral Home in Laytonsville.
The 32-year-old Gaithersburg
man died Saturday at Suburban
Hospital.
He is survived by his widow,
Carolyn Louise Briggs, and two
children, Harold r. Briggs and
Carole Lynn Briggs.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Nellie erosion and Mrs.
Catherine Covert and a brother,
Walter M. Briggs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
GAINESVILLE Fete
Planned August 4

The 69th annual Great Barnes
vile Picnic will be held August A
at st. Mary's Church in Barnes
vile. The pavilion dining room
has been newly furnished with
tables and chairs for the event.
A chicken and ham dinner will
be served continuously from II
am. to 9 pm.
The famous jousting contest
will begin at 1870 pm. Contest.
ants are expected from all over
the State.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26

build an elaborate community
center for the benefit of these
same children.
In the Small World" depart
ment this week, we have DR.. and
Mrs. James Graham who have
moved with their three small
children from the Sacramento
Valley to Twinbrook. DR.. Ora
ham has the fellowship at the
Armed Forces Institute that
Brian Potter had last year, and
they are renting the Torres
house on Stillwell Road. Jesse
and Mary Torres have moved
back to the District after four
years of carefully weighing the
advantages of Twinbrook against
the disadvantages of committing
We are sorry to hear that Flor
ence Graham has been hospital
lied, but glad that she will be
home from Haheman Hospital in
Washington, by the end of the
week.
Robert and Mary Lee Mckinley
are just back from two weeks
vacation which took them to
Westminster, N. Y, and Andcver
Mass, where they visited her SIS
ter and brother. Their neigh
bors, George and Trudy Tucker
spent their vacation at Pittsfiel6
and Gardner, Mass, and both
families took their children to the
North Shore Salisbury and
Hampden beaches) to swim
They are in complete agreement
in their reports, 1.-THE water is
cold"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
Homecoming, Hall
Dedication Set
81
For POOlesville-

:, Homecoming at the Poolesville
:. Memorial Methodist Church will
.,be celebrated at the morning serv-
ice Sunday. Rev. M. T. Adler will
Scbe the guest speaker.
te At 1920 am. a roll call of all
vchurch members will be held.
Following the morning service
"a picnic will be held outside the
church.
Gust speaker at the 2:30 pm.
dedication of Spurrier Hall will be
DR.. w. w. Mcintyre.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-07-26
Robert Lee O'Brien
Gets Fund Position

Robert Lee O'Brien, Jr., of Be-
thesda, has been named chair
man Of Trades Group II of the
Business Unit for the United
Givers Fund. The give once"
campaign of the Givers Fund will
begin in October.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13
Time for Craftsmanship

Chairman league of the House Vet
Grams Affairs Committee showed COM
mendable political courage when he spoke
out strongly against the costly veterans
benefit bill which his committee has re-
ported favorably to the House. He attrib-
uted the 10-to-8 committee vote for the
omnibus measure to pressure" by vet
Grams groups. The pressure is expected
to continue as the House prepares to take
up the bill. 1t could be effective, in view
. OIL the fact that all but score of Rep
reSentatives will seek reelection next
November.
Committee analysts have estimated
that the varied additional benefits in
Guided in the bill would cost about S1.4
billion the first year, with even heavier
costs during the next 10 years. The total
cost over the next 40 years would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13

about SIT billion, the experts reported.
Among the benefits would be pensions of
at least SOS month at SIS for low
income veterans, whether disabled or not;
pensions of $85 month for veterans
under IS with nonService-connected total
disabilities, $75-a-month pensions for all
veterans widows and substantial i'm
crease in several other benefits for vet
Grams and their dependents
AS one House member commented
privately, it is hard to vote against the
veterans" in an election year. But it is
incorrect to regard vote against such
an astronomically expensive bill as
against the veterans" Rather it is a
vote against reckless spending that would
hurt the Government and hence would
hurt all citizens-including veterans and
their families. A test of House statesman
ship is at hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13
Facts on Schools

Early last February, Representative
John Bell Williams of Mississippi asked
Superintendent of Schools Corning for
some statistics. He wanted to get the per-
centage of school failures, by race, in all
junior and senior high schools for the
l954-55 school year and the first semester
OF the present school year.
DR.. Corning replied that under
recently adopted policy of the Board of
Education, statistics are not kept by race.
Mr.. Williams repeated his request by this
time broadened to include other informa-
ton, and DR.. Corning finally submitted it
to the Board of Education with his own
recommendation that the information be
furnished. The board refused the request
by tie vote. The three Negro members
of the board voted against supplying the
data; three white members voted in favor.
President Sharpe and Mrs Manson B.
Petit abstained from voting. One men,
Der was absent.
We think the board policy and it's
refusal to furnish the information were
unwiSe. Strict secrecy on racial statistics
in the school system is more apt to hurt
than to help the progress of indignation
and is continuing source of disturbing
rumors and gossip. These rumors and
gossip are the direct cause of a pending
investigation, by Mr.. Williams and his
colleagues on the House District Com
mittee, to get facts that should have been
made matter of public record in the
first place. No one, especially the mem
bers of the School Board, should be afraid
of facts Until the facts are available, the
school system will be diSadvantaged in
attempts to remedy what is wrong.
We should be more concerned with
making facts available than with how
Mr. Williams, or those who share his
opinions on racial matters, may interpret
those facts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13
Hoqerty for V.

Not without reason, the Re-
publicans have rather persis-
tently ignored my advice.
I am not, however. a man to
deny a political party another
chance, an Olympian gesture
on my part when l remember
Jenner, Mccarthy, etc. 1t is
while remembering these that
I forget Eastland and the pros
pect of Talmadge.
But, to get on with my aid to
the Republican Party, I hereby
suggest it is foolish If it fails
to nominate Jim Hagerty as
the Presidents next running
mate. Mr.. Hagerty has proved
himself to be the most virtuous
and efficient. member of the
team" He is a man of de-
cision, candor, truth, and, this
above all, a Republican with a
sense of humor. The pouncing-
vulture quality which some
gifted cartoonists associate
with Mr.. Hagerty's party man.
ifests itself solely in his golf.
He puts like a man who would
rather lose an election than a
buck. ]. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13
Montgomery Airport

In your June Z edition you
SAID scores of business and
professional men in Montgom-
cry County commended the
idea of establishing an airport
for Montgomery County with
county funds.
would like to go on record
as saying that plenty Of resi-
dents of the county don't like
the idea at all.
Quite a few of us feel that il
there is any money to spend,
it had better be spent on i'm
proving county roads for the
benefit of county residents,
rather than on buying an air.
port to serve businessmen from
other areas. Have you ever
driven over the unpaved Sec
ton Of Lux lane, or of Mont
rose road? Roads Of this type
punish cars. ruin paint on
nearby houses with dust clouds,
and make driving hazardous
because we cannot even see
through the dust to tell when
other cars, or children on
bikes, are coming!
II you happen to live within
the take-off pattern Of Con-
gressional Airport, as we do.
you would see another good
reason why our county does
not want an airport. On week
ends the noise is so bad that
conversation on our porch is
impossible.
Most of the people in the
county are here because they
like the quiet residential or
rural atmosphere. II is this at
mosphere that keeps property
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

7l2 cents, based on the pur-
chase of tickets and the adult
fare is 10 cents, based on the
purchase of tokens. If we take
40 per cent of 10 cents we
come up with a fare Of 7.6
cents per ticket, which is a
little more than the 71a cents
now charged.
Since the other public utili-
ties operating in the Washing
ton area are not giving school
children any special rates, l
can see no reason why Capital
Transit should be called on to
lower its current rates for
school transportation.
Capital Transit Stakeholder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13

Tornado Warning Network Is Set Up
BY THOMAS R. HENRY

broadcast warnings are spread
over a larger area which may
be affected. All this service is
co-ordinated at the newly es-
tablished Severe Local Storm
Forecasting Center in Kansas
City, about the center of the
tornado area. There special
lists are trying to develop bet
ter methods of forecasting
these storms. Every day they
analy7e and interpret a large
number of weather charts to
identify general areas where
conditions are favorable for
tornado development. 1t is
now possible, especially with
various radar techniques
which have been devised, to
locate areas of approximately
10000 square miles where there
is a reasonable possibility that
the whirling winds will occur.
1t is not possible, however. to
predict the exact spot. any
more than it is possible to
predict the spot where light +
ming will strike, The forecasts,
however. alert the network OBJ
sewers throughout the area e
to be especially watchful for =
the slightest sign that a tor!B
nado is building up. %
Difficult to Forecast
The peculiar difficulty of
tornado forecasting is that the
storm is so greatly localized,
The average path is only Is
miles long and less than a
quarter-mile wide. The chance
of one striking any particular
spot is extremely small. Is
TornadoeS may occur any
where in the country-almost
anywhere in the world. But
the most favorable locality for
their formation is the Central
States between the Rockies
and the Appalachians. More
than half of all such storms
occur in April, May and
June and more than two-
thirds start between noon and
midnight. They are most
probable between 4 and pm,
The physics of tornado for
nation still is not well UNDER
stood, the meteorologists say.
Many problems remain to be
solved, such as the reason for
the intense heat sometimes re-
ported in the center of the
whirling funnel. The condi-
lions which are necessary for
their formation, however, are
known. There must be layers
of air Of contrasting tempera-
ture, moisture. density and
wind flow. Usually cool, dry
air from the west of northwest
moves over warm, moist sur
face air. When wind condi-
tons are right this situation
may result in a tornado-but
everything must be just right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13

@. In what months is the
greatest amount of hard liquor
sold?-S.D.
A. The apparent consump-
ton of distilled spirits must
be based on tax collections or
shipments to wholesalers in
the license States, and on
actual wholesale and retail
sales in the monopoly States.
On this basis, the Distilled
Spirits Institutes figures show
that in the years l949-l955 the
months Of November and
December accounted for an
average l0.4 per cent and 11.9
per cent of yearly consump-
ton, with october next at 9.3
per cent. January, with SO
per cent. was the month Of
lowest apparent consumption.
@. Is lobbying in Washing
ton increasing or diminishing?
IT. r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13

n fUluLltecT army OF nearly
a quarter million tornado SEN
tries has been organized
throughout the Central States
by the United States Weather
Bureau.
This army has it's own air
force, its own G. H. @. 1t is
part of an about effort to beat
the tornado-the violent local
storm with whirling winds
which kills an average of 200
a year in the United States
and causes property losses
running into millions.
The rapidly rotating. funnel
shaped clouds which spin like
tops across the. countryside
confront meteorologists with
some of their most perplexing
problems, both of forecasting
and understanding. They APP
pear suddenly. There is very
little observable build-up. One
may last only a few minutes
and cover only a few square
miles. 1t moves with the
speed of an express train.
More TOrnadOes Reported
Allegedly this type of storm
is becoming more frequent.
The Weather Bureau scien-
fists, however, doubt this claim
although they cannot abso-
lutely refute it. They believe
it is simply a case of more
tornadoes being reported than
in the past. Many occur in
uninhabited country here
hitherto there has been no rec
ord of them.
The major step has been
the organization of approx
ately 100 warning networks
throughout the tornado coun-
try. In such a network, volun-
teer observers about a mile
apart have been recruited.
These are farmers, house
wives, State policemen. viii
lage postmasters and store
keepers. Their job is to detect
the black, revolving cloud
funnel as soon as it is formed,
note the direction in which
it is moving, and Immediately
alert telephone exchanges,
radio and television stations,
and any other media of mass
communication. Only within
the past few years has such
a system become practical.
Now there is hardly an iSo-
lated farmhouse which doesn't
have radio, television set, or
at least a telephone. Even so,
due to the peculiar nature of
the storm, there may be a
warning of only a minute or
SO = but this is enough for
families to get into their
storm cellars.
AT the same time the near
est Weather Bureau Office is
notified. From there the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13
Student Fares

This is in answer to a letter
by Louise Ramirez in regard to
Pupils Fares" in which she
complained about the 7la-cent
fare for school children and
about a current charge Of $3.50
for 20 tickets.
AS a minority stakeholder of
the Capital Transit Co. I per-
sonally feel that a parent
should be able to purchase in
40 or so ticket lots to save time
of both teachers and parents.
! do not agree with Mrs.
Ramirez that the fare of 7l2
cents based on 20 tickets for
$3.50 or 40 tickets for SO is
excessive based on present
costs.
The old fare of 3 cents per
ticket was ridiculously low, al
through Capital Transit had
to put up with this ridiculous
ly low fare until the 1855
strike.
Mrs. Ramirez knows that
when her children burn cleo
tricity unnecessarily, the power
company gives no special rate
for the electricity unneces-
sarily consumed; she knows
that the gas company gives
no reduced rate when q child
fails to cut down or cut of
his radiator at night, resulting
in unnecessary use Of gas, and
she knows that when her chill
dren have to call from a public
telephone that the telephone
company charges full adult
rates.
In 1881, the school fare was
3 cents, whereas the adult fare.
based on the purchase Of
tokens, was ia cents. This
means school children were
given transportation at a cost
of 40 per cent of the adult
fare, not taking into consider
alton the fact that in 1881
passes were available which
allowed some adults to travel
at the rate Of 4 cents or 5 cents
per ride.
At present the school fare is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL

sionally there is an evil smell
connected with a bad tube.
All in all. it is fortunate that
these lights are high on CELL
ings.
Home and Office lighting al
ways has been a problem.
1t is easy to solve, if you be-
lieve the makers of bulbs.
Just replace every 50-Watt
bulb by 100 watts. every 200 by
300, and so on.
Actually, it doesn't seem as
easy as that.
There are bulbs and bulbs.
but also there are eyes and
eyes.
Even the best shaded light,
II too intense, hurts some eyes.
Probably no honest bulb
manufacturer can be held re-
sponSible for the vagaries Of
eyesight, but each person must
assume his own responsibility.
He has his own eyes to think
about.
1t is here as with medicines:
The doctor who prescribes
them neither pays for them
nor takes them.
The patient is the guy, and
he ought to have some ideas
of his own.
II he says he does better
on child doses than adult,
listen to him, doctor.
He may be right
4 \ 4
The interchange Of light,
between indoors and outdoors.
is of one of the facts of life
of which we seldom think, but
it is with us always.
The closer that indoor light
ing approximates outdoor
lighting the better, in all prob
ability.
Every one knows how, after
standing reading in the sum
shine, one sees only pink for
a time, until the chemistry of
the eye changes. 0'
There is no greater mystery;
perhaps, than the eye. We had
almost said the human eye.
but the eye of an animal
or even an insect is Just as
great a marvel.
With the eye. we have one
of Gods original ideas; let us
take care of the portion Of
sight given us.
Lighting is a continuing
study. In the years to come,
we no doubt shall have bet-
ter and superior lights of which
no one even dreams at this
time.