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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-04

MIR. BOGARDUS' good deeds
are known internationally.
Last year, the Voice Of Amer
lea told his story on its Life
in America" series.
In addition to his hospital
errands, he finds time to be
chairman of the Missions Com
mittee of the District of Co.
lumbia Baptist Convention,
and serve on the conventions
Executive Committee and In
situations Committee.
ut keeps me busy" he says,
but a man has to keep busy"
Mr.. Bogardus retired after
q years with the General Ac-
counting Office, and four years
before that with the Treasury
department. He's been living
in the Washington area 80
years.
Three years ago he was
named the outstanding Bap-
list layman in the Greater
Washington Area, and this
tribute was paid him.
His many services were rem
dered graciously, willingly,
sincerely, prayerfully, effec-
lively and equitably, without
the hope Of reward, as a hum
BILE servant Of the Master"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

indicated Mary Jane had eater
nothing since she drank a glas.
of chocolate milk the morning
she vanished.
Further Tests Made
Further tests were being made
today at New Jersey State Police
headquarters in Trenton, and the
contents of the puppy's stomach
also were being examined to de-
termine whether the animal had
been fed recently.
Edward Clarity, Bellmawr po-
lice chief, who had headed the
search for Mary Jane, said the
ranch house had been visited sew
eral times during the widespread
search. The volunteers who
made the examinations of the
house could not say for certain
whether that particular closet
had been opened.
Scores of other persons passed
the house daily during the time
Mary Jane was missing-includ-
ing her parents.
Police today sought the an
swers to a number of puzzling
questions in the case, such as
why the dog didn't bark or make
some sort of noise when search
ers poked noisily about the
house, and whether anyone
looked in the closet where the
body was found. Investigators
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Salvation Army
Left $4,000

In his capacity as executor for
q 100000 estate, Domestic Re-
lations Judge Godfrey L. Munter
today gave a sos, 900 check to the
Salvation Army.
The 100000 estate of the late
J Webster Manning, former In
ternal Revenue accountant and
tax consultant also provided
$4,000 for the Police Boys Club
OF Washington and for the
Shrine Hospitals for Crippled
Children.
The will also left $4,000 more
to each of the three, making a
total of $4,000 to each.
1t. Col. William Range, Ma
tional Capital divisional COM
mander of the Salvation Army,
said the money received today
will be used TO renovate and re-
model the new headquarters on
the northwest corner of Fifth
and E streets NV, opposite the
Criminal Division of Municipal
Court.
The Salvation Army will move
its welfare department. now at
First and F streets NV; the
emergency home for women and
children. Eighteenth street ard
New Hampshire avenue NV,
and administrative Offices at
1853 r street, into the new build
ing at a cost of 100000, 1t.
Col Range said.
Judge Munter said Mr.. Man
ming developed an affection for
the Salvation Army while serv-
ing as an Army captain overseas
in World War /,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

the girl and animal had been
there for some time.
Mary Jane had been feared the
victim of a kidnapping. Coroner
Blake said. however, that there
were no visible marks of violence
on her body.
There was mute evidence on
the inside of the closet door that
the little girl may have kicked
it repeatedly in an attempt to
escape. The door has no lock.
1t can be opened readily from
the outside by a knob, but there
is only a small turn-latch on the
inside Detectives said this latch
was extremely tight and difficult
If not impossible, for a child of
Mary James age to turn.
The ranch house - only two
blocks from Mary James own
home - had been searched sew
eral times as hundreds of volun-
teerS Joined her grief-stricken
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Barker, local and State police
and FBI agents in the hunt for
the child.
A hurried preliminary autopsy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Body Of Missing Girl, 4,
Found in Vacant House .

BELLMAWR. N. j.. Mar. 4 (H).
The search for 4-year-old Mary
Jane Barker ended in a 3-by-5
closet of a vacant ranch house
here yesterday where a playmate
found the body of the pretty.
blond child.
SiX-year-old Maria Frietta,
visiting the newly-built house of
her aunt, playfully threw open
a closet door. Her puppy. which
had disappeared along with
Mary Jane last Monday bounded
out. alive and frisky. On the
floor. however, lay Mary Jane.
her hair covered by the hood of
her jacket.
Mary Jane had been romping
with the puppy in the yard next
door when last seen.
Camden County Coroner Rob-
ert j Blake said today the child
may have died of fright and
starvation after accidentally
trapping herself in the closet.
No Mark of Violence
He said the condition of the
small enclosure indicated both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
st. Lawrence Tolls
Subject of Poriey
BY the Associated Press

United States and Canadian
officials meet this week to talk
more about tolls to be charged
ships that will use the st,
Lawrence Seaway. scheduled for
completion early in 1859.
The meeting will be held here
Thursday and Friday. In ad-
dition to tolls. the conferees will
discuss the size OF ships that will
use locks on the 27-foot- deep in
ternational waterway and CO.
ordination of work on two pend
ing projects.
Host for the two-day discus
sion is administrator Lewis G..
Castle of the st. Lawrence Sea-
way Development Corp, the
agency created by Congress to
construct and administer the
United States portion of the
project.
Lionel Chevrier. president of
the Canadian st. Lewrence Sea-
way Authority. will head the
nine-member Canadian delega-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Catholic Census
Slated March 81

Approximately $4,000 men will
make a survey of the Catholic
population in the Washington
area the afternoon of March 3D..
Walter F. McArdle announced
today.
Mr.. McArdle. chairman of the
Committee on Religious Activities
of the Archdiocesan Council of
Catholic Men. will direct the
census. The project is being
sponsored by the committee.
"A count of the Catholic popu-
lation in this area that is suffi-
GENTLY accurate to meet the
needs of planning educational
programs. new parochial school
construction and other parish &C
tivity will require our workers to
call at every home. apartment
and other residence in the entire
area" he said.
I'VE will be most grateful for
cooperation of Catholic |
families in simply telling those
who call that there are no Cath
olics in the home. I'm quite sure
that Catholic families will gladly |
reciprocate in similar surveys
that other groups may find nee
esSary."
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle. Archbishop of Washing
ton, in a message read at all
parishes yesterday. said I'll
consider this task of paramount
importance for the spiritual
well-being of our archdiocese.
:. Only by contracting everyone
can We be sure that we have
reached all the Catholics of our
flock and fulfilled our pastoral |
obligation to them"
Chairmen of the seven dean
cries are Clarkson Gemmill,
Washington. No, /; Lawrence Nc
Donnell, Washington. No. I'll
Hugh Gardiner. Charles and Calv
vert Counties; Joseph E. Joers.
Montgomery County: Michael
Conlon. Prince Georges County.
No. /; DR.. Adolph c. Hugin.
Prince Georges County. No. 2, and
J. Abel Longmore. st. Marys
County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Linda DurneII Wed
To Airline Pilot

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 4 tP.-
Actress Linda Darnell and Air
line Pilot Merle Roy tRobbie)
Robertson were married yester-
day in the chapel Of the Mission
Inn in Riverside.
Miss Darnell. 33, was previous
ly married TO Motion Picture
Cameraman Peverell Marley and
Brewery Executive Philip Lieb-
mann. Mr.. Robertson, &c. was a
bachelor.
Miss Darnell planned TO re-
turn TO Los Angeles to complete
work today on a Playhouse 90
television show. The couple then
will honeymoon in New Orleans
and South America. !,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

wraps off its vast China Lake
facility for nearly 200 newsmen.
The station was established in
1e43 in the Southeastern Cali
fornia desert. 1t developed the
Holy Moses and Tiny Tim
ground-to-air rockets used in
World War II.
Major Facility Now
Today, it is the Nays major
facility for development of
rockets and missiles.
The Sidewinder-A product Of
the scientists and military men
who staff this station-is an air.
to-air weapon fired by a plane
to destroy another plane. 1t was
the first guided missile conceived,
developed and produced in its
entirety by Government lab
ortary.
1t was named for the lethally
poisonous rattlesnake that in
tests this desert country.
The Atlantic, Pacific and 9Th
Fleets have been equipped with
the Sidewinder.
The missile, Navy officials ex-
planned. greatly extends the
kill range" of a fighter or
bomber.
Its like having a 6-foot reach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

on the other fellow in a boxing
bout" said 1t. Comdr. c. A.
Tierney.
In its demonstrations of air
firepower, the Navy established
another first" for the benefit of
visiting newsmen when a fighter
plane fired 1874 Mighty Mouse
rockets in one pass This. Off
GERS said, was the greatest num-
Der of Mighty Mouse rockets ever
launched from a plane in a single
salvo. The previous top was $50.
The Mighty Mouse, also devel-
oped at China Lake. was de-
scribed by officers as the back
bone of the Nations air defense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
Virginia TroiIwoys
To Honor 8 Drivers

Three area men will be hon
ored Wednesday evening at Vir-
ginia railways divisional safety
awards banquet at the Willard
Hotel.
The three bus drivers to re-
ceive the awards are HIM. Strick-
Ter, Riverton. Va; w. l.. Mccoy,
GIG Franklin street NE, and
L. j. Shiff1et. 3940 Seventh
street NE.
Mr.. Stricken has driven for
the company IL years without
an accident. Mr.. Mccoy has an
eight-year accident-free record
and Mr.. Shiff1et has completed a
year without an accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04

believe Mary Jane was alive
when she entered the closet.
While the search went on last
week there were the usual
crank calls, one demanding $500
for Mary James safe return. 1t
was a gruesome ending for the
Bankers. who never got to cele-
brate their little girls fourth
birthday last Wednesday, two
days after she disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-04
New Missile Kills Drone
On First est in Sky
NJ. MARCH .. 1887

CHINA LAKE Calf Mar. QF9-Cuded- missile Sidewnder
deadly its the Navy proved the first public
demonstration of the weapon
The pilot OF Demon fighter knocked drone target
plane out of the sky with first shot at this
Naval ordnance test station Friday
The Sidewindes shown when the NAVY took the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
Under Federation Scrutiny
By Mildred Hartman

The Montgomery County
Civic Federation is studying a
proposal which would call for
a revision in the County Char
ter to permit the Board of
Education to present its an
nual budget directly to the
County Council, in effect, by
passing the County Manager.
Dr. Robert S. Marvin of the
Federation's Schools Committee
presented the idea which would
provide that the Board of Educa-
ton formulate its own educa-
tional program and recommend a
stipulated budget as at present.
Under the proposal the County
Manager would be required to in
clude this budget in the complete
County budget which he prepares
and forwards to the Council,
showing the tax rate and bond
issues required to finance this as
well as all other county activities.
The County Manager would
submit his comments which
could take the form of an alter
nate school budget but the bud
get which the Council would act
on would be that submitted by
the Board of Education.
The fact that the school board
is an elective one should make it
responsive to the wishes of the
people to the extent that they
would hold it down to the neces-
sary items, DR.. Marvin said.
The Federation is expected to
take action on the proposal at
the January meeting.
Citing II major weaknesses In
the county's Civil Defense pro-
gram the Federation backed a
resolution requesting the Coun-
ty Council to undertake an i'm
mediate and critical review of the
county's Civil Defense activities
and, as necessary, effect a reor-
ganiZation which would take into
account the need for a shelter
program to replace the obsolete
evacuation concept.
Gerhard Meyer, chairman for
civil defense, pointed up the rapid
development of Soviet capabilities
in the field of guided missiles and
earth satellites. He criticized the
Council for the admittedly poor
situation the county is in should
major emergency occur.
If tomorrow a nuclear attack
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
Rockville
CD Plan
Proposed

Rockville's Civil Defense Di-
rector, Lindley S. Van Ripper pre-
scented the Mayor and Council
Tuesday with a Civil Defense
Master Plan for the city.
Based on "self-help," the Rock
vile plan calls for citizens to
stay put and take care of them
selves. The city is not a recep-
ton area for Washington since it
is classified a "shock" area.
Rockville will not be evacuated
unless weather condition cause
severe fallout. The plan is aimed
at having at least one person in
each family trained in CD self
preservation.
Taking the master plan under
advisement, the, City Council re-
quested City Manager John Mark
land to draw up cooperative
plan Of duties for all of the city
employees in event of a CD
emergency.
Services already organized and
needing more volunteers, Van
Ripper said, are: block and section
wardens. light rescue squads,
first aid, welfare and auxiliary
police. In addition. persons with
specialized training such as
radiology. electronics, communi.
cations and engineering are need
I'd
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12

Montgomery County is becom.
ing quite musical.
In addition to its well known
Symphony Orchestra, it now can
boast Of concert band.
The band is not to be confused
with marching band, points out
its director, Frank r. Troy.
Rather, it plays music for listen
ing
The 40-piece band played its
first public concert recently when
the new Twinbrook Post Office
station was opened. Troy said he
is working on plans to present a
series of Summer concerts at the
Rockville Civic Center.
The band was formed last Sep
TENDER. 1t is composed solely of
adults, none of whom get paid.
They meet to practice every
Tuesday at 8 pm. in the band
room at Richard Montgomery
High School.
It's members range in age from
60 to 20 and in professions, from
TV repairmen to school teachers.
They come from as far away as
Alexandria, but the majority are
from the lower section Of the
county.
Their leader was born in Key
ser. w. Va. and was the son of a
band director. Troy started in
the music business carlyle was
tootling a soprano sax in an adult
orchestra when he was nine.
His love for music stuck like
resin. He holds a Bachelors and
a Masters degree in music from
the West Virginia University.
He came to this area with his
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12

the telephone to alert her super
visor, Richard Ream, in Rock
vile. He said he'd send truck.
But. the truck didn't get there
for several hours and when it
did, Mrs. Chamberlain's bus
proved to have dead battery.
The truck left.
Finally Mrs. Chamberlain was
able to reach her husband. Ole
Chamberlain got his panel truck
out and skidded and Slid his way
to the marooned group. BY the
time he reached them, four hours
had passed since the bus begged
down.
Mr.. Chamberlain took the chill
dren in his truck and got them
to their homes, excited and lit
tie tired from their ordeal.
His wife waited in the store for
him to come back. She finally
got home, eight hours after she
left.
Mrs. Chamberlain has been
driving a school bus for three
years. Tuesday, she and 100 of
her fellow drivers received pins
for safe driving for two years.
The awarding of the pins was
coincidental to the big snow
Snow, after all is just one of
those things a bus driver has got
to expect.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
In Heavy Snow
School Bus Driuer;s
8-HOur Ordeal Told

Five kindergarten students
at the Laytonsville elementary
school last Wednesday took
a bus ride they'll never for
get = and neither will the
bus driver, Mrs. Doris Cham
berlain.
Mrs. Chamberlain and her hus-
band, Ole, live at Smiths Cor,
ner, three miles outside of Cal
thersburg. He works for the
Asplundh Tree Company, in Sill
yer Spring. Mrs. Chamberlain
drives a county school bus, III
miles day.
Wednesday, last week, started
out to be just another day for
Mrs. Chamberlain. They called
off school early so she left home
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
Airport Denial
Probably Looms

The county attorneys office
was instructed by the County
Council Tuesday to prepare a res.
olution recommending denial of
a request for a coming exception
to permit a private airport in
Poolesville.
A public hearing was held No
vember II on an application by
two Civil Patrol officers and
pilots who have an option on 160
acres on the Reddick Road in a
residential zone. The applicants
were Walter H. Sterling of Hy-
attsville and Charles f. Wind
sor, Bethesda. Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Com.
mission also recommended de.
NAL of the request.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12

at II am. to pick up the kids.
She'd driven in snow before and
had never had much trouble.
But when she started the 61-
passenger bus she was headed for
an adventure. Il hope l never
have to go through that again"
she said after it was over.
She picked up her normal load
of youngsters from school and
began delivering them to their
homes. The snow continued to
fall and driving became more
than chore.
She first got stuck in Unity and
had to be hauled out by a tow
truck. But she kept on her route
She got stuck again on Hitsy
Mill Road near Etchison but she
got out of that one alone.
By the time she reached Blunt
Road, near Laytonsville, her chill
dren were becoming apprehen.-
Sive.
so when l begged down again
on Blunt Road, / had them sing
and tell each other what they
wanted for Christmas. They
didn't sing very much, though"
she said. She got out of that fix
too.
She had delivered all but five
children when, as she slithered
along Warfield Road west of Lay
louisville, she spied two cars
across the road ahead.
II swerved around one and
was clearing the second when we
skidded into a ditch. 1t was about
10 minutes to three. One of the
children started crying
There l was, soaked from the
knees down with five children
and stranded bus. My knees
were wet from getting out and
clearing the windshield of snow.
was cold" she said.
But the resourceful lady was in
luck. Ahead through the snow
she saw a store 1t was the Black
and White Inn, run by Mrs. AL
bertha Harris.
She herded the children into
the warm store and the long wait
began. While Mrs. Harris fed
candy, bread and butter to the
children, Mrs. Chamberlain used
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
Rockville Band Off
TO q Healthy Start

wife she sings-and five chill
dren-they play five years ago.
He settled down to teaching in
strumental music at his Cal
thersburg studio two years ago.
He lives in Rockville.
), Troy taught music at the Le-
land Junior High before going it
alone in Gaithersburg. Well, not
exactly alone - one daughter,
Mrs. James Alexander, plays the
baritone, saxophone and drums,
19-year-old Claris plays the
trumpet, french horn and from
bone, and Frank, IS, plays the
clarinet and tuba for Richard
Montgomery High Svchool.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
Under Federation Scrutiny
Reese School Budget Veto
Would Be Ared BY Proposal

the flat rate on a one party line
by IS cents and, conversely, would
bring relief to those who make
numerous calls to the now-paying
units.
Asking for a 45-day period of
holding the record open on the
proposed ordinance to control the
location and maintenance of
cemeteries, the group voted unan-
imously to approve the proposed
amendment by the County Coun-
Gil to require fencing and screen
planting around all junk yards.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12

against Washington should take
place unprepared citizens and
their children will not know what
to do or where to go to save
their lives" said Meyer as he
urged immediate and efficient
action in the field.
The Federation declined to
make a recommendation to the
State Public Service Commission
relative to an increase in rate or
extension of service for the
metropolitan area phone users.
The proposed increase would up
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
Robinson Takes Post

William L. Robinson, of Gath
ersburg, has been elected to the
board of trustees of the Proven
ton of Blindness Society. Robin
son Is associated with the Amerl-
can Automobile Association.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-12
Civic Center
Space Denied

After study of Glenview Civic
Centers facilities, the Mayor and
Council this week denied the ap-
plication of the National Confer
ence on Citizenship to rent two
rooms at the center for tempo
rary headquarters.
The space is not available, the
council told noes executive d.
rector Judge Carl B. Hyatt, for
long-range use that would exclude
other uses Of the Civic Center
which had been purchased for the
recreation of the city's residents.
S ENTIN Ell e sSSTGoMs mD
Thursday. December u. l9s7-A6
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-26
Area Transit
Study Report
To Be Aired

Regional plans to meet mass
transportation needs in the Wash.
ington Metropolitan area will be
reported at a public meeting
Wednesday at 8 pm, in the Coun-
ty office Building auditorium.
Sponsored jointly by the Mont
gomery County Planning Associa.
ton and the City of Rockville
Planning Commission, the meet.
ing will have Paul G. Watt, hi.
rector of the National Capital
Regional Planning Council and
Kenneth NJ. Hoover, project di.
doctor of the Mass Transportation
TO report on the progress TO date
Of the survey.
The survey, under the direction
Of the Regional Planning Coun.
ell, was begun in October, 1853,
and will be completed after Jan
uary /, 1853.
Watt will discuss the various
land use, population and economic
phases Of the study, showing the
work accomplished in cooperation
with the various planning agen.
cies OF the region.
Hoover will review the relation.
ship between this work and the
traffic studies necessary 10 reach
a solution to the regions trans.
portation problems.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-09-26
Sister CITY,
Ceremonies
Scheduled

Rockville and its Sister City,
Pinneberg, Germany, will be Of
ficially affiliated in a ceremony
at the Glenview Civic Center at 2
pm, October 10.
Acting in the name Of the Ger.
man city, which is located II
miles from Hamburg on the Pin
nau river, will be Rolf Pauls,
Counselor and chief of the poHt.
ical department Of the Federal
Republic Of Germany.
j. j. Reinstein, director Of the
office Of German Affairs will rep.
resent the State Department. The
Mayor and Council in the name of
the city will hold an open meet.
ing to pass the resolution of for
NAL acceptance.
All organizations and churches
are invited to attend. Pinneberg
has already held its ceremonies
and pictures of that event will be
the first installment on exchange
Of information between the two
cities.