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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
BY DAY THORPE

If the second annual Merri-
weather Post Award contest.
to be held in May, discovers as
many excellent young musi-
clans as the first one did last
year, the public will get no less
satisfaction from the National
Symptoms event than will
the prize winner with his
check for $4,000. Before last
years contest there we're those
Il was numbered among them
who were constrained to
admit that a nationwide con-
test for high school music
talent might be worth while
from an educational or phil
anthropic point of view. but
who felt that the actual music
the affair would produce
would scarcely be of much
intrinsic excitement.
The group of flnalists win
moved from 384 entrants from
43 States was a tremendous
surprise to the public, to the
critics, to the members of the
orchestra (who were, by the
way. judges of the contest,
to Howard Mitchell, and to
Ralph Black, manager of the
National Symphony. The rest
of humanity is not Injured to
surprise. but when you can
startle the manager of a SYM
phony orchestra you really
have to be different-perhaps
stare at him with three eyes.
For these young artists were
good-good not in considera-
ton of their age, nor because
audience and critics were
sympathetic to youthful en-
deavor, but good because they
played with intelligence and
emotion and on a very high
level of technical proficiency.
There was only one first-prize
winner, Judy Burganger. of
Buffalo, N. Y, but Judy had
the satisfaction of knowing
that she was but one of four
contestants who had the vote
for champion among the
judges. She did not win be-
cause of no competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
PROGRAMS OF THE WEEK

Hall. 2 pm. Repeating Tuesday after
Moons program.
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND. Capt.
Albert Sch0epper, conductor. Soloist:
Gene Akers' piano; Department OF
The conoueror. Telke; Overture
to Mignon. Thomas; First movement.
Piano Concerto in. G minor. Mendels-
holm; selection from South Pacific,
Jacob First movement, Piano Con-
certo in minor. Grieg: Selections
from Andrea Chenier, Giordano.
BATIGNE. mezzo-soprano.
ANTHONY Chanska; piano Arts Club HUI
From FdS psene Ei IN Sud ds' Gaek e cna
Melodies. Rhcne-Bston lie chapSlier,
Satie: Air VII, Poulenc; Chants de
France, Canteloube,
FRIDAY
FRIDAY MORNING MUSIC CLUB. Mary
Clara G. Holders. piano; Jane Alfano
piano Cosmos Club; 4 80 am !,
Paisieiio; Casta Diva, Bellini; !. Haiti
Auee. brahms: Die Mainacht, Brahms;
The Unforeseen. Scott; Loves Philoso-
!. ply Quilter
Noah GreenberS. director. Library Of
Congress $50 p. m. Program OF vo-
cal and instrumental music by Nor
lev, Henry VIII, Dunstable. Byrd,
TomKins Weelkes, Jones, Ferrabosco.
Dowland. Bartlett Ward, Ravenscroft
Pilkineton and Gibbons
UNITED STATES NAVY BAND Comdr
Charles Brendler.' conductor SoloistS'
Ben Mitchell Morris, tenor Charles
Treger, violin Departmental Audi
torium $40 pm. Rakoczy March
Berlioz; Zine Faust Overture. WaR.
ner. Fetes. Debussv. Je slis seul
Massenet: Andrea Chenier Selection
4 Giordano Violin Concerto, Bruch; Les
+ Sylphidcs Ballet, Chopin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
TURNTABLE TALK
Bernstein Conducts,
Composes and Plays

haps slightly too much so. On
the review copy there was a
bit of groove echo.
Finally, this versatile musi-
clan has exposed another side
of his talents, as lecturer in
discussion of the first move
ment of Bethoven's fifth SYM
phony. The lecture. focused
on some interesting demon
STATIONS of what the music
would have sounded like if
Beethoven had stuck to some
original working sketches,
leaves one regretting it does
not proceed to the other three
movements.
The full symphony, in final
form, is played on the over
side, but under Bruno WAL
ters direction instead of Bern
STEMS. Was this a matter Of
design, or mere convenience?
ORGAN CONCERTOS
Two striking modern works
involving the organ are cou.
pied on a record from MGM.
One is Francis Poulenc'S con-
certo which pits the console
against the unusual combina-
ton of strings and tympani,
the other concerto by How
ard Hanson.
Poulenc has become so well
known for slighter compost
tions that one of the size of his
concerto falls on the ears with
rather extraordinary impact.
Poulenc has followed distin-
guished models. One is re-
minded, at some points more
than others. Of the concertos
of Handel. and of Bach. The
music is melodious, strongly
rhythmic. sometimes brash.
and decidedly stimulating.
Hanson's concerto, in which
harp takes the place of the
tympani used by Poulenc. is
more essentially lyrical, yet
the flavor seems rather more
independent of older models.
Both works are performed
in energetic fashion by Rich
ard EllsaSser with the Phil
harmonic Orchestra of Ham
burg, under Arthur Winograd.
PuristS may find less salts
faction in another MGM ELL.
sasser release involving the
D major and D minor con-
certos of Bach. which gen.
orally are heard with piano,
harpSichord or sometimes
violin in the solo role. But
organ enthusiasts will want
to sample them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
HEIFETZ ENCORES

With 20 previous versions
available it is perhaps un-
likely that a new edition Of
the Beethoven violin concerto
by Jascha Heifetz will corner
the market. But those who
subsisted for years on prede-
cessor disc. involving also
Toscanini, will doubtless take
due note.
The new Victor issue pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
TODAY

CLUB, Gordon {. Page, director.
washington Cathedral, / pm In
natsli Domini Praetorius; Pssllite
ungenito, Praetorias; o Bone JeSu.
Brahms: Adoramus. Brahms; Regina
MARY ALICIA CALLAHAN, mezzo 80 :
prano; Dallas Keller. baritone; Rich
ard Weilenmann, piano. Barker Hall.
YWCA, 1 pm Botschaft Brahms:
Wiz Wandelten Brahms Marchen.
Wolf Knabe und Veilchen Wolff;
Al bord dc lEau. Faure. Tristessc.
Faure En- sourdine Faure; Nell.
Faure Wea hers. Fiske Dream Song,
Gibbs Can't Be Talkins OF Love,
Duke 81. trai / ceppi. Handel: Hear
me, We winds and waves. Handel;
Honor and Arms. Handel. Scene c
ductto La Fayorita DoniZetti
JOEL RYCE. piano. Phillips Gallery, ,
pm, Partita in d, Bach; Esquisse
w Opus y, Bartok: Variations and
Fupue or Theme by Handel Opus
"a Brahms
JOYCE FIISSLER. violin Bella Szilagyi,
piano. National Gallery OF Art,
pm. Sonata in d, Vivaldi-Respiahi;
Fantasie in c, Opus ] 50. Schubert
Sonata in D. Opus lbs, Prokoflefi
sonsta In A, Faure; From Hexapoda
Suite, Bennett
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

Bess in the revival of "Porgy
and Bess," will sing the lead
soprano role. Russell Oberlin,
counter-tenor, is also in the
cast. Both these artists are
scheduled to appear elsewhere
in Washington soon - Miss
Price at Constitution Hall on
January 20, and Mr.. Oberlin
at the Library of Congress
this Friday.
+**
London, Not Hines
A note from B. H. Burnside
of Rockville: "On behalf of
the George London Protective
Society. we wish to protest
the mistake in the Sunday Star
in which our hero was left out
of the account of the Eisen-
hover Boris Goudonov Ma
tional Symphony concert. That
bass was not Jerome Hines.
=. :.
1t was not. indeed. George
London sang that performance.
! confused him with Hines,
whom I have heard in the role
since. Mr.. Burnside will be
glad to know that he is only
one of a score of people who
have called the mistake to my
attention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
THURSDAY

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor. SQlpist.
JudM Burganser, piano. CONSTITUTION
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Howard Mitchell, conductor Soloist:
Judy Burganger. piano Constitution
Hall pm Lconore Overture No !,
Beethoven First movement. Piano
Concerto In A minor Seaumann,
Farandole from L'Arlesiennc Suite NO
Bizct, Prelude from .LArlesienne
Suite No. y, Bizct. Fantasia on
Greensleevcs Vaughan Williams
March from The Love Of Three
Oranger Prokofief Berceuse and
Finale from The Eirsbird strayinskys
AM RICAN UNIVERSITY QUARTET
GEORGE steiner and Donald Raddine,
vioins, Richard Parnas, viola; Morris
Krsthba am, cello. Assisting artist
Wallace Mann, flute Clendener Hall,
American University, $3.50 pm. 4
minutes, 20 seco. is, Plrris. Quartet.
Opus 20. No. 3. Pleyel; Quartet in A
minor, Kreisler; A Night Piece, Foote,
Qtrinn Onarlei In u. Allanhrnnk
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
G'Burg Mems League

High team gate: Jacks Barber
Shop Gil, Melody Inn GOT, Reber's
Variety COB. High team set: Jacks
Barber Shop 1,722; Melody Inn
1,719; Chaplin Lumber Co. 1878
Individual records: George Smith
113-49, John Smith 112-21, Sidney
Brake 111-26, Billy Chiswell Ill
25, Bob Swanson 1902, Bob
Haynes 11O-07, Arthur Smith 109-
20, Ralph Windsor 109-59, Gene
Stone 1O9-55, Bill Perrell 1O951,
Herbert Martin 1922, Ray Wach-
ter 1922. High spares: George
Smith 1873, Harry Jones 1T, Gene
Stone III. High strikes: Billy
Chiswell SO, Bob Haynes 81, Ralph
Winsor IS. High game: Billy CHS
we'll ITO, Wash White 165, John
Smith 164. High set: George
Smith 419, John Smith 404, Au-
Their Smith 400. High flat game:
Walter Hatliff 81. Free haircut:
Hugh Stup 397.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Pork Show Results

Montgomery County All and
FLA. Club members were very
well represented at the Annual
Spring Pork Show held at the
Union Stock Yard, Baltimore, last
week.
Little Sandra Wightman of
Gaithersburg, exhibited the light
weight Barrow, a pure-bred
Hampshire, while her brother
James took first prize with his
heavy weight Trio of Hampshires,
and second in the middle weight
Individual Class.
The 80 pigs exhibited by these
club members sold at an average
price of $21.14 per hundred
weight, with a spread of 20lac to
22c, and averaged 212 pounds per
head.
Individual Club Champion was
exhibited by Jerry Walls, Bel Air;
this pig also being Reserve Cham
pion of the entire show.
Champion Club Trio of York
shires was exhibited by James
Cowan of Snow Hill, Md.
Cedar Point Farm showed
Grand Champion Individual Bar
row. Their entry, Hampshire,
sold for $500 per pound.
Cedar Point Farm also exhib-
tied Grand Champion Trio, also
Hampshire, while the Grand
Champion Pen of Ten was ex-
hibited by Blakeford Farm
Queenstown.
Reno H. Thomas, Beavertown,
Pa, exhibited the Champion Hog,
a Yorkshire. in the Carcass con
test. In this event, hogs are
slaughtered and judged on car
cass yield of choice cuts of lean
meat.
The results in Individual
Groups were as follows: Light
weight: Sandra Wightman, list;
James Wightman, 10th. Medium
weight: Sandra WightInan, 7th
and 18th; James Wightman, End.
Heavy weight: Drew Stabler,
Brookville, 9Th; James Wightman,
18th. Medium weight: Sandra
Wightman, 7th and 9Th; Pooles-
vile FLA. 10th and 18th; Drew
Stabler, 5th; James Wightman,
9Th; Drew Stabler 18th. Heavy
weight: James Wightman, 1st.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Sen. Wayne
Morse Herd

Mr.. Fred Wyvill. president of
the Maryland Devon Breeders AS
ISOLATION, issued the following
statement about Senator Wayne
Morse cattle winning al the Lou,
-isiana State University Livestock
Show, Baton Rouge, Louisiana:
Senator Wayne Morse herd of
Devon beef cattle won all of the
top prizes Monday, March A, at
the Louisiana State University
livestock Show, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, over exceptionally
strong competition. Morse herd
of nine cattle at the show won
champion bull, reserve champion
,bull, champion COW, reserve cham
cpion COW, plus II firsts, two sec
onds and one third prize.
his cattle won flrSt prize IN
each class in which they were
shown and in two classes he won
first and second and in one class
first and third. Three other top
Devon herds in the country were
Shown against Morse's herd at the
Louisiana show which is one of
the major Southern cattle shows.
t-"Our Devon Breeders Associa-
ton is delighted with the excep.
tional record made by Morse
herd"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Crabgrass and You.
By DELBERT L. FOSTER
County Agent

Now is the time to get ahead
of crabgrass in the home lawn,
reminds the Montgomery County
Agents Office in Rockville. Home
lawns will benefit if the desirable
lawn grasses are fortified in the
early spring to increase their vi
gor before the crabgrass at
tempts to take over.
Crabgrass, an annual plant,
grows from seeds each year. 1t
usually doesn't begin to show in
the lawn until May--thriving dur
ing the hot summer q months
Most other lawn grasses are sea
son grasses.
They grow vigorously several
months before the crabgrass is
fully grown. If the lawn has been
fortified and taken care of in the
spring the crabgrass will have
difficulty getting started This is
especially true when the other
grasses are allowed to grow tall
err than usual.
The lawn mower blades should
be adjusted to cut the grass
blades no shorter than IL inches.
The taller grass will shade the
tiny crabgrass seedlings and
crabgrass does not thrive in
shade.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Rockville 1925"
Commercial

Montgomery Tire MARTY Mar
tin 343) BANKED the leaders
Modern Furniture willie Miles
374Ii AIS Texaco tom Flint 1861
won two from Demory Construc.
ton (Bob Simmons 315); Five
Dukes Charlie Wade 357)- won
two from Rockmont Motors (Jim
Murphy 348); Grafton Shell (Clar.
ence Butts 1861 blanked Robbins
& Clark (Vic Lands 34D; Geera-
ert's Construction Bob Hughes
349) won two from U. S. Post Of
flee eddie Wratten $50; Mems
Quality Shop tBoyden Hash 1911
blanked A. Guide Sons Co. John
Wilkinson 297); B & w Construc-
ton Crank Johnson 333) won
two from Tri-State Engineering
dewey Tinsman 311).
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Md: Land Week
Date Announced

The week of October 6 to IL
will be the dates for the eighth
annual Maryland Land Week OBJ
servance, John Clark, Bel Air,
chairman of the state Land Week
committee announced today.
Preliminary plans were made
by 80 representatives of state
agricultural, civic and conserva
ton groups at a meeting held
last week at the University OF
Maryland.
DR.. T. B. Synons, recently act
ing president and former dean OF
agriculture and present member
of the University of Maryland
Board of Regents told the group
that Land Week, could be the
biggest movement in the state
for bringing together town and
country people for a better un
derstanding of our conservation
and development problems.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Bulletin Tells of
Lawn Pest Control

Help for homeowners in com.
batting lawn pests is available in
a U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture bulletin, Lawn Insects and
How to Control Them"
Considering the extensive dam
age some lawn insects cause, use
of an insecticide is cheaper in the
long run than reseeding. One
mole cricket, for example, can
destroy several square yards of
a newly seeded lawn in a single
night.
Single copies of Lawn Insects
and How to Control Them"
Home and Garden Bulletin No.
So, are free on request Write to
the County Agent, Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Md. Farmers Get
$40 Million for
Crops for Canning

Maryland farmers last year re
ceived $40 million for vegetables
produced for canning and freez-
ing.
This sum resulted from the
sale of some SOP million pounds
of vegetables to professors" ex-
planned w. V. Lyons, Maryland
representative of the American
Can Company.
He noted that the $40 million
figure was an increase of "A per
cent over the amount paid to the
states growers in 1855. Crop pro
duction also increased last year
over 1855, Lyons pointed out;
Maryland farmers harvested 178
million pounds more processing
vegetables in 1856 than in the
preceding year.
Maryland led the eight South
eastern states in the value and
production of crops for canning,
he emphasized, and also in the
amount of acreage planted to
these crops.
Lyons added that the states
farmers last year planted 71.81O
acres to asparagus, lima beans,
beets, cabbage, sweet corn, Gu
cumbers, green peas, spinach and
tomatoes for canning and freez-
ing.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Bookmobile Schedule

Friday. March charlottesville. 3:15 to
4:3O; McKenney Hills, 3:15 to 4:30; Rock
Creek Gardens, 3;15 to $3.50.
Saturday, March 3O--Brookmont. II to
10; Woodacres. 12:45 to 2:45; Glen Echo
3 to 4:30; Summer, $3.50 to 10:45 am.
Monday, April ALTA Vista, 3:15 to
4:45; Connecticut Avenue Estates, 3:45 to
5; Piney Branch and Flower Avenue, to
4:30; Twinbrook, 6 to 7:15; Wheaton City,
7:3O to $40 pm.
Tuesday, April 2-GlenmOnt, 3:l5 to 4:30;
Lone Oak, 3:15 to 4:45; Parkwood, 3:15 to
4:30.
Wednesday, April Brookville, 3:15 to
3:45; Chevy Chase Shopping Center, 2 to
5; Northwest Park Apartments, BIS to
$3.50; Unity, 4 to 4:45.
Thursday, April 4-Oakview. 3:15 to
4:45; Potomac, BIS to 430; Cabin John,
3:15 to 5.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
st. Mary's Women's
League

High team game: Ocelots 488,
Tigers 1876. High team set: Gee.
lots 1890, Chipmunks 1864.
High average: Dot Macchio 95,
Doris Hulgus 81. High game:
Mary Schaaf 100, Betty Baum 1913
High strikes: Dot Macchio "a, Pat
Lauritzen 20. High set: Dot Mac
chic $50, Claire Schrott 324. High
flat: Lucy Whit "a, Dot Macchio
SO. High spares: Dot Macchio SO,
Doris Hulgus 81. 300 Club: Doris
Hulgus 313.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Use Onions for Flavor


Need a little added zest for
your winter meals? Try using
onions, suggests Virginia Nc
Luckie, University of Maryland
food economist.
Three varieties are available.
Two mild ones, Bermudas and
Spanish, are good for garnishes,
in salads and for raw slices be-
cause they are less "oniony."
Spanish onions are somewhat
sweet.
The third variety, yellow globe,
is strong. 1t is good for boiling,
frying, sandwiches and salads.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28

Roughage-the key to profita-
BILE beef cattle feeding and man
agement--will be the chief topic
at the It'll annual beef cattle field
day to be held March 30 at the
University of Maryland, College
Park.
The all-day program will begin
at 10 a. m. with tours of the Uni
versity farms and explanations
of the University's beef manage
ment and research program.
DIR. Carl B. Bender, former
head of the Rutgers University
department of forage crops, will
be the featured speaker on the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Dalamar 1855" League

High team set: Dalamar Alleys
1849, Ben Franklin 1778. High
team game: Dalamar Alleys 672,
B & B Jets 648.
High individual: Hugh Davis
1852, Harry Burdette 1882
High individual games: H. Luhn
1T, Doug Fletcher TIA. High set:
Hugh Davis 426, Bill Moroney
All. High spares: Hugh Davis
243, John Federline 224. High
strikes: Hugh Davis 76, Ray Bro.
deur Ga.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Sell Brown Swiss Bull

A Brown Swiss breeder, George
C. and Marjorie Fry, Derwood,
has recently sold the bull Need
NOR Gallant Beau 127850 to Larry
Kruhm, Burtonsville, according to
a report from Fred S. Idtse, Sec
rotary of the Brown Swiss Cattle
Breeders Association, Beloit, Wis
consin.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Camp Fire Girls
nth Anniversary

Camp Fire Girls 47th anniver
sary on Sunday, March IT, held
special significance for a number
of Montgomery County girls who
received the advanced Torch
Bearer award in a ceremonial al
Montgomery Hills Junior High
School in Silver Spring. The cere.
monial was conducted by the girls
in Mrs. Joseph Americas group
from Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Feed Makers Meet

Maryland Feed Manufacturers
meeting will be held on Thursday,
March 81 and Friday, March %,
at the Shoreham Hotel. This meet
ing was set up for all feed deal
ers, and anyone else interested in
the feed business.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
JUNE LUCKY MONTH

Man O. War. Count Fleet,
Whirlaway. Gallant Fox and
Omaha, all winners of the $780,
600 Preakness at Pimlico, made
their racing debuts in the month
of June as two-year-olds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
PREAKNEss CHAMPS

Five of the last 10 winners of
Pimplico's 100000 Preakness
went on to be voted Horse of
the Year" They were Citation,
Capot, Hill Prince, Nashua and
Native Dancer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28

afternoon program. He will dis
cuss a good roughage program
for beef cattle. Feeding, manage
ment, and new research on feed
ing antibiotics and hormones will
also be discussed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
Buy Angus Cows

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Grady Gore of
Rockville, recently purchased four
purebred Aberdeen-Angus cows
from Noel M. Olson of Leveldale
Farms at Calamus, Iowa.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-03-28
G'Burg Mems League

High set: D. Reid $40. High
average: Doug Fletcher 116,
George Smith 1922. High spares:
Doug Fletcher 229, George Smith
204. High strikes: John Smith and
Doug Fletcher 81.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
0uvis Numed 10 Heed
Bridoe Poorest Gsoup

BALTIMORE, Dec. 25 Dr.
James Davis. 44-year-oId di-
rector Of planning and en-
gineering for the Maryland
Port Authority. will head a
delegation going to Norfolk,
Va. next month for q bridge
protest meeting.
The Army Corps Of Engineers
at Norfolk has called the pub
lie meeting for 10 am. January
is In connection with plans to
build q combined bridge and
tunnel across Lower Chesa-
peake Bay.
Maryland port interests con-
tend such q bridge would adj
versely affect navigation in the
lower bay and constitute a
hazard to ships sailing 10 Bal
timore from other world ports.
Mr.. Davis said today that
Evening star., 1957-12-25

be fuller than with a brood like
theirs.
Have you ever wanted TO
add a grip" Mr., Walton was
asked.
mot necessarily, and espe-
cially not now. anyhow" he
replied, grinning.
Although the size Of the Wal
ton family makes 1t anything
but typical. Christmas Day at
their home was not unlike OBJ
servances In most homes to-
day.
Boys Skip Breakfast
The day started at $50 am.
But this wasn't unusual.
Were up that early every
day." Mrs. Walton said. Il
have to send my husband OF TO
his job as an aircraft mechanic
at Boiling Field. and feed the
boys. And they're usually pretty
hungry"
Today. however, the boys
didn't eat breakfast.
Just too excited" their
father said.
Il sure am" 8-year-old john
ny. the oldest. sang out. He and.
Bill, Z, were custodians of the
family railroad-a large spread
Of track. trains and accessories.
His railroad duties kept
Evening star., 1957-12-25

Johnny too busy to put togeth-
er a shiny new gasoline station
Santa Claus brought. But Bill
was devoting plenty Of time TO
a Teddy Bear in sailors garb
that stood almost as high as he.
Ben. 6. was methodically
cutting grass" on the carpet
with a new mower. and Mike.
4, was trying TO decide whether
Evening star., 1957-12-25

boys. In bed at 9 o'clock. were
Just getting into stride.
I'VE were up trimming the
tree and putting up the train
SET" Mrs. Walton said. ITS
not because Of the kids we stay
up: Just family tradition.
We've got a long day ahead
Of US. too. There's dinner,
with turkey and trimmings,
and more play, and bedtime at
Cor earlier II / can man.
age II.
But making Christmas for
a family this big is really not
work ct all. People don't be-
lieve me. but 1t was no harder
when we had fewer children
TO plan for. With us it's strict
Ily the more the merrier."
Evening star., 1957-12-25

the MarylaM Port Authority
does not oppose a crossing Of
the bay because 1t would be
beneficial TO the States East
ern Shore. But he said it does
oppose a low-clearance bridge
such as that suggested by Vir-
ginia port interests.