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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-15
FASHION NOTEBOOK
Seventh Avenue Creates
Clothes and Atmosphere
BY ELEM

NEW YORK. July 15-It
isn't just the clothes that
contribute so much to the
new mood fashion takes on
each season. The people who
create the clothes also leave
their mark.
Saying hello" to Mollie
Parnis you also ask the
inevitable What has Mrs.
Eisenhower ordered for fall?
Nothing yet. she says. But
Mollie did make up some
pretty silk prints for the
First Lady for her summer
wardrobe. Before her show.
ing got under way we dis
covered Mollie owns a very
famous Matisse painting
called Asia" currently on
loan to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. This came
about when she proudly
showed US a needlepoint copy
of it made for her by Mrs.
Henry Ittleson. The blues
and reds are faithfully dup
Heated in the needlenoint
work of art.
.Mollie gardens for "ther-
apy," she says, in her West
chester home. Not too infre.
quently, she'll mentally re-
arrange the garden telling
anyone who'll listen, Lets
get all the whites together,
all the reds, and the yellows
together, too" Her son nearly
always answers, Look,
mother, the garden doesn't
have to be chic"
Persian colors are favorites
Of Mollie's this year. Her
fondness for full skirts is in
dulged again, and so is her
dress with the jacket, which
is practically a trademark.
In using wool jersey. as all
designers are this season,
Mollie achieves difference by
detailing the dresses in a
manner to give them a suits
life. That means very little
trimming, just good lines.
Given a vote of confidence
by the editors we're her sylph
dresses involving a loosening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-15

Calvin, here's Wilkins and
the boys!"
He nodded, rasped out a
little harsh bark. He man
aged to give q cold ripper to
the incoming President. Mrs.
Coolidge went the rounds
with an exuberance which
made up for the Presidents
shriveled courtesy.
Mrs. Coolidge resumed her
church work Tin Northamp-
toni. Being q social crea-
ture. she enjoyed the init
macieS of small-town life.
Mr.. Coolidge bought a large
house, The Beeches. He went
on pilgrimages to New York.
He wrote daily some little
note of affection to Grace
Coolidge if he left her at
home, as he frequently did.
A month after the election
(of 1892 he went to New
York on his last trip. The
day before he left he wrote
this, his last love letter, to
the woman who had been his
refuge and strength for q
generation:
my dear Grace:
Tomorrow ! shall go home.
Unless you hear send the car
to Springfield at $40 Friday.
I have thought of you all
the time since I left home"
OF the various loyalties Of
Calvin Coolidge, and he had
many and they were strong.
none was more beautiful than
his loyalty to this woman.
North American Newspaper Alliance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-15

up of the Sheath" into more
comfortable lines.
Getting the Hang
When we're down on Sew
enth avenue seeing the
clothes right in the designers
showrooms, we get q lot more
of the hang (no pun in.
tended) of the fashions. The
bustling. busy streets from
Thirty-sixth to Fortieth are
filled with people engaged in
the fascinating business Of
providing tempting clothes
for the American woman to
survey and buy. In the show
rooms themselves at 498, 500,
$50. and $50 the tempo is
fast. At Harvey Berin's. in
keeping with the ladylike del
icate fashions they feature,
the showroom is painted in
French gray with mammoth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-15

prints Of French kings and
queens hanging on the wall.
Giant crystal wall sconces
that look as If they belong in
an elegant ballroom capture
your attention Immediately
as you enter.
This season at Berin's we're
most. impressed with his cowl
front and cowl back dresses,
and the use Of nautical ideas
to fashion a collection Of in
teresting clothes. Sailor col
lars marine shades
and even the turtleneck
sweaters worn by seafarers
are woven into this firms
fashion approach. A fab
ric to investigate from Berlin
Continued On Page b.. Col. !
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
ToWn & Country's
Burke Gets 1857
Service Plaque

Charles w. Burke, president of
the Town and Country Electric,
Inc, appliance store in Rockville
this week was presented a plaque
and a certificate of merit for out
standing customer service by
Frigidaire, division of General
Motors.
Mr.. Burke, Al, has been presi.
dent of the fast growing business
for four years. He was congrat.
ulated by Gordon w. Graf, divi.
sion manager for Frigidaire Sales
Corporation. The merit plaque,
Mr.. Graf said, is given only to
those dealers who can meet the
most exacting service standards.
MIR. Burke lives at IA George
Street, Gaithersburg, and is the
father of four children, ranging
in age from 1S to 10 years. He is
a member of the Rockville Lions
Club and the Rockville Retail
Merchants Association.
A veteran of five and half
years in the old Army Air Corps.
Mr.. Burke became a salesman in
1913 and after IA years in air
craft maintenance and flying
work, He is a registered pilot.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

Theater-P.I
Council Indicates
Possible Approval
OF Street Widening

door theater within 20 years. The
principal objection at the time of
the hearing was that il was
feard the land might be put to
other use. I
More than a dozen reasons
were given why the Hydena appli.
cation should be reconsidered
They included: approval of the
MNCPC, distinct land change in
the area with several new subdi-
visions coming in, WSSC sewers
opening up the area and it was
further pointed out that while
Wheaton had been granted So
acres of commercial land. the
White Oak area had only four at
present and the proposed three
acres would only bring il up to
seven.
After listening to two in ap.
proval and one in denial of the
front foot benefit project of the
widening of Price Avenue be.
tween Georgia Avenue and Elkins
Street in Wheaton the Council in.
dictated it would approve a resolu.
ton for the project next week.
Charles +. Bolen of the Wheaton
Chamber of Commerce and Jack
Goldman spoke in favor of the
project and julie Gordon, who
owns the TeXaco station at the
corner declared the widening was
totally unnecessary at the time.
He said the road was compare
lively new and in good condition.
He pointed out that there were
many roads in the county which
needed attention much worse.
In other action the Council APP
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
Rockville Civic Center
Interim Rules Accepted

against the use of alcohol at the
Center, felt that a number of the
city organizations who depend on
MISREPRESENTATION fund rails
ing functions would not use the
center If the ban was imposed.
Mrs. Joseph Wilson, speaking
for the majority members on the
Commission, said the ban rose
from the question of control of
center where teen-age and adult
activities would be going on al
the same time. Mrs. Wilson said
II would be unfair to bar the teen.
ayers from the Center on week.
ends, time when activities for
this age group would be most
necessary.
Councilman John Oxley agreed
with this opinion and said that
complications would arise from
having children in the same build.
ing with drinking adults.
Another Councilman Wendall
Turner argued that prohibition
was challenge ito see how much
you can get away with" and that
If alcohol were allowed the organ.
izations would be responsible for
control. There have been no com
plants to date on behavior at
functions allowing alcohol at any
of the recreation areas or the cen.
ter.
The fee system which will not
be charged for any youth activity
is based on the type of activity
and the amount of work involved
in serving it.
Meetings will be charged on the
number in attendance with fees
from one to ten dollars for 10
to 100 people.
Social functions, including
bridge, teas and dances, viii be
charged at Is to 25 cents per head
with a minimum of s. and maxi
mum of $50.
Educational and Institutional;
exhibitions and displays win be
charged per use time from S. to
$25; concerts, plays and theatre
cal events, on the same basis, IS
to S35.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
CD Survival
Exercise Set
Friday Noon

All of Montgomery County's
Civil Defense agencies will swing
into action tomorrow when the
Survival Action phase of the ma,
tionwide exercise, OPAL 81" is
begun.
This phase will commence with
the "alert" signal at II noon. The
general public is urged to take
stock of individual readiness with
respect to shelter, emergency sup
plies and evacuation.
The test will start with five.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

Rules for the use of Rockville's
Civic Center, including two of a
highly controversial nature, were
accepted on the recommendation
of the Civic Center Commission
for an interim period until August
when full Mayor and Council
will consider formal adoption.
The two regulations expected to
stir up considerable debate are a
ban on the use of alcoholic bever-
ages and the setting up of a fee
system to defray custodial serv.
ice and operating costs for the
use of the Mansion at the Glen.
view Center.
A similar fee system imposed
by the school board for after
hours use of school buildings has
caused great deal of wrangling
and bitterness among county or
CARNATIONS in the two years of its
existence.
The alcohol ban has already
caused disagreement in the Civic
Center Commission itself, accord
ing to its chairman, A. H. Tuch.
tan, who said the decision was
not unanimous but a majority
one.
Since the opening of the Center
in February there have been at
least three social functions of
city organizations where liquor
was allowed under the law which
does not ban the use of alcohol
at city recreational areas.
Mayor Dickran Y. Hovsepian,
who said he was personally
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

minute, continuous blast of sirens
and horns, signifying evacuation.
At around 2 p. m, a three-minute
rising and falling tone will signal
take cover operations.
The Montgomery County Civil
Defense Office urges all citizens
to report later their reception of
the sirens either indoors, outdoors
or in automobiles.
A CD Casualty Clearance Sta
ton will be on display and in OPP
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
Phil Winter
Bob Meyers Win
Tennis Tourney

Tennis enthusiasts of Wash.
ington Grove recently participated
in a Doubles Tournament ar.
ranged and conducted by Rich.
mond Clapperton, chairman of
the Tennis Committee.
In an exciting and well played
finals match in the Mems Doubles
Philip II. Winter and Robert 3.
Myers survived the loss of the
first set and went on to defeat
Walker Winter and William Cal.
Ian, 10, 6-3, 60. The outcome was
always in doubt, and in several OF
the games in the last set, the win.
ners had to come from behind.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

Mayor Hovsepian who is per.
sonally against any charge for
meetings of public organizations
such as PTAs and Civic Organiza-
tons, said that he would ask rep.
resentatives of the city's organi-
cations to appear for discussion
of the Commissions proposals on
the return of Councilmen Alexan-
der Greene and Frank Ecker from
their vacations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
N0rris-FrOm p. /
Testing Programs;
Teacher Pay Raise
Cited by Norris

have been raised from $2730,
$3.50, and $3360 to S3400, $500
and $1,000 in the four years. Max
imum salaries for the three cate
gories have jumped from $4410,
$3.50 and $5775 to $500, $4,000
and $4,000.
On the county's indignation pol.
icy, the superintendent said only
that this school system has
moved farther and faster than
any other County in the State"
and that standards of instruction
in the classroom have been main.
tanned.
Other innovations of his regime
listed by DR.. Norris are: an an.
aual testing program that has
shown a steady rise in achieve.
ment; remedial reading and hand.
writing programs; another foreign
language and tipping course in the
Junior highs; supervisor of
science; pony express" system
for getting materials to the
schools; teacher aide program to
spread the work of the qualified
teachers in the county; implemen.
tation of the McKinsey admins
trative study; and revision of pu-
pill report cards TO a more stand
erdized and specific marking sys.
tenn.
Although board members made
40 comment on Or. Norris re-
port, DR.. James l.. Prince, assist.
ant superintendent in charge of
personnel later stated that the
change in the fiscal year put into
effect last winter TO approve the
-oudget two months earlier had
resulted in the hiring of all but
10 of the 2135 teachers needed in
the county at this time.
II was the first time in his ex.
perience, DR.. Prince said, that
the personnel office had been so
far ahead and this time last year,
the teacher salary schedule had
not yet been set.
The pupil-teacher ratio of 29.1
in elementary classes and 22.S in
secondary had been maintained
during his four years of office,
DR. Norris report stated.
In his introduction TO his sum.
mary, DR.. Norris was careful TO
point out that no one person
could claim credit for all of the
improvements but they were the
result of "a corps of people work.
sng comparatively together"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
Citizens
Again Woo
Air Force

Another in a series OF
moves to attract the Air Force
to erect an administration
building in Rockville has
prompted the City Planning
Commission to declare a pub
lie hearing July 18 at City
Hall.
The latest bidder to WOO the
Air Force is West Rockville, Inc,
which controls $50 acres bordered
by Great Falls road north of the
city. The acreage lies on the old
Fruit Farm property.
The public hearing, set for 8:15
in the council chamber was an
nounced by Robert Plavnick, plan.
ming director for Rockville. Mr..
Plavnick scheduled the meeting
after Nathan Lubar, attorney for
West Rockville, Inc, asked the
City Council to give blanket APP.
proval to any site within his
clients acreage.
A building site could be located
on either of four high points of
ground lying within the south
west portion of the Fruit Farm.
The ground in question and sur
rounding acreage has been in.
spected before by the Air Force.
Mr.. Plavnick said the Air Forces
position at this time was, neither
for nor against locating in Rock.
vile" and that it was studying
the possibility of building on Gov
ernment land at Hybla Valley, Va.
The entire old Fruit Farm, in.
Guiding West Rockville's 160 acres
was annexed by the city last
March and remains in the agri.
cultural-residential, half-acre ION.
ing classification allotted it by the
now defunct Upper Montgomery
County Planning Commission.
The Rockville Planning Commits.
sion has until December to sub
NIT a new coming plan to the
mayor and city council.
Two other sites have been sug-
gested to the Planning Commits
sion. The first lay just southwest
Of the route of the National Pike
and Great Falls road. 1t was re.
jected by the planning commits.
sion, the city council and the Up |
per County Commission on the
grounds that construction of the
Air Force building would preju.
dice surrounding coming and af.
feet future building.
The second site, located North
east of the Pixies route at the
Montrose interchange was O.K.'dl
by the various planning boards
but was turned down by the Air
Force because it was too near the
interchange.
The Air Force at the time also
said that it was considering more
superior" sites elsewhere. This
was taken to mean Hybla Valley,
Va.
The next and last proposal was
the current one, excluding two
made by parties outside the city
limits. One of them, Willerburn
Acres, Inc, offered land off Sew.
en- Locks roads near Montrose.
The Maryland.National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
said It had not yet considered
this proposal.
The second, offered by Marvin
Simmons, was located on Glen
Mill road off OF Route %. AL.
though this was approved by the
UMCPC, the Air Force declined
acceptance because it said sewer.
age treatment would be a bottle.
neck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

Grafton at the Gaithersburg Fair
Grounds and the public is urged
to view it. There will be an airlift
of blood and other medical first
aid techniques.
The Rockville Civic Center's
civil defense headquarters will be
open to the public from noon
until 6 p. m.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11
Joseph Bernard Simpson, Attorneys
Father, Buried at Culpeper, Virginia

1902 Bradford Road, Silver
Spring, and son, A. Gilbert, of
1902 Long Branch Parkway,
Silver Spring. Burial was at
Culpeper, Virginia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

Pocahontas coal was the fuel
used by the Great White Fleet
sent round the world by the U.
S. Navy in 1908.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

Funeral services were held last
week for Joseph Bernard Simp
son, resident of Montgomery
County and the Metropolitan
area for more than so years
who died last week at his daugh.
ter's home.
Mr.. Simpson, who was 70, was
a native of Burke, Va. He came
to this area in 1902 and estab.
lished a. grocery business in
Brightwood and Takoma Park.
He retired in 1910.
One of Mr.. Simpsons daugh-
tiers, Vivian Simpson, was the
first and only woman Secretary
of State for Maryland. She was
in office from 1919 through 1851
and also served as a member of
the State Industrial Commission
from 1940-48. Miss Simpson
lives at PAL Park Avenue, Ia
koma.
A son, Joseph B., Jr. of 1918
Cedar Avenue, Takoma was
Montgomery County States At.
torney from 1943-47.
The deceased was a past mas
ter of Takoma Lodge No. 20,
and the Theodore Roosevelt
Lodge No. A, of the Masonic
Order.
Also surviving him is another
daughter, Mrs. Audrey Miller,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

proved the project for the widen.
ing Of Dixon Avenue in Silver
Spring and set public date Of
August ] on a request TO make
Stillwell Road public road.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-07-11

IS EN- TIN Ell n cosTG% *,
! A8--Thursday July u, 1857
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-09

per year. Welfare workers noted
that this amount will probably
not be enough due to the increase
in the cost of living and the
steady growth in population.
caseworkers' Salaries
One of the most important
pieces of legislation from an adj
ministrative standpoint was the
increase of pay for critical posi-
tions, such as caseworkers. Case
workersII in the aid for the aged
will now receive $500 per month
starting salary. Caseworkers ]
will start at 1854.
Medical Care For
Permanently Disabled
House Bill 1886 authorized med
idal care for the ~permantely dis
abled, a relatively new program
which was given a separate ap-
preparation this year for the
first time. The program will re-
ceive $424,000 which provides a
SIS per month fund for each case.
The federal government will
match SO percent on the first
six dollars per month.
School Attendance
House Bill 931 eliminated the
requirement of school attendance
for children receiving aid to chill.
dren grants between the ages of
Is and Is.
Aid for Aged Reimbursed
House Bill 322 extends the au-
tbority of the Ohio Department
Cf Health to units providing med
ical care in city and county in
situations. 1t is anticipated that
this bill will make it possible for
the state to receive federal re-
endorsement for assistance for
AFA recipients who are in
county institutions for medical
and nursing care. It is estimated
that the state may effect a saw
ings of so percent of its present
Expenditures and that this may
amount to as much as one mil
lion dollars per year.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-09
Mass Offered
For Oblates
Provincial

GARY, Ind. - MC) - Requi.
EN- Mass for Father Charles F.
Barry, 81, superior OF the Oblates
of Mary Immaculate Mission
House here and former Provin-
cial of the Eastern American
Province of the Oblates, was Of
fered in st. Marks church here.
Bishop Andrew Grutka of Gary
presided.
Father Barry died July 21) af-
ter a brief illness. A native of
Lowell, Mass, he was an alum
nus of Canisius College, Buffalo,
NY, and Joined the Oblates in
1915. He was ordained in 1922.
He served as superior of the
Oblate novitiate in Tewksbury,
Mass, and as superior of the
Oblate scholasticate in Washing.
ton, before he was named Pro-
vincial of the Eastern American
Province. He is survived by two
sisters, Theresa and Helen Barry
of Lowell. Following the services
here, the body was taken to Low
ell, Mass, where a Solemn Requi
UNI Mass is being offered Ju-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-09
Ohio Legislators Set 800 Million
For State Welfare Department

Editors note: The following
IL ths third In . series Of ar.
ficles dealing with The accom-
piishments Of ohio's 102nd
General Assembly rs eondens-
ed from . report complied by
The Ohio Catholic Welfare Con-
ference, which represents the
six Dioesses In Ohio under the
dirsetion Of James J. iiollern,
executive secretary.
The appropriations for
the State Welfare Depart
ment for the next b;ennium
are 100 million dollars,
which is five million less
than the legislature appro-
priated for the last bien-
MUM and 26h million less
than the department requested
for 1888.
Questions in the minds of well
fare groups arose on how the
present standards in the state
can be maintained with a welfare
budget which was cut five mil
lion dollars when the legislature
had to appropriate almost nine
million dollars additional funds
over what had been appropriated
for the past biennium to meet
the needs of the recipients.
Ado Funds
The aid to dependent children
appropriation remained the same
as the last biennium, 3d. ZOO, 900
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-09
The Catholic Times
Friday, Aug. Q. 1857

County was drawn up to aid tao
Clairvaux Monastery. vina. Calf.
Trappists of Our Lady Of New
who became eligible for duty on
juries when they recently regis-
tered TO vote in Tehama County.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-09

HIROSHIMA,
Eminence Joseph Cardinal
Frings, Archbishop of Cologne,
offered a Pontifical Mass for the
peaceful development of Japan
at the World Peace Memorial Ca
thedral here.
The cathedral was completed
recently with funds collected from
all over the world. German Cath
olics contributed several articles
of church furnishings, among
them a hand carved crucifix made
by the leading workshop of ODER
ammergau.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-09
Lay Cornerstone
At St. Brendan
For New Church

DUBLIN - Monsignor
Francis j. Schwendemann
pastor Of ST. Leo and
dean OF fhe Central Dean
cry, lays the mortar on
fhe cornerstone for the
new St. Brendsn parish
church and reefory. COM
b~ination. From left TO
right, behind Monsignor
Schwendemsnn are Mon
signor James w. KuIp, d.
rector Of fhe Propagation
Of the Faith; FIR. George
J. Kennedy, pastor Of ST.
Agatha parish; FIR. John
FuIeher, assistant pastor
Of St. MichaeI's parish and
FIR. Michael Nvgenf, pas
tor Of St. Andrews parish.
Below, right, Fr. Mich
aeI WelInitz, pastor assists
his father, Michael Well
nitz lMr. WelInifz name
was enormously given as
Harry Wellnitz in last
weeks Times) in placing
the cornerstone in place.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-08-09
Cardinal To Attend
Deaf Convention

TORONTO, Ont, (NC) - His
Eminence James Charles Card
inai Michigan, Archbishop of
Toronto, will address the July rs
banquet of the eighth annual con-
vention of the international Cath
Ollie Deaf Association here.
The association was founded in
Toronto in 1949 and now num-
bers some 1000 members in
Brazil, Canada, England, and the
United States. Religious, social,
and educational programs have
been established.