Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-04-10

That VIII DeneIlI the 4WCA. Five
homes will be open in the Georgia
Avenue-Silver Spring area next
Thursday from 1890 AM. to 4
Pm. Tickets at 50 also include
an invitation to tea from 2 to A
PM, on the route, Bowie Hill,
1851 Georgia Avenue.
Mrs. Jesse T. Price, also active
in Women's Federation and Safe
ty circles, is in charge of the
tour. On the seasons first hon
est to goodness spring day, we
met at Manor Club Estates to
visit the two homes that will be
open there.
In spite of evidences everywhere
Of the devastating storm two
weeks before, there were signs
of spring in every nook and cor
ner. Yellow and purple crocuses,
early hyacinths, daffodils, bud
ding magnolias and camelias
gave hope that the worst winter
in years was over.
Piles of broken branches testi-
fled to heartbreaking damage to
pet dogwoods, azaleas, and ever
greens. But with few nice days,
this will all be cleaned up by next
week and forsythia and the flow.
ering bulbs will help hide the
sore spots.
On Carrollton Road are the
homes of DR.. Daniel Prescott and
Charles Zeller. Both houses were
built in the late '20's and benefit
from a setting of 30-year old
paintings.
The Prescott house blends an
old and new wing by a combina-
ton of field stone, wooden beams
and paneled walls. These are a
suitable background for the rare
continental antique furniture, sill
yer, rugs and paintings.
Early English architecture is
featured at the Zeller place with
an oak-beamed vaulted ceiling, a
cantilevered balcony and a two
stored window. Here the visitor
will be fascinated by the seem
ingly endless collections of art
pieces of all sorts.
Highlights of the other three
homes are: Bowie Hill, built in
1747 and restored by the Luther
Illusions, with fields of peonies
and an unusual spreading chest
nut tree; Greenwood, 11022 New
Hampshire Avenue, pre-Revolu-
tionary house, owned by the Nc
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Hits for Mrs. readers were told
last week that members of the
cOunty's 12-weeIx weight reducing
course would have a spree of
feasting on the collection of
-nickels for every pound gained.
Instead, Osl the principle that
1--WE need ice cream like we need
a hole i'm the head" the group
voted to turn over the $1.74 col
Iected to the Easter Seal Drive
for the Crippled Children.
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Ceney family since 1848 with
choice family antiques; and as a
modern contrast, School Board
Member Rose Kramer's new ram
bier at $3.50 Harvey Road.
Coming back to our day at the
Manor Club, Elizabeth Price and
] were entertained royalty by
Mrs. Prescott and Mrs. Zeller
while / interviewed Mrs. Pres
colt and got the promise of a
future interview with Mrs. Zell-
er. AS the retired principal of
the famous Parkside Elementary,
Mrs. Zeller will have an interest
ing story to tell.
DR.. Daniel A. Prescott is a
world famous name in the field
of Child Study. Author of five
books on the subject the latest,
"The Child in the Educative
Process" just released by Nc
Graw-Hill. DR.. Prescott is also the
director of the institute of Child
StLIy at the University of Mary
land.
This isn't the story of DR.. Pres
colt however but of his German.
born wife, Annelise Boehmer
Prescott.
1t is the story of how a woman
of culture, educated at the Uni.
versities of Berlin, Geneva, the
Sorbonne and Oxford, survived
the war which destroyed her
world.
For her it had been a world of
ease, living with her mother, Mrs.
Elspeth Boehmer, in a luxurious
apartment with exquisite furnish.
ings on the fashionable Kufuer.
stendamn in West Berlin.
In the family background is an
honest TO goodness castle, built
In 1920 on a 12OO-acre estate. Now
ON the wrong side of the Oder
River IL is a Polish State Farm.
Only a painted miniature is left
as a reminder of former elegance.
Its former owner, one of the
two men in the family TO survive