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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13
Near Rockville

Another newcomer in the
science field to Montgomery
County - Polytronics, Inc. -
would seem to bear out Coun-
ty Manager Melvin l.. Reese's
prediction that the county
could become a Science City,
U. S. A"
The latest of such newcomers,
Polytronics, is located one-tenth
of mile from the city limits of
Rockville, on Westmore Road, off
of Rt. 355 (old 240) on the way
to Gaithersburg.
Polytronics moved into its new
building just before Christmas.
The organization is headed by
president Thomas L. Thomas, Al,
of 1902 Parkhill Terrace, Be-
thesda.
Polytronics poly stands for
many, and the rest of the word
comes from electronics-makes a
variety of products.
They are portable, self
powered public address system
weighing less than 10 pounds
called the Porta Vox, an audio-
visual protector called the Auvi-
matte, a tape transcriber for sec
retaries, a special tape duplicator
called the Duplitape that allows
the transcription of as many as
eight copies from a master tape
at one time, special tape trans.
criber with variable speeds that
can be adjusted to record foreign
made tapes, and a Dualchorder,
built principally for language
students.
Highly Specialized
The highly specialized company
does not always stick strictly to
electronics. It is manufacturing a
baby Identification tool to be used
In hospitals.
The tool looks like a pair of
vise-pliers, heavily chromed and
made of beryllium. a copper alloy.
The obstetrician fits metal slug
bearing the initials of the baby
and his own into the tool and
clamps it onto the infants
umbilical cord right after birth
The little tag falls off in a few
days.
Typical of the expense Of inven-
tons, this little gadget, which
sells for about $50 with slugs,
cost about $4,000 to develop. II
is in use in Washington hospitals
and sales are mounting.
One of the more interesting in.
ventions Of Polytroncis is the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13
Doyle Appointed
To Range Unit

William Doyle of the Rockville
chapter, Izaac Walton League,
was appointed by the County
Council Tuesday to the Range
Approval Committee which ad.
vises on applications to establish
skeet ranges. TIe will serve until
May /, 1859.
Doyle, who lives at 1923 Gruen-
ther Avenue, Rockville, is a physi-
1cist at the Naval Ordnance Lab
oratory. He is chairman of the
rifle range committee of the
Rockville chapter. Isaac Walton
League, member of the Nation
al Rifle Association and a quail.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13
Registration Extended
For Adult Education

Richard Montgomery High has
announced that it will extend its
registration for adult education
courses through tonight from
1880 to $3.50 PM.
Courses in beginners and re-
fresher tipping, refresher short
hand and woodshop are now be-
ing offered on Tuesday and
Thursday nights from 1870 to
$50 PM.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13

build, he nevertheless has a drive
that enabled him to pull the sag.
ging business together in a year
and half to the point where he
now has more than half million
dollars in back orders. waiting
for the machines to start rolling.
Polytronics previously h d
shops in Kensington and Silver
Spring
Iseesburg Native
Thomas is native of Leesburg,
Va, Most of his working life,
however, was spent in New Eng.
land. He was the founder and
president of Thomas Motors, a
successful Plymouth-Dodge deal.
ership in Boston and a founder
of Vectron, Inc, a prosperous en-
cheering and manufacturing
company in New England.
He has worked for manufac.
turers as a specialist in procure
ment and negotiations for gov
eminent contracts. He worked as
a mechanical design engineer for
all of the Nays shipboard radar
systems at New London, Conn,
during World War H.
He is a member of the Armed
Forces Communications and Elec.
tronics Association, the Armed
Forces Chemical Association and
the American Society Of Naval
Engineers, Inc, and the United
States Power Squadron.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13
CIarksburg
CIGrksburg
.P-TA to See
|'Playlet' by
Safety Patrol
Mrs. David j. Brandenburg
Gaithersburg 721W1

School safety patrol boys and
girls will be responsible for a
playlet on safety at the regular
meeting of the Clarksburg Ele-
mentary School P-TA Monday
evening, February H. at s PM.
The meeting has been postponed
one week, being held the third
Monday instead of the second.
Mr.. A. Il. Clement and his
daughter, Cathie, spent the week
end of February l near Deep
r~eek AXE in Western Maryland.
Miss Clement returned from her
skiing adventure with a cast on
one leg. Mr.. Clement came home
with a blue ribbon and a white
ribbon earned in the Maryland
State Ski Championships held
during the weekend.
Clarksburg Homemakers meet
this evening Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Gladys Harbaugh
at 8 P. M.
Local traffic hazards were
among the topics discussed by
the Clarksburg Community AS
ISOLATION Development Commit
tee at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
David Brandenburg last Thurs.
day evening. Special attention
was directed to the junction of
State Rt. 355 and Rt, 12l, and the
intersection at Lewisdale Rd. and
State Rte. 12l. Those attending
the meeting were Mr.. Russell
King, Mrs. A. T. Clement, Mrs.
w. o. Rose, and Mr.. Charles Mill
er.
Mrs. Lula Garrison, of Wash
ington, d. c., is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Alice Davis, of
near Clarksburg, for several
weeks
A special meeting of some local
Optimist Club members was call
ed by James Lawrence at the
Stave Mill office on Saturday af-
ternoon, January 25. Those who
attended were Capt. Mallet Pre-
vost, w. o. Rose, James R. King,
and Lester Kimble, past-chairman
of the Welfare Committee of the
Community Association. Some
problems of local boys were dis
cuSSed.
|. Mrs. Duncan Clark, Acc Off
cial who moved to Clarksburg
last Fall, is improving slowly un-
der care for a rare polyneuritic
affliction at the National Insti-
tutes of Health, Bethesda.
A joint meeting Of the Boy
Scouts OF Troop 767 and the Cub
Scouts of Pack 767 was held at
Hyattstown Fire Hall on Thurs
day evening, February 6. Harry
Grattan III, assistant scout execu-
tive for the Montgomery District.
presented charters for the new
year to both groups, and special
award to the Cub Scout Pack.
Most of the Boy Scouts are now
proudly displaying their new uni
rn,s.Voc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13

TIP NO. 6: If you want TO
dramatic a wall or a room, do
see the new pre-pasted murals at
the COLOR CENTER, that fabu-
lous paint and wallpaper shop at
4O6 f. Montgomery (Watkins
Building). The new-new ones are
pre-pasted canvas. Wonderful Sc
lection-scenic, floral. maps-doz-
ems and dozens to fit in with mod
ern or traditional decor. Special
there this week on flat wall paint
six colors price is 3.85 per gal
Ion. You may be interested, too,
in another wall treatment-three-
dimensional effects made to re-
semble brick, fieldstone, sea foam,
quilting. and so on. Comes in
sheets 20'x30". Easy to apply and
you can obtain wonderful effects
by using it over a sink. in a hall.
around fireplace, or in break
fast corner. Do see it and let
your imagination run riot. Can
be left white or painted, va know.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13

Tell your local businessman
where you saw the ad that caused
you to shop there. Itll help him
= SO he'll know where to adj
vertise in the future and it'll
help the Sentinel your com
munity newspaper.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13
S ENTIN Ell o coTNT9l Mp,
Thursday February 10, Ie5s--AS

flied instructor for hunter-safety
Course.
The Council also reappointed
Ralph 0. Robinson, Jr.. Silver
Spring, to the League of Maryland
Sportsmen TO serve until May l,
1860.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13

We know that Sentinel elias
sifieds are one of the most widely
read features of the paper. So
many persons have told us how
pleased they are after taking a
classified ad with US. that we are
sure you'll be pleased, too. Try it!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13
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BY LILA THOMSON

Those ten shopping tips for
THIS WEEK turn out to be six.
And not, dear Nam and Sir, be-
cause we failed to get around. Get
around we did. But in getting
around, we only found we'll,
what we found.
TIP NO. l: We're excited about
this. Our local record shop, REC
ORD SALES to you, located on
Court House Square, opposite the
spot where the town clock USED
to be, has pulled this one out of
the hat especially for readers of
this column. Thursday, Friday,
Saturday ONLY of this week buy
ANY classic record or album
(prices range from 1893 to $3.50
and for an additional cent you will
receive long-play RCA album,
choice of Overture in Spades" or
"Rachmaninoff's Second Sym
phony" and, chums, these are
beautiful regular 1893 recordings.
Another special especially for
you: Regular $25 diamond needles
for $3.50. If you haven't been
buying your records at RECORD
SALES, you've been missing the
boat. Wonderful stock. And did
you know they sell DECCA rec
ord players there, too?
TIP NO. 2: If you have a girl
child who is making her first
communion this year, please
know CHILDREN'S CENTER,
Court House Square, has just re-
ceived positively the most beau
tiful communion dresses you've
ever seen. White, light and airy
as springtime cloud - some
plain, some with embroidered bod
ices, others with embroidered
skirts and all with cunning ruff
fled petticoats. Prices run from
7.98 to 1893; sizes 6 to II. If
you're in the market, do shop ear
ly so you can INSPECT the whole
range of styles. New spring cot
tons have arrived at CHILDENS
CENTER, too. And it is NOT
too early to start thinking of
Easter and cute little 'ol girls
tubbed, scrubbed and gowned like
Easter eggs. Please see, in par
ticular. the two piece chemise
styles and those nautical Jobs. Lit
tie girls powned or frocked by
CT1ILDREN'Si CENTER. h is
year more than ever. will be lit
tie girls straight from picture
books. nj
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-02-13

stantial. You might try ROCK
WILLIE SUPPLY for all your gar
dening needs. Nice people to deal
with.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19
LEADS TERPS OVER CAVALIERS
Young Making Drive
For Top ACCHonors

Wake Forest, Clemson. N. C,
State and Virginia. Prior to
that he was averaging barely
eight points a game.
And Young'S greatest value
to an otherwise uninspired
squad has not been mentioned.
AS Coach Bud Millikan said
last night, Wouldn't it be
great If most athletes had half
the spark of that guy? And
he's Is years old and has been
in the service three years"
Tricks Tall Rivals
Young gave Virginia a At last
night. His favorite trick, and
the small crowd loved it, was
to wait until one of Virginia S
taller players would get a re-
bound. AS his feet would hit
the court, Young would snatch
the ball.
Young. a senior from Natro-
ma Heights. Pa. is 6-foot-l.
second shortest man on the
Maryland squad, and about ITO.
His nickname of Skinny is from
pre-Service days. when he was
about is pounds lighter.
Young's partner in pulling
the Terps out of early trouble
against the Cavaliers was Gene
Danko. who is the same type Of
See MARYLAND, Page ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19
Meyer Champs at Bit,
But Bowie Stoys Dark

Pennsylvania Railroad has an
nounced it will be unable To
operate special race trains
from Washington. Baltimore
and Philadelphia before next
week.
Don Lillis. Bowie president,
insists racing win not be re-
sumed until conditions are
reasonably good. To most OBJ
servers that meant Saturday at
the earliest and more likely
next NIonday.
Meyer was more optimistic.
He recalls wading in snow up
to my armpits" in 1922 when
the Knicwerbocker Theater
roof caved in. But the fol-
lowing Thursday there wasn't
enough snow around to make
a SNOWFALL"
Meyer hopes to get the park
ing lots in fairly good shape by
the end Of the week. With a
break in the weather he can
have Bowie ready to go. but
LilliS will have TO decide when
that will be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19
BY MERRELL WHITTLESEY
Star Stan Writer


Tom Young, who has many
talents as a basketball player,
has added a scoring punch in
his last four games, and right
now Skinny is pushing Pete
Brennan of North Carolina for
valuable-player honors in
the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Young can do more things
with a basketball than anybody
who has played in Cole Field
House this season. Last night
he showed Virginia his roper
toire as the Terps beat the
Cavaliers, 1885.
Statistics are the dulleSt part
of basketball. and maybe that's
why Young is so appreciated.
His ball stealing, assists, in
Perceptions. taking and quick
reaction to any situation are
what the people applaud, not
what's in the box score.
Four Game Squirt
But as AL Bunge and John
Nacincik-the latter not him
self since the flu bug hit-have
shown a scoring decline. Young
has come up with some impor-
tant point-making.
In his last four games Tom
has hit for l5-l5-17-l9 against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19
Games Reset
Friday
By Interhiqhs

Six Interhigh League basket
ball games, postponed Tuesday
because of the snow storm,
have been rescheduled for Fri
day afternoon, Hardy Pearce,
supervising director of athletics
for the public high schools,
announced today. These games
will end regular season play.
Playing Friday are Dunbar
VS.. Coolidge, Western VS.. Bell,
both at Roosevelt; Roosevelt VS.,
Cardozo. Armstrong VS.. Tech,
both at Tech. and Phelps VS..
Anacostia and Eastern VS.,
Chamberlain, both at Eastern
Cardozo has won the West
Division title in the league. II
Eastern defeats Chamberlain
Friday, as expected, II will meet
Cardozo Monday at Tech for
the league title.
The d. C. Public High tour
nament. involving the first four
flnishers in each division, will
be played as originally sched-
uled. next Tuesday through
Friday at Tech.
The tournament champion
ship game will be played Mon
day. March 3. at Tech.
Meanwhile. three area scho-
lastic basketball games were
postponed and one was Cancelled
today as high schools remained
closed for the third straight
day.
st. Stephens game with st
Christopher's at Richmond was
Cancelled; Gonzaga at Episcopal
was postponed to $3.50 pm.
February 26 at Episcopal; Falls
Church at Wakefield was re-
scheduled for $50 pm. Mon
day at Wakefield. and High
Point at Wheaton is now set for
$3.50 pm. March 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19

a weak roller to first, issued an
opposite field single to Joe Col
Inns, got Enos Slaughter on an
other timid tap to first, then
famed Harry Simpson.
Funny thing about that"
Lumenti said. Il was shaky
warming up in the bullpen, but
I felt all right once I got into
the game. / got by all right,
but I couldn't pitch like that
consistently in the majors.
dumb" Against Red SOx
1T was different in college
and semipro ball. All you need
in that kind of competition is
a fast ball and control. If
you're fast and can get the
ball over the plate you can
blow 'em by the hitters. You
might do that for an inning or
two in the majors, but you
need more that Just speed.
II was a dumb pitcher
against the Red Sox," Lumenti
said of his only other pitching
appearance with the Senators.
1.-THE Red Sox always have
been my club and Ted williams
has been my idol. All of a
sudden / found myself pitching
against the Red Sox and Will
liams and ! was in a daze.
IS o m etimes a fast ball
pitcher simply can't get his
swift one working. I knew my
fast ball wasn't good when I
warmed UP, but instead Of
shifting to others pitches I
kept throwing the fast ones,
hoping the fast ball would get
some zip. They racked me up.
II wasn't particularly pleased
about any of the pitching 1
did with Washington last year"
Lumenti continued. He didn't
believe his no-hitter against
Rhode Island while pitching
for the University of Massa-
was anything to boast
either.
Il think the best pitching
I've ever done was in Nova
Scotia" the Milford Mass
product said. I'm the playoffS
there in 1856 I was hot for a
week. Twice I came in with
the bases loaded and nobody
out and struck out the side. !
See SENATORS, Page Ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19

Track Supt, Marty Meyer
can have Bowie's racing strip
ready for action within SIX
hours" he said today. paus-
ing in the work Of helping to
dig out about 500 cars still left
on the parking lots. But. on
Gals still had no definite idea
of when racing would resume
at the snowbound plant.
Today marked the third and
last. weather day" provided as
a cushion between Bowie's
closing on March 20, and
Laurel's opening on March 81.
Each idle day from now on
means complications on Mary
lands cramped racing calendar
and headaches for the Mary
land Racing Commission as well
as Bowie officers.
While Meyer may have the
track ready, the big problem
Of getting fans to Bowie re-
mains unsolved. Snowdrifts
still block most of the roads
leading into the plant and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19

ern Golden Gloves feather
weight champion.
Bill Ellis of the st. Joe Club
and John Granger Of Boiling
Air Force Base are in the well
terweight semifinal and the
winner there will face rugged
Fred Burris in the l47-pound
final.
Turning to the middleweight
division. fans will get q look at
all four contestants struggling
to reach the finals. Both bouts
must be rated at the top Of
the heap of preliminary round
showingS.
The first pits Indian Char
ley Theobald against Willie
Williams while the second pits
Ward Sullivan against George
McCorkle.
Senior Heavies Idle
In the light heavyweight
class. the meeting between
Jimmy Bush of Merrick
Club. defending champion,
and Horace Harris of the st.
Joseph Club will find the vim
ner opposing Knockout artist
Bobby Foster Of Boiling. who
has scored two sensational
kayoes in senior competition
thus far.
There will be no seminal
round of senior heavyweight
skirmishing Monday night, but
the final heavyweight senior
contest Thursday will offer
Charley Hood Of the st. Joe
! See GLOVES. Page Ca
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19
.CU-GW Reset
March ;; Navy
Battles Duke

With Georgetown and George
Washington calling of to-
nights game at Georgetown
until March 3, Navy moves
into the area college basket
ball spotlight
Also called off tonight are
American us game at Balti-
more u, which has been re-
scheduled for Monday night,
and Gallaudet's at Western
Maryland.
Dukes red-hot Blue Devils
carry their nine-game winning
streak and No. 7 ranking
against the Middies in Nays
fieldhouse at 4:30 pm. today
And Saturday night Navy
gets a chance to pull the props
out from under a big one when
Notre Dame, ranked No. 10 and
winner of 16 of 20 including a
l9-point wreckage Of North
Carolina last Saturday. invaoes
Annapolis.
Duke Well Balanced
Navy upset Duke at Annapo-
lis last year and the Blue Devils
are not likely to forget. OF the
five of 20 games they've lost
this season they've gotten re-
venge for two-South Carolina
and North Carolina-and Fri
day night they'll go after an
other. Maryland. at Durham.
The Blue Devils, who stayed
at the Hotel Carlyle after fly
ing here on a chartered plane
last night, are not counting on
any one hot shot corer.
They've got five players hitting
for double figures-Jim New
come. 1877: Bucky Allen. 1876;
Bob Vernon, 11.8; Paul
Schmidt. 11.2, and Bobby Joe
Harris. 10.6.
AU at L0yOla
The Irish will bring in the
greatest scorer in their history
in Tom Hawkins, who scored
80 against Carolina and is av-
eraging more than Is points a
game. John Mccarthy. whose
single game high is 81 points,
is averaging more than 10
points. Iron man Of the team
is Bobby Devine. a senior. who
has started II straight games.
beginning with the first game
of his sophomore year. The
Irish record is 70.
American play host to Loyola
Friday night, while in Saturday
games, George Washington will
See GU-GW, Page C-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19

tive heavyweight matches pit
ting John Lynch of the
Olympic Club against Randy
Melton Of the Optimist Club
and Carl Flood of the Catholic
Youth Organization against
Jimmy Baker Of the Optimists
In deciding on the postpone
ment, the tournament commit
tee also acted on the advice
Of many of the contestants who
have not been able to get to
their respective gymnasiums
since last Friday night. In ad-
dition. the advance weather
outlook for the next "a hours
is uncertain.
Top Form Expected
When the senior SEMINAL
lists compete Monday night all
are expected to be at peak form
thanks to the added time for
preparation. The finals are
scheduled a week from tomor-
row.
The winner of the 118-pound
class bout between Harold
Jackson of Quantico and Calvin
Woodland of the Police Boys
Club No. Is. for instance. drew
Mike Loucas of Maryland Uni
versity in the bantamweight
finals Thursday. Loucas is the
top 118 FOUNDER now in training
in this area.
The l26-pound seminal
which brings together George
Williams Of Quantico and
Ralph Boone of Capitol AC
finds the winner going against
Norman Smith, the 1857 East
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19
Frankly Scared
AS Keyto Griffs' Hopes
BY BURTON HAWKINS
star Stan Writer

ORLANDO. Fla. Feb. To-
Manager Cookie Lavagetto
launches an intensive search
for sharp pitching improve
ment as the Senators open
spring training today, and the
heart Of his hopes is in
experienced Ralph Lumenti.
21-year-old lefthander who ad-
mittedly is scared to death"
of what confronts him.
I'm shaky." Lumenti adj
mitted. Il don't know what
to expect. This Is all strange
to me. and I'll confess I'm
scared to death. In my own
mind I know I'll have to i'm
prove to be able to get by
in the majors. I've got to get
q better changeup."
This came as q surprise, for
in a seven inning effort against
Kansas City last September
Lumenti allowed only three hits
and displayed as neat a change
up as had been seen around
Griffith Stadium for some
semeSterS.
Il was lucky" Lumenti said,
II had never thrown a change
up before and I happened to
get it over the plate. I really
don't know if I can do it
again I know 1 have a lot
to learn"
LavagettO Impressed
Lumenti still is seeking his
first major league win. He was
lifted after seven innings
against the Athletics and the
Senators finally won. 80, for
Pete Ramos in the 10th when
Roy Sievers socked a homer.
But while Ralph was around he
showed Catcher Lou Berberet
"the finest changeup I've seen"
and stirred enthusiasm in Lava
getto. who keeps his compile
ments upder restraint.
HE showed he has the equip
ment to win," Cookie said after
arriving here yesterday. ITS
understandable that he's nerv-
Gus about mis- first spring train
ing-all kids are-but he'll have
to adjust quickly. He has to get
the feeling he belongs. He
won't belong in the majors
until he gets confidence"
A bonus youngster signed
last Labor Day in Boston after
Scout Bill Lefebre watched him
for three years, Lumenti broke
in impresSively in a one-inning
relief job against the Yankees.
He disposed of Tony Kubek on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-19

Only two other riders in the
world have ridden 1000 or
more winners. They are
Johnny Longden. who has a
total Of 5,09l and could add to
1t today, and the now retired
Sir Gordon Richards Of Eng
land. with 1870.
Arcaro, at Is, won his FIRST
race at Caliente in Mexico jan
uary IA. 1882. He remembers
the. horse. II dimly. as Eagle
Go ARCAR0. Pase ca