Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-11
In and About Kensinston
Warner Presbyterian
Welcomes New Pastor
By Mildred Hartman
lockwood 5-1666

LII. OllldI DuSIlWdller was or
ficially welcomed as the new
pastor for the Warner Memorial
Presbyterian Church of Ken,
sington this past Sunday.
He succeeds the Rev. Wendell
Tredick, who accepted a cali
to California more than a year
ago. Although the Warner Me.
mortal Church was organized Sc
years ago the pastors have en-.
joyed long tenures with only six
other ministers having preceded
DR.. Buchwalter.
The new pastor ctmes to Ken.
sington from Lancaster, Pa,
where he was on furlough as a
missionary of the Presbyterian
Church and was serving as a
supply pastor for the Bethany
Presbyterian Church of Lancas-
ter, his home town.
DR.. Buchwalter was educated
at Taylor University in Indiana,
Union Theological Seminary in
New York and Columbia Univer.
sity. During World War II he
with a chaplain with the U. S.
Army in the South Pacific. Fol.
lowing a brief pastorate in the
state of New York he went to
the Philippine Islands as an edu-
Gator under the Board of For
eign Missions of the PreSbyte-
rian Church. He was professor
of Old Testament and Biblical
Theology at Silliman University.
He is married and has five
children ranging in ages from
two to II. His family expects to
join him here shortly after the
close of school.
With the approval of the Pres
bytery of Washington at its May
IL meeting, DR.. Buchwalter
will be officially installed as pas.
tor of the local church sometime
next month.
About three years ago the
Warner Memorial congregation,
which numbers more than 1000.
communicates, erected a new
brick structure on the site of the
early church on Connecticut ave.
Big Success
Small cores, or discs, the larg.
est not more than eight inches
in diameter, made in Kensing.
ton are used around the world
in highly sensitive electronic
equipment; they are used in
atomic submarines, in the con-
troll guidance system of guided
missiles, in voltage regulators
of Jet aircraft and have been a
component of the rockets put in
orbit.
This and much other informa-
ton was revealed on Wednesday
night at the Capri Restaurant
when Carroll w. Lufsy, presi-
dent of Dynacor Corporation,
spoke to the members and
friends of the Kensington Cham
Der of Commerce at the Second
Industrial Night sponsored by
that group.
The Dynacor Corporation is
one of several industries in Ken
sington which is the type the
county is seeking to interest in
the development of enterprise
which will be a benefit to the
community and the county, ac-
cording to William S. Stanley,
president of the chamber, who
served as master of ceremonies.
Dynacor is a subsidiary of
Spriggs Electric Company, a ma
tionally known electronics COM
pany. 1t hires more than so peo-
pie and has a substantial pay.
roll. Their products are market
ed to more than 200 concerns,
mostly engaged in building COM
putors, such as IBM, Reming-
ton Rand, Burroughs and others.
Howell L. McElfresh, Regional
Advertising Manager for the
Wall Street Journal, was anoth.
err key speaker at the Chamber
dinner. He gave as the key to
success in building a stable COM
munity with residential, com
mercial and industrial interests,
know one another better"
He gave numerous examples
of how the right kind of indus
try can benefit a community if
an attempt is made to correlate
the factors that make each
group a helpful part of the
whole community life.
Pros and cons should be stud
led in introducing a new indus
try he said and pointed out that
often it is necessary to educate
the people in the community to
the fact that all industry does
not have belching smokestacks,
heavy duty transports and fac.
tors that are obnoxious to the