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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Mrs .Douthat
Elected TO Head
CIubwomen

A prominent Silver Spring
clubwoman. Mrs. James w.
Douthat, has been elected presi-
dent OF the Maryland Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs for a
two-year term. She was in
stalled during the groups an
nual convention this week In
Baltimore.
Mrs. Douthat served as vice
president of the Federation for
the past two years and prior to
that was treasurer. She Is a
past president of both the
Montgomery County Fedora.
ton Of Women's Clubs and the
Silver Spring Woman's Club.
The Douthats have lived at
COS Bonifant st. since 1888
when they moved from New
Orleans where Mr.. Douthat was
with the Associated Press. He
is now assistant vice president
of the National Association of
Manufacturers.
The couple has a daughter,
Mrs. John H. Dammeyer of
Hyattsville, and two grandchil-
dren, Susan and Stephen Dam
meyer.
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to Survey
Public Agencies

Montgomery County's public
agencies will be surveyed this
year by the League of Women
Voters. Members voted last
week to carry on a study of
planning, education, health and
welfare, library and recreation
offices.
During the annual meeting
at Woodward and Lothrop audi.
forum, Chevy Chase, the
League approved a $8065 bud
get and elected the following
officers:
Mrs. Thomas G. Casey of Be-
thesda, re elected president;
Mrs. William Schell of Bethes.
da, first vice president; Mrs.
Richard Brownstone of Silver
Spring, third vice president;
Mrs. David Brody of Chevy
Chase, treasurer; Mrs. George
Gussman Of Silver Spring, Mrs.
Kenneth Lacey Of Bethesda and
Mrs. James B. Longley of Silver
Spring, board of directors; Mrs.
Francis J. Frankina of Takoma
Park and Mrs. Lewis Green
span of Rockville, nominating
committee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Rug Braiders to Exhibit Work
BY Betty Ruth McDevitt
Staff Reporter

If someone taps you for your
coat, suit or even trousers, don't
be alarmed. It's apt to be any.
one Of the 100 women enrolled
in the braided rug classes of the
Montgomery County Adult Edu-
cation program eager to work
certain colors and fabrics into
their heirloom rugs, some braid.
ers have been known to virtu-
ally beg the clothes off the
backs of their acquaintance.
Mrs. Inez Fowler of 2701 Ply
ers Mill I'd, who inaugurated
the reversible braid rug method
two years ago under the pro-
gram, directs her 10 classes be-
ing conducted in Damascus.
Rockville, Olney, wheaton,
Northwood Park and Silver
Spring.
More than 100 rugs, all
shapes, sizes and designs, will be
displayed for two days at an
exhibit, May 1 from / to 8 pm.
and May 2 from 8 am. to Z
pm. at st. Johns Community
Center, Olney. An admission Of
IS cents viii be charged to cover
rental and insurance costs.
Rug braiding in this county
has become literally "conta.
gious." OF the 100 who enrolled
in the fall course 125 young
brides to great grandmothers,
some to fill up spare time, 9TH
ers to produce floor coverings
for their homes they couldn't
otherwise afford. A well made
hand braided rug usually sells
for 81 a square foot.
= There's a health aspect, too.
For Miss Edythe Turner, for.
mer county home demonstration
agent, braiding has practically
, cured arthritis in her hands, al
most crippled when she began
the course.
Another pupil, a newspaper re-
porter, has a different reason
for taking up braiding. She is
looking forward to the golden
years when her activities will be
..curtailed. She'll have a profit.
able hobby.
!. Three Japanese housewives
are In the classes. Everyone is
going oriental and I'm going
Early American" remarked
Alice Takemoto of Kensington,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

whose husband, Kenneth, is a
scientist at the National Inst.
tutes of Health. Alice was born
in California OF Japanese par
ents.
Toshi Morgan, wife of
Thomas Morgan Bird, of Silver
Spring, with the Department of
Agriculture, and Sally Aber.
nethy. whose husband George,
also of Silver Spring, is a bank.
er, are natives of Japan. They
both prefer braided rugs to Orr.
entail floor coverings.
The craft, dating back to Co.
lonial days when women used
material on hand, has improved
with each generation. The
method taught by Mrs. Fowler,
a pupil Of Helen Howard Fee
ley, nationally known lecturer,
teacher and author, has many
short cuts which aid in the
speed of making the rugs as
well a. assist In their durability.
When the women first come
30 class they are laden with all
sorts of materials from blankets
to trousers, any wool that can
be torn into strips. Once the hob.
by has taken hold they cease to
be 90 economy minded. They
turn to the use Of new fabrics In
their discovery that an even
thickness makes a perfect prod
uct.
Braiders send to mills
throughout the country for
woolens by the pound. When
world spreads that a Silver
Spring merchant has received
a shipment there's a mad rush
to the store basement. Here
remnants are piled almost 5
feet high and it's a comedy to
watch the braiders digging into
the heap to obtain a certain
color or texture.
Mrs. Dorothy Bacon of Sligo
Park Hills took to the craft so
well she became Mrs. Fowlers
assistant within months. She'll
be full Pledged teacher when
she and her husband move
shortly to Utah.
Among rugs to be exhibited at
the Olney show will be Golden
West" a 8 by II being made
by Mrs. Hugh Askew of Chevy
Chase. 1t depicts wheat fields
against the sunny blue skies of
Oklahoma. The rug will go to
Oklahoma City to be used in the
clubroom of her home.
Popularity of the craft is at.
tributed by Mrs. Fowler to the
fact that braiding students do
not have to wait impatiently for
good results. Women like to
do things they can accomplish
quickly" she said. Mrs. Fowler,
like Mrs. Askew, began her rug
on February 1. 1t will be com.
pleted for the exhibit, despite
her many other activities. Il
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

SENATOR EDMUND nj. MUS
KIE, the first Democrat ever
elected to the Senate by the
State of Maine, will speak at a
luncheon of the Woman's Sub
urban Democratic Club at 1890
o'clock on Wednesday, April %,
at the Columbia Country Club.
Congressman and Mrs. John r.
Foley will be special honor
guests. Luncheon chairman
Mrs. Drexel Sprecher of Poto-
mac has announced that non.
members will be welcome to
attend. Reservations may be
made, for So each, with Mrs.
David Angel, 1902 Kenilworth
drwy. (OL. 2-6294) or Mrs. Wal
ter Potts, 6400 Stratford I'd.
COL. 2-8167, both of Chevy
Chase. They should be received
by April 81.
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S ENTINE c coTTTqa MD.
R2-Thursdsy. April ~. 1859
Fashion Show
Prizes Listed

Twenty door prizes including
an electric steam iron, a silver
tray and S. merchandise certi-
ficates will be given away at
the Spring Fashion Show
Luncheon of the Woman's Dem
ocratic Club of Silver Spring
May Q at 1890 pm. in the
Hecht Co. auditorium.
Mrs. Harper Smith, ways and
means chairman, in charge of
arrangements, announced this
week that many local mer-
chants as well as individuals
have contributed articles for the
affair. Tickets at So each can
be obtained by calling Mrs.
Smith at VIII. 69256.
Mrs. James Arnell is in
charge of favors and prizes;
Mrs. James P. Bull, ticket dis
tribution, and Mrs. Paul Varout.
SOS, decorations. Also assisting
the committee is Mrs. Richard
Fleming, club president.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Investor to Address
Rockville AAUW Unit

N. E. Kyrklund, investor, will
speak to the Rockville AAUW
Branch at 8 pm, April 81, at
the Civic Center. Mr.. Kyrklund,
divisional manager of Investors
Simplified Services in Washing
ton, D. c., will discuss "Infla-
ton, Taxes and How to Build
Security"
Mrs. Heidi Hargitt, status of
women chairman, is in charge
of the program and hostesses
will be Mrs. Rebecca Chinn and
Mrs. Charles Guerra.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Atm: Gard Players

A benefit card and game
party will be held at 8 pm.
on Friday, May /, at Park.
lawn Mansion, 116O Rockville
Pike, under the sponsorship
Of the Twinbr0ok Homemade
ers Club ~. Proceeds will
benefit the Calvin Park pre-
school playground In Twin.
brook.
Tickets, 81 each, will be sold
at the door. There will be
prizes and refreshments.
Players need not arrange
their own tables.
The public Is invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Homemakers to Meet

The Travilah Jamestown
Homemakers will meet at 1
pm. Monday, April q, at the
home of Mrs. Ralph M. King
of Jamestown. Mrs. Jane
Elliott, Associate Home Demon
stration Agent, will teach prin.
ciples of informal entertaining,
including menus, table arrange
ments and organization of work
plans.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

takes her three hours to braid
8 yards and two hours to lace
that amount to make the rug
an inch and q half wider.
The exhibit is expected to at.
tract many persons outside of
the county. A bus load of 45
women from Virginia will view
the students work as well as
craftminded folks from all parts
OF Maryland.
, 1959-06-18
Increase Of salaries for Patrolmen

Senator Earle B. Ottley recommended that provisions
be made in the 1860 Budget to provide salary increases
for officers Of the Department rs Punhc oa4 ". lie q
formed the House that although the Second legislature had
attempted to provide such increases for members of the
Police Force, the administration interpreted the legisla-
lures action as affecting ordinary policemen" and as a
result, corporals and sergeants were denied the intended
fifty ($5O00l dollar increase.
COMMITTEE OF H H
The House resolved itself into the Committee Of the
\ Whole and there conferred with Ben Bayne and Raymond
, 1959-06-18

culture, and Labor reported favorably BiLNo. 848, To
Amend the Virgin Islands Code for the Purposes Of Pro
yiding that the Territory of the Virgin Islands may Enter
into a Compact with any of the State Of the United States,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District Of
Columbia, for Mutual Helpfulness in Relation to Persons
Convicted of Crimes or Offenses who may be on Proba-
ton or Parole.
The Committee on Public Works, Safety and Trade
also reported favorably on Bill No. 858, To Amend Sec
lions 235 and 1856 Of Title 20 Of the Virgin Islands Code.
Bill No. 1884, To Further Insure Public Safety in Vehi-
cular Traffic and for other Purposes.
RECONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Without objection the House ordered remanded for
reconsideration, Bills Nos:
$50 To Amend Title % Of the Virgin Islands Code.
SOL Act to Appropriate Funds and to Authorize the
of Annex for the Tubercular and Mental
Patients at the Knud Hansen Memorial Hospital.
882 To Promote Employment Opportunities within
the Virgin Islands of Virgin Islanders Residing on Cong
tinental United States, to Provide for the Establishment
Of a New York Office, and for other Purposes.
INTRODUCTION N ASSIGNMENT OF BILLS
BillNo. 1913 To Provide for Day Care Centers in the
Islands Of ST. Thomas and st. Croix, for the Appropria-
therefor, and for other PURPOSES. Referred to the
Committee on Health, Education, Welfare, Agriculture
and Labor.
CONFERENCE WITH THE GOVERNOR
The Chair was directed to arrange with the Cover
nor, a conference in executive session, for the purpose.of
discussing certain problems affecting the Department of
Public Works and the Commissioner thereof.
The House recessed at SOL o'clock until Wednesday,
May s, 1859 at 200 pm.
WALTER l. M. HODGE,
President.
JOHN L. MADURO LIB
Legislative Secretary
Ito be continlled)
, 1959-06-18

The House approved as presented the Journals Of the
4, 1859.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-11
BY ALEX r. PRESTON
Star STAFF Writer

ROANOKE, Va. Oct. 10
Lester S. Parsons of Norfolk
today was elected Republican
national committeeman from
Virginia by the State Central
Committee.
He succeeds Ted Dalton, who
resigned recently after Senate
confirmation for a Federal
judgeship.
Mr.. Parsons, who is State
Party Finance Chairman, has
been a wheelhorse in Virginia
G. o. P. circles for several de-
cades and was affectionately
known as Virginia's Mr.. Re-
publican" long before Mr..
Dalton's acquisition of that
title in two unsuccessful runs
for Governor in 1857 and 1858.
The nomination came on the
fourth ballot of the Central
Committee after four "favorite
son" candidates had been nom
mated.
The four who were eliminated
after three previous ballots had
been cast were Albert P. Hink-
ley of Orlean, a reserve Air
Force colonel who is State
Party Treasurer; Bentley Hite,
of Christiansburg, former men,
Der of the Virginia House OF
Delegates for six years; Julian
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Virginia GO. P.Nomes
Persons to Committee

K. Hickman, Harrisonburg at
torney, and J. Livingstone Dill
low of Pearisburg, who ran for
State Attorney General in 1857.
Before Mr.. Parsons nominal
ton was made unanimous, the
count on the fourth ballot
which assured his nomination
was: Parsons, 90; Hinkley, IA;
Dillow, 2; Hite, l, and Hick-
man, none.
Earlier, an official of the
Republican National Committee
predicted Democrats would
again select Adlai Stevenson as
their Presidential nominee next
year.
I. Lee Potter of Arlington,
special assistant to Republican
National Chairman Thruston
Morton, made the forecast in
a pep-talk to Virginia G.. o. P
district chairmen here.
Mr.. Potter, who also is chair
man of the Republican Party
in Virginia, is regional organizer
| in the South for the G. o. P
National Committee.
IT firmly believe the Repub-
lican Party is going to carry
Virginia next year. They didn't
vote for Stevenson last time
and they're not going to vote
for him the next time" sait
Mr.. Potter.
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part Of the costs Of public i'm
provements on land being de-
veloped commercially. In gen.
eral the present leadership has
established a climate friendly
to new business.
Within its 1876 square miles,
Alexandria still has some va
cant land suitable for CONNER
cial or industrial development.
But nearby counties have far
more. The counties also can
claim State aid in building road
networks to service it. AS a
city, Alexandria receives no
such assistance.
Seek New Territory
Perception of this situation
along with other considerations
of tomorrow have led the city
to the brink of a decision which
probably more than any other
factor will affect its future.
Last May Mr.. Bendheim
proposed that the city study
the possibility of annexing
about 80 square miles in Fair
fax County. By a vote of 6 to l,
the City Council approved the
project and the results should
be revealed soon. If the initial
study indicates that annexa-
ton is desirable, consultants
probably will be engaged to
confirm the findings and pre-
pare the technical data which
litigation would require.
The territory under con-
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moved to the city from else
where in the Washington area.
Municipal services are COM
plete. They profit from their
long existence and the lengthy
tenure of many of the people
who provide them. The city
in conjunction with Fairfax
County now is preparing to
condemn the privately owned
Alexandria Water Co. 1t is con-
fident that after it does so, it
can lower water rates.
Schools Rate High
A continuing study of college
achievements of graduates of
Alexandria public schools indi-
Gates something of the quality
of the city'S education system.
1t shows that during the last
IL years more than so per cent
of the graduates of George
Washington High School en-
tered college and that So per
cent of their grades were AS
and BIS. Only 8 per cent were
failing.
This year promotion stand
ards are still sterner. The
teaching of science and Ian
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Leroy s. Bendheim, who has
motivated efforts to begin ur-
ban renewal, establish munic-
ipally -owned water supply sys-
TEN, develop downtown parking
facilities, attract industry and
possibly to expand the city by
annexation.
Surprisingly, one Of the most
immediate problems with which
sedate Alexandria must contend
is crime.
The rate of major offenses in
the city last year was 80 per
cent above the national aver
age. Burglaries, which con-
stituted more than 40 per cent
of the crimes, shot the average
upward.
More Police Demanded
Disclosure of the crime rate
has inspired demands for i'm
mediate expansion of the police
department. Police Superin-
tendent Russell A. HAYES said
he should add 40 officers to his
120-man force. The mayor de-
clared he would support some
additional police at once.
Alexandria yielded reluctant
lily, but peacefully to a begin
ming of school desegregation
last February when Federal
Judge Albert v. Bryan ordered
nine Negroes admitted to white
schools.
Cases involving % other
Negro applicants seeking to
enter white classes are pending
in Federal courts.
The city seems determined
to contain desegregation to a
maximum, but equally deter
mined to preserve its public
school system. Negroes form
about 10 per cent of the popu-
lation.
, Decay Of sections near the
] downtown area confronts Alex
! andria with another problem
Some of it's potentially mos
lucrative downtown property
now is consumed by Slums OF
: deteriorating structures.
/ 1t has conceived an initia
S urban renewal program to re.
S habilitate a 24-block area anc
3 applied for Federal funds.
Government funds have moi
: been authorized, however, anc
officials estimate accomplish
ment of even the initial pro
gram will require between three
: and five years from the timt
money becomes available.
3 Some of the city's public
: buildings and schools which
: have served well for so Ions
must be replaced.
v The rising population i!
;, creating increasing demands
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Bond Issue Backed
By Fuirfux Group

The Fairfax County Citizens
Committee for the Bond Issues
has been organized by 35 citi-
zenS. The committee will pro-
mote passage of an So million
bond issue which will appear
on the November 3 ballot.
William Perlik, past president
of the Fairfax County Fedora
ton of Civic Associations, is
chairman. Other officials in
clude Gen. Robert w. Grow,
vice chairman, and Mrs. Ster-
ling Lee, past president of the
Fairfax County League of
Women Voters, who was elected
Secretary-treasurer.
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sideration includes some ex-
pensive housing developments,
fiourishing industrial parks
and land fitted for either res
idential or commercial use.
Acquisition Of it would pro-
vide Alexandria with the
potential of becoming Virginia'S
largest city.
1t also would bring a welter
of new problems. Alexandria
would have to pay Fairfax for
public improvements on the
land taken and assemble funds
for new streets, schools, sewers
and more police and fire pro-
lection.
Fairfax Opposes Plan
Reaction in Alexandria to
the possibility of annexation
has been largely favorable, but
strong sentiment for or against
expansion probably will not
CONCEAL until publication of
data developed by the current
study.
Reaction in Fairfax has been
volcanic. County leaders now
are exploring variety Of
methods, including incorpora-
ton as a city, to defend against
annexation.
The possibility of transfer
nation into a major city, along
with efforts to turn to the flu
ture, may make Alexandria's
next decade livelier than any
of its past 81.
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guages has been expanded and
extended to the lower grades.
Alexandria is a prosperous
city. OF it's $4,000 persons,
about $4,000 are employed and
the average family income now
is estimated at $4,000. About
two-thirds of those employed
work outside the city, primarily
in Northwest Washington and
the Pentagon. About 20 per
cent are Federal employees and
another IL per cent are men,
bers of the armed forces.
The city also enjoys compar-
atively low taxes. Real estate
taxes, the dominant source Of
city income, are lowest in the
area.
For instance, in Alexandra
the owner of a $4,000 home
pays an annual tax of 1858
In Arlington he would pay $500
in Washington $315 and ir
Montgomery County $374. Or
a $4,000 home, the tax is $128
In Fairfax County it is $145
and in Prince Georges County
$751;,
The city's bonded debt is
$18.2 million, which is ap-
preciably below what State law
would allow.
1t is able to supply full mu-
nicpal services and impose
relatively low taxes primarily
for two reasons.
Most of its service facilities
were installed long ago anc
many of them have been paid
for by generations of earlier
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citizens. Some commercial
enterprises make heavy con-
tributions to the city treasury.
The Potomac Electric Power
Co., which maintains a huge
plant on the Potomac to serve
Washington and Southern
Maryland, alone pays almost
half a million dollars annually
Big tax payments also come
annually from the Potomac
Yards and the Virginia Electric
Power Co. Merchants hope that
after completion of the new
Jones Point Bridge, Maryland
ars will flock across the Potomac
to take advantage of the alb
sence of a sales tax, and thus
bring new revenue into the city
Unusual Political Arena
Politically, Alexandria is per-
haps the most paradoxica
community in the area.
1t is represented in the Gen
eral Assembly by Senator
Armistead L. Boothe and Dele
gate James M. Thomson.
Mr.. Boothe was one of thu
first ranking Virginians Wit
dared insist that public educa'
ton must be preserved deSpit'
inevitabiilty of some integra
ton. Opposing massive re
sistance" at a time when Vir
ginians were being assure'
they could keep public school
segregated, he frankly warne'
them they could not.
City Heads Differ
Mr.. Thomson is an unyield
ing segregationlSt. He has pee
one of the foremost proponent
of massive resistance, and ha
pledged himself to continuin
struggle against desegregatior
although it already has oc
Cured in scattered parts Q
the State.
The same sharp divergence
of attitude sometimes mani
tests itself on the City Counci
where some members look lon
and warily at changes and in
novationS proposed by thei
colleagues.
The chief proponent of ne'
programs has been the Mayor
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for additional schools and ex-
panSion of municipal services.
The city calculates it will have
to spend a minimum of $2l
million for new facilities in the
next nine years.
Seeks Revival Of Port
Alexandria long has wished
to revive its port, which in
earlier days was one of the
most important in the United
States.
There is little possibility that
the port will regain its former
stature. But a preliminary
study by the Army Corps of
Engineers repeatedly indicates
that development of a major
port in the Washington area is
economically feasible.
Federal aid in dredging the
Potomac and establishing some
new wharfage would be requi-
site to such development. And
the Government proba bly,
would insist that Alexandria or
Virginia bear some of the costs
of expanding the port and or
ganize an authority or depart
ment to operate it.
Diverse Tax Base Urged
If Alexandria is to finance its
future without greatly acceler-
ating the rise of present taxes,
officials say the tax structure
must be more diverse.
The city hopes to do so by
Turing those attractive COM
mercial and industrial enter
priseS which pay far more in
taxes than they extract in serv-
ices and which bring in their
wake tax-paying citizens.
In an effort to entice such
industry, the city has agreed
under certain conditions to pay