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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
Grads Give
$4,000
TOU. of Md.
BY Roger b. Farquhar
sentinel Editor

University of Maryland
alumni have contributed more
than $4,000 to their alma
mater as a result of a fund
raising campaign launched
just one year ago by the Col
lege Park institution, the Sem
tinel learned this week.
There has been some grumbl-
ing among members of the
alumni, a few of them influen-
tial, it was learned, over the way
the money is being raised. The
discomfort, however. is believed
to be isolated and the probable
product of dissatisfaction on the
part of those who differ with the
policies Of DR.. Wilson H. Elkins,
successor to DR.. H c. (Curley)
Byrd as president OF the univer-
sity.
Heading up the fund-raising
effort at College Park is A. E.
Cormeny. former president Of
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Worcester, Mass.
He was hired by DR.. Elkins in
June, 1856. for the So, 500-a-year
post of assistant to the president
for endowment and development.
The program was jointly APP
proved by the university's Board
of Regents and the powerful
Alumni Council.
Critics of the program have
said the university spent
ST. 900 In order to collect the
$4,000 during the time the
latter was contributed be-
tween January and the end
OF September last year al
though none of them have
wanted to be publicly assO-
ciated with the charge.
The $71.000 figure is strongly
denied, however, by Cormeny.
And his assertion is corrobo-
rated by DR.. Albin 0. Kuhn, the
university's executive vice presi-
dent.
IT CART imagine where that
figure 1.-THE $71.OO0) came from, y
Cormeny told the Sentinel this
week. 1T bears no relation
whatsoever to reality"
Both Cormeny and DR. Kuhn
emphasized that raising money
for the alumni fund to supple
ment public monies given the
university is only part Of the
duties of Cormeny's office.
Cormeny said that normally,
alumni programs" are COM
prised Of helping persons who
want to write university be-
quests into their wills (about
one-third). direct Embarrassing
among the alumni about 25 per
cent? and solicitation of funds
from corporations and founda-
tons (the remaindcr).
Since ! arrived" Cormcny
said. private scholarships have
almost doubled. We have had
over 81 million in requests. And
last year the university's annual
report showed total of private
gifts and grants Of something
I like S72000O."
II cannot emphasize too
strongly that raising alumni
funds Is only a part Of my
work. And as far as the
alumni fund is concerned, we
had over 5000 contributors
and 1000 alumni working on
IL and haven't had one pro
testing letter or phone CALL
DIR. Kuhn told the Sentinel
that of the $5O,752 total expense
Continued on Page Ar
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
u. S. Farley Planned

Coming and related matters will
be discussed at joint meeting
at 8 pm, January -, by rep
rescntatives Of the National Blu.
reau Of Standards. The Monigom.
cry County Planning Board, The
County Council, and the Mayor
and Town Council Of Gathers.
burg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
2 TV Sets for SIS
Offered in Sale

Want to buy a TV set for
SIS? Or a head scarf for nine
cents? How about gle toast
er for IS? Or Teleclron
kitchen clock for only 81? All
these and other equally good.
or better, bargains are ON sale
lin limited supply-at Mil
lers, lib N. Washington st.,
Rockville, tomorrow friday
only starting at 10 am. This
is a rare opportunity for
shoppers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
Hearing Set
On ZOning
Control Law
Crowd of $50
Sees Council
Split on Plan

In the first split of its short
tenure, the County Council
voted 4-3 Tuesday to air a
proposed amendment to the
coming code barring dwellings
in a commercial zone and
some commercial uses in in
dustrial zones.
A public hearing on the issue
was scheduled for s pm. Feb
rlIary 9 in the auditorium of the
Rockville County Building.
A crowd estimated at more
than $50 overflowed the Coun-
Gil meeting room as the Council
deliberated and then endorsed
the proposed amendment. Almost
all who were there, with the ex-
ception Of the Council and other
officials, came not to bubble
over broad implications Of the
coming change, but to learn the
outcome of a specific impact.
A group of 80 investors plans
40 build 167 apartment units in
a conmercially-zoned tract in the
well-to-do neighborhood of Abba
and River rds., in a section
known as Springbrook, Bethesda
Stuck in the craw of the crowd
Tuesday was the fact that three
years ago, an original owner-ap
plicant said he would build a
community shopping. center on
the 205 acre tract. The Council
and the Montgomery County
Planning Board approved an
application of commercial coming
for the project.
Now, two owners later. the
owner-applicants have sought
and won building permit to
erect the apartments as a lesser
use permissible in Commercials
zones, in addition to the shopping
center.
Two weeks ago the Council
considered creating an amend
ment to the coming regulations
barring such Switch use" of
coming in Commercial and Indus
trial categories. Their action
Tuesday affirmed by a slim ma
jority the way they felt about
the practice.
Even if the coming amendment
passes the Council next month
there is doubt in the minds OF
legal experts that it could be
made retroactive to bar the
apartment builders.
Their lawyer, James r. Miller
sr, said his clients have spent
100000 and are committed to a
great deal more. Lawyer Plum
mer Shearin, representing Is
property owners near the would
be apartments, admonished tho
Council to remember the prin
ciple of vested interests,
Courts often have found that
once a project is well under way
subsequent coming decisions car
work a hardship against a mar
who built in good faith.
The vote Of the council on tho
proposed amendment was: Yea
Mrs. Stella b. Werner, David l.
Cahoon. Stanley B. Frosh, vii
liam F. Hickey; Nay, Houston
B. McCeney. Jerry T. Williams
Grover X. Walker.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
From Tax Returns
To LespedezG Hay . .

Whether you want lcspedeza
hay or a reducing course, three
rooms and a bath or tax re.
turns prepared, it's all advcr-
tised on the classified page Of
this issue of the Montgomery
County Sentinel. Turn to
Page b..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08

Of st. Mary's Catholic Church,
who commented: "Shucks, l
haven't been to a movie in IS
yeaus. They became to unbelicv-
able"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
Plans Filed for '7o,Un
of $500 Near Rockville

Spencer Edward Sanders, mid-mannered city panner
from Oregon took calm exception this week protests
Sanderspanned satellite community Of $500 persons three
miles north of Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
Riddles Like En-?
Mayors Wife Hits
= Horror MOuies
Ry Steed Evans

week advertised the marquee Special kiddie show,
produced squeas not of terror but of indignation from the
citys first LADY, Mrs Alexander Greene the MAYORS wife
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
Inside Annapolis
By Blair Lee Ill

mr. Lee, Democrat, has sefved for foaw gears as
chairman of Montgomery Cottys delegation to the Mary
land General Assembly and is beginning his fifth gear
county legislator We glad to present has comments
and UelCs herewith. Editors Note.)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08

WE'LL here we go with our fifth annual series of dis
patches from the battlefront at Annapolis First word
about the ground rules.
This weekly column is not intended to compete with
the regular coverage of the doings at the State
House The regular reporters labor under terrific handi
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08
Weather Outlook

Snow mixed with rain today,
changing to rain by tomorrow
with slowly rising temperatures.
Temperatures will stay just below
the normal highs and lows OF A
and 20 through Sunday. More rain
again Monday
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-01-08

YtdNS,
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Ne1Us Our Fathers Read
FROM THE BLUFFTON NEWS ISSUE OF DEC. 19 1929

A son, Malcolm Day, was born
to DR.. and Mrs. Evan Basinger
at the hospital here Monday
morning.
Work is progressing rapidly on
the new Musselman library at
Bluffton college and the building
will be under roof soon if wealth
er permits.
Mrs. Russell Lantz, who has
had several summers experience
in Chautausua work, will accom-
pany the college mems glee club
on their eastern tour. She will
present several child impersona-
ton readings as her contribution
to the program presented by the
group.
Auto license tags for 1880 have
been placed on sale at the Num-
ma Electric company, the local
distribution point.
Handels Messiah" will be
presented for the twentieth con-
secutive year by the Bluffton COL
lege choral society, with Prof.
Russell Lantz holding the baton
for the first time.
A number of Christmas baskets
will be distributed here by the
Federated Women's clubs, with
Mrs. Guy Corson of Thurman
street in charge.
Three gunner staged a daring
daylight holdup of the Farmers
and Merchants bank in Beaver.
dam on Tuesda ymorning, escap,
ing with $500 in gold and cur,
rency.
The Girls Missionary society
of the First Mennonite church
met at the home of Evelyn Graft
Monday night. Elvira Niswandel
was elected president for the
coming year and Elvira Graft
secretary.
Attending the Northwestern
Ohio Older Boys conference a
Findlay over the week end were
Silas Diller, Robert Balmer, Car
Smucker, Dana Whitmer, Sher
wood Diller and Karl Hostettlel
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

Most Americans are familiar
with the words of the nuclear age,
but the layman who does not
have the meanings firmly in
mind may jump to erroneous
conclusions, according to the ed
itors of Changing Times, the Kip
linger magazine.
In the current issue of the mag
azine, a copyrighted article in
cludeS the scientific definitions
for the following more common
ly used words of the nuclear vo-
cabulary:
Roentgen - or unit or SIM
ply is the standard unit
used to measure a radiation dose.
A curie measures the radioac4
tivity given off by any given
amount of an element.
A megaton is energy yield
equal to that of a million tons
of TINT. A kiloton is the yield
equal to 1000 tons of TINT.
Natural background radiation
is the radiation from substances
in the earth's crust, in water, in
rocks and cosmic rays. Everyone
receives seven to ten roent-
gems of radiation from these
sources over a lifetime.
Medical tradition comes from
X-rays and microscopes. The av-
erage person gets about as much
of this as he does of background
radiation.
Artificial radioactivity is. any
man made radiation, whether
from weapons or waste from
atomic energy plants and uran-
ium processing.
FisSion is the process of split
ting the nucleus of an atom, re-
leasing fission energy and Great
ing new elements, most of which
are radioactive. :
Fusion is the process of bring
ing atoms together with such
force and at such high tempera-
lures that they combine to make
an atom of new material. This
releases fusion energy and Gre
ates fusion products, of which
only carbon IA is significantly
radioactive.
Residence time refers to the
period that such debris can be
expected to remain in the strato-
tsphere after an explosion - now
thought to be one to five years.
Decay or disintegration is the
release of energy alpha, beta
or gamma rays by a radio
active atoms nucleus. 1t can oc-
cur in the air, on the ground, or
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
GLOSSARY FOR THE ATOMIC AGE
Magazine Defines Words
Used by NucLedr Experts

in the body.
Half life is the length of time
required for half the atoms in a
radioactive substance to decay.
Ten half lives is the time it takes
for 999 per cent disintegration.
Strontium 80 is a bone seek
ing element with a half life of %
years and ten half lives of $50
years.
Strontium unit, or S. u, rep
reSentS one micromicrocurie Ga
millionth of a millionth of a cur
ie) of strontium 80 radioactivity
per gram of calcium in food and
bones.
Cesium 1877, which emits gam
ma rays, is potential genetic
hazard. Half life, 30 years; ten
half lives, 300 years.
Carbon IA is an extremely long
lived and dangerous substance
with a half life of $500 years.
Iodine 131, though short lived
(balf life about eight days and
ten half lives so days. concen-
trates in the thyroid and can
cause cancer in that gland, par
ticularly among children.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
NeIUs Grandfather Read
FROM THE BLUFFToN NEWS ISSUE OF DEC. O. 1920

mist, Sidney Hauenstein will di-
rect the college orchestra. Solo
lists will be Mrs. Annie Robert
Davies, of Conner; Miss Cleora
Basinger, Bluffton; James Allen
Grubb, Lima and G A. Lehman,
of the college.
A new building is being con-
structed for the Bluffton Hatch
cry company on Water street.
The walls, built of concrete, are
in two entirely separate sections
with an air space between, bound
and reinforced with steel rods
every nine inches, a new type of
construction in this ara.
Orange township women ha-
ing charge of Red Cross solicita-
ton in that area are Mrs. Anna
Koontz, Mrs. w. w. Scothorn,
Mrs. Shell Dearth, Mrs. l. N.
Brundige and Mrs. Jesse Ander-
son.
Bluffton high school completed
their season with a record OF
four wins, two losses and a tie.
They defeated Forest, Lima
South, Delphos and Van Vert,
lost to Defiance and Mt. Cory
and were tied by Mt. Cory. They
beat Delphos $50. Geiger, Ander,
son, Warren, Althaus, Baumgart,
ner, Alspach and Messenger will
graduate from this team.
Thieves stole a Ford touring
car belonging to Cal Steiner, who
occupies the John Rogers farm
north of town. The car was later
found abandoned in Columbus.
An unidentified party threw
horseshoe through "a big plate
glass window in the store of DR.
c. F. King in Mt. Cory.
The Bluffton Pastors Unior
has asked the Community asso
citation, the high school and tht
college to cooperate in keeping
Thursday night clear for church
activity. The Rev. M. E. Todt
and the Rev. p. Ross Parrisf
presented the request through
the pages of The Bluffton News
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
Clifford HOuts'
Mother Buried

Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon in Delphos for
Mrs. Clara Houts, 80, Middle
Point, who died in Van Vert
county hospital last Friday after
a two year illness.
She was the mother of Clifford
Houts, former resident of Gar
matter avenue who moved to
Wapakoneta earlier this fall.
Other survivors are another son,
four grandchildren, two great
grandchildren and two sisters.
The Rev. Frank Sanderson of
ficiated at funeral services with
burial in King cemetery near
Middle Point.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

E. J. Hirschler will be super
intendent of the First Mennonite
Sunday school for the coming
year. Other officers are: Milo
Herr, secretary; Elizabeth Mos
er, librarian; Samuel Flueckiger,
chorister; Naomi Steiner, pian-
ist; II. A. Alderfer and B. D.
Smucker, executive committee.
THE Messiah" will be present
ed for the ninth consecutive sea-
son this year by the college Cho-
raj Society. Prof. Mark Evans is
conducting this performance,
Miss Pearl Bogart is accompa-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

Too bake Christmas cookies this year? Not if take
advantage of cookie mixes for holiday bakings!
With touch of this and sprinkle of that sweets will
be festive and tempting.
Try these easy recipes from the Betty Cocker kitchens:
Date Sugar Balls
Follow directions Date Bar Mix pkg except add grated rnd
of and u chopped to date filling Bake
directed Cool and crumbe Roll into II ba roll granuated
sted confeconers Makes 2 dozen
Cranberry Rounds
Follow directions Date Bar Mix pkg except add ~ cup
cooked drained whole canberries dateng mixture Cool
sprinkle top with red sugar. cut into 2" rounds.
Thumbprint MacarOons
Blend with pkg. mix before
adding liquid Follow direction pkg for mixing and baking
oUerbdRe chevy
frosing (recipe below.
Fostng Blend together b cup soft butter and sifted
confeconers Stir until smooth about bsp and
~ vanilla Tint frostng pastel shades with food colong
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

NOW WE ARE ABOUT TO BE-
GIN the years most exciting
sport, the race to see whether
the number of shopping days un-
til Christmas runs out before
our money does. - CHANG
ING TIMES
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10
ARRANGEMENTS FOR SALE

of nearly 5000 Scotch pine trees
an dsome 1900 pounds of boughs
from state forest for the Christ
mas season have been completed,
according to l. I. Dickman, as
sistant chief, Ohio Division of
Forestry. The trees and boughs
are Trimmings from pine planta-
tionS.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

of the high school Hi-Y, with o.
iver Diller of the college YMCA
as advisor.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1959-12-10

IF YOU HAVE BEEN THINK
ING about reforesting your
woods, abandoned land, or odd
area, now is a good time to get
in your order for trees, say Of
ficials of the Ohio Division of
Forestry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

good" Dr.. Zimmerman and DR.. Ceramics gaze ques-
Onnaires to high school seniors of all and re-
gions in public and private schools the six represent
tdtiUe big cities and the tOo typical smaller towns Dur
ing hour class, boys and girls asked 80 key
questions about their families and fiue closest
family friends. To make sure that the answers toould
be frank, the questionnaires anonymous and the
students toerent GIOtoed to take them home 50 as not
to evoke any comments from their families.
after collecting their mountain Of MATERIAL inUesti-
gators Zimmerman and Ceramics faced the painsak-
ing challenge of fitting and condenang it into mean
MgfuL pattern. 1t all adds up the intensive
study of family life in An.erica euer made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

Here's how this survey wos made: Today and in the
next issue, THIS WEEK previe,cs the most important
surrey of family life made in the United States
This monumental 3OOOOO-toord study is based on a
fouryear Investigation of 10000 families in Los
angeles, Denver, Omaha, St. Louis, Boston, New
Orleans, Saltwater, Okla., and Morganto.On, W. Va.
1t t0as subsidized by the Harvard Social Relations
Laboratory and the Ford Foundation.
This unique study conducted by too of americas
foremost sociologias: Harvard Professor Ca1te c.
Zimmerman and DR.. Lucius F. Ceramics ST., of
St. Louis University. Their findings will be published
soon by the Public Affairs Press.
To find out what makes family ''slooessfuF' or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

by the distinguished sociologists DR.. Garlic c. Zim.
norman and DIR. Lucius F. Ceramics To find out
more about these two men and the methods they
used, turn to the box at the bottom of this page)
DR.. Zimmerman and DR.. Cervantes consider their
findings clear to the theories of three widely
read influential prophets of social decay:
OSWALD SPENCLER, whose 1.-THE Decline of the
West predicted the inevitable disintegration and
fall of Western civilization.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE, whose Existentiaist philosophy
has convinced millions that human life is futile and
meaningless.
Dr. ALFRED C. KINsEY, whose studies of limited
number of American men and women have been
interpreted proof of a complete breakdown in
sexual morality
In reply to the dark and gloomy forecasts of these
prophets of doom, and the hundreds of sociologsts
who have accepted such pessimistic views of the
future of Western civilization, DIR. Zimmerman and
DR.. Cervantes make these surprisingly optimistic
assertions:
T. The number of good families is rapidly increGs-
ing they reproducing themselves faster
than generally believed. The IS per cent who
the backbone of society are not losing ground,
but are actually growing in influence and in
numbers.
The numerical increase is traceable to new trend
which has gone almost unnoticed: The average good
family, which used to have one or two children, now
has three In the past decade the number of
families in the United States with three, four or
more children has almost doubled. This in itself
is reflection of the optimism these good families
feel about the America which their children will
inherit
z. The children of the good families promise to
be eren better than their parents. more young
people are now doing good and creative things
than before in our history the two socioogists
report the basis of their study. 1.-THE good fam
lilies pushing their children upwards in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

years in thorough, detailed study of $4,000 fam
lies to see if they measure up to these standards
They made this major discovery
Many millions of American families hare Gre
ated pattern for iring sCI,ich is actually a
Twentieth century UersiOn of the ancient family
clan.
Here is how the clan system works:
Each of the good and successful families sur.
rounds itself with about five other families which
share their ideals and many of the same character
istics. Usually these friend families" have:
The same religion
The region Of origin South, Mid.oest,
Northeast, etc.)
approximately the same income
Often a relations ship BY blood or marriage
These close friends give the youngsters sustain
ing walls of values, and provide protective blanket
against the worlds unwholesome influences" OBJ
serve DR.. Zimmerman and DR.. Cervantes.
The researchers emphasize that the FIVE closest
friend families who make up the core of the modern
clan exercise great influence on children because
they become almost part of the family ITSELF and
form protective wall around it. These friends are
people you eat Win, VINO may come into your home
regularly without knocking, who may borrow bot
tie of soda from your refrigerator when you aren't
home and return it the next day, who know more
about your income tax problems than anyone else
explains the Harvard Survey
How much difference did the careful choice Of
these closest friends make i'm the lives of the family
and Of the children?
TN every city the good families have the most in
common with their friends" report probers Tim
norman and Cervantes. Families having similar
backgrounds, values, interests and outlooks with
their friends show the lowest divorce, deserton,
juvenile-arrest. and school-dropout rates."
By contrast, families sharing none of the four
traits of religion, income region Of origin kinshp
with their friends usually have the mort records.