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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08
Bank Deposits, Loans
And Investments Rise

Bank Deposits, Loans
And Investments Rise
Deposits, loans and invest
ments Of eight reserve member
banks Of Washington rose
sharply in the week ended
April /, the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond disclosed
today.
Demand deposits on April /
totaled $975, 126, 900, compared
with 1857. 721, 900 a week ear
+. lier and $943, SIT, 900 on the like
1858 date. Time deposits
amounted to $297 sos. 900. COM
pared with $296. 889. 900 a week
earlier and S294.827, 900 a
year ago.
: Net loans rose to $3.50 1886. 900
from $3.50, 078 900 a week earlier
and were well ahead Of $685.
10000 on the like 1858 date
Business loans totaled $685.
g431 900. compared with $685.
$4,000 a week earlier and
1928, 485, 900 on the 1858 date.
Investments rose to S517,-
063.000 from $501 .927 900 in
the week and were far above
$3.50, 1853. 900 on the like 1858
date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-08

.KVf@~ffS~S 80
The March rise did not Offset
declines from a year ago IN
January and February and
Si4,093,776 of permits for the
FIRST three months Of this year
remained 80 per cent behind
$20,713,391 in the same 1858
period.
Two new store permits total
ing 81, $50. 900 was q major item
In the March list. once build
ings accounted for $3.50. 900 and
private garages added $4,000.
Dwellings totaled $4,000. but
apartment construction dwin-
died to $4,000.
Apartment construction in
the three months aggregated
$437, 900 in contrast to $8,723,-
ATS a year earlier and dwellings
accounted for $l.060.500. COM
pared with $l.1l0.000 in the
1858 period.
Once construction in the
three months this year in
creased to $3.547,000 from
$2,S10.000 a year ago.
Evening star., 1959-06-07

Of the Far West closer to the
East this summer. and win
make the shrines Of the Eastern
Seaboard more accessible to
visitors from the West.
Both American and TWA
airlines are Offering package
vacations which take you across
the continent by Jet and in
clude some Of Americas most
famous national parks as
terminal attractions.
The railways and bus lines
still contend. however. II its
scenery you want to see. you see
more using ground transporta-
ton. Many travel agents will
arrange park tours which in
clude q variety Of air. rail. bus
and rental car-transportation.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
POINTS or INTEREST
Animal u. NJ Opens
AtVirginio Zooromo

VIRGINIA. zoorama fea-
turing more than 200 foreign
and native animals opens June
n at New Market on Route IL.
The roo boasts everything from
African Glands to Australian
wallabies. Adults pay Si.35;
children 65 cents. to view the
animals. o complete miniature
farm and q special Circusland.
~ 4 -
PENNSYLVANIA - shoofiy
Ipie. schnitz un gnepp and other
taste treats viii flavor the 10th
annual Pennsylvania Dutch
Folk Festival opening at Kutz-
town on June n. The eight
day festival, highlighted by
two pageants and mountains
Iof food. is expected to draw
more than 100000 persons.
\ 4
NEW HAMPSHIRE--Phot
Evening star., 1959-06-07

center win be officially opened
at the same time.
The National Park Service
this year Is dedicating IL new
information and orientation
visitors centers designed to give
park visitors q better under
standing Of what they come to
see.
A visitors center at Moores
Greek, N. c.. opened May 2 by
Eivind T. Scoyen. assistant di-
rector Of the National Park
Service. for instance. tells the
story and significance Of the
Battle Of February ~, l776,
when North Carolina minute
men defeated Tories and Scot
tish Highland troops support
ing the Royal Governor.
LlncOtn Center
Later this month. as a major
event OF the Lincoln Sesqui-
centennial Year q visitor center
will be opened at Abraham Lin
coin National Historical Park,
KY.
Other visitors centers sched-
uled to be dedicated this year:
Carlsbad Caverns, Fort Union
and Aztec Ruins. all in New
Mexico: Hopewell Village. Pa;
Saguaro and Petrified Forest,
both In Arizona: Grand Teton
tColter Bay, Wyo.; Theodore
Roosevelt. N. OAK; Badlands,
s. OAK: Wright Brothers
Evening star., 1959-06-07
How to Plan

Huge new Jet planes win
make the scenic national parks
Evening star., 1959-06-07

Price includes rail fare, Pullman, tax,
planned sightseeing, first-class hotel ac-
commodations and four-day all-expense,
personally-conducted motor tour around
the picturesque Gaspe Peninsula! For
complete information, see your travel
agent or Canadian NATIONAL Rail-
ways, 922-15th Street NV, Washing
ton, DC, or call National 1882.
Evening star., 1959-06-07
Wide Open Spaces
Growing in Favor
Another Bonner Year Expected
In Visits to the Nations Parks

raising Of the 49-star nag
which includes Alaska.
The ceremony viii be only
one Of many in United States
national parks this year, ac-
cording to the National Asso-
citation Of Travel Organizations.
After the midnight Fort Nc
Henry ceremony. park officials
win board a plane and fly for
the dedication Of the country's
newest and largest 10000
acres) National Historical Park,
Cumberland Gap. at the juno
ton Of Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. A brand-new visitors
Evening star., 1959-06-07

graphic bugs" and scenery
lovers can get their I'LL at Pink
ham Notch this summer, where
special gondola cars carry
sightseers daily to the top Of
4.lOo-foot Wildcat Mountain.
The view from Wildcats sum-
init encompasses Mount WASH
ington. highest peak in North
eastern United States. the
Presidential Range and parts Of
Canada and adjoining States.
Evening star., 1959-06-07

Flight Site. N. c.. and Mount
Mckinley, Alaska.
The visitors centers are
among l.15i projects valued at
more than $S2 million pro-
grammed by the Government
for the improvement Of the
National Park Service as part
of its Mission 66 10-year i'm
provement program begun in
1856.
In addition park concession
aires are investing more than
SIS million In restaurants.
lodges. service stations, trailer
villages and other visitor ac-
commodations.
1000 Sites Yearly
Major new construction by
concessionaires this year is at
Yosemite in CALIFORNIA; SIS
million lodge, plus a shopping
center and other facilities to-
falling So million.
To meet the continuing surge
Of interest in camping. the Ma
tional Parks are providing
scme 1000 new camp sites a
year.
Although total attendance at
all park installations declined
last year, camping increased
some II per cent over the pre-
vious record year.
A trailer camp pilot project
at Grand Teton National Park
has proved so successful that .
new 200-trailer camp Is now
under construction at Grand
Canyon.
Another pilot project under
way by the Grand Teton Lodge
Co., made possible by John d.
Rockefeller. jr.. wf1 provide
camping facilities for the vis-
itor who cannot carry camping
and cooking equipment with
him.
Thirty experimental units
now under construction at Col
ter Bay win provide two walls
of logs with side walls and roof
Of canvas removable in winter
Cooking utensils. sleeping bags
and other equipment may be
rented. Central units will pro-
vide rest rooms.
How 70 Plan
Huge new Jet planes viii
Vnaka the eraYnie national na rIrs
Evening star., 1959-06-07

At 1901 am. on July 4. a
new nag win be raised at Fort
McHenry. Md. the only place
in the United States where the
Star Spangled Banner. by or
der Of Congress. flies "a hours
o day.
It win be the first official
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

in aiding the community In
securing 5417 free polio shots
last year. A planned polio clinic
was first called off by the Mont
gomery County Medical Society
and Health Department and
later reinstated after a series
of stories in the Sentinel point.
ed up the need.
Hats off to this paper for its
excellent campaigns!" wrote
the judge.
In winning third prize in the
general excellence category, the
Sentinel was commended for
good front page layout, an ex-
cellent editorial page, good lay
out of local ads and a good
printing job. Again the Sen.
tinels school page was lauded
in company with its sports
page.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

First, Baltimore Evening Sun.
Second, Baltimore News-Post.
WEEKLIES OVER 5000
General Excellence
First, Maryland Gazette and M
Burnie News.
Second, Cecil Wing, Elkton,
THIRD, MONTGOMERY COIr-T-v
SENTINEL, ROCKVILLE.
Community Service
First, Catholic Review, Baltimore
SECOND, MONTGOMERY COJJNTv
SENTINEL, ROCKVILLE.
Third, Ellicott City Times.
Best News Picture
FIRST, HUGH GILLESPIE. MONT
GOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL.
Second, Thomas French Norton, Easton
Star Democrat.
Third, Cecil Democrat, Elkton.
Excellence in Typography
First, Catholic Review, Baltimore
SECOND, MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SENTINEL.
wEEKLIEs UNDER 5000
General Excellence
First, County Record, Denton.
Second. Hartford Democrat, Aberdeeo.
Community Service
First, Laurel News Leader.
Second, Anne Arundel Star, Glen
Burnie.
Third, Upper Dorchester News, Rur.
lock.
Best News Picture
First, Blade Times, Brunswick,
Second, Dan Tabler, Queen Anne,
Record Observer, Centreville.
Excellence in Typography
First, County Record, Denton.
Second, Hartford Democrat, Aberdeen
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
In Contest from p
5 Awards Won
BY Sentinel
from. P. I

pervised by the journalism de-
parment of the University Of
Maryland. Contest judges were
heads of journalism depart.
ments at colleges and universe
ties in Ohio, California, Florida,
Nebraska, Illinois, Texas, Mis-
sissippi, Colorado, Missouri and
South Dakota.
The Sentinel's five awards
topped the field while the Balti-
more News Post won four
awards and Baltimore Evening
Sun won three. The Catholic
Review and Queen Anne's Rec
ord Observer each won two
awards and other winners col
lected one.
Hugh Gillespie, Sentinel staff
photographer, walked off with
the first prize for news pictures
with his entry titled "Blue
Baby" The picture showed a
small boy and his mother, their
images reflected in a mirror,
shortly before the lad under
went drastic heart surgery. The
boy did not survive the opera.
ton.
OF the picture, the Judge said:
1T is certainly one of the most
touching human interest news
shots, a marvellous piece of
photography" He also wrote
that Gillespie truly deserves
first place. l am impressed
with the Imagination and the
ingenuity of the photographer. +"
Especially significant was the
Sentinel's second prize in the
category of editorials from all
papers, daily and weekly. The
judge wrote of the Sentinel en-
tries: Exceptionally effective
writing showing an alert choice
of topics" First prize was won
by the Baltimore News-Post.
In awarding the Sentinel sec.
ond prize in typography, the
judge commented on the excel.
lence of the papers general
makeup, type and layouts used
and general reliability. He
wrote favorably, also, about the
Sentinel's school page.
The Sentinel won second
place in the community service
division for the part it played
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Brooks Hays
To Talk To
Teachers

Brooks Hays, former Con-
gresham and a central figure
in the Little Rock indignation
crisis, will be the principal
speaker at the annual spring
meeting of Montgomery County
Education Association on May
IA.
Hays lost his Congressional
seat last November to Rep.
Dale Afford, whose successful
written campaign now is under
investigation by the House Ad-
ministration Committee.
The Arkansas moderate will
speak to county teachers on
American Ideals" The meet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23
Over the Garden Wall
Edited by David e. Kidd
Asst County Agent

varieties. Plant according to di.
rections contained in the pub
lications you get from your coun.
ty agent.
Apply chlordane to the ground
in which you plant the straw.
berries It will kill grubs, wire
worms and root aphis. Use /
pound of 8 per cent dust to each
200 square feet of soil, and
rake 1t in thoroughly.
Crabgrass Control
The u. S. Department Of Ag-
riculture and several state ex-
pertinent stations report that
the insecticide chlordane has I'M
expected crabgrass controlling
properties, when used according
to special directions.
To control crabgrass, apply
the chlordane at the rate of 3
pounds Of 5 per cent dust for
each 100 square feet. That's a
lot heavier than the recommen-
dations for using chlordane as
an insecticide.
If you prefer to use the IS per
cent emulsifiahle concentrate as
a spray, apply at the rate of 5
tablespoonsful in 1 gallon Of
water for each 100 square feet.
Chlordane is also available in
a 20 per cent granular form.
If you use this, apply IL ounces
for each 100 square feet.
It's important to follow these
precautions:
Don't use later than the last
of April.
Don't apply chlordane in these
concentrations to new lawn
seedlings. 1t may injure the
young plants.
Don't apply more than is rec.
commended. Carefully measure
the area to be treated and the
amounts of chlordane used.
Immediately after applying
chlordane wash it off the grass
and onto the soil surface (even
If you use a liquid form.
Clean Up Time
Spring is clean UP time around
the yard. 1t not only makes
your place look nicer - it may
save you trouble with insects
and plant diseases later in the
year. Dead plants are good
places for insects and disease
organisms to spend the winter.
So clean up and destroy all old
plant residue.
Spray Iris with DOT when
new leaves are 6 inches tall. Use
8 tablespoonful of so per cent
wettable DOT to 1 gallon Of
water.
Thin out pachysandra plant.
ings TO prevent blight.
Spray peonles for control Of
Botrytls blight. See Plant Pa
thology Mimeo No. IL, for di
rections.
Divide ehrysanth 9 m u m
clumps.
Remove sucker and sprouts
from roses. University Of Mary
land Extension Service Bulletin
1854, Rose Culture" gives di
rections.
All University of Maryland
publications are available from
the County Agents office.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

judging in the Maryland Press
Associations 1858 "B etter
Newspaper" contest:
BEST EDITORIAL
tall papers eligible)
First, Baltimore News-Post.
SECOND, MONTGOMERY COUNTY
SENTINEL, ROCKVILLE.
Third. Queen Anne's rd-Obesrver,
Centreville.
DAILIES
General Excellence
First, Baltimore Evening Sun.
Community Service, Dailies
First, Baltimore News-Post.
Second, Cambridge Daily Banner.
Third, Hagerstown Morning Herald.
Best News Picture, Dailies
First, Dick Could, The Salisbury
Times.
secopd. John stadler, Baltimore News
Post.
Third, Frank Gardina, Baltimore Eve
ming Sun.
Excellence in Typography, Dailies
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

ing Is scheduled for 8 pm. at
the new Sligo Junior High
School in Silver Spring.
Hays held his Congress post
for 10 years before his mode
rate" stand on Indignation
aroused the wrath of Little
Rock segregationists. He is
author Of the recent book, "A
Southern Moderate Speaks"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

Most home owners have found
they can have healthier, more
attractive lawns If they fertilize
them. But a lot take trees and
Bhrubs for granted. Fertilizers
will do wonders for shrubs or
trees If they're understood, or
have sparse or pale colored
leaves.
Now's the best time to ferti-
lie, when buds are beginning
to swell. If fertilizer is applied
later in the summer, 1t will do
more harm than good.
Most any garden type ferti-
lizer will do. One that has plenty
. of nitrogen Is best, since trees
and shrubs thrive on this
growth promoting fertilizing
element.
~ Organic fertilizers, such as
sarotted manure, peat or compost
offer food to the roots slowly,
thus reducing the danger OF
burning them. They also reduce
loss of soil moisture by provid-
ing a mulch. But they don't
have as much fertilizing materi-
al as is usually found in COM
mercial fertilizers.
If the plant is growing on
bare soil, just broadcast the fer
tilizer on the ground, and rake
or spade 1t into the soil.
Put Near Roots
But since most trees and
shrubs are growing on lawns,
It's important to get fertilizer
near the feeding roots. For this
rrTeason, it's best to put fertilizer
q into a series of holes arranged
.-.In concentric circles around the
base of the tree or shrub.
You'll need holes is inches to
Y, 2 feet deep for large trees. The
!, first ring should be about 3 feet
from the trunk, with holes
spaced 3 feet apart in the cir.
Gle. Other circles should be
placed 3 feet from the others,
until you reach the outside OF
/, the longest branch.
For smaller trees and shrubs,
reduce the space between circles
to 2 feet, and the space between
holes In each circle to 2 feet.
Holes should be from / foot to
Is inches deep.
The easiest way to make these
holes Is to use a metal pipe or
stake and drive 1t into the
ground. Wiggle the stake to
make the hole bigger and make
It easier to pull out the stake.
Large broadleaved trees need
, 2 pounds of fertilizer for each
inch of trunk diameter, meas
ured at q point 6 inches above
ground. III
4 Smaller broadleaved trees
tless than 8 inches in diameter)
or evergreens and shrubs re
I. quire just i pound Of fertilizer
= for each inch of trunk diameter
Divide the amount of fertilizer
: by the number Of holes you've
|. dug, and put a small amount II
each hole.
When you feed your trees and
ment In shade and beauty. A Lit
f, tie care now viii pay off hand
soSnely the rest Of the year.
Fruit Planting
Maybe you've wished that vol
had some of your own fresf
{, fruit, for eating or preserving
If you get them planted righ'
I away, there's still time to plan
fruit trees and berries.
I It's fairly easy, and inexpen
sive to do. You'll be rewarded
with fresh-picked delicious HON,
I grown fruit.
Ask the County Agents offic'
I for University of Maryland Hor
/, ticulture Extension Mimeos No
4 1, Growing Strawberries II
Maryland" and No. Is, "Sugges
tons on Fruit Culture In Mary
land" Both contain suggestion
; on varieties as well as directions
, for planting and care.
Our local nurserymen, an,
many hardware stores can usual
" supplv these recommended
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

home from the lumberyard. There's
room, you see. for a whole half-ton
Of eargo-a space ten feet long, with
the rear seat and tailgate down.
These wagons are easy to load,
too-you just rod the rear window
into the tailgats and flip it down
fat. No hftgate TO wrestle with.
Chevrolet's 20 easy to handle It's
a natural for the lady Of the house.
Big, safer brakes, too. Chevy's even
.taculaK', deal see vnuK local AM
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-04-23

got bigger tires-they come "a
standard equipment on every one of
our wagons. But why not fall in
love with a Chevy firsthand-at
your Chevrolet dealer'sl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05

SENTIN c cOTTTq' ED'
Thursday, November 5. Is5s-AQ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-20
Ferry Farm
Is Rebuilt

FREDERICKSBURG, Va,
Feb. 20.-A restored surveyors
Office, all that remains of Ferry
Farm where George Washing
ton spent his boyhood, will be
the main attraction when the
farm is opened to the public as
a shrine Sunday.
1t was at Ferry Farm, across
the Rappahannock River from
Fredericksburg, that young
George - according to Parson
Weems - chopped down the
cherry tree. And it was here,
also, where legend says he
tossed a silver coin across the
Rappahannock.
John L. Fenlon, president Of
George Washington Boyhood
Home Restoration, Inc, reor-
ganized last summer to open
the farm as a shrine, said the
surveyors Office, used by Wash
ington, was about to fall down
when they began restoring it.
The, organization rebuilt the
foundation, put on weather
boarding characteristic of
Washington's time and repaint-
ed the one-room building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-20

ent standards being set up for
the two counties.
Transit Compact Opposed
Also last night Senator
Wheatley withheld his support
of a bill to permit Maryland to
enter into a compact establish
ing a Washington Metropoli-
tan Area transit authority.
The joint delegation agreed
to kill bills requiring cash pay
mentS by developers for sewer
and water line construction;
to allow the commission to Dor
row money for the proposed
Bladensburg Marina, and to
give the commission power to
condemn cemetery property.
The Prince Georges delega-
ton also cleared bills:
l. Increasing by $4,000 the
present $4,000 salaries of
circuit court judges living in
the county and adding $2,250
to other judges in the circuit
who sit on the bench in Marl-
boro.
2. To let the court set sal
aries of jurors between the SIS
rate and a new SO.
3. To increase from $4,000 to
$500 the annual appropria-
ton for the court library and
provide $500 for the salary
of a court librarian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-20
Grude Students
In Bethesda Set
Own Science Fair

Children at the Bethesda
Elementary School won't be
outdone by their older brothers
and sisters who each year put
on the high school science fairs.
This year, for the first time.
the students are now exhibiting
their own scientific displays in
the school auditorium.
Work on the exhibits, under
taken as class projects. was be-
gun last october in conjunction
with science and social studies.
The finished projects were dis
PLAYED to the parents yesterday
and today. Teachers from the
Kensington and Grosvenor
Lane Schools will see them
Monday when they attend a
teachers meeting at the Be-
thesda School.
For the school projects
theme, Principal Fred L. Bar
nette chose the question. How
Have New Discoveries and
Scientific Advance e n / S
Changed Community Life?"
Displays ranged from wealth
er, climate and the universe
to machines. magnetism and
electricity. Onep reject showed
various changes in living con-
ditions from colonial times to
the present day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-20
Woman, 100, Ex-SIove,
Drows Initial Benefits

LA PLATA, Md, Feb. 20
(SpeciaD A 100 = year old
Marbury woman received her
first Social Security check yes
terday.
William r. Spates. manager
of the Silver Spring Social Sc
curity Office, made a trip to
Marbury to present a check for
$3.50 to Mrs. Delcona Jordan,
who plans to celebrate her
101st birthday anniversary on
March IL.
Mrs. Jordan is the Oldest
known resident of Charles
County and was selected last
March to turn on the lights on
a big cake to begin the year.
long celebration of the county's
300th anniversary.
Mrs. Jordan was born near
Marbury and now lives in
that community with a niece,
Mrs. Elizabeth Dean.
Mrs. Jordan said she was
born in slavery. She remem-
bers none of her early life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-20

step" toward solving growth
problems Of the region.
Citations Of merit were made
by the federation to Mrs. Will
liam A. Doyle and Richard E.
Stands.
Senator Bible, Democrat of
Nevada. chairman Of the Joint
Committee on Washington Met
ropolitan Problems, reviewed
the committees recent report,
which called for regional ma
chinery to develop effective
area-wide public works systems,
including transportation, water
supply and sewage disposal.
The Senator said; The
growth Of the metropolitan re-
gion is of particular concern
in Fairfax County, the fastest
growing segment of the entire
metropolitan area"
Noting that the county's
population was 98.557 in 1850,
Senator Bible said he was con-
fident the figure would reach
100000 by the end of this year.
The population of the WASH
ington area-now more than
2 million-should reach 3 mil
lion by 1880, he added.
Efforts to solve regional
problems will have to rec
ognize, and to incorporate the
great and growing Federal in
terest in the metropolitan area
and its orderly development,
he said.