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AS we look back at the records, we find that ever since
ground was first broken for the construction Of this school,
the faculty and Parent-Teacher Association Of the combined
schools, at that time, showed an interest in obtaining a High
School for our town. The themes of the Valedictorians and
Salutatorians Of the last two years at the Frederiksted Junior
High School were developed along these lines: the hopes and
aspirations, and goals desired for this new school. Tonight
I will attempt to develop this idea Of continuity toward our
goal by recalling for you, briefly, some of the accomplish
nnents Of the first year at the Claude O. Markoe School.
On Tuesday, September End, 1858, our doors were opened
to approximately $50 students. We began with IS homeroom
teachers, a Home Economics, an Agriculture and an Indus
trial Arts teacher. Since that time, our enrolment has
climbed to 585 and we have added two other homeroom
teachers. We now have two sections each Of grades one
through four. With the consent and approval Of the Commits
sioner Of Education and the Board Of Education we plan to
add grades IL and IL in September.
But even before we moved into the new building, work
had been done and plans made with nseye toward Septenn-
Der End. AT the old Junior High, hundreds Of HIBISCUS plants
had been ported and, during the summer passed, Mr.. Whitaker
and the boys Of the Agriculture classes put them down at the
new school to begin the hedges that you see on either side
of the entrance to our building. They acquired lawn grass
and planted the lovely lawn we also have in the front Of the
building. During the month of June, last year, faculty MEM
bers Of the FP.GS. met, at Mr.. Henderson's invitation, with
those of the fills. and working committees were set up.
These committeeman they have all done, in varying de-
grees, a creditable iob-got off to a flying start during the
first weekof the new school year. The Committees are as fol-
lows: Assemblies and Programs; Audio-visual and other
Teaching aids; Discipline; Library; Physical Education and
Sports; Public Relations. and Safety Patrol.
On Arbor Day, our school planted trees in honor of per-
sons who have aided education in the past We were FORUM
ate in having many Of the citizens so honored plant his own
tree: Attorney Leader, MI. Paul Joseph, MI. Friedrich Dorsch,
, 1959-06-26
s%ALUTATORY ADDRESS
Delivered BY Norman Armstrong Claude g. Markoe School
June %. 1859

It is my privilege and great honor to welcome
tonight to the first Commencement Exercises of the
Markoe School.
, 1959-06-26
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13

netic walls so pictures can be hung without
damaging the plaster.
Roberta Smith, Is, of 321 Eleventh street
NE, student at Eastern High, wants a tee-
phone system enabling one to answer the front
door without actually going to it.
A16-year-od Hyattsville girl wants private
nook" for every member of the family to afford
a maximum of privacy"
Another teen-ager, apparently tired of family
arguments over decor, says her dream house
will be furnished with colored lights so the walls
at any given moment-can be made any given
color without the use of paint.
In any case, the housing conference and
architects drawings in the future should be
liveler affairs because of teen-age participation
in this weeks program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Two Kinds of Closets

Sharon wants more day-to-day convenenceS.
"There is no greater drudgery than packing
away summer clothes and taking out winter
ones,' she says. She therefore wants a closet
for summer and another for winter "in every
bedroom"
"Just imagine being able to close the door
on the summer closet and in the very same room
unlock the door to the winter one" she says.
Along the same line Elizabeth wants "gra-
ciouSneSS" in her dream house-"sunken bath
tubs, an English basement with large, plate
glass windows, and folding doors to facilitate
more room and better lighting" Elizabeth is also
practical. She wants an effective grease-repellant
material for kitchen walls
David Nolan, who also wants to be an
architect, says his dream house would have
built-in combination hi-fi and public address
system to add to social events and to facilitate
better communication between rooms
THAT way he explains, MON could call
Pop in the living room or get the kids out of bed
without leaving the kitchen"
David also wants "flat easily accessible
roof which could serve as a combination patio,
dance area and observatory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Continued From Poss !

(ontnuco from To9e
junior at the College of William and Mary. The
deadlne for entries was August 81.
In addition to attending the conference
they'll De excused from classes by special arrange
ment by housing officials-the winners will be
taken on tour of the White House and the
Russian Embassy. They also will see fashion
show by Garfinckels. The two-day meeting will
begin Tuesday night with reception at the
Housing Center from to pm. 1t will end with
the presentation of the $40 prizes Thursday
night by Bernard Steinberg, the Metropolitan
association president.
II can't wait to get there" Peter says. 1--we
always wanted a chance to make some adults
listen to my ideas on houses"
There's no wonder he's had difficulty Peter,
who wants to be an architect, was named a
winner of the contest for his novel suggestions
on windows.
by the mere touch of water they would
shut and lock automatically" he says. "Then
you wouldn't have to worry about the rain
coming in while you're away from home.'
Peter also wants cheated walkways to re-
move snow and ice," and 'escalators through
out the house."
The Bethesda youth says his dream house
also would include a seeing-eye front door which
would automatically ring a bell on anyone's
approach. He calls this means of protection
against strangers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
Swimming Pool, Too

Outside, William wants a swimming pool
with full filtration system" and regulation
size tennis court.
Tending more toward the elegant home,
Frederick's dream house would combine the
charm of Colonial architecture with the con-
veniences of the modern"
"It would have to have a porch-the old
American institution-which so admire sitting
wide brick chimneys, and ballroom. The latter,
he complains, has call but disappeared from
American homes"
David famous, the third winner with am
billions to become an architect, places privacy
and individuality first
MY dream house." he says, must have
privacy, light and air"
cts many windows will show me lawns and
trees, not my neighbours things.
at will not be like the house closest to me-
but will reflect my tastes and interests" he says
Its areas of activities" will be well defined" and
whole cit will function as a machine for
living"
Betty 10 also is concerned with individuality.
"The home live in will be reflection of myself,
not from mold cast by others"
"a housewife Betty 10 continues lis judged
by the outside appearance of her house as we'll as
the inside. To the outside, too, one can attach
her own likes and dislikes-her claim to be at
least little different from everyone ese'
Picking the winners was tough task, the
judges say. Good ideas were numerous
Delmita Hudson, ii, of sos Keefer place
NV, student at Roosevelt High, wants mag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-13
TEEN-AGERS' DREAM HOUSE

Debbie wants light switches put in the floor.
Operated by foot, they would thus be taken off
the wall and leave a neater appearance. She also
wants sliding roof on at least one room to pro-
vide an opportunity for "star gazing and sun
bathing" Her house also would have lightweight
sliding walls "for changing the size of rooms"
and laundry shute to the basement from each
bedroom and bath. A circular fireplace, Ito give
campfire effect would be used in the summer
as planter.
Vida and William also like the outdoor effect.
my house would be built around garden
or patio" Vida says. "A patio is green refuge
from the preSsures of the outside world" She
also wants soundproof ceilings and air condition
ing throughout"
Williams dream house alto would have a
patio. 81 want two bedrooms with two closets
each, fireplace, recreation room with bar
and another fireplace, and room for a medium
sized shop where can work with my TOOLS" he
says
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Traffic Safety
Morals Studied

Governor ], Willard 1'awes
was to Issue a proclamation 10.
day creating Governor TAwes'
Committee on the Moral
Aspects OF Traffic safety" CONS
posed OF religious and civic
leaders of Maryland, Delaware
and the District OF Columbia.
Gov Tawes expressed the
feeling that many people are
not conscious OF their moral
obligation to both the Creator
and their fellow man 10 avoid
careless acts leading TO accl'
dents, lie solicited assistance Of
clerygmen OF all faiths 70 bring
this message to their congrega.
lions,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Cabin John-BrOOkmont
Grocery
Art Show
Offered
BY Naomi (Sandy) Rovner
Oliver 6.Ss63

Art and Artichokes; Area res
ldents who have been complain
ing recently OF a cultural vac,
uum" In the suburbs may now
combine that onerous weekly
shopping trip with an art gal
lery tour-at least for the next
few days--while Edward Feni'
more's one.man art show re-
mains on display at the Glen
Echo Market on Macarthur
blvd, courtesy OF It's owners,
Mr.. and Mrs, David Rappaport,
Mr.. Fenimore, a longtime, al.
belt intermittent, resident Of
Glen Echo, Is a U. S. Foreign
Service Officer now stationed
here, He began painting in ear
nest while stationed In italy, but
several OF the paintings In the
current exhibit are landscapes
OF the Potomac Valley area
river and canal.
The Fenimores, who are deep
ly concerned with the inroads
being made these days into the
parkland adjacent TO the Po'
tomac, are hoping TO interest
one or another OF the park serv'
ices In sponsoring a painting
competition to preserve at least
in artists media, the all too rap
idly vanishing landscape" &C
cording to Mrs, Fenimore,
Pointing out that area artists
must either 20 into the District
or Chevy Chase to show their
work, Mrs. Fenimore also sug
gested that local artistic talent
get together to put on other
shows In the Market or in some
other central location In this
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18

area, Interested artists may
cali u.s.
Notes ON Northr0p; State Sen,
ator Edward Northrop told mem.
bers of the 70 Democratic Pre-
cinct Organization last week
that the thine was approaching
for a new look" at Marylands
income tax structure, with the
possibility OF friendly consld.
Grafton of a graduated tax. Al
though Sen. Northrop admitted
that the 1856 tax study showed
many advantages TO a gradu.
ated Income tax, he claimed
without specifying, that Il
would hurt rather than help the
medium income group and might
seriously hurt commercial enter.
prlses. He described the pres.
ent Maryland sales tax as mot
too regreSsive,"
Sen. Northrop also mentioned
the need for an alrfleld In the
County and indicated that some
investlgatory action was being
taken, He also described County
activity on Capitol Hlll as "most
voclferous" In attempts TO get
Federal tschooD funds for i'm.
pacted areas released for the
area.
School Officers: Officers OF
the North Bethesda Junior High
School Parent.Teachers Assocla.
ton recently elected for the com.
ing school year are; President,
Harry Gerwin; vice presidents,
Bradley Patterson and Thomas
Day; recording secretary, Mrs,
Robert Finch; corresponding
secretary Mrs, Gordon Frankel,
and treasurer, Thomas Yano.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Suved by Serum
Poisonous Snake Bites
County Girl in Neck

Eightyearold Susan Kemp
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs, Pau
c, Kemp, OF Boyds, was bitter
by a snake last Thursday night
while she was playing hide n
seek with friends,
She was rushed 20 Suburban
Hospital where she received
tetanus antltoxin and n snake
bite serum, She then was trans
ferrcd to Chlldron's Hospital,
Mr., Kemp said his daughter
had laid down In tall grass to
hide when she felt the viper
strike. II sank its fangs into
the back OF her neck.
She arose screaming and ran
home, Although she only
caught q flcoting glimpse Of the
snake and no one else saw Il,
Susan reacted In such a way to
caute doctors to believe she was
bitten by a Copperhoad.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Extension Granted
Some Businessmen
Slow City Survey

An economic survey Of Rock.
vile, looking forward to 20.
year Master Plan, has been de.
layed because OF lack of coop.
Grafton from some businessmen
and government agencies, &C.
cording to the research firm con-
Quoting the study.
DR.. Ernest z. Blanche, head
OF Blanche & Associates, wrote
the City Planning Department
that his interviewers have met
with some outright refusals" TO
fill out questionnaires from local
businesses.
Government agencies gener'
ally have expressed n willing
ness 10 cooperate, but several
OF them have been slow about
furnishing the Information
Blanche said.
The survey originally was
scheduled for completion by
May Is. Because of the delays,
Blanche asked for an extension
to July 10. but was given only
until July / by the City Coun'
Gil.
The Council agreed to contact
the recalcitrant businessmen
and agencies, asking for their
cooperation. Letters will be
mailed. and personal contacts
made, to that effect, City Man
ager Walter Scheiber said yes
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18

spacing. Sounds rough, but it's
not, and it's faster than hand
thinning.
Plums are so much sweeter
and larger when thinned. Less
fruits per tree allows more sug
ar per fruit. The Japanese varie.
ties, Abundance, Burbank, Meth.
ley, Santa Rosa, etc, are the
ones to thin taking them down
to about 3 inches apart.
Pinch back the new black rasp.
berry and blackberry shoots as
they reach a height OF % to 80
inches to induce side branch.
ing. The shoots don't all reach
that height at the same time, so
occasional trips through the
raspberry patch are necessary.
Don't pinch back the red rasp.
berry canes.
Remember those grape sprays
for black rot control; just be.
fore bloom; just after bloom;
and when the berries touch IN
the bunch.
Keep Up Your Guard
A friend Of ours tells what q
panic she felt when company
came Unexpectedly just before
supper. Her husband helped save
the day by cutting a head OF eau.
liflower from the garden. She
boiled II, and when she took the
lid off the pan, there were a lot
of little worms floating in the
water!
"What did you do them" we
asked.
"Oh, I poured off the water
and served It," was her reply.
"But you can bet didn't eat
any!"
Our point Is this: You can pre-.
vent insects and disease damage
If you spray or dust regularly!
But you can't wait until the bugs
have bitten the beans or the
blight has knocked your toma,
toes for loop, You've got TO
spray to prevent damage, be-
cause once the damage is done,
you can't cure It. This goes for
vegetables, fruits and ornamen'
tails. Spray regularly. Spray
thoroughly. Spray with the
right kind of pestlclde. Itll be
worth It. Healthy plants will
look better, yield better, taste
better.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Over the Garden Wall
Edited by David E. Kidd
Asst County Agent

This is the time of the year
that lawn weeds start to take
over and now is also the time to
control them. II you haven't
seen crab grass then you can ex
pect that 1t will appear very
shortly as 1t has already GERM
mated and is growing fast. This
Is by all odds better time to
be treating and not to wait until
July or August when it looks its
worse and Is most difficult to
control. Use either Disodium
Methyl Arsonate at a low rate
or the PIMA, both as recon-
mended on the container.
We have had many calls re,
garding poison ivy and its con,
troll. Here there are three chemi,
Gals which can be used very sat
isfactorily, Amino Triazole
PAST, and Animate. Probably
the cheapest and just as salts,
factory as the others is the
PAST, However you should use
extreme caution II there are sew.
eral plants nearby whichs are
susceptible to vapor drifts from
PAST. In that case ii might be
a better idea to use Amino Tri,
azole. All three chemicals will
definitely kill poison'ivy. Agron'
omy Mimeo No. 81, Lawn weed
control, might well be of inter
est to you at this time. Send for
a copy to our office, Room 200,
Courthouse Bldg, Rockville.
Home Fruits
Don't worry about the drop
ping of the small apples and
peaches from trees. There will
be plenty left after June drop,
Better plan to thin your fruits,
When apples are about the size
OF marbles, they may be re-
moved from the trees by snap.
ping them off, leaving the stem
on the tree, Leave one apple per
cluster and thin off entire clus'
ters where necessary, so as to
have the fruit about 4 to 6 lin.
cal inches apart. Next years
apple buds are beginning to
form In late May, so your thin
ming influences next years crop,
II done early enough,
When peaches become about
the size of a walnut, thin them
TO 4 to 6 inches apart. Use either
the fingers or a piece of rubber
hose to par, bat, push, shove,
rub or knock them off, to the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
County Salute Due
At Baseball Game

Montgomery County viii be
honored In a radio salute broad.
cast during the Washington
Senators.Detrolt Tigers baseball
game June 20.
Announcers viii describe the
county and It's achievements as
part of a series honoring Mary.
land communities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18

She became very drowsy and
her neck and face swelled TO
such an extent that She couldn't
open her eyes, She did not lose
Consciousness, however.
Susan Ia a second,grade pupil
al the Germantown Elementary
School,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18

terday.
The first phase of the survey,
a residential population study,
was completed on schedule and
the data has now been submit
ted TO City Palmer Bruce Watts,
The remainder of the survey
was to have been in two sepa.
rate stages covering commercial
and industrial firms.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-06-18
Hampshire Picnic

The State Hampshire Breed.
ers viii hold their annual
Hampshire Picnic at Mr., and
A, w, Hines "Spring Garden
Farm" Laytonsville, starting az
1880 am, June ~,
The morning session win CON
slst of a few classes and discus.
sion, Lunch and a short pro.
gram will follow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
Thumb axes
Hitchhiker \
1859 Mi.

With 174,629 miles under his
belt and Have thumb, will
travel" emblazoned on his red
uniform, Devon Smith, hitch
hiker from Los Angeles, left
Washington today on an inter-
national goodwill tour he
started May 10.
Mr.. Smith is visiting 40
American towns named for
European cities. In each he
collects a letter from the mayor
to European counterparts.
Letters collected SO far in
clude one from S. L. Lewis,
mayor of Moscow, Idaho, to
Nikolai Bobrovnikoz, mayor of
Moscow, Russia.
About the second week in
August, Mr.. Smith says he will
leave for Europe to deliver the
greetings and get return mes
sageS, which he will take with
him on his American rounds
next summer.
Mr.. Smith, an auto worker
during the winters, in the past
10 summers has hitchhiked in
1910 cars and trucks - and
once on an elephant.
In 1856 he hitchhiked
through Is European countries.
He claims he has never had
an accident. His uniform of red
pants and red jacket has
emblems of cities he has
visited SeWed on it.
Mr.. Smith plans to enter
Russia via Finland. Russia is
the only Iron Curtain country
he plans to visit.
Besides the letter to the
mayor of Moscow, he is carry
ing one from the mayor of st.
Petersburg, Fla. to the mayor
of Leningrad, which was known
as st. Petersburg before the
Red revolution.
Last year Mr.. Smith visited
Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Moon, all
in the United States and fin
ished the tour back in Earth,
Tex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29
TaxAIterndtiVe
For Highway
WOrkWeighed

The House Ways and Means
Committee today considered
alternate ways of financing
interstate highway construc-
ton after turning down several
proposals yesterday for in
creases in the motor fuel tax.
Although the committee met
behind close doors, 1t was
learned that none of the vari-
Gus proposals to increase Fed
eral gasoline taxes anywhere
from one-half to a full cent
received more than six votes.
There are 25 members on the
full committee.
BY the margin of only one
vote, the committee turned
down, l2-ll, a proposal by
representative Harrison,
Democrat of Virginia, to sus-
pend new contracts for inter-
state highways for II months
until revenues pay off the de-
felt created by an anti-reces-
sion speed-up in the program.
Veto in Prospect
Yesterdays action raised the
possibility of another presiden-
tial veto. The administration
has asked for a ll2-cent in
crease in the Federal gas tax.
The alternative is deficit
financing and President Eisen-
hover has expressed strong
opposition to a highway pro-
gram that would require ex-
penditures from the general
fund.
The Bureau of Public Roads,
which administers the Federal
highway program. has esti-
mated that unless Congress
raises gasoline taxes or divertS
other highway user taxes for
road construction, the highway
trust fund will have a deficit of
half a billion dollars by the
end of the present fiscal year.
This is on the basis of carrying
out $2.5 billion in interstate
construction already author
ICED.
Public Roads officials have
estimated that if no increase in
Federal taxes is voted or no
deficit financing provided, it
would be necessary to halt in
terstate highway construction
for nine months and thereafter
cut back the previously sched-
uled program.
Almond Suggests Plan
Gov. Almond of Virginia yes
terday asked the House Ways
and Means Committee to con-
slider diverting about 81 billion
in highway user taxes that do
not go into the highway trust
fund to road construction.
In a telegram to Representa-
tive Mills, Democrat of Arkan-
sas, Gov. Almond said he was
opposed to any increase in the
Federal gasoline tax.
Failure of Congress and the
administration to reach COM
promise settlement has in
creased concern for the inter-
state program in the States.
Virginia and Maryland have
stopped letting new contracts
for intestate highways and the
District has adopted a go
slow" policy.
Yesterday the head of In
diana's highway commission
announced to group OF
shocked highway contractors
gathered for a bid opening in
Indianapolis that no more con-
tracts would be let until the
Federal financing picture is
cleared.
Construction of the 4l,000-
mile interstate system was au-
thorized in 1856. The Federal
Government pays 80 per cent
of the construction cost and
the States 10 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-29

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Most of them from makers you know well brands
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