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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
The Edwordion Age
Was Brief, Unstable

men went off with legendary
bravery to be slaughtered at
Mons, Ypres. on the Somme
or in HODGE Wood.
LAYER has a light touch.
and he provides his book
with illustrations as piquant
as the text. But perhaps
the best gauge of his mean
ing is not the frontispiece,
jacques Emile Blanche's vi
vacious portrait of Marie
Tempest, in color. but the
black and white on the last
page: A reproduction of a
Paul Nash painting of No
Mans Land with blasted
trees and pitted earth, bear
ing the title: 1--WE are max
ing a new world" -W.G.R.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Capture of One Enemy
HoIdout Amusing Story

Japanese language students
and preoccupied Nisei from
Hawaii is sent to Rotohan to
capture Bottletop. This saves
them from continually play
ing baseball on Oahu but
does not solve the Bottletop
problem.
1t wouldn't be fair to give
away the details of the noble
enemy's surrender but the
pursuit that precedes it is
the funniest thing I've read
recently.
The interrogations con-
Quoted by the Navy and the
undercover work Of rs Roy
Tada also are amusing. All
in all, this is a loony and
hilarious affair.
JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
French Writer Holds
Our Ideas Are ENOUGH

communism and the demo-
cratic way. This highly tout
ed Book of-the-M Month Selec-
ton is a slightly expanded
English edition of a French
version that has gotten a
cool reception in Europe
where, as Father Bruck-
berger notes, it is the cur
rent fashion in intellectual
circles to think and say the
worst about America"
1t is the high resolve Of the
author, who spent eight years
Q950-58) in this country, to
swing the pendulum the
other way. To Father Bruck-
berger the salvation of the
West lies in the timeleSS
superiority of the Declaration
of Independence over the
Communist Manifesto, in the
noble purpose of Jefferson
and Samuel Gompers and
Henry Ford contrasted with
the sterile dogma of Lenin
and Karl Marx.
Back to Ford
He is still thunderStruck
by the action Of Henry Ford
in doubling the wages of his
workers to an unheard Of SIS
a day in 1914-three years
before the Russian Revolu-
ton.
Perhaps the altruism Of
Mr.. Ford can still rebut the
"SlanderouS clicheS" about
America cited by Father
Bruckberger. But there is, it
seems to this reviewer, a
dangerous opiate in his
thesis that America has
solved all of its problems
Che excerpts only racial
prejudice) and need only
point the way to save the
rest of the world. In an age
where every defect in the
democratic dixie is exposed
to a critical world, when the
West must goad itself by
every means to the self-per-
lection demanded by the
Communist challenge. such
a theme is both superficial
and soporif1c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Young Britain Views
Society Without Morals

George, the principal
character, says" he was
sorry for everybody in the
world. But really, what was
the difference"
Life today, Mr.. Vain says,
has really little meaning. We
casually break moral laws to
escape the boredom of daily
living. Life'S too hard. We
live, not caring.
Unlike the angry" young
British writer's. Mr.. Vain is
placid in his disbursement
over society perhaps too
much so. In his acceptance
there is tragedy.
ROBERTA HORNIG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Poetry Society
Honors Young Poet

Marjorie Louise Agnew, a
young Washington writer, re-
Gently was elected to the
Poetry Society of America,
an honor accorded only poets
of established talent. Miss
Agnew's most recent book is
AND THE MOON BE STILL
AS BRIGHT Banner Press,
Emory University; so. a VOL
ume Of lyrics highly praised
by critics of poetry. These
verses have a musical quality
rare in modern poetry and
yet a turn of ideas and a way
with phrases which are mod
ern and original.
&C. B. ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
South in the '80s
ROSES FROM THE SOUTH.

ROSES FROM THE SOUTH
By Perceval Renters CDou-
bleday; $685.
In this first novel an ambi-
tiouS Southern belle meets
her match in the robber bar
ons and market manipulators
of the North. The story is
laid in White Sulphur Springs
and New York in the '80S. Mr..
Renters wrote The Springs
of Virginia" a social docu-
ment about 18th century
Southern society as it was
manifested at the various
mineral springs of Virginia
and what later became West
Virginia. 1t resulted from his
hobby of collecting prints of
fashionable spas.-H. A. L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
BY ROBERT E. CLARK
Star staff Writer

IMAGE OF AMERICA. BY
R. L. Bruckberger. (The
Viking Press; S4.50O
1t is always Aattering to
hear nice things about one
self. Americans searching for
reinsurance that the values
which made America great
must triumph. in the end
over the Communist dragon
will be both treasured and
f1attered by this book by a
French Dominican priest
philosopher.
To some readers it will
seem woefully naive. how
ever, in its failure to deal
more realistically with the
realities of the economic and
political conflict between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

His 52d mystery and fresh
as q first Is THE CASE OF
THE RUNNING MAN by
Christopher Bush (T'he Mac
milan Co., $2.95. Collector
detective Ludovic Travers
meets eccentric. wealthy Will
liam Weddall at a sale Of pic
lures and does one innocuous
job for him before Sam, the
old mans RocheSter-voiced
chauffeur, offers the detec-
tive some of his savings to
investigate his boss death.
To Hinchbrook Hall goes
Travers with his friend, Scot
land Yard Chief Inspector
Jewle, who doesn't seem to
mind at all that Travers
keeps caSe-Solving clues to
himself. Did he fall or was he
pushed is the question in the
old mans death, while sus-
poets abound in the form Of
relatives and art dealers.
Leisurely and absorbing. with
q credible solution,
SOMETHING FOR THE
BIRDS by Amber Dean (Dou-
bleday & Co., $2.96. Fate
and two lady bird watchers
snag the plans of four bank
robbers who thought it would
be easy to pick up the loot
after mailing it to a small
New York town. Fine char
acterization reminds that
watchers and robbers alike
are human. A refreshing
book.
THE SHORT CASES OF
INSPECTOR MAIGRET by
Georges Simenon Doubleday
& Co., $2.95). All five stories
gathered here have appeared
in Ellery Queens Mystery
Magazine. and at least one,
unless memory fails us, ap-
peared alone earlier under
hard covers. If they're new
to you, this quintet of Mai
greet cases shouldn't be
missed.
MURDER MAY FOLLOW
by Susan Morrow Doubleday
& Co., $2.95. When an at
tractive, baff1ed lady decora-
tor appeals to the police aft
er she discovers she is being
followed, deeper mystery and
romance ensue. The solution
lies with her clients, who in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
SONS OF THE FATHERS.

SONS OF THE FATHERS.
by Martin Kramer lMscmll-
Ian: s4.5O) is a second novel
by a writer whose first novel
The Hearth and the Strange
ness. was. vhstgvsr 81 other
qualities. interesting snd "
usual.
Sons o. ~ EsthEx- =
better plan,--1. nav cohs--
ent and sssr aeI-s- =
characte-izFCc- NJ E-E-
mer's sUrrEtt- -ndeed = =
what shoNE D. TIE ~ CO.
csrn o. q aEssfEz. ~ ~
picuon q q, =
In this = - ~es -
ambitious ~ ps-E :,
ambitious He C1ose -
scribe not one cg-EEl e.
ter, but SIX WhEl Ne a.
counter them = lSss- 11zse
men are youths a. E-Zs-s-
all students az the University
of California. They are c-EW1
together by their Common
interest in art and . certain
articulate concern with their
times. Otherwise they are
completely different from one
another. One is a wealthy
mans son. another the son
of a minister. another from
an ordinary mi6dle-claSs
family, another the son Of a
Negro porter, another from a
fierce, unyielding family of
Irish artisans. the last the
son of an English aristocrat.
At Odds With the World
In those days they often
met. Marion McNaughton.
the minister's son, was their
world-weary. cynical mentor.
to whose devasting words the
others chung. But the time
came when Marion was the
least stable of all.
They had their shades of
opinion in those days of the
depression, some inclined to
communism, others to some
thing else.
We follow these artists for
more than 10 years. scattered.
some not communicating
with others for years. one
fighting in Spain. most of
them caught in the Army in
time for World War II.
Complex Narrative
Despite the fact that the
story is very well written, the
necessity for following so
many characters so closely,
switching the focus from one
to another, necessarily slows
the pace. 1t takes a long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
CRIME AND MYSTERY
By BETTY MILES
Star stan Writer

clude such unlikely criminal
prospects as the head Of q
great Jewel house and q
United States Senator. Even
the trumped-up Perils of
Pauline finale can't kill the
books essential charm.
THE CASE OF THE
MYTHICAL MONKEYS by
Erie Stanley Gardner (Wil-
liam Morrow & Co., Inc,
$2.95). 1T always sounds sim
pie when he explains it," says
Della Street of Perry Mason's
cases. It does indeed. But Mr..
Gardner has conceived one
of his most complex plots
with a story Of a woman nov
eliSt and her secretary who
takes a trip in the noveliSt's
place and stumbles on MUIR
der. Midway Mason fare.
OSSIAN'S RIDE. By Fred
Hoyle. Harper q Bros;
So
A delightful book by an
astronomer who leaves the
starry past to explore a fab
ulouS future. Young scientist
and student Thomas Sher-
wood is sent by British Intel
ligence into Ireland to I'M
cover the secret of the In
dustrial Corporation of Fire,
light-years ahead of the rest
of the world, and a vigorous
protector of its secret. The
year is 1870. All kinds of adj
ventures, including old-fash-
toned man hunts, carry
Sherwood to the astounding
solution. Author Hoyle
clearly has imagination, and
uses it.
X X
IF A BODY MEET A
BODY. BY George Malcolm
Smith. doubleday & Co.:
$3.50 A bonnie tale of
Grand Hotel design about
some tenants of a New York
cold water apartment and
their reaction to the body in
the coal bin. Capt. Foster
of homicide, sensitive and
shrewd, copes quite effective
ly with his suspects. includ-
ing a romantic literary agent,
a one-time actress and a
family-proud old Vassar girl.
Love blooms, too, in this gay
tale and, oh yes, the captain
solves the crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Porodist Offers Enigma
In Emotional Troubles
BY MARY McGRORY
Star star Writer
THE TENTS OF WICKEDNEs!

THE TENTS OF WICKEDNESS. BY Peter De vries little
Brown; $3,75J
Mr. De Vres is the great literary lunatic of our day.
He is perhaps better parods than he is novelist but
chortng reader with taste for his anc tales going
argue the matter
Here he Is again posing the old problem reluctant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
THE TRAVELLING WOMAN,

By John Vain. (St. Mar
tins Press; $685..
Here the talented young
British writer, John Vain,
turns to the lack of personal
morality in modern society.
"A Travelling Woman" &C
cording to the book jacket, is
a novel of inf1delity. And that
it is.
Within POT pages, Janet
loves George; George loves
Ruth: Barbara loves CaptaX;
Captax loves Janet.
Mr.. Vain, however, is say
ing more than that infidelity
is rampant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Ancients at Sea
THE ANCIENT MARINERS.

THE ANCIENT MARINERS.
By DR.. Lionel Casson;
Macmillan $685..
An interestig distillation of
history from the origins of
sea traffic to 600 AID. How
did the ancients develop war
vessels and naval strategy?
This is only one entertaining
phase of a we'll discussed
theme. H. A. L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
WAKE UP. STUPID. BY

WAKE UP. STUPID. BY
Mark Harris. (Knopf: a
Borzoi original paperback;
Sl.45O
Mark Harris had written
several books. including a
biography Of Vachel Lind
say. when his triology about
Henry Wiggen. a ballplayer.
began in 1858.
The young authorize is
only 81 now-was called the
best delineator of ball play
ers since Ring Lardner. Mr..
Harris Henry Wiggen. Of
THE Southpaw" and other
books, told his own story.
He undoubtedly had a kin
ship to the persistent letter
writer of the You Know
Me, Al stories, and yet ne
was different, an up-to-date
version. certainly.
But in wake Up, Stupid.
Mr.. Harris has not returned
to Henry Wiggen, but has
written a novel about a col
lege professor. And what a
professor! Lee Youngdahl is
a Ph.D. and teaches English
at Cal" Berkeley. Calf. He
has his own way Of teaching.
and if that doesn't please his
superiorS on the faculty. it's
too bad. but he won't change.
He can insult his students at
timeS-"wake up. stupid" is
one Of his milder expressions
and he's also a novelist and
playwright. He was once a
professional boxer. a con-
tender for the heavyweight
title. and he retains his in
terest in the traumatic art.
owning Ga per cent Of a
promising boxer.
Man Of Letters
The story is told entirely
in letters to or from Prof.
Youngdahl. This correspond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Other Books of the Week in Brief

western Lore; $5.75).
Based on the journal of
Harriet Sheriff. Ward, 1853.
A HISTORY OF MILITAR-
ISM. BY Alfred VagtS.
Meridian; $7.5OD A re-
vised version of the story
of the growth of armies
from the Middle Ages
through World War II.
INGRID BERGMAN: AN IN
INNATE PORTRAIT. BY
Joseph Henry Steele. INC
Kay; $3.50
SARAJEVO. BY Joachim
Remak. (Criterion; So Of
the seven men who on June
%, 1914, plotted and as
saSSinated Archduke Franz
Ferdinand. heir to the
throne of Austria Hungary.
GENERAL
ESPERANTO: THE WORLD
INTERLAN G UAGE. BY
George Alan Conner and
others. CYoseloff; $500
A new revised study of the
universal language.
INVESTING FOR A Sue
CESSFUL FUTURE. BY
Thomas E. Babson and
David L. Babson. Mac
milan; $4.95O This will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
THE BOTTLETOP AFFAIR.

BY Gordon Golfer. (Simon
and SchuSter; $500
Tongue in cheek but not
entirely inaccurate, this &C
count of the recapture of a
lone japanese holdout on one
of the back-Wash Pacific Is
lands in World War II adds
up to a side-splitting novel.
Bottletop, a noble enemy
practitioner of bushido. is a
great annoyance to the &C.
cupation authorities on the
Island of Rotohan because it
is his custom to steal Coca
Cola, bottled gefulte fish and
candy bars for his pregnant
girl friend.
A task force Of embryo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19

ex-urbanite adulterer who
tries to apply to his prob
lens a variety Of styles Dor
rowed from the great masters
of prose. But Chick Swallows
woes do not yield to anyone
from William Faulkner to
James Joyce. Nor do punS,
epigrams and poetry in the
accents Of Emily Dickinson
or Dylan Thomas help much.
Sweetie Appleyard, his child
hood sweetheart who has re-
manned emotionally in the
third grade, is a very hard
case.
A Psychic MOraSS
Chick, a carryover from
from Comfort Me With
Apples" is a newspaper
lovelorn columnist who prac-
tees pSychiatry on the side.
But he goes into deep panic
when the father of Sweetie,
who wishes to marry again,
ask Chick to Seduce Sweetie
to bring about psychic eman-
cipation. Chick nervously
arrangeS for the publication
of her highly derivative
poetry instead, and Sweetie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
PRELUDE TO MURDER. BY


Anthony Gilbert. (Random
House; $685.
Lawyer Arthur Crock in
vestigateS the death of a
wistful old man who gets in
his family's way, and whose
last days are warmed by the
down-to-earth friendship of
a hired couple, whose charges
inevitably and mySteriously
die. Fine writing and sensi-
tivity fashion a moving,
ironic book on an old theme.
B. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY

DAILY LIFE IN THE TIME
OF HOMER. BY Emile
Mireaux. Macmillan: So
Based on the "Iliad" and
the Odyssey"
THAT DEVIL FORREST. BY
John A. Wyeth. Harper;
$685. Reprint of biog-
raphy Of Gen. Nathan Bed
ford Forrest.
JOSEPH CONRAD: A STUDY
IN NON CONFORMITY.
BY Osborn Andreas. phil
osophical Library; $3.750
A survey Of all the complete
fiction of this distinguished
author of Lord jim"
PRAIRIE SCHOONER LADY.
Edited by Ward G. Dewitt
and Florence Stark Dewitt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
FICTION

BEN HUR. BY Lew Wallace.
(Grosset & Dunlap; $2.490
A hardbound reprint.
DARBY O'GILL AND THE
LITTLE PEOPLE. BY Law
renee Edward Watkin.
Dell; 25c.D The gift of
blarney brings to life this
tale of leprechauns. Based
on the Walt Disney pro-
duction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Man Of Letters

The story is told entirely
in letters to or from Prof.
Youngdahl. This correspond
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
.AAUW to He ar
Bess Schreiner

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
AAUW Branch will hold fall
luncheon at Kenwood Country
Club on Saturday, November ID
at 1890. Miss Bess Davis
Schreiner, director of the Wash
ington Theater Guild, American
Theater Society, will be the
speaker on American Theater."
Reservations may be made by
telephoning Mrs. George H.
Christensen, EN-. 5-2408; Mrs.
Henry T. Yerch, OIL. 4-5104, and
Mrs. c. A. Belts, OIL. 2-3725.
Mrs. Charles D. Andersen,
Fellowships chairman, announc-
es "The Fellowships Sales
Table" at the luncheon will con.
tain some delightful creative
gems" from AAUW members
including paintings, aprons,
arts, and craft articles and the
debut of Dorothy Shows cook
book, "SkoW's Chow"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Holiday Look Is Theme
Of Y Wives Style Show

Fashion finery for the APP
preaching holiday season will
be on parade when the Y w
Wives of Rockville present their
annual style show at $3.50 pm.
on November 10 at the Civic
Center. In addition to display
of ladies fashions from Greta
Stevens and children's apparel
from Berk-Lee of the Congress
sional Plaza, there will be
music, refreshments and door
prizes. Coiffures will be by
Welbie Hairstylist on the Rock
vile Pike.
The public is invited to attend
and donate a dollar for the
benefit of the Montgomery
County Young Women's Chris
ton Association.
Mrs. Donald Fitzgibbons of
Bethesda, will serve as common
tator and members modelling
include Mary Kerley, Loire
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

surprise dinner party and
shower at Peter Pan Inn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

classmates at Sherwood High
School to share in the festivities.
Mrs. Floyd Smith Of Silver
Spring was formally proclaimed
First Lady of Flowers" last
week at another Lilliputian
luncheon for Children's Hos
pital. The honor came as a
complete surprise to Dorothy
Smith, who always arranges
the center pieces for the bene-
fit luncheons, and at this one,
was on the program as guest
speaker.
A solid gold charm inscribed
with the title was presented by
with the title was presented by
Wilbur H. Youngman, garden
editor, world traveller and lee
turer.
Mrs. Milton Turner, chairman
of the Lilliputian Group, unoffi-
cially christened Mrs. Smith
First Lady of Flowers" some
time ago, because of the artistic
floral arrangements she has
created throughout the years
for Children's Hospital.
The luncheon hostess was
Mrs. George Shuster Of Alex
andria. Mrs. Youngman accom-.
panied her husband and another
special guest was Mrs. Chris
TOPPER Granger, president of
the National Capital Flower
and Garden Club League, made
up of ITO area clubs.
Pre-nuptial parties have been
held locally for a recent bride
and a bride-to-be. Mrs. Fred
erick E. Woodruff, the former
Janet Norris of Rockville, was
entertained prior to her we'd
ding at two showers, one given
by Miss Deborah Tyler and
another co-hosted by Mrs.
Thomas Veirs, jr., and Mrs. AL
vim Veirs. In Michigan City,
Ind, her husbands home town,
she was guest of honor at a
linen shower given by Mrs. Roy
Woodruff and Mrs. William
Woodruff.
The round Of bridal parties
has also begun for Miss Virginia
Darcy, also of Rockville, who
is to be married in January
to George Boynton Of Silver
Spring. Fellow employees at the
Farmers Banking and Trust Co.
in Rockville, where Virginia is
a secretary, honored her at a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Republican
Federation
To Lunch

I. Lee Potter, special assist
ant to the chairman of the
Republican National Commit
tee, will be guest speaker at the
annual luncheon meeting of the
Federation Of Republican Wom-
en- at l pm, November 10, at
the fifth floor auditorium of
the Hecht Co., Silver Spring.
The meeting will also include
reports by unit club presidents.
Mr.. Potter, chairman of the
Virginia State Republican Com
mittee, is a professional musi-
clan, a former director Of the
Washington Association of
Home Builders and has been
engaged in real estate and
building in Northern Virginia
since 1885.
Mrs. Stephen Johnson will
preside over the business meet
ing, Mrs. E. Frank Blanchard
is in charge of the program and
Mrs. w. Newal Howell is
handling door prizes, which in
clude a 21-inch RCA color tele.
vision set. The luncheon chair.
man is Mrs. Sarth Thomas.
. Advance tickets are being
sold for SITS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12
Rockville Club to Hear
COP Research Expert

DR.. William B. Prendergast
of Annapolis, associate research
director of the Republican Ma.
ational Committee, will speak
on the Report of Political Re-
publican Committee on Pro
gram and Progress" at a meet
ing of the Rockville Repub.
lican Women's Club on Novem-
Der 10 at 10:30 am. at the home
of Mrs. Charles Thomas, Windy
Knoll Farm on Rt. %, Rock
vile.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

Rector, Juanita Alvord, Dottie
Brown, Yvonne Morgal, Ann
Capasso, June Crowley, Jane
Musgrove and Judy Bloomer.
The child models, all trained
by the John Roberts Powers
School of Modelling, are Vicki
March, 6; Linda March, 9; John
Moore, 8; Debbie Moore, s.;
Karen Moore, 5; Meredith
Steele, 8, and Lisa Kerley, 3.
A John Roberts Powers
School scholarship will be
among the prizes awarded.
Mrs. H. P. Hartshorne will
present musical selections on
the Hammond organ.
Officers of the Y w Wives
are Mrs. George Mckenzie,
president; Mrs. Edward Brown,
treasurer and fashion show
chairman; Mrs. Louis Capasso,
secretary, and Mrs. Joseph
Musgrove, publicity.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-12

provides for 100 U. S. youths to
go abroad annually, and, in
turn, for 100 to 125 foreign
youths to be received in this
country. An educational train
ing program is also carried on
at the state level concerning
human development.
Council Meets, Munches
Nearly 200 members of Mont
gomery County homemakers
clubs gathered in the center's
cafeteria for the Councils an
nal fall luncheon preceding the
tour. They lunched on roast
beef, Mexican corn, tossed
salad and lemon chiffon pie, en-
joyed some group singing, pre-
scented mock awards and elected
two new officers: Mrs. Thomas
Cook, first vice president, and
Mrs. A. T. Peters, secretary.
Home Demonstration staff
members present were Mrs.
Catherine M. Rhoads, Mrs. Jane
c. Elliott, Mrs. Milmo HANDLE
ton, Mrs. Elsie Bryant and Mrs.
Ruth Davis.
Special guests included Judy
Koeing Wolfe, former County
All Agent who is now retired;
Mrs. Gloria Jones, associate
agent for the Negro extension
service, and Mrs. Bailey, presi.
dent of their Homemakers
Council.
Former Council presidents in
troduced by Ruth Fauver, cur
rent president, were Gladys
King, Elizabeth Upton and
Esther Diefenderfer. Mrs. D.
Lee Woelk served as luncheon
chairman.
Host for the All Center was
Grant Shrum, executive direc-
tor.