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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
Many From
County at
CARE Party

A glittering crowd, an inter
national fashion show, a deli.
cious buffet supper and cock.
tails marked the lavish Salute
to CARE" party last Sunday
with famed Elsa Maxwell as
hostess.
A block-long reception line
formed while guests each wait.
ed their turn to shake hands
with the gracious Elsa, and
other celebrities at the down
town Hecht Co. stores tribute
to CARE. Sydney and his must
clans set the mood for the
fashions modelled by daughters
Of ambassadors - descending
dramatically on a moving esca-
lator = first in their n tive
costumes and then in dramatic
western style evening gowns.
Enjoying the gay tidbits
served before dinner were Mr..
and Mrs. Charles o. Middlekauf,
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Dou-
that, the George Patricks and
Mrs. George D. Nolan with Mrs.
William Mclean.
In a group nearby were Mr..
and Mrs. William Stanley, the
Ralph Graves, the Stewart Bal.
NUNS, Mary and Stephen John.
ston, Florence Proctor and
Mary Speicher. Also Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Fleming with the
Harry Carriers and AL and Doro.
thy Rosin, the Hugo Eskildsons,
Mrs. John Mitigate and the Gil.
bert Elliotts.
Moving on to the next floor
we saw Catherine Rhodes with
Jean LIE Fauver, Virginia Black
Alice Hostetler. Peg and Tom
Boyle, the Herbert Hallers, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Matthews, Mrs
Robert Tedder and the Robert
Bellamys.
The evening ended with a
buffet supper of beef strogan,
off served over steaming rice,
tossed salad, sliced turkey, ham
in cocktail rolls, spiced peaches
individual iced cakes and hot
coffee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
Bethesda
Crash Hurts
X. E.. .RGines

Robert E. Raines, 40, owner
of Johnny's Shell Station, in the
District, was critically injured
Sunday morning when his 1859
Cadillac sedan smashed into a
tree at Wisconsin and Chase
aves., Bethesda.
He was admitted to Suburban
Hospital with a possible frac.
tured skull, chest injuries and
multiple cuts and abrasions to
the body - particularly a deep
scalp wound.
Though still carried as criti-
cal at Suburban after the crash,
Raines was said to have i'm.
proved. Police were at a loss to
explain what caused the acci.
dent.
The car was going north on
Wisconsin ave. at 5 am. when
the accident occurred. A fellow
worker at the gasoline station
ventured the opinion the cars
power steering may have failed,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
Action on Permits Listed

The Maryland Traffic Safety
Commission has released the
names of 81 Montgomery County
drivers whose permits were re-
Gently revoked, suspended, or
restored.
Permits revoked, as listed by
the State Department of Motor
Vehicles: Claude Allen Huff
Poolesville; Lester G. Lawson
Clarksburg; Edward Howard
GIL Main ST., Damascus; Robert
L. Eador, Travilah rd., Rockville;
Anthony J. Dilute, 11014 Childs
ST., Silver Spring; and James c.
Mathers, 1861 Colesville I'd,
Cloverly.
Suspe e d: Crammer U.
Brown, Gaithersburg; jolly Roe
Gatewood, Dickerson; Tillman
F. Harmon, 600 Crabb ave.,
Rockville; William D. Koerner,
1923 Renfrew rd., Silver Spring;
Donald F. May, Seven Locks I'd,
Rockville; William L. White
108 Leighton ave-, Silver Spring
Eugene d. Wolitzky, 10416 Hay
wood dr., Silver Spring; Clyde
w. Britt jr., 1862 Connecticut
ave., Silver Spring; David L
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
BlOOdn1Obile
Stops Listed

The Red Cross bloodmobile
Will make the following stops
in November:
Nov. 6, from II to 4 pm, Red
Cross chapter house, 2020 East.
West hwy, Silver Spring; No.
vember 8, from 2 to 6:45 p.m.,
Christ Episcopal Church, South
Washington ST., Rockville; No.
vember %, from 3 to 7:45 pm,
fire house, Damascus; Novem.
Der 30, from 3 to 7:45 pm,
Blessed Sacrament Church, 5S41
Chevy Chase pkwy.
Appointments may be made
by calling JU. 8-2515, during
business hours.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
UCP Lists Openings
For Speech Therany

United Cerebral Palsy has an.
nounced openings in its Silver
Spring outpatient clinic for
physical and speech therapy for
patients of all ages.
There are now eight patients
between the ages of two and 16
receiving therapy. For further
information contact Paul Mer
icle at JU. 1920.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
Edgemoor Club
Picks Welsh as
New President

Barnard T. Welsh, Rockville
lawyer, has been elected presi-
dent of the Edgemoor Clup,
Bethesda.
Welsh, AZ, is one of the Wash
ington areas all-time tennis
greats. He has won the Middle
Atlantic States championship
nine times and is a former ma
tional ranking player.
The club which Welsh now
heads is known as a producer of
leading tennis players. These in
clude Donald Dell, Tim Coss,
Hugh Lynch, jr. and Donna
Floyd. 1t has seven tennis courts
and a swimming pool. About 300
persons belong to the club whose
membership stems mostly from
Bethesda Chevy Chase.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
Smith to Double
Warehouse Size

Smiths Transfer and Storage
Co. has announced plans to
double the size of its present
$4,000 square foot warehouse in
Kensington.
The present building, a $780,
900 combination warehouse and
furniture sales store, was
opened only last January. Col.
Arthur c. Smith, president of
the firm, said that business has
been good enough to justify
doubling the size of the ware
house.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
More Than 1900 Of 'em
Unique Doll Collection
Housed at Asbury Home

presidents and their wives from
George Washington up to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and religious fig
ures, from Moses on.
The most personal of the lot
is the one she played with as a
little girl. Mrs. Terrell has fitted
it out with an exact replica of
her wedding costume donned
one memorable day in 1906. To
male reporter, it looks like a
vision of the Gibson Girl, in gray
and white.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05

One of the most ambitious
collections of dolls in the United
States-and perhaps in the
worlds housed behind locked
glass panels at the Asbury Meth.
Odist Home for the Aged In
Gaithersburg.
The impressive display of
well over 1900 dolls is the re-
suit of lifetime hobby of Mrs.
Luta Terrell, a member of the
Asbury family"
Her dolls line display cases
that fill three good sized rooms.
Some are so life-like, they seem
alive. Enhancing many are
pieces of furniture and other
"props" as authentic as the
dolls.
The collection has been valued
at more than $4,000, Mrs. Fer
rell said. "But this is mislead-
ing" she fastened to add.
"Some of my dolls are price
less. Who knows, someone who
really wanted one of the an
tiques would pay whatever price
was put on Them" she ex-
planned.
One of them, for instance, has
been estimated to be 300 years
old by professional doll fanciers.
But Mrs Terrell, a stickler for
authenticity, sticks to the age
of 10 years. Il have papers
proving it that old, and am
almost certain it is at least $50
years old. But I don't claim
something is so if l don't have
proof" she said firmly.
The doll in question is wax,
with human hair. Its face is that
of a renaissance woman of no.
bility, faithful to the type paint
ed by French and Italian ar
lists of that era. It's painted Wis
age is a haunting reminder of
Da Vinci's "Mona Liso."
Close to it is a sO-called
"Queen Anne" doll, distinctive
because it came from the fam.
lily once visited by Eli Whitney,
of cotton gin fame, whose child
ish curiosity led him to melt the
wax from its face.
In another room a Japanese
Emperor and Empress kneel in
miniature dignity on a lac
quered dias, clothed in ceremo-
NAL robes spun in gold and sill
yer thread.
All of Mrs. Ferrelps foreign
dolls-and there is a room full
of them-were sculptured by
native artisans. Mrs. Terrell
buys them from importers.
A rare American doll of bat
tered mein has a real copper
head. IT leave its head unpaint-
ed to prove that such heads were
made once" Mrs. Terrell said.
Across the aisle are many
dolls whose heads are bisque,
that fuzzily delicate material
used so often for mantel figur-
ines.
A special case holds made,
Mrs. Terrell believes, of every
material ever used to fashion
dolls: soap, bells, human and
animal hair, marble, apples,
corn shocks, matches, leather,
and on and on.
The most glamorous are
French mannequin dolls once
used by Partisan coturiers to
show their patrons ball gown
designs.
Her favorite was acquired fit
ted out with four sets Of lin
gerie, leather shoes, nine mini
scule lace handkerchiefs, a beau
tiful little parasol with intri-
cate ivory handle-and only one
dress.
Still another case displays
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
CAP Offers Rides

The National Capital Wing
of the Civil Air Patrol will give
airplane rides in return for do
nations Sunday at College Park
Airport. The program will
start at 10 am. and continue
until dark.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05

Glaze, 2801 Byron ST., Silver
Spring; Richard A. Johnson,
G ait h sburg; and Stephen
Weiner, $500 Carroll ave-, Silver
Spring.
Reissued: Oliver E. Prather,
Dickerson; Melvin w. Smith,
4O5 Calvin Ia, Rockville; Charles
S. Beckwith, Germantown; and
Joseph F. Dolan, $500 Page ave.,
Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
Stoy Attends Farley

John M. Stoy and Oliver w
Higgs, both of Rockville, were
among $500 certified public &C
countants and guests at the 72nd
annual convention of CPAs ir
San Francisco last week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-11-05
Quiet Halloween Noted

Then too, Montgomery Coun.
ty Police had extra men stand.
ing duty the evening hours
Saturday, adding visible author
ity to the hobgoblin atmosphere.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Smyrna Jaycee
Heading Search
For Top Farmer

Plans to conduct a statewide
program to honor Delaware's
Outstanding Young Farm r S
were announced today by the
Delaware Junior Chamber of
Commerce through its newly
appointed committee chairman,
Smithers Snow, Jr., of Smyrna.
Between now and Jan. IL, Jun
ior Chambers throughout the
state will conduct community
searches to select and honor the
2l-35 year old agriculturalists
who are most outstanding. The
basis of judging will be progress
in farming, soil and natural re-
source conservation practices,
and personal efforts toward
community betterment. From
community nominees, a panel of
judges will select Delaware's
Outstanding Young Farmer of
1859. He will be guest of honor
at a state banquet to be spon-
sored by the Newark Jaycees,
where final winners will be an
nounced. He will receive an all
expense trip to the national
awards program in Bakersfield,
Calf, on April 4, 5 and 6. There
a national panel of judges will
select the nations four top
young farmers of 1859. The
program is sponsored nationally
by the United States Jaycees
and the American Petroleum In
stitute, committee on agricul-
ture. Last year, John P. Will
son, of Townsend, was declared
state winner for Delaware. Any
interested person who has some
eligible young farmer they would
like to nominate for this honor
may turn the name of the young
man over to any Jaycee chapter
in the state. From that point
the Jaycees will fill out the form
and turn it in to the proper
authorities.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Police Prohibit
Plaza Parking

Chief of Police John w. Jac-
obs, Jr. has notified the public
that there will be no parking al
lowed on Market Street Plaza
after 5 pm. on Thursday (today)
in order to keep the block be-
tween South Street and Com
Street open for the big
Halloween parade sponsored by
the Smyrna-Clayton Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The par
ade will terminate at the judges
stand on The Plaza and the
judging will take place there.
The Smyrna police department
will have the assistance of mem
bers of the Citizens Hose Com
pany in handling the crowds ex-
pected here for the annual
parade.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Fifth Annual Homecoming Parade,
Football Game Slated Tomorrow

The annual Homecoming Cele-
bration of Smyrna High School
will be held tomorrow evening
with the festivities getting un-
derway at 7 pm. At ZOO sharp,
a gigantic parade will wind its
way through the streets of
Smyrna. The parade will begin
on Rodney Street and proceed
north via Delaware Street to
Frazier Street. 1t will then 60
west on Frazier to the Smyrna
Elementary School then north
to South Street. The parade will
then turn east on South Street
and continue to Main Street.
Upon reaching Main Street, it
will turn south on Main and
proceed to Hamilton Lane. Upon
reaching Hamilton Lane, it will
proceed in a westerly direction
to the rear entrance of the ath-
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Church Building
Group Is Formed

AS a continuation of the de-
velopment program of Asbury
Methodist Church in Smyrna, a
building committee has been
named and confirmed by the
board of trustees. Representing
a cross-section of the member
ship of Asbury will be: Mrs.
Catherine Bailey, Mrs. Patsy
Busker, Mrs. Helen Deakyne,
Jack Dukes, Nelson S. Everhart,
Charles Gee, Rex Gilmore, Mrs.
Ada Johnson, George V. Kirk, j..
Everett Lofland, Richard C..
Price, Norman Wilder, and Will
liam Willis. EX-officio members
to this committee named are:
the president of the board of
trustees, Harry c. Johnson; the
president of the official board,
Henry T. Price, and the minister
of Asbury Church, ]. Howard
Link. This board will meet at
the call of the minister.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Ford, Crier AT
Fertilizer Clinic

James r. Ford and Ronald
Grier of Smyrna will represent
Warner w. Price Company, Inc,
Smyrna, at a two-day fertilizer
marketing clinic Nov. 2-3 at the
Park Sheraton Hotel, New York.
They will participate, along with
statesmen from other companies
in New Jersey, New York, Penn
sylvania, Maine, Connecticut,
Delaware, and Canada, in a
training session on farmer SER
vices, market research and econ
omics of the plant food indus
try. The meeting will be con-
Quoted by International Miner
ais & Chemical Corporation,
Skokie, ILL.,, leading supplier
of the fertilizer ingredients
phosphate and potash.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
DIR. Kirk Finding
SOvietS Friendly:
Ten-Year Schools
Stress Sciences

The experiences of DR.. George
V. Kirk, superintendent of the
Smyrna Special School District,
one of four educators from this
state now touring Rus j a n
schools, as revealed in letters,
are of interest to many in Smyr-
ma. Writing at the halfway
point of the tour, he describes
the flight from New York by
plane, with brief stopovers in
Newfoundland, Scotland, a n d
Germany, with Copenhagen
their first destination. There the
men visited two schools, ele-
mentary and a high school, call
ed a gymnasium. They talked
with headmasters who spoke
fluent English, visited class
rooms, asked questions through
interpreters of teachers and had
supper with selected teachers
and headmasters. The same pro-
cedure was carried out in Fin
land. The group finally reached
Leningrad, their first Russian
city and began a tour. 1t is call
ed ''the city of museums" he
said, with many old palaces and
churches turned into museums.
He described school visitations,
usually lasting an entire day
from about 8 am. to a pm.
Many schools are on shifts. He
described the Pedagogical Insti-
tute in Leningrad, teacher
training institution, the largest
in the Soviet Union. Meeting
with the director and about
eight teachers, "the time seem
ed to fly by and the director
noted that he and his staff wish
ed that we had more time" he
writes. They visited two ten
year schools, the Russian equiv
alent of our grades liz, visiting
classrooms and later sharing
their experiences at their hotel.
81 feel we have learned a great
deal," he continued. DR.. Kirk
described a visit to Pioneer
Palace" which is for what we
call eXtra-curricular activities in
America. Many boys and girls
were in attendance, and boys
and girls were dancing or play
ing chess with the help of an
instructor. An interesting fea-
ture, he wrote, was a fully
equipped planetarium where the
young people come to study the
stars and see the details of the
;Continued on Pa9e Four)
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
One Enemy Plane
Could Wipe Out
State, Women Told

Members of the Twentieth
Century Club were fascinated
by a talk by 1t. Robert Night
ingale and 1t. William Richards,
radar observers of the 98th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Dover Air Force Base, at their
regular meeting. A film of a
Voodoo Interceptor plane, maps
and charts, and equipment worn
by the men, were shown to
point up their remarks. Rich
ards modelled the equipment
worn by the men on their mis-
sions out over the Atlantic
Ocean. The purpose of the mis-
sions is to protect the United
States from enemy attack, 1t.
Nightingale said. Every plane
is charted, the men said, and if
not recognized d two fighter
planes go up to identify it and
destroy it, if it is an enemy
plane. They average one "scram-
BILE" day. One enemy bomber
could destroy the state of Della
ware, and 24-hour alert is
always maintained, the women
were told, and the men feel that
their job is vital. Describing
the Voodoo, they showed its
characteristics as speed, extreme
range, great fire power, and a
high safety factor. Their mis-
sion is protection and their con-
cepts to "help insure our free
DOM" Speaking of sonic ech-
oes, they said that the noise is
a small price to pay for pro-
lection. Richard modelled equip
ment worn, a parachute, with
automatic devices to open it,
and oxygen available if the
men are unconscious, and if
necessary to bail out at a high
altitude. Mrs. Richard c. Bob
Yin presided and the treasurer's
report was given by Mrs. Lawr-
ence c. Ellery. Mrs. Norman
CONTINUED on Pare Foury
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29

We'en gnomes, we should plan
on living up to the ancient ira
dition of feeding them too. Cob
Inns, witches and ghosts have a
taste for rich foods that are
often not very good for them.
And there is nothing as hard
to get along with as demon
with indigestion. So, don't feed
too much rich food to the little
haunters that visit your house.
They will be just as successful
in their haunting ventures if
you provide them with apples,
oranges, hard candies, and 9TH
er light tidbits that are easy
on witches small tummies. Re-
member, that goblin you're over
feeding may be your own! The
same thing applies to witches
in the street. If the local ghosts
in your neighborhood are going
to make good, they need a little
help from US humans!
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Ghost And Goblin Season Arrives:
Motorists Urged To Be Extra Wary

The ghost and goblin season
is almost here and we may
just as well prepare ourselves
for it. Goblin season usually
opens October 81, but you might
as well be ready by Friday
night. They often show up a
day or two before the official
season opens. Drivers should
be particularly careful about
witches, because they may pop
up in the middle of the road.
Ordinary ghosts are not too
hard to see because of their
white costumes, but witches and
some of the other spooks wear
black and are very difficult to
see. If by some chance you
have some influence over the
local demons and goblins in
your area, it might be wise to
try to get them to wear white
when they 60 haunting this
weekend. Now, besides being
careful not to run over Halo
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
Ash Collections
Will Be Resumed:
Yule Decorations
Posing Problems

Town Manager Rex D. Gil
more, after a study of all of
the facts, in the proposed dis
continuance of ash collection by
the town of Smyrna, recomend-
ed at the regular meeting of
Town Council Friday night that
if there was to be a central
collector, that the town con-
tinue its service. Council voted
to continue the collection. No
tices to this effect will be plac-
ed in the local paper for two
weeks, and the collection will
start on Thursday, November 5.
A discussion was held on plans
for the Christmas decorations
and details were worked out;
a decision was made to award
prizes for exterior decoration of
residences. Three prizes will be
awarded, first, $25; second, SIS;
and third, $40. The judging will
be done on December 27. Coun-
Gil talked of having the ira
ditional municipal Christmas
tree, and its possible location,
and decision was made to have
such a decorated tree in the
downtown area if it is possible
to obtain the kind of large tree
which is required. 1t was ex-
planned by Mr.. Gilmore that
the elimination of the old street
lights and old light poles on
the Dupont Parkway has re-
moved the means of supporting
the lighted trees which former
ly were used at intervals on the
mile route through the town of
Smyrna. David P. Buckson, town
attorney, has forwarded to coun-
Gil the proposed methods of an
neXation procedures for review.
This will be considered at a fu-
ture meeting. Council has the
power to reject or accept all
future developments. The Edg-
ell Construction Company is
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
SMYRNA Woman
Joins Airline

Miss Mary L. David, 334 West
Mt. Vernon ST., Smyrna, has
been graduated from Americans
Airlines' stewardess college at
Fort Worth, Texas, and has been
assigned to flights operating out
of New York City. Daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P. David,
the new stewardness is grad
uate of John Bassett Moore
High School. She was employed
as a teller by the Delaware
Trust Co., Dover, before joining
American Airlines.
Smyrna times., 1959-10-29
SGT. Nelson Mesick.
Smyrna Soldier,
Cited For Service
At Missile Base

Sergeant Nelson Mesick, a
member of the United States
Army attached to the Headquar-
tiers and Headquarters Detach-
ment at Redstone Arsenal, Ala,
has been cited for his exception
al meritorious service and
awarded the Commentator Rib
bon with Medal Pendant. Sgt.
Mesick is the son of Mrs. Rita
E. Mesick, 329 West Commerce
Street. While stationed at the
Redstone Arsenal, Mesick was
a member of Brigadier General
Joseph M. Colby's personal
staff. The citation stated, he
distinguished himself by excep-
tionally meritorious servic e
while serving as a member of
Brigadier General Joseph M.
Colby's personal staff at Frank
ford Arsenal from April, 1857
to May, 1857, at Ordnance Am
munition Command from May,
1857 to July, 1858, and at US.
Army Ordnance Missile Com
mand from July, 1859 to Sept.
"a, 1859. He rendered valuable
assistance to General Colby dur
ing this entire period of time.
Sergeant Mesick C h e e rf u | y
worked long hours and was
available day or night to assist
General Colby on matters i'm
portant to the performance of
high level national defense func-
tions. He used good judgement
and exercised highest degree of
tact and diplomacy. Through his
tireless efforts, loyal devotion to
duty, and consistent dependable
ity, he at all times discharged
his duties in an exemplary man.
ner. His ability to anticipate and
take care of the needs of his
superior was always worthy of
special commendation. Sergeant
Mesick's outstanding perform
ance of duty reflects great cred
it upon himself and the military
SERVICE" Mesick and his family
departed from Smyrna on Tues
day for assignment at Picatinny
Arsenal, Dover, N. ].