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Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-07-14

Electric heof costs less than you might think If yours
is average size home with storm windows;
adequate insulation and weather stripping, II CON be
heated electrically for as low as $le3.2o per year!
Compare this with the cost Of heating with any
other fuel. For further informofien, contact your
nearest Illuminating Company office.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1960-07-14
Home Heating!!

Wouldn't 1t be nice to know you'd never have to be
bothered again with the mess ordinary home heating
systems create? That's the wonder of electric home
heating 1t does away with the dirt dust and oily film
which other heating systems deposit your floors,
walls and furnishings. 1t does away with furnaces,
chimneys vents registers cold air returns, fues and
all the problems that go along with them Electric
home heating is cean quick and quiet as electric
light. That's why, in this alone, there
1000 installations of electric home heating.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

artists. Area prosecutors strug-
gle to make hard-to-prove
fraud cases. Area lending in
stitutions investigate contrac-
tors before approving them for
home improvement work and
try to caution home-owners
against f1y-by-night promoters,
But no part of the Washing
ton area now offers the pro-
tections of a licensing law or
a bonding requirement for
home improvement contractors.
That presumably was what
Engineer Commissioner A. C,
yelling had in mind when he
hastily announced Friday that
he wanted to do something
to regulate the home improve
ment business.
Until Gen. Welling's aides
come up with effective regula-
tions, the homeowner will have
to protect himself.
Often, the homeowner is no
match for the conman.
Tomorrow: An ex-c0nman
reveals some trade secrets.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

ton, Mr.. Greene gave a talk
about his experiences to fifth
and sixth graders at Bryan
school, Fourteenth street and
Independence avenue Sc. He
suggested to the youngsters
that they send a shipment of
notebooks to Indonesia.
About 800 books were sent,
with the cooperation of the
Indonesian Embassy. The little
project went very well," ac-
cording to Mr.. Greene-so well,
in fact. that he decided right
then to expand it.
The program was officially
launched at Bryan last week
with the presentation of about
1,100 notebooks from the stu
dents there. The necessary
funds-$350-were raised by
the PTA.
Now Mr.. Greene hopes to
get enough support from foun-
dations and other sources to
publicize the program through
out this country. Eventually he
hopes it will be possible to
Evening star., 1960-06-05
ITU Reflects
All Incumbents
By y2-1 Margin

INDIANAPOLIS, June 4
(AP).-All Offices in the Inter-
national Typographical Union
election have been won by the
incumbent Progressive Party
by margins of at least 81, the
union headquarters reported
yesterday.
ITU PreAdent Elmer Brown,
New York, got 63,957 votes,
and Secretary Treasurer w. R.
Cloud of Seattle, Wash, re-
ceived 62.087 after a count of
ballots taken May 18 in the
unions 800 locals. Mr.. Brown
and Mr.. Cloud ran unopposed.
Other Progressives renamed
to the Union Executive Council
were John j. Pilch, Chicago
first vice president-47,182 to
22,598 for Clarence Abbott, San
Francisco; A. Sandy Bevis,
Vancouver, British Columbia,
second vice president-46,3 ,339
to 24,826 for Nicholas Williams,
Toronto. Ontario. and Joseph
Bailey, San Francisco, third
vice president-5l, ,069 to 81, ,040
for George A. Flonder, Chicago.
Reelected trustees of the
ITU Printers Home in Colo
rado Springs. Colo, were Prog
resSives Roy T. Baker of Dem
yer, Guy M. BillingSley of
Washington. Ross K. Edmonds
of Cleveland and Basil j. Hill
man of Niagara Falls, N. Y.
The ITU has about 10000
members.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Bryon School Launches
Plan

aged to raise nominal amounts
of money to help purchase the
books for shipment abroad; the
bulk of the necessary funds
would be supplied by PTA
groups and the Pupil-to-Pupil
Program. which has been in
corporated in the District as a
Inon-proflt organization.
The whole program is the idea
of Charles T. Greene, a safety
engineer for the District Mini
mum Wage and Industrial
Safety Board. In 1855. Mr..
Greene was in Indonesia with a
special Tuskegee Institute pro-
ject. He saw that acute paper
shortage there and realized the
urgent need of school children
for notebooks.
: After returning to Washing
Evening star., 1960-06-05
GUIDE FOR HOMEOWNERS
WITH REPAIR PROBLEMS

Homeowners with an inquiry or complaint involving
home Improvement should consult the following:
Is your home improvement contractor reliable?
Telephone your Better Business Bureau or your bank or
savings and loan association.
Did your contractor fail to perform under an FHA-
insured home improvement loan? Complain to the bank
or savings and loan association making the loan or to
FHAs D. C. Insuring Office.
Is permit required for the be done on your
nome? Telephone your local government building in
Spector.
Do you think you defrauded criminally by a
home improvement contractor? Complain to the prose-
cutor in your area
Evening star., 1960-06-05

resident wanted to turn his old
Seven-room house into a two
unit apartment. He signed a
$4,000 note and some other
papers, The workmen took out
the supporting beams, took out
the wiring, removed the doors.
Then, they stopped. The house
was left in such an unsafe con-
dition that it was promptly
condemned. The owner was
notified to board it up. With
his dream of a two-unit apart
ment shot, the homeowner ac-
cepted an offer to sell the
property. Then he discovered
that a third trust had been put
on his house. 1t was one of the
papers he had signed. He
couldn't sell. The man who
had bought the note notified
him that his payments on the
note were overdue and, besides
that. the note covered the
homeowner'S other property.
He never saw any part of the
$4,000, but he was told to pay
up or lose both houses.
STORY OF A CARPORT-
An Alexandria housewife called
two companies advertising car
ports and invited them both
to come out and give estimates.
She didn't know it but she
chose one outfit operating
under two names. 1t has others.
Only one salesman showed up.
She signed a contract for a
5000 carport. After she signed,
the salesman said he just hap
pened to have some pictures of
carport his company had in
stalled in Delaware. The second
carport was obviously much
better. as the salesman pointed
out. He figured it would cost
them $500. When the house.
wife and her husband protested
that was too steep, he offered
to let them have it for $74l if
they would allow him to bring
prospective customers to see it.
No customers ever came to call
The AlexanCrians had fallen
for an old persuader - the
model home pitch" used to get
reluctant Gu ;tomerS to sign.
Testifying at a recent hearing.
the housewife said: Il like my
carport. 1t is beautiful. Only
the damn thing leaks. Excuse
me, Your Honor. And my hus-
band is at the stage where he
is about to take it down and
hand it back to the bank"
Each of these stories involves
different salesmen, different
contractors.
In the complaint files of the
Better Business Bureau. the
Federal Trade Commission, area
prosecutors and area building
inspectors are other cases in
volving the same statesmen and
contractors and many others
The Federal Housing Ad-
ministration, which insures
home Improvement loans, drives
constantly against these people.
The Federal Trade Commission
issues complaints against i'm
proper advertising lures. Area
police get the bad check
Evening star., 1960-06-05

A new program which could
become Nationwide in scope
has been launched at Bryan
Elementary School here to help
develop better understanding
between American and foreign
school children.
1t is called the Pupil-to-Pupil
Program. The name similarity
to the familiar People-to-People
Program is Intentional.
The basic idea is for students
in this country to write their
names and addresses in COM
position books which, because
OF the scarity of paper, are
urgently needed in many foreign
countries. Also in each book
would be a brief message, stat
ing that it is a gift from Ameri-
can children.
Youngsters would be encour
Evening star., 1960-06-05
Red Chinese Dispute
Everest Elevation

TOKYO, June 4 AP).-The
Red Chinese who reported they
topped Mount Everest last
month have calculated a higher
elevation than ever before for
the highest mountain.
Peiping Radio said they fig
ured it at 29,l33 feet. For al
most a century most maps nave
shown Everest's height as 29,-
002 feet and some have had it
29.l31. The Indian government
recalculated it at 29,028 feet
in 1854, with a 20-foot auctu-
alton for snow, and this has
oeen accepted by the United
States National Geographic So
ciety.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
HOMEOWNER BEWARE
Complaints Rise 300
Above Previous Year

Continued From First Page
so bad that it couldn't pass
inspection and with a second
trust instead of the FILA loan
she intended.
Here's what happened re-
Gently to some of your WASH
ington area neiehbors:
LOSES LIFE SAVINGS
Three men came to the Cleve-
land Park home of a retired
Government employe and Of
fered to do a cleanup, f1x-up,
job from cellar to attic for
$4,000. The home-owner signed
q contract. Later the contract
disappeared from his desk as
well as several hundred dollars
worth of valuables. The workers
left a big hole in the basement.
They failed to pay the plumb
ing subcontractor his $50 bill.
Beside the plumbing, they
actually did less than $400
worth of work before they de-
camped. In less than two
months, they had talked the
homeowner out of $6,100-his
life savings.
VANISHING CONTRACTOR
A salesman visited a General
Services Administration en-
ploye and proposed to insulate
the back of her house and
make her back porch into a
kitchen. When he promised to
knock off one-third of the bill
as a "sort of advertisement"
she agreed and went to the
bank to increase her home loan.
On the day her check was to
arrive from the bank, the sales
man hung around. She refused
to give him the banks check
until the work started. A crew
of four men arrived and
started to put up a composition
siding. Then she turned over
the check. Within four days,
the work stopped. The carpen-
ters said they hadn't been paid.
When she went looking for the
contractor, she found the ad-
dress on the contract was an
empty store he had never oc-
cupied. Then, she learned that
the composition siding wasn't
fireproof and would have to
come down. The workmen had
torn out the rain cutters be-
fore they left and the basement
filled with water. Her tenant
moved out. So did she. She is
out 1000.
PAYING FOR NOTHING-A
Post Office Department en-
ploye signed a $4,000 contract
for a carport. The contractor
ripped out the back steps and
stopped work. After two
months during which the
homeowner couldn't use his
entrance, the contractor re-
sumed work-onlv on week
ends. On the Saturday the
carport WIS finished. the
homeowner signed completion
papers. clearing the way for
the contractor to get his money
from the savings and loan as
Sociation which had accepted
the loan. Next Monday morn
ing, the homeowner noticed
flaws and called the contractor.
It was then he learned that the
work had been done without a
permit. He hastily called the
savings and loan association
to stop payment. Too late. The
contractor had already COL
lected. The contractor later
conf1ded he had done the work
on week ends to keep District
inspectors from spotting the
illegal work. Once built, the
contractor assured him, the Dis
trict wouldn't order the carport
down. But the District said the
carport violated zoning and
had to go. The homeowner is
now making monthly payments
on the defunct carport.
TRAPPED - A Northwest
Evening star., 1960-06-05
H. A. Moy Receives
Degree at BuckneII

Herbert A. May of Washing
ton and Pittsburgh received the
honorary degree of doctor of
laws from Bucknell University,
Lewisburg, Pa, at commence
ment exercises yesterday in
recognition for his role as
trustee of numerous educational
and philanthropic enterprises
Mr.. May is an industrialist
and a retired senior vice preSi-
dent of Westinghouse Air
Brake Co.
Evening star., 1960-06-05

send large quantities of note
books to needy children in
some 80 countries, mainly in
Asia and Africa.
Evening star., 1960-06-05
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

overly-intoXicated if bartenders exercised pru-
dent control and operated in conformity with
the law Wherever alcoholic beverages are
sold legally over a bar, patron is supposed
to be "cut off when he shows any obvious
effect of the beverage.
Secondly it has always been our strong
conviction that anyone old enough to be
drafted into military service and beome the
target for enemy ammunition is old enough
to imbibe in beer or two. We've seen cases
of 20-year-olds bearing the battle scars of
Korea who were turned down in taverns, and
to u.s. it seemed downright unfair
And, thirdly, we've found it to be char
acteristic of youth to go out of his way to
try to obtain something simply because its
forbidden. Take the 'verboten" label off beer
and cigarettes and many youngsters would
promptly lose interest.
So we think it would be much more SEN
sible and much more equitable if Maryland
and the other states were to fall in line with
the District policy and permit the sale OF beer
to those 10 years of age and over.
This, of course, would have to be ac
companied by more rigid control on the part
of bartender, better enforcement by police and
ated, we don't think there'd be really Sc
rous teenage drinking problem.
With the District law as it is, our county
youngsters are going to get their beer any
way-and they'll usually be doing it in a
spirit of defiance.
Let 'em have it under close scrutiny and
control we believe, and at least segment OF
the teen-age problem would be eliminated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
According TO Smith
Beer for Minors;
A Touchy Subject

AS we continue to hear about incidents
of juvenile hooliganism, particularly in the
areas of Bethesda and Chevy Chase, we be-
come more and more convinced that one of the
contributing causes is the glaring disparity in
the regulations governing the sales of beer
in Maryland and the District.
In Maryland, you have to be 21 years of
age before you gain the legal privilege of con-
Stunning the foaming brew, but in the District
the same right is extended to anyone who can
prove he has reached his 18th birthday.
What would be more natural, them for
thirsty Maryland youngsters between the
ages of 1S and q to make Decline for the
District whenever they have the desire to sop
up some of the suds? And, since Bethesda and
Chevy Chase are just a stones throw from
the District line it seems quite logical that
the majority of Montgomery County young
sters availing themselves of the District
privileges would come from those areas.
Excessive imbibing by those same young
sters could well be a basic cause of the
boisterous and bawdy conduct that has
plagued police in the urban areas of the coun-
ty, sometimes reaching riot proportions.
So as a solution, we make the somewhat
nebulous suggestion that Maryland and not
the District, revise its laws governing the sale
of beer to teenagers, and reduce the legal
age to 49, Now, this might sound like pro-
posal that would worsen rather than improve
the situation, but we have some very definite
reasons for our thinking.
To begin with, whether the patron is 18
or IS, he wouldn't be permitted to become
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

bad all can't win but then it
wouldn't be a contest and all
through life there are many
contests and It's part of living
that we learn to win and lose
with grace. And these girls
did just that.
MRS. TOM GARRETT was
chairman of the committee
that was in charge of this con-
test. An excellent job was
accomplished and all II girls
showed the true spirit so typi-
cal of everything connected
with the Montgomery County
Fair.
IT'S IMPORTANT that all
IL of the girls be named be-
named because without them
there would have been no
Queen. Carolyn Eckhardt,
Betty Defines, who was runner
up, Elizabeth Mills, Srd, and
Joan Bettinger, Cynthia Klopp,
Sharon Garrett, Barbara
Smith, Laurie Eicelberg, Betty
Lou Leishear, Nancy j. Wind
ham, Deane Sowder and Karin
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
New PRNC Skipper

The flag Of the Potomac
River Naval Command was
shifted Monday, as Rear Ad-
miral Thomas H. Robbins, Jr.,
USN, relieved Rear Admiral w.
K. Mendenhall, Jr., as Com
mandant.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

SENTINEL o coSNqS' MD.
Thursday. August II, ls6o--A5
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
Vets-fOr-Nixon
In State Headed
By John Sloan

A former State Commander
of the American Legion, John
w. Sloan, was named this week
as chairman of Maryland's Vet
Grams Committee for Nixon and
Lodge.
In making the appointment,
D. Eldred Rinehart, chairman
of the Republican State Central
Committee of Maryland, noted
that Sloan's selection was made
less than a week after the Re-
publican National Convention
'in an effort to move into high
gear Immediately in this impor-
tant area of the campaign"
"Vice President Nixon's ca
reer in the service and in public
life offers positive proof of his
understanding of the problems
faced by veterans and their
families" said Rinehart, "and !
sincerely hope that the former
servicemen of Maryland will
study his record carefully be-
fore casting their votes on No.
vember 8"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
Jackson Is Terps'
New Diamond Coach

Elton Stanley Jackson, a Uni
versity of Maryland graduate,
has been named head baseball
coach at the University. Jack
sons appointment was an
nounced by William w. Cobey,
the University's director Of ath-
letics.
Jackson succeeds H. Burton
Shipley who retired after 81
years with the University. He
has been associated with base
bali at Maryland since 1855. AS
an undergraduate he assisted
Shipley with the Maryland var
sity and in 1857 coached the
Maryland freshmen to a 81 rec
ord. Following his graduation
in 1858 he remained to work on
his masters degree
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
Around the County in SeUen Days

BY Peter Dawson

Weed. We predict all will be
winners In the contest of life.
IRMA B. DUMFORD, who
has been acting Director of
Personnel, is one of the most
charming persons connected
with the school system. And
it really hasn't been her fault
that there appears to be no
personnel policy whatsoever.
This complete lack of policy
stems from the top. Mrs.
Dumford has done the best
she could, but she had no au-
thority to suggest or act and
while she tried to be coopera-
tive, the information coming
from the personnel offices
leaves much to be desired.
Perhaps, the appointment of
DR.. Browning as the Assistant
Director of Personnel will
prove to be a move in the
right direction.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

and Mrs. E. S. Redkey, all from
Hillsboro, Ohio.
Nadine and Philip Doucet
have had Madness parents, the
c. o. DOTS, visiting them the
past week. Prior to that their
daughter, Patty, spent a week
with them in Philadelphia, Ohio.
Travelling neighbors include
the Bob Vollmers, who have
just returned from a week Wis
iting friends and family in Pa
ducah, KY; the Lawrence
Browns and their four children
just returned from a visit to
Dubuque, Iowa, visiting Sha-
ron's family and their friends.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

matters concerning confinement
of U. S. personnel by other
countries under status of
Forces Agreement" AS an ex-
pert on jails he has made OBJ
so-vations in Lydia, Greece,
Turkey, Spain, the Netherlands,
Belgium and Norway.
OF interest to many in this
area who knew Bob and Su
Drake, formerly of 5706 Vain
wright ave., and now living in
Weisbaden, Germany, Leighton
spent a weekend with them and
reports they are enjoying life
over there. They send greetings
to all their old friends.
The following girls have been
attending the Brighton Wood
Girl Scout Camp the last three
weeks: Karen Southworth. Sha-
ron and Carol Hall, Cecilia
Kerr, Linda Mitigate, Carol Bal
lou, Shera and Loreda Rosen,
Peggy and Patty Calvin, Carol
Peacock, Pam Duquette, Rober-
ia and Lorinda Bryan, Nancy
Puglia, Margaret Cocker, Pam
Ward, Emma Niche, Ann Dud-
ley, L. Gassone, Margaret Ann
Crowley, Mary Ellen Graham,
Mary Margaret Frank, Kathy
Paul, Winnie Murphy, Ann
Biser, Kate Ecker, and Kathleen
and Susan Jaeger.
Volunteer mothers assisting
in the Day Camp program were
Peggy Frank, Lucy Cocker,
Kate Dudley, Joan Jaeger, Mary
Dwyer and Elsie Ralston.
Visiting with the Henry Red
keys is their 13-year-old nephew
Kenny, also the Donald MAYORS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11
Athletic Symposium
Scheduled on Monday

Athletic conditioning and in
jury recognition will be among
topics discussed during an all.
day meeting Monday at Walter
Johnson High School.
Speakers and panelists will
include school officials and
physicians. The session will
open at 10 am.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-08-11

views than those expressed in
the past by Mrs. Kicker. How
ever, those close to Mrs. Scharf
know that there isn't much
chance of this happening.
MOST NEWS PEOPLE like
to be the first to tell to others
an item of news Importance.
National Democratic Chairman
jackson was one of these per-
sons in the days before he be-
came a United States Senator.
That's the reason he is known
as Scoop" Jackson.
A SCOOP, so called, is fine
if it's genuine and no one will
be hurt unnecessarily by the
printing of it. Unnecessarily
is an important word in that
explanation. The scoop we
have this week would not hurt
in anyway the person it per-
tains to but he thinks it would
and that's reason enough to
skip it. However, you should
know that there is going to be
a fairly important govern
mental resignation in the next
week or two and when you
see the official announcement
you need not be too surprised.
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF
THE County Council are going
to Miami for the big cOnven.
ton of County Commission.
ers, Councils, etc. David Ca
hoon, Bill Hickey, Stan Fr0sh
and Jerry williams are slated
to 20. The Clerk to the Coun.
Gil, Larry Speelman, and Joe
KOrdella will leave for the hot
city along with the others. MIR.
Kordella will be one Of the
speakers on one of the panels.
Perhaps, the Manager Of the
City, M. L. Reese, will roll out
the red carpet for his former
bosses and colleagues.
THERE ARE NO FINER
people anywhere than those
who live and work on farms,
especially Montgomery County
farms. We had the honor of
having a chicken dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Garrett
and their three children prior
to the judging for the Mont
gomery County Fair Queen.
Hal Kelley was also a guest.
Mrs. Bill Mizell, another judge,
missed the picnic but was
there later to help choose Car
olyn Eckhardt as the Queen.
1T WASN'T EASY to pick
the girl who was to represent
Montgomery County at the
State Fair and the young lady
who would reign during the
county fair. All II girls were
unusually good looking and
all had real charm. It's too