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

Sheila Frances FenSterma-
ker and Keith Robert OrZen
were married April 2.
The bride is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred B.
FenStermaker, 3l5 North st.
The bridegroom is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick d.
Orzen, 427 North ST., Char =
don, Ohio.
MRS. KEITH ORZEN
Evening star., 1960-12-16

Dewitt Army Hospital at Fort
Belvoir.
The shooting occurred about
8:15 pm in a cabin-type build
ing used by Mr.. Murphy as ar
office for the private dump he
operated. Trooper Regan safcf
The two men were drinking al
the time, the trooper added.
The accused man and the
victim were friends and worked
with each other, Trooper Regan
said.
Selecman, a heavy equip
ment operator. was freed under
$4,000 bond without being
jailed. the trooper said.
The gun, which was fired at
close range, was q 300-magnum
rifle, Trooper Regan said. The
shooting scene was located IL
miles east of State Route $40
near the general store and dairy
farm of Cleve Russell, father
in-law of the victim. the troop
ler said.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Contract Awarded
For Studium Seats

A contract fer $625,000 to
supply and install the $4,000
seats at the Districts new sta
dunn was awarded today to
a Grand Rapids tMich.) firm,
the American Seating Co.
Armory Board officials said
they had budgeted $8OO,O 600
for this item.
A San Pedro (Calif.) firm
also submitted a bid, but it was
eliminated on a technicality.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Friendly Rifle Contest
Ends in Murder Charge

MANASSAS. Va, Dec. 16
(SpeciaD State police have
charged a Prince William
County man with murder after
they said he killed his frieno
while the two were engaged in
q contest of shooting of each
others hat. .t
A preliminary hearing is set
for Monday for Thomas Selec-
men, jr., 90, of Hoadly.
He was arrested after the
death Tuesday night of J. Lee
(Pat) Murphy. As. also Of
Hoadly, while the two were in
10 friendly shooting contest,
State Trooper L. B. Regan re-
ported.
A bullet from a high-powcred
rife creased Mr.. Murphy's
scalp on the second round after
each, had succeeded in shooting
the others hat of, Trooper
Regan said. Mr.. Murphy died
almost three hours later at
Evening star., 1960-12-16

traffic was unusually heavy at a
much earlier hour this morn
ing as motorists we're allowing
themselves more time to get to
work.
Montgomery County police
reported that two particularly
bad trafflc spots were Bethesda
and Silver Spring. where slip
perry streets created trafiiC
jams and q rash Of minor ac-
cidents.
Buses Stlll Late
Both the D. q. TRANSIT ca
and suburban bus lines said
their passenger loads were ex-
tremely heavy again and buses
we're running behind schedule
One more death was report
ed In the area as a result Of
the heavy snow.
The victim. Randolph Furey
81, Of Bryans road in Charles
County. apparently suffered q
heart attack after digging his
car out Of the snow. He was
taken to Physicians Memorial
Hospital in La Plata where he
was pronounced dead at Las
pm. yesterday.
All area schools including
those in upper Montgomery
County were opened today
However. Fauquier and Lou.
doun County (Va.) schools re.
mained closed.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Funds Set
For Adams,
Morgan Area

The Federal Government viii
advance money to plan renewal
of the Adams Morgan area Of
Washington, Admin s tr q tor
Norman p. Mason OF the Hous-
ing and Home Finance Agency
said today.
His decision came in spite OF
Q request by Chairman Me-
MILAN Of the House District
Committee to withhold the
planning money until aftes'
Congress completes its investi-
cation of the city's urban
renewal program.
"The approval (of the re-
quest for $464,700 for plan
ning) has not gone out" MIR
Mason told The Star, ''but 1t
will 60 out" He said the ap-
proval will go out this month.
Mr.. Mason emphasized that
approving the request for
funds does not necessarily
mean the project itself will re-
ceive approval.
If a group of people In an
area want to redo their neigh
borhood," he said, "the plan
ming Of 1t is one of the things
urban renewal is set up to ac-
complish."
Donald D. Gartenhaus, chair
man Of the Adams-Morgan
Planning Committee, said the
decision by Mr.. Mason to let the
planning proceed twill he most
heartening to the residents of
the Adams Morgan area who
have feared that their thou
sands Of hours Of effort for re-
juvenating the neighborhood
might come to naught because
OF q minority Of opposition"
The Adams : Morgan project
is unique in that the citizens
themselves organized into block
groups and then sat down in
meetings over q period OF two
years to decide the best way
to revitalize the neishhorhood.
The majority voted to renew
the area under the urban re-
newal program.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Thief Skids MG
Over River Bank

Police were looking today for
a water-l0gged thief who evil
IDENTIFY drove a stolen MIG sports
car into the Potomac River
near the polo field south of
Ohio drive.
Park Police Pvt. Paul O..
Wheeler followed IS feet of
skid marks to the river and
saw the little car barely pro-
truding from the 4-foot depth.
Both windows were rolled
down. there were no keys in
the car and registration papers
were floating inside. Pvt. Whee-
Ter said the car evidently had
been going west on Ohio drive,
the wrong way on a one-way
street.
One of the registration pa
pers led to German F. Cueto,
%, Of 1915 Kenyon street NV.
Mr.. Cueto said the car was his
and that someone stole it from
in front of his home last night.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Fire Sweeps
Newspaper
In Annapolis

| ANNAPOLIS, Dec. l6 (Spe-
ciaD "A fire here early today
badly damaged the publishing
plant Of the Annapolis Evening
Capital and the weekly Mary.
land Gazette.
It broke out about 3 am. ir
the two-Story brick and steel
building at 2l3 West street ir
the press and composing room
section Of the newspapers.
The blaze spread up the walls
and underneath q 14-lane
bowling alley on the second
floor, wrecking that also.
Editorial Ofiices Of the news
paper while not hit by the fire
itself, were damaged by about
4 feet Of water, according tc
Elmer M. Jackson, jr., general
manager Of the Cajital- Gazette
Press.
The Same Othces also arr
used BY the Annapolis bureaU
Of the Associated Press.
Firemen had to don "a.
masks to enter the burning
building because thick smoke
and steam intensified when thu
plants sprinkler system wen
on and dropped water into tn,
lead melting pots In the com.
posing room.
The newspaper equipmeN,
was valued at more than $780,,
900 by Mr.. jackson and tn,
building at $1S0.000. It 4
owned by the Capital Gazett.
Press. The bowling alley up
stairs was operated by Jamel
Fiori.
Mr.. jackson said 1t was Inn.
possible to determine immedi.
ately the amount Of loss. TIT
press room ceiling collapsed or
the presses and seven Limo
type machines, Mr.. jackson
said.
The newspaper plans tc
move to the 6peer Building or
State Circle, owned by the
Speer Publications, publishers
Of the two papers and the
weekly Brooklyn News.
! The Evening Capital wa.
founded In 1884. the Maryland
Gazette In 1927.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
FKESIOENIS
More Seats
Planned for
Inauguration

Continued From First Page
been engaged in experimental
farming in New York State.
Price Put at So
At a meeting Of the full
Inaugural Committee at the
Bureau Of Engraving. today.
Edward H. Foley, committee
chairman, told of the decision
to put up more seats.
The additional seats win sell
for So each.
So far, 10000 seats have
been sold. according to Robert
Barrie, executive director of
the Parade Committee. This
demand indicated, he said, that
the $1,000 seats Originally
planned would not be enough,
Seats are being sold from SO
10 $25.
Mailing Of formal inaugural
invitations will begin next Fri.
day. according to Robert j
Burkhart, executive director oi
the Ticket Committee. On that
day, invitations on the Presi-
dent-elect's priority list" will
be mailed. Remaining invita-
tions will go out by the end
of the first week in January.
Names Shifted
Sitting the large number OF
names being nominated for in
vitations by various Democratic
Party organizations and off,
cials has slowed down the mail
ing process, committee sources
said. Some $4,000 are expected
to go out, with half of them to
be accepted.
Mr.. Foley reported the Fl.
nance Committee has received
so far "an encouraging total
of $3.50, 900 in cash and pledges
for the guaranty fund. This is
less than half the anticipated
81 million. 1t is to be made
UP of contributions from jndi-
viduals and firms here and
throughout the country who ex-
pect to be reimbursed through
sales Of tickets and other items.
Evening star., 1960-12-16
MIR. MORAN, a young law

MIR. MORAN, a young law
yer who used to be in Charlie
Ford's Office, proved to be a
severe social arbiter. Social
Register listing. even Burke's
or DeBrett's Peerage means
nothing to him. This Is q
Democratic social event.
This Is going to be a party
for people who helped elect
Kennedy President" he said.
I'VE are having requests
from all over the country,
but invitations are only go
ing to those approved by
the party leaders.
even If we increase the
capacity to 10000, which we
hope to do by setting up a
tent near the Armory in ad-
dition to the second ball at
the Sheraton-Park we will
be turning people away.
Everyone wants to 60 to this
party. Tickets are $25 per
person.
"You say your brother
Kevin lives in Buffalo. He
should see Pete Crotty, the
Erie County leader. Your
brother Ned lives in New
Rochelle? He should see Bin
Luddy, the Westchester
County leader"
But he, wants to bring
Mr.. Luddy as his guest" the
Rambler protested.
Hell have to clear with
him just the same," said Mr..
Moran.
"Your brother Robert lives
on Riverside drive? He
should see Carmine de Sapio.
where do you live?"
''In Alexandria" said the
Rambler. "Do you want me
to speak to Senator Byrd?"
MIR. Moran shuddered a bit.
"That won't be necessary"
he said. "I'll put you on the
list"
Evening star., 1960-12-16

The Weather Bureau warned
that q low temperature Of Is
degrees tonight could turn the
slush into an icy coating on
streets and highways and make
driving conditions late tonight
and early tomorrow extremely
hazardous again.
The flve-day forecast calls
for temperatures 10 be about
8 degrees below normal. Nor.
NAL high for the Washington
area is 40 degrees, normal low
10 30.
There is q possibility Of sOa1e
more precipitation about Mon
day and again on Wednesday
that could average about one.
third Of an inch, the forecaster
said.
Low Of SO at Night
Police officialS reported thai
Q high Of "a degrees late yes
terday helped melt the snow 9
little. But light rain and 9
little sleet fell during the night
and the temperature dropped
to q low Of 80 at 2 am, turning
the slush on the streets inte
ice.
Early morning traffic condi.
tions in the District were dan.
gerous. And Maryland ofiicial,
said their streets and highway
in the area were covered will
q thin sheet Of ice, causing nu.
merous minor traf1ic accidents
Police reported trafIic id thu
District moved very cautiousl,
during the morning rush hour
Deputy Police Chief William
j. Lverman said the trafiis
was as heavy as yesterday
morning but moved a littlt
more rapidly because each DO.
lice precinct had every avail.
able man assigned to traffic
duty at major intersections.
Virginia officials reported that
Evening star., 1960-12-16
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
The Doomsday Choice:
Must We Face It?

100 MILLION LVES"-Woud nuciear war mean the
certain destruction Of our cities and the death of
most Of our people? Yes say most Americans But
the Pentagon hierarchy is now taking new look at
nucear war strategy, study which may change
our approach to massive retaliation For details of
this hitherto secret study see the SERIES 100 Million
Lives" by military affairs reporter Richard Fryk-
lund, starting this Sunday In The Star and con-
tinuing daily in The Evening Star
THE TRUTH ABOUT FOLK MEDICINE-More and
more people today going back to the old fash
loned cures OF the past. In This Week Magazine
read why leading doctor warns Of the danger in
volved in many of the superstitious substitutes for
modern medicines.
BIG EAR TO PROBE SPACE-In hidden valley at
Sugar Grove, W. Va. the Navy Is building a radio
telescope higher than the Washington Monument
This week in SUNDAY, The Star Magazine. you're
taken on an Informative word-an picture visit to
Americas big Ear" designed to probe the mysteries
of space.
CONGRESS AND THE TRAVELER-During the COM
ing session, Congress Is expected to make some
legislative moves that could affect your travel plans
For preview of what is likely to happen see
Travel Editor Jack Jonas column "Get Up and Col"
Ia The Sunday Stars travel page.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1960-12-16

gentleman several centuries out
Of date.
Georgia may be worse, and
Harvard worse still; but they
are American, and / think
Peter'd better make up his
mind to be an American
planted on his native soil"
Moved TO Italy
Even after his parents moved
to Italy c"Mother had played
in London. but she was no good
In comedy and that's all there
was in England at the time")
Mr.. Tompkins continued his
studies in England.
Both he and Mr.. Shaw visited
his parents often in the huge
studio in Rome his mother
turned to painting and his sue
cessful sculptor-father was be-
coming well known.
Then came the crash. Sud-
denly we were without a
penny after being quite well
or"
The huge studio was traded
for a cold-water fiat and in
1885 his father returned to New
York to make a living and hi:
mother Joined him when the
war broke out. This separation
turned into q divorce thai
never took" and Mr.. Tomp.
kins' parents later remarked
At this time Shaw paid fol
Mr.. TompkinS' schooling.
Gratitude was the last thing
Mr.. Tompkins felt at that time
He still wanted out of English,
schools. At 16 he came to the
United States and Harvard,
where he was suspended after
getting involved in one of
those silly riots"
In August, 1899, Mr.. Tomp-
kins was visiting his mother ir
Europe. In q fantastic few
weeks the boy who could speak
Italian like an Italian" got q
job in the New York Times
Rome bureau, was a CORE
spondend for Mutual Broad.
casting, became Herald Tribune
bureau chief. a special CORE
spondent for the London Sun
day Times and the Times OF
India.
Mr.. Tompkins wanted to
cover the war from the Allied
side and although he was
warned he would not be able
to broadcast in Greece. he went
across the border and was al
most shot as a spy.
He was saved by the Ameri-
can Ministry and then met
Gen. William Donovan ano
joined his Office of Strategic
Services. While digging up q
secret radio hidden in the
cellar of the house in which
his mother had lived in Italy
Mr.. Tompkins uncovered the
letters from Shaw.
Memoirs Of OSS
After the war he wrote movie
and TV scripts and then RE-
tired in 1856 to do my home
work in the Library of Con.
gress." There he has re-
searched and written some
books. one, not yet published, is
the memories Of Shaw as told
to him by his mother, who died
last year.
Another is bulging manu-
script, his memoirs of OSS ac-
tivities. He is married to the
daughter of an American con-
sui he met in Kenya during the
war.
Mr.. Tompkins last saw Shaw
when in his teens, although he
wrote him a note during the
war.
II saw my mother soon after
Shaw died In 1850. 1t was
n,,ifa O hlo1u IN harD
Evening star., 1960-12-16

THIS TYPE OF writing Is
called calligrapfy," she said,
"I am one of the few CALI
graphers left in the country.
I was a school teacher but
this work increased to the
point where I was being paid
more for my avocation than
for my vocation.
Most of my work is in
scribing diplomas. As for this
assignment, I'm sure I can
get all the invitations out,
once We have received them.
I can address 5000 envelopes
a day"
The invitations merely ine
vite you to come to Wash
ingtop and fend for your
self.
After a time the hand.
some, youthful looking Mr.
woodward came in. A Mrs.
Pemberton, who is serving as
his secretary, looked up from
her typewriter and said
rather severely:
You're an hour late"
Mr.. Woodward was inn
mediately closeted with
Meyer Davis, the orchestra
leader. After a time a Mr..
Durand Smith came out Of
the conference and dictated
a letter announcing that
Meyer Davis had been ap-
pointed musical director of
the Inaugural Bah.
why don't you see Lindy
Boggs?" asked one of the
lady volunteers. "She's the
wife Of Congressman Hale
Boggs of Louisiana and she's
-co-chairman Of the Inaugu-
raj Ball Committee"
Mrs. Boggs said:
"Joe Moran is the man to
see."
Evening star., 1960-12-16
FAMILY ADVISER
Tonnpkins Recalls
Kindness Of Show
By. NFYRA MACPHERSON
star stan Writer

star stan Writer
George Bernard Shaw wore
the toughest, itchiest tweeds.
reminisced Peter Tompkins,
who as q child sat in the great
playwright's lap often enough
to know.
Mr.. TompkinS is now an
energetic Il years old, with
dark eyes, bristling beard and
mustache. Yesterday he sat in
his home at 318 A street Sc.
and produced q cup Of coffee,
the just-published book Of let
ters Mr.. Shaw wrote to his
actress-mother, Molly Tomp-
kins. and a past that reads like
q movie script.
The Pygmalion playing
Shaw. who told Mr.. Tompkins'
mother she had to lose her
awful Georgian accent" If she
wanted to be an actress, is re-
membered as ''the kindest
human being" by Mr.. Tomp-
kins.
"As my mother said, he could
he any age. When with her
he seemed her age. When
playing with me. he seemed
my age.
II first remember him COM
ling to the Romney street
house in London where we
lived. Once I told him I had
Q pigeon. Shaw said, "a live
lpigeon?' and ] said yes. My
mother said, You haven't.
Don't tell lies
Advice to Mother
zone with a broken wing
had flown In the window Of
my room and ] brought it out.
With great seriousness Shaw
said, You see. Molly, you must
never tell a child he's lying. "
The 125 previously unknown
letters were written between
1921, and l949. Mr., Tompkins'
mother first became acquainted
with Mr.. Shaw's works when
staying with strict relatives in
iGeorgia who were Mortified
when the book Of ShaW's "Plays
for Puritans" they had pur-
chased turned out to be any
thing but. His mother was for
hidden to read it.
| $50 naturally she read it,
said her son. sShe ana father
came to the conclusion he was
Ia prophet. He had the only
philosophy. politically and So
cially, that seemed right"
The Tompkinses left for Eu-
rope to tell him so and to get
his encouragement on the
theater Mr.. Tompkins hoped to
design and advice on Mrs
Tompkins' acting.
Turns TO Advising
MY mother said they waited
on the steps of his home and
when he turned the corner said
Here we are.' Mr.. Shaw said
who's we?'"
Mr.. Shaw, then 65, took q
liking to the 24-year-old wom-
an. who had been a Ziegfeld
FollieS girl and a model, and
her husband. He was soon CIV
ing advice as we'll as his own
conducted tour Of plays and
movies.
THE three were always 60
ing to Charlie Chaplin movies, y
recalls Mr.. Tompkins.
! Mr.. Shaw told Mrs. Tompkins
to change her name from Mary
to Molly, told her about wear
ing makeup. how to talk to
producers. His guidance even
went to Peter Tompkins
schooling.
Peter hated the English pub
lie school system and was obvi-
Gus enough about it to get some
poor report cards. Mr.. Shaw
shared the dislike and once
wrote Peters mother:
las all experiences have
some sort Of value, even that
of having been at an English
public school may come in
handy. It is well to know the
artificial mentality which still
characterizes the governing
classes in England, but it is
extremely undesirable to ac-
quire that mentality, I entirely
approve of Peters escaping be-
! fore he is pithed and turned
out as a political and moral
Evening star., 1960-12-16
Warmer Weather, Sun:
Ease Snow Conditions

Sunshine and temperatures in the low 40s-the highest
since Sunday-toay melted much Of the left
on major streets and highways from this weeks storm
More sunshine tomorrow will speed up the clearing But
probably win have lesser effect secondary streets and
roads in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs which have not
Evening star., 1960-12-16
The
Rambler
Manages
TO Get q Bid
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


The Rambler has three
brothers and cousins by the
dozens.
They are all Kennedys
and, while they are no rela-
ttion to the President-elect,
they are experiencing an un-
derstandable pride in the
elevation Of q man with
their name.
It seems that they are all
coming TO Washington and
they have been writing the
oversigned for tickets to the
parade, tickets to the In
augural Ball and hotel res
ervations. Money seems to be
no object. While not wealthy,
these Kennedys seem to be
a prosperous family.
So the other day the Ram
bier called at the Offices Of
the Inaugural Committee,
which are on the fifth floor
of the old Liberty Loan
building at the foot of Four
teenth street.
Crisis and confusion! It
was just like Democratic
headquarters during the
campaign.
He was told that the man
to see was Stanley Wood
ward, the former Ambassa-
dor to Canada, who is chair
man of the Inaugural Ball
Committee. Mr.. Woodward,
he learned, was out to lunch
but was expected soon.
While waiting, he was
fascinated by the beautiful
penmanship OF q woman ad-
dressing invitations to the
inaugural. Her cursive script
had the perfection one finds
only in copper plate engrav-
ing today. -
She was Mrs. Lawrence
imhoff.
Evening star., 1960-12-16

Continued From First Page
been engaged in experimental
farming in New York State.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1960-08-19
Report From McCone County

the country of flies with all that blood
around.
One of the good anti-Communists
did say he thought the new govern
ment had done many good things
for the Chinese people, but he was
still opposed to it all.
Six years ago Vic Overcast hon.
ored McCone county with a public
meeting and speech purporting to
combat communism. The Farmers
Union and our very good representa-
tive in the Legislature seemed to be
important targets at that time. 1t,
too, was an election year. One of my
neighbors. commenting upon the
meetings of Helen Wood Brine re-
Gently, said that according to Mrs.
Birnie, everyone was a Communist
who wasn't a damn good Republi-
can.
After the Overcast meetings, six
years ago, a new organization was
set up in McCone to carry on anti
Communist activities. 1t carried the
title: Farmers Anti Communist
Club
1t is always pleasant and often
profitable to enter the field of anti
Communism. This is practically the
hub of our official foreign policy. All
the most powerful forces in our So
ciety are either openly engaged in
this endeavor or at least sympathtic
to it.
None of these well-intentioned or
CARNATIONS seem to understand that
they are agents of conformity. These
people make no effort to learn about
the ideas which Communists hold.
They do not reject the ideas since
they know nothing about the matter.
It suffices for them to reject Com
munists as some sort of special devils
as described by those who hate and
fear Communism.
This seems to- me a very strange
idea of Americanism, that we must
get all our information about Com
munism and Communists from those
who are abysmally ignorant of the
issues and. only we'll versed in I'M