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Evening star., 1960-03-28
APERFECTLY A BALANCED

APERFECTLY BALANCED
kite would not need a tail.
But ours were not perfect.
without a tail they would
dive.
The tails of those old hex
agonal kites pictured In the
st. Nicholas magazines of
the l880S were more aes-
thetic than ours. They were
long strings with bows of
paper spaced a foot apart.
We just used strips of cloth
knotted together.
Soon we had the elrns in
the neighborhood festooned !
with broken kites and dang
ling rags.
Every afternoon at 8, or
shortly after, a policeman
riding a bicycle would ar
rive and chase us.
So we went to the meadow
in the park and it was there
we made a pioneer effort in /,
aerial photography. 4 think
we found the suggestion In
Scientific American. 1t called
for a large kite and a small
box camera. ~
A taut rubberband trig-
gered the shutter. A thread
around a lighted piece of
of punk kept it from snap
ping prematurely.
We got the kite and the
camera up, but somehow
the punk burned through
the thread and the kite
string.
We never did have an op-
portunity to develop and
print that picture. The kite
and the camera fell into a
tree too high for climbing.
Evening star., 1960-03-28

room school and lesson in
Sunday School each Sunday.
Fhrough the stages of memory
verses Of hero stories, OF studying
the life Of Jesus, offaint compre-
@hension of church doctrine: +
came to college to face tie claims
of science and reason. Religion
and science to many seemed in
evitably In. irreconciiah ahles conflict.
But not to one Of Joiins Hop
: kins' distinguished scientists, a
geclogist DR. Charles 5K. swartz,
since deceased. The day to which
I referred earlier was the dav. ~,
Evening star., 1960-03-28
DC. Gains Control
Of S.W.' Properly
Arlington Banker Killed
In Crash Near Viehno

An Arlington bank official
died today of injuries received
when his car went out of con-
troll yesterday on a curve on
Route 123 in Vienna. Va, Vienna
town police reported.
The victim was Francis @.
Sewell, SO, of 2709 South Adams
street, Arlington. He was man
ager of the Motor Bank of the
Clarendon Trust Co.
Vienna town police said the
accident occurred on Morgan's
curve on Route 1913. Mr.. Sewell's
car. which was travelling south,
hit the soft shoulder of the
right hand side of the road,
skidded to the left side of the
road. knocked down two mail
boxes. hit culvert and over
turned, police said.
MIR. 6ewell was thrown
through the open sun roof of
his small foreign sedan, police
said. He died early today in
Arlington Hospital Of head in
juries. 'faa
Mr.. Sewell had been en-
ployed by the bank since 1947.
Born in Falls Church, Mr..
Sewell a ttend d e d elementary
school in Arlington and was
graduated from Gonzaga High
School in Washington.
During World War II, he
served with an Army artillery
unit.
Mr.. Sewell leaves his wife,
Billie Mae, of the home ad-
dress; two sons by a previous
marriage, Gregory Francis and
Garry Allen. both of whom live
in Cleveland; his mother, Mrs.
Cora Sewell of Mclean; his
father, Wilbur Joseph Sewell of
Falls Church; two brothers,
Preston, who lives in Arlington,
and Gervais Sewell. of Falls
Church; and a sister, Mrs. Syl-
via Bosco of Mclean.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
SCAR COLLISION
KILLS I, HURTS s

One man was killed and six
other persons were injured in
a three-car accident on Route
29 near Scaggsville. Md. early
yesterday.
The dead man was Wilmer
M. Burch, 56. of Laurel, Nd,
driver of a car which State
police said collided head-on
with an oncoming car about 2
am. a half-mile south of State
Route 2l6 in Howard County.
He was pronounced dead
Evening star., 1960-03-28

lecture before the Young Mems Christian Associaa
ton on the Biblical story Of creation In the light Of the
nndgs OF geological science He explained that science
sought to organize facts in rational manner and to
understand their relationship. Religious faith deals
with the attitudes purposes and ideals of men towards
those facts. The Bible, he said was neither textbook
OF science nor history economies but story of the
development Of the purposes and ideals of men as they
seek to live at their best.
Throughout ife have found this Interpretation of
the role of the Bible strengthened by the marvellous in
in scientific knowledge greatest need today
is for religious faith commensurate in power with the
power of scientific knowledge
Tomorrow: Alfred p. Rasch
Evening star., 1960-03-28
A NIGHT ON OLD RAG MOUNTAIN
Z Lost in Ice, Snow Saved

What started out as a light
hearted Sunday school hike
ended up yesterday with 10
Hyattsville area teen-agers and
two adult leaders huddled in
the dark on a snowy noun
tainside praying for help.
They were lost, alone and
cold on Old Rag Mountain out
side Sperryville. Va.-some so
miles from Washington.
One of the leaders, the Rev.
Manuel A. Fowler, ~, part
time assistant pastor Of st.
Matthews Episcopal Church,
Hyattsville. frantically rubbed
the feet Of the teen-agers to
prevent frostbite.
The other leader, Charles w.
Brogden. 36. Of 5e25 Thirty
first place, West Hyattsville
superintendent of st. Matthews
Sunday School, worked Just as
frantically to keep a fire going.
He and his charges pulled limbs
on trees for firewood. They
had no ak and no food.
Suffer From Exposure
The IL were on the mountain
from 1880 am. Saturday un-
til they were rescued at $40
am. yesterday by a sheriff and
two rangers. All suffered Sc
verely from exposure, but ap-
parently no lasting injuries
were sustained. Several were
treated for frostbite.
The II teen-agers on the
hike we're:
Michael Alexander, IS, of
5017 Thirty seventh place,
Hyattsville: Ann Bell, l3, of
5603 Hamilton street, Rogers
Heights; Jacqueline Cooke, IS,
of 6529 Parkway court. Hyatts-
vile; Ronald Dillon, 16. Of 1908
Chauncey place, Mount Raj
nier; Jon Eaton, II, of 1927
Lancer drive, Hyattsville, and
John Holden, is. Of 1923 Forty
second place, Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1960-03-28

coming down. But his feet
were so cold he did not notice
it until the group camped.
Shirley Proctor. a student
nurse at Sibley Memorial Hos
pital, lanced the blisters on his
feet. She also dispensed as
pirin and rubbed ointment
from the first-aid kit onto the
blisters Of others.
The only outside noise until
AIS am. was the boots of
an owl perched nearby. Then
the budding group heard
shouts Of Stay where you are" 4"
They spotted three lights NOV
ing toward them.
The rescue party consisted
Of Madison (Va.) Sheriff Car
roll Lillard and park rangers
Norman Davidson and Fred
West. They had been alerted
by parents Of the stranded
children.
The rescuers tore up a
blanket they had brought into
strips and tied them around
the feet of the most severe
cases. A second blanket be-
came a stretcher for Jackie
Cooke. The party then moved
out to the snow-covered road
they had failed to find in the
dark. 1t was a scant 300 yards
from the camp.
2 Still in Car
At z am. the party reached
the rescuerS' trucks. All this
time Ann Bell and Mike Alex
ander had remained huddled
in one Of the cars.
I'VE tried to cross the wires
to get the motor started" Ann
said. But that didn't work. We
curled up on the front seat
and tried to keep warm. But we
almost froze."
Sheriff Lillard took the en-
tire party to the home of DR..
L. Huntley Cate in Brightwood,
Va. She had buckets of water
waiting for everybody's feet
and coffee and sandwiches for
their stomachs.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Engineer Corps
Agrees to Cede
Its Jurisdiction
By SAM EASTMAN
Star stan Writer

The first of the legal hurdles
blocking redevelopment Of
Washington's Southwest water
front has been cleared, it was
announced today.
The Army Corps of Engi-
neers has agreed to transfer
jurisdiction Of its unimproved
waterfront property to the Dis.
trict government, officials said.
Still to be solved, however, is
the problem Of giving control
Of most Of the Washington
Channel waterfront between
Fourteenth street and Fort
McNair to the Redevelopment
Land Agency. RIA needs this
jurisdiction in order to issue
leases to private investors for
the planed rebuilding projects.
Control now is divided between
the Corps of Engineers and the
District. ~
Authorized by Congress
Earlier this month, the Com.
missioners were advised by
Corporation Counsel Chester
H. Gray that RIA cannot OBJ.
tain waterfront control under
present laws. An exception he
said. is the small bit of land
in the fish market site between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets
which the City does not need
for its highway projects. Here,
Mr.. Gray said. Congress has
specifically authorized the Dis.
trict to give the jurisdiction 70
RIA.
The agreement by the Corps
Of Engineers to transfer con.
troll of its unimproved property,
on the channel side of Maine
avenue, to the District was an.
nounced today by Engineer
Commissioner A. C. yelling.
Two strips of land are in
volved. 9t
Property Described =
The larger runs from Pier 4
Inorthward to the Yacht Basin
No. 2, except for the property
occupied by the District Har.
Dor Master. This parcel extends
roughly from a point below the
intersection of Tenth and G
streets northward to M street.
The second strip is the land
extending from Pier 8 to tie
north boundary of Fort Me-
Nair, from about N street TO
p street. - :
Gen. yelling said that the
Corps Of Engineers will, at the
formal request of the city,
switch the status of this props
erty from active to inactive in
regard to its long-ranse itri-
provement plans.
The matter will go to the
Commissioners at their board
meeting tomorrow, Gen. Well
ing said.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
The
Rambler
Listens to
The Restless Wind
BY GEORGE KENNEDY


The Rambler cannot re-
member a time when the
wind blew so continuously.
This house on the knoll
stands in its way and the
wind has a way of objecting.
At night, when all should
be quiet, it seizes a steel sash
window in the bedroom that
has a loose hinge and rattles
1t.
Close that window and it
comes through the window
left open and rattles the
bedroom door.
Jam that door with a paper
wedge and the wind can still
be heard.
It's a rough wind, no rela-
tion-not even a distant
cousin - of Robert Louis
Stevenson'S wind.
I SdD you toss the kites on
on high -.
And all around I heard
you pass,
Like ladies' skirts across the
grass.
It's a rude wind. It grabs
ladies' hats and throws them
to the hazards of traffic.
It's a hungry wind. 1t
licks at the house. Then it
snatcheS asphalt shingles
from the roof. They are not
to its liking, because it drops
them on the neighbours lawn.
It's a restless wind. It
will quiet down and then
come back bowling like the
banshees that plague the
Irish.
It's a nuisance. 1t lifts
the top of the trash can and
sends it rolling down the hill.
1t steals the paper from the
front stoop.
Evening star., 1960-03-28

Also. Larry Hughes. l8, of
5708 Euclid street, Cheverly;
Roger Kidwell, 10. OF 5401
Thirty-seventh avenue, Hyatts-
vile: Peggy Leishman, II, of
3505 Jeerson street, Hyatts-
vile; Jean Milstead. Is, of 6l16
Fortieth avenue. Hyattsville;
Shirley Practor, 18. Of 726 Rit-
tenhouse street. Chillum Ter
race, and Patricia Souder. Is,
Of 4102 Madison street, Hyatts-
vile.
Meet Deep Snow
Mr.. Fowler said the hike up
Old Rag Mountain started out
normally enough. They walked
easily, stopping for lunch on
the way. About three-fourths
Of the way up the 3,291- foot
mountain in Shenandoah Ma
tional Park, they encountered
a blanket Of heavy, wet snow.
Ann Bell and Michael Alexan-
der got cold and returned to
the car to wait for the others,
The remaining IL slogged on
up the mountain. with the con-
slant reinsurance by boys who
had taken the hike in earlier
years that everything would
turn out all right. But at the
summit they ran into trouble.
1T looked like a great big
rock garden up there" Mr..
Fowler said. There were snow
drifts three and four feet deep,
sheets Of ice and rock all
jumbled up. We had to use the
rope we brought along to get
across some Of the rocks"
Trail Markers Gone
After much slipping and fall
ing, the group made 1t across
the summit and headed down
the trail that wound back to
where their two cars we're
parked. Suddenly they ran out
Of the blue arrows which
marked the trail.
I'VE figured it would be bet
ter to continue down the
mountain even without the
markers than spend all, that
time going back over the sum-
init and down the trail we had
come up." Mr.. Fowler said.
They followed an abandoned
telephone line down the noun
tain in hopes it would lead
them to a road. The descent
was painful.
There were drifts some
times up TO our necks," Mr..
Fowler said... 1--WE kept falling
and stumbling in the snow and
were bruised by the rocks"
Few were dressed for these
conditions. One girl. Jackie
Cooke, wore only flats on, her
feet and eventually had to be
carried. Most Of the party was
soaked through and. darkness
was approaching fast. ~ ~
Fear Freezing u, XIII /
AT $50 pm. the leaders
knew they were in real trouble
They sconla mt ifind their way
out and, feared some might
freeze to- deat n bef fore 'lielp ar
rived I 50 \ they built Il ire
pulling OF pine hraiich hes by
hand OF with the rope. The
only food was two cfang eS and
four Str1ps Of carrot which JON,
Eaton, d .diabetic, hnd kept
from his lunch to sustain him.
Mr.. Brogden left the camp
with Ronald Dillon to try to
find a road. At 8 pm, after
about two hours of futile
searching, they returned to
the camp. II wouldn't have
made it without Ronnie," Mr..
Brogden said. II was Just
about done in. He had to half
carry me back to the camp"
Peggy Leishmen helped once
the two came into sight.
Mr.. Fowler said the temper
ature was about 20 degrees. He
kept rubbing the feet Of the
youngsters. And he prayed.
John Holden lost his shoe
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Colt Copers' Slated

Calvin Coolidge High School
will present its annual talent
show, "Colt Capers of 1860" at
8 pm. Thursday and Friday at
the school at Fifth and Tucker
man streets NV.
Evening star., 1960-03-28

"T SAW YOU TOSS the
kites on high" That line
came to mind the other
morning. The car radio was
on. A weather expert, after
noting that a gust of Sc miles
an hour had been recorded
the previous afternoon, said:
"I wonder If boys still fly
kites. This must be ideal
kite-flying weather."
Well, he may be a weather
expert, but I doubt that he
ever paid out two balls of
twine, then wound them back
on a stick.
Boys still fly kites. An oil
company is giving kites
away. r
They were to be not-too-
hidden persuadefs. If all
went as planned anyone
Alooking up would see the sky
filled with Texaco signs.
But the wind has been too
high for kite flying.
Ten miles an hour is about
right for kite flying. A wind
Is m.p.h. is too fast.
We used to make our own
kites.
We used sticks of equal
length and bowed the cross
stick.
That's not the way to do
it," said the older genera
ton.
Their kites were made with
three sticks forming an OBJ
long hexagon and the sur
face was a plane.
That was one of Samuel
Pierpont Langley's problems.
The wings Of his ill-fated
flying machine were fiat
planes-not curved. The later
Wright plane /had curved
wings. This shows that the
significant advance in aero
dynamics was made in this
century. Perhaps the break
through was achieved by
small boys experimenting
with kites. I've never been.
able to run that down.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
District Court
Functions Shift
Asked in Study
Purely LocoI Tosks
Would Be Given
To City Bench
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
star stan Writer

Congress is being asked today
to transfer to Municipal Court
many of the purely local func-
tions now handled in the Dis
trict Court.
The recommendation is con-
tanned in a study just COM
pleted by the Federal Budget
Bureau. the Administrative Of
flce of the United States Courts
and the District Commissioners
It was to be sent today to the
House Appropriations Commit
tee, bureau sources said.
Some of the District Court
functions that would be Affect
ed include the marriage license |
bureau. the commission onI
mental health, school board
legal duties connected with |
appointments and a string of !
liens, notarieS public and Ii
censes.
Now on 6O-4O Basis
The recommendation also in
eludes the possible transfer Of
the probate court. The probate
court transfer would probably
be the last to come about be-
cause Of some expected op2osi-
ton within the courts, court |
sources said.
Authorities concerned with
preparing the report said the
transfer is the only way to
avoid making the District pick
up more of the bill for the up
keep Of the District Court.
The District now helps pay
court costs on a 60-40 per cent
basis with the Federal Govern
ment. paying out about $l.2I
million yearly.
Recently, however, the JUS
tice Department reviewed court
expenses and decided that the
District should contribute on a
1925 per cent basis because
the court performs so many
duties Of a local nature. This
would cost the District one
third Of a million more yearly,
1t was estimated.
House Unit Orders Study
While considering the judici-
ary appropriations bill last
year, the House committee or
dered the study to see If any
change in the ratio should be
made. 81
After an exhaustive exami-
nation, 3 court source said, It |
was decided that legislation to
turn over some Of the local
functions to the lower court |
would be q better solution than
increasing theScost ratio. Dis
trict Court would, Of course,
continue to handle felony cases.
No change is suggested In civil
case Jurisdiction.
The report also suggests that
If the shift Is made, some of |
the license fees should be raised
to help the District pay for the
added costs.
Legislation stemming from
the report will probably not be
written before the next session |
Of Congress, sources said.
In the meantime. copies of
the report have been distributed
to Chief Judge E. Barrett
Prettyman of the United States
Circuit Court Of Appeals; Chief |
Judge David Pine Of the Dis
trict Court; Chief Judge Leo A.
Rover. Of the Municipal Court
of Appeals and Chief Judge
John Lewis Smith, jr., of Mu-
nicipal Court.
The judges will all be con-
suited on the recommendation,
court sources said.
Evening star., 1960-03-28
Efntrn Thnughta
The Incident That Cove Ne
An Appreciation of the Bible
HUGH L. DRYDEN

HUGH L. DRYDEN
Deputy Administrator Space
College days traditionaly the days Of question:
ing and doubt But it was of those days that
gained new appreciation Of the Bible
For as long as can remember had been exposed
to the Bible chapter read each day in the little one
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-23

Jean Bennett, Grace Began. Joseph
Bontrager, Sylvia Carlisle. JoAnn
Collins, Gail Corder, George Drap-
er, Donna Fischer, Same Hick-
man, Bonnie Hoey, Merry Hollis,
Christina Homan. Glenn Ingram,
Judy Jefferson. Lois A. Jester, Rea
Kerr, *Carol Kline, Ellen Kunkle,
Duane Miller, Sarah Penuel, Shir-
ley Postles, Dee Ridings, Judy Rob
erts, *Piret Saksen, Colleen Teare,
Henry Vinyard. Katherine Vree-
land, Richard Webb, Frances
Welsh, Carolyn White.
Grade 10: Allan Dallas, Carolyn
Finnity, Donald Gibson, Mary
Headley. Mary Ann Kitchens, Mary
Hudecz. Jules Jefferson, Mary Lou
Landlord, Kaye Mercer, Cheryl
Morris, Lama Sharp, Constance
Walls, *Laraine Williams.
Grade II: Jacqueline Belts, Nam
cy Clendaniel
Grade II: Joyce Bennett, Donald
Fisher, Uta Gabriel, Walter Hugh
es, Kay Isaacs, Glenn Kenton, Mary
Ann Killen, Kenneth Kerr, Thomas
Leighty, Donna Lingo, Sue Nc
Chung, Sue Metz. SARAH Milbury,
Charles Pack, Patricia Rogers, DON
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-23

Vile and lighting by DR.. Russell
PlumptOn.
In the cast were William Hart
ranft as Rabbi Ezra; Nancy Susan
Short. the angel; Mary Ann Waga-
mon, Mary; David Smith, Thomas
Sloan, Andy Shirley, Shepherds;
Dennis Linville, Eli; Mrs. Norman
Abbott, mother; John Elliott,
Charlton Strange, James Donaway,
Wise Men; Kathy Busey, George
Campbell, Vera Briggs.
Both the Junior and Senior
Choirs sang old familiar Christmas
songs. There was a carol by Jan
Sloan, a duet by Judy Abercrombie
and Janet Lloyd, and a trio by Nor
man Dawson, Christian E. Mack
and Howard T. Smith.
The church will have special
Christmas Eve service Saturday
night
The town, and in fact, the whole
of Sussex County, has received a
OAA 4oI1lco PA OoCAIIs
Former President Judge Charles
S. Richards, who has lived all his
life in one of the fine old frame
homes on The Circle here, has
given nine. beautiful trees to the
town already planted in The Cir
Gle.
At a time, several years ago,
when there was much promotion
for landscaping The Circle with
Towering shrubs and perhaps a
band shell, Judge Richards oppos-
ed the idea, saying that The Circle
was just right as it was with
graceful large shade trees, and
green lawn.
Benches have been provided by
service clubs, and on court days
and other special occasions, Wis
itors from all over the county have
rested there.
+ Come Hurricane Donna, however,
and branches from the large old
trees came hurtling down along
with two of the trees themselves.
The town had to clear the de-
bris away and took a good look,
with the aid of professionals, at
what was left More pruning was
undertaken, cavities filled, and all
the pOst-operative treatments were
carried out.
Then Judge Richards came for
ward and offered the new young
trees so that many years from now
The Circle might continue to pre-
sent the same picture.
Some of the trees are just shade
trees like sugar naples; some are
colorful like the red naples and
there are dogwood, too.
Judge Richards has provided pro-
tective frames for the new plant
ings.
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-23
Milford Hiqh
School News
Christmas Vacation

Christmas Vacation
All Milford Schools closed at
1905 p. m, Thursday, December
%, 1860 for Christmas Vacation and
will reopen at S:15 a. m, Tuesday,
January 3, 1861
Adult Classes
All persons wishing to participate
in adult classes at Milford High
School during the first quarter of
1861 are urged to register at the
office of the Superintendent of
Schools on any school day not later
than January 6. 1861.
Junior High Student Council Dance
The Junior High Student Coun-
Gil, sponsored by Mr.. Arthur Nc
Daniel, Guidance Counselor, held
a pre-Christmas dance on Friday,
December 16, in the high school
auditorium. The dance was held
for pupils in grades z, and g.
Christmas Assemblies
The annual Christmas program
was presented to pupils in the
Junior-Senior High School during
the week of December 10. The pro-
gram, presented by the Vocal Mu-
sic Department under the direc-
'tion of Mr.. William Miller was
given for grades Z, and 9 on
Tuesday, December 20. Pupils in
the Senior High had their assem-
bly, program on Wednesday morn
Milford chronicle., 1960-12-23

ing a happy Christmas to the girl
which organization sponsors at the
Hospital for the Mentally Retarded
at StOckley.
The girl is the child of a vete-
ran. In addition to our provisions,
the members are asked to send a
Christmas card to Myrtle j., Dee
mer Cottage, Hospital for the Mem
tally Retarded, Box 1000, George
town.
Mrs. Elwood Short, chairman for
Child Welfare, and Rehabilitation,
reported that funds from the Nee
dlework Guild will be used for a
needy family in Georgetown.
Mrs. Short reported also that IS
gifts were taken to the Veterans
Hospital at Elsmere and that she
assisted in their distribution.
Mrs. Granville Tingler, president,
who presided. is also Community
Service chairman and reported
plans for the coming March of
Dimes.
Mrs. William Hickman, Jr., Jun
ior Activities chairman, told Of the
workshop held at the Milton Sch
Ool. She said that she would send
a birthday card to each junior
member on her birthday.
Hostesses for the evening, Mrs.
Charles Hill and Mrs. Ralph Lyons,
had decorated the Log Cabin for a
Christmas party which followed
the meeting.
A Christmas pageant, Joseph
and the Nativity, was given at
the Georgetown Presbyterian Chu-
rch last Sunday evening.
William Pinnell, new Sussex
County All Club agent, was mar
rator and played the role of Joseph.
Millard L. Jenkins was director;
cOstuming was by Mrs. Warren Lin