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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12
Citizens MEETING Set

There will be a citizens meeting
on Monday evening, May 16 at 8
p. M, in the town hall in Loeb
Lynn Heights. Spring cleanup
days for the town are set for Fri
day and Saturday, May q and 28,
it was stated.
Brief Mention
Mrs. Vane Iden entertained with
party in honor of her daughter,
Andrea Kay's, eighth birthday.
ThOs present were Douglas Calls,
Larry and Terry Kelly, Gary King,
Arthur Beckman, Beverly Rice,
Susie Bolyard, Mary COgley, Mi
chael Savage, Tommy, Sharon,
Zebra, and Douglas Tressler, Gary
Shaffer, Sara Baker, Russell Lii
Ter, Michael Riley, Kyle Sisler,
Donald and Linda Friend, Martha
and Cynthia Stem, Elaine Jamison,
Ruth Harvey.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
COsner, last Wednesday were Mr..
and Mrs John Cady and son, of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12
FIT A. Members Teach
In Elementary Schools

The following F. T. A. members
from Northern High School were
assigned to teach in the elementary
schools on May 9-10: Grantsville-
Charlotte McCurdy and Rebecca
Renwick to Miss Claudine Opel.
Accident-Betty Savage and Sue
Saltzor TO Mrs Wilodene Brown,
Janet Younkin and Ruth Hine-
baugh to Mr. Earl Savage; Friends
ville-Geraldine and Patty Van
Sickle to Mrs. Jennie Miller. The
girls observed in the classrooms
on Monday morning and did prac-
tice teaching on Tuesday morning;
they returned to their classes in
the afternoon. These girls had ex-
perience in register keeping. lunch
counting, lunch room procedures,
daily planning, and actual teach
ing.
The purpose of the project is TO
encourage high school students to
enter the teaching profession, to
give F. T. A. members first hand"
experience in teaching, to stimulate
F. T. A. members who have indi-
Gated a desire to be teachers, and
to help bridge the gap between the
elementary schools and the high
school,
The elementary principals, Mr..
Dean, Mr.. Frantz, and Mr.. Garrett.
were in charge of the F. T. A.
members while they were in The
schools. Mrs. Lucille Carson, Senior
Social Studies Teacher. is the adj
visor for the Northern High Chap
ter, Ruth Hinebaugh, a senior AGA
cenic student, is the Chapter
President.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12
Northern Lights
Margaret Hetz

Devotions
Homeroom devotions over the
P. A. System were led by Margaret
Beachy on Thursday morning. Mr.
Muha had some Guidance phil
osophy.
Committee Meets
The Faculty Assembly Commit
tee consisting Of Mrs. Sines. Mr..
Reckner, Mr.. Strauss, Mrs. Beachy,
Mr.. Schwing, and Mr.. Mitchell
met on Thursday
Movie Shown
A movie was shown to students
this week during study hall periods.
Visits Northern
Mr. Meyers, Assistant State SUI
perintendent in charge of the
School Lunch Program, visited the
school Wednesday to observe and
check Cafeteria records.
Teachers Meet
County Science Teachers met on
Wednesday at Northern. Represen-
tatives from Northern were Mr..
Strauss, Mr. Keplinger, Mr.. Will
son, and Mr.. Riggs. Eighth grade
homeroom teachers, Mrs. Grose,
Mrs. Beachy, Mrs. Forsyth, and
Mr.. Riggs, met with Mr.. Beachley
on Thursday
GOO See Show
The Foods and Fashions Show
was held at Northern High on
Tuesday evening, May 10. Approx
mately 600 people attended. The
proceeds, approximately $3.50, was
turned over TO the Home Econom-
les Department of Northern High
by the Potomac Edison Company
sponsor of the show. The money
will be used for needed equipment
in the Home Economics Depart
ment.
FBLA lnstaIIs Leaders
Officers of the F.B.L.A. of North
ern High were installed at a spe-
cial meeting Tuesday. They were
Gladys Mckenzie, president; Carol
Hummel, secretary; Dorothy Ian
caster, vice-president; Betty Lou
Savage, treasurer. Installing Of
ficer was Shirley Uphold, presi-
dent for the past year. Miss Wucik
is the advisor.
The group discussed plans for a
trip to Pittsburgh with the F. T. A.,
for tour of Burroughs, Horne's
department store, Mellon bank and
visit to Kennywood park. The
groups will leave Northern Fri
day, May 81, returning the same
evening. They will be accompanied
by Miss Wucik and Mrs. Carson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12
MI. LGuKse PGsE'& Ne5Us

Los Angeles, Calf, and Mrs.
George Cosner and sons of Davis,
W. Va.
Mrs. Fred Fleming, of Fairmont
W. Va. and a summer resident of
Mt Lake Park, underwent major
surgery at Fairmont hospital last
Thursday She is reported recover
ing satisfactorily.
Mrs w b. Flcharty, of Washing
ton, d. c., spent several days here
last week, opening their. summer
cottage which she and her mother
Mrs. Margaret Wilson occupy. Mrs
Wilson is expected to return in a
few days after spending the winter
in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mrs Willard Hayden and Mrs
Harvey Riley will entertain Circle
No. 2 of the WSCS, at the home of
Mrs. Hayden, Thursday evening
Mrs. Mabel Brock will teach the
study lesson.
Miss Ethel Turney has returned
home after several days visit with
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
Isaac Frazee. She spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Bishoff at
FriendSVille.
Mrs Ira Hardesty and Mrs. judi
son Peck visited relatives in Wash
ington, ID. c., last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Dorman and
children, of Mt Rainier, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Harry Nicholson.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor and
daughter, of Canton, o., spent the
weekend visiting their mothers,
Mrs. Ruth Taylor and Mrs. Susie
ListOn.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DeBerry
and son, of Warrington, w. Va.
spent Sunday with her parents,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12

Glotfelty and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Glotfelty and children were Mr..
and Mrs. Homer Glotfelty. Grants
vile; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Glot-
felty. Mrs. Dilliner and son Gary,
Ind. Odell Glotfelty, Barton, was
a Friday visitor,
Sunday visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Bittinger were Mrs. Leah
Bethel and granddaughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Glotfelty, Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Glotfelty and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. House and children
and Mrs. Waiter Bowman.
Bonnie. Carol and Donna Bit
niger visited Nancy GlOtfelty, Sum
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Glotfelty
and sons visited Mr. and Mrs. Har-
~ Collier, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Brayton, Steu-
benville, o., called on Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Bowman, Sunday, en-
route to their home from Black
water Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deane Savage and
sons, Grantsville, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Farley Savage, Tuesday eve
ming. They have named their new
son Laverne David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Ross and fami-
", StahlstoWn, Pa, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Thomas, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Close and
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Dewitt and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon
Wright and children visited Mr..
and Mrs Ernest Mosser, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Bowman
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Y. w. King,
Monday evening
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12
Red Oak-Fairv;ew

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bittinger
and son, Wayne Allen, were week
end guests Of Rev. and Mrs. VIII
liam Sanger, of Cordova.
Friday evening guests of the
Frank Blambles were Mr.. and Mrs
Blondell Chapman and son of Elk
Garden; Mrs. Charles Pifcr and
daughter, of Warren, O.. and Mrs.
Daisy Simmons and daughter Nan
cy
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Truban
and children of Woodstock, Va,
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. B. Cooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bachtel
and children visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Warsaw on
Sunday
Miss loretta Henline, of Olney,
spent Wednesday and Thursday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Henline, of German.
Grandma" Childs remains in a
serious condition at her home, due
to congestion of the lungs.
Debbie and Tommy Deem spent
the past two weeks with their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff
ford Real.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Dixon and
family visited the Walter Coopers
| on Sunday.
Miss Shirley Evans, of Win
chester, spent the weekend with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Harsh and
daughters spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Childs
The Women's Fellowship met at
the church on Tuesday with nine
present.
Mrs. Nellie Dewitt spent Sun
day afternoon and Monday with the
Paul Henlines and M. S. Arnold
Other Sunday afternoon visitors
! were Mr.. and Mrs. George Wolfe
and Mrs. Clifton Bachtel and son
Herbert Tasker called on the S
B. Coopers, Sunday.
Mrs. William Cullers and daugh-
ter. Kathy Kay of Arlington, Va.
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs
A. G.. Cullers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bittinger
and Wayne visited her mother
Mrs. TheIma Hanlin, Friday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Reall and
children visited her sister and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Rexrode
who are moving to Pennsylvania
Mrs. Argyle Childs and Mrs. Flo
Gnegy spent Tuesday with Mrs
Virginia Childs.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Weeks.
Those receiving potted flowers
at the Mothers Day service, Sun
day morning, were Mrs. j. L. Lam
dos, for the oldest mother present;
Mrs. Wheat Weeks, for the mother
with the most children present;
and Mrs. James Weeks, for the
youngest mother
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12

Venetian Way won the Kentucky
derby by four lengths.
Irish police set up road blocks
along Irish Republic border after
discovery of a big arms dump in
Londonderry.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1960-05-12

Ward May, Terra Alta, w. Va, Sat
urday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Martin, Balti-
more. visited Mr. and Mrs. Theo-
dore Sines over the weekend.
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Evening star., 1960-06-09
GUIDE FOR HOMEOWNERS
WITH REPAIR PROBLEMS

In the Washington Metropolitan Area there are
plenty of reliable home improvement contractors If you
get three estimates for the home improvement you
want done and take the time ask some homeowners
about their experience with these contractors, you
shouldn't have any trouble Homeowners with an inquiry
complaint involving home improvement should consult
the following: -e-
Is your home improvement contractor reliable? Call
your Better Business Bureau your bank savings and
loan association.
Did your contractor fail to perform under FHA-
insured home improvement loan? Complain to the bank
or savings and loan association making the loan
the FHA's DC. msuring Office -,
Is permit required for the to be your
home? Call your local government building inspector.
Do you think you defrauded crminalIy by a
home Improvement contractor? Complain to the prose-
cutor in your area.
Evening star., 1960-06-09

NOW SHE WANTED to i'm
prove her English so she
could be a translator at the
United Nations.
What magazine? The offer
ings were a shoddy lot. We
finally arrived at a harmless,
if uninteresting, pocket mag
aZine.
"Oh, good!" she said. That
will give me 100 extra points"
She wrote out a contract. 1t
came to $40. Surprise prompt
ed examination. The contract
called for delivery of so is
sues, one a month-five years.
In these troublous times!
There were mutual regrets
when we said goodby. Tears
in her eyes. She had had
every reason to believe she
had made a sale until she
asked for the signature on
the dotted line.
And we felt sorry that her
adventure in freedom had
made her a member of a
magazine subscription crew.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
PHI BETA KAPPA KEY FINDS
OWNER AFTER LONG JOURNEY

missing Phi Beta Kappa key, believed lost 27 years
ago in New York, has returned up in Silver Spring only
five blocks from It's owners home.
Joseph Musher of 1885 Rosemary Hills drive Silver
Spring. said he is he lost the key in New York
than quarter of century ago.
Mr. Musher said he had never been in Silver Spring
until he moved to the Washington area in 1855. He
works as actuary for the Murray w. Latimer firm.
Earlier, Mr.. Musher lived in Washington for eight
years in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
passerby found the key sidewalk recently
the Spring Garden apartments in the 5000 block of
Eastern avenue Silver Spring.
clerk in the apartment rental Office showed the
key, engraved with Mr.. Musher's name to Stephen D.
Miller, %, 1860 graduate of Washington and Lee
University.
Mr.. Miller found Mr.. Musher's in the tele-
phone book and returned to key Monday.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
Hearing Due
OnCheckups
For Tuxicubs

A proposal to return to
twice-a-year taxicab inspec-
tions in Washington will be
aired at an informal" public
hearing by the District Public
Utilities Commission.
The hearing probably will be
held in mid-July, a P. U. c.
member. Harold A. Kertz, said.
The failure of nearly half Of
the city's $500 registered cabs
to pass this years inspection
points to the need for q semi
annual checkup. Mr.. Kertz
said.
The inspections would be
staggered, Mr.. Kertz explained,
to even out the required garage
repair work throughout the
year.
Last month, George A. Eng
land, director of the Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles. said
he would ask the District Com
missioners and the P. U. c. to
indorse reinstatement of twice.
a-year inspections for taxicabs.
Semiannual inspections were
held for a number of years in
the city but were dropped in
favor of annual checkups in
1854. The reason, Mr.. England
said. was that the District then
did not have the staff or equip
ment for semiannual inspec-
tions, but this is no longer the
case.
Technically. the require
ments on inspections Of cabs
are not subject to P. u. c.
approval. Commission MEM
bers, however, feel their re-
sponsibility in controlling oper-
alton of the cab industry
includes traffic safety, which
is directly related to inspec-
tions
Evening star., 1960-06-09
SEND A KID TO CAMP
Koren Can Gain
Strength She Needs

While her mother was in the
hospital. Karen spent the days
with a neighbor and returned
every night to her lonely house.
She was never sure if her
father would be there, or if he
would be aware of her presence
if he was there.
Rain was beating down as
she started home one night.
Nearing the house, Karen
saw a man lying in the doorway.
1t was her father, drunk and
all but unconscious, collapsed
and oblivious to the downpour.
Once again. Karen's mother
is going to the hospital. She
must have an operation for
cancer, an operation she knows
she may not survive.
Karen's mother is making ar
rangements for her daughter
to be placed in a church school
if she should die. Twelve-year-
old Karen attends Sunday
school and vacation Bible school
regularly.
Her alcoholic father is never
abusive. But his drunken in
conference terrifies the child.
He lost one job for being
drunk and barely manages to
support the family.
This summer is a decisive
one for Karen. Her home may
be wiped out completely by her
mothers death. At best, she
must face the tension and
worry her mothers operation
will bring.
Karen has been longing to
go to camp for months. Your
gift can give her a brief vaca-
tion from pain and strength to
face the future.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
The
Rambler
Hears
A Voice
By GEORGE KENNEDY

1t was a lovely day outside,
fleecy clouds slowly passing
across a blue sky. Perhaps a
little too hot. With. air con-
ditioning within, the Rambler
wouldn't know. Then the
cathedral chimes-the front
doorbell. And then a voice
that was a puzzlement.
1t was female-no doubt
about that. 1t was none of the
neighborS - no doubt about
that either.
1t could be the kid sister
of DiSney's Seven Dwarfs, or
the voice of the old crone
who lived in the gingerbread
house visited by HanSel and
Gretel.
The Rambler was getting
interested - more than in
anything he had overheard
from TV on that upper level.
That Mrs. r. was interested
was very evident. She was
asking questions which were
answered with torrents of
talk.
Finally the Rambler got
his cue. Mrs. r. called down.
stairs - only seven steps
down, Split-level living, you
know-and asked what mag
azine subscription he would
like.
There seated in the living
room was an old-world teen
ager, tall, with a retrouse
nose, and dark hair pulled
back into a pig tail, dishev-
eled slightly.
There could be no doubt
as to the validity of her
story. No heroicS. Every de-
tail had the ring of expert
ence. She and her sister had
left a little Saxony town in
East Germany, and gone to
the border, where they had
been assured that the guard
would let them cross for a
fee. They paid the fee and
that was all there was to it.
They we're not frightened.
There was nothing to fear.
They were young.
Evening star., 1960-06-09

the same "middleman" but a
different contractor, an FHA-
insured loan also was
suggested. The "middleman"
wanted the homeowner and his
wife to sign credit applica-
ton saying they jointly earned
$1,000 a year. This they re-
fused to do because it wasn't
so.
They, too, we're assured the
work would be done through
"refinancing" the trusts they
held on their property. Nothing
was refinanced. The middle
man" put a third trust on the
property, without their know
ledge. The trust note was sold,
also without their knowledge.
The work was only half done
but the trust holder is demand
ing payment.
In neither case did the home
owner ever see the proceeds of
the sale of the trust notes, nor
was the money applied to fix
up the home.
These are far from isolated
cases. They we're among AZ
trusts recorded in one year that
could be traced to the same
"middleman." Involved were at
least eight different contract
ors. Only one of the eight is
listed in the yellow pages of
the telephone book.
These homeownerS had some
thing else in common beside
their complaints against the
contractors and the middle
man." Most of them lived in
rundown neighborhoods which
already have been or are ex-
pected to be earmarked for en-
forcement of the housing code.
The sharp operators charac-
teristically move into a neigh
borhood ahead of the housing
inspectors, frighten homeown-
Evening star., 1960-06-09
CAMP FUND
FACTS

How to send a kid to
camp:
Make out your check or
money order to The Eve
ming Star Summer Camp
Fund. Mail to The Evening
Star. Second street and Vir-
ginia avenue Sc. or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
A receptionist in the lobby
will direct you to the CASH
ier's Office.
The cost-$39.30 for IL
days, S19.65 for six days.
All funds received BY rhe Eve
ning star SJh ntl camp Fund
will go to Family and Child Serv-
ice Of Washington. United Civ
ers Fund agency, for the use Of
its Summer outings Committee
Family and Child Services is reg
istered under the District OF CO.
mmbia Charitable Solicitations
Act No 6-07-1h1
Evening star., 1960-06-09
HOMEOWNER BEWARE
Finoncing-Chonce for SwindIer?
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
more than $125 monthly. Writ
ten in the margins Of the
contract were three different
possibilities for financing-one
of which said, Contractor will
finance with one trust or two
trusts with FILA or HML
(home modernization loan) for
the balance"
Mixed Suggestions
So, when she signed, she
didn't know what the financial
arrangement would be. There
was a suggestion of an FHA-
insured loan, a suggestion of a
home improvement loan from
a bank or savings and loan
association, and a suggestion of
trusts-all mixed together.
Two months later, the con-
tractor came back and told her
he had changed the name of
his firm so he needed a new
contract. The specifications for
the repair job were the same
but the financial terms were
different. Since she still wasn't
clear on the financing, she
signed without question. This
time, the contract said the i'm
provementS were to be financed
through two trustS-a first for
$500 and a second for $4,000.
She knew she had signed vari-
GUS papers. She wasn't sure
exactly what they we're. The
"middleman" had arranged it
all.
She didn't start asking ques-
tions until she had trouble with
the contractor. First, he started
building too close to the alley
and the inspector said it had
TO come down. Then he opened
a wall in the house. Then he
stopped working.
A payment book arrived. She
had been told she would not
have to make any payments
until the work was completed,
so she sent the book on to
the "middleman" who had ar
ranged the financing between
the homeowner and the con-
tractor.
Still Unfinished
Then a man came to the
house and represented himself
as coming from a bank. He told
her that she should tell the mid
dleman" to force the contrac-
tor to finish the job. 1t devel-
oped that he wasn't from a
bank at all but the buyer of
one of the trusts that had
been sold without her k ,owl-
edge.
For more than a year, she
has been trying to get the job
finished She doesn't know
whom she owes. All she knows
is that she owes somebody
$4,000.
In another case involving
Evening star., 1960-06-09
Kittens, Anyone?

A letter from Mrs. Nathan
Schuman of Alexandria an
swers the question of what
to do with abandoned kittens
if you live in Virginia.
The Schumans' little boy,
7-year-old Andy, acquired 10
kittens under unusual cir
cumstances.
He has a dog named Fuzzy.
a male woody creature-just
about what the name sug-
gests.
Fuzzy found 10 kittens,
their eyes hardly opened,
abandoned in the woods be-
hind the SchumanS' home.
He barked and he barked,
ran back to the house and
gave his "This is very i'm
portant!" bark, then back to
the woods and stood bark
ing over the kittens.
Finally Andy and his sis
ter followed the dog to see
what it was all about. The
kittens we're placed in a large
box and Fuzzy became their
guardian. His affection for
his wards was more than
paternalism. They arched
their backs and Missed at
him, but soon they started
sleeping in the warmth of
his fuzzy coat and they even
let him lick them.
Andy started peddling kit
tens but got nowhere. Then
it was discovered the Peace
Foundation of Sterling, Va,
(near Chantilly) would take
them. The foundation is aid
ed in its work by the Humane
Society of Virginia. The foun-
dation welcomes adoption re-
quests and anyone going
there should have a great
variety of kittens to choose
from.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
Alumni Dinner

Charles E. Hodges, managing
director of the Charleston
(W. Va0 Chamber of Com
merce, will be the speaker at
an annual dinner Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter of
the West Virginia University
Alumni Association at 8 pm
tomorrow in the Army and
Navy Club.
Evening star., 1960-06-09
Crush Kills Man

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
June 8 (AP).-Samuel Alex
ander Vest III, 10. of Char
lottesville. died yesterday in a
Charlottesville hospital of in
juries received Tuesday when
the car in which he was a pas
senger went out of control on
a curve and struck a tree on
State Route 676 about 4 miles
north of Ivy in Albemarle
County.