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Evening star., 1961-01-02
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Evening star., 1961-02-05

THUS far. the emphasis in The Changing
Il Scene" has been on downtown Washing
ton and Georgetown, but today we are happy
to move into nearby Maryland to show that
time has wrought its changes there. too.
The above picture was taken. looking west
ward from Wisconsin avenue on Langdrum
lane, just across the District line in Mont
gOmery County. The area then u029) was called
Chevy Chase Gardens, but II is now known
generally as Bethesda.
j. Conway Hunt, S225 Westpath Way. Fort
Sumner Hills, writes that the terrible twen-
ties" were just ending when his father. Henry
J. Hunt, took the picture.
He recalls helping to plant the pin oaks
along the curb in 1925 Note below how they
have matured into full majesty in the interven-
ing 80 years. Mr.. Hunt also recalls that the
Do you haze any photographs Of old WGshingt.
photo selected for publication. The date and 10c
M0il yours to the Changing Scene Editor, SUM
Washington 3, D. C. (PhOtos accompanied by
Evening star., 1961-02-05
The Changing Scene
BY JERRY O'LEARY. JR.
Star Staff Writer

balsam fir on the truck (above) was planted
about the same time. That may be it on the
left in the 1881 picture.
Langdrum lane, before its dedication as
street. was just q little country lane into Gen.
Richard Coulter Drums farm Gen. Drum, who
was Mr.. Hunts greatgrandfather, bought 200
acres there in 1880 for $4,000. Through the
farm, Mr.. Hunt says, now run Langdrum lane,
DrummOnd avenue, Hunt avenue, DeRussey
parkway and Morgan drive.
Residents Of the area are at loss to ex-
plain the purpose Of the metal tubes planted
in the stone tubs at the entrance Of Langdrum
lane. They may have been standards for light
poles, but no one we have contacted seems to
be sure.
Do any readers Of The Changing Scene"
know their purpose?
The Star sUiH pov S. for the use of any original
The Republican., 1961-10-05

South 3G West, 28 rods; North 70 o
West, 8 rods, South 40 West 5Si2
rods, then with the line of Gro
marty, South 68 80 West, rods
and links. South II West 20
rods; then North 81 West, l24
rods to the beginning, containing
68 acres, more or less.
The bill states, among other
things, that the amounts necessary
for redemption have not been paid,
although more than year and a
day from the day of sale has eX-
pircd
IT IS THEREUPON. this 23rd
day of September, 1861, by the
Circuit Court for Garrett County,
Maryland, ORDERED, that notice
be given by the insertion of this
Order in some newspaper having
a general circulation in Garrett
County, Maryland, once week
for four successive weeks. before
the Goth day of October, 1861, warn
ing all persons interested in the
said property to be and appear in
this Court by the 4th day of De-
cember 1861, and redeem the
property and answer the bill, or
thereafter final decree will be
rendered forcclosing all rights of
redemption in the property and
vesting in the plaintiffs a title
free and clear of all cncumbrances
RICHARD l.. DAVIS, Clerk
True Copy,
Test: Richard L. Davis, Clerk.
ADV 31-4t
The Republican., 1961-10-05
Order of Publication

The object of this proceeding is
to secure the foreclosure of all
rights of redemption in the fol-
lowing property situate in Garrett
County Maryland, sold by the
Collector of Taxes for Garrett
County and the State of Maryland
to the plaintiffs in this proceeding.
Said property is described as
follows:
All that tract of land situate in
Election District No of Garrett
County, Maryland, which was con-
Veyed to Schell Mining Company.
Inc, by deed from w. Dwight
Stover and william O. Treacy.
Trustees. dated November 13. 1857.
and recorded in Liber RID. No.
207. folio 1856. one of the Land Rec
ords of Garrett County, Maryland,
wherein said property is described
as follows:
Beginning at a stone monument
on the top of Backbone Mountain
standing North 20 East, 81 rods
from the end of the first line of
the entire tract called Moore
field, to the beginning and run
ming thence North 70 East 90
rods to a stone pile; North 35
East, 36l2 rods: South 60 East, 20
rods South 64i2 East. II rods and
Ii links; South 62i2 East, 80 rods
and Is links; South 66l2 East, II
rods and 10 links; South 64a4
East, II rods and 10 links to line
fence, thence with said fence,
The Republican., 1961-10-05
SWALLOW FALLS

A bridal shower was given Miss
Sandra Skipper by Mrs Luke Bow
man at the home of Mrs Charles
Warwick, Sand Flat Thursday af-
ternOOn.
Mrs William George visited Mr.
and Mrs. George Mummcrt, Johns
town, Pa, the past week.
Mrs Edith Friend is a patient
in Garrett County Memorial hos
pital, Oakland.
Mrs. Katherine Spiker returned
home Saturday evening after
spending the past month with
relatives in Ohio.
Mrs. Bessie Lewis is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Lewis, Akron, O..
Mr. and Mrs. George Mellott. of
Sykesvillc, visited Navy Mellott,
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs N A. Ream spent
several weeks visiting relatives in
Florida.
The Republican., 1961-10-05
An Ordinance

AN ORDINANCE of the Mayor
and Council of the Town of Grants
vile, a municipal corporation of
the State of Maryland, entitled
"An Ordinance Regulating Park
ing of Motor Vehicles on Main
Street ~. S. Route No. 40) in the
Town of GrantSville, Maryland,
and Regulating the Speed of Motor
Vehicles on all other Streets and
Alleys of said Town and Provid-
ing Penalties for the Violation of
said Regulations.
BE IT ENACTED AND OR
DAINED by the Mayor and Coun-
Gil of the Town of Grantsville.
Maryland, as follows:
Section l. That it shall be unlaw-
full to park any motor vehicle on
the south side of Main Street u. S.
Route No. 40) in the Town of
Grantsville at any time during the
day or night, between the East
corporate limits of said town and
the West corporate limits thereof
Section 2 That it shall be unlaw-
full to park any motor vehicle on
the North side of Main Street
~. S. Route No. 400, in the Town
of Grantsville, between First
Street and the Amish Road and
between burst Street and Holmes
Alley, for more than one % hour
during any twenty-four hour
period.
Section 3. That it shall be un-
lawful to operate any motor We
hicle on any street or alley in the
Town of GrantSville, at a speed in
excess of twenty-five miles per
hour, provided, however, that this
section shall not apply to Main
Street tU. S. Route No. 400 in said
town
Section 4. That every person con-
Victed for a violation of this Ordi-
nance shall be punished by fine
of not more than TWENTY-FIVE
DOLLARS. (S2500), nor less than
TEN DOLLARS, $1,000, or by
Imprisonment for not more than
TEN DAYS for each OffcnSc for
which convicted
Section 5 That all other ordi-
nances of the Town of Grantsvillc
in conflict with this ordinance arc
hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict.
ENACTED AND ORDAINED
this End day of October, 1861.
LEE BEACHY
Mayor and President
of the Council
Attest:
Milton Rodamer. Clerk,
ADV. 32-2t.
The Republican., 1961-10-05

weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Mckenzie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rcsh Wis
tied Mr. and Mrs Ward Livengood
and family, Friendsville, Sunday
afternoon.
Student Supply Pastor and Mrs.
Hugo Schroeder, Jr, we're dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Clyde
Smith, Sunday Other visitors we're
Mr. and Mrs. James Curtis and
daughter, Akron, o.
William SWauger, Rice'S Land
ing, Pa, visited Mr. and Mrs
The Republican., 1961-10-05
NOTICE
BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
kITZMILLER, MARYLAND

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that on October 2, 1861, at a regu-
lar meeting, the Mayor and Coun-
ell of Kitzmillersville Garrett
County, Maryland, adopted
Resolution to add a new section to
the Charter of said Town of Kitz-
millersville. to be known as Sec
ton 315-A. relating to condemna-
ton of property, as follows:
RESOLUTION of the Mayor and
Council of Kitzmillersvile, adopted
pursuant to the authority of Ar
ticle lie of the Constitution of
Maryland and Section l3 of Ar
ticle 23-A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland 1857 Edition.. title
Observation-Disclosures" to add
a new section, to be known as Sec
ton 3l5-A of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Garrett County
1857 Edition., said Code being
Article IL of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland and said
section being made part of the
Charter of the Town of KitzmillerS-
vile. applicable only to said Town,
so as to authorize the Mayor and
Council of KitZmillersville to con-
denim property of any kind. or in
tereSt therein, or franchise con-
nected Herewith, in fee or as an
easement within the corporate
limits of the Town of KitzmillerS-
vile, for any public purpose. Any
activity, project, or Improvement
authorized by the provisions of
the Charter of the Town of Kitz-
millerSvillc, or any other State
law applicable to said Town, shall
be deemed to be public purpose,
and, specifically, shall include any
flood control project for the pro-
lection of said Town of Kitzmillers-
vile which may hereafter be un-
dertaken or which may be neces-
sary The manner of procedure in
case of any condemnation proceed
ing shall be that established in
Article 33A of the Annotated Code
of the Public General Laws of
Maryland, title Eminent Domain"
1855, ch. 25S)
A complete copy of said Resolu-
ton may be examined at the COun-
ell Room in the Community Build
ing in the Town of Kitzmillers-
vile prior to its effective date.
EARL S. SHANK
Mayor
ADV. 32-5t
The Republican., 1961-10-05

Mrs Clarence A. Maybe visited
Mr. and Mrs. Ward May, Terra Al
ia, W. Va, the past week.
Visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs Arden w Skipper the past
week we're Mr. and Mrs Pat Har-
vey, Deer Park Mr., and Mrs Sibre
B. Skipper and family, Sand Flat;
Mrs Robert Beachy and daugh-
ter, Mrs. William George, Mrs
Daley Lewis and daughter, Guy
Maybe, Miller Falls, Mass; Har-
old Maybe and son, Baltimore; Mr.
and Mrs. John Skipper and son.
Mrs Bert Ream and Mrs Bliss
Ream visited relatives in Cadiz,
o.. over the weekend.
Gary Linn Skipper spent Thurs
day evening with Mr. and Mrs.
The Republican., 1961-10-05

Joseph Rcsh, on Sunday Mrs.
Alice Rcsh, Cumberland, was a
Tuesday visitor.
Joe Yommer, Hyattsvillc, visited
his mother Mrs. Jessie YOmmer,
over the weekend.
Miss Rella Broadwater, Wash
ington, d. c., spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. Delbcrt
BroadWater
The Republican., 1961-10-05
JENNINGS

The United Lutheran Church
Women of Zion will meet at the
church, Sunday, at 2 p. m. Mrs.
Viola Meyers will lead the topic,
The Race That Refused to Van
iSh."
Mr.. and Mrs Rodney Mckenzie
and children, Frazee Ridge, were
Wayne Wolfe, GAINESVILLE, w. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Maybe
and son are visiting relatives in
Hancock.
The Republican., 1961-10-05
SUNDAY YOUR SOCIAL SECUR-
lTY CARD MAY BE
WORTH $1,000

One thousand dollars will surely
come in handy and the number on
your social security card may be
the key to this big prize See list
of % winning numbers every week
in the Baltimore American To af-
ford you a better opportunity of
winning you may send your num-
Der in on a postcard to Box 1902,
Baltimore 3, Maryland Then watch
the numbers every week in the
BALTIMORE AMERICAN
On sale at your local neWsdcaler.
The Republican., 1961-10-05
TRESPASs NOTICE

All persons are warned not to
hunt, trespass or walk over in any
manner on the properties of the
undersigned in District No. 8 in the
German section.
A. d. CUMMINGS
r. A. RIDDER
COURTNEY WILSON
WARREN HARVEY
CHRISTINA STEADMAN
WAYNE HARVEY
PAUL WEIMER
ISADOR SKEWERIS
JOHN H. GEROSKI
CLAUD WILKINS
w. w. PHILLIPS
PAUL Y BACHTEL
l.. B. SHAFFER
Adv 32-10t&
The Republican., 1961-10-05

Cincinnati Reds won National
League pennant and New York
Yankees won the American
League pcnnant
The Republican., 1961-10-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the
subscriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court for Garrett County, Maryland
Letters Of Administration C. t. a. on the
estate Of
VIOLA S. KEENAN,
late OF Garrett County. Maryland, de-
ceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof duly
authenticated. to the subscriber, on or
before the 2Sth day Of March, 1862 !.
they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate All per-
sons knowing themselves indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under my hand this 26th day Of
September 1861
JOHN NJ. KEENAN,
Administrator C. t. a.
Route
Deer Park Maryland
IL
The Republican., 1961-10-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF
SMALL ESTATES

THIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE TO any
person having any claim against
JACOB DILGARD
late Of Garrett County. Maryland de-
ceased. to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof. duly Authenticated ia
the herein below named Small Estate
Petitioner of such dccedent's estate on
Or b,fore the date indicated therefor
they may otherwise by law he excluded
from all benefit of said estate.
Final date for claims November 2. 1861
ANN A DILGARD
Petitioner
ll5 Second Street
Oakland. Maryland
The Republican., 1961-10-05
DEBT NOTICE

I will not be responsible for any
debts other than those contracted
by myself.
DONALD L. ARONHALT
Oakland, Maryland
ADV, 32-3tf
The Republican., 1961-10-05
ORDER OF NISI

Ordered this 2Oth day Of September,
1861, by the United States District Court
District Of Maryland, that the sale made
and reported by Meredith r. Hoffmaster
and Stephen r. Pagenhardt, Trustees for
the purpose of foreclosure, be and the
same is hereby ratified and confirmed.
unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 23nd day of
October. 1861, provided copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper
printed in Garrett County, Maryland,
once in each of three successive weeks,
before the 18th day of October. 1861.
The report states the amount of sale
to be $15100.00.
SignedJ r. DORSEY WATKINS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
for the DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
ADV. 3l-3t.
The Republican., 1961-10-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE. That the
subscribers have obtained from the Or
phan's Court for Garrett County. Mary
land Letters Testamentary on the estate
Of
JOHN GUTHRIE LUKE II
late Of Garrett County. Maryland. de.
ceased. All persons having claims against
the deceased are hereby warned to exhibit
the same. with the vouchers thereof duly
authenticated, to the subscribers. on or be-
fore the 21st day of March. 1862; they
may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit of said estate. All persons
knowing themselves indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under our hands this 10th day of
September. 1861.
EDNA TAYLOR LUKE
Rt. >. Swanton. Maryland
JOHN GUTHRIE LUKE III
Rt. ,. Swanton, Maryland
Executors
Adv 2O-3t
The Republican., 1961-10-05
TRESPASS NOTICE
TREsPAss NOTICE

Persons are hereby warned not
to trespass in any manner on the
property of the undersigned, To-
Gated in District No TO- along the
Deer Park-Gorman road.
JOHN w. NAZELROD
Route /, Deer Park, Md.
ADV. 32-3t&
The Republican., 1961-10-05
Lewis Il. Jones and Mary V. Jones,
his wife.
Oakland Maryland
Schcll Mining Company, Inc,
a corporation,

Il OOl pOl dllOll
Deer Park, Maryland
and all persons having or claiming
to have any interest in all that
tract of land situate in Election
District No 8, of Garrett County,
Maryland. described as 68 acres,
part of a tract of land called
"Moorefield", located on Back
bone Mountain. assessed to Schell
Mining Company and being the
same which was conveyed to Schcll
Mining Company, Inc, by deed
from w. Dwight Stovcr and others,
Trustees, dated November Is, 1857,
and recorded in Liber RID. No.
207, folio 1856, Land Records of
Garrett County, Maryland.
:
No. 5O96 Equity in The Circuit
Court for Garrett County, Mary
The Republican., 1961-10-05

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
MARYLAND. CIVIL NO. 1909
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and
MEREDITH r. HOFFMASTER Trus-
tee, and STEPHEN r. PAGENHARDT,
Trustee, Plaintiffs
VS.
ANDREW S. HESS and VIRGINIA r.
HESS, doing business As EVANSVILLE
LIVESTOCK AUCTION, Defendants
ORDER OF NlSI
The Republican., 1961-10-05

This may have you asking How did Chevrolet do it,"
There's V8 choice ranging all the way from
standard 283cubicnch szzer Acknowledgement power
houses And there's that 62 Jetsmooth ride with supple
Full Coil spring at each wheel and well 700 body and
chassis sound insuators and cushoners.
There longer lived mufiers for all engines Grand
Canyon of trunk Magc-Mirror finish And well, could
write book about it all Matter of fact your Chevrolet
dealers got all down paper, Get -in from him
a eSts cost
Evening star., 1961-04-16
Clifton NibIock,
Ex-PoIicemun,, 81

Clifton c. Niblock, 81, a re-
tired Washington policeman
died at Washington Sanitari-
um Friday after a heart at
tack.
Mr.. Niblock, a native Of Sal
isbury, N. c., remained in
Washington after being dis
charged here from the Army
He served in France during
World War I.
He was one of the tallest
men in the department at
feet. 7 inches. He served many
years at No. 10 Precinct before
retiring in 1916, after 26 years
service.
Mr.. Niblock was a member OF
the Petworth Masonic Lodge
AZ and American Legion Post
429. He was a lifelong motor
mechanic lobbyist.
He leaves his widow, the
former Louise Tomlinson, oi
the home address, 628 Ham
ilton street NV: two sons
Thomas, of 1902 Scott avenue
Rockville, Md, and Charles, Of
Culver City. Calf, and two
grandsons.
Funeral services will be held
at 1890 am. Tuesday at the
Deal Funeral Home, 1912 Geor-
gia avenue NV. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-04-16

at an early age. She then
moved to Washington, most
recently living at 34l6 Ritten-
house street NV.
Mrs. Schermerhorn was q
members of the Dorothy Han
cock Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution
She also belonged to the
Daughters of the American
ColonistS.
She was a member of All
Saints Episcopal Church ot
Chevy Chase and belonged tc
st. Anne'S Guild.
Mrs Schermerhorn and her
husband, who died in 1857
were active in local civil de-
fense work during World
War II.
She leaves her sister, Mrs
George Giguere of 1878 Colum-
bia road, NV.
Services will be at 10:3O am
Tuesday. at All Saints EpiS-
copal Church, with burial in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-04-16
Mrs. Guenther,
CoIoneI's Wife

Mrs. Leonard E. Guenther,
46, wife of Col. Louis A. Guen-
ther, a member of the person.
mel council to the Secretary of
the Air Force, died Friday of
leukemia at the Andrews Air
Base hospital.
Mrs. Guenther, the former
Mona Elkins, was the daughter
of an Army officer and the
granddaughter Of the late Gov
Miles B. McSweeney Of South
Carolina.
She lived all her life on Army
and Air Force Bases. While
living in Madrid, Spain, in
1856, Mrs. Guenther became a
convert to Catholicism.
Besides her husband and a
son, Christopher, Of the home
address, 420 Brook drive, Falls
Church, Mrs. Guenther leaves
two other sons. Lieut.. Frank j.
Guenther, USAF, of Sewar
Air Force Base, La, and Cadet
Michaiel A. Guenther of the
United States Military Acad-
emy, West Point, and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. X. S. Caramanis, of
Bonn. Germany.
Two sisters, Mrs. Thomas H.
Harvey, of 615 Ripley street,
Alexandria, and Mrs. Robert A.
Bander, of Palo Alto, Calf,
and a brother, John w. Ell
kins, of Goldsboro, N. c., also
survive.
There will be a requiem mass
at 10 am. Tuesday at ST..
James Church, Falls Church,
with burial in Arlington ceme-
terry.
Evening star., 1961-04-16
FBI Arrests
Mental Case
Fugitive Here

Mack Wilson Fierst, so, who
fled the Maryland State Hospi-
tai for the Criminally Insane
early this month, Was seized
without resistance by the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation
here yesterday.
Agents, who described the
convicted payroll robber as
vicious and dangerous" made
the arrest in a house in the
2100 block of G street NV.
FierSt was unarmed.
The FBI said he had been
living here four or five days
under the name of Andrew
Payne. He was taken before
a United States Commissioner
and held on a $4,000 bond
on a Federal charge of fleeing
from the State of Maryland
to avoid confinement for armed
robbery. The case was con-
tinued until April 25. He es-
capped from the institution at
JesSupS April 5.
Fierst. a former Washington
resident, has a criminal record
dating back into the early sos
and was convicted in Balti-
more in 1948 on the armed
robbery charge, receiving a 20
year sentence.
He was linked by police in
Washington and Baltimore to
a series of payroll robberies in
1947-48 and with the gangland-
style Staying of an ex-convict
in the woods near Laurel, Nd,
in March of l948.
Evening star., 1961-04-16
VS.. Brenizer, 64, Dies,
Active in Civic Affairs

w. Spencer Brenizer, 64.
prominent Washington civic
leader, died Friday at his home.
5052 Westpath terrace. Fort
Sumner Hills, Md.
A past president Of the
Washington Rotary Club, Mr..
Brenizer was a native Wash
ingtonian and graduated from
old Business High School here.
Mr.. Brenizer joined the ex-
cavating and construction firm
of w. F. Brenizer and Co. after
graduating from the University
of Pennsylvania's Wharton
School of Finance and retired
from that company several
years ago after becoming ex-
ecutive vice president.
A member Of the board of
directors of the Boys Club of
Washington, he was a past
master of Cathedral Masonic
Lodge No. 40, past treasurer of
Columbia Country Club, a
member Of Alpha Xiii Rho fra
ternity and very active in st.
Adams Episcopal Church.
He leaves his wife, the for
Evening star., 1961-04-16
U. S. Jazz Artist
jailed in Italy

LUCIA, Italy, April is (AP)
American Jazz Trumpetel
Chet Baker was given an 18-
month jail sentence today by
an Italian criminal court or
conviction Of smuggling mar.
cotics into Italy for his owr
use. The court also fined him
100000 lira ($448).
Bakers wife, Halema, &C.
cused of helping him obtain
narcotics, was acquitted fol
lack of evidence.
The verdict was reached by
a three-judge panel after eight
hours Of deliberation.
Baker was arrested last Au-
gust % In this Tyrrhenian Sea
resort after being found semi
conscious in a washroom.
The court also convicted
three Italians tried with Baker
and his wife.
Evening star., 1961-04-16
SOVIET SCIENTISTS BELLYACHE
COSTS u. S. NAVY $4,000

QuONSET POINT, r. I. (AP).-The Russians NAV
belyache in history
spokesman at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station
sao aSt night that Washington has estimated the cost
OF navy mission to the Antarctic to take out an aiIn0
Soviet scientist, at $1360OO ~ '
Leond p Kuperov, believed to be suffering from a
mcer was flown out OF the Byrd station near the
South Pole in flight from Ouonse involving
two planes and 40 men. Only he didn't have an ulcer
1t was all mistake, he said
The Quonset spokesman said the naval support forces
headquarters for Operation Deepreeze in Washington
mas estimated the cost of the flight at $7OO an hour for
1853 hours plus $22,5O0 for gasoline
The cost doesn't take into account other expenses
Tor the men that could be presumed to be in effect no
matter what they doing
The flight was conducted by two C-130 HercuIes
planes that left Quonset April l. The last of the two
returned last night One used on standby basis
in case the other ran into trouble the abnoray late
flight into the land Of lowering darkness and bad weather
during this time of year.
Evening star., 1961-04-16
GASOLINE STATION EXPLOSION
Benton's S Mural Wins
T runon Praise as Epic

INDEPENDENCE, Mo-, April
Is (AP).-Thomas Hart Benton
sat hatleSs in the wind at the
dedication of his Truman
Library mural today and heard
himself described as a master
who has painted an American
epic.
Mr.. Benton, in turn, praised
former President Truman for
his remarkable reticence" in
allowing the artist to paint
without suggestions. The his
torical mural is titled "Inde-
pendence and the Opening of
the West"
1000 at Dedication
Chief Justice Warren and
Mr.. Truman headed a list OF
notables among the 1000 per-
sons who attended the dedica-
ton. A reception followed the
ceremony.
The affair was planned to
coincide with Mr.. Benton's
72nd birthday and the crusty
little painter clearly was the
star of the show.
This is the first time in
America that an artist has
such an honor" he said.
Referring to the rapport he
found with Mr.. Truman in the