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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-06
Child Health TV Show
Features Local Doctors

A team of area medical spe
cialists will participate April II
in a special televised report or
child health, discussing prob
lens ranging from temper out
bursts to posture, $3.50 to 1886
pm. over WTTG-TV (Channe,
81. The program, Better Health
for Your Child" is being pres
ented with the cooperation Of
the American Academy of Pedi
atrics, which holds it three.day
spring meeting. at, the Sheraton
Park Hotel April 1912.
Children's Hospital specialists
taking part include DR.. Reginald
S. Lourie of Chevy Chase, psy
chiatry; DR.. Robert Fl. Parrot
of Bethesda, childhood diseases
and immunization; DR.. Mar
garet Gutelius, nutrition and
eating problems, and DR.. Felix
Head of FIT. Sumner Hills, teen
age problems.
DR.. Robert ]. EIuebner, Ma
tional Institutes of Health, Be.
thesda, will report on research
progress against viruses which
cause a large proportion OF
childhood illnesses.
A demonstration BY DR.. Allan
Coleman of Washington, D. c.,
will outline danger zones for
home accidents and display an
experimental medicine chest
that can be opened only by an
adult.
DR.. Joseph Peabody of Sum
ner, will show how doctors re-
cover the strange collections of
buttons, pins, coins and other
items often swallowed by chill
dren.
A simple hearing test with an
infant and Sabotage children
will be conducted by Janis
Heller and Sandra Hates, speech
therapists at Children's Hospi-
tai.
In replica of a room at Chill
dren's Hospital, a mother and
child who "roomed" together
when the child was hospitalized,
will show how this humanized
approach removes emotional
stress.
DR.. Charles Fierst of Bethes-
da, who pioneered in methods
to take the fear out of admins
tration of anesthesia to children,
will demonstrate how the proc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-06

The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship Washington-West Sub-Dis'
trict Meeting, originally SEIZED
uled at the Hunting Hill Chapel
in Rockville, win be conducted
on April 9 at z pm. at the Ep'
worth Methodist Church in
Gaithersburg.
Highlight of the program
will be the presentation of "The
Terrible Meek" one-act drama
by Charles Ram Kennedy, per-
formed by the host church
MYF.
The cast will include Molly
Harvill as "A Peasant Woman, /"
Phil Spaulding, depicting "A
Captain and Vince Cobb, play
ing the role of "a Soldier"
The Lutheran Church of St.
Andrew in Wheaton will be host
to the Lutheran Women's Mis-.
sionary League, Chesapeake
District, on April Is at an all
day Spring Rally.
Using the new facilities of
the church. the women will
meet from 10:30.3:30 pm. to
discuss Teach One Another"
The Missouri Synod churches
participating in the rally will be
the Calvary Lutheran Church
Of Silver Spring, Christ Luther.
an Church of Washington, DC,
Ascension Lutheran Church of
Landover Hills, Greenbelt Luth.
eran Church, Pilgrim Lutheran
Church, Washington, D. c., Re.
deemer Lutheran Church, Hy.
attswlle, Trinity Lutheran
Church, Mt. Rainier, and the
host church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-06
YWCA Plans Tour,
Fashions and Lunch

The 200-year-old historical
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Don R.
Lamborne of Olney will be the
setting for a fashion show and
lunch for the benefit of the
Montgomery County YWCA on
Nav 4.
The lunch in the country al
"Fairhill' will be preceded by
a tour of the house at 1870,
and fashions by julius Gar.
finckel & Co. will be shown at
p pm.
Tickets may be obtained by
calling the YWCA headquarters
at lockwood 1854.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-06
From The
Pastors Study
TOO SHORT

TOO SHORT
With the arrival of Spring the arrival of shorts
and the dissertation of Gods Commandment concerning
modesty in bodily attire.
"Shorts well named" The word describes their
character very we and in spite of the worlds defense
of them they have not escaped which aptly
minds us of a few things:
They too short to hide one from the judgment
Of God They too short to protect fair lady from
lustfu eyes Of men, from provoking evil thoughts in
their minds They too short to deliver country
from increase Of rape and criminal assault They
too short for the darling daughter) because she viii
want to wear them when she is big. They short
for the judgment seat of Christ for they will stand
the fire. They too short to add TO spirituality.
They too short for Heaven because God chosen
longer garment Of white righteousness for the Saint
Yes (shorts) are well named: Whoever named them,
named them well" Reference Bible Trumphet 1 Timothy
2:9&10
For Spiritual Council contact:
THE PASTORS STUDY
c/0 The Mennonite Church
Gaithersburg Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-06

tess is turned into a kind OF
game in a playroom atmos.
phere.
Better Health for Your Chill
dren," is one of a series of
award-winning medical special
events presented by The Up.
john Company, pharmaceutical
manufacturers. Moderator of
the series is Howard Whitman,
well-known medical TV com.
mentator and writer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-04-06
Christian Club
Luncheon Set

The April 10 luncheon meet
ing of the Suburban Washing
ton Christian Women's Club
will feature a talk by youth
leader Marlin Hardman and
musical selections by soprano
Sherry H. Kelly. Another part
of the 1880 program at Ken
wood Country Club will be a
demonstration on cake decorat-
ing"
Reservations, $3.50 each, may
be made with Judy Carver, VIII.
6.4084; Marie Skeets, JE. 2-9077;
Orletta Gillikin, VIII. 2-6226, and
Beth Whitman, EN-. 5.0931.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR:
Christmas Eve Can Be
a Lonely Night, Too

FOR SOME DUTY SPELLS sOLITUDE-The night be-
fore Christmas isn't always a happy occasion
especially for those who must walk a silent, lonely
path while watching over the Nations Capital In
SUNDAY, The Star Magazine with this Sundays
Star, you're given word and picture look at those
for whom Christmas Eve is "The Loneliest Night of
the Year.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE AN INVENTOR-This
Week Magazine brings you the interesting results
OF its poll on what Americans think should be
invented. In the same magazine look for Sampling
OF art from the KreSs collection.
TV DECKS THE HALLS FOR HOLIDAYS-Fred Waring
and his caroling girls the feature this week
in TV Magazine, which each Sunday brings you more
program listings and more pages of color
FOR THE STUDENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tours to all
parts of the globe, particularly Europe expected
to boom next summer. Those making such plans and
saving for them should read the offerings outlined
by Travel Editor Charles Yarbrough in The Stars
Travel pages this Sunday.
ON ICE SKATING-The Washington Figure Skating
Club is beginning to make strides again in national
ice competition. Outdoor Editor Charles Covell
tells you what is going in The Sunday Stars
Sports section.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Womon's St. E|izobeths Release
Is a Strange Christmas Present

sufficient will power to refrain
from 1ndulging to excess"
He said she was not insane,
because she was not psychotic
or psychoneurotic. Also, Judge
Holtzoff said, her rights were
violated when an insanity de-
fense was "foisted" upon her.
His ruling she is not mentally
i'll and should be released is
expected to spark a new legal
battle over the Districts S
handling of insanity questions.
Meanwhile. Miss Tremblay-
about whose freedom the legal
battle swirls-is thinking about
getting a job. finding a place
to live and trying to lead an
uneventful life.
She said she will be in church
on Christmas Day.
I'm grateful" she said. For
being out"
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Court UphoIds
Libel Award

ANNAPOLIS. Dec. % (AP).-
The court of appeals upheld
yesterday a Baltimore County
jury libel award of $45,000 to
an ex-police sergeant who was
described in a Baltimore Sun
editorial as infamous"
The high court said facts
stated in the editorial about
Edgar Gordon Kirby, former
city rackets squad sergeant who
was suspended from the force.
did not justify use of the ad-
jective as fair comment.
1t agreed with a Baltimore
County circuit court ruling that
the newspaper could not use
previous news articles and
background information on
Mr.. Kirby's conduct and ac-
tivities as policeman in de-
fense Of the characterization
of him in the editorial.
The high court split Al on
the decision. with Judge Sted-
man Prescott dissenting.
Evening star., 1961-12-23
2Ki||ed, | Hurt
As Auto Spins
Out Of Control
Driver Is Pinned
z Hours in Car
In Maryland

LA PLATA. Md, Dec. %
(SpeciaD Two men were killed
and a third was critically in
jured last night when their car
went out of control on a curve
and overturned several times,
State police reported.
The dead men were identified
as Joseph T. Smith, %, of Clin-
ton, Md, and Harold A. Wash
ington, 81, Of Bryans Road.
Trooper Donald F. Caldwell
said that Woodrow Dyson, "a,
of Bryans Road, who was
critically injured, was the driver
of the car.
Mr.. Dyson was pinned in the
car for 2 hours. He was freed
by the Potomac Heights and
Morningside Rescue Squads,
police said.
Physicians Memorial Hos
pital at La Plata reported that
Mr.. Dyson was in poor condi-
tlon, with both legs broken
and internal injuries.
Police said the accident oc-
Cured as the car Travelled
west on Billingsley road, off
Route 227, about a mile east
OF the Charles County COM
munity of Bryans road.
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Wash
ington were thrown from the
car by the impact of the crash
and were pronounced dead on
the scene, police said,
Evening star., 1961-12-23
BY DANA BULLEN
Star Staff Writer

Joan Tremblay considers her
release from St. Elizabeths Hos
pital on the brink of the holiday
season is like a strange kind
Of Christmas present"
The former Government sec
retary, 33. was interviewed
yesterday shortly after her re-
lease, ordered by District Court
Judge Alexander Holtzoff.
Her main plan for the future.
she said, is to secure individual
psychiatric aid. which she
Charged was not available at
st. ElizabethS.
You coldn't talk to a pSychi-
artist there" she said. They
Just made rounds and asked
how the people were. You just
sit. It's a human warehouse. Z"
+, Miss Tremblay. talking with
q reporter, tried hard to avoid
indicating bitterness about the
IL months she spent at St.
Elizabeths after a Municipal
Court trial last January.
But it showed.
) At her trial on an intoxica-
ton charge-she lacked $40
collateral-she tried to plead
guilty. She was found not
guilty because of insanity.
A psychiatriSt produced by
someone else testified she had
an anxiety neurosis, which the
doctor called a mental illness.
She was committed to St.
Elizabeths under a District law
requiring this when a person
is found not guilty in a criminal
case because of insanity.
A request for her release was
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Marines Land

The Civitan Club of Wash
ington will hold its annual
Christmas party for members
and their families at 1915 pm.
Tuesday in the Mayflower
Hotel.
At 1890 am. yesterday the
Marines landed at, Children's
Evening star., 1961-12-23
C&P EMPLOYE
DIES IN CRASH

A 66-year-old Chesapeake g.
Potomac Telephone Co. employe
was killed and five others, in
Guiding three children, were
injured last night in a two
car crash in Bowie, Md.
The dead man was identified
as Charles D. Phelps of Ninth
street, Bowie. Prince Georges
County police said he was rid
ing a car driven by Mrs. Ann
Morgan. Wildman, As, of 1913
Brady avenue. Bowie. Mrs.
Wildman's granddaughter was
critically injured.
Mrs. Wildman was turning
left into her driveway when
her car was struck by another
auto driven by Miss Virginia
Knapp, 80. of 310 Pine road,
Bowie, police said. Police were
continuing their investigation
Of the accident.
The injured were Mrs. Wild
man, with both legs broken
and head cuts; Miss Knapp,
with both knees broken and
head cuts; James Wildman. 12
Mrs. Wildman's son, with a
broken left leg and face cuts:
Paul E. Moore, jr.. 8, brain
conclusion, and Joyce A. Moore
5 months, fractured skull.
All were admitted to Prince
Georges General Hospital. Joyce
Moore was reported in poor
condition. The others were re-
ported in satisfactory condi-
ton.
Joyce and Paul Moore. Mrs.
Wiloman's grandchildren, are
the children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul E. Moore Of 1903 rhomp-
son lane. Bowie.
Police said Mr.. Phelps was
holding Joyce in his arms and
she was thrown out of his arms
and into the street by the i'm
pact Of the crash.
This was the 51st traffic IA
tality in the county this year,
compared with so at this time
last year.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

Europe, Archbishop O'Boy le
states: May the light of Gods
grace fill your hearts this
Christmas Day, and bring you
hope and comfort and peace
that Surpasses all understand
ing. We in America do not
forget; you are always in our
prayers"
The message will be part of
extensive broadcastS by RIFE
during the season, including
Protestant and Catholic serv-
ices, plays, carols and tradi-
tional Christmas music of each
satellite country receiving the
broadcaSts.
Jews Send Greetings
Greetings to Christian clergy
men and their congregations
on the Christmas holy day
period were sent yesterday by
three local Jewish groups.
The statement was sent by
the Rabbinical Council of
Washington, the Washington
Board of Rabbis and the Jew
ish Community Council of
Greater Washington, and said
in part:
"As you observe your holy
days in your houses of worship
and in your homes. we join
with you and with all men OF
good will in the prayer that God
may grant to mankind a peace
full, blessed and happy New
Year"
The message was signed by
Rabbi Harry j. kaufman, Rabbi
Joseph M. Brandriss and Rich
ard K. Lyon. presidents of the
respective groups, ana was sent
to all Protestant, Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox clergymen in
the Washington area.
The practice of sending
greetings to the Christian COM
munity at this time of year
was started some years ago.
The Washington Ministerial
Union has traditionally SEN t
similar messages to the Jewish
community during the high
holy day celebrations of Rosh
Hashonah and Yom Kippur
each fall.
At its annual Christmas
party, Chapter 264 of the Ma
tional Association of Retired
Civil Employees has donated
500 to the Prince Georges
County Association fo. Re-
tarded Children in place of its
customary exchange OF gifts.
Evening star., 1961-12-23

Hospital, their arms laden with
toys for the young patients.
Members of the Washington
Marine Corps Reserve Unit pre-
sented toys they collected in
the area to the children at
the hospital. joining Marine
Reserve units throughout the
country in an annual Christmas
event that began in 1948.
Presenting the toys were 1t.
Col. Leo v. Gross, USMCR, of
the 18th Infantry Battalion,
and Sergt. Richard Dodson
and Corpl. Peggy Moore. Mrs.
Annette White. director of vol
unteers at the hospital, accepted
the toys.
District Democratic Commit
teeman Frank Reeves yesterday
presented a check for 102 to
the Family and Child Services
Agency of the District to aid
two needy families at Christ
mas. The money was collected
from Democratic clubs in the
District and was presented to
John Theban, executive di-
rector of the agency.
A group of more than so Of
flee employees of the Washing
ton Hospital Center this year
abandoned the traditional Of
flee practice of drawing names
and exchanging small gifts
among themselves to devote
their money and time to pro-
viding a happy Christmas for
the patients at the Children's
ConvaleScent Hospital.
Gifts purchased by the en-
ployes of the hospital center
were presented yesterday to
Miss Mllly Fitzgerald, assistant
administrator of Children's s
Convalescent Hospital.
Navy Chips In
The design division of the
Bureau of Ships of the Navy
Department yesterday pre-
sented a check for $2,391 to
Children's Convalescent Hos
pital. The check was presented
by Capt. Sidney Sherwin to
Miss Joyce P. Della Hunt, a hos
pital official.
A Christmas message by the
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle,
Catholic Archbishop of Wash
ington, will be broadcast by
Radio Free Europe to the peo-
pie of Eastern Europe during
the holidays.
In his message to the Com
munist satellites of Eastern
Evening star., 1961-12-23

flied IN District Court by Law
yer Richard Arens. In it, Miss
Tremblay said she was kept
with violent pSychotics and
lived "in constant fear"
At a hearing before Judge
Holtzoff. psychiatrists said she
had "sociopathic personality"
Whether this is a mental ILL
ness is a controversial ques-
ton.
st. Elizabeths has classed it
as a mental disease since 1857.
A majority of the United States
Court of Appeals has said it is.
Many others disagree.
Judge Holtzoff said Miss
Tremblay. in plain language,
was IAN alcoholic who lacks
Evening star., 1961-12-23

If they have been very bad, they
believe Santa will haul them
away in a bag to be sold or
eaten.
Not Always Alone
Santa does not always travel
alone. He is accompanied in
many countries by demons or
t h cir descendants, originally
pagan fertility spirits who in
sured good fortune. In Czecho-
slovakia, Svaty Mikulas is fol-
lowed by a small demon with a
long tail. In Holland, it is a
Moor from Spain. And in some
Alpine areas, Santa's way is
cleared by ghosts of the field
whose lash whips around them
and a creature with a goats
head who carries a birch switch
to chaStise sinners.
The Dutch settlers in this
country apparently had enough
trouble without evil spirits and
a belligerent Sint Niklaas. (The
Puritans, who frowned
on Christmas festivities. did
not have Santa Claus Even
tually he became transformed
here into the tubby, merry little
man with a white beard who
rides Though the sky in a rein
deer sleigh. "
Santa WoS put in the red, err
mine-trimmed coat he wears
now by Thomas Mast, the
"Harper's Illustrated Weekly
cartoonist who originated the
Tammany Tiger. His image was
fixed further for Americans by
DR.. Clement Clarke Moore, a
professor of divinity, who wrote
a poem IN 1922 beginning:
Twas the night before
Christmas
Evening star., 1961-12-23
Watergate Project
Strikes New Snaqs
Original Sonto Claus
Was Lean Archbishop
BY T. w. TIRANA
Star staff Writer

You may think of Santa
Claus as a merry, chubby old
man with a twinkle in his eye
who climbs down chimneys
every Christmas. Eve with a
bag full of toys. But he has
not always been that way.
The original Santa Claus of
Christian times was st.
Nicholas, the Archbishop of
Myra in Asia Minor in the
early Fourth Century, a lean,
ascetic man with a dour look.
Nicholas was noted for his
holiness. According to legend,
he stood up in his mothers
arms or the day of his birth
and thanked God for being
born. AS a baby he refused to
nurse on Fridays, a fast he OBJ
served the rest of his life, and
he devoted his childhood to
studying the Scriptures.
st. Nicholas followed even
Older figures representing the
Santa Claus idea. Odin, the
Morse god. rode through mid
winter on an eight-footed
horse, Sleipnir. rewarding the
good and Furnishing the bad.
And before Odin there were
the vaguer spirits of Winter
Solstice, welcoming the Sun
back from his journey around
the world.
Generosity Is Known
Transition was easy in
Christian times, as st. Nicholas
was known for his generosity
and was patron saint of chill
dren. along with sailors,
merchants, thieves and maid
ems. His feast day, December 6,
also fell within the Christmas
season.
The beSt-known story about
st. Nicholas is the one about
the three bags of gold.
st. Nicholas overheard a poor
man discussing with his three
daughters the possibility of
having to sell them into pro-
stitution for lack of doweries
The saint secretly threw a bag
Of gold on three separate oc-
casions into the window of
each Of the girls. Shortly there
after, they were married.
st. Nicholas also performed
number of miracles, such as
restoring to life three boys who
had been robbed and murdered
by an inn keeper and picked
in a tub of brine, warding off
storms while on a pilgrimage
to the Holy Land, and the like.
Santa's connection with St.
Nicholas is remembered bet
ter in much of Europe, where
today's Santa is still dressed
in his episcopal robes, carries
a sceptre and mitre and rides
a white horse or is guided to
earth on a golden cord by the
Archangel.
His coming is not always
anticipated with JOY. For ex-
ample, in Kempten, Germany.
a few days ago, a 6-year-old
boy found hiding, half-dead,
in the woods said he ran away
because he was afraid of Kris
Kringle.
In parts of Europe naughty.
boys and girls receive birch
switches, instead of presents,
Evening star., 1961-12-23
CHRISTMAS EVENTS
Groups Plan Carols, Parties and Gift-Giyino

patients in the Veterans Ad-
ministration's Mount Alto Hos
pital. The halls of the hospital.
already decorated by staff
members and patients. will ring
with programs recorded by pro-
fessional actors and entertain
ers for broadcast over the hos
pitfalls radio system.
Veterans Administration chap
lains will hold Catholic and
Protestant services. and after
a full turkey dinner gifts will
be opened. DR.. T. j.. Ready,
director of the hospital, added,
however, that the best gift for
a patient is a visit from a
relative or friend.
For those still seeking the
right tree to fit the corner of
the recreation room or living
room, the Randolph Lions Club
of Wheaton, Md, is now hold
ing its annual tree sale at
Hogan's Driving Range on Viers
Mill road in Wheaton.
The YWCA will again this
year "be at home" at all its
centers for persons unable to
be with family or friends at
Christmas. Special Christmas
open houses are planned
throughout the area from 4 to
6 pm. Christmas eve and from
S to 7 pm. Christmas Day.
Santa Claus was to drop in
on Parkfairfax in Alexandria
today. He was to take an auto
mobile tour through the COM
munity and arrive at lis pm,
at the Parkfairfax recreation
center to check with the chill
dren on their requests and to
hear some new ones he might
nave missed.
MistletOe Ball
Students at Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School will begin
the Christmas week end with
the annual Mistletoe Ball from
9 to midnight tonight at the
school. The dance. sponsored
by the Key Club and Keyettes
of the school, will feature the
band of Les Maxwell.
A table model television set
has been donated in the name
of District government employees
to the National Training SchooI
for Boys at Laurel, Md, by
the Firemen's Association.
Alden c. Kefauver, jr., presi-
dent of the associations LocaI
No. SO, presented the set to
Mrs. Mary G. ziegler, principal
Iof the school. Two portable
Evening star., 1961-12-23

washington area Jewish vol
unteers will take over the du-
ties of their non-Jewish neigh
bors at all military and vet
Grams hospitals Christmas Day.
In a program co-ordinated
by the Washington Arme e d
Services Committee of the Jew
ish Welfare Board, the volun-
teers will include representa-
tives from every major Jewish
organization in the city.
Workers and entertainers will
assemble first at the Naval
Medical Center in Bethesda,
and then will proceed to other
hospitals including st. Eliza
beths, the Soldiers Home, Wal
ter Reed Army Medical Center
and Mount Alto Hospital.
Gifts for the patients, do
mated by members of the
Jewish community, have been
wrappd by volunteers at the
Jewish Community Center and
will be distributed Christmas
Day.
30 Brownie Gifts
Other recently scheduled
events this Christmas season
include parties, caroling and
traditional gift-giving.
Brownie Troop $40, spon-
sored by the Parent-Teachers
Association of Langdon School
yesterday presented over 300
gifts to the Children's Con-
valescent Home, Eighteenth
street and Bunker Hill road
NE. The gifts included stuffed
dolls and animals. and slippers
made by the members of the
troop.
The round tones OF the Dis
trict chapter of the Society fol
the Preservation and Encour.
agement of Barber Shop Quar-.
tet Singing in America viii
be heard in two Washington
area hospitals this season.
The group will appear Christ.
mas night at st. Elizabeths Hos
pital in a program featuring ira
ditional carols as we'll as pop.
ular barber shop songs. Sants
Claus himself is scheduled tC
devote a few minutes of hi
busy night to directing thu
carolers. The singers will ap.
pear again New Years nigh
at the National Institutes O.
Health in Bethesda.
BrOadcasts at Mount Alto
A full schedule of Christina,
events has been planned fol