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Evening star., 1961-02-01
BY JOHN MELOY
Star staff Writer

A two-week layoff because of
snow hasn't chilled the hustle
and spirit of Priory Schools un-
beaten basketball team. The
Panthers yesterday extended
their victory string to seven
straight and mushroomed Coach
Bob Dryers personal record to
81 games.
Priory won an uphill battle
to snap previously unbeaten
Episcopars seven-game streak,
5l-45, yesterday at Priory.
Dwyer, who brought a sue
cesSful coaching record from
Carroll, described the Panthers'
biggest win this season as an
all-out team effort. with all
due respect" he said after the
game, I'VE beat a club with
more experience"
Priory's victory resulted
chiefly from the point-making
of John Pratt with 16. the
blackboard work of James Caul-
field and the all-round play of
jeff Nilsson and Bill German.
Episcopal began to lose its
spark when team leader Ned
Martin fouled out near the end
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Picture on Pose c-l

career total to 1923 points.
The Northern District of Group
LA record is held by Walt
Densmore, who had 1909 points
while playing for George Wash
ington from 1854 to 1857.
II tried to forget about 60
ing over 1000 points before the
game" Marty said, "but
couldn't do it completely until
the game got started. After
that I forgot all about it,"
MartyS total last night raised
his season output to 800 points
in 10 games for a 32-point av-
erage per game. If he can
maintain that pace he will be-
come the first Group la
player in Virginia ever to aver
age 80 points per game for a
season. The record Of 29.3 wa;
set by Dick Kepley, now at
North Carolina, while he played
at Jefferson Senior of Roanoke
The 6-foot-6 All-Metropoli-
tan had a tough time getting
started aginst the scrappy
Warhawks and had only five
points in the first quarter and
IA at halftime.
But Marty found the range
in the second half and was hit
ting with every shot in the
book. He passed the 1000
mark with a basket on a re-
Evening star., 1961-02-01
AdmiruIsStop
Fuirfux With
LuteShootino

Hammond High School
scored the games last 10 points
in the final two minutes and
shocked Fairfax. 46-45, last
night in a Northern Virginia
Group la basketball thriller
at Hammond.
The Rebels had the home
team on the ropes, 1896, with
two minutes left, but baskets
by Ted Shaw, Mark Sweeny
and Shaw again. plus two foul
shots by Billy Mack, narrowed
the margin to 45-44.
Fairfax missed a one-and-
one free throw chance and
Hammond called time out after
getting the rebound with seven
seconds to go. The Admirals
got off three shots in the re-
naming time and Capt. Tom
Gray sank the third try at
the buzzer.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
SurruttsViIIe
Streak Ended
ByLuureIFive

Laurel High School, which
broke Surrattsville's 30-game
winning streak yesterday,
seems ready to take over from
the Hornets as the power in
Maryland Class B basketball.
The unbeaten Spartans led
the entire second half to de-
feat the defending State Glass
B champions, 65-56, at Laurel,
ending the longest winning
streak in the area. Laurel has
won nine games, all by nine
points or better.
Laurel led only 45-42 enter
ing the final period. but Lynn
Salyers scored 8 points to keep
the Spartans on top.
Four men hit double figures
for Laurel, led by Salyers with
20 and William Scott with IA.
Salyers and Scott, at 6-foot-2
the Spartans' tallest players,
helped Laurel control the re-
bounds. Mike O'Connell of Sur
rattsville led all scorers with
81 points.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
| Roth 'sShootinq
Helps Cadets
To 5th Straight
CATHOLIC LEAGUE
BY STEVE HERSHEY
Contributing Writer

Don Roth had the best scor-
ing game of his varsity basket
ball career last night as red
hot st. Johns continues to
press DeMatha for the top spot
in the Catholic League.
The 6-foot-2 senior scored
% points, IA in each half, as
the Cadets won their fifth
straight game, 70-60, in a rough
and tumble affair at O'Connell.
Fifty personal fouls were
called. Is against each team.
st. Johns hit % of SO and the
Knights sank 20 of 36 attempts
from the foul line. The fouls
hurt O'Connell most when it
lost John Depenbrock and Dave
Winters with five personals
early in the fourth quarter.
st. Johns jumped off to a
30 lead but a full-court press
by the knights closed the gap
to 22-l3 at the end of the first
quarter. The closest O'Connell
came was 50-45 with 2 minutes
left in the third quarter.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Riders Seek
To Rebound
Against Colts

. Roosevelt High School today
tries to end a two-game slump
and stay unbeaten in the In
terhigh League West Division
as the Riders meet Coolidge at
Mckinley Tech in a game post
poned from last Thursday.
The Riders yesterday suf-
fered their worst loss Of the
season. 50-38. at the hands of
Chamberlain from the East Di-
vision. Roosevelt has beaten
every West team except Cool
idge, which it plays today for
the first time, but has won only
one of three tests with East
clubs. t- 4 81.
Trailing at halftime by 8
points, the visiting Volts went
in front by outscoring the
Riders, 2S-l1. in the third quar-
ter as Joe Wood contributed
IL points and Don Holiday Q.
Wood and Holiday wound up
the top scorers as Clarence Hill.
Roosevelt's usual high point
producer was held to eight
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Priory Nips Episcopal
To Remain Unbeoten

of the third period. The Maroon
led at the half, and the end of
the third period, $3.50.
Episcopal'S failure to hit at
the foul line in the last period
proved it's downfall. The Maroon
made II out of 27 attempts,
but missed eight in a row in
the fourth quarter, while Priory
sank % of 80 foul shots.
The Panthers' aggressive
brand of ball began to rattle
Episcopal in the closing min
utes. Priory finally knotted the
score at 41-all with three min
utes left and grabbed the lead
for good, 43-42, with a minute
and As seconds remaining.
Foul shots by Pratt and Caul-
field in the last minute iced
tho oa mo foy. D,.i0rxy
Evening star., 1961-02-01
High Point
Edges Burons

Ron Holsey scored all Of his
IA points in the last half to
lead High Point to a 53-5I VIC
tory over Bethesda Chevy
Chase in a Bi-County League
basketball game played yester-
day at High Point.
B-CC now has lost seven
games in the Bi-County, all by
8 points or less. The Barons
led, 1887, going into the last.
period, but High Point took the
lead on Holsey's shooting and
kept it on the ball-handling of
Grady Ailstock and Don
Matthews. Bob Connell Of B-CC
made it closer with two free
throws at the o1in
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Crete Connects
For Mclean Win


Terry Crete. q sophomore
playing only his second varsity
game, tossed in a jump shot
with IL seconds remaining to
give Mclean High School a
$3.50 victory last night at Jeb
Stuart.
Stuart trailed most of the
game, but never by much, and
went in front just before the
finish. only to drop from Sec
ond place to q tie for fifth in
the Northern Virginia Group
la League standings,
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Rockets Score
Highest Total

The Doane brothers, Kenny
and Bobby. scored Al points be-
tween them to help Richard
Montgomery to an 1856 vic
tory over Suitland yesterday at
Rockville, the Rockets highest
point total Of the season. Bobby
Doane got a chance to start
when starter Bruce Mackey
was Sidelined with a bad leg.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Eastern Coins
Impressive Win

Eastern High School turned
on q defensive press at the
start and romped home to its
most impressive victory of the
basketball season, 101-68, over
Mackin yesterday at Eastern.
Reggie Green scored 8 of his
IA points and was credited with
six assists in the first quarter
as the Ramblers moved out to
an 1913 lead, then poured in
81 points in the second period.
All Is players scored for East
nl.H1 q G IL nnStnd O 7S rnnnrd
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Coker's Hot Hand
Lifts Bulls Prep

Pete Coker, a 6-foot-4 ace
from Allentown, Pa, sank eight
field goals in the second half as
Bulls Prep pulled away to its
second victory over the Amer
ican University Junior varsity
74-54, yesterday at AU. Coker
finished with % points and
Bulls with its 10th win in II
games,
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Wheoton's Speed Gets
Win Over Oxon Hill

w ton High Schools
basketball team, behind lilo
after the first quarter, applied
a full-court press and used the
fast break to defeat Oxon Hill,
7l-52, in a Bi-County League
game yesterday on the latter's
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Lundon Downs
Little Hoyos

Landon Schools top-ranked
unbeaten basketball team ex-
perienced a mediocre afternoon
off the backboards, despite its
average height of 6-foot-4, but
had enough other talents to
salt away its 10th victory, 65-
so. over Georgetown Prep yes
terday at Landon.
Led by Fred Hetzel's 80
points, the Bears reached the
halfway point of their Inter-
state Athletic Conference
| cob A[YVlA
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Joquurs Advance

Falls Church, trailing, 1912.
after the first quarter, held Lee
High School to three points in
the second period and four in
the last as 1t advanced to eighth
place in the Northern Virginia
Group la standings with a
1898 victory last night at Lee,
Evening star., 1961-02-01
II points
Jennie Dean Victory
Spurked by Lewis

WARRENTON, Va, Feb. !
(SpeciaD Herman Lewis led
a second-half rally that boosted
Jennie Dean High School to a
1898 victory over Taylor in
a basketball game here last
night. Lewis wound up with 27
points.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
SO record.
Carroll Beuts Tech
On Foul Shooting

Carroll High School went over
the 500 mark yesterday, de-
feating Mckinley Tech, 58-49,
at Mckinley for its sixth VIC
tory in II games. The two teams
scored % baskets each, but Nc
Kinley got only seven attempts
from the foul line. making three
Evening star., 1961-02-01
GrimsIey's Shots Win

Ricky Grimsley made two
free throws with 10 seconds
remaining to give Northwood
"a 1886 victory at North
western yesterday in a BIZ
County League game. Jim
Dooley, the high scorer, with
20 points, tried a last-second
shot that missed.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
ira game in 10
Watts Leeds Wilson

RonIlie Watts scored II of
his 81 points in the third quar-
ter as Wilson High School
moved from a halftime tie to
a 34-18 lead on the way to
its second victory over Ballou,
1881, yesterday at Wilson. The
Tigers have q OF RECORD
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Bell Tokes Woodward

Bell Vocational High School
manhandled Woodward Prep
for its highest score and widest
victory margin Of the basketball
season. 86-41, yesterday at
Jefferson Junior High. Bell
wOn itS third gonna IN IN
Evening star., 1961-02-01
HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
RESULTS YEsrERnAx


Blair at BfadensSSSErTr.. SET.n' POSTPONED osi to
Bulls Prep. "A; American U ~, 81.
BULLS schSol; 81; Longfellow, a..
Congressional. 85; Alex. Boys Club, so.
Eastern. Eastern. lQI; Mackin. 6s.
Ealls Church. 50: Lee. 80.
Freeddrick sasScer. n; Calvert County.
Gar. Field, ~; Herndon. 50.
aSmmobd' aaMSnn pnrk; Ia; 80; G,Isyss Eyksn, q.
Jennie Dean 80; Taylor. 3s.
ESI Laurel; ., sSS sIaErsttsSilis. ~ s' ss. '''
No1,SMa6S NNokssviIisS; IL LSudopn County; 36.
Priory, 51i Episcopal. as.
0uansieSo n1niS Post a 81 st. Anthony's. post
richard Montsonaery, NJ sEaa sS; suitisnd, SO.
81. Johns, 70: o'Conneil, 60.
walter naes J9nnson n son. ct oaithersburE post
MssSiSr ton on Lee: So: orovston. 80.
viii: S%iiiI:n' 45e; cRes:III|SSs9i. st. st., 5II.n o.. =.
Ns"i'' ~ GaSdiSs'e GAMES rSbaY 66lii o.
Columbian Prep vs.. Landon at st. Al
Walter JOhnson 1t oaithersburg. s:45.
Cardozo vs., Western at. Roosevelt. 4:30.
Bel Us. Wilson at Tech. 3:30.
Coolidge VS.. Roosevelt at Tech. 8.
spingarn a. AnacoStia, 3:3O.
Phelps at Ballou. $3.50.
Wakefield Us. George Washington at
Luther Jackson At Hoffman Boston, z.
81, James at St. Stephens. 3.
Flint Hill at CIV ". 4.
Blair at Bladensburg, 3:4B.
ouantico PSss cMrs q TSwHnpthh%GZ. y wAHnthSnZ. 4;so.
Nokesville at WaSYenton, 7.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
High for Garfield

Garfield High School rolled
up its highest total Of the bas-
ketball season in a 1852 victory
over Herndon last night at
Garfield in a game postponed
from Decemher 13.
Evening star., 1961-02-01

Washington Zee used its
favorite weapon. a tight de-
fense, to restrict Groveton to
eight baskets and swamp the
Tigers. 66-33. last night at
Groveton in q Northern Vir-
giTlia Group IA game.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Susscer Over Calvert

Carl Hopkins scored 81
points, his high for the year,
and Phil Crawford added % to
lead Frederick Sasscer to a
77-59 victory yesterday at CAL
vert County High School.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Bulls School Ahead

Bulls School led from the
start to hang up a 52-44. VIC
tory over Longfellow yesterday
in a Central Interscholastic
Conference basketball game at
Evening star., 1961-02-01
a 2-7 record.
NokesviIIe on Top

Nokesville took the lead per-
manently at the end Of the
third quarter, 1880. and moved
out steadily for a 47-35 victory
over Loudoun County in a nom
league game last night al
Nokesville High School.
Evening star., 1961-02-01

Five players scored in double
figures as Annandale trounced
Osbourn, 94-45, in a Northern
Virginia Group la game last
night at Annandale.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
GIeneIg Blasts DuVoI

Glenelg avenged an earlier
loss in overtime to DuVal High
School by defeating the Tigers,
53-41. in a basketball game yes
| terday at Glenelp.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Congressional Wins

Tom Arnold scored 81 points,
a season high for the team, as
Congressional School won its
second game in three. $3.50,
yesterday at Alexandria Boys
Evening star., 1961-02-01
HAS 1923 POINTS
Marty Lentz Neors
Two New Records

, bound Of q missed shot by one
Of his teammates.
The loss was the 30th in a
row for Madison. The school
hasn't won a basketball game
since 1t opened two years ago.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Gwynn Park Prevails

Gary Haupt scored six Of his
10 points in the last three min
utes as Gwynn Park came from
behind to defeat Ryken, 39-37,
Yesterday at GWynn Park.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
n. VA. GROUP la LEAGUE
ByCARL SELL
star staff Writer

Marty Lenz Of Mount Vernon
High School is trying. to put
record-breaking performances
out of his mind in an effort to
maintain his high average. but
he admits it's a tough thing
to do.
Lentz last night scored 40
points as Mount Vernon
whipped James Madison, 63-41.
at Mount Vernon to raise his
Evening star., 1961-02-01

Totals II IL IS Totals 1910 A
Halftime: 1920, Hammond.
Evening star., 1961-02-01

Hsiftim.: a4-sa, Mt. s Vernon. On 10
Evening star., 1961-02-01
WI Buries Groveton

Totals 80 20 81 Totals 2S IL 6S
Halftime: 40-34, Mclean.
Evening star., 1961-02-01

Totals 30 II u Totals 17d75a
Halftime: 4i-23. wheaton.
Evening star., 1961-02-01
Atoms BIust Osbourn

Totals % "a SO Totals sly
Halftime: 3o-l4. WI.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

Ruth, a Marquette Univer-
sity alumna from Rockford,
ILL.,, declares. "A housewife
will climb aboard and hand
me her baby while she looks
for books"
The most popular books
are novels, recreation and
gardening selections, Civil
War stories, Maryland His
tory and World War II
stories. Two-thirds of her
patrons are children.
They are not allowed to
take the records-"folk music
or light classical usually"
The bookmobile also has a
rental service on current
popular selections.
But whether it is baby
sitting or finding a book for
a first grader, Ruth is sure
to recommend her job to the
high school student who will
accompany her on book
weeks Librarian for a Day
program.
Like nursing or teaching,
I can travel anywhere and be
a librarian. I can pursue my
interest in history as a school
librarian" she says, With
teachers salaries and vaca-
ton benefits and none of the
drawbacks. There are also
career openings in the gov
ernment and in special sub
ject libraries"
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Miss Kuzun
Is Enqoqed

Mr.. and Mrs. Ella Kazan
of New York anC Sandy
Hook, Conn, announce the
engagement of their daugh-
ter Judy to Mr.. Jonas Van
VIE Morris, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles V. Morris.
Miss KaZan, whose father
is the noted theatrical and
motion picture director, is a
graduate of the Dalton
School in New York and
Swarthmore College. Form
erly on the staff of the Con-
gressional Quarterly here,
she is currently a writer at
the Population Reference
Bureau.
Mr.. Morris attended the
Fountain Valley School in
Colorado Springs and was
graduated from Hobart Col
lege in 1855. He is at present
a member Of the staff of the
Congressional Quarterly.
A May 81 wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

part of the benefit bazaar
and fashion show luncheon
held annually by the Navy
Doctors Wives Club.
The theme this year is a
Partisan gala with fashions
to match the mood. Chair
man of the benefit is Mrs.
Robert Walsh assisted by
Mrs. S. D. Bond.
Guests of honor at the
luncheon will include Mrs.
Arleigh A. Burke, wife of the
Chief of Naval Operations;
Mrs. Paul Mather, chairman
of Volunteer Women; Mrs.
David Stonecliff, and Mrs.
Luther Sheldon, the former
a past president and the lat
ter a life m e m ber of
the SSM&A Club; Capt. Ruth
Houghton, Chief of Navy
Nurse Corps; Mrs. Bruce
Easley, president of JANGO;
DR.. Janet Travell. White
House physician, and Mrs.
Fred Bantz.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Two Benefit Luncheons
Slated for THURSDAY

Gakuen (orphanage) in
Yokohama, Japan. The Or
phanage which supports 80
children has been spon-
sored by the group since 1851,
and the Governor of Kama
gawa Prefecture has stated
that the sponsorship of the
orphanage was a Jewel" in
community relations and an
important link in the People
to People" program.
This year club members are
also supporting the goth
House and Embassy Tour for
the benefit of the Home for
the Incurables.
At II am. Thursday booths
will open in the Com
.missioned Officers Club as
Evening star., 1961-04-09
A Bus Is Her Office
Ruth MuNone Takes Her Work With Her
By CLARE CRAWFORD
Contributing Writer

A slim 5-foot, 6-inch Cath
olic University graduate stu
dent carries "the mountain
to Mohammed" in a battered
bus four days a week.
The mountain Miss Ruth
Mullane totes is a hill of
books. Her red, yellow and
blue striped bus is an air
conditioned bookmobile and
"Mohammed" is the residents
of Prince Georges County
who do not have access to a
library.
Ruth, working toward a
library science degree, and
her borrowers" will be cele-
brating National Library
Week next week. The COM
pact bookmobile will carry
only a poster, but permanent
libraries in the county will
hold open house from 8 to 9
pm. April II.
Next Sunday, Ruth will at
tend a tea honoring 80 area
authors from 2 to 5 pm. at
the College Park Municipal
Center, sponsored by the
Friends of Libraries in Prince
Georges County.
One Of Three
The blue-eyed brunette is
one of three book mobile
librarians employed by the
Prince Georges County Me-
mortal library. Her bus is
the oldest. her weekly timer
ary the longest, her stops
the shortest and her patrons
the youngest.
This rowing librarian spends
one-fourth of her working
time traveling-from Fort
Washington Forest in the
southern end of the county
to BeltSville in the north.
Once a week she dispenSeS
books over an 88-mile route.
1t may sound hackneyed.
the 23- year old remarks,
but I like my job because
it gives me an opportunity
to meet people.
THE arrival of the book
mobile in isolated commu-
mites is like the circus COM
ing to town.
1T gets so crowded you
can't get from the front of
the bus to the back"
Too Many JOIts
The bus joItS too much for
reading between stops and
Ruth percheS on a seat be-
side driver Edgar Peedin. Mr..
Peedin doubles in brass and
checks books in and out.
Ruth's bus, the first Prince
Georges "custom-built" book
mobile. was purchased in
1852 for $4,000. The models
of more recent vintage cost
$4,000.
The original county book
mobile, converted from a
panel truck in 1947, visited
81 communities once a
month. Today's fleet tours
over 80 stops weekly.
Baby Holding
Ruth, who patrols her IL
brary aisle in flat shoes, ad-
mits all the reading public
at one time because the
stops are so short" In larger
communities the buses re-
main longer and borrowers
queue.
MY duties are varied"
Evening star., 1961-04-09

Two luncheonS, both set for
Thursday, will give a boost
to the Golfers IF the welfare
funds of two service wives
groups.
The Military Sea Trans
portation Service Wives Club
will be entertained by the
famed Sea Chanters when
they meet at the Officers
Club, National Naval Medical
Center luncheon. Mrs. Max
SchlieWe is club president,
and proceeds from the event
will go to club welfare prof.
ects.
In addition to support of
local charities, the MSTS
Wives Club sends money and
clothing to the Nakazato
Evening star., 1961-04-09

Featured will be a post
office booth for packages
from far away places, baked
goods, sewing, white ele-
plants, a silver venture
booth, plants and gourmet
foods.
Evening star., 1961-04-09
Dinner Meetino

The Federal ToastmistreSs
Club will meet for dinner at
$40 pm. Wednesday at the
All States Hotel. Mrs. VIII
liam E. Carver will be toast
mistress of the evening.
Evening star., 1961-04-09

Mrs. w. B. Ingram has
charge of hostesses, Mrs.
j. E. German, fashion show;
Mrs. Robert B. Brown, guests,
and Mrs. r. B. Pearson,
reservations.
E. M. D.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-04
For RuroI Communities

CHARLOTTE c. H.. July 8
AlbertlS S. Harrison. candidate
for governor subject to the Demo
cratic Primary. promised agrees
sive and dynamic leadership
from the state level in aiding
small towns and rural communi-
ties to obtain industries here Sat
urday morning.
The former Virginia attorney
general repeated his plans for
education and higher education
in Virginia and reviewed his II
point industrial development pro-
gram.
He said, THE responsibility for
obtaining new industry and keep
ing what we have should be
placed on the governor. but it
should not stop there He added
that the key to such a promotion
would have to come from within
the community itself, but that an
administration at the state level
could do a lot of things to help.
Right To Work
Virginia S favorable business
climate is a key factor in our
ability to attract new industries,
Jobs and pay checks. The right
to-work law is evidence Of the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-07-04
Daniel Injured
In Freak Accident

John H. Daniel. delegate from
Prince Edward and Charlotte
counties. is recuperating at his
home in Charlotte C. H.. from
a freak accident which occurred
last Thursday, He suffered a
lacerated leg and some bruises.
painful but not serious. when he
fell under the rear wheel of his
car.
He was opening a gate on his
farm after leaving the car on
a slight hill The car began to
move and Mr.. Daniel fell under
the back wheel IN an attempt to
stop it. Fortunately, his leg was
in slight depression when the
cars wheel passed over. The
car rolled down hill about 200
yards and became mired in a
swamp.
Daniel expects to be out again
by the week end.