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Evening star., 1961-02-05
THE MlDDLEBURG STORY
Historically It's an Enigma

suburbia west Of Washington,
the population has grown by
only about 200 since 1885,
48 years after the town was
established" by the Com
monwealth Of Virginia. Four
hundred thirty people lived
there then.
It cannot be said that
either industry, farming, the
mercantile life or the scho-
lastic life Of the community
has progressed much in this
time. Only the social life
has changed. although the
same pursuits Of farming.
fox hunting. thoroughbred
breeding, cattle raising and
horse racing are followed.
This life has been almost en-
tirely taken over by the in
fusion of new blood, injected
by outside groups brought to
the Middleburg area by these
very interests.
Middleburg Buildings
According to Yardley Tay-
lor, who wrote a chapter on
Loudoun County for THE
Gazetteer Of Virginia on the
District of Columbia" Mid
dleburg had, in 1885. 40
dwelling houses, seven mer-
camille stores, two houses Of
public worship Zone Meth
odist and one free for all
denominations), one classical
school, one English school
for males. two female acad-
emies and two hotels.
THE mercantile pursuits
are: one tanner and currier,
two coach manufacturers.
two boot and shoe factories,
two wagon makers, two
blackSmiths, one chair
maker. two tailors, one cab
met maker, two house car
penters, two saddlers, and
three millers and two man
tua makers" There are.
within the circumference of
10 miles, 18 flour manufac-
turing mills, all plentifully
filled by the annual harvest"
The coach and wagon
manufacturers have given
way to four garages and a
horse trailer agency. The
three hardware stores replace
cabinet and chairmakers in
a Goth century "do-it-your-
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BY BETTY BEALE
Star staff Writer

Washington hostesses are
gnashing their teeth. They
can't figure out how to get
the lion Of the hour to a
party. Yet the first promi-
nent Capital party giver who
succeeds will 60 down in his
tory not just merely as No. /
hostess. but No. 2. 3 and 4
as well.
Social chatelaines Of local
residences have already
proved that they can get the
President Of the United
States to q private dinner.
and all his cabinet, top White
House advisers, and so forth.
BUT WHO CAN GET
HAM to share her bill
Of fare?
The hero of the New From
tier-nay. he Is the New
Frontiers obviously the
answer to q hostess prayer.
Washington women weaving
dreams about their future
Importance cannot imagine
a more desirable male guest
than the chimpanzee who
made the first successful ad-
venture into space. He has
absolutely all the traits nee
esSary in the ideal dinner
partner.
To begin with, he Is i'm
portant. This cannot be over
stressed. In Washington q
man. or even a woman, can
be devoid Of humor, bereft
of charm. deprived of beauty
and be a crashing bore to
boot, but II he is important,
he MUST be on the list.
Secondly, Ham is socially
civilized. He is not only at
ease under the most trying
conditions, he doesn't even
bear q grudge. When he re-
turned to this earth after be-
ing locked in a capsule and
projected into the infinite
by homo sapiens, he didn't
punch the first homo sapien
he saw in the nose. He
warmly shook his hand. Had
just the reverse happened
and Ham had locked up and
projected homo Sapiens into
space. one shudders to think
what the sequence Of events
would nave been upon the
release Of the latter.
Thirdly, he is amiable. He
smiles all the time. This
characteristic cannot be
mininized. Even If the food
is poor, given the guest who
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"Chinn's crossroads" before
the town was a town. In
trigue and dissention were
even then. common to the
growing community.
According to legend, the
Chinns and the Powells
fought and bickered their
way for several years over
boundaries and property.
But in 1914, three years
after Leven's death. q legal
agreement was reached, and
not without humor, Rawleigh
Chinn. grandson Of the
patentee, built on his land
Mount Recovery while Burr
Powell, Leven'S son, built
Mount Defiance on the other
side Of the town.
Old Homes
Mount Recovery, which
later burned, was rebuilt by
the c. Oliver Iselin, jrs. North
Of Middleburg on the Fox
croft road, 1t Is one Of the
places the Kennedys con-
sidered.
Burr Powell. one Of Leven
and Sarah Harrison Powells'
many children. inherited the
subdivision, and it was he
who finished developing the
town. There are a few build
ings or homes left from this
era. including the Shades,
Leven's Middleburg home.
Burr built, and lived in,
the Hill, off Madison street,
and Cuthbert Powell, another
son, built Llangollen, now
owned by Mrs. Cloyce Joseph
Tippe. the former Elizabeth
Altemus Whitney. The pres
ent home Of the Mayor Of
Middleburg and Mrs. Edwin
Reamer, also on the corner
Of Madison street. dates from
this time. Vine Hill. across
from the Community Center.
is another example Of the
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smiles happily at those
around him thereby induc-
ing them to smile back, the
soiree-any soiree-will be a
sure sensation. The footman
can spill soup down the rank
ing woman'S front, and jun
ior'S missing tooth can turn
up in the gravy, but If every
one is smiling broadly I defy
you to have a flop.
Fourthly. he is wonderfully
appreciative Of the simplest
meal. No gourmet dishes are
necessary; just a little cereal,
eggs and apple and he'll not
pick haughtily at his food or
make undercover cracks
about the need for a new
chef.
Filthy, having been
strapped in q metal cradle,
he wouldn't bat an eye at
girding himself in black or
white tie which so often
causes the ordinary male to
rail.
And lastly, it's a foregone
conclusion that any fellow
bright enough to pull the
right levers while hurtling
420 miles into the unexplcred
unknown. is bright enough
to stimulate conversation at
any society function on any
level.
I tell you Ham Is the man.
And If they'll Just marry him
to a lady named Eggs, some
hostess might get them for
breakfast even it she can't
land him for dinner.
]. EDGAR HOOVER, the
iron man Of the FBI, re-
vealed at the White House
reception last week how he
feels about enforced retire.
ment for working men and
women. The able head Of the
Nations ace Sleuths said, II
never believed retirement
should be predicated on age.
1t should be predicated on
the ability to perform. We
have men in our organization
today who are "a and rs and
they do more work or as
much work as those in their
30s and 40s."
AS for himself, he has no
intention Of retiring, said Mr..
Hoover, though no Federal
employe Is better equipped to
do so. Though asked to stay
on by President Kennedy,
Congress voted him last sum-
mer his full salary, $40, 1000 a
year, upon retirement. .
He could have retired at so
that's the absurdly young
age at which FBI men are
eligible to quit working-but
he frankly thinks that when
ever he quits he will begin to
decline. Two Of his men
retired at 81 and So and both
were dead within a year.
In the meantime he keeps
an eagle eye on his men to
be sure they stay fit. The
minute one puts on a little
excess weight, he is told to
take it off.
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Federal architecture Of Burr
Powell's time.
One Of Burr's daughters,
Nancy. married q Noland, who
could have been the Lloyd
Noland who built Glen Ora
since, in 1926. he was old
enough to win 81 for showing
the best heifer at a local fair.
At this same fair Mrs. Cuth-
bert Powell cleaned up in the
woman's division by winning
first prize Of So for the best
carpet and 50 for the best
piece Of linsey.
Mai. Burr Powell took top
prize for the best saddle horse
and best yoke Of oxen; q
Mrs. Beavers won for the best
sample Of cheese, and Mrs.
Tom Turner. the best sample
Of currant wine.
The competitive spirit in
Middleburg still aboundS but.
in the sporting world most Of
the names have changed.
There are few Powells in the
Middleburg area, and only
one Noland. Miss Charlotte.
chatelaine Of Foxcroft School.
The strength Of these early
settlers Of Middleburg seems
to have come down through
the distaff side.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
First
of q
Series

historians the center of
"Mosby's Confederacy," the
monument nearest to Mid
dleburg, above Aldie on
the Snickersville pike, has
been erected to the. 1st
Massachusetts, Cavalry,
Sd brigade, and to the I'd
Massachusetts Cavalry. These
boys, under the command Of
Col. Charles r. Lowell, were
killed and wounded in a
skirmish with Mosby's Rang
ers, and among the, names
inscribed are those of Nc
Connell, Whitney, Young,
Stewart, Aldrich, Paul, Keat-
ing and Needham.
Small Growth
The second northern in
vaSlon, as the influx OF
northerners into the Middle
burg area has sometimes been
called, bears some Of these
very names.
Middleburg, two miles from
the Kennedys' Glen Ora, lies
in the Piedmont valley of
Virginia. a few miles east of
the Blue Ridge Mountains,
bounded on the west by Up
pervAle, the north by Lees
burg on the south by The
Plains and on the east by
Aldies. 1T is the largest little
town between Fairfax and
Winchester on U. S. so and
was named Middleburg be-
tween Alexandria and VIM
chester.
Despite the expanding
Evening star., 1961-02-05
YOURS
Hostesses Hope in Vain
To Lure Lionof the Hour

Do they have to step on
the scales when they check
in every morning? No, but II
the amplitude around the
midsection Is apparent to the
naked eye, the, agent is told
to diet off the magnitude ere
he lose his premptitude in q
mood Of lassitude.
All this came about be-
cause Of another White
House party. Three years ago.
said the arch enemy Of Amer
ican criminals, he was COM
ing to the White House for
dinner but when he tried to
get into his full dress suit, he
discovered he had put on 80
pounds. He managed to get
in 1t, "but I wondered all eve
ming If it was going to rip"
Guests who saw him
holding his breath that night
probably thought the bureau
was engaged In a life and
death criminal raid.
MRS. ROSWELL GIL.
PATRIC, wife Of the Deputy
Secretary Of Defense and the
chic petite blond dynamo
who once ran the Kydner
Agency, one Of the biggest
advertising firms In the
country. no sooner moved to
Washington than she en-
rolled in o rapid d reading
course at the Reading Dy-
namicS School.
After only three lessons,
she found she could read Q
9th or 10th grade level book
of $50 pages in % mirlutesl
Her husband was o little
doubtful but questioned her
on the content and dis
covered she really knew what
she had read. Now she's the
most enthusiastic student In
town Of the first Of the
three Rs.
Senator Symington ID an
other who is speeding his
reading, and Secretary Of De-
fense Bob McNa,narA was
getting ready to require such
q course Of Ford officials
when he gave up the preSi-
dency of the company to
come to Washington.
THE CHARLES WTLLISES
are moving back to WASH
ington this coming Friday.
The president Of the Alas
kan Always, who held the
White House patronage job
under President Eisenhower,
and his wife. the former
Elizabeth Firestone, daug1.
ter Of the Harvey Firest0atss,
have leased the Frank Wis
ners' house at 1927 r street.
IS $50
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO
THE PRESIDENT Arthur
SchleSinger grinrfed aS his
former Harvard faculty col
league Kenneth GainEAith
ribbed him at the walter
Lippmanns' cocktail party the
other day. Said the lean and
towering Galbraith loud and
clear within earshot ofsAr-
thur. quite a few people
think Schlesinger will be
more Of a Sherman Adams
than a Col. House"
When Schlesinger put on
his overcoat to go he threw
a tan vicuna scarf Rrotnd
his neck. Galbraith gave 1t
to him he said during the
height Of the Adams-Gold-
fine affair. -
81
P.S. The woman who took a
bite out of each frozen sand
wich in. the box lunch offered
her in the Democratic Com
mittee grandstand during the
Inaugural Parade, only to
have it Snatched away by q
Boy Scout before she could
try another TASTE, said she
couldn't stop laughing after
wards wondering who was
later presented with those
same sandwiches. I pub
lished the story and now I
have received q call from that
other woman who said, "I
can't stop laughing because
I am the one who got them"
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BY DOLORES PHILLIPS
Contributing Writer
q The Sunday Star. 1851

Middleburg, Va, where
President and Mrs. Kennedy
have leased q country home,
is an enigma. Although the
small town is well below the
Mason-Dixon line, in Vir-
ginia's Loudoun County. it is
supported almost entirely by
northern, northwestern and
southwestern wealth which
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self" gesture. There are still
two saddlerys, where Mrs.
Kennedy can get her tack
fixed. a few more black
smiths who will come to the
stables of Glen Ora at a 60
ing rate that puts banking to
shame.
There are still only two
hotels, only one tailor. one
female academy" CFox-
croft, one classical school
(The Hill SCHOOL, and one
public elementary school.
The mills, except for the AL
die Mill which still grinds
its own grain. have disap-
peared, and there are no fac
tories.
The only additions are
two drugstores. two grocery
stores. two antique shops,
for which there would have
been no need in 1885, a ra-
dio and television repair
shop. also unneeded in 1885,
a photographers shop. one
restaurant, a Virginia ABC
store. and an Episcopal and
Baptist Church. The Catho-
lies attend mass on the top
floor of the Middleburg Com
munity Center.
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has not arrived
in carpet bags.
Although the
town was o Stra-
tegic point DUR.
ing the w ar
B e t W e en- the
States, and has
been called by
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Tomorrow: President Kennedy Is
not the first Chief Executive 70
choose the Middleburs oreo for his
home owoy from the White House,
as Dolores Phillips exploins in the
second article Of her series. The
Middleburs Story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-16
BY Kenneth Simms
Leonard Stor-

man a reputation for being a
canny trader, one who may
even resort to subterfuge to
get the better end of a bar
gain. This, incidentally, is not
an uncommon trait, nor nee
eSsarily a bad one. Our own
Yankee traders are legendary
for trickery and even Abe Lin
coin is remembered as one of
the canniest horse-traders of
his time.
In Britain during the 18th
and early 10Th centuries the
term "welsher" became COM
mon in the argot of racing
bettors, to describe a person
who made a bet and then re-
neged on payment. The term
was very definitely a deroga-
tory racial label - but it re-
ceived wide circulation and,
eventually, was shortened into
the verb form as we know it
today: To welsh. Welshmen
may not be happy about the
origin of this word Il am of
part-Welsh extraction MYSELF
but it's a fact. And it's the duty
OF scholarship to deal in facts,
not to gloss them over with
labels like origin obscure.
And, after all, the Dutchman
is much worse off. We go
dutch treat" to economize on
lunch bills; we get dutch
courage" from drinking; a
dutch uncle" is a person who
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WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

@. Last night my wife started
to back out on a little bet we
had made. I said Nov, honey,
you aren't going to welsh on
me, are you?" Then I said
Where did we get that express
sion?" Well, now, you take it
from there, Mr.. Morris.-N. r.
Swain, Yucaipa, Calf.
A. I'm afraid that expression
comes from just where you
would expect-from the word
"Welshman." Most dictionaries
label the word welsh" in the
sense Of cheating on a bet,
"origin obscure" But any ed
itor who uses that label is Ell
ther trying to spare the feel
ings Of the Welsh people or
grossly ignorant of a tradition
older even than the traditional
nursery rhyme: "Taffy was a
Welshman; Taffy was a thief"
"'Taffy," incidentally, is the
generic name for Welshman, a
corruption of David. the patron
saint of Wales.
So how did welsh" acquire
such a derogatory meaning ?
Well, the Welshman has shared
for centuries with the Scots
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reproves you sharply. and Ito
do the dutch" is to commit
suicide.
Evening star., 1961-08-07
HOW YOU CAN SAVE MONEY.
USE AUTOMATIC APPROACH

money:
Concentrate on one coin only. Every time you re-
ceve a certain coin penny nickel dime ouarter) in
change put aside Do not until you have the sum
you want.
Concentrate sacrifice only. For example
wash and iron laundry instead Of having it done at
commercial laundry and put the savings aside Or try
giving up desserts until you reach your goal
Go ali-out for short time A Young connie IN
northern Illinois decided to visit Chicago for week end
to see sights they had heard about all their lives Such
trip would cost more than they could normally afford
Since they were also putting money aside buy home
they did not wish to withdraw any savings They decided
upon an al-out effort to cut everyday expenses The
husband walked mile and quarter to work instead of
taking the bus he carried his lunch instead of buying it.
His wife gave herself home permanents and prepared
stews and casseroeS instead of chops steaks In one
month they saved $13Smore than enough for rousing
week end which made their sacrifice worthwhile
These three methods use the automatic approach
Once you create routine you continue it as long as
you care toperhaps indefinitely Gradually you will lose
the feeling that you depriving yourself
Evening star., 1961-08-07
Tox-Exempted Groups
Losing Publicity Shield

together through illvestmentSs
a network Of commercial al
liances.
COmmends Treasury
Mr.. Patman commended thes
Treasury for deciding to-
provide members of Congress,
the press and the public with
Photographic copies of the in-e
come, assets, contributions and
expenditures of tax-exempts
foundations.
The new order, he added,
also applies to copies of ap-
plications for tax exemption, !.
including supporting docu-s
ments, which were approved /.
since 1947.
Such material has been open
to public inspection on request
for years, but since November,
/, 1858, the Treasury Departs
ment permitted the public to-
copy it only by hand.
Mr.. Patman said he was in r
formed that this restriction
was applied by the Eisenhower
administration "at the urging
of" former Undersecretary of
the Treasury Fred C. Scribner,
jr. 9,
"In these times when the
American people are over
burdened with taxes" Mr.. Pat
man declared, "they are in my
view completely justified in
casting a jaundiced eye at the
tax exemption of foundations
and their control of businesses"
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losing their structural function.
through a lack Of articulation. !,
And again in the Menuet, the
clarinet's phrase ends melted
so delicately into the ensemble
fabric that they were lost al-s
together. But these objections
are made in terms Of perfec-, I,
tion. If Mr.. Bettelli's Mozart
was short of that, it was close
enough to merit unabashed
praise. ~.
But this is chamber Music
in which the five partners work
on equal terms, and in its total
ity, the performance was very
much short of perfection. The
four string players who assisted
Mr.. Bettelli conveyed the notes
in their proper sequence and,
allowing for the humidity, with
reasonably close intonation.
Their rehearsal sessions were
doubtless few, and little could
have been expected in the way
of ensemble and style. Indeed,
little was achieved.
Evening star., 1961-08-07
NEWS OF MUSIC
1o43 German Work
Is Organ HiqhLiqht

all-important matter of phras-
ing that gave his work distinc-
ton, and placed his reading OF
the matchless Mozart A major
in the best company. Each line
fof his part was shaped with
the utmost care and made a
thing of subtly graceful con-
tours. Indeed, If any criticism
can be made Of his phrasing
it would stem from hypersensi-
tivity to a graceful line, a too
liquescent movement.
A few short phrases at the
end of the first movement were
tied together, producing unde-
niably beautiful sounds, but
Evening star., 1961-08-07

have set up safeguards and
Federal or State Insurance
covering accounts up to $10,-
900 per depositor is in effect
Your money should earn
satisfactory dividends or in
terest. One institution may pay
twice the interest on your
money as will another. Over
the years, this factor can make
a tremendous difference.
Why this difference in rates?
1t is primarily due to how the
savings institution uses your
deposits. An institution which
lends at high interest rates
can afford to pay more
Another intithtion. limited in
the kind Of loans it can make,
may be unable to invest SO
profitably. Thus it cannot pay
such attractive interest rates
The savings institution
should be convenient to your
home or place Of business,
Many experts argue that you
will be encouraged to save reg
ularly If you have an accessible
place in which to deposit funds.
However, most institutions
now make it easy to make
deposits and Withdrawals by
mail. This method is some
times the most convenient OF
all. since you can conduct your
business at any hour and dur
ing any day of the week.
There are four major types
of savings institutions. Below
are the facts about each.
SAVINGS AND LOAN AS
SOCIATTONS. There are $3.50
such associations throughout
the country, and they are the
fastest-growing savings insti-
tutions in the United States.
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A savings and loan associa-
/ ton generally is a specially
shop" with but two functions;
It offers you a place where you
can invest your savings and il
makes real estate loans-most
of them first mortgage loans
on single family homes to peo-
pie in your community.
Savings and loan associa-
tions generally pay higher divi-
dends (interest rates. than
other institutions. In 1860
most paid between 31a and Az
per cent, while the rate paid
by commercial banks varied
from ~ to 8 per cent. These
higher rates are possible be-
cause associations generally
have lower expenses and are
permitted by law to invest more
of their assets in more profita-
BILE investments.
MUTUAL SAVINGS BANKS
These institutions are concen-
trated In the northeastern Sec
ton of the United States. They
generally perform more finan-
cial services than most savings
associations. Many have safe
deposit boxes, sell money or
ders, cashiers checks and
travellers checks, and operate
school and payroll savings
plans and Christmas and Va
cation Clubs. Savings banks in
Massachusetts,, New York and
Connecticut also sell life
insurance.
State laws generally. specify
exactly how savings banks may
invest their assets. They must
maintain a certain percentage
in cash and Government Sc
curities, and may invest GER
Evening star., 1961-08-07
By JOHN L. SPRINGER
PART Nv

A young married couple can
look forward to more security
today than ever before in his
tory. If you lose your job, you
can get unemployment COM
pensation. If you become dis
ahled or seriously i'll. your
hospital or medical insurance
will pay some-perhaps all
of your bills. If you cause an
automobile accident and injure
someone severely, insurance
may cover all damage claims
and the accident may not cost
you a penny.
Hardly any development of
an unexpected nature could re-