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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Kathleen Leary Elected
President of BPW Club

Mrs. Kathleen Leary, wom-
ans editor of the Sentinel and
The Maryland News, was elect.
ed president of the Silver Spring
Business and Professional Won
ems Club at a dinner meeting
at the Indian Spring Country
Club Tuesday evening.
Other newly elected officers
include Mrs. jeanette Varout-
SOS, office manager Of Paups
Electric, Takoma Park, first
vice president; Mrs. Pauline
Weaver, cashier and credit man.
ager, Frank r. Jelieffs, Silver
Spring, second vice president;
Mrs. Helen Shell, secretary to
Attorney J. Lloyd Niles, record.
ing secretary; Mrs. Thelma
Smith, secretary to her husband,
Assistant States Attorney Har-
per NJ. Smith, corresponding
secretary; Miss Miriam Stack
house, administrative assistant,
Weaver Bros, Inc, Realtors,
treasurer; and Mrs. Louise
Smith, resident manager, Rock
Creek Gardens Apartments,
nominating committee chair.
man.
The president-elect, a past
president of the Montgomery
County Press Association, is
married to Robert J. Leary,
ordnance technician with the
Naval Ordinances Laboratory.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
League Announces New
Directors to Serve Area
Local Group Supports
Water Pollution Bill

The board of directors of the
League of Women Voters of
Montgomery County has an
nounced the names of its newly
appointed directors.
Mrs. Joseph Gerber will serve
as membership chairman.
Mrs. James v. Bennett will
head the local agenda item. The
league will study the planning
policy for Montgomery County.
Mrs. Gustave Tuckerman will
be chairman of the finance
drive.
Organization Of league units
will be under the direction of
Mrs. Warren C. Bledsoe.
Mrs. Alan Y. Cole has been
named the state item chairman.
Mrs. John A. Bennett will be in
charge of orientation for new
members.
The League has expanded its
offices at 947 Pershing dr., Sill
yer Spring. They are open from
10 am. to 2 pm. Monday
through Friday.
The services of the nonpar-
tisan league are available to any
voter who desires information
OF registration and voting pro.
cedures.
The League of Women Vot.
ers Of Montgomery County has
notified Maryland Senator J.
Glenn Beall and Senator John
Marshall Butler of its support
for the water pollution control
bill now before the Senate.
In a telegram, the League
stated it was in favor of in.
creased funds for research and
incentive grants for sewage
plants. The League urged extern
sion of federal enforcement to
seriously polluted interstate and
coastal waters.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20

was elected YR National Com
mitteewoman. The new Ma
tional Committeeman is Nor
man Taylor of Greenbelt.
Other officers elected are:
Miss Doris Miles of Hagers
town as recording secretary;
Mrs. William Evans of Bslti.
more as corresponding secre
tary, and Mr.. Fred McF'arlin
Of Towsen as treasurer.
The following were named to
the Board of Directors of the
Federation: Richard Averill, Be
thesda; Dick Crane, Hagers
town; Miss Charmaine John
son, Gainesville; Ron LeGore
Frederick; Walter Mitchell, Be
thesda; Art Sohmers, Towson;
Al Sturtevant, Prince Georges
County; Edward Walter, Balti
more, and William Wood, Bal
timore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Jones, Kordella
Head Edgemoor
Group Discussion

"The Citizens Role in Street
and Highway Improvement
Plans" will be discussed by two
experts in the field at a meeting
Of the Edgemoor Citizens Asso.
citation Wednesday night.
Featured at the meeting, to
be held at 8 o'clock at Edgemoor
Club in Bethesda, will be Ro.
land e. Jones, urban coordina.
tor for the Maryland State
Roads Commission, and Joseph
c. Kordella, director of public
works for Montgomery County.
Special guests at the meeting
are to be officers and directors
of a number of citizens associa.
tons and the Chamber of Com.
merce, along with other public
officials and interested persons.
Edgemoor Club is situated at
Exeter rd. and Hampden la. in
Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Seeding Club
Show Is Today

Fourth annual flower show
OF the Seeding Garden Club OF
Rockville will be held this aft.
srnoon from 2:30 to 5 o'clock at
the Rockville Presbyterian
Church.
Theme for the show is
Garden Magic" Ribbons and a
silver bowl will be awarded the
best arrangement.
The club, organized in 1856,
now has 25 members. Mrs. Rob.
ert Bonham is chairman of this
years show.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Allied Civic Group
Elects Officers May %

Election of officers of the AL
lied Civic Group will be held at
its meeting at 7:45 pm. Monday
night in the auditorium of the
Park and Planning Commission.
Slated for discussion are re-
ports from a number of the as
sociation's committees, includ-
ing a brief report on fair rep
resentation.
The Group at its April meet
ing affirmed its support of the
present Accent tax on gasoline
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20

For the first time" a Ran
dolph Lions Club spokesman
said, IAN encyclopedias in Braille
has been made available for Use
in furthering the knowledge of
those who are without sight.
The thought behind the pur-
chase was that all people, young
and old, should be able to take
advantage of their contents"
A similar set of the encyclo-
pedia was presented to Helen
Keller by Field Enterprises,
publishers, in April.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Rockville Boys
Story Selected

Paul Barrett, 6, of Rockville,
has had an original contribution
selected for publication in the
June issue of Jack & Jill maya
zine. His story, entitled "The
Echo Man." was chosen from
many hundreds of contributions
sent in by children from all over
the world.
Paul, who lives at 1910 Gruen-
Their ave., will receive a copy of
the Jack and Jill Mystery
Book" a children's anthology
containing some of the best Sc
rial stories that have appeared
in Jack & Jill during the last
20 years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Army's History Presented
At Silver Spring Armory
The Dioramas Depict
Army From l775
To Present

Armed Forces Day visi-
tors to the Silver Spring Ma
tional Guard Armory, today,
May 20, will see an impress
sive U. S. Army historical
exhibit featuring original three.
dimensional dioramas illustrat.
ing the Army's long history OF
service to the nation.
The colorful exhibit titled
"The U. S. Army in Action" is a
series of BID reproductions OF
the celebrated paintings of H.
Charles McBarron, jr., and Nal
Thompson. Exact duplicates OF
the dioramas are featured in
the Museum of Military History
at the famed Smithsonian In,
stitute in the District Of Co,
lunbia.
The dioramas depict the U. s.
Army from IT'S through the
Mexican and Civil Wars, the
Boxer Rebellion, World Wars
and II, and the Korean con.
flict.
Sergeant First Class Robert
B. Hedrick, Army recruiter al
the Silver Spring Armory, will
be on hand to answer questions
posed by the exhibits viewers.
There is no charge for admis,
sion.
The Second U. S. Army Re
cruiting Service will present a
50-Star Flag to Company e.
115th Battle Group, Goth Infan,
try Division, during Armed
Forces Day ceremonies today al
the Silver Spring National
Guard Armory. Presentation
will take place at 3 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Army Gives
Exams for
Graduates
Opportunities Better
If Application Is Made
Prior to Graduation

Saturday, May II, has
been n a m e d Operation
Test" for M o N tg Of cry
County High School seniors
who wish to get an early
start in applying for specialized
training under the Army's Grad
uate Specialist Program, it was
announced today by Master Ser
geant E. Brown, local Army re-
cruiting officer.
"By applying for enrolment
in advance of graduation next
month, seniors are more likely
to nail down their choice of &C.
cupational schooling before the
quotas are filled for the most
popular fields" Brown empha-
sized. He added that many SEN
Tors have already passed screen
ing exams and have received Of
fetal enrolment guarantees for
class reservations commencing
in September. The recruiter ex-
planned that the guarantee is
contained in formal letter no.
tifying the prospective enlistee
that place in the course of his
choice has been reserved for
him. "Once the Army has made
this official commitment, 1t
can't go back on its word"
Brown continued.
School training is spread
across the whole range of occu-
pational fields in today's Army.
Among the fields represented in
the program are electronics, en-
cheering, aviation, ordnance,
communications, automatic data
| processing, medicine. construc'
ton, cryptography, finance, per-
sonnet management, and more
than 100 other civilian-related
jobs.
Interested seniors may con-
tact Sergeant Brown at the US.
Army Recruiting Station, 40
Commerce Lane, Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Randy-LiOns Present
Braille Encyclopedias

The first set of the World
Book Encyclopedia in Braille
available to the general public
in this area viii be presented
to the Montgomery County
Public Library by the Randolph
Lions Club at 8 pm. June 8 at
the Silver Spring branch library
on Colesville I'd.
The Lions group, which pur-
chased the set for the use of
the blind in the county, said
the presentation is being made
possible through the commu-
nifty support of the clubs fund
raising projects.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
University Group
Elects ROckviIlian

Kenneth Stack, 1928 Ar
DENIES ave-, Rockville, has been
elected president of the College
of Journalism Student Council
at Marquette University, Mil
waukee, Wis.
Stack, a junior, is also a city
editor of the Marquette Tribune
and a member Of Sigma Delta
Chi, national professional jour
nalism society.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Countians Attend
Realtors Meeting

c. Robert Gray, president Of
the Montgomery County Board
of Realtors will attend the
Eastern States Appraisal Con-
ference in New York City to.
morrow through Wednesday.
Accompanying him will be
Adolph c. Rohland, Margaret
Elliott and Executive Vice Pres
ident Naomi Laughlin.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Pay Low Rates

If you wish to subscribe to
the Sentinel at the present low
rate of S4 per year or 81 for two
years, send in your check to
the Subscription Department,
The Sentinel, p. o. Box 272,
Rockville, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20

and has two children, Alan, Z,
and Judith, 5. They live at 1890
Wendy Ia, Silver Spring.
The retiring president is Mrs.
Charlotte Martz, Wheaton beau
tician.
Installation Of the new Off
GERS viii take place on June 20
at a cocktail.dinner affair at the
Indian Spring Country Club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20
Young Republicans Endorse

AT their meeting in Hagers.
town last weekend, the Young
Republican delegates from all
over the Free State endorsed
the basic proposal to allow col
lege tuition payments made by
parents as federal income tax
deductions. They also expressed
approval of H. r. % in the
Maryland General Assembly
and urged Governor Tawes to
appoint the 150-member COM
mission on higher education
from among qualified people in
the field.
The Young COP endorsed the
petition drive to- place the
Eighth Congressional District
legislation on a referendum next
year, and also called for equit-
able representation in the House
of Delegates, requesting candi-
dates for that body and for the
governorship to pledge support
of such legislation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-05-20

tons, since the sole beneficiary
would be the person who actu.
ally bears the cost-not the in.
stitution itself" the Society ar.
gued.
1t further suggested to Mr..
Matthias that no deduction from
gross income be allowed for
room and board, transportation,
books, uniforms or other sun.
dry educational fees.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-03-08

Additional funds have been
made available to help meet
the needs of eligible farmers
who need operating money To
carry out their farming opera
tlonS. L. ID. Anderson, county
supervisor for the Farmers
Home Administration an
nnunccd today.
MIR. Anderson said that a
S35,OOO.OO0 contingency fund
provided by the 1861 Agricult-
urai Appropriations Act has
Just been released To the Farm
erS Home Administration 10
meet the growing demand for
credit.
ms move was taken bv the
u. y. Department of Agricult-
urc. Mr.. Anderson said. i'm an
effort In make certain. within
Inc authorities and funds IL
Variable, that no uualiCi "a
iamilN-typC farmer will bc g
CURED la give up farming be-
cause of his inabilitp Ia fin
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-03-08
ne of pretty good prosperity.

To" much recession talk in time pretty good prosperity
SNAKE I'd Prince had experience on his recent
p to Florida Somewhere between Jungle Den and
lamp SCUM Moon the St spb,c
snake crossing the river Thinking water noccasin he
ulh,o ms boat decided
ing 10 break It's back with the propclar crossed the snake
ne near" I"ud bump and shocked a noise
" N'!t ne u"uSht was an ordinary snake
an" ddnt the snake He down the river for
W ne says about 100 yards he happened TO look
'> '''' i""i ana there the snake
" lS NOUN wide open and striking with inch long
SS over ana over again at the
''' 81 inc shake
seen Suc mad snake He succeeding prying il loose
' u'' motor ana IT Immediately
In" boat It's head high anv and everything oni,
men, says Ed did nc realize what close shave he had had
N'S d" l'lti'Snakc and weighed 40
P'''s, ne says 1T big five
T r." SIlhcrrd paddle hitting the snake I'm, s,,c
~ 'i'N p'"hl@ ITS back continued
pu' hlN, perhaps from sheer exhaustion, sank nv.l,
' Wa'GE and perhaps drowned Ed makes no hone an,
, .T @ 81. me- " would hay" killed five minutes and
was really scared after the whole thing was over If ,a,
,b, n, ~ ,'H nave done 50 while wrapped around
''''' OF Mhon of bn,, tryi,, =, I,
80" r"''"' II WAS really fishing cXpcrcncc
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-03-08

ance his 1861 operations.
Because of high operating
costs and unfavorablc margins
OF profits many farmers have
exhausted their regular sources
"i farm operating credit. The
amount of operating loans
made so far this year by the
Farmers Home Administration
totals 20 percent higher than
last year. The credit Agency 5
biggest lending season lies Just
ahead as farmers prepare To
start their spring work.
Most of the applications So
lar tins year are for loans to
buy seed, fertilizer and Cuuip-
mrnt. Some applications have
ais" been received for Farm
ownership and Farm Housing
Loans.
Tho Farmers Home Admin
lStrati"n makes operating loans
primarily Ia help eligible farm
families make improved uSr Il
their land and labor resources
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1961-03-08

Accountant Clause r. Gorth,
veteran of 81 years service
with our company has paid out
more To city, county, state and
federal tax collectors than was
paid in wages to all of our
employees"
Unanimity: ewSwcek mag
azinc said, lin Washington, al
most everybody agrees, the
investigators need investigai-
ing, the monitors need monit-
oring, and the rulcmakers need
new sets of rules for them
selves. In short, an overhaul is
called for in the Federal regu-
latory agencies that have a
powerful influence over most
of the economy"
Foods still a good buy. Since
1919, the cost of food has
risen only 1873 percent COM
pared To transportation costs.
l6l percent; rent, Ala percent;
fuel, 1868 percent.
Bread has one of the highest
marketing margins. The farm
or gets less than 3 cents for a
2O-COnt loaf.
Evening star., 1961-06-24
KennedySets
Virginia Rest
With Family

President Kennedy worked
for a while in his White House
office today before taking off
shortly before noon by helicop-
ter for a week end of rest at
his Middleburg (Va.) estate.
1t was the Presidents first
visit to his office since his virus
attack early Thursday morning.
He had been carrying on his
schedule of appointments and
other Presidential business in
the mansion itself.
The President was accom-
panied to Middleburg by Mrs.
Kennedy. Their two children
we're taken to Middleburg by
automobile earlier in the morn
ing.
Mrs. Kennedy, wearing a
light trench coat. walked to
the Presidents office and then
accompanied him to the hell
copter. The President walked
without crutches, showing only
a slight limp from his back
condition.
A White House aide placed
the Presidents crutches on
board an accompanying hell
copter.
Before his departure, the
President had no scheduled ap-
pointments but did confer with
Secretary of Labor Goldberg in
the mansion on the maritime
strike.
Evening star., 1961-06-24
Man, 70, Beaten
Robbed by Pair

A 70-year-old man was
struck on the head with a bot
lie and robbed early today as
he walked on the street near
his home, police reported.
George w. Thomas, a cab
driver of 1916 Twelfth street
NV, told police he was near
ing his residence about 2:15
am. when two men attacked
him from behind. He said one
hit him on the head with the
bottle and the other took $33
from his pants pockets.
Mr.. Thomas was treated for
head cuts at Freedmen's Hos
pital and released. He said his
assailants were colored, but
could give no further de-
scription.
Evening star., 1961-06-24
Goqorion Visit
To u. S. Doubted

KEY WEST, Fla, June "a
(AP) Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri
Gagarin was quoted today as
saying there was nothing so
far to reports Of a possible visit
to the United States, Havana
Radio reported.
The broadcast quoted an in
terview with Mr.. Gagarin by a
special correspondent of the
Cuban official newspaper Revo-
lucion.
When asked about reports of
a possible visit to the United
States, Mr.. Gagarin replied:
"As of now there is nothing" "
the broadcast said.
1t said Mr.. Gagarin would
leave the Soviet Union July "a
en- route to Havana, where he
is scheduled to attend a cele-
bration July 26.
Evening star., 1961-06-24
Latin Trip
Held Likely
For Kennedy
BY the Associated Press

United Nations Ambassador
Adlai E. Stevenson says Presi-
dent Kennedy would like to
attend the Inter-American Eco
nomic and Social Conference in
Uruguay this summer.
Mr.. Stevenson's comment yes
terday came after he reported
to the President on his 10
nation trip through South
America.
Mr.. Stevenson said he found
increasing discomfort among
the peoples of Latin America
and an economic situation
growing steadily worse.
However, Mr.. Stevenson
added, There is more universal
awareness of the necessity for
making social reforms in all of
these countries"
A Kennedy visit to Latin
America, Mr.. Stevenson said,
would dramatic his interest in
the alliance for progress" pro-
gram he has sponsored.
This multi-million- n-dollar pro-
gram is planned as a co-opera-
tive effort to lift economic and
social welfare standards in the
area.
Whether the President goes
to Uruguay, Mr.. Stevenson said.
depends on many considera-
tionS at home" Congress is ex-
pected to be in session until
September.
The Inter-American Confer
ence originally was scheduled to
begin July is at Punta del Este,
Uruguay.
However, a committee of the
Organization of American States
recommended yesterday that
the start of the conference be
delayed until August S. The
OAS Council is expected to ap-
prove the postponement when
it meets Thursday.
! Several of the 81 nations who
will participate have indicated
they need more time to prepare
for the conference.
Evening star., 1961-06-24
Court Backs Cheotino
The Bookie if You Can

BERLIN, June "a (AP).-
West Germany's Supreme Court
has ruled it's all right to get
the race results before you
place your bet-if you can find
a bookie to take it.
The court freed two enter
prising horse players VINO made
$500 marks 1,580) that way.
A Hamburg businessman,
Lothar Kaempfe, 54, and his
assistant, Ortwin Guenther, 81,
figured out the set-up.
A friend in Paris telephoned
results of French races to a
Evening star., 1961-06-24
HOLLYWOOD
By SHEILAH GRAHAM

and Surinam, was pretty, little
Lauri Peters of The Sound of
MuSic."
New friendship - but not
romance-between young singer
Fabian and veteran star Flea
nor Powell. Ellie sent the young
man an autographed photo
graph, inscribed, What we are
is Gods gift to us, but what we
become is our gift to God"
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Steve Allen will be reunited
with Bill ("My name Jose
JimenezD Dana, in his new TV
show for ABC. Bills salary is
now much higher than when he
worked with Steve at NBC.
He'll also apear on several
Danny Thomas segments.
MY names not North for
nothing" stormed Sheree, when
she stormed out of the Cork
Club in Houston, Texas, upon
learning that her "Playgirls"
could appear only before a seq
regated audience. Sheree had
asked a colored friend to at
tend.
From a friend of Grace Kelly
I learn that her tears in Ireland
were not because of the fright
tening crowds, but the aftermath
of her visit to an orphanage
Grace was very touched by the
small, parentless children.
Peter UStinOv has an ariSto-
cratic assistant for his Billy
Budd" picture in England -
Michael Birkett, son of the Lord
Chief Justice. Terence Stamp,
playing the title role for Peter,
is the son of a Thames River
tugboat captain.
4 u y
Sam SpiegePs Lawrence of
Arabia" was visited by King
Hussein of Jordan where the
picture is being made. The set
is beset by snakes. scorpions,
and enormous spiders. There
are also leopards in the area.
They should have made the
movie in the California desert.
Marilyn Monroe has the title
of producer" for her independ-
ent film company. But I think
of myself as an actress" she
told me. Wonder what producer
Marilyn says when actress
Marilyn is late to the sit.
Evening star., 1961-06-24
PoIicemun's S Back
Broken by Car

A Montgomery County po-
liceman on his way to work
last night suffered a broken
back when he was struck by a
car as he crossed Georgia ave-
nue. near King street.
Police said the accident vic
tim was Leonard Seese, 38, a
radio dispatcher at the Rock
vile station. He was reported
in satisfactory condition at the
Washington Sanitarium.
Police said a 16-year-old
Wheaton { Md boy made a left
turn into Georgia avenue from
a drive-in restaurant and hit
Pvt. Seese in the middle of the
street. The youth was charged
with failing to reduce speed to
avoid collision.
Evening star., 1961-06-24

bar near their favorite betting
shop in Berlin. They got their
news in time to put down the
money before the bookie got
his own information.
Lower courts ruled it a
fraud, and handed down Jail
sentences of two years for
Kaempfe and five months for
Guenther, but the federal su-
preme court disagreed.
Horse players, it ruled, have
no obligation to inform the
bookie how the races come out.