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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
By Hope Liebersohn

Originality, execution, signi-
ficance-these are criteria for
the annual literary magazine of
B-CC Chips" "And most of
ALL" says editor Janet Denison,
"work must be within the
realm of the author'e expert
ence."
After Christmas the 12-man
staff works three or four after.
Moons a week criticizing and
editing material students have
submitted. I'VE reject about 80
per cent of what we receive"
says Jan, mainly because Of
poor organization and trite
ideas. Also, we like to keep the
intellectual level high"
Two years ago the 23rd an
nual issue of "Chips" was
named one of the top three
literary magazines in the coun-
try in its classification by the
National Scholastic Press Asso-
citation. Announcement of the
1861 judging will come in Jan.
uary.
The B-CC branch of the
American Association Of Uni.
versity Women awards IS
prizes to outstanding works in
"Chips" each year.
In 1861 Andy Skaters poem,
Come Dear Old Oddfellow,"
won first prize for poetry.
Keith Cohen took the honors in
the prose division with There
fore / Think" a one-act play. A
drawing by Joan McInturff was
judged the best art in the issue.
Chips Is an excellent chance
for high school writers to get
their work published and recog-
nized," Jan says. Writer'S work
with the staff revising the work
they have submitted.
"We're one Of the few literary
magazines in the country which
publishes original musical COM
positions" she continued. II
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24


Cause Of the speculation was
school officials indignation over
the cost to the county of repair
ing damage done to Blair's
building by Wheaton High stu.
dents two weekends ago, before
the annual gridiron clash be-
tween the two schools.
Despite the presence Of nine
police squad cars, Wheaton stu
dents succeeded in spreading
painted slogans-many of them
in vulgar language-over Blair's
exterior in heavy deck paint.
Costly sandblasting has been re-
quired to remove the paint
since.
Although the school building
was scheduled for sandblasting
before the incident, what nor
mally would have been a job
requiring several hours took
two full days because of the
volume and quality of paint
thrown and written on the build.
ing, officials said.
In addition to the cost of
sandblasting - estimated at be.
tween $500 and $500 - detach-
ments of police and detectives
have been put to work by the
county determining the culprits
responsible for the vandalism.
Lesser incidents of vandalism
and abuse Of school property in
pre-game hi-jinks in the past
have also disturbed school off.
Gals.
While the School Board have
taken no official note of the
most recent incident last week,
rumors persisted at Blair that
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
5prmgbrook
Scoop

Ever tried recording in
stereo? The band and orchestra
attempted it last week with the
schools brand-new recording
equipment. But they had to give
it up when the sound of the or
chestra broke two tubes in the
machine!
Four delegates were off to a
State convention of Student
Councils at Hagerstown this
weekend. They are Wendy
Zaritsky, Jim Huff, student
council president Andy Rock
and one teacher, Mr.. Dellasta-
tious.
No wonder superstitious stu.
dnets looked forward to six
weeks tests with such grim ap-
prehensi0n--they came on Fri.
day, the 18th!
Get your voices ready, Spring
BROKERS! Practice those cheersi
There's going to be Pep AS
sembly this Thursday! Yea
Blue Devils.
1t seems the girls, too, are
helping to get Springbrook's
sports events off to a good
start. Their hockey team
triumphed over Peary High with
a hard-won 10 victory at the
Sports Day last Wednesday.
The Pep Assembly held last
Wednesday was a roaring"
success. Springbrookers cheer
ed themselves hoarse, with
spirited prompting from the
cheerleaders.
A special highIight OF the pro.
gram was the presentation Of
Blue Hearts of Honor" to Den.
Continued on Page y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
Football Takes
Heavy Toll at
Springbrook

Stu dents at Springbrook
High are roofing strong for
their Blue Devils because of
the job they continue doing on
the football field despite a
mounting list of injuries.
AS of last Friday, two star
quarterbacks were on the
bench one with a broken
thumb and the other with a
broken wrist. One of the CO.
captains had sprained shout.
der and one of the ends had
suffered both a conclusion and
a broken nose.
Another player was out with
cracked rib and several more
have suffered assorted sprains.
They're still cheering, "Yea,
Blue Devils" at Springbrook,
but beginning to wonder if they
will have any team to cheer by
seasons end.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24

kickoff of a home game against
Northwood at 2 pm. next Satur-
day, the days activities will be
highlighted by a Homecoming
Dance and the browning of a
new Homecoming Queen.
In a ceremony during the
halftime of the game, % senior
princesses will choose bouquets
of yellow chrysanthemums
from a basket. One cluster of
flowers will be labelled queen"
The lucky princess who picks
the royal bouquet will imme-
diately be crowned as 1861
Homecoming Queen by last
years monarch, Carole Bup-
pert.
That evening the new queen
and her court will appear at
Golden Harvest" the Home
coming Dance presented by the
Student Government Associa-
ton from $3.50 to 11:30 in the
Wheaton gymnasium. A heel
and-tie affair for couples only,
Golden Harvest" will feature
the music of a Fred Perry or
chestra. Tickets cost $3.50
Before the game, the crowd
will get its first look at the
Homecoming princesses as a
procession of late-model con-
vertibles carries them around
the field and past the stands. At
halftirne the convertibles will,
chauffeur the girls to the area
where the browning of the
queen will take place.
After the queen is chosen the
school band will play a few
numbers. During the selection
ceremonies the band will stand
in formation on the football
field.
One Homecoming princess
was selected by each senior
homeroom at Wheaton in bal
loting held on October IL. The
following girls were chosen to
be princesses: Betty Andrews,
Linda Blair, Barbara Bovello,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
BY Susan Jacobs

Blair sent seven delegates to
the first annual Speech and
Drama Clinic at Morgan State
College in Baltimore last week
end. Judy Margolis and Carla
Beck represented the drama de-
partment; Kathryn Simpson
and Donna Beach, the speech
department and Mary Lincer,
Glenn Morris and Bob Fleisher
the Blair Debate Union.
These students attended va
rious workshops. Glenn and
Mary participated in an exhibit
ton debate and won a valuable
book for their teamwork. Mr..
Edward Cortner, faculty advisor
for the Debate Union and an
English teacher at Blair, chape.
roned the group.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
The Word From Wheaton

Lance, Wheaton's annual. Win
ming design will be determined
by a trio of judges: Mr.. Evry,
head of the art department; Mr..
Van Norman, sponsor of the
yearbook, and Mr.. Draper, head
of the English department Top
design and contestant will be
disclosed next spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
Montgomery Blair Report

Ielected its class officers. They
are: president, Glenn Barber;
vice president, Tom Crum; Sec
rotary, Tricia Deming, and
Angie Ling, treasurer. Their
big project this year will be the
sophomore class party.
Last Tuesday night the an.
nual Back.tO.SchOoI P.TA meet
ing was held. Approximately
1900 parents followed their chill.
dren's program to meet teach.
ers and learn about classroom
procedures. The welcoming
committee Of the Student COun-
Gil helped direct parents to the
classrOOms and the Keyettes
sold P-TA membership. The Ii.
brary Club sponsored a very
successful bake sale, proceeds
Of which will be used to help
the library.
The United Nations Club,
which recently reconvened,
showed a movie about Russia
at meeting last week. Oracle
Field, club president, said that
there would be speakers coming
to many meetings to help &C.
quaint the students better with
the world situation.
Future Homemakers of Amer
lea here will have a party for
fathers and daughters tomor-
row. Theme of the costume
party will be ''Witch's Knight"
and the purpose of the party
is to acquaint new members
and their fathers with the or.
ganization and its members.
The Keyettes have sold pro.
grams at the football games to
aid the band boosters. At the
second meeting of the club
they indicted two honorary
members who are foreign ex-
change students. Laura Qua.
lima, from Italy, Is under the
sponsorship of the American
Field Service, and FRANCHISE
Warney, from France, Is under
the sponsorship Of the Chris.
tian Youth Exchange. On Oct0.
Der 3 over 10 soap dolls were
made by the Keyettes to be
given to needy children.
Blair's Homecoming last week
end began with the Pep Assem-
bly,, featuring a mock football
game. Other events of the week
end were the bonfire, record
hop, alumni tea, parade, and
then the big formal Saturday
night.
The senior class play, Thorn.
ton Wilder's Matchmaker"
win be presented on November
IT and Is. Judy Margolis and
Ace Warren star in this farce
about a professional match
maker. Charles Gattnig, speech
teacher, is the director. The
profit will go to the senior class.
''If we sell enough tickets, we
will be able to have a free sem
ior prom" says Dave Barton,
senior class president.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
Befhesdo-chevy Chase Montgomery Blair springbroo
Wheaton Plans 5th Homecoming
As Biggest and Most CoIorfuI
BY Gene Leach

Wheaton High School alumni from six graduating
classes will be welcomed back to their alma mater next
weekend for the schools fifth annual Homecoming fes-
tivities
Scheduled to get rolling officially with the opening
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24

future uncontrolled outbreaks
may result in cancellation Of
football games between schools
involved in the future.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
Pre-Ganle Hi-Jinks
Costly to County

Reports that the Board of Education may step in to
control outbreaks of vandalism in student rallies before
football games were widely circulated at Montgomery
lai hin
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24


Wheaton's branch of the
Future Homemakers of Amer
lea held a Hawaiian luau cere-
mony at the Veirs Mill Recrea-
ton Center on October IS to
induct new members. A strict
ly South Seas-type menu was
topped by Passion punch and
Polynesian mingle (casserole),
while a hula, leis, and mau-
maus contributed to the Hawai-
an atmosphere.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24

Field Trip Notes: Graphic
Arts students will visit the Ma
tional Publishing Co. in Wash.
ington next Tuesday to see a
combination lathe press and
offset plant in operation, and to
investigate career opportunities,
according to Albert Johnson,
Graphic Arts instructor 4.
Peary High will host county
music students, including a 400
student delegation from Whea-
ton for a concert by the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra on
Wednesday Viewing Van
Gogh's art, housed in the Phil
lips Gallery in Baltimore, will
be the object of a trip by Whea-
tons art students on October 81.
Knight Notes: Howard Walk
er, whose talented foot put
Wheaton ahead to stay in their
recent clash with Blair, dis
closed that the field goal that
made the difference in the final
tally was the first one he had
ever tried in high school COM
petition. The seniors 32-yard
wallop, booted from an angle,
split the uprights like a geo.
metrical bisecting line the
Knights wrap up their current
grid slate in three weeks with
Richard Montgomery. The No.
vember II game will mark the
third consecutive season that the
Rockets have provided competi.
ton for the seasons finale.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24
BY Mark Miller

Wheaton High School was
represented by 18 musicians and
vocalists as the combined
talents of the Maryland State
Chorus and Orchestra entertain
ed the State teachers conven-
ton in Baltimore last week.
The Senior Chorus sent
Laurel Tmel, Drew Foster, Bar.
bara Keeny, Linda Madison and
Louise Pancoast to the State
group, while the new A Cap
pella Choir was represented by
Steve Topchick, Linda Vein
land and Linda Write. Both
grousp are directed by Mrs.
Pauline Holcomb.
Charles Metalitz, George Viii
liams, Robert Williams, Kathy
Bosch, Kay Dittler, Douglas
Ireland, Henry Lewis, David
Myers and Dennis Nicholson
were selected to represent WIS
fundamentally. Mr.. Joseph Jodl
conducts Wheaton's orchestra.
The campaigning, currently
In progress at WIS, will end
tomorrow as the new Sophie
more Class goes to the polls to
select class officers. Candidates
are: Dick Taylor and Mike
Goodwin, president; AL Ercolini
and Rosita Santiago, vice presi-
dent; Lynne Badgley, Mary
Barton, Donna Clark, Cathy
McMinn and Lorita O'Dell, sec
rotary, and Ruby Compton and
Bob Sedgewick, treasurer.
Wheaton's executive commit
tee, a functioning body Of the
SGA, is composed of chairmen
of smaller committees dealing
in diversified areas.
Committee members and the
areas they chair are: Jeff How
ard, assemblies; Buddy Pearl,
safety; Darlene Foltz, social;
Hans Burkhardt, welfare; AL
Bassett, special projects; Gene
Leach, outside publicity; Mar
tina Payne, inside publicity;
Mark Slafkes, concessions;
Keith Stolzenbach, cafeteria.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24

A contest involving Whea-
toms 100 art students is under
way. The students are each de.
signing a cover for the 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24

The sophomore class recently
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24

Blair's Homecoming last week
end began with the Pep Assem-
bly,, featuring a mock football
game. Other events Of the week
end were the bonfire, record
hop, alumni tea, parade, and
then the big formal Saturday
night.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-10-24

Wheatons executive commit
tee, a functioning body Of the
SGA, is composed of chairmen
of smaller committees dealing
in diversified areas.
Evening star., 1961-01-13
BY BETTY MILES
star staff Writer

What will 1t be like to be old
100 years from now?
Safer, saner and happier, If
dreams come true for delegates
eqthe White House Conference
on Aging. -...... .-l-. b
Some 2,575 delegates left for
home yesterday after four busy
days drafting recommendations.
Should their suggestions pre-
vail. John Jones, senior citizen
in the year .206l. will have a
life something like this:
Pension Saved Z
He'll be hard at work at 10
on q job he switched to at so,
since arbitrary retirement and
upper-age hiring limits will
have been abandoned as bar
baric. g
That job change in middle
life won't have hurt his retire.
Evening star., 1961-01-13
,'udoists Attack
US. Zionist Policy

STANFORD. Calf. Jan. l3
Special The United States
Government was urged yester-
day to stop treating the Israel
zonist combine as q sacred
COW" in its Middle East policy
and to protect the rights Of
American citizens against the
deliberate Israeli Zionist policy
of altering those rights.
These requests were the major
points raised by Rabbi Elmer
Berger. executive vice president
Of the American Council for
Judaism, in an address on for
eign policy before a student
group at Stanford University.
Rabbi Berger declared that
the United States Government,
by its sacred COW" treatment
Of Zionism. had created q false
dilemma which made formula
ton of a rational national
policy "of self interest toward
the Arab-Israel problem more
difficult.
Evening star., 1961-01-13
7Men Missing
, After Barge Sinks

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
Jan. 13 (AP). - A 400-foot
barge. battered by mountain
Gus seas, broke up, suddenly
and sank. in the Atlantic Ocean
today with a possible loss Of
seven lives.
The barge Arizona Sword
out Of Beaumont, Tex, was
being towed to Savannah, Ga,
with q cargo Of 5000 tons Of
sulphur when the tow cable
broke. Within minutes, she was
battered to pieces by 12-foot
waves.
One unidentified crewman,
who said the barge broke apart
SO suddenly about 2 am. that
he didn't have time to don a
life jacket. escaped out a port
hole and was picked up by the
tug Sally r.. of Tampa. Fla.
Coast Guard aircraft. sum-
moned to the scene. dropped
flares to light the area, and
nearby vessels. including the
Navy destroyer USS Hunt,
joined in the search for the
seven missing men.
The Coast Guard identified
the captain of the Arizona
Sword as Joseph L. Cooper.
The Arizona Sword was
owned by the Texas Gulf Sui
phur Service Co. She left the
sulphur shipping docks three
miles out Of Beaumont, Tex,
on January 6.
Evening star., 1961-01-13
Enlightened Fro Seen
For Aging in Year 2061

ment nestegg. For 'vestir1s"
provisions In his earlier EN-
ployer's retirement. plan will
give him benefits he earned
there. 'iS'avi
Mr.. Jones, viii be healthier
than. his ancestors. thanks to
extensive research at q special
National Institute Of Aginga at
the National Institutes of
Health. and elsewhere
Should sickness strike, when
retirement finally comes, health
insurance financed through
social security win make 1t
easier to support. =
No matter what his oceupa-
ton. Mr.. Jones win be covered
by social security. Benefits win
be higher. and adjusted to
maintain purchasing power.
1OoG for widow
If Mr.. Jones dies: his widow
can count on 100 per cent, not
rs per cent, of his benefit.
He'll. live in q house tailored
for him-a house he can afford.
adjusted to demands Of infirln.
tiles and right in the heart Of
community life. close to shop
ping centers. libraries, churches.
Chances to learn new things.
even q new occupation. viii
abound. ,..'r.s.f; +.
And Mr.. Jones will be invited
to teach others the things he
knows.
He will be helped by q vigor-
Gus Federal agency set up in
his interests: by Federal funds
spent in his behalf. and by
State and local government
programs. too.
Best Of all, he will be re-
spected and regarded as some
one who counts.
John Jones. senior citizen in
the year 206l. will have arrived. |
Evening star., 1961-01-13


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Evening star., 1961-02-15
VIRGINIA BRIEFS
Publisher
Eyes Seat in
StuteSenute

WARRENTON, Va, Feb. Is
(SpeciaD Hubert B. Phipps
of Rectortown. publisher and
livestock grower, said today he
intends to run for the State
Senate if State Senator Rob-
ert Y. Button of Culpeper re-
signs.
Mr.. Button, who is Senator
from the district made up OF
Culpeper, Fauquier and Lou
doun counties, is a candidate
for Virginia attorney general
He is unoppoSed for the Dem
ocratic nomination.
Il am a lifelong Democrat,
Mr.. PhippS said. Il have
worked hard for the party on
local, State and national levels
I am not committed to any
candidates"
Mr.. Phipps is publisher OF
The Fauquier Democrat, War
renton; president of The Lou
doun Times-Mirror, Leesburg
Va. and publisher of a farm
magazine, the Livestock Breed
er-Journal, published at War
renton and Macon. Ga. He is
a former member of the Fau-
quier County Board of Super
viSorS.
1T is premature to discuss
a campaign" Mr.. Phipps said
But I stand 100 per cent for
the sovereignty of the states
including the States right tc
operate it's public school sys-
TEN as it sees fit"
Evening star., 1961-02-15
Watkins Island Deer Turn Out
To Be Hale and Hearty After All

busy taking airlifts of food to
Chesapeake Bay islands during
the recent severe SHOWS, took
Warden Hough and a Star re-
porter to the island and saw
not a single deer, hungry or
otherwise.
They did see many tracks
across the frozen Potomac to
the nearby Virginia shore,
where they led into dense
woodland and to farms where
cattle were being fed.
Only inhabitants of Watkins
Island (where, incidentally,
Maryland Delegate Alger Y.
Barbee has a small cabin for
summertime fishing headquar-
ters) were three small, wild
dogs who raced into the under
brush at the noise of the
helicopter.
Warden Hough put out four
sacks Of bird seed in we'll
guarded locations as the craft
touched ground after a close
investigation Of the island.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
Waterfront 7 ronsfer
Upfor Decision 7 odoy

tended out into the water SO
feet to provide more land for
redevelopment.
Title to Parks
Under the compromise on the
transfer, the District Govern
ment rather than National
Capital Parks would get title to
the open parks along the water
front. However, the District in
turn eventually could let the
park service take over these
parks.
Also, the District under the
proposed agreement would keep
title to the Municipal Fish
Wharf and the land between it
and Fourteenth street-now the
site of the Washington Marina.
The District also would keep
title TO the strip Of land in front
of the Harbor Police Precinct
as we'll as the Wilson Line and
fire boat piers.
Agreement on the transfer
would enable the RIA to pro-
ceed with relocation plans for
those businessmen who must
move to make way for extern
sion of the bulkhead. The Army
Corps Of Engineers already
has drawn the bulkhead line
an action needed before con-
struction of the new sea wall
could begin.
Evening star., 1961-02-15
No Jurisdiction
BY the Associated Press

The Rev. John H. Teeter Of
Lynchburg has been told by
the Justice Department that
the Federal Government has
no jurisdiction over his COM
plant Of civil rights denial.
The white minister was re-
moved from a segregated court
room in Lynchburg on Febru-
ary 6 when he asked for a seat
in the Negro section.
He conferred with Justice
Department officials here yes
terday and was told that the
department could not intervene
because no apparent Federal
violation was involved.
The minister had protested
to the department that he had
been deprived of his civil rights.
Evening star., 1961-02-15


Redevelopment and Housing
Authority to propose another
one.
The two sites were bounded
by Payne, West, Oronoco and
Queen streets, and Madison,
West. Fayette, and Wythe
streets.
Opponents said the area
contains fine homes occupied
by long time Alexandrians.
The Council did, however,
approve an application by the
authority for $38,750 in Fed
eral funds for detailed planning
Of the housing project.
The council also released a
question -and-anSwer pamphlet
aimed at explaining why the
city should join with Fairfax
in public ownership of the
Alexandria Water Co.
Joint ownership of the facil-
ity is a matter of vital mutual
concern" says the pamphlet.
If the plan wins approval at
a February % public hearing
Alexandria would sign an
agreement with the Fairfax
Water Authority in which the
two Jurisdictions would operate
the firm together, after the
water company is acquired
either through condemnation or
purchase.
James J. Corbalis, executive
Evening star., 1961-02-15
BY ANNE H. CHRISTMAS
Star staff Writer

Note to residents along the
banks of the Potomac River:
There are no deer starving to
death in the snow on Watkins
Island.
Any deer that frequent the
large strip of land obviously
use the frozen river as a high
way to well-Stocked Virginia
farms for handouts.
This assurance was given as
the result of an inspection tour
Yesterday by the Maryland
game warden, who received SO
many calls about the islands
four footed inhabitants that
he made a personal survey by
helicopter. The hue and cry
over starving deer began last
week when occupants Of estates
overlooking the river near
Potomac. Md, looked through
binoculars and saw deer on the
snow-covered island several
miles above Great Falls.
Game Warden Henry Hough,
beseiged with inquiries, assured
his callers he made a boat trip