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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-02-16

a postponed meeting January
80 at the Beallsville Fire House.
Mrs. Croydon S. Tolson, Sell.
man, was in charge of the din.
ner served by the Ladies Auxil.
larry of UMCoVF Department.
The World Day of Prayer
win be held in the sanctuary OF
the Poolesville Memorial Meth
odist Church on Friday evening,
February IL, at 8 pm. Other
local churches, ST. Peters Epis.
copal and the Presbyterian will
participate. The GAINESVILLE Bap-
list Church and the Dickerson
Methodist Church have been
invited to share in the service.
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship met at the Poolesville
church Sunday and travelled to a
District-wide Youth meeting in
the Bethesda Church. DR.. VIII
liam Dunkle from Wilmington,
Del, was the speaker. A time
Of fellowship was held in the
Parish Hall.
The MYF will hold its annual
George Washington day dinner
on Wednesday, February %,
from $50 to 1880 pm.
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Laytonsville

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Howes
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs,
Joseph Howes at dinner on Sun.
day, February 5, at their home
near Ellicott City in Howard
County.
Mrs. Charles Hobbs of Glen.
wood, Howard County, has been
the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Margaret White the past week.
Mrs. Pruitt, teacher in the
Laytonsville Elementary School,
is recovering in Montgomery
General Hospital following sur.
gerry.
Sympathy Of the community
is extended to the family Of Mr..
Everett r. Hurt, who died Mon.
day, February 6, in Doctors
Hospital, Washington, after a
short illness. Mr.. Hurt, II, lived
in our community for several
years as owner of Shutdown
Farm on the Etchison-Unity I'd.
He had sold the farm about
three weeks ago. Mr.. Hurt
raised Hereford cattle and was
known as the breeder Of one Of
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POOlesville
BY Cattle Q. Linthicum, Diamond 1882

returned to his home in Barnes
vile from Frederick Memorial
Hospital where he was a patient
for several weeks.
A new Pony Club has been
formed and is holding weekly
Sunday meetings, at 2 pm. at
the Jesse Smith farm on
Reddick I'd. Membership is
extended to all over seven years
of age. Contact Mrs. John
Joan Fyffe, jr., Poolesville, in
this area.
Our plea last week for help
for the Frazier family who was
burned out of their home on
Sugarland I'd, January 26,
was somehow omitted from
print. There is still a great
need for ladies clothing, size so,
and a chest of drawers and
kitchen stove. Please contact
Rev. James r. Morgan, Pooles-
vile Memorial Meth dis t
Church, or Monocacy Lions
Club.
Mrs. Fred Campbell, Pooles-
vile, broke her wrist recently.
The Monocacy Lions Club held
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BY Elizabeth KiIe, WA. s-1454

the finest herds east Of the Mis-
sissippi River. The funeral was
held at Humphreys Funeral
Home in Bethesda, with burial
in Batesville, Miss.
Nh. and Mrs. Joseph A. Rice
left this week for vacation in
Florida. They will visit with
Mrs. Clinton r. Dow in Sara
sofa.
Mr.. Eli Leishear, who was 20
last Friday had as guests for
the occasion, Mrs. John Brown,
Clyde Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Peters, their daughter and
grandson, Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Leishear.
The Woman's Society Of
Christian Service of Wesley
Grove Church, met on Monday,
February 6, at the home of Mrs.
George Woodfield. The Junior
Membership classes will be held
at the parsonage each Saturday
at 10 am. for the next several
weeks.
The Laytonsville Homemak-
ers Club met at the home Of
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for Miss Thelrna Fox of Schnei-
der's Trailer Home. The party
was given by three women of
the Haven, who are known as
THE Big Three" because they
do so many things together.
They are Mrs. Sue Surber, in
whose trailer home the shower
was held, Mrs. jeanette Brice,
and Mrs. Joye Walters. Games
were played and refreshments
served, after which the gifts
were opened. Sixteen guests
were present. Miss Fox will be
married to Reynold c. Fletcher
of Gaithersburg at 2 pm. we'd
ding in the Neelsville Church on
February 18.
The PTA of the Cedar Grove
Elementary School met at the
school on Monday evening, Feb
ruary 6, with the president, DR..
Harold Marion, In charge. The
program was a History of Ce-
dar Grove School," which in
cluded a display of historical
articles of the area, some of
them dating back to the origi-
nal settlers. Picture slides and
a sound tape were presented,
describing a history of Cedar
Grove with attention drawn to
many landmarks, past and
present. The program, reveal
ing careful and time-consuming
workmanship and research, was
presented by Assistant Principal
Mr.. William Mooney, and Mr..
Edward Beall, PTA historian.
Mr.. Beall is particularly inter-
ested in the community's his
tory because he is a descendant
of the original Watkins family
who settled and named Cedar
Grove. The recently formed as
ISOLATION was presented its
charter by a member of the Ma
tional Congress of PTA.
Mrs. Annie Waters observed
her 88th birthday anniversary
on February Is. Mrs. Waters,
the widow of the late Mr.. Will
liam Waters, makes her home
with her nephew, Roger r.
Humphrey and Mrs. Humphrey.
The birthday observance was a
quiet family one.
Barbara Smith, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William w. Smith,
has been confined to her home
suffering from chickerpox.
A sale of large machinery and
equipment will be held at Has
sans Farm on Saturday, Febru-
airy Is. Lunch will be sold by
the women of the WSCS of
| the Trinity Methodist Church.
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Germantown
BY Deborah H. LEM, wAverly s-Oess

| March Ali. Betty Lou Scllaeffer
presented the topic on the sub
ject Sanitation of Your All
Project"
Mrs. Florence Simonds, a first
grade teacher at the German
town Elementary School, spent
several days last week in Sub
urban Hospital. Her pupils and
friends hope she will soon be
completely recovered.
The 18th observance of the
World Day of Prayer, spon-
sored by the United Church
Women Of Upper Montgomery
County, win be held tomorrow
afternoon, February II, at 2 at
Gaithersburg.
The All Club will be knock
ing at your door Sunday, Feb
ruary 26, to collect for the Heart
Fund. Use your heart to save
someone else's heart!
The Woman's Missionary
| Union of the Germantown Bap-
list Church met Tuesday eve
ming, February Z, at the church,
with nine members present. The
president, Mrs. William Whit
worth, was in charge. Mrs. Sam
Umberger, jr., presented the
program, Witness Where We
Are"
We are sorry to report that
Mrs. r. z. Button fell on the
ice in her driveway as she was
returning from her mailbox on
January 81, and fractured her
left wrist. After spending a
week in the Walter Reed Army
Medical Center, she has re-
turned home, learning to adj
just to wearing a cast. Her hus-
band, Colonel Button, was
showed in at home while she
was hospitalized.
Another accident was suf-
fered by Mrs. William E. Cross,
daughter-in-law of Mrs. Martha
u. Cross, co-proprietor of the
Cider Barrel Trailer Court. Mrs.
Cross, who with her husband,
has charge Of the apple and
cider concession at the Court,
fell on the ice during the snow
storm Of February 8, and frac-
tured her leg above the ankle.
She is recuperating at her home
in Bethesda, and wears a cast.
To both Mrs. Button and Mrs.
Cross we wish a cheerful con-
valescence and a speedy recov-
cry.
A bridal shower was held
Thursday evening, February 9,
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1t was nip and tuck Saturday,
February A, whether there
would be a wedding or not.
Ruth Ann Wachter and Norman
Eugene Hawkins had planned
for several weeks to be married
that evening in the Neelsville
Presbyterian Church. TIL e
heavy snowstorm of the day be.
fore covered the church drive.
way and caused drifts three feet
deep at the church steps. The
rehearsal was cancelled the eve.
ming of the third. 1t seemed i'm.
possible to clear enough SHOW
from the driveway and parking
area. But the bride was deter
mined that her wedding should
not be postponed because of the
elements Musser Brothers, flor
ists, came 10 the rescue and
bulldozed away enough snow
for the wedding plans to pro-
coed.
Ruth Ann is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce E. Wachter
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s,ie son ~ WI % @N.. We; Syue
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The wedding took place at Z
pm. with rne Rev. Albert w.
Lenz officiaung. Mrs. Willard
w. whey was organist. The
sanctuary was decorated with
PAINS ana baskets OF wnlte
giadloh ana cnhysanunemunns.
Given away by her father, the
bride wore a street-length gown
of white nylon lace over taffeta,
and q short veil fastened to a
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A bridal shower was held
Thursday evening, February 9,
Evening star., 1961-07-04

he speaks EngliSh-with perhaps bit
OF Welsh accent. PuShinka, little girl
puppy of distinguished ancestry but un-
certain breed, has just come from
Moscow to take up residence with
Charlie at the White House, as a gift
from Premier KhruShchev.
To puppy-loverS, and probably to
Charlie, the incest thing about Pushinka
is that she is fluffy white with pale
yellow spots and a buShy TAIL BY
pedigree, she is also a daughter of
Strelka, passenger aboard "the second
coSmic ship Sputnik" last August. Pre-
Sumably, PuShinka speaks only Russian
at this point and if she has any stories
to tell Charlie about her mothers flight
into space there will have to be some
dog-language accommodation. No doubt
there will be, and for more interesting
puppy subjects than mankind'S search
for the trail to the stars. 1t would be
fine if all of us were so likely to get
along well together as Charlie and
PuShinka almost surely will.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Wiping Out Measles

The research progress now being
reported in measles immunization raises
prospects that this most prevalent child
hood disease may be the next to be con-
quered by medical science. This is good
news for parents everywhere. For while
deaths rarely occur from measles in this
country, serious complications, due to
bacterial infections, are common. In
other areas of the world, moreover-par-
ticularly those where nutritional stand
ards are low-mortality rates frequently
reach staggering 10 per cent. In view
of the worldwide impact of the new
research advances, an international con-
ference will be held at the National In
Stitutes of Health in Bethesda in Novem-
ber. If all goes as expected, control
measures for the production of vaccines
will be drawn up, and hopes are high
that safe and effective means of mass
immunization will be available within
the next year.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Ernest Hemingway

Death came to Ernest Hemingway,
as it came to some of his most memoir
able characters, swiftly and violently.
1t came to him at the comparatively
early age of 81, as life spans are reckoned
in this era Of medical miracles.
Perhaps he would have preferred
it that way. Perhaps he would rather
not have lived on and on into extreme
age, his extraordinary powers gradually
falling. AS it was, he left not too long
after such triumphant creation as
"The Old Man and the Sea-" that flaw
less prose poem which glorified the
triumph of the human spirit over the
menacing adversitieS of life.
He left us only few years after he
received the Nobel Prize, a deserved
accolade for dozen or more powerful
novels and volumes of remarkable short
stories.
AS it is, though, letters are the loser
for his too-early departure. Who knows
what literary magic he might still have
conjured out Of the years of mature
reflection which followed an adven-
turous youth and service in two world
wars?
We can only be grateful that he
left us such monuments of creative
genius as "A Farewell to Arms" his
apostrophe to the First World War, and
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" his impress
sionS of the Spanish Civil War.
Hemingway is credited by critics
generally with reScuing his language
from the involved syntax and overblown
description which were hangovers from
the Victorian novelists. He made the
short, clean, simple sentence not only
the mark of his own craftsmanship, but
so popular with readers that writer's of
succeeding generations were forced to
adopt, to some extent at least, these
Stylistic innovations.
Thus his literary Influence endures.
And his finest stories will not soon be
forgotten.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Doggy Diplomacy

Language differences never have
been formidable barriers to friendships
or romance, and we trust they will not
become so to Charlie and Pushinka. For
this appealing pair, boy and girl types,
represent sort of paws-across-th
curtain gesture in international rela-
tionS at time when even friendly tail
wagging is a welcome contrast to
diplomatic saber rattling.
Charlie has become rather well
known around our town as the bolster
Gus Welsh terrier friend of Caroline
Kennedy at the White House. He
chases the ducks and the squirrels on
the White House lawn, if opportunity
permits, and in many ways no doubt
deligRts his mistress. In dog Language,
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Travel Interchonqe

Somewhere in every large
center Of population there
should be interchange be-
tween the different types Of
transportation, to wit, be-
tween air, rail and ground
transport.
Time is lost needlessly in
effecting transfer between
these different m cans of
transport. Time is money.
Few great centers have the
accommodation which exists
in Metropolitan Washington,
notably between the National
Airport, the great train yards
in Alexandria and the grow
ing road system, which last,
with Woodrow Wilson Bridge
nearing completion. gives the
approaches to Alexandria an
other important link.
If the Port of Alexandria
should develop properly, there
would be added water trans
port, giving for the first time
anywhere in these United
States. effective interchange
between air, rail, road and
water transportation.
Why should Washington
not lead the country in this
matter Of interchange?
Francis H. Miles, jr.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Rift With PORTUGAL

Officials in our State Department
are said to be concerned over Portuguese
resentment of the position which the
United States has taken on the Angola
question. But they can hardly be sur
priSed.
For this country'S position, as re-
flected by our vote last month in the
United Nations on the Angola resolution,
Is both unfair to Portugal and, we think,
unworthy of the United States. The
resolution condemned Portugal for using
"repreSSive measures" in dealing with
rebellion in it's African colony of Angola.
The United States did not wholly favor
this resolution, believing it should not
be adopted until after an investigation
OF the facts, and that in any event, it
should call upon both sideS-not just
Portugal - to refrain from violence.
When the moment for decision arrived,
however, we joined forces with the
Soviet Union and voted for the reSolu-
tion-hoping, it is said, to win favor in
the eyes of African and Asian critics of
Portugal.
This has brought bitter criticism
from PortugalS Premier Salazar. He
has accused the United States of pro-
noting Communist subverSion in Africa
by its expedient vote, and has said, in
effect, that Portugal, one of our NATO
allies, has been sold down the river.
It is not our purpose to indorse
these views, nor to defend Portugal's
handling Of the Angola situation
although there certainly is something
to be said on the Portuguese side of the
question. We are satisfied, however,
that the long-range interests of our own
country will not be served by supporting
propositions which we do not believe to
be equitable and fair in the hope of
currying favor with the Afro-ASian bloc
in the U. NJ, or even for the purpose of
countering Soviet Union bids for the
support of that bloc. And this holds
true regardless Of whether the country
in question is NATO ally.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Back to Toft-HurtIey

DistaSteful though it may have
been, the President had no choice except
to ask for Taft-Hartley injunction
against the maritime strike. For the
complex, even chaotic, aspects of this
19 day old work Stoppage clearly
threaten the national health and safety.
Mr.. Kennedy and his Secretary of
Labor, Mr.. Goldberg, were severe critics
in other days Of the Taft-Hartley law.
But that was before the votes had been
counted and before they found them
selves directly charged with response
btlity for protecting the public welfare.
Now, with the ineScapable duty facing
them, they have not heSitated to fall
back on the only-though not neces-
Sarily perfect-legal weapon at their
disposal.
In his announcement of the applica-
ton for the injunction, President Ken
nedy spoke of the imperative need" for
improvements in the national emer-
gency sections of the Hartley Act,
and also of the need to review "our pro-
cedureS for improving collective bar
gaining in the maritime industry"
Proposals to achieve both objectiveS, he
said, will be submitted to Congress.
This language, to say the least, is
r1onspecific, and may have been in
tended to Sweeten the Taft Hartley pill.
Presumably, however, the proposals
mentioned by Mr.. Kennedy will soon
be Forthcoming. When they are, they
should be subjected to very careful
analysis. For if there is to be any change
in the law, it should be on the side of
greater-not leSS-protection Of the
public. And the sympathy with this view
Of the President and his Labor Secre-
tary, judging from their earlier atti-
tudeS, cannot be taken for granted.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Air Age and Gas

AS a Civil War buff, I
would like first Of all to COM
pliment The Star on the fas-
cinating series of articles
which you have been pub
fishing in connection with
the Civil War centennial OBJ
Servance.
But as an employe of
Washington Gas Light Co.,
I feel constrained to point
out a small error in your
recent article on the recon-
naisSance balloon flights of
Professor Lowe. (Star Mag
azine, June 25)
AS you state in that article,
portable generators supplied
hydrogen gas for the ma
jority of loves flights. But
many of his early ascensions,
including those made between
the 10th and 21st of June,
1861, were launched by gas
drawn from gas company
mains.
Thus the historic flight
from Smithsonian Park on
June 18-the one which dem
onstrated to Mr.. Lincoln "the
availability Of the science Of
aeronautics in the military
service of the country,"-was
made possible by gas sup
piled by the Washington Gas
Light Co., and our company
is proud of having played
this role in an aviation
"first."
Robert T. Keith
Assistant to the President,
Washington Gas Light Co.
Evening star., 1961-07-04

firm with changed fate. De-
liver the message in simple,
direct language. Tell about
log cabins, the sweat, the toll,
the God-fearing hunger and
want and determination that
built America to what she is
today. Tell the world about
the blood, the torment, the
hurt, the pain, the sacrifice
that carved this country into
a fruitful plain from a
sprawling wilderness. Yes.
that is what Abe Lincoln
would say.
In Laos, South America,
Wet Nam, Korea, Japan, the
Congo, Egypt, India, every
where-every country free or
behind the Iron Curtain
let us go now to tell our real
story-a story that will kindle
a flame to even the dullest
eye and a spark of hope to the
most empty of hearts. And,
in the free countries, the
threatened nations, let us
take men with know-how,
backed by funds, to teach,
help, encourage and develop
these people into self-reliant
people such as we Americans.
Let us put the tools-not the
wealth-in their hands.
This the world will remem-
ber, because it will reach the
people. They will learn, they
will understand-and they
will follow!
Let us make this our great
offensive. Let us draw the
line firm with Russia and
communism; let us stop talk >
ing and start doing and be
the great America we were,
again.
Let us stop watching Rus
sia and make her start
watching us!
Wake up, America! Act!
Frank B. Miller.
Evening star., 1961-07-04
Detects Plot

The Fabian Society was
formed in London in 1884
for the admitted purpose Of
imposing socialist slavery on
as much Of the world as pos
Sible and imposing it slowly
and OBVIOUSLY. 1t was brought
to this country during the
early part of this century by.
among others, the consist
emily befuddled Walter Lipp-
mann and the hero of our
more confused economists,
John Maynard Keynes.
From their arrival here
they have been much con-
cerned about cornering our
school system so that with
properly slanted textbooks
and curricula they can i'm
bed in little minds the belief
that coercion is freedom,
that government is goodness,
in short, that socialist
slavery is terrestrial heaven.
But they found that they
could not quite get at all
the little ones because their
curricula and textbooks were
chosen in thousands of
separate school districts
across this country. Their
solution to this was the
obvious one. Get control of
the school system, the en-
tire school system, in Wash
ington. Then the rest should
be easy.
And that is precisely what
they are trying to do with
the aid = to = education bill.
They have detailed their
plan for complete control of
American education in "a
Federal Education Agency
for the Future, an Admin
istrative Confidential" $50
classified so we taxpayers
cannot see it, report drafted
last spring by S. M. Nc
Murrin, Commissioner of
Education. And it is in
teresting to note that they
are confident they can do
it "adminstratively". If we
hurry and pass this bill we
can have our children all
ready for 1884.
r. G. Breene, jr.
Centerville, Ohio
Evening star., 1961-07-04
SoIesmen SIuqqish

The article in This Week
magazine by Luther Hodges
was timely and good, but I
might say that it is merely
saying amen" to precisely
the same remarks that I
have been making for the
past 10 years.
I have q little test that I
make when I visit strange
cities. It goes like this. I
walk into a store and ap-
proach a department, say
like the cosmetic department,
and ask for a package Of
razor blades. I lay out a IS
bill and I will buy anything
up to that amount that the
salesperSon suggests. Believe
it or not, in trying this in
countless cities over these 10
years I have had only two
Salespeople get the entire S..
Another sad commentary
on selling is that in 20 years
I have had only two auto
mobile statesmen approach
me, even though I have COM
mented on this to several
automobile dealers conven-
tions. American business has
just forgotten the impor-
tance Of selling and I am
sure feels that all that is
needed is an acceptable ad-
vertising campaign and fancy
pictures. Nothing can top an
American salesman VIII o
wants to sell.
Barry GOIdwater,
Senator From Arizona.