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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
Mrs. Arends Accepts Another Big
ChoIIenge-DecorotingT Two Halls

working on'a United States
seal which will be mounted
on the drop, just below the
podium, at the head table
in the ballroom.
The eagle she plans to fea-
ture in the lower hall made
its debut at the February
dinner. But the audience was
local then and this dinner Is
national so not many of the
guests will have seen it," she
explains.
How long has she been
creating party decorations?
Mrs. Arends isn't sure. But
it all started years ago when
some neighbors discovered her
talents and invited" her to
do a luncheon.
The bipartisan Congress
sional Club asked her to dec
crate for both of its First
Lady branches for Mrs. Ken
nedy.
But, to keep the record
straight, she also has done
the decorations at luncheons
honoring Mrs. Eisenhower,
when the latter was First
Lady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
BY FRANCES LIDE
Star Staff Writer

AS Mrs. Leslie Arends puts
it-"You can't say no to the
Red, White and Blue"
AS a result, Get Betty to
do it" has become a sort of
slogan in Washington when
q big Republican gathering
is coming up.
What Betty Arends does is
to create the decorations for
such events as the Republi-
can Congressional $100-a-
plate dinner to be held on
June % at the Sheraton
Park Hotel, with former
President Eisenhower as the
speaker.
Mrs. Arends arranged the
decor for last years G. o. P.
Congressional dinner, which
was held at the Armory.
Then again, in February,
she was pressed into the same
role when Republicans as
sembled at the Mayflower
Hotel for one Of the II fund
raising dinners held over the
country under auspices of the
Republican National Commit
tee.
You can't beat red, white
and blue for such occasions.
So Mrs. Arends, whose hus-
band is the Republican Whip
of the House, can never bring
herself to turn down the as
signment, no matter how
many resolutions to the con-
trary she might have made
in the past.
ST call her an amateur
pro-" said Mrs. Jack West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17

which were stuffed into blocks
of styrofoam for the 600 in
dividual bouquets of red,
white and blue.
The operation proved to be
so enormous that she had
to hire a truck, with trailer,
to transport the decor from
the garage to the armory.
The Arends garage, by the
way, has become a Storehouse
of basic equipment used by
Mrs. Arends in various dec
Grating projects. So has the
attic, she says. And at pres
ent, the basement is serving
as a sort of workroom, too.
Representative Aren6 S
takes 1t pretty philosophically
though. The Illinois Con-
gresham "just shakes his
head, but ne doesn't protest.
After all, it's for the @. o. P.
Mrs. Arends says one of
her most successful giInmicks
has been TO use sections of
water-troughing. ,or gutter
ing, as the container for
flowers at the speakers table.
She gilds each section, fills
it with styrofoam, and then
keeps her floral arrangements
low so the faces of the head
liable guests are not obscured
from the audience.
Two Tables
The June % dinner at the
Sheraton-Park will be held
in both Sheraton Hall and
Exhibition Hall on the floor
below, so there will be two
head tables this year.
Mrs. Arends currently is
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land, wife of the Represent
alive from Washington, who
is vice chairman of the 1862
Dinner Committee.
What she can do with
the amount of money they
give her is absolutely fan
tastic."
Mrs. Westland was in
strumental in signing up
Mrs. Arends' talents for last
years dinner. The latter re-
calls that she was still in
the midst of doing the dec
orations for a Congressional
Club brunch for Mrs. Ken
nedy. scheduled the next day
when Mrs. Westland APP
preached her for decor ideas
for the G. o. P. dinner, which
was only 10 days away.
A Challenge
If she hadn't been so pre-
occupied with the brunch,
Mrs. Arends might have said
mo" for once. The vast
armory is a challenge to any
decorator, even when there's
lots OF time to think
about IT,.
But in the rush she gave
her customary yes"
Pretty soon the garage Of
the Arends' home on Dexter
street became a sort of as
sembly line as teams of IS
women worked for five or six
days to turn out the CENTER
pieces she had designed for
the 900 dinner tables.
Mrs. Arends secured the
Eastern seaboard for the arti-
fetal cornflowers and peonies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-17
BPW Chartered

The Kensington Business
and Professional Woman's
Club received its national
charter recently at the
Charter Night Dinner. held
at Olney Inn. The club was
sponsored by the Silver
Spring BPW Club. Mrs. Lii
liam Creitz is the president.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

Showers expected develop tonight the
Valleys the North Central Mississippi Valley
the North and Central Plains with occasional rain showers falling
North Pacific States Rockies
forecast for Deep South from the Southern Plains the Cona
while cooler temperatures predicted in the Ro-AP WphOO
Map.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Businessmen
Found Dead
In Plane

CONVICTION, Va, May 25
(AP) THE wreckage of a light
plane missing since Wednes-
day was discovered today and
searchers said the crafts two
occupants, one a Washington
bu7in"ssman. died in the crash.
A search plane pin-pointed
remnants of the craft in woods
200 yards off the northeast end
of the ingalls, Field runway at
Hot Springs.
Ground crews with cutting
equipment were called to cut
through the trees to the wreck
age.
Mai. J. D. Gardner of Cow
ington, flying a National Guard
observation plane with Bill
Riley of Covington discovered
the missing plane.
The plane disappeared
The plane disappeared on a
flight between Covington and
Hot Springs. Its occupants were
Cliff Startup, about 40, of Ac-
cokeek, Md, president of the
Potter Equipment Co. of WASH
ington, and John E. McGuffin,
SO. owner of the McGuffin
Equipment Co., of Covington.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

testify because 1T appears that
this is developing into an at
tack on Mr.. Woodbridge"
Mr.. Testerman said Mr..
Woodbridge would not be able
to testify without disclosing
condolences from other persons
and that he did not want to do
that.
Mrs. Philip w. Riley, the third
commission member, charged
I'VE have heard nothing but
vague generalities" on the rea-
sons for the March 8 firing of
Mr.. Dodd.
Mr.. Dodd said his only con-
Germ had been to see that the
contractors followed the speci-
ficationS in the contracts with
out cutting corners, as hap
pened many times.
Mr.. Dodd, who has worked
for the Arlington and Mont
gomery County school systems,
cited examples of too much
water in concrete, shallow
flooring and instructions that
were not followed, in backing
up his assertions that he had
been trying to get the proper
work for the county's money.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Foirfox School Officials
Raped on Dodd Firing

Fairfax County Civil Service
Commission members slapped
school officials yesterday with
the words of the United States
Supreme Court and a few of
their own in a hearing on the
firing of Thomas G. Dodd,
school construction director.
The commission chairman,
Col. A. H. Onthank, cited a
high court ruling on indict-
mentS that did not fully in
form the men what the charges
against them were" He vas
referring to Mr.. Dodd's charge
that he was fired without
specific reasons given, and to
the refusal of school officials
to make specific charges at the
hearing.
Col. Onthank directed his
remarks at James Woodbridge,
assistant school superintendent
in charge of construction. John
c. Testerman. Mr.. Wooldridge's
attorney; School Supt. Earl
Funderburk, and H. Wise Kelly,
jr.. school board attorney.
Mr.. TeSterman had just told
the commission that he had
advised Mr.. Woodbridge not to
Evening star., 1962-05-25
RetriuI Is Denied
In Abortion Death

Fairfax Circuit Court Judge
Calvin Van Dyck today denied
a motion for a new trial in
the abortion-murder convic-
ton of DR.. Thomas G. Bois-
clair.
The motion, based on the al
legged misconduct of a juror,
was the second denied by the
judge since DR.. Boisclair was
convicted last month.
DR.. Boisclair's attorney, Louis
Koutoulakos, noted that he
would file an appeal to the
State Supreme Court of APP
peals.
DR.. Boisclair was sentenced
to 10 years in prison for the
abortion-murder of a Wet Ma
mese coed at the University of
Maryland. He has since been
indicted for two other abor-
tions by a Fairfax County
grand jury.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

about S degrees above the
normal high of 78 and low
of SO.
Warmer Sunday and some
what cooler about Tuesday.
thundershowers about
Monday, may average 1/10
inch or less.
River Report
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls.
Shenandoah clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight -- 20 Noon ------ 81
am. ~ 80 pm. -- 81
8 am. 1900 10 s pm. ---- SO
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest, 95, on May 19.
Lowest, 9, on January IL.
Tide Tables
Furnished by the United States Coast
and Geodetic survey
Today Tomorrow
High -------- 12:46 am. / :45 am
High ---- 1907 pm. 2:07 pm
Low -------- S:1S pm. 9:19 pm
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Lone Bandit
Robs Bank in
Gainesville.

A bank at Gainesville, Va,
was robbed today of $3,O24 by
a lone gunman wearing a brown
paper bag over his head, State
police reported.
The holdup occurred at the
Gainesville -Haymarket branch
of the Bank of Nokesville on
Route SIS in the Prince William
County town about is miles
west of Fairfax.
Two employees, Mrs. Barbara
Shatley, a teller, and Peter
Hammlett, clerk, were in the
bank when the bandit walked
in about 1926 am, pointed
a revolver at Mrs. Shatley, and
declared: "All right, let's have
| it."
According to Chief Deputy
M. E. Lunceford and Deputy
Robert Cornell OF the Prince
William sheriff's force, the
bandit ordered the two en-
ployeS to lie on the floor. He
then reached across the counter
to scoop up all the money in
one drawer.
Investigators reported that
the bandit put the money in
another brown bag and ran out
the front door. He was last
seen running across a parking
lot toward a field.
Sheriff deputies, State police
and Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation agents were at the scene
soon after the robbery. Road
blocks were set up around the
area. State police also brought
police dog.
A police lookout was broad.
cast for a young man, about
feet Z inches tall, of slender
build and wearing khaki trous.
ers and white T-Shirt.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Fire Damages
Kenwood Club

A two-alarm fire did extern
sive damage to a section of the
Kenwood Country Club near
Bethesda last night.
According to Chief Paul Old
field Of the Bethesda Fire De-
partment, an unattended gas
stove ignited grease in two
ducts, setting fire to the kitchen
area.
Firemen from seven Mont
gomery County departments
quickly controlled the blaze.
Damage to the three-story brick
section of the main clubhouse
was extensive" Chief Oldfield
said.
Casey Reigle, manager of the
club, said the damage would
not prevent operation of Ken
wood facilities today.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

Heights Civic Association, said
a library is desperately needed
for the area.
Henry L. Dixon of the D. C..
Federation of Civic Associations
said there is a lack of adequate
relocation service for families
displaced by Government ac-
ton. Edward ]. MacLane of
the Federation asked for cessa-
ton of the highway program,
saying the inner loop program
would cripple the finances of
the District and result in the
dislocation of $4,000 residents.
Harold E. Wirth of Firestone &
Rubber Co., said a delay in the
highway program would de-
prive many people and buSi-
nesSes of an adequate system
Of eXpreSSways.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Capital Area
Open Space
SfudySet
BY LEE FLOR
Star staff Writer

A study aimed at preserving
400 square miles of land for
recreational use in the Wash
ington area will begin next
week, officials said today.
The study will develop de-
tailed methods to carry out
recommendations of the Yea
1000 Plan. The plan urged wig
orous efforts" to preserve large
amounts of open country
side, located so as to guide
growth of the National Capital
Region in six or more corri-
dors. separated by parks and
countryside free of urban
development.
Thomas w. Richards. chair
man of the Joint Project Com
mittee of the National Capital
Open-Space Study, said the
100000 study will take two
years to complete.
Fund Source Shifted
Financing for the study has
been in danger until today.
President Kennedy in his Janu-
ary budget message asked for
S65 900 for the study. Congress
cut the S65.000. and said the
funds had to come from other
sources.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, chair
man of the National Capital
Planning Commission, and En-
gineer Commissioner F. j. Clarke
chairman of the National Cap
ital Regional Planning Council,
said they would take the Fed
eral contribution out of their
budgets. This would slow work
on the 1880 General Develop
ment Plan for the region, out
it is worth it, the officials said
in a letter released today.
Due Private Funds
The Federal S65,000 will be
matched by $35,000 from all
the local governments of the
region, through the Metropoli-
tan Washington Council OF
Governments.
The remainder is to come
from private foundations.
Besides Mr.. Richards, other
members of the Joint Commit
tee which will supervise the
study are: Brig. Gen. Clarke
Conrad l.. Wirth, director, Ma
tional Park Service; Herbert
w. Reichelt, Prince Georges
County commissioner; William
H. Moss, chairman of the Fair
fax County Board of Supervi-
sors, and c. McKim Norton
| NCPC member.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
TODAYS WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Some
cloudiness tonight. low about
60idegrees. Considerable cloud
mess and not so warm tomor-
row.
Maryland - Considerable
cloudiness tonight and tomor-
row. Low tonight in sos and
not so warm tomorrow.
Virginia Cons sidera b e
cloudiness with possible scat
tered showers and thunder
storms in southwest tonight
and in south tomorrow. Low
tonight of Sc to 64,, cooler to-
morrow
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay - Mostly easterly
Winds of 10 knots tonight and
10. or Is knots tomorrow.
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow
with chance of scattered thun-
dershowers in south tomorrow
Visibility of 10 miles.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
District and Vicinity
May 26 to 80
Temperatures will average
Evening star., 1962-05-25

controversy over the highway
program-a controversy which
has overshadowed the problems
of welfare, health and educa-
ton.
But last night. witnesses
talked mainly of education.
Cited by committee members
as the most effective witness in
some time was Eugene Rudder,
l3. a student at Kelly Miller
Junior High.
Cites Space Age
Mr.. Rudder, a thin youngster
with big horn-rimmed glasses,
spoke of the need for a library
in his community. He said
simply: 1--WE need a quiet place
to study. We feel the challenge
of the space age. We need
books to become future scien-
lists. We may produce a Col.
Glenn or 1t. Comdr. Carpen-
ter"
Representative Match
er, chairman of the subcommit-
tee and Democrat of Kentucky
answered:
THE Capital View Library is
of concern to this committee
When it's built. they ought to
put your name on it,"
Included among the wit
nesses representing schools and
PTA organizations were: Miss
Elaine Gordon, Robert How
ard, Miss Vera Rykoff, James
Toledano, Barbara Nolen,
Charles B. Freeman. Riddick
II. Pree, Mrs. Charles M,
Rodgers. Mrs. Paul G.. Samp-
son, Mrs. Harvey o. Craver,
Arthur Christopher, jr.; Will
liam T. Roseboro. Robert A
Fields, Mrs. Bernice F. BADLY
Davis Marlborough, Mrs. Jewell
| Mazique, Adrian Burrell. George
O'Mealley, Mrs. Walter StultS,
Sidney H. Zevin and Mrs. Mi
chel A. Schuchat.
Representative Dingell. DEM
ocrat of Michigan, said the
District Commissioners are
penny wise and pound fool
ish." He said there is a
need for kindergarten teachers
and teachers for the mentally
retarded.
! DR.. Ellis Haworth, a PTA
spokesman. said the school
system should have a new ad-
ministration building. Don B.
Goodloe of the American Fed
Grafton of Teachers said an in
crease in the Federal payment
is necessary if Washington is
to maintain anything like the
services needed for its popu-
Ilation. ReinharJ B. Gutman
of Friendship House recon-
Imended the inclusion Of $50 ,00C
for a mental health clinic in
Southeast Washington.
New Library Sought
The Rev. Harold G. johnson
of Hughes Memorial Methodist
Church, and Mrs. Maggie B
Trotter of the Capitol View
Library Committee asked fol
1900 for the construction
of a new library in that area
The Rev. Sister Patsy Allen
representing the Marshall
Evening star., 1962-05-25
DC. Budget Testimony
Takes Up School Needs
BY JOHN McKELWAY
Star staff Writer

hearings the Districts s2s8 million budget ended
last night.
the next two weeks members of appropriations
subcommittee the citys finances will be picking the
and making the decisions affecting the future Of
the city.
Three straight nights public testimony pointed up
Evening star., 1962-05-25

For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated from
Point Light, 4Ha hours; Colonial Beach,
8 hours; Deale, an hours: Solomons
Island, ga hours; Point Lookout, ia
hours.
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun. today 5:4S am. S:22 pm.
Sun, tomorrow 5:4S am. S:23 pm.
Moon. today 1857 am. 11:29 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
"a hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1962-05-25

a meeting with Mrs. Holmes on
March 90 had not advised heE
of all the alleged Irregularities
charged in its petition. and
asked for an audit by firm
of independent certified public
accountants.
Refuses Freeze
Judge Shook refused his re-
quest for a freeze.
In her order closing down
the association, Judge Shook
left the door open for Mr.. Nails
to contest her deciSion-which
he said he intended to do.
However, Judge Shook also
reserved the right to issue an
order to Maryland District to
show cause why its charter
should not be revoked.
An example of unsafe and
unSound operation" alleged
by the Attorney General point
ed out that Of 49 mortgage
loans made in 1861, for the
sum of S1,677,12+, a total of
45 were made to related cor
porations."
The recitation of corporate
officers and connections was a
verbal round-robin:
Appraisals for the associa-
tion's mortgage loans to Ettie
Development were made by
Thor Ringstrom, president of
Southbrook Building Co., Inc,
and Cazimir j. Szymanski,
president of Parkwood Building
Co., Inc.
Appraisals for the aSsocia-
tionS mortgage loans to South
brook were made by Herbert j.
Hoover, president of Ettie,
while appraiSals for mortgage
loans to Parkwood were made
by Mr.. Ringstrom.
Recent Candidates
Mr.. Ringstrom, 60, of Be-
thesda, was a candidate for
Democratic nomination to the
House of Delegates in the re-
cent primary and Mr. Hoover
"a, of Bethesda, was a candi-
date for Democratic nomination
to the United States Senate.
Mr.. Hoover's name came UP
in connection with the States
receivership petition against
Maryland Thrift.
The State asserted that he
and Alexander j. Pikiel, a for
mer attorney of Chicago saw
ings and loan figure C. Oran
Mensik, sold a piece of prop
erty to Maryland Thrift fol-
$50,382 last May "a and that
two days later the association
resold it to Southbrook for
$181 1894. The State questioned
the deal because Mr.. Pixie
was also an officer of South
brook.
Evening star., 1962-05-25
Maryland District SCI
Put Under Receiver
BY ROBERT GUTENBERG
Star staff Writer

A former president and men,
ber Of the Montgomery County
Council took over as receiver
today of the Maryland District
Savings & Loan Co. of Silver
Spring.
He is George F. Nesbitt Of
Sandy Spring, in upper Mont
gomery County. He served on
the council from 1850 to 1854.
His appointment followed
placing of the firm in receiver
ship by Circuit Court Judge
Kathryn Lawlor Shook yester-
DAY.
The association became the
sixth such firm IN the nearby
Silver Spring-Chevy Chase area
to be placed under court con-
troll since last fall.
The Maryland attorney gen.
eral. who brought the receiver
ship action. said the firm. with
headquarters at 1921 University
boulevard West. Silver Spring,
was conducting an unsafe and
unsound operation"-the now
familiar allegation in its other
savings and loan court battles.
Maryland District, according
to the States petition, had
s949. .223 in savings. Mrs. Helen
S. Holmes of 90l8 Marquette
drive. Bethesda, president, said
il had less than 1000" share
holders. but said she could not
give an exact figure.
Three Baltimore Offices
Besides its silver Spring
headquarters. the firm had
three other offices, all in Bal
timore. The firm was known
until May 26, 1861, as the
Maryland District Savings and
Loan Association, Inc, and be-
fore December Z, 1859, as the
Friendly Home Building and
Loan Association. incorporated
IN 1850.
The petition filed by Assist
ant General Robert S. Bour-
bon, in behalf of Maryland At
torney General Thomas Finan,
asserted the associations 1861
financial statements were "er-
roneous."
These statements, the State
said, showed the association
had a net worth Of S1l7,19l
and a net income of $83.258.
Instead. Mr.. Bourbon argued.
the firm lis insolvent by at
least S69,279 (and) had a
net operating loss of at
least ST.. .908."
Further, the State charged,
1t paid dividends although
:. the association was actual
lyin an impaired and insolvent
position and did not have
the earnings" to support such
payments.
Similar Arguments
Mr.. Bourbon also repeated
the States argument in many
of. the other savings loan pc
titions: That the firm made
loans to companies whose Off
GERS were too closely connected,
orr had the same interests, as
the savings and loan associa-
ton itself.
y. Willard Nails, attorney
for Maryland District, pleaded
for a freeze" on the associa-
tion'S operations, instead of
appointment of a receiver.
Such action had been taken
recently with another aSSoci-
alton which he represents,
Maryland Thrift Savings g.
Loan Co., 8417 Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring.
Mr.. Nails disputed the State
auditors mathematical find
ines, charged that the State at
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Smell Captures
HuIf-MiIe Event
With Late Burst

CHRISTCHURCH, New zea-
land, Dec. 81 (AP). - Peter
Smell. world record holder for
the distance. ran the half mile
in 1898 TO beat University Of
Oregons Dyrl Burleson and
Archie San Romani In the fea-
ture race Of a track meet yes
terday at Waimate's Victoria
Park before about 10000 fans
Burleson was at his right
shoulder for second place and
San Romani was third.
Smell led from the start. with
San Romani close behind. San
Romani ran round Smell 10
lead early In the second lap.
The spectators roared as Smell
made his famous late burst 200
yards from the tape.
One hundred yards out he
went ahead. Burleson almost
caught him, but Smell twice
looked back and plunged on.
Bill Baillie Of New Zealand
won the three-mile race in
1896. Two other New Zea-
landers, Allan Potts and Doug
Dixey. were second and third.
Clayton Steinke OF Oregon
was 10 yards behind Baillie in
fourth place. Oregon's Vic
Reeve, who switched 10 the g.
mile from the mile, finished
sixth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-12-31
SCI Home Loans
Decline in November

Home financing and savings
activities at District savings
and loan associations slowed
down in November from the
pace a year earlier, the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank of
Greensboro reported today, but
the first II months showed a
gain in lending.
New home loans totaled
about $27.3 million during the
month, a decline of some S
per cent from November last
year. Total new lending dur
ing the first IL months in
creased by about 4 per cent
from the like period last year.
The net savings intake in
November was SO million COM
pared with $9.7 million for
the month in 1861. Total new
savings were actually higher
but a rise in Withdrawals cut
the net intake.