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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-19
NASA Awards VifrO
Two New Contracts

yEtro Laboratories Of Silver
Spring received two new con
tracts from the National Aero
nauties and Space Adrninistrs-
ton within the past week
One contract Is to provide the
worldwide Mercury tracking
range with updated capabiIity
to receive wide-band telemetry
data - the third major award
the firm has received for teIe-
metry equipment on the NASA
programs in three years
The second Is a three-month
contract to cslibrate and main
tain precision instruments for
NASA.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-19
smOg episodes have already
been experienced"

been experienced"
Bethesda residents continued
to read more library books than
others in the county, borrowing
over 10000 volumes from their
branch last year. Silver Spring
and Wheaton readers ran sec
ond, with over 10000 borrowed
books each. Least demand for
books came from the Garrett
Park and Sherwood areas.
And while all this activity
was going on, the County Coun-
Gil managed to meet 165 times
during the year and hold 300
public hearings, adopting TAB
resolutions and IS ordinances.
including one making screen
doors mandatory in homes dur
ing the summer.
From Is to 81, no cause
for alarm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-19
Special Banking Hours

American National Bank viii
observe special banking hours
tonight from $50 to 8 O'Clock.
to substitute for normal Friday
night banking hours The bank
win be closed for Good Friday
tomorrow as required by Mary
land Law.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-19

A revised, second editor
of odd Homes and History
of Montgomery County
Maryland" is now off the
presses and available to the
public.
Author Of the book, spry IS
year-oId Roger B. Farquhar, sr.
Of Silver Spring, has spent the
last six months intensively re
vising and updating his initial
history that was published in
1852 and completely sold out
about three years ago.
The new version, containing
366 pages and numerous photos
contains an 83-page history Of
Montgomery County set forth
in Is chapters.
But the real "meat" of the
book is contained in the 13C
separate stories of the county's
oldest and most historic homes
and nine Georgetown homes
that were once located in Mont
gomery County before Mary
land ceded that area to the Ma
tons Capital.
In them. the author -
county native - tells wildly
the stories of the old families
that lived i'm the gracious
homes and recalls the times
in which they lived.
A descendant of one of the
county's Oldest families - the
Brookes - himself, the author
played a personal role in the
events of an earlier day wher
Montgomery County was made
up almost entirely of rolling
farm land. Bethesda and Silver
Spring were little more thar
wide places along Wisconsin
and Georgia ayes. then ant
Chevy Chase was not even Z
CLEAN in a developers eye.
In the first chapter, the au
thor sets down Maryland's be
ginnings, how Cecelius Calvert
acquired a large grant of LAND
from the king and decided tc
call it Maryland in honor of his
queen.
Montgomery County is Their
described physically and to Dol
ster his description of earlier
average temperatures, rainfall
frosts and snow, the author
draws on a detailed diary kept
up meticulously by his father
the owner of a large farm be
tween Rockville and Norbeck
during the last half of the 18th
century.
Beside temperature anC
climate details of an earlier day
the author describes the coun
tvs fauna and flora.
There follows a short his.
tory of Georgetown itself,
which was operated as major
port in colonial days, and the
story of how the District of
Columbia was created from
land donated by Maryland is
related.
The county's birth occurred
he relates, when a Frederick
County physician, DR.. Thoma.
Spriggs Wooton who ais,
served as a delegate to the Gen
eral Assembly, introduced a bill
separating two new counties
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-19
Historical Lore
Author Spry at IS
Produces History Book

Montgomery and Washington
from sprawling Frederick in
1776.
The stirring events leading I'm
to the American Revolution are
reported fully, too, and the
story of how Montgomery
County patriots assembled at
Hungerford Tavern, Rockville,
to take a firm stand is related.
A chapter titled Government
Then" tells how the victorious
revolutionaries set up their first
government and lists some of
the earliest office holders and
the manner in which the gov.
eminent was then conducted.
The county's historic charter
fight in the 1940's which pitted
neighbor against neighbor over
the issue of whether council.
manager form of government
should replace the old county
commissioner form is recalled.
The author remembers that as
early as 1885 he proposed to the
Farmers Convention that
study be conducted on the wis
dom of adopting the council.
manager system.
Today's highly complex
governmental machinery is
described on six pages after
which the cOunty's participa.
ton Through Eight Wars"
is told.
Chapters on Education"
Agriculture" Federal Agen.
cies," organizations and Insti-
tutions," Transportation" and
"Sundry Subjects" follow to
complete the history part of the
elaborate volume.
The author made numerous
revisions in the first part of his
earlier book and information in
all of the categories was
brought up to date.
Descriptions of the gracious
old homes and their owners
over the last one hundred or
two hundred years fill the re-
naming two-thirds of the book.
And it was this part that won
the author such wide acclaim
when the volume was first pub.
lished.
Twelve additional "old homes"
have been added in the second
edition and in the "old home"
stories, again, the information
on owners and developments of
the last decade has been
brought up to date.
In a foreword, James w.
Foster, director of the Maryland
Historical Society, writes:
'The book is now recOg-
nized as the principal source
of historical information on
the county :" And he con.
tinues:
Here is no dry work of sta
tistics, no sociological study, no
pretentious critique of architec-
tural successes and failures,
and no tedious genealogical
detail. Instead we have a vi
brant human recital in which
Mr.. Farquhar virtually takes
the reader by the hand and
leads him from one estate to
another. He has been fortunate
in having before him a scene
so alluring to paint"
Copies of the volume, selling
for SIS each, are available
through the author, Roger B.
Farquhar, ST., 365 University
blvd, West, Silver Spring, Md.
Still vigorous despite his So
years, the author has been per.
sonally distributing autograph
ed copies of his book to early
purchasers since the volumes
were delivered by the printing
! firm a little over a week ago.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-19

Montgomery County high
school students will join with
more than 1900 teen-agers
from 80 states in attending the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-04-19

National Symphony Orchestra's
five weeks of Music for Young
America April 23-May q.
Evening star., 1962-04-08

THAT 378 mark is just about
where you hit the ball and that
fence is only seven feet high"
a player said to Long. 1T
should be pretty inviting"
Long shrugged his shoulders.
He was asked if Mantle or any
body else was likely to clear
the roof.
II doubt it," Dale replied.
Its a long way over there.
Somebody will hit one into the
upper stands-but over it? I
don't think So"
There were countless ques-
tions. Will it be hot on. sum-
mer nights, with no wind and
the lights on? Will they raise
the height of the fence if there
are a rash of homers? Viii
: the new grass hold up under
steady play? What is the pre-.
dominant direction of the
wind? How are the bullpens?
Several of the players told
Piersall the tall grass would be
worth so points on his batting
average because he could beat
out that many buntS. He
grinned in anticipation.
They'll know more about it
today when the Senators test
the stadium under playing con-
ditionS in the exhibition with
the Pirates.-WHITTLESEY.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
Boxer Club Holds
Match Toduy

The Potomac Boxer Club will
hold a sanctioned match for
boxers over three months old
and amateur handlers today at
Laurel Raceway harness track,
a sort of dress rehearsal for
the clubs 22d speciality show
and seventh obedience trial
scheduled April 20.
Entries for today's event will
be taken starting at noon and
judging will begin at 2 pm. En-
tries for the April 20 show at
Fort Myer will close at noon
Tuesday in the offices of the
Foley Dog Show Organization,
2009 Ranstead street, Philadel-
phia 8. The show will benefit
Fort Myer youth activities.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
WHITE SOX WIN
OVER REDS, 4-3

LOUISVILLE, KY, April Z
P).-Rookie Hurler Joe Hor-
len kept the Cincinnati Reds
scoreless for seven innings and
batted in the first run as the
Chicago White Sox won their
sixth game against the Ma
tional League champions, 4-3.
Horlen's single scored Sherm
Lollar who had opened the
sixth inning with a double
Horlen scored on a sacrifice fly
Up to then, the game had been
ScoreleSS.
Chicago picked up two more
runs in the eighth. Frank Rob-
inson singled in the bottom of
the ninth, reached second on
an error and the Reds picked
up their first run when Jerry
Lynch doubled. Reliever Turk
Lown retired the next two bat
tiers, but Marty Keough singled
Lynch home and Don Pavle-
itch doubled to make it 4-3
Gary Peters struck out Wally
Post to end the game.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
Pipers Shade
Steers, Knot
ABL PIoyoff

CLEVELAND, April Z (AP)
Connie Dierking's hook shot
from the foul line with one
second left gave the Cleveland
Pipers q 100-98 victory over
the Kansas City Steers tonight,
and tied the teams at 2 apiece
in their best-of-five American
Basketball League title series.
With 26 seconds left. the
Steers Gene Tormohlen made
two free throws to knot. the
score at 98-98. The Pipers
worked the ball until Dierking
set himself up for the winning
basket.
Kansas City won the first
two games and the Pipers the
last two.
Evening star., 1962-04-08

his potential, the Senators
strong point could be its start
ing quartet.
Mickey Vernon is still search
ing for a fifth starter, doesn't
have much of a line on his long
relieverS from a competitive
standpoint and is hoping that
Marty Kutyna and Fred Green
can fill the relief roles.
= = +
The club is showing its age
at the corners and in rightfield
in Danny O'Connell, Dale Long
and Gene Woodling.
If the new D. c. Stadium Is
to become a home-run garden,
as some predict, the Senators
will be hurting when compared
with most of the teams that
visit. Long and Willie Tasby
actually are the only power
threats. They badly need an
other righthand distance hitter.
Vernon has a years expert
ence as manager, has the same
coaching staff, and if Osteen
and another pitcher or two
comes through. Mickey could
move the Senators up a couple
of notches.
= + =
About Piersall, his conduct
during spring training, both on
and off the field, has been
exemplary. Of course, Jim
doesn't have to practice his
antics, and he's not going to
waste some of his Academy
Award performances on a few
hundred fans in spring train
ing.
There has been an indica-
ton that he's about ready. He
was thrown out of Tuesdays
game, was riding the Pirates
bench on Wednesday and
smashed his batting helmet
Friday after going 0-for-5.
But during spring training
Piersall was the Senator's
hardest worker. He's restless,
apparently seldom able to re-
lax, but relations with him
have been most pleasant. Jim
has Joined in the social gather
ingS, has obliged the spectators
and apparently has had fun,
even though he claims he
hasn't done anything right on
the field.
But Piersall will not disap-
point. He was getting only $25
weekly for incidentals at Pom
pano. He starts earning the
$45,000 tomorrow afternoon.
Evening star., 1962-04-08

Catholic at Hampden-Sydney (basebalD
Howard at Virginia State (golD.
FRIDAY
Cornell at Navy (basebalI).
Maryland Frosh at Montgomery JC
(basebalD.
ouantico Relays (track).
Penn at Georgetown (tennis).
North Carolina at Maryland (tennis)
Catholic at Western Maryland (tennis)
MARYLAND and Wake Forest at Virginia
(golD.
Mount st. Mary's at American (Rolf),
Navy at North Carolina (golD.
SATURDAY
Georgetown at Mount st. Mary's (base-
Clemson at Maryland (basebalD.
Navy at villanova (baseball).
George Washington at Richmond (base-
BALD.
Howard at Drew (basebalD.
Quantico Relays (track).
Duke at Maryland (track).
Catholic at Mount st. Mary's (track)
Loyola at Gallaudet (track).
Penn State at Navy (track).
Hampton and Delaware State at How
ard (track).
Wake Forest at Maryland (tennis).
Penn at Navy (tennis).
Howard at Drew (tennis).
Navy at Duke (golD.
American VS.. George Washington at
Water Sports Center (crew).
Georgetown at LaSalle (crew).
Columbia at Navy (crew).
Howard at Drexel (crew).
Princeton at Navy QacroSse).
Evening star., 1962-04-08
Western Maryland
Whips AU in Golf

WESTMINSTER, Md, April
7 (AP).-Western Maryland de-
feated American u, 61a to 21a
in golf today on the Green Ter
rors' rain-soaked links. Sum-
maries:
Abnet. W. Nd. def. Sigmen, 6-5.
Macever AU def. Ginsberg, 81.
Warfield. w. Md, def Abrams. 2-1
Fulton. W. Md, def. Felt, 4-3.
Bosch An def. Baernstein. 3-2.
Best ball-W. Md. ga. A.U. "a.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
BLESSINGS BALANCE FAULTS
Senators Smitten With New Stadium

The Senators gaped, and
Stammered, and tread and
spoke softly as they saw their
new home for the first time
yesterday, the D. c. Stadium
all dressed up for baseball.
"It's beautiful" Jim Piersall
said. "An atmosphere like this
makes you want to play base
ball"
The pitchers Immediately
fell in love with the thick, long
infield grass. but the hitters
grumbled over it.
The hitters took a fancy to
the low outfield fences, only
seven feet high, but the pitch
ers were a bit skeptical about
them.
One of the first questions
was whether anybody could hi
one completely out of the sta
dium, over the roof Of the up.
per deck.
Mantle WILL" somebody said
Nobody ever WILL" some others
chorused.
Gene Woodling, who COM
planned about the infield grass
at Griffith Stadium last year
when it held up a couple of his
slashes that were converted
into outs, was the subject of
considerable ribbing.
He finally turned to George
Case and said: "Grass that
high would have chased a ping
pong hitter like you out of the
league"
II resent that" Case replied.
The pitchers gathered around
the mound, taking turns in
specting it. Pete Burnside
Evening star., 1962-04-08
CeIticsBreeze
ToEagW
Over Lakers

BOSTON, April 7 CAP).
Bob Cousy and the Jones boys
brought tired Boston a 122-1O8
victory over Los Angeles in the
opener of the playoff finals to-
day.
The Boston backcourt men
sent the defending champions
off to a 10 edge in the best
of-seven National Basketball
Association series which con-
tinues here tomorrow.
Cousy, along with K. C
Jones. changed a dead-looking
club into fast-breaking win
ner.
Sam Jones. whose shot beat
Philadelphia in the Eastern Di-
vision final Thursday, took
charge of the Boston scoring
with "a points.
From an early 9-point def
cit, Boston moved to a 60-52
halftime lead, then put the
verdict out Of reach by out
scoring the Lakers, 1922. in
the third quarter.
Pvt. Elgin Baylor, flown in
on leave from Fort Lewis,
Wash. led Los Angeles with IS
points.
Boston stars we're numerous
as Bill Russell did his usual
superb defensive job at center
and Jim LoScutoff enjoyed a
strong scoring effort. But none
was more appreciated by the
7,467 Boston Garden fans and
the national televiSion au-
dience than crippled Frank
Ramsey.
When the Lakers bid to mar
row the Celtics margin late in
the third quarter, Ramsey
hobbled on a game leg to six
fast points. He received a
standing ovation.
The CelticS, looking as if they
had their best basketball
drained by the Philadelphia
series, trailed, PALS, in the
opening period when Ramsey
scored a three-pointer. Cousy
either scored or assisted in the
remaining II points for Boston
in the quarter.
K. C. Jones continued to
play although he suffered a
broken nose in a collision with
Jim Krebs' elbow in the Sec
ond quarter.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
TigersDefeat
Yankees, 1915,
End Skid at 3

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
April Z (AP). The Detroit
Tigers ended a string Of eight
straight exhibition game losses
today by defeating the New
York Yankees, 1916.
The Yanks tagged Jim Bum
ming for three runs in the OPEN
ing inning and Ralph Terry
held Detroit hitless through
the first three. The Tigers
hammered Bud Daley and Jim
Coates for 10 runs in the mid
die innings, with Burning
breaking a 3-3 tie on a two-run
single off Daley in the sixth.
Rocky Colavito and Mike
Roarke hit two-run homers
against Coates in the seventh,
mailing down the victory.
The two teams ended the
Florida phase Of training with
today'S game and play again
tomorrow at Richmond, Va, in
their final tune-up for the sea-
son openers.
Prior to the game, Tom
fresh was named winner of
the James P. Dawson memorial
award as the Yankees out
standing rookie Of the spring
training camp. He has taken
over the starting shortstop job
left vacant by Tony Kubek's
recall into the Army.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

crouched down and said, You
can hide behind this"
Claude Osteen popped his
bubble gum and it sounded like
a shot. How about those
acouSticS?" he said. IF you
say something to the umpire
everybody in the park will hear
you"
Evening star., 1962-04-08
Quarter Horse Fans
Hold Clinic Saturday

The Maryland State Quar-
ter Horse Association will hold
a clinic on the Frederick Md
Fair Grounds starting at 10
am. Saturday.
Carl H. Asmis, a senior judge
in the American Horse Shows
Association, will discuss fitting
and showing in hand. Fred
Beyeler, a member of the
MSQHA, will speak on the care
and feeding of horses.
Evening star., 1962-04-08

Joe McClain observed that
the slight breeze was blowing
in toward home plate. Il hope
it always blows in that direc-
tion," he said.
Dale Long, the Senators
chief home-run threat, stood at
home plate, surveying the out
field.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
KIRKLAND BLAST
PAGES INDIANS

SALT LAKE CITY, April Z
(AP).-Willie Kirkland hit a
three-run homer in the eighth
inning today, sparkling the
Cleveland Indians to an 8-4
exhibition baseball victory over
the San Francisco Giants.
The Giants scored first when
Willie Mays hit a towering 450-
foot home run over the left
center wall with Ken Kuenn on
base in the first inning. In the
second, Jim Davenport doubled
for San Francisco and scored
on a single by Jose Pagan.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
GU Continues Series
Against Area Teams

Georgetown's baseball team,
which opened its season last
week by playing area colleges
twice, mixes it up with the
neig h b ors again this week
against George Washington,
Tuesday, and at Maryland,
Thursday.
For Maryland, the game
Thursday will start a three
day home stand, with South
Carolina visiting, Friday, and
Clemson. Saturday. Georgetown
will finish the week with a
game at Mount st. Mary's,
Saturday.
CIV resumes its Southern
Conference wars, Thursday,
against Virginia Military at the
West Ellipse, then visits Rich
mond, Saturday. Navy enter
tains American University
Tuesday, and Cornell, Friday,
and travels to Villanova Sat-
urday.
The weeks schedule in all
sports:
TOMORROW
Montgomery &C at Hagerstown base
BALD.
Maryland at N. C. State (tennis).
Penn State at Georgetown (golD.
TUESDAY
George Washington at Georgetown
(basebalD.
American at Navy (basebalD.
Catholic at Loyola (basebalD.
American at Catholic ltrack).
J. c. Smith at Howard (tennis and golD :
William g. Mary at George Washington
(golf).
Buckneii at Navy CgolD.
WEDNESDAY
Gallaudet at Howard (trackl.
Georgetown at Navy (tennls).
Howard at Catholic (tennis).
George Washington at Virginia (tennisl.
American and Howard at Navy (crew).
THURSDAY
GEORGETOWN at Maryland (basebalD.
Howard at Hampton tbasebanl.
VMI at George Washington lbasebalD.
American at Towson (basebalD.
Evening star., 1962-04-08

The Evening Star Knothole
Club closes it's membership
rolls with applications bearing
today's postmarks, meaning
youngsters IS and under still
wishing to enroll must mail
their forms so that the post
office processes them before
midnight.
Members of the club. which
is co-sponsored by the Sena-
tors and The Star, will be ad-
mitted to IL Washington
games at D. C. Stadium. The
games are:
Evening star., 1962-04-08
Here's Last Chance
To Join KnothoIers

April 21-Baltimore.
May 26-Cleveland (night).
May 19-KanSaS City.
June 9-Detroit.
June 16-Baltimore (night)
June 30-Minnesota (night)
July 3-Los Angeles.
July 28-Boston (night).
August II - Clevelan d
might.
September Los Angeles
(night).
September 15-Chicago.
September 22-Boston.
Evening star., 1962-04-08
BASEBALL OPENERS

Here is the schedule for the opening major league
baseball with probable starting pitchers their 1861
records, and the expected attendance
MONDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit at Washington, pm-Moss G5) Daniels G2lD
$1,000.
Only game scheduled
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 1:30 pm.-Mahaffey Q1-l9
Purkey Q6-12) or Jay CLIO. $4,000
Only game scheduled
TUESDAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore at New York. pm-Hoeft (74) Ford (254).
27,O0O
Cleveland at Boston, pm-Donovan QO-1O) Schwall
Q5-O. $4,000
Los Angeles at Chicago, 2:30 pm-McBrde Q2-15 Grba
U1-13) VS.. Pizarro G4-7). $4,000.
Minnesota at Kansas City. 2:3O pm.-Kraick d3-1D VS..
Rakow (2-8). 10000.
Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati at Los Angeles pm-OToole Q99) Podres
Q8-5) or Koufax Q8-13). $4,000
Chicago at Houston, pmCardwel Q5-14 Shantz
$4,000.
Milwaukee at San Francisco pm. SPAIN Glib vs.
Marichal q3-10). 42,5O0
at Pittsburgh pm-Owens 5-10 vs. Friend
q4-19). $4,000.
New York at ST. Louis pm-Crag (5-6 vs. Jackson u41D
10000.
Evening star., 1962-04-08

late september record OF "a
defeats in Is games. On June
Is the Senators were tied for
fourth and playing 500 ball.
They won seven of their first
IA games with the Yankees.
But the 14-game and 10-game
losing streaks late in the sea-
son dragged them into a tie
for 9th.
- -
The second edition of the
new Senators should win con-
siderably more than 81 games.
They believe they can top Los
Angeles and Kansas City and
have a go at the Red Sox. There
was some talk that this club
might beat out the Twins, but
that was before Minneapolis
obtained Vic Power to fill a
void at first base.
Last year the Senators were
the weakest club in major
league baseball up the middle.
The catching was suspect, there
were many changes in the Sec
ond-short combination, and de-
fensively the centerfielding was
weak.
If Bob Schmidt can stay
healthy, he and Ken Retzer will
greatly improve the catching,
both defensively and with the
bat. Bob johnson and Chuck
Cottier have had a half-season,
plus spring training together
and will stabilize the short
second combination. Johnson's
bat should help.
y
The big difference will be in
cenyerfield, with Piersall shor-
ing up the entire outfield de-
fenSe.
You can make cases for and
against the four starting pitch
ers, and the peSsimistS would
have the stronger case built on
past performances of Bennie
Daniels. Joe McClain, Pete
Burnside and Claude Osteen.
Collectively they won 25
games last year, counting one
by Osteen in a short September
stay. They'll have to win As
this year if the Senators are
going to rise. Daniels could
develop as one of the American
Leagues strong righthanders.
McClain gets the ball over and
is due for some better luck
than last year.
If Burnside is anything like
the pitcher he was last Septem-
ber, and If OSteen lives up to
Evening star., 1962-04-08

The Questions
Are Direct
By MERRELL WHITTLEsEY

You've been gone for weeks but NOBODY
saws hello or makes any talk They just right out
and ask how will do this year. and what's jim
Piersan like? :,
The short answers order better and so far Jim is
refreshing personality.
The bali club won 81 games year. despite dismal