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Evening star., 1962-04-06

the difference between the
way rockies are treated now
and when he broke into
baseball is like might and
day."
A catcher during his play
ing days, the coach tells Of
the tribulations of his major
league trial. They expected
me to catch all day in the
boiling sun, but if I tried to
grab a bat and hit with the
regulars, they'd laugh me
right out of the batters'
box"
He recalls: 1T took a long
time before I was accepted
as part of the team. Now
adays, kids are lucky. There
is none of the countless iok-
ing that went on years ago."
Mr.. Susce agrees with
Manager Mickey Vernon of
the Senators that it's hard
enough for a youngSter in a
big league camp, without
being subjected to crude
Jokes.
One of the favorite tricks
years ago, Mr.. SuSce says,
was to saw the rockies bats
in half if they tried to take
batting practice with the
rest of the team.
Then there were the
countless errands for the
established players. All Of
this made 1t harder for a
young man to adjust to
major league life. Many
went home brokenhearted
just because they couldn't
take the veterans ribbing.
Fortunately, Carl Middle
dorf and the other rockies
trying to make good in the
major league don't have
to put up with what the
youngsters of years ago did.
Manager Vernon doesn't
appreciate the veterans
Evening star., 1962-04-06

Members of the Senators
gained quick respect for
Carl's fast ball when he
pitched batting practice
during the workouts. But
they were leary of his con-
troll. All were impressed with
his speed.
Carl was one of the hard
est workers in spring train
ing. He is determined to
make the grade, and if
determination has anything
to do with it, Carl will make
it with ease.
Mickey Vernon has been
impressed with Carl's deter
mination. He also is i'm
pressed with the veterans
Evening star., 1962-04-06

ing his best to make a club
good.
Mr.. Susce thinks 1t has
something to do with human
nature. "The players realize
that If they know some
thing, it's up to them to
teach others to do It," he
says.
Whatever the reason, the
fact remains that Carl
Middledorf has profited d
from the extra encourage
ment and instruction given
him by the veteran players.
Now If he can put it into
practice on the field, the
road to the big leagues will
be much smoother.
Evening star., 1962-04-06

efforts to help him make it.
The manager can't ex-
plain the recent change
from rookie batting to help
ing the youngsters, but he's
all for it. In fact, some of
the veterans have gone out
of their way to help Carl
and others, a situation Mr..
Vernon thinks is good for
the ball club as a whole.
The veterans also can't
put their finger on the
reason for the change. May
be Jim Piersall hit on it
when he points out that
everyone realizes that base
ball isn't an individual
game. 1t takes everyone do
Evening star., 1962-04-06

How important are books to teen
ager?
Americas great authors can tell you.
They learned the value of reading at an
early age.
They learned to SAVIOR words-the
words of others, which so greatly in
fluenced their own writings.
For many. their library was a second
home.
AS a salute to the fifth observance
of National Library Week, which begins
Sunday, some of these famous writer's
have recounted their memories about
the discovery of books.
From their words, comes picture OF
what libraries and books can mean in a
persons life.
LOUISE DICKINSON RICH, who
grew up in Plymouth County, Mass,
and is the author of a number of books
with New England background. writes:
when I was little girl in the Old
Bay Colony, before the days Of radio
and television, never gave thought
much less thankS-to the public library.
It was like the air we breathed, the
water we drank, or the sun that Shone
down on us, part of the climate In
which we lived.
MY sister and haunted the library
as q matter of course. On Saturdays we
staggered home under a double load of
books to tide us over the bleak stretch
until Tuesday, when the library re-
opened. If we under-e estimated our
capacity to soak up the printed word
and ran out of reading material over
the week end, we weren't grateful for
past benefits. We merely learned to be
more careful in the future.
"A life without library books was as
inconceivable to US as life without
bread and butter The library was claS-
sified in our minds along with food,
clothing and shelter as basic necessity
for which no thanks were required"
EUGENE ONEILL was one Of
Americas greatest playwrights. His
biographers, Arthur and Barbara Gelb,
write of his early years:
Always immersed in one book or
another, ONeill preserved a snapshot
of himself at the age Of II. taken on
the porch of his family'S home, in which
his father and older brother are shown
relaxing on rocking chairs, while Eu-
gene, his head sunk in his shoulders.
oblivious to family and photographer. is
absorbed in book.
I'm prep school, where ONeill's &C
ademic record was fairly creditable, he
again spent most of his spare time with
books-by now having discovered and
swallowed large doses of Tolstoi, Dos
toevski Joseph Conrad, Jack London
and-to the dismay of his elders-Oscar
Wilde.
In New London, where he spent the
summer before entering Princeton, Eu-
Evening star., 1962-04-06

everyone that I was "fat,
ugly" and IL / went out
with q boy I would eat 50
much he would be broke.
Not even the girls pay at
tention to me. Can you help
me with my brother, and
tell me how / can become
popular? MAY.
It seems to me that the
best way to solve your prob
lem is to lose some Of that
extra weight. I suggest you
ask Nom to take you to a
doctor, have him give you a
diet, then stick to it. You see.
May, If you trim down your
weight, then your brother
cannot get away with his
"Fatso" stories about you.
In the meantime, your par
ents should insist that he
stop making unpleasant re-
marks about you to others.
Good luck with that diet!
Dorothy Ricker's neDest
Ieatlet for teen-dgers is
packed iDith do-it-yourSelf
ideas for boys and girls 1Dho
want to Improve their ap-
pedrdrce. Write for your
free copy of. "HotD to Look
Your Best" Please incloSe
q stamped, elt-Gddressed en-
Uelope with your request.
Mail to Dorothy Kicker in
care of TEEN, The Epening
Star. Washington 3, D. C.
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
1 am 16 and I like Mark
very much. He is II and
knows how to treat a girl.
He doesn't look like Mr..
America, but I don't care;
I'm not a raving beauty
myself. We both have good
regulations and make good
grades :
We aren't going steady,
but we date about once a
week. I date other boys,
but Mark is my favorite.
My parents and teachers
approve Of him, too. My
problem is that lately some
Of my girl friends have
been nagging me to drop
him. Their argument is
that he is not an athlete
nor "keen looking"
They keep telling me i
can do better but, Mrs.
Kicker, some Of the boys
they think are great" and
keen looking" are SO con-
ceited and fresh they make
me sick! The girls are
really putting the pressure
Evening star., 1962-04-06
MRS. RICKER'S MAIL

zee, Dan, the average girl
loesn't have much respect
or a boy if she can make
lim Jump through a hoop"
Perhaps if she likes you
she will decide to
change after seeing you out
With someone else.
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
I am 16. / make good
grades and people tell me
I am attractive. / have al
ways felt relaxed around
people, except for one boy
at school whom / like. He
has the reputation Of being
nice but very shy and quiet.
II he goes by when I'm
with someone or q group
/ get jittery, forget what !
am about to say and even
lose my voice sometimes.
I've tried to get intro
duced to him but it seems
that nobody really "knows"
him. He is from another
country; do you think that
could be why he Is so shy?
Believe me, Mrs. Kicker,
this is the first time ] have
ever been interested in in
ternational goodwill!
I am a junior, he Is a
senior. The Senior Prom Is
still far off but I would love
to 60 with him and l be-
lieve in planning ahead.
Please help me before I do
something drastic!
TONI
It is quite possible the boys
foreign background may have
something to do with his
shyness. But, if you are sure
he knows you by sight it
would be perfectly proper to
speak first when you see him
since you both attend the
same school.
Although he may not have
many close friends at your
school, some Of the seniors
who are in his classes (whom
you know, tool certainly
must know him well enough
to introduce you to him. Aft
er all, a person doesn't have
to be a lifetime acquaintance
just to introduce two people
I believe it would be best
to try to. work things out 81
you can meet him in a group
If you do and he seems aloo1
don't get discouraged right
away. That, too, may be be.
cause Of his foreign back
ground. Just don't make tht
mistake of being too obvious
about the whole thing-"in'
ternational goodwill can
not be cultivated overnight
Good luck!
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
I am Is and my brother
is 16-he is my problem. l
am a little overweight and
/ admit my waist is too
large. He calls me "FatsO"
and says ] eat everything
in sight before he can get
to it. We moved to this
small town a short time
ago.
He met most Of the other
Evening star., 1962-04-06
By DOROTHY KICKER


Register and Tribune Syndicate
Dear Mrs. Kicker
My parents drive my girl
friend and me to and from
dates. 1 am old enough to
drive, but they will not let
me. Last week when Dad .
and 1 drove my girl home,
/ walked her to the door
and 1 think she wanted me
to kiss her.
l was afraid to because
he was sitting in the car.
1 have dated this girl sew
eral times and l like her
a lot. Do you think it
would be all right il l
kissed her on our next
JUST CHICKEN.
If you are old enough to
drive, you must be at least
Is. In that case I can see
nothing wrong about kissing
your girl goodnight-if she
is willing.
You m entioned being
afraid" to kiss her because
your Dad was sitting in the
car. I suspect you really
meant embarrassed" and I
can understand why. How
ever, he apparently approves
of you dating the girl and
I doubt he is so old that
he cannot remember how he
felt, at 16, about kissing that
special girl goodnight.
Dear Mrs. Kicker:
1 am a boy of 16 and I
like a 15-year-0ld girl. l.
have had many dates with
her but the trouble Is, after
every date she quits speak
ing to me for about two
weeks! I just don't under
stand this because / have
always been a perfect gen.
tleman.
When she starts speak
ing again, / ask her f0r'a a
date; she always accepts
and we have a ball. This
has been going on for over
three months now, and I
am completely bewildered.
One time when she
wouldn't speak to me I
made up my mind to for
get her, but 1 found that
was not easy to do. Is
she playing hard to get or
what? DAN.
If this girl is playing hard
to get. she has a crazy way
Of doing it since she never
refuses a date with you.
am more inclined to believe
she is trying to find out il
you will continue to put ur
with her moods and still
come running when she de.
cides she wants to date you
again.
I suggest you let HER dc
a little worrying for a change
the next time she pulls one
of these tricks. When she
finally starts speaking, don't
break your neck to ask fol
another date. Wait a while
Go out with other girl
and, at least, act as If vol
are having a good time. Yol
Evening star., 1962-04-06
What Teen-Age Reading Meant
To Some of Americas Authors

gene was regarded with awe by his less
well-read friends Having exhausted the
contest Of the New London Public Lii
brary, he accepted the offer Of an older
friend-a widely-traveled man and a
sophisticated bibliophile-to sample his
private collection. Often this man would
return home at dawn from an evenings
celebration, TO find Eugene still there,
pouring over volume of zola or Scho-
penhauer. AS one Of his contemporaries
observed at the time, That Gene ONeil
he reads deep stuff"
STANLEY WOLPERT, the author of
Mine Hours to Rama" novel about
Mahatma Gandi's assassination which
is now being made into movie, is pro-
fessor of Indian history at UCLA. He
writes:
mot everyone seems to realize that
the most important building on any col
lege or university campus is the library.
Sometimes the administration building
looks more significant, and there are
deans, registrars and bursars who prob
ably believe it to be. Some students ap-
pear convinced that their fraternity or
sorority houses are the real centerS of
campus life, just as many alumni act
as though college is place where win
ming teams can pick up little tutoring
on the side.
But of the various structures that
crowd a modern campus, the library
alone is indispensable to its survival as
an institution of higher learning. In
fact, if I were asked to define good
S,a els avH1a kAx
I should say it was good library where
scholars and students met regularly to
discuss the things they read and wrote
about"
BARBARA w. TUCHMAN, the author
of The Guns of August" recent Book
of-the- Month Club selection, is grand
daughter of the late Henry Morgenthau,
ST.. Mrs. Tuchman, who believes that
to read is to be educated, writes:
For a long stretch between six and
16-and in becoming acquainted with
books these are the years that count
lived in the Middle Ages. rode grim
war horses with Howard Pyle'S Men of
Iron and otto of the Silver Hand
was Rebecca prepared to throw herself
over the battlementS in defense Of her
virtue against the villainous Bois-
Guilbert. I can still hear the sound of
the leper's bell from The Black Arrow
and the cracking flames when the
brushwood folk set fire to the castle
in The White Company 1t was The
White Company and above all Scottish
Chiefs both brilliantly lit by the art
of N. c. Wyeth. that sealed my de-
votion to history.
"All this was more than just reading;
it was experience-the experience of the
imagination which is the only kind
that has no limits"
Quoted portions copyrighted 1862 by respective
authors, and used with permission.
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So The Sunday Star " MOsurs Washington c, December
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
Another PeOpLes'

Peoples Drug Store, constant
ly expanding, has opened one
of its largest and most modern
extensions at 1920 Aspen Hill
Rd., located in the new Connecti-
cut North Shopping Center off
Georgia Ave. extended.
Occupying 1880 square feet
of floor space, the facility will
provide complete drug store
service, including prescriptions,
soft goods, household needs,
magazines, tobacco, candy,
school supplies and a variety of
other items. Some 10000 items
have been placed on the shelves
of the store, which also provides
the usual Peoples quality food
service.
Manager of the new store is
e. S. Paylor, a native Of Wash
ington who resides in the Whea-
ton area with his wife and two
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
Business Roundup
West End Park Showing
Ultra Modern Rambler

The newest type of Forecast
Home, labeled 1.-THE lakewood"
and presented jointly by the
Washington Gas Light Co. and
builder James Cafritz, Inc, is
currently on public display in
the West End Park community
in Rockville.
A four-bedroom rambler avail
able for $24,210, "The lakewood"
features ultra-modern gas appli-
ances and equipment, including
a year-round whole-house CEN
trail air-conditioning and heating
unit. The equipment is included
in the purchase price.
The living room of the attrac.
tive dwelling has an adjoining
formal dining room with a huge
picture window overlooking an
outside patio, with additional
living space provided in a wood
paneled family room off the
kitchen. 1t includes a full base
ment with a paneled recreation
room, separated from the patio
by sliding glass doors.
West End Park is located off
Interstate Route 70-S and can
be reached via the Rockville exit,
Montgomery Ave. and Nelson
St Signs have been posted in
that area to lead visitors OF the
furnished model home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
YMe Checks Out

christina Savings Gu b
checks totaling S154,000 were
mailed out this week by Ameri-
can Bank Of Silver Spring to its
1900 club members.
According to Assistant Cash.
Ter Edgar w. Smith, jr., mem
berships in the 1868 Christmas
Savings Club are now available
at the banks five offices. Saw
ings accounts are available in
categories ranging from SOS to
$500 and deposits can be made
weekly, bi-weekly or monthly,
according to Smith.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
Giant Store
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page II
the center. In addition, Top
Value stamps will be distributed
to purchasers and credit will be
available in virtually all depart
ments except food and related
items.
Adjoining the main building
will be a number of smaller
service stores, planned to carry
out the Center's designation as
a zone stop" family service
Among them will be a beauty
parlor, a coin-operated laundry
and dry-cleaning operation fea-
turing an on-the-premises plant,
shoe repair facilities, an auto
accessory and service center, a
car-wash, gasoline station and a
garden center.
A unique feature of the center
will be a "jolly trolley" = a
passenger service that will make
designated stops around the
perimeter of the vast parking
area to pick up shoppers and
transport them to the various
services.
Serving as Discount Center
manager will be Marcus Brooks,
80, of 1921 Bushey Dr., Silver
Spring, an example of the
advancement opportunities Of
fered by the firm to employees
who have displayed exceptional
ability. Brooks began his serv-
ice with Giant in 1947 as a meat
cutter, after which he became a
meat department manager and
then was enrolled In the COM
pany's manager training pro-
gram In January of 1855. He
was appointed as store man.
ager a year later and, before
being given the Rockville as
signment, served as manager of
the Giant Discount Center In
Lanham, Md.
Ray Bum, AZ, Of Falls Church,
Va, who joined the Giant firm
In 1854 as n general merchan-
disc department head, will serve
as general merchandise manager
of the new Rockville facility.
Opening of the big Rockville
center IS the elimination of al
most u years of progress by
Giant, which made the greatest
breakthrough In retailing his
tory by inaugurating self-serv-
ice supermarkets in the early
1905.
Since the early days of the
supermarket, Giant has consis-
tently been exploring ways and
means of expanding the benefits
of mass merchandising to areas
which could complement their
basic food operation, according
to company officials. Clothing
lines were added In increasing
numbers until, in 1858. the first
Super Giant Store applied the
methods of mass merchandising
to general merchandise on a
large scale.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08

duct its sixth annual consumer
merchant forum next Thursday
at the Kenwood Country Club,
beginning the program with a
luncheon at 1890 pm.
Mark Evans, television per-
sonality, will serve as master of
ceremonies for the program,
during which representatives of
area consumer groups will meet
with a merchant panel to dis
cuss retailing aspects. All serv-
ice clubs and civic organizations
in the area have been invited to
send representatives.
Among organizations which
already have accepted invita-
tons are the Bethesda Parkview
Citizens Association, B'nai Birth
Women, the Chevy Chase Gar
den Club, Chevy Chase Terrace
Community Associations, OAR,
the Inner Wheel, K-Wives, Lux
manor Citizens Association, the
Opti-Mrs., Suburban Hospital
Women's Auxiliary, Ort, the
Newcomb Club, Maryland Moth
ers of Twins, the Women's Club
of Bethesda and the Women's
Club of Chevy Chase.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
Smith Firm Expands

Smith Typewriter Exchange,
Inc, of Washington, has estab-
lished a branch office at 1909
Norfolk Ave. in Bethesda as one
of two extensions provided in
its suburban expansion pro-
gram.
The Bethesda office will serve
as a Western Montgomery Coun-
ty agency for Smith Corona
Machant and will provide re-
pair and service facilities along
with its sales program. A rental
and leasing program also is
MANNED
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
Wdter Paks in Demand

The Cuban crisis has brought
a deluge of orders to Thomp-
sons Honor Dairy for its steril-
lied 6-gallon Water PAX, accord
ing to Robert Rawlins, vice
president of the firm.
Rawlins said the dairy has
about a three-week backlog of
orders for the plastic water con-
tainers and stands ready to meet
the demand from all who desire
them. He said A. Lee Thompson,
the company president, has in
sisted that the water be sold at
the dairy's cost, which amounts
to S1.20 for each of the plastic
containers stored in water-re-
sistant corrugated boxes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
EmertrOn Moves South

Emerton, Inc, of Silver
Spring, has opened a new South
eastern District Office in Mo.
bile, Ala, providing service
throughout Mississippi, Georgia
and Florida as well as Alabama
The firm develops variety of
electronic products, including
radar altimeters, countermeas-
ure systems, locomotive record.
ing equipment and fuzing and
arning devices.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-11-08
Candidate for HOnOrs

Jack Hoffmaster, operator of
the Burnt Mills ESQ Servicenter
in Silver Spring, was one of ID
semi-finalists chosen from a
field of 2700 retail gasoline deal
ers competing for the annual
Service Station of the Year"
award of the Maryland Petro-
leum Association. The field will
be reduced to three finalists in
continued judging this week.