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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

disciples is painted In q gold
and green flux Of tiny palette
knife strokes derived ulti-
mately from Van Gogh, the
one time Evangelical lay
preacher.
Relatively there are few
examples Of ecclesiastical
craftwork in the show, but
what there are certainly
maintain a higher standard
of technical competence and
invention than is to be seen
in the large number of paint
ingS. Tapestry attracted the
largest number of entries.
Within that field, Nell Son.
nemann's Sacred Heart"
takes one Of the most diff
cult themes in modern relig-
iouS history and makes some
thing out Of it which is not
repulsive. A roughly edged
montage of rectangular
blocks of shades of red makes
its point with far more effect
than has ever been possible
in the grisly realism or SIM
pering idealiSm of the past.
Silver M0nStrance
Louise Cooley's set of con-
temporary veStmentS likewise
conveys a stronger sense of
the eternal aspect of religious
observance than the conven-
tional robes, pointing as they
do to a specific time past. In
the same manner, Sr. M. An
gela's silver monStrance is it
self beautifully worked and a
startling design suggesting
both the Holy Spirit and the
Trinity instead of the con-
ventional Baroque sunburst.
Two outstanding pieces of
sculpture in the show are by
Robert E. Kuhn. His "Sanhe-
drin" is a lovely small thing
in welded steel, q group of
floppy figures stumbling
around. marvelously symbol
izing the inevitable clumsi-
ness Of theological specula-
ton. His Tower Of Babel"
also welded steel also has
that improviSed, impossible
look which again is remark
ably appropriate.
There is more good paint
ing than you might reason
ably expect. The outStand-
ing single work is surely
Walter Trift's oil and collage,
"The Creation" Seven pan
els follow the seven days Of
the Book of Genesis, COM
posing them all into a uni
fled, flowing scene OF lights
and land and water and sky.
Adam arises from dust as if
he were indeed made from
dust. The collage elements
are beautifully handled and
manage to convey something
Of the idea of creation TAX
ing place Just from their own
existence as both material
and form.
Also worth study is Clare
Ferriter's "Crucifixion," in
which the dim cross form
floats in a subtly modulated
blue mist.
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T. Feller Of the National
Cathedral. Besides the clergy
are Thomas M. BeggS of the
National Collection of Fine
Arts and DR.. Ernst Kitzinger
Of Dumbarton Oaks.
The show is now area-wide
and inter-faith and one of
the interesting things about
that last note is how little
difference 1t makes. AS late
as the 18th century, it is
possible for art historians
to note the Rembrandt, as a
painter, som how seemed
Protestant as compared to
the Catholicism in art of,
say Ell Greco, while Jewish
religious art remained a con-
tradiction in terms. Through
the 18th and 10Th centuries
there was no religious art
of any kind. In our time
religious art has come back
into existance and there is
no way whatever to distin-
guish in style the art of the
various religions from one
another. One reason for this
would seem to be that con-
temporary religious art has
its origins not in the desires
Of churchmen to have their
churches filled with art, but
in the religious feelings or
of the artists themselves.
Byzantine Note
Echoes of earlier ecclesias-
tical styles are very rare in
the show at the gas COM
pany's auditorium. The main
one is the Byzantine note in
the five or six pictures of
Mykola Shramchenko. His re-
ligious painting is a good
deal freer than that of an
cient ikons, but the spirit
and the intensity are much
the same.
Otherwise, the show is al
most entirely of this time.
Probably the most imagina-
tive work on view is Lila
Asher'S wire sculpture, "Jo-
nah and the Whale" Fish
and man are both delineated
in curling wire.
The most dramatic mixture
Of religious style is that of
Vic Chaudery's "Buddha
Preaching" in which the
scene of the preacher and his
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the pages of the popular
Partisan papers, Charivari
and Masque ct Visages, where
they were printed from 1882
to 1858. AS workers for the
mass media, both men, and
especially Daumier, would
have been delighted to be
shown in the crowds at the
Smithsonian.
There has never been any
question and the show Ger
tainly doesn't raise one as to
which of the two was the
man Of genius, which the
highly talented, witty COM
mentator on the passing
scene. The show, selected
from the gift to the division
by Almond c. Whiting, does
offer a comparison between
the two and an occasional
clue to the difference, a diff
ference probably not too
noticeable during the lives Of
the two artists.
Both dealt with the foibleS
of humanity. Both were witty,
both perceptive. The easiest
and most immediate key to
the difference is in the style.
Gavarni was a very felicitous
draughtSman and that's
about all. He knew his trade
and in his hands it remained
a trade. His anatomy is
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TUESDAY

JsAF HEADQUARTERS COMMAND
BAND, Capt. Richard E. ThurstOn,
conductor. Soloists: Theodore Wiltsie,
baritone (vocaD; Joseph Latinski,
trumpet Capitol Plaza, pm. March,
Op. 80. Prokofieff; Academic Festival
overture. Brahms: Barnum g. Bailey
Favorites, King: II Lacerato Spirito,
from Simon Boccanegra, Verdi; An
outdoor Overture, COPELAND; Ameri-
cans We March, Fillmore; Excerpts
from ballet Sebastian, Menotti
Georgia, on My Mind, arr. Kepner;
Pines of the Applan Way. Respighi
Armed Forces Medley, arr. Cray.
UNITED STATES ARMY BAND, 1t.
Col, Hugh Curry, conductor. Soloists
Dick Mains, trumpet; Joey Trabucco,
tenor lyocaD. The Watergate, $40
pm, Old Glory Triumphant March,
Duble; Overture to Iolanthe, Sulli-
van; Ivy, Carmichael; Irish Tune
from County Derry, arr. Granger;
Trumpet Contrasts, arr. Wilfong
Ing!eslna March, Dele Cese; Waitzes
from Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss;
Selecti ons from Gigi. Loewe: Almost
Like Being In Love, from Brigadoon,
LoeWe: Young and Foolish, frcm
Plain and Fancy, Hague: MY Fair
Lady Medley; Loewe: Introduction
10 Act III, from Lohengrin, Wagner.
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RECORD REVIEWS
Pionists in Spotlight
With Exciting Disks
BY HERMAN SCHADEN
Star Record Critic


Seldom has such a Spate Of
interesting and different
piano records flowed past this
reviewers stand in a single
weeks deluge. Between the
new pianistS and music Ito
us, at least) 1t has been an
exciting experience we would
like to pass along, without
further preliminaries. Here
they are, each listed under
the pianiSt'S name:
BYRON JANIS: Mercury
Records has been boasting a
long time about the record
ing of Prokofieff's Third Con-
certo and Rachmaninoff's
First, which Mercury made
with its own equipment in
Moscow. International sig
nificance was added by the
collaboration Of the Moscow
Philharmonic and conductor
Kyril KondraShin (who
helped lift Van Cliburn to
fame).
Well, now the record is out.
All hullabaloo and claims of
first time ever" aside, it is
a really remarkable record.
Giving Mercury all due
credit for enterprise, in the
final analysis only the end
product counts. That is great.
In the first place, no one to-
day plays the Russian con-
certoS with the flair of Janis.
In the second place, there
couldn't be better accord be-
tween the Russian orchestra
and conductor, and the solo,
ist. Truly superb, as you
must hear for yourself.
IREN MARK: 1t is this
listeners loss that the name
of Iren Mark is new to him.
We are indebted to Julian
Rice, one of our more percep-
tive record shop operators, for
an introduction to Miss Mark.
Her talent is displayed on
two Draco Records, one all
Bartok, the other all Liszt.
With Miss Mark. this is no
coincidence. OF Hungarian
birth herself, but now of our
country, she has been close
to both these composers. In
fact, she studied with Bartok.
So it is with much expec-
tation, and greater realiZa-
tion, that we hear her mar
velouS Interpretation of Bar
tok's Micromosos, Book VI;
Suite, opus IA. and Is Hun
garian Peasant Songs. Es-
pecially winning are the
Peasant Songs. Her List
record is worthwhile, too. The
program is not heard often
-Benediction de Dieu dams
la Solitude, Berceuse, Appa-
rition No. / and Vallee
d'Obermann. She encom-
passes all she does here with
the mind and heart of a
poet and the technical
strength of-a Bartok or a
List?
ROSINA LHEVINNE: At
ter you have bought this
Vanguard Record of Mrs.
Lhevinne playing Chopin's
Concerto No. l in E minor,
try it on your friends with
only this teaser-guess the
age of the pianist. Mrs. Lhe-
vinne was over 80 yhen she
recently recorded this with
the National Orchestra Asso-
citation conducted by John
Barnett.
Her playing is exquisite in
every sense, so light and
dreamy in spots, so imbued
with vigor in others. Any
body moving along in years
should have it just as a con-
slant reminder that the next
milestone need not be the
last. A bonus is Schumann's
Overture, Scherzo and Finale.
ANDRE PREVIN: Where
Mr.. Previn has been also is a
mystery to this column. Co.
lumbia Records brings him
to the front with a highly
satisfactory program of
French Piano Music, to wit:
BY Francis Poulenc-Trois
Pieces Melancolie, Suite
Francaise and Presto in B
flat; by Albert RousSel-
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democracy. He lived through
an amazing period in French
history. from the last decade
of the First Empire to the
first years Of the Third Re-
public. He thus experienced
at first hand a merry-go-
round Of governmental forms,
a series of revolutions and the
steady growth of modern,
amoral free enterprise. A
working journalist through
his life, he devoted his work
to the cause of freedom. He
defended this cause through
constant, perceptive criticism
OF anyone who got rich quick
and anyone who snatched at
power for its own sake. His
world was rife with both
kinds of men.
Stemming from his boy
hood service as a court page,
Daumier produced the most
savage attacks on the profess
sion Of law. His Robert Ma
caire, adapted from a Partisan
melodrama. is the prototype
of the totally free enterpriser.
Daumier served six months in
jail for trenchant cartoons Of
Louis Philippe, the last
French king. In brilliant
drawings he warned against
Louis Napoleon and the war
with Prussia.
Scrutinizing PariSians
At the same time he could
scrutinize no less acutely the
institutions and habits of the
Partisan, from the new public
baths and railway trains to
the anger of artists rejected
by jurieS. He created a 10Th
century Simone de Beauvoir
in his Blue Stocking" series.
Significantly, when he turned
seriously to painting, Daumier
took major themes from Mo-
liere and Cervantes. Having
dedicated his artistic genius
to political and social truth,
Daumier died in poverty, as
sisted by the painter, Corot.
In the gift from Mr.. Whit
ing, the sonia MS
Graphic Arts Division has a
large group of Daumier litho-
graphs. 1t is to be hoped
that the present exhibition.
through Sept. 80. is but the
first Of many to show the
many sides of the giant
Hen0NratiP art
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Washington Gallery

The Washington Gallery Of
Art, 3005 M street NV, is
now showing a juried exhi-
bition Of Washington area
artists. The general tone is a
kind Of loose abstraction
done with confidence and
simplicity. There's more than
a touch Of tachism, or stained
canvases, none at all Of the
old-time fling and flay.
Only two pictures have
much buildup of paint: Pat
rick Hornberger's "Totalia,"
an appropriately titled total
painting in which, behind a
grid of white drips there
glows a carefully constructed
spectrum; and "Construc-
tion," by Roger Tripp, an
eerily effective closeup Of
what seems to be a basement
drain.
For the rest of abstraction,
elegance is the word, with
Denny Arants and Anthony
De Bone as chief arbitors.
There are some nice pictures
that stop well short of alb
straction, including q couple
by Alice Acheson and a nice
Still-life collage by Merle Fo-
shag. Ruby Grady's winter
Forest" employs scratches in
white paint for branches in
snow.
The most ambitious and
successful thing on view is
James Twitty's Tempo" a
vague grouping of people in
a city landscape. And there
are two good small sculp-
lures by Walter Hannula,
new faculty member at How
ard.
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Art Notes

The Corcoran School Of
Art has established a new ce-
ramic department opening in
September. The new depart
ment will work in co-opera-
ton with George Washington
University. Its facilities will
include one of the largest and
most versatile gas-fired kilns
in American schools and a
wide variety of wheels. The
four-year course will enable
a student to set up his own
studio and instruct in the
medium. Heading the new de-
partment is Richard C. La
fean. Further information is
available from Mrs. Inga
Wall, ME. 1921.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
It's Never Too Late
To Be q Musician
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY IRVING LOWENS
Star Music Critic

1t is never too late to learn play musical instrument
Consider for example, 75-year-old Mrs Sara Cook
retired kindergarten teacher from HnSda Ill She recently
her first piano recital
According to her teacher Mrs Cook has often told her
after lesson that musc-making opened an entire new
world to her"
Mrs Cook took her first piano lesson at the age of S.
OF the more than % 100000 amateur musicians in
the United States figure which the American Music Con-
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worth half-a-million lire,
was won by Richard Sra
cuse, Is, of New York.
BITS AND PIECES-Pierre
Salinger, who made his de-
but as a pianist while quite
young at the annual Cana
dian National Exhibition in
Toronto, and whose mother
was once a working music
critic in San Francisco, has
contributed an instructive
introduction to a book on
music. Stephanie Barach'S
THE Language of Music" a
text which explains musical
terms for students of all ages,
will be published here on
August % by Robert B.
Luce, Inc. Mr.. Salinger's
essay discusses the part
music has played in his life
and those Of his children.
Burden of the message: Don't
be afraid of jazz, but don't
let the kids escape Bach and
ViValdi, either.
=
WORDS ON MUSIC
Once again easily available
is the Robert DOningtOn
survey of The Instruments Of
Music Barnes & Noble Uni
versity PaperbackS; $2.25), a
reprint of the second edition
of this highly regarded short
book originally published in
England in 1851.
The purpose for which the
author wrote the works to
provide the average music
lover with definitive answers
to questions about how sound
works, how musical instru-
ments work, what they are
like individually and in con-
cert, is admirably carried
out.
And lest the price for a
paperback seem high, it
should be pointed out that
the work is copiously illus
trated with halftones as we'll
as line drawings, and is well
worth a place on your per-
manent music bookshelf.
\
CORRECTION: The re-
view of the United States
Army band concert on Tues
day night appearing in We'd
neSday's Star referred to "a
Washington composer, the
late Bainbridge CriSt". This
was of course, in error as
Mr.. Crist is still very much
a part Of the Washington
musical scene. Right now
he's at his summer home on
Cape Cod.
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ART AND ARTISTS
An Excellent Show
OfFrenchLithogrophs
By FRANK GETLEIN
Star Art Critic

you can battle way through the scenes that
regular feature of the Smithsonian you will be well
repaid by the current exhibition the Institutions Division
of Graphic Arts.
AS matter Of fact there something appropriate
swirl of mulitudes this particular show On view are
about two dozen Autographs by the French 18th century
daughSmen social critics and graphic comedians
Daumier and Gavarn Guaume- -Supice Chevaier he
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OF THE WEEK
TODAY

.DIRKSEN, organ. Washing
ton, Cathedral, ) pm. Introduction
and Allegro, Wills; Wondrous Love
Barber: Sonatina, SoWerby; Prelude
On Urhs Beata, Dirksen: Carlton,
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND. It.
Col, Albert SchOeDper, conductor.
Soloists: James Erdman, trombone;
William Jones, baritone (vocaD, The
Watergate. $50 pm. Stars and
Stripes Forever. Sousa; Prelude to
Act III of Lohengrin. Wagner: Cole
Love. Pryor; Pineapple Poll SUITE
Sullivan;, Cowboy Rhapsody. Gould:
Perpetual Motion, Pagnanini: Etude
No. II. .Arban; Gold and Silver Waltz.
Lehar-Jolly: La Calunnia e un Venti-
cello. from Barber Of Seville, Rossini;
14th HUNGARIAN Rhapsody. I,iszt
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WEDNESDAY

United STATES MARINE BAND,
apt: James King, conductor. Solo,
lSt: William Jones, baritone (vocaO
capitol Plaza, S pm. Washington
Post March, Sousa; In Bohernia
Haadley; George Gershwin Medley,
jolly. Bolero, Smith Dreams of
Love List; March of the Steel
Men BelSterling; Tales from the
vienna Woods, Strauss: Prologue
from I Pagliacci. Leoncavailo: Ca
prlcclo ltalieu, Tchaikovsky.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26

tFor Further Details, Consult Next
Sundays ListingS)
COWDRICK, organ. First
CONGREGATIONAL Church, 945 g st.
NV, ) pm.
UNITED STATES MARINE BAND, 1t.
Col. Albert Schoepper, conductor
The .Watergate, $50 pm.
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SATURDAY

WILLIAM s. PARTRIDGE. organ. st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Lafayette
E Lubeck; Elevation, Couperin: PreI-
ude and Fugue in C Minor Bach {:
Chorale Prelude. Mein Jesu, der du
mich, Brahms: Variations on a Sun
day School Tune, Thomson: Chorale
Prelude, Rhosymedre, Vaughan Will
liams; Phrygian Toccata, Tynsky.
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TOMORROW

United STATES NAVY BAND, CWo
Donald w. Stauffer, conductor. Solo
lst: Richard Balm. harmonica. Capitol
Plaza, s pm. Moorside March, Hoist;
Rlenzl Overture, Wagner; Slaughter
on 10th Avenue, Rodzers; 5Oth Star
March, Carvalho: One -hoss Shay,
from McGuffey's Reader Suite. Phil
lips; Horse and Buggy, Anderson;
Gold and Silver Waltz. Lehar; We
Saw the Sea, Berlin: Part I. The
Testament Of Freedom, Thompson;
Irving Berlin Medley, Raven.
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THURSDAY

'NITED STATES NAVY BAND. CWo
Donald W. Stauffer, conductor So
ioistS: Richard Balm, harmonica, !,
Frank Sclmonelli, trumpet. The Wa
tergate. $40 pm Polaris March
Kenny; Rienzi Overture. Wagner:
Sd Myt., Symphony No. ,, Brahms
Slaughter on 10th Avenue, Rodgers;
5Oth Star March, Carvalho: Gazette
Parisienne, OffenbaCh; Waltz and
PolonaiSe, from Eugene Onegin,
Tchaikovsky; Trumpet in the Night,
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FRIDAY

UNITED STATES ARMY BAND. 1t.
Col Hugh CSrEyss conductor
JOEY TRABUCcO. tenor (vocaD.
Capitol Plaza, s pm. Connecticut
March, NaSsann: American over
ture for Band, jenkins: A Modern
Mood Kaler; Trumpet Contrasts,
arr. Wilfong: Capitol City March,
Staigers; Cole Porter Favorites, arr
Bennett: Old Timers Waltz, arr
Lake: Selections from My Fair Lady,
Loewe; Prelude and Fugue in G
United STATES AIR FORCE DANCE
ORCHESTRA. It. Johnny o'See7
pm. One O'Clock Jump. arr. Samp-
son: Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin:
Whirlybird, Hefti: Let's Get Away
From 1t All, arr. Sayre: Mack the
Knife, arr. Sampson; Gospel in
Three-Four, Marsh: The Continental,
arr. Nestico: l Remember Clifford,
Golson; Little Pony, Hefti; Porgy
and Bess SELECTIONS, GershTin; Old
Glenn Miller, arr. Nestico.
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ference diSSeminateS with un-
derstandable pride, those with
three-score or more years to
their credit not infrequently
claim that as they grow older,
they get a bigger thrill out of
making their own music.
Many describe Self-made
music as sort of fountain of
youth and look forward ca
gerly to built-in pleasure Of
making harmonious sounds
in company with others.
The role Of senior citizens
in amateur music is typified
by an 18-member orchestra
that has become one of the
biggest drawing cards for
those over so who visit the
Sirovich Day Center in New
York City.
How the Sirovich Day Gen.
ter has given some Of its
members something to live
for was summed up by one
member Of the orchestra. an
elderly violinist. who said
that many of his friends have
discovered that through mu-
sic one can begin to enjoy
life again."
Aside from playing music
for their own enjoyment, mu-
sically inclined senior citi-
zens often play important
roles in providing entertain
ment for other retired people.
A case in point is the
Guardians Band. Of Red
Bank, N. J. The four-piece
combo provided musical in
terludes at the Senior Citi-
Zens Hobby Show held re-
Gently in Monmouth, N. j..
at which hobbies Of persons
over so were displayed.
Old favorites and popular
songs make up the repertory
of the Senior Citizens Band
of Lodi, Calf, whose II ,
members have a total age Of
more than TAO years. The
band. organized in 1858, is
popular with several local
groups as we'll as with the
towns senior citizens.
Music is a recognized ther-
apeutic aid in the area of
geriatricS, and self-made mu-
sic adds point and purpose to
the lives of many of the Ma
tion'S retired and elderly peo-
pie. To them, the act of max
ing music brings stimulation,
pleasure. comfort. and COM
panionShip-all of which help
to make tomorrow something
to look forward to with eag-
ernesS rather than Just an
other day to be killed.
So
NEWS FROM HERE-The
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Charles Munich conducting,
may be seen as we'll as heard
in a one-hour show tonight
over WTTG-TV, Channel 5,
8-9 pm. 1t will be the first
in a series of 13 weekly pro-
grams. Later guest conduc-
tors promised are Erich
LeinsdOrf, Richard Burgin,
Aaron COPELAND, and William
Steinberg. All the programs
were produced at actual con-
certs. Scheduled for tonight:
Suite from Water Music,
Handel; Symphony No. 2 in
D Minor, Op. 73, Brahms. ...
DIR. Lloyd Ultan, since 1856
chairman of the music de-
partment at Dickinson Col
lege in Carlisle, Pa, has been
appointed chairman of the
music department of Ameri-
can University beginning in
the fall. e.. The Washington
Opera Guild announces audi
tionS today from 3 to S pm.
for positions in the Guild
Chorus; altos, baritones and
basses are especially needed.
Call Adams 4-8738 for an
appointment.
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NEWS FROM THERE
Baltimore: French Baritone
Martial Singher joins the
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Simeone: Waltzes from Der Rosen-
kavalier, Strauss: We Saw the Sea,
Berlin: Part 1, The Testament of
Freedom, Thompson: Irving Berlin
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NEWS FROM THERE
Baltimore: French Baritone
Martial Singher joins the
Evening star., 1962-01-02
STORM MISSES D. c.
Nearby States Battle Snow

town, State Routes S and 235
were slippery and treacherous.
Calvert County had 4 to 5
inches and from l to 3 inches
was recorded in Charles County
and Southern Prince Georges.
The wintry storm gave school
children in Southern and West
ern Virginia an added day to
their Christmas vacation as
classes were Cancelled in at least
"a counties and three cities.
Hardest hit was Southside Vir-
ginia near the North Carolina
border. Travel was risky and
chains were recommended in
most of the State today.
For Washington area resi-
dents the only problem was in
getting up this morning. Holi-
day travellers crowded incom-
ing roads as well as National
Airport, Union Station and the
bus depots last night.
Weather prospects here ir
the foreseeable future are good
The forecaSter predicted lots
of sunshine today with a hi. :
of 38 degrees. Tonight will bt
fair with a low near 25. To.
morrow will be fair and not
quite as cold.
Evening star., 1962-01-02

storm away from the National
Capital, according to the
Weather Bureau, but it was
close enough. While Washing
ton was recording the merest
trace of snowflakes, the snow
front barreled by on a north
easterly course from the South
and continued on to New
England.
Up to a foot of snow was
measured in parts of Virginia,
closing many schools today. The
storm left 4 inches of snow in
the Richmond area and l inch
at Culpeper before sweeping
into Maryland and over to the
Eastern Shore. On the other
side of the Bay, Maryland.
Virginia and Delaware COM
munities were digging out from
a 4-inch snowfall and hazard
GUS driving was reported
throughout the peninsula.
1t was midnight when the
storm struck Maryland's south
ern counties and emergency
snow plans went into effect re-
quiring the use of chains ol
snow tires. With 71a inches oi
snow measured at Leonard