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ing organization has used up
about Is monsters already.
In many instances, they
were disintegrated in the
movies by ray guns. (Colored
ink dubbed meticulousIy on
the film gives that effect,
Jeff says.)
These teen-agers are very
science-minded. They started
early-as far back as ele-
mentary school.
In the third grade, Jeff
and Paul built a 4-fcot robot
out of trash cans and motors
that actually operated with a
sound speaker. BY the fifth
grade. they had box cameras
and were turning out dino
saur still-pictureS for class
mates at two-for- 5-cents. AZ
ter two years on stills, the
boys went into science fiction
moviemaking. They've turned
out hangings, burnings, space
flights and their own YER
sion of "Gulliver's Travels"
with their trick cinematog-
raphy.
once the movie makers
used a live monster. I'VE
borrowed a boys pet lizard"
says Paul. But lizards aren't
good actors. They don't take
directions"
So now, with springs and
sockets, wigs, wire, cleansing
tissues, masking tape, paint
and a special plastic liquid,
the teen-agers make their
own model monsters that
are completely flexible.
They've created a cyclops,
q stegosaurus chat dinoSaur
took six weeks and finally
rotted away from eight weeks
of disuse) a serpent, a ty-
rannosaurus, a man-beast, q
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bat, a robot, a lagoon crea-
ture and a spaceship panel.
Saturdays are the boys big
work days in FINLAND. And
the cost? Film is $3.50 a
roll and our monsters run
about So a piece" Paul says.
Paul, whose imagination
and camera work account for
a majority Of the groups
thousands Of feet of movies,
is an A-student and Science
Fair winner. He's been writ
ten up in the Society Of Pho
tographic Scientists and En-
gineers' News. He's even built
a contraption to convert mo-
ton picture film frames to
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A FILMY ART
Making Monsters GROW

sters and skeletons into gi-
gantic creatures, and COM
bining it all with live set
tingS.
1--WE especially look for
ward to snow" says 15-year-
old Paul. mot only can we
shovel walks and earn money
for our hobby, but our mon
sterS stand up by themselves
in the snow"
The boys take a miniature
dinosaur, for instance, that's
about 10 inches long. They
stick it in the snow. With
the camera lens right on the
monster. they start shoot
ing. Way eff in the. back
ground may be 15-year-old
Brian, who looks tiny COM
pared to the closeup monster.
1t may sound simple, but
actually, lining up the models
and judging distances Just
right can make the whole
picture seem phony or real
when projected on their
home movie screen for their
scrutinizing eyes.
For other effects, the boys
shoot down on subjects from
tree tops, or they may focus
on a giant claw or throw a
dummy off a bridge after
first filming one of the boys
on the bridge rail.
Sometimes. to get a special
effect on the screen, they
create a special effect on
the public while shooting.
There was the time Jeff
was being chased over a
school roof by a skeleton"
The boys had to calm q
screaming janitor who hap
pened by. I'VE were helped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-09
By Fiji GoRSKA
Editor Of TEEN

1t takes more than mon
sters to make monster movies.
Five teen-age boys who
produce science fiction NOV
les around their neighbour
hood in Garrett Park. Md,
have found that out.
1t takes patience-patience
with adults who can't under
stand why the boys are
jumping off school roofs,
plunging from bridges or
lying on a sidewalk turning
into a horror of a grass
man"
Patience in making their
own monsters so that their
bodies will move as if alive;
in getting money to finance
their hobby, in splicing film,
and in the actual filming.
They take their hobby
quite seriously and all want
to be career special effects
men in Hollywood. When
ever they're not doing home
work. they're wrapped up in
their science fiction expert
ments with movie cameras.
Brian Young and Rob
Wenk Of Kensington Junior
High and Bill Goodwin, Jeff
Tinsley and Paul Davids of
Walter johnson High have
been producing their own
special effects films for four
years.
They are not interested in
plots, drama and makeup.
They are concerned only
with special effects - using
camera angles and any other
ideas they develop to shrink
people, turn miniature mon
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by a teacher who had seen
some of our science fiction
films" Paul says.
jeff says little kids in the
neighborhood always gather
in front of the movie camera,
which is disconcerting. They
were especially in evidence
when the boys filmed Jeff
turning into a grass man on
a Garrett Park sidewalk. 1t
was a tedious scene, but
they made it. 1t took all day
for five minutes of film.
Each blade of grass, each
weed and twig had to be put
on Jeff by hand as the cam
era was turned on and off.
The boys consider it great
fun, though. Even 13-year-
old Rob didn't mind the time
he was covered with grease
paint, food coloring and jelly
and was attacked by bees.
The temperature was 1O2
degrees and he tainted. 1t
was all for a scene where a
boy was at tacked by a
monster.
The boys take their cam
eras into movie theaters to
shoot background settings
from screen thrillers for
some of their space-type
films. Otherwise, they make
aluminium pie plates look
just like spaceships in flight.
BY double exposures, re-
winding film and expert
movement, Jeff has been
pictured walking out Of
himself" as Paul puts its. He
also has walked through
fences on film. On foggy
days, the boys do their best
ghost films, according to
Brian.
The little suburban film
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35-millimeter slides. He did
it with a shoe box, black tape
and a 50 secondhand cam
era. Last summer, he worked
for a photo technical service,
and this summer he hopes to
work for a motion picture
studio.
Paul and the other boys
big aim, is to improve upon
the unusual art of creating
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lousy actors; they don't have
the patience for science fic-
ton"
And girls don't UNDER
stand our point of view" says
Bill. why, just last week I
asked a girl down the street
If she'd like to hang by her
hair for me. But she wouldn't
even listen. She didn't even
have the patience for that!"
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illusions in science fiction
films.
And they're not being dis
rupted by girls.
1--WE let my 13-year-old
sister Diane play a role in
Rob's movie of "Dracula's
Last Party" jeff says. "She's
the only girl. and the last to
be with our film organization.
It's not just that girls are
Evening star., 1962-04-29
3 Trips Listed
By Rose Society

Reservations are due to close
tomorrow for the Potomac Rose
Society bus tour to the Ma
tional Artoretum and Sher-
wood Gardens IN Baltimore
May S. Other spring trips set
up include: May 19-DuPont
Winterthur Museum at Wilm-
ington, Del; June 9-Hershey,
Pa, Rose Garden.
The trip May S will include
the 100000 azaleas and flower
ing trees in the artoretum and
the azaleas, Towering trees,
pansies and tulips in the
private garden of John w.
Sherwood. The fare is $3.50,
not including lunch. For in
formation telephone after 6
pm. Charles c. Montgomery,
EN-. $4,000.
Cost of the Wilmington
trip, including luncheon, will
be $11.25. Reservations for this
trip will close May IA.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Little, Low Plants
Often Serve Best

low plants. Now, what about
the places they can fill in the
garden picture? Have you ever
seen a planting of beautiful
evergreens which looked posi-
lively dull during the summer
months? Planting a mass of
Dianthus Bravo, one of this
years All-American Selections
winners. would soon change
that picture.
Hot-Weather Transplants
When hot weather arrives,
there is less and less bloom in
the perennial border, unless it
has been planned by an ex-
pert. No one wants to disturb
the roots of the perennial
plants, SO little, low ANIMALS,
grown from seed and then
transplanted to set between the
perennials and near the front
of the border, are the solution
to the problem of summer color.
Kinds like dwarf marigolds. an
nual phlox or dwarf zinnias
will keep the border gay until
asters and chrysanthemums
start to flower.
Unusual little low plants in
clude linaria, which looks like
"a miniature snapdragon and
comes in pastel shades, the
pink-flowered form Of agera-
tum, pink heather alyssum
and the dwarf form of bache-
lor button named Jubilee Gem.
You should be able to choose
and grow Just the right little,
low plant for anywhere in your
garden.
Evening star., 1962-04-29

Little, low plants are prob
ably the most useful plants in
the gadren because they can be
featured in so many ways
tucked into so many places.
The long concrete driveway
that looks so stark can be soft
ened by a ribbon" planting of
little, low plants along one or
both sides. Choose a plant like
sweet alyssum that will spread
and plant it only 8 inches from
the edge of the concrete. This
will insure its growing wide
enough so that it grows over
the edge of the drive and takes
away from that harsh line.
Your front path can be made
colorful and inviting. giving a
real welcome to the house, by
bordering it with little, low
plants like verbenas with their
brilliantly hued flowers that
last until heavy frost kills
them.
For Narrow Spaces
That odd, too-narrow space
between the house and the path
around it can be filled with
little. low plants like portulaca
(if it is summy) or lobelias (if
it is shady and, instead of an
unsightly area you'll have a
solid bed of bloom.
Ordinary clay flower pots,
which are not exactly things
Of beauty by themselves, may
be made into joys forever Cat
least all summer long) by fill
ing them with little, low plants
like nasturtiums which will
produce bright, gay flowers,
pungent leaves and buds good
for popping up salads.
So much for featuring little,
Evening star., 1962-04-29

If you see an insect that looks Like this, your home
may be in danger!
It is difficult for home owners to tell the difference be-
tween termites and flying ants. you have termites
you have TROUBLE. They just bore in and start eat
ing. Brick stone concrete will not necessarily stop
them Because they hide while they destroy, their pres
is rarely discovered by the home until the
damage has been done. Don't take chance. Call Ter
mink now and have expert determine whether or
not those insects really termtes There is absolutely
cost or obligation for an inspection and reliable
recommendation Terminix is the worlds largest ter
mite control organization-wh IS years of dependable
service.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Termites Are Swarming
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Evening star., 1962-09-30

While the date for opening
the Second Vatican Council, so
named because it is only the
second council to be held in the
was set some time ago,
no one can predict when it will
end. This depends on the pro-
gress made by the hierarchy in
approving or disapproving the
Evening star., 1962-09-30
The Church Assemblies
Many Washington Religious Leaders Will Attend
The EcHmenicdl Council of the Roman Catholic Church

"HE ROMAN CATHOLIC
CHURCH, vital and vigorous
after nearly two thousand years, is
preparing once again to examine
itself and its place in the world.
On October IL in the impressive
surroundings of st. Peters Basil
lea in Rome, Pope John XIII
will convene the first ecumenical
council of the church in % years.
More than 5000 cardinals. arch
bishops, bishops, patriarchs, pri-
mates and abb0ts and thousands
of others will form a brilliant as
semblage at the history making
meeting.
This gathering marks the 21st
ecumenical or general council
in the church's history. Its de-
bates and DEGREES, the latter
made effective when approved by
the pontiff, will be closely fol-
lowed by Catholics and non-Cath-
olics throughout the world.
An ecumenical council of the
Roman Catholic Church is a gath
ering of its world hierarchy to
consider 'the faith and practice
Ofthe entire church" and to deter
mine what els to be done for the
welfare of the church" 1t is a
conclave primarily concerned
with internal affairs. Only the
pope can summon or adjourn an
ecumenical council.
Numerous Americans will at
tend, including five cardinals, IS
archbiShops, 1876 bishops and six
abbOts, all of whom possess the
right to debate and vote; many
other Americans will be present
in advisory and consultative ca
pacities.
Three residents of Washing
ton will be among those voting.
They are the Most Rev. Egidio
Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate to
Evening star., 1962-09-30
Will Attend

the United States; the Most Rev.
Patrick A. 0'BOyle, Archbishop
of Washington, and the Most Rev.
Philip n. Hannah, Auxiliary
Bishop, of Washington.
Local Catholic church leaders
already have played roles which
supplement greatly the works Of
the official council representa-
tives. After John XIII announced
the council on January Is, 1859,
the task of preparing for the meet
ing started. The first phase was
the formation of a commission to
set up the machinery of the cOun-
Gil. Then, in 1850, came the
creation of a Central C Commission,
10 preparatory commissions and
two secretariats, one of them on
promoting Christian unity.
The titles of the commissions
indicate the scope of the council:
Theology, Bishops and Govern
ment of Dioceses, Discipline of
Clergy and Laity, Religious, Sac
raments, Liturgy, Studies and
Seminaries, Oriental Church, Mis-
si0nS, Lay ApOStOlate.
With Catholic University as a
prime source of specialists, Wash
ington furnished a large number
of commission members and con-
sultors. There were 20 American
members of the 10 commissions,
and four -Monsignors Joseph
Fenton, Clement v. Bastnagel and
John Quasten and the Rev. Mele-
thus M. Wojnar came from the
faculty of Catholic University.
The commissions also had 80
consultOrs, each an authority in
his field, on their staffs. Nine of
these were residents of Washing
ton. Among them were Archbish-
op O'Boyle and the Right Rev.
Msgr. william J. Mcdonald, rector
of Catholic University.
Evening star., 1962-09-30

DEGREES placed
before them.
One unofficial
source indi-
Gates the coun-
cil's first stage
will end about
December 8
and a second
will start next
spring. MODERN
transportation
makes recon
Vening of the
council a COM
paratively easy
matter.
With the ex-
ception 0fa few
open sessions,
the hierarchy's
deliberations
will be carried
on at closed
Evening star., 1962-09-30

meetings. The official language
ofthe gathering is Latin, although
some debate in the vernacular
will be permitted.
The first ecumenical council
was held in 325 at Nicaea, and the
last in 18697O at Rome. The.
longest was the Council of Trent,
which started in 1545 and ended
in 1853. The Second Vatican
Council promises to have an i'm
pOrtance equal to that of any
council held in the long history of
the Roman Catholic Church.
Evening star., 1962-09-30

TO old fashioned doom bridge
lamp shades, desk lamp
shades and small size deep
drum ------------
Evening star., 1962-09-30

on "
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-23
NLoTA
THE 'MUZZLING' REPORT

Two main points emerge from Senate
Armed Services subcommittee report on
censorship of speeches by military leaders.
One is the conclusion that review of speech
es dealing with policy is proper and indeed
necessary in the national interest. The other
is the charge that the editing of military
speeches by State Department personnel is
often inept and sometimes irresponsible.
1t is hard to see how reasonably i'm
partial group Of investigators could h av e
come to conclusions much different f r o m
these The widely publicized testimony be-
fore the subcommittee had indicated t h t
some of the State Department editing o f
speeches certainly was characterized, as the
subcommittee says, by "ineptness, inconsis-
tency, caprice, arbitrary personal judgment
and even irresponsibility. Yet to allow mil
itary men, whose job it is to implement
policy, to sound off on policy matters with
out prior review would be clearly intoler-
able.
One must note that this is not at all the
view of Senator Thurmond, whose rather
wild-eyed charges of "muzzling" of the Pen
tagon touched off the inquiry But it is
significant that the subcommittee report
bore down heavily on this point-that re-
view Of speeches dealing with policy is "al-
together proper and desirable" lest officers
speak with diverse tongues" and thus harm
the national interest.
1t also is of primary significance t h a
the subcommittee forthrightly denied
Thurmond's charge that the State Depart
ment follows mo win" policy. No evidence
of such policy was unearthed.
Senator Stennis and his subcommittee
are to be commended for their calm, infor-
native probe of a controversial matter.
They have shown that review of policy
speeches must continue, and that there is
need for improvement of review procedures
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-23
BIG All DELEGATION COMES
FROM so STATES AND ABROAD
FOR WEEK OF MEMORABLE EVENTS

a panel of leaders in agricul.
ture, business and labor. Ques.
tions to be answered come from
the All H'erS themselves. The
moderator is DR.. Russell Mawby
assistant director of extension
at Michigan State University.
Expect Many Firsfs
The young people have week
crammed with many "firsts'
such as meeting prominent US
citizens, seeing the internation-
ally-known museums of Chicago,
listening to the 1O6-piece Chi
cago Symphony Orchestra, en-
joying the companionship of
fellow Alters from north, south,
east and west.
Perhaps the most valued per-
sonal reward is the fact that
every single one of the 1,500
boys and girls has all expenses
paid. This highly regarded prize
is theirs for having achieved an
excellent All Club record. In
addition, more than 200 dele
gates go home the richer by a
college scholarship.
And how is all this made
possible? BY the generous dona-
tions of more than half a hum
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-23

An estimated 1900 of the
nations best All youths travel
to Chicago right after Thanks
giving to participate in the 41st
National All Club Congress.
They are joined by 500 All Club
leaders, educators, business
officials and guests from abroad.
The congress convenes on
Sunday, November 25, in the
Grand Ballroom of the Conrad
Hilton Hotel, headquarters for
the week-long event. But dele
gates begin to arrive as early
as Friday. They travel by bus,
plane, train, and come from all
so states, Puerto Rico and a
dozen foreign countries.
Keynoter at the Sunday after
noon session is a former All
Club member, and one who this
year is honored nationally as a
All alumnus. He is the Honor
able Buford E. Ellington, COVER
nor of Tennessee.
Citizenship in Action" is the
1862 congress theme. The prin-
ciple speaker on the theme is
DR.. Glenn Olds, president of
Springfield College (Massachu-
setts).
Also talking on the subject is
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-23
I'm THE AIR FORCE"
BY Elaine townsend Dickerson

She gave while in Moscow and OF
the Deputy Premiere's arrival and
his obvious enjoyment of the Amer
ican party since he expected o
stay half hour and stayed almost
four. She served soup and fish for
dinner, among other things, n
ordered no horsd'oeuvres. She had
had her fill of them during h IS
jaunt to Russia.
She is sketical of the trust we
can put into any Russian promise.
She says she has dealt with them
too often.
Jacqueline Cochran ended r
speech with these words from the
8th Psalm and wished that h e
Russians in power might, too, be-
| lieve in the words as she does =
When I look at thy heavens,
the work of thy fingers,
| The moon and the stars which
thou hast. established;
What is man that thou are
mindful of him,
and the son Of man that thou
dost care for him?
Yet thou hast made him little :.
less than God,
and dost crown him with glory
and honor.
Thou has given him dominion
over the works of thy hands;
Thou has put all things under
his feet,
/ all sheep and oxen,
and also the beast of the
field, the birds of the air.. and
the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes along the
paths of the sea.
0 Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is thy name in
all the earth!
Always
Elaine Townsend Dickerson
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-23
NRoTZ
THANKSGIVING, 1862

Thanksgiving Day, which fell on IN e
fourth Thursday of the month, came early
this year, on the 22nd. Thus, the interval
between this November religious observance
and Christmas is little over month this
year.
Our National Thanksgiving w h j c h
the day was first called by Sarah j. Hale,
who is credited with having begun t IN e
national observance of Thanksgiving Day
in the United States in 1868 = is certainly
a day of richness, reward and satisfaction
in the United States in 1862.
Americans should never lose sight of the
fact that they are more blessed than any
other people on earth, materially. We should
give thanks and try to make ourselves
worthy Of these blessings, spiritually.
We in America have come long way
since that New England day in the autumn
of 1921, when Governor Bradford ordered
some of the colonialists into the forests to
shoot number Of turkeys. That night, In
dians, who had brought deer, and colonial
lists who had shot turkeys, feasted toget-
her. 1t was probably the first Thanksgiving
Day in the United States.
Every American should give thanks, in
his prayers, for the American heritage, our
freedoms including religious freedom, and
all that goes to make up the riches n d
wealth of this country. Unless we spiritual
ly deserve these blessings, they will be of
little value to us, and we hope that Thanks
giving Day, 1862 will be day of rededica-
tion to spiritual principles for many Ameri-
cans.
Milford chronicle., 1962-11-23

Immediately outside of big cities
place most of their outlays in ma
tional media, but more and more
are recognizing the value of local
placement. For instance, even
some of the biggest concerns are
giving more attention to mall
dailies and weeklies. l expect this
tendency to increase over the COM
ing years. Surveys have indicated
that people of small communities
read advertisements with grea t
care.
In fact, should say that still
consider newspapers, both large
and small, as a safe investment
This is particularly true where
there is only one newspaper which
controls given area, with the
focus in a smaller city. True, pro-
duction costs are moving upward,
but it is still relatively easy to
raise the price of a newspaper by
a cent or two. People still want
written news, and the more they
pay for paper the more care
fully they read both the news and
the ads. This means that the ad-
vertising space becomes more
valuable.
Advertising And You
Occasionally | hear somebody
say, What is advertising doing to
help me?" That is an easy question
to answer. 1t is helping you, for
one thing, to hold your job .52
weeks out of the year. 1t is help
ing to up your take home" pay.
1t is increasing employment, so
that your children too can get a
good education. All of us should
encourage newspaper advertising.