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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
County Affairs
An+i-Bias Law Is Protective

The Countys public accommodations or.
dinance is designed to protect the interests
of the customer. Often overlooked are its
provisions protecting the shopowners in-
terests.
Without the ordinance the operator of
a public place of business is exposed to
trouble, harassment and loss Of trade. Hav.
ing invited the public in, If the operator re-
fuses to trade for any reason, the customer
is free to think it is because of his religion,
race or ancestry. With his thoughts and
resentment he may picket or sit-in
To stop peaceful and orderly picketing
effectively a lawsuit must be undertaken.
The sit-in may be criminal trespasS. Under
prevailing practice the owner must appear
before Justice OF the Peace and obtain the
warrant. He will be witness at the trial.
If the verdict is not guilty, malicious prose
cution suit against him is possibility.
A sldllfuI mediator can prevent all this
travail and protect the owners interests. The
ordinance seeks such n solution as q first
order Of business.
By its provisions an investigation must
first be made to determine if the practice
of racial, religious or national origin dis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11

M n gomery County,
Americas No. 1 County, can.
not remain so unless it re.
mains in the u. S. 1t cannot
"secede" in regard to civil
rights. The move to repeal the
Public Accommodations Law
would place the county in a po-
sition behind deep-south states.
Even they are waking up to
the facts of life. Is this what
the Council is trying to do?
If the Council wants to sur.
vive the next election, it would
eliminate the tavern exemp.
ton to give us a positive law.
The incumbents came into of.
flee on lowering taxes and cut
ting spending. How are these
promises shaping up? If it
does work out, the Council can
again make history by leading
the state into the age of prog
ress via the Public Accom-.
modations law.
Give everyone a chance to be
heard. 1t is unthinkable, and
obviously discriminatory to
show your impatience at the
prospect of having to listen to
overwh elmin G testimony
against repeal. A public hear.
ing has a purpose of airing
the views of your constituents.
Adrian p. Lofts
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
Debafe Contests

On Saturday, April 6 I was
one of a number of persons
who judged the forensic and
debate contests in the Forensic
League of Montgomery Coun-
ty public schools. In it's first
year, the competition is not
well known. 1t deserves to be
known better.
The students showed talent
and resourcefulnesS and alto
gether gave an impressive and
heart warming performance.
Perhaps most commendable
was the effort made by pupils
from schools having the small
er student bodies. Although
having fewer winners, without
exception they did well against
big schools such as Blair and
Walter Johnson.
Interscholastic debate may
not be as exciting as inter-
scholastic football, but it has its
own appeal. Some of us think
1t a more important school
competition. Final meet, by the
way, is May 4 at Montgomery
Blair.
Much credit is due the stu.
dents who take part, as well as
to sponsoring teachers in the
10 League schools.
Harold F. Breimyer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
Septic Tanks

1 would like to call to the
attention of you and your
readers an article in the com.
bined January-February issue
of American Home magazine.
This article, written by DR.. Mil.
ton Sem, of the Child Study
Center, Yale University, is en-
titled 1--WE Must Stop Contain.
mating Our Water. 1t shows
the health hazards that can
result from small lot subdivi-
sion developments served by
individual septic tanks and
wells. 1t cites number of
cases of contamination and the
spread of diseases from well
water polluted by nearby sep
tic tanks in small lot develop
ments. Recent experiences in
this county bear this out.
Quoting from this article. :.
ANY sanitation engineer will
tell you there is nothing
wrong with a septic tank so
long as it is in the right place.
In a rural setting, in the right
kind of soil and water table,
with plenty of underground
space between it and drinking
wells and running streams, it
is safe and effective means
of disposing of domestic sew.
age. But, as one Florida sani.
tary engineer has put it, &c.
The septic tank is country
cousin that came to town and
promptly got into trouble
In other words, septic tanks
are simply not suited for small
lot developments. The informa-
ton contained in this article
makes it even more clear that
we must control and limit the
density of development in
rural areas. We must, by good
planning, concentrate the pop
ulation in areas that can be
economically provided with
public service, including sew
ers for health reasons if for
no other. The proposed Gener-
al Plan, If adopted and nipple
mented is a way of doing this.
H. b. Atkinson Jr.
Germantown, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
The Public Forum

citizens of the county. This is
a dangerous and fragrant
abuse of power and should be
opposed by anyone interested
in good county government.
Last year, at the hearings,
80 per cent of the people speak
ing were in favor Of the law.
1t is apparent that the Coun.
Gil is attempting to conceal, by
this limitation, the overwhelm-
ing weight of public opinion,
and present the false impress
sion that the two sides of the
issue are approxim a tely
balanced.
1t is particularly interesting
that a limitation of 80 minutes
total at 10 minutes each was
selected, since last year, of a
total of "a persons speaking,
exactly 8 were opposed to the
bill.
Donald A. Watson
Bethesda
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11

AS citizens and property
owners of Montgomery Coun-
ty, we would like to express
our complete approval of the
public accommodations ordi.
nance. We are proud of the
fact that Montgomery County
has such an ordinance, and
that it was the first in the
state to enact one. We want to
see it retained, as it stands, so
that Montgomery County can
retain its position as an en-.
lightened, forwa r blocking
county, with concern for the
welfare, rights and freedom of
all of its citizens, regardless
of race, creed or national
origin,
AS Catholics with a firm
1alth IN the teachings of the
Catholic Church, we also pro-
test that the repeal of this
ordinance would be an affront
to the human dignity, God.
given and inviolate, of our fell
low human beings.
We also protest the pestric.
ton of testimony at the Public
Hearing on April "a, to 80 min
utes for each side. This is
grossly unfair. We urge that
you allow enough time so that
all who wish to testify may
be heard, and announce as
soon as possible, clear and spe-
cific ground rules for request
ing time to testify.
MIR. and Mrs.
Thomas McTighe
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
by Les KimbIe

from wealth, position in the community, or
other such qualifications.
few dirty words or a few sexy scenes
in book do not invalidate it as literature.
However, such words and scenes may shock
the citizens of Frostburg or any other com.
munity, they should understand that a work
of literature is judged on many other and
much greater considerations. Sex in litera
ture is just another aspect of life covered
and life and literature would be pretty dull
without it.
If any small town can impose its stand.
ards on the curriculum of State Teachers
College, we will probably see the narrowing
of standards of some colleges. No matter how
high or how low the standards Of Frostburg
may be, they should have nothing to do with
the curriculum of the Teachers College. That
curriculum should be determined by trained
personnel hired by the state for such purposes.
Such personnel should have the courage to
face up to any attempt at censorship by lay.
men, be they students or townspeople.
1t may be that the President of the Col
lege is right State officials should find out
and make full report to the people
1t seems to me that teachers should be
well versed in many types of literature, includ-
Ing that which borders on pornography. In
this way they will be able to point out to
students the cheapness and triteness of words
written just to arouse purient interest as well
as to teach them appreciation of the finer
works.
The English teachers of America are con-
cerned about increasing threats to our free
dom to read I believe that some groups in
America will stop at nothing to find some
excuse to censor or suppress. If I am right,
citizens who believe in our freedoms had
better give solid support to their teachers,
librarians, radio and television stations and
press and magazines in the presentation of
controversial material II our freedoms go,
freedom of the press will be one of the first.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
Comp Echo Lake

One of the hallmarks of good community is the
extent to which the more fortunate members help those
who have not been blessed And by this yardsck Mont
gomery County up WE'LL at least far Camp
Echo Lake is concerned.
For the past few years. county residents have sup
ported this facility generously enabling the dedicated men
and women who work telessy for the camp to provide
summer camping fun for than 1000 county children
who would otherwise have not been able to 60
The time of year has come when camp leaders
are again appealing to counans contribute to the cause
and it is most worthy This year. SIG 800 is needed
Ninety six cents of every dollar goes directly into camp
activities The camp is supported wholly by private dona
ton from county residens-there is state or federal
or county public money involved So how about it? This
is fine, continuing achievement for Montgomery County
and you You may send your Donation however small to
Camp Echo Lake, Pc. Box $685. Bethesda H. Maryland
And lot of deserving kids will quietly say: Thanks
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
by Barney Welsh

write to those which have to be filled before
they do not write I find it natural to expect
q pen which have not filled to not write. but
I become frustrated when fill pen and if
does not write
One reason for this preference is that
directions accompany pens which have to be
filled, but no directions accompany filled
pens. 1 dislike directions on how to fill
fountain pen.
How about these directions which tell
the happy owner to lower the point into ink
(not water) until the end of the pen barrel
is covered. Slowly open and close the filling
lever three times. After closing lever the
third time, keep point In ink for ten seconds
Then remove point from ink and turn pen
point up. Wipe excess ink from point while
In point up position with cloth or tissue
before writing or replacing cap.
Now I call those directions downright
condescending But I still can't seem to
follow them. So have about six or seven
pens in each room and hope that some of
them will write.
l bemoan the loss of my old time pen
which would write. There is nothing that
was made good that cannot be made worse.
Where used to have one to do the job it
now takes dozens-and none Of them have
any character.
I often wonder what happened to the
company that produced that reliable old pen
But most of all, wonder why it is that we
accept so many of today's products, and I
guess it is that we have become schooled in
thinking that this is the decade of the av-
erage. Nothing very good, nor very bad;
just average. Hell!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-04-11
Wins Music
Scholarship

Washington Federation of
Musicians judges had to up
their scales to include two win
ners in the recent Congress of
Strings contest at Constitution
Hall.
Eight-week, all expense paid
scholarship trips to the String
Congress in Michigan this sum.
mer went to George Harpham, a
11-year-old cellist from Wood
row Wilson High School, and
Alan Birnbaumn, 16, of Walt
Whitman High in Bethesda, who
plays the bass. The judges Pick.
ed then from u contesta nts,
but were unable to decide be.
tween them.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22

with the Rev. John Moore
officiating. A reception at the
w ashington Golf and
Country Club followed the
ceremony.
The bride, who attended
Marymount School in Airing
ton, was graduated from the
Lincoln School in Buenos
Aires and received q bachelor
of science degree from Mary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22

mount College, Tarrytown-
on-Hudson, N. Y, In 1859.
Mr.. Cuervo Ia the son Of
DR.. and Mrs. Francisco Gull
lermo Cuervo Of vedado, Ha-
vana. Cuba, and is the nephew
Of DR.. Gustavo Cuervo-
Rubio. formerly Vice Presi-
dent Of Cuba.
He Is q graduate Of the
Colegio de Ia Sale In Ha-
vana and also was gradu-
ated from the Massachusetts,
Institute Of Technology in
1860.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22
Miss Nolan WEEDS
Francisco Cuervo

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Paul
Nolan Of Arlington, Va, an
nounce the marriage Of their
daughter Anne Dashiell to
Mr.. Francisco Jose Antonio
Cuervo y Simpson Of Cam
bridge. Mass, formerly of
Havana, Cuba.
The wedding took place
yesterday in st. Agnes Roman
Catholic Church in Arlington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22

Saturday. October 5, at the
All States Hotel, featuring q
talk by Mrs. Charlotte Han
kin, branch president, on her
four-month trip abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-22
Freedom Luncheon

The Womens international
League for Peace and Free
dom will hold O lu n c heon
Evening star., 1963-04-21
By CHARLES WITBECK

Anyone for a hootenanny?
To the ignorant, "hootenanny" is
a folk music get-together which be-
gan recently Saturdays, ABC-D
and is emceed by young Jack Link
letter with such stars as Theo Bikel,
the Clancy Brothers. The Limeliters,
Josh White, Bob Gibson and Judy
Collins.
Josh White, Judy Collins or Bon
ME Dobson may not ring bells with
the major television audience, but
they're celebrities on college cam
puSes where half the kids have
taken up guitars and authentic
ethnic" music. ABC and Jack Link
letter hope that after Hootenanny
runs for while. television fans will
get the same kick out Of folk music
as the students do.
So far, Lnkletter and folk singers
have taped shows at the University
Of Michigan, Brown University,
Rutgers, Penn State, West Virginia
and George Washington U. in WASH
ington. d. c., and young Linkletter,
who hasn't folk music background,
is amazed at the wild reception
given the shows.
I'VE do about four shows at each
campus" he says, inviting students
to dress rehearsals. I've never faced
audiences like this. The kids all
Evening star., 1963-04-21
They're Big on Campus

ALlOW CdCI1 OLklcI dIlU LklcIC y Ic"
laxed, unreStrained response. For
instance, in Ann Arbor, Mich, when
Josh White finished a number, there
was 80 seconds of silence and then
the walls fell in with wild applause.
Folk singers are completely un-
inhibited" continued Jack, talking
about the new, young singers, not
the Theo Bikels or The Limeliters.
"and you don't see a sign Of the slick
or pro attitude. The performers dress
as they feel-some in coats and ties,
some in tuxedos. or in baggy
sweaters"
Linkletter and the crew do have
timing problems TAPPING numbers by
the young performers. These kids
never do the same thing twice."
says Jack. They'll change the words
or the tempo as they feel it, so we
can't time a number once and ex-
pect it to be the same again."
The "ethnic music" world Is new
to Linkletter who was picked for
the job as announcer because Of his
name. age. and ability to take a
microphone anywhere and talk. II
like mobility in TV," he says. 81
think TV is more exciting going
places. We could do this show in
a New York studio, but it's far more
interesting visiting campuses and
watching the reactions of the stu
dent audiences.
After shows we're invited to
parties, and naturally. the perform
ers entertain again. You look around
the crowded rooms and you notice
hands-long fingernails on the left.
short nails and callouses on the
right, the guitar playing hand. I'm
told students even make their own
guitars.
ION the college campus folk
music is booming. I'm hoping. Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Coin Manuel.

MANUAL FOR COIN COL
LECTORS AND NVES-
TORS. BY Burton Hobson
and Fred Reinfeld. (Ster-
ling; $1.5O0
In this 15O-page soft-bound
book the authors have man.
aged to include just about
everything the beginner to
coin collecting needs to know.
There is a priced catalogue
Of popularity collected United
States coins, listed by date
and mint with coinage figures.
Particularly useful are en-
larged photographs ilIuStrat-
ing condition, showing Just
where to look for mint marks,
and explaining overdateS, va
rietieS and errors. A section
on coins as investments pro-
videS some sensible advice
and makes no promises Of
quick profits. The beginner
would be better advised, how
ever, to study the section on
how and what to collect for
fun.-B. F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
Autograph Collecting:
Each Item Is Unique

Autograph collecting! The
minitiated reader summons
visions of a scrap of paper
bearing the signature of Clark
Gable, Mickey Mantle or John
Glenn. These are, of course,
legitimate autographs, but so
is a verse of poetry in the hand
of Henry W. Longfellow, a
mathematical formula jotted
down by Einstein, or a few
bars of music penned by
Schubert.
AS philatelists collect stamps
and numismatists coins, so
do autograph collector S
acquire letters by the great
and the notorious. Just as
there are specialists in Brit
iSh colonial stamps, so there
are collectors Of the letters of
American Presidents, or of
Thomas Edison, or of Robert
Frost.
Autograph collecting differs
from other hobbies in that
each item is unique. There is
no other exactly like it, and
each autograph represents a
direct and most personal link
with the writer. After all, the
collector knows that he pos
sesses a piece Of paper which
that individual has looked at
and pondered over, and on
which he has set down his
thoughts In permanent form.
Collectors a cquire auto
graphs from dealers, at auc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17

tons, and by exchanges with
fellow collectors. Certain au-
tOgraphs command great
sums for even simple sigma
lures. The most conspicuous
American rarities are two OBJ
scure signers of the Declara-
ton of Independence, Thomas
Lynch, jr., and Button Gwin-
nett. Although n either was
among the giants of his day,
an example of the scarce au-
tograph Of each is required to
fill out a set Of the Signers.
On the other hand, the col
lector limited means can OBJ
tain a letter of Theodore Roo
sevelt for $40, of Gen. william
T. Sherman for $40, of Jeffer-
son Davis for $50, or a docu-
ment signed by Napoleon for
$40.
There are thousands of en-
thusiaStic autograph collec-
tors, many of whom belong to
the national organization of
collectors, the Manuscript So
ciety. There is a chapter
here.
H. E. KLINGELHoFER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-17
SE-UPS AND LONG SHOTS
: Learn to See Photo
F.: Before You Snap 1t

of others for new and fresh
ideas. She pointed out that
Photographic technique alone
is not enough, but that good
technique coupled with crea-
tive ability will produce great
pictures.
photographers must learn
a new way Of looking" she
said. Every good picture
must represent a fresh ap-
proach by the photographer,
and should tell how he sees
his subject"
She suggested that photog-
graphers should not put away
their cameras on cloudy,
misty or rainy days, or after
dark. 81 never do" she said,
land / have been richly re-
warded with fine pictures TAX
en- under these conditions"
She suggested experiments.
ton when photographing al
night. A safe starting point
for exposure, she said, is
eight seconds at f-8. Expo.
sures should be bracketed,
and notes kept for future ref
erence.
In shooting color after dark
she always uses daylight film,
correcting with filters for arti-
fetal lighting. She also likes
to use warming" or "cool-
ing" filters for special effects
in daylight exposures.
Mrs. Marker still uses the
Eastman IS camera she start
ed with in 1916, but since has
added other equipment. She
now uses a Rolleiflex and an
Exacta with bellows attach
ment and auxiliary lenses.
But, she said, creative pic
lures can be made with any
camera. 1t is the way the pho
tOgrapher sees that counts.
Martin H. Miller, of 88O8
Sundale drive, Silver Spring,
Md, has been awarded spe-
cial honors and $50 in the first
annual "Great Moments in
Boating" picture contest spon-
sored by Popular B o tin 6
magazine.
Mr.. Miller's photograph Of
three people in a speed boat
taken from a high angle, will
appear with IL other winners
in the December issue of the
magazine.