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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-19
Hungorions Told
Freedom Is Alive

Auxiliary Bishop Philip M.
Hannah Of the Washington
Archdiocese told several hun
dred Hungarian Americans at
a st. Stephens day mass yes
terday that "the flames Of
freedom are still alive as
long as there are loyal Hun
garians."
The mass at st. Patrick's
Church, 619 Tenth street, NV. :,
was in honor Of st. Stephen,
who converted Hungary to
Christianity and became its
king. He reigned from OFT to
1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-19

Mr.. Crewe has been collecting
He expects to move his family
in when the job is done in six
months.
The Ross house and property
will then be named Blackberry
Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-19
Cur-Check Station
Closes Temporarily

The District Motor Vehicle
Departments Northeast inspec-
ton station will be closed this
week for its annual mainten-
ance overhaul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-19

Saturday, may average a quar-
ter to a half inch.
Resort Area Forecasts
Delaware, Maryland and virginia
ocean beaches Showers tomorrow
tong Island and New Jersey
bes ches - Occasional rain tomorrow
Macs Head and Cape Hatterss area
Tomorrow, showers, high 80 TO 80;
showers tomorrow, high in the EOS,
Skyline Drive-Showers, becoming
cool tomorrow Visibility fair, re-
stricted in showers.
Pollen Count
The D. c. Medical Society reports
a pollen, count for the, "A hours end
3,6 centimeters OF square slide area.
River Report
Potomac River clear At Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls Shenandoah
River clear at Harpers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight 1900 78 Noon --------7 %
sam s.m. -7$ s sP.m. --- q
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest. 80. on May o. June 10
Lowest, 8, on January "a.
The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun today 6:25a am. 1888 pm.
Sun tomorrow 6:2Bam. 1850 pm.
Moon today $780, am. S:32 pm.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and 0eodetic survey
Today Tomorrow
High ---- $50 am. q:4la.m.
Low -------- 3;l4a.m. 400 am.
High ---..-. g:3O pm. 1910 pm.
Low -.a. 3,41 pm. 1:3O pm.
For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-19
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

Bloody Point Light, 41a hours; Colonial
Beach. hours; Deale. 4Ia hours;
Solomons Island, ca hours: Point
Lookout. ia hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-19

Generally warmer temperatures are expected tonight in the Eastern
half the Nation with prevailing
Southern Plains and the South Atlantic Gulf Coast
predicted in the Ohio Valley portions of the Valley
Lower Lakes Middle Atlantic Coast States Washington
and MOntana.-AP Wirephoto Map
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-19

For high and low tides at the follow.
ing points subtract times indicated
rom the above: Annapolis. 3lA hours;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Many Leads Checked
In Lake Borcroft Death

Fairfax County police last
night continued the search for
clues to the identities of four
teen-age canoeists believed to
be connected with the beating
and drowning death Of Edwin
G, Grimsley Thursday at Lake
Bancroft.
The 35-year-old furniture
store partner was apparently
slain as he swan in Lake Bar
croft in pursuit Of four youth
full canoeists who had tossed a
firecracker in the direction of
a group of swimmers near the
lake shore.
Minutes after Mr.. Grimsley
swan into the darkness after
the firecracker throwers, two
friends in another canoe found
his body floating in the lake.
Police officials said an au-
topsy revealed that he had died
Of drowning but that he had
suffered a severe beating about
the head. The autopsy showed
he had suffered a fractured
skull, q broken jaw and other
facial bone fractures.
Check Dozens
Detective 1t. David r. Eike
said that in two days Of inten-
sive questioning Of residents in
the 950-home Lake Bancroft
community, police have checked
dozens Of leads but have OBJ
tanned no information on who
the four youths in a canoe
might have been.
Less than IL hours after the
tragedy, an 18-foot aluminium
canoe was found on the lake
shore near the drowning scene.
Its owner has not been located.
On Friday, the county's de-
tective chief, Capt. Grafton
Wells, said the circumstances
Of Mr.. Grimsley's death indi-
Gated that maybe one of the
boys hit him over the head
with q paddle"
Mr.. Grimsley was a partner
in the Brothers Furniture &
Moving Co. of Baileys Cross
roads, in Fairfax Count. He
lived with his wife and two
children, Charles, II, and Terry
Ann, 8, at 68l1 Joallen drive,
Lake Bancroft.
Tells Of Events
Those who took part in
Thursday nights swimming
party included Mr.. Grimsley,
his wife, Annie, 80, and their
daughter and James F. Lank-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Impact Of Slots
To Be Studied

ANNAPOLIS, July 20 (AP)
Eight Maryland legislators
will study the impact Of slot
machines on the local econo-
my during a two-day visit to
Calvert and st. Marys coun-
ties.
The lawmakers. members of
the Legislative Council, be-
tween-sessions study arm of
the General Assembly, will
leave Annapolis at 8 am. Mon
day aboard the State yacht
Governor Tawes.
The 1868 legislature enacted
a law abolishing slot machines,
but a three-year phaseout of
the gambling devices won't
begin until 1865.
Although the trip is billed as
a visit to State installations
and TO consider local problems
and conditions, 1t was suggest
ed by Delegate ohm H. Bris-
coe, Democrat Of st. Marys,
primarily TO study the slots
situation.
Legislators from the slot ma
chine counties Of Anne Arun-
del, Calvert, st. Marys and
Charles argued at General AS
sembly session that abolition
Of the slots would cripple the
economy Of the counties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

want to do, I'd like to find out
the answers. No one can ex.
plain it, but there are many
other things that man cannot
explain"
The origin Of the divining
rod is lost in antiquity. Homer
wrote that Minerva turned the
aged Ulysses into a youth with
1t. Moses smacked a rock in the
desert and produced water for
the Israelites. The Persians
used it and so did the Scythi-
ans and Modes and Orientals.
Vast libraries Of materials
have subjected dousing to
countless studies over the ages,
from Cicero to Marco Polo TO
Sowder the Douser. 1t has sue
ceeded where biologists and
water engineers have failed. 1t
has been praised by bishops
and condemned as idolatrous.
But it has never been ade-
quately explained.
You don't even need a forked
twig. Some dousers use only
their hands while others prefer
sue diverse divining rods as
buggy whips, crowbars, clock
springs, metal coat hangers,
hacksaws, penduluIns. The mas
tiers can douse blind-fold, and
other dousers can point out the
same spot with a piece of
baling wire, or they say.
Skeptics Doubt System
Skeptics brush off the water
finding method by saying the
rods are hand-manipulated by
the douser, who is said to be
a quick observer and knows
clues to where water might be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

ford, of 6S16 Joallen drive, his
wife. Mary. and their daughter,
Anne, IS.
The victims friends told
police that after the four
youths padded by the SWIM
mers and exploded o fire
cracker. Mr.. Grimsley was an
noyed and said: Let's get 'em
Indian STYLE"
MY husband Just dove into
the water. I though he was
swimming under water" Mrs.
Grimsley said.
Two Of his friends, mean
while, went looking for a canoe
to join the chase.
When Mr.. Grimsley failed to
return, Mr.. Landlord took q
canoe out to look for him. He
returned shortly and was Joined
In the canoe by another area
resident. Ralph e. Spencer Of
AIS Lyric lane. i
Dives Into Lake
Police said the two men pad
died out from shore to q point
where q series Of floats marks
the outside edge of o swimming
area at Beach 4. A few feet be-
yond the line Of floats, Mr.
Landlord dove into the lake
and hit something in the water.
1t was Mr.. Grimsley's body.
Police said the four youths
in the canoe from which the
firecracker was tossed did not
necessarily live in the well-to-
do Lake Bancroft community.
Lake residents have on several
occasions reported seeing
groups Of non-residents -
mostly youths - boating or
swimming in the area.
An area civic leader, Rex w.
Lauck, said lake lifeguards took
illegal firecrackers away from
several youths during the
Fourth Of July period. s
Formed Committee
The Lake Bancroft Citizens
Association, Of which Mr..
Lauck is president, last Novem-
Der formed o committee on
youth problems. The commit
tee apparently was created in
an effort by lake residents to
curb petty delinquency in the
area.
Matthew J. Cazan, the COM
mittee chairman, declared:
I'VE all are shocked. The COM
munity Is shocked"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

McGill terrace NV, Washing
ton and her son, the late
Thomas Ball of Pasadena,
Calf.
Mrs. Ball, a native Of Ian
caster County, attended Stuart
Hall in 1876.
Stuart Hall was founded In
1S43 by Eposcopalians Of Trini-
ty Church here. Its original
name was the Virginia Female
Seminary. In 1895 the name
was changed to Stuart Hall in
honor Of Mrs. j. E. B. Stuart,
widow of the Confederate cav
airy leader. Mrs. Stuart was
principal from 1880 to 1898
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Small Girls
Slain, Brother
Is Accused

CULPEPER, Va, July 20
(AP) - Two Culpeper County
children were shot and killed
this afternoon by their IL
year-old brother, apparently
as a result Of a quarrel.
The victims we're Rose Marie
Smith. 8, and Dorothy Anr
Smith, 4. They were two o.
IL children of Mr.. and Mrs
Cloudius Smith.
Culpeper County Sheriff Ma
son Green said he was tolC
by a member Of the family that
the brother, James Douglas
Smith, had been quarreling
with his brothers and sisters
most Of the morning. One of
the sisters said she heard the
boy threaten to kill Rose Ma
RE and Dorothy Ann.
Mrs. Smith told the sheriff
she was in the kitchen when
she heard shot and ran into
the bedroom. She said she
found James Douglas holding
an old .30-calibre rifle. Rose
Marie and Dorothy Ann were
lying on the floor, both killed
by the same bullet.
Sheriff Green said the rifle
was kept in the bedroom by the
children's father. He said the
weapon apparently had been
loaded and standing in the
room where James Douglas
could reach 1t.
The father, 81, is a laborer.
Sheriff Green said he would
ask the juvenile court to de-
termine the mental competence
Of James Douglas, who has
been in the first grade for the
past five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
TREE EXPERT SAYS 1T WORKS
Witch's Twig Twitches and Water

creased his brow as he wen
about the serious practice o.
Rhabdomancy, also known a!
water divination, dousing anc
water-witching.
He held two ends of a forkec
twig firmly between his palms
and paced up and down with
the short butt-end Of the stick
pointing upward. Suddenly the
end of the stick took a nosedive
and Mr.. Sowder stopped dead
in his tracks.
There's your water" he said
Yale Graduate
Then Mr.. Sowder, whose first
name is Arthur and who holds
a Master Of Forestry degree
from Yale, stood over the spot
to determine how deep the we'll
diggers should go. Each bob of
the Y-shaped twig indicated 10
feet. It bobbed nine times.
Luis Guzman, a high school
music teacher who wanted the
well for his new house, looked
on. Mr.. Sowder's wife, who also
has the "atunement," or ability
to douse, double checked the
spot with her stick. An eerie
drumming came out from 6
nearby hollow and in this be-
witched atmosphere one thought
rapping. But it was just an
old woodpecker.
Moses Obtained Water
Being a man of science, "
explained Mr.. Sowder, who lives
in Ashton. Md, II thought
dousing was complete nonsense.
But it really works! What !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

found. His sheer luck is re-
membered and exaggerated and
his failures are forgotten, they
say.
Suggested explanations? Self
manipulation. Electrical sensi-
tivity. Extra-sensory perception.
A seventh sense. Psychical
physics. Controlled by the Devil
for Satanic purposes.
In Europe there are societies
to study the phenomena of
dousing. An American Society
Of Dousers was organized just
four years ago to explore this
ritual pattern, which flourishes
in rural communities until Su-
burbia and the extension of
water lines kills the peculiar
heritage.
May Be Hereditary
Mr.. Sowder, who receives
many inquiries directed to the
Agriculture and Interior De-
partments about dousing, says
there are good and bad divin-
ers. Somehow I think it may
be hereditary, but I can't ex-
plain why only two Of my three
daughters have the faculty"
The magic-wand connotation
of the divining rod has its I'M
canny and comic sides, al
though it is no longer used to
find buried treasure or to
search out criminals.
But just when careful scien-
tific analysis or a committee Of
biologists brands the whole
thing as a ridiculous supersti-
ton. along comes a little old
farmer with a freshly cut twig
to deliver a gusher in a desert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Gift of $4,000
Honors AIumnu

STAUNTON, Va, July &c
P).-Stuart Hall, an Episco-
pal school for girls here, has
announced q gift Of securities
valued at $4,000 that will be
used for a memorial in the
schools development plan.
The memorial will be to an
alumna, the late Mrs. Lalla
Gresham Ball. 1t is being es-
tablished in the name Of her
daughter, Mrs. Albert ]. Bowley,
formerly Elsie Ball, of 1918
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
BY JOHN SHERWOOD
Star Staff Writer

"Sowder the Douser," a
Christmas tree expert with the
Agriculture Department, walked
the ancient way of Minerva and
Moses yesterday in search of
underground water In Mont
gomery County.
His white hair bristled in the
hot sun and deep burrows
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16
Miss McHOId
Wins Grant
For Study

Sharon McE1old, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted McHold, 22S
Grant Ave-, Takoma Park, has
been awarded a fellowship for
graduate study under the Ma
tional Defense Education Act.
The grant will provide tut
ton, fees and a living allowance
for work leading to masters
and doctors degrees in psychol-
ogy. Miss McHold will grad
uate from the University of
Delaware in June, and plans to
continue her studies at Tufts
University, Boston, Mass.
She is graduate of Mont
gomery Blair High School and
attended Montgomery Junior
College for one year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16

The other evening School
Board member Everett Wood
ward stated that the majority
of the Montgomery County
electorate was strongly in ia
vor of the recent cuts in the
school budget. | think Mr..
Woodward has misinterpreted
his mandate. Friends of ours
who voted the economy plat
form, voted to eliminate frills.
They were told loudly, albeit
vaguely, money was being
wasted on fancy mosaics, I'M
necessary construction costs,
curriculum foolishness. No
candidate mentioned increaS-
ing the size of classes to save
money.
Our economy-minded friends
have youngsters in classes of
80 to 33 children. They feel
these classes are too large al
ready. Yet they know that
new apartments and houses
are going up in Montgomery
County, and the result will be
even larger classes. The situa-
ton is aggravated by the
Boards fuzzy-minded refusal
to keep up by hiring needed
teaching staff.
No, Mr.. Woodward, this is
not what these people wanted
when they voted for you and
other economy candidates. 1t
would be shame for the new
members of the Council and
the School Board to serve four
years while they distort the
mandate of their constituents.
1t is time for the voters who
now realize their votes are be-
ing misread to write the Coun-
Gil and the School Board and
clarity their views. No knowl-
edgeable or sensible person we
know considers classes of
twenty-five to twenty-eight an
extravaganza or frill, despite
Council member Diggs' glib
berish to the contrary.
Mr.. and Mrs.
Siegbert POritzky,
Mrs. Irma Kramer
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16

American tradition; in its
place will be an open invita-.
ton to the conflicts and mis-
understandings which have be-
set so many other communities
faced as we are with the chal-
lenge of changing times. The
elimination of the Montgom-
cry County Human Relations
Commission will give encour-
agement to extremists on both
sides OF the race issue; it is
hoped that moderate heads
will prevail.
Roy H. MillensOn
Bethesda
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16

had such an opportunity. The
So Million worth of double
deck parking lots now being
planned are "naturals" for fall
out and blast protection of
thousands of citizens. This has
been shown by several forward
thinking governments here
and abroad. BY doing nothing
Montgomery County win get
a moderate number of shelter
spaces in spite of itself. But,
with a small amount of
thought to the design, it can
multiply this protection many
times over.
Several level-headed Citizens
Groups have been calling on
the County Council to author
ize community shelter pro-
grams. IheSe groups can now
get large part of their wish
es, and the County Council
can get large feather in its
cap, at ridiculously small ex-
penditure of effort or dollars.
All large architectural firms
have government-trained shell
ter experts ready willing and
able to insert the extra bonus
in fallout and blast protection
into these sturdy structures.
But the time is now, before
they are designed, not during
the next Cuban or Berlin
crisis.
TrahOF. XpIof
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16
Easing Conflicts

Silver Spring
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16
More Letters

Continued from Page A.
gomery County's rigorous pro-
gram of training-and super
vision-opportunities are abun7
dant. AS a teacher, l do care
a great deal that the school
system for which l work
should be at least pressing in
the direction of an adequate
preparation for life for all
children. AS a Montgomery
County parent for II years,
with several still to follow, l
care perhaps even more what
happens to all our children,
my own and those of my
friends and neighbors. In
neither capacity can / think of
anything to do with my 1929
to compensate me for what it
will cost. Never have so many
gained so little to lose so
muchi
Mary-JIIlia McClurkin
Silver Spring
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16
Missionaries
Will Speak

Rev. and Mrs. Robert Gnegy,
missionaries from Bolivia in
this country on a years fur
Tough, will be guest speakers
at a pot luck supper being held
at Hughes Methodist Church in
Wheaton on Thursday, May Is.
Members of the congregation
and their friends are invited to
bring pot luck supper and
hear the Gnegys tell of their
experiences in South America.
Dinner will start at Z pm.
and the program will start at
8. A nursery will be provided
for small ones during the pro-
gram.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16

ures prepared by John F.
Briggs, County Council Fiscal
Advisor, the increase of liz
students per class doesn't look
large. Elementary sch o oil
ratio increased from 28.5 to 80
to 1, and secondary school
ratio from 23.4 to 25 to l ac-
cording to Mr. Briggs, who
based his figures on attend
ance, not enrollment.)
This statistic, an increase of
IL students per class, means
that there is little hope of
relief for those 100 classes in
elementary schools which now
have more than 30 students.
In addition, some classes now
at or below the norm will in
crease in size to absorb new
students and to release teach
ers to staff the three new ele-
mentary schools opening next
year. (Bushey Drive, Farm
mad, North Kemp Mild.
Cat the secondary level
there will be no relief for the
more than 1000 classes now
exceeding 80 students. For ex.
ample, there are now more
than 700 English and 600
Social Studies classes having
more than this number. Both
these subjects are required,
Mathematics has 500 and the
Physical Sciences almost 400
classes with more than 30 stu.
dents. Glasses now at or below
hte norm will be further in
creased by additional enroll
ment and the opening of two
new junior high schools next
year. (Parkland, Randolph.
The League of Women Vot.
ers believes that increase in
class size will damage the
quality of our school system
Mrs. William N. Garrett,
President
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16

What is often overlooked in
the debate on the Hiser pro-
posal to repeal Montgomery
County public accommodations
law is the fact that repeal
would do away with the Coun-
ty Human Relations Commits
sion which not only acts to en-
force the County statute but
which is also authorized to
deal on a conciliatory basis
with racial problems that
might arise from time to time
in the County and also to act
to prevent such conflicts.
The human relations COM
mission device is one which
has worked considerable sue
cess in the border states and
in the South. In the BORDER
states" for example, there
have been established by law
state human relations commits
sions in Delaware, Kentucky,
Missouri and West Virginia, as
well as in Maryland. And, most
recently. Governor Sanford of
North Carolina has created a
Good Neighbor Council which
will function as a human rela-
tons commission in that Deep
South state.
In the Deep South, we find
human relations commissions
have been created by city gov
ernments in, among other
places, Coral Gables, Fla, st.
Petersburg, Fla, Tampa, Fla,
Savannah, Ga, Charlotte, NC,
Durham, NC, Greensboro,
NC, Raleigh, NC, Winston
Salem, N. c., Florence, S. c.,
Knoxville, Tenn, Nashville,
Tenn, Houston, Tex, Lynch
burg, Va, and Richmond, Va
And in still more Southern
cities, unofficial human rela.
tons commissions have been
established by chambers of
commerce, civic associations
and community groups inter.
ested in endeavoring in every
constructive way to preserve
racial harmony and good COM
munity relations and avoid
costly disorder.
In our area, the importance
of a human relations commits
sion was most recently high
lighted by the creation earlier
this month by Archbishop
O'Boyle of the Archbishops
Committee on Human Rela-
tons. This human Relations
commission, composed of both
clergy and laity, was formed
to work for the improvement
of race relations in all it's
varied aspects and is an ex-
ample of the constructive ap-
proach toward race relations
led by Archbishop O'Boyle.
Clearly, if the Hiser pro-
posal is successful, the Mont
gomery County Human Rela-
tons Commission will be
wiped out and with it one Of
the best means to moderate
racial difficulty and preserve
the dialogue between varying
groups of interest in the best
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16

Eliminating appropriations
for 200 new teachers from the
Montgomery County school
budget while anticipating $500
additional students next year
as well as the opening of five
new schools will intensity the
problems arising from high
pupil-teacher ratios.
If one looks only at the fig
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16

Joseph F. Kaylor, director of
Maryland Forests and Parks for
20 years has been named assist.
ant to the director of the De-
partment of the Interior Bureau
of Outdoor Recreation effective
May IS.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-05-16
Rosewood Event

The Montgomery County AS
ISOLATION for Retarded Children
will hold on its 18th annual
open house Sunday at the Rose
wood State Training School. The
open house will begin at lis
with a welcoming address in the
school auditorium by DR.. James
A. Campbell, superintendent,
and John P. O'Neill, director of
nurses, and run until 4:30 pm.