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Evening star., 1963-04-30
CHAIRMAN IN PRINCE GEORGES
LEARNS FREE EYE TEST VALUE

Frank j. Lastner, chairman Of the Prince Georges
County commissioners took one Of the countys free eye
tests recently and up with startling results
His left eye afflicted with gaucoma in its early
stages This disease cause gradual loss of vision
unless stopped in the beginning.
IF anything has ever brought home to me the value
Of these periodic clinics" Mr. Lastner said yesterday
this experience did Just that"
He strongly county residents to take advantage
Of the next round Of glaucoma clinics In the future
and any other clinics the county provides
Evening star., 1963-04-30
YMCA Plans Comp

A younth fitness camp for
boys entering the seventh,
eighth and ninth grades will be
operated by the Arlington
YMcA branch three days week.
ly for four-week periods begin
ming June "a and July %. Ac-
tivities at the camp. to be held
at Timberlake in Fairfax Coun-
ty. will include field sports,
swimming and hiking.
Evening star., 1963-04-30
Soup Company Gives
Howard y. $500

Howard University has been
awarded an unrestricted grant
Of $2.S00 by the Campbell Soup
Co.
This is part Of the company's
aid-to-e education program 60
ing to 43 colleges, universities
and other institutions. This
year 1t totals S586, $50.
Evening star., 1963-04-30
LEGION
Continued From Pare ID

Continued From Page B-1
Plattner, q candidate for jus
tice Of the peace In Fairfax
County. declared yesterday q
county grand Jury should in
vestigate the library system
She objected to the films and
filthy" books such as Catcher
in the Rye" J. D. Sallnger's
story Of a young boy.
Her comments brought q
sharp announcement from
Fred Babson, candidate for the
Democratic nomination to the
board Of supervisors In Falls
Church district. He said he was
Church district TO discuss this
matter and cenSure Mrs. Platt-
ner.
The controversy arose last
Wednesday, when George j.
O'Sullivan. commander Of Fair
fax Post lit. persuaded library
officials to postpone temporar-
lily q scheduled showing OF
Japan.
Raps Earlier Ties
Mr.. o'Sullivan said Its pro-
ducer, Julien Bryan, was named
in a Legion publication as q
former member Of an organiEa-
tion listed by the United States
Attorney General as subversive.
Mr.. Bryan, who denied the
charge, also produced Picture
in Your Mind" In his capacity
as executive director OF the
Film Foundation, Inc. OF New
York.
Mrs. Nan Waters, chairman
OF the county library board, is
sued a statement today on be-
half OF the 5-member board
supporting the decision to 70
ahead with the scheduled film
programs. She said. The board
postponed the showing OF the
film, Japan, until O check
could be made into the charges
concerning 1t. After checking
the record Of the House I'm
Evening star., 1963-04-30

American Activities Committee
and viewing the film the evi-
dence indicated the accusations
were unfounded and the film
VIII be shown as scheduled, +"
she said.
Japan" will be shown at 1880
pm. May 8, In the jefferson
branch.
Evening star., 1963-04-30
School Concerts

The H. D. Cooke elementary
school choir will give a concert
for children at 3 pm. Thurs
day and another for adults at
8 pm. Friday. both in the audi
torium Of the school, at 2526
Seventeenth street NV.
Evening star., 1963-04-30

Casting is open for the sea-
sons productions, which will
include Tea House Of the Au-
gust Moon" Picnic" and MY
Three Angels"
Evening star., 1963-04-30
STURDY FRICIDAIRE
d LUKE WASHER
..
1893
only $I2 q month
only $l2 q month

New lib. capacity holds 2 big boskets full
StreomIined 3-ring ogtotor hos potented up
ond down washing oction! New lint choser
ring pumps lint out through 20 lint exits.
A reoI value in, new woshine convenience!
Includes normal instootion and | yeor
service.
Evening star., 1963-04-30
70.Pe. STAINLESS
STEEL FLATWARE
SERVICE FOR @ E
1899

UsUoIIY 5I.5O PVFehuSed
from open stoekl Proetieol
stainless steel fIotwore in your
choice Of two lovely potferns
from two fomous mokers
choose 'VoIor.' by Oneido; or
'Mordi cros by International
:. each in q complete service
for 8.
Street Floor, Both Stores
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-05
Teen-Agers With Deadly Pets

although actually, Dukes .
Duchess.
Chris, who'll be a junior In
the fall and Is on July Is,
bought his pet three years
ago. I'D just had wild
snakes before. I'd catch a
couple a day. like earters and
black snakes"
1t costs Chris about so
cents q week to feed Duke
weekly rations Of live rats or
mice. If Bill can catch the
rodents in barns, as he often
does. Duke boards free.
The fun Of q snake, Chris
said, is the study Of the
reptile. Snakes helped Chris
in biology classes last year
He was a big exhibitor, too,
at Mclean High when stu
dents displayed reptiles dur
ing lectures from authorities
in the reptile field.
Dukes screen cage Is nailed
together, but nails mean
nothing to this pushy pet.
Duke escapes often and seeks
warmth in a corner or with
Chris.
Cat Bites Snake
Once Chris awoke to his
mother screaming. cit was
about 4 am. Duke was
making q noise like q puff
adder. The cat was biting
his tail. He was In my
mothers room at the dresser.
My mother hates snakes. !
tried to calm Duke down but
Duke wrapped around an
electric cord near the dresser.
MY mother was pretty
mad. My sister, Donna, who's
almost IT. doesn't like my
snake too much, either. Some
girls do and some don't. She
doesn't.
But my older sister who's
81 does and I'm giving Duke
to her for a wedding present
next year"
That will make Chris about
the most unusual present.
giver around.
The next time somebody
asks you for an imaginative.
unusual gift, Just wrap up q
pet boa constructor in an old
cobra basket.
The thank you note should
be unique, too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-05

also monster movies - and
people have always SHE'D
from them instinctively be-
cause their venom can be
fatal.
Just don't make any fast
moves" said winston. The
photographer began wishing
for a long lens on his camera.
This is really Hairy T (for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-05

big as pets with teen-agers.
Bill Ingram Of Arlington
has q pet boa constructor, tan
and black. Hey You inhabits
q cage by Bills bed.
BOA constructors are real
docile," says the 17-year-old
Yorktown High June gradu-
ate, zone Of the most docile
snakes around, and they
never stop growing. Hey You
is little, 5 feet. He's Mexican.
But he's only 2. / got him in
September for SIC from
friends. That's cheap for q
boa.
Hes not as smart as q dog,
but he's more interesting.
He's more fun to have around
and he's not yappy - just
quiet and exotic. I think dogs
are stupid. Hey You can't
hear, but he can feel vibra-
tons. And he likes to watch
the cat watching him. My
cat, Happy, half Persian and
half alley, Is real curious.
But q snake isn't like any
other animal" Bill said. II
want to be q herpetologist
and teach in college or work
in q ZOO"
Bill once had q couple of
two-foot alligators around
the house. But they caught
a disease in the winter and
died. At 10, he had q turtle
that would come when called.
His name was Mortimer.
Eats Rats and Mice
Snakes, though, are Bills
choice when it come to pets.
Actually, he said, "one Of
the best pets around here is
a copperhead. They get real
fat and tame in captivity.
But they're illegal to have.
The most vicious snake I
ever met was q garter snake.
Carriers snap and bite"
But snakes make good pets
because they're never happy,
mad or playful. And the
most force" Hey You ever
showed Bill was when she
squeezed his hand once.
But that was because she
didn't know me-" Bill said.
Another teen-age snake
enthusiast is Chris Chris
Jensen Of Mclean High. He
has q 4-foot South American
boa constructor named Duke,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-05
By Fiji GoRSKA
Editor Of TEEN

Winston Blevins dipped his
hand into the glass cage and
picked up his tarantula.
They're just like any other
animal" said the 16-year-old
about his eight-legged. eight
eyed hairy spider. A dance
was inspired by tarantulas-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-05

tarantula) II, said Winston.
THE original Hairy T Is in al
cohol up there on the Shelf"
He pointed to three rows Of
preserved animals in his bed
room.
The first Hairy T died as a
result Of q winter accident.
Winston was bringing him
back from woodrow Wilson
High. where he'll be q junior
this fall, when he dropped
him on the ice. So, when
someone deserted Hairy T II
In a biology class. the teacher
happily willed him to VIM
ston for tender loving care.
No Food in Six Months
"He hadn't eaten in six
or seven months" said Win
ston. "Tarantulas can go two
years without eating" But
Winston still gets credit for
getting Hairy T II back In
shape. II feed him meal
worms. I raise them in a bran
cereal." he said, unlidding q
circular cereal container.
THE worms reproduce rapid
ly. I feed Hairy T once a
week.
He likes light and sun.
He has 1a-inch fangs. II he's
scared, he moves fast. But
see how slowly he's walking
on my sleeve? He kinda likes
me-"
And Winston likes Hairy T.
In fact, he likes all animals.
Winston said he'd Just
found q snake summing on his
sun porch. It was gray. He
put him In q cage in his
room.
Winston started with
snakes" when he was Z. Re-
Gently, he had q 5-foot-6-
inch Florida chicken snake.
II put him on the mantle
and my family got to talking
and we forgot him. We
thought he'd died. but three
months later he crawled out
of the TV set" winston
doesn't remember what the
show was that caused the
snake to come out. But what
realism it would have added
to q late horror show.
Snakes, evidently are very
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
Home-ond-School Cooperation
Strengthens Newport Program

school year, but also under.
stand that they are welcome in
the building whenever they have
a need or a desire to visit.
Teachers are available daily for
consultations upon request by
parents.
Parents may also visit classes
in session by securing previous
clearence with the school Of
flee. One of the tangible out
comes of these procedures is a
genuine feeling in the surround
ing community that Newport is
"our" school and that parental
comments, observations, and
suggestions are Fundamentally
and respectfully considered by
the school administration and
faculty. When parents express a
serious concern over junior
progress in a subject, or class
incident or statement which has
created misunderstanding, they
and the teacher, counselor, or
administrator involved are
brought together at the earliest
opportunity and a full and open
discussion takes place.
This usually results in an ami
able solution directed at every
ones ultimate goal what is
best for the child concerned.
Corny? Unrealistic? Idealistic?
mo indeed" says parent
at Newport. when both the
parent and educator enter into
this sort of thing with mutual
sincerity and trust, and when
an atmosphere is established
for this type of relationship as
it is at Newport, the child can
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
Suburban Expanding

Officials of the Suburban
Trust Co. have recommended
that the board of directors adopt
a resolution authorizing an in
crease in capital stock from the
existing $4,000 shares to 81
shares at a par value of $40
each.
OF the new shares, it has been
proposed that 1880 be issued
as a 2 per cent stock dividend
payable on April l to stockhold-
ers on record as of March Is on
the basis of one for each 80
shares of outstanding stock held
at that time, with the remaining
81, 120 to be offered on the basis
of one share for each 1899
shares held on March IS at $50
a share.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
Dry Cleaners HOnOred

William r. Crane, president
of the Suburban Maryland Dry
Cleaners Association, has been
presented a certificate of merit
by the National Institute of Dry
Cleaners for the associations
participation in the Paris Flea
Market" benefit sale for the
Prevention of Blindness Society.
For the past four years, the
association has provided free
cleaning and pressing service
for all items donated in the an
nual sale at the Silver Spring
Armory. This year the Flea
Market" will be held March 25-
80, with association members
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21

Schipper underwent extensive
experience that ranged far be-
yond the medical field during
World War II when he learned
that the Nazis were planning to
utilize his services when he COM
pleted his medical education in
The Netherlands. He escaped
through Belgium to France and,
instead of resuming his medical
studies, he aligned himself with
the famed Maquis and partici-
pated in their perilouS under
ground program for the remain
der of the war.
He was serving as an inferno
in a London hospital when he
received the Rockefeller fellow
ship and came to the United
States. Before settling down in
ROCKWELL, he engaged in a var
iety of activities including serv-
ice as director of medical clinics
for Fort Worth Tex, and as an
Air Force major assigned to
medical duty for three years.
DR.. Schipper is partner with
Dermot A. Nee, well known
county real estate developer, in
severan ventures which include
the proposed Gateway Shopping
Center in Gaithersburg. He is a
director secretary and one of
the founders of the Danac Real
Estate Investment Corp. and for
two years served as a director
of the Montgomery County
Chamber of Commerce.
He and Mrs. Schipper, whom
he met while a student at Johns
Hopkins University shortly af-
ter his arrival in the United
States, are the parents of four
children and make their home
in Spring Lake Park in Rock
vile.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21

At time when a question has
arisen on a national level as to
the value of parent-teacher or
CARNATIONS and their place, if
any, in a total school program,
parents and school authorities
at Newport Junior High School
in Kensington evidently have
developed a home-school rela-
tionship which both factions be-
lieve is highlighted by cooper
alton and support. An unusually
high degree of respect and trust
is making a working relation
ship that is having a significant
effect on the educational growth
and well-being of the children
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21

Recognized as an outstanding
business and civic leader as well
as a leading medical authority,
DR.. Schipper has made his home
in Rockville since 1855, when he
enterd private practice after a
career in the fields of medical
education and research.
Born in England of Dutch
parentage, he studied extensive
ly in Europe before coming to
the United States in 1915 as the
recipient of Rockefeller Foun-
dalton Fellowship granted in
recognition of his research
achievement.
Before leaving Europe, DR..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21

attending the school.
Newport parents, through the
planning of the P-TA Executive
Committee, are eager to assist
their" school whenever need
arises. A parents library com.
mittee, composed of enthusiast
tic mothers, has unpacked, as
sorted, and catalogued over
three thousand new volumes in
recent months with the help and
direction of two extremely busy
librarians assigned to the 1340-
pupil school. Whenever TB
patch testing occurs, or mass
eye and ear examinations are
given, the three-member health
committee is standing by to as
Sist the school nurse and the
medical specialist on the scene.
A parents faculty lounge
committee keeps up-to-date edu-
cational volumes, magazines,
fresh fruit, and flowers on hand
in the faculty lounge, and mixes
freely with the teaching staff
during their visits. The parents
Civil Defense Committee is an
active, intensely interested. and
helpful group in the establish.
ment of the schools Civil De-
tense Plan. These are but a few
of the services rendered by an
active and well-received-
parental organization at the
school. How did this all come
about?
To begin with, the school has
followed what the community
has learned to refer to as an
"open door, policy. Parents are
not only in attendance at SEIZED.
uled functions throughout the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21

SENTINEL o coSTTT' Mp'
Thursday, February Il. 1853 ri
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
Retailers to Meet

Bethesda-C Chevy Chase mer-
chants have been invited to at
tend meeting to be held by the
Merchants Council of the Be-
thesda-C Chevy Chase Chamber of
Commerce in the Perpetual
Building next Wednesday at 8
pm. for the purpose of discuss
ing mutual problems confront
ing area RETAILERS.
Joseph Fortuna and Al Neu-
man co-chairmen for the meet
ing, expressed hope that the
meeting would pave the way for
development of an organized
program of benefit to area mer-
chants. Among potential prob
lens to be discussed are park
ing night and holiday opera
lions, bad checks and methods
of increasing business.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
VitrO Auard

The Navy has announced the
award of a new contract to the
Vitro Laboratories Division III
the sum of $3,274,263 to cover
additional Terrier missile sys-
TENS engineering services being
performed at Vitro's Silver
Spring laboratory.
One of three divisions of vi
tro Corp. in the Washington
area, the laboratory has per-
formed extensive service as an
engineering coordinator of the
PolariS, Terrier, Tartar, Talos
and Typhon missile weapons
systems through its work in un-
derwater ordnance and COM
munications. training programs
and reliability studies.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
More Trees Proposed

The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Chamber of Commerce is pre-
pairing to extend its community
tree program inaugurated a
year ago, when work was begun
on a program that resulted in
the planting of so trees in the
business area.
The Chambers expression of
hope that the initial years pro-
gram would be expanded this
year has been bolstered by the
receipt of contributions to date
from more than 30 business
firms associated with the trade
body, according to James A.
Barr, executive director.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
Rabbit Club Elects

Grant E. Olson was elected
president at the January meet
ing of the Montgomery County
All Rabbit Club. Other new
officers are Joe Cavanaugh,
vice president; Melinda LANCE,
secretary; Don Staaka, treas.
urer; and Debbie McMillion,
reporter.
Leaders of the group are L. A.
Biggs, Grant o. Olson, Jack
Stabler and Robert Uebel. The
club meets the first Friday of
the month and all interested
rabbit fanciers are invited to at
tend.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
attend Contention

George w. Imirie, jr. and J.
Vincent Imirie general manager
and buyer, respectively, for G.
w. Imirie, Inc, an auto parts
firm having branches in Wheat.
on and Bethesda, have returned
from the annual convention OF
the Automotive Service Indus.
try Association which drew
more than 10000 members to
Philadelphia last week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
Ri1On Gets Contract

Rep. Carlton R. Sickles an
nounced this week that the Nav
al Bureau of Ships has awarded
a fixed price contract of ST.
Oil ,568 to the Rixon Electronics
Corp. of Silver Spring for devel-
opment of 153 low frequency ra-
dio transmitting sets for use
aboard surface ships.
Sickles noted that Rixon sub
mitted the lowest bid of the sc
firms that were invited to COM
pete for the award.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21

only gain from it and sooner or
later he realizes that the school
is together with MON and pop
in all matter. He ceases trying
to play one against the other
on little or big matters, and be.
comes a more responsible in
dividual by this realization"
Changing junior high school
curriculum and programming to
meet the requirements of mod
ern day educational advances
and development is a national
concern in addition to being
one Montgomery County is
closely examining. The intro
duction of new techniques in the
teaching of such subjects as
mathematics, science, foreign
language, and creative writing
are introduced from time to
time. Naturally, interested par.
ents make numerous inquiries
concerning these techniques and
the accompanying materials
used and may sometimes dis.
agree basically with the ap-
proaches being made.
These parents are encouraged
to visit the academic depart.
ments involved and to be brief
ed first hand on the new pro-
cedures. Even when Individual
opinion differs sharply with a
program of study, the parent
has been heard and goes away
with a better understanding of
what is being attempted. Who
benefits the most from this?
1.-THE child" says one of parti-
cipants. "Now the parent and
the teacher are pulling together
instead of apart, and the
youngster usually falls in line
and begins concentrating on the
learning process rather than on
finding excuses why he is not
measuring up to par"
How about parental meddling,
shopping, or interfering in
school affairs, what with all
this adult interest and partici-
patton? There simply isn't
any," according to Principal
Earl P. Schubert. Critical in.
quiry, yes. Sincere interest and
concern, yes. Significant and
sometimes insignificant obser-
vations and suggestions are en-
Enthusiastically and sincerely
made from time to time, and
we listen. It's no secret here
that we do not have all the
answers. We learn every day.
We feel our parents are with
us, and we try to let them I'M
derstand that we are with them.
This helps. It's also a challenge
to give the children the educa.
ton they deserve I've never
known a more alert, intelligent,
or cooperative parental group.
They are an inspiration to the
entire staff"
From the point of view of
the Newport Parent Teachers
Association the enthusiasm for
the staff and it's work is equal
ly evident. 1--WE feel that we are
fortunate not only in having |
our children taught by a parti-
cularly fine group of teachers,
but also that there is a pleasant |
and interested give and take be-
tween the staff and the parents |
that cannot help but be reflect.
ed in the parents appreciation
of his child's accomplishments"
is the way it was expressed by |
William Sutherland, President !
nf fI,o Na,,trA,.4 ID TIA
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
HOnOred by Humble

w. M. Hummer, of 200 Leigh
ton ave-, Silver Spring, was one
of three employees of Humble
Oil and Refining Co. in the
Washington area who received
service emblems in recognition
of 20 years service with the firm
during recent ceremonies which
featured presentation of awards
representing an accumulative
total of 290 years of service.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21
Business Roundup
DIR. Schipper Appointed
To. Md. National Board

DR.. Gerald Jan Schipper prominent specialist in
dermatology and aergy who practices in Rockville has
been elected an advisory director Of the Rockville office of
Maryland National Bank according to an announcement
this week by Hooper S. Miles, chairman of the board
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-02-21

again donating their service in
the preparation of clothing to
be sold.