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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11
STAMP AND COIN
CLUB MEETINGS
MONDAY

Washington M m II matt,
Society, 8 pm, st. Columba's
Hall, 420l Albemarle street
NV. Development Of the
Modern United States Cent"
slide presentation by r. C.
,Soxman.
Hyattsville Riverdale
Stamp Club, 8 pm, Town
Hall, Ais Queensbury road,
Riverdale, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-11

CulOSlS ASSOCIdGlOIl B 1900
Christmas seal. The Post
Office Department will CO.
operate with the association
in a poster campaign starting
about November l6 on the
theme, Mail Early With
c hristmas Stamps - Use
Christmas Seals"
Date and place Of first
day sale Of the Christmas
stamp have not yet been
decided.
2 First Days This Week
The Scent Emancipation
Proclamation commemora-
tive will be released Friday
IN Chicago, with ceremonies
scheduled at ! pm. In the
Arie Crown Theater, Nc
Cormack place, in connection
with the opening Of the ls-
cay Century Of Negro Pro-
gress Exposition. Covers for
first day cancellation may be
sent to the Postmaster, Chi
cago, III. 60607.
The Scent Alliance for
Progress stamp will 60 on
sale here Saturday. A first
day ceremony open to the
public Is to be held at 1890
pm. in the Postmaster Gen.
erals Reception Room, third
floor, Post Office Depart
ment, Twelfth and Pennsyl-
vania. avenue NV. Covers
for first day cancellation may
be sent to the Postmaster,
Washington, D. c. 20013.
First Day Figures
First day covers totaled
600.205 when the scent Bat
tie Of Gettysburg commence
rative was placed on sale in
Gettysburg, Pa. on July /.
There were 997,733 stamps
sold for $49.Ss6.65.
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Amelia Earhart Display
Fifteen panels Of histori-
cal material associated with
Amelia Earhart, including
first flight covers and pho
tographs, are on display this
week in the stamp and coin
department Of Woodward 81
Lothrop's downtown store.
The material, originally as
sembled by Miss Earhart and
her husband, George Palmer
Putnam, is now the property
Of Mrs. Elsie NJ. Williamson
Of New York.
go
New Stamp Country
Newest stamp = issuing
country is the State Of Shar-
jah, one Of the seven British
protected Trucial States Of
oman, which will have daily
airmail connections with the
rest OF the world through
the British post office at
Bahrain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27

Nine model homes, designed
by Architect E. L. Fast, were
constructed. They have been
sold, however, to allow fam
lilies to move in early for the
fall school term, and replace
mentS are being built. Close
to 20 homes have been COM
pleted so far, with sales rum
ming ahead of the building
pace.
Directions for reaching An
Mandate Woods, as provided
by the builder, are:
From Memorial Bridge,
take Route so one mile past
Seven Corners and turn left
on Annandale road. Proceed
two miles to Masonville drive,
and take a left to Annandale
Woods"
For an approximate location
Of the community with relation
to the Washington area, see
No. q on map, Page 2 Of
this section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27
Bush Hill Woods Displayed

Bush Hill Woods, Hooff &
Neill's entry in the Fall Festi-
val Preview of "a Homes, is
the firms first venture in
land development in the
Washington area.
The Alexandria company
has cuStom-built many homes
on Malvern Hill and done
some light commercial work
in its six years. Now it has
turned to a neighboring area
of Fairfax to put up 80 homes,
Of which 10 already have been
completed.
Considerable variety is pro-
vided within the small devel-
opment. Four models are on
display in rambler, Split-level
and C ol IN a designs. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27
AnnondoIe Woods Shown

The 80 homes planned for
Annandale Woods come in
nine styles. Colonial, split
level, splt-foyer and bi-leveI
designs are priced from ST.
600 to $4,000. Bedrooms num-
Der from three to five and
baths 21z to three. Kitchen
appliances are by Westing-
house Electric.
Of particular interest are
the paneled recreation rooms,
fireplaces, air conditioning,
aluminium siding and brick
and frame exteriors.
Lots average a third of an
acre and are wooded. Other
amenities are curbs, cutters,
sidewalks and city utilities,
and the builder cites conven-
fence to schools, shopping cen.
tiers and houses Of worship.
Charlson has donated five
acres for use as parkland. A
large swimming pool is near
the development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27

The Charlson Corp. is a
product Of a fathers wish to
help his son develop a career
as a builder.
For some 20 years Charles
Wolf had been building homes
as a partner in the Old Do
minion firm of developers,
which also included the
Yeonas brothers and Sol Adel-
man, now of Town and Coun-
try Developers.
In the seven years since
Marvin joined forces with his
father, they have built some
$50 homes. Currently they are
building Annandale Woods, a
Fall Festival Preview of "a
Homes entry south Of Falls
Church.
As proof that the Old Do
minion spit-up was an amic-
able one, Yeonas Develop
ment Is the brokerage agent
for both Charlson and Town &
Country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27
VA Home Loans
Rise 219o in 90
BY CYRIL r. BRIcKFIELD
Chief, Benefits Section
Veterans Administration

for new homes bought In the
Washington area with a CT
loan was $2O,92O, while the
Nationwide average was
$3.50.
The recent increase in CT
home loan activity occurred
even though some World
War II veterans we're no
longer eligible for a CT loan.
The expiration date for the
eligibility of each veteran is
computed by adding 10 years
to the date of discharge or
release from his last period
of active wartime duty, plus
an additional year for each
80 days Of his active war
time service.
World War II veterans be-
gan to lose their entitlement
on July Is, 1862. No entitle-
ment for World War II vet
Grams may extend beyond
July Is, 1867, according to
present law.
The minimum and maxi
mum eligibility dates for Ko-
rean conflict veterans are
January 81, 1865, and January
81, 1875, respectively.
Importont Contribution
The CT loan program has
made an important contribu-
ton to home ownership in
this country, particularly in
the Washington Metropolitan
Area. According to the 1860
census Of housing, there were
nearly 26S,OOO one family
homeowner properties in this
area. Nearly IS per cent Of
these homes were bought with
the assistance Of a VA-guar-
anteed loan. The comparable
figure for the Nation as a
whole was % per cent.
The repayment record Of
veteran home buyers in the
Washington area is among the
best in the country. From the
beginning of the VA loan pro-
gram in 1914 through June of
1868, more than 10000 CT
home loans have been made
in this area. The Veterans
Administration has had to pay
claims on only " of l per
cent of these loans.
This means that more than
SO per cent of the veteran
home buyers in this area
have met or are meeting
their obligations in a salts
factory manner. Nationwide,
the number Of claims paid by
the VA represents 1.S per cent
of the nearly 8 million CT
home loans made since 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27

John V. Neill, jr., is Secre-
tary-treasurer. One Of their
earlier projects was develop
ment of Indian Bluff Island,
off the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Directions for r e a ching
Bush Hill Woods, as provided
by the builder, are:
From Alexandria, take
Telegraph road to Franconia
road and turn right at the
Rose Hill Shopping Center.
Bear left at the school and
then two sharp let's to the
model houses.
For an approximate loca-
ton of the community with
respect to the Washington
area, see No. SO on map,
Page 2 of this section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27

number of bedrooms varies
from three to five, with 21S to
three baths.
Features stressed are fire
places, family rooms, two-car
garages and beamed ceilings.
The area is heavily wooded,
but wide streets and side
walks insure that it doesn't
resemble a wilderness. Nor is
it far enough from the city to
discourage Washington COM
muters.
Scholz Homes designed the
houses, which sell in a range
from $28,5OO to $34,5OO.
Charles R. Hooff is the brok-
erage agent.
John C. Herbert Hooff is
president Of the company, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-27

The Veterans Administra-
ton guaranteed or insured 81
per cent more CT home loans
in the Washington Metropoi-
tan Area during the first
seven months of 1868 than it
did in the same period of 1862.
This percentage increase
was nearly 10 times the
slightly more than 2 per cent
gain registered for the Nation
as a whole during the same
period.
Veterans Of World War II
or the Korean conflict, with
the assistance Of VA-guaran-
teed loans, bought 1879 new
or existing homes in the
Washington area during the
first seven months of 1868. In
the same period last year they
bought 1874 homes. Pur-
chases Of new homes totaled
1.122 during January-July this
year, compared with 966 last
year. The remainder we're
existing-home purchases.
Other figures compiled by
the VA indicate that the in
creased CT new home loan
activity in the Washington
Metropolitan Area will con-
tinue. At the end Of July
there were 739 applications in
process for CT loans to pur-
chase new houses in the area.
Average Price
The average price Of new
houses obtained with CT fl
nancing is higher for the
Washington area than it is
for the country as a whole.
Last year the average price
Evening star., 1963-05-01
Installed Over Rubberized Cushion!
Regular '9.99 Square Yard Installed!
LOOK AT THE COLOR SELECTION! 4-Day Reduction!

TWEED COLORS: Nutmeg Shell beige Aqua-beige
Parchment beige Spice brown and black. Black
and white.
SOLID COLORS: Martini Spice beige :. Shell brown
Aqua Canyon orange Gray Surf green
Fern green Federal gold Spring violet Slate
blue Dusty Rose.
STRIPED COLORS: Ming blue and black q. Tangerine
-. Parchment beige Parchment brown tweed Mint
Parchment and black. Federal gold and brown
Here's fine Harmony House awOo pile carpetng installed
by Sears experts, using tackess method rubberzed
cushon Various heights of pile achieve textured "bak
design that hides footprints In IL and l5ft widths hurry
for this 4-day savings! aaus sas
Evening star., 1963-05-01

SHOP TO-DAY TO s Pm. Store Hours:
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. $50 am.
Wednesdays and Saturdays, $50 am. to 8 pm.
Free Parking!
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
Welsh Rare BIZ :
Pe+eyka+ and Poo+yka+

The Gophers of Sugarloaf sometimes ex-
hibit the mixture of brilliance and stupidity,
provincialism and worldliness, nobleness and
baseness which is exhibited on much larger
scale by Mungummery County in the admin
iStration of its internal affairs. But the Co
piers are unaware of their interesting twists
and quirks and, like Mungummery County,
bumps along without serious injury, although
failing to accomplish very much between the
bumps.
When Monty Gopher was counting Sarana
Hempstone on Saturday nights at the Pooles-
vile dances above the store on the left as you
enter Poolesville from Rockville, he didn't
think much about marriage or the things
that marriage produces Monty sort of fell in
to marriage; that is, according to him. But
the truth of the romance is that Sarana
Hempstone didn't inherit her seagreen eyes
and the Hempstone conmonsense to throw
away, and she recognized the charm and
strength which made Monty local Rhett
Butler.
So they were married at the Rockville
Fire Department Carnival because the
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31

mittee, to do something about the second point
very soon because the Roads Commission is
coming before the Legislature to ask for
money to carry on its construction program
At the same time, intend to alert the
other members of the General Assembly about
the first point, since Maryland will have TO
decide whether it wants to help finance the
Meta rail lines which would extend into our
State.
In my opinion, the delay in the consult
ants survey is inexecusable, and the State
Roads Commission is going to have to talk
fast to explain this.
Montgomery County motorists are entitled
to a solution to the District line bottlenecks
as quickly as possible and intend to do
everything / can here in the Legislature to
get things moving. This doesn't mean that
l favor either the so-called Bethesda corridor
or the one which would swing down through
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
The Right to Think

Student Councils in high schools are, as most people
know made up student leaders in the particular school,
They are almost invariably serous-mnded responsible
types with good heads on them most OF them quite
mature and they understand and appreciate fully the
precious heritage we all have in this Nation of being able
to speak up public issues and questions They have been
taught since childhood in fact that Americans not only
have the inalenabe right but the obligation to express
their views on subjects of public concern.
Accordingly last weeks action by the four new School
Board members in which they indicated disapproval OF
resolution by various student councils that concerned
with boycotting places where racial discrimination is prac
ticed comes as something of shock.
Do the four new School Board Members think that
Young people should shut up and fail to take stands on
public questions until they IS? Perhaps 19? Or ~?
Or q?
The School Board reply to growing criticism OF their
action last week will no doubt be that they didn't mean
to imply criticism of the students but simply wanted to
find out because they still new and haven't learned
the ropes what the functions of Student Council are
Meanwhile because the institution of the Student Council
is fairly hoary after all these years. most people are
generally aware of what Student Councils do
But it appears that an investigation - although 1t
bears the nnocuous label of information session - is
scheduled to look into the Student Councils and whether
they should do this sort of thing.
We say the students should they want take stand
on any public issue they want to big or little. The four
new school board members entitled to their views on
this subject of the great public debates of our time
- and the students are entitled to theirs.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
The Public Forum

statements by some members
of the School Board criticizing
Student Councils for taking
positions on the question of
not patronizing segregated
business establishments?
1t seems to me that if they
are thus publicly scolded for
trying to put into action
ideals which they have been
taught are desirable goals,
they can only conclude that
they have learned too rapidly,
that they are taking their ed
ucation too seriously, or that
they have misunderstood the
lesson.
In order to guide the stu
dents, will these members Of
the Board now give them a
list of all moral and ethical
subjects they consider to be
off limits?
Suzanne w. FallOw
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
by Barney Welsh

GOpherS never missed chance to pick up
a load of free furniture and besides it was
good for Montys political career. Thus it
was that Hempstone mated with Gopher.
Sarana Gopher gave birth to the twins
under the sign of Gemini Although this vital
statistic was overlooked by her big city physi-
clan and the crew of nurses Monty had hired,
and they couldn't have cared less, it was of
great importance to Sarana who was, like
most of us Mungummery Countians, fool
in some respects. For Sarana Gopher believed
in Black Magic and was devotee of one of
the blacklist forms of Black Magic: namely,
astrology. AS time went on Sarana Gopher
became known as soothsayer and the infant
twins called upon her "Say us Sooth, Sa-
rama"
Sarana named the twins Castor and Pol
lux but these highsounding names were un-
welcome to Monty and he called them Petey-
kat and Pootykat They were identical twins
and when one suffered the other cried when
Peteykat was hungry Pootykat ate, and when
Pootykat ate Peteykat burped-neither had
Continued on Page A5)
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
Two Hofs Don't Fit!

Two top Republicans recently appointed to important
governmental posts recently and top Democrat who has
long held major government appointment should imnedi-
ately resign their posts as party officials.
Mrs. Caroline Freeland has been appointed to the
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
and Mr. Hal Lackey has been named to the County Per-
sonne Board Both members of the Republican State
Central Committee which guides and controls party affairs
in the county Mr.. William B. Wheeler has long been
member of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commis-
sion and member of the countys Democratic State Cen
tal Committee which is concerned with the welfare of the
Democratic party in Montgomery County.
All three political leaders in highly sensitive gov
erent posts-personnel planning and water and sewer
To expect that politics should not rear its head in the per-
formance of any Of these governmental functions s no
doubt too much to expect In recent years. however, the
county government has virtually achieved non political
hiring in all county jobs There is still considerable room
for Improvement this in the WSSC and the Park and
Planning Commission, however.
fine precedent set several years back when
David Scu resigned from the Republican State Central
Committee after being appointed to the Park and Planning
Commission The three office holders in the position
of wearing both political and public office hats at the same
time is not healthy situation They should see, the
public all too clearly that both hats just don't fit.
They should take of them off and the other
1t would become them much better.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
FarcicoI System

One of the best bills to be offered the Maryland Cen
eral Assembly in long time is the proposal this week by
Baltimore delegate that home rule be virtually forced
Maryland counties that do not have it.
plethora of "oca legislation floods the legislative
hopper benniay from home rule counties It seriously
limits the effectiveness of the legislators who should be
evotng their time to statewide matters. And the spo
sor of the proposal points out it is fraud" for the state
assembly to be forced to deal with such trivia purely
local ordinances that coud-and should be-acted upon
by locally-elected officials.
Tho manner in which the flood of local legislation is
enacted too, is farcical local delegation from
home rule county get passed, killed any purely
local legislation it wants with the rest of the assembly
neither knowing caring about its worth There is an
unwrtten law that each local delegations wishes on it's
own local legislation is binding upon the rest of the egisla
tors This fine mutual protection device And the fact
THAT the legislation may be good bad is of
The system which exists in the Assembly only because
1T gives the local legislators supremacy their own local
.officials. is an evil one and should be abolished
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
by Les KimbIe

petent road engineers.
The journal" visited the island of Nevis
In the West Indies, showing the people, their
problems and their way of life. Mr.. Brinkley
interviewed hermit who lives alone on an
island off the coast of Florida. He visited one
of the leading families Of South American
nation, showing their way of life and dis
cussed the changes that must come, peace
ably or violently, TO our neighbors to the
south.
On Jan. 81 the journal" examined strip
mining in the United States - this program
was a genuine public service and triggered
this column The camera showed stripminers
gouging great bitches, some 80 feet deep, in
the earths surface to mine coal. Some opera
tors carefully put the topsoil to one side, and
when the mining is finished, fill in the great
bitches and leave grass, trees and lakes 9th
ers leave the land SCARED and ugly Sulphur
present with the coal is diluted by rain to
produce sulphuric acid whose fumes destroy
vegation around the mine site The acid
washes into the streams, destroying all life
If the people of Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Ohio and Indiana are unable to get effective
laws to prevent destructive strip.mining after
the Journals" splendid program, will begin
to doubt the ability of the American people to
maintain self.government
One point should be clear to all who have
watched this program. If you are trying to
hide something by talking around it or above
It, do not do it before televisiOn camera
unless you are an experienced actor. There
must be something about looking into the
cold eye of a televisiOn camera that destroys
the ability Of phOny to pull the robes of
self-righteousness over his pretenses.
If you had given up on televsioA or
thought that no new form of television COM
mum 'ation was possible, take a look at
"Davf Brinkley's Journal" on Monday night.
You viii be agreeably surprised and stimu.
lated
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31

County Junior College and
seen developing the need for
an enlargement of the pro-
gram. How can anyone seri-
ously interested in the educa-
tional program of the County
not have kept up with the
thinking and developments in
this field?
During the rallies candidates
were asked questions concern
ing the junior college program.
1t was quite obvious from the
answers or lack of answers
that the new school board
members had only a very
superficial knowledge of the
whole program. Knowing the
widespread interest it be-
hooved them at this point to
study the junior college move
ment in general and the Coun-
ty program in particular.
There have been many op-
portunities for them to do this
since the election. They have
access to the 3 or 4 studies on
the Montgomery County Jun
ior College program already
made by citizens groups, as
well as assistance from men,
bers of the educational staff.
The number of graduates
from our high schools will
double from 1860 to 1875. Over
$3.50 of these in Montgomery
County will go ON to college
and many more will seek high
er training in non4academic
fields. Our junior colleges take
care Of both. The population
of Montgomery County has an
exceptionally high level of col
lege trained people. They want
opportunities for higher edu.
cation for their children. Jun
ior colleges are one of the
most economical means found
so far TO meet this need of our
young people.
1t would seem advisable that
the new members of the school
board make their study of this
program within a few weeks
in order that there is at least
a chance the plans already un-
derway for the Rockville Jun
ior College may open its doors
as planned in the fall of 1864.
Margaret Frank
Bethesda
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-01-31
Junior College

On Jan. 81, the new school
board members admitted they
had not studied the Junior
College program. This was at
the regular business meeting
of the Montgomery County
School Board when a vote was
to be taken on plans for the
Rockville Junior College. For
several years Montgomery
County citizens have watched
the growth of the Montgomery