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Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09
Petition In Hand
The League OfWomen Voters
Is Planning To Do It Again

what We are going to do" she
added.
AS of May 1, each League
member in the county received
petition containing the bill
(SB257) which would make a
new congressional district of
Carroll, Howard, Anne Arundel
and Calvert Counties, and
places for 20 signatures.
They in turn will obtain sig.
natures, get the petition notar-
lied, turn it over to their dis
trict coordinator and set forth
again.
BY May 81 the petition drive
must be over and petitions from
all over the state presented to
the Governor before June l.
the date the bill takes effect.
Mrs. Armstrong, who design
ed the fliers and slogan which
brought such an overwhelming
mo" vote on Question 6 in the
last election, said she is "grati-
fled" at the response to the Sec
ond petition call.
She said she feared that after
the excitement of the petition
drive two years ago that "the
bloom is off" but says instead
that league members response
has been fabulous"
This year they must garner
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09
COUNTRY HOMESFOuR
LEADS TO SUGARLOAF

cludes the area of the tour.
Established in 1892, the pres
ent structure was built in 1847.
The small, ivy-covered brick
church retains the old slave gal
lery and choir stalls built from
the original box pews. A widely
admired chandelier was a gift
to the church during its early
years. The Rev. John E. Will
liams is the rector.
Following the tour from down
county, go out route %, and a
stones throw after the fork at
Jacksonville turn right on
White Grounds Rd. The first
house on the left, white frame,
is the home of DR.. and Mrs.
George Paffenbarger.
The oldest section of the
house, built about $50 years
ago, formerly was a servants
cabin. The walls are nearly
three feet thick and the room,
with it's deep window ledges is
painted white. However, the
Paffenbargers' desire for fire
place led to discovery of a
sunken fireplace-the most I'M
usual feature of the house.
Former owners had raised the
floor, removed an old loft, and
closed the fireplace. But telltale
paint peelings started the Paf-
fenbargers' investigation. They
discovered the keystone to the
fireplace just little above the
floor and dug deeper until the
original hearth was revealed.
Lowering the entire floor OF
the room to hearth level was
unthinkable so the Paffenbar-
gers cut out the floor and built
two steps in a square around
the fireplace. 1t provides a cozy
area on a winter night as pic
tured elsewhere on the page.
DR.. Paffenbarger's work in
dental research for the Bureau
of Standards has taken him on
several trips abroad. During
these, he and Mrs. Paffenbar-
ger frequently brought back
pieces which give their interior
furnishings a cos mopolitan
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

'"The Second Time Around"
is not just the name of a song
to 800 members of the county
League of Women Voters.
1t means voters lists, petit
tions, notaries public-and the
scrape of shoeleather on the
sidewalk and the press of a
finger on the doorbell.
In other words-here we go
again. Or, and perhaps more
in line with League thinking
I'VE did it before and we can do
it again."
The big at" is getting enough
signatures on petitions to bring
to a vote in the next general
election, in the fall of 1864, the
redistricting bill passed at the
last session of the legislature.
Mrs. Lancelot Armstrong, re-
districting chairman of the
county League, said the League,
by spearheading the drive to
upset the first redistricting bill
in the last election, had given
the state legislature "a second
opportunity to pass a fair con-
gressional redistricting bill"
mot to be outdone," she con-
tinued, "our state legislature
has given the League a second
chance to petition an unfair bill
to referendum. And this is just
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

more than double the number
of signatures required the first
time. A bill was passed at the
last session of the legislature
requiring three per cent of
those voting in the last guber-
material election before the
question can be placed on the
ballot - or 23,9O0 throughout
the state.
OF this figure, Montgomery
County needs about 1850 but
the League hopes to get at least
twice that number to be on the
safe side.
The rules for petition-signing
are hard and fast. A misplaced
letter can throw a signature
out. For example:
This year the League is work
ing according to election dis
tricts-as opposed to its usual
unit system.
This means voters must sign
as they are registered, list their
address, their election district
and precinct. A tall order. Few
voters can remember exactly
how their name appears on the
registration rolls - Mrs. John
Doe or Mrs. ]. M. Doe. An
initial can decide the validity of
the signature. Thus the drive to
double the required number Of
signatures.
Mrs. Armstrong said that
both political parties, as in the
past, are helping in the petition
drive but that the League Is
supplying all petitions and mate
rials.
Mrs. Armstrong finds 1t very
'heartening," however, that
voters seem more aware of the
redistricting problem as a result
of the last election. BY May 13
the county League will take
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09
Art Contest Open
For Mercy Festival

Bartholomew's, Washington
Grove and West Rockville.
For teenagers and adults
wishing to exhibit there is no
entry fee. An attendant will be
on hand to take care of sales at
a 10 per cent commission on
each sale. Entries need not be
for sale, however.
All entries, suitably framed,
must be brought to the Or
singer estate on May 80 be-
tween 1876 pm. They may be
picked up June l from 10-3
pm.
The art show and sale will
be under cover. Bernard Lois
ellie, director of the Rockville
Art League, will judge the art
contest.
There is no general admission
for the Mercy Festival. Tickets
for the country supper, served
81, are $1.50 for adults and rs
cents for children.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

An art contest for area
school children will be held May
80 at the annual Mercy Festival
in Potomac.
The festival, for the benefit
of Our Lady of Mercy Church
of Potomac, will be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Victor
Orsinger at Bradley Boulevard
and Seven Locks Road from 2-8
pm.
In addition to the art show,
pony rides, swimming, cartoons
and country supper have been
planned for the family outing.
Adult and teenage artists in
the county also may exhibit
their work at the festival and
many paintings will be offered
for sale.
Elementary school children
grades l through 6-may enter
drawings or paintings in six
different classes. Ribbons will
be awarded in each class and a
grand champion will be named
for best of show.
The classes: /, landscape; 2,
seascape; 3, still life; 4, figure
or portrait; 5, nature (animals,
fish, birds, pets, etc.; 6, alb
tract collective or non-objec-
tive).
All entries must be the work
of the exhibitor and must be
clean and in good condition.
Entries must be mounted or
framed ready to be hung.
Mounted entries must be secure
ly attached to heavy poster
paper or mat board. Pastel and
charcoal work must be covered
with cellophane or other trans
parent material.
Entries will be received May
% from IL noon til 6 pm.
Other arrangements may be
made by calling AK. 9-9264 or
PO. 2-2978. No entries may be
removed until May 81.
The following area elemen-
tary schools have been invited
to participate in Our Lady of
Mercy Art Show: Darnestown,
Fernwood, Gaithersburg, st.
Mary's Of Rockville, Our Lady
Of Mercy, Potomac, Tavilah, st.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

Plans are nearing completion
for the Chateau Fete"--the an
nual spring benefit for the
YWCA of Montgomery County
at Marwood, home of Co. and
Mrs. H. Grady Gore, Potomac,
May %.
The Ia pm. event will fea-
ture a fashion show plant sale,
book and white elephant sale.
The "Y's" gourmet cooking
teacher, Marian Burros, author
of the cookbook, Elegant But
Easy" will be on hand to auto
graph her book.
The Cores handsome French
style home will be open that
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

Ele1dstone walls surrounding
the fields in front of the house
were built in 1858 by Mrs. Paf-
benbarger's father, then in his
SOS. An enthusiastic gardener,
Mrs. Paffenbarger has planted
the area with bulbs and peren-
mails.
From this stop on the tour,
drive back to route %, turn
right and on to Peach Tree Rd.
Two houses on this road will be
marked-the home of Rockville
lawyer R. Edwin Brown and
Mrs. Brown. Known as "Resur-
vey of Hanover" this pleasant,
Goth century house is located in
a park-like setting of trees and
shrubs.
On the same road is the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George F.
Tudor. Once the property of the
Darnes family, the present din
ing room was the original one
room house. 1t has been COM
pletely restored by its present
owners.
The tour route leads out to
the Barnesville Rd. Turn left
and at the village turn right on
route 100 for a stop at the wood
land garden of Mr.. and Mrs. V.
Menke. The 27-year-old house,
furnished with some interesting
antiques, also will be open for
tourists. The garden contains a
variety of wildflowers and nat
uralized paintings as well as
some rare evergreens.
The road leads on to the
crossroads at Comus, the Inn
and the remaining two houses
on the tour. A pantry shelf Of
fering homemade pies, cakes,
bread, and pickles as well as
books and maps will be set up
in the antique shop at the Inn.
Mrs. ]. ]. Chisolm and Mrs.
George Welker head the tour
committee. Tickets are $1.50 in
advance at AAA offices, the
Women's Market, Bethesda;
Potomac Supply Co., or 81 at
any house the day of the tour.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09
Bethesda Club Cited

ton of Women's Clubs in Baltl-
more.
The Bethesda Club, founded
50 years ago, was one of 30
entries throughout the state. 1t
received its award for doing the
most to further education of
young people in cities of over
25,000 population.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

The Woman's Club Of Bethes-
da has been awarded $500 by
the Shell Oil Company in recog-
milton of the clubs work In aid
ing the education of young
people.
The award was made at a
banquet last week of the state
convention of the state Fedora
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09
by Jane Day
Sentinel WOman'S Editor

The county's most scenic area
from Seneca to Sugarloaf' f'-
will provide the backdrop for
the annual Country Homes
Tour May 18 sponsored by the
women of st. Peters Episcopal
Church, Poolesville.
Six houses and the church, all
dating from about 100 to $50
years old, will be open. The area
literally stretches from the
home of DR.. and Mrs. George c.
Paffenbarger on the banks of
Seneca Creek to Mt. Ephraim,
home of writer Frederick A.
Gutheim and Mrs. Gutheim at
the foot of Sugarloaf Mountain.
Mt Ephraim, a red brick
Georgian style house was built
by Ephraim Harris in 1868 of
bricks made on the site and
rooted with local slate. Remod-
eled by the present owners in
1941, the house offers a mag
nificent view of Sugarloaf and
the rolling hills stretching away
toward the Potomac and the
Virginia skyline beyond
Geographically the last stop
on the tour for those coming
from down-county areas, Mt.
Ephraim also is strategically
close enough to permit a drive
up the mountain for a broader
look at the countryside.
About three miles from Mt.
Ephraim is Comus Inn where
lunch will be served from 12-
2:30 and a short distance away,
is another house in the area to
be open-the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles c. Mccall. Built
in 1852 on part of the original
Sellman grant, the house has
been completely remodeled by
its owners.
The tour is being held for the
10th consecutive year for the
benefit of st. Peters Episcopal
Church. The Church's parish
geographically is one of the
gest in the diocese and includes
largest in the diocese and in
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09
Chateau Fete To Benefit YWCA

beautiful homes Chateau
Fete will fill the bill"
Tickets are $3.50 and may be
obtained from the YWCA, 4700
Norwood Drive, Chevy Chase or
by phone, 656-3366.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

day as will Mrs. Cores collec-
ton of antiques in the Carriage
House.
DR.. Fern Schneider, YWCA
president, said, "for those who
love fashions antiques {.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1963-05-09

stock of its progress and report
to the state League convention
at College Park.
The League hopes to be head
ing into the home stretch by
then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-17
CONTINUED

tongue-twisting arrangement Of You'll
Never Get Away"
This is the 5S-year-old Bing's first
visit to Dinah's show. Hirt is familiar
guest. This is his seventh visit.
The musical theme running through
the show is George Gershwin's Won
derfuI." II could be descriptive Of the
special itself. Dinah, As on March l,
is taking year off from television at
the close of this season. She believes
this will be one Of her best shows.
At rs, Chevalier remains one OF the
most durable and successful entertain
ers Of the century.
This will be warmly sentimental
portrait Of the man and the rich and
varied life he has lived" Donald B.
Hyatt, executive producer, says.
In many ways the story Of Chevalier
is the story Of Paris in the 10th CEN
fury. Chevalier, born there in 1888,
has since been so much part Of the
city in whose suburbs he now lives.
Though the program will reflect his
dedication to the happy life." Eugene
S. Jones, producer and director of the
special, says. lit also will explore
some Of the trials. Especially the years
of World War II. when he underwent
one of the most shocking and painful
experiences a Frenchman can en-
dure."
During the war, Chevalier was ac-
cused Of collaboration with the Ger
mans, was captured by the Maquis,
the French underground, and con-
demned to death. He declared his limo
cence, was ultimately cleared. and
marched among resistance leaders at
the liberation, the famous Chevalier
smile spread across his face, but tears
streaming down his cheeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-15
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

ACCEPTED: French painter
Maurice Utrillo drank heav-
lily when he was a young
man. When he became drunk,
he was unmanageable. The
police had to carry him off to
Jail, where he would remain
until he Sobered up. Within a
few weeks, the business would
be repeated.
Fer some time, he and the
police regarded each other
with hostility. But as the
years passed, their feelings
softened. Utrillo permitted
himself to be led away peace
ably and the gendarmes
treated him with increasing
sympathy.
They kept a supply of paints
and brushes at the Jail so that
he could continue to work dur
ing his incarcerations. They
even posed for him.
But Utrillo knew he had
won them over completely
when they reserved a cell for
hirp with a north light.
Evening star., 1963-04-28
BY PAT SALTONSTACL

This is the same desk
blanked out of the famous
Benjamin West painting at
Wintarthur of the American
commissioners signing g the
Paris treaty ending the
American Revolution. The
artist didn't know what the
desk looked like.
Historic scenes such as
Penn's Treaty with the In
dians and the Signing of the
Declaration of independence
are needed for such promi-
nent places as over the fire.
place in the huge Adams
drawing room.
And for donors more in
terested in improving decor
than adding antiques, there
are such challenges as the
Hollywoodesque purple
fuscia- -white-royal blue lady's
lounge, done in what one
State Department wag has
dubbed early Halloween"
Tax credit may be claimed
by donors and they will also
receive public credit, ex-
planned the charm a n.
Plaques by paintings or an
tique pieces will give perma-
nent recognition to tn cir
donors.
Members of the original
committee which Mr.. Conger
heads are Mr.. David Finley,
DR.. Leonard Carmichael, Mr..
John Walker, Mr.. John Pope,
Mr.. Myron Cowen, Mr.. STAN
ley Woodward, Mrs. George
Morris, Mr.. Lansdell Christie
and Mr.. G. Carroll Lindsay.
Advisory members include
Mrs. Marian Carson of Phil
adelphia, Mrs. william Full
bright, Mrs. Paul Magnuson,
Mrs. Perle Mesta and Mrs.
Raymond Tartiere.
Evening star., 1963-04-28

The State Department is
having its face lifted. If 1t
fails to get the full surgical
treatment, 1t will at least
look a lot better with $4,000
$25,000 cosmetics"
Long a back-seater to the
White House restoration, the
State Departments official
reception rooms are moving
up front as a must" project
for decoration and furnish
ings. With the Executive
Mansion fine arts project
successfully on its own, the
State Department Special
Fine Arts Committee no
longer needs to hold back for
fear of competing with the
White House.
The hunt for treasures is
on under the Craftsmanship
of former Deputy Chief of
Protocol Clement E. Conger.
In the eighth floor rooms of
the new State Department
building pass a parade of
crowned heads, presidents,
prime ministers, financial
and industrial moguls, astro-
nautS and so on.
And what do they see first
as they step off the elevator?
Long stretches of motel-type
wood paneling. stripped with
brass. And lest the carefully
guided and guarded bigwigs
get lost. large lighted signs
in red letters with red arrows
hang down from a low,
acouStical ceiling to direct
them to the STAIRS" and
ELEVATOR" (from which
they have just emerged.
Fire Protection
AS their glance sweeps the
elevator entry hall, they can
feel instantly secure. There
hangs a fire protection gadg-
ct, a brighter red than any
fire. while nearby in a prom
inent spot a drinking foun-
tain is built into the wall for
the convenience of the dis
tinguished guest, about to be
wined and dined right around
the corner in the waiting re-
ception rooms.
These challenges to COM
mittee ingenuity will require
more than cover-up decora-
ton. But much of the deco
rative desert that should be
a setting to equal the White
House is being improved.
The great expanses of mod
ern wood paneling seem
gentler behind fine old
paintings and antique break
fronts, on loan or given out
right to the State Depart
ment.
The search for late 18th
century furniture and origi-
nal paintings of events, and
Evening star., 1963-04-28
AUTOMATICALLY SPEAKING
Cosmetic Work at the
State Department

figures from Americas his.
tory, and American land
scapes, has netted some val
liable finds.
Most valuable perhaps is
the $4,000 terra Gotta bust
of BENJAMIN Franklin by the
famous French sculptor,
Houdon, which waits in Sec
retary Rusk's office until the
committee decides where 1t
will be placed.
A $3.50 Lincoln
AS charming an idea as its
$3.50 price tag is small (rel-
atively speaking) is a small
bronze head of Lincoln. 1t
would sit atop a pedestal in
front of the large glass doors
in the John Quincy Adams
Room, opening onto a terrace
and panoramic view of the
Lincoln Memorial. Foreign
guests could see the face of
Americas great patriot, then
look out at the tribute 1t
built to him.
The bust is cast from the
original mold of the model
used for the actual memorial
statue. The widow of its great
sculptor, Daniel Chester
French, allowed just a few
such moldS to be cast. On
loan from the Graham Gal
leries in New York, it awaits
a purchaser.
OF the ambitious list of
"long-range requirements of
furnishings" which includes
such gems as large American
antique mirrors with eagles
in the $4,000 TO $4,000 range,
and two secretary desks
$4,000 to $25, 900 each), Mr..
Conger predicted both success
and continuing effort to ac-
quire them.
He could point to the re-
cent acquisition of a Rhode
Island block-front desk and
a Queen Anne settee, given
by Mr.. and Mrs. James Nor
ton Smith of New York.
Or the portraits of George
and Martha Washington by
Rembrandt Peale, given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Miklos Sperl-
ing as a salute to freedom"
An Indianapolis industrialist.
Mr.. Sperling arrived in
America a penniless Hungar-
ian immigrant SO years ago.
Private Antique
One nticing antique to
come to the committees at
tention sits in Chicago, pri-
vately owned. The desk on
which the Treaty of Peace
and Friendship between the
United States and England
was signed in Paris is a 1888
English desk rather than
French because the treaty
was signed in the British EN-
baSsy.
Evening star., 1963-04-28
Garden Party
To Benefit
Jesuit Guild

Mrs. Hale Boggs, wife of
the New Orleans Congress-
man, will be honorary chair
man of a benefit garden
party co-sponsored by the
Jesuit Guild of Washington,
to be held June IS from 4
to 8 pm. at the grounds of
Georgetown Preparatory
School. Garrett Park, Md.
The Guild, which consists
Of parents and relatives of
Jesuits. sponsors the fund
raising event annually, to
help educate young men for
the priesthood.
A fashion show by Jelleff's
and FarnSworth Reed, Ltd.
and a buffet supper will be
features of the benefit.
Evening star., 1963-04-28
c. of 6. Plans
Luncheon
For Ladies

The ladies luncheon, which
is always one of the high
lights of the annual meet
ing of the National Cham
ber of Commerce, is scheduled
for May / at 1915 pm. in
the ballroom of the May
flower Hotel.
The event is planned
especially for the wives of
the delegates who represent
member organizations.
"Women'S Role in the
American Economy" is the
theme for this luncheon.
Representative Charlotte T.
Reid of Illinois will be the
Evening star., 1963-04-28
Mrs. Osbourn
Is Elected

Mrs. Raymond Osbourn
was elected president of the
Ladies Board of Providence
Hospital at a recent meet
ing.
Mrs. Osbourn, who was the
groups ways and means COM
mittee chairman during the
past year, is the wife of DR..
Raymond Osbourn, who is an
active member of the staff
at the hospital.
The couple and their four
children live In Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1963-04-28

speaker, and Mrs. Ladd
Plumley, wife of the presi-
dent of the National Cham
ber, will preside.
The frontiersman., 1963-06-27
Bobby Dobbs Arrested Here After Saturday noIdup at Palmer Paint

Bobby Eugene Dobbs, 27, who came to Palmer from Wis consin about three weeks ago, had only 20 minutes to enjoy the ill-gotten gains of a hold up he allegedly staged last Sat urday afternoon at the Palmer Paint Co.
 Mrs. Helen Curry, on duty at the store, was surprised at about 3::30 pm. by a masked man, with a hand thrust into the front pocket of his sweat shirt in the attitude of con cealed but pointed gun, W h o announced the tr a d t i o n This is a stickup."
 Mrs. Curry handed him $40 from the till. AS he dashed to the street and into the alley be- hind the building, pulling h i s mask off as he ran, he was seen by Bertren Curry, who h a d just parked his vehicle in front of his shop.
 Police were furnished a des- cription of the man, and inn mediately began search of downtown business places. Dobbs was picked up at $50 pm. in the Palmer Bar, still pm. by Police Chic f Louis Bencardino in the Palmer Bar,
The frontiersman., 1963-06-27

It is reported that Bob Hard castle, young man from Pitt man, and a friend believed to be Bob Bunker of Willow, left Friday in a boat for a trip down the Little Susitna River. They had arranged for small plane to meet them at the bay on Sunday. However, the boys failed to reach the mouth of the river at that time, and, it is said, they still have not ar rived home.
 A dance has been planned for this Friday night at 8 pm. at the Willow Community Hall. Everyone is invited to attend.
 Mrs. Margaret Bryant h a s returned from Seattle, where she attended the wedding of her daughter, Ingrid, and Jos eph Annibale, a designing en- gineer for a company which de- signs water craft for the Navy. The couple are now living in Bremerton, Washington.
 Mrs. Bryant reported very pleasant trip and wedding ceremony, in which she parti- cipated.
 
 Saturday, June 29, at 8 pm. is the date scheduled for the regular Willow community club meeting.
 x
 Mrs. M a mi e MacPherson broke rib last week while showing her husband how easy it was to open the hood of an old car. Mrs. MacPherson has