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— Thursday, July 11, II&O SENTINEL COUNTY. MD. A8 Good and Evil Struggle In ‘Skin of Our Teeth’ By George Waleski ‘•The Skin of Our Teeth,” by 1 Thornton Wilder, was pro- J sented Tuesday night at Olney i Theater to a respectful, well filled house. It is first and 1 foremost pure allegory in the j 1 classical sense, transposed in- < to modern idiom. The forces 1 of good and evil battle it out I for three acts and in the last 1 act. as if you didn’t know what I it was all about by now, the ' author packages the deal with I some homely philosophy, ex- j'■ plaining the meaning of the < play. The meaning is plain i enough. Quite aside from good ' triumphing over evil generally, l which we all hope for, we are 1 also told that the human race 1 has progressed through temp tation and its natural conse- 1 quence, punishment, and that its richest heritage is ideas. This may sound heavy, but it’s not. The play is a discon tinuous series of scenes blend ing into each other, often sub tly, often with the impact of; sudden change of mood induced by violence or the sudden ab sence of it. A good deal of ap parent laugh provoking non sense turns out to be vital to thg story. I objected only to the trickery, often used, of gen erating a comic scene by hav ing an actor step out of char acter and address the audience directly. In this case the lead, Sabina, played by Salome Jens, quite often objects to a scene, or comments on the plot. This is an invariable laugh getter and a cheap way to get a chuckle. In the final act the whole cast steps out of character. Sickness of some of the play ers has necessitated drafting non-actors. They rehearse a scene, asking the audience to bear with them, go out on the patio for another smoke, or at least talk quietly. It is a funny \ scene, in itself, sparked by J. ' Public Pools —Night Schools (Continued from Page 1) ty Is readily accessible to the many youngsters of our county who urgently need such treat ment. b> The extension of child guidance clinic facilities for children who do not need insti tutional treatment, such facili ties to include adequate diag nostic, treatment and counsel ing services. The closed intake, long waiting lists (up to a year) and inadequate staffing of the Psychiatric Youth Services and Community Psychiatric Clinic make this an urgent matter. Teenage Homes cl The establishment of small lnstitutional-like foster homes, with facilities for from 5 to 10 children, particularly for the teenagers is urgently needed. Such facilities could meet the needs of the Juvenile Court as well as the Welfare Depart ment. d> The development of so cialized foster homes for chil dren who need a living plan separate from their families as well as treatment in child guid ance clinics but do not need in stitutional care. e) The inclusion on the pro fessional staff of the Depart ment of Education of specially trained and skilled school psy chiatric social workers so as to facilitate the early detection and treatment of those youngsters needing these services as a po tent method of prevention of more serious problems. Recognizing that the home and family are the primary in fluences in the formation of the character of each individual and that family breakdown usually precedes delinquency, emotion al disturbance, and other social ills, Montgomery County needs to support the expansion of family counseling services to the needs of all in its ■*'-vgrowing populace. ? a) This would include the provision of staff, adequate in size and with proper profession al qualifications for those pub lic and private agencies whose focus is on helping families to overcome obstacles which pre vent their achieving self-suffi ciency and mature, healthy family relationships. Marriage Courses b) It is also recommended that family life courses, including preparation for marriage and parenthood be instituted as an integral and major part of pub lie education at appropriate levels. It is recommended that ex on and support be pro- I for day care facilities r adequate professional rvision for all pre-school ren who require it. This id include specialized day nursery care, as for ex e, the 'Montgomery Asso >n for Retarded Children. e development of adequate Robert Dietz, as director of the play, trying to explain the meaning of what they ard do ing. I think Wilder, in writing these interruptions into the play, and in effect, making fun of the play itself, was not pri marily concerned with laughs but instead was covering his own embarrassment at having become so genuinely involved with a rather sublime and per haps to him, too delicate ab straction. There is a little bit of “the man with the long nose in Ireland” showing here, the disparagement of one's own feelings before someone else can, perhaps more devas tatingly. Sydney Walker and Anne Chodoff play Mr, and Mrs. An trobus, the human race. Their now only remaining begotten son, Henry, whose name you soon find is really Cain, is played by Joseph Plummer. His sister Gladys is Dolores McDougal. The rest of the cast, too nu merous to mention, crowds the stage in pageant proportions during a busy Atlantic City scene where pleasure is the only end. A storm tossed boat takes the Antrobus family off, j together with animals two by two. Somehow Sabine comes along and Gladys turns up aft er the voyage with a baby. My j turn for allegory deserted me | at that point and I dare any j one to explain how it happened, legally, I mean. The play was fun, the preachment not too intrusive. ; like a well bred commercial for a company that doesn't really need the money. The acting was better than what I thought at the time an essentially shal ! low play deserved. However, this morning after, the play | has more substance, It has a message, tentatively offered, it I is true, but worthy of consid ' eration. leisure time programs for the 12-17-year-old group (which has the least provisions made for them and which need them the most i with emphasis on the coordination of prospective as well as existing public agency I and private group programs. This would include: 1. Support for the expansion of the proposed Youth Centers Program which has already be gun. Drag-Strips Asked 2. Support of a program for the "mechanical interests” of youth, such as drag-strips, places to fly model planes, and broader use of school shops, etc. The need for acquiring land i for parks and recreation facili ■ ties before rising costs makes such action prohibitive, is em phasized: Provision of greater oppor tunities for cultural activities foi* all age groups. Provision for enabling exist ing services to keep pace with population growth. Public swimming pools. For the development of ade quate programs for children who drop out of school, these preventative measures are rec ommended: School Drop-Outs 1. The establishment of local , research programs in coordina- I tion with State and Federal pro grams of research into the causes of school drop-outs which across the nation has in i creased and which is felt to be ! one of the contributing factors to .rising juvenile delinquency 2. The extension of school work programs consisting of | part-time employment super ! vised by both the employer and the school for non academic stu dents. These programs must be jof sufficient interest and must be geared to the specific needs of these youths so as to hold them in school until they are | more adequately trained. “ 3. Specialized and diversified I curricula for students from the | junior high school level and up . ward, whose needs are not be- I ing met by general educational ! programs, including adequate : vocational testing programs, remedial work, occupational training, “terminal courses," | etc. 4. Increased guidance and counseling services (both quan titative as well as qualitative) ! be made available to every child who needs this, from the ele mentary grade level and up ward. 5. Supplementary vocational information programs be ex panded by the schools in asso ciation with community groups, service clubs, business, indus try the professions and labor unions, with provisions for youth to talk with and observe people in various jobs. 6. High school "career days” as a device, with cooperation between the school and the , community. %jj \ -- ' mJF' ' '*#§ *** bhIP ... M v W% \ ' m WWjmiL . ANTIQUES ON SHOW —Examining some of the antique pieces which will be on show July 26 when Montgomery General Hospital holds its annual bazaar-supper are, from left, Mrs. Edwina Earp, Mr. Delmas Wood of the BBr JH Xm dWy \ <r- m [Hi \ t J BuL *-• JA p A - : ■- - -- -jA A $66,480.22 CHECK is held by M. B. Tuttle, administrator of the Montgomery County General Hospital, which received the money from the sale of a 280-acre farm near Ashton owned by the late Grover C. Miley. The check was turned over to Tuttle by Mrs. Roger J. Whiteford, Chevy Chase, a member of the hospital women’s board. Her husband, is senior partner in the law firm of which John J. Carmody, one of the trustees in the Miley estate, is a member. Other area institutions benefitting from the sale include Children’s and Providence Hospitals, the Emory Methodist Church in Wash ington and the Florence Crittenton Home. Sandy Spring-Ashton Hospital Supper Plans Complete for Big Event Margaret F. Adelfio WAlker 4-3803 On display in the lobby of Montgomery County Gen eral Hospital this week is the fabulous sugar replica of the original hospital, made by Mr. Ralph Eickelberg of Brookeville. The replica, which is over a foot high and includes intricate details right down to a baby in the nursery, will adorn the top of | the Hospital Supper 40th birth day cake. Cake-cutting ceremonies will take place at 5 p.m. on the day of the Supper, which is next Tuesday, July 26. The place is Sherwood High School, and. as usual, the hardworking ladies of the Woman's Board of the Hospital have things under control. Corn-on-the-coh is being added to the menu with members of the Sandy Spring Lions Club volunteering to shuck the corn. The Men's Committee this year is made up of members of the Mid-Montgomery County Jaycees under their president, Los Unglesbee. Jack Wilson will be Inside Chairman, and Bill Kimball. Outside Chairman. A novelty for children will be the Hoopla Booth, featuring games of skill for the young sters who come to Kiddieland. Other attractions for children will include pony rides, of course, with the Stabler broth ers providing the ponies. Girl Scouts of troop 1016 under Mrs. Howard Edwards will be in charge of the Play Pen for the littlest people at the Hospital Supper. Boy Scouts will be on hand parking cars and assisting the Men's Com mittee. An added feature will be the presence of Jerry and Bethany Cook’s Damascus Band, which will play during the cake- cut ting and then give a concert later in the evening. Mrs. Fred Gilpin is Supper Chairman and Mrs. Charles B. Oland and Mrs. Harold Earp Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Mrs. Charles Oland. All will be taking part in the 40th anniversary of the founding of the hospital. —Staff Photo. are co-chairmen for the Bazaar. • • Mr. and Mrs. William R. Jordan of Richmond, Va., have j just become the parents of twin boys. Mrs. Jordan is the former I Elizabeth Dallam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenelm Dallam of Pen-Y-Bryn, Sandy Spring. Born July 14 the boys are fine and healthy. Mrs. Dallam has been in Richmond with them. * ♦ • i Mr. and Mrs. Sydney T. Law ler recently returned from visit- j ing their daughter and son-in law, Capt. and Mrs. Earl L. Kinsley and new grandson, i Duane Clark, born June 14 at Wright Patterson Air Force Hospital. The Kinsleys live in Dayton, Ohio. The Lawlers were joined there by their other daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic H. Stillwagen from South Bend. Do You Expect Guest sT HAVE THEM STOP AT A TRIPLE "A" MOTEL RECOMMENDED BY DUNCAN HINES Television and Telephone In Every Room Restaurant Pool COLONIAL MANOR MOTEL Route 355 llli 10 Wisconsin Avenue (Bet. Rockville A Bethesda) : WH. 6-9600 I Ind. Mrs. Stillwagon is well known to the little folks of I South Bend, for she is “Miss Kathy” of Romper Room on the local television station. • * * Mr. and Mrs. Wililam Flei shell are off to Chicago for the Republican Convention. Mr. Fleisheil left this week in con nection with his work for the Republican National Commit tee, and Sheilah follows on Monday with both daughters. Excitement is running high in that household with the two little girls preparing for their first plane trip. * * Mr. and Mrs. Elbrey Stabler and their son have come from their home in Alabama to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Stabler, and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stabler. Mr. and Mrs. Lou Mills and the Willard Stablers had a large Stabler family picnic on Saturday at the Mills’ home in Bethesda. * * • Farthest afield among the many travelers that we know of this summer is Mr. Bruno Laako who is in Finland. Mr. Laako, the popular director of fhe Sherwood Band is of Finn ish descent and speaks that language. He is spending the summer there looking up rela tives and family friends. * * * Miss Yvonne Hawkins, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hawkins, left week before last by Air France for Paris and a full summer’s tour of Europe. • • * Miss Claire Hutton, principal of Sherwood Elementary School, is attending a principals’ conference in the new state of Hawaii. • • At the Little Garden Club meeting last week it was re ported by Mrs. Dean Acheson, chairman of the Club’s Com mittee on Roadside Planting that 60 trees have been planted along our roadsides, under the auspices of the committee, dur ing the last three years. The program of the meeting, which was at the home of Mrs. G. Rust Canby, also included an exchange of flower containers and a question period. The Club adjourned to meet in August at Harewood, home of Mrs. Acheson. 60,000 Shares $5.00 Par Value Class A Common Slock OFFERING PRICE—SS.OO PER SHARE Seaboard Land Company • . , I rorporation rrealed primarily for dir purpote of acquiring direct ownership mortgage or other intereria in and for the development of, real property. Thi la your opportunity to ak for ■ free copy of the offering circular. Seaboard Land Company SI2S Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, Maryland JUniper 9-8377 Gaithersburg Local Residents Enjoy the Ocean By Mollie Christie WAverly 6-3525 < Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bell, with their children, left on Sunaav for a week’s stay at Ocean City. Also enjoying Ocean City’s sun and seashore this week are Mr. and Mrs. Waters Chiswell . and family who went down on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dorsey Howes, their three children, Mrs. Janet Bell and Mrs. Evelyn Darby are back from a week’s vacation at Mayo Beach. Enjoying the beauty of New England last week were Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Thompson and , Susan. Among their stops was Mystic, Conn., where they visit ed a recreated old seaport town. They also stayed at Misquami cut, R. 1., and other tourist spots in New England. ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas I. Fulks, jr., with Beverly and Tommy, took a cottage at Beverly Beach last week. They were joined there by Mrs. Fulks’ brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Parry, and their family from Wheaton. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beoraft ; and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walk er and their children are spend ing two weeks in Detroit Lakes, Minn., where they are the guests of Mrs. Becraft’s brother in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. U. Landrum. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Stang are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, Karen Ann. The little new comer weighed in at five pounds, 12 ounces when she ar rived at the George Washington University Hospital July 10. Karen Ann has two older brothers and a sister who are overjoyed with her arrival. Capt. Robert Walker has been temporarily released from ac tive duty with the Air Force and is now completing his sen ior year’s work at the Univer sity of Miami. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Moore and family have returned from a two-week North Caro lina vacation. They spent a great part of their time t Nag’s Head enjoying the water at that resort. They also visited Boone and stayed a short time with several of Mr. Moore’s relatives in other parts of the i State. Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Gartner and their children are vacation- j ing this week at Daytona Beach, Fla. Hearty wishes for a speedy recovery are sent to J. Forest Walker, who has been a bit under the weather for the past few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Y. Jodat and Ronnie left Gaithersburg on Thursday to make their home in Phoenix, Ariz., where Mr. Jodat has accepted a posi tion with General Electric Corp. William Apge announces the engagement of his daughter, Miss Joyce Ann Ange, to Harry Robert Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Walker, also of | Gaithersburg. No date has been i set for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bean entertained last Sunday eve ! ning at a picnic supper for | members of the Becraft family. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Nor man, Mr. and Mrs. Richard I Staiger with their children and the Norman’s houseguests, Miss Bertha Norman of Culpepper, Va., and Miss Nancy Dunn of | Evergreen, Ala., spent several days over last weekend in the Pocono Mountains. First Lieut, and Mrs. Clayton Arundel are the proud parents of a son, their first child, born ion July 10 in Lincoln, Neb., ; where Lieut. Arundel is station ed with the Strategic Air Com mand. Young Pn'lip Gregory weighed in at seven pounds, 13 ounces. The equally prour grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Arundel. Announcement is made by the Washington Grove Methodist Church of a schedule change for the summer months Be ginning on Sunday, morning worship will be held at 9 a.m. and the church school will con vene at 10. This schedule will be in effect through the month of August. Mrs. Guy Watkins was host ess last Tuesday evening to the members of the Women’s Mis sionary Union of the Frist Bap tist Church. Leaving today for Ridgecrest, near Asheville, N. C., are Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Suddueth, with Barbara, Brenda and Richard, Miss Pat Mobley, Bill Mobley, Fred Ames, and the Rev. and Mrs. B. Frank Foster. Maj. and Mrs. Robert Griffit*’ and their children have arrived back in the States after a stay of three years at his station in Stuttgart, Germany. They will be staying with Mrs. Griffith’s mother, Mrs. Arthur Beall, until August 15. At that time, they will go to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., where Maj. Griffith will study for a year at the Com mand and General Staff Col lege. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kingsley ana their four children have been visiting in the area, hav ing come here from their home in St. Louis. They have divided their time among Mrs. Hamp ton Jones, Mrs. Frances Wil liams and Mrs. Joseph McNally. Last Tuesday evening, Mrs. Williams entertained at bridge in honor of Mrs. Kingsley. The party was in the nature of a reunion of their old bridge club, which met quite regularly a few years back, until distance separated them. Mrs. Robert Griffith was among the former club members who attended the Tuesday evening get-together. Sympathy is extended to the family of J. Paul Lynch, who passed away suddenly at his home last Monday evening. Services were held at Gartner's Funeral Home on Thursday, July 14, with interment in the Neelsville Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. J. Hampton Jones, jr., on the birth of a son, Andrew Pa. 1. The eight-pound, three-ounce newcomer arrived at Suburban Hospital on Friday, July 8. William H. Blair and his son, Johnny, arrived from Albuquer que, N. M„ on Monday for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Christie. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Blev ins and Lynette are vacationing in Morgantown, N. C. Dr. Clarence W. Cranford, pastor of Calvary Bapt.st Church, will present films of his recent trip to Russia at the closing exercises of the Daily Vacation Bible School tomorrow. AUCTION SALE Auction Sale, every Satur day at 7:30 p.m., of furni ture and miice llaneous items. U. S. Route No. I and Guilford Road, 3 '/a miles north of Laurel, Maryland. Frank A. Vogel, Auctioneer 11 SHOE per MART 101 NO. WASHINGTON STREET ROCKVILLE SUMMER CLEARANCE Of All Women's SUMMER DRESS SHOES 4 95 r, FOR $ 1 MORE GET 2 PRSJ e Reg. 3.95 Ladies' ANKLE STRAP WEDGES WHITES 2.95 STRAWS PAIR Council Will Try Persuasion (Continued from Page 1) voiced by Councilmen David Cahoon and Stanley Frosh. At that point, Laurence Hen ry, Howard University divinity student who has been a leader in the desegregation movement in Arlington County and here, made an impassioned plea for immediate council action to in tegrate the Glen Echo facilities. “You can never bring peace to the county as long as Glen Echo is segregated,” he cried. "As long as you keep shifting tht responsibility from one or ganization to another, there will be no peace. “I don't know whether you have any further political ambi tions, but no one will support a man who will not stand firm on a moral issue. This is a question that you must act on, not a commission.” Councilman Frosh responded that “our position is quite clear, a (* all of us here have a common end. It appears that you and I differ on the means. I only ask that the commission be given an opportunity to ac complish this end in accordance with the means we have pro viued.” A member of the audience, Graham Northrup, 5601 Knoll wood rd., Springfield, then arose to assure the council that it was acting in accordance with the wishes of the citizens. He also complimented the county heads on “not being stampeded” by the desires of those “coming into the county from outside.” The final speaker, Alphonzo Lee, 203 Martin way, Rockville, suggested that the council seek authority from the General As sembly to prohibit segregation in all areas of the county, in cluding privately-owned estab lishments. evening at the First Baptist Church. Work completed by the 145 pupils during the two week school will be on display, and a watermelon party will climax the evening. It must have been both the heat and the humidity that got us down as we were writing one o four items last week. We called Lawrence Gusman by the name of Leonard, and we gave him three daughters instead of three children, who happen to be two boys and a girl. Our apologies to Mr. Gusman. May be we’d better go in for fiction | writing. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wigle, whose marriage took place in June, traveled the southern route to California and have taken an apartment at 28 Tang st., Mare Island Shipyard, Val lejo, Calif. Mr. Wigle is now on three-week naval maneuvers. Mrs. Wigle, the former Miss Judy Hoyle, would be very pleased to hear from her legion of friends in Gaithersburg. They expect to be at the Mare Island station until mid-October. CLEARANCE! * Handmacher Country Clothes and Other Famous Name BLOUSES Regularly to 5.98 2.29 2 for 4.00 WORTH'S OF ROCKVILLE 238 E. Montgomery Ave.