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JC’s Plan
Benefit for
Area Needy
The Rockville Junior
Chamber of Commerce has
selected St. Patrick’s Day as
the date of a dance planned
as a means of raising funds
for the relief of needy residents
of the area.
The benefit will be held
March 17 at 8:30 p.m. at the
Civic Center Mansion in Rock
ville, with Jaycee members Ber
nie Rodgers and Irv Suthard in
charge of arrangements.
Officials of the organization
saic they have been informed
by Miss Rita Beuchart, director
of the Montgomery County
Health and Welfare Council,
that children's shoes constitute
a major need of distressed fami
lies in the area. Accordingly, a
major portion of the proceeds
will be used for this purpose.
A newly-organized orchestra,
The Marylanders, under the di
rection of Dave Marstiller and
Joe Litton, has donated its serv
ices for the dance. Officials of
the junior chamber said a num
ber of other residents have
made substantial contributions
to help offset expenses of the
benefit.
Letters are being sent this
week to local civic organiza
tions, requesting their support
and enclosing tickets for the
use of their members. The Jay
cees are asking donations of
four dollars a couple, and addi
tional information about the
program can be obtained from
Rodgers at GA. 4-6087.
In addition to those being dis
tributed by mail, tickets will be
available this week at the coun
ty sheriffs office and at 22
West Jefferson st. Prospective
supporters were urged by Jay
cee officials to make early res
ervations, since attendance will
be limited to 100 due to the size
of the Civic Center.
Area Woman
Is Crusader
A nearby resident, Mrs. Jo
seph E. Lillard, 6322 Eighth
ave., Hyattsville, started a trip
last Monday as Maryland’s
goodwill ambassador to the peo
ple of Italy, Greece, Turkey and
France. Mrs. Lillard, accompa
nied by her husband, is partici
pating in the Vicks-CARE Cru
sade, a people-to-people mission
sponsored by CARE and the
Vick Chemical Company.
She was selected as a result
of her winning entry in a na
tionwide contest in which she
completed the statement,
‘‘Americans should CARE
about their neighbors abroad
because . . .”
During her two-week tour,
Mrs. Lillard will meet with
government officials, other dig
nitaries and private citizens,
with winners from every state
in the Union.
Girl Scouts Help Launch First
Foreign Art Exchange Project
A group of 50 upper Mont
gomery County Girl Scouts
turned out at the Rockville
Civic Center Saturday to com
plete the first phase of a proj
ect designed to send enlight
ening art works to other coun
tries to let them know about
the American way of life.
The girls, members of Scout
troops in District 15 of the Na
tional Capital Council Girl
Scout Area, completed paint
ings and drawings which wii: be
dispatched to Korea and Japan
as part of the recently-initiated
Children’s Art Exchange, plan
ned to promote an interchange
of information among the na
tions of the world.
In return for the products of
the Girl Scouts, local youth will
receive drawings and paintings
which will acquaint them with
conditions in Korea. As con
tact is made with other nations,
they, too arc expected to recip
rocate in the exchange pro
gram.
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ANOTHER STEP FORWARD Officials of the Montgomery County Arts
Center are pictured as they met with a representative of the architectural
firm of Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon, engaged to design the county’s pro
posed suburban arts center, for the purpose of signing a contract for the
Eleven Students from Area
Win WMC Academic Honors
Eleven area students are
among those who have been se
lected for the highest academic
honor given by Washington
Missionary College, Takoma
Park.
The Dean's list, released last
week, includes Laurentine Clay
ton, 7706 Garland ave., Takoma
Park; Ellen Crofoot, 8119 Sligo
Creek Parkway, Takoma Park;
Robert Huse, 1102 Dale dr.. Sil
ver Spring; Lester Mohr, 7508
Jackson ave., Takoma Park;
Robert Nixon, 3208 Henderson
ave.. Wheaton; Gudmundur
Olafsson, 7303 Hancock ave., Ta
koma Park; Leroy Peterson,
8606 Flower ave., Takoma Park;
Mrs. Kathleen Schmidt, 10139
Cedar la., Kensington; Mrs.
Dorothy Weeks, 8507 La Verne
dr., Adelphi; Mrs. June Wilson,
2508 Hughes rd„ Adelphi; and
Sybil Kierstead, Silver Spring.
In order to qualify for the
Dean’s List, the student must
be a junior or a senior in col
lege and maintain an average
of 2.50 for two consecutive se
mesters; 3.0 is a straight A
grade point. At the discretion
of the teachers, students on the
Dean’s List may be excused
from class attendance.
Miss Clayton, Miss Crofoot,
Mis. Kierstead, and Huse have
maintained a straight A aver
age.
Instituted in Rockville by
Mrs. Virginia Allee, the Chil
dren’s Art Exchange is becom
ing widespread throughout the
nation and has the support of
the People to People program
and other agencies concerned
with improving international re
lations. The cooperatior. of
Girl Scouts in the upper-county
area, Mrs. Allee said, has given
the program a substantial boost
locally, and she expressed hope
that other groups would give
equally generous support.
The Girl Scouts’ participation
was arranged through Mrs.
Clarence Streeter, of Rockville,
director of District 15, which in
cludes troops from Rockville,
Gaithersburg, Potomac, Ger
mantown and other up-county
areas. The young artists who
contributed to the first project
are between the ages of seven
and 14 and, although some are
talented novices, a majority of
them had received some art
training in school or in private
i classes before embarking on the
I project.
Second semester on the Wash
ington Missionary College cam
pus has begun with a total of
906 enrolled. This is identical to
the figure set last year. The
academic year ends June 3 with
commencement ceremonies.
Montgomery Hills
P-TA Will Hear
Russian Expert
Richard L. Renfield, a stu
dent of Russian culture and ed
ucational methods and an ac
complished linguist, will speak
and show slides from behind
the Iron Curtain on Tuesday,
March 14 at Montgomery Hills
Junior High School at 8 p.m.
Renfield has been a translator
for the institute of Study of
USSR in Munich, and is pres
ently project secretary of the
Educational Policies Commis
sion of the National Education
Association. He has studied in
Europe and has traveled in
Russia.
His presentation will be on
Russian educational methods.
The program, sponsored by the
Montgomery Hills Junior High
P-TA. will include an opinion
su’vey of cuiTiculum studies
and will conclude with refresh
ments.
In the preparation of the
pictures to be sent abroad, the
youngsters worked under the
supervision of Mrs. Faye Say
lor, an art instructor at the
Hungerford School.
In addition to the children’s
art work received from foreign
nations as part of the exchange
program, local participants also
can learn more about the way
of life in other countries
through films and literature
provided by the United States
Information Service.
The local group's contact with
Korea was made possible by a
letter referred from District of
Columbia School officials from
Bong Yang Park, information
director of Yosu City, Korea,
who wanted the youth of his
dty to participate in a program
similar to that instituted in
Rockville. D. C. School officials
sent the letter to Mrs. Allee,
having previously read ol her
[exchange program.
project. From left are Frederick Gutheim, president of the Arts Center;
Carl M. Freeman, vice president; Arthur H. Keyes, a partner in .the archi
tectural firm, and Mrs. George Barshay, executive vice president of the arts
group.
Rockville to Get
Local Directory
• The Rockville Chamber o t
Commerce is working toward
completion of a “locator map”
and business directory designed
to demonstrate that the city is
the hub of a regional shopping
center in Montgomery County.
Labeled the “Rockville Loca
tor,” the combined map and di
rectory is scheduled for publica
tion within a few weeks. Some
60,000 copies will be distributed
to homes in the central county
area in a move to promote trade
in Rockville.
Cooperating with the cham
ber in preparation of the bro
chure is the Rockville firm of
Capital Research Associates, a
chamber member, which has
completed detailed maps for the
guide along with an artist’s
draju of the final product.
Main feature of the directory
will be a map of Rockville busi
ness districts printed on a sheet
Democrats Hail Jefferson,
Jackson at Baltimore Fete
Montgomery County Young
Democratic Club President
Charles Francis Wilding has An
nounced that tickets to the an
nual Jefferson-Jackson Day Din
ner in Baltimore March 25 are
now on sale.
The dinner this year is being
held in the Emerson Hotel and
will be preceded by a cocktail
party from 6 to 6:45 p.m. and
followed by dancing from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m.
The guest speaker has not
been announced by State Young
Democrat President, Robert
Taylor, at this time. However,
last year the guest speaker was
Wyoming Senator Gale McGee
MJC Dean’s
List Cites
34 Students
Thirty-four Montgomery Jun
ior College students, including
24 men and 10 women appear
on the dean’s list for outstand
ing academic achievement dur
ing the fall semester, just com
pleted.
More than half of those list
ed attained the coveted 4.00,
highest scholastic record pos
sible. Rockville had the largest
number, leading the list with
nine students; Silver Spring
wa„ second with eight, and Ta
korna Park third with seven
names.
A Century of Service
rinytHuilng •27 by 34 inches,
which can be folded to a handy
telephone book size. Every
commercial establishment in the
city will be designated on the
map at its street location.
A separate, smaller map will
locate schools, city and county
buildings, fire and police sta
tions and other public installa
tions.
Production of the “locator” is
being handled by a chamber
committee composed of R. G.
“Dick” Davis, Joseph F. Hagan,
Nicholas H. Hemmer, jr., Anson
D. Vetdorff and Mathew M.
Wittenstein.
The cost of producing and dis
tributing the directory will be
underwritten by advertisements
from local business. All listings
and advertising materials will
be processed through the Cham
ber of Commerce.
and an administration represen
tative of equal prominence is
expected this year.
A special guest of the Mary
land Democrats will be Roy
Schafer, president of the Young
Democrats of America and the
national officers and committee
members of the Young Demo
crats.
Tickets may be purchased
from State Dinner Committee
members, Doris Solomon, HE.
9-4029, and Walter Hansen, EM.
5-3589, or by contacting the local
Young Democrats Club presi
dent The price per ticket is
$lO. To date more than 100
county Democrats have made
reservations.
The Rockville students includ
ed Sidney C. Ash brook, Robert
G. Donnali, Lucine H. Flynn,
John A. Funk, Mary Jane Me*
Closkey, Vernon P. Perry,
George E. Roberson, Sarah J.
Wade and Dale C. Wood.
The list for Silver’ Spring in
cluded: James D. Adams, Ullses
Consuegra, Selma C. Ganz,
Harold S. Horan, David R. Mar
shall, Sanford W. Otis, Roland
B. Pincus and Roland D. Pittlc.
From Takoma Park: Sam C.
Blouir, Jr., Janice A. Brady, Al
fred H. Flynn, Jane Jellison,
Vernon H. Larson, Anna Sha
piro and Vivian Shrives.
Kensington: Jerry E. Barrett,
Theodocia Leonard, William L.
Long and Raymond C. Ander
son.
State Auto
Tag Sale
Under Way
Maryland automobile tags
currently are on sale at the
Montgomery County Office
building in Rockville. They will
be available ' Mondays through
Fridays from 8:15 a.m. to 5
p.m. until March 31, when mo
torists will be required to dis
play their 1961 plates.
Tags are priced at Sl3 and
$23 depending on the weight of
the vehicle, plus a service fee
of 15 cents. Owners of unin
sured vehicles are assessed an
extra $26 to compensate the
State’s Unsatisfied Claims
Fund, which pays for damage
caused by uninsured drivers.
County officials said personal
checks will not be accepted at
the County Building after
March 22.
County employees have a hol
iday on Friday, March 24, the
day before Maryland Day, but
the building will remain open
for the tag sales on the third
floor.
Democrats Meet
Charles Francis Wilding,
Montgomery County Young
Democratic President, has an
nounced that the regular quar
terly membership meeting of
the County Y. D.’s will be held
on Wednesday, March Bth at
8:30 p.m. in the auditorium of
the Maryland-National Capital
Park & Planning Commission
Building, 8787 Georgia ave.
Tawes Proposes Free Tuition for
Teaching Students at University
Gov. J. Millard Tawes has an
nounced a plan providing free
tuition to students enrolled in
teaching courses at the Univer
sity of Maryland, including its
Princess Anne branch, and at
Morgan State College.
The teaching students thus
would be afforded the same tui
tion-free privileges now granted
to education students in the
State’s five teachers colleges,
the governor’s office said. As in
the case of the teachers col
leges, applicants for the free tu
ition must be enrolled in the
teacher-training program and
must agree to teach for at least
two years in a public school of
the State on graduation.
The governor's office said
Tawes’ plan is part of his over
all program to improve the sys
tem of higher education in the
Stata It follows an earlier, con
Country Club
Board Plans
Legal Action
Stolzenbach
Heads Mass
Transit Unit
A Montgomery County
resident, long active in local
civic affairs, has been named
by President Kennedy to
head the new National Cap
ital Transportation Agency.
In a reorganization of the
high command of the six-month
old agency, the President se
lected C. Darwin Stolzenbach.
46, of 10515 Meredith ave., Ken
sington, as its new administra
tor. He succeeds H. Holmes Vo
gel, former President Eisenhow
er’s recess selection as tempo
rary head of the mass transit
unit.
Stolzenbach, an economist and
senior staff member of the
Johns Hopkins Operations Re
search Office in Bethesda, is a
former president of the Mont
gomery County Citizens Plan
ning Association, which has
taken an active part in issues
involving planning and develop
ment of the area. He headed the
group in 1957, when it called
for dissolution of the Maryland-
National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission.
Now a vice president of the
citizens association, Stolzenbach
has’ continued as a frequent
critic of Park end Planning
Commission policies and pro
grams.
He also served as chairman
of the Interfederation Council
of the National Capital Area’s
special study committee on area
transit problems, and appeared
as a witness for the group
when a bill to create the mass
transit agency was under con
sideration by Congress.
Stolzenbach ran unsuccess
fully for election to the Mont
gomery County Council in 1958.
Area Radiologist
Feted in Chicago
Dr. Charles E. Bickham, jr.,
of 7704 Granada dr., Bethesda,
was elected a Fellow in the
American College of Radiology
at its annual meeting recently
in Chicago.
Dr. Bickham. whose offices
are at 1835 I st., N.W., is also
a member of the Hippocrates-
Galen Society and the Medical
Arts Society of Washington,
D. C.
Membership in the national
medical organization consists of
physicians specializing in the
use of X-rays, radium and other
radioactive substances in the
diagnosis and treatment of dis
ease.
troversial proposal to convert
Frostburg State Teachers Col
lege into a division of the Uni
versity of Maryland, a step re
quiring enactment of a bill now
pending before the General As
sembly.
The Frostburg proposal,
sponsored by the legislative del
egations of Allegany and Gar
rett counties, has met with
some approval in the western
area of the State, but has been
bitterly opposed by some edu
cators in other sections, includ
ing the State Superintendent of
Schools, Dr. Thomas Pullen.
Tawes contended conversion
of Frostburg would raise the
general level of education in
the area by increasing the op
portunities of youth there to at
tend college. He contended it
also would stimulate the eco
nomic growth of the region, "H
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New Directors Seek
Account of Finance*
Recently-elected directors
of the embattled Lakewood
Country Club have au*
thorized their legal counsel
to file action to clarify the
club’s muddled financial status
and to abrogate allegedly “det
rimental” contracts authorized
by the previous board.
Members were informed of
the action in a letter signed by
Frank E. Wall, jr., a member
of the board in charge of public
relations, who said the club’s
legal staff has been directed to
take "immediate and appropri
ate legal action, including the
filing of a suit or suits."
One purpose of the impend
ing action, the letter said, is to
obtain all books and records
“from the various interlocking
corporations and groups” neces
sary for a full and proper ac
counting.
The letter said the previous
board has “signed away” to a
management corporation “all of
Its duties, responsibilities and
rights, including the rights to
set dues, establish minimum
spending requirements, the con
trol of membership and to col
lect and disburse all funds of
the club without any account
ability from the parties to
whom the funds were paid to
the membership."
It cited a net operating loss
of $525,976 for the period end
ing December 3L
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HEADS PRESS UNIT Dr.
John R. Steelman, publisher
of the Bethesda Suburban
Record, who was elected pres
ident of the Montgomery
County Press Association at
its annual meeting last week.
Other officers of the group
are J. B. Zatman, vice presi
dent; Washington I. Cleve
land, treasurer; Mrs. Ray
mond Mahaffy and Mrs. Bet
ty McDevitt, secretaries, and
Mis. Jo Stephens, retiring
president; Mrs. Ann Christ
mas, Bill Gilbert and Byron
Sedgwick, directors.
Tri-County Baseball
The Tri-County Baseball
League has scheduled an impor
tant manager's meeting March
8, at the Colesville Recreation
Center at 7:30 p.m.
being an established fact that
industry tends to locate where
ample educational facilities ex
ist.”
The conversion of the Frost
burg school to a division of the
University of Maryland, the
Governor noted, can be accom
plished, with enrollment nearly
doubled, for a relatively small
financial outlay, preserving at
the same time the present
teacher-training program at the
institution.
Funds required to inaugurate
the program next September
will be included in the supple
mental budget which Governor
Tawes will present to the Gen
eral Assembly.
If the conversion is approved
by the General Assembly, the
system of free tuition to stu
dents studying to be teachers
will be retained at Frostburg.