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Welsh Rare Bit Account Of A Trip To Ocean Downs Last night I went to the races at Ocean Downs, Md., with the same judge who loves country ham and who threatens to eat ham sandwiches on the Bay Bridge going back and throw the ham bone into the Chesapeake. There is nothing wrong with a lawyer and a judge going to the races in Maryland, even though I defend gamblers who base number games on the results of the races and the Judge -.ends them over to Jesups to repent the errors of their ways—the big gest error being their neglect to contribute in come to our Free State. I have had very little experience with this business of wagering upon the validity of my opinion of the relative speed of horses. As a matter of fact. I have always preferred dogs and sport cars as pets to horses. We parked our car on a parking lot of prodigious size and entered a place that I call the outskirts of the racetrack and were accosted by an individual of doubtful cre dentials who sold me a sheet of paper which had the prospective winners printed there upon. I attempted to procure a written guar antee from him that the races would term inate as his sheet indicated but he looked at me as though I was eccentric and I thought that 1 would not force the issue and would refer the matter to my Eastern Shore lawyer If events made it necessary to sue for false representation. Armed with sheets of various predictions, we went to the grandstand, beneath which were many cages similar to the cages the banks keep their tellers and cashiers locked up in, but these cages were different from bank cages, in that over each one was a sign indicating the minimum deposit which would be accepted. It has occurred to me that there were a great number of depositors before the races and that there were few, if any, withdrawals made by these depositors prior to leaving for home. I took my deposit slips to the with drawal cage and asked for them to return my money, with interest at 6 per cent, but my request was rejected because the horses upon which my deposits were made did not comply with the conditions imposed by my depositees. The history of this unfortunate banking venture started with the first race, when I NEW YORK- Aug. 1— Peo ple .. . places . . . things . . . The Federal Prime Minister of Nigeria, Albaji, the Hon. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, K.8.E., LL.D., M.H.R. rose In his flowing robes at the head table of the Overseas Press Club luncheon in his honor and the audience rose with him and ap plauded. The leader of the most order ly and impressive of the new African states, which has a pop ulation of 40,000,000, is an edu cator trained in his own land and at the University of Lon don. He speaks softly and “British” to American ears and he pronounced Mississip pi in the most interesting way imaginable. He put the accent on the second syllable, which gave Old Man River a haunting new quality. “When people like me visit your country,” the prime min ister said, “it is thought that we have nothing in mind but aid technical aid or the like. “But we have other things in mind. We come to learn, to see how the American people live, how they cherish freedom, and what they have been able to achieve.” A soft sigh of relief filled the room. There were some inane ques tions after that about how he stood on the American race problem. He fielded them ably, to the effect that he and his group had not been subjected to any indignities. He preferred to talk about his own country. How did he feel about the' Voice of America? He shrugged. “All of us should put out nothing but the truth.” SENTINEL OOUNTY M *MIX 4 Saturday, August S, 1441 QUALITY Tyson Wheeler Funeral Home 1311 E. Montgomery Avo. (Rockville Pile*) PO. 2-3660 Rockville On The Line By Bob Considine Reg. U. S. Pat. O How did American aid over tures differ from Soviet aid overtures to his government? The man who is determined to steer his country’s course down a bloc-less path shook his head. “I know the American aid program because it exists,” he said, "but the Soviets’ aid pro gram I know nothing about, for the Soviets have not made any offers to Nigeria at all.” Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke- in time, politely moved the prime minister on to his next appointment. The last time Sir Abubakar spoke at the club he tended to that detail himself. He told Dr. James Sheldon, program chairman, that he had an appointment at 9:30. But by 9:15 the questions were just getting good. Dr. Sheldon asked him if the 9:30 appointment could be put back foi a bit. Could the club call the person the prime minister was supposed to meet? Could he perhaps send a substitute? “Not very well,” the prime minister answered in his thoughtful way. “The 9:30 ap pointment is with myself. To think. To think about the speech I must make in the United Nations Assembly in the morning.” About the worst thing the UN could do to Cuba, in con nection with that hi-jacked $.;,500,000 Eastern Airlines Electra, would be to award it to the Castro government with the proviso that it oper ate it as efficiently and as lush ly as its previous owner. This would involve the erec tion of a fine new $15,000,000 terminal at Havana, the better to receive it and send it on its missions, the training of stew ardesses, a new $10,000,000 wagered upon a thing called “Church Spire.” I thought that my bet might have the force of celestial backing, but my horse was ap parently hopelessly earthbound. At the inter mission, I noticed that the track officials of fered odds upon a very well-groomed animal name “Equitable Crime.” I bet upon this favorite to come in third (or “show," as I learned in correct parlance,) but when my companion learned that I bet upon the favor ite to “show” he teased me and wouldn’t go to the depositors cage with me. In the next race I bet on a "long shot” named “Job Re visited” in honor of my friend Melvin Reese. He came in, and permitted me to Join the skimpy line of happy customers at the with drawal cage. I was so happy with having discovered my ability to understand horses that I missed the next three races because I went to the stables to talk with them. I learned that the horses were having difficulty determining who should win the feature race. This feature carried a lot of prestige with it. There was a one-year-old called “Butcher- Boy” whose trainer plays a good golf game when he hits the ball; "Hickey’s Hopeful,” who shows fast early form; "Tawes Tornedo,” who started early but fades badly in the stretch; “Northrop’s Robes.” who appears a sure winner; “Lee's Legacy,” who runs fast but has shown tendency to zig-zag on an open track; “Stull’s Skull,” who has overlooked that name as a by-line, and “Jackie’s Jodh purs.” who is the international favorite. The horses could not agree upon the eventual winner, nor could the owners, trainers or‘jockeys, and there was nothing left to do except face the issue and run the race on the level. This horrible prospect frightened all concerned and nearly cost the large crowd of horse-flesh experts two years out of their lives. Well, Wick, I know you would never guess the result—so I’ll tell you. It was the only six-horse photo finish dead heat in the his tory of Maryland racing. The seventh horse, “Tawes Tornado,” got fouled up at the start ing gate at his own eastern shore and, al though 36 lengths behind, claimed a foul, which was disallowed. “Jackie’s Jodhpurs” showed splendid form and good spirits and is the favorite filly of Ocean Downs. maintenance shop with special ly trained ground crewmen, ex pensive regular check-ups on engines- tires, controls, etc., proper control tower, a special ground-control devices for land ing the plane in foul weather, a flying crew protected by U.S. unions and drawing salaries up to $25,000, full insurance for plane and passengers, free food and drink, an electronic ticket ing service, etc., etc., etc. In six months Castro would be demanding that UN give the Electra back t* Eddie Ricken backer. Non-conformist bar fly I know sobered up the Overseas Press Club bar the other night by ordering a new type of mar tini: English vermouth and French gin. Bert Bacharach had the best new drink story I’ve seen in years. A whimsical soul, spot ting a grasshopper, bent down to it and asked, “did you know we humans have named a drink after you?” The grasshopper was thor oughly confused. “A drink named Irving?” it asked. Korean to Study State Highways Maryland Is one of three states whose highway depart-' ments have been selected as models for study by a Korean public works official. He is Yu Rok Han, chief, Highway Section, Pusan Dis trict Bureau of Public Works. Other highway departments chosen are Oregon and Maine. While studying Maryland’s methods, he will be instructed by members of the Bureau of Maintenance, headed by G. Bates Chaires. Nuisance Value DURBAN (UPl)—’This new Republic of South Africa is hav ing a tough time paying off about $1.9 in “perpetual loan” bonds of the old Cape Colony. Issued in the 19th century, they have priority over all new gov ernment securities and cannot be redeemed without the hold ers’ consent. The government wants to pay them off because they are a bookkeeping nui sance. A \ By Barney Welsh §f£,. , v N& ; IB 9k Mjgt M 4-- L il Ja M m ■ JB9HKK jk M va . m ... g| . I JHEL jjgi fIpJF ; ‘ jp A M mk M ' : j&NgL H I A jA \ - ' ■ . ■ . ’ •V . . . •' ■ \ - :‘r • IK.. i 4 • .2 yrj, C j| '^ p l /’ -...Hp Jfßi- I. iPI ‘ tM “ * m f M vI i - MONTGOMERY WRITING TEAM Deane and David Heller of Silver Spring, husband-wife writing team, are the authors of “The Kennedy Cabinet,” to be published this month by Monarch Books, Inc., with an initial printing of 500.000 copies. The book, which features the Hellers’ interviews Assignment America: By Phyllis Bat telle NEW YORK Some cool I ] ideas and cold quotes for a hot, j humid day—on and off the rec- 1 ord: In steam rooms, they' use aj' technique to help patrons ( breathe. A chunk of ice is | cupped in a towel, and the cus tomer’s nose is applied to it. The chilled oxygen is revivify ing, whether inhaled at the gym, or on the back porch at , home. The coolest reading for sum- j mer is an unfunny, dull book;j’ thinking heats the head, and j ( laughing stirs up the body | fuels. , The coolest music is silence. ' “Striving to outdo one’s com- panions oh the golf course and tennis courts or in the swim ming pool constitutes several socially acceptable forms of suicide.”—Dr. George Griffith, professor of medicine, Univer sity of Southern California. Burning body energy makes a body hot. Many women think j, to conserve energy by “relax-1 ( ing” over their housework. But ] note the latest advice from j. Cornell University researchers: > j “Laboratory tests show that ! you actually use four per cent more energy when you sit. I rather than stand, to wash j dishes and iron. Lifting a one pound item from a counter to a shelf takes six percent more energy when you’re sitting on a stool. “Anger is a warmth which lights itself.”—Old African say ing. Dogs dig holes under trees and lie in them, but people have too much civilized stupidity. A law should be drawn against restaurants which make their own laws barring men from entering without coats and ties. Lawsie, lawsie, it is a vio lation of nature. t A long, cold alcoholic drink on a hot day is a refreshing j thought but a face-flushing; actuality. “Any woman who submits : her complexion regularly to the rays of the sun will be old-look ing long before her time.”—He- Missing! MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. (UPI) The theft of 1,000 gallons of gasoline from two trucks left police with two questions to answer. 1. Who took the gas? 2. What did he put it into? The latter, they said, was harder to solve than the first 1 lena Rubinstein. “Blister your shoulders, blis ter your knees, “Blister yourself anywhere you can please, “'rum yourself into an ash or an ember, “But when you have done so I hope you’ll remember, “I shall not feel that my presence is vital. “No matter where you ma; stage your recital.” Margaret Fishbaek. To distract a child in hot weather, give him a big pail of dense soapsuds, and let him pat big handfuls all over himself— making like a live snowman. It distracts and cools him. Cleans him up, too. Of course, the best relief from the heat are kindly thoughts about summer. Re member the horrors of last winter, and then repeat over to yourself this accolade by Michael Brown: “Summer is a sailor, in a row boat and ice cream on your dress when you’re four years old. Summer Is a man with his coat off. wet sand between your toes, the smell of a gar den an hour before moonrise. Summer is silk itself, a giant Churches LUTHERAN CHURCH 11 of the L □ CROSS 424 Grant Folis Rd. Rockville 5:45 A.M. ttorihlp Sernct < beginning June 4> 11:00 A.M. Worship (nurtery) RIV. RALPH C. KRUGIR. Pastor MISSOURI SYNOD Crusader Lutheran Church Vein Mill Road end Broadwood Dr. J / Rockville. Mary la ltd REV PAUL *• MILHIIM Pastor V, Sunday School and Charch - T 8:30, 9:45, and 11 o.m. I If A VISITORS WELCOME with members of the present U. S. Cabinet, is their third within a year, earlier successes being “John Foster Dulles, Soldier for Peace,” and the current best-seller, “Jacqueline Kennedy.” Their next effort is planned to deal with the current Berlin crisis. A Few Words Worth Keeping, After All By Kent Palmer It’s hard to believe, but the summer is al most gone. There are, of course, more hot days left than most of us will enjoy and there are still pleasurable pursuits to be had out doors. The fact remains, however, that few of us can still look forward to vacations this year. We are beginning to notice the short ening days. And everywhere merchants are reminding us that it is time to begin shopping for back-to-school items. I In some ways, it has been an uneventful summer—regular office hours, the usual cook outs, the enjoyable picnics, the horrible TV fare, the final arrival of sweltering weather 1 . It has also been, in other more frightening ways, a most eventful summer. Hardly is there a place in the world where there isn’t a, smouldering fuse. The high-pitched whine of a jet in the sky has taken on a more som ber meaning. President Kennedy showed the nation how serious things are simply by his recent ap pearance on television. Sobering as were his words, even more sobering were the looks of the man, who no longer is the youthful poli tician of last fall’s campaign. John F. Kennedy—it’s hard to think of him as Jack now—depicted the world situa tion in his manner, in his looks and in his geranium and music from a flute far away!” ROCKVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH REV. JAMES CURTIS FAHL Minister 8:30 and 11 A.M* Morning Worship 9:45 A.M. Church School *Nurtry Provided words. The times are harrowing, Ignore things as we will. We face a period of real sacrifice for all of us, but few of us would have it any other way. After all, we’re beginning to find, the United States of America is worth living in and worth sacrifiicng for. Lives will be dis rupted but only the young—who will suffer most from the disruption—are innocent of that disruption. The rest of us have felt it, some of us more times than we want to realize. But the summer will continue to draw to a close and we’ll—out of habit, which may be a blessing—continue with the somewhat or dered progression of our lives. We’ll get as many more trips to the beach, as many more drives to the mountains, as many more summer-bound pleasures as we can. We’ll watch the end of baseball season (with a particular eye to the fortunes of the new Senators) and the beginning of profes sional and college football (with a particular eye to the fortunes of George Preston Mar shall, off the field). We’ll enjoy ourselves, but in the backs of our minds we’ll watch the world—after all. it’s a pretty nice place to be, even with all the trouble, and we’d like to keep it there, somehow. i , $ From The LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU You can read the scripture with understanding and you need not have PRIESTLY interpretation. The Apostle Peter said, “No prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy man of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” Pctei and John, following a stay in prison, were called before the Council to express “by what power or by what name they were preaching and doing mighty works. They immediately testified of Christ and offered salvation to all. “Now when they (Council) saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived they were unlearned and ignorant men they marveled: and took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.” Jesus, when praying to His Father said: “I thank thee. O. Father, because thou has hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.” The noble Berean’s were commended' because “they received the word ... and searched the Scriptures daily .. You may be unlearned or ignorant but you can read and understand the Word. The work of the Holy Spirit is to reveal God’s Word to babes. Let no man deceive you. For spiritual counsel write or call Pastor’s Study c/o Mennonite Church Gaithersburg, Md. WA. 6-0481 | Hospital Bill for 15 Years Totals $300,000 Plus KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI)_ Even for a 94-year-old man, Homer McWilliams has a stag gering hospital bill. His private room on the first floor at Trinity Lutheran hos pital, plus private nurses around the clock, carries a price tag of $79 per day. Anri he has been a patient at the hospital for almost 15 years. McWilliams, a bachelor, fig. ures that the care over the years has cost him in excess of $300,000. But the expenditure doesn't bother him. He is independ ently wealthy, having wide spread real estate investments in the Kansas City area. McWilliams was 80 years old in January, 1947, when he was struck by a car while return ing home from work. He suf fered a broken left arm and shoulder and injuries to his left knee and head. Physicians examining him discovered several organic dis orders which were corrected in the hospital. They say the ac cident prolonged his life by forcing him to remain in bed and to receive hospital care. McWilliams still carries on his business from his hospital room, although most of it is handled by his aide, Coriolanus Thorp, jr. Dog Double Crosses His Canine Friends PORT ARTHUR, Tex. (Uf>l> —Catching stray dogs is a cinch for this city’s assistant dogcatcher. He is a dog too. The canine catcher's name is Bud, an 85-pound German Shep ard who is the pet of dog catcher Anthony Broussard. Bud rides on top of Brous sard's truck, waiting for an as signment. When Broussard spots a stray dog, he calls for Bud to chase the dog. After catching the stray, Bud often lies on top of his victim until Broussard arrives to rope the dog. Their teamwork pays off with an average of about 10 catches a day. Ad^niseme Pastor’s Studv J