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' ‘ I ‘'.v. ■ . ... <•’ '■-••■'I- :••;;< X . •' .< • .< '-J. . * I|BKI W * 1 ■ '3 k "<4 itiomMHß y *" awih. 1 WI>IBiI®«UMU®BOIB<JP MB>'/ V x <.< »'i4 The Griffin cottage at South Bethany Beach, Del., before the storm. '... That Was the Last We Saw of Our House 7 By ISABEL K. GRIFFIN Contributing Winter If it had to go, we are glad it went in such a splen dor of driving wind and towering waves. It went in good company. Each of the 22 sturdy ocean-front homes at South Bethany beach yielded to the fascination of the ocean’s shattering em brace. We lost our year-round Delaware beach house to the storm of the century when the Atlantic Ocean, egged on by a strong and continuous northeast wind, reclaimed a 130-foot wide strip of land and dunes all along the coastline. A Mighty Scale We are glad that we were there to see the awesome magnificence of the storm in the making, and grateful too, that feminine fear of flying glass persuaded us to leave before the ocean took over. This was a storm that did everything on a mighty scale. My New England-born hus band has an ingrown love of the sea, sand and dunes ... a love affair as ardent in the winter as summer. We were in our beach house on that Monday, March 5, to oversee the building of an adjoining bulkhead in front of the lot with a beautiful sand dune we were buying. Our house and dunes were protected by a doughty bulk head of 20-foot pilings, six feet above ground, 12 feet below. Surely the. grass-cov ered dune, so soon to be ours, deserved such protection as well. That Monday started in sunshine and gently lapping waves, but darkness began stealing in near noon with a sharp wind. By six o'clock it had whipped the ocean into pounding waves and started a shrill sing-song we as sociated with a northeaster. But the weather forecast said “winds will drop.” We were sorry the bulk head wasn’t already in; the Colonial Gardening Forum Set Flowers and gardening as viewed by America’s 19 th century folk artists will com bine with the attraction of Colonial Williamsburg’s re stored 18th century gardens at the annual Williamsburg Garden Symposium. The symposium starts to day, and will be held through Friday. It will feature il lustrated lectures by 14 na tionally known horticultur ists, flower arrangers and landscape designers as well as tours of Williamsburg’s gardens and nearby James town and Yorktown. A highlight of the 16th annual conference will be a lecture tomorrow by Mrs. Mary C. Black, director of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection. The symposium is spon sored by Colonial Williams burg and Flower Grower magazine as part of the Wil liamsburg Forum Series. Other activities during the week will be afternoon clinics in which gardeners may ask questions of the experts on maintenance, materials and design; two candlelight con certs; crafts demonstrations at Williamsburg’s 12 crafts shops and a special tour of private homes in the re stored area of Williamsburg. Jr SUMMER CAMPS Summer camvs are enrolling chil dren NOW tor the 196 f season. Our information service is FREE. Call us for an interview and catalogs. JARVIS SCHOOL BUREAU 3 Dupont Circle AD. 4-6111 (Member American Camping A»n.) Isabel Kinneor Griffin is a Wash ington correspondent for New Eng land newspapers. She and her hus band owned a cottage at South Bethany Beach, and they watched last week's disastrous storm de velop—the storm that washed away their cottage. Being doughty New Englanders, they are now looking into ways whereby they might re build by the sea. roistering waves were biting at the foot of the cherished dune, but we settled back to enjoy the tearing wind with its powerful gusts which sent wave crests into spectaculars of water and foam. Since the winds were to drop, we went to bed expect ing sunshine the next day. But the wind didn.’t drop. About midnight I woke with an uneasy feeling—there was a different feel to the house tremors. It wasn’t the usual rhythmic tremors as mighty waves pounded against the bulkhead. It was more of a shove and slight jerk. I began to feel tense. But with daylight on March 6, and the waves piling into a breaktaking dis play of power and majesty, we again lost ourselves in wonder and fascination. But that wind had better drop soon, we decided. “This is more than hurricane winds and waves” we said, but still felt filled with splended ex- Julius GarfinVJl & Co. ~ /.- ato-.W& Camille Pl,..rr. ..fc "A ;!»' WSWjH* —.. BOULEVARD IJES ITALIINS. ..'/• :. ! |7| Ft L MORNING. SUNLIGHT z* // /fHBIWWr fi IHEMLt w^^«^d'c’'* , ‘- / i **".'*' 5, yT;: Wllrara Chester Dale Collection ./ >•-. i.s v'ii :^'- j ’OBhHIHh ’ B* 1 W IMI slw ffWMg . 7 / fir - IE / JBh ■ A 1 ImEEHHf 1 -••• f'HIMEMfcaRK.i mMF 1/ fIA / ' 1 ■■u< U.-l MEEBEr j pr iU 'iMWallm ! \ ‘P. . ’u (< \ ' \ ; 'l b xUA'Ar 'f choice: a ; x / L &I, 1 p the navy coat sparked with > -H brass buttons ? / L- w- / wEF Wonderfully clean-cut *' / are t^iese military looks / / * n 8 P” n 8 wo °l coat silhouettes. / / Left, as seen in Harper's Bazaar, / ■ tren(? h eoat, belted-in for dash, 125.00. ■ C : Wr * Center, the crisp perfection of double-buttoned, Manner™ r,, ° r 4 [ $ ? fitted lines reminiscent of an officer's coat, 110.00. Coblentz calf handbag, / i 5 Right, full coat, back-belted for a curved line, 110.00. 25.95 plus tax. Firat Floor. * I s By Brittany. Couturier Salon, Third Floor. F Street at Fourteenth • NAtional 8-7730 citement and no fear. We had sat out hurricanes in our house; but this seemed a little different for some rea son. By 5:30 that day, with high tides still an hour and a half away, we stood at our second floor, five-foot pic ture windows. The horizon was lost in a mass of in coming 30-foot waves, or so it seemed to us, and we looked into nothing but wa ter. We had to look up to see the waves crest. At that moment an extra gust of wind sent water in a tearing swirl across the entire front of our house. I put my hand on the window ... it was vibrating. Scared of flying glass, we decided to leave. Packed Bags Packing overnight bags, we left sure we’d be back early the next day to appraise the water damage. We felt sure the windows would go. That was the last we ever saw of our house. The de struction was complete and utter. Along with the other ocean front homeowners, we now locate our lot by the well pipe sticking five-feet or more out of the sand. Recalling the waves and wind, the majesty and power, we know how it could have happened. Others on our beach front are still incredulous. ' . ......... ij ..IfLlllUy.- >■ Emne ■■ , ...... --aw* ■ x ■k’.r Four cottages, including that of the Griffins, stood on the beach now cov ered with rubble. SERVICE NOTES AJOWC Plans Fete; Show Set The annual gala dinner dance of the Adjutant Gen eral Officers Wives Club has been arranged for Saturday at the Army Navy Country Club. Club members and their husbands, and the bachelor officers and their guests will meet at 7 for a social hour before dinner at eight. Danc ing will follow. Arrangements for the gala evening are the responsibility j of the Board of the Wives Club. Decorations will follow i the colors of the Corps using | the shield insignia as a focal point. The adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Joe Lambert, and Mrs. Lambert will be there to greet the guests as will the deputy, the adjutant general, Maj. I Gen. Julian Wilson. Also Col. and Mrs. Frank stone (she is president of the Wives Club). Lt. Col. and Mrs. Richard Guthrie; Lt. Col. and Mrs. Richard Yount, Capt. and Mrs. Bill Evans, Maj. and Mrs. Mario Sisann- 1 sa, Col. and Mrs. Ralph Huse, Lt. Col. and Mrs. An thony Coakley. Maj. and Mrs. ; Edward Cribbs and Lt. Col. and Mrs. Michael Varhol. “Memorable Moments” is the theme of the fashion I show planned for the Marine Wives Club luncheon meet ing on Wednesday. Mrs. Wil liam Roley, wife of Maj. Ro ley is the co-ordinator and commentator for a clever three-way entertainment. "Memories” will be played and members will model | clothes they wore on memo rable occasions. A Connect!- I cut Avenue Specialty Shop will show up-to-date fash ions. Historical costumes from Mrs. Roley’s collection will highlight the affair. Mrs. James Roosevelt, wife of Representative Roosevelt, California, who is a former Marine, will wear the gown designed for her to wear at the Inaugural Ball, but which never saw the light of day at that time because of the Main Store and Spring Valley hours: 0:30 am. to s:lft pm. 7 Corners open tomorrow . - . . until 9:30 p.m. ®f|| I 111 „l s*, -Jqj ' iqg perpetual certified chronometer, stainless steel, waterproof and VL" / ' self-winding. 165.00. Prices include Federal tax. First Floor. Main Store only. snow storm. Mrs. Robert Wilson, and her daughter, Mary Anne Wilson, will mod el. They are the family of Representative Wilson of Cal ifornia. Mrs. Tom Miller, will model the outfit she se lected for the Col. John Glenn parade. She is a close friend of the Astronaut and his family and rode with them to the parade.— E. M. D. THE SUNDAY STAR Washington, D. C. Morth 11, 1962 THE SHIVE OBHK\ of the hour f ‘‘ ... the cinched waist. -Z 90% wool and io% silk combination in / ■Taßja this smashingly f smart coot with its wide sweep of skirt and elegant buttons of 'Wfi coiled silk braid , ■ A fashion-right mock reptile belt " V marks the waist W line. si2s Vi I; *Rizik Inc. 1108 Connecticut Avenue • Open Daily, 9:30 to 6 »«Member Downtown Fork fr Shop Society-Home G-7