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_ Published Every Thursday % The Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc., 9 Parkway, Greenbelt, Maryland
Vol. 19, No. 20 Greenbelt, Maryland, Thursday, December 23, 1954 10 Cent?
By Rev. William S. Crowder,
Acting: Pastor, Greenbelt Baptist Chapel
This is the season when we would all say to each other two
wonderful words “We Care”. How neglectful we become in ex
pressingl our love and concern and how helpful it is that Christ
mas is a time of loving, giving, and caring. We need this special
occasion to escape from the busy affairs of life so that we may
say to our friends “We Care”. This is what I, as a Christian
minister, would say to you today.
We are grateful to God to share together in such a splendid
community as Greenbelt. We enjoy so many of the blessings of
the country while livinig with all the conveniences and services
of a city. It is a place of unusual beauty in summer and our homes
are comfortable in winter, but our city has assets beyond these.
Here, we are not lost in the teeming thousands, but we know each
other in the individuality of a small town.. There is a sociability
and real neighborhood spirit found here that is unusual. We have
a sense of belonging. We find ourselves in a community fellow
ship. Let us take advantage of another opportunity to say what
we feel in our hearts “We Care.”
We care today because God cared way back 1900 years ago,
and He cared enough to give His only Begotten Son the best
gift the world has ever known. We have come to share a little
of His wonderful spirit of love and concern.
I know our pastors and church leaders would wish me to say
to the editor and staff of this paper “We Care”. You have
labored so unselfishly and efficiently to give us a community news
paper of which we are justly proud. Your generosity with space
in publicizing the work of all our churches has placed us much in
your debt.
In behalf of our churches, I greet you, my fellow citizens, and
desire for you a very happy Christmas, and all the blessings that
God can crowd into the most glorious year that you have ever had
—-the year 1955.
New Baptist Pastor
T© Begin Work Here
Rev. Glenn W. Samuelson, minis
ter of Christian education of the
First Batist Church, Silver Spring,
Maryisnd. hae- fteceptcdr-thg ~n irgffp" —
mous call of the Greenbelt Baptist
Chapel and will begin his work on
February 1.
Because of the demands of his
work as Director of the Depart
ment of Missions and Evangelism
for the District of Columbia Bapt
ist Convention, Doctor Crowder,
acting Pastor of the Baptist Chap
el, has asked that he be relieved of
his responsibilities as of December
31. Rev. Clarence R. Ferguson,
who for 25 years was the pastor of
the Wisconsin Avenue Baptist
Church, will serve as Interim Sup
ply until the arrival of Rev. Sam
uelson in Greenbelt February 1.
The new pastor is thirty-four
years old, and is a graduate of the
pastor’s course of Moody Bible In
stitute, Chicago, Illinois. He holds
an A.B. Degree from Wheaton Col
lege, and received his Master of
Religious Education Degree from
the Eastern Baptist Theological
Seminary. He has also studied at
Northwestern University and the
University of Delaware and is
presently taking courses at the
University of Maryland.
Prior to his work with the Silver
Spring Church, Rev. Samuelson
had served as assistant pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Mer
ehantville, New Jersey. The new
pastor is married and has two
children—-Linda Ruth, two and one
half, and Donald Glenn born on
December 9. The Chapel is nego
tiating for the purchase of a
Greenbelt home to become the
Baptist parsonage.
St Hugh’s Teen Group
To Hold Dance Monday
St Hugh’s Teen-Age Sodality
will hold its annual Sno-Ball on
Monday, December 27 from 8 to
11:30 p.m. in St. Hugh’s Parish
Hall. Tiekets may be obtained by
calling GR. 3-2147 or they may be
purchased at the door. Admission
is 75 cents single and 81.00 couples.
Music will be furnished by the
“Varsity Six.”
Greeenbelt News Review
Ronald Atherholt Tops
Cleanup Essay Writers
Twelve-year old Ronald Ather
holt and ten other young prize
winners of the Cleanup Committee
‘TSsTny'" "cohtciT wore congratulated
by Mayor James N. Wolfe and
Councilman James C. Smith last
Wednesday afternoon,, December
15, during an intermission of the
Greenbelt Citizens Association
movie benefit. They accepted
awards totalling $53 for their es
says submittted to the Joint Com
mittee on Cleanup on the subject,
“What I Have Done During the
Summer to Help Keep Greenbelt
Clean.”
Councilman Smith, in his re
marks preceding the presentations,
spoke as chairman of the Cleanup
Committee which sponsored the
contest. He noted that many or
ganizations made up the Cleanup
Committee. He said Greenbelt Con
sumer Services, Greenbelt Motors.
Greenbelt News Review, Lions
Club, The American Legion Post,
and Greenbelt Veterans Housing
had contributed toward the prize
money. The children were remind
ed by Smith that keeping their city
neat and clean is a continuous, 365-
days-a-year job. He praised the
writers for the good work already
done, and hoped they would keep
it up.
The best essays, which were
judged and selected by Reverend
Victor J. Dowgiallo and Reverend
Robert C. Hull, were written by:
Ronald Atherholt, 3-A Crescent,
twelve, first prize of $25.
Alexis Pogorelskin, 9-G Ridge,
ten, second prize of sls.
Anne Pogorelskin, 9-G Ridge,
eight, third prize of $5.
The dollar awards went to lan
Duncan, Martin L. Walden, Linda
Lee Fontaine, Ellen Vemoff and
Vanessa Webster of Center School,
and to Mary Jane Flynn, Joan Has
linger and Joan Loftus of St.
Hugh’s.
No Bank Evening Hours
For Next Two Fridays
The administration of the Sub
urban Trust Company has decided
to not reopen its various banking
offices on Friday night, December
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
What Goes On?
Friday, December 24 - Commu
nity Church holds Holy Com
munion at 11 p.m. preceded by
half-hour of special music
with organ, piano and flute.
Midnight mass at St. Hugh’s
Catholic Church. Doors open
at 11:30 p.m. Carols sung by
St. Hugh’s Choir.
Hebrew services held at 8
p.m. in Home Ec room of Cen
ter School. Candle-lighting
time at 4:12 p.m.
Saturday, December 25 - Com
munity Church holds Holy
Communion at 10:30 a.m.
St. Hugh’s masses at 7:30, 8:30.
9:30 and 11 a.m. St. Hugh's
Boys’ Choir to sing during
8:30 mass.
Sunday, December 26 -
CHURCH SERVICES
Community Church morning
worship at 9 and 11 a.m. with
Rev. Hull preaching.
Baptist Chapel morning wor
ship at 11 a.m. with Dr. Crow
der preaching, “Imperialistic
Good News.” Evening wor
ship at 6:45 p.m. with sermon,
“Opening Their Treasures.”
Methodist Church hears Rev.
Strausburg as guest minister
at morning worship at 11 a.m.
in celebration of Student Rec
ognition Day.
St. Hugh’s - Masses at 7:30,
8:30. 8:30 and 11 a.m. Fami
ly Communion.
Monday, December 27 - St.
Hugh’s Teen-age Sodality an
nual Sno-Ball from 8-11 p.m.
in St Hugh’s parish hall.
No community choral group
meeting this week.
Thursday, December 30 - Meet
ing of Great Books group at
home of George Reeves, 2-C
Eastway, at 8:30 p.m. Topic
for discussion: Plato’s Repub
lic.
Mid-week service and quar
terly business meeting of
Greenbelt Baptists Chapel at
7:30p.m.
Staff To Discuss
Ending Newspaper
A special “survival” staff
meeting has been called by
News Review Editor Russell
Greenbaum at his home at 1-G
Westway on Thursday, January
6, to discuss discontinuing pub
lication of the newspaper.
Two basic problems which ap
pear insurmountable—a short
age of staff members and di
minishing advertising revenue —
have made such a step neces
sary, Editor Greenbaum has an
nounced. There have been no
new recruits join the volunteer
staff in the past year and a half,
and advertising which is largely
dependent on firms outside the
Greenbelt area has decreased
steadily during that period.
“I am extremely reluctant to
take this step,” stated Green
baum, who has been serving as
editor for less than three
months. “However, as badly as
Greenbelt needs a newspaper to
report the various civic activi
ties to its residents, I feel that
there is no longer enough in
terest in the community to sup
port a weekly newspaper on a
volunteer cooperative basis.”
24 or on Friday evening, December
31. This would seem to be an ap
propriate action as seldom would
customers want to use the bank
ing offices on these two evenings.
All offices will of course be open
during regular daytime banking
hours on the 24th and 31st.
Tax Situation Here To Be Studied
By Committee of GtfHC Members
By Bernard Krug
A special committee of GVHC members will study the tax:
situation in Greenbelt and will report to the GVHC board of di
rectors, it was announced at the regular meeting of the board on
Friday, December 17.
150 Attend Dinner
For Frank Lastner
Over 150 people attended a testi
monial dinner for Commissioner
Frank Lastner last Monday night
in the Chesapeake Room in Col
lege Park. Local citizens repre
senting every civic and religious
organization in the community
gathered to express their apprecia
tion for the work ex-Mayor Last
ner performed in the interests of
the city during his long career in
local affairs.
The affair, first planned as a
small intimate dinner, snow-balled
into the large meeting when
friends of Lastner heard about the
dinner and insisted on attending.
Reverend Eric T. Braund pre
sided as master of ceremonies, and
Rev. Hull performed the invoca
tion. A pen and pencil set was
presented by Mayor James Wolfe,
and a wrist watch was presented
by Walter Bierwagen, president of
Greenbelt Consumer Services “on
behalf of all the people in GCS and
Greenbelt.”
City Manager Charles McDonald
cited the long strenuous efforts on
Lastner’s part in dealing with gov
ernmental agencies to procure
benefits for the city, and Mayor
Charles Davis of College Park
spoke of the growing reputation of
Lastner as a civic and public
spirited citizen of the county.
Frank Riley, president of the local
Legion Post Home, praised Lostner
for his work in Greenbelt, also.
After the turkey dinner, guests
lined up to shake hands with Last
ner, his wife, Hilda, and their
daughter. Lastner was visibly
moved by the display of affection
and respect on the part of his
friends and associates.
Md. Librarians Seek
To Improve System
Proposed public library legisla
tion which will be presented to the
Maryland Assembly in 1955 was
discussed at a regional dinner
meeting at the Maryland Library
Association recently. The propos
ed library bill will be based on the
principle that an adequate income
for public libraries per capita
should be a minimum of $1.50.
Miss Nettie B. Taylor, state su
pervisor of county and institutional
libraries, in reviewing the "Pres
ent Status of Public Libraries in
Maryland,” pointed out, “The av
erage county library income in
Maryland is now 77 cents, and
these libraries will need 73 cents to
meet this goal.”
(The Greenbelt Library, which
the city council recently voted to
integrate with the county system,
received an income of $1.57 per
capita during 1953.)
Miss Taylor also declared that
slightly more than 200,000 persons
live in areas in the state where
there is no public library service.
D^axitai-^J-^utnani
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Karitas
of 2-D Southway announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Kath
ryn Ann, to Dr. Charles Somerby
Putnam, Jr., son of Mr. Charles S.
Putnam and the late Mrs. Putnam
of Elmira, New York. The wed
ding will take place Istte in Jan
uary.
The new group was formed fol
lowing submission of a petition to
the board from 25 residents of de
fense housing, requesting that the
board take action to see that a
more acceptable arrangement k» f:
taxes be made. After some 41$--
cussion, it was decided that Direc
tors Bruce Bowman and A1 Long
would choose two members each
for the new committee.
Bowman will choose the defense
housing members, and Long the
old Greenbelt housing members:
Bowman will act as officiating:
member of the committee. The
suggested names will be brought
back to the board to vote on be
fore the committee commences its
study.
Title Passes
Elliot Bukzin, president of the
board of the Greenbelt Land Im
provement Corporation which re
cently sold the undeveloped land
to the Warner-Kanter Company, of
Cincinnatti, announced that title
to the land passed to that compa
ny on Friday. The original parcel
of 31.25 acres was incorrectly sur
veyed.
The correct amount of land was
stated as being closer to 31.8®
acres. The Cincinnatti company
has until March 1, 1955 to take tip
its option on the remainder of the
land, and until April 1, 1955 t a
“put together a deai^rtiat —wrd ?rr
acceptable to GLIC, Peoples De
velopment Corporation, and the
PHA.” The company plans to be
gin construction of single-family
dwellings in Greenbelt next spring.
By-Law Motion Fails
Board member A1 Long moved
that the GLIC be asked or direct
ed to change its by-laws to pro
vide: (1) that no contract regard
ing undeveloped land be signed by
any member or officer before ap
proval by the GLIC Board; and <2/
that all such contracts be in writ
ing and be read at one meeting
and voted on at another meeting
not less than 5 days later. The mo
tion lost for lack of a second.
Webster’s Resignation
The board regretfully accepted"
the resignation of Ralph Webster
as president. Webster, who leaves
in January for an indoctrination
position with the Hines Hospital In
Chicago, has announced that his
family will stay in Greenbelt for
about six months until he receives
a permanent assignment.
Other Actions
In other actions at the same
meeting, the board:
1) was informed that all adver
tising space in the January issue of
the GVHC Newsletter had been
sold;
3) heard manager Paul Campbell
state that the tree at the entrance'
to Greenbelt could not be illumi
nated this year because of the need
for a permit, the services of a li
censed electrician, and other re
quirements that would delay the
lighting until . after the holidays.
Campbell stated that next year his
office would start this project in
November so that it could be fin
ished before Christmas;
3) discussed the retainer now be
ing paid to GVHC attorney Abe
Chasanow;
LIBRARY CLOSED
The library will be closed for th*
holiday period beginning Decem
ber 23, until January 3. During:
this time books will not be due fie
return.