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Vol. 19, No. 25 Greenbelt, Maryland, Thursday, January lO Cent»
“Pirates of Penzance” To Feature
Family Night With 7:30 Curtain
By Carolyn Miller
Color, melody and laughter will highlight the performance of
“The Pirates of Penzance” by the Montgomery Light Opera Asso
ciation at the Greenbelt center school auditorium on February 4
and 5.
The well-known players and singers of the opera association
who have presented Gilbert and
Sullivan works for the past five
years in the metropolitan Wash
ington area send word that “Pi
rates” should appeal to old and
young alike.
For this reason the Saturday,
February sth. performance is
scheduled .at 7:30 for a family
night in order that the children in
the audience will not be ke.pt up
too late. Curtain time for Friday.
February 4, is 8:30 p.m.
Prices are set on a family scale
also, with 50c the admission for
elementary school children. 75c in
cluding tax for junior and senior
high students and $1.25 including
tax for adults.
Tickets went on sale this week
at the Center School and will be
available there at 9:15 and 1:15
this Friday and next Wednesday
and Friday at the same times.
Tickets may be purchased at the
North End School next Thursday.
The co-op tobacco store is han
dling the sale of tickets at the cen
ter for the Center PTA, sponsoring
organization.
“The Pirates of Penzance” is the
fourth in the series of popular
-worlts--l»—whioh Gilbert and Sulli
van collaborated. It was per
formed initially for the sole pur
pose of registering the British
copyright on December 30, 1879 in
Peignton, Devon. The first “offi
cial” performance took place in
the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New'
York City on December 31, 1879,
under the baton of Sir Arthur Sul
livan.
Well-known songs from “Pi
rates” include “Poor Wandering
One,” “Model of a Modern Major-
General” and “A Policeman’s Lot
Is Not a Happy One.”
The opera association will be ac
companied by two grand pianos to
be brought here specially from
Washington for the occasion. The
performers in this non-profit
group include people in all walks
of life. At the present time, the
company includes housewives, pro
fessional men, merchants, clergy
men. secretaries, and students. Di
rector of the group is Harry L
Crow. Jr., a resident of Silver
Spring, Md.
Woman Found Dead
Of Natural Causes
Mrs. Marie Rogers, 1-H Laurel
Hill, was found dead in her home
last Tuesday afternoon. Her
daughter, Judith Charee, 10, found
her mother in bed. and alarmed by
her condition, ran to her aunt,
Mrs. Donald Gaston, 12-A Laurel
Hill. Mrs. Gaston called the police
who made the discovery.
A coroner’s report disclosed that
Mrs. Rogers died of natural causes.
Officer Jfm Williams made the
investigation.
Faulconer Finds Car
Left Here By Thief
A stolen car was recovered in
Greenbelt this week, after county
authorities apprehended a car thief
who reported "leaving one in
Greenbelt”. Officer Faulconer made
a check of the city and found the
car which was stolen from a resi
dent of Virginia.
Greeenbelt News Review
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"March of Dimes"
Campaign Begins *
Monday, 7-8 p.m.
The local “March of Dimes”
campaign will begin on Monday
with a door-to-door collection from
7 to 8 p.m. Residents are urged
to keep their porch lights on to
guide the volunteer “collectors”
in the rounds of each court.
Mrs. George Moore, 2-D West
way, chairman of the March of
Dimes campaign in Greenbelt, dis
closed that residents are being ask
ed to contribute as much as they
can to meet the financial needs in
the fight against polio. “Every
dollar contributed has a direct
share in the saving of lives and the
rehabilitation of polio victims,”
Mrs. Moore declared. "Polio
strikes adults and children —it is
a disease that can be conquered
with the contributions received
during the March of Dimes cam
paign,” she added.
Baptist Chapel Gets
New Pastor Feb. I
On February 1, 1955, Rev. Glen
W. Samuelson will take up his du
ties as pastor of the Greenbelt
Baptist Chapel. Although Mr. Sam
uelson will be an Assistant Pastor
of Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Washington, D. C., the sponsoring
church of the Chapel, his pastorate
yvill be in Greenbelt
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Rev. G. W. Samuelson
Mr. Samuelson, 34, was bom and
raised in Illinois, is a graduate of
the pastor’s course of Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago, holds a bache
lor’s degree from Wheaton College,
Wheaton. 111., and a religious edu
cation degree from the Eastern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
He has also studied at North
western University, the University
of Delaware, and is presently tak
ing additional courses at the Uni
versity of Maryland.
Mr. Samuelson was the assistant
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of Merchantville, New Jersey, and
more recently Minister of Educa
ion of the First Baptist Church of
Silver Spring, Md.
. Mr. and Mrs. Samuelson and
their two children will reside at
the newly purchased parsonage at
4-E Hillside Rd.
AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Construction Starts on Methodist Church
At 40 Ridge; First Unit To Cost *60,000
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The contract for the construction of unit one of a three-stage building project of the Mowatt
Memorial Methodist Church, Greenbelt, Maryland, was signed Tuesday evening at the offices of Mc-
Leod and Ferrara, Architects, A.1.A., of Washington. Members of the Board of Trustees of the
Church signed the contract with the H. O. McAlister Construction Company.
Flu Virus Hurts
Attendance Here
Absenteeism has hit both ele
mentary schools hard this month,
it was disclosed by city officials
this week. The Center and North
End schools have reported record
absences due to a flu vims which
has been prevalent in Prince
Georges and Montgomery counties.
The Center school has had more
teacher absences during January,
it is reported, than for the entire
year in 1954. Substitute teachers
in the area are reporting they are
swamped with requests to teach be
cause of the virus. ......
Adult Evening Classes
Start Thursday Jan. 27
The first session of the second
semester of adult evening classes
in sewing and in shop work will be
held at Greenbelt Junior High
School on Thursday, January 27,
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Those who
wish to register for these classes
may do so at that time.
Classes will meet regularly on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Shop classes will include both met
al and wood work, and beginning
lessons in sewing will be included
if so desired. Those unable to at
tend the first session may register
by calling the school on Friday,
January 28.
JCC Elections Set
For Next Meeting
New officers and three hoard
members will be elected by the
Jewish Community Center mem
vtrs at its next meeting. The Nom
inations and Elections Committee,
composed of Abraham Chasnoff,
chairman, Seymour Kaplan, and
Norman Granims, has announced
the following list of candidates:
President, Nat Shinderman and
Ben Roscnzweig; Ist
dent (Administration) Morris
Steinman; 2nd Vice-President
(Planning) David Reznikoff and
Ben Pollack; Financial Secretary,
Nettie Steinman and Helen Kush
ner; Treasurer, Larry Levine; Re
cording Secretary, Blanche Kra
mer; Corresponding Secretary,
Ethel Rosenzweig.
members from the following nom
inees: Murray Ryss, Sid Feldman,
Leon Ackerman, Jack Ratzkin,
Morris Solomon, Nat Schein and
Mort Beroza.
Nominations will be closed
March 1 to allow for the printing
of the ballots before the election
meeting. The membership is ask
ed to submit nominations to the
Committee. Call Abe Chasnoff at
5651 or any of the other committee
members.
Navy Wives Install
New Officers For’ss
Candlelight installation ceremo
nies of the Truman Riddle Navy
Wives Club No. 59 of Greenbelt
were held at the home of the Cub’s
sponsor, Mrs. E. S. Earnhardt,
Woodberry Street, University Park,
Maryand, on Thursday, January
27, 8:30 p.m.
The new officers installed were:
Mrs. Dean W. Jensen, President;
Mrs. James K. O’Neill, Vice Presi
dent-Secretary; Mrs. Christopher
M. Mullady, Treasurer and Mrs.
Edna Baker, Chaplain.
The distinguished Navy guest
list included: Speaker for the eve
ning, Captain H. A. Yeager, Assist
ant Chief of the Bureau of Per
sonnel for Special Projects; Lieu
tenant Commander David J. Martz,
Assistant to the Director of Per
sonal Affairs Division; Mrs. Ralph
F. Skystead, Head of Dependent
Aid Section.
Mrs. Zola Sportelli, National Sec
retary of the Navy Wives Club of
Aiperica, was the installing officer.
A Navy Department represents
tive showed the film "The Annap
olis Story,” shown for the first time
in this area.
Other guests were members of
the Washington and Annapolis
Navy Wives Club. The next meet
ing of the Navy Wives will be held
at the home of Mrs. Christopher
Mullady, 19-U Ridge.
Wives of the enlisted Navy, Nav
al Reserve, Coast Guardsmen and
Marines are invited to attend. Con
tact Mrs. Dean Jensen, GR. 3-7687
for information.
Shoplifter Stopped
With 'Hot’ Salamis
A 55-year old man was arrested
for shoplifting at the Greenbelt
supermarket late last week. Spot
ted by an employee as he was con
cealing $2.50 worth of salami rolls
under his coat, he was arrested by
the Greenbelt police when he left
the store with the merchandise.
The man, who does not reside in
Greenbelt, was also charged with
being drunk and disorderly. An
other charge of resisting arrest
was later dropped. The case was
heard by Judge Allan D. Morrison,
who ordered a hearing for Febru
ary 3 and set his bail at SB2 for
the two charges of being drunk
and disorderly and petty larceny.
The man, who was carrying SIBO
in cash, immediately deposited the
money for his bail, which will be
forfeited if he does not appear for
the hearing.
Construction has started at the
Church building site at 40 Ridge,
Greenbelt. The cost of the first
unit is estimated at $60,000. This
unit will ultimately serve as the
Education Buiding when the en
tire project is completed. It will
contain five classrooms on the first
level.
Those present at the , signing
were James McAlister, represent
ing the construction firm; Anthony
Ferrara, Architect; and Ralph
Noble, Chairman, Elmer Faulcon
cr, Frank Swink, William Hoff,
Richard Corbin, I. Conlye Donald
son, William Snyder, Herbert Irv
in and James Morgan, members of
the Board of Trustees of Mowatt
Church. Also present was J. Rich
ard Hoffman, Chairman of the
Church Property Committee. Un
able to attend were Dr. Phillip Ed
wards, Superintendent of the
Washington East District of the
Baltimore Conference of the Meth
odist Church; Rev. Stanley Knock,
pastor of Mowatt Church; and*
Rev. C. R. Strausburg, retired pas
tor of Mowatt Church.
The drive for funds for the
building project was started No
vember 9, 1953, with a “kick-off”'
dinner at the Branchville, Mary
land, Methodist Church. Over $12,-
000 in pledges were secured from
the congregation in this initial
drive. Various units of the Meth
odist Church have contributed an
other $17,000 since that -time.
The new building will culminate
the efforts of the membership to
secure their own church. The
Church was organized formally in
November, 1944, under the ministry
of Rev. Chester Craig. From that
time until April, 1952, services were
held in a Chapel located on Wood
land Way in Greenbelt. In 1952
the congregation had outgrown
the limited facilities of the Chapel,
and services were transferred to
the North End School, Greenbelt.
The name Mowatt Memorial
Methodist Church will be contin
ued in honor of Lt. Frank Mowatt,
College Park, who was killed in
action on his 31st mission as a
fighter pilot in 1944. Lt. Mowatt s
parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Mowatt purchased the
Chapel in 1946 in memory of their
son.
Mr. Frank Rarrick, chairman of
the building fund, has indicated
that a door-to-door campaign to
cover the entire city of Greenbelt
will be started soon to secure ad
ditional funds for the project. Mr.
Barrick also stated that a cam
paign of business firms in the vi
cinity of Greenbelt will also be un
dertaken.
It is estimated that Unit One will
be ready for use approximately
June 1, 1955, according to Mr. Sei
bert Meade, construction commit
tee chairman.