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LITTLE FALLS
PTA Meeting 7;30 pm
Clara B a r t o n E l e m e n t a r y
Land Use Comm.
8pm
6431 79th St.
Book Talk 1:30 pm
Little Falls Library
VFW
Perpetual Charter
Ceremony 8pm
Post Hall
Penny Theatre
10:30 am
Little Falls Library
Citizens Asso.
7:30 pm
Clara Barton Elem.
Land Use Comm.
8pm
6~31 79th St.
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LIBRARY
On March I0 at 1:30 pm t h e r e
will be a Book T a l k at the Little
Falls Library. The book to be discussed is B.F. Skinner's W a l d e n
II, and extra cppies are available
now at the library.
The children aged 6 to 9 are
invited to a Penny Theatre on S a t .
March 18 at }0:30 am i n the c h i l d ren's room. The subject will be
Puss 'n Boots and Mr. Fox. Please
p r e - r e g i s t e r at the library for
the Penny Theatre show.
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COMMENTS FRO~l TH~ ~URV{Y
Here we go withanotherobatch of
comments from Cabin ~dohn citizens, a m
Rental property continued
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expressed in t~e' community survey taken
last summer. T.his~.mo~,th we include three
areas of concern--taX~s, ren+.el property,
and community a c t i v i t i e s .
R~member,
t h e s e .-.
comments are the exp'~esslone of every cltizan
who cared to~ respo~,~ Nsturally~. some people
have opposin'~,feeli~a about things; that le
why we print all comments, virtually just as
they were expressed, glve or take a l i t t l e
editing.
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I f they go too high, pe,ople won't be able to
afford to keep t h e i r double and t r i p l e l o t s .
What al'e the r e g u l a t i o n s . p e r t a i n i n g t o home
maintenance? What are the e n f o r c i n g t o o l s ?
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The apartments e s p e c i a l l y came 'in f o r a
great dsal'of criticism°
Tenants saids
"We get emberessed when people come t o v i s i t
The maintenance here i s very bad'. The~e are
not s u f f i c i e n t . r e p a i r s
and almost no e f f o r t -
to keep the bu±l'ding and grounds clean.
Trash collection should be more f r e q u e n t ~
In the summer the odor is terrible."
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~ Increasing taxes could force Cabin John to
become a .high-income area rather than e~:mix,
If we demand better county services, will we
I be directly assessed by hlgher taxes?
Community A c t l v l t i e ~
... The depth end breadth of community concern ~ d
p a r t i c i p a t i o n In Cabin John i s wonderful..
People here c a r e about each other and about
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t I f we s u p p o r t moderately p r i c e d homes
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t h e i r town. They work a c t i v e l y t o s e e that,
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u n d e s i r a b l e t h i n g s d o n ' t j u s t happen here L~.
i n s t e a d iof more $50,000 jobs, our taxes w o u l d :
default.
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have a Setter chance of leveling off. I want.
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to live ihsre the rest of my life if I'm not
taxed r i g h t o u t " o f the area. "
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P.roperty assessment i s inequitable, with
favoritism shown to the. affluent.
My taxes are nine times what they mere 40
years ago.
Rental Property
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A frequently expressed complalnt ~as that
there is a lack of responsibility on the part
of omners who rent. Rental houses, on the
whole, are not kept up .attractively e n o u g h
to: satisfy neighbors. How can owners be
"pressure~ to maintain property?
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:Some owners are renting without caring
:whom they rent to; they rent to two and
if ourteen ' move in.
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Whet i s t h e r e f o r teenagers t o d o ?
When they
are e t loose ends and unsupervised, they .111 ~.
get i n t o t r o u b l e .
We need more o r g a n t z ~
s o c i a l f u n c t i o n s f o r teens.
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We need a p u b l i c peele W h e n w i l l Glen Echo
reopen? Whet was the agreement when Palleede
wee b u i l t r e g a r d i n g times a v a i l a b l e for
community swimming?,
Need more r e c r e a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s .
Could '
someone from the R e c r e a t i o n Department t a l k
t o ue about our Rec Center? -lust what
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p~ograms ere o f f e r e d ? What use i s made o f . j
very f i n e b u i l d i n g ~ , Woul~ i t p o s s i b l y be
a v a i l a b l e f o r e day care c e n t e r ? Or an
after
school c e n t e r f o r krds?!
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~N OPEN,LETTER.TO DoG ~%TERS
Part of the problem of roaming
dogs stems from some" very wrong
beliefs of their ewners.
One
belief I have heard stated is
that most residents d o n ' t really
mind.
Another is that their dogs
really don't cause problems.
A
third belief, held by many dog
o~mers, is that their dog is not
dangerous.
Dog owners who believe
these things and allow their dogs
to r o a m the neighborhood are kidding themselves with each of these
beliefs.
The comments expressed
here are not mine alone.
I have
talked wit--~-several residents,
including dog owners, who are in
basic agreement with these comments.
No, I do not hate dogs. Yes,
I do like dogs and other animals.
I o~med dogs and numerous other
p e t s until I was married.
No-pet
apartments and a working wife made
it inconvenient to have pets until
recent years.
Several reasons,
One of which is roaming dogs,
h a v e caused me to hesitate in
getting a dog at the present time,
althought I would like one.
That roaming dogs are considered a problem by many is evident
simply from the fact that local
governments h a v e found it necessary to enact laws concerning the
control of dogs.
Enforcement of
the laws however poses problems
a community such as ours. What
tion can a resident •take when
neighbor or friend .allows his
g to roam and make itself a
:isance in violation o f t h e law?
ur possibilities come quickly
~¢mind: I. Talk to the owner,
CompS aln of roaming dogs to
,e Humane Society, 3. Report
~! owners name to Humane Society,
~ and 4. Restrain the animal and
; call the Humane Society.
The Humane Society is the
i/ a~ency which is supposed to take
care of animal problems in this
county.
A complaint of roaming
/.dogs to the Human Society f s
/" usually not very successful.
Even
:if they ,respond in time, dogs have
a remarkable way of disappearing
w h ~ the truck arrives.
The
i ~er's
name can be reported to
~ ~ th e Society.
This i s supposed to
i b r i n g a visit from the Humane
i~ S!~ciety pointing out to the o w n e r
that his dog h a s b e e n reported and
an explanation of the law. This
.method is only good, o f course,
"if the owner is known.
The most
effective method is to restrain
the dog yourself and call the
Humane Society.
They will come
and pick up the dog and notify
tbe~owner~ as long as the owner
can;i:i~edetermined.
After paying
the i~fine, and buying tags if
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t h e owner:':
own efi~ican
retrieve
necessary.
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can re~
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M o s t of the time, t h e ~ ~ n ing resident simply wants to~ se~ the
problem ellmlnated.
He doesn't want
to make trouble for his neighbors or
friends and he doesn't want to do
something that will cause friction
in his relationship with these •people.
An interesting observation can b e m a d e
here. Tell a parent his kids are
something less than angels or tell a
dog owner that his dog is becoming
a nuisance are among the quickest wa);S'
to generate a chilly conversation that
I know. Talking to the owners frequently does little good anyway.
Frankly, I think they have their eyes
closed to the problems their animals
can inflict on others.
Occasional
piles of feces are one 6ing; having
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to clean up numerous piles in order
t o use your own yard is another.
It's interesting how many people let
their dogs out to mess up someone
else's yard.
Having an occasional
garbage can knocked over is one thing;
having the contents ripped apart and
stre~¢n about the yard several times
a week is another.
Shrubbery?
It is
bad enough to have expensive plants
damaged by urine; the damage a large
dog can do walking through a bed of
flowers" or through portions of l o w
border shrubs is something to behold.
A much more serious problem with
any roaming dog is the potential danger to humans, e s p e c i a l l z c h i l d r e n .
This danger exists in several forms.
A large dog, and t~ere~;are a number
of these in the community, can
seriously hurt a small chil~d simply
by walking ,by too closely.
A small
child or 2 or 3 years~,' who ~eighs
maybe 30 to 40 pounds, gets a pretty
•good jolt when bumped by a 75 to 150
~pound dog. Or maybe the dog just
shows his affection by licking the
child!s face.
Cute? Children don't
always think so.
I have seen local
children show absolute terror ~Then
confronted by the animal, to the extent they would run irrationally i n
any direction to achieve safety.
"But my dog wouldn't intention.ally harm a child or anyone else"
say many owners.
This simply shows
a lack of understanding concerning
animals.
There is no way that a
human can gully guarantee that a dog,
even w h e n not provoked, will never
turn nn a human.
Dog o~mers generally
q-al!fy the statement, anyway, by
addlng, 'if unprovoked".
That ~ s
little solace to the small child in
his own yard who unknowingly provokes
a dog a receives a torn limb or face
in return.
I wonder whether the
illegally roaming dog at Clara Barton
Elementary a while back was s u f f i c iently provoked to justify the child"s
torn face7
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There is one situation •that s e e m s
to cause a marked change in all dogs.
The personality changes that can~[~ccur
in a dog when he gets together ,:~J~1 ~ !i.o~
others and runs in a pack are re~ir:~able. At the present time a num'~er
of local dogs are frequently seen: " c ~'
zk. To make matters
pack of large dogs'.
that to the two res~tly had pets killed
Was the dog who
r-old, playing or
9uldn t tell. In any
d~!~s now afraid to
backyard'
Is this
erious? Ask the parVirgin ia iichildren
p a c k in 1967. Or
n w h o was killed a
n Virginia by a pack
re previously
• Their sad, confaces in the news- ~.~
do not alter the fact
tracked and killed a
r the~l~ni'g~t before.
Id never..." I: won, - Y~
!: der: Frankly, I am not inter~ested
: in ~taking the c~ance.
Ellsworth Geib, Jr.
PTA NEWS
The PTA has been busy for the
past month formulating questions
on any aspect of the Clara Barton
School. From the more than 7 5
specific qu~st~ons~eceived, nine
general qhe~s~i~ns emerged and will
be d i s c u s s e d ~ a t ~ open meeting
of paren~s,~t~ea@~ers and admlnlstration~on~Mar~h ~ 'Thlsmeeting will
begin a t 7 . . 3 o , ~ m in the all purpose
room!of @he s ~ o l . ~ ~ h e r e w i l l be
a 15:minhte~bu~iness meeting at the
beginning~ at which the nominating
committee's report o f nominations ,
for next years officers will~be
given,~.
The nine questions to be dls,
cussed at the ~ r c h 7 m@~ting are:
i.
~at
are the advantlages of a
small school such as O alra Barton?
Disadvantages?
2.
How can communication between
teachers and parents be improved?
3.
Are parent-teacher conferences
worthwhile? How can they be impro~edl
4.
How can new teaching methods
be discussed between parents and
teachers?
5.
To what extent should parents
be involved in classroom procedures?
6.
Is there enough time available ,
each day for straight teaching?
7.
Would you like Mont. Co. to provide a more specific guide to
instruction?
8.
How can the library be better
utilized?
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To what extent should student
~ Involvement in the teaching process
:.~ h e . encourage@~.at the elementary level?
THE MARCHGARDEN
March, the month that comes in
llke a llon and is accompanied by
strong wlnds, was known by the In- ~,
d l a n s a s the B u d Moon or the Awakening Moon. T h e swelling of the buds
on your do~¢oods and maples will
bear this out.
In the woods you'll
find skunk cabbage and pussy willows
and in your garden snowdrops, winter
aconite, crocus, Irls Reticulata
and Irls Danfordlae will be in bloom.
If you drive down to the Tidal Basin
you'll find the banked camelias and
the double row of Japanese magnolias
in full bloom. The cherry trees may
not flower until• the end of the
month or early in April.
After the long winter you'll be
anxious to start the garden chores
and "hardly be able to wait for the
• ground to thaw and dry out enough
to w0rk:the soil. You will w a n t to
take advantage of every clear day
to prepare your beds and sow pe~:s,
sweet peas, larkspurs, cornflowers,
and poppies•
Complete all your spring pruning
this month -- including hybrid teas,
floribundas, dwarf polyanthas and
other types of roses as x~Tell as
grapes and shade trees, i f they
need it.
Cut back evergree us, bo~,ood,
pittosporum, evergreen privet and
Burford holly if they have g o t t e n
out of bounds.
This is a good time to lime
you I
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the need. And, if you haven:t
done it already, feed your !a~,m
at once making sure you donZt v~iss
any spots.
Beg-~in ~.:ernoving~:inte.~:prot-ection from perenni~.i[ ,'.n'J::"enn::.?.,_,,~
~.ut d o n ' t
b e i n t o o muc::~, o f a ~ , . ! r r V . .
S p r ~ n ~ weat~.~er c.-..:n ].e t~'~",~~,~ 3 _-O d , .". - ~' .
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heaved up, push them back into the
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Set out pansies and EnF..lish
daisies for early color.
Because of our unusually rainy
winter w e will probably have an a]1~ndance of slugs and snails th~'~ sp~r~.ng
and summer. Slugs feed !v~'9e!y "~.t
night sothat" s the time to bunt
them. Pour bee= in shallo':, ~~tns s~nd
s e t t h e s e oul- i n your :f!oT..,e:~.~ ]~eds , a t
dusk.
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PROPOSED CRIMP IN BUS SERVICE
SCORED BY CONCERNED CITIZENS
Finality of a proposed new bus schedule '
as issued February I~ by D.C. Transit to be . .
effective Febrary 28 has aroused citizen
opposition in Cabin John and neighboring
communities. If adopted, the new schedule
would sharply curtail service.
First called to the attention of the
Cabin John Citizens' Association by Mrs.
CoT. Patch, of 6512 81st Street, the new
Route 20 service of the Cabin John Shuttle
Line would put a crimp in bus service on
Sundays, weekday evenings and during weekday morning hours. The shuttle runs between
Cabin John, Glen Echo, Dalecarlia, Palisades
Park and Sibley Hospital.
Mrs. Patch said the curtailment would
create a hardship for citizens who have no
alternative means of transportation into and
out of this area to connect with oth@r bus
runs at Glen Echo and Sibley Hospital.
Mrs. John M. Yoklavich, of 7602 Cabin
Road, said she was "shocked" ~0 discover
"there may be no Sunday servi0e, no evening
service, only once-an-hour service during
the afternoon, and no bus leaving Sibley
Hospital on Saturday later than 3,23 p.m."
Since no public hearing has been
announced, the Cabin John Citizens' Association informed Chief Engineer Charles W.
Overhouse, of the Transit Commission, that
the flat announcement by D.C. Transit has
all the appearance~ of an attempted "end
run" around citizens using the service,
This was denied by Overhouse who said
the announcement is "merely an application"
by D.C. Transit that may or may not go into
effect pending response of citizens between
now and February 28. No ruling o n the n e w
schedule has b e e n made by the Couission, he
said.
In a letter to Overhouse following
action ~y the association Executive Committee,
the Cabin John group requested that the Commission restore the previous service, or call
a hearing. The association reminded the Commission that when the old Street car line
servingl Cabin John was abandoned, D.C. Transit
promised villagers complete and efficient bus
service. The new schedule, if adopted, would
not live up to that promise, the ,association
said. ;
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Inlla similar letter to the Commission,
William McCullough, secretary of the Brookmont Citizens' Association, called for a report on the issue by the Commission and
warned that pleas of austerity are not
enough to warrant curtailment of a public
servicel.
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Further action is being c~ntemplated by
associations affected in communities served
by the shuttle llne. As a first step, the
whole package will be laid before the full
memberships of groups concerned.
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VFW SWINGS INTO SPRING
Post 5655 ~111 c e l e b r a t e a P e r p e t u a l
C h a r t e r ceremony on Satucdey, March l l a t
8 p.m. .This occasion was o ¢ t g l n a l l y
scheduled f o r February 19, but was postponed
to the l a t e r date.
A l l members are urged to
attend t h i s very s l g n l f l c a n t happenlng in the
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l i f e of the Post. Whene~er a post has more
than 25 l l f e members, i t ~!sgrented a perpetual
charter.
VFW Post 5635 now has 5 5 l i f e members
.end ~aryland Department Commander Giles Jump
u t l l t r a v e l t o Cabin John From the Eastern
Shore to make the presentatio n•
While meetings of the VFW are for members
only, the P o e t d o e s sponsor community a c t i v t t i e ~
to ~hlch i t welcomes any friends and neighbors.
Every Friday n i g h t at 8:30 there i s Bingo.
And i n betmeen winning~ you can buy d e l i c i o u s
snacks p~ovldsd by the.Ladies A u x i l i a r y .
Then on t h e . l a s t Friday of each month~ the
public is invited to a Covered Dish Supper,
uhe~e for~'$2.00 or l e s s , one can enjoy d e l i cious food-prepared by the Ladies A u x i l i a r y ,
and go back. f o r seconds and th,irds.
On March 6~ D i s t r i c t 2 m i l l meet at
Takome Post 350. T h i s meeting begins at
8130 and combines posts from R o c k v l l l s ,
Bmtheeda, S i l v e r Spring and Cabin John.,
At the next regular meeting, of the Cabin
John post, next year's officers will be
nominated. A slats w i l l be presented, but
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additional nomi~atlons .my be made from the
floor.
The~actual voting m i l l take place
st the April mebting,~ This regular meeting
m i l l be at the Post Home on Ma~h 14.
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GLEN ECHO B A P T I S T ~ C H U R C H
D e a r Neighbors:
~s we seek to serve our community, check
the following that interest you and this
will help in our efforts to be relevant
to the problems and interests of our
area. Please mail t ~ the Glen Echo
Baptist Church, Glen Echo, Md. 20768.
1 .
I am interested in my c h i l d r e n
attending Sunday School if transportation is provided.
2. I am interested in attending Churc~
--services
if t r a n s p o r t ~ t l o n is providec
_Z__3- I would llke a free copy of the
Tenach, (Old Testament) in m o d e r n
E n g l i s h with a study outline.
4 .
I would like a free modern translation of the New Testament with
answers to the questions most frequently asked about the Bible.
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I am interested in attending an
informal home Bible study group in
my community. I
would like one
in my home.
___6. I would like to learn more about
Messianic Jews.
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I am concerned about my relationship with God. ~hat does it mean
to be saved?
8. I am a young person with a p r o b l e m
C o m m e r c i a l ads cost $3 per month and $8 O t h e r ?
for three months. Want Ads are 50¢ for
t h r e e lines. For Sale and For Rent ads , P l e a s e send us your name,
Thank you.
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~ag~ant
ad. Several of you~ have:~and as
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THE A~ERICAN SAGA OF VICTOR SWENSON
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Victor Swanson has done mlghty-four years
!~.of living, .the first seventeen in Sweden,
!~!i~the last thirty-two in Cabin John. ,
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It was in 1905, when Teddy Roosevelt wee
i: p r e s i d e n t , tha~' young V i c t o r l e f t Sweden
and came to t h e Unite~ ~ States to seek h i s
fortune.
He came al;~ne and he spoke n o
English. "I took one ship across the North
See to England and was seasick a l l the way",
he remembers. "Then i t was an BO,O00 ton
ship to the United States, that was bettor.
There were four of us in • cabin, third
c l a s s p~assage, and we had t o stay o v e r n i g h t
at Ellis Island, a terrible place,, good that
it's closed now".
woe J u s t t h a t - = t h e horse-drawn buggy used to
b r i n g t r a v e l e r s from the s t a t i o n t o the e s t a t e .
When World War I began, U,S, c i t i z e n
S~naon was drafted, and saw combat in france
end Belgium, but returned unhurt to an
America t h a t wee r a p i d l y becoming " c a r c r a z y "
end eager for hls talents.
But Victor's llfe wasn't all drafting and
woodorwtting.
He belonged t o a s o c i a l
organization of Swedish Immlgrente,, an organization that sponsored p l c n i c a , partlee and
dances. And i t wee a t • dance t h a t V i c t o r ,
now i n h i s e a r l y t h i r t i e s mmt young Constance
Thorstenason.
Born on the i s l a n d Of Olend i n the B a l t i c
See, Constance had enjoyed e storybook g i r l h o o d
in the land of windmills end formats. A e s
young g i r l she danced at e f e s t i v a l i n Kalmar
Castle. '~!t is. the most beautiful place, that
c a o t l e " , She r e m e m b e r s . "The ceiling 18
p a i n t e d and c a r v e d , and t h e r e i e a chapel where
a l l the w a l l s are hand c a r v e d " .
He arrived on Long Island on the Fourth
of Joiy amid a go ° heat,
(Sweden'e summers
occasionally reach 70°~ end within a few
days landed e job in a brass factor~. He
earned ~one week's p a y - - $ 4 . 5 0 - - a n d wS'S f i r e d
becausel he couldn't follow dlrectiona--which
At ego seventeen, Constance had come t o
were given in English.
New
York ~ i t h her aunt and had gone t o work e t
The ;'next job was that of chauffeur for a
s
milliner's.
"We made hats to order for all
family !in Hsmpstsad.
In Ig05, chauffeuring
the
fine
ladies
of New York soclsty. Those
meant driving the buggy end caring for the
hats
were
very
elaborate
and cost $75 end $I00".
horses, i, Victor got only a small salary, :
Constance and Victor were married in July
plus room and board ("l'was hungry most of
of 1922 and lived On New York's East Side for
t h e time,") but he used every opportunity to
five years while Victor became s master craftslearn English, and when h e judged that he
men of custom automobiles end Constance continued
knew enpugh of the language to;i~get by, he
to make be~utlful hats.
went to! work in a shipyard in ~ew York City,
p a i n t i n g boats. ~"They wll~o pl~aabre boats,
Mrs. Swanson, who went t o n i g h t school in
launches, and t ~ y ran by naphtha motors.
New York f o r f o u r years t o study E n g l i s h and
After that I was in~ a f~actory where we made
German, remembers t h a t t h e r e was s l o t of
chandeliers, gas 6~and:~,llers of course, and
p r e j u d i c e i n those days a g a i n s t " f o r e i g n e r s "
each p~:rt was m~e by h a n d . "
with Scandinavian accents.
"It wasn't the
v i c t o r decided t6.1earn the m a c h i n i s t ' s
people w i t h l o t s of money and en advanced
trade, and ws.nt t o ' ~ k making.gee and steam
e d u c a t i o n who l e f t t h e i r homes I n Europe to
engines at $6 a ¢b~k'~.~ He l i v e d in Harlem.
come t o the United S t a t e s ; i t was those o f us /
"There mere many f i n e , h o u s e s i n Harlem then.
wh~o d i d n ' t have euch~dvanteges who were most
I l i v e d i n • boardinghouse-as e v e r y ~ n m a r r i e d < eager t o f i n d a b e t t e r chance i n a new l a n d . 5 o
men did.~ You had a room and-you ate your
I guess we seamed i g n o r a n t and u n s o p h i s t i c a t a d p "
meals w i t h the o t h e r h a l f dozen or so boarders.
The swansons.eavsd t h e i r money and i n lg27
Everybody d i d i t this way. Apartments were
made whet would be the f i r s t o f f o u r t r i p s back
for married people, snd~restaurants were for
t o the lend of t h e i r : b i r t h .
V i c t o r wee given
the rich."
e y e a r ' s leave of absence end the couple spent
In lEO7 cams the depression, the Teddy
s whole year.ln Sweden,and Europe. "In those
Roosevelt depression, and Victor was laid
days the only expense wee the t r a n s p o r t a t i o n .
off. He found a job in a bowling alley,
I t was expected t h a t you would s t a y w i t h f r i e n d s
setting up pins, then got a better job in e
or r e l a t i v e s whe=ever you t r a v e l l e d .
They
lumber m i l l . ,Yes," i t was right in the c i t y .
provided the meals and a l l h o s p i t a l i t y . I t was
New York was r e a l l y a town, then, some p a r t s
the same In America. We often had distant
of i t even llke country."
relatives or friends of friends staying with
us f o r days and days, We fed them, o f course,
The next year Victor began whet was to be
and
put q u i l t s on the f l o o r f o r s l e e p i n g ,
his llfe's work--the craft of precision
Everybody
did i t t h a t way--no one went to h o t e l s ,
woodworklng.
It was the new and fascinating
a
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waste of money e.
industr~ of auto manufacturing that started
him i n t h i s d i r e c t i o n .
What have automobiles
t o do w i t h master woodworking? Nothing today,
but i n 1908 an automobile was a c u s t o m - b u i l t
l u x u r y ; ! The machine and chassis were p u r chassd, lthen the body was designed end b u i l t
according t o the wishes of the buyer. A
sketch was made, then working drawings, from
which the f i n i s h e d auto was c o n s t r u c t e d .
The ear!y
auto bodies were a l l . w o o d k and they
were C o n s t r u c t e d by c a r r i a g e me"~ers w i t h
p r e s t i g i o u s r e p u t s t t o n e - - B r e w s t a r , Durant.
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V i c t o r Swanson remembers the' m a g n i f i c e n t
c a r r i a g e s of those days. The T a l l y - H e was
,~ drawn b y f o u r horses and was equipped w i t h
'!' e v e r y t h i n g a f a m i l y would need f o r a p i c n i c
c o u n t r y - - a f o r e r u n n e r of todayes
~:~cemper. The s t a t i o n wagon of the ea~ly lgOO'a
/~n:the
When the Swensons r e t u r n e d t o New York C i t y
it wasn't for long.
V i c t o r was t r a n s f e r r e d t o
Detroit,
"We d i d n ' t l i k e i t .
D e t r o i t was
ugly and d i r t y and so rough,
New York was e
f r i e n d l y , safe c i t y i n those d a y s , " r e c a l l s
Nrs. Swanson. " I o f t e n walked through C e n t r a l
Park a t n i g h t . "
They stayed i n D e t r o i t f o r
ten years, and i t was t h e r e t h a t t h e i r daughter,
Sonye, was born. D e t r o i t was the c e n t e r of the
automobile i n d u s t r y end d u r i n g ' t h o s e years
V i c t o r worked a s s modal maker f o r General ~otors,,~ "
Packard, and Hudson.
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V i c t o r has a f r i e n d who worked i n the Post :'~ !i~:i~Y
i
Office~. and s;
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th~dugh U . 5 .
ope~ings"~;::~!~l
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"Helping People To Help Them~eI~"~ ''
Theme of the March Citizens' Asso.
meeting with Trio from Common Cause
for ships w s r e wanted in Washington and Victor .
applied for the job. "This w a 8 the boat move
we ever made," says Mrs, Swanson.
Mr. Swonao~
was working at the Navy Yard i n Southeast Washi n g t o n f o r a time before that:~operetion was
moved;to Carderock. Then i t ma8 t h a t the
Swensons bought t h e i r f i r s t home, the same
house they l i v e i n today on R i v e r s i d e Avenue,
The previous owner, Nrs. Edith ~ l n
Arms t r o n g , h i s t o r i a n of Cabin John, had named i t
"Quaint Patch" and that sign 18 still there.
"Cabin John was really the country when
we moved here thirty-two years ago," say the
5wensons shaking their heads. ' ~ h e r e was no
parkway to keep us from the censl. We Just
walked through the woods and down to the water.
It was so beautiful and peaceful. We had no
water in the house, it came f r o m the moll,
but that I didn't like--It was yellow and
ruined the clothes." Oaughter 5onya, who now
lives in Frederick with her fataLly, want to
Clare Barton School°
Although he officially rstic od from the
government in 1955, Victor~S~n~o n =as "called
beck" on special assignment s e v e r a l
tlmee,
to make scale replicas of the pz~aldantial
cruisers. For President Eieanho~r hs created
e perfect model of the cruisar n n ~
which took him three months to complete, and
for President Truman ha did a scale mod~l of
the USS Missourio
These were presented by
the 9overnment as personal gifts to the
r e t i r i n g p r e s i d e n t s , and are s t i l l
among t l ~
families' treasures.
ThOugh hs was 67 when he r e t i r e d , ~ .
Swanson did not see ~his as a tlmo to stop
working. A visit to Riverside Avenue is a
delight to anyone who has even a r~&mmnta~y
a p p r e c i a t i o n of f i n e woodwqrklng. Hie
~L
basement is his workshop and his garage clo ~
his studio, end the b a s u t l f u l l y car~nd c ~ i : a , ~ :
inlald'~tebles and chests, intrlcotely ~ d
and constructed furniture of ell kinds b~Jr
witness to the continuing srk~il and ~ t i s t r y
of the man.
~rs. Swanson is keeper of the kitchen
and curator of the family traasucoa.
There is e copper pudding dish mace th~n •
hundred yesra old; there is s candle ~ p p ~ r ,
darkened end f r a g i l e with age; th~ra at~
glassware and china, madding p ~ n t s
of P~rs.
Swsneon's parents; and s i l v e r cups from ~hich
her grandparents drank t h e i r b e t r o t h a l wine.
There i s warmth i n t h i s hom~P--e cordial
welcome for a visitor, a hu~ocous accommodating to each other, an intense involvement
in the production of beautiful things, s
s p i r i t e d p e r s p e c t i v e of livoo well and f u l l y
lived.
Barbara
Clark
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The Cabin John Citizens Asso.
meeting on March 21 at 7:30 pm
will be a "how-to-do-i@" {es~ion
led by three speaker% from Common
Cause, With eight c o m m i t t e e ~ a - ~ a d y
in action working on different areas
of the Survey, this meeting will
be especially helpful. Common Cause
is the non-partisan group headed
by John Gardner.
The speakers will be Dr. Lowell
Schnipper from NIH, a graduate of
Queens College, State College of
N.Y. Medical School, and Yale;
Mrs. Panalee Ikari, a micro biologist with the VA, active in food and
drug programs, a n d t h e Sierra Cl~b;
and Mrs. Joan Hastings, a political
scientist from American Univ. who
is active in the League of Women
Voters.
The theme of the Common Cause
representatives will be "Helping
People To Help Themselves". Following an ~nitial presentation, the~
audience will be divided into three
groups where the representatives wil~'"
answer questions. Participants will
be welcome to move from group te
group as the discuss~on continues.
~.~ile Com¢on Cause'does;~not involve
itself in problems of Sp~i~ific communitles or citizens.,~ g~oups~°,, it is
prepared to pass along ~'ts findings
on other community action,efforts.
The ~mrch meeting ±~ being organIzed my Mrs. Co~nstanc~,~Herdeck and
other community-membe'ri~. 9f'.Common
Cause.
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Another feature that evening will
on a planned Rockvllle
meeting of action committee chairmen
w i t h t h e Dept. of Community Development. Mr. Tom B r a w n o r g a n i z e d the
session to show possible county inputs
for community programs.
One resident of Cabin John will
be working with all the Committees
Of the Community Plan. He is Ed
Winslow, an economist, whose job it
will be to coordinate all committee
activities. Ed will be working closely
with Jim Craig, president of the
Association.
be a r e p o r t
7~ 7~'~ ~" W ~ ' ~ ~ W~-7.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK EVENTS
J
Dial-A-Park: 469-6975 for ~ up to
the minute information about activities in National Capital Parks.
Regular weekend events include:
Planetarium .~hows. Rock Creek Nature
•Center Planetarium shows "The Starry
.....'~ Carrousel" Saturdays, 10am for
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A~UAL SAL~**'****
The Cabin John United Methodist
Church will hold its Semi Annual
Ru~:~mage Sale on April 14 and 15.
"The h~urs on the 14 are lOam-gpm,
and on the l[ from lOam-4pm.
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Donations are needed and ap~re~ c l a t e d . and may be,le~t off at-~he
: church (MacArthur and,,~,?7t~ at~,,
e i n f o r m a ~ o n c~ll
~9082.
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:,.,~,./""'~:~~:i;.i::-:, s c o u t s ,
and
2pm and
on
Sundays~
,,~,,.... 1.15 pm for children ~-7 yrs
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and
,.-:,w~:;~,!:~;,'.4[~,;at ~ p m . T h e N a t u r e
Center.is
at
:~:':!:i"~;;!~'~::!/Military and Glover: Rds. N.W.
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Pierce Mill: "Day in the Life of a:
,[~%,,~,, Miller, s Son" depict:'ing early 19th
>~-:~¢ Century life and work in a grist
m i l l in~Rock.~i~reek P a~rk. Noon to
4 pm weekends~, Pre-~!gister by cal, '
l i n g 26-69 ~ ~ , ,
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This recipe may turn up in any
number of hamburger cookbooks, however
I have adapted this from one in an
old french cookbook and find that it
adds quite• a different flavor to the
ordinary chopped meat. This recipe
is for four adult servings.
Mary McCusker
Cabin steak
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~~'and'~other
breeds of dogs.
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i pound chopped meat (not the most lean)
i 2½ oz. can chopped mushrooms or
½ of a 4 oz can of stems and pieces.
Breadcrumbs
½ tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp garlic ( or to taste )
Flour
Parsley
1/8 Cup peanut oil, or about ~" deep
in pan.
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Dr. Stephen Antic '~
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, ALPINE IPETERINARIANHOBPITAL
Practice limited to s m a l i a n i m a l s
• 7 7 3 ~ MacArthur Blvd
229-2400
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Mix meat, mushrooms, salt~ pepper~
garlic an~ Just enough breadcrumbs to
make the mixture stick together• Make
into four patties and flour the outsides
immediately before placing in pan.
~Brown on both sides and then cook for
approx, lO minutes on each side• Dry
on paper towell to remove excess oil
and serve with parsley flakes on top.
NEWSY NOTES
Mrs. Goes is the new
of the Carol Richard
several people there
on how conscientious
she is.
resident manager
Apartmentsp, and
have commented
and competent
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The Spates house on 76th PI+ gets the
snowman of thee%year award for building the tallest snowman in Cabin
John after t h ~ ~as~i snowstorm"
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A Contributed ,quip
There seems to be a juvenile problem of
c h i l d r e n running away from home. It is
entirely possible that they're looking
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DEMOCRATIC
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PRECINCT
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| Paid for by. the 7-3
[ Precinct.....O r g a n i z a t i o n
7-3 NEW.S_LETTER
If you, a member of your family, or a friend has not registered~to vote,
there are approximately six weeks left to do so before the books close oefore
the 1 9 7 2 orimary.
Requirements:
Resident of the State for six months and of this County for
four weeks by the date of the next General Election (November 7, 1972); Age
18 y~ears; U.S. citizenship,
Be p r e p a r e d to show identification and, if
n a t u r a l i z e d citizen, know date and court of naturalization.
Registration is permanent, as long as t~e voter remains a resident of the
countly, keeps his address current with the S u p e r v i s o r of Elections, and
does not let five years go by without voting.
The name of a voter who
does not vote in any election for five consecutive years is removed from
the registry.
You may register at the Supervisor of Elections, University National San~
Building, 690 East Jefferson Street, Rockville (Office hours are 8:30 to
5:00 p.m., Monday t h r o u g h Friday) or at any of tne following shopping
centers:
Montgomery Mall, upper level, near Garflnckel's, Woodward ~ud
Lothrop, Wisconsin and WeStern Avenues, lower l~vel Infants Department, '~
Wneaton Plaza, White Oak, Silver Spring Hecht Company (Any Thursday
evening, 7:00 to 9:00 p~m.).
Changes of address (within county), name, or party affiliation may oe
made by mall or in person, Out must be in writing and bear voter's
signature
Send such requests to Suoervisors of Elections.
Changes of
address and/or name accepted any time registry is open.
Chan-ges ~ f party
affiliation not allowed in the six months prior to any elec~ion~
No ~
chan~es in affiliation will be accepted until November 23, ~972~ #
DO NOT REGISTER DECLINE (Independent) - YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE ~, VOTE
THE MAY 16 PRIMARY - REGISTER DEMOCRAT - THAT'S WHERE A~LL T H E ~ C T I O N
THIS YEAR, ANYWAY'
IN
IS
If you have any questions about registration, the u p c o m i n g elections,
whatt~s going on in the precinct and in the county, call your precinct
chairman, Judy Toth, at 229-8586.
JOE HIGDON, of 77i2 Tomlinson Avenue, is the new precinct vice-chairman.
Joe Was chosen at the J a n u a r y m e e t i n g of t h e p r e c i n c t o r g ~ n i z a t i o n . ~
CONNIE
HERDECK was appointed Treasurer at the same meeting.
PRIMARY
1972
This year, the Democratic Primary will be aeld on Tuesday, May 16.
We will
vote, as usual, at the Clara Barton School.
The ballot p r o m i s e s to 0e long
and complicated.
Voters will first be able to chose their p r e s i d e n t i a l
preference.
Maryland law states that any announced candidate will oe on
the ballot.
So far the following are listed:
Humpphrey, Hartke, MCGovern, Muskie, Wallace,
Mills (~ve are not yet sure about Pat Paulsen)
Yorty,
Lindsay,
Chisholm,
If you are interested in any of the above, contact Judy Toth and she will
put you in contact with the campaign committee of the candidate of your
choi ce.
~
We will also vote for delegates to the national convention in Mi&mi,
congressional candidate~ and the school 0oard (non-partisan).
~#
our
T~ere will be a combined meeting with Precinct 7-22 (Bannockburn-G~:en Echo)
in early May.
All candidates or their spokesmen will be i n v i t e d ~o speaK.
..Announcements will be sent out in April•
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~-,,~"Precinct volunteers are needed to ring.' doorbells or. address envelops.
~-Pl@ase
call 229-8586 if<you can spare ~,:~few hours t o your local party.
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