Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized WELCOME TO NEW STAFF· MARCH (Seated L to R.): Doreen Hedley, Economic Staff, from Wallasey, Cheshire; MaryM. Hill. Department of Technical Operations, from -Stroud, Glouces· tershire; and Isabella Wu, Office of Information, from Hongkong. (Standing L to R): Gary B. Alex, Administration Department, from Denver; Sidnf!Y W. Oliver, Administration Department, from Annapolis; Mary Ann Inman, Treasurer's Department, from Rio de Janeiro;_Rhonda Lewis, Department of Operations· Far East, from Atlanta; Claude E. Freeman, Administra· tion Department, from Washington, D.C.; and Miguel A. Martins, Admin. istration Department, from Belem·Para, Brazil.

Vol. 15 No.5 INTERNATIONAL BANK NOTES May 1961 Published monthly by the Personnel Division, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington 25, D.C. CONTENTS Page New Executive DirectoTs and Alternates..•••.•••• 3 Why Men Sail...... •••••• 6 Speed's lOT Me... ••• •••••••••• •••••••••••••••••• ••• •••••• 8 1FC in Tanganyika •••••••••••••••••••• u ••••••••••••••• 10

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Office of the President Joyce Johnston Legal Department Verna Via Europe, Africa (#Id Office of Information Joanna Slusarski Australasia Ann Geanacou Treasurer's Department Lillitm Cardash Far East Carol Baber Executive Directors Rida Armbrust South Asia (#Id Middle East Ursula Zieschang I.F.e. Valerie Rowles Western Hemisphere Mae McNeal E.D.I. Myrtle Higgins Technical Operations Anne Fernandez Administration Economic Staff Cecile Lim Personnel Bridget Langfield Technical Assistance and Premier Building Elizabeth Ann Ellis Planning Frances Haughey 8th Floor Jeanne McLennan Office of the Secretary Hazel Fleming Office Serv;ces Rhona Kelly 801 19th Street Anna Koukoula 2 NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND ALTERNATES Bank Notes takes this occasion to introduce those Executive Directors and A lternates who have assumed ol/ice since the last Annual Meeting. * Reignson C. Chen. Executive Director for China, is no newcomer to the United States. After graduati~g ' from Tsinghua College in Felcing, he received his B.A. from Coloraklo College and M.B.A. from New York University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. His career has successfully combined three professions ­ teachiog, trade and banking. He was a professor at the College of Commerce, SO\ltheastem University, Shanghai, and also at Peiyang University, Tientsin, early in his career. During World War II he was Chief Representative in the Olina, Burma, India Theaterof China Defence Supplies, loco (U.S.A. Lend-Lease Supplies) and, after the war, Secret~ry General of the Export-Import Board in Shanghai and Chairman of the Foreign Exchange Bankers .Association. From 1952-60 Mr. Chen was Managing Director and General Manager of the Bank of Cllina; General Manager of the China Insurance Company; and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Products Trading Corporation. He served as Advisor to the Chinese Delegation to the Bank and Fund Annual Meetings in 1953, 1957 and 1959. Mr. and Mrs. Chen have been joined in Washington by their married daughter and three­ year-old granddaughter who is the apple of her grandfather's eye.

Juan Haus-Soli&. from Bolivia, was also elected Executive Director by Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Having interrupted his civil engin~ering studies in Zurich to fulfill warservic.es to his country, he later dedicated himself to banking and industry. He has served as Director of the Central Bank of Bolivia, General Manager of the Agricultural 'Bank of Bolivia and President of the Mining Bank.. He has also been Sub-Manager of the National Chamber of Industries and Vice President of the Mining Corporation in La Paz. From 1956-60' he was a member of the Permanent National Commission of the Board of Co­ ordination and Planning in La Paz and In 1960 was Minister of the National Economy. Mr. and Mrs. Haus-Solis have three daughters and a son, two of whom have joined them in Washington.

Karl Ake Lundgren. elected Executive Director for Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, continues to serve as a Director of the Sveriges Riksbank in Sweden where he has had a long career. Before coming to Washington he was

Reignson C. Chen, Juan .Haus-Solis Karl Alee Lundgren * Editor's Note: The Executive Director and Alternate lor the United States 'had not yet assumed ol/ice wben this issue 0/ Bank Notes went to press. They will be inc:luded in a later issue.

3 also a member of the Board of the National Insurance Inspectorate, a Vice Chair­ man of AB Industrikredit and a member of the Foreign Exchange Control Board. He studied at Malmo School of Economics and the University of Stockholm. Mr. Lundgren is not a stranger to the Bank as he served as Alternate Governor for Sweden from 1952-57. Mr. Lundgren's wife and two teenage sons will join him here at the end of the school year.

Gengo Suzuki, from Japan, was elected to serve as Executive Director for Japan, Thailand, Burma and Ceylon. He was educated in the Government College of Commerce in Taihoku, Taiwan, and received his M.A. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin. He served as lecturer and professor of economics at his Taiwan alma mater as well as at the Taiwan Province School of Law and Commerce and the National University of Taiwan. In government service he moved from education to administration in 1949 and was with the Japanese Ministry of Finance until 19.57 when he came to Washington as Envoy Extraordinary and- Minister Plenipotentiary to serve as Financia~ Minister at the Japanese Embassy. He now serves as Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Miriister of Finance. Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki have one son in school in Wisconsin and a married son in Japan.

Lempira Rio Bonilla, from Honduras, was appointed Altemate Director for Mexico, Cuba, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, ElSalvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama on October 15, 1960. l"Ie has been in Washington since 1957 as Economic Advisor at the Honduran Embassy and Honduran representative to the Inter-American Economic and Social Council. Mr. Bonilla studied ac­ countancy in Honduras arid was a public accountant in Tegucigalpa before coming to the States to study economics at Albion College, Michigan, and at George Washington University. He served as Advisor to the President of the Central Bank of Honduras from 1954-56 and was Professor of Economic Theory in the School of Economics at the National University of Honduras. He was active in the discussions and negotiations leading up to the establishment of the Inter­ American Development Bank and Mrs. Bonilla is presendy working there. They have a .six-year-old son, Carlos Enrique, attending school in Washington.

Salaheddine HI Goulli, from Tunisia, was appointed Alternate Director also for Indonesia, Morocco, Malaya, Ghana, Libya and Afghanistan. He was educated in law and political science and has his Doctorat~ in Law. He began his career in business in Tunisia and later in France. Mr. El Goulli then joined the Foreign Service and was Consul Gene.ral of Thnisia in Marseilles from 1956-57. He was Counsellor of the Embass'y of Tunisia in Washingtori from 1958-59 and from 1959 until the present time he has served as Ministes; Plenipotentiary. Mr. El Goulli

Gengo Suzuki Lempira H. Bonilla Salaheddine HI Goulli

4 represented Tunisia at the Annual Meetings of the Bank in 1958, 1959 and 1960. The El Goullis have a baby daughter less than a year old.

J aako Lassila, a Finn, was appointed Alternate Director for Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finblnd and Iceland on November 1, 1960. He did his undergraduate and graduate work in economics at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration and spent one of his undergraduate years in the United States at the University of Maine. Mr. Lassila was a lecturer in economics at the Helsinki School from 1955-58 and a research fellow at the Bank of Finland Institute for Economic Research from 1958-60. He also served as Secretary of the State Committee for Sales Taxation during 1958-59. Mr. and Mrs. Lassila and their fi.ve-yea~old son are living in Bethesda. Augustin Papic, the Alternate Director for the Netherlands, Yugoslavia and Israel was appointed as of October 16, 1960. This is his second "tour of duty" in Washington. His first was in 1957-58 when he was a participant in the Eco­ nomic Development Institute, on loan from the Yugoslav Investment Bank where he served as General Manager from 1956-60. Mr. Papic started his career in government, after completing his education at the State School for Commerce in Sarajevo, as Assistant Minister of Trade for the Republic of Bosnia and Hercegovina from 1945-49. From 1949-54 he was President of the Planning Bureau. Mr. and Mrs. Papic and ,their teenage daughter have settled in Chevy Chase.

Sergio Siglienti, from Italy, was appointed Alternate Director for Italy, Spain and Greece as of November 1, 1960. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law of Rome University and spent eightyears;: from 1950-58 with, the Sanca Commerciale Italiana in its Foreign Department, its London Office and as Assistant Manager of the Milan Office. From 1958-60 he went to the European Coal and Steel Community in Luxembourg, first in the Finance Division and then as head of the Credit Department. Mr. Siglienti h~s an' apartment overlooking Rock Creek Park in ,northwest Washington.

Jacques Waitzenegger was appointed Alternate Director , for France, as of J am~ary 15, ' 1961. He comes to this position after twelve years with the Bank of France during which period he spent a year in the United States on training missions with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and several commercial banks. He is a graduate in law and political economy from the University of Toulouse and in economics from the Paris Institute of Political Studies. He was in private law practise in Tou'louse from 194~48 before turning to banking as a career. He is an Inspector of the Bank of France. Mr. and Mrs.Waitzenegger and their two little boys Iive in Cleveland Park.

Jaaleo Lassila Augustin Papic Sergio Siglienti Jacques Waitzenegger

5 For the first of a series of articles on the leisure time activities of staff members, Bank Notes chose boating. In order to avoid the eternal argu­ ment of sails versus power, a proponent of each has been asked to con­ tribute to this issue. WHY MEN SA.lL by Harold Larsen, owner of a 32 foot sloop named "Koa" (Mauri for happy), designed in Sweden, built in England and kept in Annapolis.

Boats dare sail. Yes, but why do men? Well, they call a ship

1C she" so there can be no simple or even logical anSV4er. Many who sail somehow manage to remain excellent husbands and neighbors. They are the quiet folk who hope only to escape the clamor of crowds and the clatter of cities, with no desire to go fast anywhere. Naturally they are not understood by power-boatmen. Why not use a modem machine of multiple marine horsepower to escape the The author looking apprehensive at the crowded highways? How better approach 01 a powerboat. can you get close to the pretty sailboats? When the sailors shake carelessly lack wealthy parents. their fists at you just wave back. They usually crew. If they become The fun of the thing is that you racing crew (neither easy nor don't need a driver's permit to be instant), they evolve into an out· lethal on the water. cast breed, increasingly restless Others sail who are not good in normal ,society and eventually husbands or for other reasons which close-knit into a quaint cult with have begun to attract the profes­ aspirations and a language un­ sional, but not pecuniary, interest intelligible to the outsider. Should of psychiatrists. They sail alone they graduate into the lunatic inner around the world, taking (say) circle and become ocean racers five years, and then, horrified at (a wet and hungry lot), they lec· what they find ashore, go around o gnize as kindred spirits dlose it again the other .way. who climb remote and lofty moun­ Then there are those who hope tains without benefit of jeep. Each to eat at least twice daily but does it "becau~e it's there."

COVER PIC1lJRE - The forty-loot sloop -Babe,· with the author serving as navigator_ which uon the Lambrot Trophy in both the 1959 and 1960 seasons lor highest cumulative points in cruising division races (all classes) in the Cheasapeait.e Bay. A rare case where the navigator disembarked unmolested! 6 Next stop Bemrudo. The author served as navigator lOT the nine-man crew 01 this 45 loot sloop, "Rerwva,· during the 1958 Bermuda race. \.

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Ready to forget your family re­ At least try to stick with the same sponsil;>ili ties for at least three gang. You see no two yachtsmen months a year? Ready to accept have really ever agreed how to do lots of abuse and be c;onsidered anything. This is til e only way an ignorant peasant with nobody they resemble economists. caring whether you're damp and Navigating on the way to NeWport from bewildered? If not, go buy a power­ Annapolis. Tbe author sbown With bis boat.Otherwise persevere and sextant. there will be rewards which you will find difficult to describe to friends who stayed ashore. And, naturally, your wi(e won't believe one word of it. Unless she comes with you. A few, a very few, do. However, a note of warning. Never navigate an ocean race. You are indispensable before the start, an unmitigated nuisance from start to finish, and, at the end, the only reason why the race was lost.

7 S'P,EED'S FOR :ME by Grace McDougall who. together with her husband Art. oums an inboard hydroplane which Art races. Grace photographs and with which they both tinker. All of the photographs with this story were take.n hy the author except the one of herself.

The first impression you have when you come neat the pit area of a regatta, where speedboats ate gathered for. a race, is one 'of A truly gorgeous array of inboard or outboard hydroplane hulls of all sizes and colors. One is even shinier and more beautifully painted than the other. But the seco~d impression is that of a. most unique assortment of humanity of both sexes in dirty coveralls, greasy shorts, some dripping wet, as­ sembled around these spanking clean boats. Over all hovers the aroma of gasoline, motor oil, meth­ anol, nitro and..•yes, even castor oil. Boys who couldn't be dragged The autborol/ers this photograph of herself. within smelling distance of the taken in the Bay of Batavia. as proof'that she has tried both saiis and power. stuff when they were three years old now think there's nothing like other .strong drink for raceboat it when it can give better engine drivers. Alcohol for this bree.d is performance. stricdy for burning - in engines ­ No white, deep-creased pants, and is positively taboo 1,l,Otil the .blue blazers and sassy yachting race is over. caps for these enthusiasts. Their Where a smooth · body of wa.ter girls are part of the pit crew• . They · spells absolute frustration to a know the difference between a sailor, it means bliss to a speed­ valve and a wrench~ Port to them . boater. And by "speedboat'" he is not left but has something to do ' doesn't mean the fancy 50-foot, with an engine. Alld no beer or " chromium-plated, canopied ' affairs

8 The author's husband and boat (L) coming A photo finish 0/ inboard hydroplanes round the bend. during a race at Irvington. Virginia. you see in such overabundance out on the dining room table• . New these days. The raceboat driver parts are bought; new propellers is out strictly for speed on a closed tested for pitch. Orders are sent course, and not 'at all sympathetic to craftsmen in Italy for lighter­ with the haphazard dashing ' back weight rods, camshafts ·and. Things. and forth of cruisers which spoils Engine pieces are delicately bal­ the fun for powerboatmen as well anced and everything put .together as sailors. to give . the tiniest 48 cubic inch This is not a sport for pessimists. Cro·6s1ey englt\e a purring power of Acrualracing time is close to five some 8,000 rpm's. minutes and for this a boat driver After ail this you may get the will travel hundreds ofmil~s during impression Ldonot like sailboats. a weekend in the racing ~ason. I do! As a. matter of fact, when I V,OU have to be an optimist to was still young and sylphlike, I come back for more punishment covered sailboat regattas and often race after race during a spell of served ~ as reporter/crew on a par­ bad luck. In this racing business ticipating yacht. So you see I you just grit your teeth and • ••• by know all about salt seawinds the living God, we'll try the game blowing in your face and white again." sails in the sunset. But since I The' sailboat chaps go into married a man mad about speed.. hibemationwhen a film of ice boats and thereis something which

a ppears on the rivers and the Bay. says, t\ ••.••where thou goest.... ," I Not so the raceboat driver. His h ave switched from sail to power boat is taken into the living room. just as smoothly as I once tacked Engines are taken apart and spread from starboard to port.

Outbwml hythopZtzn.s do btzw lb. ""s tmd tJowrql This pbolO#lftII1b r.ucu I4Iwra at . ,...,III·n.", Millville, Nft) }nslfY.

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iIt . ~IIIIg1111{fitII by Giuseppe Morra

In a wild and remote valley along 1. Chain clearing land The tractD,. with the Great Ruaha River, in Western the ·pusher- knocks ove,. la,.ge trees which ,.esist the chain. Working since June, the Tanganyika, a remarkable project company has now cleared 2,000 acres. The lnige -m;es and thick vegetation are no is taking place. Two years ago, seriousobsi.acle to the traCto,. drive,.s.. the Kilombero Valley was mostly Howeve,., they object strenuously to the beehives· whidJ have caused them several thick bush with huge trees and times to ·abandon tracto,.- and dash fo,. impenetrable vegetation which home on foo~ Wild animals often also offered means of life to elephants, present a problem. buffalo, rhino, and a few humans 2. Graphic extimple of why it pays to use 1 modem methods is shown in this African­ living a marginal existence. Today, run estate in the Kilombero Valley. A.s the roar of lions ~nd the trumpeting they have not yet received thei,. promised of elephants have been replaced by tracto,. all clearing is done by hand. Only 50 acres weT(? cleared in the last yea,. with even louder roars - dIose of friendly this system; 1,500 acres were cleared by KSC in roughly the same time. The pictUre tractors and crawlers. shows man attacking a la,.ge tree with a As the mechanized stampede hand ax (a one hou,. job) while in the back· ground othe,. wo,.kers use machetes fo,. moves on, trees and brush are clearing unde,.brush. ripped down to clear the accumula­ 3. Sections of aluminum pipe used in the tion of centuries. A few more "portable- irrigation system being trekked months, and the once impervious to a n(fW area.

brush will be converted into seven 4. Scooping up MuTTctm fo,. use in making thousand fertile acres t..l-tat seem a ,.oads. waving green sea of sugar cane. 5. Mason working on the irrigation ditch In June of last year, the Inter­ alongside the cane /ield.

11 national Finance Corporation (IFC), of about 4,000 who will enjoy the together with the Colo.nial Deve::lop­ benefits of year-round dependable ment Corporation, the Netherlands employment. Overseas Finance Company, and the Vereenigde Klattensche Gllruur Maatschappij, invested the equiva­ lent of 2,300,000 pounds (U.S. $6;400,000) in the Kilombero Suga£ Company Ltd. (KSC) to grow and mill and produce refIDed sugar for the Tanganyikan market. Additional financing for the project came froin an issue of shares of KSC subscribed by the 6 Standard Bank of South Africa and the Colonial Developmen~s of Tanganyika, and later offered for sale to Africans and other residents of Tanganyika. In addition to clearing some 7,000 acres for growing.sugar cane, the projectinclu.des the construction of a sugar mill anq refinery witil initial capacity of 20,000 tons of refined sugar per year. ' Production is expected to begin in 1%2. Tanganyika, a United Nations Trust · Territory administered by the United Kingdom, is 342,000 square miles in area - about the 7 size of Pakistan. The population, which is approximately 9 million, includes some 80,000 Asians, 20,000 Arabs, and 20,000 Europeans. Tanganyika has always been an importer of sugar; the increased domestic production of sugar by KSC will result in substantially reducing the import of this impor.tanr 6. A clos~up 01 the new sugtlT cane seed­ lings - appm#mately ten days old. Una.r commodity. ideal conditiOns a stalk can grow as much By the time the mill begins as two inches per day. producing, ' the plantation and the 7. Cutting sup cane into proper length factory will require a labor force sections lor planting newaop.

12 NEW PROFESSI.ONAl STAFF Konrad Busse, from Germany, joined the Per­ sonnel Division on March 21, coming to the Bank from two years with UNESCO in Paris where he was personnel officer in charge of technical assistance recruitment. He had previously been associated with the German Academic Exchange Service in Bonn where he was responsible for the awarding of UNESCO scholarships in Germany and providing' experts to act as technical advisers within the framework of UNESCO as well as for planning training prograIQs for government officials, pro­ fessor~, etc., coming from less developed countries. Mr. Busse has,his Pb~D. in economics from the University of Bonn and studied in the United States at Iowa State University. Mr. and Mrs. Busse, who is an American, a're livingin A1e~andria with their small son and daughter.

Carl-Erik Lind, from Sweden, .has been with the Public Utili~es Division of the Technical Opera­ tions Department since March 22. He was Planning Engineer for Hammarforsens Kraft AB, a power ,pro­ ducing and distributing firm in Sundsvall, Sweden, for five years before coming to Washington. Mr. Lind did his undergraduate and graduate work in electrical engineering at the Royal InstitUte of Technology in Stockholm and served as a research and teaching assistant -a~t the In-. stitute from 1950-53. From teaching he went with an electrical distri­ bution firm in Upsala as senior engineer. The Linds and their three boys, ranging from five years old to ten, are living in Bethesda. ­

,,,, Peter R. H. Jacob# also from Germany, joined the Public Utilities,Division of the Technical Opera­ tions Department as a financial analyst on March 29. He is a graduate in business administration. from Hatp.bugUniTersity and later spent two years in 1955-56 in British Columbi2i studying at the School of Commerce of the University of British Columbia and working, for a brief period, as an executive assIstant w,ith Canadian Western Pipe Mills, Ltd. Mr. Jacob received his early training in the V~ieinsbank in Hamburg and, since 1958, has been head of the Investment Research Division of C. G. Trinkaus,a private bankin$firm in Duess~ldorf. , Mr. and Mrs. Jacob are living in BlOokmont, Maryland.

13 (Left): Patsy Skillings proudly shows heT father ber water­ color of an autumn scene.

(Above): Jeanne McLemum and her tlcz4ghteT Diana both contributed some of their work in ceramics to the exhibit.

1961 Olrt 'Exh i6i t R(

The IBRD lIFe Art Exhibit opened for one week on Friday, April 7, In the Executive Dining Room. Thirty-four staff members, or members of their immediate families, contributed fifty-one works of art to this year's exhibit. During the course of the week several hundred viewers enjoyed a leisurely stroll around .the room during their lunch hour or coffee break. Much . to the surprise and pleasure of some of the artists, inquiries were received about the possibility of purchasing some of the exhibits. At least one painting was definitely sold and others are still being considered by potential art collectors. The pictures on these pages were taken at the opening tea for ex­ hibitors and members of their families.

(Left): An over-all view of the tea table and some of the guests.

(Right): Discussion over the tea table. (L to R): Angus Mcivor, Ann Geanacou, Peggy Russell and Thelma Falardeau. (Left); Graham Young poses beside his watercolor of ·Central Park.­

(Above); Enrico MarziaN tells Betty Maguire" who had two paintings on display, how long it took to do his wife's portrait . .

(Center); Exhibitors (L to R) Nada Sah, Jdbannes Kahablca and Larissa Trmg study tbi! techniques 0/ others.

(Left); Angus Mdvor discusses his wate,. color, • A Windy Day- with Raymond Cope who did the mosaic mirror frame shown in the background. ( Below); Two of the exhibitors, Irene Sharpe (L) and Kay Bigbee, talk over Irene's oil, entitled -Windows.. - with Mr. Gamer. TEN YEAR STAFF ~ MAY (L to R): Elsie B. Martin, Hazel Fleming, Helen McLeod and Jacqueline Smith.

FIVE YEAR STAFF - MAY Joseph J. Filippi.

* * * * * * FORE! There is still time to sign up for the IBRD/IFC Golf Tournament to be held on Monday May 15. See one of th e golf keymen and make your arrangements. * * * * * *

16 1-e ea4e tpue''te Uete'te4ted. , , , I BRD/IFC Spring Party - Tickets Information about its publications for the Spring Party, at which the and programs may be obtained by bowling trophies will be presented calling the Club, 1916 Sunderland by Mr. Gamer, are going fast. Get Place, N.W., Tel. - CO 5-3120, in' yours soon. Non-bowlers as well person or by phone between 7:00 as bowlers are equally welcome. and 10:00 p.m., Monday through The date is Friday, May 19, and Friday. Their publication, en­ the place is the Federal Room of titled Directory of Hiking, Camping the Statler-Hilton Hotel. Ted and Mountaineering Equipment is Alexander's orchestra will play the "Consumers' Guide" of the for dancing from 8:30 p.m. to field. 1 :00 a.m. Tickets are $3.00 and may be purchased from Bill Wanderbirds Hiking Club - The Matthews, Wilfred Lawrie or Jo Spring Schedule of the Wanderbirds Slusarslci. Hiking Club is available in the Staff Relations Office, Room 200-E. Outdoor Activities- Now that Spring No membership is required to join has finally come, thoughts tum to any of their excursions and every­ outdoor activities. one is welcome to participate Barge trips on the Canal start on simply by payment of any f~res Saturday, May 6. They leave from necessary to reach the locale of Lock 3, located a half block south the hike. of Thirtieth and M Streets, N.W. on Saturdays at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Wildflower Displays - One of the Sundays at 2 p.m. only; and holi­ finest wildflower displays in the days at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.. Wednes­ Washington area is on Theodore day evening trips, leaving at 6:30 Roosevelt Island and the yellow p.m., begin May 31. Round trip irises alone, in bloom the end of takes about four hours and tickets May, are well worth the trip over. are $1.35 for adults and R5¢ for The ferry to the 'island is free and ,children under twelve. begins operating May 28. It .leaves from the float on the Potomac Potomac Appalachian Trail Club ­ River at the foot of Wisconsin For those who enjoy more strenuous Avenue in Georgeto·wn each Sa tur­ activity, the Potomac Appalachian day and Sunday from 1 until 4:30 Trail Club welcomes new members. p.m. The ferry takes you to three The Club maintains trails, cabins and a half miles of foot trails and lean-tos for hikers along the through swamp, woodland and Appalachian Mountain Trail within beside one of the few unspoiled a 200-mile radius of Washington. marshes in this region. A Park The Club also publishes guide Naturalist is on duty during the books; maps and other items. the hours the ferry operates.

17 Grace Umemoto offers her recipe for TERIYAKI (Spareribs or chicken)· Mix together: 6 tablespoons brown sugar; % to 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated; 2 cloves garlic, grated; M cup soy sauce,' 1 tablespoon whiskey or brandy (if sake is used - 2 tablespoons) and % cup water. Marinate a 2-3 lb. chicken, cut into small pieces, or 2-3 lbs. of spare­ ribs, also .cut into small pieces, in the above sauce for 6 to 8 hours. Preheat oven to 3250 for chicken and 3500 for spareribs. Arrange the pieces in a single layer in a shallow baking dish. Place in the oven for half an hour, turn over once and return to oven for hQ1f an hour more or until done. You may brush with the sauce while cooking for better color and flavor. Serves four. • •••••••••••••••• • This sauce may also be used for hal/-inch thick fish steaks. Do not marinate but arrange ina single layer and brush sauce on fish. Place under broiler. and continue to brush with the sauce. Turn over once and repeat until fish is done.

Some of the recent additions to the Staff Relations Lending Library include: TALES FROM A TROUBLED LAND AN ONLY CHILD by Alan Paton by Frank O'Connor TIBET IS MY COUNTRY SERENGETI SHALL NOT DIE by Thubten Jigme Nor~ by B. and M. Grzimek GALAPAGOS: THE NOAH'S ARK OF THE PACIFIC by Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt THE LOTUS A.ND THE ROBOT THE BURNT-OUT CASE by Arthur Koestler by Graham Greene Mysteries AFFAIRS OF THEHEART THE RIGHT DEADLY by Malcolm Muggeridge by Sarah Gainham THE GIFT OF ROME WITH ONE STONE by J. and E. Wagner by F. and R. Lockridge

18 9~ BIRTHS: Andrea Stefanie, second MARRIAGES: Aline Cook mar­ child and first daughter for Maria ried Michael Cerceo on Saturday, . ,,t Elizabeth andHans Pollan, weighed April 1, in the Arlington Methodist 7 lbs., 12 ozs. at birth on March 31. Church. The bride, who wore a Jacqueline and Joseph Heymans gown of white silk brocade, was also had their second child and given aUJay by Arie Kruithof. first daughter on April 18. They Mr. Cerceo is a physicist with have named her Cecile and she American Machine and Foundry in weighed 5 lbs., I40zs. at birth. Alexandria where the couple live. Marietta Massip and Raymond A. Fontaine were married on Saturday, ENGAGEMENTS: Elizabeth ~. McNelly is engaged to William April 15, in the Church of the Shannon, a columnist for the New Blessed Sacrament in Washington. York Post. The couple plan to be T he couple are living in Virginia. married in August and will continue Marlene Astier was married to livinF; in Washington. James Mangum, from Salisbury, North CaTOLina~ at noon on Satur­ E Lizabeth Kirchner's engagement day, May 6 in the Shrine of the to William Michael Ellis of Kenwood, Sacred Heart in Washington. Maryland, was announced recently BEST WISHES to Joyce Johnston by her parents. Mr. Ellis is in the for her performance in HThe Student real estate business in the Wash­ Prince- presented by the Washing­ ington area and they will continue ton Civic Opera Society in the living in Washington after their Howard University Auditorium marriage in September. from June 15 through 17.

IN MEMORIAM George Delaume, ' father,of George R. Delaume, March 3, in Paris. Mrs. H.M. Cusack, mother of Margaret Cusack, March 15, in Burwood, New South Wales. John L. Baber, Jr.~ father of Carol Baber, March 30, in Washing­ ton, D. C. Maria Rucinski, mother of Joseph Rucinski, April 11, in Catons­ ville, Maryland.

19 1960 Chaimzan Moody Burney relinquishes his office to 1961 Chaimzan Michael Jordan.

Lee Meyer and Zdenka Dalecka accept the 1960 womens' doubles trophy from M. Kumashiro. Zdenka was also 1960 womens' singles champion.

Hugh Scott and &b Sadove accept their award /OT winning the 1960 mens' doubles competition. Hugh is also the mens' singles champion /OT 1960.

The pictures on this page were taken at the 1961 Bank/Fundl/FC Tennis Club party held in the Bank Cafeteria on Friday evening, April 14. The p arty officially opened the 1961 tennis season and served as the occasion for presenting the 1960 trophies.

Ann Friedman accepts the Thailand Cup /or winning the mixed doubles handicap tournament with Roni van flelden who was unable to be present.

Harriet Sadove and Kaval Gulhati won the two door prizes 0/ gift certificates from Bob Shriever's Tennis Shop.

Over-all view 0/ the cafeteria cleared 0/ tables /OT the occasion.