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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-02-23
AMEPI CAN LEGION PRINCIPLES

The American Legion is the most demo-
cratic organization in the world. Their
membership is made up Of both rich and
poor; black and white; and all religious
creeds. They associate themselves to
gether for God and country.
They did not 60 to war and fl ght the
battles for any special part Of our coun-
try any selected class Of it's peo-
pie. They fought for all land and
the whole people Of country; to main
tain freedom, liberty and democracy for
all.
They represent church, organi-
zation, be it social or fraternal,
otherwi Sc, above Consti tuition. Their
elected chaplains either Protestant,
Jew or Catholic. Every member, by oath,
swears to consecrate and uphold these
principles. If: any person speaks othe r.
wise in the name Of the American Legion,
ask you to request Of him by what
authori ty he speaks. Let rlmors
propaganda lead you asmder, for they
be false. We dedicate ourselves toward
the mutual benefit Of all.
The Greenbelt American
Legion Post #l36
Leon G. Benefiel Harold 0. Melsness
Adjutant Commander
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, recently at
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THERE is so much to be said about
Gen. Thomas johnson, brother of
Maj. Robert Johnson, that one hardly
knows where to cut his biography. He
was certainly a wealthy man, with
large acreage holdings in Frederick
County, where. with his brothers
including Roger Johnson-he estab-
lished Forge Mills, smelling furnaces,
paper mills and the Aetna Glass fac
tory, one of the first glass factories in
America. At his old Catoctin furnace
he forged large number of cannon
and cannon balls for the Army, to-
gether with 100 tons of bombshells,
which were put to good use at York
town.
On Thursday, June Is. IT'S, he
nominated George Washington to be
the commander of all the Continental
forces raised or to be raised for the
defense of liberty, and showed his
usual good judgment by successfully
opposing the appointment of Gen.
Charles Lee to be the second. in COM
mand. Mr.. Johnson was elected the
senior brigadier of Maryland troops
in the Revolutionary War and was
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erick County, mansion built in 1912
by Maj. Roger johnson. a brother to
Thomas johnson, who built and occu-
pied Ross Hill. near Frederick, Md.
Roger johnson was undoubtedly a
prominent man in his day, but history
seems to have overshadowed him by
bringing out the greater Importance
OF his brother, Thomas Johnson, who
rendered considerable service of value
to the American cause during the
period Of the American Revolution.
THOMAS was a stateman, lawyer,
turist and patriotic leader. He
was born in st. Leonards, Calvert
County. Md, November 4, 1892, and
died October 20, 1919. His resting
place is Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fred
erick, Md, where lie the bodies of
Francis Scott Key, author of 1.-The
Star Spangled Banner" and Dame
Barbara Frietchie, referred to in Whit
tiers inspiring poem. though, unfor-
tunately. not based upon facts.
And, of course, there are other no.
table persons buried in this old ceme-
terry.
Maj. Roger johnson bought this
property in 1795 from Francis Dea-
kins, brother to William Deakins,
prominent early resident Of George
town. Indeed, in the only election for
President of the United States in which
the people Of the District of Columbia
had a part, Francis Deakins was a
candidate for elector on the Federal
Republican ticket, and in this con-
nection we find the National Intelli-
gencer of November 7, 1900, saying:
ELECTION OF ELECTORS.
"The Federal Republicans of the
City of Washington are requested to
meet on the Capitol Hill at 8 o'clock in
the morning. on Monday next (being
the second Monday in November) and
from thence proceed to Bladensburg,
when the election will be held.
Federal Republican Candidate
Francis Deakins.
Francis Deakins Is well known for
his attachment to our excellent Con-
stitution and the Rights of the People,
which he will support as he has sup
ported the administration Of the i'm
mortal Washington and his venerable
successor to whom under God we owe
our present independent. peaceful and
happy situation"
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Johnson, 1t may be assumed that he
actually had 81 children.

johnson, 1t may be assumed that he
actually had 81 children.
ROGER JoHNsoN's family was
not so large, though he might
have well afforded it, since he paid,
in Frederick County in 1928, next to
the largest amount of taxes, Charles
Carroll of Carrollton paying the
largest amount. OF Roger johnson,
according to the same census, we find
him credited with three sons over 16,
five under Is, wife and three daugh-
ters, two other persons and 20 slaves.
After leaving Rose Cottage, the
home Of Mrs. Laurence A. White, the
writer visited Rock Hall, where Mrs.
White was born and where her father,
John Lloyd Belt, resided from 1889
to the date of his death, January rs,
1889. the property being devised to
him by his father, DR.. Alfred Belt.
John Lloyd Belt married, in 1845,
Sarah Eleanor McGill of Potomac
Hills. Frederick County, Md, and they
had the following children: Mary
Charlotte Belt, married 1t. D. B.
Chambers of Delaware; DR.. Alfred
McGill Belt, married Arie T. Trail of
Frederick; John Lloyd Belt, died in
early manhood, unmarried; Ellen
Campbell Belt, married John H. Reich
of Frederick, Md; America Macgill
Belt, married Thomas A. McIlvains of
Delaware; Annie Oliver Belt, married
Laurence A. White, Dickerson, Md;
Sarah Virginia Belt, unmarried: Nc
Gill Belt, unmarried; Julia Belt and
Edward Oliver Belt, who was born at
Rock Hall May 10, 1861. and married
Emily w. Norvell May 10, 1899. He
was a graduate in medicine in 1886
from the Maryland University and also
studied medicine with his brother, DR..
Alfred M. Belt of Baltimore. Later he
studied opthalmology and otology at
the University of Vienna and at hos
pitals in Paris, Berlin and London.
Returning home, he took a post-grad-
uate course in histology and pathology
at Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
more.
In 1889 he removed to Washington
to practice and became a member of
the Medical Society of the District of
Columbia, and in this city he became
the originator and one OF the organic
ers of the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital and its surgeon and
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Marylands first Governor and served
as such for three successive terms.
He was appointed to the United States
Supreme Court bench by President
Washington and took his seat August
6, 1892. Prior to this he accepted
the appointment to the commission
appointment by the President to lay
out the Federal City, and served with
DR.. David Stuart and Daniel Carroll
One thing historical critics cannot
deny Is that the number of members
in the early American families was
considerably greater than they are
today, and as an illustration we find
by the census of 1890 that Thomas
Johnson at that time had In his FAM
lily. in addition to himself, II males
over l6 years of age and one under
Is, his wife and three daughters. He
had 38 slaves. Generally, where all
the children enumerated are not
those Of the head Of family referred
to such children are placed in a
separate column marked "Other Per-
sons" and as this is not the case
with the family of Gov. Thomas
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is on the grounds Of st. Johns Church,

is on the grounds Of st. Johns Church,
Georgetown.
An early settler Of Chevy Chase was
Abraham Bradley, First Assistant
Postmaster General at the time the
Post Once Department was removed
from Philadelphia to Washington in
1900. In 1914, he purchased from
Philip Barton Key and John w Clag-
EFT 218 acres of this location and
in 1918 acquired Is acres more. Ac-
cording to Charles S. Bradley: Here
he raised his family in peace and COM
fort, found retirement for his favorite
studies, relaxation from the cares and
burdens of his busy life, and here
entertained In quiet and cordial hospi-
tality his friends and relatives. 1t is
said that in 1914 when the British took
possession of Washington, several
members Of the cabinet went into
seclusion at Chevy Chase for day or
two, and that valuable records of the
Post ONCE and other departments were
temporarily hidden there until the Red
Goats retired across country"
A LFRED BELT, son of Charles Belt,
before referred to, though born
in Montgomery County, Md, was not
to remain there long, for when he was
7 years old, his parents moved to LOU
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local shippers when they play host 70
entrants that have come from as far
away as Florida and Rhode Island.
a GAIN this season the speedboat
events Of the Presidents Cup Re-
gatta promise to be the outstanding
show of the year. Thousands who line
the seawall about, the Point will thrill
to the roar and flash of high-powered
Gold Cup boats as they battle for a
lead and chance at the priced trophy
donated IL years ago by President
Coolidge.
The regatta, scheduled for Septem-
Der 23, "a and IS, will be the final in
q world championship for 12-liter or
Gold Cup craft, the ultimate in rac-
ing classes. Eegattas are being
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doun County, Va. He studied medi-
cine and practiced extensively in addi-
ton to conducting large farm. He
married Miss Charlotte Trundle De-
cember %, 1909, by whom he had Ruth
Ann. married George Sinclair; Mary
Ellen, married Cephas Hempstone;
Alfred Campbell, married Mary Mills
of Alexandria, Va; John Lloyd Belt,
married Sarah Eleanor McGill of
Maryland; DR.. James Belt, married
Elizabeth Snouffer of Maryland, and
Ann Elizabeth Belt, married j. J. M.
Sellman of Baltimore, Md.
But DR.. Alfred Belt, though quite
young when he was taken to Virginia
with his parents, yet evidently had a
longing for Western Maryland, and 80,
in 1886, we find him purchasing the old
johnson homestead and TOO acres of
land attached to Rock Hall in Fred
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been hard at 1t on the eastern ends
OF basins No. !, an area above the
Municipal Fish Market, and No. Q,
between the Capital Yacht Club and
Lorton Prison wharf. Eventually, on
completion of a third marina on
Water street, it is estimated that 286
boats, from the smallest craft to 90
footers, will be accommodated.
FORMATION Of the GEORGETOWN
University Sailing Club as mem
Der OF the fast-growing Intercollegiate
Yacht Racing Association supplies an
other yachting first" for the Dis
trict. Undergraduate sailing enthusi-
asts. numbering several outstanding
New England shippers, organized last
fall under their student commodore,
Martin Quigley Of Riverside, Conn.
The boys, without benefit Of any en-
dowments, purchased five little sailing
dinghies, which were sailed through
out the winter. Race meets on the Po-
tomac already have included teams
from Princeton University, st. Johns
College Of Annapolis and Catholic
University.
Interest has been so keen in this
sport that there are rumors of two
other local colleges forming sailing
clubs next fall.
Those white sails you see dotting
the Potomac in the vicinity of Hams
Point each spring and fall owe their
growth and popularity to an organ
ization that Is not yet five years old.
The Potomac River Sailing Associa-
ton, founded In the fall Of 1884, has
been responsible for reviving interest
In the sport and bringing out nearly
30 small craft Of all sizes and classes
m one Sunday afternoon. {.
Just about the most enthusiastic
amateurs to be found anywhere, the
Potomac sailors open their season in
April, when most yachtsmen are still
wondering II it isn't too early to start
the annual overhaul. They race until
June and then disband for the sum-
mere. Many Of them move on to the
bay country for competition in re-
gattas. Then with the close of the
vacation season they return for rae
ing and more racing until late Oc-
tober and sometimes November.
OF course, so boats do not start of
all at once In these races. There are
now six separate divisions, classes
for 20-footers, the nuch-talked-of
comets, the tiny moths. snipe boats
and two handicap groups composed If
craft not falling into one-design
class. The Presidents Cup regatta
IN September = the high light for
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Beautification Puts
Harbor Into High
Marine Glass.

tawoman Greek, a favorite with Wash
ington Yacht Club members.
More and more owners have been
taking their boats around Point Look
out and up the bay to numerous points
on the Western Shore for the summer.
Maintaining base either at West
River, Herring Bay, South River, An
napolis or Gibson Island, these wise
shippers have, after short drive from
town, before them the wide expanse Of
the Chesapeake to cruise.
THERE Is no limit to popular and
little-used anchorages. If you
wish to confine the cruise to the
Western Shore Of the bay, why not
nose up the Rhode River and be with
In bugle call of the Y. M. C. A. Camp
Let's or down to West River for a
visit at the busy little yard of Hartge
brothers and a view of the Sunday
sailboat races? Or, from a stopover at
the accommodating Annapolis Yacht
Club, take cruise up the Severn
River, anchor off one of the many
summer beaches and row ashore for q
swim. If you would care to see bay
yachting at its best, a trip into the
Magothy River and anchorage off Glib
son Island Yacht Squadron clubhouse
would be in order. Here you will see
new class to the Chesapeake, the
fast six-meter sloops preparing to sail
out for competition or perhaps the
cfo bal 70 ~
Whiting.
Even the pisturesque Eastern Shore
can be explored over a week end. But
1t must be done with some planning.
else the enthusiastic skipper will find
his time up when yet miles from his
base. A summer could be spent visit
ing and lazily staying over at count
less spots on "the Shore"
The regatta habitue would never
overlook what is the bays biggest,
gayest and most colorful event of the
season-the Miles River Yacht Club
Regatta over at st. Michaels. Both
sail and power enthusiasts are given
their fill Of events. Perhaps that Is
why it's so popular. This year 1t Is
scheduled for August 5, 6 and 7. But
among the sailors there is growing a
strong preference for the combined
regattas Of Tired Avon and Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Clubs at Oxford, which fol-
low . week later. The courses are
ideal. the hospitality Is matchless, and,
most important for the contestants,
there are no power races to interfere.
HOWEVER, II you do your cruising
to get away from the crowds, there
Is much "the Shore" offers. Both st.
Michaels and Oxford, other than at
regatta time. are sleepy little towns.
the former distinguished as q sea food
and the other as bodybuilding CEN
ter. Then there are the Wye River,
at the northwest portion of Eastern
Bay; the trip up the Tired Avon to
Easton, q cruise into the Choptank
River past Cambridge and many others
too numerous to mention.
The long trip around from the Capt.
tai pays big dividends before many
weeks have rolled by. And it will be
the same story when the family purse
is opened for the purchase Of the nrst
boat.
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planned in Venice, italy, on July 9
and 10 and at Detroit ON September
S. the famous Gold Cup race Among
early entries promising record turn
out are Herbert Mendelson's Notre
Dame, the winner in 1897; Jack
Rutherford's Juno, which was fished
from the Potomac after she took q
spill and sank in the second heat last
year; boats of Horace Dodge and
George Refs, and radically designed
craft Of Count Theo Rossi and Guido
Cattaneo from Italy and Maurice Vas
seur of France.
A MOTHER group that has enjoyed
increased membership is the Po-
tonac River Power Squadron. unit
OF the United States Power Squad
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ron. 1t Is, the largest unit Of organ
lied yachtsmen in the country, with
squadrons throughout the East Coast,
the Great Lakes and California. They
have made great strides in educa. ling
boat owners in the ways of the sea,
in the proper handling of their craft
and in plotting and navigation.
A newcomer is eligible to join on
passing an examination that follows
a series of free lectures each winter.
Forty-six candidates, a record nun
ber for the Washington squadion. re-
Gently received certificates. Among
new boats that will be flying the dis
tinctive squadron flag for the first
time are the cruiser John, owned by
William A. Ackerman; the yawl Spin
drift of DR.. A. K. Balls, william A.
Barker's 34-footer. Dapper Dan: the
Avalon II of Robert F. DAVIS, the
bugeye, Kate D, of F. Morse Hoi-
comb; a 45-footer owned by Robin
Hood, DR.. E. M. Pickford's Marian,
the 30-foot cruiser of A. Stanley Mo-
reau. the sloop Malolo of Lawrence q.
Walter and the 'Allegra, owned by
Warren L. Steininger
Members of the Jansky family have
made the squadron practically their
own. Curtis NJ, sr. and jr., passed
the examination with high grades, as
did Mother Jansky. She received a
certificate of proficiency, as women
are not eligible for membership. The
junior Jansky passed without even
attending classes.
VACHTSMEN are fortunate In hav-
ing several ideal anchorages with
in q half days run of their moorings
at Capital Yacht Club, Corinthian
Yacht Club, Washington Yacht Club,
Columbia Yacht Club or Eastern Power
Boat Club. Gunston Cove, 20 miles
down the Potomac on the Virginia
shore, is No. weekend rendezvous.
In beautiful setting OF wooded shores.
Gunston is unique in that its water is
safe for bathing, although the river
outside may be polluted and unfit.
This is partly due to the fresh streams
that drain into the cove. Some au-
thorities have advanced the theory that
the shoals and weeds at its entrance
act as q filter.
The Corinthians maintain float
and diving platform from May until
September, which is enjoyed by menu
bers visiting the cove. Farther down.
stream, below tiny Craney Island and
on the same shore, is Occoquan Bay
and its interesting creek leading far
inland. And just across from occo-
guam, on the Maryland side. 10 Mat
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Washington Rival of Big
Centers and Has
Own Fleet.
By
Malcolm LambOrne, Jr.

- RoWN to proportions rivaling
the large yachting centers
Of the North, Washington's
f1otilla of pleasure craft,
shining with fresh paint and varnish,
1mpatiently awaits the first weekend
cruise of summer. Once he has been
bitten by the bug, nothing can keep
the owner of boat, be it an ll-foot
sailing dinghy or a 90-foot Diesel
yacht, from casting of from the club
dock and slipping away for joyous
days afloat.
Just give skipper a tiller to grasp
and a chart to guide the way, and
all cares vanish in the foaming wake
astern. Ahead lie care-free days. No
worries of the crowded highway and
Its fume-f1lled air, only the open
channel over the bow and the tang
Of salt sea.
AT no place will be found a better
example of development of yachting
IN the last few years than ON the
Potomac and nearby Chesapeake Bay.
Increasing numbers, as they come to
realize it is no longer a pastime re-
served for the wealthy, are taking to
the water in every variety of craft
that will stay afloat and go places.
For the yachtsman who takes his
sport in leisurely manner, countless
covers and creeks on the Potomac
and ports and islands on the bay in.
vite exploration. To tempt the more
active shippers there are no less than
rs sailing regattas and power events
scheduled for this season here and
near by.
THE Capital bids for leading yacht
ing honors In another fashion,
too. For here will be found the presi-
dent as well as executive Offices of
the ruling board for all motor-boat
racing in the United States, the Amer
ican Power Boat Association. John A.
Remon. also head Of the Presidents
Cup Regatta Association, is its presi-
dent. The Chesapeake Bay Yacht
Racing Association, formed to pro-
mote sailboat competition among l6
clubs on the bay and tributaries, has
Washingtonians L. Corrin Strong as
president and D. Werner smythe sec
retary. s
The long-awaited waterfront inn
provement, which began this spring
on two projected yacht basins, will
give to Washington one Of the finest
marinas on this coast. Not only will
it provide local boat owners with the
most modern mooring. repair and
fueling facilities, but the harbor
Identification is sure to attract In
creasing numbers Of visiting yachts
that, heretofore, have been reluctant
to make this port, with only the
prospect Of tying to an oyster boat or
condemned pier.
The United States Army Engineers.
who are supervising the eight-year
project, have 30 planned improvements
that waterfront tenants win receive
minimum Of Inconvenience. When
one sector has been completed, boat
men win move In as work begins o.,
another basin. Dredges and tugs have
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executive officer. This was truly his
greatest monument 40 humanity. This
hospital was founded in 1897, and
from the first occupied rented quarters
on the corner of L and Seventeenth
streets NV, but in 1899 was located
at 1887 Seventeenth street, when the
president of the hospital was Right
Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee. D. D.;
first vice president, William D. Bald
win: second vice president, Rev. John
H. Elliott, S. D. T.; secretary, DR.. Belt:
treasurer, NJ M. Crenshaw, and the
superintendent was Miss Emily w.
Norvell. This was the same year that
DR.. Belt and Miss Norvell were mar
ried.
CUNDAY evening, December 80, 1905,
- occurred disaster in the District
Of Columbia that brought sadness to
the homes Of many Washington fami-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-02
PWA PROJECTS POPULAR
THROUGHOUT MARYLAND

The wide extent to which communi-
ties in Maryland are taking advantage
of Public Works Administrator assis-
tance to replace antiquated public
buildings or erect new facilities of
this sort is shown in an analysis of
that feature of Secretary Ickes' fast
moving PWA program.
The analysis showed that to date
PWA has made As per cent outright
grants for 13 projects of this type
to cost $2,211,190, in the State of
Maryland. Many of them have al
ready started construction to meet
the requirements of the 1888 PWA Re-
covery Act calling for immediate en-
ployment of men and materials.
The list for the state follows:
Bowie, fire house and town hall.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-12-02

lard Riley, Peter East, Misses Hilda,
Beatrice and Vesta A. Stevenson, Mrs.
Lumma Matthews, Mr.. and Mrs. ELL
wood Matthews, Mr.. E. Wilfred Ross,
Theodore r. Miller, Mrs. Raymond
Dixon, r. I. Lednum, Willard J. Stew
enson, Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey Child,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Stevenson, Mrs.
Vernon p. Stevenson, Mr.. VIM. A.
Stroud, Mrs. C. X. Howard, Simon
Heilig, Mr.. r. S. Matthias, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph A. Ross, w. B. Tilghman
& Co., Mr.. John E. Fox Mr.. H. H.
Appleton, Lloyd & Blaine, Mr.. Harlan
Robertson, Pocomoke Foundry & Mach
inc Works, Mrs. Oliver F. Johnson,
Mrs. Francis D. Young, Mr.. J. F.
Evans, Mr.. Frank w. Shaw, Mr.. VIM.
H. Clarke, Montgomery Ward & Co.,
w. H. Clarke & Co., Eastern Shore
Gas Co.
Stockton: Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Dry
den, ]. L. Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. John
White, Mr.. and Mrs. Estel Trader,
Thos. L. Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Vaughn Birmingham, Mr.. Ernest E.
Shockley and Marcus Bailey.