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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Large Turnout At
First CotilIion Dance

Almost 200 young couples gath
cred at the Manor Club near Nor
beck, Md, last Friday night fol-
the first dance of the Montgomery
county Cotillion Club, recently or
gained under the sponsorship OF
sc'ons of well known Maryland fam
lilies.
Restricted by the board of gov
ernors to an Invitation only" mem
Oership, the Cotillion promises To
0ecome one of the outstanding
events in Montgomery County.
Last nights dance is the first Of
many as "the purpose of this club
Is TO hold semi-annually a strictly
closed and invitational Cotillion, a
custom firmly and traditionally
established in many other localities
according to the governing board.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Diamond
o. led the figure" at last Fridays
Junction. Special dance arrange
M nents were provided by the Leroy
rhayer Studios.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Five Youths Wreck
Cell At Rockville

Five youths awaiting action ot
the Grand Jury in a cell in the
Rockville Jail, atop the Court House
building, just about wrecked the
place when they tore the fixtures
and screens asunder and hurled
the debris into the corridor early
Wednesday morning of this week
The boys are being held for an
alleged attempt to rob a grocery
store in Kensington last month.
Summoned before the court by
Judge Prescott, the lads said 1--WE
just wanted to make sure we would
be sent to some other place.. APP
parently their intentions will be
granted, because the court imme-
diately replied "I1l send you to an
other place and when you get out
you'll appreciate the Montgomery
County jail"
Judge Prescott then directed
States Attorney Ben G. Wilkinson
to draw up contempt proceedings.
The boys were SENTENCED on We'd
nesday afternoon to three years each
in the Maryland House of Correction
by Judge Stedman Prescott.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Rockville X. of G..
Helps With Field
Day June 18th
Joins With Four Other
Local Councils In Arrang-
ing Program

Montgomery Council, Knights of
Columbus, Rockville, will join with
four other local councils in the Third
District of Maryland in sponsoring .
field day and outing Sunday, June rs,
ON the farm 81 ]. II. Orme on the
viers Mill road between Wheaton and
Rockville.
Visiting officials of the Knights Of
Columbus from the State Council will
be on hand as well as visiting knights
from all over the State of Maryland
and the District of Columbus. Invita-
tons have been extended to Governor
O'Conor and other State officials, as
well as to county leaders.
The field day will feature all kinds
of athletic events, music, food and re-
freshments. The Chestnut Farms ;
Chevy Chase Dairy band viii furnish
the music and arrangements have
been made to provide for a crowd Of
1900 persons. In addition to the COM
petitive athletic events, experts in
table tennis, badminton and archery
will give exhibitions and six boxing
bouts have been arranged, topped Oft
with battle royal.
Competitive events between the FIVE
councils viii be a popular feature of
the day and will include volleyball,
horseshoe pitching, softball and po-
tato race. County Commissioner Wal
ter Johnson, former big league pitch
ing star, will umpire the softball
game.
John A. Jarboe and L. Prescott
Fisher, both Of Rockville are members
of the committee on arrangements.
The program will start at 1880 in the
afternoon and will continue until 1880
in the evening.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Pugh Named To
State Accident
Board By Governor
Former States Attorney
Gets Five Year Job At
$4,000 Annually

James H. Pugh, 36, former States
Attorney of Montgomery County was
appointed to the Maryland State
Industrial Accident Board by Gov
ernor O'Conor this week.
Mr.. Pugh will succeed Omar d.
Crothers, nephew of former Cover
nor Austin L. Crothers, in the
$5,0O0-a-year job. The term is for
five years.
He is a native of Chevy Chase,
is married and has two children.
Before his election as States at
torney in 1884, Mr.. Pugh was con-
nected with a real estate firm. He
was admitted to the bar in 1880
after receiving his legal training at
Georgetown University.
Boiling the party lines in the last
gubernatorial primaries, Mr.. Pugh
acted as campaign manager for Mr..
O'Conor while the Montgomery
Democratic organization backe
Mayor Howard w. Jackson of Bal
timore.
Mr.. Pugh graduated from McKin-
ley High School and the University
of Maryland, where he starred in
football.
He has always taken an active
part in civic affairs, and was elected
to the Citizens Committee of Section
8 of Chevy Chase, later being elected
as their representative to the Mont
gomery County Civic Federation, and
designated as representative to the
Chevy Chase Fire Board. He is a
member of the Chevy Chase Volun-
teer Fire Department, and the Be-
thesda Chevy Chase Rotaev Club,
and was a member Of the National
Guard for seven years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
RURAL SECTIONS WILL HAVE
FIRST REASSESSMENTS UNDER
NEW PLAN OF COUNTY
Fifteen Assessors Begin Work Expected To
Take Year-Increase In Taxable Basis Estimated
Near S3OOOO,OOO

Rural Montgomery County COM
munities will be the first to face
reassessment under the new assess
ment plan for the county which is
scheduled to get under way in the
next few weeks under the direction
of William p. Richards, former
Assessor of the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Richards reported this week
that he plans to launch the survey
in the upper county with fifteen
assessors-three each for the dis
tricts of GAINESVILLE, Poolesville,
Laytonsville, Clarksburg and Damas-
Gus.
Under this arrangement the work
of reassessing the entire county will
get its initial start in the rural
section and will be we'll under way
when the more complicated task of
assessing suburban property is
started.
The arrangement of having three
assessors for each district will be
handled in such a way as to insure
that at least two of the three
assessors will be residents of some
other district, Mr.. Richards said.
He indicated that all of the assessors
would be residents of Montgomery
County, although it had previously
been reported that the county would
employ nonresident assessors. Mr..
Richards, the director of the re-
assessment, however, is a non-resi-
dent. a.
Pending the selection Of the fifteen
assessors who are to start the re-
assessment, plans are going ahead
rapidly for the detail work incident
to appraising and listing county
property. IS. M. Hamilton, chief
clerk of the reassessment is now
preparing to have a map drawn of
the county to be expanded as the
work progresses, which will show
every piece of property in the coun-
ty on which an assessment is placed.
The reassessment, which is the
first to be conducted in Montgomery
County since 1927, is expected to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Request Decrease
In Election Fund
Commissioners DumfOunded
When Asked To Cut APP
prOpriatier In Half

The board of county commissioner:
was requested to increase it's appro
priation for one department and de-
crease it for another, at its weekly
meeting Tuesday in the ROCKWELL,
courthouse. The request for increase
was made in behalf of health work
in the county.
The request for decrease, how
ever, dumfounded the board and was
believed to have established a prece-
cent unparalleled in the annals Of
county history. Plea for reduced APP
preparation came from the board of
election supervisors who said icy had
been allocated about twice the sum of
money needed for their work this
year. =
Mrs. William N. Morrell and Mrs.
Morrison M. Clark presented the plea
for additional health funds, stating
that at present only about % per cent
of the county budget is used for this
purpose.
Donald Bowie, Jr., chairman and
Capt. Ward w. Caddington, clerk,
represented the election board and
told the astounded board that they
would need only $12,125 Of the $24,-
900 aIlocated TO their department this
year. Both proposals were taken
under advisement.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15

take nearly year to complete. Esti-
mates as to the increase in the
county's assessable basis resulting
from the new assessment vary
widely, some estimating the increase
as high as $30,OOO,OOO to $4,000, 900.
The bulk of the increase is ex-
pected to come from the suburban
county and the net effect on the
farming section is expected to be
more of an equalization of few
existing inequalities rather than q
heavy increase.
The county reassessment has been
sought by the county farm bureau
and numerous other organizations in
the upper county for the past sew
eral years but has been postponed
from year to year by the State
Legislature. Now, however, the re-
assessment is mandatory this year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Rockville Children
Lunch With Radcliffe

Senator George L. Radcliffe, of
Maryland, had as his guests for
luncheon this week, children of the
Rockville Elementary School. The
children were accompanied on their
trip by Miss Elizabeth Banks,
teacher at the school. Everyone in
the party reported an enjoyable
afternoon spent with the Senator.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Graduation In
County Schools
On June 10 20
Largest Classes In History
Of County To Receive
Diplomas

Graduation exercises in the schools
of Montgomery County will take place
on Monday and Tuesday, June 10 and
20. The classes are the largest in the
history of the county and over seventy
boys and girls will receive diplomas
for completion of work at Richard
Montgomery High School, located in
Rockville.
Exercises forthe schools located in
rural Montgomery county will be as
follows: Poolesville; Richard Mont
gomery, Rockville; Damascus and
Lincoln High, (colored) will be held
on Monday, June 10 and at Gathers
but on Tuesday, June 20.
{ RICHARD MONTGOMERY
HIGH SCHOOL
ACADEMIC
Boys = James Harold Carlin, John
Mccormick Carter, Paul Chmar, John
England Clark, Richard Alan Cleve-
land, Charles Ashton Edmonds, Jr.,
Edward Wallace Higgins, Robert
Warren Johnson, Gordon Stanley Ros-
enberger, R. Kenneth Waters, Jr.
Girls = Beulah Frances Banks,
Dorothy Anne Bohannon, nellie
Broome, Mary Jane Burdette, Dorothy
Joyce Day, Mary Margaret Garrett,
Beatrice Lee Howard, Carolyn Ann
johnson, Althea Virginia Karn, Macie
Irene King, Mary French Thompson,
Marvel Bernice Williams.
GENERAL
Boys - John M. Burke, Jr., Lester
Claggett, Russell Charles Davis, Will
liam Raymond English, Talmage
Grayson Fink, Robert Samuel Gregg,
Charles Warren Koiner, Woodrow
Kraft, Richard Irving Leaman, George
Edward Lechlider, Wilson r. Lee,
CONTINUED on page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Coming Events" Column Is
Free To Sentinel Readers

AS service to our subscribers and to the general
public THE SENTINEL will run the Coming
Events" column FREE for use of churches, organ-
cations and clubs. It and will serve the dual
purpose of reserving a selected date and present
regularly list Of busy dates as a guide in making
selections.
Announcements in this column will be limited TO
two lines (three if name is too long) and will be
carried in order of date sequence. It is assumed
that this column will suffice to make date reser-
vations and further publicity can be expected of
such affairs in correspondence columns. No mention
can be made of price purpose. Such Celebrations
will of necessity, have to be made in advertising
space. No restrictions however made on the use
of this Coming Events" column, except that space
will be denied any strictly commercial venture for
personal gain.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
First Avenue To Be
Maintained By State

In communication received this
week by the County Commissioners
the State Roads Commission advised
that it would take over maintenance
Of First Avenue, in Rockville. Since
the completion of the overpass at
the B. & o. tracks, this avenue has
become an arterial highway from
the Viers Mill road to the Norbeck
Road.
It was announced that this will
be temporary, as the commission
plans a more direct road to be con-
structed later.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Rockville Boy Scouts
Win H0nOrs At Camp0ree

The Pine Tree and Covered Wagon
Patrols of Boy Scout Troop 231 of
Rockville both finished in the first ten
in the annual Scout Camporee Satur-
day at Camp Woodrow Wilson near
Burnt Mills.
Judges of the contest at the camp
Gree, which was the largest ever held
in Montgomery County, were Charles
Hayden and Paul T. Hammer, both of
the Montgomery County Division
and Rock Kirkam and J. P. Hovey,
both of Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Some Catch!

G. T. Wells of Gaithersburg, Frank
B. Jenkins Of Washington, Chester
Fannon and Amos Howard Of Alex
andria, report a most successful fish
ing trip with Capt. George Lewis at
Cape Charles, Va. last Friday; land
ing five channel bass ranging in
weight from rs to IS pounds each, one
Atlantic black bonita weighing IS
pounds and sixty-fve sea trout.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Police Force Asking
For Motorcycle Bids

The board of county commissioners
will receive bids for the purchase Of
nine new motorcycles TO be used by
the county police force next Tuesday
at II a. m. in the courthouse.
County motorists inclined to be
somewhat lax about watching their
speedometers are said TO be hoping
that the price offered viii be prohibit
i've inasmuch as Chief of Police
Charles c. orme has announced that
the motorcycles viii be used for
traffic patrol duty.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
County Civic Federation
Banquet At Manor Club

Governor Herbert r. o,Conor and
Rep. William D. Byron Of Western
Maryland will be among the honor
guests at the annual banquet Of tho
Montgomery County Civic Federation
tonight at the Manor Club. Sharing
the speaking program with the two
guests of honor will be Rep. Luther
Patrick of Alabama.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
Gov. O'Conor To
Declare July 3
A Legal Holiday

According to an announcement
made this week, Governor O'Conor
will declare Monday, July 3, a
legal holiday in Maryland, afford
ing an extended three-day holiday
period for many. Banks, public
offices and post offices will no doubt
keep the holiday, but to many of
us-it will be just Monday, July 8.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-06-15
United Young
Democrats Urge
More Policing
Adopt Resolution Asking
For Daily Patrolling Of
Poolesville = GAINESVILLE
Districts


tion concerning further policing Of
outlying sections of the county, pre-
sented at the last meeting of the
United Young Mems Democratic
Clubs Of Montgomery County, held
on Monday night, June IL, Alfred D.
Noyes, president of the club appointed
a committee to confer with Chief of
Police Charles M. Orme. The COM
mittee consists of Charles Jamison of
Dickerson and James Christopher of
Betheda.
The resolution and the amendment
as adopted follows:
"BE IT RESOLVED That the
United Young Mems Democratic
Clubs of Montgomery County hereby
request the Chief of Police for Mont
gomery County, Charles M. Orme, and
the Board of County Commissioners
for Montgomery County to provide
for daily patrolling by the Montgom-
cry County police of those Election
Districts designated as the Poolesville
and GAINESVILLE Districts, and further
request the permanent station of an
officer in the aforementioned dis
tricts and to work particularly in the
towns of Poolesville and GAINESVILLE
on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and
holidays for the better police protec-
ton of these centers."
AMENDMENT
"BE IT RESOLVED That the fore
going resolution affecting the Pooles-
willie and GAINESVILLE Districts be
amended to read as follows:
"That the United Young Mems
Democratic Clubs of Montgomery
County hereby petition the Chief of
Police for Montgomery County,
Charles M. Orme, and the Board of
County Commissioners for Montgom-
cry County to provide for the regular
patrolling on allotted beat system of
all those districts IN Montgomery
County not being now regularly pa
trolled from the suburban sub-sta-
tons, and that these beats for the
sections of Montgomery County not
now so patrolled be geographically
divided so that their main stem is
elong the principal highways and
through the principal centers of popu-
lation in this northern and western
section of the County;
And further that the Board of
County Commissioners provide such
additional equipment in the way Of
Patrol cars as to make feasible the
patrolling of these beats without re-
turning during the patrol to the head
quarters at Rockville; and they fur
Their request that on Saturday after
Moons, Sundays and holidays these
officers SO patrol the beats as above
outlined and lay particular stress to
patrol Of the main centers of popula-
ton on their particular beat; and that
a committee of two be appointed by
the President of the United Young
Mems Democratic Clubs to confer
with Chief 0rme to the end of work
ing such plans as above outlined"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31

actively in charge OF the banks af-
fairs since it was organized.
The board of directors consists of
L. R. Gooch, S. R. Harris, Jr., T. w.
McCracken, r. c.. Harrison, DR.. S.
R. Watson, Jasper B. Hicks, r. C. S.
Davis, A. A. Bum, D. c, Loughlin,
S. T. Peace, Jr. All are Henderson
men and all Of them have resided
here most of their lives.
The First National Bank is one of
the strongest financial institutions in
this section, and the safe, ,conser-
vative management it has had in the
past has assured the success that has
come to it, with prospects for con-
tinuation of that remarkable record
for the future.
Since the establishment of the Fed
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation,
the bank has been a member of that
organization, which insures deposits
up to $4,000 for each individual GUS
toner. This covers a large majority
of the accounts, and insures this
guaranteed protection to depositors
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
Kerner Drug
Old Concern

For well over a quarter of a CEN
tury the Kerner Drug Company has
been an outstanding store in it's field
in Henderson. All of this time it has
been located at the southeast corner
of Garnett and Montgomery streets,
the corner known as the center of the
town.
The store carries everything in the
drug line, and specializes in prescrip-
ton work, with two registered phar-
macists in charge, capable and eff
ficient and using only the best and
purest drugs in compounding medi-
cines ordered by doctors. Day or
night service is available at all times.
Hundreds of families in this city and
section have been patrons of the
store during the years and have
found the utmost of satisfaction in
their relationships.
L. c. Kerner is the proprietor of
the concern, giving his full time to
its management. He is assisted by
James Connell as pharmacist, with
Charlie Jones and Clarence Spruill
in charge of the fountain. Curb SER
vice is offered, and courteous and
prompt attention is given customers
at all times.
The company carries a full line of
cigars, cigarettes, smoking tobacco,
pipes and the like, together with
highest quality of staple drug pro-
ducts, toiletries, candies and the like
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
School Of
Business Is
Local Asset

A local institution that has come
up from a modest beginning to an
outstanding community asset is the
Henderson Business School, 1t has
launched here by Mrs. E. C. Everitt
and her late husband and she has
been its director and a member Of
its faculty from the outset
Each year the enrolment is drawn
from the city and county and sur
ounding counties, and by its eff
cient and thorough training courses
has won reputation that has given
it an important place in the field of
commercial training in this section.
Capable and experienced gradutes
of schools of business have always
been employed on the faculty, and
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
r PAGE FIVE

the school has enjoyed stedy growth
through the years.
Recently the school was given rec
ognition by the National Association
of Accredited Commercial Schools, an
honor that is desired and coveted by
like institutions throughout; the coun-
try. The rating was extended only
after the most intricate examination
of the work done and the curriculum
offered The Iact that it mas been
given is in itself high tribute to the
accomplishments by Mrs Everritt in
the management and building of her
school.
Mrs. Everritt gives her personal at
tention to the details of the manage
ment, and knows individually all of
her students each year, and takes
genuine interest, in their, work and
their progress. Most of the graduates
soon find places in the commercial
life of this or nearby communities
and most of them have made good
by giving satisfactory service to their
employers. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31

Corporation. Earnings have made it
possible for this preferred stock to
be liquidated entirely, and common
shareholders have received the ben
eflt OF that payment i'll the form of
the fifty percent stock dividend.
The First National opened for busi-
ness October 4, 1882, and in the
seven years to July l, this year net
profits have been $110,78971. Cash
dividends paid to shareholders dur
ing that period have aggregated a
total of $28,500, or % 1-2 percent.
and the fifty percent common stock
dividend makes total of 73 1-2 per
cent received by them in less than
seven years. At the same time. SIR
500 has been added to the ORIGINAL
surplus and the remainder of the net
profits has been left to the undivid-
ed and reserve accounts.
At the close of business June 80.
last, the First National had total re-
sources of $1,413,92O.O3, including
cash of $246,O2967, United States
government bonds of $375, ,692.52, and
State, county city and listed bonds in
the sum of $275,611.48. Loans and
discounts were $449,737.84. At the
same time, the band had deposits OF
Sl,172,115.13. Its common stock is
100000, with no preferred.
Jasper B. Hicks is president of the
bank, r. G.. Harrison, executive vice
president; F. B. Robards, vice -presi-
dent and cashier, and N D. Hol-
loway, assistant cashier, with A. A.
Bum general counsel.
All Of the officers are native or
long time residents of Henderson or
Vance county. Mr.. Harrison has been
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
TABULATOR SPEEDS
VOTES IN CONGRESS

Washington, Aug. 31.-(AP)-A
new electric tabulating machine,
suggested by House clerk, is
giving members of Congress a COM
pilation of their voting records for
the last session faster than it ever
was done before.
Hans Jurgensen, Jr., House tally
clerk whose ideas produced the
machine, had the records in the
mail five days after the session
ended. In past years, the task some
times took five weeks.
The device looks much like an
ordinary adding machine but it has
only nine symbols. It cost the Gov
ernment about $500.
Mr.. Jurgensen's ompila ion
showed that IA Of the 435 House
members answered every roll call.
They were Representatives Ander-
sen (R) of Minnesota; Brown (D)
of Georgia; Church (R) Of Illinois;
Curtis (R) of Nebraska; Dowell (R)
of Iowa; Dworshak (R) of Pennsyl-
vania; Johnson (R) Of Illinois; XII
day CD Of Texas; Lewis (D) of
Colorado; Mills (D) Of Louisiana;
Moser (D) of Pennsylvania; Spring
er (R) of Indiana, and Van Zandt
(R) of Pennsylvania.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-08-31
Anderson Is
Jeweler Here

For many years, H. G.. Anderson
has operated his own jewelry store
in Henderson, offering top quality
jeWelry to his patrons.
Mr.. Anderson features diamonds,
watches, rings and necklaces, as we'll
as the latest in novelty jewelry. He
is jeweler of long experience, and
is quite capable of any repairs to
jewelry.
Mr.. Anderson recently moved his
jewelry store into larger quarters,
now occupying part of the office of
the Henderson & Oxford Gas Com
pany.