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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Post Office Dedication To
Be Held Sat-, July 22nd.
State And National Luminaries Extended Invi-
tations To Attend Ceremonies Here In Rockville

Is Final plans for the new Post Office
Dedication, Saturday, July %, are
almost complete, according to DR.
George L. Edmonds, Rockville Post
master and general chairman of the
dedication committee, who today ex-
pressed satisfaction with the progress
Of the affair.
State and National luminaries is
sued invitations by State Senator
Robert Peter include: Representative
William D. Byron, 9Th District, U. S.
Senator George L. Radcliffe; Attorney
General William C. Walsh; Governor
Herbert R. O'Conor and Mayor How
ard w. Jackson of Baltimore. All are
expected to attend.
Judge Stedman Prescott, Master of
Ceremonies expects to get things
under way promptly at 2:3O p. m.
Roger Shaw, chairman of the pa
rade will be ably assisted by Capt.
Ward Caddington, marshall, and his
aide c. ]. Bride of Rockville.
Chief of Police Charles Orme and a
police escort will lead the parade and
the Drum and Bugle Corps, with Ira
Darby, Gaithersburg as director, the
Potomac Band, W. B. Myers direct
ing; the Chestnut Farm Dairy Band,
Russell Harty, director, and the Mont
gomery County School Bands, Ray
mond S. Hart, directing, will supply
the music for the afternoon.
Other organizations taking part in
clude the Marine Corps, Rockville,
Ralph King, captain; Service Com
pany, Silevr Spring, Ward Cadding-
ton, captain; Howitzer Company,
Kensington, M. o. C. Pugh, captain;
Sons of Veterans, Silver Spring,
Frank Hewitt; Spanish War Veterans,
Roger Shaw, commander; Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Roger Shaw command
er; American Legion Post, Hubert ].
Moore, commander; Ladies Auxiliary,
Mrs. Ruth Vitale, chairman; County
Fire Department, Thomas M. Ander-
son, chairman; Boy Scouts, Julian
Hoskinson, leader; Garden Clubs, Mrs.
Harry Gormley, chairman and the
Rockville Boys Club, Ralph Kellar,
director.
Mrs. Elliott Middleton and Mrs.
Margaret Flewharty will have charge
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
School Board To
Study Soft Ball
Situation Here
Delegation Of Enthusiasts
Appear Before Board In
Behalf Of Night Games
At Welsh Field

A delegation of softball enthusiasts
appeared before the School Board
Tuesday morning to present facts
as to why Welsh field should be kept
open to the public for night softball.
John H. Gassaway, Judge of the
Juvenile Court acted as spokesman
and was supported by Paul Wire,
President of the Rockville Softball
League; William v. Bouic, Rockville
Attorney and vice-president of the
League; Joseph Henderson, secre-
tary-treasurer; Crescent Bride, ath-
letic director at Montgomery Blair
High School; Benjamin N. "Jack"
Allnutt, president of the Rockville
Rotary Club and the Rev. John J..
Coady, pastor of st. Mary's Cath
Ole Church, Rockville.
Answering a recent charge by
citizens, who own property in the
vicinity of the ball park and who
have voiced their objections by Pc
titions that the night playing of soft
ball is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CASA
way declared he is in deep sympathy
with the petition signers and will do
everything possible to ameliorate
conditions. This sentiment was
voiced by the entire delegation. Paul
Wire, President of the League, prom
ised, if necessary, to put shields be-
hind the lights. 1t was further
brought out by the delegation that
approximately $500. is invested in
equipment, most of which was do
mated by public-spirited citizens.
"There is no admission charge, and
between four to five hundred pa
irons attend the night games, which
are over by $780," Mr.. Wire stated
in answer to board member query.
Joseph Henderson, secretary-treas-
'urer, Rockville, and member of the
Fire Department team declared that
about 500 attending the games were
juveniles and that after the games
were over these youngsters went
home.
julius P. Stadler, Democrat, Silver
Spring, president pro tenn of the
School Board appointed a committee
to study the situation.
Other members present were: j.
Upton Leamon, Republican, German
town; Mrs. julius Hall, Republican,
Poolesville; Jack T. Irwin, Repub-
lican, Bethesda; T. Kinsey Metzger,
Democrat, Sandy Spring. The Board
did not elect a permanent chairman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Rockville Tax Rate
To Remain At 9Oc

The tax rate for the town OF
Rockville will remain the same as
last year, 9Oc per 500, according
to the annual budget adopted at the
July meeting of the Mayor and
Council which calls for $28,37O to
run the town during the next twelve
months.
The estimates contemplate expen-
ditures as follows: General upkeep,
S1O,58O; retirement of bonds and
interest on bonded indebtedness
$4,000; Water Department, $1,000;
Sewer Department, $500.
Including a balance of $3,852.57
on hand at the beginning Of the
wear, receipts for the year are esti-
mated at $44 1851, as follows;
S24,8S6.57 from general taxes
$1,000 from water rents; $4,000
from sewer maintenance tax; $1,000
from State gasoline tax; $1,O5o from
county for bond retirement and the
remainder from various sources.
The budget estimates that $l0,S7O
will be available for new work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
School Board Requests
commissioners To OK
Construction Program

The Board of Education in its
meeting on Tuesday was presided
over by Mr.. Julius P. Stadler, presi-
uent pro tenn. The board authorized a
request to be made to the County
commissioners for the approval of
the construction program authorized
IN a bond issue of $175,OOO. passed
al the last session of the General AS
Semoly. In making the request the
BOARD announced its desire to carry
out the work at the same time as the
construction program for which plans
are now being prepared. 1t is antici-
pated that the authorization of the
program will give the board authority
10 proceed with the plans for the
work with the least delay in getting
'ne work under contract.
Inc board received communications
N connection with the use of the
welsh Play Field for night games in
nocKheld. A committee consisting of
WI Irwin and Mr.. Leamon was auth
Orlzed to investigate the use being
made OF the property and report any
innings on the situation to the board
S' later meeting.
MIS- Martha Bright was appointed
as trustee of the Laytonsville colored
'enool In place of Samuel Bright, de-
ceased.
arthur L. Smith discussed with the
DOAra, improvements contemplated in
we Construction Program approved
" the last session of the General
Assembly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
County All Boys To
Attend State Camp

Fifteen boys and three leader;
from Montgomery County are plan.
ming to attend the Third Annua,
State All Conservation Camp to be
held at the Rocks in Hartford Coun.
ty, July 16 20, according to Rufus
B. King, Assistant County Agent
who will be one of the Camp leaders
All Delegates from the county
are: Clyde Foster, Dickerson; Rob-
ert Gray, Poolesville; Jack Clark
and Wilbur Nash, Brookeville; Rob-
ert johnson, Germantown; Charles
Koiner, Russell Davis, Rockville;
Wilson Smith, Clyde Mobley, Der
wood; Clarence Connolly, Travillah;
Edwin Fry and James Gregg of
Laytonsville; George Crawford Of
Gaithersburg and Lee Shaver and
Jeffrey Marin of Wheaton.
Sidney Lawler and Frank McFar-
land, Agricultural Teachers of Sher-
wood and Poolesville, respectively,
will accompany the group.
Around one hundred boys will be
in camp from all sections of the
State. Conservation of our natural
resources and the enjoyment of out
door life will be emphasized. Schol-
arships were awarded the delegates
because of their conservation projects
and interest.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Hospital Supper
Plans Complete
As July Is Nears
Meeting Held At Home Of
General Chairman, Mrs. A.
]. Boyd - Large Crowd
Expected

Final plans for the annual supper
for the benefit of the Montgomery
County General Hospital to be held
July 25 in the Sherwood High School
at Sandy Spring were completed
Monday when the committee on ar
rangements met with Mrs. A. J.
BOyd, general chairman. Supper
will be served from 5 to o'clock.
The highlight of the attractions
this year will be a concert by the
Washington Gas Light Co. band of
sixty pieces beginning at z o'clock.
There will be many booths where
articles of all descriptions can be
bought. One of the most popular is
the speciality booth conducted by the
members of the Junior Auxiliary.
Here one finds all kinds of unusual
things to eat, including grand
mothers favorite receipts made into
jams, jellies, preserves and pickles.
A fancy table that features hand
made aprons and the "white
elephant" table attract many per-
sons. At the flower booth you may
purchase cut flowers and ported
plants, evergreens and shrubs. Lus-
cious cakes and cookies sell like shot
cakes" and the candy, lemonade and
ice cream will be among the popular
sellers. A fortune teller will spend
busy evening and grab bag will
hold fascination for the young
folk. Bingo will provide the usual
amount of excitement. For those
who can not resist buying and be-
cGaing n rlpadeg with. packages
there will be a central checking
booth.
At o'clock there will be magic
show that attracts as many adults
as youngsters. Following this
dance will take place.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Beer Dealers DEFY
Liquor Board In
Tax Question
Refuse To Pay Tax On
Case And Barrel Lots =
Court Action Sought

A show down on the avowed plan
of county beer dealers to defy the
Montgomery County Liquor Control
Board by refusing to pay the beer
handling tax of 10 cents a case and
81 barrel on all beer sold in the
county is expected as result of ac-
ton taken by the liquor control board
Monday.
The board issued orders to three
county beer dealers to show cause
why their licenses should not be re-
voked for alleged violation of county
beer regulations, the violation con-
sisting of refusal to pay the tax.
Those cited in the order are Rich
ard H. Dietle, Silver Spring, president
of the Montgomery County Beer Deal
ers' Association; John R. Frey, also
of Silver Spring, and Eugene ]. C.
Raney of Kensington4
Mondays order by the county liquor
control board follows a threat made
last week by certain dealers to chal-
lenge in court the right of the board
to levy the tax. 1t is commended by
some of the dealers that a new act
passed by the recent Legislature set
ting up State licensing system re-
cinds the county's authority to impose
& beer tax.
Beer dealers in the county through
their counsel, former States Attorney
James H. Pugh, also are expected to
enter suit to restrain the county from
collecting taxes on beer.
The liquor control board took steps
Monday to seek rehearing on action
of the State License Bureau in over
ruling the county board and granting
a beer license to Bessie Beahm of
Travilah.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
ralph Benson Is Given
honor Role By ms. Co.


according to report from the Will
a,iston, Delaware office, Ralph Ben
os uistrict manager of the Rockville
I 1;S OF the Continental American
E Are Insurance Company has won the
S''inctlon as Honor Chairman of the
A. "ue Committee at the dedication Of
to e nome Office building at Whining
Ton in August.
t. MI Benson will represent the field
st t.ce at the laying of the corner
fo He IN recognition as sales leader
oo =. the month of June, having led his
th. alpany in number of paid cases for
mat month.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
|. L. McC athrOn
Reelected Mayor
OF Wash. Grove
Fiscal Year Of Town Ends
With All Proposed Projects
Completed

Saturday evening at assembly hal
from Z to 10 p. m. the Town of Wash
ington Grove held it's election to select
a mayor for one year; two council
men for three years and one council
man for one year to fill the unex-
pired term of A. w. Hell who resign
cd last fall. The nominees were un-
Supposed. fSsNs5 SIX ballots were cast
Irving L. McCathron was elected tc
succeed himself as mayor with Sc
votes. Alfred Christie, Jr. and David
F. Bradley were elected councilmen
for three years each. The former sue
ceeds himself. They received 62 and
60 votes, respectively. Charles M.
Keefer was made councilman for one
year. He received 65 votes. Only four
scattering votes were cast. The judges
were Herbert V. Hunt, Carroll Ware
and Myra B. He'll.
Treasurer's Report
At the close of the fiscal year, June
30th the treasurer's report was given
and approved. AS a whole the report
was quite favorable.
The receipts for the year were
S4,883.49, derived from taxes and the
sale Of property. At the end of the
year the cash balance was $2,220.43.
All the projects proposed and voted
for at last years election have been
carried out. The main thoroughfare
have been hard surfaced, the superin-
PENDANTS cottage sold, water and
sewage disposal system installed in
assembly hall, arrangements made to
install the same in the auditorium and
Woman's Club house. The Mems Club
house razed. The tennis courts and
ball field have been put in fine shape.
The parks and side streets moved.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Washington Grove Town
Council Organizes

The newly elected Town Council of
Washington Grove met and organized
on Monday night.
Roads and Parks,
Mayor /. L. McCathron
Clerk, F. L. L. Hitler
Treasurer, David F. Bradley
Police Dept, William Teepe
Public Service, Robert Billhimer
Public Buildings, Alfred Christie
Removal of Condemned Buildings
and Athletics, Charles Keefer
Miss Dora Hendricks has been APP
pointed consultant landscape artist
for the town.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Sandy Spring Community
Council Holds Meeting

The Community Council of the
Sandy Spring neighborhood met on
June 80. Among the business taken
up at this time was the following:
It was moved, seconded and car
ried that the Committee which has
been looking after the Zoning OF
this area, the Legislative Committee
of last year, should be continued as
a Special Zoning Committee until
this area is zoned to our satisfac-
ton. This Committee is T. Y.
Candy, chairman; C. B. Hurley, F.
W. MacReynolds, Charles Connor,
M. H. Bancroft.
The Schools Committee reported
on the result of the recent Coopera-
tive Study of Secondary School
Libraries in which that at Sherwood
was somewhat below normal. It is
the hope of the Library Committee Of
the P. T. A. that this library may
develop into a community library
but at present the facilities at the
school are inadequate. 1t is pro-
posed to add two rooms to the sec
ond floor of the Elementary Unit.
Spencer Brown reported that a
satisfactory solution had been pro-
posed by the telephone company to
the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire
Company.
In case of fire dial the fire num-
Der or operator. In either case the
siren will be sounded and members
of the company in the vicinity Of the
fire will be notified.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13

of the Red Cross work, while the Ia
koma Park Legion under the direc-
ton of E. Brook Petty, will present
the usual colorful display of flags.
Mr.. Adolph Guide, Rockville, acting
as chairman, will have charge of dec
orations.
James B. Fitzgerald, Bethesda, vice
commander of the American Legion
will make short address at the flag
raising4 It is the desire of the COM
mittee to invite other organizations to
participate. For further information
call Rockville SO or 101.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Assessors Begin
Work In Five OF
County Districts
Expect To Extend Work
Into Several Others Within
Next Week Or So

Work of reassessing county real
estate is now under way in five
upper Montgomery County districts
and will be extended into several
others within the next week or ten
days.
Districts now undergoing reassess-
ment include Laytonsville, Damascus,
ClariSsburg, GAINESVILLE and Pooles-
vile. Inauguration of the reassess-.
meht in the rural sections of the
county bears out a prediction made
by The SENTINEL several weeks ago
that the upper county would be
reassessed first.
Assessors were started to work
Monday in the five districts after
receiving last minute instructions
Thursday from Chief Assessor Will
liam P. Richards and Michael ].
Lindsay of the State Tax Commits
sion.
The assessors now at work in the
five rural county districts include
q. McCubbin Waters, Laytonsville;
Frank J.. Downey, olney; Morgan
Watkins, Damascus; James T. Cash
ell, Wheaton; L. Elgee Riggs, Lay
louisville; James A. Broome, Ger
mantown; Thomas Harding, Burtons-
vile; Herbert L. Diamond, Gathers
burg; William H. Fawsett, Travilah;
Upton Gladhill, Damascus; S. w.
Beall, Damascus; Harvey J. White,
Poolesville; Chester f. Clagett, Po-
tomac, and Joseph A. Gray, Gathers
burg.
While the assessors are in the field
making their appraisals crew of
office workers is busily engaged in
preparing to handle assessment re-
ports and arrange for assessments in
other districts.
The office work is being supervised
by Chief Assessor Richards and by
Chief Clerk S. M. "Boots" Hamilton,
and it is expected that the office staff
will be enlarged periodically as the
volume of work increases.
The assessors are scheduled to
make their first report to Wilton T.
Allen, county supervisor of assess
ments, in the period of July 21-24.
Allen in turn is required to report
every two weeks to the State Tax
Commission.
Arrangements are being made, ac-
cording to Mr.. Hamilton, to have a
crew of assessors to work next Mon
day in Bethesda. The Bethesda dis
trict assessors will confer with Mr..
Richards this afternoon to receive
last-minute instructions.
AS soon as the Bethesda work is
well in hand it is expected that the
next start will be made in Silver
Spring about week or ten days later.
In the mean time work is expected
to start very shortly in some of the
smaller town areas of the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-13
Grand Jury To Meet
Monday, July "a

The Montgomery County Grand
Jury will meet at Rockville on Mon
day, July "a, according to notice is
sued this week. The Jail which at
present has about 10 population is
carrying a capacity load and the
meeting of the body is expected to aid
this matter somewhat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-09
Auxiliary Prepares
For Fellowship Supper

At the last meeting of the
WomaE's Auxiliary of st. Paurs
Church, plans were made to en-
terrain the choir with a fellow
ship supper the evening of Tues
day, November 81. Plans were
also made for the Advent Social,
December S.
Mrs. Emil Sweeting gave an
outline of Christian Social Rela-
tons. Mrs. E. ]. Bayly gave. a
brief report of the district meet
ing held at Miami October 81,
Saturday, Armistice Day, is the
World Day of Prayer.
Those attending the meeting
were:
Mesdames Milton Sawyer,
Clarence Shine, Benjamin Tynes,
Emil Sweeting, Walter Kemp,
Louise Grant, Emma Fraza, Ella
Bierna, Ralph Russell, James
Pinder, Ross Sawyer, Rutledge
Curry. E. ]. Bayly and Stephen
Singleton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-09
DELEGATES LEFT
FOR PIT. A. MEET
FIVE FROM LOCAL ASSOCIA.
TON TO ATTEND TT. LAUD-
ERDALE CONFERENCES

Five members of local PIT. AS
sociations left this morning over
the highway to attend the Flor
ida Congress of Parents and
Teachers Regional Conference to
open at 1890 o'clock tomorrow
morning in Fl. Lauderdale.
Mrs. Mervin Russell, president
of the Monroe County Council
will be on the program, in a re-
Spouse to the address of greeting
to be presented by Mrs. L. T.
Sharon, Broward County Coun-
Gil president. y
Mrs. Russell, Mrs. L. o. De-
Lozier, Mrs. Charlotte HaskinS OF
Harris PIT. A, Mrs. N. B. Shan
ahan, president of Division
PIT. A, and Mrs. Milton Saw
yer, president of High School
PIT. A, left for the conference
this morning and will return Sat
urday morning.
A full day of speeches, confer
enles and symposiums will be
presented to be climaxed by a
banquet at $50 p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-09
u. S. GIVEN 774
ACRES AT COCOA
WILL BE USED FOR DE.
vELOPMENT OF NAVAL
PATROL BASE

COCOA, Nov. 9.-FNS) Fed
eral Judge Alexander Akerman,
of Orlando, last Tuesday signed
an order placing the United
States Government in possession
of TIA acres of land on the Cocoa
Beach peninsula, and also giving
title to the land to the govern
ment in its plans for develop
ment of a patrol base for Naval
planes, which will cost $780,
900.
1t has been announced that
Washington authorities had
urged the State Road Depart
ment in Florida to build high
ways on the peninsula to give
access to the proposed base.
Commander c. H. Cotter, in
charge of the base, is quoted as
having said that immediate con-
struction of highways 612 miles
south and 31a miles north was
requested of the State Road De-
partment. This means that ac-
tual development of the base
will go forward in a short time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-09
COUNTY BOARD
MET LAST NIGHT

Continued from Page One)
taken in the matter and it was
stated there would, in all prob
ability, be no further purchases
of bonds until January 1910.
Matters pertaining to the right
of way over the road from Big
Pine Key to Key West are to be
discussed by engineers of the
State Road Department and Key
Farm Land Co., at Miami Sun
day morning 10 o'clock, and it
was decided that Attorney Harris
and other members should be
present.
After brief discussion Com
missioners Curry and Monsai-
vatge agreed to be present at the
meeting and will meet Mr.. Harris
in Miami Sunday morning Mr..
and Mrs. Harris plan to leave
Saturday afternoon.
Depository accounts for the
month of October were read by
Commissioner Curry, checked by
Commissioner Monsalvatge and
approved by Chairman Bervaldi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-09
CoLoRED CIVIC CLUB
HELD POLITICAL RALLY

Over two hundred colored
citizens of this city assembled
last night in the hall at Thomas
and Angela streets to hear sew
eral candidates for various of
fees in the coming city election
make speeches concerning their
candidates..
Another rally will be held to-
morrow night in Dixie Hall on
Whitehead street, starting at
O'Clock. All candidates are in
vited to attend the meeting
sponsored by a committee OF
colored citizens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-09
Honor Students
At Convent

Honor Roll for October at the
Convent of Mary Immaculate was
released for publication today. BY
grades, those making honor rat
ingS were:
Eighth grade: Olive Cato, Mary
Louise Porter.
Seventh grade: Elizabeth Rus
sell.
Sixth grade: Judith Sherman.
Fifth grade: Eugenia Rivas.
Fourth grade: Ida Soriano.
Third grade: Caroline Strunk,
Lou Albury, Betty Canova, Bir-
die Lou Lowe.
Second grade: Eliano Solinaro,
Joyce Park.
First grade: Laetitia Castro.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-09
Jane Eyre Ticket
Sales Reported Good

"Jane Eyre, to be presented
by Key West High School ORA
matte Club, is expected to draw
an unusually large crowd tomor
row night when it will be staged
in the school auditorium at 8:15
o'clock.
Taken from the popular novel
by the same name, the story por-
trays the customs and manners
of the year 1850. The play is di-
reoted by the school coach, Miss
Ida Engle.
Cast consists of Alicia Borges,
Doris Roberts, Charlotte Mercer,
Ellie Rae Gwynn, Elaine Carney,
Evelio Valdes, Lille M a e
Knowles, Blanche Cervantes,
Frances Williams, Flossie Mae
Key, Helen Archer, George Gates,
Shirley Pierce, Anthony Perez
and Charles H. Ketchum, Jr.