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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Miss Plummer Bride
OF Mr.. Allnutt

Christmas green and red poin-
settias with lighted tapers formed
an attractive holiday setting in
the Epworth Methodist Church,
Gaithersburg, for the wedding at
A P. M. on Friday of Miss Helen
Louise Plummer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Dorsey Plummer, of
Gaithersburg, and Mr.. Albert
Bowie Allnutt, son of Mrs. P. E.
Wallich, of Garrett Park.
Nuptial music rendered by Miss
Dorothy Phoebus, a classmate of
the bride, with II Love You
Truly" and Because" sung by Mr..
Roy Minnick, preceded the ring
ceremony, performed by the Rev.
Norman o. Scribner, pastor, in
the presence of a large number
of relatives and friends.
The bride, attired in a soldier
blue crepe gown, of street length,
with wine colored accessories and
shoulder corsage of sun-kissed
roses and stephanotis entered the
church on the arm of her father,
Mr.. Dorsey G. Plummer, who gave
her in marriage.
The maid of honor was Miss
Dorothy R. Plummer, sister of the
bride. She wore a gown of dusty
pink crepe with dark blue acces-
series and shoulder corsage of
deep pink roses.
The best man was Mr.. Henry
Allnutt, brother of the groom and
the ushers were Mr.. William King
of Gaithersburg and Mr.. James
Allnutt, Of Garrett Park. The
brides mother wore a gown of
green crepe with a corsage of
yellow roses and black accessories
and the mother of the groom navy
blue crepe with corsage of red
roses and black accessories.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allnutt left i'm
mediately for a wedding trip
North. After February / they
will be at home to their friends
in Silver Spring. Both are grad
yates of the Gaithersburg High
School and the groom holds a
position with the Western Electric
Company in Washington, D. C.
The brides mother entertained
the evening before with dinner
for members Of the bridal party
and a few close friends.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02

Mr.. and Mrs. William Troxell
of Franklin, Pa, spent the Christ
mas holidays with Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Troxell, of Gathers
burg and Mrs. Troxell's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Barnsley
in Olney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Craw-
ford attended the banquet given
by the C. & P. Telephone Co. at
the Mayfiower Hotel in Washing
ton, D. c., on Monday evening of
last week.
Mr.. Wriley Jacobs spent the
New Year holiday with Rev. and
Mrs. Hoffman in Millersville, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carey Bell left
Tuesday for a months stay in
Miami, Florida.
Mrs. George Cronise had as her
house guest during the Christmas
holidays, her sister-in-law, Miss
Susie Cronise of Bethesda.
Friends Of Mr.. John A. Trun-
die will regret to learn that he
died at his home in Ccnterville,
Nd, on Christmas Day. He was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
w. Lawson King
Named To Head
Farm Credit Post

Announcement has been made of
the appointment of w. Lawson
King, Gaithersburg, as director of
the Farm Credit Board for the Sec
ond district, which includes Mary
land, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Della
ware, West Virginia, District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico. He will
assume his new duties January l
and will serve for period of three
years, and was named by A. G.
Black, Farm Credit Governor.
Mr.. King operates several dairy
farms and is a director of the
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
of which his brother, James D.
King, Germantown, is president.
He is also a member of the Mary
land and Virginia Milk Producers
Association and operates an auto
mobile agency and garage at Gath
ersburg. Mr.. King qualified for
the position by receiving the most
number of nominating votes cast
by Farm Loan Associations in the
district. During the last election
he supported the straight Demo-
cratic ticket and is active in COM
munity and civic life in the county.
He is a member of the Rockville
Lions Club
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
{ {, !

NEARLY a hundred
years ago a great student
OF human nature wrote:
81 cannot, with such
perceptions as | have of
what is reasonable, 90
along with those excel
lent persons in con-
founding the use of
anything with its abuse,
or in denying any man
the cheerful enjoyment
of a glass of wine, or
beer, or spirits and
water, because his
neighbour is prone to
make a beast of himself
by irrational excess in
those things
"If / were so disposed
/ could show, | believe,
where and how the pro-
scription of the use of
these refreshments leads
to til cir abuse in a
striking manner. But |
would endeavour, in my
poor way, to teach peo-
pie to use such goods
of life cheerfully and
thankfully, and not to
abuse them. | am sure
that this is the higher
lesson, and that the
principle will last longer
in the latter ages of the
world"
The man who wrote
the foregoing lines,
which are just as peril
nent today as the day
they were written, was
Charles Dickens.
Association Of
MARYLAND DISTILLERS
q ALLIED INDUSTRIES
MERcAsrns TRUsr BLDG. BALTIMORE. Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Terps Short On Ring
Talent For Season

Maryland's varsity boxing squad
is "short" two ways for testing
schedule that opens with South
Carolina at College Park on Janu-
airy II. This will be the first twin
bill attraction of the season, as
Duke also will be met in basket
ball.
The Terps lack quality and
height, only one man on the ring
squad being as tall as six feet, and
also are short on experience. Icy
Alperstein, las, and George Pyles.
165, are the only letter men avail
able, unless Izzy Leites decides to
resume the heavyweight job. He's
not on hand at present, leaving
this berth without a contender,
although Harold Berry, soph grid
fullback, may take shot at it.
Leaders in other classes are:
100 = Judson Lincoln, 5-foot
Az inch soph.
127 - Charley Door, a 5 foot 6
inch senior.
135 = Hank Gaylord, a soph,
and Rowan Scarborough, a senior,
who is bothered with a bad hand.
155 = Fred Bach, soph, who was
football back.
It's - Herb Gunther, a soph,
who probably is tops on the squad.
Vincent Hughes, letter man in this
class last year, hasn't reported.
Pat Quinn, a las pound soph,
also is making a good impression
On Mike Lombardo, former Terp
ring ace, who is in charge of the
squad.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist, was
buried Friday with simple private
rites in the Rockville Union Gene
terry.
His body was brought there fol-
lowing funeral services conducted
by the Rev. Raymond p. Black,
rector of the Christ Episcopal
Church, Rockville, at the Humphrey
Funeral Home.
Mr.. Fitzgerald wrote many
novels, the most popular being
"This Side of Paradise" He was
also a regular writer for the
Saturday Evening Post.
Having spent his childhood in
Rockville, he was distinctly related
to several prominent families here.
He served overseas in the World
War and had been in poor health
for several years. He is survived
by his wife, Zelda Sayre Fitzger-
aid, and a daughter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Blames Individual
Carelessness For
Auto Death Toll
Club Official Says Rate
Will Not Decrease Until
Prudence Is Practiced

GLOW can we stop motor kill
ings?" is a question growing more
insistent because of a nationwide
increase in highway fatalities as
1910 draws to close.
The Keystone Automobile Club
contends that such tragedies will
be appreciably lessened, if not
actually stopped, only when each
individual, as pedestrian and
motorist, acts at all times in
accordance with the dictates of
ordinary prudence and common
sense.
"It is not a mass problem"
said Edward P. Curran, safety
director of the club. Highway
fatalities are not caused by
massed formations of motorized
units or suicide squads of pedes-
TRANS throwing themselves into
the path of juggernauts. On the
contrary, deaths are the result of
individual acts of commission or
omission, careless, inattentive driv-
ers and walkers contributing to
their own doom by momentary
lapses in native caution.
Highway accidents the world
over follow the same pattern, day
by day and year by year. 1t is
possible at the beginning of each
year, on the basis of past expert
ence, to forecast most accurately
the number of persons who will
be killed in the various classifi-
cations into which highway cas-
ualties are divided. Yet the
slaughter continues. because we as
individuals are unwilling to profit
by the lessons we have learned.
"So-called accidents will take
their CHASTITY toll so long as we
fail to do the things we very well
know we should do as drivers and
walkers. There is no mystery or
hocus pocus about highway SAT-
ETY.. 1t is just practical appli-
cation of plain, everyday COM
mon sense"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
POTOMAC

Miss Edith Robey of Dunn Lor-
ing, Va, was hostess at surprise
party and crystal shower at the
home of Mrs. Blanche Collins, to
celebrate the 18th wedding ami
versary of Mr.. and Mrs. William
w. Robey's marriage, December 26.
The table was beautifully deco
rated with lace cloth, 3-tier we'd
ding cake, white tapering candles
in crystal holders. Those who
attended Miss Robey in serving
were: Mrs. Blanche Collins, Mrs.
Francis Collins and Miss Dorothy
Robey. Serving from the lovely
crystal punch bowl was Mr.. Oscar
Dunn. Coffee was served by
Francis Collins.
Many crystal gifts were received
by the couple.
Those attending were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Candy, Miss Janet
Candy, Master Gerald Candy, Mrs,
Clay Fisher, Mrs. Raymond Weeter,
Mrs. William Gettings, Mr.. Nor
man Gettings, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard McGaha, Mr.. and Mrs. Fairfax
Walters, Mrs. Louise Mullican,
Miss Mary L. Mullican, Mrs. Ira
Walters, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Snouffer, Mr.. Max Snouffer, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Robey, Mr.. and
Mrs. FELTON, Robey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Patrick Turner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Buddy Inman, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Gingell, Mrs. Joe Warriss,
Mrs. Robert Collins, Miss Robin
Nell Collins, Master Scotty Collins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Cottingham,
Miss Frances Wouser, Miss Kathe-
rine Allen, Mrs. Terry Ingalls,,
Misses Isabel and Betty Ingalls,,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Ricketts,, Rev.
Elgar c. Soper, Mrs. Nathan Dove
and Mrs. Ellen Wondershell.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
LAYTONSVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Griffith and
Miss Hattie Griffith went to Florida
to spend Christmas at Silver Sands
the Bartlett home in Pass-a-Grille.
Mrs. Virginia Plummer spent a
part of the week in Washington
with Mrs. Walter Collier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stewart
were hosts to members of the
Riggs family for dinner on We'd
nesday. Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas
Riggs will have the family on New
Years Day.
Mrs. Lawrence Best was hostess
to the junior All Club at a Christ
mas exchange party on December
20. There were IA girls present.
Miss Turner and Mrs. Beall from
the Rockville office came over and
joined them. The club has 16 men,
bers, and Mrs. Guy Stephenson
and Mrs. Best are their local lead
ers.
The Homemakers Club will moi
have it's regular meeting in Janu-
airy, but will meet jointly with the
Germantown Club on Thursday
January 20. The program commit
tee has called a meeting at the
home of Mrs. Edwin Fry on Mon
day at 10 a. m.
Fair Hill Farm, the home of the
Frys has been very gay during the
holidays. Ed and George enter
tanned about 25 of their high school
friends at a dance Fridaysevening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fry were hosts to
the discussion group of the Farm
Bureau on Thursday and the boys
entertained the Boys All Club
earlier in the week.
Merhle Howes is the newly
elected president of the Boys All
Club, with Edward Fry vice-presi-
dent, and ]. D. Morris, secretary
treasurer, and Warren Howes re-
porter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
THOMAS M. ANDERSON, Attorney.
Notice To Creditors

THOMAS M. ANDERSON, Attorney.
Notice To Creditors
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from the
the Orphans Court of Montgom-
cry County, in Maryland, Letters
Testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
WILLIAM s. CAMP
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. AL persons having Claims
against the deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscriber on or be-
fore the Both day Of June next:
they may otherwise by law be ex-
Guided from all benefit of said
Estate. All persons indebted to
said Estate are requested to make
immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 30th
day Of December in the year Of
our Lord, one thousand nine hum
bred and forty.
RUTH MOORE CAMP,
6542 Maple Ave-,
Chevy Chase, Maryland
400 Executrix.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Pen Women To Meet

The Chevy Chase branch of
the National League of American
Pen Women will hold their reg
ular monthly meeting on Satur-
day, January A at the home of
Miss Mary E. Downey who will
entertain the members at lunch
con preceding the business meet
ing and program.
Mrs. Carol Calhoun and Mrs.
Rene Beard will be the speakers,
taking for their subject, "What
i Did To Become A Pen Woman"
The president, Mrs. Hester
Beall Provenson will assist the
hostess and preside at the bust
ness meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Legislators Speed
Through First
Session Of Assembly
Continued from page u

Continued from page u
extensive highway improvement
schedule, which will be presented
to the Assembly in the near
future. Among his recommended
tions, he indicated, will be a re-
quest for the ratification of the
purchase by the State of the
Claiborne-Annapolis ferry, move
to improve transportation by re-
ducing rates.
Other improvements he asked
for include expansion of facilities
at the Cheltenham School for Boys,
for which he indicated he had pro-
vided funds in his budget. He also
suggested that the work of the
State Health Department would
continue to be broadened.
The trial magistrate system,
adopted at the 1889 session; the
administration of the State welfare
program and the growth of the
University of Maryland under the
leadership of Dr. H. c. Byrd re-
ceived specific praise from the
Governor. He recommended an
expansion in personnel of the State
police force in order that members
may receive training for special
lied duties.
Changes in the unemployment
compensation Office to simplify its
administration and relieve employ
ers of some of the mass of detail
work in keeping records will also
be found in his budget, the Govern
or limited. He concluded by assur-
ing the Assembly that the Legisla-
tive Council, which will present
70-odd measures before the Legis-
lature, has usurped none of the
rights of the two Houses, empha-
sizing the fact that the bills will
be open to the same discussion as
any other measure that may come
before the Assembly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Mrs. C. R. Cummings

The funeral of Mrs. Maggie
May Cummings, IS, wife Of
Charles R. Cummings, who died
at her home December 20, after
q long illness, were held at 2:3O
P. M. Tuesday, December 81 at
the funeral home of w. Reuben
Humphrey, Bethesda. Burial was
The ceunetery adjoining the
ethodist Church at Potomac, Md.
Mrs. Cummings was lifelong
dent of Montgomery County.
des her husband, she is sur
4 by three children, two by a
en- marriage. They are Mrs.
pan w. Leizear, Mrs. Thomas
Witt and Charles Walter
y, all Of Cabin John.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Files Suit

William Fl. Gioyd, Gathers
burg, has filed 10000 damage
suit in the Circuii Court against
Alvin L. Wills Of Washington.
Gloyd claims the mount in pay
ment for serious INJURIES result
ing from en- auto noble accident
on the Rockville P fast June:
The claimant ls passenger
in an automobile which was
struck by car d ratla by Wills.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
School Defense
Program Planned

More adequate plans for national
defense through the development
of a sense of spiritual values in
county school children We're re-
ceived and approved by the Board
of Education at its last meeting.
Recommendations were submit
ted by the Montgomery County
Teachers Association Committee
On National Defense composed of
the following: Ara Lee Hicks, prin-
cipal of the Germantown school;
Ruth S. Cue; Raymond Dugan; DR..
Laura Bearnstein, school psychia-
trist; Grace Alder, primary super
visor; DR.. Fern Schneider, high
school supervisor; DIR. Edwin
Broome, superintendent, an ex-offi-
clio member, and E. M. Douglas.
principal of Montgomery Blair
High School, chairman.
While religious instruction and
PRONUNCIATION of definite creeds are
not a part of the county cur
riculum, the committee suggested
that significant spiritual and moral
values might be derived through
the following program: Choral
reading of the Psalms, study of
Bible stories, Christmas programs,
the repeating of the Lords Prayer
in assemblies or in home-room pro-
grams, Scripture readings given by
pupils in school exercises, pro-
grams and assemblies, dramatiza-
tons, pageants, pantomimes, sacred
songs and sacred art as definite
features of the school program.
David M. Ewing
The funeral of David M. Ewing,
223 East Potomac street, Bruins
wick, son of the late Samuel and
Mary Fink Ewing, Burkettsville,
was held on Tuesday morning, De-
cember II, with low requiem mass
at st. Francis church, Brunswick,
at 9 o'clock.
FIR. Francis Ryan, pastor of st.
Francis Church, was the celebrant
and officiated at services held in
Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick.
The deceased was former en-
ployee of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, having retired from ac-
tive duty November 10, 1888. He
was an engineer for 40 years.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Anna Conlon Ewing,
five daughters, Mrs. Harry Huffer,
of Rockville; Mrs. Anna Shilling,
Mrs. Charles Heinz, Mrs. Alvin
Norris and Miss Margaret Ewing,
all Of Washington. Four sons, Mil
lard and John A. Ewing, Washing
ton; Robert, Baltimore, and Ber-
nard Ewing, Brunswick. Four
grandchildren also survive.
Mr.. Ewing also leaves two sis
tiers, Mrs. Ida F. Kohlmyer and
Mrs. Katie Cutsinger; one brother,
E. H. Ewing, all of Pasadena, Cal.
The pallbearers were Edward
Mullin, L. E. Spurrier, David Riser,
Mayor Alfred Harris, Harvey
Campbell, Charles Carter and H.
N. Yates, all Of Brunswick.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
Sherwood PIT. A.

The Parent Teacher Association
Of Sandy Spring will meet at
Sherwood High School ON Tues
day, January 2, at 8 P. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-01-02
COMING EVENTS

Jan. 9 - Ladies of Emory Church
Of Oakdale will hold their month
ly luncheon at the home of Mrs.
Stonestreet.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-16

Practices
Defended

Lexington, Ky, June l6.-(AP)-
Federal trial of the tobacco INDUS
trys big three ON criminal mono
poly charges produced testimony to-
day that chaotic conditions prevailed
on fIuc-cured markets before the To-
baCco Association of the United
States Vas established.
Thomas W. Blackwell of Winston
Salem, n. c., supervisor of flue-cuT-
ed purchases ion the r. J. Reynolds
Company, a major corporate defend
ant along with Liggctt and Myers
and American Tobacco, gave thai
testimony.
The government charges that the
defendants "control' the tobacco
markets by dominating the asSoci4-
ton, but Blackwell SAID before the
association was organized, certain
Warehousemen would open up a sale
on some markets and have only a
few individual buyers there"
The tobacco companies cid not
get an opportunity to bid on certain
tobaCCoS that they would like to have
had the opportunity to buy and the
farmers were denied the right and
privilege of haVir. all buyers present
when their product was sold" he adj
ded.
He testified that the association
committee which recommends to
warehouses the dates for opening
sales ''listenS to mformation' sup-
piled by farmers about the maturity
of the crop and their desires as to
when they want the market OPEN
ed
Blackwell said that all farmers
were eligible to JOIN the association.
but admitted to government counsel
that he did not recall that very
many joined"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-16
Daily dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, June Lot takes no
bright >tatlstlclan To prove Ia Tar
Heel housewives that they are paying
more for their seasonal meats, fruits,
vegetables and Seaio0ds than thcY
Odd before Hitler ran amOk in the
world; but figures on the approXi-
mate percentage increases may be
interesting Ia them.
\. b. Hairless, marketing specials,
of the State Department of AgriCui-
turc, says the increases range from
six per cent to l43 per cent.
He explains the rising prices thus:
Enlarged consumer purchasing
power, low production yields as a I {
suit of drought, plus government fl
ranclal support of certain commO-
cities are the principal StlmulatlnG
factors behind the price increase ot
most farm products. While 1t has not
been determined what share OF the
abnormal increase paid for farm pro
ducts is going to the grower, it is .
known tact that farmers in general
are receiving financial benefits from
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-16
Key Defense
Posts Taken
Fall of Syrian Capital
Expected Shortly;"
D Driver
From kissoue.

London. juno l6.-(AP)-Britisf
and Free French forces have advanc-
cd to within five miles of Damasc,.
md twelve miles of Beirut after
capturing the key dcfcnses of botr
Lcvant capitals. British reports from
the Middle East said today.
Allied columns were said to be
closing in on Damascus from tW'
sides after driving the defenders GU
Of kiSSouc, ten miles to the south
lending point to repeated assertions
here that the fall of the Syrian CAPT
tai could 'bC expected shortly"
Further west, Il column driving ut
thee LcbancSc coast forced Frcncr
troops in ancient Sidon. northern
most city visited by Jesus, to fai
back to within twelve miles o.
Beirut, while another outfit, drivins
inland from the coast, occupicc
Diezzinc, twelve miles east of Sidon
the British said.
The French claimed there had beer
nc change in the situation at Kissoue
south of Damascus" the Frenc!
communicate declared, "British an,
de Gaullist columns have not sue
cecded in advancing."
Vichy acknowledged the loss 0
Sidon and said troops Withdrawn
from that city had taken up new 20
siti0ne. but. while ]conceding that the
situation around Djezzinc was con
fused has not admitted losing tina
town. If it should fall, the French
said, a French column operating
around Merdiavoun would be cut off
All these advances, made despite
reports that the axis was throwing
air and sea forces into the fight tC
help the faltering French, indicated
the British and Free French had
Strengthened their lines to give them
a uniform penetration of so miles
into Syria and Lebanan since they
invaded the French mandates eight
days ago.
Vichv reports said the heavy she'll
ing from nine British Warships oil
the Lebanon coast had been a big
factor in the loss of SidOn.
II was at sea, apparently, where
the axis chose to keep the French.
The RAF command at Cairo reported
yesterday that planes of the fleet
air arm had torpedoed an "cncmy'
vessel near Beirut. The British have
rcfrained from calling the French the
'cncmy' and have reserved that
word for the axis powers.