Montgomery County sentinel., 1943-09-16

Matapeake. AS we passed through
Annapolis Brewer Street reminded
us that around 1900 DR.. William
Brewer decided that the vicinity of
Annapolis where his family had
been established for years was not
the place he wanted to raise a fam
lily, tho "chills and fever" made it
profitable for a physician-so he
came to upper Montgomery County,
married, had Is children and estab-
lished the Brewer family here.
The ferry was seemingly waiting
for us-ours was the last car-the
Chesapeake Bay was as smooth as
a mirror and in about forty min
utes we reached Matapeake and
started on to Ocean City via the
Delaware route = Seaford and
Laurel to Salisbury through the
parched trucking" section. Thous-
ands of acres of tomatoes, peppers,
and cabbage so small and dried as
to be almost worthless,-in indeed,
much of it was left unpicked. Not
one vegetable or fruit stand did we
see open-imagine shipping fruit
into the Eastern Shore!
Arriving at Ocean City we found
other Montgomery folks taking a
late vacation, among them Mrs.
Carroll Walker of Gaithersburg
with her son and daughter, Jack
and Carol were at the Belmont.
At the Lankford were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Leef and their daugh-
ter Barbara, Mrs. Leef's mother,
Mrs. Robert Barron Franklin, Sr.,
of Chevy Chase, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Quinter of Chevy Chase were also
there for several days.
Our party from Laytonsville in
cluded Mrs. Samuel Riggs, Jr., Mrs.
Thomas Stewart, and her children
Gordy and Cookie.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pugh and
their two sons were staying at the
Mayfiower-Ben Wilkinson and
James Gill left about the time we
arrived, so we were told.
| Staying at our hotel when we ar
rived were Col. and Mrs, Charles
Maylon, of Alexandria, Mrs. May
lon is the former Margaret Wight
man of Goshen-in their party
were Col. and Mrs. Waycross and
their red headed son, Dick, OF
Hyattsville and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Among others at the Landlord our
party enjoyed the McAllister and
Potter families and their children
the four Dunkel sisters-two OF
them twins-and a most delightful
elderly couple, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Dryden, all from Baltimore
Over the weekend Mr.. and Mrs
Herschel Allan of Baltimore Coun
ty had an adjoining table-he turn
ed out bo nc a cousin of Albert Ady
We had a gay time at meals-th'
hotel advertises "entertainmen
Family Style"-after a clownini
waiter dropped a tray on food
dishes and all-Col. Waycros
offered an addition "Never A Dul
Moment In The Dining Room" A
breakfast "How Much l Won Las
Night" was a favorite topic. On
Just does not speak of the amoun
he losses.
During the evenings everyon'
played the slot machines, bingo
hearts, pokerino and the man!
other games along the Boardwalk
We viewed with amusement thu
way Henny Riggs Stewart's eye:
"bulged out" when she won $1t
at Bingo-and Jim Pugh's look o1
amazement-mixed with bit Of
disapproval-at the open gambling
perhaps remembering how hard oul
county works at keeping out games
of chance-Mr. Pugh was once
States Attorney you know.
Everyone enjoyed the balmy days
lin the water, on the sand or just
sitting on the porch. Moonlight
nights added to the charm of the
place and furnished most Of the
light, as all lights facing the ocean
are hooded and entrances show nc
lights. We came to watch for the
soldiers, followed by their "army
dogs" silhouetted against the
ocean as they walked guard al
night along the shore, and to listen
for the planes and coast guard cut
ters IN patrol. A school OF por-
poises, turning and diving, was the
nearest thing We saw to a sub
marine.
The peculiar way in which some
of the "city folks" sunburned
furnished amusement-used to the