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Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
MONTGOMERY SIDELIGHTS
: BIZ ELSIE WHITE HAINES-

on the South, West and indeed
partly on the North. Beallsville
Cemetery where the names on the
old stones remind us how thinly
the Potomac divided the North
from the South during the War
between the States.
Early in October 1889 we wrote
Wasn't last Sunday a wonderful
day for roaming? We drove around
through upper Montgomery, and
parts of Howard and Carroll Coun-
ties. For a really beautiful drive
go to Frederick by any route you
may choose but by all means come
back the New Market, Kemptown
Damascus, Woodfield route, a
winding down hill drive, that en-
ables one to look over the country
for miles. Now dear readers.
remember that was in 1889 that
we were doing all that driving :
and please don't call up this week
or write to ask show did you get
all that gas?"
The Farm Bureau, which Is
headed by James d. King, organ
lied several discussion groups
that year (1939). Thirty-six
Homemakers had been on a trip
to Fredericksburg, Va, among
them was Mrs. Mary Powers, aged
SO, mother Of Mrs. Arthur L.
Smith, a former president of the
Glenmont- Wheaton Club. Mrs.
Smith, who is now employed in the
Rockville Courthouse, tells us that
her mother died August 10, 1914
just before her 98th birthday.
We used to give you recipes.
five years ago so we will end
with one this week. Rather late
for sweet corn but try this and
you will remember it next year.
Pull off the outside shucks leav-
ing the ears of corn well covered,
and boil ten minutes in water to
which little milk has been added
: Sweet; If shuck is removed
carefully almost all of the corn
silk will come off with it. One of
our Soroptimist sisters rather
spoiled this by asking what we did
about corn worms have you
noticed how few there are this
year?
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07

Washington, D. c., 4-Specuaon when the war will
end Europe and what the results will be here
at home the two major topics being politics
ridden town today Surpuse of everything to steel have
the gentlemen who WELD the jumping in circles
One school of thought looks for slump guns
cease the other side of the Atlantic optimistic group
feels that the continuing Japan will serve as conversion
cushion
MACHINERY DEPARTING
W halt what has been described huge gra American
Cal who has been unringy active in efforts keep machinery
IN the hands OF the American farmer this latest by UNRRA
to ship more farm machinery abroad has
secrecy.
SPOT NEWS FROM THE COPY HOOK
WPB has brought farm machinery "Spo Authori
aton Pan This of the first class of
Now manufacturers of farm machinery apply Offices
WPB for permission to produce their products (except
excess of their quotas produce machinery they
quotas
Quota Of automobiles available
September down to 5000 August
Is the smallest quota since passenger raonng began
Mdwestern feed casting on the ex
temey short flax which will
against 52OOOOO0 last They foee all tang
In the protein feed situation next winter result Of
Off In the While the paint industry
well due to lnseed oil in and through imports
just half much mash from the year
This spells more trouble for the darymen.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
AMONG THE
HOMEMAKERS

Miss Turner is back after q
months rest looking "fit as a
fiddle" and has already plunged
into her club work. Miss Lou
Lombard and her sister Gertrude
"Shine" 30 the Homemakers :
nave returned to Framingham,
Mass. Miss Turner met with the
Glen club. Tuesday, Laytonsville,
yesterday and is at Comus today.
IN MEMORY
This summer we lost two of our
club members. Mrs. Mary Powers,
our Oldest club member in years,
passed away at the age of 81. She
was the mother of Mrs. Arthur l..
Smith, former Council president.
Mrs. Powers was keenly interested
in our Extension program and
rarely missed a meeting the past
eleven years until she went to III.
to reopen her own home last year.
Our other member also was of
the Wheaton Club, Mrs. G. M.
Wolfe, mother of Frances Wolfe of
Linden. Mrs. Wolfe had been i'll
for the past few years but in spite
of the suffering she experienced
she continued to do creative
things. She pieced patchwork
quilts and did other beautiful need
lework.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
From where | sit ..M Joe Marsh
Thod Phibbs'
Formula for Fun

we know in our hearts we've
done a good job well?
From where I sit, that's one
of the things this wartime
strain has taught us. We're all
of us working hard at our jobs,
doing our level best to pull our
weight. And we're learning the
little rewards, the simple pleas
ures-a home-cooked meal, a
glass of beer with friends-are
more welcome now than ever. :.
because we've earned themi
9be MA4e
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07

Thad Phibbs has a theory of en-
joyment all his own. The more
tired he is from working at the
War Plant, the more fun he has
pitching horseshoes with the
boys these summer evenings.
"That's because I feel that I
deserve it," Thad says simply.
And wonder if he isn't right.
/ wonder if we don't enjoy
things in proportion as we know
we've earned them. Is a little
relaxation ever more welcome
than after hard days work?
Do we appreciate our little
pleasures quite as much as when
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07

1t does not seem possible that
this column will begin its sixth
year next week, does it? Only
five years have passed but so
many changes have taken place.
we seem to have lost SO much of
the leisure SO much of our grac-
ious ways of living which had con-
tinued to make the rural section
of this county SO much part of
the old order of the South. All of
us have the habit of saying,
when the war is over we shall do
thus and So but we should not
fool ourselves into thinking things
will be the same our young men
will be back most of them we
hope but many years will pass
before we recapture the old easy
way of living if ever.
September IA. 1889 that first
Montgomery Sidelight" was sub
mitted tentatively, fearfully and
unsigned! 1t was months before
we got up courage to sign even
our initials. AS circulation man
ager for The Sentinel in the course
of week or two we Travelled from
one end of the county to the other
and then began all over again. 1t
seems strange that we could at
that time use gas SO freely.
Here are some of the things We
were writing about in the fall of
I '39. This was the very first para
graph "We saw Mr.. Greenbury
Griffith of Laytonsville and Mr..
Snowden Athey, the local Will
Rogers of Burtonsville vicinity
assessing property in Spencerville
last week. Stopping at the corner
store in Burtonsville to make an
inquiry we encountered another
Athey. When we wondered aloud
if they were all alike (referrinG
to their sense of fun and humor)
we were told call alike, pore, but
handsome. That was the day
that we discovered the delightful
little shop of Mrs. S. M. Carroll
who was Burton before her mar
riage. We sold her a subscription
to The Sentinel and she sold us a
hooked rug, some shells, ash trays
and our lunch.
Later we wrote "The war in
Europe seems nearer when we read
of Gather Warfield in Warsaw :
it seems so short time since he
was a boy running around Rock
vile. Then we spoke of letter
from "Mrs. Marshall Munce Of
London, whom we knew as the
lovely Louisa Griffith of Laytons-
vile, standing in line for hours =
gas mask ready glueing oil cloth
over windows, taking shelter when
sirens blow.
During the month we wrote Of
washington Grove where Wash
ington folk have made summer
homes since 1872. There are many
year around homes in the Grove
and in Oakmont. from which it is
separated by the railroad. Then
we asked Don't you love places
with descriptive names? Shady
Grove-Deerwood (the original
name of Derwood) Redlard they
sound 50 cool and restfuP.
The next week we were in the
Poolesville district rich in history,
old homes, old names, with natur-
al boundaries on three sides, form
ed by Seneca Creek on the East,
and by the winding Potomac River
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
:: HOME AND CLUB ACTIVITIES
Navy Asks Boys and Girls for Help

The Navy needs millsweed floss to
replace kapok in life jackets. "Pick
milkweed pods 10 the appeal of Rear
Admiral E. L. Cochrane, Chief of the
Navy Departments Bureau Of Ships.
to American boys and girls who
want to save the lives of American
fighting men, who want a specific
war job to do, who want to contrib.
ute directly to victory" Milkweed
pods are ready for picking in most
states sometime in September. Open.
mesh bags, like those the boys be.
low are using, will be distributed
through schools, All clubs, Boy
Scout troops and other youth groups.
Twenty cents bag will be paid for
picking and drying the pods.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
WOMEN'S CLUB
NEWS

Jacksonville Club is starting the
new club season with a meeting
today to which the president, Mrs.
Robert Allnutt has invited Mrs.
J. T. Mcguire, president of the
County Federation, Mrs. Peyton
Whalen, vice-president, Mrs. Ra-
leigh Chinn, secretary; Mrs. Ves-
tus Wilcox, former president, and
Mrs. Merhle Haines,. chairman of
Antiquities for the Federation.
GROVE WOMEN'S CLUB
BURNS ROAD BOND
On Saturday evening, a parti-
cularly lively party was given in
the Women's Clubhouse to cele-
brate the purchase and subsequent
burning of a road bond, which the
members of the Woman's Club had
obligated themselves to pay. Mrs.
B. T. Hynson was in charge of the
program, and it featured songs by
Charles Hitler, accompanied by
Miss Virginia Stevens, vocal selec-
tions by a local male sextet, q
quiz on the early days of Washing
ton Grove, and the finale, was a
fully costumed female sextet, which
reminded everyone of the Floradora
days. and which sang tunes going
back to the "gay nineties", with
words which were strictly "1944"!
AS mentioned before, the bond was
burned in the presence of officers
of the club as well as representa-
tives of the Town Council, as well
as the seventy persons who were
present to enjoy the festivities.
DARNESTOWN CLUB
HEARS MRS. YUILL
Stressing the Importance of the
part the American family must
take in solving the youth problem
to today and tomorrow, Mrs. JOS
eph S. Yuill, a former instructor
on recreation at Columbia Univer-
sity, told the Jamestown Woman's
Club last Wednesday at its regular
meeting, that there is a great diff
ferecne between adult guidance
and adult interference where young
people are concerned.
Preceding the business meeting
of the club, Mrs. Anna Rice as
sisted by her two teen-age daugh-
ters served picnic dinner at the
Kensington picnic area. A bud
get for the coming year as pre-
sented by Mrs. Sterling Bowman,
chairman of the committee on bud
get, ways and means, was adopted.
Mrs. Upton Nourse, chairman of
the Hospital Committee gave de-
tailed and interesting report of
hospital activities throughout the
County.
Miss Eleanor Darby, president
of the club, presided.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
P BLIC SALE

The undersigned Administrative D. B. N c. Estate
ie Waters deceased will sell at public sale the
farm located Pennyfed Locks Road and River
and about miles South of Danesown IL miles Rockville
in Montgomery County, MARYLAND.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
MISS BAsTow HOME

Toasters, mixers, ETC., should
be covered when not in use. Dust
from the air may affect working
parts. Covers can be bought ready
made for many household devices.
Fans and heaters should be care
fully wrapped when stored for the
season. Care will make your ap-
pliances last longest.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07

help, they have been discouraged.
Let us not let them down.
Neither should we forget nor
let down our boys who are doing
the dirty work all over the world.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
PUBLIC SALE

having discontinued farming will Public Auction
on the Russell Allnutt Farm miles Layonsve on
the road from Laytonsvile to Unity, on
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER s. 1914

AT 10 O'CLOCK regardless Of weather following per
sonal property ~
LlvESTOCK-1 cow, years old; heifer year old
pull years old bull old, Hostein;
Charlle) years old; off lead horse (DanD years old:
saddle horse DID, off wheel il years old 20
shoats, about 40 lbs. each.
MACHINERY Superior Tractor plow John Deere
Tractor pow Fordson tractor; Binder it. CUT wagon
also combination body; wagon No. low down; Thomas
disc drill II hoe three shovel pows; corn coverer
double shovel pows; single shovel pows; Tractor disc
narrow 28 disc; Mccormick mower; hillside hitch for tra
tor plow lot of hay forks prong; smoothing har
roller. w ~
HARNESS. sets breeching; sets lead harness; six
wagon brides; riding bride; 4horse
6horse line; of leather ynets; grain cradle
and rake; work colars four haters; housings choke
straps; wagon saddle; sets of plow harness
MISCELLANEOUS-1 dinner bel 2 homemade baskets:
l log chain; 18 gallon iron pot
TERMS OF SALE: CASH No property TO he removed
until paid for.
Lunch served O grounds
ED EVELEY
Charles Hobbs, Auctiomeer. Aa1
Montgomery County sentinel., 1944-09-07
GIRLS All CLUB
NEWS NOTES

All All girls, parents and friends
are looking forward to tomorrow,
Sept. 8, when they will convene at
the Rockville High School. at 2:3o
P. M. to exhibit their products in
foods and canning, and the many
dresses that they have been making
all summer at All dress schools.
A detailed program may be found
elsewhere in The Sentinel.
TRAVILAH CLUB
The Travilah All Club met on
August 20 at the home of their
local leader, Mrs. Morris Guervich.
The assistant local leader, Mrs.
Sam Welsh was also there. Seven
teen girls we're present. After an
interesting business meeting, and
the finishing of their towels to en-
ter on Achievement Day, the group
enjoyed not dog roast in the
Guervich's new out-of-doors fire
place.
MISS BAsTOw HOME
Miss Jane Bastow, assistant
agent, in charge of the girls clubs,
has returned from Lee, Mass,
where she spent the weekend after
serving as bridesmaid for a school
friend. Miss Bastow has had a
busy two months. working with All
girls. One hundred and thirteen
girls made dresses at the eight
three-day dress schools. In July
the Home Demonstration Agent
assisted, and in August Mrs. Bean
assisted her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-09-08
FARMERS AND THE FUTURE

praise for farmers and the role
they are playing in the nations pro-
duction effort, comes from many dl-
rections these days. Real apprecia-
ton of the services farmers render,
has recently reached the highest peak
in the nations history. Industry and
labor join in applauding the farm
production record. There are count
less articles in newspapers and maya
zines. Business organizations that
are especially allied with agriculture
make the farmer and the farm the
subject of highly complimentary adj
vertisements 49,.
while farmers everywhere are
deeply and sincerely grateful for this
recognition of their services to the
nation during these war years, their
greatest recompense is the knowledge
that they are doing their best and
doing their part to win the war. They
have been able to do this largely be-
cause of their cooperatives and farm
organizations. For the first time ag-
riculture has worked pretty much as
a unit all along the line. :. The
Dairymens League News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-09-08
PEACE IN HANDS OF AMERICAN
PEOPLE

With the end of the war in sight,
people are beginning to think of the
day when REIMBURSEMENT to peace can
be made. Part of that readJustment
must include a new conception OF the
United States in relation to the rest
of the world. Hereafter, the problems
of the world are our problems. II
there is another war, we will be in
it.
1t is our responsibility to help lay
the foundation of enduring peace
by seeking to re-establish equal trad
ing opportunity and free markets.
Admittedly, this may take time, but
failure means another world depres-
sion and another world war, in tie
opinion of j. B. Condliffe, Professor
of Economics in the University OF
California, who declares that: The
whole case for expanding information
al trade is that there is gain, not
loss, to the national economies par
ticipating in such trade. In the cir
cumstances of the immediate post
war period it does not require mucE
reflection to realize that not loss but
disaster is threatened if the channels
of trade cannot be re-opened prompt
ly. There is little chance of a rela-
lively smooth conversion from war to
peace economy unless this conversion
can be carried out in an expanding
system of international collaboration.
The future is in the hands of the
American people. If they will but in
form themselves and act wisely upon
the strength of their information,
lasting peace is within reach. No 9th
er people have ever been blessed with
such an opportunity-or obligation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-09-08

The welfare of the nation as well
as the welfare of the family makes
it desirable that the maximum pop
ulation live on the land, according
to findings of the National Catholic
Life Conference. ITO keep people on
the land we must have on the coun-
tryside decent living conditions, Sc
curity, reasonable prosperity, and OPP
portunities for cultural development.
The farmer himself can do more than
anyone else to bring about this happy
condition. He must first build up
within himself an appreciation OF
his high calling. 1t is sacred call
ing. In his work he is partner of
God. The land which he tills is a
'koly land The soil has been COM
mitted to him as sacred heritage.
No one in adj the world breathes so
securely the air of free man as the
farmer who, through industry and
thrift, has won a landholding as a
living space for himself and his
family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-09-08
CHARRTING THE ROAD TO
BY j. Il. Jones

Washington, d. c., September 4
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference in
Washington has made remarkable
progress. In the very beginning Sec
rotary of State Hull held conferences
with John Foster Dulles, the perso-
nal representative of Governor Dew
ey, and TIE two men brushed away
some of the distinctions that laid
in the way of non-partisan interna-
tional conference. Secretary Hull and
Mr.. Dulles agreed that the issues
were more important than political
advantages that might be gained by
Roosevelt or Dewey.
The American, British and Rus
sian delegates who came here for the
purpose of discussing the basic points
in a set-up of an international Sc
curity organization, were comforted
by the Hull-Dulles arrangement
The three nations agreed that an
Assembly composed of representa-
lives of all peace-loving nations, bas-
ed on sovereign equality, should be
created.
On top of that Assembly there
would be a Council made up of "a
smaller number of members" in
which TIE principal states would be
Joined by a number of other states
to be elected periodically. In under
standable American language this
Council will be the United States,
Great Britain and Russia. China will
be included, later. These Big Boys
would maintain military powers, and
occupy and dominate Germany and
Japan whenever those Axis countries
showed any warlike inclinations. If
they started to rebuild their arma-
ments or air forces, they would be
cracked down upon. The whole idea
is to make it impossible for Germany
or Japan-or any other nation-to
start another war. There is a lot of
shipping at these methods and these
programs.
Nevertheless, the Dumbarton Oaks
Conference is the most outstanding
and representative group of interna-
tionalists that have gotten together
anywhere, since the beginning of this
War. They have acted on the as
sumption that the Big Three powers
hat have won this war must pre-
serve the peace, and they propose
that the United States, Great Britain
and Russia shall at all times remain
ander the authority of the Legisla-
tive branches of their countries, be-
fore the Executive branches of the
Governments are permitted to en-
ploy military measures to prevent
another war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-09-08
GIFTS FOR SERVICE
MEM

Having reminded the public that
he period for mailing Christmas
fits to men overseas is near and
,asts only from September 5 to Oc-
tober Is, TIE Navy Mail Service urges
elatives and friends of service per-
sonnet to be sensible in selecting the
gifts.
Perishables positively will not be
accepted, and the mailing of graile
foods and materials will be discour-
aged by all postmasters.
ut is important to realize" said
a postal authority, that the best
gift is one that will be in a function
ng condition when delivered.
Sacks of parcels travel in the
lold of ship, wkere the heat often
exceeds 100 degrees. Anyone can
understand that such a temperature
melts chocolate, spoils todd, and de-
Gays fruit"
He pulled out letted from Navy
mail specialist in the South Pacific,
written after last years Christmas
rush. 1t says:
by the time the packages arrived
here, any that were at all inclined to
be perishable were thoroughly de-
composed, not only spelling all the
contents of that package, but also
damaging mail adjacent to it.
"Only today we dumped sack
filled with the wrecked contents of
parcels that had come entirely apart.
There were rotten apples, decayed
oranges, melted candy. and stale
cake crumbs. This happens too Of
ten."
It needn't happen again, if the
senders use discretion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-09-08
The Farmer and War Bond Purchases
by Charles W. Holman, Secretary
The National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation

strate that farmers are probably
diverting a large part of this fund
into land purchases. From March
l, 1913, to March 1, 1914, average
land values per acre rose ID per
cent, with the larger part of the
rise taking place in the last four
months of the period. The in
crease during this four-month pc
riod was the highest on record.
being 20 per cent greater than the
average monthly rate of increase
for the 1890 boom year. Aver
age values per acre have increased
more than one-third in the past 3
years. In the 1868 period the
rise was about the same.
It appears that an overcapitali-
cation of probably temporarily
high farm commodity prices is in
process Just as in World War I.
Large mortgage debts incurred
now, at high levels of income, will
prove disastrous when both total
agricultural production and prices
fall. Land values are based on the
net return to land. With the end
of the war in sight and with the
prospect that farm labor and other
costs will require a relatively larg-
err return leaving the return to
land less, the logical course for
land values at present would APP
pear to be downward rather than
upward.
Therefore, it appears that
farmers would do well to in
vest every available dollar,
beyond that needed for debt
retirement, in Government
Bonds. These can be held
against the day when neces-
sary farm requirements will
be available and when farm
land values will have become
more stable. In this way the
individual farmer may assist
in Fastening the day of return
of his son, and also have capt.
tai available to help finance
him in ventures of his own
choice. US. Treasury Department