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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
News Of County
Health Department

DR.. Andrew Fischer of Bethesda
is making the first examinations of
school children this year. He started
with the Takoma Park elementary
school last Tuesday, and will con-
tinue throughout schools in the
suburban area. In the upper part
OF the County, Doctors Kerr and
Boyer are also beginning physical
! examinations of elementary pupils
in the Damascus Laytonsville area.
The physical examinations with
parents present at all of them, the
Department hopes) will go a long
way toward securing correction of
defects, as will also the inspections
carried out by teachers and nurses,
but actually the health of children
depends upon many factors beyond
the Health Departments control.
There is still more need of hot
lunch facilities and other equip
ment for the best nutrition, health
and safety of school children.
DR.. T. H. Shrop, Health Officer
OF Alexandria, Virginia, visited the
Health Department the past week,
accompanied by Miss Mary Carne,
X. N, Mr.. Wade and Miss Small
wood, of the same Department.
The purpose of the visit was to
become acquainted with record
forms in use in Montgomery Co.,
inasmuch as the Alexandria Office
is undertaking some revision of it's
records.
Mrs. Clara l.. JAMS is assisting
with clerical work connected with
the Silver Spring venereal disease
clinic.
Fire prevention week deserves
more than casual recognition, not
only because of the financial losses
involved when fires occur, but also
because of the risks to health. The
National Safety Council states that
one out of three deaths from burns
is child under five. The American
Public Health Association Survey
of last year indicates that falls
and burns are the most serious
home hazards. Every home is res
ponsible for protecting the children
in it by: burning rubbish only when
in wire mesh baskets; watching
leaf fires until they die; teaching
children not to play with matches
and teaching children not to play
with matches or near fires; re-
pairing electric equipment at the
first sign of wear, and
teaching children not to play
with appliances or cords; storing
gasoline and kerosene away from
the house and keeping it under
lock and key the same applies
to other infammable materials
such as cleaning fluids.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Jellies That Are
Always In Season

1t is feared that the scarcity of
fruit this summer will result in a
scarcity of jelly for Donation Day
at the hospital. Here are three
recipes that have been tried and
found very good.
Grape jelly
If you have no grapes this fall
buy a quart of Welsh's Grape
Juice and bottle of White House
apple pectin. Follow closely the
directions on package for amount
of sugar and cooking procedure,
and the result will be nine or ten
glasses of fine Jelly.
Pineapple Jelly
A quart of unsweetened pine
apple juice, lemon juice and pectin
according to directions that come
with the pectin, to the required
amount of sugar, produce another
tasty jelly that will be much APP
preciated.
Paradise Jelly
IL apples,6 ounces and 1 pint of
cranberries. Core and slice apples
and ounces do not peel. Grind
the ounces, combine with the
apples and cranberries, cover with
water and simmer until fruit is
tender. Strain juice in usual way
To each cup of juice add l cup OF
sugar. Cook until juice drop.
from spoon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Notes From R. M. H. S.
Journalism Class

We have a former Wave among
US! The wearer of this snappy
blue uniform is Miss Placida A.
Vileikis, who has taken the place
of Mrs. Dixon. Miss Vileikis was
a member of the first class of
Waves and was just discharged
after three years and one day of
service. She is a graduate of En-
manuel College in Boston and is
now teaching arithmetic, science,
English, and visual education in
our junior high school. This is
her first year of teaching and she
thinks it's fun! ass
Miss Vileikis has many hobbies;
among them are reading, travelling,
doing social service work, and act
ing as guide to show the sights
of Washington to tourists.
Construction on the new tenn.
porary ramp which connects the
main school building and the cafe
terra is expected to be completed
with in a week.
Approximately fifty R. M. H. S.
students were excused from classes
on Friday afternoon, October 5 to
attend the parade in honor of
Admiral Nimitz in Washington.
Home rooms of r. M. II. S. met
for the first time Wednesday morn
ing, October 3 for the purpose OF
electing homeroom officers and
senators to the Student Govern
ment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Alters Should
Buy Calves Now

Now that the annual Baltimore
Livestock Show is over and the
All boys and girls have marketed
their taby beeves the time is here
when they should get started for
the show to be held the first week
in October 1916. 1t is very i'm
portant that good calves be select
ed to start with as the show is
rapidly becoming better and better
each year. Any new member as
well as the old members should
get their calves on feed as soon as
possible and not later than Novem-
Der Is, 1915, as these coming
months are very important in the
feeding schedule. A committee of
men interested in helping Alters
are endeavoring to obtain top
notch Hereford, Shorthorn and
Angus steers. 1t is a good practice
to get someone who is acquainted
with Baby Beef Club Work to help
select your calf.
The Baby Beef Club hold re-
gular monthly meetings on the
4th Wednesday of each month at
the home of its members. One may
join this club by either contracting
the secretary, Hazel Lechlider,
Rockville, Route /, or X. N. Whip,
Asst Co. Agent, Rockville. Alters
wishing to purchase calves should
also contact Mr.. George Lechlider,
Rockville, Route / or Mr.. Whipp.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Sandy Spaiss9 Nsd9A1oshood

~" NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
from the Sandy Spring neighbor-
hood were Mr.. and Mrs. B. Bentley
Thomas, Mr.. and Mrs. F. L.
Thomas, Mrs. F. Pole Robson and
Miss Lucy Lee.
Lucy Gray Winslow, who is at
tending Westtown School this sea-
son, spent the week end at home
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Calender F. Winslow. On Monday
Mrs. Winslow gave a birthday
party for her younger daughter
Margaret.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11

will be near enough to be kissing
kin" we fear.
We also recently found a copy of
the letter to the mayor of Frederick
enumerating the things the Con-
federates demand of the town
when they captured it is 1864, and
copy of the receipt for the $780,
900 tribute they levied. These we
will copy for you some day.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
MONTGOMERY SIDELIGHTS
By ELSIE WHITE HAINEs

we were TdJHef surprised that
among the thousands of words
written about the recent celebra-
ton of the 200th anniversary of
Old Frederick Town, there was so
little mention of the Schley family
who built the first house in the
town-they are said to have about
died out in Maryland. There must
be tmany descendants, however,
though they do not bear the name
of Schley. We know of three
right here in upper Montgomery
Donald Bowie, Jr., Rockville law
yer, who lives with his family at
Woodfield; Maj. Howard Bowie,
expected home at any time from
the European Theater of War,
whose wife is the well known Cert
rude Bowie, in charge of Home
Economics for county schools; and
Schley Bowie, who carries the
family name. These are the three
sons of Donald McA. Bowie and
Anna Stonestreet Bowie.
A member Of the family who has
accumulated data for years, has
given us this abbreviated history
beginning with John Thomas
Schley who was born in a Palati-
nate, of Germany in 1712 and emf
grated to America in 1885, landing
at Philadelphia, Penn. He resided
in Lancaster County, and moved
from there to near what is now
Ceresville on the east side of tic
Monocacy River. Due to a land ex-
change, he moved to Taskers
Chance or what was to become the
site of Frederick Town Where he
built the first house and became
the first school master. He was
buried in the old grave yard in
the rear of Trinity Chapel, but nc
marker was used.
The first house, erected by
John Thomas Schley, stood on the
northeast corner of Patrick Street
and Middle Alley. The two story
and attic structure with the first
story of stone and the second story
and attic Of logs, stood until tori
down in 1888. JOIN Thomas SchIey
died at his plantation, named
"Springfield", on the west side OF
the road from Frederick to Thur.
mont, in 1890. This house was
right beside the road where there
is dip going down to the level
Of fish ponds about two miles
south of Cotoctin Furnace-and was
made Of brick. The Bowie boys
great grandfather was born there
The house was torn down recently
and the bricks used to construct
a beautiful house going south just
a little nearer to Frederick on the
same side Of the road. His land
also took in the east side, where
the flag flies, later Admiral w. s.
Schley's home. John Thomas
Schley's son, John Jacob Schley
married Anna Maria Schelman and
lived at Springfield until 179a
when he moved to Louisville, Ga
John Jacob Schley's inherited
plantation, Springfield, descended
to his fourth son Frederick Angus
tus Schley. Some of Frederick Au-
gustus Scnley's silver is owned by
the Bowies.
The children of John Jacob
Schley were Richard who left no
issue; Judge John Schley, father
Of Admiral w. G. Schley, hero OF
the naval battle off Santiago
Cuba in 1893; Judge VIM. Schley,
later Governor Of Ca; Frederick
Augustus Schley, Philip Thomas
Schley and Catherine Scbley. The
last two were born in Georgia.
Frederick Augustus schley, the
fourth son of John Jacob Schley
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
AMONG THE
HOMEMAKERS

MSIHDerS OF The f1OmemaKef
Clubs who can regularly for the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital will be interested to know
that Mrs. Clarence Gilpin of Olney
who is in charge of the fruits, We
getables, jelly etc. reports that she
still has some sugar on hand that
homemakers may get for hospital
canning or jelly making. Mrs.
Haines, of The Sentinel, attended
a meeting at the Nurses Home on
Monday when it was reported that
Jelly was one of the things they
are hoping to receive on donation
day. she brought back some sug-
gestions for jellies that may be
made in this time of fruit scarcity,
recipes for which may be found on
this page. Pickle is another thing
that is needed at the hospital. AND
the usual tomatoes and tomato
juice.
The LaytOnsville Club
A feature Of the meeting of the
Laytonsville Homemakers at the
home of Mrs. Harry White with
Mrs. Warren Ellis assisting host
ess, was the demonstration of some
of the work of the girls of the All
Club. The .Homemakers are the
sponsors of the girls club which
has Mrs. Edwin Fry for local lead
er. Especially interesting were the
dresses made by ten year old Ella
Whitley, cher first) and a butter
making demonstration by Esther
Chapman.
Interest was also shown in the
second project of the Homemakers
which is canning for the Mont
gomery Genl. Hospital. There will
be an ingathering of the contribu-
tions of canned fruits and vege-
tables when the club meets next
month with Mrs. Fry. The club
also ran an ad in the hospital sup
per pamphlet.
The new leaders for next year
are: Mrs. Stephen M. Robin, pres
ident, Mrs. Thomas Howes, vice
president and Mrs. Basil Waters,
secretary treasurer. The All girls
served the delicious refreshments
provided by the hostess.
The Colored Clubs
Mrs. Hale Sehorn and Miss
Edythe Turner, Home Demonstra-
ton Agent, will judge for the
community exhibits of the Norbeck
Colored Home Demonstration Club
and school, on October IL. On DC
tober IS they will judge the exhibit
at the Sandy Spring Colored
(, School Community Show.
Falkland Community Show
The school children in the Fair
land Community will hold their
second school community show
with an exhibit by the members of
the homemaker clubs. Miss Turn
er has been asked to judge during
the afternoon and then to speai
about the exhibits at the PTA
meeting that evening, at eight
o'clock.
Coat Schools Scheduled
The first day of the Adult Coat
School will be held at the Home
Demonstration Agents office on
October IL. Ten women are enroll
ed and will make themselves coats
in tho three days October IL, II
and 10.
Textile Painting
On October Is Miss Reba
Adams, Arts & Crafts Specialist
of the United States Department
of Agriculture Extension Service
will hold the second training school
to teach textile painting.
Slip Cover School
October &c will be the first day
for the Slip Cover School. The
other two days will be on the 30tf
and 31st
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
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February 5, 1858. He lived all his
life at Springfield. He was a pro-
minent member of the Western
Maryland Bar and was married
three times. His first wife Eliza
Ashburg McCannon, by whom he
had George Schley, great grand
father of the Bowie boys, and
James McCannon Schley. By his
wifi Frederick Augustus, Jr., Will
liam II. Schley and Eliza McCan-
non Schley. His third wife was
Barbara Bowie Hall, daughter of
Thomas B. Hall and his wife, Ann
Buchanan Pottinger. The latter
was the daughter of DR.. Robert
Pottinger and his wife Mary Buc-
hanan, sister of Chief Justice John
Buchanan. Thomas B. Hall, son of
James Hall and his wife, Barbara
Bowie, daughter of Thomas Bowie,
youngest son of John Bowie, pro-
gentitor of the Maryland Bowie's.
The issue of Frederick Augustus
Bowie, by his third wife, Barbara
Bowie Hall, were Roger fancy
Schley, Mary Buchanan Schley
and Colonel Buchanan Schley, who
was prominent in Maryland poll
tics and lived at Hagerstown.
George Schley, the eldest son of
Frederick Augustus Schley by his
first wife, Eliza A. McCannon,
married Mary Sophia Hall, the sis
ter Of his fathers third wife, Bar
bara b. Hall. His issue was Ann
Hall (Nettie) Schley who married
Washington Bowie, Mary Potting-
er Schley who married William II.
Howard and Eliza McCannon
Schley who married Joseph H..
Stillman Of New York.
There is much more TO this, the
Schleys fought in the Revolutions
airy War, the Mexican War, Span
ish American War. They owned
land in Garrett, Allegheny, Wash
ington and Frederick Counties.
Most of them were either doctors
or lawyers. The Halls mentioned
are descendants of Henry Hall, or
dained a priest Of the Church Of
England, Nov. II, 1897 by the
Lord Bishop of London by whom
ne was sent in 1893 to Governor
Francis Nicholson, Governor of
the province Of Maryland. On
mandate of Gov. Nicholson the
Rev. Henry Hall was indicted May
7, 1893 the first Rector of st.
James Parish, Herring Creek, Ann
Arundel County. Hall Station on
Popes Creek branch Of the Penn.
RR is named after this family.
Henry Hall, first son of Rev.
Henry Hall married for his second
wife Elizabeth Lansdale page
Dick Lansdale). One of their nine
issue, Thomas Henry Hall married
Barbara Bowie. He was a lawyer.
One Of their four isue, Elizabeth
Bowie Hall, married the Revolu-
tionary War hero, Gen o. II. w.
Williams in Hagerstown. Ohio II.
w. Talbot of Rockville, was a re-
latiye and named for the above
General Williams.
BY going on we could show you
that these Montgomery descen-
dents Of the first settler in Fred
erick Town, are related to seven
former Governors Of Maryland,
and to the Snowden, Lansdale,
Brooke families and TO the family
Of Brooke Lees first wife. In fact
as our informant puts it they
"chased the same rabbits across
the same field with the same dogs
in the long ago" We hope from
this the Bowie boys" will discover
some cousins-not many Of them
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11

What became of the prophet (?)
who predicted starvation in the
United States a year or so ago?
Evening star., 1945-05-06

converting an old phonograph. The
raw silk produced was fine in quail
ity. More important, the expert
ment showed that Alabama has
great possibilities in silk production.
A State Senate committee re-
Gently reported that California is
capable of establishing $780,
600, 900 postwar silk industry. This
state alone, claims the report, can
produce more raw silk annually
than the prewar imports from Japan.
The best news about silk in the
Evening star., 1945-05-06

United States" says Sanford, rs
that farmers can raise it as an extra
crop. It's less trouble and more
profitable than similar crop of
corn. potatoes or cotton"
The largest crop is being har-
vested now in Mineral Wells,
Texas, new headquarters for the
Anscowain Company. One hun
dred and thirty thousand white null
berry trees were planted which will
feed enough silkworms this year to
produce about 100000 pounds of
raw silk!
Anscowain's automatic reeler, now
in full operation in Mineral Wells.
can reel 100000 yards of silk
in single day. Texas farmers buy
their silkworm eggs from the COM
pany, raise them on their own land,
sell the cocoons back to Anscowain.
Sl1k Ex0paxe
IT COSTS the farmer eight or nine
cents a pound to raise the cocoons;
he gets 20 cents pound for them.
According to company figures. one
acre, planted with 500 mulberry
trees, which is enough to feed 10
to IL ounces of silkworm-egg hatch
ings, will produce gross income
of S24O each IS days during the
leafing season,
All the signs point to the growth
of an American silk empire. We can
raise better quality cocoons than
Japan; reel the silk cheaper; offer
employment to thousands of our
people. And - with the memory of
Pearl Harbor - get greater kick
out of wearing grown silk
stockings.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
We've beaten Japan on
another front. Silk is
now a US. product. -.

DRooKLYN has produced almost
ID everything in its time, but a
couple of summers ago it hatched
its strangest crop. In tool shed in
Canarsie. silkworms in trays were
greedily eating away without the
slightest notice that they we're help
ing build an exciting new American
industry.
Silkworms in Canarsie? Yes -
and in Massachusetts,. Alabama.
California. Texas. In fact. silkworms
can grow anywhere m the 6]Irted
States if you have an acre of land
and spare time. Once you raised
your grove of white mulberry
trees. you can harvest a crop of
silk cOcoons every 35 days during
the leafing season!
During the past 100 years. silk
worm experiments have blossomed
and wilted periodically in America.
Difficulties were always cropping
up: the most stubborn - how to
compete with the cheap hand labor
of Japan in unreeling the silk.
A new producing firm, the
Anscowain Company. solved this
problem last year with an automatic
reeling machine that promises to be
the cotton gin of the silk industry.
This Strengthening contraption
reels as much silk in one week as
hand -winder can in 100 days!
Bug Bit Him
PARTNER in the Anscowain Com
pany is Brooklynite Antonio San
toro, ex-barber and fruit dealer. The
silkworm bug bit him nine years
ago; since then he eats. breathes and
sleeps silk. ''Silk-growing can abb
sorb 1000, 900 men," he says excit-
edly. Think what it would mean to
our returning veterans
Some years ago Sanford met an
Armenian sericulturist, DR.. Ludwig
Harpootlian (now deceased). whose
family had grown silk in the Near
East for generations Together, the
two silk-fans imported silkworm
eggs from Milan. Italy. and planted
over a million white mulberry seeds
in Florida.
Then along came an unprece-
dented frost that killed most Of the
young shoots Harpootlian salvaged
enough, however, to harvest batch
of cocoors which he exhibited at
Florida Exposition. Sanford went
back to Canarsie and started over
again in tool shed. He converted
cocoons collected from all over
the country into IA pairs of
stockings which brought 80, 600
at a War Bond auction.
Col. William E. Persons. direc-
tor of Alabama's Department of
Correction and Institutions, also
got the bug. He planted 40 acres of
white mulberry trees on the Ala
bama State Prison farm at Atmore.
The convicts fed the silkworms,
harvested the cocoons and even i'm
provised makeshift hand-reeler by
Evening star., 1945-05-06

uuoud tyonta
u Miss
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Left) "Hi-Waist" design for
perfect fit. Full seat coyerake.
No seams TO sit on. (Right)
Matching shirt absorbs perspi-
ration. Specially cut to follow
the legIine Of Refs Scandals.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Education Of Indians
To Be Sbeech TObic

Education of the Indians" will be
the topic OF q discussion by Joseph
G. McCaskill, assistant commissioner
Of the Office OF Indian Affairs. In
terror Department, at q meeting Of
the American Indians Committee,
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton at II am. Friday at the Chapter
House, 1882 Massachusetts avenue
NV.
The speaker. who spent five years
in Indian education work, will stress
the Importance of more and better
educational facilities for the Indians
Of today.
Deserving Indian boys and girls
will be provided with scholarships
by the National Committee headed
by Mrs. Loren E. Rex. Mrs. Leo
w. Kasehagen is chairman Of the
District Committee. Winners of the
scholarships preferably will be sent
to Bacone College, Oklahoma, only
college exclusively for Indians in the
United States, or to st. Mary's
School, South Dakota, said to be
the only ACCREDITED high school for
indian girls In the country.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
COP Congressmen
RecebfiOn Guests

More than 400 persons attended a
reception given by the District
League of Republican Women foI
Republican members of Congress
and their wives last night at the
Statler Hotel
Mrs. William S. Culbertson, league
president, greeted the guests ano
introduced them to Senate Republi-
can Leader Wallace H. White oi
Maine and Mrs. White and to the
House Republican Leader Joseph w
Martin of Massachusetts,.
The receiving line included Mrs
Robert A. Taft, Mrs. Phillip B
Eaton, Mrs. Joseph r. Harrington
Mrs. Ralph E. Church, Mrs Elmer
o. Leatherwood, Mrs William r
Castle, Mrs E. S. Kochersperger
Miss Temple Bailey. Miss Ruth
Brown, Mrs. M. D. Mcdowell, Mrs
Clifton Stratton, Mrs. Edgar E
Quale, Mrs. Henry c. Stehl and Mrs
Walter Savell Mrs. Edward E. Gam
was among those attending.
Evening star., 1945-01-24
Roosevelt Baby
Is Named for
Generals WidO1U

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. widow
of Brig. Gen. Roosevelt, son of the
late President Theodore Roosevelt
has returned to her home al
Oyster Bay, Long Island, after
spending some time in Washington
at the Sulgrave Club. She came
to the Capital to be with her son
Maj. Quentin Roosevelt, and tc
make the acquaintance of his
daughter, born January Is to Mrs
Roosevelt in Doctors Hospital. The
infant will be named Alexandrs
for her grandmother. who is the
former Miss Eleanor B. Alexander
The junior Mrs. Roosevelt before
her marriage to Maj. Roosevelt in
England was Miss Francis Webb
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Watts
Webb, jr, of Kansas City, Mo. The
wedding of the former Miss Webb
who was Red Gross clubmobile
driver, took place in the parish
church in Dorsetshire.
Maj. Roosevelt returned to this
country in August, 1943 For his
service in the Tunisian campaign
he received the Silver Star and
the Croix de Guerre He also re-
ceived the Purple Heart after being
wounded in the Kasserine Pass
battle in February, l943.
Evening star., 1945-01-24

PROMINENT IN BENEFIT
Miss Mary Beal member OF the Ticket and Music
ntee Mrs Geroid Tanqueray Robinson of
committee the Waltz Ball Dhch UiH
benefit of the Chdrens Art Center paintings
erhibit beng held at the center The
Friday euenng the Shorehdm Hotel
chdren's paintings being shomn at the Chidrens
collected BY Fanny exhibit
SATURDAY. -HdrriS Photo.