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

'5ined with lovely flower arrange
ments on which popular votes we're
taken. The last place to be visited
was the Methodist Home where
tea was served under the manage
ment of Mrs. Thomas Bailey, Mrs.
Norman Jacobs and Mrs. Merle
Van Metre. Other homes open for
the occasion were those of Mrs.
William Griffith and Mrs. Thomas
w. Troxell, whose antiques, china
and old glass were on exhibit. Mrs.
Lewis Reed showed modern table
setting old glass. Miss Ella Plum
mer, who showed her hand painted
china, antiques, lace and jewelry,
and Mrs, Walter Byrne, whose
home, with it's very modern kitch-
en-, also exhibited the old white
stone china and heavy iron pans
Of years ago.
Tn cooperation there is siren
9Th" proved true in this under
taking the first Of its kind here.
Members shared int he response
bility and Mrs. Lawson King,
Chairman Of the Civic Committee
and the President of the Club, Mrs.
Edwin Fry, worked increasingly to
make this affair a success. Prizes
we're given members Of the Junior
Garden Club for their entries, the
judges being Roland Ward,
former member Of the Gathers
burg High School Faculty, who
judged the vegetables, and Mrs.
Asa Watkins and Mrs. Thompson
Of Mount Airy who judged the
flowers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Pageant Depicts
Holnelnakers OF
Three Decades
300 Women Hear Mrs. Saw
age Talk On World Char
ter; Officers Elected

The Annual Fall Meeting of the
Montgomery Council Homemakers
Clubs held in the Gaithersburg
High School, was climaxed on
Tuesday afternoon by the present.
alton of pageant depicting the
development and progress of Home
Demonstration work in the county.
Mrs. Hester Belle Provenson of
the University of Maryland acted
as narrator and she carried the
audience of over three hundred
Homemakers, through the twenty
nine years of extension work in
the county. Miss Edythe M. Turn
er, in writing the script, had divid-
ed the period into five classified
tons, pioneering, organization,
meeting the economic pressure,
better family living and leader
ship. About sixty-five members
of the organizations represented
the various phases of Homemaker
activity, they entered the stage
through the covers of book, each
acted out her part, and then re-
tired through the same covers.
Tribute was paid to the early
Home Demonstration Agents and
to their pioneering ability. Mrs.
Blanche Corwin Wilcox, who pre-
ceded Miss Turner, was present
and took part in the pageant.
Charter members of the earliest
clubs were present and were in
troduced., The beginning of the
Farm Women's Market was pre-
sented. Fine examples of uphol-
STEERING, rug making, furniture re-
finishing and chair Gaming were
shown by some of the Homemak-
ers, while others modelled suits,
purses, hats and gloves they had
made. Mrs. Wallace Muir gave a
"Chalk Chat" on fashions and the
club members watched with fas-
cination her nimble fingers change
last years basic black dress into
an up-to-the-m minute copy of a
1915 original model.
During the morning meeting,
which was in charge of the Coun-
ell president, Mrs. Donald Roberts,
routine business of the organiza-
ton was handled with reports
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Sherwood Farmers
Get First Award

For its outstanding project
work, community service, operative
activities and War service, the
Sherwood Chapter of Future Farm
ers of America, has received the
first of six awards given in the
State by Sears, Roebuck, which
according to their chapter advisor,
Sidney Lawler, is $500 in cash.
Members of the chapter were
judged on their work with field
crops, livestock and poultry pro-
jects community services such
as parent-son banquet, school act
ivities, and cooperation in war
bond and stamp sales.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Baptist Church
Plans Activities

The Rockville Baptist Church
will celebrate its 124th anniversary
on Sunday October 21st. There
will be special music by the choir
and the pastor will give an anniv-
ersary sermon. The pastor, the
Rev. Herbert Cooper and his
family will leave at the end of the
month, Mr.. Cooper to become pas
tor of church at Gloversville,
N. Y.
b On October 10Th, the Sunday
School will hold its annual Hal
lowe'en party. Committees have
been appointed to plan good time
for both children and grown-ups.
A group of officers and teachers
of the school will start study
class tomorrow evening. The book
to be studied is Outlines of Bible
History"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11

Montgomery County walked off
with a number of the top honors
of the Baltimore Livestock Show
last week, with Patricia Bailey of
Laytonsville exhibiting the Mary
land and Open class Champion All
Shorthorn steer for which she re-
ceived $50 from the Maryland
Shorthorn Breeders Association.
John Rolfe, Poolesville, showing
the Maryland and Open All Here
ford which was also the All Re-
serve Champion of the entire show.
A county group of five steers own
ed by five different Alters re-
ceived the Grand Champion award
for both Maryland and Open All
Club Glasses, from Virginia and
West Virginia. This is quite an
achievement as this group Of
steers competed with 20 other
groups. A second group of steers
from Montgomery County placed
7th. County All boys and girls ex-
hibited So fat lambs weighing 1880
lbs; SO baby beeves weighing
32840 lbs. and % fat hogs weigh
ing $3.50 lbs. Alters lambs
average $4,000 per hundred
weight, hogs averaged $25.10 per
hundredweight, and steers $25.40.
The county did exceptionally
well in gaining its share of prize
winnings: $4,000 on baby beeves;
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
.COnsultant Is
Appointed To
County Schools
DIR. Engelhardt, Well
Known In School Admins
tration To Come From
New York

The Board of Education, meet
ing in Rockville Tuesday approved
the employment of DR.. N. L. En-
gelhardt as school consultant in
developing the County program.
DR., Englehardt is widely known
for his work in school administra-
ton and is now on leave from
Teachers College, Columbia Uni
versity, and directing the pro-
gram of school expansion in New
York. His services will be carried
on with the assistance of associ-
ates who work with him. DR.. En-
gelhardt and his associates will
work in the capacity of consul
tants in analyzing the County
school building needs to meet the
educational problems in the County
in the future. This service will
aid in the overall study of the pro-
gram of education over a long
period Of time in the County.
Another service will be to develop
individual building requirements
for schools to be planned, the in
depreciation with architects of the
needs of schools to to be developed
and the review of preliminary and
final plans as they are developed
by architects. DR.. Engelhardt
has served as consultant in the
County in work on previous pro-
grams.
Eighteen teachers were appoint
ed to fill vacancies occurring since
the last meeting of the Board.
1t was announced that the Senat-
orial scholarship to Western Mary
land College was filled by the ap-
pointment of Mary Elizabeth
Howes.
On recommendation from the
students and the p. T. A. the name
of the school at South Four Corners
was changed to Pine Crest Ele-
mentary School.
In it's meeting on Tuesday the
Board of Education appointed Mrs.
Robert Pickett as Trustee of the
East Silver Spring School to take
the place of Mrs. Edith Pa3enoe
wno has moved from the district.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11

Smith w. Purdum, 60, who re-
tired as Second Assistant Post
master General two weeks ago,
died October 4th, at his home in
Hyattsville after two months i'll
ness. Mr.. Purdum was from an
old Montgomery County family,
and at the time of his death, own
ed farm in the Jamestown
neighborhood.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday at the Hyattsville Pres
byterian Church with burial at
Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Prominent
officials of the Post Office Depart
ment were pallbearers.
During his AZ years with the
Post Office Department, Mr.. Pur-
dun had never taken days sick
leave or annual leave and had
worked almost every Sunday. In
1884 he became Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General, later being
promoted to the post ne had at his
retirement.
Mr.. Purdum is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Laura Dolan Purdum,
son, Smith H. Purdum, and five
daughters, Miss Elizabeth r. Pur-
dun, Mrs. Dorothy Hunt, Mrs.
Mildred Fuller, Mrs. Laura Brook
hart and Mrs. Ruth Butler. A
brother, Harry T. Purdum is as
sistant postmaster of Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
County 4-H Boys And Girls
Gets HOnOrs At Stock ShOW

'S123.00 on sheep; $23.00 on swine;
$1,000 in the Livestock Judging
contest, making a total of 500 in
prizes.
The Montgomery County Live
stock Judging team placed 4th, 81
points behind the. winning team
from Baltimore County, in the
State Livestock Judging contest in
which 16 counties participated.
Wicomico and Washington counties
were End and Bird respectively.
William Dorset, Sellman, was
high individual of the contest,
making $50 points out of a pos
sible 800. Johnny Rolfe and Har-
old King were the other two mem
bers of the team.
The large number of high quail
ity cattle exhibited in all classes
were far superior to any ever ex-
hibited at the Livestock Show,
particularly the lightweight Angus
classes which had a total of n
calves as compared to AZ calves in
1914. All classes in the Show were
larger and better. A total Of 295
calves was exhibited by open and
All club'ers. Sheep were about the
same as other years, but the boys
and girls had terrible year to
raise their sheep due to wet and
damp weather. Swine was of the
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Gaithersburg P.-T.A.
To Meet Monday

The Parent Teacher Association
will hold it's regular monthly meet
ing in the Gaithersburg High
School next Monday evening, 8
o'clock with Mrs. Herman Wilson,
President, in the chair.
The program will include an adj
dress on Character Education"
and special music. The Associa-
ton is pledging their support to
the Loyalty Covenant being spon-
sored by the churches for the next
six weeks, according to the presi-
dent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Auto Laundry To
Open In Rockville

Donald Winner of Rockville is
opening a new Auto Laundry on
South Perry Street, next to the
Fire House.
Mr.. Winner has been associated
with Rockmont Motor Company
for seven years. He will now be
able to give you services for your
car as described in his ad in the
Sentinel this week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
County Rationing
Boards Are Merged

On Monday, Oct. Is, the Ration
ing Boards at Bethesda and Silver
Spring will be closed. The offices
will be merged with the Rockville
office. Auxiliary boards for price
work will be set up at both Beth
esda and Silver Spring, but the
actual work of rationing tires,
sugar, fats and oil will be done at
Rockville.
Allison Chaplin will continue as
chief clerk, and will have as as
sistant clerk, Mrs. Anna Roach,
who now heads the Bethesda office.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Teachers Association
To Meet October II

The regular Fall Business meet
ing of Montgomery County Teach
ers Association will be held Octo-
Der 18th at s P. M. at Leland
Junior High School.
Group singing lead by Miss
Lucille johnson, accompanied by
Miss Mary Craigmiles. The speak
err, DR.. Theodore Martin of N.E.A.
will give the National View of
Education.
Delegates for Maryland State
Convention will be voted on.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
YMCA Anniversary
Meeting Tomorrow

On Friday evening, October 18th,
at 8 o'clock at Leland Junior High
School in Bethesda, the County
Y.M.C.A. will hold it's First An
niversary Meeting. Features of
the meeting will be the Bethesda
Chevy-Chase A Capella choir and
the Honorable Brooks Hayes, one
of the outstanding orators of the
House of Representatives. The
theme of the meeting is "Prepar-
ing Today's Youth for Tomorrows
World" The public is invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Voters League To
Lunch October rs

"Full Employment in Politi-
cal Democracy" will be the sub
ject of the next luncheon meeting
of the League of Women Voters.
1t will be held on Friday, Oct. 26
at the Woodside Methodist Church
in Silver Spring. The speaker
will be DR.. Gerhard Colin of the
Budget Bureau, formerly dean of
the University in Exile at the New
School for Social Research.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Singing Convention
To Meet Sunday

Mt. Carmel Church at Sunshine
will be the meeting place of the
Montgomery County Singing Con.
vention on Sunday October 14th al
2.30 p. M. The Rev. Jacob H
Snyder, president will be in
charge and the singing will be
lead by J. Ernest Hawkins.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Long Awaited
Appointments
Made Yesterday
New Members OF Board of
Assessors; Public Utility
Agent And Civil Service
Commissioner Named

AT special meeting held yester-
day in Rockville the Board Of
County Commissioners made a
number of long awaited appoint
ments. The most interesting to up-
per Montgomery are perhaps the
changes in the assessment office,
which now has two new board
members.
Sterling Maddox, of Bethesda,
resigned as county engineer to be-
come chairman of the board of as
SCISSORS replacing Emory s. Bog
ley, who resigned; Frank L. He
witt, Jr., Silver Spring, now serv-
ing with the armed forces, was
reappointed; Upton Gladhill, of
Damascus was named to become
the third member of the board.
Maddox will receive $4,000 and He
witt and Gladhill $4,000 each an
nually.
S. Murray Hamilton of Rock
vile, who had resigned as a men,
Der of the board of assessors, was
appointed chief clerk to the hoard
of assessors at an annual salary of
$4,000. He replaced Robert S. Bill
himer, of Washington Grove, who
resigned to go in the field. In
announcing the appointments, AL
fred D. Moves, president of the
board of county commissioners, said
the work Of the assessment board
will be very important in the post
war years and the commissioners
had thought 1t wise to include a
business man, professional man
and a real estate man on the
board. Maddox brings professional
and technical knowledge; Hewitt
has had experience as real estate
developer and builder with his
father the late Capt. Frank L. He
witt, and Gladhill is a business and
agricultural leader In mis- COM
munity.
10 v. Morgan, of Edgemoor, a
lawyer, was named county civil
service commissioner at salary
of $4,000. He will organize and
administer the county merit sys-
tenn authorized at the last session
of Legislature.
Another appointment was that
of Judge Albert E. Brault, of
Bradley Hills, to the post Of coun-
ty public utility agent at an an
nual salary of $4,000. Judge Brault
who headed civilian defense for the
county during the war, resigned
his position as trial magistrate
yesterday to accept his new posi-
ton. The study of the taxicab 81
tuation in the county, and the es-
tablishment Of rates and zones was
listed as his first duty.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Women Voters
To Meet Monday

League of Women Voters will
meet Monday, October Is, in the
Board of Education room, Rock
vile.
Mrs. Cleon Swayzee, chairman
of Foreign Relations Committee
for the Montgomery County Lea
que will speak about the present
international picture with parti-
cular emphasis on the food prob
lens of Europe during the coming
winter.
The public is cordially invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Youth Fellowship
To Meet Tuesday

A sub-district meeting of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship of
Montgomery County will be held
in the Poolesville Methodist Church
on Tuesday evening, October 18th,
at 8 P. M. This meeting will find
young people from a score of
churches in the county gathered
together in fellowship and coopera-
ton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
st. Mary's Bingo
Party Tomorrow

Plans are being completed for
the Bingo party to he given at
st. Mary's Catholic Church Hall
tomorrow evening October 18th at
8 P. M. According to Paul Burnett,
general chairman, the usual attrac-
tive prizes will be given.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
Town Meters
Discussed At
Board Meeting
Commissioners Transact
Routine Business At Reg
ular Meeting On Tuesday

John Macdonald, engineer for
the town of Rockville, Frank
Williams and Oliver Perry, mem
bers of the Town Council, repre-
senting the Mayor and council and
the Rockville Chamber of Com
merce appeared before the Board
of County Commissioners at their
meeting on Tuesday. Oliver Perry,
spokesman, reported to the Com
missioners that public meeting
had been called for Tuesday, Oct.
23rd to discuss the type of park
ing meters to be installed in the
town. Mr.. Perry asked the Board
for comments on the location of
the meters and invited them to
attend the meeting. He informed
them that no meters would be
placed on Jefferson Street back of
the Courthouse and the Board re-
quested that they not be ms allied
on Washington Street.
According to Mr.. Perry, if the
towns people approve the plan
for the meters, $50 of them will
be installed on the business section
of Montgomery Avenue, Commerce
Lane and Perry Street.
Protection of children crossing
the intersection of Macarthur
Blvd. and 1st St., Cabin John, with
a traffic light was sought this
week from the Commissioners. The
request was presented by William
B. Evans, Jr., chairman of the
P.-T.A. of the Clara Barton Ele-
mentary School.
Evans wrote that the United
States Engineers Office had agreed
to install and maintain tie light
if it is provided by some other
ageAey@ Macarthur Blvd, is a
Federal highway under the juris-
diction of the War Department.
The commissioners referred the re-
quest to Willard F. Day, County
supervisor, for report on whether
the provision of the traffic light
on a Federal road by the county
is legal.
Judge Albert E. Brault, county
director of civilian defense, sug-
gested to the commissioners that
all paid personnel of the civilian
defense organization, now about
five persons including the victory
garden committee, be removed
from the payroll October 31st.
The commissioners ordered his
suggestion be adopted.
Upon recommendation of Dr. V.
l.. Ellicott, county health officer,
Roy p. Moore was ordered assign
ed to the central Office of the
county health department to serve
as administrative assistant.
Resignation of County Police
man Fred B. johnson, Bethesda
substation, who resigned to enter
private business of his own was
accepted, effective Oct. Is.
The commissioners referred to
Day letter requesting school bus
service for the children of the
Our Lady of Lourdes Parochial
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public life there is honest divis-
ion of opinion. General Mar
shall's appeal for a small but
highly technical standing army
backed by a strong National
Guard and with a reserve force
made ready through universal
training will be a big factor in
consideration of the defense pro-
gram.
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The
London
Conference

NAOAOtON uCHAdiiu-
ed that different statements be
made on each subject. And they
will be backed completely by
public opinion wherever the
facts are known.
Publicity full, complete and
thorough will prove one Of the
great protective measures of the
future. Let the people of ell
countries know exactly what
transpires between the worlds
diplomats and we will find
new and powerful influence for
peace.
Realism confronts us again in
consideration of our own national
future. The atomic bomb with
its secret and control still in our
hands poses a world problem
which could conceivably make us
the imaginary enemy of the en-
tire world. To give the secret
to other powers might conceiv-
ably be placing the greatest
weapon of all time in the hands
of some designing thug. We
might well hope that a decision
will be reached which will avoid
either of the two possibilities.
General Marshall comes forth
with plea for strong national
defense which
Strong is true realism.
National Thousands of
Defense our best people
will not agree
with the General and yet more
thousands will acclaim his ap-
peal for a defense represented
by readiness to attack. General
marshall points out that the
Allies had nearly lost the war
in the dark days of 1912. Few
of US knew this even though
there was little at. the time about
which we could be too hopeful.
Some of General Marshall's ex-
pressions will likely go down in
history. His appeal can be
summed in one sentence when he
said ave may elect again to de-
pend on others and the whim
and errors of potential enemies,
but if we do we will be carrying
the treasure and freedom of this
great nation in a paper bag"
The question of our national
defense will be to the fore until
finally settled. Universal mill
tary training is the essence of a
big program. 1t was endorsed
by the late President Roosevelt.
1t is sponsored by President
Truman. 1t is urged by prac-
tically all our leading military
men. And among the men in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11
II Might Be.
|WrOng--But
P. G. STROMBERG

EVENTS of these early days
of absence from war 1--WE
must remember that the war is
still officially not at an end and
that just as certainly we don't
have the type of peace for which
this country gave so much in
men, money and materially prove
that the great
est problem fac
!, "s ing the people
M of the world is
edCe to obtain a GER
tainty of real
peace. To be realistic without
being offensive is ofttimes inn
possible. And yet the time has
come when our diplomats have
to deal with the representatives
Of Russia in hard realism. 1t
was in London where the coun-
ell of foreign ministers was un-
able to reach conclusions when
finally Secretary of State Byrnes
and British Foreign Secretary
Bevin had to take stand against
Mol0tov's demand to mislead the
people of the world. 1t is un-
fortunate but now is the time
to take such stand. We GER
tainly don't want trouble with
Russia. But we are realistic
enough to understand that
neither does Russia want trouble
with Uncle Sam. There must
be honesty of purpose and frank
ness of expression not only by
the diplomats themselves but
with the public. Mesgrs.
Byrnes and Bevin went far
enough in an effort to appease
Molotoy when they continued
the conference in the face of
Russia's COM
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-10-11

that the great
est problem fac
ing the people
of the world is
to obtain a GER
tainty of real.
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Russia's COM
plete turnabout.
They declined to
go along when
Molotov demand