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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31
Washington Grove
Mrs. Robert S. BilIhimer
I'eLe. GGithersburg 3d..

On June LIST, Miss Carrie Louise
Sanderson leaves for Auburn, Ala
bama, where she will enroll at
Alabama Polytechnic Institute for
an accelerated course. She plans to
be laboratory technician.
Miss Alice Siddall of Washing
ton is spending the summer with
Mrs. Mary X. Dunno.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Ware had
as houseguests on Wednesday Miss
Iva Menefee and Miss Mary Will
liams, both of Washington. On
Thursday, the two guests accom-
panied by Mrs. Ware, left for
Schellsburg, Penna. Mrs. Ware re-
turned home on Sunday bringing
with her niece, Miss Alice Slack,
who will spend the summer here.
Mrs. Lucy Salamanca is again
occupying her home on Grove ave-
hue after spending months in her
apartment at the Wardman Park
in Washington.
Miss Margaret Whelan is recu-
perating nicely at home, after un-
dergoing treatment recently in the
hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Waddill are
spending a week in Alfred, New
York with their daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Roland Naddill, Jr. and her
daughter.
Billy Darby is now Petty Off
Ger &c, and is in port on the West
Coast.
On Monday Mrs. Mabel D. Mil
Ter and her sisters, Miss Margaret
and Miss Anna MacIlwee opened
their cottage on the Circle for the
season.
A contribution of Washington
Grove to the Bond Rally in the
High School last Thursday, was
the donation of a metal, double,
child's swing, given by Mrs. Bernice
MCPHERSON of the B & M Welding
and Iron Works, located in Gath
erburg. The swing went to the
highest bidder, for $4,000 in Bonds.
On Wednesday, June 9Th, Red
Cross Home Nursing Course will
be started in the Woman's Club
house. Everybody is welcome, and
in fact, is urged to come, and take
advantage of this splendid opport-
unity. If you are interested, and
for further details, call Mrs. w.
Leroy Darby, Gaithersburg 208 ].
The hours have been set for 10
IL A. NJ. and 3 p. M. each
Wednesday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31
MONTGOMERY SIDELIGHTS
By ELSIE WHITE HAINES

and then only one page, but you
see the Yankees could not outwit
Cupid. They were married in Feb
ruary, 1866. l often say it was the
war that brought them together
and that / inherited their combined
enthusiasm and love for the Con-
federacy.
Nowhere is only one living
Confederate Veteran in Maryland.
E. Scott Dance of Towson, who has
just celebrated his 102nd birthday.
In few weeks / will have my
18th. was born at Comus, Mont
gomery County and lived there
until after my fathers death, but
women can not run a farm, so
mother, my sister and l went to
Frederick to live, the home town
of Barbara Fritchie (who did not
wave the fiag-neither did Jackson's
army pass her door) but we learn
ed to love the old town, where we
made many dear friends. Now that
my mother and sister and brother,
DR.. John Poole Sellman, ii have
passed on, leaving me the last of
my immediate family, / have come
back to Montgomery County, but
will always miss my dear friends
in Frederick, who were more than
kind.
"My hands are not idle. l am
doing what | can for World War
ii and am sure other members of
the Ridgely Brown Chapter are do
ing the same. l am knitting as fast
as / can for the Red Cross and
my nephew John Poole Sellman
III, is Chief Petty Officer in the
U. S. Seabees and had more than
two years overseas duty, and now
after short furlough he is some
where in the South Pacific.
F. May Sellman
Historian of Ridgely Brown
Chapter
March Is, 1916
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31
Rockville Library Lists
Is Outstanding Books

Under the title "What are the
outstanding books of 1944?" the
American Library Association car
ried an invitation to members to
cooperate in choosing so notable
books of the past year. A preIim-
mary list Of 100 titles compiled by
the A. L. A. and I2agnus nristoff-
erson, Public Library, Hartford,
Connecticut, was offered as a basis
for the balloting.
The Rockville Public Library has
20 of the so. They are as follows:
Allen Bedford Village; Best,
Young'un; Botkin, A Treasury Of
American Folklore; Bowen, YAM
kee from Olympus; Brooks, The
World of Washington Irving;
Brown, A Walk in the Sun; Brown,
Many A Watchful Night;
Cronin, The Green Years; Fast,
Freedom Road; Fowler, Good
Night, Sweet Prince; Grew, Ten
Years in Japan; Helmericks, We
Live in Alaska; Hersey, A Bell for
Adano; Krutch, Samuel johnson;
Landon, Anna and the King of
Siam; Lippmann, U. S. War Aims;
Porter, The Leaning Tower;
Pyle, Brave Men; Shute, Pas.
toral; Smith, Strange Fruit;
Snow, People on Our Side; Stone,
Immortal Wife; Stowe, They Shall
Not Sleep; Waller, The Veteran
Comes Back; Welles, The Time for
Decision.
How many of these have you
read? ai
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31

We would have large vegetable
garden if we had somebody to hoe
it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31

Selfishness will do for a nation
what II does for an individual.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31
Gaithersburg High School
News Notes
New Council Officers

Irvan Cregger, president of the
Student Council during the past
year has resigned. Stanley Wat
kins was elected in his place. Also
elected was Mabel Burdette, vice
president, Bernard Stolz, Sgt.-at-
Arms; Charles Ward, administra-
tor of public property: Wash White
sports and recreation; Marie Whir-
ley, health and safety; Robert Otte,
publications.
At the close of the ceremony
which was held at the meeting of
the entire student body, Irvan
Creggar turned over the gavel,
symbol of office to Watkins who
presided over the remainder of the
meeting.
Junior Senior Prom
The junior-senior prom was held
Tuesday, May goth in the school
gym. A committee headed by
Doris Day as chairman had dec
orations of pink paper, draped
from the ceiling, and palms on the
stage. One end Of the gym was
arranged as lounge, and the
other refreshments were served
from buffet tables. Refreshments
included punch, cookies, fancy
sandwiches, pickles, olives and po-
tato chips.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31
Richard Montgomery
H. S. Senior BANQUET

Richard Montgomery High
School seniors held their annual
banquet and prom on Friday eve
ming, May 25th. The banquet was
held in the school library under the
supervision of Mrs. Catherine
Gates, 18th grade home room
mother, and was well attended by
most of the seniors. Captain Jack
Clark gave the address, welcoming
the graduates as alumni and Miss
Lucille johnson entertained with
some solos and group songs.
Senior Prom
Normandy Farms was the scene
of the senior prom, held imme4
diately after the banquet. The
music was furnished by Tiny
Meeker's orchestra which played
for large crowd Of dancers. In
the opinion of many who were pres
ent, this was one of the most sue
cessful proms ever held by X. M.
H. S.
Georgetown Prep Spilled
The r. M. H. SIS nine spilled
Georgetown Prep on Welsh Field
Friday, May 25th by a score of
5 3. Rockville collected nine
hits to Georgetown's two in a very
close and well-played game. Jack
Freeburger was the winning
pitcher and Boyer Of Georgetown
Prep, the loser. This was Rock
ville's fourth win in six starts this
year.
Afternoon Party
Eighth grade students of the
Richard Montgomery High School
held an afternoon party on the
field adjoining the school, Friday,
May 25th. The grade sections
competed against each other in
softball. The girls team winning
was 83 and the winning boys team
was 80. Refreshments were served
in the school cafeteria. The party
broke up about three-thirty.
To Our War Dead
r. M. II. S. students have dedi-
Gated an exhibit in the small show
case to their war dead. The dis
play consists Of a placard, a Pur-
pie Heart medal and two U. S.
flags in honor Of the ten students
of Richard Montgomery High that
have been killed in this war. The
men are as follows: Carl Darby,
Charles Darby, Robert Beall, John
Carter, Guy Carter, Earl Rich
ards, Darby Peddicord, Wallace
Kirby, Woodrow Marth and Will
bur Hudson. Jane Common is
chairman of the Student Govern
ment committee for the plans. The
display is to be shown throughout
the week.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31
AMONG THE
HOMEMAKERS
SilV.er Spring

0dNSf ARs wy
Mrs. Walter Kirby was hostess
to the Silver Spring Homemaker
Club. Several people who were
interested in the preparation of
foods for the freezer locker Wis
tied the club. Mrs. Eugene Weeks,
presided and gave a very good re-
port on the spring meeting. At
noon time Mrs. Kirby served a de-
licious luncheon. The club plans
to have a get together meeting
during the summer.
Olney Sunshine
On the 23rd the Olney Sunshine
Club met at the home of Mrs. Sid
ney Lawler. Mrs. Hutton had
brought the jars for the canning
project for the Montgomery Coun-
ty General Hospital. Each mem
Der took six quart jars and will
return them in time for Donation
Day, project they have carried
for a great many years. Miss
Bertha Brown, presided and pre-
sented for discussion the subject
Of their new community house
which the Sunshine neighborhood
has acquired. They plan to hold
a community meeting there in
July. A committee was appointed
to see DIR. Broome about securing
chairs, tables and other equipment.
This will give very fine recrea-
ton center for the community, and
the homemaker club is hoping all
other organizations in that area
will join in making it a real COM
munity project and center. Mrs.
Nash gave report on the meeting
of the Federation of Women's
Clubs, which she had attended in
Rockville the day before.
Germantown
Mrs. J. E. Stevens and Mrs. E.
H. Wallach entertained the Ger
mantown Club on May "a. The
mem ers were invited into the din
ing room, to find a table beauti-
fully arranged with flowers, deco
rated birthday cake and plates OF
strawberry cream. AS the presi.
dent of the club came into the din.
ing room the club sang Happy
Birthday to YOU" for it was Mis-:
Rebecca Leaman's birthday ami.
versary. Club members haC
brought gifts which were piled or
the table nearly and everyone en-.
joyed watching Miss Leaman oper
the attractive remembrances.
COLesUILe
Mrs. w. H. Youngman of Coles.
vile entertained in place of Mrs
James Shelly, who is not we'll. An
other member, Mrs. Charles Lead.
ingham is i'll at the Washington
Sanitorium. Mrs. Claude Wright
urged club members to make UP
articles for the Christmas kit les
son which she will present in
October.
Glove School
Miss Reba Adams of the Home
Industries Division of the United
States Department of Agriculture
will be in the county on June IL
and 10, at the Home Demonstra.
ton Office to conduct schools in
the making of dress gloves. One
member from each of the % home
maker clubs will attend this meet
ing, to be taught the art so that
she, in turn, may instruct any
homemakers in her neighborhood
who might be interested. The
meeting is called for ten o'clock,
and will close around p. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31

Japan is rapidly learning what
war with a first class power really
means.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-05-31

American Phenomenon: Political
leader wearing himself out for the
sake of the people.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
Stilwell on Japan
Washington Post)

Washington PosD
 Probably no one knows the Japanese fighting man better than General Joseph Stiwell. He on the
 receiving end" in the Burmese disaster three years ago. took "a hell of beating" as he canddly con- fessed but escaped by extraordinary jungle march over the border India where he trained Chinese army and built the road back which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has just honored with his
 Out of the wealth of his personal experience, Gen. eral Stiwen gave a press interview recently at the Pentagon Building, where he is installed as Com manding General of Army Ground Forces in this country. So his views the present situation and future prospects of the against Japan, expressed with characteristic frankness, well worth noting and ponderng.
 Like most other Army and Navy spokesmen, Gen. eral Stilwe belives that the will be long one with the Japanese fighting doggedly on even after Germanys collapse the last stages of the struggle probably being fought the Chinese mainland even though Japan itself had been virtually knocked out Emphasizing Japanese ability to drag out the conflict he stressed their in manpower which enables them put at least 100000 men in the field, backed by the fecundty of population whose net excess ot births deaths averages 100000 per year With 500 900 males coming of fighting annually, that makes about 10000 Japs we will have to Kill each week to keep the population stationary
 This naturally raises the question as to where the manpower is coming from our side to do so big a job Despite current Japanese gains in Central and Southern China where they have not yet been stopped the general called attention to CndlS IecellG sIdVe ment that China must prepared to provide the bulk of the manpower for the showdown on the continent. From personal experience Stilwell has high regard for the ability the Chinese soldier when given ade quate training and equipment. And the crying lack of the Chinese Army should be progressively remeded by the newly opened or prospective after the recovery of Burma which he considers likely during the present dry season.
 In the long run General Stilwell is thus optim istc But he points out the magnitude of the task the time needed to do it, and the sustained mmensty of the effort required.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not cOmpeP'

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
 Not an important day in plane tary direction. There is sign in- dicating possible delays or uncer- tainties regarding news from war fronts.
 HEART AND HOME: Weather conditions may interfere with home Inequalities and cause depression or lack of energy. There is a sign that encourages simple living and the practice oi thrift. Wise women will economize in ways that contri- bute to future security.
 BUSINESS AFFAIR: Reckless spending will be less common than it has been but large profits foi merchants and manufacturers will help to keep money in circulation Need of endless supplies for the armed forces will strain production and transportation facilities more this month than at any time in the past.
 NATIONAL ISSUES. Our foreign policies again come under a sway making for misunderstanding and unfair criticism. According to the stars American statesmen are tC prove exceedingly far-seeing and re- liable as they meet severe tests among statesmen of the United States as well as among European leaders.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good luck Men and women in the armed forces will profit while winning fame.
 Children born on this day probab- ly will be serious and studious. They may be psychic and successful.
 Copyright, l945)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
COST OF LIVING

Although results Of the latest cost of living study, carried out last year by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are not available, it seems quite certain that large differences in the of living exists between Alaskan communities perhaps running high as 75 or 30 percent
 Some legislators are wondering about this with relation to the equity in the proposed net income tax In other words all pay according to the same table although a resident of Fairbanks may be paying a larger percent of his earnings for the necessities of life than the resident of Ketchikan It has been pointed that Federal employees in Alaska receive the same wages regardless of where they are en- ployed And there probably low income groups in all parts of Alaska, some of whom would be penalized over others.
 The other day questions were asked concerning that provision of the bill which provides that if the Governor shall proclaim the taxpayers must file
 declaration of what they expect to make during the year ahead and pay the tax in advance The Federal law provides for the filing of estimated return for all who earn $5,00O more year, recognizing the fact that those with smaller incomes live from pay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23

acre feet. In fact, no question Of the amount was raised, only the question of cash bothered the boys from California.
 2)-Actually, also, what the fast talking California boys really object to is giving the water to Mexico l free. They want to sell it. However, international law provides that two countries through which the same river flows both have rights to the water. They don't have to pay for it.
 3)-In 1943 Mexico used 100000 acre feet of water. In l944 she used slightly, but not much, less. By the treaty, she gets only l,500,000 acre feet-in other words less than she is now using. Under international law you ordinarily can't take away from a country what it is already using. In a few more years, Mexico might use considerably more and l thereby establish firm rights to keep It.
 ! 4)-Reclamation Bureau officials say that over 100000 acre feet will i flow to Mexico through seepage anyway, because the land slopes in that direction. (California officials claim the seepage will be only 250,000 acre feet) Mexico, how ever, agrees under the treaty to accept this seepage, even though some of it is salty, as part of the i 1,500,000 quota.
 Finally, California contributes not one drop of water to the Colorado River. It all comes from other states. Yet she is the biggest bene-
 ficiary and also the biggest
 squaWker before the Senate. i Note = Latin American members
 of the diplomatic corps are advis-
 ing the Mexicans that they will be
 lucky if California defeats ratifi-
 cation of the Waterway Pact They
 think the Mexican negotiators were
 saps to give away so much.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23

check to paycheck and the payment of tax on money that is not yet earned might be a hardship.
 Going back to the cost of living differences survey of some credited to the U S. Department of Labor some months ago stated the following diff ferences to exist in the price of the "housewfe's market basket"
 36 percent higher in Ketchikan than Seattle;
 43 percent higher in Juneau
 6l percent higher in Anchorage;
 73 percent higher in Fairbanks.
 The fact that the Federal tax law does not recognize the differences in the cost of living which exist in various sections of the country seems to be no answer to the inequalities which would exist under the proposed law in Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

say and fetch glass of Say merley glass milk" and bring"
 OFTEN NTISPRONOUNCED Acumen. Pronounce a-kumen, in U USE second syllable
 MISSPEILED: Hygiene Observe the IENE
 SYNONYMS verb), estimate appreciate value regard prize.
 WORD STUDY Use three times and is yours Let each Todays word for the welfare of others benevolent
 altrit attitude need did not blind his family z, ,s st
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
MODERN ETIQUETTE 'Y ROBERTA y,,@ LEE

O. If S stranger with hte bridegroom wedding groom?
 A Mo- be 
 table with the dinner napkin at the left of the placed f
  plate. which one addressed the of hosesses invitation?
 A To at whoseh S o be
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
CAPITAL CHAFF

When Sam Shortridge remarked in. the Senate that California was where the sun set reluctantly, the London Times observed that it was surprised the Senator admitted the sun ever set in California Tip off on the lobbying drive against Henry Wallace: A guard in a Dallas bank was posted to ap- preach customers entering the bank and ask them to write letters to Senators against Wallace The Atlanta Journal has compiled some interesting arithmetic regarding Jesse Jones. It finds that his De- fense Plant Corporation invested 640000,000 in Texas land only S4,297 900 in Georgia In other words, Uncle Jesse invested $lO3 .37 per capita in his own state. and Sl.44 per capital in Georgia. Also Texas got 48 per cent of the total amount invested in l3 southern states . The Journal adds that Texas hnd only one-sixth of the population of the South and 10 per cent of the Souths industrial workers in 1889 The Journal did not add that when the State. War and Navy Departments were urging the erection of a tin shelter to replace Malayan tin. Jesse Jones delayed it for months. Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Balti- more, and various other cities all
 bid for the shelter But, after ponderous delays, Uncle Jesse To-
 cated it-in suburb of his own
 home city Houston Result of
 the Jones delay; Housewives have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23

been saving tin cans ever since. . The American Legion has started a campaign to have the OPA ease rationing and price regu- lations for returning veterans SC the ex-GI's can get back into busi- ness One veteran, seeking to open a popcorn stand, was denied necessary sugar and butter A veteran trying to re-enter the coal business was denied coal purchasing priorities Another veteran anxious to go back to tire re- capping was refused the necessary camelback.
 (Copyright 1945, Bell Syndicate Inc.J
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
HtLL's LAST BIG TREATY

One of the most unusual battles in Senate history has been raging over the last big treaty negotiated by Cordell Hull - the Mexican Waterway Pact dividing irrigation from the Colorado, Rio Grande, and other tributaries
 The Senate fight is unique in many respects. It is perhaps the first time in history that state legislature has appropriated money to conduct campaign against a federal treaty. The California legis- lature appropriated first $25,OO0, later a total of S50,000 as lobby ing fund to defeat the treaty.
 California officials and other ardent representative of the state where ex-Senator Shortridge says the sun sets so reluctantly have been camped in the nations capital. buttonholing newspapermen and doing a bang-up job of trying to defeat Hull's last treaty. It has Dttll Ollt O1 lllt DtSl-l ullNIAO4lAllS Hobbies in long time. Judging by their operations, however, they will spend not S50,000 but nearer S50O.000 before they finish.
 The California campaign is being waged against one of the most carefully negotiated treaties in re- cent history. It had been hanging fire ever since Coolidge's day, anc Hull determined to clean 1t up il it was the last thing he did before leaving office The pact was signec only after long consultation witt all seven Colorado River states and after holding meetings at F Paso, Texas; Santa Fe, New Mexico and Salt Lake City. Utah. All O them concurred except California Nevada, which some people say dominated by California, refrainet from voting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23

NOILttNuEA yf0Ht oSN O'N~~ Senator. T think l rate some service here"
 Miss Kelly did not ask how much he expected for S5 a day Tor a room with all nursing, medicine, and doctors services thrown in. She merely picked up the Senator's heavy bag and carried it into the elevator.
 Note-For 20 years, Miss Kelly's father was a well known figure in Congress, where he was author o1 the Air Mail Act and other lm- provements in the postal system. Gracious Senator Barkley of Ken lucky always carries his own bag waits on himself as much as pos sible when he visits the Naval Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
CALIFORNIA WANTS CASH

Here are some more lnlerestlng aspects of the Water pact which the boys from the Golden State are fighting with such a mixture of charm and ferocity:
 D-Officially, California objects to the treaty giving Mexico 1,500, 900 acre feet lone acre m area, one foot in depth of water annually) But. actually, the State Department has in it's possession letters in which the California Imperial Valley Irrigation District offers to sell Mexico more than l,500,000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-23
LOOK and LEARN sSy c. GORDON

k approximate population since last census?
 ff, .3 How long does take make watch of good qualy2 Who the Governor?
 
 Of what acid is vinegar commercial form?
 ANSWERS: the marriages broke all spring greater by n months for the completion t4sss suEes#8 se see5es s.sg 4f ; youngest of Georgia years 4. 21 days 5.