Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-09-18
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There

Meetmenow, bred and raised BY
the Allnutt family and the pride
Of Rockville, won the Inaugural
Purse at Marlboro on September
13, before crowd of 10000. The
six-year-old filly, for whom her
owners refused small fortune
last fall, finished two and half
lengths in front of j. K. Why
koop's Army Belle with Fred A.
Kirsch's Kitty kits third.
Mrs. Anna P. Rose, for years
principal OF the Chevy Chase Ele-
mentary School, who sustained a
broken leg last May in fall at her
Kensington home, hopes to return
to her desk in another week.
The Frederick County Fair will
include a Governors Day" this
year for the first time in several
p years, officials of the Frederick
County Agricultural Society an
nounced. Gov. William Preston
Lane has accepted the society's in
vitation to be present on October
1, second day of the four-day expo
sition.
The National Symphony Orches-
ira, under the guiding hand of it's
eminent Conductor, DIR, Hans
Kinder, will open its seventeenth
season in Washington's Constitu-
ton Hall on Wednesday night, Oc-
tober 10.
The Rev. Robert T. Wilkerson of
Bethesda, will preach at the eleven
O'Clock service on Sunday, Septem-
Der, 81, at the Rockville Christian
Church.
Walter S. Pratt, Jr., President
of the Montgomery County Tuber-
culosis Association, announced that
course. of study on tuberculosis
entitled %Why X-Ray," has been
prepared Sor high school use. The
board of education has cooperated
in providing, for its use in health
and physical education classes dur
4 ing the coming year. The material
was presented to this group at the
recent Montgomery County Work
shop.
The oldest ship, in the United
States Navy, the historic sailing
frigate CONSTELLATION, was
$50 years old on tSeptember z.
Launched on September Z, 1897,
the CONSTELLATION became a
bulwark of the Americas, feet dur
ing the early turbulent years of the
Republic, serving with distinction
through four wars as she lf'ught to
preserve the independence OF the
new nation and to uphold Ameri-
cas- fundamental tradition ~ the
freedom of the seas.
Veterans who would like to OBJ
tain on-the-job training in daic.v-
plant work may enroll immediately
for a nine-month course with thu.
Dairy Department of the Univer-
sity of Maryland, announces DR..
, Ira A. Gould, professor of dairy
husbandry.
Maryland's Blue Cross enroll
ment (Hospitalization) continued
its rapid growth during the sum-
mer, reaching $4,000 on Septem-
Der 1. Membership throughout the
United States and Canada, mean
while, climbed to nearly $4,000, 900.
This insurance is available to farm
families and other rural groups, as
well as industrial groups.
A Embarrassing auction will be
held at Clarksville on Saturday,
October %, by the newly-formed
Volunteer Fire Department of the
Fifth District, Howard County.
Roland Maxwell, auctioneer, will
be assisted by Arthur Pickett.
S. Turner Nichols is chairman of
the trucking committee, and ]. E.
Shillinger heads the lunch stand
committee. Voices or shares will be
sold on an eight cubic foot deep
freezer, pressure cooker, and
shot gun and case of shells for it.
Governor William Preston, Lane,
Jr., will make half hour broad
cast on the fiscal situation of the
State over Station WBAL on Fri
day, September 10, from $3.50 to
900 P. M. The Governor plans to
lay before the people of Maryland
a picture of where the State was
on January 3, (when he took Of
fice), where it stands now, and
where his administration plans to
place IL. as5