Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There

along the sidewalks of Rockville?
Jim Miller uncovered the amusing
statute this week. The ofrense, he
says, carries fine of from 81 To
$40, in default of which the Offend
ers are to be sent to the county
Jail. Incidentally the ''bailiff" is to
receive rs cents for each arrest.
Roger Brooke Farquhar, of Ash
ton, may now be heard each Tues
day at 6 P. M. on WGAY, Silver
Spring, in first hand news of the
county.
Mrs. Stella Werner, indefati-
gable Sitter and news reporter,
is on vacation. From now to July
Alice w. Hostetler will report the
Commissioners meeting each Tues
day over WBCC and write Mrs.
Y Werner's column Listening" for
county paper.
- Don't forget that Sunday is
Fathers Day. Dad may claim that
he is not sentimental-but the old
dear will feel hurt if his day is
forgotten-just look over our ads
for gift hints.
Alger Y. Barbee, trial magis-
trate for. Rockville, has been elect
ed senior vice commander of Dist.
No. 2, Department of Maryland,
Veterans of Foreign Wars. He win
be installed at convention to be
held June % at Ocean City.
Gordon Keys, son of Mrs. Thorn
as Stewart of Laytonsville, badly
sprained his right arm when he
fell while playing ball at Gathers.
burg High School on Tuesday.
Three years ago he broke both
arms when he fell from a cherry
tree.
Rockville World War II veterans
who wish to reinstate lapsed CT in
surance have only until August
in most cases, to pick up their poll
\ cies without a physical examina-
y ton, M. S. Hamlin, VA Contact
Representative for Rockville point
ed out this week. The Rockville VA
Office is now located in the Tower
Room of the Rockville Post Office
and is open from g. S on Wednes-
day and Fridays.
A new general purpose John
Deere tractor, designed primarily
for small farms is now being
shown at the L. w. White & Son
store in Norbeck. An ad explaining
further the work of this tractor is
elsewhere in this issue.
Charles Dublin, who is director
of the plays being presented this
summer at the Olney Theater, has
given fresh slant to his treat
ment of "A Bill of Enforcement"
Believing that the moral issues
hold up so well and present d.
rect parallel to those Of the period
following World War I, he is doing
1.-THE play as current postwar
prob lem in England Of today, with
no CO stumes and no British accents.
Enough of an intonation pattern
will lie used to indicate the coun-
try, wit hout resorting to extreme
CAS-" Tl,e play opens June 18th.
Pvt. john o. Embrey, son of Mr..
and Mrs. IS. Embrey, Rockville, is
now a memE,er of the 1O67th Engi-
neer Construction Group whose
headquarters are in Kyoto, Japan.
In appracia on of the effort of
Washington missionary College
Oratorio Society. many Legion
naires of Montgo n,ery County are
planning to atten 4 the presenta-
tion of the oratorio "St. Paul" by
Mendelssohn, at the Sligo Seventh
Day Adventist Church, in Takoma
Park, June 18th, at a Up. M.
Frank B. Smith, Prin Ce Georges
County civic leader and chairman
Nof the Washington SuburLs ,n Com
mission, died suddenly earl p Tues
day morning at his home al Mt.
Rainier.
News has also been receive q Of
the sudden death of the Rev. Re
ben Y. Nicholson, on Tuesday in
Baltimore. Mr.. Nicholson was =
former resident of the Srookeville- I,
Olney neighborhood.
Montgomery County High
Schools will graduate STA white
students and SO colored-a total of
6S2 - when commencement exer-
cises are held next week. OF this
number De are white boys, "a col
ored boys, 332 white girls and 81
colored girls. A complete list Of the
graduates of the six up-county high
schools will be found on page 8 Of
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