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The Nome nugget., 1947-05-21
EASTERN STAR INITIATES TWO MEMBERS

Monday evening the Order of Eastern Star, Alaska Chapter No. l, initiated two new members, Mrs. Don Travis and Mrs. Murlin Day, with Mrs. E. Mahan, worthy matron, presiding. Following the ceremony the social committee, Mrs. C. F. Yenney, Mrs. Norvin Lewis, served delicious refresh mentS.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-21
CREMATION MILK co. REPRESENTATIVE HERE

Richard Kearnes, executive for the Carnation Milk Co.,, one of the first companies to ship canned milk into the Territory, is here making a survey and studying conditions in relation to changing conditions here.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-21
CAROL AND MARJORIE McLAIN HOME FROM SCHOOL

Carol and Marjorie McLain, daughters of Carrie McLain, re- turned home from the University of Alaska Monday evening, where they have been attending school.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-21
DICK CORNWALL RETURNS TO NOME

Dick Cornwall, son of MT. and Mrs. Charles Code, owners of the Dream Theater, who left here sev- eral years ago and went into serv- ice in the navy, returned home last Monday evening.
The Nome nugget., 1947-05-21

For Good Printing Call Main 125
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
NOrbeck Home Burns
In Absence Of Owners

Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Bailey wish
to express their deep appreciation
to the friends, neighbors and
strangers, as well as to the fire
men of the Rockville and Sandy
Spring Volunteer Fire Depart
nents, who assisted on Sunday
afternoon in bringing the fire in
their home under control and saw
ing many articles of furniture.
Mrs. Bailey, the former Mary
Cock, and Mr.. Bailey were visiting
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. George
Earle Cook, in southern Maryland
when the fire occurred. Smoke
coming from the house was no.
ticed by a group of fox hunters
who turned in the alarm.
1t is believed that spark in the
chimney started the fife which de-
stroyed the two-story frame house
on the Observation-Disclosures Road,
near Norbeck.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20

7 The County Commissioners is
sued the above proclamation at
their regular meeting on Tuesday.
They also decided to grant holi-
day to county employees on FRI
day, December 20, thereby assur-
ing them 4-day weekend.
E. Cleveland Giddings, vice-pres-
dent of the Capital Transit Co.,
explained to the Board details of u
pending rate increase of bus fares
in the county. Mr.. Giddings said
his company had lost one-half mill
lion dollars year on suburban
buses, and even with the increase
the loss will be $150,000. The
company has asked the Public
Service Commission permission to
establish fare Of &c for each
zone of IN miles. II granted,
county residents would no longer
be able to buy books Of reduced
fares, nor would school children
ride at reduced rates. The Board
took no official action, but presi-
dent Brooke Johns wished Mr..
Giddings lots of luck. r
The resignation Of Douglas H.
Riggs, jr., was accepted effective
December l. After serving for
some time as acting engineer, he
was appointed county engineer
June 1. Mr.. Riggs, whose home Is
in Laytonsville, is reported TO have
resigned to accept q better posi-
ton.
A short executive session fol-
lowed the morning meeting, Reso-
buttons Of sympathy were voted 10
the McNayr family on the loss Of
Mrs. McNayr's father, and to the
family of DIR. Upton Darby Nourse
who died Friday.
Names Of six applicants for the
position of assessor to replace L.
e. Brashear who recently resigned
have been forwarded to the State
Tax Commission for consideration
and interview. They are Roger w.
Burdette, Damascus; Roy ?.
Moore, Garrett Park; Richard
Raymond. Chevy Chase; John
Dawson, Rockville; Guy Carter,
Rockville; and Wesley NJ. Morris,
Sunshine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Complete Traffic
Survey OF Town
Asked By Chamb'r

The Chamber of Commerce meet
ing Monday evening in the Rock
vile Firehouse voted to ask the
State Roads Commission for COM
plete survey of both pedestrian and
vehicle traffic through the town; to
request added traffic direction by
county police until better method
of control is worked out; decided
to sponsor a "Santa Claus Lane"
for the town; heard reports of
standing and special committee,
and set up a new department.
President Clayton Gasque named
additional chairmen of commit
tees: membership, D. A. DeLash-
mutt; civic improvement, Victor A.
Beauchamp; health and welfare,
George o. Kephart.
A special committee to serve the
business houses of the town will be
composed of Edwin Modesto,
chairman; Morris Stern, vice
chairman, Clifton Veirs, George
Weidman and William Green.
A communication from the Gar
den Club said it had gone on record
as favoring traffic lights at the
corner of Montgomery Avenue and
Frederick Road, Montgomery Ave-
nue. and Veirs Mill Road and ade-
quate control at intersection of
Commerce Lane with Montgomery
Avenue. The report of Jack Dia-
mond, pinch hitting for Dave
Belts, resulted in the request for a
traffic survey under direction of
the Chamber, and resolution ask
ing the County Commissioners for
better traffic control during daily
rush hours.
After learning that the Town
Council had no funds to help de-
fray expenses of special Christmas
lighting, that the Volunteer Fire
men would not be available for as
sistance with installation of wires,
the Chamber decided not to spon-
sor "Santa Claus Lane" for the
town. Edward H. Hit had volun-
teered to do the wiring if sufficient
help was assured.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Miss Margaret Fields,
Rockville Resident,
Marks Her 96th Year

Miss Margaret Fields, one of
Rockville's grand old ladies', cele-
brated her Goth birthday on Thurs
day, November 18th, by having
with her at dinner her niece, Miss
Rebecca Fields, and friend, Mrs.
Emmett Dove.
A daughter of the late Matthew
Fields who established The Senti-
mel in 1855, Miss Fields has lived
here all her life. During the illness
of Miss Rebecca Fields with whom
she shares the Fields home on West
Montgomery Avenue, Miss Mag is
staying with Mrs. Clara B. Young
erman on Forest Avenue.
Active and alert, Miss Fields re-
calls many incidents of the War
Between The States when her
father was twice incarcerated in
Capitol Prison for his outspoken
sympathy for the Southern cause
His second Imprisonment marked
the only weeks The Sentinel has
failed to go to press since it's estab-
lishment.
Miss Fields mother lived to be
over one hundred years old to be
called the oldest newspaper woman
in the world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
"And The Cat
Came Back" =

One Of the happicst persons
in the county Is Mrs. Florence
Garrett, a Public Health nurse.
who found her cat-the one for
which she was Offering a $40
reward.
The cat--a large gray tiger
had Travelled between 20 and %
miles back TO It's former home at
.Sellman, between Beallsville and
GAINESVILLE. II was figured he
Travelled about a mile a day as
he was gone three weeks and
one day. And was fatter than
when he left Rockvillel II is
still a puzzle how he crossed
Seneca Creek.
When found, the cat was
sound asleep In his bed in the
basement Of the home-the one
he had slept in since he was Il
kitten. While still living there,
Mrs. Garrett had cut a hole in
the basement door so the cat
could come and 20. And he didi
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Pre-HOliday Book
Fair At Gaithersburg

A MISUNDERSTANDING pre-
holiday book and toy fair is being
held in the Gaithersburg kinder
gGrten room Thursday, November
20, from TO 10 p. m. The fair
il open 10 the public and books,
toys, art materials, and records
which would be Of interest TO
young children will be on display.
The Cucumber Bookshop is send
ing selection Of books and the
Hecht Co. a display Of toys. The
county at and music departments
ere each sending materials TO be
shown.
Mrs. Fenton Kephart, chairman.
IL assisted by Mrs. Thomas Crock
EFT, Mrs. June Healy, Mrs. John
Gloyd, Mrs. Josephine Hurley, the
kindergarten teacher, and Miss
Martha satterfield, the elementary
principal.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Elementary P-TA
In Paper Drive

The arent-Teacher Association
of the Rockville Elementary School
requests town residents to save
newspapers and magazines for it,.
According to Frank A. Tyler, jr.,
president, the Association plans
additional paper drives throughout
the year. The next drive will be
held shortly after the first Of the
year. About 10000 pounds Of pa
per was collected during the oc-
tober drive.
The money derived from the sale
Of the paper Is to be used in i'm
proving and identifying the school
grounds.
Membership Of the Association
totals 154 - it is hoped to raise
that number TO 300 members.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Report Of Board
Of Education For
Fiscal Year '46 AT

The Sentinel runs as a paid ad-
vertisement the financial report of
the Board of Education for the
year ending June 80, 1947. This is
by order of DR.. Edwin w. Broome,
Superintendent.
The report shows complete re-
ceipts and disbursements of Fed
eral, State and County funds for
administration, Institutional serv-
ice, supervision and operation of
school plants in the county school
system.
There is also a consolidated
statement of acknowledgements
school cafeterias. Schedule 2 con-
tains a statement of application of
funds for capital outlay.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Seal Sale Goal
Set At $4,000

Lawrence v. Lutes, at a meeting
of the Montgomery County Christ
mas Seal Sale Committee at the Of
fee Of the Tuberculosis Association
on November II, set $685. 900 as the
1947 goal. The committee Is COM
prised Of Mrs. Joseph T. Mcguire,
Charles II. Kopeland, Mrs. Lucy
BarnsIey, Mrs. Frank p. FARLEY,
Mrs. Alton G. Grinnell, Mrs. A. W.
Ewell, Mrs. Thomas Somerville,
III, Mrs. Felix e. Spurney, Mrs.
Steven o. Beebe, Mrs. Einar n.
Christensen, Mrs. Charles II. Mills,
Mrs. Charles Il. Kohlhoss, John M.
McInerney, Parlett L. Moore and
Miss Ethel l.. Bianchi.
The Christmas Seal Sale opens
Monday, November oath. ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Correction

In news story last week, q
typographical error set the date Of
the division Of this county into five
districts as 1779 = it should have
read 1899. Before that time the
county had been divided into
Hundreds.
An indication Of the slow growth
Of the county in its first hundred
years is in the fact that 1t was not
until 1878 the three districts of
Jamestown, Bethesda and Me-
chanicsville (now olney) were
formed from parts of the original
five. Those five were Cracklin,
Berry Rockville, MedIey's and
Clarksburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Local Voters League
Will Discuss Reports
Re Marshall Plan

The Rockville group of the
League of Women Voters will meet
on Monday, November Oath, at s
p. m. at the home of Mrs. Robert
Bridges, 1116 Edmonston Drive.
Mrs. Leroy Sherman will give
a resume of the Krug, Nourse and
Hartman reports to the President
on the ability of the United States
to support the Marshall Plan. Mrs.
Ralph Williams will begin the stu
dy of the international Trade Or
ganization of the United Nations.
Any woman interested in join
ing the study group is welcome
whether or not she is a League
member.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Miss Barber Asks
For Bits OF Yarn

Miss Elizabeth Barber of Heaths-
vile, Va, has written friends in
the vicinity asking for donations
of any yarn left over from knit
ting. No matter how small the
quantity, what the color, or the ply,
she will be glad to have the mate
rial. The yarn is to be used for
knitting afghans to be sent to
American Friends who use them in
their hostels for displaced persons
in Europe. These warm, bright
coverings bring comfort and cheer
to old people and children.
Anyone having yarn to donate
should mail it to Miss Barber at
Heathsville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Bridgewater Varsity
Quartet To Sing Here

The Bridgewater College Varsity
Women's Quartet will give a sa-
cred concert at the Flower Hill
Church of the Brethren, near Cal
thersburg, Md, on November q at
1890 A. M. The quartet is on a
tour over Thanksgiving vacation,
giving eight programs in Virginia,
Maryland, and Delaware.
Students presently attending
Blidgewater College from Mont
gomery County are: Betty Beard,
6708 Hillandale Road, Chevy
Chase; and Alice Soper, Olney.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Colesville Area
Woman SO Years Old

Mrs. Ida ]. Leizear celebrated
her 89th birthday anniversary on
Friday, November ID, at the home
Of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur +.
Harding, at Cloverly, near Coles
vile. She received informally a
humber of friends and relatives
who dropped in to visit her.
Mrs. Leizear has lived in the
Colesville area all her life, now
making her home with her daugh-
ter. She has 5 grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
On Saturday, two of Mrs. Leiz-
ears grandchildren, Mrs. George
b. Porter and Mrs. Clinton Wad-
ford, both Of Silver Spring, enter
tanned at luncheon in her honor
at Mrs. KS Toll House Tavern.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Raymond Wilson To
Talk At Sandy Spring

Raymond Wilson, Executive Sec
rotary of the Friends Committee
on National Legislation, will speak
at the Sandy Spring Meeting
House on Sunday evening, Novem-
Der %, at 800 P. NJ. Mr.. Wilson
is in close touch with legislative
proposals, and is in a position to
give accurate and enlightening in
formation on the implications of
suggested Congressional action on
problems facing Congress have,
both nationally and from a Zone
world" point of view. All who are
interested are cordially invited to
attend.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
More Money For
The Repasse Fund

At the benefit baseball game on
September 20, $1,572 was raised
by the Montgomery County Police
Association in cooperation with
the Gaithersburg Washington
Grove Volunteer Fire Department
for the jamie Repass fund.
This money has been deposited
in the Montgomery County Nat
ional Bank, Rockville, to be drawn
from when bills come due. AL
though Miss Repass, who was Sc
verify injured by a twirling air.
plane propeller, has been released
from the hospital, she returns for
treatments several times a week.
1t is expected this fund will take
care of plastic surgery expenses.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Public Hearing On
Hospital Survey

The Hospital Survey Committee
of the Maryland State Planning
Commission has completed its re-
port entitled Hospital Survey
and Plan for State of Maryland,
il. compliance with Public Law 725
of the 10th Congress, known as
the Hospital Survey and Con-
struction Act"
To provide for public discussion
OF the Committees findings and
recommendations, public hearing
has been set for December at
400 P. M, to be held in the Audi
forum of Bennett Hall, 23rd and
st. Paul Streets, Baltimore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Funeral Rites
Held Monday For
DIR. Upton NOurse

Funeral services for DR.. Upton
Darby Nourse, II, president Of the
Montgomery County Medical So
ciety, were held at the home in
Jacksonville on Monday, November
II, with burial in the Jamestown
Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
DR.. Nourse died in Frederick Me-
mortal Hospital Friday, November
IA.
Born in Washington in 1876, DR..
Nourse moved to Jamestown when
he was four. He graduated from
Georgetown Medical School in 1900
and Immediately began practicing
in Jacksonville, where he contin-
ued for AZ years. He was the son
of DR.. Charles Nourse of barnes
town who practiced medicine in
that area. The reading on DR..
Charles tombstone is Faithful
physician of the community for
over 40 years"
DR.. Nourse was long known in
Jacksonville for administering free
to those unable to pay. In 1945 he
received a certificate from Presi-
dent Roosevelt commencing him
for his services with Selective
Service.
A member of the Sons of the
American Revolution and the Ma
sonic Lodge, DR.. Nourse was twice
president of the Montgomery
County Medical Association, and
was a member of the American
M d ical Association, Southern
Medical Association, Frederick
Medical Association, and the Mary
land Medical and Chirugical Fac
ulty. -
DR.. Nourse leaves his wife, Mrs.
Alice Windsor Nourse; two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Raleigh Chinn, Rock
vile, and Mrs. Harrison L. Eng
land, Bethesda; and one grand
daughter, Miss Jane Alice Chinn.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Perhaps Rockville Will
Have Santa Claus Lane

Despite the fact that the Town
Council has no funds to help with
the Christmas lighting for the
town, and the decision of the
Chamber of Commerce not to spon-
sor such lighting, Rockville may
yet have a Santa Claus Lane.
1t is rumored there is move
ment among town business men to
revive interest in the project.
The electrical string of lights
are available - having been used
before the war. All that is needed
is electricians to assist with the
work. Edward H. Hit has offered
to supervise and help install the
lights.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Civic Assn. Plans
W;de-AWake Meet

The Rockville Civic Association
hopes everyone concerned with the
future of Rockville will make a
special effort to be present at the
next meeting. A full program of
interest to every wide-awake citi-
zen of the town has been prepared.
The meeting will be held in the
Board of Education Office in the
County Agencies Building, at 8 P.
M. on Friday, November 28.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Grand Jury Hears
1O3 Witnesses;
Indicts FOrty-Six
TO THE HONORABLE COURT
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND;

| FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
MARYLAND:
1--WE, the Grand Jury, report
that the States Attorney present.
ed So cases for our consideration,
and after diligently examining 1913
witnesses we have found &c indict-
ments, all of which we have pre-
sented to the Court.
"We inspected the Jail on We'd
nesday, November IL, 1947. On
that date there were incarcerated
therein three white females, six
white males, one colored woman
and IL colored men, making a total
Of % inmates.
eve found the Jail in sanitary
condition. 1t appears to be man
aged in an excellent way and the
inmates thereof we'll taken care Of.
"The members of the Grand
Jury visited the Aims House to-
day Nov. ~.
There are IL persons living at
the home, consisting of one white
female, eight males, white, one col
ored woman and two colored men.
"The Board of County Commits
sioners are to be congratulated for
the vast amount of improvements
in the Aims House and in.the man
agement thereof. The home is well
stocked with foodstuffs.
"The only recommendation we
have to make is that some provi-
sion be made for better fire protec-
ton of the inmates.
"The members of the Grand Jury
desire to compliment the efficient
and excellent manner in which the
States Attorney presented all of
his cases to this body"
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW j. KEssINGER,
Foreman
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Boy Injured Friday
In Critical Condition

Albert L. Wratten, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph B. Wratten, Rock
vile, underwent his second opera
ton on Wednesday at Suburban
Hospital following head injuries
suffered Friday afternoon in the
Rockville Bethesda football game.
Mr.. Wratten, senior at Richard
Montgomery High School, is in a
critical condition although he is
conscious at times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Board Of County Commissioners
Proclaim Thanksgiving Holiday

Whereas: This nation has been blessed by Cod as
people should designate day in which to give thanks for
these blessings.
Whereas: In this year 1947 many people throughout
the earth in need of the necessities of e this
designated be time when not only thank God for
blessings but may be day when people, dedicate
ourselves to sharing them with others. VIZ
Therefore: The Montgomery County Commissioners,
session Tuesday, November 49, proclaim Thursday No
venlber 27th as Thanksgiving Day. 81 B5ess
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Local Births At
Suburban Hospital

Births at Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda, November 8 through Is,
1947, include Mr.. and Mrs. Upton
Linthicum Curtis, Rockville, a son,
Upton Gary, on November IL; and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Costello
Bladen, Gaithersburg, son, No
vember Is.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
|. THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There

Omitted from last weeks issue
was any mention of the chimes at
the Rockville Baptist Church play
ing patriotic songs on Tuesday in
observance of Armistice Day. At
the suggestion of Brooke Johns,
all those present at the Commits
.sioner's meeting remained silent
a few moments while the chimes
played "The Star Spangled Ban
ner", America The Beautiful" and
America.
The Department of the Army
has just announced the reappoint
ment of DR.. David Nick. Rioch as
Consultant to the Surgeon General
from Rockville. DIR. Rioch is Di-
rector of Research, Chestnut Lodge
Sanitarium, Rockville.
Baltimore will celebrate her
150th birthday during the week of
December 8-14, proclaimed as
Baltimore Week" by Mayor
Thomas D,Alesandro, Jr. Fifty ex-
'h;bitors, including industries, util-
tiles and city departments, will
stage exhibits at the Fifth Regi-
ment Armory depicting their roles
in Baltimore's parade of progress
since her incorporation in 1897.
At the November meeting of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Subur-
ban Hospital, Bethesda, held on the
18th, under the craftsmanship of
Mrs. Morrison Clark, president,
the following new members were
elected to membership: Mrs. S. w.
j. WEIGH, Mrs. VIM. Harold Grid
ley, Mrs. Howard Griffith and Mrs.
Austin Lamar.
Robert Foster Chaplin, water
tender, second class, son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. H. Chaplin, ST., Of
Rockville, has participated in a
two-week Naval Reserve cruise
from Norfolk, Va, to New York
City aboard the heavy cruiser
USS Macon. He took part in bat
tie drills and attended lectures, and
was granted two days liberty at
New York City.
w Glasses in Home Nursing will be
conducted by the Red Cross on a
countrywide basis beginning with
in the next few weeks, according
to an announcement made Monday
by Mrs. Louis A. Gravelle, Bethes-
da, Home Nursing Chairman for
the Montgomery County Chapter
of the Red Cross. Interested per-
sons in the Gaithersburg- Rockville
section may call either Mrs. Fran
els Vane at Rockville BAIT or Mrs
Clara Castle at the Gaithersburg
Health Center, Gaithersburg 242.
Pfc. Calvin X. Burdette, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos D. Burdette of
Damascus, is now serving with the
famed LIST Cavalry Division in the
Tokyo Yokohama area. Overseas
since December 1916, Pfc. Burdette
is assigned to "HQ' Troop which is
stationed near the heart of Tokyo.
For the past nine months he has
been a driver in the LIST Squadron
s1botor Pool.
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Gather Warfeld To
Conduct Services

A Thanksgiving Day union serv-
ice will be held Thursday, Novem-
Der 81, at 1890 A. NJ, in the
Rockville Baptist Church.
The preacher will be Rev. Cal
Their Warfield, former Rockville
resident, and missionary to Poland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-11-20
Turkey Shoot
At KensingtOn

A turkey shoot, sponsored by
the Kensington Volunteer Fire De-
partment, will be held at leo p.
M. on Saturday, November %, at
Garrett Park Road and Maple
Avenue, Kensington.
Assistant Chief Maynard L.
Hawkins Is chairman Of the shoot.