Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-10-30
THE NEWS
FROM
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Here And There

"National Radio Week" - is spon-
sored jointly by the National As
ISOLATION of Broadcasters and the
Radio Manufacturers Association.
The anniversary date is based on
the broadcast of the Harding-Fox
presidential election returns on the
night of November 2, 1920 by Sta
ton KDKA in Pittsburgh.
And speaking of radio, the
whole world will hear Princess
Elizabeth promise to obey Lieut..
Philip Mountbatten on November
20. Twenty-one microphones will
be installed in Westminster Abbey
for use of the BIC and foreign
Mpadcasters during the wedding.
The royal procession to and from
the church will also have complete
radio coverage. Commentary will
be broadcast in seven languages.
The special session of Congress
called by President Truman for
November II will be the 26th in
United States history. The first
such session was called March 25,
1897, by President Adams to sus-
pend diplomatic relations with
France. The last, before the one
called last Thursday, was convened
September 81, 1889 by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt to repeal
the 1885 neutrality law at the
outbreak of World War II.
A total of 100000 passenger
cars will be registered in Mary
land this year, an increase of 5.5
per cent over the 1946 registration
OF 437,944, William H. Haight, di-
rector of service and travel of the
D. of C. division of the American
Automobile Association, and a
Maryland resident, reports.
The National Symphony Orche-
Hzaa will present as guest soloist,
Mlec Templeton at Constitution
Hall at P. M, Sunday, Novem-
Der 2. Howard Mitchell, associate
conductor, will conduct.
Judge Alfred D. Moves, Mont
gomery County Juvenile Judge,
will discuss the problems of re-
strictive covenants at the monthly
meeting of the Washington
League of Women Shoppers, on
Tuesday, November 4, at the
YWCA, Washington. Luncheon
will be served at 1890, to be fol-
lowed by the meeting and discus
sion.
Two more of our county home
makers are embarking on new oc-
equations = Grace Becraft will be
manager of the Wayside Craft Ex-
change near Gaithersburg. (See
ad). Dorothy Troth Muir is start
ing dancing class in Rockville at
the Christ Church Parish House
Z Saturdays beginning November l..
Dott says 81 hope to teach our
daughters to stand with ease, and
walk with grace" (See ADJ
A 6-month-old Hereford bull
calf by Modest Lamplighter x sold
for $4,000 as record sales totaling
$4,000 were marked up at the A.
G. Rolfe farms annual auction
near Poolesville. Top prices were
brought by twin heifer calves :
purchased for $3.50 each. A total
of SO head of cattle, bred and de-
veloped on the county farm was
sold at an average price of SLIPS
each.
F. Barnard Welsh, local attor-
ney, told on Tuesday of birthday
party given him last week at Oh
ney Inn by his mother, Mrs. Mar
garet A. c. Welsh. Mr.. Welsh
learned that evening for the first
time that his mother, known as
DCousin Mag" to much of the
county, has been flying over the
community with her grandson, DR..
William Welsh, with whom she
lives. Mrs. Welsh is 90 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence L. Cecil,
formerly of 811 Veirs Mill Road,
Rockville, are now residing at
their new. home at 118 s. Adams
Street. The French stucco home,
with the exception of the masonry
work, was designed and construc-
ted mostly by Mr.. Cecil and his
family.
John F. Mullineaux, son of Mrs.
Myrtle Mullineaux of Silver
Spring, reenlisted at the Army
Medical Center, Washington, on
October rs, where he will assume
duties as a Private First Class.
His wife, the former Grace M.
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