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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12

1t is with the deepest regret that
we this week announce the resigna-
tion of Ruth Billhimer, who for
two years has been the editors
valued assistant. Many of you have
come to love her, even as we have
in those two years. Her clever stor-
les have frightened The Sentinel
just give her lead and she can
turn out an accurate and enter
tanning story in nothing fiat.
Newspaper work was not entire
ly new to Mrs. Billhimer, for after
graduating from Barringer High
School in Newark, N. j., and later
from Katharine Gibbs School in
New York, she worked for the Ma
tional Safety Council as secretary
to the editor of it's school publica-
ton Safety Education" After
ward she married Robert S. Bill
himer and came with him in 1885
tc live in Montgomery County.
The Billhimers have two chill
dren, Betty IA, and 'red-headed
Bobby, 10. Both are students at
Gaithersburg. Betty was born in
Flushing, New York, and Bobby in
Washington Grove.
For almost year after coming
to this State, Ruth and Bob lived
on North Adams Street, Rockville,
then they bought home in WASH
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
ATHLETES FOOT ITCH
NOT HARD TO KILL.
IN ONE HOUR.

If not pleased. your 35c back at any drug
store. TE-OL. STRONG funeicide, com
tains 800 alcohol. 1T PENETRATES.
Reaches MORE germs to KILL the itch.
Today at R. w. Vinson, Druggist, Rock
vile, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Mrs. Jamie H. Boyd
Sandy Spring
Ashton 1852

Visitors last week at Norwood,
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Bancroft, were their grandson,
Henry Coles, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Coles of Morristown, N. j.,
Y no recently returned from the
Philippines (, and is on, terminal
leave from the Aviation Corps; and
DIR. and Mrs. Frederic Potts Moore
III of Albany, New York.
On Wednesday Mr.. Mordecai
Russell received congratulations
from his many friends and rela-
tives and his ninety fifth birthday,
which he celebrated quietly at
home with his family.
Mrs. Reuben Brigham left Tues
day to spend a week with her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Brigham, and her new
granddaughter, Marilyn Virginia,
at their home near Roanoke, Va.
DR.. and Mrs. Benjamin Weinin-
ger are spending this month at
Rehoboth Beach.
The Junior Auxiliary met on
Tuesday evening with Mrs. An
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Malcolm White
of Dickerson announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Charlotte
Blake, to Albert Chakan, son Of
Mr.. John Chakan of Freeland, Pa.
Miss White, who is a teacher at
Leland Junior High School, Chevy
Chase, is graduate Of the Uni
versity of Maryland and is a mem
Der of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority,
Mortar Board and Phi Kappa Phi.
Mr.. Chakan graduated from
Franklin and Marshall College, af-
ter which he served as a captain in
the Army Air Corps for four and
one-half years. He is at present
teaching at Poolesville High School.
The wedding will take place in
the late summer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Sandy Sral,s9 Ne69hboahood

drey ]. Boyd. New officers of the
Auxiliary, elected at the May
meeting, are Mrs. Vernon Bowling,
President; Mrs. S. Brook Moore,
Vice President; and Mrs. Charles
W. Williams, Secretary Treasurer,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Pole Robson
had their entire family with them
at Old Sharon over the week end.
Mrs. William Breeder, Mrs. Lin
coin Parks and Mr.. Hubert Robi-
son, with their families, all came
from their distant homes to attend
the wedding of their brother,
Francis Pole Robson Jr., to Elsie
Brooke Snowden, which took place
on Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert
Robson and their son, Calvin
Bentley Robson, returned Sunday
to their home in Bronxville, N. Y,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Parks
left Monday to return to Orange
burg, N. Y. DR.. and Mrs. William
Breeder and their infant son, Will
liam Breeder Jr., will leave on
Thursday for Fayetteville, N. c.,
after a visit of three weeks with
their parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis P. Robson
Jr. are expected back at the end of
the week from their wedding trip
to New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and
Mrs. H. X. Griffin motored to
Pittsburgh last week end, where
they were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. C. Fownes II.
The annals of Sandy Spring will
be read at The Netting House Sun
day, June % at 8 P. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Grove Alters Honor
Their Local Leader

Washington Grove All Girls last
week enjoyed farewell party CIV
en- them by their retiring local
leader, Mrs. Robert Billhimer. The
party for the girls, became a party
for Mrs. B. when the club members
presented her with a lovely string
Of iridescent 'fbubble beads" The
girls enjoyed refreshments of
made-to-order sundaes, cake and
candy. Dress School will be held in
the Woman's Clubhouse June %,
"a, % under the direction of Miss
Virginia McLuckie, who will also
arrange for their attendance at
Club Week.
Leading educators are divided
on teachers right to strike.
exactly how success could have
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Mary Virginia Taylor

Mary Virginia Taylor, wife of
the late William F. Taylor, of
Warrenton, Va, passed away on
June 2 at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Wines, Gathers
burg. Services were held at HOO
am. Thursday, June 5, at Gartner's
Funeral Home with interment in
Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton,
Va.
Mrs. Taylor was a native of Vir-
ginia and member of the Epis-
copal Church, Casanova, Va. Sur
viving are four daughters and a
son, as well as 80 grandchildren,
80 great grandchildren and / great
great granddaughter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
BOYS 4-H CLUB NEWS
Damascus al Club

The regular bi-weeAy meeting
of the Damascus All Club was
called to order by the president,
Jimmy Arnold, with "a members
present.
The Farm Safety Slogan Con-
test was discussed. All members
were urged to get their entries in
by the closing date, June 18th.
The boys receiving gifts in the
pig ring reported that they were
getting along very nicely with the
project. At least 90 percent of the
boys obtained their corn from the
cooperative and have it planted.
Since this club meets during
school hours it was voted to hold
regular monthly meetings during
the summer months at the school
on the 4th Thursday night at 8
P. M.
OsSA noOAA T-AA SAuD
Douglas Carlin was host to the
Clarksburg All Club members
regular monthly meeting at the
home of his parents, William Car
lin. Charles Linthicum, local lead
er, told the boys of the dates of
various All Club activities which
include State All Club Conserva-
ton Camp, July 21-25, Garrett
County,. Poolesville Livesto C k
Show, August 8; County Livestock
Show, August 10; All Club Week,
August 40; Timonium Fair, Sept.
1-5; and B altimore Livestock
Show, November 17-21. A large
number of the members are plan
ming to attend All Club Week.
The club then voted to purchase
two pigs, one a Hampshire and the
other Chester White for a Pig
Revolving Project. The boys to re-
ceive these pigs are Indy Beall
and Bruce Lewis with alternates,
Robert King, Ray Mullican, and
Douglas Carlin.
Wendell Day suggested that the
club have Conservation Booth at
the Fair. The following committee
was appointed to work on this:
Wendell Day, Chairman, Douglas
King, Robert Huff, Robert Holden,
Indy Beall.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Mrs. Thompson Fetes
Alumnae Group

Mrs. John G. Thompson, Sandy
Spring, entertained an alumnae
group of Eastern High School,
Washington, d. c., recently. Dur
ing the war the group became a
Red Cross unit, contributing knit
ted garments, afghans; etc. They
are now making regular financial
contributions toward the enter
tainment Of wounded veterans at
Walter Reed Hospital.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Export Wheat

The Government has decided to
go into the open market for fu-
ture supplies Of wheat for export
rather than try to fix a price it is
willing to pay, according to off
Gals Of the Department of .Agri.
culture. This is expected to speed
needed wheat supplies overseas,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Gertrude May Weber

Funeral services for Mrs. Ger
trude Weber, So, were held Sunday
June at $3.50 P. M. from he1
late home at Etchison. Interment
was in Mt. Tabor Cemetery with
the Rev. Harold B. Wright official
ing.
Mrs. Weber, wife of the late
Norman C. Weber, of Etchison
died Friday, June 6 at the Mont
gomery County General Hospital
There were no survivors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-06-12
Applications For
Game Warden Now
Being Accepted

An examination for District
Deputy Game Warden will be held
in the near future and applications
must be mailed TO the State EN-
ployment Commissioner, % Light
St., Baltimore, not later than June
20.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28
Only A Dummy

The Stars attention has been called
to a repeated prank of children in the
Sunset Park area. 1t appears that
rags have been stuffed into a child's
clothes and the dummy placed in the
street, preferably a dark street, where
an approaching mctorist would discover
it only at the last minute.
The peril of this is that in swerving
sharply to miss the dummy, the mo-
torist might wreck his car and injure
himself.
Mr.. Lynwood Hickman, of 401 Gen.
trail boulevard, reports that on Mon
day night, while a passenger on a
bus, he was jolted out of his seat by
a sudden stop and heard the driver
exclaim: There's a child in the road"
When the hoax was cleared up and the
passengers climbed back upon the bus
MI. Hickman says they heard childish
snickering s%omeplace in the shadows.
"These dummies have been appear
ing in Sunset Park for more than a
week." Mr.. Hickman said. Several
friends tell me they have seen them"
Naturally, the youngsters see it all
as an innocent joke. But the damage
that could be done is too tragic to con-
template without shuddering. Parents
are urged to take whatever steps are
necessary to end the practice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28
Must Have Jewelry

Steaks may rise in price, dresses
may come down, death and taxes may
stare us in the face, but we have to
have our jewelry.
In 1916 we Americans spent $1,709,-
600, 900 for jewelry. So says the Bureau
of Mines.
Mr.. Sydney H. Ball, the bureaus ex-
pert on precious stones, in his annual
review, points out that:
1. Necklaces, like skirts, are becom-
ing longer-and the vogue of pendants
from earrings has increased.
2. Jewelry styles are changing only
slightly, but the trend is away from
massive designs toward "lacy work
with a fragile look"
3. An attempt "to induce men to
wear more jewelry has been only slight
ly successful"
There will be some persons to tell
us that we ought to be saving u mon
ey against a rainy day instead OF
s%quandering it on gewgaws, and there
may be something in this, but if every
body saved all the time what would be-
come of business, and how would we
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28
They Help Business

Wilmington merchants benefit from
every convention at the beaches. An
example of this is offered by the recent
symposium at Wrightsville when the
New Hanover County Medical Society
was host to some two hundred visiting
physicians and surgeons.
Word has reached the Star from a
dozen stores in the city, the proprietors
of which declare many sales were made
to the medicos or members Of their
families.
The same thing is true of the con-
ventions held by the sheriffs and the
municipal officials, and will be true
of the bus association meeting which
convened on Tuesday.
None of these gatherings are to be
listed among major events at the re-
sorts. But the point that deserves en-
phasizing is that however small atten-
dance may be at any, Wilmington's
business community experiences an in
crease in trade.
This fact ought to bear directly on
community support of the fishing ro-
dec, sponsored by the South Eastern
North Carolina Beach Association,
which will attract anglers from all sec
tons of the country.
Not only beach hotels and rooming
houses or beach stores will reap the full
harvest of fishermen's dollars. AS the
focal point of the resort area, Whining
ton is bound to come in for a large
share of them.
In all fairness, the business firms
which will be advantaged by the rodeo
ought to contribute literally to its sup
port.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28
Rillion-Dollar Waste

The nations fire bill is steadily 60
ing up. A year or more ago Frank "A.
Christensen, president Of. the National
Fire Underwriters, forecast that by
1868 fires in the United States would
entail a loss of a billion dollars.
Recently Mr.. Christensen revised
his time limit. He was wrong by at
least three years, he declared. If the
current rate of increase continues, ne
said, we will cross the billion-dollar
mark by April, 1850.
Never in our history was the fire
problem so grave. In 1941. the loss was
$500, 600, 900. In the twelve months end
ing last April, the loss was more than
twice as great-$616, 000, 1000. Worse
still, death by fire has followed the
trend, and the toll has steadily risen.
The organizations and individuals
whose business it is to prevent fire and
to educate the public, are doing a fine
Job. Their efforts have been doubled
and redoubled. But they can't get re-
suits without a far greater measur of
public understanding and cooperation
than they have been given so far. Fire
prevention literally begins at home-in
every house, in every store and COM
mercial building, on every farm. Every
family must become, in effect, a fire
prevention agency, if the toll is to be
checked. That is fires great challenge
to the American people-a challenge
that has attained the status Of IN emer-
gency today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28
Star Program

state ports with Wilmington favored
IN proportion with It's resources, to IN
clude public terminals. tobacco storage
WAREHOUSES. ship repair facilities, near.
nv sites for heavy industry n So-foos
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough 70 meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re.
sources through better markets and 1000
processing. pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
ADVANTAGES, ana Improvement Of resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Carolina farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more IN
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
development Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and mclud-
jne a Negro Health center.
Encouragement Of the growth o. COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County sov-
ernments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28

clothe ourselves withal, OF escape the
doom of misers who usually expire in
their own filth?
This is not to encourage extrava-
gance. We have suffered too much from
that in government for a decade and
more. But certainly a little jewelry now
and then is good for everybody, though
we are grateful that Mr.. Ball can report
the effort to make men wear more of
it is a failure.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28

A picture in The New York
Time Magazine yesterday, de-
picting a group OF biac1-goWned,
black-hooded women waiting out
side the parliament building in
Athens for the casualty lists from
the fighting in the northern noun
tains, is the appropriate illustra-
ton for the story Of the fall of
the Maximos Government. Those
figures of grief and suspense, a
frieze O. dark shadows in the
bright sun, are a moving re-
hinder of the human tragedy in
Greece. They are waiting to hear
the fate of their own men. But
they represent about 1000. 900
Greeks waiting in the same de-
spair for someone to stop the
~senseless slaughter which arms
Greeks to shoot Greeks, fills the
land with terror and d%esolation
and makes a rational program Of
reconstruction impossible.
The Greek people want a gov
eminent capable of putting an end
to the civil war. This in essence
is the cause Of the collapse of
the Cabinet. Even with the help
of the United States. it is difficult
for any Greek government to do
this. The fighting cannot be
stopped merely by pouring in
enough material and technical aid
to get the economy going. Greece
is the scene Of an international
conflict. The American Govern
ment says this openly in an Of
fetal statement accusing Yugo-
s1avia, Bulgaria and Albania of
hostile actions against Greece and
declaring that peace can be re-
stored only by international ac-
ton.
This means that this country is
preparing to bring the Greek case
before the General Assembly as a
test of the United Nations and to
get the backing of world opinion
for our own subsequent action.
For, if the effort fails, the United
States intends to carry through in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28

When you hear the virtues of COM
munism extolled, in comparison with
the vices of competitive free enter
prise, it would be worth your while to
note what has been going on in Russia
recently.
In less than a year the price of black
bread, the staple item in the diet of
the average Russian, has risen 24O
per cent.
Milk has gone up 220 per cent, sugar
1856 per cent, butter 1876 per cent, and
beef ia per cent. The cost of clothing
and all manufactured goods has also
advanced tremendously. But for the
most part clothing is unobtainable at
any price.
In the same period of time wages
Of Russian workers have been increas-
only Is per cent.
Also, you might think with profit
of the advantages" the Russians have
gained under communism.
They don't have to suffer, as we il
free America do, under the capitalisti'
m~onstrosities of great industries pro
ducing a growing flood of consume:
goods. All they have to do is take wha
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28
Off Their Backs
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, - It's frequent
ly the contention of federal en-
ployes that they are just normal
folk who think and enjoy the nor
NAL pleasures of life like every
body else.
That is a debatable point. The
person whose daily life is a menu
of high and low-level decisions.
top policy, channeling, budgetary
procedure, II carbon copies, pro-
gramming and organizational
charts, and who can still main
tain complete normally. hasn;t.
been born yet. In n way or
another, bureaucracy gets you.
That is probably why you get
such a surprising reaction from
the government workers on the
present $11, 900, 900 loyalty investi-
cation being carried on to deter
mine how much communism there
is in their midst. You or l would
resent having to fill out a long
form requiring pretty personal in
formation. And we'd be irked at
getting our hands smeared with
fingerprint ink, for the fourth "
fifth time, with the chance OF hav-
ing intimate details of our pasts
opened up and probed. But a con-
sensus among the rank : and : file
federal employees in Washington is
one of relief over the whole thing.
A clerk in the Department of
Labor expresses a pretty typical
reaction:
s.Maybe when the FB1 finally
gets through investigating every
one of us, and a few get fired.
the people and Congress will be
convinced that there is no more
communism in the government
and get off our back"
Opinion varies among thu
federal workers as to just how
many dangerous Communist-indoc-
trinated persons there are on the
federal payroll.
A check Of the tG,o government
personnel officials gives a similar
reaction. Based on what they know
from their w records and re-
ports on the persons in their own
agencies, they don't expect any
great numbers of Communist to
be uncovered. But they think the
net result should be worth the
time and money. T. Roy Reid, per-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28

sonnet director of the Department
of Agriculture says:
II think too many people have
the impression that there are
more Communists in the govern
ment than there really are. 1 don't
expect this investigation to turn
up very many, at least in Agricul-
ture, but any we do get rid Of
will be worth the effort
There was considerable dis
agreement between the various
agencies and the FBI over the
question of finger : printing every
federal employe again. Supposed
ly, every federal worker has al
ready been finger : printed once,
and some four or five times, if
they've changed departments. But
the FBI contended that it would
be easier reprinting everybody
than checking to see if the old
prints were complete. And they
pointed out that any person who
really wanted to alter his prints
might have had access to them,
the way some of the agency files
were kept. 1t is just these few
persons whom the whole investi-
cation is designed to trap, they
say. Unless there are positive
print identitications the whole pro-
gram will be useless, is the FBI's
claim.
The job of investigating is
easiest among the federal en-
ployes in Washington. Being con-
centrated in n place, and hav-
ing the files accessible to the FBI,
makes it relatively simple. There
are 204, 1893 federal employees in
Washington and 1,849, 800 scattered
ali over the U. S., including For
est Service and Border Patrol en-
ployes who are stationed in pretty
remote spots. Getting these field
hands fingerprinted again is
a rather expensive job. But it
probably won't be as costly as
finger-printing the 281, 900 govern
ment employees who are stationed
all over the globe in various en-
bassies, doing occupation work, or
something else which keeps them
abroad.
It is estimated that the finger
printing job alone will take about
SIX months. And it is expected
that the whole job won't be COM
pleted for at least two years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-28
BY ANNE OLA RE MCCORMICK
In New York ri mes, August rs

Greece. We are making u in
tentions plain because it seems
the only way to avert disa ster.
Yesterday the Yugos1av official
news agency, TanJug, reported
that Bulgaria had issued a COM
munique asserting that Greek pa
trolls have fired on Bulgarian from
tier posts and that the Bulgarian
Government is considering send
ing considerable troops" to the
border. The Greeks categorically
deny this charge, which clearly
proves the necessity Of maintain
ing an international commits
sion to watch the frontier. But
American observers have been
dreading a development Ike this.
They realize that if the nei5hbor-
ing states, spearheaded by Bull
garia, are ready to throw off the
mask and mass their own troops
on the border, on the pretext of
Greek provoc ation,' the
threat of war may easily be-
come a reality.
The situation has been growing
more ominous day by day. Every
new move, following the procla-
NATION of a Stree government by
General Markos, Communist chief
Of the g~uerrillas. renders a new
government more desirable and
delay in forming it more danger
Gus.
The political crisis points up the
part Greece herself can and does
play in her own destiny. For
months American officials in
Washington and Athens have been
urging the Greeks to broaden and
improve the efficiency Of their
government. But we have been
careful to avoid direct Interior
ence in local politics. The fall Of
the Cabinet is the result OF inner
~preelore. Three members, in+ro-
duced into the government last
November to liberalize it
Sophocles Venizelos, George Pap
andreou and Panayotis Kanello-
poulos - resigned when Tsaldaris