Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-09-25
THE NEWS
Here And There

Twenty-eight of. the forty spaces
provided by the new parking lot
west Of the Rockville Court House
have been assigned to the Com
missioners and officials, according
to. Supervisor Irving G. McNayr.
The remaining twelve spaces have
been designated for police use.
Mrs. Mary Barnabo has arrived
in Montana, where she will make
her home. She was formerly Miss
Mary Reffit of Boyd.
There were 1893 accidents in
vestigated in Maryland during the
month of August 1947 with SO per-
sons killed and 773 persons in
jured. Montgomery was one Of the
twelve counties experiencing a
fatality-free month.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Anderson
of Clarksburg celebrated the 21st
birthday anniversary of their son,
J Joseph Leonard, with dinner and
party at their home on Sunday,
September 81. Guests present were
Mr.. and Mrs. Gather L. Draper,
Spencerville; Mr.. and Mrs. vii
liam w. Hawkins and son, Billy
Etchison. 2 s@
Gen. Lucius Clay, commanding
officer of the American Zone Of
Germany, has warned that help
will be badly needed there this
winter and urges that the largest
possible quantity of CARE (Co-
operative For American Remit
tances TO Europe, 1nc.) packages
be sent. ~ -
For the first time since its
erection, the Post Office in Rock.
vile has been completely reno
waited on the inside; also the leaky
roof that has been disturbing the
employees for number Of month.
was repaired.
The Landon School for Boys
Bethesda, began its eighteenth
year on Wednesday, Sept. "a, with
several new masters. Among them
were Cowan Smith, and John Al
E iison Woodward, in the English de-
partment, and Commander Ernest
Evans Stevens, USN (Ret. j, in the
Mathematics department. Charles
Agard Shields has been appointed
fourth grade master at the school.
Miss Vivian Simpson, Rockville
lawyer, left Monday for Montreal
where she will attend the Indus
trial Accident Commission meet
ing as delegate from the Mary
land Industrial Accident Commits
sion. With her are Mrs. Ray Tuck
er and Mrs. Walter Perry of Beth
esda. They will be away about 10
days.
Dave Martins Cateer won three
out of four consecutive classes and
the jumper title of the Almas
Temple Shrine Horse Show at
Chevy Chase on Sunday, Septem-
Der 81, soaring over fences in such
style that reminded his owner of
lShis Navy flying days! Cateer was
smaking his second show ring ap-
pearance since he emerged from
an 11-month retirement.
When Coach Jim Tatum takes
his Maryland University football
team to South Carolina Saturday,
September "a for its first gridiron
battle he'll be matching coaching
wits against the man who was his
freshman coach at North Carolina
University, Rex Enright.
The "Gamecocks' took the meas
ure Of the Maryland "Terrapins"
last year, 21-17, under the coach
ing Of the former Notre Dame
tee, who learned his football listen
ing to the great Knute Rockne.
This year Tatum is a new coach
at College Park and likewise is
pitting team against his former
coach for the first time. Things
should be interesting at Columbia
This Saturday afternoon.
Radio Station WGAY, Silver
Spring, was awarded first place
in the 10th Annual radio network
and station promotion competition
sponsored by the entertainment
trade publication Billboard Maya
zine.
Ten Army transports are being
overhauled--at S2A RIO 400 cost.