Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-09-04
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There

Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Nicholson
won seven-foot Frigidaire last
week at Howard County carnival.
The Nicholsons have recently tax
en- an apartment in Laytonsville
and do not have an electric refrig-
orator. 1t cost them nothing as a
relative had purchased book of
chances and presented it to them.
Mr.. Nicholson is a veteran of
World War II.
The program committee of the
Montgomery County Historical So
ciety met at the home of Mrs. Lilly
c. Stone, Glenmore, Bethesda, on
Wednesday to consider the pro-
posal for Montgomery County
Pageant.
Landlords whose housing accom-
modations are freed from rent con-
troll by the Housing and Rent Act
of 1947 no longer are required to
file reports of decontrol with their
Area Rent Office, Walter R. Heath,
;. Area Rent Director, announced
September 2. This Dies not apply
to operators of hotels and tourist
homes who must still file decontrol
forms.
The Maryland tuberculosis As
ISOLATION in a recent article, sug-
gested that parents reduce their
children's chances of contracting
T.B. by tuberculin testing. Al
though not protection against the
disease, the test does tell whether
or not the germs have entered the
body.
Southern Conference football be-
gan its 1947 training season at the
University of Maryland Labor Day
morning, September 1, directed by
Coach "Sunny" Jim Tatum and as
sisted by Jim Meade. Nine new
coaches at hand is the largest staff
ever to handle the Terrapins.
During his regular recruiting
visit to Rockville, Chief Gunner's
Mate Segler, U. S. Navy, will issue
American Defense and World War
II victory medals to eligible navy
veterans on Thursday at tie Post
Office, between 1890 and 1890
81 Veterans must present their origi-
nal discharge certificates.
One of the funniest comedians
ever sighted on stage and screen,
Edward Everett Horton, comes to
the Olney Theatre Tuesday night
in his perennial summer-theatre
vehicle, "Springtime for Henry
which winds up the current season
at the Maryland straw hat.
"Springtime for Henry" with Hor-
ton romping through its gay, light
hearted and incredibly funny lines,
is certain to leave audiences with
memories of an evening-full of fun
at the theatre.
The Takoma Park and Damascus
Public Health Lay Committee were
the first to resume their regular
monthly meetings, on September 2,
after the summer holiday. They
were followed by the Poolesville
Committee meeting on the 3rd.
/. Others have their meetings sched-
B uled throughout September.
A contract for the construction
of storm water drains in Takoma
Park has been awarded by the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission. The work will be done
by the Leo Butler Co. of Silver
Spring which submitted the low
bid of $116,355. Approximately
one-half mile of drain pipe will
be laid south of Philadelphia ave-
nue. between Birch and Chestnut
streets; in East-West highway
west of Cedar between Tulip anC
Dogwood avenues.
Maynard F. Fink of Sellman, Md
has been elected to membership in
the American Aberdeen Angus
Breeders Association at Chicago
announces Secretary Frank Rich.
ards.
George R. Otte, seaman, first
class, son of L. G. Otte of Cal.
y thersburg, and William A. Cruick-
shank, quartermaster, third class
son of William Cruickshank OF
Rockville are serving aboard the
cruiser USS Fresno, which has
been assigned to the Northern
European Task Force with head.
quarters at London, England.
Wheat and oats future prices hit
new all-time highs on August 20 on
the Chicago Board of Trade. The
price of wheat for September de-
livery scared to $2.55 y bushel
1t was the third successive day
that wheat futures had hit new