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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Operator Of County
Refuse Co. Files Suit
Against Commissioners

Blake d. Merson, operator of
Montgomery County Refuse Com
pany, and his wife, Mabel H. Mer-
son, have filed suit against the
County Commissioners in an at
tempt to have the law prohibiting
the establishment of dump with
in three miles of any municipality
in the county declared unconstitu-
tional. The law was passed at the
1947 session of the General Assem-
bly,. Through his attorney, Joseph
B. Simpson, Jr., he claims they
have used a 20 acre tract of land
near Rockville as a dump for trash
and garbage collected in the town
for the last nine years. As result
of the adoption Of the law they are
prevented from obtaining license
from the County Commissioners to
continue operation Of the dump.
They argue that the 1947 act ex-
empts Washington Grove and Cal
thersburg from its provision thus
allowing these towns the right and
privilege not allowed the town Of
Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
THE NEWS
FROM
. Here And There

Commodore John Paul Jones,
naval hero of the American Revc-
luton, the bi-centennial of whose
birth will be observed on July q,
1947, was the first member of the
Naval service to receive the Thanks
of the Congress of the United
States; the first to be awarded a
medal by Congress, and the first to
be decorated by foreign govern
ment. His victories at sea brought
him awards from France and Rus
STA, as well as the United States.
He is best remembered by most
Americans for the unyielding de-
termination of his II have not yet
begun to fight"
Leslie F. Hunt is announcing
the opening of his Office for the
general practice of accounting and
the handling of Federal and State
tax matters at 9711 Georgia Ave-,
Silver Spring, telephone Shepherd
424S. Mr.. HUNT, Certified Public
Accountant, was formerly Special
Agent of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of JUS
tice, 1929 to 1884. Then for ten
years he was Vice President of the
Virgin Islands Company.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Episcopoiion Centennial Held At
PooIesWIIe On ST.. Peters Day

WAR of 1872 many local families,
the Dowdens, Fulkses, Amoses, and
others went to the richer fields of
Missouri and other Western States.
Among our hospitable hosts and
hostesses on Sunday were the
Whites, Tiptons, Daniels, Will
flames, Grays, Pooles, Darbys,
Perrys, Bealls, Oxleys, Browns,
Davises, Elgins. Names of people
who have long worked and wor-
SHIPPED in the little Episcopal
Church. Newcomers were there,
too. Among them the Parkins and
Huntingtons. Mr.. Bowie Waters,
Richard Lansdale, along with the
five Wood brothers, and many
young elders Of tomorrow, helped
fill the two balconies of the church
to its capacity.
Mrs. Margaret Welsh, 95, at one
end Of life's path, and Peggy Oc-
tavia Wood, our little 9-month-old
daughter, who smiled from her
basket at the door of the church,
held receptions of their own after
the service. j. Bentley Thomas,
president of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Historical Society which spon-
sored the memorial plaque, was
there with Mrs. Thomas; also,
Mrs. Beall Ingersoll, Mrs. Eban
A. Condor, Mrs. Lily C. Stone, first
president of the County Historical
Society. Former Senator George
Radcliffe, president of the Mary
land Historical Association, re-
called the historical background of
the community in his address.
Gone are the oxen, horses and
mules of 100 years ago. On Sum
day, pleasant policeman directed
the automobile traffic on the paved
road.
We local people on Sunday did
honor to more than bricks and
mortar, did more than smile and
return the friendly smile Of our
Poolesville friends. We Witnessed a
Christian event in a world which
again is troubled and torn by the
evil Embellishments Of man. We
paused for a few minutes in the
troubled waters Of a war-fearing
life to pay our respects TO Church
of God in the hope that within its
aging walls generations yet to
come into this vicinity will gather
together and commune with God.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03

Takoma Park plans its biggest
ever Independence Day celebration
the first since pre-war days. The
pageant of floats and marchers,
with the theme "The United Ma
tions An Instrument of Peace" is
the main attraction. Immediately
following the parade, Maj. Gen.
Orval R. Cook, Chief of the Pro-
curement Group of the General
Staff of the War Department, and
veteran of the Western Pacific,
will speak at the II o'clock exer-
cises at North Takoma Park, Ia
koma and Albany Avenues.
Invitations have gone out to
many dignitaries to attend the
ceremonies that are expected to
draw crowd of 10000 to $4,000.
They include Senator Willard F.
Tydings, Representative j. Glenn
Beall, Brooke Johns, William A..
Carson, DIR. H. C. Byrd, DR.. Alex
ander Wetmore, o. w. Youngblood,
Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, III, Lacy
Shaw and Col. E. Brooke Lee. An
invitation also has been sent to
w. Preston Lane, Governor of
Maryland.
Five bands have been lined up
to play. In the afternoon soft ball
fans will see the Hubbard Cleaners
play Takoma Decorators, two girl
teams. Other athletic events will
be held with prizes for the win
ners. The fire works festival will
conclude the celebration.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Wheat Harvest
In Full Swing

Wheat harvest is in full swing
in this County. According to
County Agent o. W. Anderson,
that wheat is in good condition
though the yield will not be above
normal due to late planting foli
lowing corn picking last fall. DAM
age from the various wheat dis
eases n minor except in remote
cases.
The barley which was harvested
last week is being thrasted. The
yield is running above normal,
around 35 bushels per acre. The
normal yield is 30 bushels per acre.
Mr.. Anderson reported the prospect
Of a good corn crop, a big acreage
having been planted. He antici-
pates less damage from Japanese
beetles due to the Farm Bureau
DOT Spray service to farmers.
Last year Japanese beetles caused
an estimated $250,0OO damage to
crops in the County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Pennies Needed For
New Sales Tax

"Uncle Sam had better get busy
and mint a lot of pennies-because
he is going to need them" was the
remark of one business man Of
Rockville when THE SENTINEL.
asked what he thought of the new
State Two Per Cent Sales Tax.
There was little complaint from
consumers - they readily paid the
bill and reached in their pockets
for the extra penny. The COM
plants come from the merchants
who must keep the amount of the
sales and tax separate.
A surprising number of people
said they had heard nothing about
the tax. The driver of a bread
truck which covers the upper sec
ton said he had encountered sew
eral merchants who did not know
about it. Proprietors of lunchrooms
find it easy to ring up the amount
of the check and drop a penny or
two in a separate box. Chain store
managers attended meetings early
in the week and were advised of
methods to speed up tax collection.
L. G. Weidman, Safeway manager,
said it takes twice as long as be-
fore to check out a customer and
he does not see how it is going to
be speeded up greatly.
Joe Steinberg, proprietor Of
Steinberg's Department Store, ex-
cited over becoming a Dad, admit
ted to forgetting the tax several
times and having to run after a
customer. Guy Riordan, who runs
general merchandising store in
Laytonsville which sells almost
everything from hardware TO ice
cream, admitted that It was big
job remembering which articles are
tax exempt but said he had faced
greater tasks. Only those stores
selling articles costing 800 or
more anticipate any great loss Of
sales to Washington merchants in
an effort to avoid the tax. No one
reported cancellation Of orders be-
cause Of the tax. 1t is the conSen-
sus Of opinion that in a few days
the tax collection will become rou-
tine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Fifteen Auto
Dealers Sponsor
Slogan Contest

Fifteen Montgomery County
automobile dealers have generously
contributed $40 each to make up
the five awards of U. S. Savings
Bonds which will be given for the
best safety slogans submitted be-
fore July Is in the Slogan Contest
of the Montgomery County Police
Department and the Montgomery
Safety Board.
The five prizes are offered to the
persons in the county who submit
the most original and unique safe
'ty slogans not longer than ten
words. These should be sent before
midnight, July 15, to the Montgom-
cry County Safety Board, Box 81,
Rockville, Md. Name and address
of the person, boy or girl, man or
woman, who conceives the slogan
should appear on the same sheet as
CHS entry.
N. R. Darlington, Jr., Chairman
of the Safety Education Commit
tee of the Safety Board, who is
handling details Of the contest, an
nounced the names of contributing
automobile dealers as follows:
Community Motors, Inc, Bethes-
da; Merson and Thompson, Bethes-
da; Var-Wood Nash, Inc, Bethes-
da; Bethesda Motor Co., Bethesda;
Call Carl Motors, Inc, Bethesda;
Suburban Motors, Inc, Silver
Spring; Sid Wellborn Motors, Inc,
Silver Spring; Williams Chevrolet
Co., Inc, Silver Spring; Wilson
Pontiac, Silver Spring; Dell-Nash
Motors, Silver Spring; Hitler Mo-
tors, Silver Spring; Willis Buick,
Silver Spring; Maryland Motors,
Inc, Rockville; Miller and Hughes,
Rockville; and Takoma Motor Co.,
Takoma Park.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Policemen Are
Promoted By


The Rev. Edward C. Edwards,
pastor of Woodside Methodist
Church, opened the meeting of the
County Commissioners on Tuesday.
He asked for them wisdom, I'M
derstanding and courage that. they
may build wisely for their Coun-
ty."
During the day the Board ap-
proved an ordinance regulating the
use and operation of taxicabs in
the County; heard a report of the
war on insects and made appoint
ments and promotions in the Po-
lice Department.
Brown Franklin Cook was ap-
pointed Patrolman and Meter Man
for the Town of Bethesda to re-
place Officer Lester Jones who is
returning to regular police duty.
Four policemen were promoted to
Corporal: Clarence B. Crown, Ma
son Gray, Joseph w. Ward and
Glenn Wood. Corporal Gray was
designated to be Communications
Officer when the new Teletype
System is installed. Recommends
lions for the promotions were
from Chief of Police Charles
Orme.
Captain Roy Bodmer was appoint
ed a member of the Montgomery
County Safety Board to replace
Captain Earl Burdine, Captain Bur-
dine will be retired on July 4,
after serving % years in the Po-
lice Department.
County Agent o. w. Anderson
in reporting the progress of the
spray program said that approx
mately 900 miles of roadsides in
the Bethesda Chevy Chase area
has been sprayed with the DOT
preparation. He reported num-
Der of complaints that the Japan
csc Beetle, for which the spray
ing is primarily intended, do not
die at once. He explained that the
solution used is not strong enough
to kill at once but is effective. He
also pointed out that the beetles
are still emerging from the ground.
In the upper part Of the County
the peak of infestation will not be
reached for several weeks. he said
! The Silver Spring area will next
be sprayed, then the program will
be continued in the upper sections.
Beginning in August, the milky
white disease and parasitic wasps
used effectively last year will
again be employed in the fight
against the Japanese Beetle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Dawson To Head
The Newly Formed
Town Civic ASSO.

Hugh M. Dawson was elected
president of the newly formed
Rockville Civic Association at the
June meeting held on Wednesday
the 25th in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter A. Taylor, 204 West
Montgomery Avenue. Other officers
elected were: Vice-president, Rob-
ert b. Garrabrant; recording Sec
rotary, Mrs. Ralph E. Williams;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Irv-
ing G. McNayr; and treasurer,
Leslie M. Able.
A committee was appointed to
Investigate recreational possibili-
ties in Rockville, especially with a
view to seeking out vacant lots
which might be converted into
badly needed neighborhood play
grounds. Members of this recrea-
ton committee are Mrs. Leroy B.
Sherman, chairman; Mrs. McNayr,
Ralph E. Williams, and Wayne
Paxson.
Mr.. Taylor, an architect and ex-
pert on city planning, was made
chairman of a town planning conf
mittee, which also includes DIR.
Marjorie Jarvis, Mrs. Paxson, Mr..
Garrabrant, Mr.. Able and Mr..
Sherman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
VAS Urged To Use
Yellow Envelope

More and more veterans are u.s.
ing the convenient premium notice
envelope to sent in payments on
their G. /. Insurance, Marvin S.
Hamlin, Veterans Administration
Contact Representative for the
Rockville office, said to-day. All
veterans are urged to use the en-
velope when paying their pre-
miums..
Hr. Hamlin also reminded vet
Grams that they have until August
TO reinstate lapsed G. /. policies
without a physical examination in
most cases.
The VA contact office in Rock
vile will be glad to give veterans
information on G. |. Insurance, or
to help them reinstate their poll
eies IL they've lapsed.
The office Is located on End
floor Of the post office. Hours are
, to s Wednesday and Friday,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Taxi Ordinance
Adopted By
County Board

The County Commissioners on
Tuesday adopted an ordinance au-
thorizing Public Utilities Agent
Albert E. Conradis to establish
taxicab zones and fix uniform
rates. The ordinance, the first to
regulate taxicabs on a countrywide
basis, becomes effective July Is.
About $50 cabs are affected.
Mr.. Conradis, who drafted the
provisions with the cooperation OF
special committee headed by
Elmer Christensen, former police
magistrate, will establish zones in
Rockville, Bethesda Chevy Chase,
Silver Spring and Takoma Park.
Other sections Of the county win
be computed on a mileage basis.
Mr.. Conradis will act as hack in
spector in enforcing the ordinance.
and he will maintain an Office in
Bethesda.
Group riding is prohibited by the
ordinance but party riding, which
is defined as two or more persons
who are in agreement over sharing
the taxicab, is permitted. In party
riding two shall ride for one fare,
each additional member of the par
ty shall ride for one-half fare, as
follows: 8 = a fare and half; A.
two fares; 5 two and half
fares.
Hand baggage in excess Of one
piece per passenger will be charged
for at the rate of 10 cents, trunks
at the rate of 80 cents each.
Each taxicab operator must pay
an annual registration fee Of $4,000
and an annual license fee of $1,000.
No registration card will be issued
to a person under 81. in addition,
persons not of good moral charac-
ter or those who have had their
operators cards suspended twice
will not be permitted to operate
cabs in the county. The word oper-
ator means the person actually
driving the taxicab.
The term taxicab embraces any
motor vehicle for hire designed TO
carry z persons or less, including
the driver, accepting passengers
for transportation. The fact that
vehicle is hired only by the hour
for one hour or longer is not sufli-
cient to exempt 1t from classified
ton as taxicab, the ordinance de-
fines.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Mass X-Rays Approved
w. Elmer Crudden & Son

Walter S. Pratt, Jr., President
of the Montgomery County, Tuber-
culosis Association, announced to-
day that the Association has re-
ceived from DR.. J. w. Bird, Sec
rotary of the Montgomery County
Medical Society, aresolution adopt
ed by the Society approving pro-
posed large-scale chest x-ray
surveying in Montgomery County.
The resolution from the Medical
Society urges that the citizens of
Montgomery County participate in
these large-scale surveys, and
states that members Of the Socie-
ty will be happy to take part in
the planning and execution Of such
chest x-ray surveys.
Mr.. Pratt further reported that
his communication from DR.. Bird
indicated that DR.. u. d. Nourse,
President of the Montgomery
County Medical Society, has APP
pointed a Committee on Tubercu-
Iosis, with DIR. William w.. Welsh
as chairman, to work with the
tuberculosis Association in plan
ming and carrying out projects
"whose aim is to study and combat
the spread of tuberculosis in Mont
gomcry County"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03

The calendar tells us that Sun
day, June 20, 1917, throughout
most of the world was known as
st. Peters Day, but in Poolesville
1t was Centennial Day for st. Pc
ter's Parish Church where the
loyal people of today carry on the
good work Of their parents and
grandparents.
1t was the Tooth anniversary of
the towns Episcopal Church and
the 200th anniversary of the Par
ish. Over 800 persons had come
from all parts of the county and
adjoining counties to help celebrate
the occasion.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun
Bishop Of Washington, in his ad.
dress spoke Of the magnetic infu-
ence Of the Christian spirit in this
Village" and warned all present
against letting the beautiful brick
structure ever becoming mere
historic relic.
Its founders built the house Of
worship on a road which was once
frontier dirt highway for pre-
Revolutionary travellers coming
into Maryland by way Of Whites
Ferry. When the soil of the county
became depleted and richer earth
beckoned to the veterans Of the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Caleb G. Shipley,
Dean OF Students
LOngwOOd School

Eben M. Peek, Headmaster of
the Longwood School at Olney, has
announced the appointment of
Caleb G. Shipley as Dean of Stu
dents and Assistant to the Head
master.
Mr.. Shipley is well known in
educational circles through his as
ISOLATION with independent schools
in New England and in the Wash
ington area. He was for many
years head of the English Depart
ment of the Cheshire Academy at
Cheshire, Conn.,, and for the past
five years he has been head of the
English Department Of the Landon
School at Bethesda, where he also
served for three years as head of
the Upper School. He has had long
experience in preparing boys for
College Board Examinations and
in guiding them In their choice of
college or service school.
A graduate of the University of
Michigan, Mr.. Shipley served in
the United States Navy during the
first World War before entering
the Graduate School at Yale Uni
versity. He lives in Bethesda with
his wife. After the middle of Au-
gust, he will be in residence at the
Longwood School in Olney.
The Longwood School, a resident
and day school for boys, was found
ed in January, 1947, through the
generosity of George P. Kimmel,
well-known Washington patent at
torney, on his 260 acre estate near
Olney. 1t will open on September
II for its first academic year.. In
addition to the historic manor
house on the estate, a dormitory
and a gymnasium and dining hall
will be ready for occupancy in
September.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Texas City WE'D
Get Aid From
Rockville Dept.

Herbert A. Yocom, Secretary of
the Rockville Volunteer Fire De-
partment, has received word from
Oscar d. Jordan, Secretary of the
Texas City Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, that the contribution of $25
sent them was distributed equally
among the families of the deceased
firemen who gave their lives in
the recent disaster there. Mr.. Jor-
dan wrote at is because of you,
and others like you, in your gen.
erosity, that you should long be
remembered in the grateful hearts
of the bereft families of the men
who died in the line of duty"
Of the forty-eight members of
the Texas City Volunteer Fire De-
partment, thirty-eight of the fire
men were killed in the explosions
and fires that virtually destroyed
the city.
One Sunday, about 8 years ago,
on an icy. winter morning, the
Rockville Volunteer Fire Depart
ment was responding to call
when the truck skidded on the ice
at Neel's Curve and 10 firemen
were injured. At that time the sur
rounding communities were very
generous with their help and con-
tributions. When the Texas City
disaster occurred, the Rockville
firemen felt it was an opportunity
to help as they had been helped.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Mrs. ]. M. Rapp Joins
Sentinel Staff

Mrs. Norma H. Rapp, wife Of
Joseph M. Rapp, of Brookeville.
has Joined the Sentinel staff as
assistant to the editor on a part
time basis. Mrs. Rapp takes the
place of Mrs. Robert Billhimer who
resigned when the family moved
to Florida.
A native Of Washington, Mrs.
Rapp is a graduate Of Eastern
High School and Strayer's Bust
ness College. She worked 8 yearE
with an advertising agency in
Washington and two years with
the Bureau Of Internal Revenue,
resigning in June, 1913 when Joey
Rapp was born.
While at Strayer's Mrs. Rapp
won medal for taking dictation at
140 words a minute, which up to
that time only 3 persons had re-.
ceived. She attended after-work
classes at Internal Revenue in
court reporting shorthand. Upon
moving to Brookeville in 1916.
Mrs. Rapp Joined the Olney-Sun-
shine Homemakers Club of which
she is secretary.
Mr.. Rapp, who has tree sur
gerry business, served in the U. s.
Army Air Forces 81 months. 81
months in Australia and the Philip
pines. 80
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Sergt. Brown Back
To Recruiting Post
In Rockville

Back to Rockville after an alb
sence of over two months came
Staff Sergeant Ed Brown, this
week, to take over the command of
the local Army Recruiting Station.
A lifetime native of the county,
he first was given the local assign
ment in April, 1916, and remained
in Rockville until the LIST of May,
this year. For the past 60 days he
has been on temporary duty with
the Public Information section of
the Washington Recruiting Main
Station.
Anxious to begin recruiting ac-
tivities Trolling again" in Upper
Montgomery County, Sgt. Brown
is, more than ever, determined to
stress the Importance of maintain
ing large volunteer army for our
own security.
The Recruiting office, located on
the second floor Of the Rockville
Post Office Building, will be open
from 8 through 8 each weekday
except Saturday.
Sergt. Brown this week an
nounced that qualified high school
graduates may now enlist in the
Army Air Forces and be guaran-
teed specialized training in techni-
cal courses of their own choosing.
Under the new enlistment plan,
85 specialized Air Force courses,
ranging from photo-lithography 70
sheet metal are open to eligible re-
cruits who enlist for three years.
High School students may apply,
and, if qualified, be authorized to
attend special courses.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
Billhimer Family
Arrives In Florida

Cards received from the Bill
himer family, en- route to st. Pc
tersburg, Fla, report them well
and enjoying the trip. They spent
several days at Myrtle Beach. s.
c., where they found the ocean al
most tepid and encountered no I'M
dertow. When last heard from they
were visiting st. Augustine, Fla.
Before leaving for Florida, Mrs.
Billhimer was for two years asso-
ciated with this paper. Mr.. Bill
himer was one Of the nine assessors
attached TO the Assessors Office in
Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
It's A Boy!

Joseph Steinberg, proprietor Of
the Steinberg Department Store,
greeted all his customers yester-
day with cigar and book of
matches saying tits a Boy" A
6is pound son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Steinberg, Tuesday, July 1,
at Sibley Hospital, Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-03
40 Million New Flags
If Hawaii Becomes
A State

If Hawaii is admitted to the
Union as suggested in Blake Clark's
new book, Hawaii: The 10th
State,p some forty million flags
now in use will have to be replaced
or altered, flag manufacturers say.
Annual output of new flags
numbers more than twenty-five
million. Changeover to new flags
would take place on the 4th Of, July
following Hawaii's admission as a
new State.