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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17
Third Annual Vacation Issue
Note To Our Readers:

This is vacation issue Inauglrated in 1945 we
nave adopted this of making it possible for all
people employed in the publication of this and our five
other newspapers to have their vacation simultaneously
Arrangements made each year TO anticipate as
lar as possible the needs of advertisers and particularly
the handling of ads which carry fixed dates of insertion
The innovation met immediate success in the newspaper
world and has been adopted by many other publications.
needless TO say the summer period of vacations was
always sore spot among employees for the there
was an extended period during which those remaining
on the lob forced to absorb the work of those on
vacation The burden thus placed all EMPLOYEES was
TOO much at times and the adoption of the same week
Tor vacations has met unanimous employee approval
by nxng the date well in advance all are free to make
dehnlte plans without fear of change Actually this
paper was printed on Friday, July IL and was placed in
Che Fost Olce to await release at the regular time
1t Is possible that in some instances an important
news item has been delayed week. We are certain
strive throughout the year to give the best we possibly
can TO our subscribers We hope that better lob will
De done as a result of the "rest" period
~ Last year we promised correspondents a party
Inns party became reality August 49, 1916 when
ABOUT forty correspondents representing four counties
attended luncheon at Log Cabin Lodge in Howard
County. - iio"aiu
III business can work out uniform vacation week
and many OF them in various lines are doing t) we are
looking forward to the time when the plan might he
ADOPTED by entire communities 1t has worked SO well
with us that we anxious to see other tvnes of
business try it, ~ Sp'' VI
The following Maryland weekly papers are mem
Ders OF the Stromberg group:
THE TIMES, Ellicott CITY
MONTGOMERY SENTINEL. Rockville
HERALD ARGUS, Gainesville
COMMUNITY NEWS, Resterstown
COMMUNITY PRESS, Dundalk
NEWS LEADER, Laurel
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17
Montgomery General Hospital Supper
Set For tuesday, July 10Th

The Women's Board of Mont
gomery County General Hospital
will hold the annual supper at
Sherwood School, Sandy Spring,
Tuesday, July 20, Announcement
was made by Mrs. Henry DeCour-
sey Adams, president of the board.
The supper, which is being re-
sumed after a lapse of several
years, due to the food shortage,
will feature the traditional menu
of fried chicken or chicken salad,
home cured ham, rolls, Maryland
beaten biscuits, and vegetable
salads.
Other highlights of the supper,
which in pre-war years attracted
over 1,500 persons, include, accord
ing to a spokesman, "Pony rides,
lemonade, grab bag, aprons, potted
plants, home made cakes, band
concert, dance, bingo, friends you
see but once a year, politicians on
the prowl, and the most good
natured crowd in the world.'
Plans for the supper are in the
hands of a steering committee
headed by Mrs. Ann Boyd, chair
man, and Mrs. ]. M. Barnsley, sub
chairman. The mems committee is
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17
Free State
N { w S
Items Of Interest
From The Counties

Fredericton July 9, this town
of Barbara Fritchie fame became
set for the color-filming of a
Civil War pageant. The raid OF
General Early, who demanded a
ransom of 100000 from the town
under the threat of burning it, the
paying of the ransom and the def
ance of Barbara Fritchie were re-
enacted as these happenings &C.
CURED on July 9, 1854, the morn
ing of the battle of Monocacy,
which the Union soldiers lost but
delayed a threatened attack on
Washington. The pictures of the
pageant will be assembled into
proper order and shown to resi-
dents and tourists. The pageant is
planned as an annual affair for
July 8 in the future.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17
Tree Falls, Kills Groom

Tahoe City, Calf. - While
honeymoon-bound in their coupe,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Albert Nc
Cuen, were hit by big pine, 100
feet high and feet thick, which
crashed across the highway. Nc
Cuen, 81, Of Napa, Calf, was
crushed to death and his bride of a
day, was seriously injured.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Couer D'Alene. Idaho-Sent for
to be taken to court, Leroy Gard
ner's date with the Judge had to be
postponed when the jailer couldn't
get his cell lock to work. After
several hours locksmith succeed
ed in opening the cell-door
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17
ROBERT E. HILTZ,
Public Relations.
Automobile Club of Maryland

For all of Americas long
planned, lengthy and over-am-
bilious summer vacations and
tours, there's nothing an inveter-
ate home-loving Marylander would
rather do than quietly drink in
the scenery of "his own back
yard"
What is even more astounding
is the variety of sights and SEN
sations right in those very back
yards. Just aroun' the bend" or
cover the hill apiece" nestle flavor.
full historic spots, quaint and quiet
parks, resorts, streams and coun-
try scenes of unimaginable beauty
All you have to do, Mr.. Vaca-
ZIONIST, is look-right in your own
back yard.
There won't be any massive
modernistic, break-neck-speed at
fractions, but what you will find in
this ideal vacation haven will be
honey, rustic and soothing.
Let's take a quick peek at some
of the charming localities, for in
stance, in Baltimore, Howard
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties.
Upper Baltimore county pro-
vides some of the choicest scenery
below the Mason-Dixon Line. Midst
the large estates, are carried on
such traditional English activities
as fox hunting, tournaments and
cross country racing.
Here the galloping gentry, at
tired in pink riding regalia and
using only the language of the
hunt, bless their hounds and go
riding forth with Italy Ho!" to
the chase.
Concrete-paved Pretty Boy Dam
is in the northern part of The
county. The reservoir, which con-
stitutes the main reserve of Balti-
more county's water supply, holds
nearly 100000 gallons of water.
The dams 13O-foot falls was built
in 1885.
Hunters are supreme in the four
mile race held on My Lady's Manor
Course, near Monkton, every
spring.
A fitting tournament in which
only women may ride offers an
interesting attraction at St. James
Protestant Episcopal Church which
is in the vicinity, on the first Sat-
urday in August.
And only the finest-bred jumpers
compete in the exclusive Grand
National Steeplechase on the Here
ford Farm.
Many persons will be interested
in seeing the Hurst Home, on the
road south of Cockeysville, where
John Wilkes Booth and his famous
actor brother received their early
education.
Peaceful swimming and sun
bathing are the order of the day
in the secluded, water-filled quar-
ries around Beaver Dam Park.
Marble from these quarries found
its way for more than a century
into the Washington Monument,
the State, War and Navy build
ings, and st. Patrick's Cathedral
in New York.
Timonium Fair Grounds, with
its horse races and annual Fair
beginning Labor Day, are the at
fractions of early September. For
the kind of good old-fashioned,
merry time this land used to enjoy
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

monium Fair.
Towson, seat of Baltimore Coun-
ty for almost a century, offers
sightseeing at the new site of
Goucher College, Trinity Protestant
Episcopal Church, Maryland State
Teachers College and other spots.
Popular for picnicers are the
heavily wooded sections around
Loeb Raven Dam. The 75-foot
dam, $50 feet wide, holds in check
ten-mile long lake which supplies
Baltimore city's water.
The once-populous Joppa Town,
on the Gunpowder River, lies in
historic ruins-a ghost town of
America.
Strategic North Point and world
famed Glenn L. Martins aircraft
plant touch the upper waterways
of Chesapeake Bay.
Turning to the western part of
the county, one encounters the
Maryland Polo Club, where the
best polo riders in the nation may
be seen from the window of ones
parked car.
Racing enthusiasts won't want
to miss Alfred Gwynne Wander
bits Sycamore Farms, one of the
best equipped housekeeping and
training stables in the country.
For mentioning sharp-shooters
there is the Pikesville Pistol
Range, located in a soundproof
building behind the Pikesville
Armory.
Local places of interest are:
Grey Rock, home of John Eager
Howard, a Congressional Medal Of
Honor winner during the Revolu-
ton; McDonogh Schools rolling
300 acres of campus; and the old
Ten Mile House, first home of the
Green Spring Valley Hunt Club
and training quarters, for a time,
of Jake Kilrain as he prepared
for his fight with the fabulous
John L. Sullivan in 1889.
When you see old stone houses
set close to the road and perceive
more modern bungalows and frame
houses hiding behind clumps Of
naples, then you will be passing
through Reisterstown.
Now turn southwest a bit.
The road out of Baltimore City,
through Howard County and on to
Frederick was originally kept in
repair by means of a convict
leasing system, with prisoners
toiling on road construction during
the day and housed in roadside log
huts at night.
From st. Charles College, for
merly near Ellicott City and now
on Maiden Choice Lane, have come
many learned Catholic theologians,
among them 16 bishops, arch
bishops, Father Tabb, the poet of
the South; and Baltimore's be-
loved James Cardinal Gibbons.
Andrew Ellicott, most famous of
Ellicott City's native sons, revised
L'Enfant's plans for Washington,
D. c., surveyed several State
boundaries and founded Buffalo,
N. Y.
Don't miss Ellicott's Mill on the
way through the city.
Yet Ellicott and his descendants
are darkly overshadowed by one
of Maryland's greatest native sons,
Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Doughoregan Manor, a 3OO-foot
long manor house of "L"-shaped
architecture, contains a Roman
Catholic chapel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Ocean City = The Ocean City
ANigh School now has a white ban
4ner, covering a portion of the front
of the building, which bears the
green-lettered inscription, ocean
City Playhouse" Talent, from far
and near, is assembled here to give
the summer vacationists series
of plays for their entertainment.
Beginning with Dear Ruth" the
Playhouse will continue the season
with productions of "Claudia,"
Charles Aunt" personal APP
pearance," "Arms and the Man"
and others. The plays run one week
each, from Thursday through Sat-
urday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Annapolis-The teen-age group
of Annapolis, in an effort to solve
their own recreational problems,
have started a campaign to have
the USO building here turned into
a Youth Recreation Center. The
USO now open only to enlisted per-
sonnet is used very little and would
provide the necessary facilities,
Ehow lacking, for the younger gene
Yration in this town without necessi-
tating the cost Of a new building.
Civic leaders and individuals have
been contacted and posters placed
in conspicuous places, urging the
residents to support this campaign.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Ever think how plumb easy you
make money with u. S. Savings
Bonds? All you do is buy them!
And to buy them why you
hardly fiex a musclel One .
you've got the Payroll Savings
Plan where you work which buys
Bonds for you valet fashion . =.
and tao the Bond-a-Month
Plan -. another easy, automatic
way!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17
What To Do And See In Baltimore Howard,
Montgomery And Prince GEORGES Counties

|
amply substantiates his claim as
| the richest man in America at his
death in 1882. He is buried in the
estates chapel.
Further on one encounters the
Novitiate of the Franciscan Faith
ers, large marble structure pat
termed after the Convent of st.
Francis at Assist, Italy.
They tell of a legend about
Maryland's former Governor
George Howard, whose boiling am
bition always was to own 1000
slaves, but who was always
thwarted by death which reduced
the number to 999. His two
story home at Waverly, off U. S.
40, still remains intact.
At Montgomery County's Game
Refuge, thousands of ducks,
pheasants, and quail are bred.
Many a shivering hunter will feel
his blood heating as some of these
flying fowl come within the sights
of his gun.
On Observatory Hill, Gathers
burg, Ia trading point and stock
farming area) is the U. S. Coast
and Geodetic Observatory. Along
with four similar observatories in
the world, this one does it's special
job of recording the wobble of the
poles and resultant shift in the
equator and changes in latitude.
South of the Potomac, facilities
for riding, golfing, picnicing and
boating are available.
Excellent views of the cataracts
of the Potomac are to be had from
Great Falls Park. This park con-
tains recreational areas and sites
of several of George Washington's
enterprises.
Where Montgomery County
merges with the suburbs of Wash
ington, d. c., are the homes of
noted governmental persons and
well-to-do Maryland families.
Perhaps as you journey through
Upper Marlboro, you'll be able to
fathom the secret of PRINCE
Georges County's rare tobacco leaf.
These leaves hold fire better,
have a pleasanter taste, and, ac-
cording to the Department of Ag-
riculture, have the lowest nicotine
content of any tobacco grown in
America.
Here, tobacco has been king for
300 years and to the farmers
tobacco growing is the most nat
ural thing in the world.
Near the Upper Marlboro court
house is the marked site of the
birthplace of John Carroll. first
Bishop and Archbishop of the
Catholic Church in the United
States.
George Washington himself
often visited Dover House, once
known as Mount Airy, whose land
scaped gardens were laid out by
the French Major and architect of
the nations capital, Pierre LEN
FAINT.
Whatever your vacation plans.
therefore, don't bemoan your
plight if you can't travel far and
wide to the most remote corners
of the U. S. You have plenty to
see and enjoy right at home in
Baltimore, Howard, Montgomery
and Prince Georges counties.
And what's more, you'll probably
have a more leisurely, contented
vacation in the end.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Annapolis-Either autoists are
doing more driving or there are
many more autos on the Maryland
roads; for in June, the gas tax re-
ceipts showed a decided increase
over the same period last year and
totaled more than any month dur
ing the past fiscal year. Gross col
lections were 81, 495, 757.67, repre-
senting an increase of $277, 934.55
over the gross collection for June,
A946.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Baltimore II An article recently
published in a Baltimore paper
compliments the Baltimore Transit
Company for the substitution of
buses for street cars but claims
that the new vehicles are not being
used to the full extent of their
capabilities. To avoid the usual
traffic jams in downtown areas
during rush hours and speed up
ythe transportation for residents of
the suburban sections, it is recon-
mended that an express system be
adopted, the express buses to run
at frequent intervals during rush
hours, stopping only at key trans
fer points or using the skip-stop
system. The substitution of the
weekly pass for the present system
of cash fares is also recommended
as another means of speeding up
public transportation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Leonardtown = The % persons
indicted on gaming charges in St.
Mary's County last month are ask
ing for speedy trial and have pc
titioned the judges of the Judicial
Circuit to recall the petit jury Of
the March term of court. They
claim that the indictments have af-
fected their business; and express
the opinion that when brought to
trial they will be vindicated.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

Bonds are a wonderful way 70
save for the things you want dear
ly. Pay you. back four dollars for
every three in just ten years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-07-17

MRS. HENRY DECoURsEY ADAMS
President Womens Board Mont
gomery General Hospital
headed by William Gilpin. A corps
of more than $50 volunteer work
ers, organized like a small army,
will assist.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13
Books
A reviewers
notebook

Thomas w. Duncan, former Des
Moines newspaperman, is the au-
thor of forthcoming novel which
is expected by literary experts to
become one of the most spectaeu-
ar books of the Fall publishing
season. Titled, GUS THE GREAT,
the 704 page novel will be
launched by J. B. Lippincott Com
pany on September 18th.
Ten years in the writing, GUS
THE GREAT is the flamboyant
story of Augustus H. Burgoyne,
Snowman, newspaperman, and
promoter on the grand scale to
whom the tinsel and the show
inside the tent were always more
real and important than the world
outside it.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13
JEROME wRENcE.

JERO NE LAW NEE.
widely known radio writer who
did some recording in the field
himself during the war. has
this to say about Norman Cor
wins ONE WORLD FLIGHT
scripts as represented in Cor
wins new volume of published
radio work. UNTITLED Henry
& Co... Writing in the current
issue of THE Hollywood Quar-
terlY." Lawrence says: 1T was
good 10 send poet around the
world. He has a way of listen
ing 10 the rhythms of tomorrow
-. Corwin has opened a micro
phone in the council chambers
and the back alleys of the world
Here is proof once more
that people speaking as people.
and not as reasonably accurate
facsimiles. make the best drama.
tell the most moving stories.
after ALL"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13
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RECORD NOTES
By RAEBURN FLERLACE

Good news for the minded
record collector is the issuance
of Decca's second Burl Ives album
of Ballads and Folk Songs ODE
AID. It's a better collection than
the first-perhaps because of Alan
Lomax's hand in the selection of
the numbers and the supervision
of their performance.
In many ways Ives continues
TO grow. and although his YER
sion of I'm Sad and I'm Lone
lY" is disappointinglY overdone.
he continues for the most part
TO use his really beautiful voice
simply and with direc. and
touching effect--as in the un-
forgettabe "Po' Boy"
This album will be an important
asset to any collection. Among the
additional titles are mo Wood
Fire." Ten Thousand Miles" the
haunting-and ve mean haunt
ing!-"MY Good Old Man" and
Turtle Dove"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13
New paintings
on exhibit at
AAA Galleries

Forty-five new paintings, never
before shown in Chicago, now are
on exhibition at the Associated
American Artists Galleries, SAG N.
Michigan av., until September 81.
Several of the paintings are be-
ing exhibited for the first time
anywhere and few are by Irish
painters and brought to this coun-
try by Reeves LewenthaI, presi-
dent of the AAA.
George Cameron, Daniel O'Neill
and Noah McGuiness, contempo-
rary painters well-known in Eng
land and Ireland, each are repre-
sented by one painting.
=
OTHER artists whose work
may be seen are: William Crop
per. Joseph Hirsch. Arnold
Blanch. Adolf Dehn. James
Chaplin and Huldah Jeffe.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13

experiment called the TEEN AGE
BOOK CLUB. This project, dur
ing its first year, put nearly 600,-
600 books into the hands of 10000
teen-agers in every state in the
United States, Hawaii, and Puerto
Rico.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13
CentroIi0 miners

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.-FP)-
The III United Mine Workers
(AFL) who died in a Centralia
mine explosion March Is, will be
remembered by painting to be
hung in the office of the state
department of labor. The paint
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13

1 don't know how many OF you
collect jazz records, or how seri-
ously you take it. But if you have
any doubts about the greatness Of
this genuine art form-or if you
still wonder what is jazz and what
Isn't suggest you give a listen
to new album in Columbia's
series of jazz reissues = LOUIS
ARMSTRoNG'S HOT FIVE. Vol.
2 tC-l3s).
A couple of tremendous sides
should do the job: I'm Not
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13

THOSE of you who failed to
get the Disc recording of Prokof-
ieff's Romeo and Juliet Ballet
Suite No. 2 will be wise to jump
onto the Koussevitzky set just is
sued by RCA Victor DM-II29).
The contents of the album are
not as extensive a selections from
the suite), but the price is there
fore far less ($2.9O and the en-
craving of the gorgeous sounds
produced for the occasion by the
Boston Orchestra is an added
and exciting-feature.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13

Students in thirty three local
high schools, last year were char
ter members in a new reading
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13


# 8Oth Congress should back
Candid Microphone" look OUT!
BY BILL ALEXANDER
LAST Sunday finally caught the ABc Candid
Microphone" which pm
spot on WENR The show august 2 featured condensation
the most popular broadcasts
listeners excellent chance to get the pitch
The idea behind Mcrophone" possibi
tes-and mpications-of which, later
IN CASE missed recap
Catches people the portable
recorder listen
viewer and his unsuspecng subjecor victim The interviewer
carries concealed mcrophone portable recorder appropriately
disguised
Obviously, everything aired
where the peculiar advantage wire becomes invaluable
Portions of the eliminated
otherwise Names personal
references bells and before
playback What revealing
hilarious dialogue
MOST significant a Chinese
toner who had lost his ticket Here united notions"
which the Chinese said with admirable restraint
The laundryman proceeded get the facts check the
toner's laundry up missing
just any
has been careless enough to lose a receipt.
many stereotypes. built up fosered by
Hollywood minority groups up to
rdicue vary
ing backgrounds could stand debunkins this
dredsfhousands? invites
for interview which the candid mike
THE ladies has already been coveredJ
ANOTHER generally accepted notion disprovedthat the
will do almost anything for One
approached downtown offered the
off his ut the
crip sake insisted the indignant interviewer after the offer
had been upped $50 my wife likes it you
ats just of personal also intend asking other
question. your
go guys censored
concealed
date the people have remarkably candid
their opinions complete But with
loyalty checks beginning and about campaign against labor
predict that time
will clam time they Juggling
looking al start
will begin to suspect friend, and husbands and
will weigh their the the
reproduced between
induced to mike and
utey another wink
work.
technique lie stool
parents
the World?
IS far-fe % is
a potential people
what of o
world political situation taken
evidence" support American" charges
Mcrophone," by way, sustaining. If SOth
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13

Rough" and "Ory's Creole from
bone"-just for samples. And lis
ten to the way each individual
musician handles his solo, with
full freedom of style-Louis, Dry,
Johnny Dodds, Lii Armstrong and
Lonnie johnson. Pretty soon you'll
find yourself talking about JAZZ!
A batch of good singles. ali
available at this printing: Sarah
Vaughan's Body and Soul"
Peggy Lees Just an Old Love
of Mine" Tex Williams THAT'S
What Like About the West"
Red IngIe's zanY Song of In
dians." Billie Holidays MY
Old Flame" Charlie veniura's
Moon Nocturne." Jack Tea
gardens jam Session at Vic
tor" and Billie Holidays Deep
Song"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-13
II 8Oth Congress should back
Candid Microphone" look OUT!
BY BILL ALEXANDER

LAST Sunday finally caught the ABC
Mcrophone which for the past 10 weeks has filled the
spot WENR The show august 24)
the most popular broadcs
listeners an excellent chance to get the pitch
The idea behind Candid Mcophone" possb-
tes-and mplcatons-of which,