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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Carnival To Continue
Through August 3Oth

The Rockville Firemen's Carnival will be continued
through next weekly popular demand and due to the fact
that it trained OUT Saturday night 1t will close at
midnight Saturday. August 80.
The program for the rest Of this week will be carried
out scheduled-tonght Miss Edna Lucille Burroughs
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Goldsboro L. Burroughs will be
married in public wedding to Charles Otis Poole
Friday night at 800 p M there will be home town
show of the Telephone Quartet Bea Brothers Quartet and
Florence Garrett and Doc Meadors with their
Saturday nights free show will highlght jolly Pickett
and his radio jamboree
The four automobiles scheduled to be given away this
week will be awarded the 27th 28th 10Th and 30h
All the rides and other attractions will be held and
there will be dancing nightly to the Modernaires with
exception of Monday evening when Leonard Mead and his
orchestra will furnish the music.
The rement have received much favorable on
the aracveness and spacousness of the grounds The
attendance is reported to have shattered all previous records
Opening night drew crowd comparable to that of any
previous Saturday night The Monday crowd the best
in the history of the department
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There

Were you figuring on taking a
trip to Alaska over the war-created,
U. S. financed Alaska highway?
The Keystone Automobile Club adj
vises that you forget it for the
present, at least. Its advice is
based on a circular issued by the
Canadian government which states
that permits will not be issued to
those who wish to travel the high
way for a holiday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Willard Harvey
and Virginia May Harvey, of
Brookeville, attended radio city
broadcast of "Can You Top This"
while on trip to Buffalo and New
York City.
Russell Mullican, Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Mullican of
Shady Grove Road, has returned
home from Montgomery County
Hospital and is recovering from his
recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul H. Magee of
Washington Grove have returned
from months trip through the
West. At Long Beach, Calf, they
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Magee.
The Montgomery County Ma
tional Bank has installed a night
depository and is redecorating the
interior of the building.
Faith Elizabeth ("Fritzie") Far
quhar and her cousin, Roger Brooke
Farquhar, are going to write the
Annals of Sandy Spring jointly
this year, according to R. Bentley
Thomas, who resigned in June with
the completion of his 18th year as
Historian of Sandy Spring.
A new president of the Rockville
Pike Business Association will be
selected at meeting Monday at
P. M. at the Montrose School.
Members will also hear a report on
the decision of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission on
the water and sewage facilities
along the Rockville Pike.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
BY Mary G. Walters

Local residents and out-of-town
readers will be interested to learn
that Walter A. Williams has old
his home at 222 w. Montgomery
Avenue, Rockville, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur B. Ashford, who formerly
lived in Occoquan, Virginia.
This has been the residence of
the Williams family for many
years having been purchased
by Mr.. Williams father, the late
Richard M. Williams, a prominent
Rockville attorney, from Mary X.
Granger and James G. Henning
around the year 1870.
The original tract Of land ex-
tended from Montgomery Avenue,
south to the Falls Road and from
the home of the late Wallace Ric-
ketts as far West as the entrance
to Hampton Jones' Lane which
was formerly known as Boards
Gate.
Mr.. Williams says that In his
early boyhood there we're no
houses west Of his parents home
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21

When dramatic actress Uta Ha-
gan, comedienne Paula Lawrence,
ballots Trina Baranova and gypsy
basso Ada Kuznetzoff get togeth-
er, audiences are in for an evening
of versatile Ito say the least) en-
tertainment. Vehicle for the vola-
tile four is Olney Theatres next
Pduction, Ozark Eyes," which
begins a six-night engagement on
Tuesday. Ozark Eyes" is rollick-
ing comedy about three Russian
refugees who inspire trials and
tribulations by the score when they
take refuge with a very socially
minded family.
Dianne and Joan Doris Rich,
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
Rich of Wheaton, spent the past
week with their grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie L. Mullineaux Of
Gaithersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Lee, III, of
Silver Spring, have a new son born
Monday. This is their third son and
has been named Joseph Wilson Lee.
Mr.. Lee is the editor of the Mary
land News.
II CARE, Cooperative for Ameri-
can Remittances to Europe, Inc.
provides the service which Herbert
Rbover has called g. the only
SHE and efficient way Of sending
packages to friends and relatives
in Europe
Bills News Center, just off
Montgomery Avenue beside the
Veterans Cab Co., is doing a -four
ishing business. Established two
weeks ago by Bill Port, who was
recently discharged from the Navy,
the Center carries a long line of
popular magazines.
The A. & p. store is going
through face-lifting process. 1t is
being completely redecorated and
remodeled.
Mrs. Frank P. Sheldon and
daughter, Elaine Cara, Of Man
chester, Conn, arrived by plane on
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Junior College
Construction Goes
At Rapid Pace

Rapid progress is being made on
Montgomery Junior Colleges new
temporary building being con-
structed by the Federal Works
Agency. Flooring and walls in
large sections are being set in
place as they are hauled to the
site in huge trailer trucks from
Fort Washington.
The library has been extensively
rearranged this summer and, with
the construction of new shelving
and the addition of stack room,
has greatly added to the capacity
of the library. New lighting is to
be installed. Over 1900 new vol
umes are being ordered.
Registration for new students
in the College is almost double
that of year ago at this time.
The college office is processing
applications as rapidly as they are
received and entrance tests are be-
ing administered to new students
who have made application on the
following dates: Thursday evening,
August ID; Saturday morning, Au-
gust %; Thursday evening, Au-
gust %; Saturday morning, Sep
TENDER 8; and Thursday evening,
September IL. Registrations for
full, parttime, and special students
are all expected in advance of the
opening date which is Monday,
September Is for new students.
The College Office is now open
for college business on weekdays
from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. and on
Saturdays from 0 A. M. until 4:30
p. M.
Dean Hugh G. Price has return
ed from his work at the Univer-
sity of Chicago and is available
for conferences with prospective
students, or their parents during
most Of those hours.
Miss Coda Payne, College Lii
barian, Is enrolled at the Univer-
sity of Colorado Summer School
in courses which will be Of assist
lance to her in the selection Of
books for the college library. Be-
fore entering the summer school,
she participated this summer in
the workshop program relating to
the Junior college at the Univer-
sity Of Denver.
New equipment for the college
is under order and already much
Of II has been delivered. The latest
delivery of importance was seven
new Bausch and Lomb microscopes
valued all the way from $3.50 to
$3.50 each. These are for the Bio
logy Department and will be used
under the direction Of DR.. Bernice
Pierson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21

Friday, August Is, for ten-day
visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Elgie D. Hawkins of Wood
field. On Sunday they will enter
tain relatives and friends at fire.
side picnic on their lawn.
The Quinn farm on Chopper
Road has been sold to Charles C.
Meredith of Washington, who plans
TO move there after the first of
next year.
DR.. Vernon H. Dyson, Of Lay
louisville, one of the last Of the
physicians Of "horse-and-buggy"
days. is patient in Montgomery
County General Hospital after suf-
fering a stroke at his home on
Tuesday.
The American Stores now on
Montgomery Ave. this week broke
ground for a new store to be built
on Commerce Lane adjoining the
town parking lot.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
League Members To
Preview Studio

Representatives. of the Mont
gomery County League of Women
Voters will join members from
other counties of Maryland next
Wednesday, August 81, in Balti-
more as special guests If John J.
Dickman for a prevlcw of Balti-
more's new VIDAL World of To-
morrow television studio. Mrs.
MINER Hostetler, Rockville, public
relations chairman for the State
League, is in change of arrange
ments.
Among those making the trip
from the Montgomery County
League are Mrs. Hostetler; Mrs.
M. Thomas Bartram, first vice
president; Mrs. Ralph Himstead,
chairman of local government;
Mrs. G. Beale Bloomer, education
chairman; and Mrs. Howard M.
Kline, press chairman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Judges For Olney
Horse Show Named

1t has been announced that Nor
man Warfeld, of Howard County,
will judge the heavy draft classes
at the Montgomery County Horse
Show to be held on Saturday, Sep
TENDER Is, on the Lex Barnsley
farm, near Olney. Victor Noyes, of
Bel Air, will judge the hunting and
saddle classes.
J. J. Hutton is President of the
Show Association; Mahlon Kirk,
Nv, Vice-President; R. H. Miller,
Jr., Secretary, and S. P. Stabler is
Treasurer.
AS inspast years, Thomas Hyde,
w, will be the donor of prizes for
the junior hunt classes and this
year is offering beautiful silver
bowl. Prizes have also been pro-
vided for morning and afternoon
classes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Sherwood Bros, Inc.
Elects New Board
Head And President

John w. Sherwood has been
elected to the newly created posi-
ton Of Chairman of the Board of
Sherwood Brothers, Inc. John R.
Sherwood becomes president of the
company, and ]. Miller Sherwood
will be executive vice-president.
This action was taken at a recent
meeting of the Board of Directors
of Sherwood Brothers, Inc.
John w. Sherwood, new Chair
man of the Board, founded Sher-
wood Brothers, Inc, in 1896. The
company celebrated its fiftieth an
niversary last year in ceremonies
that marked its rise from small
waterfront activity to a leader in
all branches of the petroleum in
dustry in Maryland.
John R. Sherwood, newly ap-
pointed president, has been active
in the business since 1923 serving
in the capacity of vice-president.
He directed the company's entrance
into the oil heating field. ]. Miller
Sherwood Joined the organization
in 1929. After service in the United
States Navy in World War ii, he
resumed his duties with the COM
pany as vice-president in charge
of terminal, plant and delivery
operations. John R. and J. Miller
Sherwood are the sons of John w.
Sherwood.
Operations of Sherwood Broth
ers, Inc, marketers of Betholne
Motor Fuel, Sherwood Fuel Oil and
Sinclair Petroleum Products, CEN
ter around huge, 104 acre deep
water terminal located in the Cur
tbs Bay area and 25 branch plants
covering the State of Maryland.
Nine hundred service stations now
distribute Sherwood products.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Citation Awarded
Clarence V. Hartwell

News has just been received in
this office Of the citations award
ed Clarence v. Hartwell, husband
Of Mrs. Seretha Hartwell, Gath
ersburg, for meritorious war serv-
ice. n
The bronze star medal was
awarded to Mr.. Hartwell on June
10, 1945 by virtue of commenda-
ton from Col. L. X. White, COM
manding the 14sth Infantry. Mr..
Hartwell was a prisoner three
years In Bilibid Prison, Manila be-
fore liberation by the Second Bat
talon. When II would have been
normal TO expect him to retire 70
rear area to await transportation
home, he voluntarily attached him
self to the Medical Section and
aided in caring for military casual
ties.
After spending few months in
the states, Mr.. Hartwell again re-
turned TO the Philippines where
he was stationed with VR-l0,
Naval Air Transport Squadron. It
was at this time that he was call
ed upon to testify at the trial Of
General Yamashita.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Auction Sale For
Friends Service

There will be sale for the bene-
fit of the American Friends Serv-
ice Committee Foreign Relief Work
at 10 A. M. on Saturday, August
%, at the Community House, San
dy Spring. Articles may be left
there for the sale between Z and 0
P. M. Friday or 8 and 10 A. NJ.
Saturday. The auctioneer will be
Albert Stabler, Jr. For informa-
ton call Ashton 3811.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Old Landmark Is Sold In Rockville

and the ground was cultivated or
woodland in this area.
The west wing Of the present
house which now faces on Wilt
ans Street is part Of the original
structure and is known TO be over
one hundred years old one Of
the oldest remaining in our town.
Remodeling Of this dwelling took
place in 1918.
The late Mrs. Sarah G.. Higgins,
grandmother Of Frank Higgins,
used part Of the original house as
schoolroom and taught there n
number Of years.
Mr.. Williams plans to move
shortly to his other house adjoin-
ing the old homesite and therefore
will still be close 10 the place Of
his childhood where he and his late
wife, Mrs. Barry Albert Williams,
raised their four children, Rose,
Martha, Constance and Anderson.
We feel that in these modern
times it is very interesting to know
some Of the history and back
ground Of our towns older resi-
dences which Is new 10 many and
forgotten by others.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
$4,000 Town
Bond Issue Sold
Baltimore Firm

The Rockville Mayor and Town
Council on Tuesday sold bonds,
known as Rockville Water and
Sewer Extension and Repair Bonds
of 1947," in the amount of $4,000
to Alexander Brown & Sons, Balti-
more, highest bidders. The bid was
35,923.65. There were five bidders,
the next highest being the Farm
ers Bank and Trust Company,
Rockville, with $35,847.32. The
bonds will bear PA interest and
will all be dated August 1, 1947.
There will be 35 bonds Of the par
value of $1,000, each numbered
consecutively from one to thirty
five. They will mature and be pay
able in the order of their consecu-
tive number on August LIST of each
year 1913 to 1860.
The Town Council hopes to move
into it's new offices the end Of this
week. The staff will occupy all
rooms behind Harold G. Smiths Of
flee on the first floor of the old
telephone exchange building on
Commerce Lane. As soon as the
redecorating is finished, they will
start to move.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Control OF
Slaughtering
Houses Sought

Inc county commissioners this
week ordered published a pro-
posed ordinance regulating control
of slaughter houses in the rural
section of the county. The fact that
land had been leased on the OAR
nestown Rd. near Gaithersburg and
a building started for such a pur-
pose, was called to the attention
of the board last week by Clitus o.
Bordeaux, Rockville attorney,
whose home is near the half acre
leased from Herman Rabbit. This
week Mr.. Bordeaux again appear
ed, this time with most of the
nearby home owners accompany
ing him to urge passage for a reg
ulating measure.
The purposed ordinance, which
is published elsewhere in this
paper, would require $500 annual
license fee and location of such
building would be prohibited with
in 500 yards of school, hospital,
dwelling or highway. A public
hearing on the ordinance has been
set for September %.
F. Barnard Welsh, attorney for
the board, was also instructed to
prepare a new set of regulations
for places of amusement. While
Brooke Johns, president of the
board, favored a high license fee
for such places, county supervisor
McNayr advised against fee so
high that small places of business
could not operate, pointing out
that there were other methods of
control.
The whole board, which is COM
posed of four Republicans and one
lone Democrat, was thrown into
state of confusion when Mrs.
Alma Opal, an unsuccessful cam
didate on the Republican ticket
last fall, insisted that the board
vote Immediately on a resolution
to abolish the position of Police
Commissioner.
Mrs. Opal called attention to the
fact that the Survey for which
the commissioners in 1941 paid
$4,000 (made by Brookings In
stitution) advised adjustment of
the position and the final draft of
the charter eliminated it.
No action was taken, but Charles
Jamison, Democrat, insisted that
the measure be decided before the
18th of September, and it was
tabled to be taken up before that
time.
A letter from a Washington
Grove citizen, whose signature
was illegible, advocated the chang
ing of Wilson Lane in Bethesda to
1.-TWO Per Cent Lane" This was
thought to be a commentary on the
new State sales tax.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Money For Aid
To Repass Girl
Being Solicited

Organizations and individuals
all over the county were reported
joining The Gaithersburg- Wash
ington Grove Volunteer Fire De-
partment in it's efforts to raise
the money necessary for medical
care of IS year old Martha Jane
Repass. The girl, daughter of a
tenant farmer, was critically injur-
ed last Thursday when she walked
into the propeller of a small air
plane which had landed on the
Dosh farm where her father is
employed. She is still unconscious
and it is necessary to have special
nursing care on "a hour basis.
Chief Charles C. Fox told The
Sentinel last night that over $500
had been raised in two days, and
that physicians at Suburban Hos
pita' where Miss Repass was
t<1<en by the Rescue Squad of his
6H nept estimated that between
5000 and $1,000 would be requir-
ed for the girl. He has named Nor
man McGaha, treasurer of the
fund. Checks should be made out
to him and marked "For Repass
Fund"
The Gaithersburg Lions Club
has contributed 500; The Beth
esda Volunteer Fire Department,
Inc. has contributed 500. The rest
of the $500 in hand has been col
lected mostly by firemen. Walter
C. Hall, operator of the Gathers
burg moving picture theater has
planned a special matinee on We'd
nesday, 9th at 2 o'clock, for the
fund. Plans for other benefits are
in the making, Mr.. Fox said. He
also said that in all his years with
the fire department he had never
seen a more horrible or pitiful ac-
cident than that which befell the
girl. 1t has aroused the sympathy
of the county. Won't you send a
contribution?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Water Heater Causes
Ruin In G'Burg Home

Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Hurley, of
Gaithersburg, who had been spend
ing a vacation at Radford, Va,
arrived at their home last Monday
to find that on the preceding Sum
day the oil burning water heater in
the kitchen had exploded and al
most totally destroyed the furnish
ings and inside of the lower floor.
The upstairs furniture was badly
blistered and it is necessary to
renovate the entire house. Billy
Hurley, who had spent several days
with his sister in Wilmington, Del,
had returned to his home Sunday
and was in the house only few
minutes before the explosion &C.
Cured. Only the quick action on
the part of the local fire depart
ment saved any part Of the interior.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Rockville Fuel & Feed
Has New Manager
At Gaithersburg

The Rockville Fuel & Feed Com
pany has appointed Victor w.
Wheeler manager Of their building
supply department to replace F.
Carroll Walker who recently re-
signed to enter business for him
self.
Mr.. Wheeler has been associated
with the lumber and building sup
ply business for the past 20 years.
having served as executive mana
ger Of the Carolinas Lumber and
Building Materials Association for
II years, (1926-37), with head
quarters in Charlotte, N. C.
During that period Mr.. Wheeler
served on a number Of National
and State Lumber Committees. He
was president Of the Building Ma
terials Company of Charlotte, N.
c., from 1887 to 1912, and during
the war was the chief purchasing
agent for lumber and building
products for the governments
multi-million dollar Naval Ord
nance plant built near Charlotte,
N. c.
Mr.. Wheeler is thoroughly versed
in all phases Of the lumber and
building materials business and
says he looks with confidence to
building one Of the finest, most
complete and progressive lumber,
building supply and millwork yards
in the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Forest Walker,
of Gaithersburg, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Barbara Elizabeth Walker, to Mil
ton E. Kettler of Washington, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford E. Ket-
tier. The wedding will take place
October a in the Grace Methodist
Church in Gaithersburg.
The bride-elect is graduate of
Gaithersburg High School. and
Strayer's Business College and
Penn Hall Junior College, Cham
bersburg, Pa.
Mr.. Kettler attended George
Washington University and was
graduated from the University of
Michigan. He is a member of the
Theta Chi Fraternity. During the
war he served as an anti-sub-
marine officer in the u. S. Navy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Local Births At
Suburban Hospital

Births at Suburban Hospital
August 10 through August 16,
1947 include Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Melvin Magruder, Rockville, a
daughter, Nadine Ellease, August
10; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Huston
Wamsley, Rockville, a daughter,
Judith Faye, August ID; Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Washington Poates,
Rockville, a son. Richard Edward,
August ID; Mr.. and Mrs. CAME
Burns Litton, Rockville, twins,
John Richard and Donald Lee, Au-
gust 10; and Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Willard Grown, Rockville, son,
Carl Hope, August Is.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Maryland Coffee Shop
Has A New Owner

George r. Ketcham, Of Washing
ton, recently purchased the Mary
land Coffee Shop. Located on the
corner Of Washington Street and
Montgomery Avenue, the shop was
opened on August 20.
Mr.. Ketcham has had II years
experience in Washington. He Is
married 70 the former Helen Ken
mel Of Joplin, Mo-, and they have
one son, Roger. They are at pres
ent living in Washington,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1947-08-21
Chicken and Ham Supper
At COlesvilIe

On Thursday evening, August
%, from 5 TO 8, chicken and ham
supper will be served at the Coles
vile Methodist Church. The din
ners Including dessert) will cost
$3.50 for adults and rs cents for
children up to IL.
The Woman's Society for Chris
tian Service is sponsoring the sup
per, the proceeds Of which will be
spent for improvements to the
church.