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Evening star., 1948-08-08
MARYLAND Great Seal to Have
3OOth Anniversary This Month
Insignia Replaced
Three Times Before
Final Adoption

Americas oldest State seal will
have its 300th anniversary August
18.
1t Is the Great Seal Of Maryland,
ordered cut In 1648 by Cecil Calvert,
the Second Lord Baltimore.
Lord Baltimore said the seal,
which bore his own coat OF arms,
was necessary for the better gov
ernment" Of the province and "the
satisfaction of the people" The
same coat of arms marks on1cial
State papers today.
For all its years, however, Lord
Baltimore's seal has not held un-
broken sway over the Official for
tunes Of Maryland. nor was 1t Mary
lands first seal.
An earlier design was used from
the colony's founding until 1874,
when it disappeared in q political
upheaval.
Other Seals Used.
Subsequently, Lord Baltimore's
seal was used until 1892, when .
royal governor displaced him as
ruler. 1t was not until IT'S that
the province was restored to Balti-
more and his seal was again put in
service.
The second interruption came
after the Revolutionary War, when
a new seal with a more republican
design came into use, to last until
1917. Adjoining the substitute seal
were a figure of Justice on one side
and two sheaves of wheat, a
cornucopia, a ship and q hosshead
of tobacco-true republican SYM
bols-on the other
From 1917 to 1876 still another
seal was employed, this one based
The Great Seal of Maryland.
on the United Sts:es Coat of Arms.
Despite the long period Of dust
gathering, the Lord Baltimore
three Inch baronial seal remained
preserved, and in 1876 1t was re-
stored to the function it continues
to perform today by order Of the
General Assembly at the sugges-
ton of Gov. Lowe.
Description of Seal.
Only the reverse Of the seal-the
side bearing Lord Baltimore's FAM
lily emblem-has been cut for off,
cial use. This shows the arms Of
the Calverts and the Crosslands.
The latter were the baron's moth
er's family. On the seldom-seen
diverse Lord Baltimore himself ap-
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Draft Deferment Sought
For Engineering Students

Extended draft deferment for en-
eineering and science students in
colleges and universities has been
recommended to Maj. Gen. Lewis B
Hershey, Selective Service director,
by the National Society Of Profes-
sional Engineers.
The society urged that students
now enrolled be permitted to COM
plete their studies for degrees, pro-
vided they maintain satisfactory
academic standing.
1t also urged provision for con-
tinued flow of such students into
the colleges and full utilization OF
graduates in essential defense work
The draft act provides deferment
of college students generally only
until the end of the academic year
Authority is provided, however, tc
grant occupational deferments te
certain college students on an in
dividual basis. Regulations cover
ing occupational deferments have
not yet been made public. e
Evening star., 1948-08-08
DeImarva Group Joins
Fight Against Wider
Baltimore Press Gao
By the Asseeiofsd Press

REHoBOTH BEACH, Del, Aug.
1.-Resistance to proposed exten-
sion to all of Maryland OF Balt-
more court rules which restrict
publication Of crime news drew the
support today Of the Delmarva
Press Association.
President Ralph Grapperhaus OF
the Delmarya News in Selbysville,
Del, announced adoption Of a res
olution pledging the associations
support in efforts to defeat the
adoption Of rule nine"
Rule 8 Of the Baltimore Supreme
Bench prohibits publication of
statements, actions and photo
graphs of defendants between the
time of their arrest and trial. The
Maryland Court Of Appeals now is
considering making 1t applicable
to the entire State.
Glenn James, president of the
Maryland Press Association which
is opposing the rule extension, pro-
posed the resolution at the annual
summer meeting Of the Delmarva
Association.
It was passed by about so mem
bers, representing newspapers on
Maryland's Eastern Shore and low
er Delaware.
The resolution declared that
passage of the rule would consti-
tute an effort by the courts OF the
State of Maryland to withhold a
true and concise account of crime
from the public"
Five Baltimore radio stations and
a news commentator now are url-
der citations of contempt for al
legged violation of the Baltimore
Court rule.
National associations Of radio
stations and newspapers are ex-
pected to intervene when those
cited file answers next month.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Only ; Days Remain
For incubation of Dogs

Only three more days remain in
the Health Departments antirabies
incubation program, and officials
have urged all dog owners to take
their dogs to the nearest imm,ini-
zation station as early as possible TO
avoid the last-minute rush.
The IL immunization stations are
operating from to 6 pm. tomorrow,
Wednesday and Friday. In case OF
rain by $3.50 pm. on one Of the
designated days, inoculations will
not be held, because all the clinics
are in the open.
Owners of dogs who do not have
their dogs inoculated either by the
Health Department clinics or private
veterinarians are subject to fine
of $500 or 80 days In Jail.
Evening star., 1948-08-08
Liberty Grove to Hold
|Gronqe Picnic Saturday

Liberty Grove Grange will hold its
annual picnic Saturday In the grove
at Burtonsville, Md.
A ball game between Burtonsville
and Colesville at pm. will open
the program. There will be fried
chicken supper at 4:30 pm, and
dancing at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1948-08-08

pears on horseback.
The State motto, which appears
on the side now used, has occas-
ioned some controversy. Translated
from the Italian Patti Maschii
Parole Femme" 1t signifies Man
ly Deeds, Womanly Words"
What is believed to be the or
iginal seal of 1648, made of silver,
is preserved at the Hall Of Records
in Annapolis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Institute Held
At Damascus

The Washington West District
Methodist Youth Fellowship Mid.
Spring Institute was held at Dam
ascus on April 16, II, and IS, with
about 1875 young people attending.
The young people Of the Insti-
tute planned and conducted the
program. There we're courses on
the home, the church, the school,
the community, and the world,
taught by specialists.
The people Of the community Of
fered their homes for the young
people and the W. S. C. S. provided
the meals.
The Institute ended with very
impressive service held in the
Druid Theater on Sunday morn
ing. DR.. Clifford Hommer Of Rich
mond presided. The stage Of the
theater was effectively decorated
with a large blue cross against a
background Of gold, being the
colors Of the Institute.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Report Rates Richard
Montgomery High Fine"

etion on the part Of the faculty
and students for the evaluation, as
evidenced by the prepared data,
the handbook and the care and will
lingness with which information
was furnished to the committee
members.
"Note: The committee particu-
larly appreciated the tea, the din
ners and the luncheon served by
the Home Arts Mothers Club, the
members Of the P-TA and the
Home Economies Department.
THE committee recommends:
~ the early completion Of the
projected building Of the auditor
ium, gymnasium and other needed
facilities.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Charter Adoption
Debate Topic OF
Town Meeting

The West Montgomery Citizens
Association will hold Town Meet
ing on May at 8 P. M. in the
Jamestown Elementary School on
the subject "Should We Adopt A
Charter for Montgomery County"
Harry S. Beall, member of the
faculty of Richard Montgomery
High School, will be the moderator.
Mrs. Dean Dinwoodey and Plum
mer M. Shearin will speak in the
affirmative. Samuel E. Bogley and
James C. Christopher in the mega
tive.
This is subject that will vital
ly affect every citizen of the coun-
ty. Voters will be called upon to
decide this subject at the polls in
November. This meeting deserves
the serious attention of every one
in the County.
The civic's classes of the various
high schools in the county are
given an invitation to attend this
meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Round Table
Will Feature
Health Meet

The Montgomery County Public
Health Lay Councils luncheon on
Tuesday, May A, at noon, at Nor
mandy Farms, will feature a round
table discussion on "The Public's
Part in the Cancer Control Pro-
gram"
DR.. Austen Vance Deibert, Med
ical Director, Cancer Control Sec
ton, National Cancer Institute,
wf1ytalk- on his field of work. A
native of Ohio, DR.. Deibert is a
graduate of the Universities of
Toledo and Tennessee. Since 1947,
he has served in his present Of
fee, which comes under the U. S.
Public Health Services Bureau Of
State Services, States Relations
Division.
The round table discussion will
include any questions the audience
cares to ask on cancer control.
The luncheon guest list includes
DR.. and Mrs. Robert H. Riley, Di-
rector, Maryland State Health De-
partment; DR.. Edward Davens,
Maryland State Chief, Bureau of
Child Hygiene; the Montgomery
County Commissioners; DR.. V. L.
Ellicott, M on tgom cry County
Health Officer; DR.. Thomas Eng
lar, Prince Georges County HEALTH
Officer; DR.. George Rutland, d. C.
Health Officer; DR.. Roy French,
Anne Arundel County Health Off
GER; DR.. Ralph Beechley, Airing
ton County Health Officer.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Gaithersburg To
Elect New
Mayor Monday

In Gaithersburg Harry C. Per-
ny, ST., has filed for Mayor and is
unopposod. He will replace Mayor
William McBain who has served
the town since May of 1926. Mayor
McBain, who has been seriously i'll
for the past year, is retiring from
Office after having seen the town
grow from a population of 600 to
nearly 1900. Numerous improve
ments have taken place in those
% years. many of them due to the
good management and common
sense of the genial Scot. The
towns citizens appreciate the la
Dor that has been spent for them
and are happy that Mr.. McBain is
now able to be out and smoking his
pipe in his favorite spots about
town.
Three men have filed for the
Council, with positions open for
two. Ohio Trundle, who served for
20 years before his defeat by two
votes in 1916, Hobart Ramsdell,
who served on the Council several
years ago, and Samuel Briggs
who is an incumbent.
Ballots will be cast in the Town
Council Room in the Fire House.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Damascus FLA
Take HOnOrs At
Field Day Meet

Competing against all the FLA
Chapters in the State from forty
or more schools, the Damascus
Team took first honors in the
Poultry and Egg Judging Contest
at the FLA Field Day held Satur-
day, April "a at the University
OF Maryland. The Chapter attend
ed en- masse the largest Field Day
with more participants than ever
before.
Herbert King and Douglas King
made up the winning team who
won cash awards, medals, a ban
ner for the Chapter and a trip to
Springfield, Mass. Early in the
fall, these two boys accompanied
by their adviser, William W. Miles,
vocational agriculture teacher at
the High School, will compete for
a trip to the National Convention
in the Regional Contest held in
Springfield.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
County! TO
Celebrate
Music Week

The week of May 2-9 has been
designated as National Music
Week. Many special programs and
musical activities are being plan
ned in connection with it's observ-
ance in all parts of the United
States. AS a part of its observance
in the Montgomery County schools,
a music festival will be presented
on May at Leland Junior Hign
School at P. M. Two choral
groups of two hundred voices each
will be a major part of the pro-
gram.
This program is a eliminating
activity of the regular program of
music in the schools of Montgom-
cry County. Mrs. Mary C. Lee is
the director of elementary music
in the Eastern Suburban Area and
Miss Ruth Hinshaw in the West
ern Suburban Area. Mrs. Lucille J.
Allnutt, Supervisor of Music for
the County, is in general charge
of the program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Neighbors
Annoyed By
Town Dump

The County Commissioners on
Tuesday took under consideration
complaint by Anders F. Lof-
strand, Jr., that the dump of the
Montgomery County Refuse Com
pany, Blake Merson, president, was
not being operated according to its
permit. They appointed commits
sioners Charles Jamison and
George C. Esworthy and county
supervisor l. G. McNayr a COM
mittee to investigate the complaint
and to report next week.
The hearing Tuesday afternoon
was highlighted by fiowery Ian.
guage and some profanity. Mr.
Lofstrand said smoke and odors
are emitted from the dump. Joseph
B. Simpson, attorney for Mr.. Mer-
son, told the board "that it was as
nice a dump as you gentlemen ever
saw" and compared it with the
disposal plants of Baltimore and
Washington.
Mr.. Lofstrand said, "The emf
nent attorney may flower it up in
pretty words but it still smells and
it still smokes" '.
A permit issued last October
specified that the dump be oper-
ated as sanitary fill" Board
attorney F. Barnard Welsh, said
the dump had not been objection
able to the town since that time.
Fire broke out three weeks ago
from spontaneous combustion.
. AS the dump serves not only
Rockville but several other com.
munities closing it might create a
serious health hazard, it was point
ed out.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Rural Letter.
Carriers To
Banquet Nav 8

The annual spring meeting ard
banquet Of the Frederlch and
Montgomery Counties Rural Let
ter Carriers Association and
Ladies' Auxiliary will be held At
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
Urbana (Maryland) on Saturday,
May 8, iD4S.
The guest speakers will be
Honorable J. Glenn Beall, Con-
gresham; j. Edward Cooper, sup
erintendent, Post Office Service
Washington, d. c.; b. A. Win
quest, president, National Rural
Letter Carriers Association, Hois,.
rege, Nebr.; Glenn w. Folkes, SCI.
rotary, National Rural Letter Car
riers' Association, Mokena, III.
One Of the topics to be discussed
will be Legislation providing salary
increases for Federal Employees.
Those pleading the employees case
nave presented cost-of-living sta
tistics and other facts that are
quite persuasive. 1t Is only when
the issues Of how much Of O pay
raise is justified and by what
method the pay adjustment is to
be affected that n division Of opin-
ion arises.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
No Contest For
Mayors Seat
In Rockville

Ten Montgomery County COM
munities will hold election of town
officials May 3.
With little interest being shown
in the Democratic Congressional
Primary-no contest in the Repub-
lican, municipal elections seem of
greater moment that usual, espe-
cially in the towns where contests
loom.
Rockville's incumbent mayor, G..
LAMAR, Kelly, is unopposed for re-
election, but eight candidates are
lined up for the four posts on the
town council. The election will be
held in the office of Mayor mad
Council, 10 Comerce Lane, from
IL to $3.50 P. M. In charge of
voting are Mrs. Wayne Benson,
Mrs. James Burdette and Miss
Eliza Choate. There are approx
mately 700 eligible voters in the
town. More news about Rockville
candidates, their background, plat
forms, ETC., may be found on Page
8. While there is no contest for the
Mayors seat the election promises
to be anything but dull.
Probably the hottest election
will be at Takoma Park where
town politics have been slumbering
for several years. Mayor Oliver W.
Yourgblood has announced that he
will not be a candidate for re-
election. John C. Post and Luke
j. Bennett, Jr., have been nominal
ed for mayor and 16 nominees seek
the seven council posts.
Other towns holding elections on
Monday are Glen Echo, Gathers
burg, Garrett Park, Laytonsville,
GAINESVILLE, Somerset, Drummond
and Brookeville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Rockville Beats Wheaton
In Opening League Game

The six-team Montgomery Coun-
ty Baseball League opened the To-
cal season on Sunday, April 2oth,
as Rockville, defending champions,
came from behind to beat Wheaton
IL to a; Sandy Spring trounced
Bethesda IL to 6 and Coicsville
shut out Potomac 2 to 0.
The Rockville opening at Welsh
Field was a gala affair with pre-
game ceremonies spanked by the
48-piece Boys Band of Silver
Spring under the direction of
Maestro Joe D'Urso. Ball players
of both teams marched to center
field for the raising of the Stars
and Stripes as well as the League
Pennant Flag by two local Boy
Scouts, Toby Waller and Bobby
Chambers, of Rockville Troop 231.
Later Rockville's Mayor, G. Lamar
Kelly, threw out the first ball
which was caught by left-fielder
Woodie Putnam of Rockville.
At this point, with more than
600 fans jamming the park which
had been repaired and enlarged
for the occasion, Umpire Jack Mat
tingly called, "Play BALI"
The Wheaton team jumped on
Rockville's starting pitcher, Jack
Freeberger, and scored four runs
on eight hits and one error before
Manager Joe Hutchinson called on
Donald Cubitt in the second to stop
the slaughter. Cubitt allowed but
two hits during the remainder of
the game and got credit for the
win.
Harry Herbert started for
Wheaton and was unusually cffec-
tive until the sixth when he lost
his control and Rockville touched
! him for five runs in rally eli
NAKED by singles off the bats Of
Woodie Putnam and Larry Schnei-
der. Another five-run rally in the
eighth chased Harry Herbert as
his father, Bill Herbert, the Whea-
ton manager, relieved him on the
mound. Except for two bad inn
ings young Herbert would have
surely spoiled Rockvillc's opening
and sent the newly-formed Whea-
ton team away from the post with
flying start.
BY far the best played ball game
took place on Bonifant Field where
Continued on Page y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
The Raymond
Magic Show At
Gaithersburg Fri.

Raymond, the magician with
the Ronald Colman voice, is head
lining his own magic show, "Caval-
cade of Mysteries" which will APP
pear in the Gaithersburg Auditor
ium on Friday, April both.
There are more beautiful girls
in the show than you can shake
a stick at and that's exactly what
happens, only the stick is a magic
wand.
The show is being sponsored by
the Home Room Mothers. The
doors will open at 7 p. M. and the
curtain rises at P. M. Admission
will be: Children 80 cents; Adults
$1.00. (including taxi.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29

The Ri. Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop
of Washington, will preach the
sermon when the congregations of
the 80 parishes of the Episcopal
Church in the Diocese of Wash
ington unite in a great service at
the Washington Cathedral on Sun
day afternoon, May 2, at P. M.
The occasion is a special celebra-
ton preceding the Annual Conven-
ton of the Diocese which will meet
the following day at st. Johns
Church, Georgetown, 3240 O ST.,
N. w.
Over 500 clergy and lay dele
gates to the procession and the
massed and vested choirs Of 20 diff
ferent churches will march in the
opening procession. The procession
will move from the underground
crypts of the Cathedral, outside
along the south wall and into the
Cathedral, down the main aisle to
the Great Choir
After the chanting of the special
Psalm IS for Regation Sunday
when prayers are offered for good
crops and livestock, the Rev. Dun
will speak and offer the Litany
which dramatizes the work of the
Church in its various departments.
Then all the delegates to the Con-
vention will come forward to be
charged by the Bishop with their
responsibility. A special prayer is
offered for members of the Diocese
who have died during the year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29

This is the first Of a series Of
articles showing the results of the
evaluation of Richard Montgomery
High School, made March 1911,
by a committee representing the
Middle States Association of Sc
condary Schools and Colleges.
The following concentrations
and recommendations are quoted
verbatim and in full from the COM
mittee's final report on the school
in general.
"The committee commends: Q
the fine professional attitude
shown by the faculty toward the
evaluation procedure, particularly
toward the visiting committee; (2)
the excellent relationship, profess
sional and personal, between the
faculty and the administration, be-
tween the faculty and students, be-
tween the county administration
and the school, and between the
school and community; (3) the
absence of anything that looked
staged for the visiting commit
tee; (4) the pride on the part of
the pupils and faculty in the APP
pearance Of the building and
grounds; (5) the emotional balance
of the student body on a day when
championship game was being
played; (6) the thorough iprepara-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
G'Burg Pianist
Choral Concert
Guest Artist

Miss Helen McGraw, of Cal
thersburg, will be the guest artist
when the Music Section of the
Woman's Club of Chevy Chase
presents it's annual Choral Concert
at the Club House on Tuesday,
May a, at $3.50 P. M The Chorus
is under the direction of Hester
Smithey, organist at the Chevy
Chase Methodist Church.
Miss McGraw was given the
honor Of opening the first annual
Festival of Music at the National
| Gallery in Washington in 1914, a
concert which was broadcast to
South America. So great was her
success that she was re-engaged to
open the second annual Festival in
1945. She has played extensively in
this country and abroad, in con-
certs as well as soloist with orches-
tras, and with other artists in
chamber music. After winning the
Walter W. hamburg Music
Award in a nationwide contest,
Miss McGraw studied under Alex
ander Slarevski at the Peabody
Conservatory of Music in Balti-
more, where she was awarded
prizes and scholarships, and the
Conservatory's Artist Diploma.
She then continued her studies in
Paris.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-04-29
Candidates Air Views At
Civic Association Meeting

I About 70 people attended the
regular monthly meeting of the
Rockville Civic Association on Fri
day night, April 20, to hear candi-
dates for the Mayor and Town
Council express their opinion on
needed improvements in Rockville,
the towns recreation problem, and
the advisability Of holding an an
nual budget meeting open to the
public. Hugh Dawson, President,
presided. Mr.. Dawson stressed the
fact that the Civic Association is
a non-political, non-partisan group
and is therefore neither backing
or opposing any candidates for
town office.
Candidates for Town Council
who spoke at the meeting included
Morris E. Stern, Balfour o. Lyt-
ton, Daniel R. Weddle, Murray w.
Bradshaw, lie Roy B. Sherman,
and Frank H. Higgins. Mayor G.
Lamar Kelly, who is running unop-
posed for mayor, also spoke to the
group.
Mr.. Sherman pointed out in his
talk that there were almost twice
as many people present at the
meeting as voted at the town cleo
ton four years ago. He recon-
mended an active town recreation
program, wider use Of the 'front