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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Wheaton Bank To
Open For Business
On December 20

The Suburban National Banks
Wheaton Office will be opened for
business at 9 A. M. December 20
with W. Wilson Rich as manager.
Mr.. Rich will be assisted by Ed
ward Schrider, formerly of >the
Takoma Park office. Both are res
idents of Wheaton.
Open house will be observed
Monday evening from 6 to 9 with
many county officials, representa-
tives of nearly bans and represent
atives of the Wheaton area in at
tendance. n
The Suburban National Banks
annual Christmas party is to be
Eeld tonight at the Stone House
Nm with more than 200 officers,
directors, employees and their
guests expected to participate in
the dinner. The customary Christ
mas bonuses to employees will be
distributed by T. Howard Duckett.
Chairman Of the Board, and Fred
L. Lutes, president.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Give E Savings Bonds
For Christmas Gifts

For Christmas, 1913, many will
include an "E" Bond for John,
Jeanne, Bill and Betty-The Pres
ent With. Future. Fred L. Lutes,
Montgomery County Saving s
Bonds Chairman, stated that at
this season there can be no better
gift than the United States Saw
ings Bond. A beautifully illustrat-
ed Christmas folder for enclosing
Gift Bonds has been supplied to all
banks in the County for free dis
tribution at the Christmas season.
Mr.. Lutes recently announced
that at the end of August, United
States. Savings Bonds held and
owned by individuals in Montgom-
cry County was approximately
$26, 100000, with an estimated an
nual interest accrual to individuals
holding these bonds in excess of
$75O,00O. He further stated that
current investments in "E" Bonds
alone, by the people of Montgom-
cry County, have averaged more
than $150,000 monthly during the
first eleven months of 1948, for a
total &c" dollars investment of
81, 697, 758.
Purchases of "E" bonds from
January / through November 30,
throughout the United States, to-
tailed more than $3,800,000, 900.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16

Heads Upl Don't be Struck
Down."
This injunction by the Mont
gomery County Safety Board high
lights it's holiday traffic safety
program aimed at driving home
the Importance Of pedestrian safe
ty. The board voted at its last
meeting to emphasize pedestrian
safety during the coming holidays
because Of the great increase in
pedestrian and automobile traffic
especially in shopping areas of the
county.
Pointing out that everyone is a
pedestrian at some time or other,
Washington /. Cleveland, Chair
man, Montgomery County Safety
Board, urged people not to walk
themselves to death.
"0ne-third Of all victims of IA
tai traffic accidents in 1947 were
pedestrians" he said. "There were
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16

Montgomery County is TO De
host to the Nation. Melvin Hill
dreth, head of the Inauguration
Committee, has said that there will
be many thousands of visitors to
Washington TO witness President
Truman's Inauguration. Public
spirited citizens from all over the
ccInty are urged to open their
homes and rent rooms to their
countrymen who will be unable to
find accommodations downtown.
Register your extra room with
the 1949 Inaugural Bureau of
Housing, 500 18th St., N. w., by
calling Sterling 1855. You will be
helping give Montgomery County
a reputation for hospitality as well
as helping yourself with those
Christmas bills.
Mrs. James V. Bennett, who is
Housing Chairman for the Mary
land area for the Inaugural Hous-
ing Committee, has organized a
committee of prominent citizens
who will aid in encouraging house.
holders in this area to make rooms
available for visitors. Mrs. Min
nier Hostetler is Montgomery
County Housing Chairman. Mr.. J..
Bond Smith, Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee, has asked all his district and
precinct chairmen and co-ehairmen
and presidents of Women's Demo-
cratic Clubs to hold neighborhood
meetings in order to organize teams
to canvass the county block by
block. Mr.. Smith has asked that
they cooperate with all other
neighborhood groups and civic or
CARNATIONS regardless of political
utilization in an effort to acquaint
each householder with the urgent
need for rooms.
Blair Lee, president of the Sill
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Mrs. HinlStead
Resigns From
League Board

The League of Women Voters of
Montgomery County announced the
acceptance of the resignation of
Mrs. Ralph Himstead from the
Board of Directors at the Board
meeting held Friday at the home
of Mrs. Albert Aren't, Chevy
Chase. Mrs. Himstead's resigna-
ton had been received, in accord
ance with the Leagues policy of
non-partisanship, the day follow
ing the announcement that she had
been selected as a nominee for
Montgomery County's first elected
county council. 1t was not possible
to act upon it until the Friday
Board meeting.
To fill the vacancy on the Board
of Directors, Mrs. Philip Woods,
Takoma Park, was appointed by
the Board to be a Director and to
serve as chairman of the local gov
eminent committee.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Twin Brook Is
Rapidly Becoming
An Occupied Town

The Twin Brook subdivision just
outside Of Rockville on the Viers
Mill Road, is rapidly being occu-
pied. Forty Of the houses have
been completed and sixteen fami-
lies have already moved in--with
moving vans on the scene almost
daily.
The streets In the settlement
have been named for Pacific
islands-okinawa Avenue, San Lo
Drive, and others a fact which
some Of the residents hope to
change. They would like TO forget
the war, Is the comment Of some Of
them.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Hazele McCalla Plans
To Beautify Kentucky

Miss Hazele McCalla, local
beautician, plans to "beautify
Kentucky" To be more explicit
Miss McCalla has opened beauty
salon at All States Inn, occupying
the cottage marked Kentucky"
located just outside of Rockville on
the Frederick Road.
Miss McCalla specializes in the
training of hair into lovely natu-
raj look-waves straight hair with
out the use of permanent. She is
a former Antoine stylist, having
Travelled extensively with the An
tome Shops of New York. She is
the inventress of "fnger-wave
permanents," and has studied for
II years.
For the past three years Miss
McCalla has operated shops in
Maryland, managing the Lovely
Lady Beauty Salon in Frederick,
and more recently beauty shop
in Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
County To Play Host To
Nation For Inauguration

'ver Spring Board OF Trade and
Alfred M. Rinaudot, president of
the Bethesda Chamber of Com
merce, have promised the coopera-
ton of their organizations and
have generously offered their Of
fees as headquarters for volunteer
activities. C. Clifton Veirs, presi-
dent of the Rockville Chamber Of
Commerce, has also agreed to help
in every way possible.
Other members of Mrs. Hostel
ler's committee are William Carl,
Democratic Precinct Captain; Mrs.
William Knox, Mrs. King Mular-
key, Mrs. H. S. Hurlbut, Mrs. Rus
sci Hardy, Mrs. Gordon M. Street,
and Mrs. Lewis b. Sims.
Don't forget-caH st. 1855 and
register that extra room.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16

, Backers of the new Mont
gomery County Charter ar
gued in Circuit Court last
Thursday that if the county
council election scheduled for
January 6 is cancelled, there
would be no legal government
in the county for the next tNS
and one-half years.
On the other hand, F. Bar
nard Welsh, legal advisor of
the Board of County Commits
sioners, contended that an in
term council consisting of
the five commissioners who
were in Office when the char
ter went into effect December
2, would have full powers to
carry out charter provisions.
MIR. Welsh sought an injunction
against the County Election SUI
pervisors to prevent them from
holding the January election. He
acted for the Republican commits
sioner-councillors.
Members OF the County Charter
Commission and Charter Commit
tee interviewed as co-defendants
with the election supervisors.
Frederick P, Lee, attorney for
the charter hackers, told the court
that if the election is cancelled.
mo one could collect taxes, no one
could sign bonds, no one could ex-
ercise governmental power, nor
could anyone legislate local laws
for the county"
Mr.. Lee said the charter is now
the law of Montgomery County,
that an elected council is to legis-
late all public laws of the county
and that the General Assembly
may no longer make Montgomery
County laws.
So long as there is no elected
council, he contended, there would
be no one with the power to legis-
late or carry out the administra-
ton Of public affairs.
Continued on Page o.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Farmer Loses New
Home In Fire At
Gaithersburg

The new one-story frame house
of Jesse Stevens, tenant farmer,
was destroyed by fire early this
week. The house, on the farm of
John E. Muncaster near Gathers
burg, where Mr.. Stevens is en-
ployed, had been completed about
three weeks ago.
All of Mr.. Stevens possessions,
including a 500 bill which he had
planned to use for Christmas, were
destroyed by the flames. The Cal
thersburg- Washington Grove Fire
Department, which responded to
the call, said it was unable to de-
termine what caused the fire.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Large Manger Scene
On Display At Boyd
Presbyterian Church

A large manger scene lighted
with fioodlights, with background
of decorated evergreens, will be on
display on the Boyd Presbyterian
Church lawn beginning Saturday
night, December 18. A large star
beams upon the scene which in
cludes figures of the baby Jesus,
Mary and Joseph, shepherds, wise
men, camels and sheep.
A special sermon has been pre-
pared for Christmas Sunday, De-
cember 10, by the pastor, the Rev.
James P. Kerr. The Christmas
choir will sing appropriate music
for the season.
Members of the church and Sun
day School have made plans to go
caroling on December Gath. The
date for the Christmas entertain
ment will be announced later.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Service Station In
Rockville Under
New Management

George H. Sullivan is manager
of the Rockville Service Center,
formerly Khuen & Rhodes Sinclair
Service, located across the street
from Rockmont Motor Co. on the
Frederick Pike.
Mr.. Sullivan, formerly with
Hickman's ESQ Station, has lived
in and around Rockville all of his
life. He, his wife and three chill
dren recently moved to Gathers
burg from Rockcrest. He is a vet
eran of World War II, having
served with the Bird Army in the
European theater of operations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Question Of Legality Of Charter Election
Being Argued Today Before Maryland Court
New Postoffice Route

/ According to Norman E.
Ward, postmaster, beginning
January 8, 1949, delivery of
mail will be started in the areas.
of Croydon Park, Twinbrook
and the area in East Rockville
which includes the 900 block of
Park Street, First Street, Bal
timore Road and Denham Road.
This will be served by a city
carrier. Patrons in the affected
areas are asked to number their
houses, erect mail boxes and
give the post office a list of
names in the family, name of
street and house number. The
cooperation in the above request
will greatly aid the post Office in
the establishment of this serv-
ice on the above date.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Christmas Program

All departments of the Rockville
Baptist Church will participate in
the annual Christmas program to
be held Thursday evening, Deem
Der %. There will be program
around the tree and general OBJ
servance of Christmas with carol
singing. The public is invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Christmas Seal Report

'$17, 578.07 was already on hand
at the end of last week." reported
DIR. Norman C. Shoemaker, chair
man of the 1913 Christmas Seal
Drive, $1,379.45 ahead of this
time last year" This represents
contributions of only rs per cent
Of Montgomery County residents
who received Christmas Seals. 1t
is urged that all persons who have
not sent in their contributions for
Christmas Seals do so as soon as
possible. &esi
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
DIR. Hartley Will
Continue Practice
In Rockville Area

DR.. Gilbert v. Hartley, Rockville
physician, has accepted position
with the United States Govern
ment as physician in charge of the
Medical Unit at the City Post Of
fee, Washington, which is located
next to Union Station.
DR.. Hartley will continue his
practice in Rockville and will be
in his office every day after $3.50
P. M. during the week, and all day
Saturday and Sunday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Appeal Filed Monday After Circuit Court
Judges Declared Council Election Slated For
January Valid And Not In Conflict With
State Constitution

With arguments the questioned legality of the Mont
gomery County Charter election scheduled for today before
the Maryland Court of Appeals decision is expected to be
made public by tomorrow friday when the Court adourns
for the Christmas holidays
Briefs in the appeal from the decision of Judges Charles
Woodward and Stedman Prescott Patrick Schnauer of
the Montgomery County Circuit Court filed Monday
few hours after the ruled that January election
of sevenmember council govern the county legal
does not conflict with the State constitution
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
All Meeting Changed

The regular meeting of the
Montgomery County All Senior
Council will be held Monday eve
ming, December q, instead of De-
Aanber 20 as had been planned.
Nmy and Margery Fry are host
esses for the meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Library Notice

The Sherwood Community Ii
brary at Sandy Spring will be
closed to the public during the
christmas holidays while school is
not in session. Books may be taken
out before the holidays to be re-
turned on January without pay
ment of overdue fines.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
S. S. Lesson On Air

The subject to be discussed by
the Rev. William B. Adams, pastor
of the Rockville Baptist Church,
on his regular radio broadcast on
the international Sunday School
lesson this week is Good News in
the Bible" The program may be
heard on Station WGAY, 1850 on
the dial. Fridays at GAS A. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Pedestrian Protection
DEATH
AFTER
DARK

Danger is on the night shift
Three times as many pedestrians
are killed during hours Of dark
ness even though there are fewer
cars operating. Drivers just don't
see pedestrians at night soon
enough! What's worse Is that the
pedestrian believes he is visible
even in dark clothing. He isn'ti
As a result he's nit. Wearing or
carrying whit and crossing e.
tiously prevent such accidents.
--AAA'Safst Features.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There
Jane Ward On Radio

Listen Saturday to Mrs. Elsie
White Haines' radio program when
Jane Ward of Rockville will play
her own composition "A Christmas
Carol" on Station WGAY, 1850 on
a. dial, at 1915. She will be a
guest on the Montgomery Side
lights program, a regular Satur-
day feature of WGAY. The song
was played on Fred Warnings ra-
do program last year around
Christmas time. '-'tl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Correction

Correction
Mrs. Lee Offutt calls our atten-
ton to an error in which we re-
ferred to the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Canal on the Potomac. OF
course, we meant Chesapeake and
Ohio canal on the Potomac.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Christmas Party

ChTISLmdS FdFCy
Mcdonald Chapel Methodist
Church of Ounce Orchard will
hold its annual Christmas party on
Monday, December 20, at 8 P. M.
Bake Sale
A bake sale will be held at Vim
sons Drug Store in Rockville be-
G&ning at 10 A. NJ, on Thursday,
December 20, to be given by the
Bible Class of the Laytonsville
Methodist Church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Rally Day Service

Rally DAY Service
Rally Day services will be held
at the Travilah Baptist Church on
Sunday, December 10, at 2 P. M.
Special music will be provided by
Ken Davies of Washington and
Evelyn Soliday, accordionist. The
public is invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
Holiday Schedule =

Beginning December 10Th and
continuing through December
23rd the Rockville Post Office
will remain open until 0 P. NJ.
daily except Saturday and Sun
day,
Saturday schedule December
1sth--S A. M. to 6 P. NJ.
Sunday schedule December
l9th--9 A. NJ. 10 ~ M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16
BIG CELEBRATION AND DRAWING WEDNESDAY,
December In Rockville
Santa To Arrive Dec. p

whether he will arrive by aplane in the
traditional sleigh drawn by reindeer but St Nicholas expected
celebration which will climax December in
be held in front of the Courthouse Wednesday
December o. PM In of nclement weather the party
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16

same time. If in doubt call Rock
vile 1929 or Rockville 2144 for in
formation.
While the crowd is assembling,
the Silver Spring Elks Band seated
behind the courthouse pillars will
play. Promptly at the program
of carols will start. Santa will
arrive at $3.50 to distribute the more
than 60 prizes contributed by bust
ness places participating in the
December in Rockville" plan.
The five judges for the homes
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-12-16

business house competition will be Judge Charles Wood
ward Judge Sedman Prescott Mayor Lamar Kelly Miss Alice
Williams and MILFORD Nerlich The committee that
business places get their decorations place
possible Judging will be done on December ~ SO
the results may be announced the 22nd
Among prizes valued at than $500 tele-
vision SET bicycle radio Some of the other prizes
16pound skinned ham, table broer percoator ucer
twin ons tire pair of blankets, baby ayette rifle
fishing other pieces of furniture and articles Of
merchandise which valued at SIS These
are on display the u S. Public Health Service windows
next door the Milo Theater.
Evening star., 1948-05-02

which God hath joined together, wings and
morning Wings which speak of release from
the earthly, emancipation from the ground
kinship with the clouds, the stars the sky.
And morning, -pearled, rose tinted, fleeing
shadows, purpling east, songbird and answering
song from topmost bough in the solemn hush
of nature newly born. 1t is a poem, pic
ture and a parable For wings are symbols
of the pinions waiting every one of U.S. if we
will but claim and use them to lift to new
vision, new strength, new tasks, new achieve
ments, new victories.
Out of the wonderful drama of Job there
comes this question: Hast thou commanded
the morning?" There could be no more i'm
portant query than that. If We are not the
captain of our soul and our body then. II
the morning mutinies, we are literally doomed
to disappointment, failure and loss. Hast
thou commanded the morning, or does 1t
command you?
One Of the most exclusively beautiful SEN
tences in that collection of noble, soul -fathom-
ing Hebrew poetry which We call the Psalms
has to do with wings and the morning. On
the fiat roofs of the houses Of Palestine are
often found junk piles Of discarded house,
hold articles, especially pots and pans. Among
these rusted vessels doves take refuge during
the intense heat of the midday. But in the
morning and in the evening they leave their
sordid refuge for the wide freedom OF the
Evening star., 1948-05-02
The First Cause Uncuused

The other day at George Washington
University before an examining board of
nine robed professors young physicist
named Ralph Asher Alpher won doctors
degree after satisfactorily answering a
number of pointed questions. The ques-
tions had to do with his dissertation on
the theory that the universe was created
in approximately sixty minutes.
According to the theory everything
earth, moon, stars ct cetera-began with
a kind of cosmic explosion caused by the
81 expansion of a hot compressed
ne, on gas. In strictly scientific sense,
this explanation apparently makes sense.
At any rate, DR.. Alpher expounded it ably
enough to win the approval of the exam
lining board. At one point, however he had
to resort to some sidestepping. This came
when he was asked, what brought about
the neutron gas, what existed before the
gas itself existed? To which, speaking as
physicist. he could only reply, That's
philosophical question
But although DR.. Alpher was right, al
though it had no direct bearing on the
purely scientific aspects of his thesis, the
question is one that every man must ask
himself whenever he tries to plumb the
mystery of the start of life. Up to point,
in physical terms we can project ourselves
backward through the aeons and work out
elaborate and often convincing theories
about our origin and about the origin of
our universe. But we can only go so far.
and then, whether we are thinking about
neutron gas or about humanity evolving
from the primordial swamp, we run up
against the problem of how the beginning
itself began. And that is when we realize
that our minds are too finite to compre-
hend the infinite or explain the greatest
and most fundamental reality of all-the
metaphysical reality of the First Cause
UncauSed.
BY coincidence, on the day DR.. Alpher
received his doctors degree, Dr. Robert A.
Millikan the dean of American scientists,
discussed this very subject at the same
university. "A purely materialistic phi
loSophy,' he said, lis to me the height of
unintelligence. Wise men in all ages have
always seen enough to at least make them
reverent." Then he quoted these words of
DR.. Einstein: 1T is enough for me to
contemplate the mystery of conscious life
perpetuating itself through all eternity;
to reflect upon the marvellous structure of
the universe, which we can dimly perceive,
and to try humbly to comprehend even an
infinitesimal part of the intelligence mani
tested in nature"
Not less than other men, all scientists.
Evening star., 1948-05-02
Good Riddunce

The finding by the Commissioners
Loyalty Committee that there is no need
at this time for general loyalty check of
all District employees presumably means
that this hastily conceived project has
been abandoned. If this is the case-and
it should be the case-the result is gain,
and not loss, for the District govern
ment and the community as a whole,
The committee proposes to survey the
District agencies to ascertain whether any
of them are sensitive to national security"
If the facts as to this are not already
known, there is no objection to such a
survey. For while no such agency comes
to mind, it may be that some department.
or some jobs within department, bear
some reasonable relation to the security
of the country. If that should prove to be
the case, the loyalty of the employees there
should be established.
What was Objectionable was the pro-
posal for check on all District workers
not because they were in a position to
affect national security or because their
loyalty was suspect-but simply to follow
the example of the Federal Government
1t is this that has been dropped and 1t
can be dismissed Is good riddance.