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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Seminary Head
Advises Joint
Local Services

The Very Rev. A. C. Zabriskie
dean of the Virginia Theological
Seminary at Alexandria, Va,
speaking before the Seth General
Convention of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in San Francisco on
October l, urged that a practical
approach to unity with the Pres
byterian Church be made on a To-
cal level. Dean Zabriskie declared,
at is indispensable that members
of the negotiating churches know
what unity is all about and not
just the leaders directly concerned
in the negotiations"
Ways in which the two denom-
nations could work together to-
ward unity suggested were occas-
ional joint meetings of Bible classes
and of youth organizations, joint
associations of the clergy, exchange
of teachers at summer conferences
and exchange of faculty members
between seminaries of the two
churches in universities and col
leges."
Except when the holy COM
munion is celebrated, congregations
of the two churches from time to
time should worship together
the deans report stated. at is
appropriate that when such SER
vices are held in Episcopal
churches, the prayer book be used
and when in Presbyterian churches
the Presbyterian form of service
be followed" the dean said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13

Mr.. Shovel said the County Tax
Appeal Court was biased in that II
wanted so much to help the County
Council raise revenues for its inn
provement program that it exer-
cised bad judgment. He said only
two members Of the court sat in
the majority of cases.
The county tax appeal court had
reduced the assessment on Mr..
ShowelPs property by about 81, 500.
1t did the same for one of his
neighbors. However, each took his
case to the tax commission on
grounds the reduction was not
enough.
The Assessment Office explained
that the re-study would not affect
the entire district but just the part
where two areas merge--so there
would be no inequalities of ada
cent properties in two different
districts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13

ers, Scott said the happiest mo-
ment of his life occurred at Christ
mas time, 1947, when plant work.
ers banded together to buy him a
seeing-eye dog. The dog stood
calmly by his machine yesterday as
Scott unfolded his experiences.
Scott, who lives with the family
of coworker just north of Rock
vile, told the story of his binding
without emotion.
It occurred when a revolver he
kept in a chest beneath his bed
fired as he attempted to remove it.
He was a truck driver and cab
bic then, but after spending 1855
hours at the war production train
ing center he was able to embark
on his new trade. After six months
with another company, he went to
Lofstrand and has been there since.
II used to dance a lot, jitterbug
stuff" he said, "and l can still do
that. l can still enjoy my beer, too.
My dog sits beside me and takes
me home afterward."
One incident which occurred a
few months ago at the plant still
amuses Scott. He was working late
one night when all the lights went
out. Lofstrand called to him to wait
a minute and he would get the
lights fixed. 81 just called back to
him that don't need any lights to
do my work." Scott grinned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13

Blinded nearly SIX years
ago, Scott daily mans a lathe
at the Lofstrand Co.'s Rock
vile factory, turning out
parts for a light metal cane
type crutch. He turns out a
prodigious amount of work,
according to his superiors.
II still do all the things l used to
do" he said yesterday with self
confidence rare even in many nom
handicapped persons. "And some
Zines it seems / get more fun out
Of them," he added.
Hea made one plea for other
physically handicapped persons,
asserting many employers remain
reluctant to take a chance on a
workman with some impeachment
and "won't even give him a chance
produce"
"Plant owners should deal with
physically handicapped persons
Just as they do with salesmen," he
declared. snake them show what
they have to offer"
SCOTS own boss, A. R. Lof-
strand, Jr., Montgomery County
delegate to the Maryland General
Assembly, said he wishes he had
more men like Scott.
=" There are few jobs that Scotty
can't do here" he declared, "and
those that he can, he does fully as
as well, if not better than men with
perfect eyesight."
He has a perfect safety record
for the more than four years he
has been here" Plant Superintend-
ent G. c. Woodward pointed out.
Popular with his fellow work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Christmas Parcels

The Defense Department is
reminding senders that Chris.
mas packages intended for army
navy and Air Force military and
civilian personnel overseas should
be mailed between October Is and
November Is to assure delivery
by the holiday season. The weight
limit is 70 pounds and maximum
measurement 100 inches, length and
girth combined. This is approx
mately the size of a foot locker.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Mrs. Thompson, Is
Years With County
Health Department

The very first clerk in the Mont
gomery County Health Depart
ment was Mrs. Ethelyn Pratt
Thompson, wife of Francis l..
Thompson Of Rockville. Mrs.
Thompson began working with the
department twenty-five years ago
when her father, the late DR.. Will
liam Pratt was Health Officer.
Now executive secretary to the
present Health Officer DR.. V. L.
Ellicott, Mrs. Thompson has
watched the department grow from
two employees to sixty-two; from
headquarters in her fathers home,
to the Courthouse-to the Social
Agencies Building-and to various
offices in Rockville. She has strug-
gled through numerous "movings"
and will probably be the happiest
person in the department when the
proposed building for the health
department becomes a reality.
Mrs. Thompson's years with the
Department enabled her to become
well acquainted with its various
services and this knowledge is Of
value to the public as well as to
the newer members Of the Depart
mcnt.
"A perfect example Of southern
hospitality" her fellow employees
say, when there is illness or a
time when sympathy is needed she
is right there TO extend a helping
hand" Her hobbies are numerous,
but outstanding are her fishing
trips, walks in the woods and col
lection Of flowers and antiques.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Is Worse

Confounding to the guests is the
man with the $500 television set
who insists on running off 500
yards of film portraying the family
on their summer vacation.-Chris-
tan Science Monitor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
.,Lofstrand Worker Needs
No Light To Do His Work

One of the most interesting stories to of Ma
tional Handicapped Week the appearing in last
Tuesdays Washington Post written by James B. Graham
reporter 1t tells about Norman Scott blind machinist
the l.ofstrand Company Rockville. The story reads:
Norman Scott gets big kick out of his work metal
lathe operator. tits most satisfying" he says ito know
that Pm helping other physically Handicapped people,.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Assessment Restudy Asked
By State Tax Commissions

Tax officials of Montgomery County have been asked BY
the State Tax Commission to restudy assessments
Der of farms in the Brookevile
The order issued last week after appeal and
test by Lemue Showe farmer who charges that county
have gone asray and socked the farmers
He also protested the operation of the Montgomery County
Tax Appeal Court
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Fastest Plane

The Douglas D-55S-11 Sky
rocket, navy's newest plane, is
considered the fastest airplane
in the world, attaining the speed
of sound in level flight in mid
July test this year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Slowly

The first person who knows a
girl is going to get married is her
mother; next, the girl; third, all
the girls friends; and fourth, it
slowly dawns on the groom-to-be
that he's hooked.-Grit.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
We Should

Before we give arms to other
countries, we should know whom
they're going to embrace.--Path-
finder.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Nice Thought

Happiness is the perfume you
cannot pour on others without get
ting few drops on yourself. -
Trimble (Ky.) Democrat.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Varieties

The next census will show that
there are 15O,0O0,OOO Americans
and 10000, 900 varieties Of Ameri-
canism. Boston Globe.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13

In the Fall a young mans fancy
is exactly where it was in the
Spring.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

he went to investigate a grain of
corn over in the yard. 1t was in no
sense retreat, just new interest.
His dignity never tagged.
X X X
It's not good idea, they say, to
count your geese before they hatch.
But with three hens setting in the
barn, and an incubator going under
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
By Jones birchfieId

Our guineas have been acting UP
the last few days, and we have
finally diagnosed the trouble as an
advanced touch Of spring fever.
We are amazed at nature some
times. Here it is midwinter and
already we are beginning to see in
dications of spring.
We first notice that our guineas
were becoming restless, and thought
for time there might be hawk
causing the disturbance. Then we
saw one of the white guineas attack
the red setter one day, and then
prance over to pick fight with him
self in the hub cap of the automo-
bile. Then we knew.
He did a lot better with the dog
than he did with the hub cap. The
dog retreated and left him in full
possession of the side yard.
He didn't give up the guinea in
the hub cap until he had shocked
himself out. He would sidle up
close and then strike out with his
beak, only to knock himself groggy
Then he would shake himself, re-
cover his dignity and strike again
This went on for minutes, until
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
This Week in
the Garden

Our Florida weather is doine
things to the garden program. My
carefully potted iKacinths that were
scheduled to be brought indoors in
February have buds nesting in Their
rosettes of leavesf They will have tc
be brought indoors now. In many
yards the tulips, daffodils and other
early spring Towering bulbs are up
and threatening to bloom. If the
buds do not get above ground only
the foliage will be injured. Buds
that show up now are apt to be in
jured if not destroyed.
Early Towering shrubs whose buds
have swollen are apt to have their
spring floral display greatly reduced
However, the home gardener might
well bring indoors many branches
to force and thus enjoy them. These
include forsythia, Thunberg's spirea
Towering ounce, magnolia, and
Towering plum.
The unSeasonably warm weather
may be damaging to our 1949 fruit
crop. Peach trees, in particular, lose
much of their hardness during pc
RODS of mild weather. A sharp drop
to below freezing levels is sure to
damage portion OF the fruit buds.
Strawberries that are showing Aow-
er buds, as some of mine are, are
likely to produce small crops this
spring. Only the Premier is noted
for setting a second crop of fruit
buds after losing its first bloom to a
frost.
Check over stored bulbs and
tubers to note if they show signs of
dryness. More tender bulbs are lost
through drying out in winter storage
than from almost any other cause.
If stored in peatmoss or vermiculite,
the storage material may be dam
pened slightly to stop the shrivel-
ing. Too much moisture may cause
rotting.
African violet fans will find the
article by B. Y. Morrison in the
october issue of the National Horti-
cultural magazine of interest. Mr..
Morrison describes the native habi-
tat in detail. The illustrations are
very good. w. H. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Life in the Country An Indication of Spring

the bed, it is hard not to make a
few advance calculations. And so,
If things go well, we are going to
have goslings Matching all over the
place before long.
Our geese situation was compile
Gated this year because they started
laying about two months ahead of
schedule. And it is hard to find
broody hens at this season to sit on
the eggs.
We secured the countryside and
found three hens. Then we bor-
rowed small incubator to take the
excess eggs. This we keep under the
bed and tend carefully.
It's like this. We have to act, as
much as possible. just like the hen
or the goose. A hen gets off the
nest once a day to eat, and the eggs
cool off. If it is goose, she is likely
to paddle about for a time in water,
so that the eggs get damp when
she gets back on the nest.
With the incubator, we have to
"let the goose off the nest" and we
do this by pulling out the tray Of
eggs and letting them cool off for
SPELL. We turn them, too, just like
the goose, and sprinkle them with
water. If our strength holds out,
the goslings will never know there
wasn't goose to do the work.
y y X y
Visiting the other day we dropped
in to see w. G. Hanson at his Mount
Prospect farm across the Potomac
in Montgomery County. We thought
Mr.. Hanson had some birdsfoot
trefoil in his pasture mixtures, but
found that he hadn't been able to
get the seed when he planted his
grasses. We found out, though, that
he has gone in heavily for Ladino
clover and is able to Craze his Angus
cattle just about IL months a year.
We took heart from another bit
Of information we picked up, too.
When Mr.. Hanson constructed his
buildings, lumber was scarce and he
couldn't get enough to build a cattle
barn. Because he had to, he win
tered his cattle in the open, feed
ing hay from sheds, and has found
that they do fine. In fact, he says,
they do better than some cattle he
has seen that are wintered in barns.
Well, we haven't enough barns,
either, so we are hoping shed will
do well for our cows when they out
grow the few stalls we have.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
IS y21E N s9St92

After one of the recent fall storms
on the coast of Maine, the home
of friend of mine was without
electricity for four or five days.
During this time the house was
lighted by candles at night. One
evening, just before the electricity
was restored, a lighted candle
caught curtain af1re near the dog S
bed IN the kitchen. The dog was IN
the room at the time. The blaze
was quickly extinguished before any
great amount of damage was done.
Somehow the dog realized that
a lighted candle had caused this
near catastrophe. He started his
scrusade against each and every
lighted candle.
Today his owners can't even use
candles on their dinner table, as
has always been their custom. The
dog waits, and when the oppor-
tunity presents itself he jumps on
the table-a rather upsetting pro-
cedure-and bites the candles out.
Recently I visited this home and
was told the story. An unlighted
pair of candles were on table. l
went over and lit one. The dog,
who was lying at his masters feet,
trotted over and promptly extin-
guished tin his biting manner.
Winter dog show season is with
us again. Perhaps neighbors-Who
know little enough about it all
have told you your dog Is of such
splendid quality that he ought to
be. taken to show, there to win
handful of blue ribbons and per-
haps a few medals, a cup and much
cash. (There, also perhaps, to &C
ouire a fatal attack of distemper
or to be frightened into fits by the
terrifying new surroundings and by
the throngs of humans and dogs0
Now dog shows are a grand IN
stitution. And the American Kennel
Club has done, is doing. and will
continue to do mighty things
thereby for the purebred dog and
for the kennel world in general
So are music Conservatives grand
institutions. But you would not
send a hopelessly tone-deaf child
to one of them.
| Ascertain from some honest ex-
pert whether or not Fldo is
physically worthy to compete with
the great dogs of his breed before
entering him for a show. IT he is
not, save yourself from heartache
and save him from hardship by
keeping him at home. He will con-
tinue to be just as fine a pal for
you and for your family, even if
he chances to lack some OF the
arbitrary points" by which a show
dog is judged: Also, possibly, he
will live longer-and more happily.
When your dog barks 1t may
annoy you-dont feel that way.
however, because actually it is a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

sign he is civilized" Only after
dogs became domesticated die
they begin to bark. Wild dogs
wolves and other CANNES zap, yelp
and howl, but they never bark.
@. Some one told me that all
puppies are born blind. Is this
true2-M. B.
A. I wouldn't say that all dogs
are born blind, but all puppies are
born with their eyes closed. Nine
days following birth their eyes
usually open.
@. I feed my puppy boiled milk
Oftentimes a scum forms on the
surface. Should this be removed
before giving the milk to the dog?
H. D. B.
A. No. This film contains calcium
salts which are very beneficial fol
any growing dog.
(Released by McNausht Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

The Little Garden Club of Sandy
Spring at meeting Tuesday wit
messed moving pictures of formal
flower beds and borders taken in
Europe by Mrs. Douglas Farquhar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Birds-Their Care in Winter
Stations Should Not Be Accessible
To Marauding Cats and Squirrels
By w. n. Younqmon

While bug-chasing Is hardly a
major activity. of birds just now, it
is wise to protect them and feed
them. While some birds do comb
tree trunks in search of bark beetles,
alternating bugs and eggs, empha-
sis at this season should be on pro-
lection and care. Make natures
bug fighters your allies.
During the winter, many birds
have but little difficulty finding
weed seeds and berries. However,
when snow and ice cover the weeds
and trees, 1T is hard for birds to find
enough food to keep them alive. In
a severe storm, it may be impossible
for them to obtain sufficient water.
Supplying food for the bug
chasers is an interesting and pleas
ant activity, especially when we
place the feeding stations where
they may be observed from indoors
Not only is it fascinating to watch
the birds at their feeding, but when
We learn the different kinds and
note the numbers of kinds that visit
the feeder during given period, we
find our reward is even greater.
Wary of Cats and Squirrels.
Hungry birds will flock to a feed
ing station If the right foods are
placed there and it is located SO
that cats and squirrels will not dis
turb them. Where squirrels are not
a problem, a bird feeding station
located at least IS feet from any
cover that might hide a cat is
usually satisfactory. If it can be
mounted on a galvanized iron pipe
neither cats nor squirrels will be
able to climb to it.
Not all birds feed on berried
shrubs, and only few shrubs re-
tain their fruits into late winter
Some kinds Of birds prefer Suet;
others will want small seeds and
still others delight in pecking away
at sunf1ower seed. A few gardeners
enjoy preparing special bird pud-
dings, while others will buy the spe-
cial bird foods available in the
stores.
Some are content to buy an &C.
casional piece Of suet which they
will fasten to a tree trunk where
hungry visitors may peck at it. The
ordinary poultry scratch food placed
in a feeder will be adequate for a
considerable number of kinds OF
birds. 1t comes in two sizes and
the smaller size may be the more
desirable for this purpose.
Taking suet for starter we will
find that it is best to inclose a
large piece of it in wire or net
mesh with the openings large
enough for the birds 10 peck
through.
If you prefer, the suet may be
melted and poured into holes bored
in a stick, the stick nailed or tied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16

Home gardeners are invited by
the Potomac Rose Society to attend
the showing of a full-color sound
motion picture Thursday at 8 pm.
in the National Museum at Tenth
street and Constitution avenue
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-16
Wins Turkey Prizes

Walter S. Grant of Hamilton, Va,
won seven prizes with 10 dressed
turkeys entered recently in the ma
tional association show and meet
ing held at Dies MoineS. 1t was his
first competition. In the dressed
and-drawn class he swept the first
five prizes. In the New York dressed
class not drawn and with head and
feet undocked) he won third and
fourth prizes.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-26
MARGIN FOR LOGIC
By ALVIN MOSES


cRuMBELING IMERlALIsM 81
NEW YORK = (ANP) = MO-
RAJ TURPITUDE, = that is the
ritzy 800 word the British press
dug up in the Countess Carheart
incident many years ago. The lady
had been guilt of some social
slip-up that got her into bad
grace with our cousins from Brit
tany.
Ally KHAN, whose around-the-
world romance with actress Rita
Hayworth has but served to bury
the ex-Mrs. Orson WeIles under
the dungeon walls Of oil social
registers, was recently called
"Rita's Colored prince. Wonder
what difference this sordid affair
would have entailed had Rita's
neutrality-suspicious. been of any
other color-preferably, winter?
Britain, America, India, Africa,
other points of the globe-are al
ways the bugbear of color, color,
color, Lord of the Universe, where
and when will all this senseless
tommyrot end?..... you think about
1t readers, I'm exhausted.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-01-26
VIRGINIA DAILIES ACKNOWLEDGE COURT
WINS In SCHOOL DISCRIMINATORY CASES
BY CARTER JEWEL

RICHMOND, Va. - (ANP) -
virginias white dailies seem at
last to be awakening to the full
import of the court fight carried
on by Negroes for an end to dis
elimination against Negro child
rem in the public school system.
Three counties, Surry, Glouces-
ter and Chesterfield, were recent
ly ordered by Federal Judge Ster-
ling Hutcheson to cease their dis
elimination practices against Ne
groes. In the case of Surry and
Gloucester, the issue surrounded
equal educational facilities and OPP
portunities for Negro children. In
Chesterfield it involved equal sal
aries for techers of both races.
virginius Dabney, editor of the
Richmond Times Dispatch, voiced
the thought in an editorial, dated
Jan. Is, that Judge Hutchinson
was "eminently fair and dispas-
sionate in his memorandum, in
which he held that the Gloucester
school authorities did not act in
good faith" with reference to the
courts order to cease discrimina-
ton in school facilities.
He, however, bemoaned the fact
that the jurist failed to stress
the failure of the Negro represent
atives to act in good faith"
1--WE find it difficult to condemn
the citizenry of Gloucester for
their failure to show good faith,
Dedney asserted. ut would have
been much better, of course, II
they and the people of other
counties had long ago accepted the
concominant responsibility of our
equalization as the price of seq
regation."
Dabney knows, or should know.
that segregation rests on the Ang-
lo-Saxon's desire and determine
ton to prevent Negroes from hay-
ing equal facilities and opportun-