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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Jamestown All Club

Rules and regulations concern
ing attendance were laid down at
the meeting of the Jamestown
All Club held at the home of Ron
ME Clark on February 5. 1t was
decided to fine persons missing
more than three meetings, in addi-
ton to his regular dues. The boy
with the best record of attendance
will represent the club at a BAN
quet, and boys missing more than
four meetings may not be elected
to an office. The plan will go into
effect at the March meeting.
Frank Esworthy is new mem
Der of the club.
A discussion of All contests was
led by Sonnie Torreyson.
The next meeting will be held
on March at Buzzy Shorb's home.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Richard Montgomery High
School Notes

Joe Harding with z hard-earned
points.
Student Insurance
Any student in Richard Mont
gomery high now has an opportun-
ity to be insured, against injuries
received in any activities under
school control, at low cost.
In past years players participant
ing in football have been insured,
but until now no provisions have
been made for other students.
Now it is being made possible for
student, at yearly cost of three
dollars, to be insured against in
juries received while participating
in school activities and travelling
to or from school.
This insurance is not compul-
sary. 1t pays a maximum of two
hundred fifty dollars; not depleted
by the loss of payment.
Information concerning the
project has been sent to the par
ents for consideration.
The "Schmos" and "SchmOOs"
"Schmos" and "Schmoos" have
been the center of conversation
this week in Richard Montgomery
high. These are the names given to
the two teams competing in the
annual magazine campaign.
All the students have assumed
the role of statesmen so they can
try to sell the largest number of
subscriptions.
The Curtis Publishing Company,
sponsorers, divide the profits with
r. M. H. S. The money the school
receives helps to buy athletic
equipment for the various teams,
and to defray other activity ex-
penses.
Homerooms have been divided
into two teams, the "Schmos" and
the "Schmoos." These, subdivided
by the homeroom teams, make up
the school teams.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Many Trees Link
Abe Lincoln In
Memory of People

Saturday is Lincoln's birthday
his memory is being kept alive in
many ways.
Trees are living links to the past
and, appropriately enough, great
men invariably are associated with
trees. Abe Lincoln, the Great
Emancipator, even is notable for
the large numbers of trees that are
memorials to him, according to
Hugo E. Birkner, vice president of
Tree Expert Company.
Most historic of them is the stall
wart oak that grew on the Hold
genville, KY, farm of Thomas
Lincoln, when Abe was born on
February IL, 1909. 1t was fair siz-
ed even then. Today it has cir
conference of approximately 18
feet.
Honest Abe grew up in Spencer
County, Ind, where his family
moved when he was only two. Still
flourishing is the giant elm under
which the boy read Aesop Fables
or worked out problems on a small
tablet of wood. Lincoln's famous
Ohio River exploit at the age OF
10, flat-boating down to New Or
leans to market produce with his
friend, Allen Gentry, is CONNIE.
morated by large Southern rec
oak, which marks the point Of
departure.
Under the Lincoln Oak at Free
port, ILL.,, the second Lincoln anC
Douglas debates were delivered il
1858. Following Lincoln's assassin
alton, many states designated days
of mourning and private citizens
planted trees as tribute. One Of
the most magnificent hackberrie'
in Iowa is such memorial tree.
The Lincoln Memorial ground:
in Washington, d. c., are graceC
with two American elms planted
at the opening Of Armistice Week
Nov. 7, 1921. One was planted fol
the Allied armies, the other fol-
the allied navies. The most tower
ing Lincoln memorial is the 27t
foot tall sequoia, which stands il
Sequel National Park, Calf.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Montgomery County
Health Dept. News

MISS Marion IL. ldylOr, VINO mas
been student at the Montgomery
County Health Department from
Catholic University for the past
four months, has accepted a posi-
ton as Public Health Nurse and
is working in the Gaithersburg
District.
Miss Gertie A. Burleson from
Salisbury, N. c., and Mrs. Arlene
Bonner from Dalwatia, Pa, both
students at Catholic University,
are having 16 weeks of field expert
ence in Montgomery County. They
will be working with Miss Eliza
beth Jones in Olney.
The annual meeting and re-
gional conference of the American
Social Hygiene Association and
the Social Hygiene Society of the
District of Columbia was attended
by DR.. v. L. Ellicott, County
Health Officer, Sidney l. Wolfson,
Executive Assistant, and Mrs.
Dorothy Vane of the Public Health
Lay Council on February 2, 1919,
at the Hotel Statler. The Mont
gomery County Health Department
was one of the sponsoring agencies
in the full-day program which in
cluded a panel discussion in the
morning on the mutual responsible
ity of the community, the armed
forces and the service man; a
luncheon session during which the
honorable Frances Payne Bolton,
Member of Congress, and DIR.
Leonard A. Scheele, Surgeon Cen
,eral of the U. IS. Public Health
Service, were the principal speak
ers; an afternoon session which
included youth panel broadcast,
the film, Human Growth" and an
adult panel discussion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10


Well, beat me with a baseball
bat, and send me on bulky boat
to Burma, if it isn't the "Bache-
lor's Ball." coming up this Friday
night at the Rockville gym from
nine until midnight.
The boys of the Richard Mont
gomery high school senior class
will sponsor this unique record
dance, which will feature a floor
show composed of a barber-shop
quartet, an all-male chorus line
and pianist, with Wallace Comegys
as Master of Ceremonies.
This is the first dance in long
time in the schools history to be
sponsored wholly, completely, and
entirely by boys, of course, girls
are supposed to come to the dance.
Everyone is also invited to see
the basketball game between
R. H. M. S. and Poolesville High
School Immediately before the
dance at 8 o'clock.
Back To School Night
At the request of parents,
second Back to School, night will
be held Tuesday, February Is, at
Richard Montgomery High School
at $3.50.
Complementing the mid-year
program, the "Back to School"
night will give the parents
chance to confer with teachers
about the students work during
the first semester and to discuss
the program for the second semes-
ter.
The February porgram is first
in a series which will include a
discussion on what Teachers Ex-
pect of the Parents" followed by
discussion on what Parents Ex-
pace of Teachers" probably to be
held in March and April, respec-
lively.
Radio Discussion
Parents are reminded again to
tune in to Lets Talk 1t over" on
WGAY Saturday, February IL,
II A. M. The topic for discussion
will be "How Many School Activi-
ties for the Teenager? Because
Richard Montgomery representa-
tives will be featured on the pro-
gram, certainly the townspeople
of the Rockville area will want to
listen in.
The two students and two par
ents participating will be Marion
Coping, Eugene Helm, MRS
Eugene II. Waters and Mrs. Her
bert Yocum.
Defeated BY Prep School
Leading comfortably the entire
game, the Woodward Prep boys
basketball team defeated the Rock
cts. 1919, February 4, on the win
ner's court !,
High scorer for the Prep school
was Center Ed Hatch with total
of ID points. ~
TOP tosser for the losers was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10

LaytOnSVlile ran Fund use
Mrs. Harold Mitchell, Mrs. Jack
Schumacher and Mrs. Clagett
Warfeld were hostesses to the
Laytonsville Club on February
End. The president, Mrs. William
R. Bogley, presided. She had APP
pointed a Budget Committee in
January to plan the use of the
club funds. Mrs. Samuel Riggs,
Jr., chairman, presented we'll or
ganized plan that her committee,
Mrs. Roland Green and Mrs.
Thomas Howes, had helped work
out. This is the first club to have
such a plan and the club members
accepted it unanimously.
Mrs. Allie Messer asked the club
to show more interest in encourage
ing All Club girls in their project
activities. AS a result, this is to be
the community work of the Home
makers Club. Members will help
the Agents at Dress School time,
in transporting club girls to coun-
ty-wide meetings and encourage
older members to go to Club Week.
Some of the club funds will be used
also in needs of the girls.
The GlenmOnt Club
On February Bird at 8 P. M. the
Agent went to the meeting of the
Glenmont Club at the home of Mrs.
Robert G. Pendleton, 1925 Cum
ningham Drive, Wheaton. This
club has gained many members the
past year SO the attendance that
night was excellent. Mrs. Pendle-
toms living room was filed. Mrs.
Louis Thompson, the new presi-
dent, presided.
The Derwood Homemakers
Group had their meeting at the
home of Mrs. R. T. Schwartz on
February 4th. The chairman, Mrs
Eugene Hankel, presided. Mrs
Harry Magruder presented slate
of officers for the club to vote or
at their fourth meeting when they
qualify to become a Homemakers
Club. The club will meet on the
night of March 18th, at the home
of Mrs. BAIL Mobley.
The Foreign Exchange Student
The schedule for the week Of
February 14th is as follows fol
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Births Reported At
Suburban Hospital

Births reported at Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda, for the period
January. 30 through February 5,
included:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kelley
Lowery, 404 Grandin Ave-, Rock
vile, a son, Robert Kenneth, Janu-
airy 30; Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Eugene Burkett, Washington
Grove, daughter, Gail Marie,
January 81; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Mccarthy, RID 2, Rockville, a
daughter, Rita Ann, February q;
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Conrad Cas-
pera, Jr., 3101 Dawson Ave,
Wheaton Hills, a son, John Pat
rick, February a; Mr.. and Mrs.
John William O'Neal, 102 Aber-
deem Road, Rockville, son, Den
mis- Eugene, February 5.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10

The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore an aqua crepe
street length frock, with white ac-
cessories and white orchids. The
matron of honor, Mrs. L. T. Cara
stro, wore a gown of pink crepe,
with white accessories and a cor
sage of talisman roses.
Donald L. Shell, Jr. was best
man for the groom.
Several Gaithersburg people,
vacationers in Florida, attended
the reception which followed the
ceremony. They are Mr.. and Mrs.
G, w. Bell, Mrs. Evelyn Darby and
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Belt.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10

Legal guardianship of Dorothy
Margaret Fowler until she comes
of age has been granted Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace M. Autry of 1119
Agnew Drive, Rockville. Dorothy
is four years old, weighs AZ
pounds, has golden blonde hair and
blue eyes according to an an
nouncement sent out by Mr.. and
Mrs. Autry. The announcement IL
Illustrated by Mr.. Autry shows a
little girl being transported by a
large stork and wording above
says; "Good News! Good News!
She's Here!" Margaret's picture
appears inside the announcement.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
Clarksburg All Club

Seven girls were present at the
bi-monthly meeting of the Clarks-
burg All Club held at the home
Of Bunny King on Saturday, Feb
ruary 5. Miss McLuckie was pre-
sent and discussed with the girls
the projects planned for the COM
ing year.
Bunny King and Shirley Bur-
dette gave a demonstration on
making chocolate tarts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-10
John HI. TAFT, Jr., WEEDS
Miss COulbOurn In Fla.

Miss Barbara Blue Coulbourn,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Scott
Coulbourn, was married on Friday,
February A to John H. TAFT, Jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. TAFT,
Sr., formerly of Gaithersburg, now
residing at 165 NE. 21st St.,
Miami, Florida. The ceremony took
place in the parsonage of the Rev.
C. Roy Angel in Miami.
Evening star., 1949-09-25
A CASE OF NERVES
. Continued from page t,0e,ty-three

was filled with broken glass :.
and l fell right in the middle of it.
What l remembered of the
next half hour was largely con-
fusion, made bearable by Dale's
concern over my welfare. She
did a lot and talked a lot, but it
all came to me through a fog.
L REMEMBER someone ripping
open the door in response to
Dale's insistent banging. The
building superintendent was
there, plus a couple of google
eyed tenants and three uniformed
policemen. Another policeman
was on the phone talking to
someone at Homicide, and
heard him saying, "Yeh, Lieu
tenant one dame dead as a
mackerel and this here guy and
his babe locked in a closet -.
Uh-huh! Glass all over every
where. :. Talk? :. Well, he's
kinda punch drunk, but the
babe, she's talkin our ears off.
Somebody put me on the
couch. A couple of detectives
came in and started getting the
story from Dale. A doctor had
showed up "a real one - and
Dale wasn't giving the police all
the cooperation they thought
they were entitled to. She wasn't
self-possessed any longer. She
was hysterical, and what she was
most interested in was whether
I'd live. She said l had to be-
cause she worked with me.
Listen, lady" That was a
detective talking I'VE don't
care who you work for. What we
want to know is who killed the
redhead in the other room, who
socked you and this Lad in the
closet, who busted all that glass,
who had a machine gun up here,
and what did he look like?"
DALE gave him the story. Be-
fore she was halfway through,
they'd taken down some notes
and one of the detectives was on
the phone telling somebody to
put out a wall for guy named
Oliver Slocum for murder, at
tempted murder, kidnapping.
burglary and other assorted fel-
onies. He came back from the
phone rubbing his hands and
promising us that they'd get
Mr.. Slocum in no time.
They took me to the hospital,
trundled me to an operating
room, and it was hours before
knew anything at all 80. and
Evening star., 1949-09-25

even then Dale had to tell me.
You'll live" she said, Ito be-
come the country's greatest ar
chitect and the father of at least
half a dozen small architects"
How about Oliver?"
He won't be the father of
any. They picked him up quite
promptly. He confessed, and
also apologized to me quite
sweetly when they brought him
up here for identification"
do l look as terrible as
feel?"
She regarded me critically.
Worse. Much worse. You need
a permanent caretaker."
HAS that got anything to do
with your recent remark about
becoming the father of a lot of
little architects?"
Naturally"
But you understand that
that's strictly personal"
ITS bound to be. And since
we've decided that, it seems I'd
better notify Philips. Schirmer
& Lee Monday morning."
l AGREED that it was just as
well. After all, a dignified and
important firm like Philips,
Schirmer & Lee would never
stand for having the offspring of
a rival architect cluttering up
their Office. 1t might have been
my delicate condition, but that
argument seemed more valid
than any Dale had advanced.
She was sitting very close to
the bed when the nurse came in
and told her time was up. She
asked for just three more min
utes alone with me. The nurse
went out, and Dale bent over
me. Her lips were smiling, but
she was crying, too. "Y-you
haven't said anything, Steve.
Not one single important thing"
pulled her face down to mine
and managed to kiss her ade-
quately despite the lopsided con-
dition of my jaw.
You've always known l love
you," l said. And we'll keep the
firm of Warren & Grayson alive.
But after Office hours. -"
Eyes, l know" She was still
crying. While you were still
under the anesthetic l sketched
a sign for the door of our apart
ment. She held up piece of
paper for my inspection. It read:
WARREN & WARREN
Do Not Disturb
The End
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-10-29
INTERRACIALISM NOT A
TOTAL LOSS

In matters concerning race relat-
tions, things are rapidly changing
for the better! Evidences are are
multiplying on every side to indi-
cate that new day is dawning in
race relations. Newell Dwight Hills
a great of yesteryear, once said that
nothing is so obvious as the slow
ness Of our upward progress; and
even Jesus, the Man of Galilee, said
that the Kingdom of God cometh
not with observation"
The. finiteness of man makes him
impatient and at times Respondent
over his outlook upon the world. In
spite of the southern reactionaries
and their reactionism the South is
gradually moving towards more
amicable race relations. Negroes are
doing things and going places that
looked impossible two decades ago.
The most startling thing about the
Negroes advancement in the South
is there is no great opposition, once
a beginning is made. The things
that We once thought would cause
moral and social cataclysm are re-
ceived in stride, and nobody seems
greatly upset thereby.
The greatest trouble with the
South today is not it's unyielding
traditions, but the lack of men and
women with sufficient moral cou-
age to take the first step. This lack
of moral courage is just as pro-
nounced among Negroes as among
Whites; for the Negroes of this
country who see the changes in the
South and dare to depict them are
not Southern Negroes but Negroes
of the North. Negroes of the South
are afraid to recount the progress
being made in race relations and it
remains for the enlightened Ne
groes of the North to set for the
advantaged position of the southern
Negroes in many respects and that
the northern Negroes are ready to
admit that the South too holds fine
possibilities for the future of Ne
groes is salutary, to say the least.
Some weeks ago there was raging
a controversy over who was the
first Negro to become a trustee Of
the community chest Of southern
city. Somebody thought that a re-
cent appointment was the first; and ,
somebody else went back to the thir-
ties; as a matter of fact, Richmond
had a Negro trustee as early as 1924
and every year since then a Negro
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-10-29
8 Achievement Week
Broadcasts Over
Ga. Negro Station

Eight radio broadcasts, sponsored
by Eta Omega, graduate chapter OF
the omega Psi Phi Fraternity, will
be presented over the Good WEIRD
Station in Atlanta, Ga, during
Achievement Week, Nov. 6-13, 1949
In granting this permission, j. B.
Blayton, owner of the facilities, and
the Fraternity's Grand Keeper of
Finance, stated that the sustain
ing time of the only Negro radio
station in the country, will be dedi
Gated to the advancement of pro
gram advocating community better
ment.
Other chapters of the organization
are conducting singular projects for
! the annual observance. Sigma Phi,
q graduate chapter at Montgomery
Ala. is promoting, through the So
ciolugy Department OK Alabama
State Teachers College, n commune
ty survey in line with the national
theme: Fair and Effective Employ
meRt: the Economic Objective of a
Restless Minority
Short ADDRESSES and music from
choral units of the city will feature
the Atlanta broadcaSts, and the
Montgomery project is being carried
out under supervision of j. L.
Pierce, Associate Professor at the
Alabama college, by class in Socio-
Economic problems.
Most of the fraternity's 200 chap
ters are actively working to secure
entrants for the annual National
High Essay Contest on the subject:
AN Experience in Job-Making," for
which prizes of $125.00, SIS and $50,
the national organization. In 1913,
more than 800 essays were SUBMIT
ed and that number is expected to
be increased this year because of the
fact that students from nearly 1000
Senior High Schools in 35 states and
the District of Columbia have been
invited to participate. Furthermore,
for the first time, the contest has
the sanction of the National Associa-
ton of SecondarySchool Principals,
the approval department of the a
tional Education Association. The
contest closes November 10, 1949.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-10-29
Pa. Railroad Ends
Coach Segregation

NEW YORK - The Pennsylvania
Railroad last wednesday announc-
ed that all coach seats on through
trains from New York to tia South
will be reserved for all passengers
alike in any part of the train.
The arrangement is effective inn
mediately.
Charges of discrimination against
the Pennsylvania Railroad in the
sale of reserved coach seats to Negro
passengers travelling to points
South OF Washington, ID. c., had
been filed with the state commits
sion against discrimination by the
New York City mayors committee
on unity.
The railroad maintained that in
the past 1t always reserved seats fer
Negro passengers in any part of
trains to the South when they re-
quested it.
In Tia absences Of suoh request,
however, and to save Negro pas
Sengers possible embarrassment AID
Inconvenience south Of Washington,
the read said, an effort was made to
assign Negro passengers and White
passengers to seats in separate cars,
having identical Accommodations.
leaving New York. The announce
ment said this practice now will be
abandoned.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-10-29
Noted Composer
Anniversary Marked

Saturday, October End, marks the
95th Anniversary of the birthday of
one of Americas most prolific and
yet least known composers. He was
James A. Bland, a Negro, born in
Flushing, Queens Borough, Long
Island, on October %, 1854 and died
in poverty in Philadelphia, May 5,
1911. He composed some 600 songs
of which SO are listed in the Con-
gressional Library. The most IA
nous of his compositions are Garry
Me Back to Old Virginny," the
State song of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, 20 Dem Golden Slipp-
ers'' and "In The Evening BY The
Moonlight" :.
The Etude, Music Magazine OF DC.
tober 1916. carries an interesting
two page illustrated account of
BANDS life and the dedication of
the Bland monument erected by the
Lions Club of Virginia, in the Marion
Pennsylvania cemetery.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-10-29

has served as trustee. 1t was not
without significance that Richmond
Times-Dispatch, along with the
Chattanooga Times, was heralded as
the newspaper which most fairly
treats of race in the news without
insinuations and disparagements.
Almost every day, race news items
are carried with the finest kind of
references.
1t was here In Richmond that
Cannon Ball. Cooper a former Vir'
ginia Union football great was given
a place on the Richmond Rebels, a
White professional football e m
with championship possibilities. This
! writer saw him play his first game
and saw him make his first touch
down and saw 10000 White and Col
ored fans cheering to the ache his
football exploits. One could not tell
belonged to - the Negro or the
White. Richmond more recently has
made another worth while gesture
in race relations.
Branch Hickey who opened the
door for the Negro professional base
ball players to sell their wares to
the big leagues has been invited to
be the speaker on the occasion of
chest drive for million dollars. 1t
is difficult to believe but it is true
that with community chest experts
Astounding in this great land of ours.
Richmond chose Branch Hickey to
shoot the opening gun in this great
community chest drive. Richmond
knows too well that Branch Hickey
is to thousands of Negroes here
abouts an idol; that nothing could
please Negroes more than to see
their idol honored here in Richmond,
Va, down where the south begins"
that Branch Hickey today Is the
nations finest symbol of democracy
in action; that by featuring such
nations finest symbol of democracy
men Richmond is showing its heart
to the nation and the world; that
Hickey represents the spirit of to-
morrow, wherein man to man shall
brothers be; that there rs daybrsak
on the horizon of the times and that
Branch Hickey may serve a moral
midwife to the travelling South.
Richmond knows that Don New
combe and Jackie Robinson and Roy
would be unknowns had
1t not been for Branch Hickey, and
Richmond by inviting Hickey is try
ing to say well done" Interracial-
ism in the South is not total loss.