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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Gaithersbure High School
News Notes

Immediately following the game
the Sophomore Glass held Girls
Drag Dance in the school gym.
Girls Trio, Male Octet Sing
A girls trio, consisting of Dottie
Benson, soprano; Ann Windsor,
End Soprano; and Cecile King, al
to; sang at the regular meeting
of the Montgomery Chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star at Rockville,
on Tuesday night.
Also on the program were Ivan
Fitzwater, Kenny Federline, Dale
Jackson, Pete Beall, Clayton Arun-
del, Tom Mannix, Bud Harper, and
Gwinn Kirkman, who formed an
octet.
Juniors Hold Bachelors Ball
The Junior boys will sponsor a
Bachelors Ball tonight from $500
1870 in the school gym.
The guests will wear vegetable
corsages and dance to new records
bought by the student council.
Seven seniors will visit meet
ing of the United Nations General
Assembly at Lake Success, New
York, on Friday, December End
Students attending will be Hazel
Benson, Billie Viers Dawson, Mary
Jane Davies, Ivan Fitzwater, Lar
ry Reynolds and Dick Tetlow.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Washington Letter
Read At G'Burg Club

Mrs. Gym Kirkman and Mrs.
Charles Davies entertained the
Woman's Club of Gaithersburg on
November 18th at the home of
Mrs. Kirkman. Donations were
made by the Club to the Com
munity Chest and the Montgomery
County General Hospital and a
number of packages were made up
for the Thrift Shop.
Mrs. Wallace Muir spoke on the
conditions at Mt. Vernon during
the War between the States. She
told of the trials and work of a
northerner, Miss Tracy, and a
southerner, Mr.. Herbert, who with
courage and diplomacy managed to
keep the soldiers Of both armies
from ravaging the estate.
A copy of a letter written by
General Washington to his adopted
daughter Nellie Gusts was read
by Mrs. Muir. This letter was
written in a fatherly and humorous
manner to the fifteen year old girl,
cautioning her against coquetry
and explaining the attitude she
should have towards men.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
, Inter-High Council Picnics

The Inter-high council members
of Montgomery County held a
picnic on Sunday, November 20,
at the Pine Crest Cabins near
Four Corners.
The members roasted hot dogs
after which they played games and
danced.
Student Council Holds Bonfire
The student council sponsored
a BEAT R.M.H.S. Bonfire" on Fri.
day night, November 10, with Ivan
Fitzwater and Cecile King con-
Quoting the ceremonies.
The idea of the program was
to show 'the Trojan Football team
that the student body would be
behind them at the annual R.M.H.-
S.-G.H.S. football game which was
held on Saturday (see sport page
for details of game).
Honored guests were the Trojans
and Coach Kearns who introduced
the players and gave short talk,
and DR.. George L. Osterwise, who
also gave short talk about the
game.
Also on the program were
cheers led by the Trojan Cheer
leaders and Sna8e Dance in which
the student body took part.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Montgomery SideIights
BY ELSIE WHITE HAINES

Gilbert Hartley, wife of a Rock
vile physician, brought some vio-
let's to the Sentinel Office recently.
While wild geese were stopping
over" on the grounds of the public
buildings in nearby Washington,
fall flowers were still colorful in
the many gardens here.
Sunday morning, Nov. 9th,
brought the first heavy frost,
killing many Of the more tender
plants, but ole Man Sun is still
near enough to the earth for the
children to play without wraps
and to make the job of leaf raking
a hot one.
Abe Weatherwise, writing in the
famous Old Farmers Almanac
tells a little of what we are to
expect in 1850: "On Grounding
Day february p, rare occur
ence will happen in many places.
The grounding will find the wealth
er so bad during the day he will
not come out of his hole at all.
However, the skies will clear after
sunset and he will come out then
and will see his shadow in the
light Of the full moon; something
no living grounding will ever do
again this day., says he.
The old legend has it that if the
grounding sees his shadow in the
sun on February 2, he will return
to his hole for 40 more days of
winter.
What he will do if the shadow
is under the light of the silvery
moon is left for weather prognosti-
gators to answer, if they can.
Abe Weatherwise is the fore
caster for the almanac, which has
published weather and crop in
formation for 1853 continuous years.
He has been renowned for hitting
the nail on the head" Of this
coming winter he writes:
"The early part of the winter
November and December), will
be bitter cold and contain more
storms of rain and snow than u.s.
ual.
January will be somewhat mil
der but wintry all the way through
February will be very stormy.
Spring will be cold and late"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Sherwood Library
Has Books From
State Extension

Mysteries, junior books and new
fiction are included in the one
hundred books just received at the
Sherwood Community Library at
Sandy Spring They are on loan
from the State Library Extension
Service and will be available for
several months.
Other recent books now on the
library shelves include "The Brave
Bulls" Father of the Bride
"The Egyptian" Low and Inside, !"
"The River Line" "The Track of
the Cat" and Journey Into
Spring."
Volunteers are now classifying a
large collection og books presented
to the library by Col. E. A. Kinder
water, of Ashton. Among these are
the famous Harvard Classics"
which are already in circulation.
The Community Library will
be closed to the public for the
Thanksgiving and Christmas holt
days. Regular hours are from A
to 5 p. m. on Wednesday and Fri
day afternoons and 7:30 to 9
p. m. on Friday nights.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Among The Homemakers

while she was meeting with the new
Twinbrook Group in the Extension
Office, the Homewood III Group
was waiting for her down there.
Mrs. Mildred Stromberg was most
gracious in saying the group would
carry on and hold discussion on
the topic planned for the evenings
demonstration.
On December 7th, the agent Miss
Edythe M. Turner, will meet with
them with a special Christmas Kit
lesson.
Tuesday was Jonah Day" for
the Agent, a fair at Poolesville
where she and Miss McLuckie were
to judge the Home Economics exhi-
bits and two meetings. Hurrying
to the car on the way to Judge, she
turned an ankle and experienced a
painful sprain. But she was soon
on her way.
The Poolesville Fair was very
good, the canned products and jel-
lies of excellent quality, as were
the baked goods.
There was nice exhibit of
family treasurers known as IAN
tiques", though some were not old
enough to, be considered truly an
tique. The fine old porcelain and
china was lovely.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Building Permits
Approved Include One
For 165-Unit Project

A permit to erect a 166-unit
housing project in Rockville was
approved by the Rockville Town
Council last week, according to
John Mcdonald, town manager.
The million dollar project is
planned >on Dawson Avenue, be-
tween North Washington and North
VanBuren Street. Construction
of the eight buildings, each of
which will have Fairgrounds and
parking facilities, is scheduled to
begin about January 1. Joseph G.
Berlin of the Berlin Construction
Co., to whom the permit was is
sued, said this will be the first
section of proposed 600-unit pro-
ject he contemplates building in
Rockville. When completed, it will
include a shopping center, bowling
alley and swimming pool, he said.
Other permits to build in Rock
vile, to erect house at Reading
Terrace, Croydon Park; Luther E.
Bridgewater, 400 Anderson Ave-
nue., to erect sun porch; Donald
DeLashmutt, to enclose porch at
119 Forest Avenue
The following building permits
were issued by Clerk to the County
Council, John b. McElroy:
November 14-James 0. Will
liams, Gaithersburg, to erect
dwelling, Laytonsville- Unity Roads.
November AR. H. Gordon,
Germantown, to erect dwelling,
Germantown.
November 15-Page E. Tull,
Takoma Park, to erect dwelling,
Redland Road.
November 18-Arthur L. Wat
kins, Germantown, to erect dairy
barn and silo, Henderson Corner
Cedar Grove Road.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Calf Club Discusses
Plans For BanuuetS

Sixteen members of the Jersey
Calf Club met with Alfred, Eliza
beth and Thomas Freysz at Mt.
Airy last Thursday. The Jersey
Club and All banquets were dis
cussed. The All banquet was an
nounced for December 7th at Dam
ascus High School. Richard Clark
of Frederick was a visitor at the
meeting. The next meeting is an
nounced for December 81 at the
home of Howard and Clifford Stiles
at Mt. Airy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
High Death Toll

Unless a new incentive for
safer driving and walking is
found, "the nation can reconcile
itself to an annual traffic death
toll of around $4,000" the Ma
tional Safety Council states.
Traffic deaths for the first nine
months of 1949 are about on a
par with the same 1948 period.
22,320 as compared with 22,75O in
1913. ,s aS-est t'. 20
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Population

Dividend payments for the
first three quarters of 1949 were
6.5 per cent higher than for the
same period of 1948 and, for the
full year, may exceed the record
81 billion dollars of 1913.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24

Not in many years do Mont
gomery fountains find the weather
of November so warm that violets
can be picked from gardens. Mrs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24

ROME aA favorite American "hOme from home for
visiting u S. CTS the Eternal City, the popular USO Club located
Vatican Thousands Of Ameran soldiers sailors and amen
USO welfare services available back in the u To
all faiths priced USO aid its
ment for group audiences with the Pope.
Above shown visiting CTS in front Of the Rome USO
meeting American tourist riding traditional Roman taxi The
Rome USO is of II service centers outside the United States
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24

Prague confiscates homes of ar
rested middle-class persons.
Evening star., 1949-06-12

diseases and control.
200. WTOP-Symphonette: vio-
lin Soloist Joseph Fuchs is featured
In the intermezzo from Sir Edward
Cigars Grown of India"
eco. WQQW-viewpoint: Charles
w. Holman, Washington repre-
sentative for the National Coop
erative Milk Producers Federation,
speaks on The Protection of the
Dairy Farmers Interests in Ma
tional Legislation"
ESQ, WRC-Uniyersity Theater:
Joseph Shildkraut plays the lead
role in E. M. Forster's Passage to
India"
2:30, WTOP-You Are There
Caesar Crosses the Rubicon" lis re-
enacted.
2:sU, WPIK-Parmer From Wash
ington: Senator James o. Eastland
Of Mississippi discusses "A Plan to
Stop Subversives.
500. WTOP-CBS Symphony Or
chestra: Bernard Hermann con-
ducts the orchestra In Handel's
"Acis and Galatea" and Khacha-
turians Concerto for Violin and
Orchestra"
500, WARL-Arlington Radio
Forum: Through Which Political
Party Can Virginians Best Be
Served?" Is discussed.
500, WRC-Boy's Town Gradua-
ton; Admiral Louis Denfeld, chief
of naval operations, is the featured
speaker.
800, WTOP-Family Hour of
Stars: Ava Gardner stars as a girl
who is too beautiful in Exit Linda. F."
$3.50, WRC-Martin-Lewis Show:
Marilyn Maxwell visits the two
comics.
500, WRC-Fred Allen Show: Re-
tired Vaudevillian DOC" Rockwell
is guest.
$3.50, WRC-NBC Symphony Or
chestra: Premiere of the summer
series. Fritz Reiner conducts and
Dorothy Maynor is guest soloist.
TeIeyision.
500, WNBW-American Televi-
sion Forum: Leon Keyserling, vice
chairman, Presidents Council of
Economic Advisors, and Senator
Owen Brewster of Maine debate
Your job Outlook" .e
4:30, WNBW-Meet Your Con-
gress: ''The New Labor Law" Is
discussed.
$50, WMAL-The Singing Lady:
Irene Wicker tells the story Of "The
Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde.
TOO, WMAL-Film Short: "The
How OF Television," q Aim explain
ing the workings of television, is
shown.
500, WNBW-Leave It to the
Girls: Paul Winchell and his dummy
Jerry Mahoney are quizzed by Faye
Emerson, Kitty Carlysle and Binnie
Barnes.
500, WOIC-Toast of the Town
Toni Harper, the 11-year-old vocal
list, and French Crooner Jacques
Pills appear.
$3.50, WNBW-Author Meets
Critic: Earl wilson's Let En- Eat
.
Evening star., 1949-06-12
hsnns a. wTTe tehsna.l ST. wMAL-Tv

TODAY.
1880.
WNBW-Music.
500.
WNBW -- American Television
Forum.
$50.
WNBW-Merlin and His Magic
Strings.
WNBW-The Eyes Have 1t.
WMAL-Previews and Music.
WNBW--Meet Your Congress.
4:45.
WMAL-Your own Home.
Soc.
WNBW-NBC Presents.
WNTAL-Super Circus.
Sis.
WNBw-Favorites in Art; Washing
ton Newsreel Digest, $40.
5:3e.
wNBw-Hopalong Cassidy.
WOIC-Music.
Evening star., 1949-06-12
News Broudcusts Today

wAAL wRc VOL WINK wwDc wToF
l12:00 ---- ,coo
900 1900 Every dd:59 1Z'oo
| 600 4:30 100 Hour zoo
6:15 ---- 1:16 on .i:@0
iiaa:SS 1a:eooo ii:SS A' Wv WV 1900
Evening star., 1949-06-12

q n q q q 7 e o 8,
wv h om God
Hath Joined.
1880, WMAL
Piano Play
house: Earl Wild
and Jazz Artist
T e ddy Wilson
are guests.
1:I5, WBCC--
It's Time to
Plant: DR.. Free
m an w e iss,
plant pathologist
with he De-
par t N e mt Of
Agriculture, dis
c usS eS pests,
Evening star., 1949-06-12


discusse d by
Faye Emerson,
Peter on a l d
and Toots Shor.
$3.50, WMAL-
Celebrity Time:
George ". Dem
ny, ir.. modera-
tor of Amer
lea s Town Meet
ing" |" and Actress
Ruth Hussey- are
guests.
500, w N B w
r e per t or J
Theater: Frank
n .,
Evening star., 1949-06-12

FAYE EmerbeH. AIDGI ISOL, n II
thony Randall and Jean Sincere star
In "It Pays to Advertise"
1880, WMAL-Action Autographs:
Burton Holmes, traveller and lee
turer, Is interviewed.
Evening star., 1949-06-12
FEATURES ON THE AIR
TODAY
Radio.

1890, wTOP-Church Of the Air
The Rev. George L. Hunt discusses
the meaning of marriage and the
significance of the marital vows In
Evening star., 1949-06-12
Audience Shows

The following hroateaSts and teis
casts admit the general paolie- For
tickets phone the station or. in the
case of wTOP and WMALs writs
wOL--MetroDoiitan o0i3- Meet
wwDc-EationaI T2G3. Teen
Time Revue" 1880 an Saturday;
Lunch at 1880" 1918 pm. Mon
cay-Friday: Bible Gs.tf," pE-
wEAM-Owenk Zoo. Songs of
the Saddle" Pm Sunday; Dave
Dennis. IL noon Aondsyssturday
Cniloren's Hour. 10 an. SATURDAY:
others No tickets necessary.
wMAI-Nationai 54aQ It's AL
Yours" pm. Thursd&y
wOL~"tmeriesn Forum Of the
Air" 10 pm. Monday al the Shore
ham. No tickets necessary.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
World Wheat Conference

The international Wheat Conference
now getting under way here starts under
more hopeful auspices than previous ses-
sions of the same organization. For one
thing, it can be more genuinely termed
world" conference, because two of the
worlds major wheat-growing countries
Argentina and the Soviet Union-are at
tending the present session. In former
meetings they were absent, albeit for
different reasons.
Another favorable factor is that the
international wheat picture is getting back
toward normal. This applies especially
to Europe, whose wheat-producing capacity
was gravely reduced in consequence of the
war, intensified by the bad weather of
two years ago. Last year, on the contrary,
Europe had generally good grain harvests
while the current winter has thus far been
SO favorable that another good harvest Is
in prospect.
The mere fact that representatives of
fifty-three countries are sitting down
together In Washington indicates the desir-
ability of effective long-range handling OF
the worlds outstanding nutritional prob
Evening star., 1949-01-31

lem.s The problem consists in the fact that
wheat is commodity subject to wide price
swings If its value Is left to the higgling
of the world market sThat entails alter
nate cycles of overproduction and scarcity
from which producers and consumers
respectively suffer.
The answer would seem to be an inter-
national agreement assuring a fair price
set over term of years. But the working
out OF such an agreement is far from easy
At least three major factors-price, guam
tity and duration-are involved. And,
quite naturally, producers and consumers
see the matter from opposite ends and
strive to drive the best bargain for their
respective interests. The fact that the
worlds two largest normal producers-the
United States and Canada-are "hard-
money" countries, whereas many of the
consuming lands have soft" currencies,
adds technical exchange difficulties of
highly complex character.
Since the conference is still in it's early
stages, the outcome cannot yet be pre-
dicted. Thus far, only the price factor
has been even tentatively discussed. Still,
the meeting Is tackling its agenda in a
businesslike spirit. So the prospect of
constructive action is better than in pre-
viouS years.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Saving the White House

It is startling to learn the full gravity
OF the structural defects which have been
found in the White House. One can only
conclude that the timely discovery of the
historic buildings weaknesses may have
averted major disaster. The old mansion
apparently is little more than hollow
shell, judged from the standpoint of struc-
tural stability-its interior having become
the victim of piecemeal remodeling opera
tions over many years. ff..l
Grimly reminiscent of the apartment
building collapse at Ninth street and New
York avenue more than year ago was
the finding that a main brick pier con-
stituting key support for the interior
rooms has deteriorated to an alarming
degree. 1t was the sudden failure of
similar pier which caused the fatal crash
of the New York avenue building. It is
hard now to place the blame for the
numerous defects found in the White
House. Part of the blame apparently rests
on those original builders who neglected
to sink certain piers to f1rmer foundations,
part on later generations of builders and
remodelers who cut holes in old walls
ments in plumbing, heating and lighting.
The important thing now is not to as
sign the blame but to decide how best to
repair the damage. Earlier guesses as to
the cost of reconstruction obviously were
far too conservative. 1t appears that from
six to eight or more million dollars will be
required to reconstruct the interior of the
mansion. That is lot of money, especially
when it is considered that an entirely new
building of more livable proportions and
design could be erected for far less money
But the White House is a symbol of New
World democracy that should not lightly
be discarded. It is hallowed by its asso-
citation with the great men who have led
the Nation from its earliest days. This
sentimental value cannot be estimated in
dollars. Whatever the cost, the aim of
the engineers should be to save as much
OF the original White House as practicable
and to restore the remainder 50 as to
conform as closely as possible to the
original appearance of the venerable ma
tional shrine.
Evening star., 1949-01-31

Ridge-give of an atmospheric radiation
less than the added cosmic radiation expo
sure person receives in going from sea
level to 5,000-foot elevation.
Nevertheless, the very fact that semi
mar has had to be held on this subject, as
a prelude to similar meetings to organize
a continuing effort to establish safeguards.
leaves no room for doubt that the disposal
problem is decidedly significant one
demanding systematic planning and
action. Here we have another example
of the atoms uniquely fearsome nature.
Even its waste materials must be han
died with the greatest care-a thing that
makes the United Nations failure to con-
troll it seem all the more depressing and
dangerous.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
Cultural Freedom in Moscow

The latest report from Moscow on the
state of cultural freedom in Russia makes
1t plain that Soviet drama critics have
complete freedom to criticize plays-up to
a point. The trouble is that some of them
have made the mistake of going beyond
the certain point. These "soulless malign-
ers and prattlers of inflated self-opinions,
according to Pravda, have even been so
tactleSS as to hint that Soviet heroes are
not always victorious
1t may be deduced from this, naturally
enough, that the Russian theater, exer-
cising the freedom characteristic of COM
munism, invariably casts Russian heroes
in winning role. The villains, presum-
ably anti-Communists always bite the
dust. 1t Is small wonder, therefore, that
Pravda was shocked to learn that some
"antipatriotic" critics openly objected" to
seeing the heroes always emerging on top.
Other critics, Pravda charged, have made
unfavorable comparisons between the
classics and contemporary Soviet drama
unfavorable, that u.s. for the latter Still
others. after viewing plays they did not
ike, decided not to write anything at ALL
All of these Soviet critics have displayed
heroism to some degree. 1t takes a hero
of sort to criticize Red hero in Moscow.
But the type of heroism displayed by the
Soviet drama critics is not the winning
kind behind the Iron Curtain. These
writer's are bound to lose, even If they
remain silent-unless, of course, they con-
fine their criticism to things and persons
and ideas previously denounced by the
Soviet dictators of artistic freedom Free
dom OF the latter sort is the only safe
variety available these days to Russian
writers-including those on Pravda.
Evening star., 1949-01-31
The Radioactive Wastes

One of the least publicized of atomic
production problems is that having to do
with the disposal of gaseous, liquid and
solid radioactive wastes. The wastes some
of which may have lethal life of thou
sands of years, are not like old shoes,
ordinary ashes or the remnants of last
nights supper that can be carted away
and unloaded at a dumping ground.
Special techniques are needed to handle
them, and as nuclear-fSsion activity be-
comes more and more widespread in our
own country and throughout the world,
they probably will be worrisome enough to
require extraordinary national and inter-
national precautionary measures.
The problem, in fact, is so important that
1t has been the subject of special seminar
just held here under the auspices of the
United States Atomic Energy Commission,
for the enlightenment of some of the
Nations leading sanitary and waterworks
engineers. AS Chairman David E. Lilien-
thai told the group, Eve have to learn to
live with radiation" and to that end,
because the harnessing of the atom has
placed us in new age in which we must
look forward to revolutionary operations
involving dangerous degrees of radio
activity, we must plan and act now to
develop the best possible safeguards, not
least of all as regards the waste materials
that must be disposed of somehow.
Like coal-burning furnace, our atomic
production processes leave residue of
"ashes," some in gaseous form, some liquid
and some solid, but all-in degrees varying
from harmless to very deadly-radioactive
1t has been suggested that the more dan
gerous of these "ashes" can be safely dis
posed of by burying them deep in the
EARTH but the idea apparently is not too
practical. Another proposal-said to be
more promising-is for an international
agreement under which all countries would
systematically cooperate in gathering the
lethal wastes at regular intervals, dilute
them, mix them with concrete, and then
dump them in some remote ocean area.
Finally, fantastically, but half seriously,
some experts have said that the best dis
posal plan would be to shoot the stuff in
rockets to the moon or in missiles that
would lose themselves in space.
Judging from what Mr. Lilenthal said to
the seminar, however, the problem of
learning how to live with radiation"
though not simple, does not justify an
"overly emotional or hysterical" approach.
AS of today, at any rate fantastic solutions
do not seem necessary, and the seminars
reports indicate that sanitary and water
works engineers, in cooperation with SCI
entists and other experts, will be able to
work out common sense ways of protecting
the water supply and atmosphere of COM
munities from radioactive dangers just as
they now protect them from ordinary pol
luton. Moreover, many of our present
atomic opeGations- such as those at Oak