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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
To Revise Constitution

10 REVISE CONSTITUTION
Mrs. Burnell Powell was hostess
to the Burtonsville Homemakers'
Club on February 21st. The new
president, Mrs. Louis Lethbridge,
presided and gave the Year Books
to the % members present.
The president asked Mrs. An
drew Thompson, vice-president of
the Homemakers' Council, to revise
the Clubs Constitution with the
help of committee of her own
choosing.
The Home Demonstration Agent
gave the demonstration on friends
in Window Treatment"
Mrs. A. D. Oursler and Mrs.
Paul Heitmuller were asked to
serve as Project Leaders to attend
the training school on trends in
Use Paints on Wood Trim" that
Miss Florence Mason, Home Fur
nishing Specialist of the Extension
Service of the University of Mary
land, was to give on February 25th.
New Group Meets
The evening of February 21st,
the Croydon Park Group met with
the Home Demonstration Agent in
the Extension Office. Twenty-three
of the rs members were present.
Mrs. George Mills, chairman of the
Nominating Committee, presented
a slate of officers, which was &C.
cepted. The new officers are Mrs.
Everett A. Trumbo, president ;
Mrs. Albert Henley, vice-president
Mrs. C. w. Haines, secretary, and
Mrs. w. Riley Stark, treasurer.
The group will now be known as
the Croydon Park Homemakers'
Club and will meet the third Mon
day evening in the Extension Of
fee, at the Court House. Since
Choppers Club was disbanded in
November, the Croydon Park Club
is the 26th member Of the Council
In February three more groups
will become clubs if their member
ship has 10 active women enrolled
Members Hear Creed
Mrs. Ed Beall, one Of the young
homemakers in Lewisdale, was
hostess to about 80 members of the
Browningsville Homemakers' Club
and guests. Mrs. Howard Smith
president of the County Homemak.
ers' Council, was guest and gave q
stimulating talk on "The Value OF
Being a Homemakers' Club Mem.
ber."
Mrs. Wilbur Luhn read the love
ly Greed that she, with the help Of
Mrs. Mark Thatcher, president Of
the Damascus Homemakers' Club
and Mrs. Ward Fetrow, president
of the Cedar Grove Homemakers
Club, wrote for the County Coun
Gil.
Mrs. Rudell Beall had the Yeal
Books ready for distribution t.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Richard
Montgomery
News
"Icy Fingers Ball"

Icy ringers Dali
Catchy posters and an even
catcher name advertise the "Icy
Fingers Ball." record dance,
March 4, in the Rockville gym.
Sponsored by the Future Farm
ers of America, the dance promises
it's patrons an evening of fun and
laughs.
Cokes will be served and guests
may count on flashy decorations.
Parents, friends and classmates
are invited to come out and join
the fun. Dancing starts at 9, and
the curfew hour is IL.
Rocket Pictures
Pictures of those who will parti-
cipate in the '49 spring sports
volleyball, baseball and seftball-
were taken this past Wednesday
for the Rocket, Richard Montgom-
cry yearbook.
''Inter-High Dance"
Saturday, March 5, is the eve
ming for all dance fans to mark
on their date calendar. The reason
is "Inter-High Dance" an Al
Rhine's orchestra affair to be held
III the school gym.
When all the lads and lassies
representing the student govern
ments of the different schools in
Montgomery County jut their ia
Tents into one big evening of in
Observation-Disclosures, then the
results are bound to please.
Classmates and friends of all the
county schools are invited to don
party clothes, get out the old jail
opy, and make bee line for Rock
vile Saturday night about a quar-
ter to nine, because "you want to
be there on the nine o'clock down
beat and enjoy every minute of the
three-hour sway-time."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Emmons . He

The Army Medical q
ell at Walter Reed was
of a very pretty weddih
day at 1880, when Miss
Hembury of Smithtown
Island, N. Y, became the
of James Carter Emmoi
Washington Grove.
Chaplain Major Leroy w. R
of Walter Reed where Miss HI
bury and Mr.. Emmons had be
stationed until recently, performe
the double-ring ceremony.
The bride, attired in a beige
travelling suit with navy blue ac-
cessories and carrying a white
prayer book and roses, was at
tended by Mrs. May Carey Of
Hyattsville. Charles Carey was
best man for Mr.. Emmons.
Among the out-of-town guests
were the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Irving Foster of Smith
town, L. l., New York.
Following a reception at the
non-commissioned Officers Club,
the couple left for a short trip.
They will reside in a nearby
Maryland apartment. sa
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Among The Homemakers

members who had not received
them in January.
Co-hostess with Mrs. Beall was
Mrs. Roby Watkins.
AS it was Washington's Birth
day, the refreshments featured
cherry ice cream and crisp cookies
cut in Ratchet shape.
A High Attendance
On February 23rd, the Four
Corners Club was out in almost
perfect attendance at the home of
it's Club president, Mrs. c. C.
Burger. Her beautiful dining room
was gay with spring flowers as the
group gathered for dessert lunch
con. Mrs. John Roger, co-hostess,
presided over the tea table.
The revised Club Constitution
was read and will be voted upon at
the March meeting.
Members Make Dresses
Thursday, February Gath, five
members of the Homewood Clubs
met at the home of Mrs. Charles
Woodmansee to have their first
lesson on cutting out a house
dress" At their planning meeting
on February 9th, they had checked
measurements, chosen patterns and
material, so were eager to start
placing the patterns and learning
all the details. 1t was a pleasure
for the Agent to work with these
young homemakers. BY a o'clock
all the dresses had been tailor
tackled, darts basted in and they
will haste up the waists and skirts
for the fitting lesson that is sched-
uled for March 7th.
Not Lacking Leaders
Once upon a time it was very
difficult to secure Project Leaders
from the Clubs, who come to a
Training School at the Extension
Office and then give the demonstra-
ton back in their clubs. Now most
of the clubs find that two or more
women want to serve in this capac-
ity. That fact was evidenced at the
Training School held February
25th, when Miss Florence Mason,
Home Furnishing Specialist of the
University Extension Service, met
with AZ alert women in the Home
Demonstration Agents Office. They
represented 81 clubs and groups,
or about $50 of the go women en-
rolled.
The Color Chart for Paints was
loaned by Mr.. Earl Shorb, of the
Wisconsin Paint Center, in Bethes-
da. Mr.. Bishop, of the Paint Gen.
ter, helped answer many questions
on problems these ladies had in
their attempts at home painting.
The Homemakers met at 1880
o'clock. Miss Mason gave subject
information on the Value of Color
in the Home and how to use it eff.
fectively. After the noon meal
they convened again and had a
question period on the subject mat.
ter presented in the morning and
developed an outline for their talks
to be given at their own clubs
Then work period. on how to mi,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
DAMASCUS
HIGH SCHOOL
Valentine Party

The senior high school had their
Valentine Party February IL. The
main event was the GROWING of
the king, Donald Barber, and the
queen, Betty Monkey. The Royal
Court consisted of Gay Harding,
Hazel Burdette, Geraldine Bosley,
Billy King, and Bobby Bellison.
The Court was entertained by
some skits and singing. A prize
was awarded to the junior class
for having the best entertainment.
Juniors Take Over
The seniors have turned the
Press Club over to the junior class.
This is one of the indications show
ing the seniors are preparing to
plan for their graduation. We wish
the juniors the best of luck and
hope they enjoy working on the
Press Club as much as the seniors
did.
Hornettes Win 1924
On February Is, the Hornettes
travelled to Gaithersburg to down
the Gaithersburg Lassies by a
score of 1924. 1t was a close, fast
game up until the whistle blew.
In a companion game the Jayvee
girls of Damascus beat the CATH
ersburg Jayvees by score of 25-
~.
Junior High Game
Mt. Airy topped Damascus
Junior High boys by small mar
gin of 1926 on February Fl at
Mt. Airy.
Damascus was in the lead up to
the fourth quarter, but Mt. Airy
pulled away in the last quarter.
Joe Abrahams was high scorer
with II points and Michael Tabler
and Donald Bell trailed him, both
having points each.
We meet Mt. Airy on March 1st
on our own court. This will be the
second junior high boys game of
the season.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Births Reported At
Local Hospital

Montgomery County General
Hospital reported the following
births for the period February
10Th through February 26;
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin o. Adams
GAINESVILLE, a son; Mr.. and MRS.
Emerson H. Woodward, Rockville,
a son, Charles Emerson; Mr.. ana
Mrs. Russell M. Poole, west
Friendship, a son, Russell Charles;
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank X. Pickett,
Rockville, son, Frank Randall
Pickett, Jr.; Ernest and Elizabeth
Miles, Woodbine, daughter, Irene
Elizabeth; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred j.
Leroux, Beltsville, son.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Montgomery SideIights
By ELSIE WHITE HAINES

"How did your reader survey
turn out?" we have been asked al
most daily since on January 20 we
sent out 400 extra copies of the
Sentinel enclosing a red or blue
crayon and instructions for mark
ing the paper.
To your editor and staff the re-
suit was heartwarming, surpris-
ing, amusing, touching and sober
ing. A representative of "Kipling-
er's" once unofficially told us that
the Sentinel was the best loved of
any publication he had ever come
in contact with-"best read. too"
he added. The comments scraWled
across the returned papers-the
notes enclosed, the messages
phoned or left in person at the
Sentinel desk, have awakened the
whole staff to a renewed sense of
responsibility by bearing out the
agency's half joking comment.
AS only a small portion of our
subscribers participated in the sur
vey we will explain bit. This sur
vey was done by midwest COM
pany. Our part was simply to print
an extra 400 papers, put on re-
turn stickers, insert papers in an
envelope containing crayon, and
mail to 200 men and 200 women
whose names were selected at ran
dom from our ABC (paid in adj
vance, list of subscribers. The in
structions asked that the recipient
draw line through the middle of
each article or ad he or she had
through heading if only the
headlines we're read. Red crayon
indicated the paper was marked
oy a woman-blue was for man.
Let's talk about the disappoint-
ments and then forget them. First
the company doing the survey
enormously sent out magazine re-
turn instructions to the women
instead of newspaper ones. "Tell
us something about yourself by
marking the red squares on LABEL
ran the instructions, and there
were no red squares. That puzzled
a number of people including the
Sentinel staff. "What squares am
| supposed to mark?" was the $64
question around the county that
week. More serious was the fact
that the paper to be marked for
survey was to reach the reader the
day after his regular paper. An
implanted for Ito us) inaugural
holiday at the postoffice held the
regular mail over a day-causing
the follow up" paper (sent first
class to be delivered in some cases
before the regular edition arrived.
"If you have not read your Sen
tinel simply mark this copy 'un-
read and put back in mail" ran the
instructions-so we received copies
from some very literal minded per-
sons marked unread" I'd liked to
have read this, lavish | could read
this before sending it back" One
said, "Sorry for the delay in send
ing this marked copy back-but
| read my Sentinel from Thursday
to Thursday" The label "return at
once" meant nothing to that reader
she was not going to be cheated
out of reading her favorite ar
ticles!
All the Sentinel staff was sup
posed to do with the returned
marked copies was to drop them
in box and at the end of the week
mail back to the survey company
but those marked copies were
PREFERRED READING around
the Office that week. We just loved
the comments and not all OF them
were sugar-coated. A few persons
had misunderstood the explanation
that it was merely a survey OF
what they rcad--not request ioI
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03

advice on how to (or not toy run
county weekly. But those criticisms
were appreciated and the editor
hopes you will notice that we are
adopting some of the suggestions.
"Your headlines are too short and
not descriptive, zone reader wrote
but the ones she obligingly wrote
for us would fit no type we have
ever sen. An IS pit. head consists
of three lines with a maximum of
Is characters in each--we have to
use few "a pit. headings for sake
of appearance in which only IL or
10 characters can be used in each
/ column line. TRY doing few !.
Space in the Sentinel is always at
a premium so we use few deck or
sub-heads which would furnish
description"
Of the 400 papers sent out only
40% or 100 we're marked and re-
turned-o these lis were sent to
the survey company for some did
not come back in time to be in
cluded in the official survey. A good
many of the 115 will not be an
alyzed in the survey of the COM
pany because directions were not
followed.
-Four generations of our family
have read the Sentinel-we read
it ALL" eve almost fight over who
is to get the county paper first on
Friday, we read it ads and alp
these comments meant lot to your
editor but if the paper mad no other
mark on it the hard-hearted sur
vey company just chucked it aside.
Now what did some of you do
with the pretty blue or red crayon?
Give it to the baby? Some started
out with crayon and finished mark
ing with pen or lead pencil-only
crayon marks are officially count
ed.
Your editor sat on the floor for
five solid hours on a Saturday
afternoon before mailing out those
copies, and made her own unofficial
analysis. She counted every mark,
read every comment, laughed UNI
til the tears came, cried at the
sincere messages of some aged
persons who had read the paper
all their lives. BEST county paper
in Maryland or maybe the whole
world" said one.
This is getting lengthy but we
must tell you about "Old Crouch"
as he signed himself. We feel sure
a man wrote the criticisms pen
was used, no red or blue to indicate
male or female, but certainly only
a soured male could so ably tear
apart the article written by
Baukhage about the effect of the
Marshall plan on hating the
spread of Communism. Nothing
pleased Old Crouch, not even the
Montgomery Sidelights or the
classified ads which seemed to vie
for first place in the opinion Of the
majority.
OF the first 100 papers returned,
55 were marked by men, 80 by
women, 2 were marked by both, b
were marked unread" Almost
everyone indicated they had read
the lead story (about the first
meeting of the first County Coun-
Gill +; 48 of the 55 men had read IT.
Thirty-six had read the editors
From Where / Sat" Ia semi-hum-
orous editorial on the meeting)j ~
had read the column Montgomery
Sidelights; 81 the classified ads
columns. /
OF the 3S women, q had read
the lead story; II the From
Where | Sat" editorial; II Mont
gomery Sidelights; % the CLASSIFIED
ads. More than half Of the women
had read the Homemakers' column
and the food ads. More men than
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Veteran Workers

The number of veterans OF the
armed forces working for the Gov
eminent increased in 1948 to forty
per cent of all Government work
ers, according to the Civil Service
Commission. The veterans in
creased by nearly 10000 to a total
of 5000 as of Jan. /, 1949. Dis
abled veterans on the Federal pay
roll increased more than $4,000 to
113,700.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
IL Does

A conservative estimate is that
the mud slung during a political
campaign gathered together makes
a number of mountains out of mole
hills.-Life.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03

Cook onions, celery and garlic
in salad oil over medium heat until
tender but not brown. Add flour,
salt, sugar and chilli powder. mixed
with n cup liquid from tomatoes.
Add remaining tomatoes and beer
Simmer Is minutes. Add limas
vinegar and shrimp; heat thorough.
ly. Pack hot rice in creased LOT
ring mold; turn out on serving
plate. Fill center with shrimp mix.
ture. Yield: 6 servings.
Evening star., 1949-10-12
Gen. Pulaski Honored
In Ceremonies Here

Members Of Polish-American
civic and cultural organizations
honored the memory of Gen.
Casimir Pulaski, American Revo-
lutionary War hero, in colorful
wreath-laying ceremonies yester-
day at his statue, on Pennsylvania
avenue between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets NV.
More than 100 persons gathered
to honor the Polish patriot. who
gave his life in the Battle of
Savannah ITO years ago. A cere-
monial detachment of the Third
Infantry Regiment of Fort Myer
participated as wreaths were laid
at the foot of the equestrian
statue by the Polish Club of
Washington, Group 634 of the
Polish Women's Alliance and the
Polish American Congress, spon-
sors of the observance.
Speakers included Senator
Myers, Democrat, of Pennsylvania
who paid tribute to "a Poland
knuckled under the merciless
hand Of Communist masters" and
Evening star., 1949-10-12
Report Asks Regulation
OF Optometry Practice

Continued support by the Com
missioners of legislation to regu-
late the practice of optometry
here was urged today in the an
nual report to the Commissioners
of the District Board of Optom-
etry for the year ended last
June 80.
The pending legislation, the re-
port said, will eliminate un-
ethical practices for the protec-
ton Of the citizens of the Dis
trict."
AS Of June 30, there were 1874
optometrists registered and In
good standing. the board informed
1.-THE Commissioners.
Evening star., 1949-10-12

Representatives Gorski and Buck
ley. both Democrats, of Illinois.
Other organizations participate
ing in the event were Group 848 of
the Polish National Alliance, Dis
trict Societies of the Sons and
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton and the American Legion.
Master of ceremonies was Ed
ward c. Sokolowski, president of
the Polish Club of Washington.
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PERCENTERS:
5, Thot Is

What happened to the 5 per cent
er inquiry that was hotter than a
two-dollar deep freeze box a month
or two ago?
According to Senator Hoey d.,
N.C.), who heads the special senate
subcommittee which studied wheth-
er federal buying was improperly
influenced, the probe probably
won't be resumed this year; al
though the senator indicated that he
might release report on it soon.
FOR ALL practical purposes
the Investigations already is COM
pleted," said Hoey.
However, the subcommittee was
still waiting to get the testimony
of James v. Hunt and David Ben
nett, both of whom were described
as being too i'll to take the stand.
Hunt is the Washington manage
ment counselor who allegedly col
lected fat fees for his help in seek
ing government contracts for
others. He was the one who said,
"All ! have to sell is influence"
Bennett is head Of the Chicago
perfume house which footed the
bill for several home freezers pre-
scented in 1945 to Maj. Gen. Harry
Vaughan.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-10-28
, Current Events

Here ere fips questions, based on
recent bsbpenings IN tbs ssWs
Wbieb ere practically impossibls to
snswer unless your children give
you enough time to read your
newspsber before they start play
ing tas-ot-wsr Vitb IL. AnytDsy, try
them on your 10. for size.
l. YugOslavia, aided by the
U.S., recently bid for election to
a seat on the U.N. security coun-
Gil. How many elective men,
bers are there on the security
council?
2. News from London following
the devaluation Of the pound
made frequent mention Of the
"shadow cabinet" What is it?
3. US. aid to foreign countries
in fiscal 1919 totaled s billion
dollars. Would you say Britain,
Germany or France received the
most?
4. Oklahoma voted recently to
keep its 42-year-old statewide
prohibition law. How many 9TH
er all-dry states are there?
S. Guam, a us. possession for
merly run by the navy, recently
inaugurated its first civilian gov
ernor. When did the US. get
Guam?
I. OF the II seats, Eve are held
permanently, sig are elective. Elso-
tive members now are Argentina,
Canada. Cuba. Egypt. Norway and
the Ukraine.
2. The phrase describes . group
Of leadeAs Of the Conservative sI-
position, headed BY Churchill.
8. Germany, 9S3 million dollars,
Britain. 500 million; France. $50 mill
lion.
I. Mississippi 10 the only other
state with . statewide prohibition
law.
5. In 1898, by the Treaty Of Paris,
after the spanish-Americsn war.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-10-28
SECURITY:
On the Wuy

Judging from all the activity that
has been generated around the
idea recently, apparently the thing
about is how they can keep a few
dollars rolling into the family till
each month after father reaches
the ripe old age Of IS.
Pension plans have been an issue
in major strikes confronting the
nation, and congress was coming
up fast on the outside of greatly
expanded social security measure.
Even as the Observation-Disclosures
sored bill was reported out onto the
floor by the house rules committee,
it had been fairly obvious that the
house would approve this portion
of President Humans program.
Briefly, the current measure pro-
vides for:
I. An increase Of II million in the
number of workers covered by old
age and survivors insurance for
new total of 46 million.
2. An average 70 to 80 per cent
increase in old-age benefits.
3. Creation of a new insurance
system for persons who became
totally and permanently disabled.
4. An increase in the payroll taxes
by more than 300 per cent during
the next 20 years.
At any rate, the prospects were
bright for those legislators who
were Pumping for passage Of the
expanded social security law. Sen
ator George 3D., Ga.) chairman Of
the finance committee, freely pre-
dicted that the senate would pass
the hopped-up social security pro-
gram In 1850.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-10-28
,A-CONTROL::
Truly Effective

After President Truman's an
nouncement on September % of an
atomic explosion in Russia, us.
citizens worked up a kind of pecu-
Aar, detached tension that seemed
10 have been born out Of the ex-
pectation that somebody-maybe
Bernard Baruch-ought to say
something significant pretty soon
about the world and the atom bomb.
And Mr.. Baruch, who is the au-
thor Of the plan for international
atomic control that was rejected
By the Soviets in 1916, measured
up TO the demand for an opinion by
coming out with what looked to be
some practical suggestions.
PRIMARILY, he urged that
nothing less than truly effective"
system Of International control be
put into effect.
He supplemented this major point
with three other recommendations
as to how to face up to the Russian
atom:
/. Pending such "safe and sure"
control, make every effort ito
maintain our overwhelming advan-
tage" in the development of atomic
weapons.
2. Re-examine our strategy for
peacemaking.
3. Enact a standby mobilization
plan, including civilian defense,
Immediately.
BASIC IDEA, Of course, is for the
US. to do its moral best with the
olive branch, but In the meantime
keeping a gun handy, just in case.
Baruch's conception Of q mobin-
xation plan would include price,
wage and rent controls, rationing
priorities and anti profiteering
measures.
Russia's counter-proposal to in
ternational control-the outlawing
Of the bomb and International
agreements to destroy all existing
stocks Of the atom bomb-over-
simplifies the problem, Baruch
said.
HE WARNED that a would-be
aggressor easily could divert
peaceful atomic material to Gin
ternational blackmail and destruc-
ton"