Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-28

a mountain road on an Autumn
day? Or nicer eatin' than a broiled
chicken dinner at Laurel Brigade
Inn at Leesburg? Having through
series of incidents "lost" the
frying chicken we had expected to
cook at home on Sunday, we eager
ly accepted Edythe Turner's invita-
ton to drive somewhere and eat
Sunday dinner. The chicken, by
the way, turned up Monday in the
refrigerator at Elizabeth Tallon's
Gift Shop. Didn't anyone tell you
l had it," laughed "Jim."
Leaving Rockville at 2 p. M,
we drove out Route % to barnes
town, on Beallsville and Point of
Rocks. Nearing Jacksonville we
suggested that it was fun to cross
the Potomac on the ferry. "Not
for me-" says the popular Home
Demonstration Agent. II am al
lergic to water" In large amounts,
we presume she meant. Anyway we
crossed the Potomac sedately by
the way of the bridge-consider-
ably higher up stream. And a
good thing, for the water was high
and muddy and those who drove to
Whites Ferry found it not run
ming, we learned later.
After crossing the bridge, in
stead of keeping straight on we
turned right and then Miss Turn
er asked, "Do you like mountain
roads?" and turned left up steep
trail through woods. While mar
row, the road is hard and not rough
and one can seemingly go back
to the peace and quiet of another
era. We met no cars-the few
summer homes we saw were
closed-a man riding a lovely white
horse-an occasional Negro saun-
tering along, or "jes' setting.
We wound around and around
up and up-at times looking down
on a valley as pretty as anything
one sees on the Skyline Drive
then we started unwinding down
and down and finally came out at
Lucketts, not far north of Lees
burg.
A few minutes after three o'clock
we were dining at the Inn which
was formerly an old home in the
center of the town. AS much as
possible of the home atmosphere
has been preserved and the food
is "out of this world" Try it
sometime-but if you go the
mountain road get Virginia road
map so you can follow road num-
bers or get Edythe Turner to guide
you. OF course you can be prosaic
and stick to the main highway.
We found the roads quite free
of heavy or careless traffic on Sun
day-everyone seemed to be driv-
ing slowly and enjoying the first
crisp, Fall day. Smoke from the
Canadian forest fires hung like a
pail over the hills and obscured the
sun, but the day was ideal for a
trip and everyone we met seemed
content to Give and let live" Had
you learned that insurance COM
panies are giving a lower rate of
auto insurance if the car is not
to be driven by drivers of ages
16 to 20? Seems that large motor
car company, alarmed by the re-
port that drivers in that age group
had five times as many accidents
as drivers in the $3.50 age group,
conducted a nationwide poll. Here
are the principal accident causes
as listed in order of their fire.
quency: Tendency toward Excess
sive speed; clowning; day-dream-
ing; disregard of traffic signals;
failure to give proper driving sig
mails. 1t is said in counties where
Drivers Training is a part of the
high school curricula, such offenses
are fewer. Let's be glad Mont
gomery has it.
Did we ever tell you how Mrs.
William MeBain, whose fingers and
brain are seldom idle, occupies her.
self on motor trips? She collects
Burma Shave" ads and when she
is driving, her companions are
supposed to write down the bits of
wisdom, humor or philosophy the
ads carry. Having occasion to
get out a tour book Sunday, we
were reminded of trip to Florida
with Mrs. McBain and her late
husband, the Mayor. Along the
margin were bits Of verse which
Mrs. McBain would copy at night.