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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Three-Stote Progressive
Spring Tours Are Beginning

Monday morning, March 20,
1850, at 1000 o'clock, the newly
inaugurated Th1ae-state progress
sive spring tours of noted houses
and gardens began in Charleston,
S. c., continuing northward
throughout Virginia, April %
through April 29, and in Mary
land, from April % through Tues
day, May 9. More than 400 of the
loveliest and most historic houses
and gardens to be found on the
East Coast will he on view during
these spring tours.
The three sponsoring groups =
The Historic Charleston Founda-
ton, Virginia Historic Garden
Week, and The Maryland House
and Garden Pilgrimage = are, for
the first time, issuing a joint in
vitation to attend progressive
tours which, with practically no
conflict of dates, make it possible
to visit nearly every one of the 400
places to be opened. Admission
receipts, in each instance, will be
used to maintain or restore archi-
tectural and historic treasures of
the three states.
Complete information concern
ing the progressive tours, includ-
ing printed booklets, can be OBJ
tanned without cost by writing or
visiting the headquarters offices
maintained by the three sponsor
ing organizations: Historic
Charleston Foundation, "a Church
Street, Charleston, S. c.; Vir-
ginia Historic Garden Week, l JEFF
ferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia;
The Maryland House and Garden
Pilgrimage, PIT Sheraton Belve-
Gere Hotel, Baltimore 2, Maryland.
Twenty one private homes,
whose shutters have kept out pub
lie, view for two centuries or more,
will be opened by The Historic
Charleston Foundation which, for
the third season, will sponsor tours
of Charleston's historic private
homes, March 20 to April 10. Some
of these are grand mansions, sur
rounded by splendid gardens; some
are small and quaint, nestled be-
hind old brick walls smothered in
cherokee roses and wisteria. Six
CT the houses have never been
opened before
Visitors to Virginia, during the
last week in April, will enjoy the
beauty of dogwood and rebud in
profusion along the quiet country
side. This last week in April = the
22nd throuth the 29th = brings
Garden Week to the Old Dominion
for the seventeenth annual tour.
Over the entire state, privately
owned estates are open to the pub
lie.
With an opening-day tea and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Local Hospital Board To
Enlarge It's Membership

In order to adequately fulfill
the demands made on the Woman's
Board of Montgomery County gen.
eral hospital by the enlarged hos
pital facilities, and to maintain
the same high standards of service
and equipment that it has in the
past, it has been felt necessary to
enlarge the Board membership. At
the present time this membership
is limited to one hundred. A COM
mittee was named, headed by Mrs.
Vestus Wilcox and Mrs. Henry
Dec. Adams, to revise the bylaws
and constitution; and thus enable
the Board to add new members and
new committees to those already
funetioning. alf
The plans were made at a lunch
con meeting Of the Wornan2s Board
held in the Sandy Spring Meeting
House on Monday, March 10.
kMrs. ]. w. Barnsley, president
d the Board, called the meeting
to order and welcomed Mrs.
Charles Lyon and Mrs. Whitaker
az new members of the group.
Mrs. Arthur Carr, of the hos
pital staff, reported the hospital
was now an official Red Cross
Blood Bank Center. The manner
in which the blood was dispensed
and the renewed of the supply was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
April l Closing Date
Of Essay Contest For
High School Students

State prizes in Governor Lanes
State Essay Contest, sponsored by
his Committee to Promote En-
ployment of the Physically Handi-
capped, totals $3.50. The con-
test is now underway with eleventh
and twelfth grade public, paro-
chial and private high school stud
cnts participating. Title of their
essays is Hire the Handicapped.
It's Good Business" April l is
the closing date of the contest.
All four state winners will re-
ceive certificate of merit signed
for the President of the United
States by the Chairman of the Ma
tional Committee. The first prize
winner will be entered in the Ma
tional Essay Contest which offers
total of $4,000 in prizes.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Dorothy Muir Wins
''Best Of Breed" With
Her Great PYreneeS Dog

The Rock Creek Kennel Club
Sanction Match held at Silver
Spring on March 7, was a huge
success, having the large entry of
230 dogs.
Miss Dorothy Muir of Washing
ton Grove, handled her Great
Pyrenees Dog, La Verne Ambass-
adeur Noel, and won Best of Breed
with him. He also placed third in
the Working Group, in which com
petition was keen. Many outstand-
ing dogs were entered in this
group.
Judges at the show were pro-
fessionals, and outstanding in
their locality.
Announcement has been made
OF the Rock Creek Clubs Point
Show to be held in the Armory in
Washington on Sunday, March 10.
This show, the largest in the East,
will have many entries from Wash
ington and nearby counties. Fiji
teen Great Pyrenees alone are
entered in this Show.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23

Replacing L. H. Mcdaniel, re-
Gently retired, as Holstein-Frie-
sian fieldman for the California
Arizona Nevada territory, is Fred
C. Voris, graduate of California
State Polytechnic College, San
Luis Obispo.
Mr.. Voris majored in dairy hus-
bandry with a B. S. degree. He
managed the College herd for the
past two years, and during that
time had the satisfaction of super
vising the production of several
10O0-pound fat Holstein cows, as
we'll as one with a record of over
HOO pounds.
He has been President of the
Dairy Club of the College, and for
the past two years has been on the
Dairy Cattle Judging Team COM
peting at Portland, Oregon and at
Waterloo, Iowa DAIRY Cattle Con-
gress).
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Cherry Blossom
Festival Will
Begin March 81

The Greater National Capital
Committee of the Washington
Board of Trade, sponsor of the
annual Cherry Blossom Festival to
be held on March 81, April l and 2,
announces through it's Chairman,
G. j. Mack, the shifting of the
staging of the Cherry Blossom
Festival Musical Revue-sical from
the Sylvan Theater to TIE Water
gate, facing the Potomac River at
the foot of the Lincoln Memorial.
AS has been the custom, each
state and three territories will Sc
lect and send to the Festival a
Pricess to represent them. One of
these beauties will be chosen Queen
by the spin of the giant wheel of
fortune and will be crowned in all
her regal glory by one of the Ma
TONS leading dignitaries. She
will be attended throughout the
Festival by Miss Mary Jane
Hayes, Princess from the District
of Columbia who was Miss Wash
ington of 1949 in the Miss America
Contest.
Edward ]. Kelly of the National
Capital Parks Office says, "The
blossoms will arrive on schedule
this year if all our figures are cor
rect. When they do appear, the
hormone spray will assure their
blooming for at least twelve to
fifteen days.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23

explained to the meeting. Mrs.
Carr also mentioned that this hos
pital was one of the few that still
have morning visiting hours. Mrs.
Marion Green, formerly of the
Eastern Shore, has been named
Floor Supervisor for the hospital.
Committee chairmen in making
their reports told of thousands of
dressings made; a bed and linen
bought; blood pressure equipment
added; bake sales held to raise
funds and of the operation of the
Thrift Shop in Bethesda.
Mrs. E. w. Scott of the Building
Committee reported on the pro
gress made and said that her COM
mittee is still accepting contribu-
tons for the new wing and other
improvements.
Mrs. Louis Gravelle, chairman
of the Pamphlet Committee, dis
tributed information and supplies
to those who will solicite adver-
Using for this years issue of the
booklet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23

Buddhist revival in Burma is
directed at communism.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Draft-Age Men
Again Reminded
OF Registration

Men 18 years of age are
again reminded by Colonel Henry
C. Stanwood, State Director of Sc
iective Service for Maryland, that
"thc obligation to register is q
continuing one and must be full
filled under the requirements of the
Selective Service Act of 1948."
The young man who becomes
(18) is required to register at a
local board Office within five (5)
days after his eighteenth (18th)
birthday. If ne happens to be
away from his home he need not
return as he may register at the
local board office most concenient
to him and the record will be sent
to the local board having jurisdic-
ton over his home residence, if he
wishes, even though it is in
another State.
1t is mandatory that a regis
trant keep his local board in
formed of any change in address
or change in status. This require
ment applies to all registrants, in
GLIDING those who have reached the
age twenty-six (26).
Montgomery County's local
draft board So, is located in the
Post Office Building, Rockville and
office hours are on Tuesday and
Thursday, 8 A. M. to IL noon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23

reception by the Governor of
Maryland and his wife, Maryland's
18th Annual Maryland House and
Garden Pilgrimage will be inaug-
urated on Friday, April %, in the
historic old port of Annapolis,
where George Washington re-
signed his commission as Com
mander-in-Chief of the Continent
tai army. More colonial buildings
stand there, today, than in any
other American city. From April
% through Tuesday, May 9, under
sponsorship of The Federated Gar
den Clubs Of Maryland, daily from
1000 A. NJ. to 600 P. M. day
light Saving Time) and in II diff
ferent counties, more than 200
showplaces of this most northern
of southern states will be opened,
each for one day only. Many of
Maryland's manor houses and
other estates, to he seen only dur
ing the annual Pilgrimage, are
located in the, states famed fox
hunting and point-to-point racing
country Graded among the green
valleys east of Maryland's Blue
Ridge mountains. AS group,
these houses, include some of the
country's finest specimens of
Georgian architecture, and many
of the gardens are internationally
famous.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Art Of Floor Refinishing
TAUGHT Local Homemakers

Old Floors - New Floors! The
change is as great as the change
from night to day. That was the
conclusion of those who attended
the final training meeting for home
furnishing chaiimen Of Homemak-
ers Clubs of Montgomery County.
They saw an old floor become new
during a floor sanding and refinish-
ing demonstration on Tuesday and
Wednesday, March IA and 18th at
the home of Miss Marie Boland,
Germantown Road, Germantown.
A bedroom floor was completely
sanded and refinished during this
demonstration
The old pine floor had been given
partial protection by shellac and
wax and had received hard usage.
When completed it had the appear
ance of a brand new and different
floor, due to using professional
techniques and modern finishing
material. They used a finish that
does not show scratches like warm
ish or shellac and yet can be
patched up" in worn areas with
out showing any overlap or color
difference. Because of the type of
finish and the way it was applied
it gave the floor a soft satin
sheen.
This is how it was done. First
they sanded off all the old finish
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23

with an electric sanding machine,
using coarse, medium and fine
sandpapers. An edging machine
was used to do the edges of the
floor where the sanding machine
could not reach. When the sand
ing was completed, two coats of
modern type, penetrating floor
seal was applied, and each coat
was serviced with disc-like steel
wool pad, used on the brush of an
electric polishing machine. Then
the floor was waxed and polished.
All the women agreed that once
again woman has successfully en-
tered the masculine field = it was
so easy that each one of the women
attending will put on the same
demonstration before their own
club.
The demonstration was arrang-
ed by Miss Edythe M. Turner,
County Home Demonstration
Agent and a floor engineer was
sent by the University of Mary
land Extension Service to assist
her. The up-to-date methods for
future maintenance of hard and
soft wood floors was also discussed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Knows His Signals

Philadelphia, Pa. : It wasn't
hard to find a milk-wagon horse,
who took a walk without its driver
in the center of the city. The we'll
trained horse was found at an
intersection waiting for a red light
tn change.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23

What we do not know worries
us; don't bother about it, however,
because we know you have troubles
of your own.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
CARD OF THANKS
CARD OF THANKS

| desire to express my heart
felt thanks and appreciation to all
the surrounding community for
their kind and willing offering in
the purchasing of a television
set to place in my home in an eff
fort to make my shut-in life as
pleasant and enjoyable as pos
sible and to Mr.. Harlan Jolliff
for his kindness in the donation
of his commission and to Mr.
Clarence Sandusky for his will
lingness and time in the install
lation of the set, free of charge
and also his servicing and espec-
tally do l extend my greatest
thanks to Mr.. and Mrs. Abner
Phipps, and Mr.. and Mrs. Beryl
Phipps for their kindness and
time in sponsoring this SYM
pathic cause. My greatest desire
is that God will bless each and
everyone now and forever and
ever. Again l say thank you all
for your sympathic kindness.
It's Clinton Davis
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16

and Mrs. John Smallwood were
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton, of
Marion. Afternoon guests were
their sons, Mr.. and Mrs. jim
Smallwood and son and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Smallwood Jr., all of
Marysville.
Wilma Blue and Blanche Long
shore were calling on Esther
Smith, of Farmlands, one after
noon last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Moody
and family, of Lima, Rev. and
Mrs. Hess, Mr.. and Mrs. Corbett,
of Marysville were Sunday after
noon callers at the c. M. Boord
home.
Mrs. Wilma Blue was hostess
to a Stanley party Friday after
noon, and "Cometic Party" Fri
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smallwood
were Thursday supper guests of
Gene Smallwood and family.
Pearl Shirk and family spent
Sunday evening with Charles
Paver and family, near Marys-
vile.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jewell were
Sunday guests of their children,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jewell and
daughter, Janet, of Marion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Welch and
sons spent Sunday afternoon
with Jack Bowdre and family of
Magnetic Springs.
Floyd Sears was a Sunday
guest of Bob Heffner and family,
of Columbus.
Mr.. Jim Smallwood and fam
lily and Mr. and Mrs. John Small
wood jr., of Marysville spent Sun
day afternoon with their brother
Gene, and family.
Luther Laughrey, Verl Polling
and Forest Ballard, forming {
tractor maintenance committee
have secured Mr. Sam Huber, eX
tension specialist, from o. S. U.
to give a demonstration on prop
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
. Petersburg
BY MRS. KENNETH BLAKE

Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Edwards
spent the weekend at the Bry
Thompson home in Fountain
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Smith spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
their son and daughter-inlaw
and family, Mr.. and Mrs, Ray
Smith, Jr. near Dayton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Blake and
grandaughters, Judy and Patsy
Blake, spent Saturday and Sun
day in Lima visiting relatives.
Several from this community
attended the funeral services for
Mr.. William A. Vanderau held in
the Lee Funeral Home last Fri
day. The family has the sympathy
of the entire community.
Mrs. Lula Epps and Miss Helen
Edwards have been on the sick
list.
Little Ricky Thrall, son of Mrs.
Dorothy Berry, is on the sick list.
Judy Blake, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Blake, is con-
fined to her home by a severe
case of tonsillitis.
Several w. S. c. S. members
met at the home of Mrs. Helen
Myers on Feb. IA to quilt. Those
attending were: Mrs. Bessie Pol
ing, Mrs. Ed Edwards, Mrs. Ger
trude Blake, Mrs. Blanche Dear
durff, Mrs. Mary Cline, and Miss
Helen Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Buxton re-
ceived word of the arrival of
new 6 Id. 10 OF. granddaughter,
Jerrilee, born Feb. in the home
of Edgar Buxton, of Buffalo, N.
Y. The Edgar BuXton's now have
a son and daughter.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16

er care of tractors at the Ray
mond school building, Friday
evening, Feb. "a at eight o'clock.
Mrs. Mary Alice Delhi in
forms us that Mrs. Earl Polling
will give a demonstration on
Pattern Measurement" at the
Raymond school, Friday evening,
at 8 o'clock Feb. "a. Helen Jew
ell, Florence Russell and Laura
Longbrake are the committe in
charge. Everyone is invited,
please come.
Sunday evening callers of Ed
gar Welch and family were his
brother, Lester and family, of
Sidney.
Wilma Blue and Blanche Long
shore were Thursday dinner
guests of Mrs. Carroll Collinson,
of Marysville In the afternoon
all attended the Gas Company
cooking school.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
. Peoria
BY Mrs. Blanche Longshore

oI AA4Ss OAoAA~AAG AACAASSAASAC
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Lowe are
the proud parents of an eight
pound, four-ounce baby boy, ar
irving at Mt. Carmel hospital
Saturday evening, The baby's
grandmother, Mrs. Florenc e
Lowe, called on it and its mother,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Simpson and
son, Ronnie, spent Thursday
evening with relatives in Marys-
vile.
Lester Welch and family, of
Sidney, and Mr.. and Mrs. Chet
Welch of Raymond, spent Sun
day with their parents. here.
Mr.. and Mrs H. V. Burnside
were calling Saturday on the fol-
lowing relatives and friends in
Redwood: Harlan Burnside and
family, Mrs. Dave Neal and Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Heffner.
Mr.. Elwood Liggett and family
of near Dayton, spent the week
end in the w. l. Hamilton home
Mrs. Ada Shirk spent Monday
night with her son, Floyd, anc
family, in Marysville.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16

daughter, of Marysville, visited
Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Dean Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Polling call
ed Saturday on their daughter
in-law, Mrs. Fay Polling, who is
patient in Jane Case Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. William
son, of Redwood, spent Saturday
and Sunday with their sister and
brother in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
old Kent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Dunbar
entertained Sunday in honor Of
the birthday anniversary of the
latter'S father, Glen Stillings. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Glen
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16

ciety of the Baptist church was
well attended, and an interest
ing program was given.
Mr.. and Mrs. Worley Luh
spent Friday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. James d. Hast
ings and children, of Columbus,
Connie Kent and Sue, and Rod
ney Spain, of Marysville, were
dinner guests Thursday evening
at the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Kent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Robinson
and sons, of Detroit, visited over
the weekend here with relatives.
Mrs. Robert Shaw and little
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
HE UNION COUNTY JOURNAL. MARYsVn.LE. OH

Stillings, MIR. and Mrs. Glen
Stillings Jr. and son, Lane, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Vance, and Mr..
and Mrs. Lowell Robinson and
sons.
Mrs. Minnie Paver has been
quite sick the past ten days.
Church services will follow
Sunday School next Sunday
morning, at the Baptist church.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
PAUL RIDGE

The undersigned. Louisa Walter. Admin
of H. II. Walter deceased. will sell at public
late residence of the deceased located miles of
north of Delaware the Troy road. Watch for sal
west off of state route %.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
Vitamins fOr Plants

Nitamins are essential to plants
as well as humans. Recent work
shows that vitamins B and c in
crease the growth of seedlings
when added to A1eir artificial food
supply.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
) Allen Center
BY MRS. HAROLD KENT

u Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Streng,
of Marysville, spent Wednesday
evening with Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Kent
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron .Magsig
and children visited over the
6Week-end with Mrs. Magsig's
parents, in Fremont.
|, The Family Night with supper
and program, Friday evening,
sponsored by the Missionary So
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
l wish to thank my friends
and relatives for the many cards
and flowers sent to me during my
stay in the hospital and since my
return home.
1t Mrs. Robert d. KaSper
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
TRACTOR OUTFIT

One 1914 Ford Ferguson tractor, rubbe
draulic lift cultivatOrs; bottom IA inch trac
7 foot double tractor disc; Weeder; one Ford 6
machine; belt pulley This tractor outfit is in {
tractor was overhauled last September.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-02-16
CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
l want to thank the neighbors
and friends for the nice cards and
letters that l received while in
Grant Hospital and since l came
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Mulvaine
1t"
Evening star., 1950-10-15

What the five Czechs bought for $500
apiece was commodity thousands of people
throughout Central Europe bargain for every
month - freedom in the West And many of
them pay everything they can scrape to-
gether. The heavy westbound traffic from
Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia
consists almost entirely of cash custom
ers bootlegged out through cracks in the
Iron Curtain by professional escape
artists. They recently boosted the market
to its highest quotation.
At small sidewalk cafe in the British zone
here in Vienna an elderly white-haired Roma
nian businessman told me about his expen-
sive trip across two satellite borders.
Times have changed" he sighed. '1.re-
member ratline operator helping my nephew
escape just after Christmas for two thousand
dollars Yesterday the same man delivered
Evening star., 1950-10-15
VIENNA

I'm A crumbling old walled-in cemetery in
Il eastern Czechoslovakia, squat, baby
faced man peered through the evening gloom
at three men and two women anxiously
gathered around him. Beyond clump of
linden trees an accomplice leaned against the
cemetery wall listening carefully for any un-
expected footsteps along the ragged road that
led into nearby farm village.
One of the most dangerous least known
rackets flourishing inside Russia's rich Cen
tral European fortress came into focus
moment later as each of the five visitors gave
the squat man his standard fee of $500 in
Czech korunas. He counted the money and
then loaded the party into dark sedan for
the long drive west toward the Austrian bor-
der Two hours later the car pulled in a
barn and the passengers set out on foot.
Three men and two women quietly followed
Evening star., 1950-10-15
by Bob Deindorfer

the stocky guide through the night, up and
down HILL across thin stream, around the
edge of some heavy woodland, for almost
10 miles, to the narrow lane dividing Czecho-
slovakia and Austria. They dropped to the
ground until uniformed sentry off in the
distance, outlined in pale wash of yellow
lantern light, drifted on out of sight. Austria
lay less than 100 yards ahead.
Dark Journey
lHE six figures raced quickly across dark,
unguarded gap of boundary and hurried
through the night for almost an hour before
the guide turned into farm yard and swung
open the doors of another car. Not much
later the travellers decided that the beefsteak
breakfasts they ordered in the American sec
tor of Vienna tasted better than anything
they had eaten for long time.