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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Local Couple
Cited For Red
Feather Work

Red Feather Oscars" and rec
ignition awards were presented to
more than a hundred Montgomery
County Community Chest volun-
teers Monday evening, at the "Red
Feather Jamboree" held at Leland
Junior High School, Presentations
followed a full program of enter
tainment donated by top talent
from Montgomery County residents
before surprisingly small au-
dience.
A husDand-and-wife award, the
first to be given in the County,
went to Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Veirs,
Jr., of Rockville. Mr.. Viers, for
mer president of the Rockville
Chamber of Commerce, took over
the Craftsmanship of the business
division for the town and up-county
business centers in the midst of
the campaign when the original
chairman left Rockville. Mrs.
Viers not only assisted her hus-
band. but also as assistant to the
Rockville residential chairman,
Mrs. Everett Woodward, who also
received an oscar.
An oscar was presented to Rich
ard L. Black for the County Gov
ernment's whole-hearted participa-
ton in the Red Feather campaigns
of the past two years and for ex-
ceeding their 1850 Chest contri-
button. Citations were also given
to three departments which had
100 per cent contributing. Judge
Alfred D. Moves, Sidney Wolfson,
and William Reyer were there to
receive those citations.
Montgomery County public
school teachers and administrative
and maintenance departments
made an outstanding increase in
support of Community Chest this
year. The two faculty chairmen
heading the drive among the teach
ers, Robert Henley. of Gathers
burg High school, and Miss Alta
Clarke, of Lincoln Junior High
Continued on Page p
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
To Address Damascus
Lions Club On Tuesday

Major General Lewis B. Her
shey, Director of Selective Service,
will address the Damascus Lions
Club at it's regular meeting on
Tuesday, December 5, at the Dam
ascus High School Dinner will be
Tuesday. Dec. 5, at the Damascus
High School. Dinner will be served
at 6:45 by a Committee of the Dam
ascus P.-T-A., followed by the pro-
gram. The public is cordially in
vited to hear General Hershey's
address at $50 in the school audi
torium. Kermit B. Mohn, program
chairman, requ euts all visiting dele
cations of Lious to contact the
club secretary, Mark G. Thatcher,
for dinner reservations.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Open House At Local
Dealers To Introduce
New Chevrolet To Town

First showing of the new 1851
Chevrolet here will take place on
Saturday, December 8, at the show
room of The Rockmont Motor Co.,
it has been announced by Frank E.
Williams, Jr,
An all-day and evening open
house will introduce the new car
to district residents at the same
time the 1851 model is making it's
bow in other Chevrolet dealerships
throughout the country.
eve have planned our open
house program so that the public
here will have the opportunity of
inspecting the 1851 Chevrolet as it
makes it's national debut, Mr.. Will
liams said.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Sandy Spring Girl Wins
State "VOice" Contest

Pegg Janney, Is, of Sandy
Spring on Saturday won first
place in the Maryland "Voice of
Democracy" contest. She is a stu
dent at Sherwood High School.
Her recording of a five-minute
essay she had written was selected
over those of three other State
finalists. They were broadcast on
Station WGAY in Silver Spring.
Miss Janney will represent
Maryland in the national contest
for high school students sponsored
by Junior Chambers of Commerce
all over the country.
Judges at the State finals were
Mrs. Emil Smith, president of the
Maryland Congress Of Parents and
Teachers; Mayor G. Lamar Kelly
of Rockville; and Sidney Sulkin,
assistant chief of the Washington
bureau Of the Voice of America"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Senior Council
Banquet Set For
December 18th

The Montgomery County All
Senior Council has set December
% as the date of it's annual BAN
quet to be held in the Damascus
High School Cafeteria at Z P. M.
Jackie Gather is chairman of the
committee in charge of arrange
ments. The program will feature
talks by junior and senior All Club
members, group singing and pres
entation of state and county
achievement awards. Tickets are
now available and can be secured
from All Club and senior council
members, Miss Christine Blake,
Assistant Home Demonstration
Agent, Roscoe N. Whip, or from
chairman, JACKIE Gather. Other
members of the banquet committee
are: Irving King, Stanley Stiles,
Patricia Bailey, Margaret Ware,
Marjorie Mae Burdette, Pearl
King, Douglas Carlin and Charles
Hawkins.
The council meet Monday eve
ming, November 20 at the home of
Richard Thompson in Kensington.
Miss Christine Blake, Assistant
Home Demonstration Agent, was
introduced to members. Officers
were elected for the year 1851 and
will assume their duties in January.
Thev are: president. Douglas Car
lin, vice president, Joyce Riggs,
secretary, Joan Toms, treasurer,
Charles Hawkins, Farm Bureau
Director, Irving King, and parlia-
mentarian, Jackie Larcombe.
The next Council meeting is
>scheduled for December Is at the
home of Patricia Bailey near Lay
louisville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Plans Perfected
To Light G'Burg
During Christmas

Meeting in the Town Council
room on Friday evening, a repre-
sentative from each civic. organi-
cation in Gaithersburg made plans
to decorate Gaithersburg with
lights and Christmas glitter at the
holiday season.
The Fire Department has do
mated lights for four trees which
will be placed at each end of the
railroad bridge. Committees have
been drawn up to visit each house
on Frederick avenue and urge the
residents to cooperate with the
town by displaying lights, decora-
tions, etc, during Christmas.
On December 81 committee of
judges from another part of the
county will drive by each home and
business house in the town of
Gaithersburg and from them pick
three winners who will be award
ed $40 for first prize; $40, for
second prize and IS for third prize.
The money has been donated by
two prominent citizens.
Plans for more lighted trees,
telephone pole decorations and the
decorating of Diamond avenue be-
tween Park and Summit avenues
are now underway. Charles Da-
vies who was named chairman of
the Committee for Christmas Dec
orations in Gaithersburg has
named the following chairmen:
Mrs. Norman Belt, judges and Mrs.
Marion Walker, town publicity.
Mr.. Ernest Gartner is treasurer of
the group.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Annual Hospital
Tea And Donation
Day Saturday p,

The Annual Donation Day Tea
given by the Woman's Board Of the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital will be held on Saturday,
December 2 in the Nurses Home,
adjoining the hospital, from 2:3O
until s o'clock. Everyone inter-
ested in the hospital, located one
mile east Of Olney, is welcome to
drive out and join the group Of
women on the Board in cup of
their famous hot chocolate, tea or
coffee.
There will be members to escort
visitors through the new maternity
wing and an opportunity to see
the new equipment and refurnish-
ings in the old part. Members will
receive the donations Of home
canned goods, jellies, fresh fruit
and vegetables, pickles, sheets, pill
low cases, towels, wash cloths, and
checks by the long time treasurer,
Mrs. William John Thomas.
Mrs. Vestus Wilcox Of Gathers
burg, first vice president of the
Board, is in charge of plans as
sisted by Mrs. Frederick l.. Thorn
as of Sandy Spring, chairman Of
hostesses.
The president of the Board, Mrs.
James w. Barnsley of Rockville,
will receive the guests with Mrs.
Marion W. Green, Superintendent
of Nurses, and Mrs. Arthur w.
Carr, Administrator of the Hos
pital.
Alternating at the tea table will
be Mrs. Merhle Haines, Mrs. J.
w. Bird, Mrs. Louis Gravelle, Mrs.
Henry DeCoursey Adams, Mrs.
Mahlon Kirk ~, Mrs. Eugene
Scott, Mrs. Howard p. Bailey and
Mrs. Roger j. Whiteford.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
The Sales Tax
Reduction In
Effect Tonight
All Meals Tax Free
Purchases Up To
Fifty Cents Untaxed

Governor Lanes program
for reduction of the sales tax
Will take effect at midnight
tonight, November 80. After
that time all meals, no matter
where sold or eaten, will be
tax free. Also free of the
tax will be all purchases ND
to fifty cents.
The reduction of the tax was
voted by the General Assembly at
a Special Session called by Cover
nor Lane on November 10 which en-
acted the Governors program OF
recommendation.
In addition to removing the tax
from meals and all other purchases
up to fifty cents, the revised sched-
ule of the levy exempts cleansers
and detergents for household use
and articles used in the care Of
infants. ser
The program for reduction of the
sales tax first was proposed by
Governor Lane last July when it
became evident that revenues from
the sales tax, because of the de-
Tense program, would exceed earl
Ter estimates and that the reduction
could made without imparing the
States sound fiscal position.
1t is estimated that the broad
ening of the base of the sales tax
will save Marylanders approxi-
mately 100000 annually. Based
on present estimates, the reduc-
ton in the yield of the sales tax
will leave surplus at the end Of
the current fiscal year of nearly
$5,OOO,OO0 as a backlog against tsa
1852 budget to be presented atAthe
Forthcoming session of the General
Assembly, according to news from
the Executive Department.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Storm And Power Failure
Disturb Normal Life Here

Although winter has not official
ly arrived in Montgomery County,
d good imitation of that season
was given countians during the
past weekend. After balmy
Thanksgiving Day, Friday became
much cooler with heavy electrical
disturbances at night, accompanied
by torrential rains. At the height
of the storm Bruce L. Reeder of
Trcvorton, Pa. hit a telephone pole
on North Washington street i'll
Rockville. Mr.. Reeder was unin=
Jured but the Telephone Company
mad to replace the pole. About haff
an hour after the pole had been
replaced Thomas L. Schopinaer of
Bethesda struck the same pole.
Both Mr.. Schommer and his pas
senger, AL Kizer were taken to
Suburban Hospital for treatment.
One Rockville fireman reported
that the Hospital was swamped
VITA emergency cases.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Citizens Assn Meets
December 4th; New
Councilman To Speak

The West Montgomery County
Citizens Association will meet De-
cember a at 8 P. M. in the Potomac
Elementary School, Colonel Lath-
rop Smith, newly elected member
of the County Council, will be the
speaker. Col. Smith was president
of the Upper Montgomery County
Planning Commission and presi-
dent of the Farm Bureau prior to
his election to the County Council.
The Potomac-Glen Homemakers
Club will serve refreshments dur
ing the social hour following the
meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There
Community Center
To Be Dedicated

Jewish residents of Montgomery
County and adjacent northwest
Washington will mark the dedica-
ton of their new Montgomery
County Jewish Community Center
with a series of events on the
week end of December 8 to 10.
Your Chance To Save A Life
The Red Cross Bloodmobile Unit
will be at the Gaithersburg Fire
House on Wednesday, December 6
from 2 P. M. to P. M. This is
your opportunity to save a life by
donating a pint of blood. Call Cal
nNthersburg LAG M for information
Or appointment.
P-TA Book Fair Dec. 5
Tuesday, December is the day
of the Book Fair being sponsored
by the Rockville Elementary
School fP-TA for the benefit of the
school library. The Fair will be
held in the cafeteria of the Rich
ard Montgomery High School from
$3.50 to Z P. M. and will resume
after the regular meeting of the
association that evening. 400
books will be on display from
which orders may be taken. This
is good opportunity to do some
Christmas Shopping in Rockville.
This will also be the Christmas
meeting of the P-TA, and patrons
are asked to bring in gifts Tor
needy children to be placed under
the tree.
To Vacation In South
Mrs. Clarence Ayton of Gath
ersburg will accompany her son,
Hershey, to Key West, Florida,
for two weeks vacation. They
plan to leave on Saturday.
Give Missionary Program
Members of the Anne Judson
Missionary Circle of the Rockville
Baptist Church, gave a demon
stration program at the VieEs Mill
Village Chapel Tuesday night for
the benefit Sof'aS group of women
who plan to form a missionary so
ciety there. f.A I 8
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30

Mr.. MARYLAND pointed out on a
map he is making in connection
with the master plan, the two rec
reational areas donated to the town
by the developers of Twin Brook
and Rockcrest and also indicated
two proposed areas, one along
Cabin John Branch behind the
high school, the other in the Watts
Branch vicinity. Also an area for
colored children.
The plan at present, Mr.. Mark
land said, is only a tentative lay
out, and he welcomes all help and
suggestions in its preparation. The
Civic Group expressed a desire for
more play areas, particularly in
the West End vicinity where
facilities are completely lacking.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30

The parking problem was dis
cussed extensively. Mr.. MARYLAND
said the town has tried repeatedly
to get more merchants to lease
the property in the rear of their
buildings to the town for ten
years. The town in turn would
pave the, areas, thereby making
numerous unused lots available for
parking. The purpose would be to
support retail business to main
tain the tax base. He remarked,
"You don't get a customer until
he is a pedestrian" Two lots on
Commerce Lane are under con-
struction now.
Broadwood Manor development,
he said, has dedicated land for a
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Asst Engineer Discusses
Rockville Master Plans

John Markland assistant town engineer told men,
bers of the Rockville Civic Association meeting at the Social
Agencies Building Friday night that the Rockville master
plan progressing slowly but surely Another speaker,
Churchill Ward student of Richard Montgomery High
School told of the program of the High School further
the goals of good education
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30
Why Not Give The
Sentinel For Xmas?

Have you finished your
Christmas Shopping, or are you
still looking for that something
unusual, and yet not expensive
gift for a special friend? Per-
haps you haven't even thought
Of it, but we would like to sug-
gest a gift that you can buy
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that will last the entire year
through subscription to The
Sentinel. Your 50 could buy no
more at any price!
Gift subscriptions may be adj
dressed TO The Sentinel Office,
Rockville, and an appropriate
card announcing the gift will
be mailed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-11-30

Man has developed some won
derful machines but the insects,
birds and animals, in general, seem
to get along with what nature
gave them.
Evening star., 1950-07-28
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G AL


only way to tell boy from a girl
is by the narrow white stripe down
the front of his blouse.
All Boy on 7th Year.
1t is easy to tell when a boy
is between and 7. His skirt is
replaced by baggy black trousers
although he still looks like girl
from the waist up. with his long
hair and fancy blouse. On his
7th birthday he quits being half
girl, half f-boy, and becomes all boy
His hair is cropped. he swaps his
blouse for a wooden jersey, and
he gets stiff little black cap.
A girls hair is never cut until
she becomes Is. Then the back of
her head is shaved down the mid
die and she wears two long braids
over her shoulders.
The diminutive houses of Mark
en- are all alike. I know this be-
cause along with hundreds and
hundreds of other tourists !
tramped through half a dozen
houses, and peeked through the
windows Of scores more. It doesn't t
take you long to go through a
Marken home. It consists of a
living room. a kitchen, a closet for
storing clothes. and an attic. The
bedroom is nothing but two hunks
Evening star., 1950-07-28
for Restraint
Americans Must Protect Way of Life
Despite Rush to Ward Off Aggression

by common consent, imposed re-
straints on selfish influences which
would stifle freedom of individual
opportunity. Basic is our spirit
of tolerance and charity toward
our neighbors. ....-
ECA Cited as Example.
Something of all of this is rep
resented to the world. for example,
in our ECA program by which we
have helped to restore the means
of production so people can work
and produce and be healthy and
content in freedom and. in turn,
support in public Office to manage
their affairs those who espouse
this way of life, which is ours,
and not be led astray by dicta-
tors, either of the left or the right.
Our ECA effort must go ahead
and not be sacrificed in our nee
essary emphasis on military OBJ
jectives and must be directed in
ways that will support our way
Of life.
Managers of our foreign policy
are tempted, in times such as
these, because of their anxiety to
avoid the communistic left, to
accept or condone the always
receptive and eager extreme right
for expediency's sake which, in
the long run, can not win friends
for us, either in Europe or Asia.
Here at home our detestation
of communism breaks out, in
some people, in a cry for restric-
tive measures that would affect
our traditional personal liberties.
a tendency which President Tru-
man singled out and deplored by
saying that we must have no alien
and sedition laws. It was encour-
aging to hear this from him after
his general invitation few days
ago for people to report their
suspicious about possible subver-
sives to the FBI, practice which
we know. from past experience.
could be abused.
There is danger of another sort
in another field, the economic.
This is that, in the necessary i'm
position of controls on industry
and production, the strong will
find ways to exploit the weaker
and smaller.
Evening star., 1950-07-28

group of people henfS mcIemore'
dress, act, or live in an unusual
manner and thousands upon thou
sands of sight-seers will journey
from all over to gawp, cape and
gaze at them.
In Role of Sight-seer.
know this to be true, for only
yesterday I, in the role of a jour-
neying sight-seer, took trip to
the island Of Marken to g., g., and
g. at the Dutch folk who live on
this tiny bit of land in the Zuyder
Zee. Only a few hundred people
live on Marken but when arrived
on a boat with some 40 other
tourists, the little island was so
jam-packed with visitors that
there was scarcely room enough
for us to establish a beachhead.
1t was full half hour. during
which time I elbowed and butted
my way through Americans, Eng
lishmen and Frenchmen, before I
caught a glimpse or what 1 nad
come to sea quaint resident Of
Marken.
The people of Marken look
quaint, all right. They fit the
pictures you have seen of them,
from the wooden shoes on up. It
is one of the few places in the
world where you can determine
the ages of the inhabitants by
their dress. UP until they are
5 years old. boys and girls are
dressed just alike, with long skirts,
f1owered aprons, and frilly blouses.
They both have long hair and the
Evening star., 1950-07-28
Full Mobilization Pushed
Influence for Move Expands Fast,
But Labor's Reaction Is Uncertain

than their wartime peak and
triple the prewar level. Industry
can and must divvy UP in such
situation. he insisted.
Supporting Mr.. Carey, other la
Dor leaders point to continuing
price rises and the administra-
tons new tax bill, which will cut
take home pay at both ends. They
are not willing, they say, to pay
for the war twice. They insist
also that price rises prior to the
Korean war had been such as to
justify wage increases.
Symington Busy on Labor.
Chairman Stuart Symington Of
the National Security Resources
Board is trying to help out in this
situation by establishing close and
confidential relations with labor.
He has named two labor aides
and has promised to put others
on the various NSRB boards. But
conferences and consultations do
little to relieve the hard pressures
Iof high prices and high taxes.
And the union that risks public
|displeasure to fight for its people
usually proves to be the bellwether.
Ali this makes the labor leader
trade a highly competitive one.
One experienced labor spokesman
was recalling that the late A. F.
Whitney, boss of the trainmen,
used to say to his staff: do you
like it around here? Well, better
get busy and do something for the
men. If you don't, somebody else
will"
Labor opposed wage-freezing the
last time and got badly scalded,
along with everybody else. Opin-
ions differ on how it would react.
this time to a drastic mobilization.
Many insist that, if the freeze is
genuine and complete, labor will
go along. Others prefer to avoid
the freeze and let unions take
their chances with some kind of
Government wage board.
Released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1950-07-28
This Changing World
Truman Reported Disappointed
By Weak Response to L. n. Troop Plea

In the first place. despite Presi-
dent Truman's pessimism. there is
beginning to emerge some sub
stantial troop support for us in
Korea. The pledges as they stand
now. meager as they are. contrast
with the deep silence which
greeted Mr.. Lies first appeal to
the SO nations.
In the second place, the British
Commonwealth of Nations is
slowly, but certainly, beginning to
awaken to the long-range, funda-
mental identity of its interest in
this conflict with the United
States and the other members of
the United Nations.
Britain, Australia and Canada
were not long in committing token
forces of a sort to the struggle
after President Truman took the
initiative to halt the Communist
aggression against South Korea.
What they did in the first in
stance was far from sufficient,
however, If they are to identify
themselves actively with the U. N.
cause.
At Grips With Problem.
Now Britain and Australia, along
with New Zealand. have come to
grips with the real problem and
are committing troops, even If
they are nothing more than a
token force, to the fight against
the Korean Communists. There
can be little doubt that Canada,
too, will follow the lead, for her
ties to the United States in some
ways are more fundamental than
they are with the British Com
monwealth.
In the third place, the move
ment now beginning to SNOWFALL
into fuli-f1edged United Nations
effort eventually will draw in
many more nations which up to
now have been cool, if not COM
pletely cold, to the idea of joining
in a large-scale military effort
against Communism.
Perhaps the most important
factor in the hesitancy of these
nations to come in with us is our
own lack of decision as to how
far we intend to go in pursuing
our objective Of beating the North
Koreans back to the 38th Parallel.
An immediate general mobiliza-
ton in the United States-not
only to meet the present threat
in Korea but to anticipate the
clearly discernible consequences of
the Korean conf1ict-would have
an electrifying effect on our Allies
in the Atlantic Pact as well as on
other non-allies who are members
of the U. N.