Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-02-09
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By Elsie White Haines

"Now this is back saw" said
Mrs. Allie Messer, demonstrating
to group of Laytonsville women
the various tools a Homemaker
should be able to use around the
home. A storm of protests arose,
"No, no that's a hack saw" cried
the women. "Well, it says on this
paper back saw" said the demon
strator. She confessed that car
penters tools were entirely out of
her line - but one could see that
sic was going to give that lesson
or die in the attempt. "Well what
do you do with this back saw or
hack saw, said she hopefully.
81 cut meat with ours" volunteer
ed one woman. "That's a metal
saw = my husband won't let me
use his" said another. The meet
ing was held at the attractive new
home of Mrs. l. e. Brashear.
The good-natured Mrs. Messer,
who before her marriage was Edith
Stiles, one of pap" Stiles clever
brood, quickly went through the
first part of her demonstration by
holding up TIE tools one by one and
asking "Now who knows how to
use this?" We were never quite
sure whether the "back saw" bust
ness was a misprint or a new kind
of saw. Anyway it was amply
demonstrated that women know
how to use an ordinary saw,
Ratchet and screwdriver, but they
can get along very well with a hair
pin, icepick and hammer.
When it came to kitchen gadgets,
Edith Messer was right at home.
We were only sorry that the Uni
versity experts who spent several
days in the County to teach the
use of the aids to the housewife,
could not be present. The whole
demonstration was both Informal
tive and a scream. 1t is nice to
laugh while learning.
Even more confusing and just
as much fun was a meeting of the
Historical Society in January at
the home of the Randolph Talbotts
in Rockville. In the absence of the
president, Capt. William Parkins,
Jack Bentley, vice-presiCent, con-
Quoted the meeting. A clown, when
in the humor, Jack had yours truly
who was acting as secretary, so
confused that we did not know for
two weeks that the recorded cleo
ton of officers was in reality mere
ly the presentation of the slate to
be elected in February. Won't
Cap. Parkins, who was notified
that he was reelected in January,
be surprised when he's elected
again next month?
y
Bill Burrows has been wearing
wide smile since the Mayor and
Council several weeks ago an
nounced that the Isl parking met
ers in Rockville had netted over
$4,000 the past year. Only the fact
that he is a male creature prevents
his saying, II told you So" Bill
was an early advocate of the meter
plan - in fact for a while ne was
known at "Meter Bill so ardently
did he campaign for the improve
ment.
The total meter collection was
over $4,000 - fines amounted to
$607. (The centinel staff contrib
uted substantially to both.) Sal
aries of Rockville's two policemen,
the upkeep of meters and the park
ing lots, are among the projects
supported by the meter returns.
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Two Blind Mice (Which Wick
Byron and many others, including
the writer's husband, insist upon
calling "Three Blind Mice") will
! be produced four nights beginning
Friday, February II. A satire on
Washington red tape, it's premiere
performance is being sponsored by
tie County Press Association to
establish scholarship in journal
ism. 1t promises to be quite an
event = patrons in evening garb-
spotlights-fowers, and of course,
the renowned Montgomery players.
Shall we see you there?
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This weekend the Sentinel edi-
tor with spouse, Merhle Haines,
Lou Leimbach, general manager
and his wife Bee, will go to Balti-
more for the Annual State Press
Convention. Tlrre is no harder
working profession than newspaper
work = newspaper men and women
can play just as hard as they work
and how they can dancel Five
or six county papers will be rep
resented and most of them are en-
tered in the statewide contest. We
are shooting for second place in