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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Potomac Church
Supper Slated
For Monday 9th

Hundreds of guests from Mont
gomery County and Washington
are expected to crowd into Norm
andy Farm on Monday, March 81,
to enjoy an old fashioned church
turkey supper. The ladies' of Poto-
mac Church have completed ar
rangements for the big party and
will be busily preparing and serv-
ing food.
Special tables for fancy aprons
and assorted foods to take out are
also expected to do roaring bust
ness. More than 800 persons at
tended last years Potomac Church
supper, also held at Normandy
Farm and preparations are being
made for the crowd of 800 ex-
pected to foregather both for So
liability and wonderful food. The
turkey supper is priced at So for
grown-ups and 81 for children
under IL. This makes it banner
event for the whole family. The
supper will be served from to o
P. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
School Board
Nominations To
Be Discussed

Montgomery County's first nomi-
mating convention for school board
members will be discussed on
WGAY's Community Forum on
Sunday at 1:15 P. NJ. The con-
vention will be held on Monday at
1880 P. M. at the Leland Junior
High School in Chevy Chase. At
that time organizations in the
county will select candidates hav-
ing countrywide backing for pres
entation 10 Governor Lane for his
consideration for appointment to
the board.
Participating in the panel dis
cussion will be John A. McIntire,
chairman Of the planning confer
enoe for the convention; Mrs. Ar
thur J. Tufts, secretary of the
planning conference; Laurence M.
Shea, ways and means chairman;
and George M. Hawkins, public re-
lations committee. Ernie Tanner
will serve as moderator.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Silver Spring Weekly
Is ReOrganized For
Second Time In Year

The Maryland NeUs, Silver
Spring weekly which claims to be
Montgomery County's best in.
formed and most complete news.
paper" was reorganized last week
for the second time within six
months. The publisher, E. Brooke
Lee, on March 10, accepted the
resignation of Gerald X. Hughes as
editor. Mr.. Hughes came to the
News several months ago upon the
resignation of Publisher Lees son
Blair Lee III, to become vice.
president of the Park and Planning
Commission.
The masthead now carries the
following staff:
E. Brooke Lee, Publisher; Helen
Cooper Wengras, Associate Editor ;
Arthur Bingham, Associate Edi-
tor and Circulation Manager; Mil
kred Harmon, Editor, Kensington
Section; Mary Kanagy and Getty
McDevitt, Staff News Reporters;
Herman L. Simmons, Advertising
Manager; David Scull, Business
Reporter; Kathleen Faulconer,
Manager Front Office.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Progress Being
Made On Town
Underpass Plan

The Mayor and Council of Rock
vile announced on Tuesday that
TIE first hurdle" on its project to
join East and West Rockville by
better bonds of streets has been ac-
complished.
The property owned by Mrs.
Helen McGarvey that prevented
Park Road from being continued
through the underpass to the ex-
tension of Fayette Street has been
acquired. Mrs. McGarvey decided
land for this street extension at no
charge to the City Government and
it is felt vote of thanks should be
extended to her for the civic spirit
shown, the Office stated.
1t is proposed in 1850 to open
and pave Park Road.
The extension of Fayette Street
to the underpass will not be COM
pleted until after the completion of
the State bypass which is expect
ed to be started I'M 1850.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Rockville Group Questions
Councils Building Plans
Chamber of Commerce To Initiate "DO You
Buy In Rockville" Survey. Commercial Land
Held Too High Here, Mayor Tells Group

Rockville residents and business
men think they should be consulted
or at least informed by the County
Council about the plans it has for
the building of an addition to the
Courthouse and the acquisition of
Welsh Field, it was learned at a
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce held in the Firehouse Mon
day evening. A resolution so
stating was ordered prepared, to
be presented to the County Council
by the Mayor and Council of Rock
vile.
Mayor Lamar Kelly, a speaker
at the meeting which was con-
Quoted by President Van Lippard,
asserted that the thinking of the
Chamber of Commerce is warped
in regard to acting as a clearing
house for town projects" Such
projects should be cleared by a
more representative group, he said.
presumably the Town Civic Fed
Grafton, the actions of which he
pronounced "too slow").
Learning that the businessmen
of Rockville feel that they do not
get their proportinate share of
business, Mayor Kelly offered to
donate $25 toward a fund to finance
a survey to be made by members
of Women's Clubs of the town.
Some of the questions to be asked
would be: "Do you shop in Rock
vile, and why?" eff not, why
not?" Also, "Where do you shop?"
After hearing from William j.
Adams, State Director of the Miss
America Pageant, special meeting
of the Chamber was called for
Monday (27) to discuss the posi-
bility of Rockville's entering con-
testant, as well as to decide the
question of the survey. John
Mackey, ]. Warren Milor, E. A.
Osborne, Busey Prescott and Irene
Painter were named a Miss Rock
vile contest committee. Miss
Rockville would represent the town
in the State finals in Baltimore in
June. Meanwhile the town would
have its own pageant and raise
funds for charity or some other
project. .
Another thing troubling the
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
County Police
Ask Pay Equal
To Districts

Montgomery County police are
seeking pay raises to equal salaries
paid District police. A delegation
from the County Police Association
on Tuesday conferred with County
Personnel Director Ben H. Hall
requesting a higher pay scale in
the county's 1950-51 budget.
District policemen average $4OC
or more above the county police in
comparable grades.
Detective Sergeant James M
Anderson, association president
termed the present Montgomery
scale Inadequate" for policemen
with families. Many of the officers
are holding other part-time jobs,
he said, to augment their pay from
the county.
Mr.. Hall said the personnel board
already has begun study of police
salaries in surrounding areas with
a view to recommending increases
in Montgomery County.
Present Montgomery salaries
Compared with District figures in
parentheses) were listed by Mr..
Hall as follows: Patrolmen $780,
$4,000 ($3O77-$3754); corporals,
$3,400-$3,5O0 ($4,025); sergeants
$3,600-$3,800 ($4,228) detective
sergeants, $3,800-$3,9O0 ($4,296.
$4567D; lieutenants, $3,90O-$4,10
($4,636); captains $4,200-$4,4OC
($5,379); and inspectors, $4,000.
$4,700 ($6,598).
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Jubilee Minstrels To
Sing Here March 81
At Rockville Gym

Singing their way right into the
hearts of all who hear them, the
"Jubilee Minstrel Singers, Inc.,"
will appear March 81, s P. M. in
the Rockville Gym, with show
that's tops in entertainment.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Mary deVermond of Richard Mont.
gomery, the show features about
twenty speciality numbers, includ-
ing solos, instrumentals, boys,
girls and mixed choruses. The
Richard Montgomery Glee Club will
be featured with such all-time
tunes as, ,"Mah Indy LOU" and
"0h, Susanna" =
Larger than last years show,
this years presentation promises
to be even better! Almost all cos
tunes are origihal with the excep-
ton of those for the endmen and
Mr.. Interlocutor.
An afternoon show will be held
for students who will not be able to
attend in the evening.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
County Council Takes Steps
To Acquire The Welsh Field
Would Be Used AS Parking Lot For New
100000 County Office Building Planned
AT Jefferson And Perry Streets

The Montgomery County
Council on Tuesday took pre-
liminary steps to acquire adj
ditional land for the proposed
100000 addition to the
Courthouse in Rockville, to be
used for county Offices.
The Council adopted a resolution
asking the Board of Education TO
deed over title to Welsh Filed on
Jefferson Street. A portion of the
field was decided to the town when
the Street was extended several
years ago. The Athletic Field ad-
joins a one-acre tract at Perry and
Jefferson Streets belonging to the
heirs of Mrs. Mary Peter, on which
it holds an option to buy. Purchase
price for this land is said to be
about $50,
Only a portion of Welsh Field,
now used by Richard Montgomery
High School, would be required for
the building itself, according to
County Manager l. G.. McNayr. 1t
would be used mostly for park
ing lot.
According to Ronald S. Sense
man, Takoma Park Architect, pre-
liminary plans for the Office build
ing call for a four-story and base
ment structure. An adjoining
three-story wing is to house the
Health Department. At present,
county offices are scattered in diff
ferent buildings, as well as in the
Rockville Courthouse.
County Manager Irving G. Nc
Nayr said 100000 has been set
aside in the current county budget
for drafting plans. A public hear
ing on the councils proposal to buy
the site will be held at 2 P. M.
April in the courthouse.
Marian w. McNab, route /, Ger
mantown, was appointed as Sec
rotary in the Public Works De-
partment at $3.50 year; Will
liam L. Bland, Berwyn, was APP
pointed Inspector for the same de-
partment at $3,740; Agesilaos J.
Bulahanis, Mt. Rainier and John
E. Wasser, Lapsdowne, Pa, have
been appointed sanitarians with
the Health Department at $4,000 a
year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Fire Destroys Church
At POOleSYille Sunday

On Sunday members of the Up
per Montgomery County Volunteer
Fire Department and the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department fought
a blaze which destroyed an old
Poolesville Church. Their efforts
were thwarted by a limited water
supply. The blaze quickly engulfed
the Elijah Methodist Church (col-
ored), causing loss estimated at
$4,000. The church was empty at
the time of the fire and origin of
the blaze was undetermined.
According to the pastor of the
church, the Rev. Clifton w. AUX
ward, the church was built on this
site over an original cornerstone
dated July 4, 1906.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
st. Patrick's Day
Twins, Peter and Paul
Born To Local Couple

Faith and it was twin boys born
to Col. and Mrs. J. M. Chambers,
lao South Adams Street, Rockville,
on st. Patrick's Day, 1850. And
we'll be having we know they've
been named Peter and Paul. Each
lad weighed over six pounds when
they arrived at the Naval Hospital
last week.
The Chambers, who moved to
Rockville from Bethesda several
years ago, have three other chill
dren, Patricia, Johnny and Michael.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Archery Skill
To Be Shown
At Carnival

An exhibition of tournament
archery will be feature attraction
OF the Carnival and Auction being
held at Sherwood School, in Sandy
Spring, at the school auditorium
on Saturday, March rs.
William Conger will demonstrate
some of the archery skill that en-
abled him to become Wisconsin
Field and Indoor Champion, Flor
ida State Champion, and Grand
American Open Champion. Mr..
Conger, who is now manager of
the Norbeck Hatchery, will use the
bow and arrows he made for
championship competition, and give
pointers on the dos and don'ts of
target shooting and hunting. He
will be assisted by his son Bernard,
student at Sherwood.
The Sherwood PTA sponsored
carnival will begin at l PM, and
will have games of Skill, as well
as booths selling used books, cloth
ing, knick-knacks and similar art
icles. A chicken supper will be
served from 4 Pm to z. PM, at
which time there will be a short
concert by the school band. Then,
at about 7:15, Mr.. Conger will give
his exhibition, which will be fol-
lowed by an auction of items do
mated. Admission to the event is
free.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Free Cooking
School Planned
For Rockville
Will Run For Two Days
In The Milo Theatre
Beginning April goth

Rockville will have free cook
ing school, beginning april 20, tc
run two afternoons. The school
conducted by the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company and sponsored
by the Montgomery County Sen
tinel, A. G. Watkins Co. and other
local businesses to be announced
later, will be held in the Milo
Theater. A capable demonstration
will be in charge of the cooking
instructions. Arrangements will
be handled by Ed Sholtes and
Bernie Shields, representatives of
PEPCO.
Special entertainment is being
planned-plenty of fun and val
liable instructions are promised.
Someone who attends the free
school will win a new electric
range. Other valuables awards will
also be made each day.
A style show, featuring the lat
est in spring and summer fashions,
is being tentatively planned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Murphy Store
To Celebrate
Grand Opening

After months of redecoratior
and re-arranging, G. C. Murphy's
5 & 10c Store in Rockville, will hold
a Grand Opening beginning Fri
day, March 81. The store boasts
all new counters, modern display
fixtures, fluorescent lighting and a
counter footage increased from
1900 to 34O0 square feet. There
are forty-eight departments, in
GLIDING a modern luncheonette.
When Rockville's &C. Murphy
Store opened on February Is, 1886,
there were 80 departments, 1900
square feet of counter space, nina
sales girls, a manager and one as
sistant.
The present manager is Mort
Hayes, who has been at this store
since August 1913. Assistant man.
ayers ala Charles Hamsher, Ronald
Kent, and Conley Jones. There are
sixty-three salesgirls.
In mid-1948 when it was found
that the store couldn't properly
display all of it's merchandise, ex-
tensive plans were made for its
enlargement. Apartments over the
store were vacated and used as the
stockroom. On December 8, 1948,
the new basement sales floor was
opened for business.
With the added space, Mr.. Hayes
said, sales increased so that on
January 8, 1850, work was begun
on the main floor where many new
improvements have been added.
Mr.. Hayes promises values galore
for shoppers during the Grand
Opening sale. The store is open on
Fridays and Saturday until 9 p. M.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23

The letter TO Mrs. Meyer fol-
lows:
Through out the history of our
civilization, the name and accom-
plishments of great leaders have
been well remembered. But not so
well remembered have been their
mothers. More often than not, it
was the loving care, the advice and
guidance of these mothers which
made these men great. Perhaps
you recall the Roman mother in
mythology who said Of her sons,
"These are my jewels. This wom-
en- lives in memory only as the
mother of the Gracchi".
~ have recently been informed
of your graciousness in playing the
role of mother TO so many of our
Marines who were informed at the
Naval Hospital at Bethesda dur
ing the war years. II is reasonable
TO conclude that your kindness and
sympathetic attitude played no
small part in the recovery of these
men from their sickness. Today,
wherever they may be, feel sure
that they think fondly of you.
"You would favor me, Mrs. Mey-
err, if you would accept this letter
as a small token Of my personal
appreciation of the gratitude Of all
Marines everywhere.
Sincerely yours,
C. b. GATES, GENERAL,
USING.
Commandment Of Marine
Corps"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Leslie B. Rigler,
Southern States Mgr.
Accepts New Position

Leslie B. Rigler, former manager
of the Southern States Gathers
burg store has accepted a position
with the Production Credit Admin
istration in Frederick, where he
will serve as assistant secretary
treasurer.
An employee of Southern States
for approximately ten years, Mr..
Rigler has been at several stores
in managerial capacity and for a
time was director of the Southern
States Grain Marketing Service
in Baltimore.
Lee Fraley of Gaithersburg will
replace Mr.. Rigler. He has been
employed by the store for seven
years and will serve as acting
manager.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
BrookeviIIe Man Foreman
OF New County Grand Jury
Four Women On The % Member Board.
Ten Cases Of Income Tax Evasion To Be
Investigated; rs Other Cases Set

c. Willard Harvey, Brookeville
insurance man, has been named
foreman of the 23-member County
Grand Jury, by Judges Charles w
Woodward and Stedman Prescott
The jury, which includes -four
women, was charged by Judge
Woodward, when it convened Mon
day.
at is not your duty to go into
the function of a government or
to criticize any official, the jurist
declared. He told the jury it may
inspect county buildings if il
wishes, but that the court can't
order anyone to do anything about
county buildings even though the
jury might bring in a recommen-
dalton.
The law requires, however, Judge
Woodward said, that the jury in
spect the county Jail and report
on the treatment of prisoners
States Attorney Walter w. Daw-
son last week disclosed that ten
cases of State income tax evasion
would be presented to the grand
jury. Altogether, 80 cases will be
investigated.
Members of the jury, in addition
to Mr.. Harvey are: George F
Boyer, Dorothy W. Ball, Betty
Bower Abbott, James W. Baldwin
Marshall W. Buxton, Wiley G.
Griffith, Charles H. Carter, Dana
B. Johannes, jr. Roger W. Williams
Norman L. ingalls,, ST., W. Russell
Lamar, Carl L. Stone, Calvin II
Cobb, Guy L. Carter, Joseph l.
Aitcheson, Rosalma A. Jordon
ellis C. Owings, F. Newell Crit.
fin, Irene M. Lima, Grover Poole
Donald G. King and William F
Carl.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Baby Days Don't Last;
The Answer-A Picture

Did you notice the little cherub
on Page 8? He's giving out with
three Of his very cutest express
ions. II you have small child, it's
a sure bet that he or she Is the
sweetest one in the whole wide
world. ~
So, to get life-size 16 20
framed oil portrait Of your child,
If his age is between and 6,
read the ad on Page 5 for par
ticulars. Nache and Mill Photo
graphers at 1885 Wheaton Road,
Wheaton, will explain how you may
win such a portrait during the
month Of March.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Mrs. Myer Seriously ILL.,
Is Cited BY Marine Corps

In a simple, but impressive cere-
mony on Monday, March 20, Major
General M. Silverthorn, USING,
presented a letter Of commentator
to Mrs. Henry E. Meyer from the
Commandant of the Marine Corps,
General c. B. Gates. Mrs. Meyer,
who is seriously Ill, was unable to
go to Washington for the presenta-
ton, so the Major General with
his aid, Captain Lloyd, together
with Marine Corps photographers
and others, maCe the presentation
in the Meyer home in Gaithersburg
where she has lived for several
years.
The commentator was given
Mrs. Msyer because she took into
her home each week during the
war years, wounded veterans from
the Naval Hospital in Bethesda.
Mrs. Meyer received a citation
from the Navy Department several
years ago. During these weekend
visits the service men and women
we're given all the care they would
receive in their own homes. Many
Of the guests were amputees or
those suffering from battle fatigue.
Nothing was too good for her
guests and the Meyers family
saved meat and sugar rationing
coupons during the week TO share
on Sunday with the guests. The
family at that time lived at Smiths
Corner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Clarksburg Celebrates
$50 Years Of Service
From Its Post Office

On Saturday, March rs, the
little community of Clarksburg is
celebrating the 150th anniversary
of the opening of its post Office. No
special celebration has been plan
red, according to Mrs. Julia M.
Hess, postmistress.
]. Only eleven years before the
Clarksburg post Office opened, with
John Clarke, founder of the COM
munity as first postmaster, the. U.
S. Post Office was established
March IL, 1881.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Benefits Total s9.694,OOO

A total Of $685., 900 was paid In
1919 TO Maryland beneficiaries
under the old-age and survivors in
surance provisions Of the Social
Security Act, according TO esti-
mates released this week by Vic
tor Sadd, manager Of the Washing
ton field Office Of the Social Sc
curity Administration. About 49,
GA men, women and children in
the State were receiving monthly
payments Of $772,582 at the end of
1949.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
To Present King of Kings

The film "King of Kings" por.
traying the life of Christ, will be
presented by the Young Adult
Group of Ashton Methodist Church
on Thursday, March 30, 8 P. M
The film will be shown in the gym
nasium of the Sherwood High
School at Sandy Spring. Everyone
is invited to soc the picture, free OF
charge.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Fairland Church Schedule

Services for the coming week at
st. Marks Episcopal Church at
Falkland will be Friday, March "a,
600 P. M. Lenten Service and
supper, Sunday, March 26, 9:15
A. M. Holy Communion, 1920 A.
M. Sunday School. Potomac Hunt
Hunter Trials, at Travilah, 1880
on Saturday, March 25 on the Club
Grounds. There will be ten classes.
Samuel Bogley is chairman. The
Potomac Band will serve light
Nanches on the grounds. Judges
Will be T. T. Mott, Ashton and Est
Ter Palmer, Middleburg, Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Hymn Sing Sunday Night

Another hymn sing will be held
in the Rockville Baptist Church
Sunday evening, March 26, at
P. M. DR.. VIM. B. Adams, pastor
of the church, has announced that
the picture, king of Kings will
he shown in this church sometime
during Passion Week, and a spe-
cial service will be held on Good
Friday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Local Men On Air

Bill Christie of Germantown
and Val C. Wilson of Rockville will
participate in a discussion on Red
Cross services with General Lewis
B. Hershey on Sunday, March rs,
on the Community Forum pro-
gram, WGAY, at 2:30 P. M. Cen
eral Hershey is Fund Campaign
Chairman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Local Man On Judging Team

James P. Quincy of Rockville is
member of the University of
Maryland judging team entered in
the 9th Intercollegiate Flower
Judging Contest to be held on
March "a at the National Flower
Show in Washington.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
THE NEWS
FROM
Here And There
Chicken Dinner Saturday
FROM

CHICkeH DlhtNeT SATURDAY
Montgomery Chapter No. 50,
Order of the Eastern Star, Rock
vile, will hold a Maryland Fried
Chicken Dinner on Saturday,
March 25 from a to 8 P. NJ, in the
Rockville. Methodist Church. Mrs.
Lee A. Thompson is chairman.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Dance AT Kensington

Dance AT KensingtOn
= A dance will be held in Ken
@sington Armory on Friday, March
"a, to benefit the Ladies Auxiliary
of Montgomery Post 2958 VFW.
Music will be furnished by Don
Owens and the Blue Mountain
Bows,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-03-23
Gold Star Mothers

Gold Star Mothers
The Montgomery County Chap
ter of American Gold Star Moth
ers, Inc, will meet on March 81, at
the Bank of Silver Spring, s701
Georgia Ave-, at 8 P. M.