Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-08-24

you've not done your column late
ly?" That is the gist of questions
we have faced last month or so.
With the man of the house gone,
the dogs with neighbors, the house
up for sale and living alone in a
small apartment, the incentive
seems to have disappeared-there
is no longer the yen to describe
the things seen and done. But that
is not the reason the attempt has
not been made-lack of space in
the eight pages we have been COM
PEELED to put out has furnished the
real excuse.
Now let's securing the month
we have gone every Tuesday night
to Olney Theater where the pro-
auctions of Richard Skinner and
Evelyn Freyman continue to
pack'em in. Come near not going
last week-"don't like Hildegarde,"
we said. Like everyone else who
sees her in person we fell in love
with her. She truly knows how to
make little go long way" Of
the show one remembers only
Hildegarde and her costumes.
Everyone loved her homely little
aside-"Got a touch of laryn-
gifts, but this slippery elm from
DR.. Wilson'S Drugstore in Rock
vile will set me right" "Where is
the man who drove all the way
from Annapolis to see me ?-stand
up" Heres someone from Cooks
ville-isn't that a cute name for a
town." Meeting her at a cocktail
party the next day, we thought her
even more charming in street
dress.
By the way-Bob Ullman who is
head of public relations for Olney
this year, loves our church sup
pers of fried chicken, country ham
and corn pudding. Bob's doing
swell job and has made friends
with the country press, as well as
representative of the city papers.
Then there was a nice day trip
over part of the Skyline Drive
to Luray, Va, and a luncheon at
the Mimslyn Hotel, known for it's
fine food and service. The trip
through Blue Ridge Mountains,
which rise sharply from the Shen-
andoah Valley floor, is one of
scenic loveliness and historical as
ISOLATION. The peaks were softened
by a faint blue haze on the day
sister-in-law Lillian White drove
a family party down in her new
car. We stopped at various look
outs and gazed down on the peace
full farms, apple and peach or
chards.
Shenandoah is an Indian name
reputed to mean Daughter of the
Stars" The valley was an artery
of critical Importance during the
War Between The States-General
Stonewall Jackson's campaign
there is recognized as a superb
example of military tactics. The
mountain gaps in what is now
Shenandoah National Park were of
greatest Importance in his STRAIT
egg.
Did you know that Roger White
ford, one of Washington's out
standing lawyers can eat as many
as a dozen ears of corn? His
record on a bet was sixteen. We
had dinner one evening with
Roger, who was our first high
school teacher back in Sherwood
days, and his wife the former
Mary Edna Moves, whom we have
known since she was a Times
Herald social editor. Their screened
porch projects out into the branch
es of a huge oak tree-a pair of
cardinals and a bluejay took much
interest in the dinner which was
served on the porch of their Chevy
Chase home.
With members of the Maryland
Press Association and the Chesa-
peake Association, we spent last
weekend in lovely Cumberland
which is situated in natural
amphitheatre surrounded by peaks
of the Allegheny Mountains. Lo-