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A new Diesel generator of 42e
Kilos ordered by the Municipality
is due to arrive here in June, he
said.
Confab on Water and Soil
Mr.. Olson then gave some de-
tails of the program for the water
and soil conservation for the
three islands, which he says is
fundamentally sound, a n on
which the Federal agents will con
fer on Monday, May 7. The
House has approved 100000 for
dams and land clearance. OF the
10000 acres on the three islands
Mr.. Olson said 14,500 are in trees;
5000 acres in crops, $4,000 in pas
ture land and 1900 in waste
land.
Among those who are scheduled
to take part in the conference are
Garabaldi Laguardia of the PIMA,
C. c. Stubs Of the Water Re
sources Board, an official Of the
Federal Land Bank, Darnley Pc
terson of theFHA; B. S. Wilder,
Soil Conservation; Juan Fuertes,
local PIMA inspector; and Fritz
LaWaetZ, Chairman of the local
Soil Conservation Board.
, 1951-05-05
First Come for 1851
Csted Baseball
League Tomorrow

The Christiansted Baseball
League for 1851 has been or
gained and two games are sched-
uled for tomorrow between the
Pirates and Eblings and the Don
@ and Commanders at the Parade
Ground.
The new organization is headed
by Hezekiah O. Walcott, presi-
dent; ] ohm L. Alexander, vice
president with Stanley Farrelly
as Umpire-in- Chief.
Fans will see the first ball
thrown out at lis pm.
, 1951-05-05

to the window where they stood
helpless. AS the smoke and flames
crept nearer they embraced each
other and grimly prepared to face
the dark cloak of death.
Tragedy Averted
Below the excited crowd urged
them to jump and the couple
climbed out the window. The
young husband with his spouse
arms encircling his neck held her
with one arm while they dangled
from the window sill by the other.
Tensely the men below called for
the wife to jump but she would
not or could not release her hus-
band. Suddenly, as the men be-
low waited in wonder, Woodson's
grasp gave way and the couple
came hurting thru the air. The
hapleSs husband landed first, his
wife on top. However, their falls
were broken considerably and
Dawes Todman, one of those be-
low, quickly hoisted Mrs. Wood
son and placed her in a nearby
car. Both were rushed to the hos
pital, where they were treated for
shock.
Mr. Woodson, sustained a frac-
tured knee and arrangements are
being made to send him to the
Veterans Hospital in Puerto Rico.
He is a teacher in the Christian
sted High School. In World War
II. he was CAPTURED with other
allies in the famous Battle of the
Bulge when the Germans ruth
lesslY shot down hundreds of pri-
sonerS; he was among those that
escaped.
Mrs. Woodson, the former
Leona Davis, secretary to the Ad-
ministrator, sustained a sprained
ankle.
Fire Threatens Other Homes
The monsterous tongues of
flame enveloped the newly paint
ed wooden structure, formerly
the Queen Louise's Children
Home, purchased recently by the
Chabert's for $4,000 and renovat-
ed and re-furnished at a cost of
an additional $1,000. So furious
were the flames that they dashed
at the houses across the street in
two directions. Much confusion
followed the arrival of the fire.
Continued on page ~
, 1951-05-05
TOURING NTH BABY
FOUND IN GUTTER
BY STREET-CLEANE

People were just wearing off
the effects of yesterdays disas-
trous fire when the shocking story
that a four-month-old baby boy
had been found in a gutter near
Holy Cross Catholic church by a
street-SWeeper, renewed their ex-
element.
Several hundred persons gath
cred to view the premature child
where it had been found con-
cealed under trash in the gutter
near the front of the church,
However, it was soon covered by
by one of the Priest while a
Patrolman summoned the NUM-
cipal Physician.
1t was about 1000 when reports
say, that the street sweeper made
the awful discovery and reported
it to the Police. 1t was covered
and DR.. Reginald Moore arrived
half an hour later with a nurse
and removed it.
, 1951-05-05
Chinese Soy Int.
Force Preparing to
Fight in Korea

Chinese Nationalist intelligence
report that a force of 10000 com
munists in Russian uniforms is
awaiting orders from Moscow to
cross from Manchuria into Korea.
In addition there is at least one
air division composed of flyers
from eight countries, with eight
hundred planes, ready for com
bat duty in Korea aginst United
Nations forces.
, 1951-05-05
Olson Optimistic on Water,
Soil Conservation Program

President Norman Olson Of the Virgin Islands Corpora
ton expressed optimism over the program to be undertaken
by the Corporation during the coming fiscal year, especially
in connection with water and soil conservation. Other federal
, 1951-05-05
Fire Completely Destroys
De Chabert's 3>Story Home

Less than Is minutes after the siren blew Yesterday the
big three-story building, home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph de
Chabert, was enveloped in flames and in another half an
hour was burnt to the ground. A young married couple,
, 1951-05-05

Mr.. & Mrs. John Woodson, found
themselves trapped in their top
floor apartment when the only
exit stairway was enveloped in
smoke and flames. They rushed
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20
Marydel

Miss Janet Heather, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Heather. who
was graduated in June from Fair
fax Hall, Junior College, Waynes-
boro, Virginia, has enrolled in the
Franklin School of Science and
Arts in Philadelphia where she will
begin her studies next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Fuehrlein
and granddaughter, Connie Howell,
of Brooklyn, N. Y, are spending a
week visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Preston of near Marydel.
Mrs. Mabel Bayne of Memphis,
Tenn, is visiting with her sister,
Mrs. T. o. Hughes for week.
Miss Heather Covell, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Covell, is re-
turning to Fairfax Hall, Waynes-
boro, Virginia, where she is enroll
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20
TaylOr's Bridge

Mrs. John d. Steller spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Del
bert Steller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser, Jr,
of Laurel, spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser, Sr,
and Mrs. Walker Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown and
family of Smyrna spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles P,
Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson A. David
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
William Reynolds near Odessa.
The Woman's Society of Christ
ian Service will meet Friday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Eierman,
Those on the refreshment commit
tee are Mrs. Eierman, Mrs. ]. E.
Latta, and Mrs. John Steller.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moore and
Miss Virginia Shockley of Newark
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Shockley.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Shockley
and family of near Wilmington
were Sunday visitors with Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aubrey Deakyne
and daughters and Misses Mildred
and Marian Deakyne of Whining
ton were weekend visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Deakyne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Alfree and
son of Blackbird spent Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Steller.
Mr.. George Helvelston of Jenkin.
town, Pa, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas AXE o1
Wilmington, and Mr.. and Mrs. Bal
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

ed as a member of the junior class
in High School.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Baldwin
and children, of Newtown Heights,
Pa, Mr., and Mrs. Truitt of Upper
Darby, Pa, and Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
Hanson of Fricks, Pa, have been
guests of the T. o. Hughes family
during the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armour Purcell
and children, Donna Marie and
Paul, and Mrs. L. Armour, all of
Houston, Del, were dinner guests
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Pinder on Sunday.
Mr.. A. K. Pister of Dover was
the guest speaker at the meeting
of the Marydel Lions Club on Mon
day evening, Sept. 10th, when he
brought information to the mem
bers concerning the recent appeal
being made for donors of blood for
use by the boys in Korea.
Wednesday, Sept. 26th, has been
the day designated for the giving
of blood for use by the armed fore
es in Korea. All Marydeleans in
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20
MillingtOn

Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Liden of
College Park visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Higman last
week.
Mrs. G. Hampton Richards Jr.
and children of Port Deposit spent
the weekend with her parents Mr..
and Mrs. Robert M. Logan, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Phillips Jr.
visited Mr.. John B. Phillips Sr.
over the weekend.
Henry Higman is home for few
days with his parents. He has
been working in the Naval Acad-
emy in Annapolis this summer. He
enters the medical school in Balti-
more next week.
The first fall meeting of the w.
S. c. S. was held at the home of
Mrs. Edward Connor on Thursday,
September 20th.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Saunders of
Camden, N. j., and Miss Betty
Stevens of Philadelphia visited her
mother Mrs. Ethel Stevens over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson G. Turn
er enjoyed having with them on
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Dill of
Westtown, Pa. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Salisbury Parks of Denton.
Mrs. Ella Gale is spending some
time in Atlantic City, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. James White and
children of Rock Hall visited Mrs.
Grover Robbins on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Hollins of
Baltimore spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Hollins.
Mrs. Arthur E. Tonkin is visiting
her daughter Mrs. William Lykens
of Chester, Pa.
Mrs. Sadie Clough and Margaret
Graham of Wilmington were Sun
day guests of Mrs. Grover Robbins
Major and Mrs. Brass and Three
children of New York visited Mr.
John B. Phillips Sr. over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Carlton Turner
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

Billy Warner of Bay Shore were
weekend visitors with Mrs. Walker
Warner.
Mr.. George Helvenson of Jenkin-
town, Pa, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Johnson, Sr.
Micky Kelly of Brooklyn, N. Y,
Jerry Campton of Long Island, N.
Y. have returned home after spend
ing five weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Kelly.
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

terested win kindly contact Mrs. L.
H. Collision. The Capitol Grange
Hall on S. Governors Ave, Dover
as the place at which the Mobile
Unit will be stationed throughout
the day, from 9:45 am. to pm.
Members of the Marydel Ladies
Auxiliary will attend on Friday
evening at Ridgely, the meeting of
the Caroline County Ladies AuSil-
iary.
Mrs. Karl Porter was a patient
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20
Church of the Nazarene

Services at the Church of the
Nazarene, Rev. Jerry Dilks, pastor,
will be: Sunday School, 9:15 am;
morning worship, 10:45 a.m.; N. Y.
P. s., 7:15 p. m. Song and evan
gelistic service, 7:45.
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20
Fleming's Landing

MIR. Ira, ]. Waters of Toronto,
Canada; MIR. and Mrs. Isaac War
ner and children of New Castle;
MIR. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser, Jr., of
Seaford Mr. and Mrs Ralph McClain
and children of Taylor's Bridge;
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

and sons Travers, Darth and Thom-
as of Concordville, Pa, spent Sun
day with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson G. Turner.
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

ard Evans and family of Townsend
were visitors during the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Steller.
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

at the Kent General Hospital for a
week.
Smyrna times., 1951-09-20

The Smyrna Times, $3.50 Year
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07
West MOntg'y Citizens
Association To Enjoy
Picnic Dinner June IL

The West Montgomery County
Citizens Association will enjoy a
picnic dinner, prepared by the la
dies of the Jamestown Church on
Monday, June IL, starting at
o'clock. The dinner which will be
held on the church grounds, will be
followed by a short business sess-
ion. Election of officers for the
new year will take place.
Patrick Cusick, Planning Engin-
eer for the Upper Montgomery
County Planning Commission, will
be introduced. James Buchanan,
president of the Association, will
preside.
The nominating committee will
present the following slate of Off
GERS: President, James A. Buch-
anaB first vice president, Val
Hougen; second vice president,
Earl Henderson; secretary, Lit
Gould, treasurer, William Robin
son; directors, Dave Weed, Frank
McKenna, Allan Elliot, B. M. Ran
dali. Additional nominations will
be saiiclted from the floor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07
Rev. ~. E. HOlley
New Pastor At
Grace Methodist

The Rev. Watson E. Holley was
"nnointed to the pastorate of Grace
Methodist Church, Gaithersburg,
on Sunday by the Baltimore An
nual Conference. He succeeds the
Rev. Karl G.. Newell who goes to
the Homestead Methodist Church
in Baltimore.
Dean of the Older Peoples Con-
ference, meeting annually in West
minister, Rev. Holley studied at
Vanderbilt and Emory University.
He was Dean of Men for fourteen
years in Conference young peoples
assemblies. A former Chaplain
with the Armed Forces, Rev. Hol-
ley has held pastorates in Mary
land, Virginia and West Virginia.
The Rev. and Mrs. Holley have
q married son, Watson Z. Holley,
jr., who lives in Riverdale.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07

Gusts of wind, lightning, hail
and pummeling rain left Rock-
vile lawns strewn with trees and
heavy limbs, in Mondays storm. A
tree, on the Vinson property, be-
lieved to have dated back to the
French and Indian Wars, crashed
in a public parking lot behind the
Court House. On North Adams
Street, the home of Mrs. Clifton
Dronenburg was missed by but a
few inches when huge tree was
blown down. Two trees toppled
over in the driveway of Veterans
Cab Association. Another big tree
at the home of Mrs. Louis M.
Gardiner, Ais West Montgomery
Avenue, Rockville, was uprooted.
Next door, between the homes of
Mrs. Russell Conklin and the John
1. Wards, another large tree was
blown over.
Easements and low-level apart
ments were flooded in Rockville as
a result of the torrential down.
pour. Water was knee deep in the
recreation room of the Rockville
Fire Department building. Winds
toppled numerous television aerials.
w. K. Hodges, manager in this
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07

poor health during the past two
weeks. He had discussed a case
with Judge Charles w. Woodward
shortly after noon, then went to
his home at 102 North Adams st.
He did not show any evidence of de-
preston during his talk with the
Judge, police said.
At about 3 p. M, his wife, Mrs.
Mary Tyler Peter, and Mrs. Will
liam w. Welsh, wife of the family
physician, who were talking on the
ground floor, heard a shot upstairs,
police said. They discovered Mr..
Peter in second floor bathroom.
Mrs. Peter collapsed and was placed
under a doctors care.
A graduate of Rockville Academy
and George Washington University
Law School, Mr.. Peter practiced
law with his father until the lat
ter was appointed to the Montgom-
cry County >jircuit Court Bench in
1923, then practiced alone. He was
attorney for several large utilities
companies, and maintained offices
in the Rockville Fire Department
Building.
Mr.. Peter was a former presi-
dent of the county bar association
and former vice president of the
state bar association. He served
as states attorney and as state
senator from Montgomery County.
He was also a member of the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee for the county and leader in
Democratic political circles.
A past member of the Hender-
son-Smith- Edmonds Post of the
American Legion, Mr.. Peter served
as an ensign in the Navy in World
War |.
Besides his widow, he leaves two
sons, Robert Peter, Sd, 10, who was
graduated from Georgetown Prep
last Sunday, and George Tyler
Peter, ID
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. tomorrow friday, at the
Rockville Presbyterian Church.
conducted by the pastor, Rev.
Howard c. Cobbs.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07
Piano Class To Give
Program On June Is
In Community House

Priscilla H. Thompson will pre-
sent her piano class in a variety
program Music For Everyone" on
Friday evening, June Is, at Sandy
Spring Community House. Taking
part in the program, which will
begin at p.m., will be Susan
Perine, Margaret Elgar Gilpin,
Sandra Hawkins, Caroline Mitchell,
Florence Moore, Gail Dawson,
Jerry Weakley, Richard Martin,
Margaret Elgar Grey, Carol
Sweeney and Shirley Pattie.
Sue Williams and Elizabeth
Buehl will receive awards for con-
tinuing their study of music
through their fifth season.
Mrs. Thompson and her class
will be pleased to welcome their
friends and relatives on this
occasion.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07

Miss Mildred Ward has been
appointed Administrative Super
visor, in charge of the telephone
business Office at Rockville, accord
ing to an announcement this week
by W. X. Hodges, manager of the
C e. P Telephone Co. of Baltimore
City in this area.
Miss Ward is a hometown girl,
having been born about 5 miles
from Rockville, and having lived
here since she was nine years old.
She graduated from Richard Mont
.''rorv High School. She also at
tended Lynchburg College, at
,yncnburg, Va, and the Washing
ton School for Secretaries.
Entering the service Of the tele-
phone company in January, 1884,
she held the position of service
representative in the Rockville
business Office Of the company until
March, 1947, when she was pro-
NOTED to a supervisory position in
the office of the telephone company
at Bethesda. 1t is from this po-
sition that she comes back to Rock
vile as Administrative Supervisor.
Miss Ward resides at 230 Falls
Road, where she lives with her
Mother, Mrs. Hattie L. Ward.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07
Sandy Spring Area
School Patrons
Discuss Budget

A meeting was held for the
Sandy Spring area residents on
Tuesday night with over $50 peo-
pie attending to discuss the pro-
posed cut in the Sherwood High
School budget from 100000 to
100000.
Councilman George r. Nesbitt,
a resident of the locality, who was
present at the meeting, explained
to the group that the Council
Planning Commission wants to re-
duce the County debt, and felt that
this reduction for the school APP
preparation would not slow up the
building of new school. AS yet
the Board of Education has made
no official recommendation as to
the appropriation.
Also present at the meeting was
Richard Y. Carpenter, assistant
Superintendent of Supporting Ser
vices for the Board of Education.
Mr.. Carpenter reviewed the critical
needs of the school with the group
and answered questions. He also
discussed the effect the reduction
of the appropriation would have on
plans for building. Explaining
that the school is to be built ex-
'actly like that at Gaithersburg,
Mr.. Carpenter said that 100000
would build two wings and most
of the font of the building, but
would not allow for the third wing.
He expressed the hope that the en-
tire front could be completed at
one time.
According to Robert Miller,
chairman of the Administrative
Committee for the Sandy Spring
P.-T.A, that group has gone on
record as being unwilling to APP
prove any cut in its school appro-
pration. Mr.. Carpenter explained
that he hoped the group would
approve the S400,OO0 as min
imum and ask that the Council
guarantee the building be COM
pletely finished the next fiscal year.
He also urged the group to at
tend the School Budget hearing on
! Monday evening.
Part of the proposed new high
school, a cafeteria and two class
rooms, was built over year ago
next to the existing old building.
The rest of the new high school
is to be built on what is now the
football field. Mr.. Miller stated
that. the P.-T.A. has been negotiat-
ing for four or five years for the
replacement of the present 45-year
old structure.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07
Storms Sunday And Monday
Strew County With Debris

One of the severest storms that
residents Of Rockville can recall,
struck the town on Monday eve
ming, following closely Sunday
nights storm which was more or
less countrywide.
In the first storm, which caused
temperatures to drop sharply from
the mid COS, easements in the
lower part of the county were
flooded and lightning struck in sew
eral nearby places. The chlorin-
alton station of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission in
Bethesda was hit, it's walls and
roof set afre, and electrical appar-
atus was short circuited. A barn
on the farm of John King at Pur-
dunn was struck by lightning and
was completely destroyed by fire.
Loss was estimated at upward of
$4,000. Mr.. King succeeded in
chasing livestock from the flaming
structure.
In both storms, telephone and
electric service was disrupted. A
tree fell across the B & o tracks
in Rockville during Mondays
storm, blocking trains until Rock
vile Volunteer Firemen were able
to remove it in pieces. Traffic was
halted about a mile west of Rock
vile at Watts Branch, when water
flooded Route %.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07
Disposal Of Old Landmark
Brings Nostalgia Memories

News that Mrs. Theodore S.
Mason had sold her home at 229
West Montgomery Avenue, Rock
vile, in which four generations of
the Simpson and Mason families
had lived, to County Manager and
Mrs. Irving G. McNayr, brings
nostalgia memories to many coun-
ty residents. The sale, negotiated
by Jane Knox, local realtor, was
completed over the weekend.
when was a young girl there
was only the Episcopal rectory
between this house and the old
Dawson place on this side of Mont
gomery Avenue-and corn fields
across the street." unused Mrs.
Mason the former Sadie Reading,
as she discussed the sale. 1--WE
came here to live in 1906" she
continued, "but it is too large for
me now and Pmglad it is sold to
someone who will appreciate its
history, as Pm sure the McNayrs
will"
Theodore Mason, Jr., a cashier
in Montgomery County National
Bank, tells how his great grand
father, the Rev. Theodore Simp-
son, a retired Presbyterian minis
ter, moved into the house shortly
after it was built. He remembers
his father, Theodore, Sr., telling
how, as small boy, he came from
Virginia to help grandpa Simpson
to move-the five year old boy
carried in the coffee pot.
Then there are many others who
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-06-07
Safety Citation
To Be Presented
Here Tuesday

A special program, honorlng
Rockville's safety record, will be
held on the Athletic Field of Rich
ard Montgomery High School at
2 pm. Tuesday, June IL. A citas
ton, to be accepted by Mayor G.
Lamar Kelly on behalf of the town,
will be presented by George Grotz
in charge of the National Safety
Council for the eastern1 states.
Rockville is one of three ,comrnhn-
tiles over 5000 population. which
did not have a traffic fatality in
1850. "a
School will be dismissed, in
Rockville, at 2 PM, so that all
pupils may attend the celebration.
They will be transported to the
athletic field and win be grouped
according to schools. Each school
will be presented pennant to be
flown with the US. Flag.
Dignitaries who have been in
vited to participate in the event
include: Col. Elmer Munshower,
Superintendent of Maryland State
Police; Thomas Mudd, Commits
sioner of Motor Vehicles for the
State; Paul E. Burke, executive
director of the Maryland Traffic
Safety Commission; 1t. Joseph X.
Cushwa, head of the Maryland
State Police Statistical Bureau
State Superintendent of Schools,
Thomas Pullen; Judges Stedman
Prescott, Charles W. Woodward
and Alfred D. Moves; members of
the clergy, fire department, civic
organizations, service clubs and
fraternal orders.
A plaque will be awarded, with
appropriate ceremonies, at later
date, it was announced.