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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20

they gave her more gifts than she
could mention. She sincerely ap-
preciates all those who remem-
bered her, and in naming some
she mentioned Mr.. Bill Smiths
birthday box which included a cake
and other good things, and the
birthday cake that Mr.. Marshall
Walker sent her. She also said
that she received 5000 in money
which included 500 bill from T.
johnson of Rockville. On Friday
evening her daughter, with whom
she lives, had another party in
her honor and she SAID that their
house was really overlooking with
guests. That night Aunt Relic
got to bed at 2:30 am. but was
up bright and early the next day.
Apparently hard work never
hurt Aunt Relic for all of her
life she has worked hard, work.
ing for many people around Gath
ersburg. She has been a good
neighbor to her white and col
ored friends alike, never failing
them VIII en- they were sick or in
trouble. Sometimes it was to pray
for the sick and other times it was
to "pitch in" and do what was
needed. Aunt Relic was always
there when she was needed. May
be that is why at 100 years young
of age she is young in heart and
enjoys life. Already she is look
ing forward to her next birthday
and her many friends hope that
she has that and many many more
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Game and Inland Fish
Commission to Hold
Public Hearings

The Maryland Game and Inland
Fish Commission will hold public
hearing in the Severn Room, Carvel
Hall, Annapolis, on Friday, April
a, at 3 and 1880 pm. to discuss
proposed regulations on the follow
ing:
/. Regulated pheasant shooting
areas; 2, authorized reduction Of
wildlife population; 3, Deer hunt
ing by bow and arrow; 4, means by
which migratory game birds may
be taken, and, s, open season on
deer.
Also scheduled for discussion are
the dove, woodcock, and wild water
fowl seasons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Sherwood High
Home Economics
sClaSs Gives Tea

The Vocational Home Econom-
les girls of Sherwood High School
entertained their mothers at a tea
on Wednesday, February q at the
school.
At the business meeting held in
connection with the tea, home pro-
jects which are carried by all vo-
cational home economics programs
in the county were discussed.
Miss Julia Watkins, supervisor
of homeeconomics in Montgomery
County, made the principal talk.
School principal Charles B. REM
aleg described the new home eco
nomics department facilities which
will be installed in the new school.
Miss c. Conaway, home economics
teacher at Sherwood, discussed the
schools home economics program
with parents and students.
The Sherwood Chapter of the
Future Homemakers of America
held their annual parents banquet
on February %. Guest speaker
at this meeting was Mr.. Thomas
Pyle, assistant supervisor OF
schools in the county.
Last week the 10th grade Home
Economics class held a nursery
school for eight children between
the ages of 212 and 5. This was
developed in the child core unit
which the girls have been work.
ing on this semester.
Children attending the nursery
are Susan Myers, Nina Howard
Darlene Grower, Johnny Herman
Seon Lucy, Ann Lucy, Nora Lucy
and Yvonne Disboroone.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Scholastic Press Group to
Meet at Maryland UniU.

A feature of the Convention will
be the presentation by the Mary
land Press Association of three
wards to the students judged to
have contributed the most to their
school, county, or the State of
Maryland through work on high
school publications. All writers
and editors who have worked on
school papers, yearbooks, maya
zines, handbooks or news bureaus,
may beconsidered. The first place
winner will receive a certificate
and a trophy, while the other two
will receive certificates Members
of the Press Association will pudge
the entries.
The deadline for entries in this
contest is March 20. Entries are
to be mailed to Miss Rosalie M.
Lephardt, Baltimore City College,
Baltimore 18.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20

O" 800" ~. amy A"S 49,
Theatre at Constitution Hall. The
Ballet Theatre, first of the Ameri-
can-born, big-time ballet COM
panies, will present two perform
ances in Washington single mat
inee and vening on Saturday,
March 30.
Stars will be Alicia Alonzo, Igor
Youskevitch, the foremost classical
dancer in the field today, j h n
Kriza, Mary Ellen Moylan, n d
Jean Babilee and Nathalie Philip
part. The Ballet Theatre has a
dance company of more than 100,
including brilliant corps de ballet
and full symphony orchestra. Its
repertory has been selected from a
treasure house of more than 20
great dance productions. During its
local engagement it will offer Prin-
cess Aurora, Til Eulenspiegel, and
Rodeo at the matinee performance.
The evening presentations will be
Constantia, Til Eulenspiegel, Black
Swan and Billy the Kid.
Seats for bottle presentations by
the Ballet Theatre in Washington
on March 20 are now on sale at the
National Symphony Box office in
Kits, 1880 G St., NV.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Aunt Relic Johnson Rounds Out 100
Years and the NeighbOrs Give Party

Aunt Relic johnson is well
known around the neighborhood of
Gaithersburg for she has lived in
this vicinity all of her life, which
on March 5, 1852, totaled 100
years. That in itself is really re-
markable, but in Aunt Relies
case it is even more so, for she
is still in very good health.
Aurelia N. johnson was born on
March 5, 1852, near Choppers. Her
parents were slaves belonging to
Mr.. James Clagett. She remem
bers very little about the Civil
War except the end Of the war
when her parents were freed and
they moved from the Clagett
farm. As a child she was sickly,
but one would never realize that
now, forevery Sunday she walks a
distance of five or six blocks to
church She wears glasses only
when she sews, and her hearing
is still exceptionally good. Until
five years ago Aunt Relic was a
member of the Church chorus.
Of her eight children, born dur
ing her first marriage, only three
are living. For the past rs years
she has made her home with hel
daughter Mrs. Basil Taylor Of
Emory Grove. She has % grand
children, 10 great grandchildren
and two great great grandchildren
On her Tooth birthday the mem
bers of the Emory Grove Metho
dist Church gave her a party. Ov
err $50 guests were present ant
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
CAR Conference
To Be Held at
Frederick Mar. %

Plans have been completed for
the Tenth Annual Conference of
the Maryland State Society, Chill
dren ofthe American Revolution,
which will convene at Francis
Scott Key Hotel, Frederick, March
20.
Mrs. Irwin C. Brown, Senior
State Historian, of College Park
has planned a pilgrimage begin
ming at the Francis Scott Key
monument at 1920. Luncheon
will be served at the Hotel at
IL. Mrs. George E. WINNER
Senior State President, of Cations
vile, will call the meeting to or
der and Robert R. Huber, Jr.
Chevy Chase Society, Junior State
President, will preside.
Billy Radcliffe, Rockville, Junior
President of Charles Carroll OF
Carrollton Society, will serve as
chairman of the Nominating Com
mittee, and Emos Fry will act as
aide to the Junior State President
Marcia Clarke, Ark and Dove So
ciety, Silver Spring, will respond
to the welcome.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig, Ma
tional President, and Mrs. Rob
ers j. Boyd, National Organizing
Secretary and former State Pres
ident, will be the speakers of the
day.
Mrs. Evan A. Condor is general
chairman of the Conference assist
ed by Mrs. Walter f. Clarke, Mrs
Earl G. Mickey, Mrs. Harrison
Oliver, Mrs. Jesse B. Anders and
Mrs. Vincent w. Ruwet.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Alan Pledges Best
Representation for
Sixth District

w. Prescott Allen today said he
will give Sixth congressional dis
trict Marylanders the "best rep
resentation they've ever had" by
opening an extra office in Cumber-
land if he is elected to Congress.
"People in the lower sections of
the district are easily accessible to
Washington and would have little
difficulty in visiting my Office
there" Mr.. Allen said. "But persons
in the western part of the district
have a longer distance to travel.
"In view of this, l propose, if
elected, to establish an office in
Cumberland so that people in that
part of the district can easily es-
tablish contact with their congress-
man."
"The Bethesda newspaper pub
Usher, who is campaigning on the
Democratic ticket, said the propo-
sal is part of a program to keep
in close touch" with constituents.
Another facet of this program,
Mr.. Allen said. would be the estab-
lishment of an advisory council"
of voters, drawn from different
walks of life and representing
every county of the district"
81 should expect the council to
meet regularly and to look to SUBJ
councils within the counties to re-
fleet the opinion of our Sixth dis
trict," the candidate declared.
Mr. Allen, commenting on other
planks in his platform, said he
intends to Support all efforts to
bring relief" in areas where educa-
ton facilities are inadequate be-
cause of their distance from popu-
lation centers, or rapid expansion
due to defense activities.
The candidate reiterated his be-
lief that ito encourage home-buy-
ing" partial subsidy in the form
of an income tax deduction should
be allowed for families purchasing
homes. He also said he would work
for legislation to keep crop yields
at steady levels, relocate industrial
plants in areas affected by seasonal
industrial unemployment, encour-
age the raising of domestic buying
power, and publicize the achieve
ments of government employees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20

The sixth annual Maryland
Scholastic Press Association Con-
vention and Writing Tournament
will be held at the University of
Maryland on Saturday, April 5.
Both senior and junior high
schools will compete in writing
contests and submit publications to
be judged by professional journal
ism teachers.
Two trophies will be offered to
create incentives to contestants.
The Cumberland News-Times tro-
ply goes to the team that receives
the most points in the four major
phases of journalistic writing. Any
school winning three times gains
permanent possession of the tro-
ply. Montgomery Blair High has
held it for the last two years.
The best high school yearbook is
awarded the H. G. Roebuck and
Sons trophy, donated in 1919.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Community Chest
Agencies Will
Meet Tuesday

Community Chest Agency board
members and staffs are planning to
attend the General Assembly meet
Community Chest and Council,
ing of the Montgomery County
March 25th, at the Chevy Chase
Woman's Club at 8:15 pm. Reser-
vations have also been received
from many civic and professional
groups including: Montgomery
County Real Estate Board; AM
erican Assertion of University
Women; the Federation of Women's
Clubs; Montgomery County Civic
Federation; Parent Teachers AS
ISOLATION and the Board of Educa-
ton.
Miss Maybelle Vandermark, vice
president in charge of planning will
Mr.. Joseph Guandola will present
perside as chairman of the meeting.
providing General Assembly
planning committee have prepared,
the recommendations which the
Planning Structure for adequate
Health, Welfare and Recreation
needs in Montgomery County.
Judge Stedman Prescott, presid-
Council will introduce the guest
ent of the Community Chest and
speakers, Senator Hubert H. Hum
phery, who will discuss planning
for Health and Welfare Needs in
our County"
The meeting is open to all per-
sons interested in health, welfare
and recreation needs for Montgom-
cry County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
WOmdn's Club viii
GiUe Dessert Bridge

The Woman's Club Of Rockville
will give a dessert bridge on May
/ at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Scott, Horizon HILL" Great
Falls Road. Announcement Of the
affair was made by Mrs. J. Alfred
Kay, club president.
Mrs. Chapman Todd is general
chairman and Mrs. Randolph Tai
bot and Mrs. Harry Westcott are
in charge Of tickets. Reserva-
tions can be made through either
of the tickets chairmen.
Prizes will be given.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Social Service League Now
~ Years Old Has Record
OF Impressive Service Here

Agency were school transportation;
clothing for school children d
private recreation programs in the
urban section of the County.
Annual Report
A review of the annual report Of
the Social Service League for last
year reveals that-and still without
fanfare-the agency worked with
and for exactly PIT families in the
County. Of these, 1913 were CLASH
fled as broken homes or cases
where the parents were unmarried.
Connected with the PIT families
who benefited from the agency's
services were 100 children who
were without one or both parents.
Ninety of the families faced prob
lens of unemployment, insufficient
funds or inadequate housing.
In 159 families of the total serv-
ed there was illness, handicap or
personality maladjustments.
In addition, SO county families
and individuals last year were
helped with brief counseling or in
formation; 108 were given extend
ed counseling for problems of FAM
lily relationships and individual adj
justments; 118 were helped to plan
for care of their children; SO were
given direct financial assistance
and ID were put in touch with other
community resources to meet their
needs.
Many Services
But this record of accomplish
ment did not end the story of the
League last year. For example, it
searched for and found 81 families
in the County who were willing to
give temporary foster home care to
children in the agency's care; it
h a n d ed the applications Of 46
families who applied to adopt chill
Idren; SO children were placed under
foster care and 20 children were
placed in adopting homes. Another
IL youngsters were helped to re-
turn to their own homes.
l. st year, the Social Service
League operated on a budget Of
slightly more than $4,000. OF this,
$4O,61s was supplied by the Com
munity Chest and Council of the
County. The balance came from
contributions and other sources.
The agency owns its own neat.
brick Office building on South Perry
Street in Rockville. The building
was provided by a small capital
endowment s o me years ago. Its
paid staff includes three case work.
ers; two clerical workers, and a
case supervisor, Miss Elizabeth A.
oMallU. The Executive Secretary
is Robert A. Jones, who Joined the
agency last September after a
period of service with the Family
Service organization in Philadei-
phia.
The Board
Inc board OF Directors who were
named to office at the meeting two
weeks ago are Thomas w. pyle.
president; Edward s. Stock. Jr..
nrst vice president; Mrs. C. L. Lee
ieovre, second vice president; Will
nam b: M arks, treasurer; Mrs.
Harry l.. Morgan, Secretary.
4
Or. j. W. Bidr; Sgt. Charles o.
Seek; E dwin w. Broome; Mrs.
George W. Young, Emerson p. Sla-
cum; Mrs. Scott Brewer; Mrs. Cur
us Walker; Edward L. Stock, Jr.;
DR.. John G. Ball and Mrs. Troy
Waldrop.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Thanks Expressed

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert f. Thomp-
son wish to extend to their many
friends and neighbors their appre-
citation for their kindness and help
in regard to the burning of their
barn at their Oak Hill Farm on
Oak Hill Road, Spencerville. No
stock was lost and no one hurt.
The Burtonsville and Sandy Spring
Fire Departments assisted.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20

Two weeks ago, over at Wood
side M h o d ist Church, Silver
Springs, the Social Service League
of Montgomery County h e | d its
annual meeting, The prime purpose
of the get-together was election of
officers who will guide the agency
through another twelve months of
service to Montgomery County
residents.
On the other hand, the meeting
marked the 44th anniversary of an
agency which, with little fanfare,
organized as a private enterprise
dedicated not only TO aiding the
maladjusted and the needy in the
County, but to the broader job of
searching out the causes of social
ills and recommending solutions to
the wider community.
OriginatOrs Named
That was in 1908. The originators
of the plan were members Of a
bible class of one of the Rockville
churches. Five years later, in 1918,
the League was Incorporated as a
full-fledged social service agency.
The original incorporators were
Carter Clagett of Potomac; Fan
ME T. Smith, Rockville; Clara Ray
Wilson, Kensington; DR.. F. N.
Henderson, Rockville; Elizabeth w.
Tibbott, Bethesda; Mary A. Spen-
Ger, Rockville; j. f. Deets, Clarks-
burg; Albert Osborn, Washington
Grove; John G. Garrett, Bethesda;
N ellie Saxton Beck, Rockville;
Thomas A. Haughten- Burke, Rock
vile, and Henry c. Allnutt, Lay
louisville.
The twelve original trustees of
the incorporated league were Asa
NJ. Stabler, Spencerville; Alban G.
Thomas, Silver Spring, Mrs. H. G.
Wells, Rockville; Mrs. John B.
Brewer, Rockville; Joseph L. Jan
ney, Brookeville; Eugene S. Ste
vens, Chevy Chase; DIR. William l.
Lewis, Kensington; DIR. John l.
Lewis, Bethesda; Mrs. G. H. Nc.
Grew, Silver Spring; Joseph Read
ing, Rockville, Mrs. HenryJ. Fine.
ly, Rockville and John r. Hender.
son, also of Rockville.
Pioneers in Service
During the "A years which have
passed since the original workers
in the league served the County
their pioneering ideas of service
have become an integral part OF
the public welfare organizations
which now function here.
The league employed the first
visiting nurse in the County anc
carried on a public nursing pro
gram until that part of Its func
tons was taken over by the Health
Department. It saw the need for &
Juvenile Court and until 1884, car.
ried on the entire probation pro
gram of the Court. The agenc,
also gave foster home care to de-
pend ent and neglected children
committed by the Court until the
Welfare Board established its owr
program in 1871. 1t was compen.
stated by the County for this serv,
ice.
During the early years of the
depression of the 1930's, it was the
League which gave unemployment
relief and administered the worl
relief programs in the County unit
they were established under direct
public auspices. Other program,
which, in their beginning stage,
were fostered by the Social Servic,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Birthdays Marked at
TwinbrOOk Party

The Blevins home on Denfield
Road in Twinbrook was the scene
of gay birthday party on
Thursday afternoon honoring Lin
da Blevins who was nine years
old on March 13 and Sue Smith
who was nine years old on March
IL.
Those attending the dual cele-
bration were Ilene and Alan
Morse, Barbara and Bonnie Mep-
pin, Donna Blevins of Twinbrook,
Cassie Fuller of Anderson Avenue
and Michele and Jay Keith of
Grandin Avenue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20

The Montgomery Blair High
School newspaper "Silver Chips"
and the Bethesda-Chevy Chase
newspaper "Tattler" were Judged
winners in having the best articles
on tuberculosis in a recent contest
sponsored by the Montgomery
County tuberculosis Association
and the Montgomery County Board
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20

ganization will be answered by the
membership chairman, Mrs. Robert
Silverman, at 10 5-1564.
This tea is being held instead Of
the regular March meeting Of the
Sisterhood. The next meeting viii
be held in April at date to be
announced later.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20

of Education.
This project is an annual one
and is sponsored on a national
level by the Columbia Scholastic
Press Association. In Montgomery
County the two papers judged to
have the best articles are each
awarded a prize of $500 to go
towards meeting the expense of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Philip Ellison. Fotoersfies

sending the schools newspaper
representative to the Annual Co
lumbia Scholastic Press Associa-
ton Meeting.
Entries in this years contest
had to be on the subject of "How
Youth Can Help Fight Tubercu-
losis" or "What Our tuberculosis
Association Does"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
National Symphony
To Present Famed
Ballet Theatre

The final dance presentation by
the National Symphony this season
will be the world famous Ballet
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-20
Demonstration
Leader Appointed
At Maryland Univ.

A new Home Demonstration
Agent Leader has been named for
the University of Maryland Ex-
Evening star., 1952-11-23
HYPNOTISM
is DYNAMITE
Continued from preceding page

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selves of specific complaints.
The salesman hypnotist ad-
mitted that he had learned
hypnotism from a book adver-
tised in the back of a mystery
magazine 10 years ago. Since
then he has treated hundreds of
people - for insomnia. stutter-
ing, smoking and drinking, and
even inferiority complex.
But the men and women who
flock to cellars for hypnotic cures
are playing with dynamite. The
practitioners Of the hypnO-
tism racket, despite their
golden promises, pay of with
misery and suffering.
According to DR.. Jerome M.
Schneck, founder of the Society
for Clinical and Experimental
Hypnosis, hypnosis has very real
value when it is used for the
diagnosis of mental illness, as a
means of uncovering emotional
difficulties and helping to elimi-
nate them. Its use In certain
specific physical ailments is also
on the increase.
Years ef TxaininN
Bur the problem now is that an
insufficient number of psychia-
trists have been trained in the
proper use of hypnosis. To be
certified by the American Board
of Psychiatry and Neurology,
a doctor must have his degree
in general medicine, plus five
years additional training in psy-
chiatry. To practice hypnotic
therapy, he needs more training.
The force Of hypnotiszn is still
under study by psychiatrists. It's
not new 1T was known to In
dian fakirs thousands of years
ago. But its medical and scien-
tific applications date back only
to the late 18th century, when
Franz Anton Mesrner forwarded
the doctrine of animal magne-
tism."
The use of hypnosis in psy-
chiatry was spurred by World
War II. There was need for some
form of short-term therapy, and
hypnosis was the subject of ex-
tensive investigations. As real
science studied and experiment.
ed. pseudo science pounced on
public interest. Result: a grow
ing boom in amateur hypnotism.
Continued on page IA
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-12-05

With Governor Frank J. Lausche
of Ohio scheduled to turn the first
earth, work was started Thursday
on the electric power supply for
the Atomic Energy Commission S
new billion-dollar uranium-235
production plant being construct
ed in Pike County
On the 300-acre site of ground
on the Ohio River at Cheshire, 10
miles east of Ga .,olis, Governor
Lausche was to sit at the controls
of an earth-moving machine anl
turn the first earth for one of the
worlds largest steam m-electric gen
Grating plants to be built by the
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation.
Officials of the Atomic Energy
Commission, representatives of the
Is electric companies who have
contracted to supply power for
the new Acc plant, and several
hundred spectators from local
communities witnessed the ground
breaking.
Following the ground d-breaking