Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-07-31

abandon his mission and retreat to
Boston. And he lost 800 men in
the process. So it is evident that
a volunteer effort of this kind can
limit the designs of an enemy and
contribute to his final defeat. The
Civil Defense Organization is the
modern minute man force just as
the Ground Observer Corps is the
modern 80 mechanics.
True it is that Civil Defense
does not fight with lethal weapons.
But their task is quite as import
ant and necessary to restore our
war potential after a a raid as was
that of the minute men.
Now, where does Montgomery
County stand in this effort?
The Paul Revere Of Sandy
Spring Ground Observer Post, Mr..
A. D. Farquhar who has been do
ing an excellent job at his "Post"
informs US that he could use about
fifty-two volunteers. His Post
which is in his home is a wary
comfortable one, cool in summer
and warm in the wintertime. Mr..
Farquhar would be very happy to
hear from his neighbors in the vi
entity of Sandy Spring and the
surrounding country side to volun-
teer their services for this import
ant service. He can be reached at
Fulton 8-271 during the day and
Fulton 83806 in the evenings. At
the present time when one volun-
teer fails to report for his assign
ed tour of duty, it imposes a
double duty on Mr.. Farquhar or
his good wife. So come on you
Minute Men and Women too, help
make the operation easy for many
and not so hard on the few over
worked volunteers who are carry
ing on the Post. One more thing:
when this is all over, Mr.. Farqu-
har can double in brass as Long
fellow. He has proved himself a
good poet as we'll as a faithful
sentinel.
GAINESVILLE has Post. Like
many others it is in a farm area
and these people are busy. But who
isn't? They have only ID members.
No one from the high command to
the block warden expects full time
duty on the part of any individ-
ual. Only by division of the duty
among many volunteers can this
be done with a fair minimum of
sacrifice by each observer. So
please, Dickerson, Comus, Pooles-
vile, Beallsville, and the country
side, come in and give Mr.. Will
liam B. Griffith, the Supervisor, a
hand. His telephone number is
Poolesville 1866.
George C. (Ace) Esworthy, Cal
thersburg 482 VIZ has organized
a fine post at Jamestown. They
need more people too. German
town, Old Germantown, Ounce Or
chard, Jacksonville, Seneca, Travi-
lah and Chopper are in the area OF
the Jamestown post. You may
have to travel some, but if each
post can be brought up to "a OBJ
servers, each person will have only
one Four Hour turn of duty each
week. That shouldn't deter any
willing soul. Ace will freely admit
that there have been some dis
couraging telephone troubles. I'm
fortunate, but it can and will be
ironed out.
The Gaithersburg Post headed
up by Richard B. Perry, Gathers
burg 113 or 800 j has 81 hard
working members. But they need
many more to operate around the
clock. Gaithersburg and Washing
ton Grove should be able to meet
the needs. But help from the eight
mile area around Gaithersbure
would be welcome. How about il
Redland, Derwood, Hunting Hill
and Middlebrook
Rockville could contribute might.
lily by helping out the Gathers.
burg, Jamestown and Potomac