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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16

Taking part in the largest single
Boy Scout activity ever arranged
in the United States, more than
$4,000 Cub Scouts and Explorers
of the National Capital Area
Council, will call on approximately
100000 homes in this voting area
Saturday Nov. y and place on
the door knobs Liberty Bell cut
out reminding citizens to vote.
Throughout the nation most of
the organizations Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts and Explorers numbering
over two million, are expected to
visit 30,000,000 homes in their nom
partisan campaign.
The Scouts "Get Out the Vote"
Campaign is sponsored jointly with
tf2 Freedoms Foundation. Many of
the nations leaders of all political
parties have endorsed the Scouts
efforts to further the cause of good
citizenship by encouraging more
citizens to have a part in selecting
the nations leaders.
President Truman, hailing the
leaders of the Boy Scouts for pro-
noting their non-partisan cam
paign urging all citizens to vote
this year, said that its success
must please all who have the in
terest of their country at heart"
Officials believe the Liberty Bell
Message distribution by the Scouts
will be the largest single job of its
kind ever done in the nation.
The largest single national Boy
Scout effort previously took place
in 1884. On Feb. 10 that year, Boy
Scouts modified throughout the
nation and heard President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt request them by
radio to do a national good turn"
FOR distressed and needy families.
Within q few weeks Scouts collect
ID 1.812,284 items of clothing,
household furnishings, foodstuffs
and supplies for the needy.
Locally, the "Get Out the Vote"
Campaign of the Boy Scouts began
7 months ago. At that time Scouts
placed attractive four-color posters
on public display, urginp citizens
to register to become eligible to
vote in the national elections.
Cub Packs, Boy Scout Troops
and Explorer Posts accepted de-
finite areas to cover. They placed
total of 1000 posters in depart
ment stores, bank windows and at
other places of business having
window display space. They also
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Savings STAMPS
For Schools
Now Available

The Rockville post office now
has a plentiful supply of Schools
Savings Stamps and albums ready
for the new school season actinp
Postmaster PHrnard ]. Poss
announced today. "Ve have re-
ceived shipments of both stamps
and albums during the SUMMER he
cess and are fully prepared to con-
tiruo serving all of our schools" he
added.
Mr.. Pos also stNted: "There
is every renson to anticipate a far
heavier demand for Servings
Stamps this year than Mt any time
durin" the peacetime years. The
School SNvinrs c"mpaipn last fall.
which proved such on outetandirc'
success, created keen interest ir
the program on tho part of teoch
ere Hnd students. The drive. which
added 5.815 new school savings
programs throughout the country
Will b continued during the tirot
o'mester Of this school voar. II is
expected that nearly 5 million stu
dents will be in Stamp Dow SCHOOL,
by the, end of this calendar year.
Mr.. Poss also announced that
the new improved Series E Bonds
ore now available. In d.ascribinC
the new bond he s"id: at is now
better than ever. Your return on
this bond is 8 per cent, compound
ed semi-annually, if held to matu-
ritv, It also provides higher cash
values in tie earlier years. Proof
of its popularitv is evidenced bv
the feet that the cash value of f
Bonds now out tqndino hos mount
ed TO S34.9 billion, the highest ever
attained"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Gathering OF Clan Gregor
To Be Higghlighted by Visit
From Scottish Chief

Sir Malcolm MacGregor OF Mac
Gregor, and Lady MacGi.egor are
arriving in New York on October
Is to attend the forty-third Gather
ing of the American Clan Gregor
Society, of which he is hereditary
Chief. Meeting the plane in New
York will be ex-Chieftian and Mrs
Herbert Thomas Magruder and
others, to welcome the distinguish
ed pair to America. A delegation,
beaded by the Chieftain Of the
American Clan Gregor Society,
Commodore John Holmes Ma
gruder, Jr., U.S.N., Retired, and
Mrs. Magruder, will meet the plane
upon their arrival in Washington.
1t will be Lady MacGregor's first
visit, but Sir Malcolm, when a
mid-shipman in the Royal Navy,
visited New York.
Sir Malcolm and Lady Mac
Gregor will be honor guests at the
buffet supper on the evening of
October seventeenth, and will head
the receiving lire Immediately
afterwards. There will be receiving
with him Lady MacGregor; Com
modore and Mrs. John Holmes
Magruder; Mrs. Ernest Pendleton
Magrurer, sister of Sir Malcolm;
Brig. Cen. and Mrs. Marshall Ma
gruder; DR.. Daniel Randall Mag
ruder; Rev. Enoch Magruder
Thompson; ex- chieftain Herbert
Thomas Magruder and Mrs. Mag
gruder; ex-chieftain William Mar
ion Magruder and Mrs. Magruder;
ex-chieftain Douglas Neil Mag
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16

called upon the smaller shops, cigar
stands, doctors and dentists Off
ces, utility offices, service and So
cial clubs. In addition, special car
cards urging citizens to register
and vote have been displayed in
street cars, buses and commuter
trains in many parts of the nation.
Cooperating in this project are
the local radio and television sta
tions, movie theatres, merchants
and utility companies. They are as
sisting by publicizing the story of
the "door knob hangers" and urg-
ing eligible voters to vote.
Later at Boy Scout Courts of
Honor and other public Scouting
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16

rud'ar and Mrs. Magruder; charter
members of the society and the
present officers.
Following the reception there
will be an interesting program
with Rev. George Macpherson Do
cherry as guest speaker; greetings
from the absent clansmen and
salute by the Chieftain to the lab
sentee" dinner guests. Featured on
the program is the "Piping-In" of
the Haggis when dinner guests
are seated; music by Frances Fen
wick Griffin Villaret, concert
pianist; the dances of Scotland by
Sallie and Sue Ramsbarg to the
tun eof the Pipes played by James
Garrioch, Major Piper. At ten
o'clock ballroom dancing will begin.
Charts of various Magruder
lines will be on display, also the
MacGregor Coat of Arms, Nom
bership Pins and stationary en-
bossed with the Shield of the Coat
of Arms will also be shown.
The pilgrimage to Annapolis on
Saturday will include service at
st. AIMS Church on the Circle,
visit to st. Johns College where g
tablet in honor of the three hun
dredth anniversary of the coming
to Maryland of Alexander Mag,
ruder, founder and progenetor of
the Magruder family in America,
and to the men of his blood who
have been students at st. Johns
College. The tablet will be unveil-
ed by Rev. Daniel Randall Mag
ruder of the Class of 1904.
Then on to the Parish Hall of
St. Barnabas Church at Iceland,
where lunch will be served by the
ladies of the Guild with Mrs
Charles F. Arnold, if the Rectory,
as Chairman. About 2:30 the group
will proceed to Mt. Lubentia near
Largo, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. Beall Bowie, built by EnocF
Msgruder prior to 1859 the year In
which his son Dennis was born.
The house known as Dunblane
is the last to be visited. 1t is the
oldest Magruder home now stand
ing in Maryland. Built by John
Magruder about 1715, in which
wear he married a little Quaker
girl, Susannah Smith, in st. Bar
nahaS Church. To Numerals
"1715" which the Society have had
placed on the house will be pre-
serted to the present owners Mr..
and Mrs. Charles F. Carrick. In
the graveyard near by slaep many
of the descendants of John of Dun
blame, both Magruders and Mac
Gregors.
+ Among those who will entertain
Sir Malcolm and Lady Mac
Gregor are Commodore John Hol
mes. Jr., and Mrs. Magruder, at
tr,-ir home The Rocks near Charles
Town. West VIRGINIA. They viii
also be houseguests of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. Hampton Magruder of
Upper Marlboro.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Scholastic Press

The Maryland Scholastic Press
Advisers Association will hold it's
annual luncheon meeting on Fri
day, October II, at ~ noon in the
Monument Room of the Stafford
Hotel, Baltimore.
Presiding will be Mrs. Lucille
N. Moler of Montgomery Blair
High School, who is president of
the press advisers association.
Elbridge Colby, professor of
journalism, George Washington
University, will speak on "A
Broad View Of School Publica-
tions."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
Carroll Morgan New
Eisenhower Supporter

Carroll Morgan, a lifelong resi-
dent of Chevy Chase, and treasurer
of Chevy Chase Village, has issued
a statement setting forth his sup
port of General Dwight D. Eisen-
hover. 2
MI. Morgan was president of
TIE Wilkie Democratic Club of
Montgomery County in 1910, is
vice president of the Suburban
Hospital Association, and operates
dairy farm in upper Montgom-
cry County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16
GEORGE w. AWKARD

functions each member who took
part in the campaign is to receive
suitably inscribed Good Citizen
ship" pocket reminder, the size of
a half dollar, as a reminder of his
personal participation in the nation
wide citizenship project.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16

the clinic rehearsals of these
groups.
Teachers will participate in
traditional Lobby Sings" which
will be held at the Lord Baltimore
Hotel on October 16 and II at $3.50
pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-10-16

AS many as five female anis, or
tropical cuckoos, may lay their
eggs in the same nest, but only
one female stays at the nest to
incubate or "baby sit" while the
others go their separate ways.
Evening star., 1952-11-30

4E-Doll and Bath Set by Blum
berg. Sl2-in. size all rubber doll
with voice, complete with barhi-
nette and outfit of clothes. 2.08
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
WHAT is DEMOCRACY?

1t is in the very air breathe and in the hopes cher
ish.
1t is the right of every person to free speech.
1t is the public schools where each child rich poor
bright or dull has the chance for education.
1t is the freedom of the highest mountain and the low
est valley.
1t is the right of secret fraternes to meet behind
closed doors without fear of condemnation.
1t is prrtecto nof persons and home from the lawess.
1t the right of labor to organize for betterment of
working conditions.
1t is where the plain working men, termed middle
class have and modern electrical gadges in their
homes. sEe (
1t is the babbing brooks, where fishermen free to
seek the elusive trout.
is the right of citizens select their leaders by popu
lar VOTE and their right to voice in government admin
straton
1t is seen in the great open spaces where food grown
and cattle are raised on privately owned farms.
1t is where the laughing child may play and romp in
the open without fear.
1t is the mine deep in the bowels of the earth, where
minerals found owned by individuals by the state
1t is where competitive teams may still enjoy sports
1t is the public library open to the people without
charge, where may borrow book any subject at
any time
is the free clinic where the needy may receive med
ical attention without charge
is the right of big and little business to free enter
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
NO SEVENTH HEAVEN.

Factual reports from retailers of all types and sizes in
dicate that, general rule sales running at good
levesbut profits very low in some cases dangerously
Various given for this higher wages and
taxes unfair government regulations and In addi-
on competition is extremely KEEN and on occasion has
resulted in excessive price-cuttng
Here is the to those who believe that because
prices high and vast of goods being funneed
through the stores retailing is in seventh heaven The
fact is that the retailers unavoidable operating costs have
tended the prices that have taken place
in late years. The consequence that in thousands of
failing operations, big and little the owners net-the
money that's left after all the bills and taxes and wages
padis less than in the days when prices
much lower and the dollar hadn't shrnk to the size of
ffty-cent piece.
In a free economy, where there are no brakes
petition profits always held to reasonable levels At
the time, when profits become too ow the interest
of the well the interest Nf the storekeeper
is endangered No business operate for great length
of time at peak efficiency unless it fair profit The
health of any enterprise is largely measured by the profit
figures healthy, vigorous retailing industry is
of the cornerstones of our economy.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
A RENDEZVOUS WITH
DESTINY
(Laurinburg Exchange)

In accepting denomination in
1886, President Roosevelt said:
This generation of Americans
has rendezvous with destiny"
To millions of young Americans
since that time, the statement has
been a prophecy with a vengeance.
The armed services have just
indicted the one-millionth man
since the outbreak of the Korean
war % months ago. In World War
II, more than 10 million were in
Quoted
Call it a rendezvous with desti-
ny"or by any other phrase, as you
choose. But to Arthur Weinfield
of Detroit, as to the 999,999 who
preceded him since June 25, 1850,
it also is a rendezvous with frus-
tration, disrupted education, for
gotten job opportunities, BACKED
out home life.
1t is a rendezvous with sacrifice
and toll in a job no American ar
IDENTIFY accepts, but which every
American knows must be done.
The news stories which record
ed the induction of Arthur Vein
field simply because happenstance
made him No. 100000 reported
that, like others before him, he
was neither reluctant nor eager
just determined and ready.
The world in which young Mr..
Weinfeld finds himself is not of
his making. 1t is no fault of his
generation, that the earth's peo-
Piles are menaced by new and
greater tyrrany.
This is not the destiny Ameri-
cans would wish for themselves.
1t is destiny thrust upon them.
But it is a destiny only the gen.
Grafton of Arthur Weinfeld can al
ter-by their services now in the
armed forces, by their leadership
in the years just ahead.
May they have, in their "ren-
devious with Destiny" the fullest
support that American genius, in
dustry, morale, unity and political
guidance can afford them. They
Garland require-no less.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
UNITED FRONT NEEDED FOR BRIDGES

Governor W. Kerr Scott is quoted in the press this
week as favorable to building toll bridges Croatan
Sound and Alligator River He also is quoted as tavorlng
several toll bridges across Cape Fear River
The Governor privately expressed this opinion more
than month ago. and DR.. Henry Jordan State Highway
Chairman says he favors building of the two bridges in
our vicinity toll bridges.
While we hold that the bridges have been due us
long time as free bridges such prevail elsewhere
lie limited in political power in this area and are
further handicapped by lack of leaders who will put up
sufficient fight behalf 1t turns out now just as we
knew along why of our leaders didn't work for U.S.
They wanted group of individuals to the bridge
So it looks like will have to accept toll bridges
we get any time is than once they are
built they will be moved away And the state might be-
sufficiently prosperous in or two to either re-
move the tolls cut them to bare minimum.
Of this we be The state with its great buy
ing power and the favorable rate of interest its bonds
JOY build the bridge lot cheaper than individuals
can build it. And because of these savings stae-oWned
bridge crud have tolls 1t is estimated company
bridge would have to charge three times as much
tolls as publicly owned bridge The poor traveller pays
the freight And in his tolls to company he must fork
up lot of money pay the salaries of company officers
If the people want bridges quick it is time to strike
while the Governor is in the notion The governing
bodies in this area and counties should unite and
make known Raleigh their wishes in their respect.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
OTHER EDITORS
MR.. RUTLEDGE'S COLORED
FOLKS NOT IMPRESSED
(Laurinburg EXchange)

Archibald Rutledge, South Caro-
lima poet, author and country gen.
tleman, contributes one of his in
testing and homely articles to the
current number of The Atlantic
Monthly. Mr.. Rutledge lives on the
family plantation between George
town and Charleston in house
that was built in 1870. There are,
he says, about a hundred Negroes
on the place, descendants of slaves
who lived with the Rutledges in
the era before the Civil War.
The two paragraphs which we
are lifting from The Atlantic
Monthly article show the cutting
edge of Mr.. Rutledge's mind and
his ability to say what he thinks.
He says:
News of important events in
the outside world may take years
to penetrate the wilderness where
l live. 1t was well after the turn
of the century before rumors of
Emancipation began to drift into
my far hinterlands. Communica-
tions are better now; yet it was
only recently that became aware
that some of the plantation Ne
groes had heard of the atomic
bomb. Said one drawlingly to
another, We'll, l hear they done
make that Adam bomb. But, o
boy, what will happen if they ever
make that Eve bomb?"
ITO most of my plantation folk,
Mrs. Roosevelt is still in the
White House; but their alien ad-
miration is mingled with doubt
and misgiving. Her Olympian pose,
her swift, banal, and facile solu-
lions of even the most ancient Of
human problems, do not readily
recommend themselves to the
plantation Negroes essential hon
est, wise, tolerant and very phil
osophic nature. And by her insis-
tence upon calling the sane recog-
milton of the difference in races
without raising the question of
superiority or inferiority) racial
prejudice the Negro that know
is not favorably impressed. Miss
Eleanor an old Negro woman
lately complained to me, she ex-
poets too much of u.s. :"
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22

roads have inspired the citizens
of Gum Neck with the desire to
improve their property. There is
now every opportunity to get their
crops to market, and their sup
plies trucked in at any time of
the year.
Many people who had decided
to move to town, abandoned the
idea when the 5000 million road
bond issue became reality. New
homes have been built and many
old ones have been improved. There
is much new paint in evidence.
Gum Neck has shared too, in the
business from sportsmen and tour
lists come to enjoy the fine fishing
and hunting in the area.
One sees little of Gum Neck
while travelling on N. c. "a be-
tween Columbia and Fairfield. 1t
is necessary to turn to the east
and drive down the new paved
roads that wind past the fruitful
farms, famed for their truck
crops, their corn and soybeans.
Gum Neck farms have not suf-
fered from the drought, having
been saved by its lowlands, so the
fields are green and lush. But the
roads are particularly pretty, hav-
ing been completed sufficiently
long that their shoulders are we'll
grassed, and are now green and
well moved. The highway mainte-
nance crews are doing a good job
on the roads in Gum Neck.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
NO IMPROVEMENT NOTED
Greensboro Daily News)

Approximately 1000 miles of
driving over North Carolina with
in the past 10 days leaves depon-
ent with the very definite impress
sion that no improvement is being
shown in truck operations on Tar
Heel highways.
These giant carriers are travel
ing just as fast, show as little
consideration for the public, tie
up just as much traffic on the
highways and curves by refusing
to let you by on the straight, level
stretches as ever.
In fact, we encountered a new
practice. Not once but several
times truck drivers, making time
on a slight downgrade, sat on their
horns directly behind US and kept
scowling because we would not
slow down so they could speed by
or step our own car up beyond the
SIS miles an hour limit, 10 miles
beyond their own legally maxi
mum speed, so that they could
go on at whatever their huge We
hicles would make.
In all fairness let it be recorded
that there were happy instances
few in nunber-where a truck
driver did let US by when the let
ting was good and safe and even
motioned US on in knowledge that
the way was clear.
Incidentally we found ourselves
wondering how they know at these
newly established weighing sta
tons where signs warn loaded
trucks in whether these trucks
whose load does not show are real
ly loaded or unloaded. We saw
several huge carriers, the truck
traitor type, which glided right
on by at least one of these sta
tions
But all this is written with one
purpose, i. E., to re-emphasize the
effect that courteous, cautious,
considerate and safe drivers might
have upon the attitude of the gen.
eral public. The drivers them
selves can have far, far greater
effect upon the public, whose atti-
tude and feeling are ultimately
reflected in the Legislature, than
all the high-powered lobbyists
who may be sent out to beat the
bushes and com-ningle with the
honorables at Raleigh. Statistics,
which are so glibly cited, offer no
substitute for what the driving
public sees with its own eyes and
experiences with its own automo-
biles.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22

And as suddenly as all these
festivals sprouted just as sudden
ly did all of them come to mean
little to the community in which
they were held.
Suddenly it became apparent to
those who put on such things that
they would have to use some 9TH
er "come on" project to get people
and publicity for and to their
town.
And yet down through the last
decade when this sort of festivalit-
is started the word festival has
remained and few people have
come through with ideas original
enough to make any of them diff
ferent.
There is the parade the address
by VIP, a beauty pageant, various
kinds of contests and a dance,
mostly street dance.
People who attend them seem
to have good time but the whole
purpose back of them has been
lost and is being lost by the same
ness.
Dunn came up recently with a
lew name "Town and Country
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22
FESTIVALITIS
dunn Dispatch)

We want it understood definite
ly that we are not against town
putting on such a thing as a fes-
tival. We are only against the
name.
There was a time when there
were few festivals" and those
that were in operation were Of the
kind that they stood out.
Then suddenly festivals sprouted
all over the land. There were yam
Festivals, Cabbage Festivals, To-
bacco Festivals, Cotton Festivals,
Mimosa Festivals. and every other
kind of a Festival you could think
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-08-22

Day" which is original insofar as
we know and Dunn is to be con-
graduated for using a different
name at least.
But there is so much that can
be changed about a name. For in
stance Roget's Thesaurus thinks so
little of the word FESTIVAL" that
he simply says "See Celebration"
When you turn to celebration
in the same book of synonyms you
find a whole half page of interest
ing notes. Yet we can bet that
the powers that be have never
turned to Roget for an original
name.
We hope, sometime, that they
will and that the word Festival"
will be toned down somewhat.