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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
WOmen's Board
Votes $4,000 for
Autopsy Room

Hospital Day was celebrated by
the Woman's Board of the Mont
somery County General Hospital at
their May Board Meeting on Mon
day, May II by voting $4,000 to-
ward the new autopsy room and its
equipment. Another high light of
the meeting was the report of the
Hospital Administrator, Mrs. Kath-
crime Carr, announcing that the
much needed new nursery was now
ready for use and the generous
gifts of the Silver Spring Woman's
Club, the Chevy Chase Woman's
Club, the Chevy Chase OAR, the
Howard County Auxiliary, the In
quiry Club of Rockville, the Hos
pital Guild, the Junior Auxiliary,
Mrs. Henry Gibbs, and many,
many other doners had made this
possible.
The members of the Hospital
Guild gave the S700 they made at
the recent Fashion Show at Jelleff's
in Silver Spring, which paid for
the Incubator and airfoam mat
tresses and toward bassinets, with
a promise to take over any further
needs of the new nursery.
Mrs. James w. Barnesley, Pre-
sident of the Board presided at the
meeting.
Mrs. George Bonifant of Silver
Spring, and the Junior Chevy
Chase Woman's Club, of which Mrs.
John H. Buehler is representative
were voted in as new members of
the board.
Mrs. Albert Wilson chairman of
canned fruit committee made an
appeal for jelly for the use of the
hospital and Mrs. Philip J. Fischer,
treasurer of the pamphlet commit
tee announced that $1296 was turn
cd in with advertisements at the
meeting with more to come.
Mrs. Howard P. Bailey, repre-
sentative to the Montgomery Coun.
ty Thrift Shop, reported that 90s
articles had been turned in during
the past month. A motion was
made to have the representative
Continued on Page g.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
WOn,an's Club Is
Entertained by
Mrs. Taylor

The May meeting of the Rock
vile Woman's Club was held at
the home of Mrs. Walter Taylor
on Thursday, May 8. The nominat-
ing Committee, Mrs. Philip Gates,
Chairman, Mrs. Eugene Scott, and
Mrs. F. w. Chambers, brought in
slate of officers for the coming
year which was accepted in whole
by the Club. These officers will be
elected at the June meeting.
The annual picnic and last meet
ing of the year will be held June
IL at the home OF Mrs. E. l.. Davis,
chairman. of arrangements for the
picnic. Mrs. George Condron, Fifth
District President of the Federation,
and members of the Gaithersburg
Woman's Club will be guests at
the picnic.
Miss Rose Dawson, Mrs. W. R.
Talbot, and Mrs. Harry A. West
colt were appointed delegates to
the 18th annual Federation meet
ing to be held May q at the jew
ish Center on East-West Highway.
The Club voted $40 to the Ameri-
can Foundation for the Blind, Inc,
and 500 to the American Cancer
Fund. The resignation of Mrs. w.
l. Cleveland was accepted with re-
grets.
Mrs. Harry Westcott reported
approximately $145 was cleared at
the card party held at the home
Of Mrs. Ralph Scott. Miss Violet
Magruder and Miss Daisy Magru-
der were appointed to audit the
books for the year. The Club will
sponsor cooking school to be
held at the A. G. Watkins store
May 21, at which time food prizes,
door prizes and souvenirs will be
given away. The proceeds from
this will be used to purchase ma
terials for the Lay Health Com
mittee.
MIS-. GllDert Hartley was named
chairman of a committee to assist
Mrs. Lloyd Thomas, who is spon-
soring a Hobby show at the Ric-
hard Montgomery High School
cafeteria on Sunday, May IS, from
2 pm. to 10 pm.
A musical program that will
long be remembered was the high
light of the day. Arrangements for
two pianos were played by Mrs.
Marshall Mayes and Mrs. C. D.
Gull who gave outstanding per-
formances. Mrs. Fred Meagher
gave delightful series of Chinese
songs while Mrs. William Quay
sang several interesting French
ones.
The hostesses were Mrs. Edward
Beale, Mrs. Barnard T. Welsh, Mrs.
F. w. Chambers and Mrs. J. w.
Jones.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Committees Named
For Lone Oak PTA
May Festival

Drenching rains have not damp
ened the spirits of Lone Oak School
parents who are preparing for the
PTA's annual May festival sched-
uled for Saturday, May II and
headlining Pick Temple.
General chairman Mrs. Donald
MeKinstry has announced most Of
her committee chairmen and COM
mittee members. They include:
Baked goods, Mrs. Walter Wise,
chairman, and Mrs. Helen Carroll
and Mrs. aJne Sussex; Balloon
man, Mr.. Hillman Rabinowich;
Candy wagon, Mrs. Carlen Keto,
Mrs. Arnold Ashby, and Mrs.
Helen Munday; and Coffee, Mrs.
I. M. Emerson and Mrs. Hugh A.
Stup.
Door prizes, Mrs. Charles Burke,
Mrs. Manuel Lopez. Mrs. Alice
Lowery, and Miss Eta Johnson;
Lemonade, Mrs. Nelson Evans and
Mrs. Herman Adams: Movies, Mr..
Herbert Keil, Mrs. Hattie Fraley,
Mrs. H. j. Moore, and Mr.. Robert
Chambers; Plants and flowers,
Mrs. Melvin Reese, Mrs. Garrett
Cooley, and Mrs. Elder Shorts;
Picture gallery, Mrs. Kenneth Will
liams, Mrs. Ralph Williams, Mrs.
Bovd Laid, and Marion Henley.
Ponies, Mr.. Herman Adams,
chairman, and the following sixth
graders: Billy Chambers, John
Walters, Don McKinstry, Charles
Burke. Walter Wise. Jody Null
ton; Popcorn. Mrs. John Thomp-
son and Mrs. Bessie Yocum;Sports,
Mr.. Robert Learmouth, Mr.. Jack
Oyler. and Mr.. Robert McClurkin;
Soft Drinks, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
McClurkin, Mr. and Mrs. William
Cox, and Mrs. Paige Linton.
Also, Fancy work, Mrs. Lester
MAY and Mrs. Meredith Johnson;
Fish pond, Mrs. Woodrow Han
cock, Mrs. Robert Anderson, and
Mrs. Albert Chapman; Gvpsy
fortune-tellers, Mrs. Frank Cham
bers and Mrs. Meredith Davidson;
Cames, Mrs. Marie Council. Mrs.
William Swingle, Mrs. Mildred
Stevenson, and Mrs. Robert Kim
ball; Grab-bags Mrs. Marian Foo
pelgren. Mrs. Kenneth Reichard,
Mrs. William Poole; Hot dogs,
Mrs. Beverly Arneson, and White
Elephant, Mrs. Jack Evan and
Mrs. Hattie Mongelluzzo.
Zoo Mrs. Margaret Myers end
Mrs. Bill Chairman: Loud sneaker,
Mr.. George moore Mr.. Karl Bates,
and Dr. Morris Belkin; Ice cream,
Mrs. Hillman Rabinowich, Mrs.
Douglas Holden, Mrs. Alice CAV
wood, and Mrs. Lene Mien; and
Lone Oak T-shirts. Mrs. Harold
Searles and Mrs. Jay Wilson.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15

Sixteen bills and three resolu-
tions are now before the County
Council in its May legislative ses-
sion. Public hearings on four of
the bills will be held tonight
Thursday at 8 o'clock in the
council hearing room in the court
house.
Bills introduced to date are:
Bill No. l = to require the treas
srrr of the Battery Park Citizens
Association, Inc, to post bond to
the \ county to cover tax funds
Received by the association.
Bill No. 2 - to amend the coun-
ty code to permit the county to
purchase state and federal bonds.
Bill No. 3 - to amend the coun-
ty code to require prisoners in the
county Jail to work on public pro-
perty and in the Jail at rates of
pay now specified for work on pub
lie roads.
Bill No. a - to provide a full
time juvenile court magistrate for
the county, replacing the part-time
system now in effect.
These first four bills are the
ones upon which hearings will be
held tonight Thursday.
Bill No. - to increase pay to
policemen's widows from $50 to
$50 per month, and to their chill
dren from $40 to $50 per month.
Bill No. 6 - to require all re-
corded plats to show the total
amount of land dedicated to public
use by the plats.
Bill No. z - to extend the limits
of the county suburban district.
Bill No. 8 - to permit the aban-
donment of rights-of-way dedicat-
ed for streets or storm drainage
facilities after such dedications
have been found to be no longer
necessary.
Bill No. 9 - to increase from
10 cents to Is cents the special
fire tax levied for the Conduit
Road Fire Board, Inc. (Glen Echo
Section).
Bill No. 10 - to grant a 25-
year, non-exclusive franchise to
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Sixteen Bills and Three
Resolutions Before Council

Potomac Electric Power Comany
for its operations in Montgomery
County, at a cost to the company
of three per cent of its gross pro-
ceeds.
Bill No. IL to permit the
council to appoint a county safety
director.
Bill No. IL .- to permit the is
suance of county ponds in amount
OF $4,000, for a new fire station
III the Conduit Road fire area.
Bill No. 13 authorizing a
$750,000 bond issue for the Silver
String parking lot program.
Bill No. Ia authorizing a
100000 bond issue for the Whea-
ton parking lot program.
Bill No. Is authorizing a
$9,088,000 bond issue for schools,
roads, bridges, storm-water drain
age facilities, health clinic build
ing and a library.
I'LL 4No' ~ IdlSe CtllIIlS Oh
amount of county Indebtedness for
road construction on a front-foot
assessment basis from 81 million
to $2.5 million.
Resolution No. l - to permit
council to raise salary of county
manager.
Resolution No. 2 - to set the
meetings of the council in legisla-
tive session on the first Tuesday
in May and every Tuesday in May
thereafter, and on the last two
days of May excluding Sundays.
Resolution No. 3 - to raise
salaries of council members from
81 300 to $500, effective in 1865,
at which time all present council
terms will have expired.
Hearings on Bills S, and 7 and
on Resolutions No. l and 2, were
held Monday. Other hearings
scheduled are:
Bills 8, 9, II and IL, May 10,
8 m, county building in Bethesda.
Bill No. 10, May 30, 2:l5 pm,
county council room, courthouse.
Bills 10, ID, Is and l6, and Re-
solution No. 3, May 81, 8 pm,
council room, courthouse.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Rockville Moose
Install Officers
At Recent Meeting

New officers of Rockville Lodge
154O, Loyal Order of Moose, were
installed at the regular monthly
meeting of the group, held Tuesday,
May 6, at the clubs quarters.
Those installed by Morris c.
Brown, president of the Fifth Dis
trict State Moose Association, were
Ray West, Governor, Charles Faw-
ley, vice governor, and John l..
Case, treasurer.
Paul Silcott and Lloyd Nichol-
son were installed as trustees and
Raymond Gossard became Serge
ant-at-arms. Inner Guard is Har-
~ Curtis and Outer Guard is Will
liam Hutchinson. Secretary Paul
l.. Schilling and Trustee B. j.
Strawcleaman remained in office
from last year.
Ford Rodgers, membership direc-
tor and member of the Pilgrim De-
gree Of Merit, Columbia Lodge
1876, was the principal speaker.
Prior to the installation Of of
ficers, on April %, the Lodge
c'imaxed its second anniversary
enrolment campaign with a ban
quet for candidate producers given
mt Stonehouse Inn, Four Corners.
Just-retired Governor "Bill" vii
Hams announced that the Lodge
exceeded its quota by signing up
30 members in the past two
months. The membership drive
was under the direction of Jim
McKeane, Director Of the Enroll
'nent Department, Supreme Lodge
Of the World, Loyal Order Of
Moose.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Nursery School to
Give Fashion Show
At Local Church

The Rockville Nursery School
will sponsor a fashion show and
card party on Friday, May %, in
the Christian Church Auditorium,
Rockville, at 8 pm.
Fashions featured will be sup
piled by Worths Department Store
and the Childrens Center of Rock
vile, and will be modelled by re-
latives of the children and the
pupils themselves.
Card playing will follow the
fashion show. Patrons wishing to
play other games than cards are
asked to furnish their own games.
This event is one of two benefits
that are parent-sponsored each
year to provide funds for the pur-
chase of equipment and toys for
the school. Tuition, which is kept
at the low rate of less than twenty
cents an hour for each child, COW
ers the cost of salaries, food, and
maintenance; but this necessitates
toys and equipment to be supplied
from additional sources.
Acting as models for adult
fasions will be: Mesdames Samuel
Walker, Robert Adamson, Leslie
Cole, Robert Slater, William Stein
berg, Robert Coffey, Harry Hawk
ms, Harold Gearhart, Gamuel Mil
Ter, and Miss Connie Gearhart.
The pupils who will display the
children's garb are: Paul and Marie
Humphrey, Barry Adamson, Judy
Cole, Susie Freeman, Joan Coffey,
Mike Broughten, Norma Jane
Pricer, Sandy Steinberg, Susie Nc
Nayr, Charlotte Sample, Bonnie
Gearhart.
Tickets are on sale at the Nurs-
cry School or may be procured
from parents, or at the door the
evening of the party.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Hello, Gaithersburg!

The Sentinel is happy to pre-
sent what it has been wanting to
present for a long time-a page
of Gaithersburg News and ad-
vertising. 1t appears this week
on page 3.
1t is our hope to expend the
page to an entire Gaithersburg
section in order to provide the
kind of news cOverage grow
ing and busting community
needs.
Persons with news items may
contact our Gaithersburg cores
pendent Mrs. George (Ruth)
Darby at $50 or send them direct
ly to the Sentinel in Rockville.
For your information, thu
Gaithersburg Page is sponsored
by the Gaithersburg Business
Mems Association. Spark plug
for the page is none other than
William C'Bill") Lynch, who OPP
crates the Gaithersburg Market.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Pick Temple Due
At Lone Oak
Festival Saturday

Pick Temple, will ride down from
Old Smokey Saturday to join the
fun at Lone Oak Schools Spring
Festival. Pick will bring his gui-
tar and will sing.
Children attending the Festival
will be able to have their pictures
taken with the cowboy hero.
Other features of the Festival
will be pony rides, games of all
descriptions, field events, a clown,
& zoo and to top it all picture
gallery which will feature early
pictures of the parents and teach
ers who are the PTA.
The place - Lone Oak School,
the time 1890 to $50 pm; the
oate-Saturday, May II.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Safety Awards to
Be Made Monday
At Public Meeting

The first annual public presenta-
ton of awards for outstanding con-
tributions to safety will be made
next Monday night at a special
meeting of the Montgomery Coun-
ty Safety Board in the auditorium
of Leland Junior High School in
Bethesda.
Officers of school safety patrol
units in all 78 schools in the coun-
ty are expected to attend, together
with their parents, safety chair
men of parent-teacher associations,
representatives of civic and bust
ness organizations, community
groups, public officials and friends
and relatives of the honor guests.
Certificates will be awarded to
Mayor G. Leonard Daymude, of
Kensington; Police Chief Albert S.
Gately, Jr., of Glen Echo; Ralph
BARLEY, of Silver Spring, Chair
man of Safety Service for the
American National Red Cross in
Montgomery County, and to three
organizations, for distinguished
public safety activities during 1861.
The organizations to be honored
include the county's school safety
patrol; Radio Station WGAY, of
Silver Spring, and the automobile
dealers of Montgomery County.
Ed ]. Landry, Chairman of the
Safety Board, will preside, and
awards will be presented by Col.
Lathrop E. Smith, President of
the County Council.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Theodore Gates
Succumbs Tuesday
At Suburban

Theodore Gates, 76, lifelong re-
xident of Montgomery County died
Tuesday at Suburban Hospital,
after an illness of several weeks.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the Colonial Funeral Home,
Rockville at 2 pm. Friday.
Interment will be in Layhill
Cemetery. DR.. William Adams,
pastor of the Rockville Baptist
Church, will conduct the services.
Mr.. Gates is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Emma Gates and three
sons, Robert H. Gates of New
York, Marberry F. Gates of Rock
Vile and William T. Gates who is
serving in the Armed Forces. One
daughter, Mrs. Lola Haines, Rock
vile, also survives. Mr.. Gates is
also survived by his brother, Char
les Gates of Layhill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Clarksburg Pond
Dedicated With
COlOrful Ceremony

Best guesstimates around Clarks-
burg fix the attendance at last
Saturdays dedication of new King
Community Lake at CLOSE to
1000" persons.
Before official dedication cere-
monies took place, Mrs. Emma j..
King, Gaithersburg, was hostess
at a luncheon given at the State
Game Farm for Governor and Mrs.
Theodore McKeldin and their fam
lily, as well as other State and
County dignataries.
The guest list included Albert M.
Day, director of the U. S. Fish
and Wildlige Service, State Roads
Commission Chairman Russell Nc
Cain, Joseph F. Kaylor, director Of
lie Department of Forests and
.rks, Edward M, Davis, State
Conservationist, Col. Lathrop E.
Smith, president of the Montgom-
cry County Council, and Judge
Thomas Kelly, chairman of the
Upper Montgomery County Plan
ring Commission.
Also, Miss Emma T. Slider,
Albert M. Powell, superintendent
of State Fish Hatcheries, Raymond
King, Harold S. Koliner, assistant
director of the Game and Inland
Fish Commission, J. o. Harvey,
County roads supervisor, Sterling
Bowman, Miss Jean Serf, Earle L.
Poorbaugh, Director of the State
Department of Information, Brooke
Johns, Garner w. Denmead, Game
and Inland Fish Commissioner,
Talbert Denmead, assistant public
relations director of the Game and
Inland Fish Commission, Chester
M. Kerns, of Game Management,
and S. W. Baumueller, of the State
Roads Commission.
In one of the most colorful spec
tacles seen Up-County, with band
music by Silver Spring Boy, Scout
CSroop 294 and Glenmont Scout
NTroop 433, with the Civil Air Pat
rol under the direction of Major
Games F. Suite, jr., acting as the
Governors Air Escort, the affair
got off to a start promptly at 1: AS
Brooke Johns acted as Master
of Ceremonies. The invocation
was delivered by the Rev. Jack
Ammon pastor of Clarksburg
Methodist Church. Boy Scout
Troop 236, Gaithersburg, perform
ed flag-raising rites and Major G.
T. Martz, president of the Clarks-
burg Community Association de-
livered the welcoming address.
This was followed by presenta-
ton of the deed of the pond and
park site by Raymond King, donor
Continued on Page g.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Legislation Roundup
On WGAY Saturday

A roundup Of County legislation
will be presented over Station
WGAY Saturday, May II at 1915
pm.
The speakers will be Lathrop
Smith, president of the Montgom-
cry County Council; Mrs. Charles
L. Williams, Jr., chairman of the
local government study group Of
Ne Montgomery County LWV; and
irs. Bernard Frank, member Of
the study group Of the league.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Up-COunty WOmen's
COP Club to Meet at
Goshen House Monday

The Upper Montgomery County
Women's Republican Club will meet
at its headquarters, Goshen House
on the Lee Counselman farm, near
Laytonsville, on Monday, May 10,
at 2 pm.
Guest speakers for the meeting
are Montgomery County Police
Chief Orme and r. Duncan Clark,
newly elected COP delegate to the
Republican State Convention.
A cordial invitation to attend
the meeting is extended by tn e
group to all interested persons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
COP Primary Vote
Called Heaviest
In Montgomery

The largest Republican vote ever
cast in a Montgomery County
primary was recorded in the May
s election, Rose Dawson Of the
Board Of Election Supervisors said
today.
Miss Dawson said 1887 Repub-
Leans voted, which is 1921 per
cent. Of the total registered COP
vote. The Democratics cast l6,161
votes, or 1928 per cent. of the
total registered Democratic vote.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Mems Chorus to Give
Sacred Music Program
At Damascus Church

The Community Mems Chorus
will present a program of sacred
music Sunday, May 10, at 8 pm.
(EST) at the Damascus Methodist
Church.
The group, under the direction
Of Prof. Jack Reed, music instruc-
tor at Damascus High School, ls
made up of men from Montgomery,
Frederick, Howard and Carroll
counties.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Local COP Women Meet

The Republican Women's Club of
Rockville will meet Tuesday, May
20, at $3.50 pm. at the home Of
Mrs. A. E. Guide, IT,, Falls Road.
For directions to reach the GUIDE
residence, phone Rockville 2749.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-05-15
Lutheran Mission

Persons interested in furthering
the work and organization of a
Lutheran Mission in Rockville arc
invited to attend a meeting to b,
held, Monday, May 10, at s pm. a..
Lone Oake School.
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Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26

of the Post and others will be
guests. The Auxiliary voted a con-
tribution of $4,000 to the family
of George Wilson, of near George
town, whose home was recently
totally destroyed by fire.
Admitted to membership during
the meeting was Mrs. Laura Atkins,
wife of the Post Commander.
Members of the Auxiliary attend
ing the recent Department meeting
held in Dover were Mrs. Velma
Smith, Mrs. Meta Pepper, Mrs. Eva
Rogers and Mrs Betty Boyd. The
Auxiliary was also represented in
the recent District meeting held in
Glendale where plans were dis
cussed for the forthcoming Check
Ter, Dart and Switchboard tourna-
ments TO be held in the state, with
eacr VFW Post entering team in
the contests.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26

Plans have been completed for
the annual Homecoming services
in Old St Thomas Methodist
Church, to be held Sunday, Sept.
28, beginning at 1000 am. The
church is located on the old Mills
bOrO-Laurel Road.
The first service at 1000 Sunday
morning will be an old fashioned
Love Feast led by Harry Spicer, of
Bethel. Rev. J. H. Whedbee, of
Bethel, will deliver the morning
sermon at HOO
Dinner viii be served under the
oak trees surrounding the church
at noon and following the dinner
there will be a business meeting OF
the st. Thomas Association, includ-
ing an election of officers and a dis
cussiOn of plans for possible addi-
tiOnal preservation of the church
and church grounds.
Milford chronicle., 1952-09-26

Mrs Annie Jefferson Of Laurel, is
heading the committee in charge of
the Homecoming. She is assited by
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Belts, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Conoway, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Short, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bryan
and Mrs. Thomas F. B. Short all of
Georgetown.
A report on the National Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary Convention
held in New York recently, was ~
en- to Sussex Unit No. 8, American
Legion, in Georgetown, during the
September meeting, by Mrs. FL
wood Short Mrs. SrOrt is Depart
ment Historian for Delaware.
Mrs. Paul Richardson president
of the Unit, presided and received
reports of committees. Mrs. Rich
ardsOn is currently serving as
chairman of the Civil Defense com
m;ttee of the Unit.