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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
Historic BroOkeviIle Tour
Is Planned for Next Week

The colorful and historic past Of
Brookeville, on Route 81 just above
Olney, will be eulogized Sunday,
August 80, when the Montgomery
County Christian Endeavor Union
sponsors the first tour ever to be
held of the community which once
housed a president of the United
States and served as the temper
airy capital of the country.
Wilton ]. Boswell, president o.
the Union, will relate the Brooke
vile story and describe the flight
Of President James Madison from
Washington in August, 1914, wher
the conqering British forces
routed an unwilling American
army and marched in from Bla-
dens5urg to sack the Federal City.
President Madison, father of the
Bill of Rights and fourth Prcsi-
dent of the United States, along
with Attorney General Rush, ar
rived in Brookevile at Q O'Clock
on the night of the fight and APP
pealed to Caleb Bentley, first post
master at Brookeville, for food
and shelter.
Mrs. Bentley, who had spent the
day feeding stragglers from the
fleeing American Army as well as
refugees from Federal City, took
them in and gave them a bed in
her parlor--notwithstanding her
Indignation over the trampling Of
her flower beds by the troops who
were guarding the president. Madi-
son penned two famous and tragi;
letters while he stayed with the
Bentleys. Photostats Of these will
DC on display.
Other points Of interest include
the old Brookevillc Academy built
in 1908, where tuition cost 500
and bows were required TO wear
shoes; the old Bentley home where
Madison sought refuge; the old
wooden factory and the first "drv
spot in Maryland %Longwood."
built in 1917 by Brookevile's
seventh postmaster and now used
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
Council to
Seek New
Bus Laws
Fatal Accident on
Pike Last Month
Stirs Council Action

The County Council served mo-
tice Wednesday that it will take
action on the local level to enact
stringent controls over buses OPP
Grated by private schools and day
camps and their drivers if the
State General Assembly fails to
tighten existing laws. :
Council member Stella Werner,
who initiated a council campaign
to get stricter laws on private
school buses last week, was sup
ported by the council when she
advocated local legislation
At its session Tuesday, the
council received a report from
Safety Director Arthur E. Miller
with data to support two resolu-
tons Mrs. Werner will present to
the August % convention of the
State Association of County Com
missioners in Ocean City. The re-
solutions will ask the Association
to support the campaign in the
General assembly for a compul-
sary inspection law and to tighten
permit requirements, especially as
they apply to private school and
day camp buses and drivers.
Meanwhile, all members of the
County delegation to Annapolis
voiced support for the campaign.
Inspection laws, however, have
additionally been opposed by the
rural counties. At present, the
Governor is empowered to estab-
fish an inspection system, but has
not done so.
The legislative guns were aimed
at private school and day camp
transportation systems in the
wake of the wreck of a day camp
bus on the Rockville Pike near
Randolph Road July % in which
an 8-year-old boy was killed and
nine other children were injured.
The driver of the panel truck.
which had been converted into a
bus" was a 17-year-old Bethesda
boy. He was ruled free of criminal
negligence by County Juvenile
Continued on Page A
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
Gala Fair
Will Open
Next Week
HOmemakers Will
Stage Thrilling
Pageant Wednesday

Two newly crowned beauties,
Montgomery County's Farm Queen
and Miss Washington, the prettiest
girl in the Nations Capital, will
share the official honors in open
ing the Montgomery County Fair
to the public next Tuesday morning
at II o'clock. The cutting of silk
ribbon across the entrance to the
Fairgrounds will signal the begin
ming of the biggest five day run in
the history of the County Fair.
Also set for opening day is the
arrival of a gigantic, Cheddar
cheese, weighing no less than half
a ton, which will take it's place
in the newly designed Dairy Par
lor on the Fairgrounds. The man.
moth cheese, made especially for
the Fair, started its trip to the
Dairy Parlor two years ago, when
it was poured in a giant vat in an
upstate New York cheese plant.
Since that time the cheese has been
curing and aging in a wooden
cask, from which it will be removed
for the first time when it is I'M
yelled at the Fairgrounds on OPP
ening Day.
Cheese fancies will be able to
buy a slice of this unusual cheese,
along with other dairy products in
the new Dairy Parlor.
Scheduled to be one of the big
gest attractions at the Fair is this
years Homemakers' March of Pro-
gress on Wednesday, with Is floats
depicting the progress of the Am
erican way of life over past years.
Mrs. Ralph Beall, of Rockville,
who is narrator for the Pageant,
insists that all details of the floats
remain a secret until Wednesday
night when they will parade on the
Fairgrounds. But she promises a
good show and an evening of fun
for all who come to see this I'M
usual pageant.
AHOIlST SpeCldi eNeHC dI IHe dir
this year will be the Wild Cow
Milking Contest, one of the main
events in the Children's Day Ro-
dec on Wednesday, August 26. Wild
COW milking takes less equipment
than its tame COW counterpart, but
a whale of a lot more nerve. The
only equipment necessary is a coke
bottle, into which any cowboy who
wants to try must get something
to show for his efforts from a COW
that has never been MIXED before
and can't even be approached ex-
cept on horseback at full speed. To
accomplish the deed, cowboys work
in teams, one roping the wild COW,
the other trying to cover the bot
tom of that coke bottle. It's good
fun all around, at least for the
spectators.
The Fair schedule for the five
days and nights, August 1923,
promises good entertainment for
all the family. Every kind of
farm animal imaginable will be on
Continued on Page A
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20

Miss Jane Hughes has been APP
pointed assistant home demonstra-
ton agent in charge of the sixteen
Montgomery County girls All
Clubs.
She will replace Mrs. Irma' Bell
who has became assistant in
charge of Homemakers.
Miss Hughes, a 1853 graduate
of Cornell University, attended
the College of Home Economics.
majoring in extension work. She
is a native of Westminster and
spent two months last summer in
Carroll County doing work similar
TO her assignment here.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20

from the Merchantville, N. j., Jew
ish Community where he served as
spiritual leader and executive di-
rector.
Rabbi Talmadge was graduated
in 1915 from New York City Col
lege with honors in Social Science.
He has completed his requirements
for his PhD in the field of Inter-
national Law and Relations at Col
umbia University. He was ordain-
ed by the Jewish Theological Sem
mary in 1949 and, at that time,
received his Master of Hebrew
Letters.
Rabbi Talmadge has served as
Continued on Page 4
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
Roy TascO Davis
Sworn in as New
u. S. Ambassador

Roy Tasco Davis, newly appoint
ed ambassador to the Republic Of
Haiti, was sworn in by John Cabot,
assistant Secretary of State Wed.
nesday, August 10, at IL am.
As a gesture Of friendship Am
bassadors from six Central Ameri-
can countries, Panama and Haiti
were present at the ceremony.
Representatives Of the Board OF
Education, and the American
Council on Education were also
there, as were delegates wh)
served with Mr.. Davis in the State
Senate. Mr.. Davis recently re-
signed as a member Of the Mont
gomery County School Board to
accept his new post.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
DIR. Billiard Named
Fund Drive
Chairman in County

DR.. Dexter NJ. Billiard of Rock
Vile and DR.. Henry p. Laughlin,
Chevy Chase, were named this
week as co-chairmen Of the Mont
gomery County Health Fund Drive
for the Mental Hygiene Society OF
Maryland.
A volunteer committee Of drive
workers will meet tonight (Thur5-
uay) at DR.. Billiards. home at 8
pm Mrs. Gertrude Wilson, ex-
teeutlVe director of the State So
ciety' will lead the discussion.
uuests will include Mrs. Rose
,nIopsteln' Bethesda; Mrs. j. Hart
Iey zones, kensington; Mrs. Marie
retti'' Wheaton, and Lewis Nc
Cabe Of Rockville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
HilIery Linthicum
Reunion Will Be
Held August 30

Descendants Of the late Joshua
and Rcbccca Lewis IIilIcry and
Of the late Fred and Rachel Gar
rett Linthicum will hold their an
rual reunion Sunday, August 30
at the Laytonsvillc School Grounds
BEGINNING at 1890. The descen-
dents Of these two couples who
we're originally from Nj. Airy are
now located mainly in Montgomery
and Carroll Counties and in Wash
ington. II is expected that well
over 100 will be in attendance.
Officers Of the group for this
wear are Mrs. r. Guy Jewell,
Damascus. President; Mrs. Orviile
Dodson. Redland, Vice President;
and Mrs. Paul Howcs, o!ncy, Sec
letary.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
Oh! Sorry Day!

Any mistakes, errors or omis-
sions which occur in this issue Of
the Sentinel are not the fault Of
the editor, Philip ]. Austensen. Mr..
Austensen, the lucky dog, is on
vacation for two weeks and all
complaints, beefs, and implements
of destruction are to be aimed at
a character by the name of l..
Thomson who is pinch-hitting for
him in the editorial hot seat.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
Town Summer
Program to End
This Week

Rockville's summer recreation,
program, held at Rockville Elemen-
tary School, Twinbrook and in
Lincoln Park, will come to an end
Friday.
Coaches and instructors report
that attendance and success of
the program was best since in
auguration of the program some
years ago.
Play-offs and competitive wind
ups will be held Friday. A full
account of these, with pictures,
will appear in next weeks issue
of the Sentinel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
County Libraries
Show Substantial
Reader Gains

Montgomery Countians read
more books during the hot month
&C July than in the same month
in the years 1861 and 1852. Tbs
news Of how perspiring county
residents spent their time during
the recent dry spell came to us
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-08-20
Rabbi
By
TZeOn
Will Officiate at High
Holy Day Services to
Be Held in County

Har Tzeon, the Conservation
Jewish Congregation of Wheaton,
has just elected its first spiritual
leader. He is Rabbi Arthur Tai
madge, who comes to the county
Evening star., 1953-05-22

Famous ranges with
full-size oven, broiler
drawer and large com.
partment for pots and
pans. On sale at Lacy's
3 stores.
Evening star., 1953-05-22

Here's the Story behind this LAeY'S SALE!
the to
ty o n too
in OF
andop S 1t
andg guaran md of
prices the pr
thead rtsed i the No omaio nerders
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14
Biggest Key
Shows OtUners
From FGrfIung
Cities, States

Property owners are 50 numer-
Gus on Key Largo, the largest of
the Florida Keys, that only those
with acreage over rs viii be men,
toned in this article.
Key Farm Land company and
r. f. Crane are the largest land.
owners on the Key. Seaboard Prop
critics, H, r. williams, Of Miami
and Karl Thompson G Key West
are among the other large own
ers.
williams owns ,12i acres on Key
Largo; Ed. C. Wright, st. Peters
burg owns 474 acres; Goodlands
Inc, Coral Gables, owns $50 acres;
the State Of Florida, 400.
Karl o. Thompson owns $50
acres; Brown Properties, Miami
Beach. 43s acres; Associated Sc
curities corporation, i'll acres:
Silver Springs ocala company, 13s
acres.
Other owners Of Is acres and
more on Key Largo are as follows;
Tiryin Inc. st. Paul. MINI. 81
acres: T. II. Lowe. Homestead, %
acres: Camray Corporation, care
Of Key Largo Anglers Club, ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14

81 900 to Mr.. and Mrs. Trophimus
E. Cement lot IN Gomez Key
Florence Eliza;.-,h Baker, a
ministra.1 ~ lie ~ Torres es-
tate, has, sold Tor $4,000 to Err
nest R. Smith, Lecn County. Fla.
land in Key La,go. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl ]. Page have
sold to James r. Roche for 81 500
two lots on Key Largo.
Opal Van Deursen has sold
to Mr.. and Mrs. George 3.
Renna lot IA of Sunrise Shores
for $500.
Nellie P. Lures, widow has
sold for $1,000 Key West land at
Frances and Olivia street to Mr..
and Mrs. Ismael Negrin of Key
West.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. c. Luecoek
hssA- sid 10 Mr.. and MRS. John
4. Gavtier and Mr.. and Mrs.
IA. c. Martin q tract at Plan
tation Beach for 5000.
F. p. Sadowsh and Sons have
sold to Floyd Lamb four lots in
Little Venice subdivision a total
of $1,000. Little Venice is in
Marathon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14
FIRE ALARM BIDS
TO BE LET BY
us. NAVAL BASE

Bids for Fire Alarm Systems In
Buildings Nos. IS, 20. and %, Adj
vance Undersea Weapons School,
U. S. Naval Base, Key West. Flo.
rida, Specification No. 36SS2, will
be received until 2 p. m, EST,
March II, 1853. at the office Of
the Resident officer-in-Charge of
Construction, Bldg. 81, Front st.
entrance, U. S. Naval Station, Key
West, Florida. and then and there
publicly opened.
The work includes: provide and
secure fire detection and fire
alarm systems, complete and
ready for USE Specification No.
$685. and other bidding data may
be obtained upon application to
the Resident officer-in- Charge of
Construction, P. o. Box l045, u.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14
KEY LARGo's LARGE LAND OWNERS

New York City, 126 acres; J. OF
to Kirchheiner. 9ls Whitehead
street, ITO acres; Model Land
Company. 156 acres.
William Salisbury. Rock Har-
Dor, 40 acres; jamie Strange Skag-
seth, 81, acres; First Trust and
Savings Bank, Rock Harbor, LOG
acres: Joseph A. Anderson, Rock
Harbor, AZ acres; L. D. Llewellyn
Miami, 80 acres: Harbor Shores
Inc, "a acres; Charles F. Kreiter
Miami, 10l acres; Bates A. Curry,
1873 acres; UGR, Inc, Miami
Beach, l02 acres: Joseph A,
Payne, 50 acres; Lola D. Gold
berg. Miami, 81 acres: Ralph p
Forbes, Miami, So acres; Harry
Fink, Key West, 95 acres; PENN
sular Construction and Develop
ment Company, Miami. rs acres;
Rosemary Hanke, Miami, 1875
acres; J. Lsncelot Lester and H
H. Taylor, 40 acres.
Robbie L. Burton, Homestead
Sc acres; Joseph A. Payne, 2e.as
acres: Margaret Bonnert, III
acres; Martha B Bates ct al. a
acres, and Curry Properties, Inc.
65 acres.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14

The lease, filed in the Office
of County Clerk Earl Adams, las
week specificieS the well known
which viii be the sitt
of the same kind of modern re
tail shops built py Rubin on Du
val across from La Concha Hotel
and going up at Duval and An
gela on the property leased fol
SO years from Curry Moreno.
The lease states that Rubin
will pay rent Of 5000 for the
period from May !, 1853 TO and
including July 81, 1854. and for
eight years after that and nine
months Of the rental term COM
msncing August ], 1854.
Yearly rental Of $4,000 will
bs paid for the remaining 80
years of the rental term. Rent
shall be paid at $666.66 . month,
after August LIST, 1854 and $685.
% during 80 years Of the term.
Payments viii be made TO Joe
Pesrlmsn, designated agent Of
the Lsssors, ct 7o7 Simonfon
street. Rubin has already paid
$500 for the period May !,
1859 10 July 81, 1854.
Rubin's lease from Mr. and
Mrs. Curry Moreno, also for 80
years, requires annual rental
Of 5000 for ths first ten years;
$500 for the succeeding ten
years and 5000 for the next
~ years.
As one Key WesterS said las
week on hearing the news of Ru
bins leases, 1.-The face of DIVA
street will be really changed. "
Other real estate transaction!
Of interest at the courthouse las
week were as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Myer Harrison
have sold to Samuel B. Norman
for $22, 900, 1913 acres on Lower
Matecumbe Key.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace M. Bax
ter have sold to Mr.. and Mrs
George J. Murray land and i'm
provements on Key Largo at
price of $4,000.
Marion o. Bertram has sold Il
John M. Schorpp for 1000 lane
in STATIONS subdivision, Upper
Matecumbe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew ]. Taylor
have sold to Theo Vickery, 73'
Love Lane, Key West. for 81 so
land in an alleyway near William
and Southland streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley c. John
ston and others have sold TO Osca
Fraga, Jr. and his wife for $500
land at Truman Avenue and Wat
son streets in Key West. FragI
previously filed a deed sellinl
property at Truman and Watson
to Mr.. and Mrs. Hersel Lee
Thompson, sol Grinnell streets.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis DioI
have sold for 81 900 TO Mr. an
Mrs. Archie Thompson Key IVES
property near White and Petro
MIA streets.
Frank Coward has sold 70
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14

acres: Lamar Depass Hughes, rs
acres: Jane Hatch Trimper, Buff
falo, N. Y, 1si acres.
Charles M. Moon, Miami, 40
acres: Thomas A. Lowe, Home.
stead, $50 acres: John r. Deal,
Miami, 1925 acres; william J.
Benn, 100 acres; Harris Leveson
ct al, 80 acres; Helen n. Fleming,
Miami, Isl acres; Edgar H. Ram
sey, 2S2 acres; Marie de Silva, 1ss
acres; v. NJ. Brown, 1913 acres;
Randolph e. Bell and wife, SO
acres; Ralph Fossey, 20 acres;
Daisy NJ. Vining, II acres; H. F.
Atkins, 126 acres.
Kreswal Inc, Miami, 216 acres;
s. c. Lasley, 4S acres; Mort Sche-
neck, Miami, "a acres; Edison S
Freeman, Miami, IS acres: Jessie
Simmons Taylor, Miami, 70 acres
Caroline Fritz Collins, $3.50 acres
William Hyman and Donald +
Rubin, Miami Beach. rs acres
Milo Corporation. Miami. 81
acres; Terrain Corporation, i6e
acres: Edna Hillyer. Gainesville
40 acres; Ernest II. Smith, ITALIA.
haSsee. 40 acres: Jackson LESLEY
Properties. Elkhorn, Wise. 53.2s
acres; Benjamin w. Morris. a
acres; George NJ. Allison, Il
acres: Wesley E. Fowler and
Burton d Mclean, 81 acres: Her,
bert J. Shaw ct ux. Rock Harbor
100 acres: Raymond r .Kilthaw
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14
Building Freed
of Restrictions
|NOw---Strunk

For the first time in more tAan
10 years anyone In Key West q
Monroe County can build or mod
ernie . home and other building
without having to worry about
either materials shortages or Cow
eminent controls. according 10 =.
A. Strunk, Jr. local lumber and
building materials dealer and
member Of the Public Affairs
Committee of the National Retail
Lumber Dealers Association.
"As Of March I. anyone cen
construct any TYPE u bUlldln9
and can use any desired typee
Of materials without seeUfins
permission from fhe Peateal
government, provided - Reses.
sarY materials can he ektalned
without prieFiiY assistance"
SirUnk said.
''Inasmuch as all types q lum-
Der and other building pr0duetA
are available In full supply. thlt
means that everyone Il free to
start building without fear q de.
lay due to scarcities or govern
mental red tape.
"Some controls stili remain over
critical metals used in manutae-
turing certain building products,
but even so the output win Be
sufficient to meet all foESeeablo
demand.
Lumber and most other boiId-
ing materials have been deeontrel-
led by OPS, and average pfieeb
Of building products are below the
ceiling formerly in effect. No In
portant increases are expected.
can adequate supply Of mortg-
age funds for home owners and
others also is anticipated locally.
although difficulty in arranging
FILA and VA housing loans Il
reported In some areas owing 70
the fact that the government has
kept interest rates On those leans
at a level which makes them IN
attractive to lenders"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14

S. Naval Station, Key West, Fieri-
da. Deposit Of check for ti0oe
payable to the Treasurer d tha
United States Is required a. a.
curity for safe return Of sath sci
of bidding data.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14
Pear|man> Allen Lease To Rubin For 90 Years
Almost Million Dollars Payable
Ouer Period Of go Years To O,uners
Of Dual Street Retail Store Site
By SUSAN McAvoY. Real Estate Editor

Mr. and Mrs Joe Pearlman and Mr. Mrs Allen, Jr,
have leased Seymour Rubin for
at $4,000 the premises Duval street. between Southland
Fleming long known Pearman's Store Aliens shop
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14

THE KEY WEST eITIzEN
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-14

Saturday. March u issi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
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purchase of any Skill Kit, en-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
GET TWO POWER TOOLS FOR
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06

ents can afford. Give them some
help in planning what to ask for.
The very young can't understand
costs at all, and almost all young
sters need some guidance. They
should decide what it is they want
most, and expect only that.
z. Christmas toys are such a
childhood right that exclusively
useful" gifts actually hurt. A
middle-aged friend of Mrs. Ross
still has unhappy memories of boy
hood Christmases. Scraping along
all through the fall with worn and
outgrown socks, gloves and
sweaters, he would get replace
ments as presents" on December
Is. If your budget won't stand
anything but necessities, at least
glamorize them: bedroom slippers
made like animals, a party dress,
a lace-trimmed slip.
3. With small children, it's the
number of gifts on the pile, not
their value, that counts. No little
one ought to get. more than an
other. A last-minute addition of
1O-cent box of crayons to even
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