Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-09-16
Mrs. Philip Marcus
LO. 1904

On Monday, September 20 al
$3.50 pm. meeting will be held
by the Wheaton Committee for
the United Nations to plan local
observance of United Nations
Day on October Goth. The meet
ing will be held at 1911 Pendle
ton Drive, the home of Mrs. Ed
ward Goodstein.
This committee was formed a
year ago, and last years partici
pants included the Civilian club
of Wheaton, Hughes Methodist
church, the Kiwanis of Wheaton,
Pleasant View school PTA, the
Resurrection Lutheran church.
Wheaton Chamber of Commerce,
and the Wheaton unit of the
League of Women Voters.
A successful United Nations
birthday party for children was
held last year, which more than
$50 youngsters enjoyed and while
Embarrassing was not an aim,
$61.00 was raised.
All organizations in the Whea.
ton area are invited to send rep.
Asentatives to the meeting at
Mrs. Goodstein's. For further de-
tails, call Mrs. c. A. M. Hogben,
chairman of the Wheaton com.
mittee for the United Nations.
Don't forget that U. S. Com.
missioner of Education Samuel
M. Brownell is to make his first
official visit to Montgomery
County when he speaks at the
new Wheaton high school next
Wednesday night at 8 pm.
you, Your School Board, and
Your Tax Dollar" will be the
topic of DR.. BroWnell's talk. 1t
is expected that he will point
out that we all have a joint re-
sponsibility in obtaining a good
school board and a good school
system.
With our first full school
board elections coming up in No
wonderland a hot and heavy
campaign now under way by all
nominees in the County are
exceptionally fortunate to have
our nations top educator speak
to us on the suject chosen.
Every resident in the County is
invited to attend this meeting
(which is under the sponsorship of
Tthe Montgomery Citizens Com
mittee on School Issues. So, let's
all turn out-from Sandy Spring,
Poolesville, Rockville, barnes
town, Ashton, Colesville, Takoma
Park, Kensington, Silver Spring
from all over-let's show DR..
BroWnell that we are interested
in our school board and our tax
dollar!
Wheaton high can be reached
from Viers Mill Road by turning
east from it onto Connecticut
Avenue to Randolph Road, right
on the latter until you come to
Lakewood, after which you can't
miss it. From Georgia Avenue,
turn west on Weller Road, left
on any street near the elementary
School-and you can't miss.
The annual report of the Mont.
gomery County tuberculosis as
ISOLATION, Partners for Living"
shows that the partnership form
ed by the TB association, the
Medical society, and the Health
formed five years
ago has accomplished a gerat
deal during the past five years
in decreasing the incidence of
TB in the County.
Quoting from the report: In
1913, about 10000 people lived
in Montgomery County, 147 new
active (catching) cases of tuber-
culosis were reported, and %
died of tuberculosis that year. In
1953-about 100000 people lived
in Montgomery County, only &c
new cases of active tuberculosis
were found, and 10 died of tu-
berculosis that year. End quote.
The mobile x.ray unit, coopera-
ton of the County Health De.
partment, and referrals by local
physicians are part of the reason
for this marked decrease in this
disease. Of course, we all help
fight tuberculosis when we pur-
Hehase Christmas seals.
Dorothy Darr, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Darr of Blue.