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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23

time, on Sunday, 26 December,
there will be only one service and
that will be at 10 a. m.
Welcome to Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Snouffer, who moved into their
Laytonsville apartment from Sill
yer Spring.
Reverend and Mrs. I. Erfurt
Provence, of Blacksburg, Va, Wis
tied relatives, G. c.. Griffith and
Warfield's of Laytonsville and
Woodfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard E. Wall
had small fire on past SUNDAY
Night and called the Fire Depart
ments of Laytonsville and Gath
ersburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester, of Etchi-
son, are the proud grandparents
of new grandson, Merhke Long,
Jr., born on Thursday in Freder-
lex Memorial Hospital Congrat-
ulations to Mr.. and Mrs. Merhle
Long as their new son weighed 6
pounds.
Christmas Party was held on
Sunday for the Sunday School
of st. Bartholomew Church with
33 present and enjoyed a gay and
merry time.
Merry Christmas to every one
from your correspondent, and
Mary Warfield.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23
Mrs. Mullinix's
Funeral Held in
LaytOnsville

Mamie R. Mullinix, wife of Cal
vim W.. Mullinix, Laytonsville
merchant died on Dec. IA, at the
Sharon Nursing Home in Olney.
Mrs. Mullinix was born and
raised near Cedar Grove, but
lived in Laytonsville many years
and is survived by her husband,
and daughter, Mrs. Dorsey c
Plummer of Gaithersburg, and
sons Spencer c., w. Wilson, and
j. Carlton Mullinix. Other sur
vivors are brothers Morris Cue,
William Cue, and a sister Mrs.
Walter Hardell.
Funeral services were on Fri
day, Dec. II, at 2 pm. at st.
Paurs Methodist Church, Lay
louisville, with present and past
pastors officiating; Reverends
Firth, Gross and Groves. Inter-
ment followed in church ceme-
terry.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23
Full Program
is Scheduled
By Methodists
By Mrs. Luther Burke
Damascus 1902

Christmas Eve will be a spe-
cial evening for the Damascus
Methodist Church and for the
residents of the community who
like carols.
( A program has been arranged
by the church that will run from
1880 pm. to midnight and all are
invited to take part in it.
At 7:30 pm. all persons who
would like to go carolling are
asked to meet at the church.
Persons of all ages are invited
young and old alike. From 8
TO 9 pm. Holy Communion will
be held and from $40 to $40
the Christmas motion picture
1.-THE Guiding Star" will be
shown.
From $40 to 10 the famous
Christmas carol by Charles
Dickens will be read. From 10
to 10:45 the church will hold its
fellowship hour with refresh
ments being served by the ladies
of the WSCS and from 10:45 to
midnight the formal Christmas
service will be held with a SER
mon and Christmas music.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23

entertained the faculty of the
high school and their husbands
and wives and cafeteria person
mel at open house from Al on
Sunday following the musical
program at the high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Atkins
and family left on Sunday morn
ing for Morocco, Ind, to visit
Mrs. Atkins critically ill father,
Mr.. William Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Slacum
had dinner in Washington on
Monday evening with DR.. and
Mrs. j. Roy Barron of Santa
Barbara, Calf. DR.. Barron is
State President of Audio-Visual
Educators of California and is in
Washington to help plan the Ma
tional Convention. He formerly
taught at Damascus.
Clifton Reed, Jr., of Silver
Spring = formerly of Highview
Avenue in Damascus died
Thursday of cerebral hemorr-
hage. He was "a years old.
Bobby Bellison was home for
the weekend. He is stationed at
Aberdeen.
The Daughters of America
Baker Council 104 will have
their annual Christmas party on
Dec. % at 8 pm. All members
are invited to attend. Five new
members were initiated and two
members reinstated last Wednes-
day night at Cabin John Lodge.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hawkins
of Mt. Vernon Avenue will have
as their guests for the holidays
Mrs. Hawkins mother, Mrs. H.
K. Guffin, who arrived on Mon
day and her brother and sister
in-law, 1t. Commander and Mrs.
H. K. Griffin, Jr., of Virginia,
who will come on Christmas Eve.
Pfc. William c. Duvall is en-
joying a furlough at home. He
flew home last Friday from
Lathrop, Calf, where he is sta
toned. He returns on January
s.
Here are a few of the high
school teachers Christmas
plans:
Vernon R. Simpson will spend
three days in New York with his
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stratton
and daughter will visit their
parents in Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Miss Nora Frances Lynch will
visit in Kenneth Square, Pa.
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Damascus 1882

vice. Bring your donation to the
church or parsonage please.
Christmas Worship at the usual
time on December 26th, for the 3
churches of Woodfield, Laytons-
vile and Etchison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eligible Hawkins
are expecting Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Sheldon and family of Manchest-
er, Conn.,, home for Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Winfield
Howes celebrated their 50th we'd
ding anniversary on Sunday, De-
cember 10Th, with reception from
2 to 5 p. m. given by their child
rem; Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Howes,
of Olney; Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
HoWes, Laytonsville; Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond (Dick) Howes
Brookville; Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton
Stevens, of Falls Church, Va;
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Howes,
Simpsonville; Mr.. and Mrs. Den
mis- Howes. The home was at
tractively decorated with yellow
roses and snapdragons, and delici-
Gus refreshments in golden color.
We are glad to know that Paul
GLAND has returned home, after
being patient in University Hos
pital in Baltimore, and is much
improved; and will enjoy being
with his family at Christmas.
Mrs. Vernon Griffith returned
home, Pass-A-Grille, Florida, after
being sick for five months at
her brothers home in Centreville,
on Thursday.
Laytonsville Annual Christmas
Program was held on Wednesday
night, December 22nd, at 7:30I
p. m. st. Paul's Methodist Church.
Auxiliary of the Laytonsville
District Fire Department has can
celled their Dec. meeting; but will
meet on Jan. 18th.
Reverend and Mrs. Warren
Firth will have an open house
at the parsonage on January 2,
1855, from 2:30 to $50 p. m. All
members of the church and people
of the community are invited to
attend.
Laytonsville Pitch Club was en-
tertained at the home of Mr.. w.
w. Griffith by Mr.. Ulysses Grit
fifth " on Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. La Rue Evans, of
Laytonsville are happy to an
nounce the birth of a daughter.
Nancy Aileen on December Bird,
young Miss Evans weighed 8 lbs
8 3-4 ounces, and both mother
and daughter are fine. Congratu-
lationS.
On Christmas Eve at 8 p. m. at
st. Bartholomew Church, there
will be the annual carol sing and
Holy Communion service. Also
because Christmas is a family
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23
County Cowboys Get
New Carload of Toys

County cowboys and girls from
six to 60-and there are more of
them than one would think-will
be glad to know that Counts
Store in Damascus has taken
steps to keep them in clothes if
not the saddle.
According to Clarence Counts,
store owner and manager, anoth-
er carload of Western fringed
jackets has just arrived complete
with all the trappings-Western-
style hats, boots, shorts, ties and
belts.
All articles are certified to be
genuine Western styles and bear
the mark of the manufacturer,
Miller and Tregor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23
Federal Revenue
Agents to Aid
Area Taxpayers

Montgomery County taxpayers
will have the assistance of FEEDER
al Internal Revenue Agents in fill
ing 1854 Federal income tax re-
turns and estimated 1855 returns
at three places within the County,
Baltimore Revenue headquarters
announced this week.
Agents will be located at:
The City Hall Conference room,
100 S. Washington ST, Rockville,
from Jan. II through Jan. ID.
The Court Room of the Beth
esda County building on Jan. 5
and Jan. 6.
The Sandy Springs Fire House
on Jan. z.
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LaytonsviIIe and WoOdfie|d
Mrs. Ulysses Griffith. "

Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Wind
ham entertained the Woodfield
Farm Bureau Discussion Group
on Thursday with Christmas
party of games and refreshments
were served to the members pres
ent: Mr.. and Mrs. Foster, new
county agent, Mr. and Mrs, w. OF
lie King, Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
King, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Wight
man, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Raymond
Kemp, Mr.. and Mrs. Cramwell
King, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Mum
ford, Miss Lucille Priest, Mrs
Ethel Thompson, and Mrs. Ed
ward Rankin.
Mrs. Ava King was guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. William MatherS
while moving in her trailer in
Woodfield.
Mrs. Floyd Rhinenecker gave a
birthday party for her twin
daughters, Valinda and Brenda
two years of age, and Floyd, Jr.,
one year old, on Tuesday, Deem
Der 18th, with around 20 guests
enjoying the lovely refreshments.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Fincham
and family moved on Saturday
from Woodfield, to Florida, where
they were transferred by the Tele
phone Company.
Woodfield Christmas Program
was held on Sunday, Dec. 10, at
1870 p. m. in the church.
Mary Green Evening Circle met
at the home of Mrs. Paul Braun,
on Tuesday night for their Christ
mas Meeting. Mrs. Norman Bur
dette was co-hostess.
Sorry to say we have so many
on the sick list: Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Kemp, Dianne and Jim
my Warfield, James Burdette, Mr..
Eli M. Leishear.
The pretty doorways decorated
for Christmas will be judged in
Woodfield; sponsored by the
Mary Green Evening Circle. Mer-
ry Christmas to all.
The little Blue Birds will go
caroling, weather permitting, in
Woodfield on Thursday evening;
so listen for the Christmas songs.
Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Associations Banquet
was held on last Wednesday night
at the Damascus High School; un-
der the dictatorship of Mr.. Up
ton F. Gladhill, Attending from
Woodfield were: Mr.. and Mrs.
John Ward, Mr.. and Mrs. John
King, and Jack; and Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Raymond Kemp.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pope we're
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Rice, of Myersville, Md, on
Sunday.
Raymond Kemp and Mr.. Ches-
ter Leishear left on Monday for
a duck hunting trip on the east
ern shore of Maryland.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Woodfield
entertained Mrs. Robert Benson
for dinner on Sunday.
M,Y.F. are sponsoring a cloth,
ing drive for Church World Ser
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23

At Z pm. Dec. % all the chill
dren under Is in the area will
be the guests of the American
Legion at the Legion's Christmas
party at its home. Santa will be
present with a gift for every
child, program will be present
ed and refreshments served.
On Sunday the pupils of Mrs.
Maxwell Burdette entertained at
recital. Piano solos were
played by Tamara Taylor, Eddie
Smith, Susan Freienmuth, Jack
King, Druid Clodfelter, Sandra
King and Tommy White.
Allan Burke played a clarinet
solo, Blue Christmas. Trum-
pet solos were played by Robert
Clodfelter, Calm as the Night;
Leonard King, Evening STAR;
and jerry Hyatt, Antique de
Noel". Jerry Hyatt, Leonard
King and Robert Clodfelter play
ed trumpet trio "Joy to the
World. Following the program
everyone enjoyed a buff t
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Boyer
and Miss Mary 10 Boyer will
leave on Christmas Day to visit
Mrs. Boyer's mother in Misen-
heimer, North Carolina. From
there they will go to visit rela-
tives in Tampa, Fla, and also
plan to visit Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Day will
leave on Friday to spend Christ
mas with Mrs. Days relative in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kincaid
left on Sunday for West Virginia
to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Kincaid's father.
The Fire Department was
called out on Monday morning at
Sis to extinguish a small blaze
in the home of DR.. L. E. Van
Peter next door to the fire
house. The fire was caused by
defective fireplace.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Howes en-
tertained at a family dinner
party on Sunday. Guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. John Goranson,
Sandra Sue and jeanne of Wash
ington, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton H.
Howes of Hyattsville and Mr..
and Mrs. Kenneth Howes.
Mrs. Molly Gladhill, Mrs. Up
ton Gladhill and Aubrey Mullin-
eaux, Jr., spent Thursday and
Friday in Philadelphia. While
there they visited relatives and
also attended a Christmas play
and musical program at Temple
University put on by the Dental
and Oral Hygiene students. Miss
Anna Lee Gladhill returned home
with n them for the Christmas
holidays,
: Mrs. ]. w. Gardner of Peach
Bottom, Pa, suffered a stroke
on Friday, Dec. 10, and passed
away early next morning. Funer-
al services were held from her
home at 2 pm. on Tuesday, De-
cember IA, Mrs. Gardner was
the mother of Mrs. r. Edgar
Stephens of Damascus.
The Homemakers Club met on
Monday night at the church to
pack Christmas boxes to be
given to shut-ins in the commu-
nifty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emerson Slacum
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-23
Holiday Bank Hours

The administration of the Su
burban Trust Co. has decided to
not reopen its various banking of
fees on Friday night, Dec. "a or
on Friday evening, Dec. 81. All,
offices will, of course, be OPEN
during regular daytime banking
hours on the 24th and 31st.
The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13
THE UNUSUAL CAT

By SoIIy S. Eods

ty before: Black as coal with
that white stripe. When he saw the
ladies, he got excited and jumped
ofk my shoulder, and he really
stole the show. You never heard
anything like it. China and silver
ware clattered to the floor. The
women screamed and some of
them stood up on Mas good chairs,
others ran out the door, and fat
Mrs. Clinton who could neither
climb or run, dropped TO her knees.
Through it all, Egypt acted
brave and dignifed. He would
turn his face from a screaming
woman. wave his beautiful tail al
her in friendly gesture, and
she'd scream some more. l
thought Ma would faint. Pa came
running from the garden. asking,
Whats the matter?"
Skunk. polecatl" the women
shrieked. Then Pa saw Egypt.
III have to shoot him." he said,
ana ran LOT MS TlIle.
l thought Egypt was a goner,
but Sandy grabbed him and dashed
out to the orchard. I'm sure Pa
was glad.
AS the women began creeping
back into the house, our minister
came in. 1 guess he thought he had
ruin into a drunken brawl. but Pa
explained the situation.
Mrs. Clinton was still sitting on
the floor. The minister turned his
head while he and Pa hoisted Mrs.
Clinton to her chair. Then the
women all sat down.
After the guests had gone, Ma
sat down to rest. She looked tired.
Pa came in laughing. After he
had lit his pipe, he looked at Ma
and said, "The kids tanning the
skunk and bringing him to the
party will make a bit of humor
for my column in the farm maya
zine"
''Humor?" Ma asked. ''Do you
call this afternoon tragedy, hu-
mor?"
Youngsters. your mother doesn't
seem to have sense of humor,"
Pa said
"No. she hasn't" Sandy an
swered. But really. I felt sorry
for Ma.
The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13
High Yield importont
In Producing Of Yoms

This years North Carolina
sweet potato acreage is expected
to be about the same as last year.
Prices received by farmers at
harvest will remain about the
same also, says Henry Coving-
ton. horticulture specialist for the
State College Extension Service
Covln9ton says that for far
merS to make "a reasonable prof
it" they must pay particular at
tention to farming practices so
they will produce high yields of
L. S. No. l potatoes, or better.
1T costs almost as much to
produce and market an acre with
low yield as one with a high
yield" says Coyington. Recent
field records show that it costs
SIPS per bushel to produce and
deliver sweet potatoes to the
market if the yield was 1870 bush
els per acre. At The same time it
costs $186 per bushel if the yield
was only 100 bushels per acre
(state average"
Covington recommends the fol-
lowing: l. Use highly productive,
we'll drained, sandy loan soils.
Avoid coarse sandy or dark,
heavy, poorly drained soils. 2. Ro-
tation is also important the
best crops to follow are cotton
and corn. Avoid following spring
planted truck crops such as Irish
potatoes and also legumes such
as lespedeza, soybeans. peas. and
alfalfa. 3. Use rows 3-lI2 feet
wide or as near that as mechani-
cal equipment will permit. 4.
Have your soil tested - if you
must guess, use 1900 pounds OF
3-9-9 fertilizer per acre tin east
ern North Carolina IL the row
and mix it thoroughly with the
soil before ridging. 5. Make ridges
high I2-14 incheSl and broad.
One secret in sweet potato grow
ing is high ridges. Many farmers
make the mistake of starting po-
tatoes on a low ridge and during
cultivation gradually develop a
high ridge.
Spacing plants in the row is al
so very important if high yields
are to be obtained. For fall har-
vested crop, it should vary be-
tween eight and II inches de-
pending upon planting date. Av-
eraee recommendations are, if
I lanted May is 1or earlier. eight
inch spacing; if May Is to June
| eight-10 inches; and from June
10 to June 80. - inches. 1t is not
recommended that potatoes be
planted after July |. 7. Use heal
thy, vigorous plants - discard
the small weak, slender-s -stemmed
ones. To reduce scurf and black
rot. and also improve shape OF
the potatoes produced from early
set plants, cut the stems of the
plants above ground rather than
pulling them. With or without
roots, use plenty of water when
setting in the field
The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13

CANDY, my twin brother, and
~ had wished a hundred times
for cat, but the day we found
him, We were not even thinking
of a cat. We were playing in the
apple orchard. and suddenly we
saw him watching a field-mouse
hole under a young apple tree
The cat was black and white
with tail that looked like plume.
Oh, he was beautiful
We slipped up and set down near
him. He was a little shy, but you
could see that he wasn't afraid
Pretty soon he ran away.
Maybe if we feed him, we can
tame him." Sandy suggested. ana
we ran to the house and got a
pork chop. When We got back to
the mouse hole. the cat was watch
ing again. He musta been hun
cry. We slipped up and laid the
chop in front of him. and he
grabbed it and ran off, waving
that beautiful plume of a tail.
After that we took him some
meat every day. and he quit watch
ing for mice and looked for US.
We named him Egypt and soon he
would sit on our shoulders and
eat from our hands.
Pa was always writing articles
for farm magazines. about hap
penings on our farm. but we
didn't tell him about Egypt. He
might not like our cat. But we
never had any trouble over him
till the afternoon Ma had a party
for Mrs. Swain, the new Farm
Bureau mans wife. 1t was going
to be fine party. with lots of
sandwiches, cake. and coffee, and
some women.
Sandy and l were supposed to
play in the orchard, but we de-
cided to slip back to the kitchen
and get some party food for our
selves and Egypt. 1 thought this
would be good time to bring in
our cat for people to see. We had
been eating in the kitchen. and
with Egypt sitting on my shoulder.
we sauntered into the living room,
only intending to stay for a min
ute or two. Ma was busy and
didn't notice us.
Egypt had never looked so pret-
The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13
Care During Spring Cleaning
Helps Reduce Farm Accidents

George WanthouSe. 6 years old,
was badly hurt when he stepped
on one nail and fell on a second
while climbing on a stack of old
boards by his fathers garage.
The accident could have been
prevented. But it wasn't, and the
boy was just lucky to escape lock-
niaw. The boards weren't cleared
Put til after the boy was hurt.
This was just one kind of acci-
dent that might have been pre-
vented by thoroughgoing spring
cleaning. There are others. If
half as much attention were given
tc safety as is given to cleanli-
ness in the spring. there's no tell
ing how many falls. burns. cuts,
bruises, and deaths might be pre-
vented.
Spring is the time to clean up
outdoors before the kids start
playing in the winter r-accumulat-
ed litter and rubbish. It's time
too, to clean out the garage base
ment, and attic, where accumu-
lated rubbish makes a fire haz-
ard.
Spring is the time to fix up-to
repair the wobbly leg, the broken
back step, the loose closet door
knob, the wobbly handrail on the
stairway.
Spring is the time to give your
electrical system a once-over-to
check the fuses (they should be
l5-amp, on ordinary house cir
cuits1. to replace loose sockets. to
get rid of overloaded extensions.
And if you've loaded up with cleo
The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13
Wheat Acreage Is
Lowest Since 30

The North Carolina 1854 wheat
acreage for harvest is placed at
316.000 acres.
This is $4,000 acres or 81 per-
cent less than the acreage har-
vested last year and is the lowest
acreage for harvest since 1880
when Tar Heel farmers harvested
265.000 acres. The previous low
acreage, since 1880, was set in
1850 when $4,000 acres were
harvested.
Condition reports as of May /
made to the North Carolina Crop
Reporting Service indicate yield
per acre of 21.5 bushels. If this
yield is realized. a crop of 6.794 900
bushels will be harvested this year.
The May indicated yield of 2l.5
bushels is the second highest of
record. being exceeded only by
the record yield Of 230 bushels set
in 1851.
A crop of 6.794,O0O bushels for
1854 would be II percent below
the 1853 crop of 100000 bushels.
The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13

trical appliances. maybe it's time
to have an electrician make per-
manent changes in your wiring.
Spring is the time to paint up.
Bare wood catches fire lot cas-
le-' than painted wood. Maybe you
should paint your basement work
shop or laundry. your back porch,
or the inside of your garage OF
workshop.
And take look at the habits
you've developed. Been throwing
matches OF smoking materials in
to a wastebasket? Get more ash
trays. A mother and three chill
dren recently suffocated in bed
during a fire that started in a
Wastebasket. probably from a
match tossed by the father before
he left for work.
Clean up to make your home
safer. But don't do as one man
cid - the man fell off a ladder
and broke his leg in two plcaes
while trying to fix a light fixture.
Try to do your spring cleaning
safely.
The Lincoln times., 1954-05-13
Need For More
Education Is
Porley Item,

The view that modern indus
trial technology has reached the
point where multiplying mans
mind-pOWer" has become more
important than multiplying his
muScle-poWer and skills will be
presented. for discussion of the
problems it involves, to the Sec
Cnd International Conference of
Manufacturers. in Paris. France
May % IS.
Earl Bunting. managing direc-
tor Of the National Association of
Manufacturers, which is organiz-
ing the United States delegation
of some IT'S top industrialists.
holds that education is playing an
Increasingly important role in
our industrial society, noting
that:
Modern technology is bring
INC about a tremendous increase
in the number of trained and ed
ucated people required in bust
ness.
MIND POWER NEEDED
1T is becoming a question of
augmenting mans control over
his economic environment by
multiplying his mind-poWer-not
by multiplying his physical
strength, and then his skill as
We have done in the past.
The MANS managing director
explained that whereas the great
bulk of humanity always had to
work with its hands lest society
starve, for the first time the op-
posite is the case: we need mind
power more than muscle-poWer. y
The need for more education
and training in industry is one Of
the problems that the American
delegation proposes to bring up
at the Paris conference under
aeenda item two, Raising of
Standards of Living and Stability
OF Employment.
"Our problem now is that we
cannot afford laroe masses of un-
educated people" Mr.. Bunting
pointed out. I'VE must strive for
nlore and wider education from
now on-because the more people
we have with knowledge, ideas
and training, the stronger will We
become. y