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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
School Board Contest
Holds NOU. 2 Spotlight

liam Bulls, incumbent from the
third district, and Wylie Barrow,
incumbent at large.
William McGraw read a pre-
pared statement from Mr.. Bulls
which maintained that his tBul-
lisD engineering know how and
careful study of architectural
plans had been partially respon-
sible fer a drop in school con-
struction costs in the past few
years.
The statement drew replies
from Harrison King, incumbent
and uncontested in the first dis
trict, and Mrs. Helen Scharf, I'M
contested incumbent from the
fourth district, and Lathrop
Smith, Bulls opponent.
Mr.. King said that construc.
ton costs had dropped and the
quality of construction improved.
Mrs. Scharf said that all con.
struction costs had dropped in
the area during the past year be.
cause I'VE are now in a buyers
market" and competition for
school building has increased.
Mr.. Smith said that all public
construction costs in Montgomery
County have dropped during the
past Is months and quoted
Frank st. Clair of the Board of
Education, to the effect that
school costs Throughout the area
have dropped eight percent in the
last Is months.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
70 County, Land Group Calls Mass Meeting
Rockville May Receiue AN America A,vnrd

Rockville citizens are already
assured of winning at least 22nd
place among 116 cities, counties
and towns of the United States
and may find themselves much
further up on the list after the
first of the year.
This news was received this
week from the National Munich,
pal League and LOOK magazine
in a summary of developments in
the contest which the two organi-
cations are holding to make
awards to "All America Cities.
The contest is conducted annu.
ally to honor cities, towns or
counties which have done an out
standing job in solving local
problems through citizen action"
A4inal decision on Rockville and
the other 81 finalists will be made
on the basis of decision by a
jury of experts at the 60th An
nual National Conference on
Government of the National
Municipal League in Kansas City
November TIC.
Included in the jury, among
others, are DR.. George Gallup of
the American Institute of Public
Opinion; Philip c. Ebeling, for
mer president of the U. S. Junior
Chamber of Commerce; Powell c.
Groner, vice president of the
U. S. Chamber of Commerce; and
several university professors.
The other 81 cities competing
against Rockville for the II All
America designations that will be
announced after January /, 1855,
are:
Beatrice, Neb.; Burbank, CAL;
Chicago; Decatur, Ark; Ell Ger
rito, Cal; Elmwood Park, ILL.,;
Fort Wayne, Ind; Johnson Coun-
ty, Kan; Kettering, o.; Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Mexico, Mo-;
Modesto, CAL; Newark, N. j.;
Troy Hills, N. j.; Passiac, N. j.;
Pendleton, Ore; Pueblo, CAL;
Richfield, Mimi; Riverside, Cal;
Rock Island, ILL.,; and Warren,
20.
Rockville's name was entered
in the contest by Herman G.
Hartman, Montgomery Avenue,
Rockville, on behalf of the Citi-
zens for Good Government and
civic groups. In taking this ac-
ton, Mr.. Hartman availed him.
self of the contest rules which
state that any citizen may enter
his city simply by writing to the
League.
The League has stated:
Each competing city is judged
by the quality and scope of action
its citizens have taken for the
betterment of their community.
The awards are given not for
good government or efficient
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
Pass New Laws
On SlaughterhOuses

The County Council Tuesday
adopted an ordinance for licens-
ing and inspection of all
slaugherhouses.
Exempted are farmers who
engage in minor slaughtering
on their farms.
Licensing fee will be $50 and
inspectors of the departments
of health and inspection and
licenses will have the right to
inspect all establishments dur
ing business hours.
The new ordinance includes
amendments proposed by the
Land wners Association of
Upper Montgomery County and
Bethesda Farmwomen's Mar
ket.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28

Rockville last week was the
scene of rally of candidates for
the County School Board that
did much to explain why veteran
County political observers were
uniting in agreement that the
school board fight is the hottest
in the current election.
For the first time in the cam.
paign, display headlines were
made in the Washington press
when one of the candidates -
Mrs. Leila M. Edwards, incum.
bent board member from the
fifth district replied definite.
ly, yes" to a question as to
whether she was a member of
the Minute Women of America.
The organization has taken
frequent stands against til e
teaching of United Nations aims
and principles in the public
schools and has criticized text
books and teaching programs in
some parts of the country.
Mrs. Edwards had taken a
stand against the teaching of
UNESCO aims in the county
schools at an earlier date in the
campaign, but had not disclosed
her Minute Women affiliation.
She said she would be glad to dis.
cuss the latter organization, but
not in a rally where it was out
of place.
All candidates were present at
the Rockville rally except vii.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
Health Officer
Resigns Before
Taking Office

DR.. Gilcin F.. Meadors an.
nounced his resignation as Mont.
gomery County Health Officer
Tuesday, six days before he was
to take over the post.
Meadors said he was resigning
TO enter private practice in Gath.
ersburg.
Appointed jointly by the Coun.
ell and State Board of Health
last month, he was TO take the
job on November /. vacated by
DR.. V. l.. Ellicott who left the
county to head the States chronic
illness program.
The personnel board announced
il will welcome applications for
a successor to Meadors.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28

Board of Trade office from 8:15
to 1:30 pm. The office is
located at 205 East Montgomery
Avenue.
Surviving are his widow, Dor.
othy; two sons, John w. and
Raymond j.; his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferdinand j. Slagle, 9614
Evergreen Street, Silver Spring;
four brothers, F. Leonard, 1904
Bull Run Parkway, Bethesda;
Stanley D., 1902 Falkland Drive
Wheaton; Robert c., 7615 Atwood
Street, District Heights, Md; and
John F., 1914 Evergreen Street;
and a sister, Mrs. Joseph H. Fow
Ter, Hammelberg, Germany.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at st. Bernadette's Catholic
Church, Silver Spring, wit h
burial in the Parklawn Cemetery.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28

Prize Gifts, Menus Will Feature
Electric ShOlU at GUithersbu1g

the electric rooster, Sunbeam
eggs cooker and fry pan two GE
hand mixers, a GE automatic
toaster and three electric trivets.
In addition, the Electric Insti.
tute will donate an electric
blanket.
One of the highlights of the
show will be the main awards
which will be determined by
drawings from the registration
lists and given to the winners in
the audience.
Bernard F. Shields will act as
master of ceremonies for the
electrical living show while Mary
+. Turner, director Of PEPCO's
home service bureau, will direct
the cooking demonstrations.
"Freezer.Oven Dinner" con.
sisting Of baked halibut steak
with buttered crumbs, french
fried potatoes, corn and tomato
casserole, celery seed bread,
butter pecan ice cream an d
orange refrigerator cookies.
Also: Top Stove Dinner" with
savory pork chops, spinach salad
with Roquefort dressing and coco.
nut cream chiffon pie.
The "Broiled Dinner Menu"
consists Of imperial tuna, paprika
potatoes grilled tomato halves,
nodded sea dream salad, brown
and serve rolls and lemon re.
frigerator cake.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
Music in the Kitchen:

Prizes for the kitchen in the
form of utensils and appliances
and prizes for the whole family
in the form of tasty meal demon
STATIONS will be on tap when the
Electrical Living Show opens its
doors at 1890 pm. November 8
in the Agricultural Center at Cal.
thersburg.
The, show is really composed of
two parts - one is a big free
cooking school and the other is a
demonstration of electrical living
in home.
And the best part of it is that
it will be absolutely free with
everybody invited to share in the
fun, prizes and home making
ideas. The sponsors of the show
Farmers Supply, PEPCO. the
Electric Institute and the SEN.
TINEL guarantee that the
show will be free and worthwhile.
Among the gifts for the early
arrivals are 100 Beat NJ Bland
Wire Mixers and 100 pairing
knives.
The Farmers Supply donation
for door prizes includes a 30.inch
oven, Frigidaire electric range,
a Universal toaster and a fryer
iron and steamiron all by Sun.
beam.
PEPCO's contributions include
a II pound roasted turkey from
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
Late News Briefs

A reception in honor of Mont.
gomery County foster parents
will be held at 8 p. m. tonight
in the auditorium of the County
Building. +. j. S. Waxter, di.
rector of State Welfare, will
speak.
Alden Hoag, vice president of
the organized Bible classes of
the district, will be the speaker
at the meeting of the mems
groups of Rockville churches that
will be held at the Methodist
church at $3.50 a. m. Sunday.
The next meeting Of Redland
Hunt will be at Muncaster Mill
on November 6. Subsequent
meetings will be held at Kennels
on Nov 10 and O!ney on Nov
10,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
Teen-Age' Dance

All Rockville teen-agers are
invited to an admission-free
dance that will be held from
8 pm. to midnight on Nov. 6
in the Parish Hall of st.
Mary's church, Rockville, I'M
der the auspices of the Cath
Ollie Youth Organization. Music
will be provided by Herbie
Powell and his nine.piece or.
chestra.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28

From the Deep Well Cooker
comes a dinner consisting of
Brunswick stew on steamed rice,
green salad with cloverleaf dress.
ing and frozen cellars with
caramel sauce.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
May Seek
To Prevent
Zone Vote

An earnest and reSpectful
plea was made to the County
Council this week to withhold
action on the pending zoning or
dinance for Upper Montgomery
County, and legal restraining
action was mentioned as posi-
~bility if the plea fails.
On October 10 the Council an
nounced that it would hold a final
vote on the pending measure on
November 4 - two days after
the election and shortly before
the newly-elected Council takes
office. 1t was this action that
drew the pleas and threats from
the Land Owners Association of
Upper Montgomery County this
week.
MASS MEETING
A mass meeting of all
members and prospective
members of the Land Own.
ers' Association of MOntgOm-
cry County will be held at
8 pm. tonight at the Cal.
thersburg Agricultural Cen.
ter. All candidates for the
County Council are being in.
vited for a frank discus
sion" of the proposed coming
ordinance.
Declaring that the association
has patiently waited while the
Council studied the coming plan"
o. w. Anderson, association presi.
dine,t told the Council in a
! letter:
However, your actions of last
Tuesday to give final considera-
ton to the ordinance just two
days after the election and with
out holding another hearing
plainly indicates your willingness
to pass a bad ordinance over the
protest of the district property
owners whose interest will be
vitality affected.
"As emphasized we know that
it is impossible to eliminate our
major objections without chang
ing provisions on both the road
code and the subdivision ordi-
nances,". Anderson continued.
what causes the freeze on
rural property and relegates the
area to the dump heap are pro-
visions contained in said road
code and subdivision ordinances.
No businessman would think
twice about laying out a sub-divi
sion up County where, not includ.
ing land value, the construction
of streets according to the road
code and being bonded for i'm
fprovements as provided under
Continued on Page g.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28

OF this total, 51,955 were regis
tered as Democrats and $3.50 az
Republicans, with 1922 indepen,
dents including one Prohibition.
list, three Socialists and three
ProgresSives.
A comparison with the 1852
figures shows that the Demo
Gratis have out-scored their COP
rivals in recent registrations
1881 to 1.490. There was d gain
of less than 300 in the indcpen-
dent registration.
Despite this apparently deci-
sive margin in registrations,
Democrats were reminded that
the odds were also in their favor
in 1852 and that the County went
Republican by solid figures.
This discrepancy between regis
tration and actual voting was one
of the things that Republicans
had in mind in making their vic
tory forecast.
Citizens for Eisenhower made
test of the extent to which
normally Democratic voters
would continue to cast ballots for
Republicans as they did in the
1852 general election.
In Chevy Chase - regard
ed as stronghold of the
more conservative" Demo
Gratis - they found that go
percent of the Democrats
maintained their loyalty to
President Eisenhower. In
Wheaton - looked upon by
some as the center of more
liberal Democrats - only
40 percent still stayed with
the President.
On the basis Of these figures.
Republicans took hope that they
would get the ballots of their
own registrants plus a STABLE
slice of Democratic registrants
as well. This was reflected by
Congressman Dewitt Hyde, Sixth
District incumbent running for
reelection, who told THE SEN
TINEL:
"As member of Essen
hOwer's team, am sure the
people will return me to Con-
gress to give the President
the support he deserves. Ac-
cOrding TO all the usual poll
tical signs, / should win the
district by a comfortable
margin. ] won last time by
$4,000 votes and there has
been no indication of any
swing strong enough to take
this majority from me.
"My opponent Edward j.
Ryan. Frostburg Democrat) has
been following the same general
line of my opposition in 1852. and
! don't think it's in accord with
the political thinking of the
majority of people of this dis
trict."
Col. Ward Caddington. chair
man Of the Democratic State
Central Committee for the Coun-
ty, took sharp issue with the
Hyde forecast, however, and ex-
tended his optimism to the en-
tire County ticket as well.
THE Ryan forces expect to
carry Montgomery County
Continued On Darn Gl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28
BOTH PARTIES SEE VICTORY NOVEMBER 2
Registration in County
AT All-Time Peak. But
Apathy May Cut Voting

With both parties forecastng victory for their tickets
the 1854 election in Montgomery County just about all
but the the casting counting of the ballots
on November g.
According to the County Board of Elections the total
registration in the County stood at the highest peak his
tory 81 647
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-10-28

tory 91,647.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Famous Fables
By (. {. Edoor

MESSAGE-Once, when
Diamond Jim Brady was
selling railroad cars, he was
sent by his firm to get an
order from a hard-boiled
railroad president who never
permitted a salesman to
enter his Office.
When Brady presented his
card to the secretary, the
latter said:
Sorry, he does not speak
to statesmen"
"I'l watt" said Brady,
taking a seat.
The railroad president
came in. He walked past
Brady into his Office and
remained there the rest of
the morning. At noon he
emerged and went to lunch.
Brady followed suit. He
took up his vigil in the
afternoon and stayed until
five. when the president
for the day.
The following morning
Brady was back again. For
the next five days he sat
and waited in the outer
Office. Finally. the presi-
dent took notice of him.
who's that fellow out
there?" he asked his Sec
rotary.
HES a steel car salesman.
I told him you wouldn't see
him, but he refuses to
leave"
"Well, we'll see about
that. Send him in"
The moment Brady en-
tered the office. the presi-
dent snapped:
Look here. young fellow,
you know I don't see sales
men. What have you been
waiting for?"
"I have been waiting to
tell you." replied Brady
quietly. that you can go
straight to hell"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22

unaffected speakers in all the
common words"
Thus we find that. in best
usage, such words as picture;
feature, nature. furniture, SOL
der, verdure. are pronounced:
PIX cher FUR-ni-cher - !
FEE-ch SOLE-jer
NAY-cher VER-jer ~
Since the 'tyoor" and "dyoor"
recommendations smack strongly
of the affectatious. ! should adj.
wise against such usage on the
radio, for the trend in broad
casting today. happily. is toward
the naturalness and simplicity Of
Standard American speech, as
opposed to the "swooning with
culture" technique that drives so
many listeners to frenzy. Yes
unquestionably radio and Tv are
showing signs Of growing up.
Distributed BY McNaught Syndicate. Ine,E
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
AWord to the Wise
BY Mrs. Frank Colby

A radio announcer writes, I'm
not sure, from Webster's diacrit-
ical marks. how the -ture OF
nature. feature. picture. ETC.,
should be pronounced. Can you
help out?'s
From a casual reading OF
Webster's pronunciation of the
word nature. for example, one
might assume that "NAY-tyoor"
is the way the word should be
said. But we should note that
the number "249" follows the
pronunciation. This is to refer
us to paragraph 249. page iii. OF
the pronunciation section, which
tells that -ture. as in nature.
and -dure as in verdure. are
sometimes pronounced 'tyoor'
and "dyoor." but that "cher"
and 'jer" are the natural pro-
nunciations sin general use by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Bison Of the Plains.

Recorders Of history claim
"that no other species Of MANI
NAL excepting man himself, has
figured so prominently In the
history Of Pioneer America as
that monarch Of the plains, the
American Bison"
In 1913. exploring Spaniards
pushing their way through the
iungles Of North Florida, fought
OF mosquitoes and evaded en-
counters with "vacas y toros
contesses." Later these conquis-
tadors told many stories of In
dams and buffalo hunting
grounds bordering the tribu-
taries and rivers Of the Chipola,
the Yellow and Blackwater
Rivers.
Alva Numez Cabeza de Vaca
q shipwrecked Spaniard was
probably the first white man east
of the Mississippi to meet these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Natures Children ., li''en Co. A'A.,

native cattle. There are many
vivid accounts Of the size Of
bison herds. One says the plains
were black with them. The wan
ton waste of our buffalo herds
has been black mark Of ruth
less distinctions. The develop
ment of the West would have
been considerably retarded had
it not been for the abundant
food supply In buffalo.
The adult bison averages 300
pounds. 1t stands about s feet
at the shoulder. The cows
weigh about 1000 pounds. The
single calf ctwins are very rare)
is born in May, within an hour
it Is able to balance itself on its
wobbly legs and In 3 few weeks
has grown strong enough 10 fol-
low the herd. Maturity Is
reached in seven or eight years.
The basic unit OF the herd is q
family group presided over by an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22

eleven to guide her into the right
defensive play. The opening lead
was the seven Of spades. Anxious
to f1nesse hearts as soon as pos
sible, Mr.. Abel tried to win In
dummy with the king.
Now put yourself in Mrs.
Keen's place and figure out the
right play as she did. without
looking at the South and West
hands.
Is Mr.. Meek's lead fourth
highest? Well, let's use the rule
Of eleven. He led the seven spot.
Seven from II leaves four, which
means there are four. spades
higher than the seven outside of
Mr.. Meek's hand. But you can
see i've cards higher than the
seven in the East hand and dunn
my. So the opening lead can't
be fourth best.
Is 1t a singleton? II SO, then
Mr.. Abel has five spades and
with that many he surely would
have bid the suit instead Of
merely bidding and rebidding
hearts.
Mrs. Keen deduced, as you I'M
doubtedly did, that the seven of
spades was the top Of two or
three card holding. She hoped
for the doubleton holding. She
also hoped Mr.. Meek could gain
the lead before all of his trumps
were extracted.
So at trick one she did not
play the ace of spades. She
played the nine, to try to en-
courage her partner to lead the
suit again, if he got in.
At trick two Mr.. Abel finesSed
the queen of hearts. Mr.. Meek
won with the king and returned
the trey Of spades. Having seen
the deuce fall from the closed
Keen knew this was her partners
hand on the first trick, Mrs.
lowest, and therefor last, spade.
She won with the ace and led a
spade back, Mr.. Meek rufing.
The ace Of clubs was then cashed
for the setting trick.
Note that IL Mrs. Keen had
played the ace of spades at
trick one. Mr.. Meek would not
have had the opportunity of
trumping a third round of the
suit. That is. after he won with
the king Of hearts. there would
have been no way to reach his
partners hand.
tcopyrisht 1854. General Features corp.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
old grandmother ably assisted
by a wise old bull who watches

old grandmother ably assisted
by a wise old bull who watches
over the behavior Of the sew
eral generations OF calves.
Sometimes family groups COM
bine, cousins. aunts and uncles
to form . band. The grand
mother is invariably the guard
ian and sentinel of the herd.
Though her vision is poor her
sense Of hearing is acute and
her sense Of smell is dependable.
One Whit Is sufficient evidence
for her to give a loud snort Of
warning.
Pioneers confused the bison
with the buffalo. hence We
Americans speak Of the animal
as buffalo, although 1t il .
member Of another group.
Study your buffalo" nickel.
The animal on it helped to make
America great.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-22
Orr Presidents
By Honore M. Cotudol

What great American
statesman administered the
oath of Office to George Wash
ington in 1889?
-Four Presidents were
Harvard graduates. Who were
they?
"a famous newspaper
publisher was defeated for the
presidency in 1872 by U. S.
Grant, Who?
ANSWERS on next page.)
Evening star., 1954-07-01
BY the Associated Press

Today is fiscal new years day
for the Government and it looks
like Uncle Sam wound up the
old year in the red by about the
$3,750, 100000 that had been pre-
dicted.
However, the deficit for the
fiscal year ended yesterday may
be little smaller than previ-
ously estimated. Revenues evil
IDENTIFY were lower than antici-
pated, but cuts in Government
spending went deeper than previ-
ously predicted.
In his budget message Of last
January giving revised estimates
for the fiscal year just ended,
President Eisenhower predicted
that fiscal 1854 spending would
total about $40, ,9O2 ,O00, 900 and
net receipts would come to ap-
proximately SGT, ,629 .0OO, 900. That
would leave a deficit of about
$3,274, 900, 900.
The Treasury will not have
final. complete figures on the fis-
cal year until about July 10.
However, it appeared today that
receipts for fiscal 1854 would
total about $64,750. 900 .00G, or ap-
proximately $2,750.o00. 900 under
President Eisenhower's January
estimate. It appeared also that
Evening star., 1954-07-01
u. S. Winds Up Fiscal Year
S3.75 Billion in the Red .

| spending would come to about
$67. .750. 100000 or slightly more
than So billion less than the jan
uary estimate.
This would indicate that the
deficit may be about quarter OF
a billion dollars less than the
January estimate, or about So
billion.
The Government appears to
have wound up fiscal 1854 with q
debt subject to the legal debt
ceiling Of about $270. 179 900 900.
This leaves the Treasury borrow
ing authority Of about $4,821, :
100000. However, the Treasury
has said it will need to borrow
approximately $40 billion during
the next six months, when tax
receipts are low.
The Treasury is expected soon
after the end Of the fiscal year
to renew its request, stymied in
the Senate last year, for an in
crease in the $275 billion legal
debt ceiling.