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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-09

( feated by Judge Prescott for
States Attorney and by Judge
Woodward for Judge. He re-
bounded fast and twice helped
organize a Fusion ticket which
was twice victorious. He was
finally defeated by the Charter
Party and then retired from
politics with the parting COM
ment that the air was too pure
i'm the County Building to suit
him. He remained a little bit
ter about the pay for his job
as County Attorney, as COM
pared with the payroll of the
present County Attorneys Of
flee.
Dads secretaries liked him.
Nancy Diamond, Mrs. John Bow
man now, helped him over some
rough years. Ruth Pratt was
with him during World War II,
and when she was forced to
leave he felt her absence keenly.
Lee Miller was one of his fav-
orites. He encouraged her to at
tend law school and was happy
when she became a member of
| the MARYLAND Bar.
Dad once complained about a
Declaration that came from the
Miller office to which he had to
plead. He said, Its perfect and
taught her the form" Betty
Tennery, now Mrs. Newton Butts,
Joined him in 1916 and was with
him during his finest political
and legal hours. She watched him
decline from the heighth of his
power into his feebleness. She
was followed by Zaidee Tennery
who had the bitterness of seeing
Dad only in his declining days.
Dad felt very close to both Betty
and Zaidee Tennery.
Perhaps you members of the
Bar would like to know who
among you he loved best. There
were those of you who reserved
some special place in his heart
beyond the high esteem in which
he held all of you. Dearest of
all to him was his old boyhood
friend, Albert Bouic. Dad and Jim
Pugh shared mutual devotion
stemming from their association
in many cases.
He loved Don DeLashmutt be-
cause he was, as Dad said, "a
good and kindly man while on
the bench" He respected and adj
mired John Oxley because he,
like Dad, had a hard time get
ting started in Montgomery
County. He called all lawyers
less than so years of age kid
lawyers" and was devoted to
them, for he felt that they, like
himself, had so much to learn.
He thought the world of you,
Bill, and respected your integrity
and the principles by which you
live. He had answering conf
dence in the word of one man
]. Vinson Peter.
Now that he has gone, it
seems shame that the new
members of our Bar cannot
now know the man who con-
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sidered the trial of a case to
be a real art; who first of all
turned to Poe and the Code,
who practiced law with his
heart, who did not seek wealth
through the practice of law but
to whom security came, and
who, even unto that last eve
ming, retained an interest in
Rockville and the legal profess
sion. He wished you all we'll
he bore no one malice-and,
now that he has left us, there
are those among us who loved
him and miss him deeply.
1 hope that this letter is ap.
It is the best that |
can do with thoughts that are
tender and painful to me.
Respectfully yours,
Barnard T. Welsh
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A Ride Through Hell in a
Hearse, He Thundered. 80"

of Colorado did not soften him.
He had abundant courage, a
quick mind a bitter and sarcaS-
tic tongue, a mean and penetra-
ting eye, and generally was a
dangerous lawyer to cross. He
was death on lying witness.
Above all else, he possessed the
human touch and could wiring
from a criminal case the last
drop of humanity for his client.
He possessed a wide knowledge
of the law of Evidence and he
had at his fingertips the sub
StantiVe law of Crime. He could
take advantage of a technical de-
feet in the States case and was
not beyond badgering a judge to
gain the sympathy of the jury.
He never tried a jury case with
out someone on the jury who
was his client or personal friend.
He spent as much time before
trial selecting the jurors as he
did in sitting the facts and learn
ing the law.
We only tried one case togeth-
er-his last. He was defending
a client on an embeZZlement in
dictment and was i'll at the time.
He knew that his memory for
recent events was not retentive,
and he did not trust his strength
to try a jury case and so he
gave me the responsibility of be-
ing chief counsel. After the State
had introduced its evidence, Dad
prodded me into attempting to
introduce a line of testimony, to
which the State rightfully OBJ
jected.
Judge Prescott called us to the
bench and explained clearly why
the testimony was inadmissible
and said to Dad, Barnard, you
understand that, don't your" Dad
replied, Judge, 1 didn't under
stand a thing you said" Judge
Prescott replied, "If you can't
understand that 1 cannot make
it clearer" Dad turned from the
bench and for the last time in
his life commenced the long walk
from the bench to the chair of
the defense counsel. / was star
tied that Dad couldn't understand
a statement that was clear to me,
so when he saw my concern he
said, with a CLEAN in his eye,
when the redhead gets me in a
tight spot 1 always tell him I
don't understand. 1t makes him
mad to think that maybe he
didn't explain it clearly"
1 believe Judge Woodward
made remark to Dad which
was taken by Dad as a high
compliment with reference to
his trial ability. Dad was repre-
senting a real estate agent who
had weak case. The case was
tried before a jury, which re-
turned verdict in favor of
Dads client. The opposing at
tOrney filed a motion for a new
trial which Judge Woodward
Immediately granted, saying to
Dad, "And 1 will continue to
grant similar motions as long
as you continue to win this
case" Dad was rather proud
of that.
Dad reached the peak of his
ability in the Hendricks murder
case. l believe that his closing
argument to the jury was SUI
perb. 1t is still thrilling to recall
his closing comments. He step.
ped before the jury, a frail,
stopp.shouldered old man, to ad.
dress them on behalf of his client,
who had pumped six shots into
his wife's body from a single
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-09

blast or criticism of the Com.
mission"
However Councilwoman Stella
B. Werner told the Commits.
sioners that they Ought not to
be concerned with maintenance, "
which she said is a logical rec.
reation department function.
Currently the county pays Is
percent of maintenance costs but
is responsible only for opera
ton of the recreation program.
Facilities and play areas are
maintained by the commission.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-09
Second High
Honor Given
To NH Man

DR.. G. Robert Coatney of the
National Institutes of Health has
been presented the Gorgas award
for outstanding contributions to
the development of better malar-
ia drugs.
The NH scientist, who lives
at 5505 Lincoln Street, Bethesda,
received the award Dec. /, at the
61st annual convention of the
Association of Military Surgeons
of the United States, held at the
Statler Hotel, Washington. The
award consists of a silver medal,
scroll, and $500.
DR.. Coatney is head of the Sec
ton on Chemotherapy in the Lab
oratory of Tropical Diseases at
NH. The Gorgas award is the
second honor accorded him in the
past year for his malaria re-
search achievements He received
the Darling Foundation Prize
from the World Health Organiza-
ton last July-the first American
scientist to be so honored.
DR.. Coatney's work with the
antimalarials, chloroquine and
primaquine, led to their adoption
by the military for administration
to United States forces in World
War II and the Korean war.
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explained that an automobile die
not have the recuperative power
of a teen-ager. Perhaps his toler
ance at that time was a sensible
thing.
Dad was fond of the youth OF
Rockville, but his ideas of rec
reation would be unacceptable to
day. He saw the need of an ath
letic field and went to his friend
DR.. BroOmS, and asked for per
mission to build a field on the
property of the Board of Educa
ton. He devoted one summer to
digging out fifty foot bank and
finally constructed a good ath
letic field. He also constructed
a still servicable tennis court and
organized different athletic clubs,
personally taking Rockville
teams on trips away from home.
|. He did not seem to understand
the modern theory of recreation
and was fearful that recreation
programs sponsored by municipal
authorities would deprive both
parent and child of initiative. I'M
mediately prior to his death, he
made caustic remarks concerning
the phenomena of increasing ju-
venile delinquency and increas-
ing municipal sponsored recrea.
ton. He said he did not know
whether organized recreation
was a cure or a contributing
cause of juvenile delinquency.
Dad was a religious man but
he distrusted organized and for,
NAL religion. He felt that he was
sensitive enough to feel in touch
with God without having some
one show him how. Perhaps he
lived up to the spirit of the New
Testament Commandment of
Love thy neighbor as thyself."
AT least such a conclusion would
be reached by one who had seen
him as the persevering bald
headed, little old man sitting at
his office long hours at night,
trying to figure some way to
help a destitute and down-trod-
den individual out of the clutches
of the law. He frequently loaded
his car with pre-teenagers and
drove them to Seneca or down
TO Rockcrest for a swim. Per-
haps the Hereafter will not be
too hard on a man who felt to-
ward children as he did.
And so my father was a timid
shy and non-conforming man.
But what kind of lawyer was he?
Dad was a trial lawyer. He COM
menced his practice in Colorado
and came East where he Joined
the firm of Dawson and Dawson
in 1921. This firm later became
Dawson and Welsh and remained
so until Toms early death. Tom
and Dad were able trial lawyers.
Tom Dawson was a persuasive
and eloquent speaker and Dad
was rough and tough. They tried
cases against John Garrett and
Stedman Prescott. Those must
have been the days of glory, and
even now one can sit in our Trial
Magistrates Court room, which
at one time was the old Circuit
Court room, and hear John Gar
rett laundering that Dads de.
fandant, who was accused of
murder, took the deceased on a
ride through hell in a hearse.
The partnership fell upon evil
days and dissolved, from which
time Dad praoticed along until
his retirement. He was a product
of the rough and tumble school
of trial work.
Dads early association with
the ranchers, Indians and outlaws
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shot pistol. For one and a hall
hours Dad took the jury with
him. 1t returned a verdict OF
guilty of manslaughter, but Dad
was not happy about that because
he thought the defendant was in
sane.
After the defendant received
parole he wounded his moth
er and thereafter was pro-
nOunced insane. The case had
a unique aftermath. One rainy
day, Dad and 1 were sitting
i'm the office when the defend
ant walked i'm. We were both
startled as we did not know
that he was released from con-
finement, and did not know his
intentions. 1t developed that he
came into the office to ask Dad
to write letter of recon-
mendatiOn for him. He wanted
to go to Harvard and lecture
on the Maryland penal system.
The letter was not written, but
Dad said, you go ahead. You
are well-qualified and you will
feel at home i'm Harvard"
1 have mentioned that Dad was
death on lying witness. The fol
lowing incident occurs to me. He
was defending a client who was
charged with manslaughter by
automobile. The State contended
that the defendant had been
drinking and offered the testi.
mony of a doctor who had ex-
amined the defendant shortly af.
ter his arrest. On direct examina.
ton the doctor said his examina-
ton of the defendant showed his
eyes were blood-shot. On cross
examination Dad asked the doc.
tor which one of the defendants
eyes was glass. The doctor said
the right eye. The defendant took
the stand, covered up his left eye,
and read book to the jury. The
name of the Observation-Disclosures.
Dad had courage in the trial
of a case. One time he was ap-
pointed to defend a Negro who
was charged with murder. At
that time he was about sixty
five years old and when exposed
to cold weather after heavy
meal was apt to have a heart at
tack. Court had recessed at 500
pm, to reconVene at ZOO pm.
for closing arguments. We drove
to the courthouse and parked in
back of the old police station.
He got out of the car in the
cold weather and had a heart
l carried him up to the
third floor of the courthouse
where he walked into the court
room and made a convincing ar
gument to the effect that it was
iustifiable homicide for a hard
working colored man to kill his
wife with a shotgun because she
give him hot dogs for
dinner. Of course, he didn't say
it like that, but in any event the
man did not hang.
p Dad was Republican in a
county at a time when being
one was similar to being
Communist now. He was de.
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Park Board .
CONTINUED from Page u

Continued from Page II
to look forward to-" Smith said.
"Please in the interest of
wholehearted, honest coopera.
ton don't let it happen again"
he continued. "Ill.feeling grows
and becomes abhorrent to any
scheme of real cooperation"
Council president J. Grahame
Walker said the controversial
report was mot viewed as a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-09

! NAS uGSClIDeu III NEWS SlOIN
in the Sentinel of Dec. 2, the
Montgomery County Bar paid {
most unusual tribute to the late
F. Barnard Welsh in Nov. "a
service
AS a part of the memorial
service, William F. Prettyman
who acted as chairman, asked
Mr.. Welsh'S son, Barnard T
Welsh, also a Rockville lawyer
to write some of his recollections
of his father. The SENTINEL
welcomes the opportunity to pub
liSh the following excerpts OF
Mr.. WelSh's manuscript because
it is a splendid tribute of a sor
to a father, because it is full OF
lively anecdotes of the past, and
because it is good writing. -
Editor
October II, 1854
Mr., William F. Prettyman,
Attorney at Law,
Rockville, Maryland.
Dear Mr. Prettyman,
You have asked me to give
some facts and anecdotes of the
life of my father, the late F.
Barnard Welsh, to be used at the
memorial service to be conducted
by the Montgomery County Bar
Association. l will refrain from
writing of his public life, the var
ious organizations to which he
belonged, or the titles which he
held, as those are only husks and
shells and would not tell you of
my father as | knew him.
Dad was a timid and shy man.
Although his companionship was
sought by people who held high
office, he was derelict in his so.
cial duties, and preferred the in.
formal company of his Rockville
friends and county lawyers. AL
though he was essentially warm
and friendly, he did not make
friends easily In the last years
of his life, he enjoyed gin rum
my games with his lifelong
friends, Douglas and Emily
Blandford, and Evelyn and Darby
Bowman. He seemed to have
loved most of all the companion
ship of his two granddaughter.
He used to meet with them at
his home and tell them wild and
woody stories of his Texas and
Colorado days. He was able to
be with them at that magic place
where old age, looking back
wards, and childhood, looking for.
wards, can enjoy a timeless fel.
lowship.
He was a reticent man, but he
was devoted to his sons. He
showed this devotion by the Sacri.
fees which he made while send.
ing one son to college and an.
other son to medical school dur.
ing the depression of the early
1930s. At one time he actually
gave the shirt off of his back
to me. We had travelled to Col
umbia Country Club where l was
playing in a tennis tournament
and he did not know that a final
round match consisted of five
sets, with a rest between the
third and fourth, After my show
er l had no dry shirt so he gave
me his and watched the remand
er of the match with a towel
draped around his naked should
ers.
l suppose that Dad had nc
more trouble with his sons thar
other fathers. After l had upset
his new Essex automobile, he
asked me to drive him to work
in order to restore my confidence
! in my driving and he patiently
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A recent report from the Ag-
ricultural Marketing Service
shows that on the first of July
this year 44.3 percent of U. S.
farms had telephones.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-12-09
OUR DEMOCRACY---byMat
)PROMISE~md0 REALIZATION

ADOPTED los YEARS AGO THE OFFICIAL OF THE UNITED
STATES, REPRODUCED ON THE BACK OF THE DOLLAR BILL
AND AFFIXED TO IMPORTANT STATE DOCUMENTS PeocLAMs-
nv THe PHRASE NoVOS oeoo sEcLoeUn1"- "A NEW
ORDER OF THE ACES
Evening star., 1954-08-15
No Ruise for Annuitunts?

I hope every member Of Congress,
both House and Senate, read Veronica
Quinn's letter in The Sunday Star, and
then compared what he and his secre-
taries would receive in civil service
retirement as against retirees from the
departments. Those from the Hill get
21a per cent Of average pay times years
of service while those from the depart
ments get considerably less.
We retirees were very reasonable in
our request for cost-of- Living adjust
ment but all we got was .bruShoff
from these same Congressman who had
so well taken care of themselves and
their staff members. The House Post
Office and Civil Service Committee did
not even grant our representatives q
hearing. We were graciously allowed
to file a brief, which most Of them
probably did not even read. What we
should have gotten was the Broyhill
bill CHR. 8894). which, among other
things would have removed the unjust
$2,160 limitation depriving 10 per cent
Of the Federal retireeS from participa-
tion in the legislation Of two years ago.
When these Congressmen go home
for their campaigns hope each will be
invited to appear before meetings Of
local chapters Of the National Associa-
ton Of Retired Civil Employees to ex-
plain why they did SO well by them
selves and treated other Government
retirees so shabbily. They may be sure
that civil service retirees residing in
their districts have been watching.
G. r.. SimcOx.
Evening star., 1954-08-15

Now anger has been 80 often as.
Sociated with volcanic exhibitions that
1t Is thought Of as something to be
condemned, resisted. strangled. But
we are not through with Jesus when we
dwell on His sweetness and light. He
Is tender. but He Isl also terrible. The
blast OF His Scorn could be so hot that
1t frightened and scorched those on
whom it fell. AS q keen student Of the
Christ OF the New Testament has put
it.: ANY darkening Of the world by
cruelty or craft brought His soul to
its feet, fiery eyed and defiant"
Who can read the denunciation of
the hypocritical religious leaders Of His
day without realizing that he is in
the presence Of a wrath like belching
molten lava? But Christ's indignation
never had, its roots in self1shness.
When men abused Him and lied about
Him. He was utterly unruffied. But
when injustice and cruelty reached out
to main others who were defenseless,
His anger rose to the fury of a tempest.
To be Christlike is never to be neutral,
placid or complacent when evil is hav-.
ing its malignant way with individuals
or with society. In the face of deadly
evils which today, even in'America, are
eating at the very vitals of what we
call our civilization, an ominous symp-
tom Of these times which are out of
joint is that too often those who ought
to fling the full weight Of their right
eous wrath against that which ignores
the Ten Commandments and scorns
the Sermon on the Mount have lost
their temper In the sense that rampant
evil no longer arouses their Indignation.
The social convulsions Of the past
Evening star., 1954-08-15
Spires Of the Spirit
5Pres OF tle Spirit s
On Losing Your Temper

Ought one to lose his temper or keep
it? The stock explanation OF some
sudden outburst on the part of one
usually. perhaps. not so explosive Is,
He lost his temper"
Winston Churchill interrupted hot
tempered member Of Commons in the
midst Of vitriolic TRADE by observing
that the gentleman ought to learn not
to generate more indignation than he
had the capacity to hold. OF course,
the fact Is that In such cases temper
is not lost; 1t Is very much In evidence.
In the worst sense. to lose ones tenn
per Is to take ones hand from the driv-
ing wheel. Words out Of control are
dangerous things. When the arrows
OF abuse and vituperation have gone
swiftly to their target from the taut
string Of the bow Of anger and have
Joined haSty- anathemas which can
never be recalled, many person, when
the tempest Of his wrath has passed
and he comes ruefully to himself, has
said: Would to God had lost my,
temper never to md It again. instead
Of thus exhibiting 1t In al its unreal
soning ugliness!"
There is sense in which one ought
to pray without ceasing that he might
lose his temper. But personality Is
woefully weakened and inadequate II
he loses the capacity for q great wrath.
when that righteous indignation Is
harnessed to something worth while.
Some time ago well-known preacher
rather startled his hearers by declar-
ing: "I am through preaching SER
mons on how to control temper. The
modern Christian has no temper worth
preaching about He goes Of into
spasm of wrath over the loss Of col
lar button. but remains calm and
unmoved amid the slaughter Of inno-
cents"
That radiant Christian. Phillips
Brooks, in the most profound sense
never lost his temper. He kept 1t.
When he ended his mighty labors one
of the greatest tributes to him con-
tanned this characterization: He blazed
with indignation ut all kinds of wrong.
The pertinent question Is. What does
q man use his temper for? There is
an old proverb which says, "You can
tell the size Of man by the size Of
the thing that makes him mad" It
was recorded of Jesus that gracious
words proceeded out Of His mouth.
But never must it be forgotten that
we also read of Him: HE looked round
about on them with anger
Evening star., 1954-08-15
Official Proise for Judge Noyes

In recent letter. William d. john
son said it was doubted that the praise
I expressed for Juvenile Court Judge
Alfred D. Noyes of Montgomery County
reflects the official thinking of the
Kensington Chamber of Commerce"
On March 18, 1854, the chamber,
through it's secretary, Thomas G. Rob-
inson. wrote Judge Moves:
"Your consistent and uniform admin
istration Of justice without fear or favor
has manifestly contributed vastly to the
curtailment Of juvenile delinquency in
this county; your kindly. yet firm and
sound disposition Of domestic and iu-
venile problems has incurred the ad-
miration and affection Of young and
old alike; and your own immaculate
public life. which has become synony-
nous with your name, is an ideal and
an inspiration to ell who have had the
Evening star., 1954-08-15
Fifty Years Ago in The Star !.

Half century ago, August Q, The.Star
announced the death Of former Sena-
tor George Graham
Senotor Vest Vest Of Missouri at
Dennr.s Sweet Springs In that
State two days pre-
ceding. He was q native of Frankfort.
KY, born December 6, 1880. After
graduation from Centre College and
Transylvania University, he moved to
Pettis County and then to Cooper
County. Mo-. practicing law. In 1860
he was q presidential elector on the
Douglas ticket. Later he served in the
Missouri House Of Representatives the
Confederate Congress and the Confed-
crate Senate. He was elected to the
United States Senate in 1879 and re-
NAMED q member until 1908. Sman In
size and emaciated in form. he COM
monty was regarded as possessed Of 4
tremendous intellect and generally was
credited with being one Of the out
standing orators Of his time. His
Tribute to q Dog" still lis quoted and
cited. It begins with the words: THE
one absolutely unselfish friend that
man can have In this selfish world. the
one that never deserts him. the one
that never proves ungrateful or treach-
erous. is his dog"
The Star Of August 2. 1904, reported
from Cumberland. Nd: AT riot at
George Luigi's circus
Circus at Oldtown, Md, on
Contretemps Saturday. at least a
dozen people were
wounded. several seriously. William
Cox. Wabash tunnel boss. who was
badly used up. was lodged In jail.
charged with carrying concealed
weapons. Many shots were nred. and